Model 5401A User Guide
Issue 4, August 2021
Studio Technologies, Inc.
Page 25
Model 5401A
DANTE LEADER CLOCK
with the RJ45 jack labeled PRI on the Model 5401A’s
back panel. Link Down will display if a valid Ethernet
connection has not been made to the Dante primary
Ethernet interface. The Dante secondary IP address
will be associated with the RJ45 jack labeled SEC on
the Model 5401A’s back panel. Link Down will display
if a valid Ethernet connection has not been made with
the Dante secondary Ethernet interface. The manage-
ment IP address with be associated with a network
connection made to the RJ45 jack labeled MGMT on
the Model 5401A’s back panel.
If the network configuration is selected in Dante Con-
troller for SMgmt then the Dante primary IP
address will be associated with a network connection
made to either the Dante primary or the Dante second-
ary RJ45 jack on the Model 5401A’s back panel. The
IP address field for the Dante secondary interface will
show Disabled as it is not be utilized. The manage-
ment IP address will be associated with a network
connection made to either the Dante primary or Dante
secondary RJ45 jack.
I f t h e n e t w o r k c o n f i g u r a t i o n i s s e l e c t e d
for ReMgmt then the Dante primary IP
address will be associated with a connection made
to the RJ45 jack labeled PRI on the Model 5401A’s
back panel. Link Down will display if a valid Ethernet
connection has not been made. The Dante secondary
IP address will be associated with an Ethernet con-
nection made to the RJ45 jack labeled SEC on the
Model 5401A’s back panel. Link Down will display if
a valid Ethernet connection has not been made with
the Dante secondary Ethernet interface. The manage-
ment IP address with be associated with a network
connection made to the Dante primary RJ45 jack
located on the Model 5401A’s back panel.
If the Model 5401A’s network configuration in Dante
Controller is selected for Switched or SMgmt
ensure that only one of the RJ45 jacks on the back
panel is connected to the LAN associated with the
Dante devices. The other RJ45 jack can be used to
interconnect with another piece of networked equip-
ment. But having both the Model 5401A’s Dante pri-
mary and Dante secondary RJ45 jack routed to ports
on the same LAN will typically “crash” the network!
Subnet Mask Values:
These three fields will show
the subnet mask values associated with the Dante
primary, Dante secondary, and management ports.
They will show either Link Down or a subnet mask
value. The subnet mask value will be displayed in
dot-decimal notation. When the IP address of the
Dante primary or Dante secondary interfaces have
been obtained using link-local the subnet mask value
will always be 255.255.0.0.
Gateway Addresses:
These three fields will show the
gateway address associated with the Dante primary,
Dante secondary, and management ports. They will
show either Link Down, ---, or a value in dot-decimal
notion. A gateway address is usually obtained using
DHCP or by way of a fixed (or static) stored value.
When an IP address has been obtained using link-
local then there will be no gateway address and
--- will display. A Dante interface will typically only
use a gateway address as a means of accessing an
update server that’s is located outside of the Dante
network’s LAN.
MAC Addresses:
Three display-only fields will show
the MAC (media access control) addresses associ-
ated with the network interface controller (NIC) de-
vices used for the Dante primary, Dante secondary,
and management ports. These are fixed hardware
addresses assigned to Ethernet ports. Each is unique
among all Ethernet ports and cannot be changed. The
Model 5401A displays MAC addresses as six groups
of two hexadecimal digits, separated by hyphens. No
MAC address will be displayed if an Ethernet interface
has been disabled.
Switch Configuration:
This is a display-only field
that shows the Model 5401A’s network configuration
as determined by a setting in the Dante Controller
application. The term “Switch” refers to an Ethernet
switching and routing integrated circuit that is part
of the Model 5401A’s hardware. How this integrated
circuit is configured determines the how the Model
5401A’s three GigE Ethernet ports function. The field
will show Switched, Redundant, SMgmt, or
ReMgmt. It will also display Error in the un-
likely event that an error in the Dante interface circuit,
provided by a Brooklyn II module, has occurred.
Management Interface Configuration
There are four fields that relate to the Model 5401A’s
management interface. They don’t have any relation
to the Dante primary and Dante secondary IP ad-
dresses and their associated network parameters.
