Grass Valley NewsBrowse Desktop Browsing System Installation v.2.0 - Manual (Page 101)

25 May 2004 NewsBrowse Installation and Configuration Guide 101
Configure ASK Location: Avalon Archive MDI host
2. Run stataam and verify all services running properly.
3. Make sure host tables are set correctly. Verify for the machine name/IP which IDM
will talk to.
4. Make sure the Fiber channel interfaces are configured so that Avalon IDM can talk
to the Profiles.
Network Connectivity:
From each machine in the following list, ping all the other machines in the list:
• NewsBrowse server
• Avalon Archive MDI host
• Profile MDI host (MDI server)
• Avalon Archive machine
• All Profile systems from/to which media is archived/restored
Configure ASK Location: Avalon Archive MDI host
This page tells the Avalon Archive MDI host where to look for the ASK service,
which is one of the Media Frame Core software components and runs on the
NewsBrowse server. If the Avalon Archive MDI host is a MDI server or other
NewsBrowse machine this configuration has likely already been done.
Configure Media Frame Core ASK: Avalon Archive
Make sure the Avalon Archive MDI is registered with the ASK software component
as a “Avalon Archive” device, as explained in
“Configure Media Frame Core ASK:
Register components” on page 47 .
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fy http://localhost:280 ASK Location Open this page locally on the machine that hosts the Avalon Archive MDI.
! Enter the name of the NewsBrowse server
! Port 9010 is required. See “Ports and services convention” on page 33 .
! Saves changes. Changes are lost if you leave the configuration page without
updating.
Always click Update… buttons after making changes
It is not necessary to restart a service to put these settings into effect.