Grass Valley Aurora Browse v.6.5 Installation - Manual (Page 34)

34 Aurora Browse Installation and Configuration Guide November 1, 2008
Chapter 3 Configuring the system
• MDIs — The system uses a Managed Device Interface (MDI) to manage a device
that is not a platform for MediaFrame software. Typically these are the machines
on which media resides, such as Media Servers, NAS devices, and archive devices.
Each type of device has its own MDI. The MDI software component is usually
hosted on the MediaFrame server or an MDI server, rather than being hosted on the
same machine that it manages.
• Encoder services — The system uses services to manage the media processing that
takes place on the Aurora Browse encoder machines. Typically these are a type of
“transfer” service. This type of software component is hosted on the machine that
it manages.
Also refer to “Ports and services mapping” on page 36 .
The following table demonstrates how logical names for software components are
mapped to the machines of your system and provides a suggested naming convention.
Machine type Service that manages
the machine MDI/Encoder
logical name(s) Comments
Aurora Proxy
Encoder GV Aurora Proxy
Encoder ADV1, ADV2,
ADV3… One logical name is required for each Aurora
Proxy Encoder.
Avalon Archive GV Avalon Archive MDI ARCHIVE1 Most systems have only one archive MDI—
of the appropriate type for the archive
product—that manages the entire archive
system.
DIVA Archive GV DIVA MDI
FlashNet Archive GV FlashNet MDI
K2 GV K2 MDI K2-STORAGE1 When this MDI accesses a K2 Storage
System, it manages one designated K2 Media
Clients on the shared storage system. The
MDI should be named for the K2 Storage
System.
K2-1, K2-2, K2-3,… When this MDI manages a stand-alone K2
Media Client, there is one MDI for each K2
Media Client. One logical name is required
for each stand-alone K2 Media Client system
that integrates with the system.
M-Series GV MSeries MDI M-SERIES1,
M-SERIES2,
M-SERIES3,… One logical name is required for each
M-Series iVDR that integrates with the
system.
News GV News Share MDI NEWS1 There is only one News MDI in the system. It
manages the hi-res media storage system for
Aurora assets.
NTFS GV NTFS MDI NTFS1 There is only one NTFS MDI in the system.
It manages NTFS storage on one or more
machines—typically the server and the NAS
machines. This MDI is used by the internal
MediaFrame system only. If you need a
generic Windows device for transfers, use the
Generic FTP MDI.