
1.4.1ATM
In an ATM environment, one or more Sun MediaCenter servers are directly connected to an ATM switch via ATM host adapters. Digital video streams are sent to clients using ATM virtual circuits.
FIGURE 1-4 Sun MediaCenter Servers in ATM Environment
1.4.2LAN
In the LAN environment, each Sun MediaCenter server is connected to one high- speed 100BaseT subnetwork via one or more Fast Ethernet host adapters. Digital video streams are sent to their destination(s) using LAN packets. Destination clients can access the video streams by connecting directly to one of the 100BaseT networks. Alternatively, the 100BaseT networks can be connected to an optional packet- filtering switch that routes to independent 10BaseT networks. This allows individual destination clients to connect to a 10BaseT network without affecting the aggregate bandwidth available.
Chapter 1 Introduction