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Instructors:
Chris Lapp is the Technical Solutions Architect for the Media and Entertainment Vertical in the Americas at Cisco. As a Technical Solutions Architect, Chris provides thought leadership to Sales Teams, helping Media customers realize their business outcomes through Cisco Technology. He brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to Cisco from past experience in the broadcast industry with operations, manufacturing, and System integration.
Gerard Phillips is a Systems Engineer and M&E Tech Lead at Arista Networks, a role which involves providing detailed technical and architectural support to customers during the design, installation and running of complex IP infrastructure. Before joining Arista 7 years ago, Gerard spent 22 years at the cutting edge of broadcast technology development with Snell and Wilcox, Snell and finally SAM.
Course Overview
A rock‑solid network is the spine of every IP media workflow—and in 2025 that spine is almost always SMPTE ST 2110. This course takes you, step by step, through the full lifecycle of an ST 2110 deployment: scoping, design, build‑out, and long‑term maintenance for studios, OB trucks, sports venues, and remote productions. Along the way we unpack the real‑world “gotchas” that trip up even seasoned teams—PTP clocking, multicast routing, QoS fine‑tuning, bandwidth headroom, redundancy strategies, and those tricky on‑prem ↔ cloud hand‑offs.
Guided by veteran ST 2110 network architects, you’ll learn exactly what to watch for, what to measure, and what to plan so your next build goes on air the first time—and stays there.
Program Outline
Module 2: IP Multicast Design and PIM Optimization
Module 3: Timing & Synchronization
Module 4: Redundancy, Failover, and Hitless Operation
Module 5: Control & Orchestration Layer Integration
Learning Objectives
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Specify the relevant standards, protocols, security measures, and other aspects needed to design a high availability IP-based media production network.
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Identify what is required to plan, implement, and configure a scalable, high-performance network for live media production and distribution.
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Explain commonly used control protocols to protect the integrity of the ST 2110 media facility.