Avid Technology AirSpeed series, Installation And User Manual

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Setting Up Your System
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Setting Up Your System
Once you have cabled up your AirSpeed Multi Stream, and the system is powered on, you
must perform some basic system setup before you configure the software.
The default Administrator password is blank. Press Enter. Do not try to type a password.
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Some USB flash devices might not appear in a Safely Remove Hardware dialog box even
though they are plugged in. In addition, it might take several seconds for a USB device to be
available to the system.
AirSpeed Multi Stream System Setup Checklist
The following table provides a checklist of tasks that must be performed when setting up
your AirSpeed Multi Stream system.
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Change the computer name, as described in the topic “Changing the Computer Name” on
page 72 of this guide.
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Adjust the date, time, and time zone, as described in the topic “Adjusting the Date, Time and
Time Zone” on page 72 of this guide.
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Based on whether you are setting up a new system or reimaging an existing system, you
need to either configure or reconfigure your media drives for RAID 0 striping.
If you are setting up a new system in which the media drives have not yet been RAID 0
striped in Windows, you should follow the procedure as described in
“Configuring Media
Drives for RAID 0 Striping” on page 73 .
If you are reimaging an existing system in which the media drives have already been RAID
0 striped in Windows, you should follow the procedure as described in
“Reconfiguring
Media Drives for RAID 0 Striping (for Previously Striped Drives)” on page 74 .
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Verify your network connection, as described in “Verifying Your Network Connection” on
page 77 .
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(Option) Create a Windows User Account on the AirSpeed Multi Stream, as described in
“Creating a Windows User Account on the AirSpeed Multi Stream” on page 77 .
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Configure your shared storage, as described in “Configuring Your Shared Storage” on page
78 .
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Set up remote access to the AirSpeed Multi Stream server, as described in “Setting Up
Remote Access to the AirSpeed Multi Stream Server” on page 79 .