Network Ports

The slot bracket features two RJ45 connectors labeled PRI and SEC. The supported link speed is 1 Gb/s

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  • A yellow LED (left, LINK) signals a successful link.

  • A green LED (right, ACT) signals network traffic (blinking).

Both straight and crossover cables can be used (Auto MDI-X). Cable lengths of up to 100m are supported when using Cat 5e or higher classification.

The network ports are used to send and receive 16 audio streams and one CRF (clock reference format) stream on two distinct networks (Primary and Secondary). The total number of channels depends on stream format and sampling rate - up to 128 channels at up to 192 kHz in the Milan® 8-channel-format, or up to 512 channels at 48 kHz using 12, 16 or 32 channel stream formats which may not be supported by other MILAN devices.

It is not possible to "bridge" the two network ports. They must always be connected to separate networks.
This card does not pass network traffic from its Ethernet ports via PCIe to the computer. To control the Milan® connections and individual devices on the network, it is therefore necessary to add an additional network adapter to the host computer and connect it to the Milan® network using a switch (or, in case the internal ports are in switch configuration, to one of its network ports).