Grass Valley Aurora Browse v.6.5 Installation - Manual (Page 3)

November 1, 2008 Aurora Browse Installation and Configuration Guide 3
Contents
Preface .................................................................................................................. 7
Grass Valley Product Support ........................................................................ 8
Chapter 1 System Overview
Functional description ............................................................................................. 11
System diagram - K2 storage .................................................................................. 12
Design considerations - Aurora Browse with Aurora Edit ................................... 12
Legacy systems....................................................................................................... 13
Chapter 2 Installing Aurora Browse
Rack-mount hardware components ........................................................................ 16
About cabling hardware components ...................................................................... 16
Cable hardware: MediaFrame support .................................................................... 17
MediaFrame server instructions ......................................................................... 17
MediaFrame server instructions: HAAR platform ............................................... 18
MDI Server instructions ...................................................................................... 20
Cable hardware: Proxy support ............................................................................... 21
Encoder instructions ........................................................................................... 22
NAS instructions - Condor .................................................................................. 22
About Aurora Browse software................................................................................ 23
Install software for K2 support ................................................................................. 25
Installing the StorNext File System..................................................................... 25
Installing the Generic iSCSI Client Software ...................................................... 26
Installing the GVG_MLib Software ..................................................................... 27
Other software installation considerations............................................................... 29
Chapter 3 Configuring the system
Configuration overview - K2 storage ....................................................................... 32
Establish conventions.............................................................................................. 33
Machine naming convention ............................................................................... 33
MDI and Encoder logical names convention ...................................................... 33
Ports and services mapping ............................................................................... 36
Configure network - K2 Storage .............................................................................. 37
Set up IP addresses and name resolution.......................................................... 37
Configure network settings on Client/FTP LAN (Production Network) machines37
Configure HAAR platform ................................................................................... 38
Configure network settings on Client network machines .................................... 38
Firewall considerations ....................................................................................... 39
Prepare for core configuration stages ..................................................................... 40
Prepare NLS device ........................................................................................... 40
Prepare MediaFrame Server for News systems................................................. 40
Prepare DSM ...................................................................................................... 40
Prepare encoders ............................................................................................... 40
Add encoders to the K2 Storage System ........................................................... 40
Configuring encoders with the K2 System Configuration application ............ 41
Calculating encoder bandwidth...................................................................... 45
Prepare NAS - Condor ....................................................................................... 46
About the administrator account ......................................................................... 47
Accessing services ............................................................................................. 48
Accessing system configuration settings ............................................................ 48
Stop services ........................................................................................................... 49
MediaFrame stage .................................................................................................. 50
Configure Media Frame ASK: Register components.......................................... 51
Prepare MDI server ............................................................................................ 54