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Chapter 2: Overview
2.2 Teaming operation
The units have dual network interface ports which can be used in parallel to produce important benefits:
• Improved connection speeds up to 2 Gigabits per second, and
• Important link redundancy that can maintain operation in the event of a failed connection.
Teaming offers immediate speed improvements in a one-to-one arrangement...
...and also in multicast installations:
2.3 iPATH Agility Controller basics
2.3.1 Channels
Think of a channel as a 'virtual transmitter'. It is virtual because the video, audio and USB streams of a channel do not necessarily
have to originate from the same physical transmitter unit, although in most cases they will. For instance, you could arrange for
video and USB streams to be received from one host computer, while the audio stream came from an alternative source.
Alternatively, two channels could be configured for the same host computer, each with different access rights to suit particular
situations.
2.3.2 Groups
In order to accommodate potentially large numbers of users and devices, iPATH Agility Controller uses a system of groups: User
Groups, Receiver Groups and Channel Groups. Groups allow the administrator to apply collective settings to all members and also
to take full advantage of Inheritance. Inheritance allows members of a group to benefit from settings and permissions made
within other groups to which their group is linked. This saves administration time because members do not need to be individually
altered. For instance, if Sam is in User Group 1, all Channels accessible to User Group 1 will be available to Sam.
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