Document Outline

• Contents
• Preface
• System Overview
  • Functional description
  • System diagram - K2 storage
    • Design considerations - Aurora Browse with Aurora Edit
  • Legacy systems
• Installing Aurora Browse
  • Rack-mount hardware components
  • About cabling hardware components
  • Cable hardware: MediaFrame support
    • MediaFrame server instructions: XRE-2 platform
    • MediaFrame server instructions: HAFT-2 platform
    • MDI Server instructions
  • Cable hardware: Proxy support
    • Advanced Encoder instructions
    • SmartBin Encoder instructions
    • NAS instructions - Fastora
  • About Aurora Browse software
  • Install software for K2 support
    • Install the StorNext File System
    • Installing the Generic iSCSI Client Software
  • Other software installation considerations
• Configuring the system
  • Configuration overview - K2 storage
  • Establish conventions
    • Machine naming convention
    • MDI and Encoder logical names convention
    • Ports and services mapping
  • Configure network - K2 Storage
    • Set up IP addresses and name resolution
    • Configure network settings on Production network machines
    • Configure HAFT platform
    • Configure network settings on Client network machines
    • Firewall considerations
  • Prepare for core configuration stages
    • Prepare DSM
    • Prepare SmartBins
    • Prepare Advanced encoders
    • Add encoders to the K2 Storage System
      • Configuring encoders with the K2 System Configuration application
      • Calculating encoder bandwidth
    • Prepare NAS - Windows Fastora
    • Verify NAS access
    • About the nbadmin account
    • Accessing services
    • Accessing system configuration pages
  • Stop services
  • MediaFrame stage
    • Configure Media Frame ASK: Register components
    • Prepare MDI server
    • Configure ASK Location: MDI server
    • Configure Proxy MDI
    • Configure K2 MDIs
    • Configure Profile MDIs
    • Configure News MDIs
    • Configure M-Series MDIs
    • Test: MediaFrame stage
    • Checklist: MediaFrame stage
  • SmartBin encoder stage
    • Configure ASK Location: SmartBin encoder
    • Configure Media Frame Core ASK: SmartBin encoder
    • Configure SmartBin Encoder Control
    • Configure Proxy Asset (NAS): SmartBin encoder
    • Configure MPEG encoder: SmartBin encoder
    • Test: SmartBin encoder
    • Checklist: SmartBin stage
  • Advanced encoder stand-alone stage
    • Configure ASK Location: Advanced encoder
    • Configure Advanced Encoding Control
      • Configuring Encoder Mode
    • Configure Proxy Asset (NAS): Advanced encoder
    • Configure MPEG encoder: Advanced encoder
    • Test: Advanced encoder stand-alone stage - high-res source
    • Test: Advanced encoder stand-alone stage - MPEG proxy source
    • Checklist: Advanced encoder stand-alone stage
  • Advanced encoder + Server stage
    • Configure Media Frame Core ASK: Advanced encoder
    • Configure Rules Automation: Advanced encoder
      • About configuring rules
      • Tips for configuring rules
    • Configure Asset Manager
    • About expired assets
    • Test: Advanced encoder + Server stage - high-res source
    • Checklist: Advanced encoder + Server stage
  • EDL Export, Save, Conform stage
    • Configure Profile MDI: Conform to air settings
    • Configure NTFS MDI
    • Configure Media Frame Core ASK: NTFS
    • Configure Conform Services
    • Configure Export Services
    • Configure Save EDL settings
    • Test: EDL stage
    • Checklist: EDL stage
  • Archive stage
    • Add archive MDI
    • Verify archive preparations
      • Avalon archive preparations
      • FlashNet preparations
      • DIVA preparations
      • Network connectivity - all archive types
    • Configure ASK Location: Archive MDI host
    • Configure Media Frame Core ASK: Archive
    • Configure Avalon Archive MDI
    • Configure FlashNet MDI
    • Configure DIVA MDI
    • Configure Archive Services.
    • Test: Archive stage
    • Checklist: Archive stage
  • Deploy remaining machines for full system
  • Test system level interactions
    • Multiple scavenge test
    • Purge test
  • Add Aurora Browse Clients
    • Connect server and NAS to customer LAN
    • Set up client PCs
    • Configure Aurora Browse Licenses
  • Administering Aurora Browse user access
    • Configure Aurora Browse Groups
    • Configure Aurora Browse Users
    • Managing Aurora Browse User sessions
  • Adding custom fields
  • Testing Aurora Browse client operations
• Recovery Planning
  • Encoder failure considerations
  • Server failure considerations
  • Database maintenance and administration
    • Repairing a database that is unusable due to transaction log size
    • How to determine the size of the transaction log
    • Manually controlling transaction log growth
      • Back up the transaction log
      • Shrink the transaction log
    • Setting up a database maintenance plan
    • Database Restoration
• Troubleshooting the system
  • Troubleshooting tools
    • MediaFrame troubleshooting tools
    • Proxy troubleshooting tools
  • Proxy troubleshooting tips
  • Aurora Browse application troubleshooting tips
• Component Interaction Diagrams
  • External Ingest Application
  • SmartBin Ingest
  • Metadata
  • Scavenge
  • EDL Export as Text File
  • EDL Export to Aurora Edit database
  • EDL Browse save
  • EDL Conform on Profile
  • EDL Conform via Aurora Edit
  • Archive operations on Profile XP
  • Archive operations on Aurora system
  • Purge
  • Consolidate
• Legacy systems
  • Three tier system diagram
  • Two tier system diagram version 2.0
  • System diagram - Profile XP or Open SAN storage
  • Configuration overview - Profile XP/Open SAN
  • MediaFrame server instructions: Axiom platform
  • Sequential encoder instructions
  • Image Support Server (ISS) instructions
  • Single-channel encoder instructions
    • RS-422 Cable Pinouts
    • NAS instructions - Serial ATA network platform
    • Live monitor encoder instructions
  • Router Gateway instructions
  • Prepare Profile Media Servers
  • NetTime system
  • Prepare NetTime
    • Prepare NetTime servers
    • Prepare NetTime clients
  • Prepare NAS - Serial ATA network platform
  • Prepare NAS - Linux Fastora
  • Host table files
  • Encoder stand-alone stage
    • Configure ASK Location: Single-channel encoder
    • Configure Ingest Control: Single-channel encoder
    • Configure Proxy Asset (NAS): Single-channel encoder
    • Configure media server: Single-channel encoder
    • Configure MPEG encoder: Single-channel encoder
    • Test: Encoder stand-alone stage
    • Checklist: Encoder stand-alone stage
  • Encoder + Server stage
    • Configure ASK Location: MediaFrame server
    • Configure Media Frame Core ASK: Single-channel encoder
    • Configure Ingest Scheduler: MediaFrame server
    • Set up Aurora Browse client for configuration stage tests
    • Test: Encoder + Server stage
    • Checklist: Encoder + Server stage
  • Router Gateway stand-alone stage
    • Add Router Gateway
    • Configure ASK Location: Router Gateway
    • Configure Router Gateway
    • Test: Router Gateway stand-alone stage
    • Checklist: Router Gateway stand alone stage
  • Router Gateway + Server stage
    • Add Router Gateway to Ingest Scheduler
    • Test: Router Gateway + Server stage
    • Checklist: Router Gateway + Server stage
    • Configure Profile MDI: Conform to air settings
  • Add live monitor encoders
  • Proxy troubleshooting tools
  • Browse controlled ingest 1
  • Browse controlled ingest 2
  • Browse Ingest: Proxy MPEG Creation
• Index