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5.6.2. Important Rules

Gigabit networks including EVS servers need to abide by the following rules:

• The hardware used on GbE networks with EVS servers need to support jumbo

frames.

• Both GbE ports of an EVS server need to be defined on different sub-networks.

• Teaming between the GbE1 and GbE2 ports is not possible.

• This is not possible to implement failover through the GbE network.

• The GbE port available on the MTPC board (PC LAN) is a 100Base-T port.

This is used for monitoring purposes (XNet Monitor) or for the communication with

other applications (LinX). This can be in the same sub-network as the GbE port.

5.6.3. Switches

Supported Switches

All switches used on the GbE networks of EVS systems need to support jumbo frames

(Ethernet frames with more than 1,500 bytes of payload).

The following models of 19-inch Gigabit switches have been validated for use with EVS

workflows:

• HP Procurve 2510G-24

• Cisco Catalyst 2960S-24TD/2960S-48TD/2960S-24TS/2960S-48TS

• Cisco Catalyst 3750X-24TS/3750X-48TS

• Arista Network 7150S-24

Comparison

The models HP Procurve 2510G-24, Cisco Catalyst 2960S-24TS and 2960S-48TS can be

used for small setups where no inter-VLAN routing is needed.

The models Cisco Catalyst 2960S-24TD and 2960S-48TD can be used for small setups

where 10G uplinks are required, but no inter-VLAN routing is needed.

On larger setups, both GbE ports of the XTnano servers or/and several ports on the SANs

are often used to increase the bandwidth or to allow redundancy. Since both GbE ports of

an XTnano server cannot be used on the same sub-network, virtual LANs need to be

created. To allow the transfer of packets between the virtual LANs, layer 3 switches are

required. You need to select a layer 3 switch that is able to route jumbo frames.

A switch of the Cisco Catalyst 3750X series should be used on larger setups as they

support jumbo frames, allow traffic to be routed between different VLANs and provide

stacking capabilities.

The following table gives an overview on the supported switches:

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