Grass Valley Xmedia Server Vertigo Suite v.5.0 - Manual (Page 221)

19-2 XMS Configuration Guide
Setting and monitoring the XMS publishing activities
Setting the Central XMS IP Override
The Xmedia Server is often equipped with two network cards and with two IP addresses: a
private IP address and a public IP address. The private IP address is only accessible from
behind the firewall and it is the server main IP address for the Vertigo Suite. The public IP
address is accessible from outside of the firewall and it is mainly used for propagating
assets from a hub server to a spoke server (see
“Propagating assets to other Xmedia
Servers” on page 18-1 ).
When an Xmedia Server has two IP addresses, sometimes the public IP address gets
picked and used rather than the private IP address. Since the public IP address is not
accessible from the Embedded Xmedia Server (EXMS) running behind the firewall,
communication is broken and serious publishing problems could ensue.
The C ENTRAL XMS IP O VERRIDE section (figure 19-2 ) on the Publishing page aims to avoid
IP confusion by definitively identifying the central Xmedia Server’s private IP address.
Therefore, it is recommended that you type the private IP address of the central Xmedia
Server in the IP reported to publish devices field.
Figure 19-2. Definitively identify the private IP address of the central Xmedia Server