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Prelude — Instruction Manual 21
Network Requirements
Network Requirements
Ethernet Switch Specifications
A100BaseT Ethernet Switch and Cat 5 cabling are required. The fast
Ethernet (100 BaseT) on CAT 5 cables (UTP) can reach a maximum distance
of 100 Meters.
PC Requirements
A customer supplied PC is used for software installation and initial system
configuration. This PC must meet the following minimum requirements:
• 2 Ghz CPU
• 512MB RAM
• 40GB hard drive
• 250MB free hard disk space
• Monitor with 1024x768 resolution
• 100BaseT Ethernet Network Interface Card
• Windows XP Professional (Service Pack 2)
• Logged in with Administrator-level privileges for the local machine
• Internet Explorer version 6.0 or later
After a full Prelude installation the folder
C:\Program Files\Grass Valley Group
requires approximately 67 MB of disk space ( Table 1 );
Table 1. Prelude Installation Required Disk Space
Application Disk Space
Acappella 18 MB
Prelude 13 MB
NetConfig 8 MB
Concerto 4 MB
Soft Panels 12 MB
VSD 7 MB
All Applications 67 MB total