HDMI Over Managed Switch
World’s first implementation of HDMI connectivity within an Ethernet switch.
At ISE 2019 (Stand 3-B150), the SDVoE Alliance debuted a managed network switch that includes HDMI ports.
Why do I need a switch with HDMI ports?
We in the AV industry are often asked to provide content from multiple sources to multiple displays. Many times the client will have a multitude of cable or direcTV boxes with different channels playing and they need to be routed to different rooms or areas of their building. In the past we’ve done this with a dedicated matrix switch. This is a costly endeavor because it requires independent encoders at each source and independent decoders at each display. It also requires one know in advance how many displays and sources are going to be installed. A better solution would be to use a standard network infrastructure.
The solution envisioned by NETGEAR and the SDVoE Alliance will use HDMI I/O modules that plug directly into their NETGEAR M4300-96X 10G Modular Managed Switch. By encoding the audio & video into packets they can be made to travel over the ubiquitous transmission connect protocol / internet protocol, AKA TCP/IP, thereby eliminating the need for standalone encoders and decoders supporting in-rack video sources and destination displays.
What the industry is saying:
“SDVoE is transforming the matrix by replacing the expensive ‘big iron’ at the core of a matrix switching system with an efficient Ethernet switch,” said Justin Kennington, president of the SDVoE Alliance. “The last advantage for the traditional matrix switch was its ability to support native HDMI for in-rack sources. This new class of product, leveraging NETGEAR’s unique modular Ethernet switch, eliminates any benefit to the old matrix switch. And now let’s talk about density: 48 to 96 ports, with any mix of inputs and outputs in 2RU. Your inflexible 32×32 matrix is at least five times that size.”
https://www.avnetwork.com/news/sdvoe-netgear-partner-on-ethernet-switch-with-integrated-hdmi
The NETGEAR M4300 Stackable Switch Series delivers L2/L3/L4 and IPv4/IPv6 cost-effective services for mid-enterprise edge with full PoE+ and SMB core deployments with unrivalled ease of use: 10 Gigabit models can seamlessly stack with 1 Gigabit models within the series, enabling spine and leaf line-rate stacking topologies. Non-stop forwarding (NSF) virtual chassis architectures provide advanced High Availability (HA) with hitless failover across the stack. Dual redundant, modular power supplies equipping full width models contribute to business continuity management. Layer 3 feature set includes static, dynamic and policy-based routing – as standard. Perfect for wireless access, unified communications and IP video, the NETGEAR M4300 Switch Series is also ready for the future, with Software-defined Network (SDN) and OpenFlow 1.3 enabled for your network.
https://www.netgear.com/business/products/switches/managed/M4300-96X.aspx
The Bottom Line: To take complexity out of AV-over-IP deployments, NETGEAR created the SDVoE-ready M4300-96X Modular Managed Switch that is preconfigured for AV and multicast “Zero Touch” network configuration. Users select the combination of HDMI, copper, PoE+, and fiber M4300-96X port expansion cards that fit requirements, insert the cards, connect SDVoE encoders and decoders, and power on the switch. SDVoE systems with symmetric input-output configurations are supported such as 48×48, but asymmetric solutions such as 24×72 are just as easily accommodated.
https://www.avnetwork.com/news/sdvoe-netgear-partner-on-ethernet-switch-with-integrated-hdmi
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