Belden grass valley GV FABRIC User manual

Installation Manual
13-06157-030
2019-07-23
GV FABRIC
COMPACT HIGH-SPEED ETHERNET SWITCHES FOR
BROADCAST IP ROUTING SYSTEMS

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FCC Compliance
In order to comply with FCC/CFR47: Part 15 regulations, it is necessary to use high-quality,
triple-screened Media or Monitor cable assemblies with integrated ferrite suppression at both
ends.
Patent Information
This product may be protected by one or more patents.
For further information, please visit: www.grassvalley.com/patents/
Copyright and Trademark Notice
Copyright © 2019, Grass Valley Canada. All rights reserved.
Belden, Belden Sending All The Right Signals, and the Belden logo are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Belden Inc. or its affiliated companies in the United States and other
jurisdictions. Grass Valley, GV Fabric are trademarks or registered trademarks of Grass Valley
Canada. Belden Inc., Grass Valley Canada, and other parties may also have trademark rights in
other terms used herein.
Terms and Conditions
Please read the following terms and conditions carefully. By using GV Fabric documentation,
you agree to the following terms and conditions.
Grass Valley hereby grants permission and license to owners of GV Fabric to use their product
manuals for their own internal business use. Manuals for Grass Valley products may not be
reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including
photocopying and recording, for any purpose unless specifically authorized in writing by Grass
Valley.
A Grass Valley manual may have been revised to reflect changes made to the product during its
manufacturing life. Thus, different versions of a manual may exist for any given product. Care
should be taken to ensure that one obtains the proper manual version for a specific product
serial number.
Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a
commitment on the part of Grass Valley.
Warranty information is available from the Legal Terms and Conditions section of Grass Valley’s
website (www.grassvalley.com).
Title GV Fabric Installation Manual
Part Number 13-06157-030
Revision 2019-07-24, 09:40

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Installation Manual
Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Protection
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Electrostatic discharge occurs when electronic components are improperly handled and can
result in intermittent failure or complete damage adversely affecting an electrical circuit. When
you remove and replace any card from a frame always follow ESD-prevention procedures.
• Ensure that the frame is electrically connected to earth ground through the power cord or
any other means if available.
• Wear an ESD wrist strap ensuring that it makes good skin contact. Connect the grounding
clip to an unpainted surface of the chassis frame to safely ground unwanted ESD voltages.
If no wrist strap is available, ground yourself by touching the unpainted metal part of the
chassis.
• For safety, periodically check the resistance value of the antistatic strap, which should be
between 1 and 10 megohms.
• When temporarily storing a card make sure it is placed in an ESD bag.
• Cards in an earth grounded metal frame or casing do not require any special ESD
protection.
Certification and Compliance
Safety of Laser Modules
This equipment incorporates modules containing Class 1 lasers. These modules are certified by
the manufacturer to comply with:
• IEC/EN 60825-1 Safety of laser products
• IEC 60950-1 Safety of information technology equipment
Restriction on Hazardous Substances (RoHS)

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Electromagnetic Compatibility
This equipment has been tested for verification of compliance with FCC Part 15, Subpart B
requirements for Class A digital devices.
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the requirements of the EMC
directive 2004/108/CE:
• EN 55022 Class A radiated and conducted emissions
• EN 61000-3-2 Harmonic current emission limits
• EN 61000-3-3 Voltage fluctuations and flicker limitations
• EN 61000-4-2 Electrostatic discharge immunity
• EN 61000-4-3 Radiated electromagnetic field immunity - RF
• EN 61000-4-4 EFT immunity
• EN 61000-4-5 Surge immunity
• EN 61000-4-6 Conducted immunity
• EN 61000-4-8 EMP immunity
• EN 61000-4-11 Voltage-dips, short-interruption and voltage variation immunity
Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits
for a Class A digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits
are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference
when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. 
This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and,
if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may
cause harmful interference to radio communications. 
Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful
interference in which case the user will be required to correct the
interference at his own expense.

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Environmental Information
European (CE) WEEE directive.
This symbol on the product(s) means that at the end of life disposal it should not be mixed with
general waste.
Visit www.grassvalley.com for recycling information.
Grass Valley believes this environmental information to be correct but cannot guarantee its
completeness or accuracy since it is based on data received from sources outside our company.
All specifications are subject to change without notice.
If you have questions about Grass Valley environmental and social involvement (WEEE, RoHS,
REACH, etc.), please contact us at [e-mail].

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Introduction
Introduction to GV Fabric (GVF-1032-100G & GVF-516-100G models)
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GV Fabric is a COTS (commercial-off-the-shelf) IP switch enabling format agnostic signal
routing for small to enterprise-wide installations. Operation has been rigorously tested with
Grass Valley IP edge devices and in typical workflow scenarios, thus ensuring all the main
equipment for an “end-to-end”IP solution can now be sourced from a single leading supplier.
Its seamless integration with proven and established GV Convergent router control and Orbit
configuration and monitoring systems dramatically reduces deployment timelines, system
upgrading, fault finding and customizing workflows. GV Fabric's scalable technology means it's
equally at home in spine-and-leaf or monolithic type structures both for single or redundant
network schemes. It's non-blocking architecture exhibits zero packet loss at very low latency
and is fully compliant with PTPv2 timing protocol for device and network timing offering
alternative clock distribution schemes including transparent and boundary clock mechanisms.
Two versions of GV Fabric are available: A 1 RU full rack width 32x QSFP28 port switch and a 1
RU half-rack width 16x QSFP28 port switch providing the equivalent of up to 2048x2048 HD
(256x256 4K UHD-1) and 1024x1024 HD (128x128 4K UHD-1) signal switching capacities,
respectively. All ports are fully independent and auto-sensing supporting Ethernet speeds of
1/10/25/40/50 and 100 GbE.
GVF-1032-100G Front View
GV Fabric 100 GbE 1 RU Ethernet switch, 32 QSFP28 ports with 2 power supplies (AC). Includes
rail kit.
GVF-516-100G Front View
GV Fabric 100 GbE 1 RU half-width Ethernet switch, 16 QSFP28 ports with 2 power supplies
(AC). Rail kit must be purchased separately.

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Speed and Switching Capabilities
Speed and Switching Capabilities
The table below describes maximum throughput and interface speed per system model.
Management Interfaces, PSUs and Fans
The table below lists the various management interfaces, PSUs and fans per system model.
GVF-1032-100G Rear View
GVF-516-100G Rear View
Model
10/25GbE SFP28
Interfaces*
40/50/56/100GbE QSFP28
Interfaces*
Max
Throughput
GVF-1032-100G 64
(using QSFP to SFP
splitter cables)
32 6.4Tb/s
GVF-516-100G 64
(using QSFP to SFP
splitter cables)
16
(or 32 50GbE interfaces when using
QSFP to 2xQSFP splitter cables)
3.2Tb/s
Model USB MGT Console PSU Fan
GVF-1032-100G Rear Rear (2 ports) Rear 2 Units 4 Units
GVF-516-100G Front (mini USB) Front (1 port) Front 2 Units (non
replaceable)
4 Units (non
replaceable)

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System Installation and Initialization
Installation and initialization of the system require attention to the normal mechanical, power,
and thermal precautions for rack-mounted equipment.
The installation procedure for the system involves the following phases:
Note: The rack mounting holes conform to the EIA-310 standard for 19-inch
racks. Take precautions to guarantee proper ventilation in order to maintain
good airflow at ambient temperature.
Note: Unless otherwise specified, Grass Valley products are designed to
work in an environmentally controlled data center with low levels of gaseous
and dust (particulate) contamination. 
The operation environment should meet severity level G1 as per ISA 71.04 for
gaseous contamination and ISO 14644-1 class 8 for cleanliness level.
Step Procedure See
1 Follow the safety warnings Safety Warnings
2 Pay attention to the air flow consideration within the system and
rack
Air Flow
3 Make sure that none of the package contents is missing or
damaged
Package Contents
4 Mount the system into a rack enclosure 19”System Mounting
Options
5 Power on the system Initial Power On
6 Perform system bring-up System Bring-up
7 [Optional] FRU replacements FRU Replacements

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Air Flow
Air Flow
GVF-1032-100G air flow pattern:
• Connector (front) side inlet to power side outlet - marked with red power supplies/fans
FRUs' handles.
Note: The following information does not apply to GVF-516-100G. In the
GVF-516-100G systems, the fan units are non-replaceable.
Note: All servers and systems in the same rack should be planned with the
same airflow direction.
All FRU components need to have the same air flow direction. A mismatch in
the air flow will affect the heat dissipation.
GVF-1032-100G Air Flow Direction Marking - Connector Side Inlet to Power Side Outlet