Hybrid Sync Network Topology; Planning Your Ap Groupings; Configuration Groups In The Config Wizard (Iic); Configuration Groups In The Intellivue Telemetry System - Philips IntelliVue Telemetry System Infrastructure Installation And Service Manual

Hybrid Sync Network Topology

If you need more than the 156 AP connections provided by the star topology, then
you can create a hybrid of the daisy-chain and star topologies (Figure 2-15).

Planning Your AP Groupings

"Groups" as defined for the IntelliVue Telemetry System have more than one
meaning and must be carefully thought out prior to configuration. They are also
defined in two places on the system and care must be taken to ensure that the
definitions are not in conflict. The two places where AP groups are defined are:
• The IntelliVue Information Center "Configuration Wizard"
• ITS Access Point Controllers

Configuration Groups in the Config Wizard (IIC)

Equipment is assigned to "units" in the IIC config wizard. This is a way to further
segment the IntelliVue Clinical Network (ICN) into smaller groups, as a single ICN
may, and often does, support more than one unit. All units on the ICN are served by
the same Database Server (DBS).
Bedside equipment is assigned to units and, network devices, although they shared
by all devices on the ICN, are assigned to units as well.

Configuration Groups in the IntelliVue Telemetry System

Groups are defined in the IntelliVue Telemetry System infrastructure configuration,
and then APs are assigned to them. The reasons for this are:
• Groups of APs can be individually targeted for upgrades without affecting the
APs in the other groups.
• Each defined group can have a different destination IP for its alerts. The
destination IP is the IP of a database server on the system. The relevance of this
destination IP is twofold:
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Figure 2-15: Hybrid Sync Network Topology
Planning Your AP Groupings
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