Grass Valley XG Vertigo Configuration Guide v.5.0 - Manual (Page 16)

Vertigo XG Configuration Guide 2-5
Overview of the Vertigo XG’s Hardware
USB 2.0 Connectors The four (4) USB 2.0 connectors on the rear panel allow you to
connect peripheral devices (e.g. keyboard, mouse, flash drive...etc) to
the Vertigo XG.
Serial RS-232 Port The two (2) RS-232 connectors provide two control ports upon which
the automation system’s serial cables are connected. It is through this
connection that the automation system communicates and controls
the Vertigo XG using automation protocol commands.
Network Ethernet
Connectors The two (2) Network Ethernet connectors are teamed and allow you to
connect the Vertigo XG device to the Local Area Network (LAN).
NIC Teaming is a networking concept where multiple network
adapters within a computer are combined in parallel to provide
redundancy for the network interface. On an Vertigo XG device, the
two Local Area Connection network adapters are teamed together
(connect 2 cables to the 2 NIC cards at the same time) to form a third
virtual adapter. In the event of an adapter, cable or switch failure, the
network interface fails over to the healthy adapter.
When the individual Local Area Network adapters are teamed
together the individual Local Area Network adapters are not
accessible or configurable. Only the teamed virtual adapter can be
configured.
If you only have 1 cable connected, then the teaming will still be in
effect but all traffic will be over that one cable. If that NIC fail, you will
have to manually move the cable to the other NIC.
Audio I/O ports These six (6) audio I/O ports are not supported by the Vertigo XG since
external audio input and output is provided by the Discrete EAS option
(see
“Audio input/output channels” on page 2-11 ).