Grass Valley Aurora Browse v.6.5 Installation - Manual (Page 54)

54 Aurora Browse Installation and Configuration Guide November 1, 2008
Chapter 3 Configuring the system
Prepare MDI server
A machine that hosts a MDI service takes the role of a MDI server. Refer to the
following to identify the machines in your MediaFrame system that take the role of
MDI server, and make sure that the appropriate MDI services are installed. Refer to
“About Aurora Browse software” on page 23 .
Dedicated MDI server — For medium to large MediaFrame systems, to ensure system
performance, most MDI services are on a stand-alone MDI server machine. If your
system has a dedicated MDI server, it comes from the factory with MDI services
installed, so you do not need to do any further installation. The MDI server requires
only network communication in preparation for its use in the MediaFrame system.
MediaFrame server as MDI server — For small MediaFrame systems, including the K2
BaseCamp Express, the MDI services can reside on the MediaFrame server. The
MediaFrame server comes from the factory with MDI service installed, to support
these smaller systems, so you do not need to do any further installation. The
MediaFrame server also has the NTFS MDI service installed, as it is required to run
on the server, regardless of the size of the system.
DSM server as MDI server — For all systems, the News MDI must be hosted on the
DSM. You must install the News MDI on the DSM.