Grass Valley NewsBrowse Desktop Browsing System Installation v.2.0 - Manual (Page 36)

36 NewsBrowse Installation and Configuration Guide 25 May 2004
Chapter 3 Configuring the NewsBrowse System
Configure network: Two tier
If your system is new for version 2.0 or higher, configure a two tier network, as
explained in the following topics. This is the recommended architecture for version
2.0 and higher. Also refer to
“Two tier system diagram” on page 16 .
Systems upgrading from version 1.5 may retain the three tier network (which was
required for version 1.5) as NewsBrowse 2.0 and higher supports both the three tier
architecture and the two tier architecture. Refer to
“Three tier system diagram” on
page 17 . If you are upgrading from version 1.5 to version 2.0 or higher, refer to
NewsBrowse Release Notes for three tier network configuration instructions.
Distribute host tables
Find host table files at C:\WINNT\system32\drivers\etc
With NewsBrowse systems version 2.0 and higher, host tables for the two tier
deployment are simpler than those for the three tier deployment. All NewsBrowse
devices share a common host table, which lists out the Production Network IP
settings. For security purposes, the IP addresses should be non-routable (i.e.
192.168.xxx.xxx) and be part of the same subnets used by the Profile/Open SAN
systems. The customer may request a particular subnet (routable or not) depending on
the needs of the facility. The only client side IP address needed in the host table is for
the client switch itself, which is useful for accessing the web management page from
the NewsBrowse devices.
The following is an example of host table entries for the NewsBrowse system. Not
shown are entries for Profile systems and other machines on the network.
#--------------------------------------------------------
#General Host Table
#--------------------------------------------------------
#NewsBrowse server
192.168.30.21 iron_nb_svr
#NewsBrowse NAS
192.168.30.71 iron_nb_nas_1
192.168.30.72 iron_nb_nas_2
#NewsBrowse Image support servers
192.168.30.50 iron_nb_iss_1
192.168.30.51 iron_nb_iss_2
#NewsBrowse single-channel encoders
192.168.30.26 nb_enc_1 #Open SAN Profile mpvs_1 vtr 01