User`s guide

Supported Cabling

Avid supports the following cable types of Ethernet cables when connecting Zone 2 servers

and clients to switches in the Avid workgroup environments. Also use these cable guidelines

when connecting your clients and workstations to the File Gateway server.

If you need to run your cables greater distances, call Avid Customer Support for supported

cable and accessory information. For cable connections, see the Avid Setup Guide for your

product.

Supported Cables

Cable Connection

Type Function

Connector Style and Maximum Cable

Length

Ethernet network cable,

CAT5e, CAT6, or CAT6a

Connects:

• Ethernet Avid clients

• System Directors and clients

to 1 Gb ports on an ISS

• Avid Interplay servers to

shared storage networks

• Avid AirSpeed capture and

playback servers to shared

storage networks

• Avid ISIS management port

to laptop

RJ45 connector

100 Meters — If using CAT5e the cable must be

rated for 350 MHz for maximum length.

The minimum GigE cable length for Avid network

products is 6 feet or 2 meters.