Grass Valley Aurora Browse v.7.0 Installation - Manual (Page 45)

April 6, 2010 Aurora Browse Installation and Configuration Guide 45
About device and host names
• Starting Address – Select from the list of available addresses on the selected
control network. If adding multiple devices, this is the starting address, with
addresses assigned sequentially to each device added.
3. Click OK to save settings and close.
4. Repeat these steps for each of your devices.
About device and host names
In SiteConfig, a device can have different names, as follows:
• Device name — This is a name for display in SiteConfig only. It is stored in the
SiteConfig system description, but not written to the actual device. It is displayed
in the device tree view and in the device list view. It can be a different name than
the device’s host name.
• Host name — This is the network name of the device. SiteConfig has a default
naming convention for host names which you can use or override with your own
host names.
In most cases it is recommended that the Device name and Host name be
the same. This avoids confusion and aids troubleshooting.
The Device name can serve as a placeholder as a system is planned and
implemented. During the install/commission process, when you reconcile a
device's current and planned network interface settings, the Host name as
configured in the system description can be overwritten by the host name
on the actual device. However, the Device name configured in the system
description is not affected. Therefore it is recommended that in the early
planned stages, you configure the Device name to be the desired name for
the device, but do not yet configure the Host name. Then, after you have
applied network interface settings, you can change the Host name to be the
same as the Device name. This changes the host name on the actual device
so that then all names are in sync.
SiteConfig does not allow duplicate device names or host names.
Items in the tree view are automatically sorted alphabetically, so if you
change a name the item might sort to a different position.