Grass Valley NewsBrowse Desktop Browsing System Installation v.2.0 - Manual (Page 57)

25 May 2004 NewsBrowse Installation and Configuration Guide 57
Prepare MDI server
Prepare MDI server
The machine that hosts the MDI services acts as the MDI server. Identify the machine
that is the MDI server as follows:
Dedicated MDI server — For medium to large NewsBrowse systems, the MDI services
are on a stand-alone MDI server machine, to ensure system performance. If your
system has a dedicated MDI server, it comes from the factory with Profile and Proxy
MDI services installed, so you do not need to do any further installation. The MDI
server requires only network connections in preparation for its use in the NewsBrowse
system.
NewsBrowse server as MDI server — For small NewsBrowse systems, the MDI
services can reside on the NewsBrowse server. The NewsBrowse server comes from
the factory with Profile and Proxy MDI service installed, to support these smaller
systems, so you do not need to do any further installation. The NewsBrowse server
also has the NTFS MDI service installed, as it is required to run on the server,
regardless of the size of the system.
On the MDI server, click Start | Programs | Thomson | NewsBrowse | Utilities . Verify
that Remoting Host Controller is listed on the menu. This utility is used for the test later
in this stage. If it is not installed on the MDI server, install it as the “Remote Host
applet” from the NewsBrowse server installation program.
For the remaining configuration steps in this stage, open configuration pages locally
(http://localhost:280) on the machine running the MDI services.