Grass Valley Aurora Browse v.6.0b Installation - Manual (Page 37)

September 22, 2006 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.
NOTE: If you are exporting EDLs to Aurora Edit, the Aurora Edit workstation
must be able to resolve the Profile MDI name (present in the EDL) to the IP address
of the Profile XP system to which the MDI connects. The recommended solution is
to map the MDI name to the Profile IP address in the Aurora Edit workstation’s
host table.
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. 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 153 for an example of a host table.
Configure network settings on Production network machines
Use the instructions in this section to configure Production network machines, which
are all those of the following types:
• Advanced Encoder
• Smartbin Encoder