Grass Valley Aurora Browse v.6.5 Installation - Manual (Page 37)

November 1, 2008 Aurora Browse Installation and Configuration Guide 37
Configure network - K2 Storage
Configure network - K2 Storage
Unless otherwise indicated, all information in this chapter refers to the two tier
network architecture for Aurora Browse on K2 storage. Also refer to the system
diagram in
Chapter 1, System Overview .
Set up IP addresses and name resolution
The following instructions apply for systems that do not use the classic workgroup/
host table networking.
Systems may use Microsoft DNS for name resolution. The domain controller should
provide this service. If the system does not have a domain controller, another machine
may be configured to provide this service. Properly configuring all client network
interfaces is extremely important to make DNS name resolution work correctly.
The following applies to the control network on systems expanded to contain two
networks—control and media:
• The control network should be set to use Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
(DHCP) to assign network IP addresses. All interfaces on this network should be
configured to register connections with DNS automatically.
The following applies to the media network on control/media network systems and to
the Production network overall on systems with a single, unified Production network:
• Network interfaces should be configured with static IP addresses. These interfaces
must also be configured not to automatically register their connections with DNS;
each interface on the media network should be manually added as a host entry with
“_he0” appended to the host name. These entries ensure that high-priority network
traffic is routed over this network.
When configuring networks, you should consider K2 Storage System networking as
well. For example, the K2 Storage System “media” network is actually the iSCSI
network. This is not the same as the Aurora Browse “media” network. The Aurora
Browse “media” network is the equivalent of the K2 FTP/Streaming network. Also,
if host tables and fixed IP addresses are required on parts of the K2 Storage System,
make sure DHCP/DNS is configured to allow the fixed IP addresses.
Refer to “Host table files” on page 134 for an example of a host table.
Configure network settings on Client/FTP LAN (Production
Network)
machines
Use the instructions in this section to configure Client/FTP LAN (Production
Network) machines, which are all those of the following types:
• Aurora Proxy Encoder
• Smartbin Encoder
From the factory, the machines are set with static IP and as members of
“WORKGROUP”. Change the IP addresses, using standard Windows procedures.