Grass Valley Aurora Browse v.6.0b Installation - Manual (Page 3)

September 22, 2006 Aurora Browse Installation and Configuration Guide 3
Contents
Preface .................................................................................................................. 7
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: XRE-2 platform............................................... 17
MediaFrame server instructions: HAFT-2 platform............................................. 18
MDI Server instructions ...................................................................................... 20
Cable hardware: Proxy support ............................................................................... 21
Advanced Encoder instructions .......................................................................... 22
SmartBin Encoder instructions ........................................................................... 23
NAS instructions - Fastora.................................................................................. 24
About Aurora Browse software................................................................................ 24
Install software for K2 support ................................................................................. 27
Install the StorNext File System ......................................................................... 27
Installing the Generic iSCSI Client Software ...................................................... 28
Other software installation considerations............................................................... 30
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 Production network machines ............................ 37
Configure HAFT platform.................................................................................... 38
Configure network settings on Client network machines .................................... 38
Firewall considerations ....................................................................................... 39
Prepare for core configuration stages ..................................................................... 40
Prepare DSM ...................................................................................................... 40
Prepare SmartBins ............................................................................................. 40
Prepare Advanced 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 - Windows Fastora ....................................................................... 45
Verify NAS access .............................................................................................. 48
About the nbadmin account ................................................................................ 49
Accessing services ............................................................................................. 50
Accessing system configuration pages .............................................................. 50
Stop services ........................................................................................................... 52
MediaFrame stage .................................................................................................. 53
Configure Media Frame ASK: Register components.......................................... 54
Prepare MDI server ............................................................................................ 56
Configure ASK Location: MDI server.................................................................. 57
Configure Proxy MDI .......................................................................................... 58