Grass Valley Aurora Playout v.7.0 - Manual (Page 37)

About developing a system description
The topics in this manual assume that you are modifying an existing system description.
Your system description is typically developed using one of the following taskflows:
• For a system in which all devices are new from Grass Valley with one or more K2
SANs, you first create a system description for your K2 SAN or SANs, then add
Browse/MediaFrame, Edit, Ingest, and Playout devices as appropriate. Refer to
the K2 SAN installation and Service Manual for instructions on creating the system
description.
• For a system in which all devices are new from Grass Valley with one or more
stand-alone K2 systems, you first create a system description and add your
stand-alone K2 systems, than add other devices as appropriate. Refer to the K2
System Guide for instructions on creating the system description and adding your
stand-alone K2 systems.
• For a system with existing devices running earlier software, you must first migrate
the system to become a SiteConfig managed system. Refer to SiteConfig Migration
Instructions for instructions on migrating your devices to be SiteConfig managed
devices.
If you are using a different taskflow, use the topics in this manual as appropriate and
refer to the SiteConfig User Manual or SiteConfig Help Topics for additional
information.
Your devices must be in a SiteConfig system description in order to be managed by
SiteConfig. When you already have a system description in place, you should use
SiteConfig to modify this system description and add your devices. You can do this
in your planning phase, even before you have devices installed or cabled. Your goal
is to have the SiteConfig system description accurately represent all aspects of your
devices and networks before you begin actually implementing any networking or other
configuration tasks for those devices.
About the corporate LAN
Devices such as Aurora Playout Server, SDB Server, Assignment List Manager,
Assignment List Plug-in and Housekeeper can be on the corporate LAN, which is
considered an unmanaged network in SiteConfig. You can configure your system
description to include the corporate LAN for the following purposes:
• If a device, such as the Aurora Playout Server, is on the corporate LAN yet is a
SiteConfig managed device, then SiteConfig needs to know the connection for
each network interface on the device, including the corporate LAN connection.
Otherwise, SiteConfig displays error messages.
• If a device uses a DNS server on the corporate LAN for name resolution, SiteConfig
needs to reference that DNS server.
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Configuring the network