Shelf Setup; Shelf Setup Overview; H.264 Blades - VBrick 9000 Series Getting Started Manual

Shelf Setup

Topics in this chapter

Shelf Setup Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Blade Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Shelf Setup Overview
The VBrick 9000 Series Rack Mount Shelf is a customized enclosure for VBrick blades. It lets
you mix and match 7000 Series blades and 9000 Series blades on the same shelf. It provides a
common redundant power source and common cooling and supports 11 VBrick H.264 blade
encoders in a standard 19 in. rack. It has hot-swappable, redundant AC input power supplies
and LED and audible failure alarms. It also has a common, hot swappable cooling unit and a
replaceable air filter. The chassis for a rack mount shelf has a removable cable management
panel (not shown) and card rails that make it easy to insert or remove individual blade
encoders.
Figure 7. VBrick 9000 Series Rack Mount Shelf

H.264 Blades

In general, the blades are fully-functional encoders housed within shelf rather than as
standalone appliances. Each blade is configured independently of the others and has its own
network connection and IP address. The blades can have Standard Definition connectors (see
H.264 Encoding/Decoding Appliance Getting Started Guide
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