Belden Grass Valley KALEIDO-IP X110, Installation & Service Manual

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IP Network Setup
This chapter shows how to implement IP network connectivity with the multiviewer.
Networking Essentials
The following network prerequisites must be met:
• Any multiviewer you wish to configure or access by using XEdit or XAdmin must be
connected to an Ethernet switch.
• A client workstation must be connected to the LAN or Ethernet switch to access the
multiviewer by using XAdmin or XEdit.
• The Ethernet switch must support 100 Mbps full-duplex connections. The Ethernet
switch associated with the data network should support 1000 Mbps full-duplex.
• The port on the Ethernet switch to which the multiviewer is connected should be
configured to auto-negotiate. By default, multiviewers have their Ethernet ports set to
auto-negotiate. If a switch does not support auto-negotiation, the recommended
settings are 1000 Mbps, full-duplex—for a switch associated with a Kaleido-IP
data
network—, and 100 Mbps, full-duplex, for all other cases. As required by the IEEE-802.3
standard, section 28D.5, 1000 Mbps full-duplex communication is only supported via
auto-negotiation.
• Kaleido-IP support for multicast join and leave: it is possible to add and configure up
to 6000 logical sources in a Kaleido-IP system without exceeding the network’s
bandwidth or the unit’s decoding resources. See Decoding Capacity , on page 106 for
details on the number of programs and total streaming bandwidth supported.
The Kaleido-IP multiviewer joins a multicast group only when decoding is required,
that is when a source is being monitored on the wall. In addition, streams that are not
decoded are joined momentarily in a polling manner—one stream at a time—to
update the PMT and PAT information. The Kaleido-IP leaves the multicast group as soon
as a change of layout implies that a different set of streams must be decoded.
However, if your situation involves frequent changes of layout (e.g., loading a new
layout to the monitor wall every minute) then, when you are creating or editing a
layout, make sure to terminate XEdit’s connection to the Kaleido-IP once configuration
tasks are completed.
The Kaleido-IP multiviewer must be configured with at least two IP addresses—one for the
management network (MGMT), and one for a data network (DATA)—, corresponding
network mask and gateway settings, and a system name. The Kaleido-IP X310 model may
require up to six IP addresses. In XAdmin and XEdit, a Kaleido-IP X110 or Kaleido-IP X310
with
two network adapters is identified as Kaleido-IP-2 . A Kaleido-IP X110 or Kaleido-IP
X310 with four network adapters is identified as Kaleido-IP-4 , and a Kaleido-IP X310 with six
network adapters is identified as Kaleido-IP-6 .