Case Studies
Sky Italia selects Arista for innovative transition to SDI over IP networking while delivering broadcast grade performance and resiliency.
Overview
Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration Networks & Connectivity - Ethernet Networks & Connectivity - Network Management & Analysis Software | |
Telecommunications | |
Business Operation Facility Management | |
Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services System Integration | |
Operational Impact
Sky Italia has deployed the Arista switches for the IP-encapsulated SDI streams and Imagine IP3 routers to switch the SDI signals in a fully redundant 1+1 configuration. The initial deployment of Sky Italia’s new system can handle 640x640 IP streams in a main and backup network, connecting to a 128x128 SDI matrix in a non-blocking manner. | |
The Magellan SDN Orchestrator controls the Platinum IP3 routers to seamlessly manage SDI signal flows and mappings inside their IP network — providing the bandwidth management and Quality of Service (QoS) required achieving professional broadcast performance. This allows Sky Italia’s operation team to manage both the baseband and Arista IP network through the same operational interfaces and processes across both networks. | |
The seamless integration between the Arista platforms and Imagine routing and SDN systems allows Sky Italia’s to retain its investment in automation, tally systems, multiviewers, and master control switchers that can continue to use existing industry-common routing control protocols, even when the source, destination, or both are actually in the IP domain. | |
Quantitative Benefit
The Arista 7280SR provides up to 48 wire-speed 10GbE and 6 wire-speed 100GbE ports delivering up to 10.24 terabits per second for the equivalent of 5.76 billion packets per second of throughput. | |
The initial deployment of Sky Italia’s new system can handle 640x640 IP streams in a main and backup network, connecting to a 128x128 SDI matrix in a non-blocking manner. | |
Arista’s FlexRoute™ technology scales to over a million IPv4 and IPv6 route prefixes in hardware. | |