XFly – Version 1.0 – Hardware Technical Reference Manual
EVS Broadcast Equipment – April 2012
Issue 1.0.D
III
Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................. III
WHAT’S NEW? .............................................................................................................. IV
1.
INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................... 1
2.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ............................................................................. 2
2.1
OS AND SOFTWARE .................................................................................................................. 2
2.2
HARDWARE ................................................................................................................................ 2
2.2.1
Front Panel ............................................................................................................................. 2
2.2.2
Rear Panel .............................................................................................................................. 3
2.2.3
Rack ........................................................................................................................................ 4
2.2.4
PC Characteristics .................................................................................................................. 4
2.2.5
Storage Characteristics ........................................................................................................... 4
3.
CONFIGURATION .................................................................................................. 5
3.1
GIGABIT ETHERNET .................................................................................................................. 5
3.2
EVS SERVER CONFIGURATION ............................................................................................... 5
3.2.1
Network ................................................................................................................................... 5
3.2.2
Linx Protocol ........................................................................................................................... 5
4.
WORKFLOWS ........................................................................................................ 6
4.1
IPDIRECTOR WORKFLOW WITH TRANSFER TO AVID ........................................................... 6
4.2
STREAMING WORKFLOW WITH XFLY STREAMER ................................................................. 9
4.3
BACKUP CLIP FROM EVS SERVER VIA XTRACT .................................................................. 12
4.4
RESTORE ELEMENT TO EVS SERVER VIA XTRACT ............................................................ 14
5.
PERFORMANCES ................................................................................................ 16
5.1
PERFORMANCE DIAGRAMS ................................................................................................... 16
5.2
TEAMING LACP ........................................................................................................................ 17
NOTES .......................................................................................................................... 21
