Grass Valley NewsBrowse Desktop Browsing System Installation v.3.1 - Manual (Page 100)

100 NewsBrowse Installation and Configuration Guide April 27, 2006
Chapter 3 Configuring the NewsBrowse System
Verify archive preparations
Be aware of the following when setting up for integration with an archive system:
• Devices support a limited number of concurrent transfers, as follows:
• A single Profile XP (either stand-alone or on a Open SAN system), provides a
maximum of four streams for concurrent transfers (via Fibre Channel).
• An internal storage (stand-alone) K2 Media Client provides a maximum of four
streams for concurrent transfers.
Keep this limit in mind when configuring the archive device for concurrent
transfers. If the archive is configured such that it can request more than the number
of supported streams simultaneously from any single system, the additional
transfers will error out.
For the type of archive device you use, check the following to verify proper operation
with the NewsBrowse system.
Avalon archive preparations
Check the following on the machine which runs Avalon IDM Software (Archive):
1. Login to the machine and go to /avalon/aam/utils
2. Run stataam and verify all services running properly.
3. Make sure host tables are set correctly. Verify for the machine name/IP which IDM
will talk to.
4. If archiving from a Profile XP or Open SAN system, make sure the Fiber channel
interfaces are configured so that Avalon IDM can talk to the Profiles.
Consider the following when preparing to integrate Avalon archive with
NewsBrowse:
• Avalon archive has no fixed limit for concurrent transfers.
FlashNet preparations
Check the following on the machine which runs the FlashNet software:
1. Login to the machine.
2. If archiving from a Profile XP or Open SAN system, verify that you can telnet to
the Profile XP Ethernet IP address on port 8192 (telnet keystone2_le0
8192
).
3. Verify that you can FTP from the FlashNet server to the high-res storage machine:
• If archiving from a Profile XP or Open SAN, verify that you can FTP from the
FlashNet server to the Profile on the Fibre Channel address and login as user
movie.
• If archiving from K2 storage or NewsShare NAS, verify that you can FTP from
the FlashNet server to the K2 storage or NewsShare NAS on Gigabit Ethernet
and login as user vmfmovie.
4. Make sure the “FlashNet Socket Listener” and “FlashNet Automation” services are
up and running.