Manual

Issue 2, July 2021 Model 5401A User Guide
Page 14 Studio Technologies, Inc.
If the Model 5401A’s Dante network is con-
figured for Switched ensure that only one
of the two Dante RJ45 jacks on the back
panel is connected to the LAN associated
with the Dante network. If both of the Model
5401A’s Dante RJ45 jacks are routed to
ports on the same LAN this will typically
“crash” the network! (Although some of the
latest/most-advanced Ethernet switches
will automatically detect and prevent such
a “network bridging” issue from occurring.)
If Switched+Mgmt is selected the same
issues as discussed in the previous two
paragraphs would again apply. The only
difference is that the management web-
pages would be accessed using the same
Dante Ethernet port that is being used to
access the Dante network. The manage-
ment Ethernet port will be disabled.
If Redundant is selected then Dante’s
Redundant networking capability will be
enabled. In this case, separate Ethernet
LAN connections should be made to the
Dante primary and Dante secondary RJ45
jacks. Again, the Model 5401A’s separate
management Ethernet port will be used to
access the management webpages.
If Redundant+Mgmt is selected in Dante
Controller then the network connection
made to the Dante primary Ethernet port
will also be used to access the manage-
ment web-pages. The Model 5401A’s sepa-
rate management port will be disabled.
IP Addresses
When a Model 5401A has been configured
for either the Switched or Switched+Mgmt
network mode a single Dante IP address
will be associated with the network connec-
tion that is made to either the Dante primary
or the Dante secondary RJ45 jack. If the
network configuration has been selected
for Redundant or Redundant+Mgmt then
separate IP addresses and related network
parameters will be assigned to the Dante
primary and Dante secondary Ethernet
ports. No matter what network mode has
been selected the Model 5401A will always
have a separate management IP address.
Typically, the Model 5401A’s Dante IP
address or addresses and related network
parameters will be determined automati-
cally using DHCP or, if that’s not available,
the link-local network protocol. If desired,
the Dante Controller application does allow
Dante IP addresses and related network
parameters to be manually set to a fixed
(static) configuration. While this is a more-
involved process than simply letting DHCP
or link-local “do their thing,” if fixed address-
ing is necessary then this capability is
available.
Note that if the Model 5401A’s network
configuration has been set for Redundant
or Redundant+Mgmt then the Dante prima-
ry and Dante secondary IP addresses and
related parameters can be independently
configured. This allows both Dante inter-
faces to be configured automatically, both
interfaces to be configured manually, or one
interface to be configured automatically and
the other to be configured manually.
By default, the Model 5401A’s management
IP address and related network parameters
will be determined automatically using
DHCP or link-local. A configuration option,
accessible using the front-panel display
and associated buttons or the management
webpages, allows manual control of the
management IP address, subnet mask, and
gateway address values.
AES67 Configuration –
AES67 Mode
Dante Controller allows a Model 5401A to
be configured for AES67 operation. This
requires the AES67 mode to be set for
Enabled. As previously noted in this guide,