Product specifications

1 Avid Network Planning
This document provides ISIS Administrators with a single reference regarding the implementation, configuration
and troubleshooting of all Avid
®
ISIS qualified and approved Ethernet switches for use as the Avid Production
Network (APN) switch in the ISIS | 7500, ISIS | 5500, and ISIS | 2500 environments.
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This document also applies to ISIS 7000, ISIS 5000, and ISIS 2000 systems, but for simplicity, it refers only to the
current model names.
The switches covered in this documented have been qualified or approved by Avid in the configurations presented.
However, in order to reduce the complexity of this document, configurations are limited to the qualified APN
switches offered by Avid. Most of this information can also be applied to the approved switches not offered by
Avid. Avid recommends you refer to the vendor’s documentation for specifics.
Qualified and Approved ISIS Switches
The following switches have been qualified or approved for the specified Avid ISIS environments.
• Qualified — tested with each major software release.
• Approved — tested once with no subsequent retesting.
Qualified APN Switches
Switch ISIS | 7500
ISIS | 7500
External
Expansion
Switches (EXS) ISIS | 5500 ISIS | 2500
Dell S4820T 10Gb Base-T ✓
Cisco Catalyst 4948E ✓✓✓
Cisco Catalyst 4948-10GE ✓✓✓
Cisco Catalyst 4900M ✓✓✓✓
Dell Networking N3048 ✓✓
Dell Networking N3024 ✓✓
Dell Networking S25N, S25P ✓✓
Dell Networking S60 ✓✓✓
Dell Networking S4810 ✓✓✓
Foundry/Brocade FESX424 ✓✓✓
Foundry/Brocade FESX624 ✓✓✓