Grass Valley NewsBrowse Desktop Browsing System Installation v.3.1 - Manual (Page 61)

April 27, 2006 NewsBrowse Installation and Configuration Guide 61
MediaFrame stage
NOTE: The NewsBrowse server must host the NTFS MDI.
The ASK settings page registers the logical names for the MDIs and Encoders
required by your NewsBrowse system with the ASK software component, which runs
on the NewsBrowse server.
Note the following distinction when entering “Hostname or IP”:
• For MDIs (K2, Profile, M-Series, News, Proxy, NTFS, Archive) enter the
hostname of the machine hosting the MDI software component, rather than the
hostname of the machine being managed by the MDI.
• For Encoders (Advanced Encoder, SmartBin Encoder, Single-channel Encoder)
you enter the hostname of the encoder itself.
NewsEdit News As per
convention. Hostname of the machine hosting
the News MDIs. This must be the
DSM. Leave field
blank.
Correct port
number is
automaticall
y entered on
“Add MDI”.
Refer to
“Ports and
services
mapping”
on page 40
to verify.
NTFS storage on
Windows machines NTFS NTFS1, as per
convention.
NewsBrowse server hostname, as
the server is the required NTFS
MDI host.
Single-channel
encoder Single
Channel
Encoder As per
convention. Single-channel encoder hostname
Advanced encoder Advanced
Encoder Advanced encoder hostname
Proxy Proxy PROXY1, as
per
convention. Hostname of the machine hosting
the Proxy MDI. Typically the
MDI server.
Archive device … Archive ARCHIVE1,
as per
convention. Hostname of the machine hosting
the archive MDI
SmartBin Encoder SmartBin
Encoder As per
convention. SmartBin encoder hostname
a. For a K2 Storage System, the MDI manages one of its connected K2 Media Clients. As per convention, name the MDI for the K2 Storage
System.
b. Enter only one Profile per Open SAN. As per convention, name the MDI for the Open SAN, rather than for the Profile.
When you add an
MDI or Encoder
logical name for
this type of
machine/device… Select “MDI/
Encoder
Type”… Enter “MDI/
Encoder
Name”… Enter “Host Name or IP”… Enter
“Port”… Comments