Grass Valley NewsBrowse Desktop Browsing System Installation v.3.1 - Manual (Page 35)

April 27, 2006 NewsBrowse Installation and Configuration Guide 35
Chapter
3
Configuring the NewsBrowse System
You can use the topics in this chapter in the following ways:
• Initial configuration — After your NewsBrowse system components are rack
mounted, cabled, and the physical installation process is complete, continue with
the configuration instructions in this chapter to create a working system. You can
follow the
Basic path or the Advanced path through the core configuration stages,
as explained “Configuration overview - K2 storage” on page 36 .
• Customizing — After the system is functioning, you can go back to the
configuration pages and modify the settings documented in this manual as
Advanced
!
to customize the system to fit any special workflow requirements.
The topics in this chapter include the following:
• “Configuration overview - K2 storage” on page 36
• “Establish conventions” on page 37
• “Configure network - K2 Storage” on page 42
• “Prepare for core configuration stages” on page 45
• “Stop services” on page 58
• “MediaFrame stage” on page 59
• “SmartBin encoder stage” on page 70
• “Advanced encoder stand-alone stage” on page 75
• “Advanced encoder + Server stage” on page 85
• “EDL Export, Save, Conform stage” on page 91
• “Archive stage” on page 98
• “Deploy remaining machines for full system” on page 109
• “Test system level interactions” on page 109
• “Add NewsBrowse Clients” on page 110
• “Administering NewsBrowse user access” on page 113
• “Adding custom fields” on page 116
• “Testing NewsBrowse client operations” on page 118