Standard Media Engine Hardware Components; Avid Unity Media Engine Infrastructure - With Optional Fibre Channel - Avid Technology Unity Media Engine Site Preparation Manual

Avid Unity Media Engine Infrastructure — with Optional Fibre Channel
Components
MediaNetwork file system
and storage
Gigabit Ethernet
Ethernet client
Ethernet client
Ethernet client
Ethernet client
...Up to 20 clients
1000BASE-T Ethernet

Standard Media Engine Hardware Components

The Avid Unity media engine requires an application key (commonly called a dongle).
Workgroup clients do not require media engine application keys – their licenses are handled
separately. The clients require application keys to run the Avid editing system software.
These application keys ship with that software. The media engine allows clients to mount up
to 21 workspaces.
The following hardware components are required with media engine workgroups:
• A Fibre Channel switch (MEDIAswitch) to provide system connectivity over a Fibre
Channel LAN. Avid supports a 16-port or 10-port MEDIASwitch. Two 16-port
MEDIASwitches can be stacked together using a 10-gigabit (Gb) link.
You also need optical Fibre Channel cables for connecting the media engine to the
MEDIASwitch, Fiber Channel clients, and Avid MEDIArray XT drive enclosures.
• A Ethernet switch to provide system connectivity over an Ethernet LAN for the Avid
Unity Media Engine network.
Category 5 or Category 6 Ethernet cables are needed for connecting the Avid Unity
Media Engine to the Ethernet switch and Ethernet clients.
Standard Media Engine Hardware Components
Avid Unity Media Engine
Fibre Channel
Fibre Channel storage
Avid MEDIArray XT
Avid MEDIArray XT
Avid MEDIArray XT
Avid MEDIArray XT
Fibre Channel client
Fibre Channel client
Fibre Channel client
Fibre Channel client
...Up to 26 clients
Fibre Channel
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