Sun Microsystems MEDIACENTER 2.1 - Manual (Page 21)

Chapter 1 Introduction 1-9
1.4.1 ATM
In an ATM environment, one or more Sun MediaCenter servers are directly
connected to an ATM switch via ATM host adapters. Digital video streams are sent
to clients using ATM virtual circuits.
FIGURE 1-4 Sun MediaCenter Servers in ATM Environment
1.4.2 LAN
In the LAN environment, each Sun MediaCenter server is connected to one high-
speed 100BaseT subnetwork via one or more Fast Ethernet host adapters. Digital
video streams are sent to their destination(s) using LAN packets. Destination clients
can access the video streams by connecting directly to one of the 100BaseT networks.
Alternatively, the 100BaseT networks can be connected to an optional packet-
filtering switch that routes to independent 10BaseT networks. This allows individual
destination clients to connect to a 10BaseT network without affecting the aggregate
bandwidth available.