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Avid Network and Switch Guide • 0175-31139-00 Rev. C • May 2014• Created 5/8/14

Using This Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Symbols and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

If You Need Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Accessing the Online Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Avid Training Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Chapter 1 Avid Network Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Qualified and Approved ISIS Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Default Switch Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Redundant Switch Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Switch Vendor Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Sample Switch Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

ISIS | 7500 External Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Switch Redundancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

ISIS | 7500 Network Zone Configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

ISIS | 7500 Zone 1 Client Configuration (Direct Connect) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

ISIS | 7500 Zone 2 Client Configuration (Indirect Connect) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

ISIS | 7500 Zone 1 and Zone 2 Client Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

ISIS | 7500 Zone 3 and Zone 4 Client Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Client Connection Speed to ISIS | 7500. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

ISIS | 7500 Link Aggregation Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

ISIS | 5500 Network Zone Configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

ISIS | 5500 Switch Consideration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

ISIS | 5500 Zone 1 Client Configuration (Direct Connect) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

ISIS | 5500 Zone 2 Configuration (System Director and Switch 1 Gb Connections) 29

ISIS | 5500 Zone 2 Configuration (System Director and Switch 10 Gb Connections) 29

ISIS | 5500 Zone 3 and Zone 4 Client Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

ISIS | 2500 Network Zone Configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

ISIS | 2500 Zone 1 Client Configuration (Direct Connect) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

ISIS | 2500 Zone 2 Client Configuration (Indirect Connect) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

ISIS | 2500 Zone 3 and Zone 4 Client Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Network Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Time Synchronization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

TFTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Network and Switch Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Ping and Tracert Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Ping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Tracert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Sluggish Switch Performance On the Dell Networking S25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Replacing the Network Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Chapter 2 Avid Network Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Avid ISIS IP Port Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Avid Interplay Port Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Avid Interplay Central Port Usage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Media Composer | Cloud Port Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Chapter 3 Dell Networking Switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Dell Networking Switch Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Dell Networking S25 Switch Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

10 Gb Ethernet S25 Switch Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Stacking the Dell Networking S25 Switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Dell Networking S60 Switch Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

10 Gb Ethernet S60 Switch Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Stacking the Dell Networking S60 Switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Dell Networking S4810 Port Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Accessing the Dell Networking Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Configuring the Dell Networking Switch Through a Network Connection . . . . . . . . 64

Configuring the Dell Networking Switch Through the Serial Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Restoring the Avid Dell Networking Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Restoring From Flash Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Sample Switch Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Restoring From the Avid Software Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Turning on Flow Control in the Dell Networking S25 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Customize the Uplink on the Dell Networking Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Network Setup Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Configure Dell Networking Switch for Uplink On the Dell Networking S25 . . . . . . . 74

Changing the IP Address Associated with the VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Changing the IP Address Associated with the Corporate Uplink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Changing Buffer Pool to a Single Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Removing/Adding Ports Associated with a VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Creating a Link Aggregation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Setting Up IP-Helper Addresses for DHCP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Upgrading FTOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Upgrading U-Boot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Cascading Dell Networking Switches in an ISIS Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Chapter 4 Cisco Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Accessing the Cisco Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Configuring the Cisco Switch Through the Serial Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Cisco Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Loading the Avid Cisco Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Restoring From the Avid Software Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Changing the IP Address Associated with the VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Network Setup Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Uplinking Your Cisco Switch to the Corporate Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Sample Cisco Switch Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Configuring the Cisco Switch Through a Network Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Adding Ports Associated to a VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Setting Up IP-Helper Addresses for DHCP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Enabling or Disabling IP Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Creating an EtherChannel (Link Aggregation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Upgrading the IOS on Cisco Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Chapter 5 Brocade Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Foundry/Brocade FESX624 and FESX424 2XG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Configuring the Foundry/Brocade Switch Through the Serial Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Loading a Switch Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Changing the IP Address Associated with the VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Changing the IP Address Associated with the Corporate Uplink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Changing Buffer Pool on Uplink Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Configuring Buffer Pool to Support Editing Clients. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Removing/Adding Ports Associated to a VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Enabling or Disabling IP Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Creating Trunked Ports (Link Aggregation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Setting Up IP-Helper Addresses for DHCP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Upgrading Firmware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Chapter 6 Sample Switch Topologies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Configuration A (ISIS | 7500) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Configuration B (ISIS | 7500) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Configuration C (ISIS | 7500) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Configuration D (ISIS | 7500) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Configuration E (ISIS | 7500) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Chapter 7 Switch Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Supported Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Dimensions and Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Electrical Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Environmental Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Using This Guide

This document describes switch setup information for the Avid® ISIS® shared storage networks. Your network might not contain certain topologies that are covered in the documentation. The Avid network and switches are tuned for high-speed and high-capacity shared storage primarily for Avid editing workstations and servers that manage media.

Symbols and Conventions

Avid documentation uses the following symbols and conventions:

Symbol or Convention Meaning or Action

> This symbol indicates menu commands (and subcommands) in the order you

(Windows) or (Macintosh) This text indicates that the information applies only to the specified

Bold font Bold font is primarily used in task instructions to identify user interface

Italic font Italic font is used to emphasize certain words and to indicate variables.

Courier Bold font

A note provides important related information, reminders, recommendations, and strong suggestions.

A caution means that a specific action you take could cause harm to your computer or cause you to lose data.

A warning describes an action that could cause you physical harm. Follow the guidelines in this document or on the unit itself when handling electrical equipment.

select them. For example, File > Import means to open the File menu and then select the Import command.

This symbol indicates a single-step procedure. Multiple arrows in a list indicate that you perform one of the actions listed.

operating system, either Windows or Macintosh OS X.

items and keyboard sequences.

Courier Bold font identifies text that you type.

Symbol or Convention Meaning or Action

Ctrl+key or mouse action Press and hold the first key while you press the last key or perform the

If You Need Help

If you are having trouble using your Avid product:

1. Retry the action, carefully following the instructions given for that task in this guide. It is especially important to check each step of your workflow.

2. Check the latest information that might have become available after the documentation was published.

New information would be found in the ReadMe file supplied on your Avid software installation kit as a PDF document and is also available online.

You should always check online for the most up-to-date release notes or ReadMe because the online version is updated whenever new information becomes available. To

view the online versions, visit the Knowledge Base at

3. Check the documentation that came with your Avid application or your hardware for maintenance or hardware-related issues.

If You Need Help

mouse action. For example, Command+Option+C or Ctrl+drag.

www.avid.com/US/support.

4. Visit the online Knowledge Base at available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Search this online Knowledge Base to find answers, to view error messages, to access troubleshooting tips, to download updates, and to read or join online message-board discussions.

www.avid.com/US/support. Online services are

Accessing the Online Documentation

The Avid ISIS online documentation contains all the product documentation in PDF format. You can access the documentation in the AvidISISDocumentation folder on the Avid ISIS installer kit. Download and install Acrobat Reader on your Avid ISIS before you can access the PDF documentation.

To access the online documentation from the installer kit:

1. Insert your Avid ISIS USB flash drive with the Avid ISIS software kit into the USB port.

2. Navigate to the [USB flash drive]:\.AvidISISDocumentation folder, and double-click the PDF file for the document you want to view.

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1 Avid Network Planning

The purpose of this document is to provide ISIS Administrators with a single reference regarding the implementation, configuration and troubleshooting of all Avid switches for use as the Avid Production Network (APN) switch. The switches covered in this documented have been qualified or approved by Avid in the configurations presented. However, in order to reduce the complexity of this document, configurations are limited to the qualified APN switches offered by Avid. Most of this information can also be applied to the approved switches not offered by Avid. Avid recommends you refer to the vendor’s documentation for specifics. Switches listed in this document have been qualified or approved in the ISIS | 7500, ISIS | 5500, and ISIS | 2500 environments.

This document also applies to ISIS 7000, ISIS 5000, and ISIS 2000 systems, but for simplicity, it

refers only to the current model names.

ISIS qualified Ethernet

Qualified and Approved ISIS Switches

The following switches have been qualified or approved for the specified Avid ISIS environments.

• Qualified — tested with each major software release.

• Approved — tested once with no subsequent re-testing.

APN Switches Qualified for the ISIS Environment

ISIS | 7500 External Expansion

Switch ISIS | 7500

Dell S4820T 10Gb Base-T ✓

Cisco Catalyst 4948E ✓✓✓

Cisco Catalyst 4948-10GE ✓✓✓

Cisco Catalyst 4900M ✓✓✓✓

Switches (EXS) ISIS | 5500 ISIS | 2500

Qualified and Approved ISIS Switches

APN Switches Qualified for the ISIS Environment (Continued)

ISIS | 7500 External Expansion

Switch ISIS | 7500

Switches (EXS) ISIS | 5500 ISIS | 2500

Dell Networking S25N and

✓✓

S25P

Dell Networking S60 ✓✓✓

Dell Networking S4810 ✓✓✓

Foundry/Brocade FESX424 and FESX624

✓✓

✓

APN Switches Approved for the ISIS Environment

ISIS | 7500 External Expansion

Switch ISIS | 7500

Switches (EXS) ISIS | 5500 ISIS | 2500

Arista Networks 7048T-A ✓✓

Cisco Nexus 7000 series ✓✓

✓✓

Cisco Catalyst 4500-X ✓✓ ✓✓

Foundry/Brocade SuperX ✓✓✓

Foundry/Brocade FESX448

✓✓

and FESX648

Foundry/Brocade MLXe

✓✓✓

a. The Cisco Nexus 7000 Series N7K-F248XP-25E and N7K-M224XP-23L can be used as External Expansion Switches.

b. Specific I/O cards only.

Most Windows editing clients must use the 1 Gb Intel Pro 1000 PT or PF Ethernet board to connect to all Avid ISIS system. Many on-board Ethernet ports are also suitable; see the Avid ISIS ReadMe for client platforms with supported on-board Ethernet ports or specific exceptions.

Macintosh clients can use the built-in Ethernet port or Small Tree

PEG1F or PEG2F optical

adapters.

Qualified and Approved ISIS Switches

Configuration information on the Ethernet switches that are qualified with Avid ISIS shared storage network is provided later in this document. For sample configurations provided in the ISIS software kit, see “Sample Switch Topologies” on page 104

Configuration

Avid has qualified or approved the following layer 2 and layer 3 switches used in a Zone 2 and Zone 3 configurations.

All Dell Networking switches ship from Avid preconfigured for an Avid ISIS | 5500 environment.

You should upgrade your switch to the latest configuration file found in the ISIS software kit. For information on configuring the switches, see “Dell Networking Switches” on page 55.

When connecting 10 Gb clients in the ISIS | 5500 environment, you must enable flow control RX

on the 10 Gb switch port. Flow control for both TX and RX is enabled on the ISIS Clients; see

“Turning on Flow Control in the Dell Networking S25 Switch” on page 71.

• Dell S4820T 10Gb Base-T switch (qualified in the ISIS | 5500) is supported along with the Intel and Small Tree Network adapters that are required for client connectivity

- Windows/Linux: Intel® Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X540-T1

- Mac: Small Tree petg1-cat6a

folder, and select the folder for your model ISIS and switch.

. Navigate to the

\Switch

• Dell S4820T 10Gb Base-T switch (qualified in the ISIS | 5500) is supported along with the 40Gb to 4 x 10Gb optical cable for connecting the ISIS | 5500 Engines to this switch

- Dell Networking,Transceiver,40GE QSFP+ Short Reach Optics,850nm

Wavelength,100-150m Reach on OM3/OM4 (430-4543)

- Dell Networking,Cable,40GbE MTP (QSFP+) to 4xLC Optical

Connctrs,5M(QSFP+,SFP+ Optics REQ,not incl) (331-5323)

•Cisco

• Cisco Catalyst 4948E switch (qualified in the ISIS | 7500 and ISIS | 5500 environments)

• Cisco Catalyst 4948-10GE (qualified in the ISIS | 7500 and ISIS | 5500 environment)

• Cisco Catalyst 4500-X switch (approved in the ISIS | 7500, 5500, and 2500 environments) is

Catalyst 4900M switch (qualified in the ISIS | 7500, 5500, and 2500 environments) can accommodate one or two modules offering a variety of 1 Gb Ethernet and 10 Gb Ethernet ports. (Avid supports both long range (LR) and short range (SR) X2s)

contains 48 1 Gb ports and four alternative wired ports that can accommodate optional 1 Gb Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) or 10 Gb Small Form-Factor Pluggable Plus (SFP+) optics.

contains 48 1 Gb ports and two X2 based 10 Gb ports (Avid supports both LR and SR X2s)

available in 32- and 16-port versions configured with optional network and uplink modules. The Small Form-Factor Pluggable Plus (SFP+) interface supports both 10 Gigabit Ethernet and 1 Gigabit Ethernet ports.

Qualified and Approved ISIS Switches

• Cisco Catalyst 6500-E series switch (approved in the ISIS | 7500, 5500, and 2500 environments) can be configured to meet a wide variety of 1 Gb and 10 Gb high-density Ethernet ports while providing high levels of network resilience. Depending on the base unit, there are from 3 to 13 slots with configurations offering SFP, SFP+, and XL support. (Avid supports both LR and SR X2s) This series is ideally suited for enterprise core and aggregation environments.

• Cisco Nexus 7000 series (approved in the ISIS | 7500, 5500, and 2500 environments) can be configured to meet a wide variety of combinations of 1 Gb Ethernet and 10 Gb Ethernet connections. Depending on the base unit, there are from 4 to 18 slots that allow for supervisor modules and up to 16 I/O modules offering a variety of ports (including SFP+ with XL option).

• Dell Networking containing 24 1 Gb ports on the front, and two slots on the back for 10 Gb XFP modules or 12 Gb stacking modules. The 12 Gb stacking modules allow for interconnecting two S25N switches when more than 24 1 Gb or two 10 Gb client connections are in use.

If using either version of the Dell Networking S25 switch for 10 Gb client connections, you must

enable flow control on the 10 Gb ports of the switch. For instructions, see “Turning on Flow

Control in the Dell Networking S25 Switch” on page 71. Flow control is disabled in the Avid

default Dell Networking S25 switch configuration.

Networks S25N switch (qualified in the ISIS | 5500 environment)

• Dell Networking Networks S25P switch (qualified in the ISIS | 5500 environment) containing 24 optical 1 Gb ports on the front, and two slots on the back for 10 Gb XFP modules or 12 Gb stacking modules. The 12 Gb stacking modules allow for interconnecting two S25P switches when more than 24 1 Gb or two 10 Gb client connections are in use.

• Dell Networking Networks S60 switch (qualified in the ISIS | 7500 and ISIS | 5500 environments) contains 48 1 Gb ports and two slots for 10 Gb Small Form-Factor Pluggable Plus (SFP+) modules or 24 Gb stacking modules. (One slot is on the front of the switch and the other is on the back.) The 24 Gb stacking modules allow for interconnecting two S60 switches when more than 48 1 Gb or two 10 Gb client connections are in use.

The Dell Networking S60 switch is only supported in the ISIS | 7500 environment when clients

are using ISIS Client v3.5 or later software.

There are Dell Networking S25 switch configuration files in the ISIS v4.0 software kit but that

switch is not supported in the ISIS | 7500 environment.

• Dell Networking Networks S4810 switch (qualified in the ISIS | 7500, 5500, and 2500 environments) containing 48 dual-speed 1/10 Gb (SFP+) ports (as well as four 40 Gb QSFP+ uplinks not supported in an Avid environment).

Qualified and Approved ISIS Switches

The Avid ISIS | 5500 Setup Guide includes information on the Dell Networking Networks S4810

switch. Like all other Dell Networking switches, the S4810 ships from Avid preconfigured for an Avid ISIS | 5500 environment. If you need to reload the Avid S4810 switch configuration file it is available in the Avid ISIS software kit.

• Arista Networks 7048T switch (approved in the ISIS | 7500 and ISIS | 5500 environments) contains 48 1 Gb ports and four SFP+ 10 Gb ports

• Brocade

/Foundry Networks® FastIron® Edge X (FESX) 624 and 424 switches (qualified in the ISIS | 7500 and ISIS | 5500 environments) contain 24 1 Gb ports and two XFP 10 Gb ports (Avid supports both LR and SR XFPs)

• Brocade/Foundry Networks FastIron SuperX switch (approved in the ISIS | 7500, 5500, and 2500 environments) with the 8 slot configuration is supported with the dual port 10 Gb card and the 24 port SFP or 10/100/1000 interface cards. The 16 slot version is not supported. The SX800 has redundant management cards without additional 1Gb Ethernet ports, whereas the SuperX has a single management card with 12 Gb Ethernet ports.

Avid has qualified the following external switches (EXS) for linking two individual ISIS | 7500 Management Domains using 10 Gb Ethernet connections.

• Cisco Catalyst 4900M switch can be configured to meet a wide variety of combinations of 1 Gb Ethernet and 10 Gb Ethernet connections. The base unit can accommodate one or two modules offering a variety of ports. (Avid supports both LR and SR X2s)

• Cisco Catalyst 4500-X switch is available in 32- and 16-port versions configured with optional network and uplink modules. The Small Form-Factor Pluggable Plus (SFP+) interface supports both 10 Gigabit Ethernet and 1 Gigabit Ethernet ports.

Minimum Supported Switch Firmware and IOS Versions

Manufacturer Model Firmware/IOS

Cisco Catalyst 4900M Rommon: 12.2(44r)SG (and latera)

IOS: 12.2 (46)SG (and later

Cisco Catalyst 4500-X ROM: 15.0(1R)SG6 (and later

IOS: 03.04.02.SG (and later

)

Description and Approved Blades

40 1 Gb (RJ-45), WS-X4920-GB-RJ45

8 10 Gb (X2/SC)WS-X4904-10GE 8 10 Gb (X2/SC)

32 dual-speed 1/10Gb ports (SFP+)

Qualified and Approved ISIS Switches

Minimum Supported Switch Firmware and IOS Versions (Continued)

Manufacturer Model Firmware/IOS

Cisco Catalyst C4948E Rommon: 12.2(44r)SG8 (and

later

)

IOS: 12.2 (54)SG (and later

Cisco Catalyst 4948-10GE Rommon: 12.2(31r)SGA (and

later

)

IOS: 12.2 (25) EWA8 (and later

Description and Approved Blades

48 1 Gb (RJ-45), four 10 Gb (SFP+/LC)

)

48 1 Gb (RJ-45), two 10 Gb (X2/SC)

)

Cisco Nexus 6500-E Series Supervisor:

WS-SUP720/WS-F6K-PFC3B WS-X6704-10GE/ WS-F6700-CFC WS-X6708-10GE/WS-F6700-DFC3CXL

Due to limited buffering, the following blades only supports direct connected clients and do not support uplinks to additional switches.

Supervisor: WS-X6748-GE-TX/WS-F6700-CFC/DFC WS-X6748-SFP/WS-F6700-CFC/DFC

Cisco Nexus 7000 Series BIOS 3.19.0 (and later

Kickstart 4.2(4) (and later

System 4.2(4) (and later

CMP BIOS 02.01.05 (and later

CMP Image 4.2(1) (and later

)

48 1 Gb module (copper) N7K-M148GT-11

32 10 Gb module (optical) N7K-M132XP-12 (only 8 supported running simultaneously due to 4 to 1

)

oversubscription)

)

N7K-M108x2

48 port 10 Gb/1 Gb module (optical) N7K-F248XP-25E

24 port 10 Gb module (optical) N7K-M224XP-23L

48 port 1 Gb copper N25-C2248TP-E-1GE

Dell Networking (ISIS | 5500 and

S25N FTOS 8.3.1.1 (and later

) 24 1 Gb (RJ-45),

two slots for 10 Gb XFP modules (XFP/LC)

ISIS | 2500 only)

Dell Networking S60 FTOS 8.3.3.4 (and later

) 48 1 Gb (RJ-45),

two slots for modules, two 10 Gb SFP+ ports per module (SFP+/LC)

Qualified and Approved ISIS Switches

Minimum Supported Switch Firmware and IOS Versions (Continued)

Description and Approved Blades

Manufacturer Model Firmware/IOS

Dell Networking S4810 FTOS 8.3.7.0 (and latera) 48 dual-speed 1/10 Gb (SFP+)

(four 40 Gb QSFP+ uplinks, not supported in the Avid Environment)

Arista Networks 7048T Software image 4.8.6 (and later

) 48 1 Gb (RJ-45),

four 10 Gb (SFP+)

Brocade/Foundry FESX624 Firmware v07.2.02aT3e3 (and

later

)

24 1 Gb (RJ-45), 4 1 Gb (SFP), 2 10 Gb (XFP/LC)

Brocade/Foundry SuperX

This switch require Queue Depth changes.

fi-sx4-12-combo-port-management-module fi-sx4-24-port-gig-copper-module fi-sx4-24-port-gig-fiber-module fi-sx4-2-port-10g-module

Brocade/Foundry RX RX-BI-MR Management Module

RX-BI-SFM3 Fabric Module RX-BI-24C RX-BI24F RX-BI-4XG

Brocade/Foundry (Obsolete)

FESX424 Firmware v02.3.01T3e3

Boot ROM v02.3.01Te6 (and

)

later

24 1 Gb (RJ-45), 4 1 Gb (SFP), 2 10 Gb (XFP/LC)

Brocade/Foundry MLXe Boot: Version 5.1.0T175

Monitor: Version 5.1.0T175 IronWare: Version 5.1.0bT177

a. Later firmware/IOS version should be acceptable but are not tested by Avid.

Chassis: MLXe

NI-MLX-MR Management Module

NI-MLX-10Gx8-D 8-port 10GbE (D) Module

NI-MLX-1Gx20-GC 20-port 10/100/1000 Copper Module

BR-MLX-1GFx24-X 24-port 1GbE SPF Module

Qualified and Approved ISIS Switches

Default Switch Passwords

It should also be noted that the following default passwords exist in order for one to access enable mode on the switches. The following table lists the passwords for each vendor.

Manufacturer Model Password Comment

Cisco 4900M

4948E; 4948-10GE

Dell Networking S25

S60 S4810

Foundry/Brocade FESX624

FESX424

Not Set by Default To get into enable mode in a Telnet session,

create an enable password on the serial connection in Global Configure Mode by using the “Enable Secret” command.

User: avid Password: avid

Not Set by Default Press Enter to access enable mode.

The S25 switch is only supported with ISIS | 5500 environment.

The S4810 switch is supported only with ISIS | 7500 in dual Management Domains in an External Switch configuration.

Redundant Switch Configurations

The following table provides redundant switch configuration examples by ISIS VLAN.

Command VLAN 10 VLAN 20

Cisco HSRP

Switch 1

ip address 192.168.10.2 255.255.255.0

standby ip 192.168.10.4 standby priority 95 standby preempt

ip address 192.168.20.2 255.255.255.0

standby ip 192.168.20.4 standby priority 90

Cisco HSRP

Switch 2

Cisco GLBP

Switch 1

ip address 192.168.10.3 255.255.255.0

standby ip 192.168.10.4 standby priority 90

ip address 192.168.10.2 255.255.255.0

glbp 110 ip 192.168.10.4

glbp 110 preempt

ip address 192.168.20.3 255.255.255.0

standby ip 192.168.20.4 standby priority 95 standby preempt

ip address 192.168.20.2 255.255.255.0

glbp 120 ip 192.168.20.4

glbp 120 priority 90

Qualified and Approved ISIS Switches

Command VLAN 10 VLAN 20

Cisco GLBP

Switch 2

Foundry/Brocade VRRPE

Switch 1

Foundry/Brocade VRRPE

Switch 2

a. Foundry/Brocade VRRPE must also specify the following Global Configuration: router vrrp-extended.

ip address 192.168.10.3 255.255.255.0

glbp 110 ip 192.168.10.4

glbp 110 priority 90

ip address 192.168.10.2 255.255.255.0

ip vrrp-extended vrid 10 backup priority 120 advertise backup ip-address 192.168.10.4

ip address 192.168.10.3 255.255.255.0

ip vrrp-extended vrid 10 backup priority 110 advertise backup ip-address 192.168.10.4

ip address 192.168.20.3 255.255.255.0

glbp 120 ip 192.168.20.4

glbp 120 preempt

ip address 192.168.20.2 255.255.255.0

ip vrrp-extended vrid 20 backup priority 110 advertise backup ip-address 192.168.20.4

ip address 192.168.20.3 255.255.255.0

ip vrrp-extended vrid 20 backup priority 120 advertise backup ip-address 192.168.20.4

Switch Vendor Commands

The following table provides a few command similarities and differences between vendors.

Command Dell Networking Cisco Foundry/Brocade

Entering Enable Mode

en en en

Entering Global Config Mode

Enabling IP Routing ip routing ip routing Automatic if more than one router

Changing IP addresses

conf t conf t conf t

interface is defined

New IP address automatically replaces old

You must remove the old IP address first using the “no ip address” command

Sample Switch Configurations

Avid includes switch configuration files outlined in “Sample Switch Topologies” on page 104. You can load and modify one of the configurations provided in the software kit to create a switch configuration file compatible with your environment. These configurations can be applied using

Qualified and Approved ISIS Switches

the procedures outlined in this document or by vendor. Some configuration files provided in the ISIS software kit have a provision for one port to connect to the house network for Zone 4 support.

The following table provides information on the available ports and connections.

Model Rack Units 1 Gb Ports 10 Gb Ports Mgmt. Ports Comments

Cisco Catalyst 4900M

Cisco Catalyst 4948E

Cisco Catalyst 4948-10GE

Dell Networking S4810

2 Up to 40 RJ-45 8 x X2 (SC)

Base

Up to 8 x X2 uncontended 1:1

Up to 16 x X2 contended 2:1 (cannot connect 2:1 ports to ISIS

1 48 RJ-45 2 SFP+ (LC) 2 RJ-45

1 48 RJ-45 2 X2 (SC) 2 RJ-45

1 48 RJ-45 48 SFP+ (LC) Custom RJ-45 Avid Supports both SR (850

2 RJ-45 (one serial, one Ethernet)

(one serial, one Ethernet)

Avid Supports both SR (850 nm) and LR (1310 nm) X2s in 10 Gb ports.

Ethernet Mgmt. Port used in Rommon mode only.

Avid Supports both SR (850 nm) and LR (1310 nm) X2s in 10 Gb ports.

The 4 optical ports can be used independently as 10 Gb or 1 Gb with SFP+ or SFP respectively, The connector physical presentation is LC

Avid Supports both SR (850 nm) and LR (1310 nm) X2s in 10 Gb ports.

nm) and LR (1310 nm) SFP+ in 10 Gb ports. The four QSFP+ uplinks are not used.

ISIS | 7500 only

supports this switch as an External Expansion Switch.

Dell Networking S25

Dell Networking S60

1 ??? ??? ??? ???

Qualified and Approved ISIS Switches

Model Rack Units 1 Gb Ports 10 Gb Ports Mgmt. Ports Comments

Foundry/Brocade FESX624

Foundry/Brocade FESX424 2XG

2 24 RJ-45

4 SFP (LC)

2 24 RJ-45

4 SFP (LC)

ISIS | 7500 External Switches

ISIS v2.4 introduced support for expanding the number of Engines in an ISIS | 7500 configuration from a maximum of 12 Engines up to 24 Engines. This is accomplished by combining two ISIS stacks (referred to as Management Domains) under one ISIS file system. When building an ISIS that is greater than 12 Engines, two External Expansion Switches (EXS) are needed, one EXS per VLAN that interconnects each Management Domain.

The two stacks are interconnected via 10 Gb links (link aggregation) to the EXS switch. Each 10 Gb link can provide 600 MB/s of bandwidth full duplex. This is the maximum bandwidth an ISS can support.

2 XFP (LC) 1 DB-9 serial Avid Supports SR (850 nm)

and LR (1310 nm) XFPs in 10 Gb ports.

Optical 1 Gb SFP Ports 1F – 4F can be used in place of RJ-45 Ports 1 – 4.

2 XFP (LC) 1 DB-9 serial Avid Supports SR (850 nm)

and LR (1310 nm) XFPs in 10 Gb ports.

Optical 1 Gb SFP Ports 1F – 4F can be used in place of RJ-45 Ports 1 – 4.

Up to eight EXS 10 Gb aggregated links (configured as two, four member aggregated links) are supported between the switch and ISIS | 7500 Management Domain.

If you plan to utilize 600 MB/sec of bandwidth on the links to the EXS then you should not use any 1 Gb connections as uplinks as you would exceed per switch bandwidth. You should plan your client bandwidth allocation carefully so as to not oversubscribe a segment of the network.

Each EXS is configured with 2 X 4 port groups of aggregated 10 Gb links. Each group connects to a VLAN on one of the Management Domains. For the sample configurations the first 8 ports of the switch are used to build the 2 X 4 port groups. The following two switches are qualified as EXS.

• Dell Networking S4810: the interface ports are TenGigabitEthernet 0/0 through 0/7

• Cisco 4900M: the interface ports are TenGigabitEthernet 1/1 through 1/8

Qualified and Approved ISIS Switches

Each stack, regardless of the number of Engines, is configured into two subnets. The following illustration shows the division, and the 10 Gb Link Aggregation used to link the two Management Domains. You can connect the right and left VLANs to the Zone 2 switch using either the 10 Gb ports on the Engine or EXS switch as shown as Option 1 and Option 2 (respectively) in the illustration.

Two Stack Configuration — Example

4 x 10 Gb

Right side (default subnet 200)

Left side (default subnet 100)

(Option 1) 10 Gb connection to Zone 2 switch

10 Gb connection to house network

(Option 2) 10 Gb connection to Zone 2 switch

System Directors

External 10 Gb Ethernet switch

(Option 2) 10 Gb connection to Zone 2 switch

10 Gb connection to house network

Qualified and Approved ISIS Switches

Switch Redundancy

The ISIS | 7500 switch Configuration E file (found in the ISIS software kit), outlines the redundant APN switch configuration, see highly recommended and common configuration in an ISIS environment. In this configuration VRRP, VRRP-E, HSRP or GLBP (depending on the switch vendor and firmware version) is used between the redundant ISIS VLANs, while a routing protocol like RIP or OSPF is used on the uplink to the “House” network. For specific configuration examples by protocol see

Switch Configurations” on page 15

For the Foundry/Brocade based configurations, Avid has only tested VRRP-E. For the Cisco based configurations HSRP and GLBP have been tested. For Cisco, Avid has found GLBP to be the best performer. However, GLBP is not offered in all switch models and is not retested in every release; therefore, HSRP may be the only option.

Avid has only tested OSPF between the APN and House Uplink. It was found to provide the fastest repair time when failures were introduced into the network. Recovery times vary depending on the type and size of your network.

“Configuration E (ISIS | 7500)” on page 110. This is a

ISIS | 7500 Network Zone Configurations

Switch Redundancy

“Redundant

All clients in the shared storage network are classified by zones, depending on how they connect to the network. The following list defines the ISIS clients in each network layer by their zone classification. Zone terminology does not apply other clients such as Interplay Central.

A System Director must be attached to both subnets, but can only be attached once to each

subnet.

• Zone 1 Client — Connected to ISIS VLANs via an ISS 1 Gb or 10 Gb port (direct connect)

• Zone 2 Client — Connected to ISIS VLANs via a 1 Gb or 10 Gb port on an Avid qualified layer-2 switch (non-routed)

• Zone 3 Client — Connected to an Avid qualified layer-3 switch (routed) with known Quality of Service (QoS); traffic routed to ISIS (one hop) and load-balanced across ISIS VLANs (approximately a 60/40 ratio)

• Zone 4 Client — Connected to the house network using a switch with unknown QoS; traffic routed to Avid ISIS (measured by the number of hops) and load-balanced across ISIS VLANs (approximately a 60/40 ratio)

Clients which can connect to one zone can run in any lower-numbered zone — for example, a

Zone 3 client can also run as a Zone 2 or Zone 1 client.

The following four examples show different types of Avid ISIS | 7500 configurations.

ISIS | 7500 Network Zone Configurations

Zone 1

Chassis interconnect

10 Gb ethernet

Engine

Intel Pro 1000 PT board

Client systems

in Zone 1

1 Gb ethernet

10 Gb ethernet

10 Gb board

System Director

ISS VLAN 10

ISS VLAN 20

ISS VLAN 20ISS VLAN 10

ISIS | 7500 Zone 1 Client Configuration (Direct Connect)

Any client that is connected directly to an ISIS is considered a Zone 1 or direct connected client. Each Integrated Switch Blade (labeled ISS2000) has a total of eight, 1 Gb Ethernet ports and one 10 Gb Ethernet port. A single Engine has the capacity to support 18 clients or servers, including any ports that are to be used by the System Director(s). The total number of 1 Gb ports in Zone 1 is based on the number of Engines and System Directors in the configuration.

Connect TransferManagers and AirSpeed servers to Zone 1 or Zone 2.

A Zone 1 (direct connect) configuration consists of a group of clients connected directly to the 1-Gb and 10 Gb connections of the ISS in the Engine. The System Director also connects to both subnets via both ISS modules using a 1 Gb port.

Avid ISIS | 7500 Zone 1 Network Configuration

ISIS | 7500 Zone 2 Client Configuration (Indirect Connect)

There is support for external switches connected through the 10 Gb port on each ISS. Clients that are connected to an external switch are referred to as Zone 2 clients and have a layer 2 relationship connection to ISIS. For a list of supported switches, see the

Approved ISIS Switches” on page 8

“Qualified and

ISIS | 7500 Network Zone Configurations

Chassis interconnect

Engine

Zone 1

Zone 2

System Director

Intel Pro 1000 PT board

Client systems

in Zone 2

1 Gb ethernet

ISS VLAN 10

ISS VLAN 20

ISS VLAN 20ISS VLAN 10

VLAN 10 VLAN 20

10 Gb ethernet

Zone 2 switch with two 10-Gb Ports

A Zone 2 (indirect connect) configuration consists of group of clients connected to an Ethernet switch with a 10 Gb port connected to an ISS located in the Engine. The System Director also connects to both subnets via both ISS modules using a 1 Gb port. Depending upon the switch configuration, each client shown connected to the external switch is connected to one of the two subnets through one of the two 10 Gb connections.

Avid ISIS | 7500 Zone 2 Network Configuration

The 10 Gb ports connected to the ISIS are also serving as uplinks to the ISIS for clients on either VLAN. Each VLAN on the switch is connected to the appropriate VLAN in the shared storage network using the 10 Gb port.

Client count can be scaled according to the number of switches and available switch ports.

ISIS | 7500 Zone 1 and Zone 2 Client Configuration

The number of ports available on the ISS (Zone 1) makes it necessary to add another layer of clients through a qualified network switch to create a (Zone 2) in the ISIS shared storage network.

ISIS | 7500 Network Zone Configurations

Zone 1

Zone 2

Intel Pro 1000 PT board

Client systems

in Zone 2

VLAN 10 VLAN 20

10 Gb Ethernet

Intel Pro 1000 PT board

Client systems

in Zone 1

1 Gb Ethernet

Chassis interconnect

ISS VLAN 10

ISS VLAN 20

Engine

System Director

ISS VLAN 20ISS VLAN 10

System Director

connections

1 Gb Ethernet

Zone 2 switch with two 10-Gb Ports

A mixed configuration (Zone 1 and Zone 2) consists of clients connected directly and indirectly through ports on the Engine’s ISS. The following illustration shows two System Directors that connect to the Engine via two separate Zone 1 ISS 1 Gb ports for use as a redundant System Director in case of a failure. Both System Directors also connect to each other through the onboard Ethernet connections to monitor if one of the System Director fails.

Avid ISIS | 7500 Zone 1 and Zone 2 Mixed Network Configuration

Although it is not shown in the previous diagram, to ensure high availability, whenever possible,

the System Directors should be connected to two different subnets through two different Engines.

ISIS | 7500 Zone 3 and Zone 4 Client Configuration

A Zone 3 (indirect connect) configuration consist of a group of clients connected to an Avid qualified layer-3 switch (routed) with known Quality of Service (QoS); traffic routed to ISIS (one hop) and load-balanced across ISIS VLANs (approximately a 60/40 ratio).

A Zone 4 (indirect connect) configuration consists of group of clients using an Ethernet switch with unknown QoS; traffic routed to Avid ISIS (measured by the number of hops) and load-balanced across ISIS VLANs (approximately a 60/40 ratio).

ISIS | 7500 Network Zone Configurations

Zone 4

Zone 3

Zone 3 client routed VLAN 30

Zone 4 clients

corporate network

Zone 1

Client systems

in Zone 1

Chassis interconnect

ISS VLAN 10

Engine

System Director

connections

1 Gb Ethernet

Zone 2

Avid Production Network (Zone 1, 2, and 3)

1 Gb Ethernet

VLAN 10 VLAN 20

Zone 2 Layer 2 switch

(Layer 3 routed/switched)

(Layer 2 switched)

Can be one multilayer switch

(Layer 2 switched)

(Layer 3 routed/switched)

VLAN 10 VLAN 20

VLAN 30

Zone 3 layer 3 switch

House switch

ISS VLAN 20

ISS VLAN 10 ISS VLAN 20

The house switch should have uplinks to the Avid Production Network through an Ethernet switch that contains a 10 Gb port connected to an ISS located in the Engine. The System Director connects to the both subnets via both ISS modules using a 1 Gb Zone 1 port.

Avid ISIS | 7500 Zone 3 and Zone 4 Network Configuration

ISIS | 5500 Network Zone Configurations

Client Connection Speed to ISIS | 7500

The ISS in the ISIS | 7500 Engine supports any combination of 1 Gb UTP and 10 Gb optical clients (Zone 1). The ISS does not negotiate at any rate below 1 Gb. Zone 2 and Zone 3 also support 1 Gb and 10 Gb client connections.

ISIS | 7500 Link Aggregation Support

A link aggregation configuration from the ISS ports to the qualified or approved Avid Production Network switch supports Zone 2, Zone 3, and Zone 4 clients.

ISIS | 5500 Network Zone Configurations

The Avid workgroup uses an Avid ISIS to provide clients access to Avid ISIS workspaces (shared folders) over a 1 Gb Ethernet network (see

with One or Two Switches” on page 29 Storage” on page 30

multiple Ethernet clients. The following sections define the ISIS clients in each network layer by their zone classification. Zone terminology does not apply other clients such as Interplay Central.

). You can have several workgroups at your site, each accommodating

and “Avid ISIS | 5500 Infrastructure — with Optional

“Avid ISIS | 5500 Infrastructure — Clients

When connecting 10 Gb clients in the ISIS | 5500 environment, you must enable flowcontrol RX

on the 10 Gb ports in the ISIS | 5500 switches, see “Turning on Flow Control in the Dell

Networking S25 Switch” on page 71.

ISIS | 5500 Switch Consideration

Several Avid ISIS Ethernet client connection options are listed as follows. See the Avid ISIS ReadMe for the latest list of qualified Ethernet switches.

• Up to four clients can connect directly into the Intel Pro network ports (1, 3, 4, and 6) on the rear of the System Director (see

on page 27

• Up to eight clients can connect directly to a single Engine configuration when using the built-in Intel Pro network ports and when the optional Quad Port 1 Gb Ethernet adapter is installed (ports 8, 9, 10, and 11).

• 10 Gb clients connect into a 10 Gb port on a qualified switch or can connect directly into the ISIS | 5500 System Director 10 Gb port on a switch-less configuration. You can have one 10 Gb client per ISIS | 5500 Engine. For example, in a six Engine configuration you can have six 10 Gb clients.).

“ISIS | 5500 Zone 1 Client Configuration (Direct Connect)”

ISIS | 5500 Network Zone Configurations

• Up to 20, 1 Gb Ethernet clients are supported on the Dell Networking S25 Ethernet switch using four 1 Gb connections to the System Director. This is nonblocking gigabit Ethernet switch (see “ISIS | 5500 Zone 2 Configuration (System Director and Switch 1 Gb

Connections)” on page 29

• Up to 24, 1 Gb Ethernet clients are supported on the Dell Networking S25 Ethernet switch using a 10 Gb connection to the System Director (see

(System Director and Switch 10 Gb Connections)” on page 29

• Up to 44, 1 Gb Ethernet clients are supported on the Dell Networking S60 Ethernet switch using four 1 Gb connections to the System Director.

• Up to 47, 1 Gb Ethernet clients are supported on the Dell Networking S4810 Ethernet switch using a 10 Gb connection to the System Director.

• Up to 48, 1 Gb Ethernet clients are supported on the Dell Networking S60 Ethernet switch using a 10 Gb connection to the System Director.

• Up to 44, 1 Gb Ethernet clients are supported across two stacked Dell Networking S25 Ethernet switches using four 1 Gb connections to the System Director. (20 clients in the first Dell Networking S25 switch, 24 on the second). These switches are stacked using a 12 Gb stacking connection.

• Up to 48, 1 Gb Ethernet clients are supported across two stacked Dell Networking S25 Ethernet switches using a 10 Gb connection to the System Director. (24 clients in the first Dell Networking S25 switch, 24 on the second, two ports unused). These two switches are stacked using a 12 Gb stacking connection.

“ISIS | 5500 Zone 2 Configuration

• Up to 90, 1 Gb Ethernet clients are supported with the Dell Networking S4810, Cisco 4900, and Cisco 4948-10GE Ethernet switches.

ISIS | 5500 Zone 1 Client Configuration (Direct Connect)

The Avid ISIS | 5500 direct connect configuration provides access to shared workspaces by connecting up to nine clients directly into a single ISIS | 5500 Engine. The following illustration shows the ISIS | 5500 Engine rear panel with optional Quad Port 1 Gb Ethernet adapter board installed and the Myricom 10 Gb Ethernet board (shipped installed in the ISIS | 5500-32 and ISIS 5000-32 Engines). Depending if you have installed the optional Quad Port 1 Gb Ethernet adapter board, four or eight direct connect 1 Gb clients are available. The Myricom 10 Gb Ethernet board offers one 10 Gb direct connect client.

You cannot mix directly connected clients (Zone 1) with an switch configuration as described in

a Zone 2 and greater configurations.

ISIS | 5500 Network Zone Configurations

Up to 4 clients

1 Gb Ethernet

Ethernet client

ISIS 5500

Ethernet client

Ether

net client

Up to 4 clients

1 Gb Ethernet

10 Gb Ethernet client

10 Gb Ethernet

Ethernet client

Ether

net client

Direct connect options include:

• The ISIS | 5500-32 and ISIS | 5500-16 Engines both support up to eight 1 Gb clients directly connected to the built-in Intel Pro 1000 Ethernet ports and when using the optional Quad Port 1 Gb Ethernet adapter board. The built-in Intel Pro 1000 ports are the four outside ports (labeled 1, 3, 4, and 6). The Quad Port Ethernet boards are not labeled but are ports 8 to 11 from top to bottom.

• The Quad Port 1 Gb Ethernet adapter board does not ship installed in either the ISIS | 5500-32 or the ISIS | 5500-16 Engines. This optional board is only supported in single Engine direct connect configurations when you want 5 to 8, 1 Gb clients connected to the ISIS Engine.

The Quad Port 1 Gb and 10 Gb Ethernet adapter boards are options in the ISIS | 5500-16

Engine. For instructions on installing the Ethernet adapter boards, see the Avid ISIS | 5500 Setup Guide.

• The Myricom 10 Gb Ethernet board is shipped installed in the ISIS | 5500-32 Engine. This board is the 10 Gb connection for configurations with multiple ISIS | 5500 Engines or for a single 10 Gb client in a direct connect configuration. This is an optional adapter board in the ISIS | 5500-16 Engine.

Avid ISIS | 5500 direct connect configurations do not support dual-link client connections or

Avid Interplay environments.

Avid ISIS | 5500 Infrastructure — Direct Connect Clients

ISIS | 5500 Network Zone Configurations

1 Gb Ethernet

Ethernet client

ISIS 5000

Up to 90 clients

Ethernet switch

ISIS | 5500 Zone 2 Configuration (System Director and Switch 1 Gb Connections)

A single ISIS Engine can connect to a switch using the four Intel Pro 1000 1 Gb Ethernet ports (1, 3, 4, and 6) on the rear of the Engine. When using a single Engine, that Engine must be configured as the System Director. Clients access workspaces on the System Director through the Ethernet switch. If any of the four Ethernet port connections to the switch fails, the Avid ISIS continues to operate. Clients can continue to access workspaces through the switch even when only one Ethernet port is connected to the System Director. This is not an approved configuration, but a safeguard if the other Ethernet connections are lost. If you stack or cascade switches, you can connect up to 90, 1 Gb Ethernet clients.

Avid ISIS | 5500 Infrastructure — Clients with One or Two Switches

ISIS | 5500 Zone 2 Configuration (System Director and Switch 10 Gb Connections)

A 10 Gb connection between your Engine and switch allows you setup the switch and clients a greater distance away from the Avid ISIS system. When using a single Engine, that Engine must be configured as the System Director and can use either the 1 Gb ports or 10 Gb port to connect to the switch. You can use the 10 Gb port in the Engine for a single or multiple Engine configuration. When using multiple Engines, you are required to connect the System Director and other Engines to the switch using the Engines’ 10 Gb ports. A stacked or cascaded switch configuration allows you to connect up to 90 1 Gb Ethernet clients.

ISIS | 2500 Network Zone Configurations

Avid ISIS

ISIS 5000

Up to 90 clients

Ethernet switch

Ethernet client

Optional storage enclosures

10 Gb Ethernet

Avid ISIS

The 10 Gb board is an option in the ISIS | 5500-16 Engine. For instructions on installing the

10 Gb Ethernet adapter board, see the Avid ISIS | 5500 Setup Guide.

Avid ISIS | 5500 Infrastructure — with Optional Storage

ISIS | 5500 Zone 3 and Zone 4 Client Configuration

A Zone 3 (indirect connect) configuration consist of a group of clients, connected to an Avid qualified layer-3 switch (routed), with known Quality of Service (QoS); traffic routed to ISIS (one hop).

A Zone 4 (indirect connect) configuration consists of a group of clients, using an Ethernet switch with unknown QoS; traffic routed to Avid ISIS (measured by the number of hops).

ISIS | 2500 Network Zone Configurations

ISIS | 2500 systems typically are integrated with ISIS | 7500 or ISIS | 5500 environments. The ISIS | 2500 System Director and ISIS | 2500 Engine are connected to ISIS | 7500 or ISIS | 5500 switches that have been configured with a separate VLAN on the Zone 2 switch. See your site network administrator for assistance with configuring the separate VLAN on your switch. The following sections defines the ISIS clients in each network layer by their zone classification. Zone terminology does not apply other clients such as Interplay Central.

ISIS | 2500 Network Zone Configurations

VLAN

Zone 2

Intel Pro 1000 PT board

Client systems

in Zone 2

1 Gb or 10 Gb Ethernet

10 Gb Ethernet

Zone 2 switch with 1-Gb and 10-Gb Ports

Engine

System Director

ISIS | 2500 Zone 1 Client Configuration (Direct Connect)

The ISIS | 2500 does not provide any client connections directly to the Engine or System Director. Client connections are only available through a switch.

ISIS | 2500 Zone 2 Client Configuration (Indirect Connect)

Clients that are connected to a switch are referred to as Zone 2 clients. Zone 2 clients are not routed. For a list of supported switches, see the

page 8

A Zone 2 configuration consists of a group of clients, connected to an Ethernet switch with a 10 Gb port connected to the ISIS | 2500 Engine. The System Director also connects to the switch using a 1 Gb port or 10 Gb port. Each client connects to the Zone 2 switch using either a 1 Gb or 10 Gb connection.

Avid ISIS | 2500 Zone 2 Network Configuration

“Qualified and Approved ISIS Switches” on

ISIS | 2500 Network Zone Configurations

ISIS | 2500 Zone 3 and Zone 4 Client Configuration

A Zone 3 (indirect connect) configuration consist of a group of clients, connected to an Avid qualified layer-3 switch (routed), with known Quality of Service (QoS); traffic routed to ISIS (one hop).

A Zone 4 (indirect connect) configuration consists of a group of clients, using an Ethernet switch with unknown QoS; traffic routed to Avid ISIS (measured by the number of hops).

The house switch should have uplinks to the Avid Production Network through an Ethernet switch that contains a 10 Gb port connected to the Engines. The ISIS | 2500 System Director also connects to the switch using a 1 Gb port or 10 Gb port. The ISIS | 2500 can connect to the same APN switches as the primary ISIS | 7500 or ISIS | 5500, but must used a different subnet to other ISIS storage systems.

Avid ISIS | 2500 Zone 3 and Zone 4 Network Configuration

Zone 4

Zone 3

House switch

Zone 3 client routed VLAN 40

Zone 4 clients

corporate network

ISIS 7000

Client systems

in Zone 1

Chassis interconnect

ISS VLAN 10

ISS VLAN 20

Engine

System Director

ISS VLAN 20ISS VLAN 10

System Director

Zone 2

Avid Production Network (Zone 1, 2, and 3)

1 Gb Ethernet

VLAN 10 VLAN 20

VLAN 40

Zone 3 layer 3 switch

VLAN 10 VLAN 20

Zone 2 Layer 2 switch

(Layer 3 routed/switched)

(Layer 2 switched)

Can be one multilayer switch

(Layer 3 routed/switched)

Zone 1

Engine

System Director

10 Gb Ethernet

ISIS 2000

VLAN

Zone 2 clients

VLAN 30

Network Considerations

Carefully plan for space, environmental, and power requirements for your Avid hardware. This section contains topics related to setting up your an Avid network environment.

Network Considerations

Computer Names

A hostname must comply with RFC 952 standards. For example, you cannot use an underscore in a hostname. For more information, see “Naming Conventions in Active Directory for Computers, Domains, Sites, and OUs” on the Microsoft Support Knowledge Base.

Verify Entries on the DNS Server

Make sure that you correct any errors in DNS entries for name to IP resolution. The Avid network can become sluggish and unstable if there are incorrect entries in the DNS server for any of the computers in the Interplay environment. Symptoms include excessive CPU usage by the Interplay Framework Lookup service and Interplay Diagnostics. The tree view in the Interplay Service Configuration or Health Monitor may also fail to populate if there are incorrect DNS entries.

Configure the DNS Server to Support Reverse Lookup

Ensure that the DNS server is configured to support Reverse Lookups. If DNS is not configured for Reverse Lookup, Interplay Framework cannot resolve IP addresses to host names. Symptoms include; tree views fail to populate in the Interplay Service Configuration, Interplay Diagnostics, and Health Monitor.

Non-DNS Environments

In a non-DNS environment you must configure a host file on all systems, including Avid Low Res Encode systems. This is necessary so that the Interplay Framework can list the systems in its client applications such as the Interplay Service Configuration or Health Monitor.

Computers with Multiple Network Interfaces

Computers that have multiple network interfaces in use must be entered in DNS so that all IP addresses have the exact same hostname.

If you have multiple network interfaces on a computer and one is not used, use the Device Manager to disable the interface. If not, the computer might have problems communicating with the Interplay Framework Multicast Repeater. If multiple network interfaces are used, you should adjust the binding order and local specific routes to insure the intended operation. Use the Advance setting the Network adapter properties to change the priority order on the network interfaces.

Configuring an Avid Shared Storage System

On an Avid Production Network, if your network extends outside of ISIS Zone 1 and Zone 2, you must configure a Layer 3 switch to route between subnetworks.

Know Where Your Subnets Are on the Network

Create a system diagram that identifies the subnets on your Avid network environment. Avid recommends you use Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) IP ranges of contiguous addresses instead of non-contiguous ranges VLAN 16, 17, 18, 19.

Time Synchronization

If you already have a system in place to maintain Time Sync on your network, you can continue to use that system. Avid Interplay provides the Interplay Framework Time Synchronization service to perform the same task. Avid has created a detailed guide on synchronizing many Avid products. Search for “A Guide to Time Synchronisation for Avid Interplay Systems” posted on the Avid Knowledge Base at

The Avid Time Synchronization Service enables time synchronization between different machines in a workgroup. The Time Synchronization Service can operate in either Master mode or Slave mode. In Master mode, the service retrieves a reference time from a configured time source and redistributes it to the Slave services within the workgroup. The time source can be the local PC clock, an NTP server, or a timecode card installed in a server, such as the CaptureManager server. In Slave mode, the Time Synchronization Service listens for time notifications from the workgroup and (optionally) sets the local PC clock to match.

TFTP

www.avid.com/US/support.

TFTP

It is important to use only one time synchronism mechanism to set the local PC clocks in the Interplay environment. If a Time Synchronization Slave service is configured to set the local PC clock and it detects that some other mechanism (such as Windows 32 Time Services) changes the local clock, then the Time Sync Slave service will disable itself to avoid the local clock from jumping back and forth. The Time Sync slave will also post a Warning in the Health Monitor.

Copy firmware and configuration files from the Host to the switch using a TFTP application. You can find several on the Internet. The most common application used at Avid is called TFTPD32.exe. You can download a copy of this program at the following Web link:

http://tftpd32.jounin.net/.

When configuring the TFTP application makes sure that the IP address of the Server Interface is on the same subnet as the switch with which you are attempting to communicate. Also, make sure that the files you are trying to transfer are in the directory designated as the root for the TFTP application. This is sometimes referred to as the Base Directory.

Make sure the firewall settings of the device permit incoming unsolicited use of the UDP port 69 used by the TFTP.

Network and Switch Troubleshooting

The following sections include some suggestions that might help you troubleshoot the switch or clients’ connections to the switch.

Ping and Tracert Commands

Ethernet networking is the backbone for the Avid ISIS workgroup. If your Ethernet network is not performing properly, it will affect your workgroup. The following sections describe how to use two commands, ping and tracert, to troubleshoot your network.

Ping

You can use the ping command to confirm that the physical and logical aspects of your network are configured correctly. Physical aspects include network interface card, cables, and Ethernet switches. Logical aspects include IP addresses, subnet masks, and routing.

Ping works by sending a packet over the network from an originating host to a destination host. The destination host receives the packet and sends a response packet over the network to the originating host. If the originating host receives the response packet, it is a good indication that the network is configured correctly.

In the ISIS environment you can use the PathDiag tool to do multiple pings using Network Connectivity Test located in the Custom Test Setting area of the window.

You can use many options with ping. This section discusses two types of ping syntax:

ping

[System Name]

where [System Name] is the network name of the remote system to which you are testing connectivity

ping

[IP Address]

where [IP Address] is the IP address of the remote system to which you are testing connectivity.

To run the ping command:

1. Open an MS-DOS® command prompt window (click Start > Run and type

2. At the command line, type the ping command (for example,

The ping result should resemble the following:

Reply from 192.168.10.5: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=255

ping 192.168.10.5

cmd

Tracert

Network and Switch Troubleshooting

Reply from 192.168.10.5: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=255 Reply from 192.168.10.5: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=255 Reply from 192.168.10.5: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=255

Four responses of “Reply from…” indicate the network is configured correctly and the originating and destination hosts can see each other on the network.

If any one of the responses in the ping result says:

Request timed out.

Destination host unreachable.

it indicates the network is not configured correctly or there are other network problems. Some items that can cause network problems are:

- Bad, loose, or incorrectly connected cables

- An incorrectly configured IP address or subnet mask on a local or remote system

- Excessive network traffic

While ping can test for connectivity between two network hosts, tracert (short for “trace route”) can verify the network path that the data uses to travel between the two hosts.

Because Avid editing applications are data intensive, it is important that large amounts of data be transferred between the Avid ISIS and its clients in a timely fashion. An incorrectly configured network might get the data to its destination, but be too slow for your application to work effectively.

You can use the tracert command to confirm that the data is traveling along an optimal path. In an Avid ISIS workgroup, the Avid ISIS and its clients should send traffic directly to each other. Routers should not be used to direct traffic between them.

It is possible for network traffic to take one path going to a system and a different path coming back. Therefore, it is important to run tracert from both the Avid ISIS and its clients to test the data path in both directions.

As with ping, you can use many options with tracert. This section discusses two types of tracert syntax:

tracert [System Name]

where [System Name] is the network name of the remote system to which you are testing connectivity

Network and Switch Troubleshooting

Tracing route to [remote system name or IP address] ove maximum of 30 hops:

1 10 ms <10 ms <10 ms [remote system name or IP address

Trace complete.

One entry indicates an optimal route.

tracert [IP Address]

where [IP Address] is the IP address of the remote system to which you are testing connectivity

To run the tracert command:

1. Open an MS-DOS command prompt window (click Start > Run and type

2. At the command line, type the tracert command (for example,

tracert 192.168.10.5

The tracert result should resemble the following:

If your network is configured correctly, the tracert result will show only one entry and then indicate that the trace is complete. More than one entry indicates that the traffic is going through a router and is appropriate for a test of a Zone 3 client, which significantly affects performance. More than one entry is appropriate for a test of a Zone 3 client.

If your tracert result shows more than one entry, most likely there is an incorrect IP address or subnet mask configuration on the local host.

Sluggish Switch Performance On the Dell Networking S25

Avid recommends the following configuration setting on the Dell Networking S25 switch to optimize the switch memory buffers for use in dedicated storage networks. This does not apply to the Dell Networking S60 or S4810. If you feel that your Dell Networking switch has become sluggish, use the following information to verify the buffer size. If your buffer does not match the following information, reload the Avid configuration file; see

on page 66

“Restoring From Flash Memory”

cmd

Type the following command to show the buffer profile details for 1 Gb ports.

To verify your 1 Gb port buffer size:

1. Use your terminal emulation program or telnet into switch.

2. Type

3. Type

Global Pre-defined buffer policy: 1Q

sh buffer-profile detail int gig 0/1

Network and Switch Troubleshooting

Interface : Gi 0/1 Buffer-profile : Dynamic Buffer 1603.75 KB (Current), 1603.75 KB (Configured)

-----------------------------------------------------------------Queue# Dedicated Buffer (KB) | Buffer Packet-Pointers Current Configured | Current Configured

-----------------------------------------------------------------0 3.00 3.00 | 1920 1920 1 3.00 3.00 | 64 64 2 0.00 0.00 | 0 0 3 0.00 0.00 | 0 0 4 0.00 0.00 | 0 0 5 0.00 0.00 | 0 0 6 0.00 0.00 | 0 0 7 3.00 3.00 | 63 63

4. Type

To verify your 10 Gb port buffer size:

exit

1. Use your terminal emulation program or telnet into switch.

2. Type

3. Type

Global Pre-defined buffer policy: 1Q Interface : Te 0/25 Buffer-profile : Dynamic Buffer 1603.75 KB (Current), 1603.75 KB (Configured)

-----------------------------------------------------------------Queue# Dedicated Buffer (KB) | Buffer Packet-Pointers Current Configured | Current Configured

-----------------------------------------------------------------0 3.00 3.00 | 1600 1600 1 3.00 3.00 | 64 64 2 3.00 3.00 | 64 64 3 3.00 3.00 | 64 64

sh buffer-profile detail int ten 0/25

Replacing the Network Switch

4 3.00 3.00 | 64 64 5 3.00 3.00 | 64 64 6 3.00 3.00 | 64 64 7 3.00 3.00 | 63 63

4. Type

exit

Replacing the Network Switch

Before replacing a switch in the ISIS environment:

• Have a backup copy of the switch configuration file.

• Disable any Link Aggregation that might be set in your ISIS | 7500 environment. This prevents odd network behavior and the inevitable trunking errors.

• Disable any trunking to other switches before removing the switch. Any trunking involved with the switch would be part of the configuration file and would help when reconfiguring the trunk on the new switch.

• You do not have to shut down the System Director or Engines when replacing a switch, particularly if you have a redundant switch configuration.

To replace a switch you need a console connection to the switch and a tftp server. The following are high level steps that assumes the failed switch is still capable of making a tftp backup. If the switch is completely dead, you must either restore the configuration from a previous backup or configure it manually.

To capture the switch configuration file:

1. Copy the startup configuration of the failed switch to the tftp server.

2. Install the replacement switch.

3. Configure a temporary interface on the new switch to connect to the tftp server (best to use a no switchport interface with IP address on same subnet as TFTP server).

4. Copy the backup copy of the old switch startup configuration to the new switch (copy tftp startup-config).

5. Reload the switch configuration and old switch configuration should be restored on the new switch.

The specific commands will be different between Cisco and Dell Networking but they all should be in the switch configuration guide.

Replacing the Network Switch

If a TFTP server is not available:

t Use a console/telnet client such as PUTTY to list the configuration and copy it to a text file,

which can then be pasted back into the new switch and save to NVRAM.

The PUTTY scroll back buffer needs to be increased from the default 200 to at least 2000. If you

increase it to 50000 and make the screen longer and wider you can capture “show tech-support” output,

To replace a switch:

1. Disconnect all network cables.

2. Pull out the power cables from the back of the switch.

3. Replace the failed switch with a new switch in the rack.

4. Replace the power cables in the back of the switch to power the switch on.

5. (Option) If you have transceivers in the failed switch, move the working transceivers into the new switch.

6. (Option) If you have modified Avid’s default Dell Networking switch configuration, use your terminal emulation program or telnet into the switch.

Replacing the Network Switch

Avid ships Dell Networking switches configured for ISIS | 5500 configurations. Any changes you have made to the default configuration would have to be reapplied.

Avid provides sample Cisco switch configurations in the ISIS software kit. Any changes you have made need to be reapplied.

7. Reconnect all network cables in the front of the switch.

2 Avid Network Ports

Most facilities that have an Avid network environment use firewalls to protect their corporate network. You often need to open holes in your firewall to allow Avid components to communicate with each other in that network. This section list the ports used in the ISIS and Interplay environments.

There is a wide range of ports used by the Windows operating system that provide network

services for Avid products. For information on ports used by the Windows operating system, see the Microsoft documentation.

Avid ISIS IP Port Usage

ISIS Component Port

Common for all ISIS Environments

ISIS System Director

ISIS Storage Manager

ISIS Storage Managers

21 TCP Anonymous FTP login allowed — open ftp Microsoft ftpd

443 3443

3000 UDP ISIS uServers communication

3001 — 3400 UDP or

Network Protocol Purpose

UDP System Director ports that are used during the license

TCP

ftp-anon:

The FTP Service is included in the ISIS | 2500 and used in the Avid ISIS File Gateway server.

activation. The Avid License Control tool utilizes both port 3443 and port 443 for license request and response communication. Port 3443 is the primary port, but if this port is blocked, the Activation Service tries port 443 (which is more likely to be open for web communication).

To or from ISIS Client or other uServer

Avid ISIS IP Port Usage

ISIS Component Port

ISIS Storage

3434, 3435 TCP Data connect ports (clients and other Storage Managers)

Manager

ISIS Storage

5001 UDP System Director to uServer for failover control

Manager

ISIS Storage

5004 UDP Administrative agent and related to uServer (localhost

Manager

ISIS System

5005 UDP ISS/IXS status reporting to System Director

Director

ISIS System

5015 TCP Management Console Administrative Login via https

Director

ISIS Storage

5015 TCP Agent administrative login via https Manager, ISS, and IXS

ISIS System

5000 UDP System Director to System Director failover/resiliency Director

ISIS System

5003 UDP Client, uServer and System Director to System Director Director

Network Protocol Purpose

normally)

The ISIS | 2500 uses two ports for this function and the ISIS | 7500 just uses 5004.

control

control (well known port).

ISIS System

5004 UDP Administrative server and related to System Director Director

ISIS System

5016 UDP ISIS transfer agent traffic. Director

ISIS System

6002 TCP Sentinel License Monitor — open http SafeNet Sentinel Director/Engine

ISIS | 5500 Environment only

ISIS System

3071 TCP Array Manager RAID management — open raid-mgt Director/Engine

ISIS Storage

5015 TCP Agent administrative login via https Element

ISIS System

49156 TCP MegaRaid Monitoring Agent — open Director/Engine

(localhost normally)

License Monitor httpd 7.3

ssl/megaraid-monitor

Avid ISIS IP Port Usage

ISIS Component Port

ISIS | 2500 Environment only

ISIS Storage Manager

ISIS Clients

ISIS Windows Client

ISIS Clients 5008 TCP ISIS Client transfer agent.

5004, 5009 UDP Administrative agent and related to uServer (localhost

4000 — 4399 UDP or

4200 — 4599 UDP or

Network Protocol Purpose

normally)

The ISIS | 2500 uses two ports for this function and the ISIS | 7500 just uses 5004.

ISIS Client Firewall access to/from System Director for

TCP

Storage Manager Data Transfer, Storage Manager msg and System Director msg traffic (range migration) up to ISIS v1.3 (dynamic basis for Firewall access)

ISIS Client Firewall access to/from System Director for Storage Manager Data Transfer, Storage Manager msg and System Director msg traffic (range migration) ISIS v1.4 and later (dynamic basis for Firewall access)

Also search the Avid Knowledge Base for “Network Requirements for ISIS and Interplay Production” at

www.avid.com/US/support

ISIS Macintosh Clients

ISIS Linux Clients

ISIS Clients 5017

5016 — 5415 UDP or

TCP

5000 — 5399 UDP ISIS Client for Firewall access to System Director.

Server 5013 5014

TCP

UDP

ISIS Client Firewall access to/from System Director.

The Avid Benchmark Utility agent is installed with all ISIS client software installations. The network ports are configurable through the Avid Benchmark Utility Preferences.

• Server port: default setting is 5017

• TCP port: default setting is 5013

• UPD port: default setting is 5014

Avid ISIS | 5500, and ISIS | 7500 v2.0 and later supports Active Directory. Active Directory uses the following ports for both Active Directory client to the Domain Controller, and Domain Controller to Domain Controller communications. The following table lists all the Active

Avid Interplay Port Usage

Directory ports that may be used by the System Director and clients. The specific ports used depend on whether or not systems are members of the Active Directory domain and the types of services requested from the Active Directory resource.

Network

Active Directory Component Port

Protocol

Active Directory (Avid ISIS LDAP implementation)

RPC endpoint mapper 135 TCP/UDP

Network basic input/output system (NetBIOS) name service

NetBIOS datagram service 138 UDP

NetBIOS session service 139 TCP

RPC dynamic assignment 1024 — 65535 TCP

Server message block (SMB) over IP (Microsoft-DS) 445 TCP/UDP

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) 389 TCP

LDAP ping 389 TCP

LDAP connectionless 389 UDP

LDAP over SSL 636 TCP

Global catalog LDAP 3268 TCP

Kerberos 88 TCP/UDP

Domain Name Service (DNS) 53 TCP/UDP

135 TCP

137 TCP/UDP

Avid Interplay Port Usage

The following table lists networks ports used by Avid Interplay. This information is useful to network administrators when configuring the network and firewalls, setting up ISIS Zone 3 clients, and resolving network conflicts.

Workgroup Component Port

Access 8321 UDP Server browser.

Network Protocol Purpose

Avid Interplay Port Usage

Workgroup Component Port

Network Protocol Purpose

80 TCP Server communication.

Access can also be a Media Indexer client (update media status, Resync), Media Services client (status tool plugin and submit jobs to archive and Transcode), and Transfer Engine client (status tool plugin, initiate WG2WG transfers); see appropriate sections.

Active Directory

Avid Interplay Central Port Usage

Interplay Central clients that connect through the public Internet require VPN access into the server network. All connections pass through the VPN router/firewall through identified ports. Once the data has passed into the “house network” it is secured using the customer’s existing network security infrastructure.

Users connected within the corporate LAN/WAN would not typically use VPN access but would likely need to pass through firewalls and other network security devices with ACLs before accessing the Avid Interplay network.

Outbound ACLs should be used to allow packets from the ICS server to the IPC client over

“established” TCP sessions only.

The Interplay Central web service and Interplay Central application services operate on the same server so there are no proxies or firewalls between these components. Access to the Interplay Central database is also direct, with no database firewall protection required.

The following table lists the ports used by Interplay Central that should be allowed through the VPN firewall.

Avid Interplay Central Port Usage

Workgroup Component Port

Interplay Central Web application

Interplay Central mobile applications

80 TCP Interplay Common Playback Service (ICPS) HTTP calls

443 IPC HTTPS calls

843 Loading the Flash Player for playback

26000 Inbound ICPS data

5000 Serving outbound JPEG images to the Flash player

5000 – 5399

8000 Optional administration user interface

80 TCP IPCS HTTP calls.

443 IPC HTTPS calls

Network Protocol Purpose

UDP and TCP

for ISIS

Media Composer | Cloud Port Usage

Remote editors using Media Composer | Cloud typically access the Interplay environment using a secure virtual private network (VPN) connection. Any VPN, Firewall, IPS or other network security devices between the Sphere clients and Interplay core network need to be configured to allow access to the Media Composer | Cloud servers. These security devices might require access configuration based on IP addresses as well as the TCP and UDP ports used by the Sphere services.

Depending on the security at your site, a VPN connection might not guarantee full access to the Interplay servers. For example, intranet VPN might give access while extranet VPN might have restrictions. The VPN is one layer of security and in many cases internal security devices might also need to be modified. It is the responsibility of the site network administrators to ensure that the Sphere users have access to the Interplay servers.

If your site implements additional firewalls or other network security devices between the VPN connection and the Interplay environment, you must open ports on the firewall or security device for successful communication with the remote client. For information on modifying the port usage in the Avid Interplay products, see the Avid Interplay documentation. The following table shows the ports that should be open. In some cases both inbound and outbound ports must be open.

Media Composer | Cloud Port Usage

Port Usage for Media Composer | Cloud Servers

Component and Location Port Protocol

Interplay Delivery Receiver

80 TCP Inbound

33321 TCP Inbound

User defined range starting at 20020

TCP Inbound

Inbound/ Outbound Purpose

Communication with the Interplay Engine

only

Communication port. The default is 33321

only

but you can change the value in the Interplay Administrator tool.

Data ports. The default range is 20020 through 21020 but you can lock down the range to the number of Sphere users you have in the field.You need one port for each active delivery job. Each concurrent Sphere user requires one port. For more information, see the Media Composer | Cloud documentation.

Port Usage for Media Composer | Cloud Servers (Continued)

Media Composer | Cloud Port Usage

Component and Location Port Protocol

Inbound/ Outbound Purpose

58889 TCP Inbound

only

7 TCP Inbound/

Outbound

ICPS server 80 TCP Inbound

only

5000 TCP Inbound

only

26000 TCP Inbound

only

843 TCP Inbound

only

443 TCP Inbound

only

System running the DNS server

53 UDP Inbound

only

Web Services. The Web Services implementation used by Sphere is automatically installed on the Delivery Receiver system when you check the Delivery Receiver with Sphere option.

Jini server verification

Communication with the ICPS playback service

Serving outbound JPEG images to Flash player and Sphere clients

Inbound ICPS data

Loading the Flash player for playback

HTTPS communication

DNS communication

Interplay Engine 80 TCP Inbound/

Outbound

7 TCP Inbound/

Outbound

System running the Avid Service Framework

4160 TCP Inbound

only

Lookup Service

56025 through 56399

TCP Inbound/

Outbound

Client communication

Jini server verification for Remote Upload.

Communication with remote client

Jini connection

In order for these limited port number ranges to apply to the Lookup Service, you must add a custom vmoptions file. For more information, see the Media Composer | Cloud documentation.

Port Usage for Media Composer | Cloud Servers (Continued)

Media Composer | Cloud Port Usage

Component and Location Port Protocol

Systems running the Media Indexer servers

56025 through 56399

24444 through

TCP Inbound/

TCP Inbound

24450

Inbound/ Outbound Purpose

Jini connection

Outbound

In order for these limited port number ranges to apply to the Media Indexer, you must change the vmoptions file. For more information, see the Media Composer | Cloud documentation.

Media Indexer jmx process

only

3 Dell Networking Switches

This section describes the procedures for configuring and recovering Dell Networking switches in the Avid ISIS environment. Avid preconfigures Dell Networking switches (Dell Networking S25N, S25P (fiber), S60, and S4810) for the ISIS | 5500 environments but any of the switches can be custom configured for your environment by your network administrator.

The Dell Networking S25N and S25P (fiber) switches have the same design configuration. All the

setup and configuration information in this guide applies to both models, the only difference is the S25P uses 1 Gb optical Ethernet ports in place of 1 Gb copper Ethernet ports. The S25N offers four shared 1 Gb SPF optical ports, when these four ports are used (21 – 24), the copper Ethernet ports with the same port numbers are disabled. For more information, see the manufacturer’s documentation.

Dell Networking Switch Configuration

Dell Networking switches are preconfigured with Avid specific ISIS | 5500 configurations. A backup copy of the Avid configuration is stored on the Dell Networking switch. The Avid configuration files support the configurations described under

Configurations” on page 26 Switch Consideration” on page 26

. For list of ISIS | 5500 client connection options see “ISIS | 5500

“ISIS | 5500 Network Zone

The Avid configuration file is provided in flash memory on the switch and in the Avid ISIS

software kit in the following location:

x000\Force10\

configuration file shipped on the switch.

A VLAN has been setup that includes all of the 1 Gb and 10 Gb ports and is configured with an IP address for management purposes. The management IP address is 192.168.255.254/24. For information on accessing the switch through the management IP address, see

Dell Networking Switch Through a Network Connection” on page 64

. Configuration files in the software kit typically are a newer version than the

[drive]:\Switch Configuration\ISIS

“Configuring the

Dell Networking S25 Switch Modules

The Dell Networking S25 switch has two expansion slots in the back of the switch, into which you can insert either a dual port 10 Gb Ethernet module or 12 Gb stacking modules. The 10 Gb module provides a 10 Gb Ethernet connection between the Avid ISIS | 5500 Engine and the switch. The 12 Gb module is for stacking two Dell Networking switches, one module is needed in each switch. Modules are ordered separately and can install in either slot on the back of the Dell Networking switch. The Dell Networking S25 switches support up to four Engines with two 10 Gb Ethernet modules in a single switch or two 10 Gb Ethernet modules in stacked switches.

All Dell Networking switches are shipped from Avid with a switch configuration file that supports the switch configurations documented in this guide. Avid recommends you install optional switch modules before you power on the switch for the first time. The appropriate switch configuration is read during power-up. If you install or remove switch modules after power on, and have not changed the Avid switch configuration, the Avid configuration automatically adjust to the changes. If you have modified the switch configuration in any way, see “Restoring the Avid Dell Networking Configuration” on page 66.

The Dell Networking S25 Ethernet switch has been configured for all supported Avid 5500 | 5000 configurations. After setting up the switch, the proper configuration is detected at power on. For more information on the Dell Networking switch see

Switch” on page 63

The Dell Networking S25N and S25P (fiber) switches have the same design configuration. All the setup and configuration information in this guide applies to both models, the only difference is the S25P uses 1 Gb optical Ethernet ports in place of 1 Gb copper Ethernet ports. The S25N offers four shared 1 Gb SPF optical ports, when these four ports are used (21 – 24), the copper Ethernet ports with the same port numbers are disabled. For more information, see the manufacturer’s documentation.

“Accessing the Dell Networking

Dell Networking S25 Switch Modules

XFP25

XFP26

Ethernet 1 Gb Ports

LEDs

Alarm

XFP27

XFP28

SFP Ports (21-24)

Status Panel

Shared Ports (21-24)

Stack ID Indicator

LED

P2827XFP26

XFP25

Alarm

STACK ID

RJ-45 Console Port

S25-01-GE-24V

Link/Active Indicator LEDs

(SFP Ports 21-24)

Dell Networking S25N Switch — Front

Avid has also qualified the following optical adapters to be used with the Dell Networking S24P optical (fibre) switch:

• Macintosh clients have been qualified with the Small Tree PEG1F single port or PEG2F dual

port optical adapters in slot 2 of a Macintosh Pro Nehalem system (2.66 GHz or 2.93 GHz)

• Windows clients have been qualified with the 1 Gb Intel

Pro 1000 PF Ethernet adapter.

10 Gb Ethernet S25 Switch Connections

The optional 10 Gb Ethernet board in the Avid ISIS | 5500 connects to a switch using the 10 Gb Ethernet connection. If you need to connect more than 20 clients using the S25 switch, see

“Stacking the Dell Networking S25 Switches” on page 58.

To connect the Avid ISIS | 5500 to a 10 Gb Ethernet port on the switch:

1. (If connected) Remove both power cords from the back of the switch.

2. Remove the left blank faceplate cover on the back of the switch by removing the two screws that secure the cover to the switch.

3. Insert the 10 Gb Ethernet module into the open slot where the blank cover was removed.

Dell Networking S25 Switch — Module Installation

Dell Networking S25 Switch Modules

4. Secure the module in the switch with the two captive thumb screws.

5. Repeat steps 2, 3, and 4 if installing a second 10 Gb module in the right side slot on the switch.

6. Insert an XFP transceiver into an open connector on the 10 Gb Ethernet module in the switch.

Inserting the XFP Transceiver into to the 10 Gigabit Ethernet Port

7. Insert an SFP+ transceiver into the 10 Gb Ethernet connector in the Avid ISIS system.

8. Connect one end of the LC to LC cable into the transceiver on the rear of the switch.

Use standard duplex 10 foot (3 meter) LC to LC cables for the 10 Gb connections. For LC to LC

cable specifications, see “Supported Cabling” on page 113.

9. Connect the other end of the cable to the 10 Gb port on the ISIS system.

10. Plug in the two switch power cords to power on the switch. The Avid switch configuration file automatically detects the 10 Gb modules. If you need to change your switch configuration, see

All Dell Networking switches shipped from Avid include a switch configuration file that supports

the 1 Gb, 10 Gb, and stacking configurations. For valid switch configurations, see “ISIS | 7500

Network Zone Configurations” on page 21, “ISIS | 5500 Network Zone Configurations” on page 26, and “ISIS | 2500 Network Zone Configurations” on page 30.

“Accessing the Dell Networking Switch” on page 63.

Stacking the Dell Networking S25 Switches

Avid supports stacking two Dell Networking S25 switches. The expansion slots in the Dell Networking switches allow you to stack similar switches together into a single virtual switch. When two Dell Networking S25 switches are stacked, you have the capability of connecting up to 48, 1 Gb clients. The stacking modules are ordered separately and install in the back of the Dell Networking switch.

Dell Networking S25 Switch Modules

The Dell Networking stacking modules use a 12 Gb connection between the two S25 switches. Once the modules are installed, connect the stacking cables as described in the following procedure. For more information on stacking the Dell Networking switches, see the documentation provided by the switch manufacturer. The stacked switch configuration uses LC connectors to connect the cables to the switch.

If using a stacked switch configuration, the 10 Gb connection from the Avid ISIS can be to either

switch.

To stack Dell Networking S25 switches:

1. Install a 12 Gb stacking module into the right slot of the Dell Networking switch, similar to the process described in

2. Remove the right blank cover on the back of the that switch as you did when installing the 10 Gb module.

3. Insert the stacking module into the open slot where the blank cover was removed.

4. Secure the stacking module in the switch with the two captive thumb screws.

5. Repeat steps 2, 3, and 4 on the right slot of the second switch.

6. Connect the stacking cable from one stacking port on the top switch to one stacking port on the bottom switch.

“Dell Networking S25 Switch Modules” on page 56.

Either one of the ports on the stacking module can be used to connect the stacking module to the

other.

Dell Networking S25 Switch — Stacking Module Configuration

The Avid default Dell Networking switch configuration automatically detects whether modules

are installed or not. You do not need to modify your switch configuration for the addition of the stacking modules.

7. Plug in the two power cords to power on your switch.

The Avid switch configuration file automatically detects the 12 Gb modules. If you need to change your switch configuration, see

“Accessing the Dell Networking Switch” on page 63.

Dell Networking S60 Switch Modules

Ethernet Ports

SFP Ports

Optional Module

Management ports

Stack ID

Alarm LEDs

When connecting the 10 Gb Ethernet clients, evenly divide the number of client between the two

switches so the network load is spread across both switches.

Dell Networking S60 Switch Modules

The Dell Networking S60 switch has two expansion slots: one in the front and one in the back of the switch. The 10 Gb module provides a 10 Gb Ethernet connection between the Avid ISIS and the switch. The 24 Gb module is for stacking two S60 switches, one module is needed in each switch. Modules are ordered separately and can install in either the front or rear slot of the Dell Networking S60 switch. The Dell Networking S60 switches support two 10 Gb Ethernet modules in a single switch or two 10 Gb Ethernet modules in a stacked switches.

All Dell Networking switches shipped from Avid with a switch configuration file that supports the switch ISIS | 5500 configurations. Avid recommends you install optional switch modules before you power on the switch for the first time. The appropriate switch configuration is read during power-up. If you install or remove switch modules after power on, and have not changed the Avid switch configuration, the Avid configuration automatically adjust to the changes. If you have modified the switch configuration in any way, see “Restoring the Avid Dell Networking Configuration” on page 66.

The Dell Networking S60 Ethernet switches have been configured for all supported Avid ISIS | 5500 configurations. After setting up the switch, the proper configuration is detected at power on. For more information on the Dell Networking switch see

Switch” on page 63

Dell Networking S60 Switch — Rear

“Accessing the Dell Networking

10 Gb Ethernet S60 Switch Connections

The optional 10 Gb Ethernet board in the Avid ISIS connects to a switch using the 10 Gb Ethernet connection. If you need to connect more than 44 clients using the S60 switch, see

“Stacking the Dell Networking S60 Switches” on page 62.

Dell Networking S60 Switch Modules

Front

Rear

To connect the Avid ISIS to a 10 Gb Ethernet port on the switch:

1. (If connected) Remove both power cords from the front of the switch.

2. Remove the blank faceplate cover on the back of the switch by removing the screw that secures the cover to the switch.

3. Insert the 10 Gb Ethernet module into the open slot where the blank cover was removed.

Dell Networking S60 Switch — Module Installation

4. Secure the module in the switch with the captive thumb screw.

5. Repeat steps 2, 3, and 4 if installing a second 10 Gb module in the front slot on the switch.

6. Insert an SFP+ transceiver into an open connector on the 10 Gb Ethernet module in the switch.

Inserting the SFP+ Transceiver into to the 10 Gigabit Ethernet Port

7. Insert an SFP+ transceiver into the 10 Gb Ethernet connector in the Avid ISIS.

8. Connect one end of the LC to LC cable into the transceiver on the rear of the switch.

Use a standard duplex 10 foot (3 meter) LC to LC cable for the 10 Gb connections. For LC to LC

cable specifications, see “Supported Cabling” on page 113.

9. Connect the other end of the cable to the 10 Gb port on the ISIS system.

Stacking the Dell Networking S60 Switches

Avid supports stacking two Dell Networking S60 switches. The expansion slots in the Dell Networking switches allow you to stack similar switches together into a single virtual switch. When two Dell Networking S60 switches are stacked you have the capability of connecting up to 88 1 Gb clients. The stacking modules are ordered separately and install in either the front or back slot of the Dell Networking S60 switch.

The Dell Networking S60 stacking modules use a 24 Gb connection between the two switches. Once the modules are installed, connect the stacking cables as described in the following procedure. For more information on stacking the Dell Networking switches, see the documentation provided by the switch manufacturer. The stacked switch configuration uses a stacking cable to interconnect switches.

If using a stacked switch configuration, the 10 Gb connection from the Avid ISIS can be to either

switch.

Install a 24 Gb stacking module into the front left slot of the Dell Networking S60 switch, similar to the process described in

To stack Dell Networking S60 switches:

“10 Gb Ethernet S60 Switch Connections” on page 60.

Dell Networking S60 Switch Modules

1. Remove the blank cover on the front of the Dell Networking S60 switch.

2. Insert the stacking module into the open slot where the blank cover was removed.

3. Secure the stacking module in the switch with the captive thumb screw.

4. Repeat steps 1, 2, and 3 on the front slot of the second switch.

5. Connect the stacking cable from the stacking port on the top switch to the stacking port on the bottom switch.

Dell Networking S60 Switch — Stacking Module Configuration

The Avid default Dell Networking S60 switch configuration automatically detects whether

modules are installed or not. You do not need to modify your switch configuration for the addition of the stacking modules.

6. Plug in the two power cords to power on your switch.

Dell Networking S4810 Port Configuration

1753 9 11 13 191715 21 23 25 312927 33 35 37 434139 45 47

0642 8 10 12 181614 20 22 24 302826 32 34 36 424038 44 46

The Avid switch configuration file automatically detects the 24 Gb modules. If you need to change your switch configuration, see “Accessing the Dell Networking Switch” on page 63

When connecting the 10 Gb Ethernet clients, evenly divide the number of client between the two

switches so the network load is spread across both switches.

Dell Networking S4810 Port Configuration

Avid ships the Dell Networking S4810 switch preconfigured for an Avid ISIS | 5500 environment. This configuration has specific requirements on where the Engines and clients need to be connected. The S4810 switch contains 48 dual-speed 1/10 Gb (SFP+) ports (as well as four 40 Gb QSFP+ uplinks not supported by Avid). The S4810 switch ports are numbered as shown in the following illustration. Engines and clients connect as follows:

• Avid ISIS | 5500 Engines connect via 10 Gb to ports 0 – 5 (these six ports are configured for 10 Gb connections and require 10 Gb transceivers)

• Client connect to ports 6 – 47 (these 42 ports are configured for 1 Gb connections and require 1 Gb transceivers, either optical or 1000BASE-T copper))

The Dell Networking S4810 Ethernet switches have been configured for all supported ISIS | 5500 configurations. After setting up the switch, the proper configuration is detected at power on. For more information on the Dell Networking switch see

Switch” on page 63

The Dell Networking S4810 switch is also qualified as an External Expansion Switch (EXS) to

interconnect Management Domains in the ISIS | 7500 environment. Configuration files for the S4810 EXS are available in the ISIS software kit.

“Accessing the Dell Networking

Accessing the Dell Networking Switch

Two methods for accessing the switch are described in the following sections.

“Configuring the Dell Networking Switch Through a Network Connection” on page 64

•

• “Configuring the Dell Networking Switch Through the Serial Port” on page 64

Accessing the Dell Networking Switch

If you are viewing the Dell Networking console while the switch is powered on, errors might be

seen during start-up for devices that are not in the running configuration. These can be safely ignored. If you change the running configuration in memory and save it, these errors will not be seen on the next restart. Errors are shown in the “Sample Switch Output” on page 68.

Configuring the Dell Networking Switch Through a Network Connection

A Management IP address has been configured so that a network connection can made to any of the standard 1 Gb ports (or 10 Gb port if the module is installed) on the Dell Networking switch. The Avid switch configuration file groups the 1 Gb Ethernet ports as members of a VLAN that responds to the IP address of 192.168.255.254 (S25 or S60) or 192.168.255.253 (S4810). Use the Management IP address to modify the switch configuration file through a network connection.

The Avid configuration on the Dell Networking switch has the Telnet function enabled. If you

reload default Dell Networking configuration, the Telnet function is not enabled. The Telnet function requires a user name (avid) and a password (avid).

To configure the Dell Networking switch through a Telnet connection:

1. Using a laptop (or computer), assign a static IP address of

255.255.255.0

2. Connect an Ethernet cable between the Ethernet port on the laptop (or computer) and any 1 Gb Ethernet port on the switch.

3. Make sure your switch is powered on.

4. From the laptop (or computer), click Start > Run.

5. Type

6. You are prompted for a user name, type

7. You are prompted for a password, type

Telnet 192.168.255.254

management IP address if it has been changed, and press

to the network adapter (NIC) in the laptop (or computer).

(S25 or S60) or 192.168.255.253 (S4810) or the current

avid

192.168.255.1

Enter

and a Netmask

Configuring the Dell Networking Switch Through the Serial Port

A serial connection can be used to access the Dell Networking switch configuration file. This is done with an Ethernet cable and the following.

• A laptop (or computer) connected to the Console port of the Dell Networking switch

• A terminal emulation application such as xterm, Terminator, or PuTTY

• A standard Ethernet cable with RJ-45 connectors at either end and long enough to reach between the computer and the Dell Networking switch

• RJ-45 to DB-9 adapter (included with the Dell Networking switch)

Accessing the Dell Networking Switch

arm

STA

CK ID

USB console port

To configure the Dell Networking switch through a serial connection:

1. Connect one end of the Ethernet cable to the Console port of the Dell Networking switch.

- The Dell Networking S25 switch uses a standard RJ-45 console port located on the left

side of front panel.

Dell Networking S25 Switch — Console Port

- The Dell Networking S4810 switch uses a custom RJ-45 port on the right side of the

switch.

- The Dell Networking S60 switch ships with a USB adapter that plugs into a console port

on the right rear of the switch.

Dell Networking S60 Switch — Console Port

2. Connect the other end of the Ethernet cable to the RJ-45 to DB-9 adapter (included with the switch) and plug the DB-9 adapter into the serial port on your laptop (or computer).

3. Start your terminal emulation program.

4. Follow your the on screen instructions selecting a COM port with the following settings for your serial connection.

In most systems, the serial port uses COM1.

Restoring the Avid Dell Networking Configuration

Option Setting

Bits per second 9600

Data Bits 8

Parity None

Stop Bits 1

Flow Control None

Restoring the Avid Dell Networking Configuration

Access the Dell Networking switch console as previously described either through a serial or Telnet (management IP address) connection, and do the following.

The Dell Networking switch configuration file can be seen by accessing the switch console,

entering enable mode (typing

The default Dell Networking configuration is not the same as the Avid default configuration. If

you reload the default configuration according to the Dell Networking documentation, you will not get the Avid default configuration.

), and typing in the command

show run

The Dell Networking documentation also has a reference to a router ISIS mode. This ISIS mode is not associated with Avid ISIS.

Restoring From Flash Memory

A copy of the Avid configuration file is saved in the flash memory of the Dell Networking switch.

To copy the Avid configuration file from flash memory in the switch:

1. From the System Director, use your terminal emulation or telnet into the switch.

2. Type

3. You are prompted for a password, type

4. Type

A message displays stating “File with the same name already exist. Proceed to copy the file [confirm yes/no]:” type

If the copy is successful, you see the following: (number of “!” and bytes copied could vary slightly):

Copy flash://avid-default startup-config

yes

avid

and press Enter.

!! 6982 bytes successfully copied

5. Type Y.

Restoring the Avid Dell Networking Configuration

6. Type

7. You are sometimes prompted to save, type

8. When asked to reload, type

When the Dell Networking S25 switch restarts, a Disconnected message appears; log back in

before continuing.

9. (Dell Networking S25 only) Type en.

10. (Dell Networking S25 only) Type

11. (Dell Networking S25 only) Type

12. (Dell Networking S25 only) Type

13. Manually reapply any switch changes you might have applied during your initial switch

A sample output when restoring from flash is provided; see “Sample Switch Output” on page 68.

Reload

setup.

Yes

Wr mem Reload Yes

Sample Switch Output

The following is a sample of the switch output displayed when viewed thorough your terminal emulation program or telnet.

ISIS_Force10>en Password:

ISIS_Force10#copy flash://avid-default startup-config

File with same name already exist.

Proceed to copy the file [confirm yes/no]: yes

1346 bytes successfully copied

ISIS_Force10# reload

System configuration has been modified. Save? [yes/no]: no

Proceed with reload [confirm yes/no]: yes

00:04:28: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %CHMGR-5-RELOAD: User request to reload the chassis

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U-Boot

[The switch is restarted and displays System Boot information.]

. . .

[At the end of the restart several error messages are displayed. This is normal and varies, depending if the 10 Gb modules are installed on your switch.]

ISIS_Force10# untagged TenGigabitEthernet 0/25-26

% Error: Value out of range at "^" marker.

ISIS_Force10# untagged TenGigabitEthernet 0/27-28

% Error: Value out of range at "^" marker.

ISIS_Force10# untagged TenGigabitEthernet 1/25-26

% Error: Value out of range at "^" marker.

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ISIS_Force10# untagged TenGigabitEthernet 1/27-28

% Error: Value out of range at "^" marker.

Avid ISIS Force10 Base Configuration Version V1.4 4/8/2010

ISIS_Force10>

ISIS_Force10>en

Password:

ISIS_Force10#wr mem

00:03:42: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %FILEMGR-5-FILESAVED: Copied running-config to startup-config in flash by default

ISIS_Force10#

ISIS_Force10#reload

Proceed with reload [confirm yes/no]: yes

00:03:59: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %CHMGR-5-RELOAD: User request to reload

U-Boot

[The switch is restarted and displays System Boot information.]

. . .

Avid ISIS Force10 Base Configuration Version V1.4 4/8/2010

% Info: For the global pre-defined buffer profile to take effect, please save the config and reload the system.

ISIS_Force10>00:00:28: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %SEC-5-LOGIN_SUCCESS: Login successful for user on line console

00:00:32: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %IFMGR-5-OSTATE_UP: Changed interface state to up: Gi 0/24

00:00:32: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %IFMGR-5-ACTIVE: Changed Vlan interface state to active: Vl 10

00:00:32: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %IFMGR-5-OSTATE_UP: Changed interface state to up: Vl 10

ISIS_Force10>

Restoring From the Avid Software Kit

This section describes how to restore the Avid default Dell Networking switch configuration to your switch from the ftp folder on your ISIS | 5500 System Director. The procedure in this section assumes the following:

• The System Director has been setup and the Avid ISIS software has been installed.

• The switch is connected to the ISIS environment.

• The IP Address on the ISIS | 5500 Engines are configured with the default values (192.168.255.11, 13, 14, 16 for 1 Gb or 192.168.255.21 for 10 Gb)

The Avid default configuration files (avid-default) are also located on the Avid ISIS software

installer kit [drive]:\Switch Configuration\ISIS 5000\Dell Networking\. The configuration files are text files that can be viewed using an application such as WordPad. You should upgrade your switch to the latest configuration file found in the ISIS software kit.

To copy the Avid configuration file from the Avid software kit to the switch:

1. On System Director copy the Avid supplied Dell Networking configuration file:

Restoring the Avid Dell Networking Configuration

From — [Avid software kit]:

Networking\

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid ISIS Shared\ftp\

To —

switch folder

\Switch Configuration\ISIS 5000\Dell

2. From the System Director, use your terminal emulation or telnet into switch.

3. Type

4. You are prompted for a password, type

avid

5. Copy the new configuration (replace “S25” with “S60” or “S4810” in the following path if using the S60 or S4810 switch).

t For 1 Gb type “

avid-default startup-config

t For 10 Gb type “

avid-default startup-config

When asked to confirm the file copy type

copy ftp://administrator:is-admin@192.168.254.11/

”

copy ftp://administrator:is-admin@192.168.254.21/

”

yes

and press Enter.

If the copy is successful, you see the following: (number of “!” and bytes copied could vary slightly)

!! 2831 bytes successfully copied

6. Type

Reload

Restoring the Avid Dell Networking Configuration

7. You are sometimes prompted to save, type No.

Yes

8. When asked to reload, type

When you perform a reload the Dell Networking S25 switch restarts, you see a Disconnected

message, and have to log back in before continuing.

9. (Dell Networking S25 only) Type en.

10. (Dell Networking S25 only) Type

11. (Dell Networking S25 only) Type

12. (Dell Networking S25 only) Type

13. Manually reapply any switch changes you might have applied during your initial switch setup

Wr mem Reload Yes

Turning on Flow Control in the Dell Networking S25 Switch

The Avid default Dell Networking S25N and S25P (fiber) switch configurations do not have Flow Control turned on. Flow Control is needed to support ISIS | 5500 10 Gb clients. Use the following procedure to turn on Flow Control in the Dell Networking switch.

Avid is turning rx and tx on in the Forece10 S25 switch, but the Forec10 S60 and S4810 switches

have rx

To turn on Flow Control:

with tx

1. Use your terminal emulation or telnet into switch.

2. Type

3. You are prompted for a password, type

4. Type

5. Type

conf Int range tengigabitethernet 0/25 - 28

off

in the Avid default configuration.

avid

Depending on your Dell Networking S25 switch module options, one of the following command would be used in place of this step.

t Left 10 Gb module installed (numbered right to left, facing rear)

tengigabitethernet 0/27 - 28

t Right 10 Gb module installed (numbered right to left, facing rear)

tengigabitethernet 0/25 - 26

t Right stacking module installed (numbered right to left, facing rear)

tengigabitethernet 1/25 - 26

6. Type

flowcontrol rx on tx on threshold 1024 1024 1054

Int range

Restoring the Avid Dell Networking Configuration

The following steps turn the port off and back on to enable the change. Make sure this isn't an

interface from which you are gaining remote access because you will be disconnected.

7. Type

8. Type

9. Type

10. Type

11. Type

12. Type

To confirm the setting change, look for the “Flowcontrol rx on tx on” entry:

shut

no shut exit

exit

wr mem exit

1. Type en.

avid

2. You are prompted for a password, type

3. Type

sho int tengigabitethernet 0/25

(port number depends on optional modules).

Information similar to the following should display, verify “Flowcontrol rx on tx on” is included in the configuration:

TenGigabitEthernet 0/25 is up, line protocol is up Hardware is Dell NetworkingEth, address is 00:01:e8:d6:84:7b Current address is 00:01:e8:d6:84:7b Pluggable media present, XFP type is 10GBASE-SR Medium is MultiRate, Wavelength is 850.00nm XFP receive power reading is -4.0994dBm Interface index is 40436228 Internet address is not set MTU 1554 bytes, IP MTU 1500 bytes LineSpeed 10000 Mbit Flowcontrol rx on tx on ARP type: ARPA, ARP Timeout 04:00:00 Last clearing of "show interface" counters 4w5d1h Queueing strategy: fifo Input Statistics: 4372398864 packets, 5575634120385 bytes 645279553 64-byte pkts, 15320069 over 64-byte pkts, 30588757 over

127-byte pkts

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7206136 over 255-byte pkts, 59117205 over 511-byte pkts, 3614887144 over 10 23-byte pkts

693485 Multicasts, 34501 Broadcasts 0 runts, 0 giants, 682022 throttles 0 CRC, 0 overrun, 0 discarded Output Statistics: 8393098546 packets, 12349453356270 bytes, 0 underruns 155227351 64-byte pkts, 26414194 over 64-byte pkts, 54970467 over

127-byte pkts 47132113 over 255-byte pkts, 8010284 over 511-byte pkts, 8101344137

over 10 23-byte pkts

151510 Multicasts, 283941 Broadcasts, 8392663095 Unicasts 0 throttles, 0 discarded, 0 collisions Rate info (interval 299 seconds): Input 00.00 Mbits/sec, 0 packets/sec, 0.00% of line-rate Output 00.00 Mbits/sec, 1 packets/sec, 0.00% of line-rate

Customize the Uplink on the Dell Networking Switch

This section describes how to customize the Dell Networking switch configuration to uplink to your house network. The procedure in this section assumes the following:

• The System Director has been setup and the Avid ISIS software has been installed.

• The Dell Networking switch is currently running with the “avid-default” configuration loaded and has not been modified.

• The Avid ISIS is connected to the Dell Networking switch using either the 1 Gb or 10 Gb connection.

• The IP Address on the ISIS | 5500 Engine are configured with the default values (192.168.255.11, 13, 14, 16 for 1 Gb or 192.168.255.21 for 10 Gb)

You might need to change the IP address on the ISIS | 5500 Engines and clients when

customizing your uplink in these procedures.

Customize the Uplink on the Dell Networking Switch

Network Setup Requirements

You need to obtain following information from your corporate Information Technology (IT) department before you customize your Dell Networking uplink:

• Uplink IP address for Vlan or Port IP address/subnet mask ______.______.______.______ /_____ (slash notation for subnet mask)

• Vlan IP address for local subnet ______.______.______.______ /_____ (slash notation for subnet mask)

• Switch's default gateway Address ______.______.______.______

• (Optional) DHCP server (ip helper addresses)

- First: ______.______.______.______

- Second: ______.______.______.______

• Static IP addresses for each Avid ISIS Engine; four IP addresses for the 1 Gb connections, one IP addresses per Engine for the 10 Gb connections)

• Port on a corporate network switch to connect the Dell Networking switch

Configure Dell Networking Switch for Uplink On the Dell Networking S25

After you have obtained the information previously listed for from your corporate administrator, configure the Dell Networking switch as using the following procedure.

To copy the Avid configuration file from flash memory in the switch:

1. On System Director copy the Avid supplied Dell Networking configuration file:

From — [Avid software kit]:

Networking\

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid ISIS Shared\ftp\

To —

switch folder

\Switch Configuration\ISIS 5000\Dell

2. Make a copy of the “avid-port-uplink” or “avid-vlan-uplink” file in the same folder and name it “custom-config.”

a. Choose “avid-port-uplink” if you want to use a single port with one IP address to uplink.

b. Choose “avid-vlan-uplink” if you want to use a VLAN with routing enabled.

3. Edit the copied file, using the information above from IT (preferably using wordpad.exe instead of notepad.exe)

a. Set Uplink IP address in “int gig 0/24” or “int vlan 110” depending on the type chosen

in Step 2.

b. In “int Vlan 10” set the following:

- ISIS Vlan IP address

Customize the Uplink on the Dell Networking Switch

- (Optional) Set the ip helper addresses

c. Set the IP route from 10.10.10.1 to your default gateway.

d. Increment Local Version number.

4. Save the file.

5. Telnet to the switch via 192.168.255.254 (S25 or S60) or 192.168.255.253 (S4810) or use serial Use your terminal emulation connection.

avid

6. You are prompted for a user, type

7. You are prompted for a password, type

8. Enter enable mode, type

9. You are prompted for a password, type

avid

10. Copy the new configuration (replace “S25” with “S60” or S4810 in the following path if using the S60 or S4810 switch).

t For 1 Gb type “

ftp://administrator:is-admin@192.168.254.11/custom-config startup-config

t For 10 Gb type “

ftp://administrator:is-admin@192.168.254.21/custom-config startup-config

When asked to confirm the file copy type

copy

”

copy

”

yes

and press Enter.

If the copy is successful, you see the following: (number of “!” and bytes copied could vary slightly)

!! 2831 bytes successfully copied

11. Type

12. You are sometimes prompted to save, type

13. When asked to reload, type

When you perform a reload the Dell Networking S25 switch restarts, you see a Disconnected

message, and have to log back in before continuing.

Reload

Yes

14. (Dell Networking S25 only) Type en.

15. (Dell Networking S25 only) Type

Wr mem

16. (Dell Networking S25 only) Type

17. (Dell Networking S25 only) Type

Reload Yes

Customize the Uplink on the Dell Networking Switch

18. Manually reapply any switch changes you might have applied during your initial switch setup

19. Connect an Ethernet cable (Cat6) from port 24 of the Dell Networking switch, to the switch port provided by your IT department.

Be sure to set the Gateway, DNS, and any other settings as specified by your IT department. This

cannot be done through the Avid “Network Configuration Tool” and must be done manually through the Windows controls.

Changing the IP Address Associated with the VLAN

The Avid default Dell Networking switch configuration includes a VLAN with an IP address of

192.168.255.254/24

following procedure to reassign the IP address on the Dell Networking switch.

You might need to change the IP address on the ISIS | 5500 Engine and the clients when doing

this procedure.

To change the IP Address of the VLAN:

1. Use your terminal emulation or telnet into switch.

. If this IP address conflicts with your corporate network, use the

2. Type

3. You are prompted for a password, type

4. Type

5. Type

6. Type

The IP address replaces the default

192.168.10.2/24

The with your network.

7. Type

8. Type

9. Type

10. Type

11. Type

12. Type

13. Type

conf

int vlan 10 ip address 192.168.10.2/24

untagged gi 0/1-24 untagged te 0/25-28 no shut exit exit wr mem exit

avid

192.168.255.254/24

is an example and you need to assign an address that does not conflict

IP address to

192.168.10.2/24

Customize the Uplink on the Dell Networking Switch

You cannot assign an IP address or untagged ports to VLAN 1 because it is the default VLAN on

the switch. To assign an IP address and untagged ports to a VLAN, you need to create a new VLAN.

Changing the IP Address Associated with the Corporate Uplink

To set the IP Address for the corporate uplink:

1. Use your terminal emulation or telnet into switch.

2. Type

3. You are prompted for a password, type

4. Type

conf

avid

5. Type

6. Type

7. Type

8. Type

9. Type

10. Type

You cannot assign an IP address to a port if that switch port is enabled. Adding an IP address to

an enabled switch port makes it a layer 2 port.

int gig 0/1 ip address 192.168.10.1/24 no shut exit

wr mem exit

Changing Buffer Pool to a Single Queue

To create single queue:

1. Use your terminal emulation or telnet into switch.

2. Type

3. You are prompted for a password, type

4. Type

5. Type

6. Type

conf

buffer-profile global 1q exit

avid

7. Type

8. Type

9. Type

wr mem Reload Yes

Customize the Uplink on the Dell Networking Switch

Removing/Adding Ports Associated with a VLAN

To add ports associated with a VLAN:

1. Use your terminal emulation or telnet into switch.

2. Type

3. You are prompted for a password, type

4. Type

conf

avid

5. Type

6. Type

7. Type

8. Type

9. Type

10. Type

To remove ports associated with a VLAN:

int vlan x untagged gig 0/a-0/b (where a and b are the port numbers) exit

exit

wr mem Yes

(where x is the VLAN number).

1. Use your terminal emulation or telnet into switch.

2. Type

3. You are prompted for a password, type

4. Type

5. Type

6. Type

7. Type

8. Type

9. Type

10. Type

avid

conf

int vlan x no untagged gig 0/a-0/b (where a and b are the port numbers) exit

exit

wr mem Yes

(where x is the VLAN number).

Creating a Link Aggregation

To creating a link aggregation:

1. Use your terminal emulation or telnet into switch.

2. Type

3. You are prompted for a password, type

4. Type

5. Type

conf

interface port-channel 10

avid

Customize the Uplink on the Dell Networking Switch

6. Type

7. Type

8. Type

9. Type

10. Type

11. Type

12. Type

13. Type

14. Type

15. Type

no shutdown switchport channel-member gig 0/22-23 exit

int vlan 10 untagged port-channel 10 exit

exit

wr mem Yes

Setting Up IP-Helper Addresses for DHCP

To use DHCP on the clients that are connected to the Avid Production switch you must add an IP Helper Address to each VLAN. The IP Helper Address points the hosts to the DHCP Server that is on the house network.

To add an IP Helper Address:

1. Use your terminal emulation or telnet into switch.

2. Type

3. You are prompted for a password, type

4. Type

5. Type

6. Type

conf int vlan n ip helper-address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

DHCP server)

7. Type

8. Type

9. Type

10. Type

exit exit wr mem Yes

Upgrading FTOS

To upgrade the ftos (Dell Networking operating system):

1. Type en.

2. Type

upgrade system tftp://tftp_server_ip_address/ftos_file_name

avid

(where n is the VLAN)

(where x's equals the IP address of the

Cascading Dell Networking Switches in an ISIS Environment

3. Type

4. Type

Reload Yes

Upgrading U-Boot

To upgrade the u-boot (universal bootloader):

1. Type en.

2. Type

3. Type

4. Type

upgrade boot tftp://tftp_server_ip_address/u-boot_file_name Reload Yes

Cascading Dell Networking Switches in an ISIS Environment

Depending on the quantity of available 10 Gb ports on the core (upstream) switch and the bandwidth/resilience required, multiple switches can be cascaded from the core switch.

For example, an S4810 switch using eight 10 Gb ports can be connected to four S25N switches with 20 Gb aggregate interconnects. The same switch with four 10 Gb ports can cascade two S25N switches, each using a single 10 Gb uplink, while connecting two ISIS | 5500 Engines.

The following provides guidance on cascaded switch configurations supported in the Avid ISIS | 5500 environment using Dell Networking switches:

• Dell Networking S25N cascaded from a core Dell Networking S4810, S60, or S25N switch

• Dell Networking S60 cascaded from a core Dell Networking S4810, S60, or S25N switch

• Dell Networking S4810 cascaded from a core Dell Networking S60, S25N, S4810 switch

When cascading switches:

1. Attach the ISIS to the first switch.

2. Before connecting the second 10 Gb cables, Telnet or serial to the second switch.

3. You are prompted for a user name/password, default is avid/avid.

4. Type

5. You are prompted for a password, type

6. Type

7. Type

8. Type

avid

conf

int vlan 10 ip address 192.168.255.253/24

Cascading Dell Networking Switches in an ISIS Environment

9. Type

10. Type

exit exit

11. Attach the 10 Gb cable to the second switch.

To test:

1. Attach a client and assign it an IP address in the proper subnet.

2. Ping client from the ISIS system.

The following is a typical example of cascaded switches using ISIS | 5500.

4 Cisco Switches

This section describes the procedures for configuring and recovering the Cisco switch in the Avid ISIS environment. Avid has qualified the Cisco Catalyst Cisco switches do not come preconfigured with Avid configurations. All Cisco switches need to be configured for your environment by your network administrator.

Sample Avid configuration files for Cisco 4900M and 4948E switches are included in the Installer link of the Management Console.

The Avid configuration file is provided in the Avid ISIS software kit in the following location:

[drive]:\Switch Configuration\ISIS x000\Cisco\49xx\

Accessing the Cisco Switch

The Avid configuration in the Cisco switch supports the following configurations:

• A single Cisco switch supports up to 48 1 Gb clients.

- A Catalyst 4900M comes with 8 x 10 Gb ports and supports a maximum of 40 x 1 Gb

ports.

- A Catalyst 4948E and Catalyst 4948-10GE comes with 48 x 1 Gb copper ports and 4 x

10 Gb/1 Gb optical ports (a cascaded configuration is shown in

Configuration” on page 87

• A cascaded Cisco switch configuration supports up to 88 clients (see

Configuration” on page 87

4900M and 4948E switches. The

“Sample Cisco Switch

• When using an additional Engine (second Avid ISIS Engine), a 10 Gb connection is required between the Cisco switch and Engines.

The 10 Gb connection requires the optional 10 Gb modules to be installed in the switch. For

information on installing the 10 Gb modules in the Cisco switch, see the Cisco documentation.

Two methods for accessing the switch are described in the following sections.

“Configuring the Cisco Switch Through the Serial Port” on page 83

•

• “Configuring the Cisco Switch Through a Network Connection” on page 88

Configuring the Cisco Switch Through the Serial Port

A serial connection can be used to access the Cisco switch configuration file. This is done with an Ethernet cable and the following.

• A laptop (or computer) connected to the Console port of the Cisco switch

• A terminal emulation application such as xterm, Terminator, or PuTTY

• A standard (straight through) Ethernet cable with RJ-45 connectors at either end and long enough to reach between the computer and the Cisco switch

• RJ-45 to DB-9 adapter (included with the Cisco switch)

To configure the Cisco switch through a serial connection:

1. Connect one end of the Ethernet cable to the Console port of the Cisco switch. The Console port is a standard RJ-45 port located on the right side of the Cisco switch front panel.

2. Connect the other end of the Ethernet cable to the serial port on your laptop (or computer). The RJ-45 to DB-9 adapter might be needed.

3. Start your terminal emulation program.

4. Follow your the on screen instructions selecting a COM port with the following settings for your serial connection.

In most systems, the serial port uses COM1.

Option Setting

Bits per second 9600

Data Bits 8

Parity None

Stop Bits 1

Flow Control None

Cisco Password

An Avid password is not set by default on the Cisco switches. You must use a console connection as Telnet is disabled by default. You must enter “enable” mode before setting the password using the “Enable Secret” command in configuration mode.

To set a password on the Cisco switches:

1. Connect using the Console port of the switch.

Loading the Avid Cisco Configuration

2. SwitchHostName >

3. SwitchHostName#

4. SwitchHostName(config)#

The enable secrete “password” is now set to

Without an enable secret password, the Cisco switch will not accept a Telnet connection.

Cisco Password Examples

Method Command

Console password to Cisco Router(config)#

When logging synchronous is enabled on a console, all status messages are displayed on a new line.

Set a Telnet password Router(config)#

conf t

enable secret mypassword

mypassword

Router(config-line)#

line con 0

line vty 0 4

logging synchronous

Set the enable password to Cisco Router(config)#

Set the enable secret password to peter.

This password overrides the enable password and is encrypted within the config file.

Router(config)#

enable password cisco

enable secr peter

Loading the Avid Cisco Configuration

Access the Cisco switch console as previously described either through a serial or Telnet (management IP address) connection, and do the following.

The Cisco switch configuration file can be seen by accessing the switch console, entering enable

mode (typing

), and typing in the command

show run

The default Cisco configuration is not the same as the Avid default configuration. If you reload

the default configuration according to the Cisco documentation, you will not get the Avid default configuration.

Restoring From the Avid Software Kit

This section describes how to restore the Avid default Cisco switch configuration to your switch from the ftp folder on your System Director. The procedure in this section assumes the following:

• The System Director has been setup and the Avid ISIS software has been installed.

• The switch is connected to the ISIS environment.

• The IP Address on the ISIS | 5500 Engines are configured with the default values (192.168.255.11, 13, 14, 16 for 1 Gb or 192.168.255.21 for 10 Gb)

The Avid default configuration files are also located on the Avid ISIS software installer kit

[drive]:\Switch Configuration\ISIS x000\Cisco\. These are text files that can be viewed using an application such as WordPad. Copy the switch configuration files to an ftp directory if you want to access the file using the switch.

To copy the Avid configuration file from the Avid software kit to the switch:

Loading the Avid Cisco Configuration

1. From the System Director, use your terminal emulation program or telnet into the switch.

2. Type

3. Copy the new configuration.

t For 4900 type “

t For 4948 type “

When asked to confirm the file copy type

If the copy is successful, you see the following on the C4900M switch:

Accessing ftp://administrator:is-admin@10.105.52.2/ThirdParty/Cisco/ 4900/Cisco4900_dual2... Loading ThirdParty/Cisco/4900/Cisco4900_dual2 ! OK - 6396/4096 bytes] 6396 bytes copied in 5.100 secs (1254 bytes/sec)

4. Type

5. You are sometimes prompted to save, type

6. When asked to reload, type

copy ftp://administrator:is-admin@192.168.254.11/

ThirdParty/Cisco/4900/Cisco4900_dual2 startup-config

copy ftp://administrator:is-admin@192.168.254.21/

ThirdParty/Cisco/4948/Cisco4948e_dual1 startup-config

yes

and press Enter.

Reload

Yes

”

Loading the Avid Cisco Configuration

When you perform a reload the switch restarts, you see a Disconnected message, and have to log

back in before continuing.

7. Type en.

8. Manually reapply any switch changes you might have applied during your initial switch setup

Changing the IP Address Associated with the VLAN

Use the following procedure to assign the IP address on the Cisco switch.

To change the IP Address of the VLAN:

1. Use your terminal emulation program or telnet into switch.

2. SwitchHostName >

3. SwitchHostName#

4. SwitchHostName(config)#

5. SwitchHostName(config-if)# (where x's equals IP address and y's equals subnet mask)

6. SwitchHostName(config-if)#

7. SwitchHostName(config-if)# exit

8. SwitchHostName(config)# exit

9. SwitchHostName#

10. SwitchHostName#

conf t

copy run start exit

Network Setup Requirements

Obtain the following information from your corporate Information Technology (IT) department before you customize your Cisco uplink:

• Uplink IP address for Vlan or Port IP address/subnet mask ______.______.______.______ ______.______.______.______

• Vlan IP address for local subnet ______.______.______.______ ______.______.______.______

int vlan ww

ip address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy

no shut

(where ww is for the VLAN)

• Switch's default gateway Address ______.______.______.______

• (Optional) DHCP server (ip helper addresses)

- First: ______.______.______.______

- Second: ______.______.______.______

Loading the Avid Cisco Configuration

• Static IP addresses for each Avid ISIS Engine; four IP addresses for the 1 Gb connections, one IP addresses per Engine for the 10 Gb connections

• Port on a corporate network switch to connect the Cisco switch

Uplinking Your Cisco Switch to the Corporate Network

The following procedure sets the IP address for the corporate uplink on the Cisco switch using a route link.

To set the IP address for the corporate uplink:

1. Use your terminal emulation program or telnet into switch.

2. SwitchHostName >

3. SwitchHostName #

4. SwitchHostName(config)#

5. SwitchHostName(config-if)#

6. SwitchHostName(config-if)#

conf t

interface Gi x/y

no switchport

ip address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy

(where x's equals IP address and y's equals subnet mask)

7. SwitchHostName(config-if)#

8. SwitchHostName(config-if)#

9. SwitchHostName#

10. SwitchHostName#

copy run start exit

no shut end

Sample Cisco Switch Configuration

Multiple switches can be cascaded from the core switch depending on the quantity of available 10 Gb ports on the core switch (upstream) and the bandwidth/resilience required.

For example, an C4900M switch has more 10 Gb aggregate interconnects, where a C4948E and C4948-10GE do not provide as many 10 Gb ports.

The following illustration is a sample switch configuration using the C4900M and C4948E switches. It includes four Engines using 10 Gb links and up to 88 1 Gb clients.

(where x/y is for the unit/port number)

1 Gb clients

Engines 1 Gb Clients

Up to 4 Up to 88

10 Gb

connections

Aggregated

link

Configuring the Cisco Switch Through a Network Connection

After you have configured the Cisco switch with a network IP address, use the Management IP address to modify the switch configuration file through a network connection.

To configure the Cisco switch through a Telnet connection:

Adding Ports Associated to a VLAN

1. Using a laptop (or computer), assign a static IP address of

255.255.255.0

to the network adapter (NIC) in the laptop (or computer).

2. Connect an Ethernet cable between the Ethernet port on the laptop (or computer) and any 1 Gb Ethernet port on the switch.

3. Make sure your switch is powered on.

4. From the laptop (or computer), click Start > Run.

5. Type

Telnet 192.168.255.25x

(or the current management IP address) and press

The Avid ISIS | 5500 configuration files use the following IP addresses.

t 4900 — Telnet 192.168.255.253

t 4948 — Telnet 192.168.255.254

6. Enter the user name and password you might have set for the switch; see “Cisco Password”

on page 83

Adding Ports Associated to a VLAN

To add a single port to a VLAN:

1. Use your terminal emulation program or telnet into switch.

2. SwitchHostName >

192.168.255.1

and a Netmask

Enter

3. SwitchHostName #

4. SwitchHostName(config)#

5. SwitchHostName(config-if-range)#

6. SwitchHostName(config-if-range)#

conf t

int gigabitEthernet 1/x

switchport mode access switchport access vlan x

which you want to assign)

7. SwitchHostName(config-if-range)#

8. SwitchHostName(config)#

9. SwitchHostName#

To add multiple ports to a VLAN:

copy run start

exit

1. Use your terminal emulation program or telnet into switch.

2. SwitchHostName >

3. SwitchHostName #

4. SwitchHostName(config)#

conf t

int range gigabitEthernet 1/x-y

starting and ending ports)

(where x is the port number)

(where x is the VLAN to

(where x and y are

Setting Up IP-Helper Addresses for DHCP

5. SwitchHostName(config-if-range)#

6. SwitchHostName(config-if-range)# which you want to assign)

7. SwitchHostName(config-if-range)#

8. SwitchHostName(config)#

9. SwitchHostName#

copy run start

exit

switchport mode access switchport access vlan x

exit

(where x is the VLAN to

Setting Up IP-Helper Addresses for DHCP

To add an IP Helper Address:

1. Use your terminal emulation program or telnet into switch.

2. SwitchHostName >

3. SwitchHostName #

4. SwitchHostName(config)#

5. SwitchHostName(config-if)# the IP address of the DHCP server)

conf t

int vlan n

ip helper-address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

(where n is the VLAN)

(where x's equals

6. SwitchHostName(config-if)#

7. SwitchHostName(config)#

8. SwitchHostName#

Repeat these step for each VLAN that requires an IP-Helper.

copy run start

exit

Enabling or Disabling IP Routing

If the “No IP Routing” command does not show up in the show run output then IP Routing is enabled. This would be located in the upper portion of the show run output. Here is an example from a Cisco C4948E and C4948-10GE where IP Routing is Disabled:

version 12.2

no service pad

service timestamps debug uptime

service timestamps log uptime

no service password-encryption

service compress-config

hostname Switch

boot-start-marker

boot-end-marker

no aaa new-model

vtp mode transparent

Enabling or Disabling IP Routing

ip subnet-zero

no ip routing

To enable IP routing:

1. Use your terminal emulation program or telnet into switch.

2. SwitchHostName >

3. SwitchHostName #

4. SwitchHostName(config)#

5. SwitchHostName(config)#

6. SwitchHostName#

To disable IP routing:

conf t

ip routing exit

copy run start

1. Use your terminal emulation program or telnet into switch.

2. SwitchHostName >

3. SwitchHostName #

4. SwitchHostName(config)#

5. SwitchHostName(config)#

conf t

no ip routing exit

Creating an EtherChannel (Link Aggregation)

With the Cisco C4948E and C4948-10GE switches you can create multiple EtherChannels (link aggregation) with up to eight ports. The C4948E and C4948-10GE switch configuration B and configuration E files provided by Avid use ports 45 to 48 for this function.

Depending on what you are connecting to the EtherChannel, you might have to change the load balancing algorithm of the switch on the other end. Also consider the type of link aggregation protocol used on the link. For example, if you are connecting to a Cisco EtherChannel, change the load balancing to support source-destination IP address. In this example a range of ports is assigned to a VLAN and an Ether Channel (Layer 2) created.

Use the same procedure for creating 10 Gb EtherChannel groups that connect to ISIS.

To create a link aggregation:

1. Use your terminal emulation program or telnet into switch.

2. SwitchHostName >

3. SwitchHostName #

4. SwitchHostName(config)#

5. SwitchHostName(config-if)#

6. SwitchHostName(config-if)#

7. SwitchHostName(config-if)#

8. SwitchHostName(config)# range of ports)

9. SwitchHostName(config-if-range)# port-channel number)

10. SwitchHostName(config-if-range)#

11. SwitchHostName(config)#

12. SwitchHostName(config)#

13. SwitchHostName#

14. SwitchHostName#

The following is information on the Cisco 6509 Etherchannel Configuration for use with 10 Gb ISIS link aggregation:

conf t

int port-channel x

switchport switchport access vlan n exit

int range GigabitEthernet 1/a-b

channel-group x mode on

exit port-channel load-balance src-dst-ipxit exit

copy run start exit

(where x is the port-channel number)

(where n is the VLAN number)

(where a and b are a

(where x is the

Mode on is the simplest of aggregation methods and with the least features, this variant of link

aggregation is used by ISIS.

interface Port-channel10

switchport

switchport access vlan 10

switchport mode access

no ip address

interface TenGigabitEthernet1/1

description v10 ISIS echannel

switchport

switchport access vlan 10

switchport mode access

no ip address

channel-group 10 mode on

interface TenGigabitEthernet1/2

Creating an EtherChannel (Link Aggregation)

description v10 ISIS echannel

switchport

switchport access vlan 10

switchport mode access

no ip address

channel-group 10 mode on

Additional information:

• In the previous example, Channel-group 10 was used. Make the proper channel group assignment for your site.

• The Cisco 6509 defaults to using a “source/destination” IP load balancing algorithm, which is required by Avid. This should not have to be changed.

To verify the current load-balancing algorithm use the following command on the 6509 console:

Cisco 6509 # show etherchannel load-balance

EtherChannel Load-Balancing Configuration:

Upgrading the IOS on Cisco Switches

src-dst-ip

mpls label-ip

Upgrading the IOS on Cisco Switches

This procedure differs slightly from the one documented by Cisco. Cisco Catalyst 4948-10GE switches supplied by Avid are configured with a Configuration Register value of 0x2101, which means the switch boots from the first IOS that appears in bootflash. Cisco instructs you to set the Configuration Register to 0x2102, which means the switch will look for a boot string that points to the IOS from which to boot. The following procedure is based on Avid’s current shipping product.

To update the IOS:

1. Use the

dir bootflash

: command to ensure that there is sufficient space in Flash memory to store the PROM upgrade image. In most cases there will only be one file in bootflash, which leaves plenty of space for the new file. If there is insufficient space, delete one or more images, and then issue the

squeeze bootflash

: command to reclaim the space. For

example:

- SwitchHostName#

2. Download the <filename> program into Flash memory using the

delete bootflash:<filename.bin> squeeze bootflash:

copy tftp

command. For

Example:

- SwitchHostName#

copy tftp bootflash:

- Address or name of remote host [172.20.58.78]?

- Source filename [<filename>]?

- Destination filename [<filename>]?

3. Use the

config-register

command to set the configuration register to 0x2101. For

Example:

- SwitchHostName#

- SwitchHostName(config)#

- SwitchHostName#

configure terminal

config-register 0x2101 exit

write

- Building configuration...

- Compressed configuration from 3723 to 1312 bytes [OK]

4. Archive the previous IOS image in case you need to re-apply at a later time. For example:

Upgrading the IOS on Cisco Switches

- SwitchHostName#

copy bootflash: tftp:

- Source filename []? <filename.bin>

- Address or name of remote host []? 172.20.98.3

- Destination filename [<filename.bin>]?

5. Delete the old IOS images, and then issue the

squeeze bootflash

the space. For example:

- SwitchHostName#

delete bootflash:<filename.bin> squeeze bootflash:

6. Once the squeeze is complete (it will take a few minutes), enter the reset the switch and load the software. For example:

- SwitchHostName#

Use the

show version

reload

command to verify that the new Cisco IOS release is operating on

the switch.

: command to reclaim

reload

command to

5 Brocade Switches

This section describes provides information on Brocade switches (formerly known as Foundry switches) that have been qualified in the ISIS | 7500 environment.

The Brocade configuration files provided in the Avid ISIS software kit in the following location:

[drive]:\Switch Configuration\ISIS 7000\Foundry_Brocade\X4242XG\

“foundryX4242XG” files in the folder are the same configuration files used in the newer Brocade FESX624 switch.

Foundry/Brocade FESX624 and FESX424 2XG

The Foundry/Brocade FESX624 and FESX424 2XG switches have been qualified in ISIS | 7500 and ISIS | 5500 environments and may be used with ISIS | 2500 with customized configuration files (not supplied by Avid).

Configuring the Foundry/Brocade Switch Through the Serial Port

Access the switch console through Telnet (management IP address), TFTP connection (see

“TFTP” on page 35, or a serial connection. The serial management interface enables you to

configure and manage the device using a third-party terminal emulation application (such as xterm, Terminator, or PuTTY) on a directly connected PC. A straight-through EIA/TIA DB-9 serial cable (M/F) ships with the device.

. The

To configure the Foundry/Brocade switch through a serial connection:

1. Connect one end of the serial cable to the Console port of the Foundry/Brocade switch. The serial management interface (the port labeled Console) is located in the left corner of the front panel.

2. Connect the other end of the serial cable to your laptop (or computer).

3. Start your terminal emulation program.

4. Follow your the on screen instructions selecting a COM port with the following settings for your serial connection.

In most systems, the serial port uses COM1.

Pinnacle Systems ISIS 7500 - 4.7 User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Contents

Symbols and Conventions

If You Need Help

Accessing the Online Documentation

Avid Training Services

1 Avid Network Planning

Qualified and Approved ISIS Switches

Default Switch Passwords

Redundant Switch Configurations

Switch Vendor Commands

Sample Switch Configurations

ISIS | 7500 External Switches

Switch Redundancy

ISIS | 7500 Network Zone Configurations

ISIS | 7500 Zone 1 Client Configuration (Direct Connect)

ISIS | 7500 Zone 2 Client Configuration (Indirect Connect)

ISIS | 7500 Zone 1 and Zone 2 Client Configuration

ISIS | 7500 Zone 3 and Zone 4 Client Configuration

ISIS | 5500 Network Zone Configurations

Client Connection Speed to ISIS | 7500

ISIS | 7500 Link Aggregation Support

ISIS | 5500 Switch Consideration

ISIS | 5500 Zone 1 Client Configuration (Direct Connect)

ISIS | 5500 Zone 2 Configuration (System Director and Switch 1 Gb Connections)

ISIS | 5500 Zone 2 Configuration (System Director and Switch 10 Gb Connections)

ISIS | 2500 Network Zone Configurations

ISIS | 5500 Zone 3 and Zone 4 Client Configuration

ISIS | 2500 Zone 1 Client Configuration (Direct Connect)

ISIS | 2500 Zone 2 Client Configuration (Indirect Connect)

ISIS | 2500 Zone 3 and Zone 4 Client Configuration

Network Considerations

Time Synchronization

TFTP

Network and Switch Troubleshooting

Ping and Tracert Commands

Ping

Tracert

Sluggish Switch Performance On the Dell Networking S25

Replacing the Network Switch

2 Avid Network Ports

Avid ISIS IP Port Usage

Avid Interplay Port Usage

Avid Interplay Central Port Usage

Media Composer | Cloud Port Usage

3 Dell Networking Switches

Dell Networking Switch Configuration

Dell Networking S25 Switch Modules

10 Gb Ethernet S25 Switch Connections

Stacking the Dell Networking S25 Switches

Dell Networking S60 Switch Modules

10 Gb Ethernet S60 Switch Connections

Stacking the Dell Networking S60 Switches

Dell Networking S4810 Port Configuration

Accessing the Dell Networking Switch

Configuring the Dell Networking Switch Through a Network Connection

Configuring the Dell Networking Switch Through the Serial Port

Restoring the Avid Dell Networking Configuration

Restoring From Flash Memory

Sample Switch Output

Restoring From the Avid Software Kit

Turning on Flow Control in the Dell Networking S25 Switch

Customize the Uplink on the Dell Networking Switch

Network Setup Requirements

Configure Dell Networking Switch for Uplink On the Dell Networking S25

Changing the IP Address Associated with the VLAN

Changing the IP Address Associated with the Corporate Uplink

Changing Buffer Pool to a Single Queue

Removing/Adding Ports Associated with a VLAN

Creating a Link Aggregation

Setting Up IP-Helper Addresses for DHCP

Upgrading FTOS

Cascading Dell Networking Switches in an ISIS Environment

Upgrading U-Boot

4 Cisco Switches

Accessing the Cisco Switch

Configuring the Cisco Switch Through the Serial Port