46 • Cabling Designations ULTRIX-FR12 Installation Guide (v4.0)
ULTRIX-IPX-IO Blade
The ULTRIX-IPX-IO blades seamlessly integrate SMPTE ST-2110 IP streams into the Ultrix platform,
without compromising on its powerful features and licensing capabilities. The ULTRIX-IP-IO offers
scalability and high total bandwidth, making it suitable for a range of IP applications.
Features
• Video streams per blade:
› UHD: 8+8 redundant
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› 3G/HD: 16+16 redundant
• Supported video formats:
› 720p 25/ 29.97/ 30/ 50 / 59.94 / 60
› 1080i 50 / 59.94 / 60
› 1080p 25/ 29.97/ 30/ 50 / 59.94 / 60
› 2160p 25/ 29.97/ 30/ 50 / 59.94/60
• IP transport support:
› SMPTE ST 2110-10, System Timing and Definitions
› SMPTE ST 2110-20, Uncompressed Active Video
› SMPTE ST 2110-30, PCM Digital Audio
› SMPTE ST 2110-40, ANC Data
• System timing: PTP Follower (SMPTE 2059, AES67 and IEEE-1588 default profiles)
• Control and setup via:
› NMOS IS-04 and IS-05 for AIMS-compliant discovery, registration, and connection control
› Ember+ discovery, registration, and connection control from popular third-party control
systems (requires an Ultricore-EMBER+ license)
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› Provisioning and monitoring via DashBoard and/or our published JSON API
The Ultrix v5.1.5 software currently supports transceivers based on 4x25Gb NRZ multiple optical
lanes either in a multi-fiber (MPO connector) or multi-lambda (WDM) configuration that require
KR4 RS(528,514) FEC and that do not provide built-in FEC. The 4x25Gb NRZ multiple optical lane
transceivers are available for both multi-mode or single-mode fibers and are identifiable by
100GBASE-SR4, 100GBASE-SWDM4, 100GBASE-PSM4, 100GBASE-CWDM4,
100GBASE-4WDM-10/20/40, and 100GBASE-CLR4.
Contact Ross Technical Support for details on support for other transceiver types.
Cabling
This section outlines the default cabling designations for an ULTRIX-IPX-IO blade.
QSFP28 Ports
The ULTRIX-IP-IO blade includes four QSFP28 ports (1-4). (Figure 23) Each port is a:
• fiber optical transceiver module that integrates four transmit and four receiver lanes
• 100Gigabit Ethernet (100GbE) ethernet connection
1. Due to limitations in software version 5.1.5.
2. Ultrix implements BESS v1.1 for Ember+ support.