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RevisionHistoryDateRevisedReleaseChangesMade3/2/2011v5.
4AvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
4hasbeenqualifiedforWindowsclientstodoeditingandhasaddedsupportfortheWindowsServer2008R2operatingsystem.
Fordetails,see"NewinVersion5.
4"onpage8.
1/7/2011v5.
4ThisreleasehasqualifieddualconnectionsonWindowsclientsusinganEthernetconnectiontoanAvidISIS5000andaFibreChannelconnectiontoyourAvidUnityMediaNetwork.
Clientscancopydatabetweenworkspaces.
Fordetails,see"NewinVersion5.
4"onpage8.
1/7/2011v5.
3.
2ThestatusoftheMacintoshSnowLeopardv5.
3.
2clientreleasehasbeenchanged.
ThisMacintoshclientreleaseisonlyforusewithdatamigration,see"NewinVersion5.
3.
2"onpage11.
12/15/2010v5.
3.
2ThisreleaseisaMacintoshSnowLeopardclientreleaseonly.
Itcorrectsanissueintroducedinv5.
3.
1withMacintoshclients.
Fordetails,see"NewinVersion5.
3.
2"onpage11.
ThisreleasealsohasbeenqualifiedwithanEthernetconnectiontoanAvidISIS5000andaFibreChannelconnectiontoyourAvidUnityMediaNetwork.
ClientscancopydatabetweenworkspacesusingtheAppleFinderapplication.
9/15/2010v5.
3.
1ThisreleaseisaMacintoshSnowLeopardclientsreleaseonly.
ItcorrectsreportedissueswithMacintosh10.
6.
xclients.
Fordetails,see"NewinVersion5.
3.
1"onpage12.
AlsoincludedinthisreleaseisanupdatedATTOv3.
42driverrequiredforMacintosh10.
6.
xclientsusingtheATTOCelerityFC-41ESboard.
5/27/2010v5.
3ThisreleaseaddssupportforWindows7clients.
Fordetails,see"NewinVersion5.
3"onpage13.
11/17/2009v5.
2ThisreleaseaddssupportforMacintoshSnowLeopardclients.
Fordetails,see"NewinVersion5.
2"onpage14.
AvidUnityMediaEngineandAvidMEDIArrayXTVersion5.
4ReadMe211/9/2009v5.
1.
4AvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
1.
4isaMacintoshclientsoftwareupdatewhichcorrectsanAppleFinalCutProrendereffectsissueintroducedinv5.
1.
3,see"NewinVersion5.
1.
4"onpage14.
8/28/2009v5.
1.
3AvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
1.
3correctsissuesthathavebeenreportedinv5.
1.
2,see"NewinVersion5.
1.
3"onpage15.
5/28/2009v5.
1.
2AvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
1.
2nowincludesaWindowsclientsoftwareinstallerthataddssupportfortheWindowsServer200364-bitoperatingsystem,see"NewinVersion5.
1.
2"onpage15.
4/20/2009v5.
1.
2AvidhasstartedaninitiativetocharacterizeavarietyofsoftwareapplicationsinanAvidUnityMediaNetworksharedstorageenvironment.
AppleFinalCutProisoneoftheapplicationsthathavebeentested.
Formoreinformation,see"FinalCutProSoftwareApproved"onpage16.
2/12/2009v5.
1.
2TheATTOFibreChanneladapterboarddriverversionshippedwiththeAvidMEDIArrayXTenclosuresandincludedintheAvidMEDIArrayXTrecoveryDVD,isnottheversionthatwasqualifiedinAvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
1.
x.
YoumustupdatetheATTOdriverontheAvidMEDIArrayXTenclosureaspartofyourinitialunitsetup.
FortheATTOdriverversionssupportedinthisrelease,see"FibreChannelAdapterBoardFirmwareandDrivers"onpage35.
InstructionsforloadingtheATTOdriversareprovidedunder"UpgradingtheATTOFibreChannelDriveronClientsorAvidMEDIArrayEnclosures"onpage49.
1/23/2009v5.
1.
2Updatedthereal-timesupportinformationbetweentheDigidesignProToolsWindowsworkstationandAvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
x,seepage32.
1/14/2009v5.
1.
2AvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
1.
2isaMacintoshclientsoftwareupdatewhichprovidesseveralsoftwarefixes,see"NewinVersion5.
1.
2"onpage15.
11/28/2008v5.
1.
1AvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
1.
1isafullserverandclientsoftwareupdatewhichprovidesseveralsoftwarefixes,see"NewinVersion5.
1.
1"onpage18.
11/28/2008v5.
1Updatedthe"ConnectingMultipleAvidMEDIArrayEnclosurestoTwoMEDIASwitches"sectionfromtheAvidUnityMediaEngineandAvidMEDIArrayXTSetupGuide,see"ConnectingMultipleAvidMEDIArrayEnclosurestoTwoMEDIASwitches"onpage21.
7/17/2008v5.
1TheATTOCTFC-41ELFibreChanneladapterboardisnolongersupportedonMacintoshProclientsinAvidMediaNetworkv5.
1.
Thedecisionwasmadebasedoncomplexconfigurationsandresolutionlimitations,see"FibreChannelATTO41ELAdapterBoard"onpage31.
RevisionHistory(Continued)DateRevisedReleaseChangesMade3ImportantInformationAvidrecommendsthatyoureadalltheinformationinthisReadMefilethoroughlybeforeinstallingorusinganynewsoftwarerelease.
SearchtheAvidKnowledgeBaseforthemostup-to-dateReadMefile,whichcontainsthelatestinformationthatmighthavebecomeavailableafterthedocumentationwaspublished.
TheReadMedescribesnewfeatures,hardwareandsoftwarerequirements,andinformationyoushouldknowbeforeusingyourAvidUnityMediaNetwork.
Theyalsolistallknownhardwareandsoftwareissuesandlimitations.
ThisReadMealsoprovidesinformationaboutthefollowingserversandclientsthatusetheAvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
1.
xandlatersoftware:AvidUnityMediaEngineAvidMEDIArraydriveenclosuresMacintoshEthernetandFibreChannelclientsWindowsEthernetandFibreChannelclients6/06/2008v5.
1ThisreleaseaddssupportforMacintoshLeopardandWindowsVistaclients.
Alsoincludedissupportfor1terabyte(TB)drivesanduptoeightdriveenclosures.
Fordetailssee"NewinVersion5.
1"onpage19.
ThisReadMeincludeschangestotheReadMeincludedontheAvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
1installerDVD.
Changesinclude:Moredetailsonthe"ATTOConfigurationModeSettings"onpage25"EditingClientRequirementsforAvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
1.
x"onpage32Newissuesunder"MacOSXClients"onpage634/15/2008v5.
0.
2AvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
0.
2isforMacintoshclientsonly.
AfixwasaddedtoavoidaMacintoshkernelpanicerror,see"NewinVersion5.
0.
2"onpage27.
11/28/2007v5.
0.
1AvidUnityMediaNetworknolongerallowsclientstologintotheserverusingearlierversions.
Foralistforsoftwarefixesinv5.
0.
1,see"NewinVersion5.
0.
1"onpage27.
RevisionHistory(Continued)DateRevisedReleaseChangesMade4ContentsIfYouNeedHelp7SymbolsandConventions7AccessingOnlineSupport8NewinVersion5.
48WindowsClientSystemsQualifiedforDataMigration9CopyDataBetweenAvidSharedStorageSystemsWithWindowsClients10RichCopyUtility10NewinVersion5.
3.
211CopyDataBetweenAvidSharedStorageSystemsWithMacintoshClients11LimitationIntroducedInVersion5.
3.
212FixedinVersion5.
3.
212NewinVersion5.
3.
112ATTOFibreChannelDriverUpdate12FixedinVersion5.
3.
112NewinVersion5.
313ATTOFibreChannelBoardandWindows7Driver.
13NewinVersion5.
214NewinVersion5.
1.
414NewinVersion5.
1.
315FixedinVersion5.
1.
315NewinVersion5.
1.
215FinalCutProSoftwareApproved17FixedinVersion5.
1.
218NewinVersion5.
1.
119PreferredDriveLetterMapping19FixedinVersion5.
1.
120NewinVersion5.
120ClientSupportwithVariousMediaNetworkEnvironments21Supportfor1TBDrives21SupportforEightDriveEnclosures21ConnectingMultipleAvidMEDIArrayEnclosurestoTwoMEDIASwitches225BandwidthImprovements.
23MacintoshLeopard.
23WorkspacesonDesktop23WorkspacesVisibleintheFinder23WindowsVista24ATTOConfigurationforWindowsVistaFiberChannelClients24EnablingtheDistributedFileSystemonWindowsVista25ConnectionManagerConfiguration.
26ATTOConfigurationModeSettings26ATTOConfigurationin2GbUnity(notLANshare)Environments.
26LANshareFibreChannelConnectiontotheClient27QlogicFibreChannelConnectiontotheClient28FixedinVersion5.
128NewinVersion5.
0.
229NewinVersion5.
0.
129NewinVersion5.
030HardwareandSoftwareRequirements30SupportedHardware30HPZ800,Z400,andxw8600Workstations32UnsupportedHardware32FibreChannelATTO41ELAdapterBoard.
32SupportedSoftware32ATTOBoardSlotLocation34MacProModels35FibreChannelAdapterBoardFirmwareandDrivers36WindowsXPFirewall37UsingtheAvidUnityMediaNetworkHelpontheMacintosh37AvidUnityMediaEngine38MemoryConfiguration39SupportedDrivesforMediaNetwork.
40MediaNetworkSystemConfigurations40PortBlocking40AvidMEDIArrayDriveEnclosures.
41MemoryConfiguration416DaisyChaining.
41InstallingMediaNetworkSoftware41SoftwareUpgrades42AvidUnityMediaEngineandTransferManager42TimeSynchronization42ClientSoftwareInstallation.
43UserPermissions.
43InstallingWindowsClients.
44InstallingMacOSXClients44InformationAboutAvidUnityMediaEngine.
46FibreChannelAdapterBoards46DiskSoftware.
46HotSwappingAvidUnityMediaEngineSystemDrives46AvidUnityMediaEngineDirectoryandFileLimits46VirusProtection47WorkgroupsandSoundDesignerIIAudioFiles47LoadingFibreChannelFirmwareandDrivers48InstallingtheATTOConfigurationUtilityonMacOSXSystems.
48UpgradingtheATTOPhantomDevice49UpgradingtheATTOFibreChannelDriverontheAvidUnityMediaEngine.
.
.
.
50UpgradingtheATTOFibreChannelDriveronClientsorAvidMEDIArrayEnclosures50UpgradingtheATTOFirmware.
51SoftwareInstallOrderwithMacOSXSystems52InstallingATTODriversandFirmwareonMacOSXSystems53LoadingFirmwareintotheMEDIASwitch16-4Gb54UsingtheProductRecoveryDVD56UsingBackupSoftware56DocumentationChange57RecoveringandReplacingDrives57TakeDriveOfflinefromControllerOption59ImprovedBehaviorDuringOnlineDriveRepair.
59Limitations60IfYouNeedHelp7KnownIssues61MediaNetwork.
61AdministrationTool.
63WindowsClients.
63MacOSXClients64TechnicalSupportInformation65IfYouNeedHelpIfyouarehavingtroubleusingAvidUnityMediaNetwork:1.
Retrytheaction,carefullyfollowingtheinstructionsgivenforthattask.
Itisespeciallyimportanttocheckeachstepofyourworkflow.
2.
CheckthisReadMefileforthelatestinformationthatmighthavebecomeavailableafterthedocumentationwaspublished.
Alsocheckonlineforthemostup-to-dateReadMebecausetheonlineversionisupdatedwhenevernewinformationbecomesavailable.
ToviewtheonlineReadMe,selectReadMefromtheHelpmenu,orvisittheKnowledgeBaseatwww.
avid.
com/US/support.
3.
CheckthedocumentationthatcamewithyourAvidapplicationoryourhardwareformaintenanceorhardware-relatedissues.
4.
VisitAvidOnlineSupportatwww.
avid.
com/US/support.
Onlinesupportisavailable24hoursperday,7daysperweek.
SearchtheKnowledgeBasetofindanswers,toviewerrormessages,toaccesstroubleshootingtips,todownloadupdates,andtoreadorjoinonlinemessage-boarddiscussions.
SymbolsandConventionsReadMedocumentsusethefollowingsymbolsandconventions:SymbolorConventionMeaningorActionnAnoteprovidesimportantrelatedinformation,reminders,recommendations,andstrongsuggestions.
>Thissymbolindicatesmenucommands(andsubcommands)intheorderyouselectthem.
Forexample,File>ImportmeanstoopentheFilemenuandthenselecttheImportcommand.
tThissymbolindicatesasingle-stepprocedure.
Multiplearrowsinalistindicatethatyouperformoneoftheactionslisted.
ItalicfontItalicfontisusedtoemphasizecertainwordsandtoindicatevariables.
8AccessingOnlineSupportAvidOnlineSupportisavailable24hoursperday,7daysperweek.
SearchtheKnowledgeBasetofindanswers,toviewerrormessages,toaccesstroubleshootingtips,todownloadupdates,andtoread/joinonlinemessage-boarddiscussions.
ToaccessAvidOnlineSupport:tGotowww.
avid.
com/US/support.
NewinVersion5.
4TheinitialreleaseofAvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
4wasnotqualifiedtodoreal-timereadingandwritingusingeditingsoftwareapplications.
Thatqualificationhasnowbeencompleted.
ThisWindowsclientreleaseistoprovidesupportforanEthernetconnectiontoanAvidISIS5000andaFibreChannelconnectiontoyourAvidUnityMediaNetwork.
Whenworkspacesaremountedfrombothsharedstoragenetworks,asingleclientcancopydatafilesusingMicrosoftRichCopy.
cDualconnectedclientsareonlysupportedwiththeATTOFC-41ESboardinsupportedWindowsclientsystemsandslotslistedin"WindowsClientSystemsQualifiedforDataMigration"onpage9.
TheATTOFC-41XSandFC-41ELFibreChannelboards,andWindowsclientsystemsnotlistedinthetablearenotsupported.
AvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
4isaWindowsclientsoftwarereleasethatsupportsWindows7,WindowsVista,WindowsXP,andWindowsServer2008R2operatingsystemsandisavailableontheAvidDownloadCenter.
TheAvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
4Windowsclientsoftwareisformovingdatafromv5.
1.
3andv4.
2.
4infrastructurestotheAvidISIS5000infrastructure.
AvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
4clientsoftwareisnotsupportedinthe4.
1.
6andolderinfrastructures.
nYourWindows7FibreChannelclientmustbetheATTOCelerityFibreChanneldriverreleasedinv5.
3(see"ATTOFibreChannelBoardandWindows7Driver"onpage13).
CourierBoldfontCourierBoldfontidentifiestextthatyoutype.
Ctrl+keyormouseactionPressandholdthefirstkeywhileyoupressthelastkeyorperformthemouseaction.
Forexample,Ctrl+drag.
mediaengineThistermisthegenerictermusedfortheAvidUnityMediaEnginehardware.
SymbolorConventionMeaningorActionNewinVersion5.
49WindowsClientSystemsQualifiedforDataMigrationThefollowingtableliststheWindowsclientsystemsthathavebeenqualifiedtododatamigrationusinganEthernetandFibreChannelconnectiononthesameclient.
YoumustinstallanIntelPro1000PTboardintoyourAvidUnityMediaNetworkclient(see"ATTOBoardSlotLocation"onpage33).
Requiredxw86000systemBIOSchangetosetmaximumPCI-Espeedforslot5:1.
Duringstartup,pressF10atthewhiteHPscreen,forSetUp.
2.
SelectEnglishandpressEnter.
3.
ClicktheAdvancedtab.
4.
SelectChipset/MemoryandpressEnter.
5.
SelectPCIeLaneAllocation(SLOT4:SLOT5).
6.
DefaultsettingisAUTO.
7.
ChangethissettingfromAUTOtox8:x8.
8.
PressF10toSave.
9.
SaveChangesandExit.
QualifiedWindowsPlatformsforDataMigrationBetweenAvidUnityMediaNetworkandAvidISIS5000WindowsPlatformsSlotforIntelPro1000PTEthernetboard(ISIS5000Connection)SlotforATTOFC-41ESFibreChannelboard(MediaNetworkConnection)CommentsZ800(Dualquad-coreanddual6-core)54Z400(Gen1andGen2)43xw8600(Dualquad-core)56Setslottox8electricalinthesystemBIOS10CopyDataBetweenAvidSharedStorageSystemsWithWindowsClientsAfteryouhaveinstalledanIntelPro1000PTboardintoyourAvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
4Windowsclient(see"WindowsClientSystemsQualifiedforDataMigration"onpage9),makeanEthernetconnectiontoanAvidISIS5000.
Theprocessissummarizedasfollows.
TocopydatafilesbetweenAvidsharedstoragenetworks:1.
UpdateyourAvidUnityMediaNetworkWindowsclientwithv5.
4clientsoftware.
CheckthatyouhaveyourFibreChannelconnectiontotheAvidUnityMediaNetwork.
2.
ConnectyourEthernetcabletotheIntelPro1000PTportonyourWindowsclient.
3.
LoadtheAvidISIS5000v3.
1clientsoftware.
4.
Mountaworkspacefromeachsharedstorageenvironment.
5.
OpentheRichCopyUtility.
6.
FollowtheAvidUnityISISv2.
xMovingWorkspacesusingRichCopyinstructions,seeRichCopyUtility.
RichCopyUtilityATechAlerthasbeenwrittendescribingtheprocessformovingdatafromworkspacetoworkspace.
SearchtheAvidKnowledgeBaseatwww.
avid.
com/US/supportforAvidUnityISISv2.
xMovingWorkspacesusingRichCopyintheAvidISISTechAlerts.
MicrosoftRichCopyisamultithreadedfilecopyingtooldesignedtocopyalargenumberoffilesbetweenstoragedevicesoverthenetwork.
RichCopyacceleratescopyperformancebyopeningmultiplethreadsallowingmanyfilestobecopiedinparallel.
Thetoolletsyoupauseandresumefilecopyoperationswithoutneedingtostartthecopyprocessoveragain.
DownloadtheRichCopyutilitytoanAvidUnityISISWindowsclientfromthefollowinglink:http://technet.
microsoft.
com/en-us/magazine/2009.
04.
utilityspotlight.
aspxnAvidcannotguaranteethatthislinkwillalwaysbeavailable.
Ifthelinkisnolongvalid,trysearchingforRichCopyathttp://technet.
microsoft.
com.
NewinVersion5.
3.
211NewinVersion5.
3.
2AvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
3.
2isaMacintoshSnowLeopardclientsoftwarereleaseonlyandisavailableontheAvidDownloadCenter.
Thev5.
3.
2releaseisnotqualifiedtodoreal-timereadingandwritingusingeditingsoftwareapplications.
ThepurposeofthisMacintoshclientreleaseistoprovidesupportforanEthernetconnectiontoanAvidISIS5000,andaFibreChannelconnectiontoyourAvidUnityMediaNetwork.
nMediaNetworkv5.
3.
2isonlysupportedasadatamigrationclientandisnotsupportedforusewitheditingsystemsoranyotherapplications.
The"LimitationIntroducedInVersion5.
3.
2"onpage12describesanissueddiscoveredinthev5.
3.
2release.
Thisissuewillberesolvedinasubsequentrelease.
Inthemeantime,MacintoshclientsthatarenotperformingdatamigrationmustuseMediaNetworkv5.
2.
AvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
3.
2clientsoftware(MacOSversion10.
6.
2andlater)issupportedfordatamigrationfromv5.
1.
3andv4.
2.
4infrastructurestoISISv3.
1.
AvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
3.
2clientsoftwareisnotsupportedin4.
1.
6andolderinfrastructures.
CopyDataBetweenAvidSharedStorageSystemsWithMacintoshClientsAvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
3.
2MacintoshSnowLeopardclientshavebeenqualifiedtohaveanEthernetconnectiontoanAvidISIS5000,andaFibreChannelconnectiontoyourAvidUnityMediaNetwork.
Whenworkspacesaremountedfrombothsharedstoragenetworks,asingleclientcancopingdatafilesusingtheAppleFinderapplication.
Theprocessissummarizedasfollows.
TocopydatafilesbetweenAvidsharedstoragenetworks:1.
UpdateyourAvidUnityMediaNetworkMacintoshclientwithv5.
3.
2clientsoftware.
CheckthatyouhaveyourFibreChannelconnectiontotheAvidUnityMediaNetwork.
2.
ConnectyourEthernetcabletothebuild-inEthernetportonyourMacintoshclient.
3.
LoadtheAvidISIS5000v3.
1clientsoftware.
4.
Mountaworkspacefromeachsharedstorageenvironment.
5.
OpentheAppleFinderapplication.
6.
Dragthedatafilesfromoneworkspaceononesharedstoragenetworktotheotherworkspaceintheothersharedstoragenetwork.
12LimitationIntroducedInVersion5.
3.
2AvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
3.
2hasthefollowinglimitation:UsingMediaNetworkv5.
3.
2onanAvideditingsystemcanrandomlycausetheclienttostopandcreatekernelpanicsduringreadsandwrites.
Thisissuewasseenduringrendersandvideomixdowns.
FixedinVersion5.
3.
2AvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
3.
2includesthefollowingclientfix:Macintosh10.
6.
xclientsreportederrorsthatresultedinaspinningbeachballwhenmovingfilesandtypicalworkflows.
Thebehaviornolongerhappenswithv5.
3.
2.
NewinVersion5.
3.
1AvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
3.
1correctsreportedissueswithMacintoshSnowLeopardoperatingsystems(MacOSversion10.
6.
2andlater)clients.
AvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
3.
1isaMacintoshSnowLeopardclientsoftwarereleaseonlyandisavailableontheAvidDownloadCenter.
AvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
3.
1clientsoftwareissupportedinv5.
1.
3andv4.
2.
4infrastructures.
ATTOFibreChannelDriverUpdateTheAvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
3.
1downloadincludesanewATTOFibreChanneldriverthatisrequiredforMacintosh10.
6.
xclients.
Fordriverinstallationinstructions,see"ToupgradetheATTOFibreChanneldriver:"onpage52.
FixedinVersion5.
3.
1AvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
3.
1includesthefollowingclientfixes:Macintosh10.
6.
xclientsreportedpotentiallyveryslowFindercopiesfromcertainsourceslikeFireWiredrives.
Thebehaviornolongerhappenswithv5.
3.
1.
LargeFindercopiesfailwiththemessagestatingtheoperationcan'tbecompletedbecauseyoudon'thavepermissiontoaccesssomeoftheitems.
Thisbehaviornolongerhappenswithv5.
3.
1.
CopyingmanyfilesusingFinderfailed.
Thisbehaviornolongerhappenswithv5.
3.
1.
ThefollowingExceptionwith"Delayedwritefailure"messagesweredisplayedwhileattemptingtocapture3hoursofmediaandcreatingfileslargerthan1TB.
DelayedwriterfailureException:MXFDomain::WriteIndexTableCapturesthatcreatefilesover1TBinsizenolongercauseanException.
NewinVersion5.
313NewinVersion5.
3AvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
3clientsoftwareprovidessupportforclientsthatuseWindows7operatingsystems.
AvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
3isaWindows7clientsoftwarereleaseonlyandisavailableontheAvidDownloadCenter.
AvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
3clientsoftwareissupportedinthev5.
1.
3infrastructure.
AvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
3clientsoftwareisnotsupportedinthev4.
2.
4,4.
1.
6,andolderinfrastructures.
nUnlessyouareaddingclientswithWindows7operatingsystemstoyourAvidUnityMediaNetwork,thereisnoreasontoupgradeyourAvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
1.
3Windowsclientsoftware.
ThefollowingAvideditingsoftwareversionssupportWindows7operatingsystems:MediaComposer5.
0andlaterSymphonyNitrisv5.
0andlaterNewsCutterv9.
0andlaternTestingoftheWindows7operatingsystemwiththeAvideditingapplicationhasbeendonewithacleaninstallofWindows7.
AlthoughupgradeoptionsexistforcustomersmovingfromanexistingWindowsVista64-bitoperatingsystemtotheWindows764-bitoperatingsystem,suchupgradeshavenotbeentestedbyAvid.
Avidrecommendsacleaninstall.
ATTOFibreChannelBoardandWindows7DriverIfyourWindows7clientisusingaFibreChannelconnection,youmustinstallanATTOCelerityFibreChannelboard(see"ATTOBoardSlotLocation"onpage33)andtheWindows7driver.
TheATTOWindows7driver(winx64_drv_celerity_266.
exe)isincludedontheAvidDownloadCenterwiththeAvidUnityMediaNetworkWindows7clientsoftware.
UsethefollowinginstructionstoinstalltheATTOFibreChanneldriverafteryouhaveinstalledtheATTOFibreChannelboardinyourWindows7FibreChannelclient.
ToinstalltheATTOdriveronyourWindows7client:nYoumustbeloggedinasanAdministratortoinstalldrivers.
1.
Copythewinx64_drv_celerity_266.
exefileyoudownloadedtotheAvidUnityMediaNetworkWindows7client.
2.
Double-clickwinx64_drv_celerity_266.
exe.
TheWinZipself-extractordialogboxopens.
143.
ClickUnzip.
Amessageappearsstatingthefileunzippedsuccessfully.
4.
ClickOK.
TheATTOWindowsDriverInstalleropens.
5.
ClickInstall.
6.
Followanyon-screeninstruction,acceptingthedefaults.
7.
ClickOKwhentheinstallationiscomplete.
NewinVersion5.
2AvidUnityMediaNetworknowsupportsclientsthatuseMacintoshSnowLeopardoperatingsystems(MacOSversion10.
6.
2andlater).
AvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
2isaMacintoshSnowLeopardclientsoftwarereleaseonlyandisavailableontheAvidDownloadCenter.
AvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
2clientsoftwareissupportedinv5.
1.
3andv4.
2.
4infrastructures.
nAvideditingapplicationsrequireacleaninstallofSnowLeopard(MacOSv10.
6)andthenperformtheupgradetoMacOSv10.
6.
2.
YoucannotjustperformanupgradetoyourexistingLeopardsystemandhaveSnowLeopardworkproperlywithAvideditingapplications.
AvidUnityMediaNetworkclientupgradesrequirethatyou:1.
RemovetheoldversionoftheMediaNetworkclientsoftwareusingtheuninstallerintheApplications>Avid_Uninstallersfolder.
2.
PerformacleaninstallofSnowLeopard(seeyourMacintoshdocumentation).
3.
InstallMediaNetworkclientsoftwarev5.
2.
NewinVersion5.
1.
4AvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
1.
4isaMacintoshclientsoftwarereleaseonly.
ThesoftwareforthisreleaseisonlyavailableontheAvidDownloadCenter.
AvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
1.
4clientsoftwareissupportedinv5.
1.
3,v4.
2.
4,andv4.
1.
6infrastructures.
AvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
1.
3clientsoftwarepreventedtheFinalCutProapplicationfromrenderingeffectswhenAvidimplementedthefixfortheslowresponsebetweentheFinderandtheFinalCutProapplication.
TheAvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
1.
4clientsoftwarefixesthisissuesothatFinalCutProclientscanrendereffectsandfunctionnormallywhenswitchingbetweentheFinderandbacktotheFinalCutProapplication.
nUnlessyouareusingFinalCutProclientsonyourAvidUnityMediaNetwork,thereisnoreasontoupgradeyourAvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
1.
4clientsoftware.
NewinVersion5.
1.
315NewinVersion5.
1.
3AvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
1.
3isabothaserverandclientsoftwarerelease.
ThesoftwareforthisreleaseisonlyavailableontheAvidDownloadCenter.
AvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
1.
3clientsoftwareissupportedinv5.
1.
3,v4.
2.
4,andv4.
1.
6infrastructures.
FixedinVersion5.
1.
3AvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
1.
3includesthefollowingclientfixes:VirtualFileManagerwasrenamingtheComputerNamebyappendinganFCtotheendoftheComputerName.
TheVirtualFileManagernowstayswiththenameassignedbytheadministrator.
WheninanAvidUnityMediaNetworkv4.
xenvironmentwithafailoverFileManager,someoperationsperformedwithv5.
1.
2oftheMacintoshclientsoftwarewouldtakemuchlongerthanwithpreviousversionsoftheclientsoftware.
Thisproblemhasbeenfixedinv5.
1.
3.
TheclientinstallerforclientsrunningtheWindows64-bitStorageServer2003operatingsystemwasmissingsomefiles.
TheWindows64-bitStorageServer2003installernowincludesalltherequiredfiles.
TheFinalCutProapplicationhadbeenslowwhenswitchingbetweentheFinderandbacktotheFinalCutProapplication.
Thedelaydependedonsizeofproject;thelargertheproject,thelongerthedelay.
AvidhasmadechangesintheAvidUnityclientsoftwarethataddressunusedcallsmadebytheFinalCutProapplication,andtheconnectionwithAvidUnity.
NewinVersion5.
1.
2AvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
1.
2isaWindowsclientandMacintoshclientsoftwarerelease,anddoesnotincludeserversoftware.
Youdonotneedtoupdatetheserverandnetworkinfrastructure.
TheseclientsoftwareupdatesareonlyavailableontheAvidDownloadCenter.
AvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
1.
2clientsoftwareissupportedinv5.
1.
1,v4.
2.
4,andv4.
1.
6infrastructures.
Thefollowingchangesweremade:Windowsclientsoftware—addssupportfortheWindowsServer200364-bitoperatingsystem.
ThisWindowsclientinstallercanbeusedforallWindowsclients.
ThisWindowsclientreleaseisrequiredifaddingaserverwithaWindowsServer200364-bitoperatingsystemtoyourv5.
1.
1,v4.
2.
4,orv4.
1.
6infrastructure.
ThisreleasealsoimprovesdelaysonWindowsVistaclientswhenopeningfilesoverthesharedstoragenetwork.
ThereisnoreasontoupgradeyourWindowsXPv5.
1.
1clientstov5.
1.
2.
Macintoshclientsoftware—includesthefixeslistedin"FixedinVersion5.
1.
2"onpage17.
16FinalCutProSoftwareApprovedAvidhastestedFinalCutProasaclientintheAvidUnityMediaNetworksharedstorageenvironment.
InitialtestingwasdonewithAvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
1.
2clientsoftwareinthev5.
1.
1serverinfrastructurewithFinalCutProv6.
0.
4.
(FinalCutProisnotsupportedintheAvidUnityMediaNetworkv4.
2.
4andv4.
1.
6serverinfrastructures.
)ThereisnoAvidrestrictionontheQuickTimeversion.
UsetheQuickTimeversionrecommencedintheFinalCutProapplication.
QuickTimev7.
6wastheversionusedintheAvidtesting.
Forinformationonhowmanystreamswerequalifiedperclientatvariousresolutions,seetheAvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
1PerformanceGuideontheKnowledgeBaseatwww.
avid.
com/US/support.
nAvidInterplayAccesssupportstheMacOSXplatform,andthroughthisapplicationFinalCutProQuickTimefilesandprojectscanbecheckedintoInterplay.
AnyInterplayworkstationcansearchforthesefilesandedittheirInterplaymetadata,thoughthereiscurrentlynotightlyintegratedworkflowbetweenAvideditorsandFinalCutProwithinInterplay.
ThefollowinglistcharacterizesthesetupguidelinesforyourFinalCutProclientwithAvidUnityMediaNetwork:YouneedtostayinlinewiththegeneralclientparametersspecifiedforallAvidUnityMediaNetworkMacintoshclients.
ThefollowingarethespecifichardwaredetailsusedintheAvidtesting:-Platforms—MacPro(early2008)"Harpertown"DualQuad-Core3.
0or3.
2GHz.
-Operatingsystem—MacOS10.
5.
4andlater.
-AvidUnityMediaNetwork—FibreChannelconnectionusingtheATTOCelerityFC-41ESadapterboard(AvidhasnottestedFinalCutProasanEthernetclientonAvidUnityMediaNetworkandisnotsupportedatthistime).
FinalCutProeditingsoftwarewascharacterizedwiththeAJAKONA3hardware.
ThecompleteAppleStudio2bundlewasinstalled.
TestingPerformedasoftheAvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
2ReleaseFinalCutProVersionMacintoshOperatingSystemVersionAvidUnityMediaNetworkClientVersionAvidUnityMediaNetworkInfrastructureVersionv6.
0.
4v10.
5.
4(32-bit)v5.
1.
2v5.
1.
1v6.
0.
5,v7.
0v10.
5.
4,v10.
5.
6(32-bit)v5.
1.
4v5.
1.
3v6.
0.
5,v7.
0v10.
6(32-bit)v5.
2v5.
1.
3NewinVersion5.
1.
217VerificationtestsonAppleColorandSoundTrackProwereruntoverifyPush-Pullcapabilities.
FinalCutPromediashouldbeinitsownAllocationGroup.
Including:-Scratchdisks-ProjectfilescDonotmixFinalCutProclientsandAvideditorclientswithinthesameAllocationGroup.
FinalCutProeditingsystemsrequire30%to50%morebandwidththanAvidMediaComposeratsimilarresolutions.
ThenumberofFinalCutProclientssupportedinanAllocationGroupareabout1/2thenumberofAvidMediaComposerclientsatsimilarresolutions.
nMakesuretheworkspacesyouareusingispartoftheAllocationGroupyoucreatedforFinalCutProclients.
WhenFinalCutProclientsaresharingthesameAllocationGroupasAvideditingclients,theFinalCutProclientshavepoorperformance.
DigidesignProToolssoftwarewasnottestedwithFinalCutProclients.
FixedinVersion5.
1.
2AvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
1.
2includesthefollowingMacintoshclientfixes:Macintoshfiberclientsoccasionaldisconnectedandwouldreconnect30secondslater.
Thisdisconnectissuehasbeenresolvedinv5.
1.
2.
WhenJKLscrubbingorfastscrubbingonthetimelinewithMacintoshEthernetclients,theclientwouldgetaveryslowresponsecausingtheMacintosh"beachball"todisplayandeventuallyan"Exception:AECIFS_ERROR.
"TheJKLscrubbingandfastscrubbingonthetimelinenolongercausetheslowresponse,theMacintosh"beachball,"or"Exception:AECIFS_ERROR.
"SomefilesthatweretaggedfordeletiononMacintoshclientswerebeingleftbehindinthefolder(forexample~avid_removed~xxx).
Allfilesthataretaggedfordeletionarenowgonefromthefolderafterthedeletefunctionhascompleted.
WhenusingFinalCutProtherewasaproblemwherethelinktomediaforpartiallyrenderedeffectswaslost.
Thisisfixedinthev5.
1.
2oftheMacintoshclientsoftware.
WindowsVistaclientsnolongerhavedelayswhenopeningfilesoverthesharedstoragenetwork.
18NewinVersion5.
1.
1ThefollowingsectionsdescribethechangesandnewfeaturesinAvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
1.
1.
Thisreleaseisafullserverandclientsoftwareupdate.
TheAvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
1.
1clientsoftwareisalsosupportedinthev4.
2.
4andv4.
1.
6infrastructures.
PreferredDriveLetterMappingAvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
1.
1hasanewConnectionManagerfeatureforWindowsclientscalledPreferredDriveLetterMapping.
PreferredDriveLetterMappingallowsyoutospecifythedriveletterforamountedworkspace.
ThisfeatureisnotavailableintheAvidUnityMediaNetworkuserinterface.
AfteryouinstalltheClientManagersoftwareonyourclientyoumusteditatextfilethatiscreatedandsavedinthelocalsettingsoftheWindowsclientsystem.
ThePreferredDriveLetterMappingfiledoesnotaffectthedecisionofwhatworkspacetomount.
WhenyoumountaworkspacethesoftwarechecksthePreferredDriveLetterMappingfiletoseeifthereisapreferreddriveletter.
IfyouhaveeditedthePreferredDriveLetterMappingfile,workspaceswithaPreferredDriveLetterMappingsareprocessedbeforethosethatdon'thavepreferreddriveletters.
WorkspaceswithnoPreferredDriveLetterassignmentuseotheravailabledriveletters.
IfaPreferredDriveLetterisalreadymappedtoanotherdrive(forexample,aUSBdrive),theworkspaceusesadifferentavailabledriveletter.
Tousethefeature:1.
LogouttheConnectionManager.
2.
OpenyourNotepadapplicationandcreateanewfile(File>New).
3.
Entertheandasshowninthefollowingexample:F:\\path\workspace1Q:\\path\workspace2nThecanbe"F"or"F:"or"F:\"andtheworkspacenamecannotcontainspaces.
4.
Savethetextfileas"AvidPDL.
txt"ontheclientsysteminthefollowinglocationdependingonyouroperatingsystem:WindowsXPC:\DocumentsandSettings\user_name\LocalSettings\ApplicationDataNewinVersion5.
119WindowsVistaC:\Users\user_name\AppData\Local5.
StarttheConnectionManagerandselecttheworkspace.
Thefileisreadeverytimeyoumountaworkspace.
FixedinVersion5.
1.
1AvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
1.
1includesthefollowingfixes:Macintoshclientswererandomlyexperiencekernelpanicsduringsomeaudiofunctionsbetweentheclientandtheworkspace,theseaudiofunctionsnolongertriggerakernelpanic.
WhenMacintoshEthernetclientssavedbinsthathad110charactersormoreinthepathname,thefilename,orcombinationofthepathandfilenames;themediaenginewouldoccasionallystopfunctioning(toaWindowsbluescreen).
Thecodecausingthisbehaviorhasbeencorrected.
Whileinthesharedprojectiftherewere16ormorebinsopen,abinfolderwouldsometimebecomeinvisibletotheprojectandAppleFinder.
Binsnolongerdisappearfromyourprojectwhenmorethat15binsareopen.
SomeworkspacedatawasleftintheoperatingsystemofMacintoshclientswhenworkspaceswereunmounted.
Allfolderinformationisnowcompleteremovedfromtheclientwhenworkspacesareunmounted.
WhenaworkspaceisnamedthesameasanexternaldriveandbotharemountedonaMacintoshclient,datafromexternaldrivewashidden.
Nowboththeexternaldriveandworkspacecanbeviewedatthesametime.
WhenInterplayInstinctsentaplaylisttoaplaybackdevice,theplayerwouldremaininaLoadingstate.
NowwhenInterplayInstinctsendsaplaylisttotheplaybackdevice,theplaybackdeviceplaysoutthelistsuccessfully.
NewinVersion5.
1ThefollowingsectionsdescribethechangesandnewfeaturesinAvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
1.
ThisreleaseaddsMacintoshLeopardandWindowsVistaclientstotheAvidUnityMediaNetworkenvironment.
ClientSupportwithVariousMediaNetworkEnvironmentsAvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
1clientsoftwarecannowbeusedinearlierMediaNetworkenvironments.
IfyouhaveaMediaNetworkv4.
1.
6orv4.
2.
4infrastructurerunningtheappropriateMediaNetworkserversoftware,youcannowrunMediaNetworkv5.
1client20softwareonyourWindowsXPandMacintosh(10.
4.
11)clients.
WindowsVistaandMacintoshLeopard(10.
5.
3andlater)clientswithMediaNetworkv5.
1clientsoftwarecanalsobeusedinMediaNetworkv4.
1.
6orv4.
2.
4environments.
Supportfor1TBDrivesAvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
1nowsupports1terabyte(TB)drivesinthemediaengineandMEDIArraydriveenclosures.
Tosupport1TBdrivesyouneedtoincreasethememory(RAM)inthemediaenginefrom2GBto4GB.
NewmediaenginesshippedwithAvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
1andlatercomeswith4GBofRAM.
SupportforEightDriveEnclosuresAvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
0.
xsupportsfivedriveenclosures(themediaengineandfourMEDIArrayXTdriveenclosures).
AvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
1andlatersupportseightenclosures(themediaengineandsevendriveenclosures).
AdditionaldriveenclosurescanbeacombinationofMEDIArrayXTandMEDIArrayLPenclosures.
TosupportsixormoredriveenclosuresyouneedtoincreasetheRAMinthemediaenginefrom2GBto4GB.
NewmediaenginesshippedwithAvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
1andlatercomewith4GBofRAM.
WhenaddingMEDIArraydriveenclosures,youmustconnectthemdirectlytoaMEDIASwitch.
Remembertochangetheswitchconfigurationifnecessary.
ForinformationonconnectingtheMEDIArraydriveenclosures,seetheAvidUnityMediaEngineandAvidMEDIArrayXTSetupGuide.
ThesetupguidedoesnotlisttheMEDIArrayLPbuttheprocessisthesame.
ForachangewhenusingtwoMEDIASwitch.
see"ConnectingMultipleAvidMEDIArrayEnclosurestoTwoMEDIASwitches"onpage21.
TouseaMEDIArrayLPinyourAvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
xenvironment:TheMEDIArrayLPshippedwithanATTOCTFC-41XSadapterboardinstalledinPCI-Xslot3,thatisthesupportedconfigurationwhenconnectingtheMEDIArrayLPintheMediaNetworkv5.
xenvironment.
TheoptionalsecondFiberChannelboardinPCI-Xslot2isnotsupported.
IfyouhavetheoptionalsecondFibreChannelboardinstalled,youcaneitherremoveitorleaveitinstalled,butdonotuseitforanyfiberconnection.
InstalltheAvidMEDIArraysoftwareontheMEDIArrayLPusingtheAvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
1.
xDVD-ROM.
cIfyouaremovingaMEDIArrayLPenclosurefromanexistingAvidUnityMediaNetworksystemtoav5.
x,youmustuninstalltheexistingMediaNetworksoftware(IBOD)andinstallthev5.
xMediaNetworksoftwarefromtheinstallerDVD.
Failuretodosocanresultintotaldataloss.
LoadtheATTOFibreChanneldriverqualifiedforAvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
1.
x.
NewinVersion5.
121ConnectingMultipleAvidMEDIArrayEnclosurestoTwoMEDIASwitchesThissectionreplacesthe"ConnectingMultipleAvidMEDIArrayEnclosurestoTwoMEDIASwitches"sectionintheAvidUnityMediaEngineandAvidMEDIArrayXTSetupGuide.
NowthatAvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
1supportsuptosevenAvidMEDIArraydriveenclosures(anycombinationofAvidMEDIArrayXTsandAvidMEDIArrayLPs),thefollowingconfigurationisrequiredwhenyouhavetwoMEDIAswitchesanduptosevenoptionalstorageenclosures.
ThefirstAvidMEDIArrayenclosureconnectstoPort15oftheMEDIASwitch2.
ThesecondAvidMEDIArrayenclosureconnectstoPort15oftheMEDIASwitch1.
Thethirdstorageenclosureuseport14ontheMEDIASwitch2andfourthstorageenclosureusesport14ontheMEDIASwitch1.
AsyouaddmoreAvidMEDIArrayenclosurescontinuealternatingtheenclosuresbetweentheAvidMEDIASwitchesasshowninthefigure.
AddingSevenAvidMEDIArrayEnclosures—toTwoMEDIASwitchesBandwidthImprovementsAvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
1providesbetterclientbandwidthallowingagreaternumberofclientstoworkwithhigherresolutions.
Forinformationonhowmanystreamswerequalifiedperclientatvariousresolutions,seetheAvidMediaNetworkv5.
1PerformanceGuideontheKnowledgeBase.
aaMEDIASwitch1MEDIASwitch2AvidUnityMediaEngineLCtoLCconnectionPort15AvidMEDIArrayXT/LP1Port14AvidMEDIArrayXT/LP3Port13AvidMEDIArrayXT/LP5Port12AvidMEDIArrayXT/LP7Port13AvidMEDIArrayXT/LP6Port14AvidMEDIArrayXT/LP4Port15AvidMEDIArrayXT/LP222MacintoshLeopardAvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
1nowsupportsclientsthatuseMacintoshLeopardoperatingsystems(MacOSversion10.
5.
3andlater).
ThefollowingisalistofLeopardchangesyouneedtoknowwhenworkingintheAvidUnityMediaNetworkenvironmentandinstallingtheclientsoftwareonyourLeopardclients.
ThisreleasesupportsMacintosh10.
4.
11and10.
5.
3andlateroperatingsystems.
WhenupdatingyourMacintoshclientsselecttheappropriateinstallerforyourfiberorEthernetclient.
WorkspacesonDesktopMountedMediaNetworkworkspacesnolongerappearonthedesktopbydefault.
ConnectedserversaredisabledbydefaultonLeopard.
Asaresult,MediaNetworkworkspacesdonotautomaticallyappearonthedesktopwhenmountedastheydidinearlierversionsoftheMacOS.
ToenableworkspacestoappearonthedesktopinLeopard:1.
NavigatetoFinder>Preferences.
2.
SelectGeneral.
3.
Select"Connectedservers"checkboxunder"ShowtheseitemsontheDesktop.
"AnycurrentlymountedMediaNetworkworkspacesnowappearonthedesktop.
4.
DisableConnectedserversbydeselectingtheConnectedserverscheckbox.
WorkspacesVisibleintheFinderMountedMediaNetworkworkspacesarenolongerreadilyvisibleintheFinderinLeopardclients.
ThefollowinginstructionsdescribehowtoviewmountedworkspacesbyenablingComputerintheFinder.
WhenComputerisdisabledintheFinder,mountedworkspacesarenotavailableonthedesktop.
ToviewmountedworkspacesifComputerisDisabledIntheFinder:1.
NavigatetoFinder>Preferences.
2.
SelectSidebar.
3.
SelectComputercheckboxunderDevices.
4.
ClickonDevicesintheFinder.
Devicesisenabledbydefault.
5.
Clickthenameofthedrive.
6.
Control-clicktheiconatthetopoftheFinder.
7.
SelectthefoldernameofthecomputerandthentheworkspacesappearintheFinder.
NewinVersion5.
123ToEnableComputerintheSidebaroftheFinderandViewMountedWorkspaces:1.
NavigatetoFinder>Preferences.
2.
SelectSidebar.
3.
SelectComputercheckboxunderDevices.
AfterComputerisselected,thenameofthecomputerappearsundertheDeviceslistintheFinder.
4.
SelectthenameofthecomputerintheFinderandtheworkspaceswillnowappear.
Workspaceswillnowappearwhenauserselectsthenameofthecomputer.
DisableComputerintheSidebarbydeselectingtheComputercheckboxunderDevices.
WindowsVistaAvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
xsupportsclientsthatuseWindowsVistaoperatingsystemswithServicePack1andServicePack2.
ATTOConfigurationforWindowsVistaFiberChannelClientsIfyouareconnectingaWindowsVistaFiberChannelclient,youmustmanuallyconfiguretheInterruptCoalescesettingtoNone.
TosettheInterruptCoalescesetting:1.
CopytheATTOConfigurationToolfromtheAvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
1.
xinstallerkittotheAvidUnityFibreChannelclientandinstallthetool.
TheATTOConfigurationToolinstallerislocatedinthefollowinglocation:Drivers_Firmware\HostBusAdapters\ATTO\Utilities\Windows\3.
14\win_app_configtool_314.
exe2.
Double-clicktheinstallerfile(win_app_configtool_314.
exe),thetoolinstallsonlocaldrive.
3.
ClickStart>AllPrograms>ATTOConfigurationToolandselectConfigurationTool.
TheATTOConfigurationtoolopens.
4.
IntheDeviceListingwindow,expandthelocalhost>CelerityFC-xxxx>Channelx(navigatetotheappropriatechannelonyourhostadapter).
5.
Intherightpane,clicktheNVRAMConfigurationtab.
6.
ClicktheInterruptCoalescemenu,andselectNone.
7.
ClickCommit.
8.
Restartyourcomputerforthechangetotakeeffect.
24EnablingtheDistributedFileSystemonWindowsVistaAviddisablestheWindowsVistaDistributedFileSystem(DFS)intheAvidUnityMediaNetworkclients.
AvidUnityMediaNetworkclientsrunningWindowsVistamighthavedelayswhenopeningfilesoverthesharedstoragenetworkwithDFSenabled.
IfyouneedtorunDFSonyourWindowsVistaclient,usethefollowingproceduretoenabletheDFSbychangingaregistrykey.
Toaddtheregistrykey:1.
SelecttheWindowsVistaRunprogram.
2.
TypeRegedittoentertheRegistryEditorapplication.
3.
Browsetothefollowinglocation:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Mup4.
Right-clickthenewDisableDfsentryandselectModify.
5.
Dooneofthefollowing:a.
Type0intheValuedatatextboxtoenableDFSandclickOK.
b.
Type1intheValuedatatextboxtodisableDFSandclickOK(defaultsetting).
6.
ClosetheRegistryEditorwindowsandrestartthesystem.
ConnectionManagerConfigurationWhenyouright-clickontheConnectionManagericoninthetaskbar,youmightnoticethattheConfiguremenuselectionisnotselectable.
Inearlierreleases,standarduserscouldselectandopentheConfigurationwindow,butcouldnotmakechanges.
Configurationchangesstillneedadministrativeprivileges,butinthisreleasetheConfigurationmenuselectionisonlyselectablewhenyouareanAdministrativeuser.
NewinVersion5.
125ATTOConfigurationModeSettingsThefollowingsectionsdescribedtheConnectionModesettingsintheATTOConfigurationToolwithAvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
1.
x.
ForchangeswhenusingthatWindowsVistaclients,see"ATTOConfigurationforWindowsVistaFiberChannelClients"onpage23.
ATTOConfigurationin2GbUnity(notLANshare)EnvironmentsIfyouareconnectingaFiberChannelclientusingasupportedATTOCelerityboardtoa2-GbVixelswitchrunningAvidUnityMediaNetworkv4.
1.
6,youmustmanuallyconfiguretheconnectionmodeontheclienttoAL(ArbitratedLoop).
Thissettingisrequiredforconnecting4-Gbclientstoa2-GbVixelfiberswitchwhilerunningAvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
1.
xclientsoftware.
TosettheConnectionModesetting:1.
CopytheATTOConfigurationToolfromtheAvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
1.
xinstallerkittotheAvidUnityFibreChannelclientandinstallthetool.
TheATTOConfigurationToolinstallerislocatedinthefollowinglocation:-(Windows)[InstallerDVDordownloadpackage]:\Drivers_Firmware\HostBusAdapters\ATTO\Utilities\Windows\3.
14\win_app_configtool_314.
exe-(Macintosh)[InstallerDVDordownloadpackage]:Drivers_Firmware_Mac\HostBusAdapters\ATTO\Utilities\OSX\3.
16\osx_app_configtool_316.
dmg2.
Double-clicktheinstallerfile,thetoolinstallsonlocalharddrive.
3.
Dooneofthefollowing:-(Windows)ClicktheStartbutton,andselectPrograms>ATTOConfigurationTool>ConfigurationTool.
-(Macintosh)NavigatetotheApplicationsfolderandthendouble-clickATTOConfiguration.
TheATTOConfigurationtoolopens.
4.
IntheDeviceListingwindow,navigatetotheappropriatechannelonyourhostadapter.
TheNVRAMConfigurationtabopens.
5.
ClicktheConnectionModemenu,andselectAL(ArbitratedLoop).
6.
ClickCommit.
7.
Restartyourcomputerforthechangetotakeeffect.
26LANshareFibreChannelConnectiontotheClientIfyouaredirectlyconnectingaFiberChannelclientusingasupportedATTOCelerityboardtoa4GbLANshareLPrunningAvidUnityMediaNetworkv4.
2.
4,a4GbLANshareEXrunningAvidUnityMediaNetworkv4.
2.
4,ortoa2GbLANshareEXrunningAvidUnityMediaNetworkv4.
1.
6,youmustmanuallyconfiguretheconnectionmodeontheclientwiththeFC-41ELtoPoint-to-Point(PTP).
Thissettingisrequiredforconnecting4Gbclientstoa2Gbor4GbLANshareserverwhilerunningAvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
1.
xclientsoftware.
nWhenusinganyotherCelerityATTOFiberChanneladapter,seetheATTOconfigurationlimitationduringupgradespage59.
ConnectingtotheLANshareenvironmentinAvidUnityMediaNetworkv4.
xispossiblebecausetheAvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
1.
xclientsoftwareallowsconnectionstoearlierAvidUnityMediaNetworkv4.
xservers.
ToresettheConnectionModesetting:1.
CopytheATTOConfigurationToolfromtheAvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
1.
xinstallerkittotheAvidUnityFibreChannelclientandinstallthetool.
TheATTOConfigurationToolinstallerislocatedinthefollowinglocation:-(Windows)[InstallerDVDordownloadpackage]:\Drivers_Firmware\HostBusAdapters\ATTO\Utilities\Windows\3.
14\win_app_configtool_314.
exe-(Macintosh)[InstallerDVDordownloadpackage]:Drivers_Firmware_Mac\HostBusAdapters\ATTO\Utilities\OSX\3.
16\osx_app_configtool_316.
dmg2.
Double-clicktheinstallerfile,thetoolinstallsonlocalharddrive.
3.
Dooneofthefollowing:-(Windows)ClicktheStartbutton,andselectPrograms>ATTOConfigurationTool>ConfigurationTool.
-(Macintosh)NavigatetotheApplicationsfolderandthendouble-clickATTOConfiguration.
TheATTOConfigurationtoolopens.
4.
IntheDeviceListingwindow,navigatetotheappropriatechannelonyourhostadapter.
TheNVRAMConfigurationtabopens.
5.
ClicktheConnectionModemenu,andselectPoint-to-Point(PTP).
6.
ClickCommit.
7.
Restartyourcomputerforthechangetotakeeffect.
NewinVersion5.
0.
227QlogicFibreChannelConnectiontotheClientIfyouareconnectingaFiberChannelclientusinganCelerityadapterboardtoaAvidUnityMediaNetworkinfrastructurerunningAvidUnityMediaNetworkv4.
1.
6,v4.
2.
4,orv5.
1.
xona4GbQlogicswitch,youshouldsettheboardtoPTPpreferredmode.
Thissettingiscommononsitesthatalreadyhaveconfiguredclients.
Forinstructiononsettingthemode,see"LANshareFibreChannelConnectiontotheClient"onpage26.
FixedinVersion5.
1Younolongerneedto"DisableNetBIOSoverTCP/IP"intheNetBIOSsettingpaneltofixalongdelaybeforeyourworkspaceappearsafteryourestartedaclientandmapaworkspaceforthefirsttime.
Theunexplained"Mac-36"errorthatyoumighthaveexperiencedwhendraggingfilestotheworkspacesnolongerappears.
Younowgetan"outofdiskspace"messagewhentheworkspaceisrunninglowonfreespace.
Evenifyouseethattheworkspacehasenoughspaceavailableforthefilesyouintendoncopying,youmustallowadditionalspaceforoverheadrequirements.
TheAvidUnityMediaNetworksoftwareuses256MBoftemporarytransientspaceperfilecopied,forasignificantnumberofsecondsbeforereleasingthespaceandreturningittoactualfreespaceforthefilemanager.
Avidrecommendsyouhaveaminimumof50GBofspacewhencopyingfiles.
Insomecases,evenmoremightberequired.
NewinVersion5.
0.
2AvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
0.
2isforMacintoshclientsonlyandrequiresanAvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
0.
1orlaterinfrastructure.
Thisreleasedoesnotincludeserversoftware.
AvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
0.
2includesthefollowingfix:TherewasaconditionwhenattemptingtocreateorsaveMXFmediatoaworkspacethatcausedaMacintoshkernelpanicerrorinMacintoshclients.
AfixwasimplementedtopreventthekernelpanicNewinVersion5.
0.
1ChangesweremadeintheAvidUnityMediaNetworksoftwareprotocolthatpreventsearlierversionsofAvidUnityMediaNetworkclientsfromconnectingtotheserver.
OnlyAvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
0.
1andlaterclientsaresupportedonAvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
0.
1.
28nIfyouhaveAvidUnityMediaNetworkclientsusingsoftwareversionv5.
0orearlier,youneedtoupdatetheclientsoftwarebeforethoseclientscanconnecttoAvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
0.
1.
AvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
0.
1includesthefollowingfixes:Previously,Macintoshclientsthatwereeditingandsavingsequencestoasharedbinwouldstopresponding.
Thisissuehasbeencorrected.
MacintoshclientsnolongerstoprespondingwhenattemptingtounmountworkspacesusingtheAvidUnityMediaNetworkFiberManagerorAppleFinder.
YourMacintosheditingapplicationnolongerstopsrespondingwhenexportinganAAF(format)clipat1:1(resolution)fromanAvidUnityMediaNetworkworkspace.
TheWindows2003serveroperatingsystemrunningontheAvidInterplayEnginenolongerstopsrespondingwhenstoppingandrestartingFileManager.
ForexampleifyouneededtostoptheFileManagerformaintenance,itnolongeraffectstheAvidInterplayEngineoperatingsystem.
UpdatesweremadeinAvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
0.
1toallowFinalCutProv6.
0andv5.
1.
xprojectfilestobesavedtoAvidUnityworkspaces.
Previously,anerrormessagewoulddisplaywhenattemptingtosaveFinalCutProprojectfilestoAvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
0.
PreviouslythefirstEthernetclienttomountaworkspacecausedotherclientstoreceive"AccessDenied"errormessageswhentryingtowritetothatworkspace.
Thisconditiononlyhappenedwhen"EnabledynamicmountingofMediaNetworkworkspaces"wasselected.
(ThissettingisintheAvidMediaEngine.
)NowmultipleuserscanwritetothesameworkspacewithoutreceivingAccessDeniedmessagesregardlessifusingdynamicorstaticmounting.
NewinVersion5.
0AvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
0introducednewserverandstoragehardwarethatprovideshigherperformancewhilereducingthesystemcomponentsneededinpreviousMediaNetworkreleases.
Thefollowinghighlightsthecomponentchanges:AvidUnityMediaEngineistheEthernetserver,designedtousethebuilt-inEthernetports.
OneEthernetclientcanconnectdirectlyintotheAvidUnityMediaEngineortheportcanbeusedtoconnectEthernetswitchessupportingupto20Ethernetclients.
HardwareandSoftwareRequirements29ThismodeldoesnotincludeaFibreChanneladapterboardbutitcanbepurchasedseparatelyasanoptiontogivetheAvidUnityMediaEngine,FibreChannelcapabilities.
YoumustpurchasetheFibreChanneladapterboardandaFibreChannelswitchtoaddoptionalAvidMEDIArrayXTstorage.
Upto25FibreChannelclientsaresupportedthroughtheFibreChannelswitch.
AvidMEDIArrayXTisadriveenclosurewithaFibreChannelconnectionusedtoconnecttoaFibreChannelswitch.
UptofourAvidMEDIArrayXTdriveenclosurescanbeaddedtoaAvidUnityMediaEngine.
HardwareandSoftwareRequirementsAvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
0.
1doesnotsupportanyearlierversionsofMediaNetworksoftware.
YoumusthaveAvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
0.
1orlatertousev5.
xhardware.
SupportedHardwareThefollowingtableliststhehardwarethatissupportedintheAvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
xenvironmentandwhichHBAisrequired.
WheninstallingtheATTOFibreChannelboard,see"ATTOBoardSlotLocation"onpage33forslotinformation.
SupportedHardwareHardwareHostBusAdapterServerandOperatingSystemAvidUnityMediaEngine,Windows2003ServerOptionalATTOCTFC-41XSStorageAvidMEDIArrayXT,WindowsXPProATTOCTFC-41XSATTOCTFC-42XSAvidMEDIArrayLP,WindowsXPProATTOCTFC-41XSEditorPlatformsHPZ800andZ400ATTOCTFC-41ESHPxw8600ATTOCTFC-41ESATTOCTFC-41ELIntelPro1000PTHPxw9300(AvidDSNitrisonly)ATTOCTFC-41XS30HPZ800,Z400,andxw8600WorkstationsTheHPZ800andZ400workstationsarenowqualifiedplatformsfortheAvideditingsystem.
Thebuilt-innetworkportsintheZ800andZ400workstationscanbeusedforEthernetconnectionstotheAvidUnityMediaNetworkinfrastructure.
HPxw8400nRequiresfour1-GBDIMMsofRAMintheHPxw8400workstation.
ATTOCTFC-41ESATTOCTFC-41ELHPxw8400(AvidDSNitrisonly)ATTOCTFC-41XSHPxw8200ATTOCTFC-41XSHPxw8000ATTOCTFC-41XSMacProwithOSXATTOCTFC-41ES(PCI-E)MacG5withOSXATTOCTFC-41ES(PCI-E)ATTOCTFC-41XS(PCI-X)InterplayServerPlatformsnFordetails,seetheAvidInterplaySoftwareInstallationandConfigurationGuide.
SR2400andSR2500(WindowsXP)ATTOCTFC-41XS(topslot,3)SR2400andSR2500(Windows2003Server)ATTOCTFC-41XS(topslot,3)EthernetSwitchesAsante35160-T—Cisco3560G-24TS—Cisco3750G-24TS—SMC8824—FibreSwitchMEDIASwitch16-4Gb(4gigabit)QLogic560216-port4GbFCswitchYoucanstackasecondswitchusingthe10-Gblink.
MEDIASwitch10-4Gb(4gigabit)QLogic140410port4GbFCswitchSupportedHardware(Continued)HardwareHostBusAdapterHardwareandSoftwareRequirements31Thebuilt-innetworkportsinthexw8600workstationcanbeusedforEthernetconnectionstotheAvidUnityMediaNetworkinfrastructureexceptwhenusingaWindowsVista,64-bitclientconnectedtoanAvidAdrenaline.
TheWindowsVista,64-bitclientwithanAvidAdrenalinerequiresthatyouusetheIntelPro1000PTforyourEthernetconnection.
UnsupportedHardwareThefollowinghardwarecomponentsarenotsupportedintheAvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
xenvironment:2GBswitches2GBstorage2GBMEDIArrayenclosuresFibreChannelATTO41ELAdapterBoardThissectionprovidesATTOCTFC-41ELFibreChanneladapterboardrestrictionswhenusedinAvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
1.
xclients.
Thisboardshouldonlybeinstalledinsoftware-onlyeditingclients,AvidMojoclients,andAvidAdrenalineclients.
DonotusetheboardATTOCTFC-41ELFibreChanneladapterboardinthefollowingconfigurations:AvidSymphonyNitrisAvidNitrisDXAvidMojoDXMacintoshProclientsSupportedSoftwareThefollowingtableslisttheoperatingsystemsandAvidclientsoftwarethataresupportedinAvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
1.
x.
SupportedSoftwareEditorOperatingSystemsandServicePacksSoftwareVersionWindows7(64-bit)WindowsVista(64-bit)ServicePack1andServicePack2WindowsXP(32-and64-bit)ServicePack2andServicePack3Windows2003Server(32-and64-bit)ServicePack2MacOSX(32-bitkernel)10.
4.
11,10.
5.
3–10.
5.
6,10.
6.
2andlater32EditingClientRequirementsforAvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
1.
xSoftwareReleaseNumberRequiredHardwareMediaComposerv2.
8.
3andlaterDualProcessorHPxw8000,HPxw8200,HPxw8400,orHPxw8600,Z400,orZ800MacintoshG5,MacPro,andDualQuad-CoreMacProsystems(8-coreprocessing)AvidInstinctv1.
8.
3andlaterWorkgroupEnvironmentAvidInterplayv1.
2.
3andlaterSR2400AvidSymphonyNitrisv1.
8.
3andlaterDualProcessorHPxw8200,HPxw9300,orDualQuad-CoreProcessorHPxw8400,Z400,orZ800MacPro,andDualQuad-CoreMacProsystems(8-coreprocessing)AvidDSNitrisv8.
4andlaterDualQuad-CoreProcessorHPxw8400orZ800NewsCutterandNewsCutterXPv6.
8.
3andlaterDualProcessorHPxw8000,HPxw8200,HPxw8400,orHPxw8600,Z400,orZ800AirSpeedv2.
7.
1andlaterAirSpeedMultiStreamv1.
0andlaterDigidesignProToolsHDv7.
4andv8.
0Windows—Real-timesupportisbasedonthenumberofclients,drives,samplerate,andeditdensity.
Forthemostuptodateinformation,searchforMediaNetworkat:http://www.
digidesign.
comMacintosh—Noreal-timesupport(push/pullonly)HardwareandSoftwareRequirements33ATTOBoardSlotLocationThefollowingillustrationidentifiestheATTOboardslotfortheWindowsplatforms.
HPZ800,HPZ400HPxw8600,HPxw8400,HPxw8200,HPxw8000HPxw9300SlotLocationsforATTOCelerityinSupportedWindowsComputersIn1/AOut1/AOut2/BIn2/BBaseCodecxw8400xw8400xw8600andxw8200SymphonyNitris,Adrenaline,Mojo,MojoSDI,MojoDX,andNitrisDXxw8000In1/AOut1/AOut2/BIn2/BBaseCodecATTOCelerityboardorIntelPro1000PTinxw8600withWindowsVista64andAdrenaline)ATTOCelerityboard100MHzSlotxw9300DSNitrisandDual-BootNitrisATTOCelerityboardPCI-Ex8(x4)SlotATTOCelerityboardZ400ATTOCelerityboardSlotZ800MojoSDI,MojoDX,andNitrisDX34ThefollowingillustrationidentifiestheATTOboardslotfortheMacintoshplatforms.
AvidsupportedMacintoshProrunningOSX10.
4.
11,10.
5.
6,or10.
6.
2andlaterAvidsupportedMacintoshG5runningOSX10.
4.
11or10.
5.
6SlotLocationsforATTOCelerityinSupportedMacintoshComputersMacProModelsMacPromodelswithIntelHarpertownandIntelXeonNehalemprocessorshavebeenqualified.
Avidfeelsthebestwaytoidentifyyourmodelistousethefollowingprocedure:ToidentifyyourMacPromodel:1.
ClicktheAppleiconandselectAboutThisMac.
2.
ClicktheMoreInfobuttonintheAboutThisMacwindow.
3.
IntheHardwareOverview,notetheModelIdentifier:-MacPro1,1andMacPro2,1—originalmodels-MacPro3,1—IntelHarpertown,Early2008model-MacPro4,1—IntelXeonNehalemmodelATTOCelerityboardMacintoshG5MacintoshProATTOCelerityboardslotforMacPromodelswithHarpertownandNehalemprocessorsHardwareandSoftwareRequirements35FibreChannelAdapterBoardFirmwareandDriversThefollowingtableliststherevisionsofsupportedfirmwareanddriverneededforFibreChannelboardsonserversandstorageforAvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
x.
ToloadFirmwareanddrivers,see"LoadingFibreChannelFirmwareandDrivers"onpage47.
nAvidshipsthemediaenginewiththescsiportdriver.
Thescsiportdriverisalsoloadedifyoureimagethemediaengine.
YouonlywouldneedtochangethesettingifyourantheATTOv2.
61utilityonthemediaengine.
TheATTOv2.
61driverutilityautomaticallyselectsthescsiportorstorportdriverforyourclient.
IfyouinstalltheATTOv2.
61driverontheWindows2003operatingsystem,theutilityinstallsthestorportdriver.
ThisisthecorrectdriverforaWindows2003client,butnotthedriverthatisqualifiedonthemediaengine.
Thefollowingproceduredescribeshowtoreinstallthescsiportdriveronthemediaengine.
ATTOFibreChannelAdapterBoardsFirmwareandDriverVersionsATTOCelerityFamilyPlatformFirmwareVersionDriverAvidUnityMediaEngine(ATTOFibreChannelboardoptional)December8,2006,v2.
5v2.
61scsiportAvidMEDIArrayXT—(optionalstorage,shipswithATTOFibreChannelboardinstalled)December8,2006,v2.
5v2.
61scsiportAvidMEDIArrayLP—(optionalstoragesupportedinAvidUnityMediaNetworkv4.
2.
xenvironments)December8,2006,v2.
5v2.
61scsiportWindows2003clientsDecember8,2006,v2.
5v2.
61storportWindowsXP32-bitclientsDecember8,2006,v2.
5v2.
61scsiportWindowsXP64-bitclientsDecember8,2006,v2.
5v2.
61storportWindowsVista32-bitand64-bitclientsDecember8,2006,v2.
5v2.
61storportMacclientsOSX10.
4.
11OSX10.
5.
xOSX10.
6.
2andlaterDecember8,2006,v2.
5December8,2006,v2.
5December8,2006,v2.
5v3.
21v3.
21v3.
42N/AN/AN/A36TocheckorchangethestorportdrivertothescsiportdriverontheAvidUnityMediaEngine:1.
NavigatetoC:\windows\system32\drivers\onthemediaengine.
2.
Right-clicktheClrtyFC.
sysdriverandselectProperties.
3.
ClicktheVersiontab.
UndertheDescription,itshouldsay"CelerityHBAWindowsx86scsiportdriver.
"4.
IfthedescriptionsaysstorportthenrenametheClrtyFC.
sysfiletoClrtyFC.
storport.
5.
CopythescsiportversionofClrtyFC.
sysfilefromtheAvidUnityMediaNetworkDVDtotheC:\windows\system32\driversfolder.
ThelocationofthescsiportClrtyFC.
sysfileontheDVDis:[DVDdrive]:\Drivers_Firmware\HostBusAdapters\ATTO\Drivers\Windows\Celerity\2.
61\32bit\6.
Restartthemediaengine.
WindowsXPFirewallIfyouinstallWindowsXPSP2onanAvidUnityclientsystem,makesuretodothefollowing:1.
StarttheSecurityCenterapplicationfromStart>AllPrograms>Accessories>SystemTools>SecurityCenter.
2.
ClickWindowsFirewall.
3.
IntheGeneraltab,makesureFirewallisturnedON.
4.
IntheExceptionstab,makesuretheAvidUnityConnectionManagerislistedintheexceptionslistandhasacheckmarknexttoit.
5.
IntheExceptionstab,makesuretheAvidUnityConnectionManagerislistedintheexceptionslistandhasacheckmarknexttoit.
6.
IntheAdvancedtab,navigatetotheICMPareaandclicktheSettingsbutton.
7.
Makesure"Allowincomingechorequests"hasacheckmarknexttoit.
8.
InthemainSecurityCenterwindow,clickAutomaticUpdate.
Makesurethe"TurnoffAutomaticWindowsUpdates"isselected.
UsingtheAvidUnityMediaNetworkHelpontheMacintoshWhenyouareusingthesearchfeatureintheAvidUnityMediaNetworkHelp,abugexistsifSafariisyourdefaultbrowser.
Youmightexperienceissueswhenperformingsearches.
YouneedtoemptytheSafaricacheinbetweensearches(SelectSafari>EmptyCache.
)ThissearchissuedoesnotoccurwhenusingFirefoxasyourbrowser.
AvidUnityMediaEngine37AvidUnityMediaEngineTheAvidUnityMediaEngineisaPC-compatiblesystemthatrunstheWindows2003serveroperatingsystemwithServicePack2.
TheAvidUnityMediaEnginesystemmustbededicatedtoserviceonlyAvidUnityworkgroups.
InstallonlytheAvidUnityworkgroupsoftwareandotherAvid-authorizedsoftwareonthesystem.
WhenyoupurchasetheoptionalFibreChannelboard,upto25FibreChannelclientsanduptoeightAvidMEDIArraydriveenclosuresthroughaFibreChannelswitch.
TheAvidUnityMediaEngineconnectsupto20EthernetclientsusingthebuiltingigabitEthernetboardwhichisconnectedtoanEthernetswitch.
AnoptionalFibreChanneladapterboardisavailableforconnectingadditionalstorageandFibreChannelclients.
MediaEngineandAvidMEDIArraySlotLocationsontheRearPanelThefollowingtableliststhestandardandoptionalboardsthataresupportedintheAvidUnityMediaEnginePCIslots.
SerialconnectorPowersupplymodulesMouse(top)Keyboard(bottom)USBconnectorsAlarmResetbuttonOptionalFibreChanneladapterintheAvidUnityMediaEnginePCIslotsVGAmonitorconnector2GigabitEthernetports71SupportedSlotConfigurationPCISlotInterfaceDescription1–5PCI,32-bitNoneTheseslotsarenotused.
Nooptionaladapterboardsaresupported.
38TheFibreChanneladapterboardsarenotinstalledintheAvidUnityMediaEnginewhenitships—youshouldinstallthemaccordingtotheprevioustable.
Formoreinformation,seetheAvidUnityMediaEngineSetupGuide.
FormoreinformationontheFibreChanneladapter,see"FibreChannelAdapterBoardFirmwareandDrivers"onpage35.
MemoryConfigurationAvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
1nowshipswithtwo2-GBmodulesinstalledforatotalof4GBofmemoryinthemediaengine.
AvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
0.
xshippedwithtwo1-GBmodules(2-GB)inthemediaengine.
ThisconfigurationisstillsupportedinAvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
1aslongasyoudonotinstall1TBdrivesinthemediaengineandMEDIArraydriveenclosures,ordonothavemorethanfourattachedMEDIArraydriveenclosures.
TosupportmorethanfourattachedMEDIArraydriveenclosuresor1TBdrives,youneedtoincreasethememoryinthemediaenginefrom2-GBto4GBofmemory.
MediaenginememoryupgradekitsareavailablefromAvid.
Formoreinformation,seeyourAvidrepresentative.
6PCI-XFibreChannelTheATTOCTFC-41XSadapterboardusedtoconnecttoaFibreChannelswitchoradditionalstorage.
ThisboardisstandardintheAvidMEDIArrayXT.
TheAvidMEDIArrayXTandMEDIArrayLPdriveenclosuresaddadditionalstorageandusesthisFibreChannelconnectiontoconnecttoaFibreChannelswitch.
nTheATTOCTFC-41XSboardisinstalledinslot3oftheAvidMEDIArrayLP.
Formoreinformation,see"SupportforEightDriveEnclosures"onpage20.
TheATTOCTFC-41XSadapterboardisoptional.
ItisrequiredwhenaddingadditionstoragetotheAvidUnityMediaEngine.
7PCIeInternal3wareSATARAIDThisslotcontainsa16-portPCI-ExpressSATARAIDcontrollerthatcontrolstheinternaldrives.
Noexternalconnectorsareavailable.
SupportedSlotConfiguration(Continued)PCISlotInterfaceDescriptionAvidUnityMediaEngine39SupportedDrivesforMediaNetworkAvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
1.
xsupports250GB,500GB,and1TBdrivesinthechassis.
AvidUnityMediaNetworkdriveswithlessstoragecapacityarenotsupportedinthemediaengineandMEDIArraydriveenclosures.
Asdrivesizeanddrivespeedimprove,newerdrivesarequalifiedforuse.
ContactyourAvidrepresentativeformoreproductinformation.
nAvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
1nowsupports1terabyte(TB)drivesinthemediaengineandMEDIArraydriveenclosures.
Tosupport1TBdrivesyouneedtoincreasethememory(RAM)inthemediaenginefrom2GBto4GB.
NewmediaenginesshippedwithAvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
1andlatercomeswith4GBofRAM.
MediaNetworkSystemConfigurationsAvidprovidesinformationaboutMediaNetworkconfigurationsthatarequalifiedwitheachMediaNetworkrelease.
ThisinformationshowsthenumberofactiveMediaNetworkclientsthatvariousMediaNetworkworkgroupscansupport.
Forconfigurationinformation,seeAvidUnityMediaNetworkConfigurationGuidelines.
nTheconfigurationinformationisaguidelineforMediaNetworkworkgroupstousebutdoesnotprovideforallthevariationsofMediaNetworkworkgroups.
ThenumberofMEDIArraydrivesinthedatadriveset,theuseofreal-timeeffects,anddigitizingorrecordingtoaprotectedorunprotectedworkspacewhileotherusersareworkingarefactorsthataffectMediaNetworkworkgroupperformance.
Also,youmightfindthatMediaNetworkworkgroupperformancedecreasesastheindividualclients'loadsincrease.
PortBlockingSomeusersneedtoblockportsontheAvidUnityMediaEnginetoprotecttheirsystems.
ThefollowinginformationprovidesyouwiththedefaultPortsusedbyAvidonthemediaengine.
OtherportsarenotusedbyAvidandcanbeblockedwithoutcausingproblemswiththeirsystem.
DefaultsPortsUsed:5000-FailOverFileManager.
Thisisreadinfromtheregistry.
IfthedefaultporthasbeenchangedusingtheSetupManager,themediaenginewilluseanewport.
6010-AvidUnityMediaEngineworkgroupconfiguration6012-AvidUnityMediaEngineloadbalancingforworkgroups.
Notlikelyused,butnotblocked.
6014-Licenseserver40ThefollowingportsallowCIFsauthenticationonaAvidUnityMediaEngine:137,138,139,and44553-Dependinguponyoursetupyoumightneedtoopenportnumber53toallowDomainNameServicestoconnectonaAvidUnityMediaEngine.
AvidMEDIArrayDriveEnclosuresTheAvidMEDIArraydriveenclosuresarePC-compatiblesystemsthatruntheWindowsXPProfessionaloperatingsystem.
TheAvidMEDIArraydriveenclosuremustbededicatedtoserviceonlytheworkgroup.
InstallonlytheAvidMEDIArrayworkgroupsoftwareandotherAvid-authorizedsoftwareontheAvidMEDIArraydriveenclosure.
MemoryConfigurationTheAvidMEDIArraydriveenclosuresshipwithtwo512MBmodulesinstalledforatotalof1GBofmemory.
DaisyChainingTheAvidUnityMediaEngineorAvidMEDIArraydriveenclosuresdonotsupportdaisychaining.
InstallingMediaNetworkSoftwareThefollowingsectionsdescribehowtoinstallyourMediaNetworksoftware.
AvidshipsallnewmediaenginesandAvidMEDIArraydriveenclosureswiththeappropriateoperatingsystem,drivers,andhotfixesalreadyinstalled.
nChecktheAvidKnowledgeBasefortheSecurityGuidelinesandBestPracticesdocumentforinformationonupdatesforallhotfixesandpatches.
WhenyouhavecompletedtheinstallationoftheAvidUnityMediaEnginesoftware,continuewiththeinstallationoftheclientsoftware.
Readthe"ClientSoftwareInstallation"onpage42andthenusetheAvidUnityMediaNetworkClientGuideformoreinformation.
InstallingMediaNetworkSoftware41SoftwareUpgradesWhenupgradingyourAvidUnityMediaNetworksoftwareonyourAvidUnityMediaEngine,usethenewinstallerDVDtoupgradetothenewsoftware.
WhenyourunthesoftwareinstallerfromtheDVD,youareguidedthroughtheupgradeprocesswhichwillfirstremovetheolderversion,theninstallnewversion.
AvidUnityMediaEngineandTransferManagerThereisanintermittentinteractionproblembetweentheMediaNetworksoftwareontheAvidUnityMediaEngineandtheTransferManager.
IfyoustoptheMediaNetworksoftwarewhiletheTransferManagerhasworkspacesmountedfortransferringmedia,boththeAvidUnityMediaEngineandtheTransferManagermustberebooted.
Afterbothsystemsarerebooted,theTransferManagershowsalloftheAvidUnityMediaEnginedrivesmountedaslocaldrivesintheMyComputerwindow.
BecausetheTransferManagerdoesnotknowaboutthesedrives,double-clickingadrivedisplaysamessageaskingifyouwanttoformatthedrive.
Ifyouseethismessage,clickNo.
TounmounteachoftheAvidUnityMediaEnginedrivesfromtheTransferManager:1.
Right-clicktheMyComputericononthedesktop,andselectManage.
TheComputerManagementwindowopens.
2.
IntheleftpaneoftheComputerManagementwindow,clickDiskManagement.
Therightpaneshowsalistofavailabledrives.
3.
Right-clickadriveotherthanCorD(thesearethesystemsoftwaredriveandtheAvidsoftwaredrive),andselectChangeDriveLetterandPath.
TheChangeDriveLetterandPathforXappears,whereXisthedriveletter.
4.
SelectthedriveinthedialogboxandclickRemove.
5.
ClickClose.
ThedrivenolongerappearsintherightpaneoftheComputerManagementwindow.
6.
Repeatsteps1to5foreachoftheAvidUnityMediaEnginedrives.
7.
ReboottheTransferManager.
TimeSynchronizationAvidrecommendsthatyourunonlyonetimesynchronizationutilityonyourworkgroupclients.
Youshoulduseonlyoneofthefollowingrecommendationswhensettinguptimesynchronization:tSynchronizetheAvidUnityMediaEnginetoasynchronizationsourceandthensynchronizeallworkgroupclientstothemediaengine.
42tSynchronizetheAvidUnityMediaEngineandalltheclientstothesamesynchronizationsource.
ForaMediaNetworkclienttosynchronizeitstimewiththeAvidUnityMediaEngine,theclientneedstomaintainaconnectiontotheAvidUnityMediaEngine.
Theconnectionsarecreatedasfollows:WindowsFibreChannelclientsautomaticallycreateaconnectiontotheAvidUnityMediaEnginewhentheclientboots.
Noworkspacesneedtobemounted.
MacintoshFibreChannelclients,orWindowsandMacintoshEthernetclientsmustmountaworkspacetocreateaconnectiontotheAvidUnityMediaEngine.
ClientSoftwareInstallationAsyouinstalltheMediaNetworksoftwareonyourclientsyouneedtobeawareofsomegeneralinformationthatisnotinthemanuals.
Thefollowingsectionsexplainthatinformation.
nTheAvidUnityMediaNetworkserverandclientsoftwarehaveseparateinstallerDVDs.
ThisreducesthenumberofsplashscreenselectionpreviouslydocumentedintheAvidUnityMediaNetworkClientGuide.
Toinstalltheclientsoftware:1.
LoadtheClientInstallationDVDintotheclientworkstationDVDdrive.
Waitfortheauto-playtodisplaythesplashscreen.
2.
ClickInstallProducts.
3.
Clicktheappropriateinstallerforyourclientandfollowtheprompts:tFibreAttachClienttEthernetAttachClientUserPermissionsThefollowingisasummaryofthepermissionneededwheninstallingandusingtheAvidUnityclientsoftwareonWindowsandMacintoshworkstations:Macintoshclient—TheAdministratornameandpasswordarerequiredtoinstalltheMacintoshclientsoftware.
Allusershavefullclientfunctionality.
WindowsXPclient—AuseraccountwithAdministratorprivilegesarerequiredtoinstalltheclientsoftware.
AusermaybeeitheraPoweruseroraRestrictedUserforfullclientfunctionality.
ClientSoftwareInstallation43WindowsVistaandWindows7clients—TheAdministratornameandpasswordarerequiredtoinstalltheclientsoftware.
AusermaybeeitheraStandarduseroranAdministratoruserforfullclientfunctionality.
InstallingWindowsClientsWindowsAutologinAvidrecommendsthatyouturnofftheWindowsAutologinfeaturethattakesyoudirectlytoadesktopwhenyoubootthesystemratherthandisplayingaloginwindow.
AutologinpreventssomenecessaryAvidfilesfrominitializingproperlyandthispreventstheConnectionManagerfrommountingworkspacesonthedesktop.
ForinformationaboutturningoffAutologin,seeyourWindowsdocumentationorHelp.
InstallingMacOSXClientsThefollowingsectionsapplytoMacOSXclientinstallations.
MacOSXAutologinAvidrecommendsthatyouturnofftheMacOSXAutologinfeaturethattakesyoudirectlytothedesktopwhenyoubootthesystemratherthandisplayingaloginwindow.
AutologinpreventssomenecessaryAvidfilesfrominitializingproperlyandthiscouldpreventtheConnectionManagerfrommountingworkspaces.
ForinformationaboutturningoffAutologin,seeyourAppledocumentationorHelp.
FibreChannelandEthernetClientSoftwareAviddoesnotsupportrunningboththeFibreChannelclientsoftwareandtheEthernetclientsoftwareonthesameMacOSXclient.
ConnectionManagerTheConnectionManagercandisplayupto400workspacesintheConnectionsManagerwindow.
DNSServerMacOSXEthernetclientsneedtoconnecttoanetworkthathasadomainnameservices(DNS)serversothattheycanproperlyidentifyserversandclientsthatarepartofthenetwork.
IfyoudonotplanonconnectingtheMediaNetworkworkgrouptoanetworkthatcontainsaDNSserver,AvidrecommendsthatyouinstallandconfigureaDNSserveronyourmediaengine.
ToinstallandconfiguretheDNSserver,seetheAppendixintheAvidUnityMediaEngineandAvidMEDIArrayXTSetupGuide.
44AutomaticSoftwareUpdatesAvidrecommendsthatyoudonotautomaticallyupdateanyoftheApplesoftwareonyourMacOSXclient.
AutomaticApplesoftwareupdatescanleadtounpredictableAvidsoftwarebehaviors.
Toturnoffautomaticsoftwareupdates:1.
SelecttheApplePmenu>SystemPreferences.
TheSystemPreferenceswindowopens.
2.
ClickSoftwareUpdate.
TheSoftwareUpdatewindowopens.
3.
ClicktheUpdateSoftwaretab.
Theavailableupdateoptionsappear.
4.
Deselectthe"Checkforupdates"radiobutton.
5.
ClosetheSoftwareUpdatewindowtosavethechange.
BackgroundTasksMacOSXrunsseveralbackgroundtasksdaily,weekly,andmonthly.
Thetaskscleanupsystemdatabasesandrunbetween3:15A.
M.
and5:30A.
M.
Ifthesebackgroundtasksaremissedforaperiodoftime,theycantakeseveralminutestocomplete,theyrunatahighersystempriorityfromAvidapplicationsandutilities,andwillaffecttheperformanceofallrunningapplicationswhiletheyareinprogress.
Ifyounormallyuseyoursystemduringthetimewhenthebackgroundtasksarerunning,considerchangingthetimewhenthesetasksrun.
Autility,CronniX,allowsyoutoeasilychangethetimewhenthebackgroundtasksrun.
ItisavailablefromthefollowingWebsite:http://www.
koch-schmidt.
de/cronnix/MacintoshHiddenFilesWhenaMacOSXclientwritesfilestoworkspaces,itactuallywritetwofiles:avisiblefileandahiddenfile(theresourcefork).
Visiblefilesusuallycontainonlyaniconfromthecreatorapplicationandthenameofthefile.
Thehiddenfilesappearasaniconfollowedbyaperiod(.
),anunderscore(_),orthefilenameonWindowsclients.
nTheMacOSXversionofAvidComposerProductssoftwaredoesnotcreatehiddenfiles.
Whenyouencounterahiddenfile,youshoulddothefollowing:Leavethehiddenfilesastheyare.
DonotdeleteorremovethesefilesfromtheMediaNetworkworkspace.
Openfilesbyclickingthevisiblefilenameorthevisiblefileicon.
InformationAboutAvidUnityMediaEngine45InformationAboutAvidUnityMediaEngineThefollowingsectionsprovideinformationthatyoushouldknowregardingallAvidUnityMediaNetworkworkgroups.
FibreChannelAdapterBoardsAvidUnityMediaEnginesystemssupportoneATTOCTFC-41XS(PCI-X)adapterboardforconnectingaFibreChannelswitch,whichinturnconnectsclientsandadditionalstorage.
DiskSoftwareWhenyouuseyourAvidUnityMediaEngineyoumightrunintothefollowingscenarios,theyappearasproblems,buttheyarenot.
WhenyouopentheSetupManageryoumightobservedisksthatarelabeledsomethingotherthanAvid.
WhilecreatinganewDataDrivesetitispossibletoreceiveadialogboxthatreads:SomeoftheselecteddrivesmaynothavethecorrectfirmwareClickOKandignorethedialogbox.
Neitherofthesesituationseffectsystemperformanceandshouldnotbecauseforconcern.
Thesoftwarethatdeterminesthedrivetypeandfirmwareisbeingchangedtoreflecttotheproperdrives.
HotSwappingAvidUnityMediaEngineSystemDrivesTheAvidUnityMediaEnginedoesnotsupporthotswappingthedrivesinthedriveset.
YoushouldnotremoveadrivefromaAvidUnityMediaEnginewhileitisrunning.
AvidUnityMediaEngineDirectoryandFileLimitsAvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
xsupports10,000directoriesandupto500,000files.
Youcanincreasethenumberofdirectoriesonthefilesystemtomorethan10,000.
Doingso,however,decreasesthetotalnumberoffilesyoucanstore,by32,000,eachtimeyoucrossa10,000-directoryboundary.
MediaNetworkwarnsyouifyouexceedeitherthedirectoryorthefilelimits.
ThefollowingtableshowsthedynamicrelationshipbetweenthenumberofdirectoriesyouhaveandthenumberoffilesyoucanstoreonaAvidUnityMediaEnginewith2-GBofmemory.
46VirusProtectionIfyouareconnectedtotheinternet,AvidrecommendsyoumanuallyselectyourWindowsupdatesandinstallthemduringascheduledmaintenanceintervals.
Someupdatesrequirethatyourestartyoursystem.
Inaddition,antivirusprogramsthatcontainautoscanningfeatures(forexampleFileSystemAuto-protectorscanningfilesonnetworkdrives)arenotsupported.
AccesstheKnowledgeBaseatwww.
avid.
com/securityupdateandreviewtheMicrosoftSecurityBulletinAddendumdocument.
ThislinkalsoincludesantivirussoftwaresupportonAvidproductswhichcanbefoundintheAvidSecurityGuidelinesandBestPracticesdocument.
cVirusprotectionsoftwareandWindowsupdateswillresultinworkflowinterruptions,andshouldbeperformedduringascheduledmaintenanceinterval.
WorkgroupsandSoundDesignerIIAudioFilesSoundDesignerIIfilesarenotsupportedonMacintoshclientsinaworkgroup.
DonotimportexistingprojectswithSoundDesignerIIfilesintoAvidUnityMediaNetworksystem.
Fornewprojects,useadifferentdefaultfileformat,suchasAIFF-C.
StartingNewProjectsorConvertingExistingProjectsTosettheaudiofileformatwhenyoustartanewprojectorconvertanexistingproject:1.
Double-clickAudioProjectintheSettingsscrolllistoftheProjectwindow.
2.
ClicktheAudioFileFormatpop-upmenu,andselecteitherOMF(AIFF-C)orOMF(WAVE).
3.
ClickOK.
AnySoundDesignerIIfilesyousubsequentlyimportordigitizeareconvertedtotheselectedformat.
AvidUnityMediaEngineDirectoriesandFilesDirectoriesMaximumFilesAvidUnityMediaEngine10,000500,00020,000468,00030,000436,000LoadingFibreChannelFirmwareandDrivers47ProblemswithExistingorConvertedProjectsTofixSoundDesignerIIfilesinaconvertedorexistingprojectwheretheSoundDesignerIIformatwasnotconverted:1.
Makealistofthefilesthatarepresentingproblems.
2.
RecaptureorreimportthefilesandconvertthemtoeitherOMF(AIFF-C)orOMF(WAVE).
LoadingFibreChannelFirmwareandDriversIfyouhavepurchasedanewAvidUnityMediaNetworksystem,youmightneedtoloadnewATTOHostBusAdaptersdriversonyourWindowsorMacOSXeditingsystems.
AvidUnityMediaNetworksoftwareDVDincludestheneededdrivers,firmware,andconfigurationtoolforthesupportedboards.
Foralistofsupporteddriverversion,see"FibreChannelAdapterBoardFirmwareandDrivers"onpage35.
nAvidhasloadedtheproperfirmwareontheATTOCelerityboardpriortodeliveryofyoursystem.
InstallingtheATTOConfigurationUtilityonMacOSXSystemsTheATTOConfigurationUtilityallowsyouto:UpgradethefirmwareontheATTOFibreChanneladapterboard.
Displayadapterspecificsettings.
Displayconnecteddevices.
ToinstalltheATTOconfigurationutility:1.
LoginasAdministrator.
2.
InserttheMediaNetworkDVDintotheDVDdrive.
TheAvidUnityInstallationwindowopensafterapproximately1minute.
3.
ClicktheExitbuttontoclosetheinstallationwindow.
4.
OntheAvidUnityMediaNetworkDVD,browseto(4Gbboard):[DVD]:\Drivers_Firmware\HostBusAdapters\ATTO\Utilities\Windows\3.
14\win_app_configtool_314.
exe5.
Double-clickthewin_app_configtool_314.
exefile(4Gbboard).
TheATTOConfigurationToolWindowopens.
6.
ClickNext.
TheLicenseWindowopens.
487.
Select"Iaccept"andclickNext.
TheChooseInstallFolderwindowopens.
8.
ClickNext,orchangeinstallpathandclickNext.
ThePre-InstallationSummaryWindowopens.
9.
ClickInstall.
WhentheinstallationiscompletetheInstallCompleteWindowopens.
10.
ClickDone.
UpgradingtheATTOPhantomDevicenYouonlyneedtoupgradetheATTOPhantomDeviceifyouhavenotdoneitinpreviousreleases.
Ifyouhaveperformedthisprocedureinanyotherreleaseyoucanskipthisprocedure.
TheATTOPhantomDevicewillonlyloadwhentheATTOFibreChanneladapterboardcannotfindanydevices.
Toupgradethisdevice,youmustdisconnecttheFibreChannelcablefromtheATTOFibreChanneladapterboard.
TheATTOPhantomDevicewillappearintheDeviceManagerafteryoudisconnecttheFibreChannelcable.
Keepthecabledisconnecteduntilthefirmwareupgradeiscomplete.
ToupgradetheATTOPhantomDevice:1.
DisconnectFibreChannelcablesfromtheATTOadapterboard.
2.
Right-clickonMyComputerandselectManage.
TheComputerManagementWindowopens.
3.
SelectDeviceManager.
TheDeviceManageropens.
4.
Clicktheplussign(+)nexttoSystemDevices.
5.
Right-clickontheATTOPhantomDeviceandselectProperties.
6.
ClicktheDrivertabinthePropertieswindow.
7.
ClickUpdateDriverinDrivertab.
8.
InUpgradeDeviceDriverWizard.
-DonotletWindowsselectthedriver,clicktheoptionsthatallowyoutopickthedriver.
-NavigatetotheATTOMTLN.
inffileontheDVD.
9.
ClickOpenintheLocateFileWindow.
YouwillreceiveanincorrectlistofdevicesintheSelectaDeviceDriverWindow.
ThePhantomDevicehaschangedfromaSCSIandRAIDdevicetoaSystemdevice.
LoadingFibreChannelFirmwareandDrivers49nThisprocessappliestothefirstPhantomDeviceyouupgradeonthesystem.
Afteryouupgradethefirstdevice,onsystemswithmultiplePhantomDevices,subsequentdevicesdisplaythecorrectSystemdevice.
10.
ClickNextintheSelectDeviceDriverInstallationwindow.
11.
ClickFinish.
ThedriverversionofthePhantomDeviceshouldbev1.
0inthePropertieswindowyouopenedinstep5.
12.
ClosethePropertieswindow.
13.
Repeatsteps5to19foreachPhantomDevicelisted.
14.
Reconnectthecables.
UpgradingtheATTOFibreChannelDriverontheAvidUnityMediaEngineUsethefollowinginstructionstoupgradetheATTOFibreChanneldriverinyourWindowsFibreChannelclientorAvidMEDIArray.
ToupdatetheATTOv2.
51tov2.
61scsiportdriverontheAvidUnityMediaEngine:1.
NavigatetoC:\windows\system32\driversonthemediaengine.
2.
RenametheClrtyFC.
sysdrivertoClrtyFC.
251.
3.
CopythescsiportversionofClrtyFC.
sysfilefromtheAvidUnityMediaNetworkDVDtotheC:\windows\system32\driversfolder.
ThelocationofthescsiportClrtyFC.
sysfileontheDVDis:[DVDdrive]:\Drivers_Firmware\HostBusAdapters\ATTO\Drivers\Windows\Celerity\2.
61\32bit\4.
Restartthemediaengine.
5.
Toverifythatthecorrectdriverwasinstalled,navigatetoC:\windows\system32\driversonthemediaengine.
6.
IfthedescriptionsaysstorportthenrenametheClrtyFC.
sysfiletoClrtyFC.
storport.
7.
Right-clicktheClrtyFC.
sysdriverandselectProperties.
8.
ClicktheVersiontab.
UndertheDescription,itshouldsay"CelerityHBAWindowsx86scsiportdriver.
"UpgradingtheATTOFibreChannelDriveronClientsorAvidMEDIArrayEnclosuresUsethefollowinginstructionstoupgradetheATTOFibreChanneldriverinyourWindowsFibreChannelclientorAvidMEDIArray.
50ToupdatetheATTOv2.
51tov2.
61driverontheclientsorAvidMEDIArray:nYoumustbeloggedinasanAdministratortoupgradedrivers.
1.
InserttheMediaNetworkDVDintotheclientDVDdrive.
TheMediaNetworksoftwareinstallationwindowopensafterapproximately1minute.
2.
ClicktheExitbuttontoclosetheinstallationwindow.
3.
BrowsefortheCTFC-4xxxdriverontheMediaNetworkDVD,goto:\Drivers_Firmware\HostBusAdapters\ATTO\Drivers\Windows\Celerity\2.
614.
Double-clickSetup.
exe.
TheATTOWindowsDriverInstalleropens.
5.
ClickInstall.
Asetupinstallationmessageappears.
6.
ClickOKinthemessagebox.
AHardwareInstallationmessageinformsyouthatthedriverdoesnotpasstheWindowsLogotesting.
7.
ClickContinueAnyway(WindowsXP)orclickInstallthissoftwareanyway(WindowsVista)attheHardwareInstallationdialogbox.
AmessageinformsyouthattheATTOWindowsdriverinstallationhascompletedsuccessfully.
8.
ClickOK.
nThereisaFakeCommdriverwindowthatappearsimmediatelyafterinstallingtheATTOdriverforthefirsttimeoriftheswitchportshavechanged(badportsormovedfibercables).
Thewindowappearsbecausethe"target"portsneedtobeconfiguredorreconfiguredwiththenewlocationofthefibercable.
WhenevertheFakeCommdriverrequestwindowappears,choosethedefaultoption"LocateandInstalldriversoftware(recommended).
"TheATTOdriverswillbelocated,installedanditwillconfigurethetargetport.
UpgradingtheATTOFirmwareYoudonotneedtoupdateanyATTOfirmwareforAvidMediaNetworkv5.
xbutthisprocedureisprovidedforanyfutureneedthatmightarise.
MakesuretheFibreChannelcablesaredisconnectedfromtheATTOFibreChanneladapterboardbeforeyouproceed.
ToupgradetheATTOfirmwareusingtheATTOConfigurationUtility:1.
ClicktheStartbutton,andselectPrograms>ATTOConfigurationTool>ConfigurationTool.
TheConfigurationtoolopens.
2.
FromtheDeviceListingwindow,clicktheplussign(+).
TheHostsWindowopens.
LoadingFibreChannelFirmwareandDrivers513.
Clicktheplussign(+).
TheLocalhostWindowopens.
4.
ClicktheATTOCTFC-4xxxthatappearsunderlocalhost.
5.
ClicktheFlashtabthatappearstotherightoftheMainWindow.
6.
ClicktheBrowsenavigatetheAvidUnityMediaNetworkDVDtotheflashbundlefilestoredat:Drivers_Firmware\HostBusAdapters\ATTO\Firmware\Windows\Celerity\2.
507.
ClickontheflashbundleandclickOpen.
8.
ClicktheUpdatebutton.
nThesystemappearstohangforseveralsecondswhiletheflashoccurs.
9.
Whentheflashcompletes,clickOKandquittheConfigurationUtility.
10.
ReboottheWindowsclientforchangestotakeeffect.
nIfyouhavemultipleATTOFibreChanneladapterboardstoupgrade,clickNototherebootmessageuntilyouhavecompletedupgradingalloftheboardsinyoursystemandthenrebootthesystembeforeupgradingtheMediaNetworksoftware.
WhenyouhavecompletedinstallingtheATTOdriverandfirmware,returntotheprocedurethatdirectedyouhereandcompletetheupgradeprocedure.
SoftwareInstallOrderwithMacOSXSystemsInstallthesoftwareinthefollowingorder:InstalltheATTOdriversandfirmware(ifneeded)onyourMacintoshclientsystemLoadthev5.
0.
1.
10firmwareintothenewMEDIASwitch16-4Gb(Q-Logic)InstallyourAvidUnityMediaNetworksoftwareonyourMacOSX10.
4.
11orlaternWheninstallingsoftwareontheMacintoshsystemyouwillneedtheAdministrationPassword.
InstallingATTODriversandFirmwareonMacOSXSystemsThefollowingsectionsdescribehowtoupgradeATTOfirmwareanddriversfortheMacOSXoperatingsystem.
LoadthedriversandfirmwarefortheATTOboardsonWindowsOperatingsystem,see"UpgradingtheATTOFibreChannelDriveronClientsorAvidMEDIArrayEnclosures"onpage49.
InstallingtheATTOConfigurationToolTheATTOConfigurationToolallowsyouto:52UpgradethefirmwareonATTOFibreChanneladapterboards.
Displayadapterspecificsettings.
Displayconnecteddevices.
ToinstalltheATTOConfigurationTool:1.
InserttheAvidUnityMediaNetworkDVDintotheMacintoshclientDVDdrive.
2.
DisconnecttheFibreChannelcablefromtheATTOFibreChanneladapterboardintheMacOSXclient.
3.
OntheMediaNetworkDVDnavigateto(ATTO4-GbCelerity):[DVD]:Drivers_Firmware_Mac\HostBusAdapters\ATTO\Utilities\OSX\3.
16\osx_app_configtool_316.
dmg4.
Double-clickConfigurationapplication(.
app).
TheATTOConfigurationToolwindowopens.
5.
EntertheAdministratorpassword.
6.
Followtheon-screenpromptsacceptingtherecommendeddefaults.
7.
WhentheInstallCompletescreenappears,clickDone.
8.
ReconnecttheFibreChannelcable.
9.
RestarttheMacOSXclient.
ToupgradetheATTOFibreChanneldriver:1.
DeterminewhichMacOSisinstalledonyourMacintoshclient.
-MacintoshSnowLeopard(10.
6.
2andhigher)clientsrequirethenewer3.
42driverbundle.
-Macintoshclientsrunningon10.
4.
11and10.
5.
xcancontinueusingthe3.
21bundle.
Forspecificinformation,seethe"ATTOFibreChannelAdapterBoardsFirmwareandDriverVersions"onpage35.
2.
AccesstheATTOFibreChanneldriverfromoneofthefollowinglocations:a.
InserttheMediaNetworkDVDintotheMacintoshclientDVDdrive.
b.
OntheMediaNetworkDVD,navigateto:(forATTOCelerityCTFC-41XSboard)[DVD]:Drivers_Firmware_Mac\HostBusAdapters\ATTO\Drivers\OSX\Celerity\3.
21\OrtDownloadtheosx_drv_celerity_342.
dmgfilefromtheAvidDownloadCenter(http://www.
avid.
com/US/support/downloads).
3.
Double-clicktheosx_drv_celerity_321.
dmgorosx_drv_celerity_342.
dmgLoadingFirmwareintotheMEDIASwitch16-4Gb534.
Double-clicktheATTOCelerityFC_321.
pkgorATTOCelerityFC_342.
pkg.
5.
Followtheon-screenpromptsacceptinglicenseagreementandtherecommendeddefaultstoinstallthesoftware.
6.
Whenthedriverinstallationfinishes,restarttheMacOSXclient.
LoadingFirmwareintotheMEDIASwitch16-4GbAvidUnityMediaNetworkv5.
xsoftwareusestheMEDIASwitch16-4GbortheMEDIASwitch104-Gb.
Ifyouareinstallinganewsystemtheproperfirmwareisalreadyloaded.
NoFirmwareupdateisnecessaryontheMEDIASwitch104-Gbswitchatthistime.
IfyouarebringingforwardanexistingMEDIASwitch16-4Gb,afirmwareupdateisrequired.
ToloadthefirmwareintotheMEDIASwitch16-4Gbyouneedthefollowing:Thenewversion5.
0.
1.
10firmwareAcrossovercableAninstalledAvidUnitysystemwithSANsurfersoftwareinstalledonaPC.
Thiswouldnormallybethemediaengine.
Toloadthenewfirmware:nIfyouhavetwoMEDIASwitch16-4GbsandthemediaengineandswitchesareconnectedtoanEthernetnetwork,youshouldturnoffoneswitchbeforerunningMediaSwitchManager16softwareforthefirsttimetoconfiguretheswitchIPaddresses.
ThispreventsthesoftwarefromseeingduplicateIPaddressesthatcancauseittonotrecognizeeitherswitch.
ToinstallMEDIASwitch16-4Gbsoftware:1.
ClicktheStartbuttonandpointtoPrograms>MediaSwitchManager,andselectMediaSwitchManager.
nIfyouhavepreviouslystoredthedefaultfabricviewyouwillbeaskedtoentertheencryptioncode.
Donottypeanythingin,justclickOKandcontinuetostep4.
2.
Clickoneofthefollowing:tIfyouhaveaviewalreadyloadedclickLoadViewFile-GotoStep7tIfyoudonothaveaviewalreadyloadedclickContinueWithoutLoadingView—Gotostep4.
3.
ClickAdd.
(thisrequiresIPaddress,login,andpassword)andclickProceed.
TheAddaNewFabricwindowopens.
544.
Enterthefollowing:-TheIPaddressoftheswitchForexample;192.
168.
1.
129-Atlogin:enteradmin-ATpassword:enterpassword(alllowercase)5.
ClickAddFabric6.
ANon-secureconnectionwindowopens,clickOK.
TheTopologywindowopens,showingyoutheselectedswitchinyourFabric.
7.
Clickthehandleintheleftpaneofthewindow.
ThisdisplaystheswitchesthatareinyourFabricusingtheSwitchFaceplateview.
8.
Double-clicktheSwitchintheleftpanethatyouneedtoloadfirmware.
9.
FromtheSwitchMenuselectLoadFirmware.
TheLoadFirmwarewindowopens.
10.
ClickBrowsefromtheLoadFirmwarewindowandbrowsetothelocationofthenewv5.
0.
1.
10firmwarefile.
11.
SelectthefileandclickOpen.
12.
FromtheLoadFirmwareWindowclicktheStartbutton.
AFirmwareUploadMessageboxopens.
13.
ClickOKtocontinuetheinstallation.
Whencompletedan"ActivateSuccessful"messageappears.
14.
Click"Close"toexittheFirmwareUtilitywhenthefirmwarehasbeenloaded.
15.
Closeallopenwindowsandprograms.
UsingtheProductRecoveryDVDIfyouneedtorestoreyourmediaengineorotherMediaNetworksystemsbyinstallingtheProductRecoveryDVD,rememberthattheprocedurerestoresonlytheoperatingsystemanddrivers.
ItdoesnotrestoretheMediaNetworksoftware.
TheMediaNetworksoftwaremustbereinstalledseparately,aftertheoperatingsystemrecoveryiscomplete.
HandleSwitchUsingBackupSoftware55WhenrecoveringtheWindowsoperatingsystem,youneedtoruntheWindowsSetuputilitytosettheoperatingsystemparameters.
YouneedtohavetheWindowslicensenumbertotypeinaspartoftheconfiguration.
DependingontheWindowsoperatingsystemyouareusing,AvidprovidestheWindowoperatingsystemlicensenumberonastickeronthesideofthechassis.
ThisstickerisshippedintheboxandmustbeattachedtothesideoftheenclosurewhensettingthemediaengineorMEDIArrayXT.
cIfreimagingtheMEDIArrayLP,youmustusetheProductRecoversDVDfromtheAvidUnityMediaNetworkv4.
2.
xrelease.
ForanupdatedprocedureonhowtouseAvidProductRecoveryDVDsandperformtheWindowsActivationprocess,searchforthe"ProductRecoveryDVDandWindowsActivationProcess"postedonAvidKnowledgeBase.
Gotowww.
avid.
com/US/support.
UsingBackupSoftwareThereareseveralnon-AvidapplicationsavailableforbackingupyourAvidUnitysystem:LegatoNetWorkerARCserveDantzRetrospectYou'llneedthefollowinghardwaretoperformthesebackups:Aseparateservertoruntheserverportionofthebackupsoftware,ifrequired.
Thisservercannotbethemediaengine.
Atapedrive,attachedtothebackupserver,thatissupportedbythebackupsoftware.
AclientattachedtotheworkgroupthatcanmountalloftheMediaNetworkworkspaces.
ThiscanbeeitheraWindowsoraMacintoshclient,assupportedbythebackupsoftware,thatisalreadyaworkgroupclient.
ForadditionalinformationonusingthesebackupapplicationstobackupyourMediaNetworkworkgroup,seethebackupapplicationnotesincludedwithyourMediaNetworkdocumentationorcontactAvidCustomerSupport.
DocumentationChangeThefollowingareupdatestotheAvidUnityMediaNetworkAdministrationGuide.
56RecoveringandReplacingDrivesTheAvidUnityMediaNetworkAdministrationGuidedescribeshowtoreplaceadriveinAppendixAunderaheading"RecoveringandReplacing.
"YounowmustrestartyourAvidUnityMediaNetworkbeforeyoucandesignateareplacementdriveasaspare.
Theprocesshasbeenupdatedsincetheguidewaspublished,theupdatedprocedureisasfollows:nThisprocedureassumesyouhadadrivedesignatedasasparebeforethefailure.
cIfyoudonothaveasparedrivedesignatedandexperienceadrivefailure,thisproceduredoesnotapplyandyouareatriskofdatalossifadrivefails.
Toperformadriverecovery:1.
SelectStart>AllPrograms>AvidUnity>SetupManager.
TheSetupManagerwindowopens.
2.
IftheDataDriveSetgroupisnotalreadyselectedintheAvailableDriveGroupslist,clickitsentrytodisplayalltheattachedactiveandsparedatadrives.
3.
Ensurethatthereisaspare,same-sizedatadrivetoreplacethefaileddatadrive.
4.
Ctrl+clickthedrivetobereplacedandthesparedrivetoselectthem.
5.
SelectRecover>RecoverFailedDataDrive.
TheRecoverConfirmationdialogboxopens.
6.
ClickYestorecovertheselecteddrive.
Adialogboxopens,askingyoutochoosetoleaveclientsconnectedordisconnectthem.
7.
Dooneofthefollowing:tClickYestostarttheonlinedrivereplacement.
tClickNoifyouwanttodisconnectallclientsandperformanofflinereplacement.
Aprogressindicatorappears,showingthattheSetupManagerisperforminganonlinedriverecovery.
Writingtodisksisblockedforabriefperiodattheendofonlinerecovery.
Whenthedatadrivesethasbeenrecoveredfromanonlinerepair,theprogressindicatorcloses.
AdialogboxinformsyouthatthepreviouslysparedriveappearsintheDataDriveSetgroupmarkedasactive,andthepreviouslyactivedrivethatwasreplacedappearsasaReplacedDrive.
Whentherepairhascompleted,youneedtodeterminewhichphysicaldriveisbadwithinthedriveenclosure.
8.
Highlightthedrivethatwasreplaced(bad),andselectDrive>Identify.
Theselecteddriveinthedriveenclosuretoblinkfor15seconds.
DocumentationChange57nAnyoftheotherdrivescanblinkwhiletransferringmetadata.
Ifpossible,youshouldwatchwhenyouselectIdentifytodeterminetheactualdrivethatneedsrepair.
Besuretonotewhichdriveisidentifiedtomakesureyouknowwhichdriveshouldbereplaced.
(Forexample,youcouldbetoplaceasmallpieceoftapeonthefrontofthedrive.
)9.
Selectthereplaced(bad)drive,right-clickthedriveandselect'Takedriveofflinefromcontroller.
"10.
Manuallyremovetheproblemdrivefromthedriveenclosure,replaceitwithanewdiskdrive.
ThenewlyinstalleddrivespinsupbutcannotbeaccesseduntiltheMediaEngineisrestarted.
IfthereplacementdrivewasintheMEDIArraydriveenclosure,italsomustberestarted.
cIfyouhadadrivedesignatedasasparebeforethefailure,youcancontinuetoworkwithoutinterruption,Althoughifyouhaveasecondfailurewithoutadesignatedsparedrive.
youcouldexperiencedataloss.
11.
Whentimepermits,shutdownthesysteminthefollowingorder:a.
Clientsb.
MediaEnginec.
MEDIArraydriveenclosure12.
Startthecomponentsinthefollowingorder:a.
MEDIArraydriveenclosureb.
MediaEnginec.
ClientnOncethecomponentsarerestarted,thenewdiskdriveisnowarawdrive.
YoumustcontinuewiththeprocedureandusetheSetupManagersoftwaretomakeitasparedrive.
13.
IftheSetupManagerisnotalreadyrunning,selectStart>AllPrograms>AvidUnity>SetupManager.
TheSetupManageropens.
14.
SelectRawDrivesintheAvailableDriveGroupslist.
TherawdrivesdiscoveredbytheSetupManageraredisplayedintherightpanelofthewindow.
15.
SelecttherawdriveintheDriveslist.
16.
SelectDrive>MakeDriveSpare.
58ThedrivebecomesasparedatadriveandismovedfromtheRawDrivesgroupintotheDataDriveSetgroup.
17.
ClosetheSetupManager.
TheFileManagernowseesthedriveasaspare.
TakeDriveOfflinefromControllerOptionThe"takedriveofflinefromcontroller"optioninSetupManagerappliestofiberattachedMEDIArraystorageenclosuresonly.
Althoughnotdimmedinthemenu,youcannot"takedriveofflinefromcontroller"onanyofthestoragedriveslocatedinthemediaengineenclosure.
Youmustpowerdownthemediaenginetoremovedrivesfromthemediaengine.
Oncethemediaenginehasrestarted,thenewdiskdriveisnowarawdrive.
UsetheSetupManagersoftwaretomakeitasparedrive.
ImprovedBehaviorDuringOnlineDriveRepairTheexistingAvidUnityMediaNetworkAdministrationGuidestatesthefollowingwhenperforminganonlinedriverecovery:"ClientsthatarenotalreadyconnectedtotheMediaNetworkworkgroup(byhavingaworkspacemountedorbyrunningtheAdministrationTool)arepreventedfromconnectingtotheworkgroupuntiltherecoveryiscomplete.
Ifaconnectedclientlogsofforcrashesduringdiskrepair,theywillnotbeabletoreconnect.
"Thenewbehavior:Clientsareabletounmountandremountworkspacesasmanytimesasneededduringonlinedriverepair,butcanexpectdegradedperformancetillrepaircompletes.
Limitations59LimitationsThefollowingitemsdescribelimitationswiththecurrentreleaseoftheMediaNetworksoftware.
Whenaworkaroundexists,itappearsintheparagraphdirectlyfollowingthelimitationdescription.
IfyouusetheAvidPerformanceMeter(IOTester.
exe)toperformaread-onlytest,andyoustopthetestbeforeitcompletes,thetoolmightstopfunctioningunexpectedly.
Thiscanoccurifyoutrytostopthetestwhileitiscreatingatempfile.
nStoppingthePerformanceMeterduringawrite-onlytestdoesnotresultinthesameproblem.
Workaround:MonitortheprogressofthetestintheResultsgraphand,ifnecessary,stopthetestwhenthetoolisrecordingreadsandnotwritingatempfile.
IfyouusetheATTOConfigurationtooltoupgradethefirmwareontheATTOFibreChannelhostadapterboard,theConnectionModesettingrevertstothedefaultsettingofAL(ArbitratedLoop),andtheInterruptCoalescesettingrevertstothedefaultsettingofLow.
Youmustrestartyoursystemafterafirmwareupdateisapplied.
Aftertherestarthasoccurred,youmustreconfigureyourboardasappropriateforyouroperatingenvironment.
Toreconfigureyourboard,see"ATTOConfigurationModeSettings"onpage25andyoumustrestartyoursystemasecondtimeaftertheconfigurationiscompletedtoapplythevalues.
Ifyouhaveadatafilethatislargerthanthefreespace,youreceivea"Somefileswerenotoptimized"error.
Workaround:Whenyouoptimize,youmakeacopyofafileonanearlyfullworkspaceordrive,moveittoanemptierworkspaceordrive,thendeletetheoriginal.
Youmustmaintainsufficientfreespaceonyourworkspaceordrivetomakeacopyofyourlargestfile,oroptimizationwillfail.
BeawarethatthesizeoffileswhenusingMXF,startinginv3.
5.
3,isvastlylargerthanwhatispossiblewithOMFfiles.
AllversionsoftheMacOSoperatingsystemarenotcasesensitive.
Youcannothavetwofileswiththesamename,butdifferentlettercase,inthesamefolder(suchas,video1andVideo1).
TheMediaNetworkfilesystemiscasesensitive.
Youcanhavetwofileswiththesamenameanddifferentlettercaseinthesamefolder.
ThismightcauseproblemsforMediaNetworkworkgroupsthathaveamixofWindowsandMacintoshclients.
60KnownIssuesThefollowingsectionsdescribeknownissueswiththeAvidUnityMediaEnginehardwareandsoftware.
Whenaworkaroundexists,itappearsintheparagraphdirectlyfollowingtheissuedescription.
MediaNetworkWhenyouLogoffoftheAvidUnityMediaEnginefromtheconsoleorfromaremotedesktopsessionwhileotherEthernetattachedclientsareperformingI/Ooperations,theeditingapplicationspausesforafewmoments.
ThisbehaviorisexperiencedonallreleasesofAvidUnityMediaNetwork.
ThisisalimitationwiththeWindowsoperatingsystem.
Workaround:TheI/Ooperationcontinuesafterretryingtheoperation.
ItisnotnecessarytorestarttheAvidUnityMediaEngine.
WindowsVistaEthernetclientsmightexperienceslowperformancewhenyoudraganddropfilesintoworkspaces.
ThisiscausedbytheWindowsTCPautotuningintheAvidUnityMediaEngine.
Workaround:ApplytheWindowsServer2003hotfixArticleIDnumber947773toyourAvidUnityMediaEngine.
Formoreinformation,viewthearticleintheMicrosoftKnowledgeBase.
AsanalturnitivetotheWindowsServer2003hotfix,youcanalsoopenacomandpromptontheWindowVistaclientandtypethefollowing:netshinterfacetcpsetglobalautotuninglevel=disabledIfyourWindowsXPclientrepeatedlylogsthefollowingeventsinitssystemeventlog,performtheDataCacheSizeDWORDWorkaround.
Theeventsourceis"avidcomm.
"Requestedreadoperationfailedwithstatus=STATUS_INSUFFICIENT_RESOURCESorRequestedwriteoperationfailedwithstatus=STATUS_INSUFFICIENT_RESOURCESWorkaround:CreateorchangetheDataCacheSizeDWORDvalueintheregistry.
TocreateorchangetheDataCacheSizeDWORDvalue:1.
ClicktheStartbuttonandselectRun.
TheRunwindowopens.
KnownIssues612.
Typeregedit.
TheRegeditwindowopens.
3.
Navigateto:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Services/avidcomm/CacheParams/nIfyoualreadyhaveaDataCacheSizeDWORDentry,continuewithstep6andchangethevalueto8.
4.
ClickEdit>NewandselectDWORDValue.
5.
TypethenameoftheDWORDValueas"DataCacheSize.
"6.
Double-clicktheDataCacheSizevaluesname.
TheEditDWORDValuedialogboxopens.
7.
TypetheValuedataas"8"andselectDecimal.
8.
ClickOk.
9.
ClosetheRegistryEditorwindow(File>Exit).
10.
RestarttheWindowsXPclient.
FormediaenginesandforAvidFibre-attachedclients,WindowsXPmightdisplaythefollowingerrormessageafteryourepeatedlyrestartthesystem:"Windows—LowOnRegistrySpace.
"ThisoccurswhentheWindowssystemhivefileincreasesinsizebecauseofthelargenumberofdrivesintheMediaNetworksystemforwhichWindowsXPmaintainsregistryrecords.
ThiscandegradetheperformanceofthemediaenginesandofFibre-attachedclients.
Workaround:RuntheScrubber.
exeutilitylocatedinthe\Extras\ScrubberfolderontheAvidUnityMediaNetworkDVDtoremoveoldentriesandcompressesthesystemhivefile.
ForinformationonhowtoruntheScrubberutility,seethedocumentationprovidedintheScrubberfolderontheDVD(Microsoft_Scrubber_util.
doc).
Iftherearealargenumberoffiles(typicallygreaterthan100)openedbyWindowsVistaEthernetattachedclients,theMediaEnginecouldstarttorunoutofnon-pagedresources.
Thiswouldbeseenas"insufficientresources"orsimilareventsinthesystemeventlogoftheMediaEngine.
IfyoucancelthesoftwareuninstallprocessontheMediaNetworkoranyWindowsclientbeforethesoftwareisremoved,whentheclientreboots,anerrormessageopensstatingthatitcannotfindthesetup.
exefile.
Thispreventsthenewclientsoftwarefrombeinginstalled.
Workaround:Restartthesoftwareuninstallprocessandcompleteuninstallingthesoftware.
62IfyouselectNototheLicenseAgreementduringtheAvidUnityMediaNetworksoftwareinstallationandthenselectNowhenaskedifyouwanttoquitthesetup,anerrormessageappearsstating"InstallShieldcannotcallDLLfunction:GetDlgItem.
"YoumustaccepttheLicenseAgreementtoinstallthesoftware.
Workaround:ClickOKtocleartheerrormessage;youarebroughtbacktotheLicenseAgreement.
Toexitthesetup,clickNotoacceptingtheLicenseAgreement,thenYesto"areyousureyouwanttoquitthesetup.
"TheMonitorTooldoesnotreportanyEthernetclientsintheActiveClientstab.
ThetabcurrentlyonlyreportsFibreChannelclients.
Workaround:ToseeinformationabouttheEthernetclients,usetheStatusViewer.
AdministrationToolTheAdministrationtoolmightdisplayasizeforadrivethatdiffersfromthesizedisplayedforthesamedriveintheSetupManagerorintheAvidUnityMediaNetworkMonitortool.
ThedrivesizelistedintheSetupManagerandintheMonitortoolrepresentstheactualsizeofthedrive.
ThedrivesizelistedintheAdministrationtoolrepresentsthesizeofthedrivewiththemetadataarea(104MB)takenintoaccount.
ADriveRepairwillnotstartiftheAdministrationtoolisopenonthemediaengine.
Therepairseemstostart,butintheServerLogvieweritwilljustwaitandmakenoprogress.
Workaround:ClosetheAdministrationTool,thennavigateintoaworkspacethroughNetworkNeighborhood.
Oncethatwasdonethedatacopystarted.
WindowsClientsAfteryoumountworkspaces,re-openedtheconnectionmanagertodeselectsomeworkspacesthenselectothers,oneofthefollowingcantakeplace:-Thecorrectnumberofdrivelettersaredisplayed,butoneormoreofthedrivesshowthewrongworkspacename(itisreallythenewlymountedworkspace).
-Thedeselectedworkspacedisappearsbutthenewlyselectedworkspacedoesnot.
Workaround:DonotdismountandmountfromtheConnectionmanagerinthesame"manageconnections"session;Forexample,unmountthedrives,clickapply,thenre-openmanageconnectionstomountthenewone.
KnownIssues63Ifyoudeleteaworkspacefromthemediaenginewhileaclienthastheworkspacemounted,theworkspaceappearstostillbemountedontheclientifviewedusingWindowsExplorer.
Workaround:Tocheckmountedworkspacesonaclient,starttheConnectionManager.
Thisupdatesthemountedworkspaces.
AnyworkspacesthatweredeletednolongerappearinWindowsExplorer.
Ifthemediaengineisrebootedwithoutproperlystoppingclients,theWindowsclientsdonotreconnect.
Workaround:Toseethemediaengine,rightclickMyComputer,selectManageandrescanSystemDevices.
Iftwofilescontainingdifferentdata,withthenamesofthefileshavingdifferentcases(forexampleNAME.
txtandname.
txt),openingeitherfileonlyshowsthedatafromthefilewiththelowercasename(name.
txt).
Whenaclientismovedfromoneswitchtoanotherandtheclientisrebooted,youmightintermittentlyseethe"FoundNewHardwareWizard"appearslookingforAVIDCOMMFAKECOMMDISK.
Workaround:Youcanchoosetoreinstallthedriverwhichisalreadyontheclient,ordismissit.
Ifyoudismissityoumightreceivethemessageeachtimeyoubootthesystem.
WhenyoulogoutofaWindowsXPclientusingtheWindowsSwitchUserfeature,theworkspacesmountedbytheprevioususerremainmountedwhenyourdesktopopens.
Workaround:UsetheWindowsstandardlogoutprocessandthenloginwhentheWindowsloginpromptopens.
MacOSXClientsAvideditingMacintoshclientscannotcapture8-bit1:1HDmediatoamirroredAvidUnityMediaNetworkworkspace;10-bitHDmediaworksfine.
Workaround:Tocapture8-bitHDmediatoanAvidUnityMediaNetworkworkspace,youmustunmirrortheworkspacethencapturethe8-bitHDmedia.
nYoucanthenmirrorthatworkspaceafterthe8-bit1:1HDmediaiscaptured.
SynchronizetheworkspacewiththeAdministrationtoolafterthemirroringisre-applied64AvidUnityMediaNetworkMacintoshOSXclientsareallowedtomountupto256workspaces.
Anerrormessageisnotdisplayedifyouattempttomountmorethan256workspace.
IftheFileManagerserviceisturnedofforthemediaenginepowersdownforanyreasonsuchasformaintenanceorasystemcrash,allMacOSXclientsmustberebootedtoreconnect.
TheAdministrationToolforMacOSXclientshasOptimize,Synchronize,Add/RemoveDrives,andMoveWorkspaceoptionsdisabled.
Workaround:PerformtheOptimize,Synchronize,Add/RemoveDrives,orMoveWorkspaceoperationsfromthemediaengineoraWindowsclient.
MacOSXclientscannotmountworkspacesthathaveoneormorespacesintheworkspacename.
Workaround:Createworkspaceswithnospacesintheirnames.
Ifyouneedtoseparatetwowordsinaworkspacename,useanunderscore(_)insteadofaspace.
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