Grass Valley NewsBrowse Desktop Browsing System Installation v.3.1 - Manual (Page 21)

April 27, 2006 NewsBrowse Installation and Configuration Guide 21
MDI Server instructions
MDI Server instructions
The MDI server is host for the Managed Device Interface (MDI) services, through
which the NewsBrowse system gets its visibility of the assets on the various machines
in the system.
The MDI server is an optional component. On systems without a MDI server, the MDI
services can run on the NewsBrowse server or other NewsBrowse machine.
Platform Specifications are as follows:
Cable as illustrated.
Dell platform (2850)
Cable as illustrated and as follows:
• For systems with one unified Production Network, connect port 1 to the Production
Network.
• For systems with a Production Network consisting of a media network and a
control network, connect port one to the control network.
• For three tier networks, connect port 1 to the Private Network.
• Connect port 2 to the Client Network.
• P4, 3GHz, 2 CPU • Internet Explorer 6 (SP1)
• 1 GB RAM- CD-ROM Drive • Flash Player 6 (6.0.65.0 update)
• Minimum 18GB Program Drive • Microsoft SQL Server (SP3)
• Windows 2000 Server (SP3) • Gb LAN (x2)
• .NET Framework 1.1
LAN port 1
Power
LAN port 2
VGA cable
to KVM Keyboard/mouse
port to pigtail
to KVM Power