Expansion Chassis Overview
The following steps provide for a typical installation where the AMS Express Primary Chassis is operational and the user is increasing capacity and/or performance with additional Expansion Chassis(s).
Before starting users should be familiar with and/or document the following:
- Read and understood the Software Overview section.
- The system is in a ‘quiet’ state meaning no ingest or playout or use of the system is happening besides adding the expansion chassis. No performance testing or system loading should take place until 24 hours after successfully adding the Expansion Chassis.
- Ensure the Expansion Chassis is correctly connected and cabled as shown in the Cabling: Expansion Chassis section.
- Ensure Expansion Chassis power cord(s) are plugged in and power is turned on.
- Example IP addresses used in this setup are shown in
. Customers should replace these IP addresses with the ones used
during configuration.