Managing Sources for High Availability

To ensure high-availability of input sources, the outputs in Zixi Receiver can be configured to include one or more "Primary Sources" and, in addition, one or more "Fallback Sources".

The behavior of the primary versus the fallback sources is explained below:

• An output must include at least one primary source.
• If the main primary source fails, Zixi Receiver will switch to another primary source (if one exists) or to a fallback source (if a primary source does not exist).
• If all primary sources fail, Zixi Receive will switch to a fallback source.
• When the main (original) primary source resumes, the following occurs:
  • If the stream was switched to another primary source, the steam will NOT switch back to the original primary source. For this reason, when configuring a "backup" primary source, it is recommended to make sure that it streams the same content (as it will not revert back to the original primary source).
  • If the stream was switched to a fallback source, the stream will automatically switch back to the main (original) primary source or to another primary source that becomes available.