Grass Valley NewsBrowse Desktop Browsing System Installation v.2.0 - Manual (Page 56)

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Chapter 3 Configuring the NewsBrowse System
Managed Device Interface (MDI) stage
In this configuration stage you add a Managed Device Interface (MDI) server to the
NewsBrowse system and then set up managed device interfaces so that Profile video
servers and Proxy (NAS) devices are on-line as managed devices. Each type of device
has a MDI which represents the device’s assets in a way that is understandable by the
other components of the NewsBrowse system. This allows the NewsBrowse server to
coordinate the activity of the NewsBrowse system.
The Encoder + Server configuration stage and other similar configuration stages
require managed device interfaces to run their tests.
To bring Profile and Proxy managed devices on-line, do the following:
• “Prepare MDI server” on page 57
• “Configure ASK Location: MDI server” on page 58
• “Configure Proxy MDI” on page 59
• “Configure Profile MDIs” on page 60
• “Test: MDI stage” on page 61
• “Checklist: MDI stage” on page 63