Grass Valley PROFILE FAMILY v.2.5 - Manual (Page 242)

Chapter 7 Fibre Channel Video Networking
242 Profile Family
Setting Up Hardware for Fibre Channel
First, you set up the Ethernet LAN. The LAN card uses a twisted pair network
scheme and so must be connected via a standard 10BaseT Ethernet hub. You
cannot plug one LAN card directly into another. You can put Profile disk
recorders onto your site’s computer network if you want, just as long as you are
aware that it uses TCP/IP.
Next, you set up the Fibre Channel network. Unlike the Ethernet LAN, the
Fibre Channel network will permit two machines to be plugged directly into
each other. More than two machines, however, require a Fibre Channel hub or
a Fibre Channel switch.
NOTE: The cable which connects individual machines to the Fibre
Channel hub is the same cable that connects two machines together.
This cable comes with the Fibre Channel card. However, Profile
Fibre Channel cables sold for use with Fibre Channel hubs do not
have the required connectors for use with the Fibre Channel switch.
You must obtain cables appropriate for use with the switch.
The pinout for a 9-pin D type connector to 9-pin D type connector is as follows:
• Pin 1 to 5 and pin 5 to 1
• Pin 6 to 9 and pin 9 to 6