User Guide

SuperRack SoundGrid / User Guide
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Working with Multiple Systems
Multiple SuperRack systems can be linked by connecting their
Ethernet switches to create a local area network. Users can
assign I/O devices and servers from any other SuperRack
system that is connected to the LAN. These assignments
behave in the same manner as local Inventory assignments:
assigned devices are unavailable to other SuperRacks until
they are un-assigned. Other users will see these devices in
their Inventories, but they will be grayed out and unavailable.
A SuperRack SoundGrid system does not need the permission
of other systems to assign an available device to its Inventory.
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I/O DEVICE INVENTORY IN MULTIPLE SYSTEMS
All devices in a multi-host system—
whether assigned to a host or not—are
displayed in the Device menu of each
independent system’s Inventory (left). In
this example, there are five I/O devices. The host of each device is shown, followed by the
device name. The name of each host’s local driver is also shown.
A host that has assigned a device to its Inventory is the manager of that device. When a device is removed from a
host, the device becomes Free and it can be assigned by any other host, which in turn becomes its manager.
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Version-specific limitations apply. Please check www.waves.com for specific information regarding constraints.