System Director
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System Director
The System Director is 1U in size (see
“System Director Front Panel” on page 24
) and manages
the metadata by storing directory information and file attributes. The System Director does not
store the data used by share clients (for example media files), these data files are stored on the
ISBs within the engine.
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The System Director password is preset to is-admin. Not to be confused with the System Director
Web Page Administrator user whose default password is blank.
You can have two System Directors configured in a redundant configuration, one Active the
other Standby. If the Active System Director goes down, the Standby System Director takes over.
You need at least one System Director to run the Avid ISIS system.
System Directors, workgroup servers, and clients must all be synchronized with a common
time-of-day. For information on setting the Network Time Protocol (NTP), see
Network Addresses In the Stack” on page 68
The System Director provides a location to coordinate file access modes (read/write), file
locking, range locking, performance data collection, logging, file lookup, and directory change
tracking for client systems. Examples of what the System Director is able to provide to a client or
storage element are:
•
Identity of all storage elements connected to the system
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Information about the ISS and IXS modules in the configuration.
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List of workspaces to include name and their unique ID number
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List of users and groups within the system
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Identity of all System Directors in the system (if you have more than one System Director)
System Director Front Panel
The following figure shows the front view and control panel of the System Director.
