Avid Unity MediaNet 1.1 Installation guide

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Avid Unity

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MediaNet

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Avid Unity MediaNet Setup Guide• Part 0130-04385-01 Rev. A • December 1999

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Contents

Using This Guide

Who Should Use This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

About This Guide

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Symbols and Conventions

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

If You Need Help

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

If You Have Documentation Comments

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

How to Order Documentation

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Related Information

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Chapter 1 Avid Unity MediaNet Overview

MediaNet Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

MediaNet Servers

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

MEDIArray Enclosures

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

MediaNet Clients

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Fibre Channel Adapter Boards

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

MediaNet Cables

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

MEDIASwitches

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

MediaNet Uninterruptible Power Supplies

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

MediaNet Software

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Configuration Requirements

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

MediaNet Server Requirements

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

MediaNet Storage Subsystem Requirements

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

MediaNet Client Requirements

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

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Chapter 2 Installing the MediaNet Server and Storage Subsystem

Supported Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Before You Begin

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Installing the MediaNet Server and Storage Subsystem

. . . . . . . . . 36

Placing MediaNet Components

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Using the Grounding Wrist Strap

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Installing the Uninterruptible Power Supplies

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Installing the MEDIArray Enclosures

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Installing Rack-Mount MEDIArray Enclosure Support

Rails. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Placing the MEDIArray Enclosures onto the Rack-Mount

Rails. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Installing a MEDIASwitch

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Installing the Rack-Mount Shelf

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Mounting the MEDIASwitch

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Installing the MediaNet Server

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Adding the MediaNet Application Key

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Installing the Keyboard Shelf (Optional)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Placing the MediaNet Server and Keyboard

. . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Connecting the MediaNet Server Cables

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

MEDIASwitch Port Requirements

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

MediaNet Port Requirements

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Installing GBICs

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Connecting Cables to the MEDIArray Enclosure

. . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Connecting Cables to the MediaNet Server

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Connecting the MEDIASwitch MGMT Port

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Turning On the MediaNet Environment

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Chapter 3 Installing the MediaNet Server Software

Installing Windows NT Workstation 4.0 (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Creating a Boot Disk

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Creating an Emergency Repair Disk

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Avid Hardware Profiles

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

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Installing MediaNet Server Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Uninstalling Previous MediaNet Server Software

. . . . . . . . . . . 89

Installing New MediaNet Server Software

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Updating the Fibre Channel Adapter Board

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Installing pcAnywhere Version 9.0

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Installing the MEDIASwitch Software

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Installing the AvidNet Transfer Tool

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Chapter 4 Configuring the MediaNet Server

Configuring Network Neighborhood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Setting the MEDIASwitch Configuration

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Connecting to the MEDIASwitch

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Configuring the MEDIASwitch

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Setting Virtual Memory

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Setting the Date, Time, and Time Zone

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Creating a Second Avid Hardware Profile

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Creating a Second Emergency Repair Disk

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Installing and Configuring a Backup MediaNet Server

. . . . . . . . . 106

Testing the MEDIArray Drives

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Chapter 5 Installing MediaNet for Macintosh Client Hardware

Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Installing the Macintosh Client Hardware

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Shutting Down the Avid System

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Placing the Components

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Adding the Fibre Channel Adapter Board

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Using the Grounding Wrist Strap

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Installing the Fibre Channel Adapter Board

. . . . . . . . . . . 112

Connecting Cables to the MediaNet for Macintosh

Client. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Connecting Cables to the MEDIASwitch

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Turning On the MediaNet for Macintosh Client

. . . . . . . . . . . 119

Fibre Channel Adapter Board LED States

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

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Chapter 6 Installing MediaNet for Macintosh Client Software

Installing the Client Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Setting the Date, Time, and Time Zone

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Updating the Fibre Channel Adapter Board

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Installing the Avid Composer Product Software

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Installing the AvidNet Transfer Tool

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Finishing Up

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Chapter 7 Installing MediaNet for Windows NT Client Hardware

Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Installing the Windows NT Client Hardware

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Shutting Down the Avid System

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Placing the Components

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Adding the Fibre Channel Adapter Board

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Using the Grounding Wrist Strap

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Installing the Fibre Channel Adapter Board

. . . . . . . . . . . 130

Connecting Cables to a MediaNet for Windows NT

Client. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Connecting Cables to the MEDIASwitch

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Turning On the MediaNet for Windows NT Client

. . . . . . . . . 136

Fibre Channel Adapter Board LED States

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Chapter 8 Installing MediaNet for Windows NT Client Software

Installing the Client Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Uninstalling Previous Client Software

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Installing New Client Software

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Setting the Date, Time, and Time Zone

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Updating the Fibre Channel Adapter Board

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Installing the Avid Composer Product Software

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Installing the AvidNet Transfer Tool

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Updating the Emergency Repair Disk

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Finishing Up

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

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Chapter 9 Networking MediaNet Clients

Network Connection Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Connecting MediaNet Clients to a Network

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Using the Built-in Network Adapter

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Connecting Through a Macintosh Ethernet AAUI Port

. . 147

Connecting Through an RJ-45 Port

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Using an Ethernet Peripheral Board

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Appendix A MediaNet Server and Storage Specifications

Dimensions and Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Environment

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Electrical

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Power Cords

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

UPS Power Cord

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Appendix B Regulatory and Safety Notices

FCC Notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Canadian ICES-003

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

European Union Notice

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Australia and New Zealand EMC Regulations

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Appendix C Supported MediaNet Configurations

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Figures

Figure 1-1 Typical MediaNet Rack Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Figure 1-2

10-Slot Rack-Mount MEDIArray Enclosure. . . . . . . . . 25

Figure 1-3

MEDIASwitch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Figure 1-4

Gigabit Interface Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Figure 2-1

MEDIArray Enclosure Rack-Mount Support Rail. . . . 40

Figure 2-2

Locating the MEDIArray Enclosure Rails . . . . . . . . . . 41

Figure 2-3

Attaching the MEDIArray Enclosure Rails to the

Rack Front Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Figure 2-4

Attaching the MEDIArray Enclosure Rails to the

Rack Back Channel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Figure 2-5

Installing a MEDIArray Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Figure 2-6

Opening the MEDIArray Enclosure Front Door . . . . . 45

Figure 2-7

Installing the MEDIArray Enclosure Mounting

Screws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Figure 2-8

Removing the MEDIArray Enclosure Fan Assembly. 46

Figure 2-9

Attaching the MEDIArray Enclosure Power Cords . . 47

Figure 2-10

Replacing the MEDIArray Enclosure Fan Assembly . 48

Figure 2-11

Removing a Dummy Drive from the MEDIArray

Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Figure 2-12

Inserting a Drive into the MEDIArray Enclosure . . . . 50

Figure 2-13

Setting the MEDIArray Enclosure ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Figure 2-14

Rack-Mount Shelf. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Figure 2-15

Locating the Rack-Mount Shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Figure 2-16

Attaching the Rack-Mount Shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Figure 2-17

Mounting the MEDIASwitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Figure 2-18

MEDIASwitch Port Layout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

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Figure 2-19 Installing a GBIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Figure 2-20

MEDIArray Enclosure Connection Locations . . . . . . . 61

Figure 2-21

Cabling for One MEDIArray Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Figure 2-22

Attaching Copper Cable to LCC A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Figure 2-23

Cabling to a MEDIASwitch PORT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Figure 2-24

Cabling for Up to Four MEDIArray Enclosures . . . . . 65

Figure 2-25

Attaching Copper Cable to LCC A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Figure 2-26

Cabling to a MEDIASwitch PORT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Figure 2-27

Daisy Chaining MEDIArray Enclosures. . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Figure 2-28

Cabling for Up to Six MEDIArray Enclosures. . . . . . . 68

Figure 2-29

Attaching Copper Cable to LCC A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Figure 2-30

Cabling to a MEDIASwitch PORT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Figure 2-31

Daisy Chaining MEDIArray Enclosures. . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Figure 2-32

Cabling for Up to Eight MEDIArray Enclosures. . . . . 71

Figure 2-33

Attaching Copper Cable to LCC A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Figure 2-34

Cabling to a MEDIASwitch PORT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Figure 2-35

Daisy Chaining MEDIArray Enclosures. . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Figure 2-36

Two MEDIASwitch to MEDIArray Enclosure

Cabling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Figure 2-37

MEDIArray Enclosure to MediaNet Server Cabling . 75

Figure 2-38

Attaching Copper Cable to the Fibre Channel

Adapter Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Figure 2-39

Attaching the Daisy-Chain Cable to LCC B . . . . . . . . . 77

Figure 2-40

MEDIArray Enclosure Daisy Chain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Figure 2-41

MEDIASwitch to MediaNet Server Cabling . . . . . . . . 78

Figure 2-42

Attaching Copper Cable to the Fibre Channel

Adapter Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

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Figure 2-43 Cabling the MediaNet Server to a MEDIASwitch. . . . 79

Figure 5-1

Attaching Copper Cable to the Fibre Channel

Adapter Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Figure 5-2

Attaching Optical Cable to the Fibre Channel

Adapter Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Figure 5-3

Installing a GBIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Figure 5-4

Attaching Cables to the MEDIASwitch . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Figure 7-1

Attaching Copper Cable to the Fibre Channel

Adapter Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Figure 7-2

Attaching Optical Cable to the Fibre Channel

Adapter Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Figure 7-3

Installing a GBIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Figure 7-4

Attaching Cables to the MEDIASwitch . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Figure 9-1

Connecting Clients to a Network Using the

AAUI Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Figure 9-2

Connecting Clients to a Network Using the

RJ-45 Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Figure A-1

Receptacle (CEE-22). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Figure A-2

NEMA 5-15P Style Plug . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Figure A-3

IEC C-20 Style Plug and Receptacle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Figure C-1

Configuration 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Figure C-2

Configuration 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Figure C-3

Configuration 3 Variation 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Figure C-4

Configuration 3 Variation 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Figure C-5

Configuration 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Figure C-6

Configuration 5 Variation 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Figure C-7

Configuration 5 Variation 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Figure C-8

Configuration 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

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Figure C-9 Configuration 7 Variation 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Figure C-10

Configuration 7 Variation 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Figure C-11

Configuration 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Figure C-12

Configuration 9 Variation 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Figure C-13

Configuration 9 Variation 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

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Tables

Table 5-1 ABVB Peripheral Board Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Table 5-2

Meridien Peripheral Board Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Table 5-3

LED States and Required Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Table 7-1

Meridien Peripheral Board Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Table 7-2

LED States and Required Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Table A - 1

Component Dimensions and Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Table A - 2

Environmental Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Table A - 3

Electrical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Table A - 4

Power Cord Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Table C -1

Supported MediaNet Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

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Using This Guide

Congratulations on your purchase of an Avid Unity

™

MediaNet. You

can use your MediaNet storage subsystem to share media files and

other project data among a maximum of nine Avid

®

systems. These

systems can be any of the following:

For Macintosh-based products – Media Composer

®

, Film

Composer

®

, Media Station, or Avid Xpress

™

for Macintosh

®

systems.

For Windows NT-based products - Avid Symphony

™

,

Media Composer, Film Composer, or Avid Xpress for Windows NT

®

systems.

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Your MediaNet environment might not contain all of the components or

features described in your documentation. Avid’s documentation describes all

components and features regardless of which configuration you purchased.

Who Should Use This Guide

This guide is intended for anyone who is installing, configuring, or

maintaining a MediaNet environment and storage subsystem and its

attached MediaNet clients.

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About This Guide

This guide contains the information that you need to:

• Set up the MediaNet Server and storage subsystem hardware.

• Load the MediaNet Server software.

• Configure the MediaNet Server.

• Set up the MediaNet clients.

• Load the MediaNet client software.

• Create a network of MediaNet clients and other systems.

You’ll need the Avid Unity MediaNet Administration Guide to create a

file system on the storage subsystem, to create workspaces for user

files, and to create user accounts and assign user access to workspaces.

This guide is organized as follows:

• Chapter 1

, “Avid Unity MediaNet Overview,” describes the

MediaNet Server and storage subsystem components. It also

provides minimum system requirements for both the MediaNet

Server and the storage subsystem.

• Chapter 2

, “Installing the MediaNet Server and Storage

Subsystem,” provides step-by-step instructions for connecting the

MediaNet Server and storage subsystem hardware.

• Chapter 3

, “Installing the MediaNet Server Software,” provides

step-by-step instructions for installing the various software

components that are part of the MediaNet Server.

• Chapter 4

, “Configuring the MediaNet Server,” describes how to

configure the MediaNet Server and the MediaNet File Manager

software.

• Chapter 5

, “Installing MediaNet for Macintosh Client Hardware,”

provides step-by-step instructions for connecting a MediaNet for

Macintosh client to the MediaNet hardware.

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• Chapter 6, “Installing MediaNet for Macintosh Client Software,”

provides step-by-step instructions for installing the various

MediaNet for Macintosh client software components that are

needed to use the MediaNet environment.

• Chapter 7

, “Installing MediaNet for Windows NT Client

Hardware,“ provides step-by-step instructions for connecting a

MediaNet for Windows NT client to the MediaNet hardware.

• Chapter 8

, “Installing MediaNet for Windows NT Client

Software,“ provides step-by-step instructions for installing the

various MediaNet for Windows NT client software components

that are needed to use the MediaNet environment.

• Chapter 9

, “Networking MediaNet Clients,” describes how to

connect the MediaNet clients to an Ethernet for sharing project

information using the AvidNet

™

Transfer Tool.

• Appendix A

, “MediaNet Server and Storage Specifications,” lists

the dimensions and weight, the environmental, the power, and the

power cord specifications for the components that are part of a

MediaNet Server and storage subsystem.

• Appendix B

, “Regulatory and Safety Notices,” lists regulatory

and safety notices for the MediaNet Server and storage subsystem.

• Appendix C

, “Supported MediaNet Configurations,” provides

information on the supported MediaNet configurations.

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Symbols and Conventions

This guide uses the following special symbols and conventions:

1. Numbered lists, when the order of the items is important.

a. Alphabetical lists, when the order of secondary items is

important.

• Bulleted lists, when the order of the items is unimportant.

- Indented dashed lists, when the order of secondary items is

unimportant.

Look here in the margin

for tips.

In the margin, you will find tips that help you perform tasks more

easily and efficiently.

n

A note provides important related information, reminders, recommendations,

and strong suggestions.

c

A caution means that a specific action you take could cause harm to

your computer or cause you to lose data.

w

A warning describes an action that could cause you physical harm.

Follow the guidelines in this guide or on the unit itself when

handling electrical equipment.

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If You Need Help

If you are having trouble using MediaNet, you should:

1. Retry the action, carefully following the instructions given for that

task in this guide.

2. Check the documentation that came with your hardware for

maintenance or hardware-related issues.

3. Check the Customer Service and News + Publications sections of

the Avid Web site at www.avid.com for the latest FAQs, Tips &

Techniques, Film + Television Update, and other Avid online

offerings.

4. Check the Avid Bulletin Board, “Avid Online,” for information on

product and user conferences. If you do not find the solution to

your problem, you can exchange information with other Avid

customers and Avid Customer Support representatives.

5. Contact your local Avid Reseller; in North America, you may

contact Avid Customer Support at 800-800-AVID (2843). You’ll

need your Avid Assurance contract number to obtain technical

support and service assistance. The number is located on the top

of the Avid Assurance contract.

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For general information, call your local Avid Reseller; in North America, call

the Avid Customer Relations Desk at 800-894-5654.

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If You Have Documentation Comments

Avid Technology continuously seeks to improve its documentation.

We value your comments about this guide and other Avid-supplied

documentation.

Simply e-mail your documentation comments to Avid Technology at

T[email protected]

Please include the title of the document, its part number, revision, and

the specific section you are commenting on in all correspondence.

How to Order Documentation

To order additional copies of this documentation from within the

United States, call Avid Telesales at 800-949-AVID (2843). If you are

placing an order from outside the United States, contact your local

Avid representative.

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Related Information

The following documents provide more information about the

MediaNet environment, the MediaNet client, and other storage

options:

• Avid Unity MediaNet Site Preparation Guide

• Avid Unity MediaNet Administration Guide

• Avid Unity MediaNet for Macintosh Clients Quick Start Card

• Avid Unity MediaNet for Windows NT Clients Quick Start Card

• Avid Composer Products Site Preparation Guide for the Macintosh

Operating System

• Avid Composer Products Setup Guide for the Macintosh Operating

System

• Avid Composer Products Site Preparation Guide for the Windows NT

Operating System

• Avid Composer Products Setup Guide for the Windows NT Operating

System

• Avid Symphony Site Preparation Guide

• Avid Symphony Setup Guide

• Avid StorEx Setup and User’s Guide

• Avid MediaDrive Setup and User’s Guide

• Avid MediaDrive rS Setup and User’s Guide

• Avid MediaDock Setup and User’s Guide

• Avid MediaDock LVD Setup and User’s Guide

The most recent update of the Avid Products Collaboration Guide is

available in the Documentation section of the Avid Customer Service

Knowledge Center. To access the Avid Customer Service Knowledge

Center, click the Avid Customer Service link at www.avid.com and

select Knowledge Center.

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