At IBC 2017 Arista Networks and Lawo demonstrated the vsmSOUL extension of the VSM broadcast control and monitoring system, taking full control of the underlying Arista spine-leaf switch fabric. This approach leverages open-standard and follows the principles of the emerging AMWA NMOS Network Control specification. As a result, the solution provides an integrated, dynamic bandwidth reservation mechanism, allowing deterministic signal routing of the IP network. In the VSM control system, the IP infrastructure is represented as a unified matrix view of the network’s sources and destinations – alongside traditional base-band devices. Being the control system with the broadest third-party control capabilities, VSM is not only ideally suited for any native IP installation, but also provides full visibility and control of hybrid IP/SDI architectures. The Arista/Lawo solution is already deployed in large-scale broadcast networks throughout Europe and Australia. Control, scheduling, monitoring and deterministic signal routing is possible at scale today with Lawo’s VSM/vsmSOUL control system, IP nodes/edge devices from multiple brands and Arista Networks’ programmable IP fabric.
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- Arista Networks
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- Aristanetworks, ethernet, big data
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