Grass Valley NewsBrowse Desktop Browsing System Installation v.3.1 - Manual (Page 45)

April 27, 2006 NewsBrowse Installation and Configuration Guide 45
Prepare for core configuration stages
Prepare for core configuration stages
Do the following tasks in preparation for the configuration of core system
functionality.
Prepare DSM
By convention, the News MDI runs on the DSM. If this is true in your system, you
must map the V: drive on the DSM. If the News MDI is not on the DSM, you must
map the V: drive on whatever machine is hosting the News MDI.
Prepare SmartBins
If your NewsBrowse system has SmartBin encoders, refer to SmartBins Instruction
Guide and do the following:
• For K2 systems, make sure SNFS and iSCSI software is correctly installed. Refer
to “Install software for K2 support” on page 30 .
• Configure the SmartBins service on the News NAS system
• Verify that the mapped drive is V:, unless there are multiple volumes, in which case
the mapped drives are V:, W:, X:, Y:.
• Verify configuration to transfer one stream only.
• Create SmartBins in NewsEdit
Prepare Advanced encoders
• For K2 systems, make sure SNFS and iSCSI software is correctly installed. Refer
to “Install software for K2 support” on page 30 .
• On your Advanced encoders, in the NewsFTP configuration, make sure that the
drive is mapped to the K2 or NewsShare storage. Verify that the mapped drive is
V:, unless there are multiple volumes, in which case the mapped drives are V:, W:,
X:, Y:.
Add encoders to the K2 Storage System
If your system includes a K2 Storage System, you must add Advanced encoders and
SmartBin encoders to the K2 Storage System, as instructed in this section.
Before you add the encoders to the K2 Storage System, refer to the K2 Storage System
Instruction Manual and other procedures in this manual as necessary to verify the
following:
• Make sure you’ve installed the software required for K2 support on the Advanced
encoders and SmartBin encoders. Refer to “Install software for K2 support” on
page 30 .
• Set up the Control Point PC.
NOTE: The Control Point PC cannot be a K2 Media Client, K2 Media Server,
Advanced encoder, or SmartBin encoder, nor can it be part of a computer that is
running any Profile XP software.