topic Re: Big IGMP Design in ExtremeSwitching (EXOS/Switch Engine)

Big IGMP Design

DanielU — Sat, 23 Jan 2021 14:23:17 GMT

Any help would be grealty appreciated!

I have a big Video distribution system that works over IP (AV over IP). It’s broken down into 4 Classifcations/Systems (NIPR/SIPR/JWIS &JIOR - These are US Government Classification networks) Each video system must be independent.

Network Switch must support:

Non-blocking backplane
Layer 2/3
IGMP v2 Snooping & Querier
Fast-Leave/Immediate-Leave

Each System must have a 40Gbs Uplink, my idea was (but if you have better ones please let me know)

1 - X870-32c (My Spine Switch, and IGMP Querier)

5 - X460-G2-48x-10GE4 (My Edge/Leaf Switches with 4 10Gb Uplinks to the X870

All of my Video Encoders/Decoders will be connected to these switches.

1 - X460-G2-24p-10GE4 (1 10Gb Uplink to the X870 needed)

I guess my question is, can this be done the way i have it set-up ? Creating these 10 Gbs uplink to the X870, i also need to keep these network physically separated. I found this Secure Fiber switch, would there be a problem putting this switch in between the X460-G2 Uplinks to the X870

Fiber Optical Switch 1×4 2-channel MM LC | Fibersystem

Any help would be great! I could build out a diagram if needed to explain better!

Thanks again!

Re: Big IGMP Design

Miguel-Angel_RO — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 01:37:16 GMT

DanielU,

Your use case is not so clear.

Are you talking about IPTV (1 sender, many receivers) or CCTV (many senders, few receivers) like distribution?
Is this system existing?
Is this system to be integrated in an existing infrastructure?

I’ve been working on big IGMP projects running on an SPBM Fabric for CCTV or IPTV(see a CCTV example here:https://investor.extremenetworks.com/news-releases/news-release-details/brussels-metro-glides-future-extreme-networks-automated).

The SPBM has major advantages to distribute multicast streams.

If you didn’t, you should have a look with the local Extreme SE at that stuff.

Regards

Mig

Re: Big IGMP Design

DanielU — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 02:58:45 GMT

Thanks for the reply Miguel,

My bad, yes this will be an AV over IP solution using Creston NVX. It is a 1G multicast solution. The problem is i have close to 144 senders (encoders) and about 44 receivers (decoders)

This is a new system, and will be completely isolated from any existing network system. It will run independent.

Forgot to add: on crestrons support page both the X460 and X870 are both recommended switches. So that's why I choice them.

Re: Big IGMP Design

Miguel-Angel_RO — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 03:41:59 GMT

DanielU,

SPBM is an excellent solution for this. depending on your topology you can go any VSP model.

This gives an incredible advantage compared with traditional IGMP implementation.

Concerning the setup, the SPBM Fabric allows an really easy configuration.

You should definitely request more info from you local Extreme representative.

Mig

Re: Big IGMP Design

DanielU — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 05:45:38 GMT

Thanks Miguel! I will try to figure out who is our Extreme Rep and contact them and ask about the SPBM solution.

Have a great weekend boss!

Re: Big IGMP Design

SamPirok — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 23:18:54 GMT

Hi DanielU, if you haven’t found an Extreme Rep to assist you yet, and you can tell me generally where you are located, I can find a local contact for you. If you’d rather share your general location with me directly, please feel free to email me at community@extremenetworks.com.