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Asterisk D500 Selection

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    The D500 Transcoder has two methods of installation:

    -> PCI Express connection
    -> LAN Connection (RJ45)

    The diagram to the right illustrates the connection methods

    Note: ->If using LAN connection, use only one of the RJ45 connectors.
                 Do not plug in both RJ45 connectors to a network as it will
                 cause a network loop.
              -> LAN installation method is beneficial over PCI as Host CPU
                  resources are not used (all RTP flows through LAN cable)


    The installation steps below are prefixed with the installation method (PCI Express-, LAN-).
    Select one of the method which best suits  your environment

     

    Single Server

    -> PCI Express-> Installation
    -> LAN            -> Installation

     

    Distributed Server

    1. PCI Express
       -> Core Installation 
       -> Sngtc Server Configuration
       -> Codec Module Configuration
       -> Operation

    2. LAN
       -> Core Installation
       -> Sngtc Server Configuration
       -> Codec Module Configuration
       -> Operation

     

    Find Below Block Diagrams illustrating the different parts of a transcoding environment

     

    Figure 1: Sngtc Server hosting Asterisk

    • used for single server environment
    • used as core server for distributed multi-server environment

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    Figure 2: Asterisk server hosting only codec module

    • when adding multiple Asterisk servers in distributed environment

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    Figure 3: Single Server PCI Express D500 environment

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    Figure 4: Single Server LAN D500 environment
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    Figure 5: Distributed D500 Server Environment
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