Grass Valley Aurora Playout v.8.1 - Manual (Page 27)

• If a device uses a DNS server on the corporate LAN for name resolution, SiteConfig needs to
reference that DNS server.
• If a device has software that SiteConfig supports and the device is on the corporate LAN, such
as Assignment List Manager or Housekeeper, you can use SiteConfig to deploy software to the
device via the corporate LAN.
If the device is on the corporate LAN and is not on a network that is managed by SiteConfig, you
cannot configure network settings on the device.
Configuring the corporate LAN
1. Open the SiteConfig application.
2. In the Network Configuration | Networks tree view, select a System node or a Site node.
The networks under that node are displayed in the list view.
3. If the corporate LAN is not already in the system description, proceed as follows:
• To add a network under the currently selected node, in the tree view right-click the node and
select
Add Network .
The Network Settings dialog box opens.
4. Configure the settings for the network as follows:
• Type – Ethernet
• Usage – Control
• Redundancy – None
• Name – Enter a name to identify the network in the system description
• Exclude from Host Files – Select the checkbox
• Unmanaged – Select this option, then select DNS and select the checkbox for IP Address
Allocation via DHCP.
• Base IP Address – Do not configure
• Number of IP Addresses – Do not configure
• Subnet Mask – Do not configure
• DNS Servers – Servers providing DNS for name resolution. These DNS server can be for
both managed and unmanaged networks.
• Default Interface Name Suffix – The suffix added to the end of host names to identify interfaces
on this network.
5. Click OK to save settings and close.
6. If you added a network, it appears in the Network Configuration | Networks tree view at the bottom
of the list.
Adding a group
1. In the Network Configuration | Networks tree view, right-click a site node and select Add Group .
The group appears in the tree view.
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Configuring the network