Grass Valley PDR 200 Installation - Manual (Page 78)

Chapter 4 Networking Your Profile System
4-2 Profile Video File Server Installation
Networking Several Profile Systems
If you want to connect more than two Profile systems together for video networking, you
will need to connect each system to an Ethernet hub or an existing Ethernet network and
a Fibre Channel hub. Figure 4-1 shows an example of this configuration.
Figure 4-1. Basic Hub Connections
Cascading Several Hubs
Connecting hubs together provides a way to add more and more systems to the network.
Large Fibre Channel networks will probably not perform as well as smaller ones due to
bandwidth limitations. Figure 4-2 shows a network using cascaded hubs.
The number of hubs required depends on the number of connections supported by each
hub. Remember that one of the connections is needed to connect to the next hub. You
must use appropriate cables for the distance between devices.
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Profile1
Profile2
Profile3
Ethernet Hub
Fibre Channel Hub