Grass Valley Apex v.2.0 - Manual (Page 44)

46 APEX — Installation and Service Manual
Section 2 — Planning Guide
Figure 14. Example of Standard Apex Expansion InfiniBand Cabling with Fiber Extenders
Chassis 0
1 2 3 4
Inputs 1-256
Expansion connector
Fiber Extender
5 km max.
1 2 3 4
1024 x 1024
Fiber Extender 1 2 3 4
InfiniBand cable
Transceiver
Fiber optic cable pair
(SFP transceivers required)
T T T T T T T T
T T T T T T T T
T
Transceiver T
Chassis 3
Inputs 769-1024
2 1 4 3
Chassis 2
Inputs 513-768
Expansion connector
1
4
3
2
Expansion
connector
Chassis 1
Inputs 257-512
1
2
3
4
Expansion
connector