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Software Installation
System Director
Software
Select “ISIS 7500 | 7000 System Director” from the menu to install the System Director
software (which runs the Management Console and tracks the metadata stored in all the data
drives).
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System Director Software — Installs the System Director software used to run the data
drives and creates the file system for the data drives. It also provides the ISIS
Management Console and error logging. The installer detects the operating system
(Windows 64-bit) and installs the appropriate software and creates the file system used
by the engines; it also provides the ISIS Management Console and error logging.
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ISIS Client Installers — Installs the “client installers” on the System Director. Clients
can then install the latest software on the clients from the System Director Management
Console window. These installers are accessed when you click the Installers icon in the
Management Console.
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ISIS Blade Installers — (System Director only) Installs the ISIS Storage Blade (ISB)
and ISIS Switch (ISS and IXS) firmware. You need to load the switch and ISB firmware
on the Engines before clients can use the Avid ISIS System. These installers are accessed
when you open the Engines page in the Management Console. See
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ISIS SNMP Extension Agent — (System Director only) Installs software to support
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). It is used with network management to
monitor network-attached devices for conditions that warrant administrative attention.
These SNMP monitoring agents are used with an OpenNMS user interface to support the
Avid System Monitor.
Avid System Monitor is an option for ISIS 7500 | 7000 systems covered by the “Avid
Uptime Support” contract option. The software required for the monitoring solution is
provided as part of the Avid PS installation engagement.
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Avid License Control — (System Director only) Installs the Avid License Control tool
software on the System Director. The Avid ISIS software can be installed without
licensing the software but you cannot make an Active File System or connect any clients
until you run the Avid License Control tool and activate the ISIS software. For
instructions see
“Avid ISIS Software Licensing” on page 107
Resources
Documentation
This is a link that brings you directly to the AvidISISDocumentation folder on the Avid ISIS
installer kit. This folder can be wherever the installer files have been saved. This folder has
all of the Guides that are included with the release.
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