Grass Valley Aurora Playout v.7.0 - Manual (Page 38)

• 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. 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.
2. 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.
3. Configure the settings for the network as follows:
• Type – Select Ethernet
• Usage – Select Control
• Redundancy – Select 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.
4. Click OK to save settings and close.
5. 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 .
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Configuring the network