Grass Valley Aurora Browse v.7.0 Installation - Manual (Page 85)

April 6, 2010 Aurora Browse Installation and Configuration Guide 85
Configure MediaFrame ASK: Register components
NOTE: The MediaFrame server must host the NTFS MDI and the Proxy MDI.
In the MediaFrame Configuration Manager, the ASK settings register the logical
names for the MDIs and Encoders required by your MediaFrame system with the
ASK software component, which runs on the MediaFrame server.
Note the following distinction when entering “Hostname or IP”:
• For MDIs (K2, Profile, M-Series, News, Proxy, NTFS, Archive) enter the
hostname of the machine hosting the MDI software component, rather than the
hostname of the machine being managed by the MDI.
• For Encoders (Aurora Proxy Encoder, SmartBin Encoder) enter the hostname of
Open SAN Profile Profile As per
convention. Hostname of the machine
hosting the Profile MDIs.
Typically the MDI server 9130 - 9139 The Open SAN Profile is not
supported in 6.5, only the
stand-alone. These are
process ports, as explained in
“Ports and services
mapping” on page 47
.
Stand-alone Profile Profile
M-Series MSeries As per
convention. Hostname of the machine
hosting the M-Series
MDIs. Typically the MDI
server 9140 - 9149 These are process ports, as
explained in
“Ports and
services mapping” on
page 47
.
NLS Generic FTP As per
convention. Hostname of the machine
hosting the Generic FTP
MDI. Typically the MDI
server Leave field
blank. Correct
port number is
automatically
entered on
“Add MDI”.
Refer to
“Ports
and services
mapping” on
page 47
to
verify.
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Aurora Edit
News Share (DSM) News As per
convention. Hostname of the machine
hosting the News MDIs.
Typically the MDI server. —
NTFS storage on
Windows machines NTFS NTFS1, as per
convention. MediaFrame server
hostname, as the server is
the required NTFS MDI
host. —
Aurora Proxy
Encoder
b
Aurora Proxy
Encoder As per
convention Aurora Proxy Encoder
hostname —
Proxy Proxy PROXY1, as
per
convention. Hostname of the machine
hosting the Proxy MDI.
Typically the MDI server. —
Archive device … Archive ARCHIVE1,
as per
convention. Hostname of the machine
hosting the archive MDI —
SmartBin Encoder SmartBin
Encoder As per
convention. SmartBin encoder
hostname
a. For a K2 Storage System, the MDI manages one of the connected K2 clients. As per convention, name the MDI for the K2 Storage
System.
b. You need to create an encoder per stream on a machine.
When you add
an MDI or
Encoder logical
name for this
type of machine/
device… Select “MDI/
Encoder
Type”… Enter “MDI/
Encoder
Name”… Enter “Host Name or
IP”… Enter
“Port”… Comments