Dante Level 3 Test Questions With 100% Correct
Solutions.
Describe follower, primary clock leader, and boundary clock
follower: a device that accepts a clock from another source
primary clock leader: a device that is the original time reference for all other devices on
the network.
boundary clock. A device that accepts a clock from another source, then feeds that
clock to other devices.
Are dante flows unicast or multicast by default?
Unicast
Does dante domain manager subscribe to other networks when the transmitter is
multicast?
Yes. Dante domain manager can take multicast from a transmitter and send it as
unicast across a router to another subnet.
A campus network has different subnets for each of the twenty buildings. A
project calls for a system design where Dante devices would be present in every
building. The VLANs are connected by standard inter-VLAN routing. Dante
Domain Manager is present in the design.
Can we establish a single dante domain for all the background music and paging
equipment across the entire campus, throughout all subnets?
Yes. We will need to make sure we have enough flows to cover the unicast feeds, but
otherwise this is fine.
When we share sources from one domain to another, how much control do we
have?
we have a choice between sharing channels to all domains in a group, or for more
customization, we can choose which channels are available in each domain.
If all dante devises are enrolled in dante domain manager and a random person
connects to your network and launches dante controller, will they be able to see
anything?
No. Dante controller will not show any devices on DDM until you have entered your
credentials.
How does dante controller discover a new device when it is first connected to the
network?
dante controller listens for an mDNS "discovery" announcement at 224.0/0/251:5353
You have a system design with about 1000 devices spread across a property. The
IT administrator insists you segment the broadcast domain. You know
audio/video signals need to flow between major systems throughout the property.
What steps do you need to do?
Break the network into VLANs, use unique subnets for each VLAN and connect them
with inter-VLAN routing.
, Add Dante Domain Manager to manage and coordinate devices across the layer 3
network.
When Troubleshooting a system, what order (in terms of concepts) do we start at
and work off from?
Connectivity---> clocking--->Subscriptions--->Latency
True or false: Dante devices have an unlimited number of receive flows.
False
When dante devices are in red on dante controller, what might this mean?
Dante devices are in a different subnet than the computer running Dante Controller.
Dante controller might be expecting to see devices on the primary network, but it is
connected to the secondary (or vice versa).
What can you use to automatically discover a large number of devices across
multiple subnets?
DNS-SD
color meanings
green: in a managed system, these channels are shared from a device in another
domain.
red: a dante device is discovered in the network, but it is in the wrong subnet or you
have primary/secondary reversed.
black: a normal dante device properly recognized on the network.
In a dante domain manager system, what happens if we enable unicast clocking
for a second device in the subnet?
Va clock leader will be elected for the subnet. The other device will be follower and will
be ready to take over in case the leader is no longer present in the network.
Dante devices remember their settings through power cycles, so they restore
functionality when they come back up. Of course, a subscription is made between
a transmitter and a receiver-so which device remembers the connections that
need to be made?
The receiver
Scenario: You are the AV manager for a facility that has an auditorium, meeting
spaces, and background music/paging system all on a flat, Layer 2 network.
There are only about 40 devices and this is on a dedicated network, so it works
just fine. The technicians in the auditorium often change subscriptions on their
devices as different events roll through, but the other domains do not require
custom patching much.
From time to time, the AV technicians mistakenly patch to devices in the meeting
spaces or BGM system. That in turn breaks patching that was already in pace.
The technicians don't always realize they made a mistake, at which point
someone needs to go and figure out what went wrong.
We could certainly use a dante preset to quickly restore the BGM and meeting
spaces when this sort of thing happens, but that is after the fact and after the
Solutions.
Describe follower, primary clock leader, and boundary clock
follower: a device that accepts a clock from another source
primary clock leader: a device that is the original time reference for all other devices on
the network.
boundary clock. A device that accepts a clock from another source, then feeds that
clock to other devices.
Are dante flows unicast or multicast by default?
Unicast
Does dante domain manager subscribe to other networks when the transmitter is
multicast?
Yes. Dante domain manager can take multicast from a transmitter and send it as
unicast across a router to another subnet.
A campus network has different subnets for each of the twenty buildings. A
project calls for a system design where Dante devices would be present in every
building. The VLANs are connected by standard inter-VLAN routing. Dante
Domain Manager is present in the design.
Can we establish a single dante domain for all the background music and paging
equipment across the entire campus, throughout all subnets?
Yes. We will need to make sure we have enough flows to cover the unicast feeds, but
otherwise this is fine.
When we share sources from one domain to another, how much control do we
have?
we have a choice between sharing channels to all domains in a group, or for more
customization, we can choose which channels are available in each domain.
If all dante devises are enrolled in dante domain manager and a random person
connects to your network and launches dante controller, will they be able to see
anything?
No. Dante controller will not show any devices on DDM until you have entered your
credentials.
How does dante controller discover a new device when it is first connected to the
network?
dante controller listens for an mDNS "discovery" announcement at 224.0/0/251:5353
You have a system design with about 1000 devices spread across a property. The
IT administrator insists you segment the broadcast domain. You know
audio/video signals need to flow between major systems throughout the property.
What steps do you need to do?
Break the network into VLANs, use unique subnets for each VLAN and connect them
with inter-VLAN routing.
, Add Dante Domain Manager to manage and coordinate devices across the layer 3
network.
When Troubleshooting a system, what order (in terms of concepts) do we start at
and work off from?
Connectivity---> clocking--->Subscriptions--->Latency
True or false: Dante devices have an unlimited number of receive flows.
False
When dante devices are in red on dante controller, what might this mean?
Dante devices are in a different subnet than the computer running Dante Controller.
Dante controller might be expecting to see devices on the primary network, but it is
connected to the secondary (or vice versa).
What can you use to automatically discover a large number of devices across
multiple subnets?
DNS-SD
color meanings
green: in a managed system, these channels are shared from a device in another
domain.
red: a dante device is discovered in the network, but it is in the wrong subnet or you
have primary/secondary reversed.
black: a normal dante device properly recognized on the network.
In a dante domain manager system, what happens if we enable unicast clocking
for a second device in the subnet?
Va clock leader will be elected for the subnet. The other device will be follower and will
be ready to take over in case the leader is no longer present in the network.
Dante devices remember their settings through power cycles, so they restore
functionality when they come back up. Of course, a subscription is made between
a transmitter and a receiver-so which device remembers the connections that
need to be made?
The receiver
Scenario: You are the AV manager for a facility that has an auditorium, meeting
spaces, and background music/paging system all on a flat, Layer 2 network.
There are only about 40 devices and this is on a dedicated network, so it works
just fine. The technicians in the auditorium often change subscriptions on their
devices as different events roll through, but the other domains do not require
custom patching much.
From time to time, the AV technicians mistakenly patch to devices in the meeting
spaces or BGM system. That in turn breaks patching that was already in pace.
The technicians don't always realize they made a mistake, at which point
someone needs to go and figure out what went wrong.
We could certainly use a dante preset to quickly restore the BGM and meeting
spaces when this sort of thing happens, but that is after the fact and after the
