Nevion eMerge
SDN media fabric for broadcast and telco
Are you looking for a SDN media fabric, pre-integrated with Nevion VideoIPath?
The Nevion eMerge SDN (software defined network) media fabric is a portfolio of high-capacity IP switches carefully engineered to fulfil specific broadcast requirements for both LAN and WAN networks, and pre-integrated with Nevion’s VideoIPath media orchestration platform.
The switches’ advance features, such as flexible programming of NAT rules, give unprecedented control of media flows in the network.
Building SDN media fabrics for IP facility and OB vans
Backbone switches for media WANs
Handoff media streams to third-party networks using NAT
Unidirectional forwarding of streams (media firewall)
Nevion eMerge is a key component of Networked Live, an ecosystem of products, solutions, services, and partners to transform production workflows.
Find out moreWhy Nevion eMerge?
Designing and building an IP media network, whether for an OB truck or an entire broadcast production facility, can be complex and time consuming, with many factors to take into consideration, including capacity, flexibility, control, timing etc.
Often broadcasters and media companies simply have neither the time nor the resources to conduct a thorough evaluation of COTS switches, and want a media fabric that just works out of the box.
eMerge is designed to make it fast and easy to create small/medium sized media LANs or WANs.
Benefits
Designed for broadcast applications
eMerge is specifically engineered for the requirements of broadcast applications. This saves both time and money when looking to select suitable switches. This is especially valuable for small/medium sized projects where time and budget are constrained.
Pre-integrated SDN control with VideoIpath
eMerge can be deployed with only minimal configuration effort and at no additional development or integration cost. The combination of VideoIPath and eMerge provides the most comprehensive SDN controlled media fabric on the market today and can be deployed quickly at an attractive price point.
Combine SDN with normal switching
eMerge is highly programmable and provides unprecedented control of media flows. This can be combined with normal switching for in-band mangement and other data transport needs across the same IP fabric.
Fully interoperable with other COTS switches
eMerge is also fully interoperable with other COTS IP switches on the market, which means that customers can opt to expand with other products. It also allows eMerge to be deployed as specialized NAT switches at the edge of an existing network.
Features and functionality
The Nevion eMerge portfolio consists of 100G spine/core, 10/25G video leaf/access and 1G audio leaf/access switches. The switches offer full line rate switching capacity and are perfect for building spine/leaf LAN media fabrics, but can also be used as part of a media WAN.
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Key features
- High-performance line-rate switching capacity (up to 6.4 Tbs)
- 1/10/25/40/100G interface support
- Advanced high-capacity NAT support (layer 2-4)
- Fully SDN programmable using Openflow 1.4
- Redundant power-supplies and field replaceable fans
- PTP boundary and transparent clock
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EM3-100G-32C
Video spine switch with 32 x 100G ports:
- 6.4 Tb/s forwarding capacity
- 16 x 100G
- 16 x 40/100G (splitable in 4 x 10/25G)
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EM3-25G-48Y8C
Video leaf switch with 48 x 25G and 8 x 100G interfaces:
- 4 Tb/s forwarding capacity
- 48 x 10/25G
- 8 x 40/100G (splitable in 4 x 10/25G)
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EM3-10G-48X8C
Video leaf switch with 48 x 10G and 8 x 100G interfaces:
- 2.56 Tb/s forwarding capaity
- 48 x 10G
- 8 x 40/100G (splitable in 4 x 10/25G)
This is a cost-effective alternative to EM3-25G-48Y8C if only 10G is required.
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EM3-25G-24Y4C
Video leaf switch with 48 x 25G and 8 x 100G interfaces:
- 2 Tb/s forwarding capacity
- 24 x 10/25G
- 4 x 40/100G (splitable in 4 x 10/25G)
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EM-GE2-48T4X
Audio leaf switch with 48 x 1G and 4 x 10G interfaces:
- 176 Gb/s forwarding capacity
- 48 x 1G Base-T
- 4 x 10G SFP+
This switch comes with RJ45 access ports.
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EM-GE2-48S4X
Audio leaf switch with 48 x 1G and 4 x 10G interfaces:
- 176 Gb/s forwarding capacity
- 48 x 1G SFP
- 4 x 10G SFP+
This switch comes with SFP access ports.
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EM2-10G-24X2C
Audio/video leaf switch with 24 x 10G and 2 x 100G interfaces:
- 440 Gb/s forwarding capacity
- 24 x 10G SFP+
- 2 x 40/100G QSFP28
This switch is a low cost option for smaller video installations (e.g. flightcase).
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eMerge network OS
The eMerge network OS provides a wide range of features for building a high-performing SDN media fabric. The switches’ advance features, such as flexible programming of NAT rules, give unprecedented control of media flows in the network.
Key software features includes:
- Hybrid switching – combine the power of SDN with normal switching/routing
- SDN for media flows using Openflow
- OSPF routing for data/control traffic
- VLAN and QinQ support
- Rewrite layer 2-4 fields
- High-capacity multicast NAT
- Per flow monitoring/policing
- PTP boundary and transparent clock
- Ethernet OAM
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Key features
- High-performance line-rate switching capacity (up to 6.4 Tbs)
- 1/10/25/40/100G interface support
- Advanced high-capacity NAT support (layer 2-4)
- Fully SDN programmable using Openflow 1.4
- Redundant power-supplies and field replaceable fans
- PTP boundary and transparent clock
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EM3-100G-32C
Video spine switch with 32 x 100G ports:
- 6.4 Tb/s forwarding capacity
- 16 x 100G
- 16 x 40/100G (splitable in 4 x 10/25G)
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EM3-25G-48Y8C
Video leaf switch with 48 x 25G and 8 x 100G interfaces:
- 4 Tb/s forwarding capacity
- 48 x 10/25G
- 8 x 40/100G (splitable in 4 x 10/25G)
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EM3-10G-48X8C
Video leaf switch with 48 x 10G and 8 x 100G interfaces:
- 2.56 Tb/s forwarding capaity
- 48 x 10G
- 8 x 40/100G (splitable in 4 x 10/25G)
This is a cost-effective alternative to EM3-25G-48Y8C if only 10G is required.
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EM3-25G-24Y4C
Video leaf switch with 48 x 25G and 8 x 100G interfaces:
- 2 Tb/s forwarding capacity
- 24 x 10/25G
- 4 x 40/100G (splitable in 4 x 10/25G)
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EM-GE2-48T4X
Audio leaf switch with 48 x 1G and 4 x 10G interfaces:
- 176 Gb/s forwarding capacity
- 48 x 1G Base-T
- 4 x 10G SFP+
This switch comes with RJ45 access ports.
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EM-GE2-48S4X
Audio leaf switch with 48 x 1G and 4 x 10G interfaces:
- 176 Gb/s forwarding capacity
- 48 x 1G SFP
- 4 x 10G SFP+
This switch comes with SFP access ports.
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EM2-10G-24X2C
Audio/video leaf switch with 24 x 10G and 2 x 100G interfaces:
- 440 Gb/s forwarding capacity
- 24 x 10G SFP+
- 2 x 40/100G QSFP28
This switch is a low cost option for smaller video installations (e.g. flightcase).
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eMerge network OS
The eMerge network OS provides a wide range of features for building a high-performing SDN media fabric. The switches’ advance features, such as flexible programming of NAT rules, give unprecedented control of media flows in the network.
Key software features includes:
- Hybrid switching – combine the power of SDN with normal switching/routing
- SDN for media flows using Openflow
- OSPF routing for data/control traffic
- VLAN and QinQ support
- Rewrite layer 2-4 fields
- High-capacity multicast NAT
- Per flow monitoring/policing
- PTP boundary and transparent clock
- Ethernet OAM
The Experts
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Announcements Jun 12, 2024
The updated VideoIPath, Virtuoso and eMerge brochures are here!
The new Nevion VideoIpath, Nevion Virtuoso and Nevion eMerge brochures have now been published.
Press Releases Sep 27, 2022
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IP contribution May 28, 2020
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Distributed production May 28, 2020
Intra- and inter-facility IP media production network TV-2
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Hybrid IP/SDI network delivered in record time Syn
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IP SDN for new broadcast facilities PLAZAMEDIA
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Making minority sports coverage profitable HDR-Denmark
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IP contribution Dec 21, 2017
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