Nevion’s SDN media fabric portfolio has been further extended with the new eMerge 400G, a high-capacity switch developed as a spine router for facilities or a central router for OB trucks.
Nevion’s SDN (software defined network) media fabric portfolio has been further extended with the Nevion eMerge 400G, a high-capacity switch developed to serve as a spine router for facilities or a central router for OB trucks. It is available as part of the existing line up of 1G, 10G, 25G and 100G eMerge switches.
Spine-leaf architecture is built on a dual switching layer topology, consisting of a spine and a leaf layer. The leaf layer consists of access switches that aggregate traffic from servers and connect directly into the spine, or network core.
Spine switches interconnect all leaf switches in a full-mesh topology, and perform routing and work as the core of the network. The leaf layer involves access switches that connect to servers, storage devices and other end-users. This structure helps networks limit the number of jumps between nodes, and reduce network latency.
A component of Sony’s Networked Live system, eMerge SDN media fabric is a portfolio of high-capacity IP switches engineered to fulfil specific broadcast requirements for LAN and WAN networks. They are pre-integrated with Nevion’s VideoIPath media orchestration platform.
The switches include features that give a high degree of control over media flows in the network, such as flexible programming of NAT (network address translation) rules. By translating private IP addresses in an internal network to a public IP address before packets are sent to an external network, NAT enables private IP networks to use the internet and cloud. eMerge is also interoperable with other COTS IP switches on the market.
The new 1RU eMerge 400G supplies 32 x 400G ports, with a total capacity of 25.6 Tbps. As well as this new switch, Nevion has also developed a 64 x 100G eMerge with 12.8 Tbps capacity, to add to the existing 32 x 100G eMerge.
Through Sony and Nevion’s Networked Live ecosystem, products, services and partners combine hybrid on-premises and cloud processing with network connectivity to support live production. It connects resources – places, people and processing – allowing them to be used and shared efficiently in productions regardless of their locations.
Cezary Cieslewski, Product Manager, eMerge at Nevion said, “The demand for our eMerge switches has grown dramatically in recent years, not least because our customers now need to tackle higher network capacity. Adding a 400G switch to our offering is addressing those requirements, whether it’s in the facilities or OB-trucks.”
eMerge will be on show at the 2025 NAB Show in the Networked Live area of Sony’s booth. nevion.com
