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Managed device interface (mdi) stage – Grass Valley NewsBrowse Desktop Browsing System Installation v.2.7 User Manual

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December 16, 2004

NewsBrowse Installation and Configuration Guide

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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 54

“Configure ASK Location: MDI server” on page 55

“Configure Proxy MDI” on page 56

“Configure Profile MDIs” on page 57

“Test: MDI stage” on page 58

“Checklist: MDI stage” on page 60

Managed Device Interface (MDI) stage