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Nexio® NLE Gateway 

 

Chapter 2 

Installation Guide 

 

Configuring

 the NLE Gateway Hardware 

 

© 2014 Imagine Communications Corp.

          

Proprietary and Confidential.

 

November 2014 | Page 28 

 

15.

 

In the 

Property 

list, click 

Wake on pattern

. Then select 

Enable

 in the 

Value 

list. 

 

16.

 

In the 

Property 

list, click 

Wake on pattern

. Then select 

Enable

 in the 

Value 

list. Select the 

Driver 

tab. 

 

Summary of Contents for Nexio NLE

Page 1: ...Nexio NLE Gateway November 2014 Installation Guide...

Page 2: ...he right without notice to make such changes in equipment design specifications components or documentation as progress may warrant to improve the performance of the product Trademarks Microsoft and W...

Page 3: ...itch Settings 13 Configuring the Intel NIC Cards 13 Configuring the NVIDIA NICs 22 Configuring the Chelsio Adapter 29 Configuring Farad Storage 30 Upgrading an FCP Integration Gateway to an NLE Gatewa...

Page 4: ...Suite for Mac Installer 40 Using the Nexio LXF Export Plug in for Mac Installer 42 Launching LXF Export 43 Setting System Preferences 45 General Tab 47 Database Tab 47 Table Columns Tab 48 NRCS Tab 48...

Page 5: ...xio SAN and export edited media using the NLE software plug ins on the client workstations Nexio NLE Gateway 3 0 Software Release Notes Installation Professionals Lists and describes all software vers...

Page 6: ...rdware The Nexio NLE Gateway system includes the following hardware Nexio server system with external SBOD or Farad storage Nexio NLE Gateway a 1 RU Nexio server with external storage Gigabit or 10 Gi...

Page 7: ...orkstations Software Installed on Nexio FTP Server Nexio MGX for Premiere Pro Nexio Player Windows workstation running Premiere Pro Nexio Export Windows workstation running Premiere Pro Mac Workstatio...

Page 8: ...he NXH1UNLE model features 10 gigabit Ethernet NXH1UNLE Model NXH1UNLE contains the following 2 motherboard Ethernet network ports 4 gigabit Ethernet network ports 2 fibre channel ports The client wor...

Page 9: ...ay do not map more than two workstations to any one Ethernet port or IP Address NXH1UNLG NXH1UNLG contains the following 2 motherboard Ethernet network ports 2 10 gigabit Ethernet network ports 2 fibr...

Page 10: ...nnections of any pair listed here UDP SAN1and UDP SAN2 Network switch A and B Network switch C and D Physical Ethernet infrastructures can be built using one of the following methods 1 In a case where...

Page 11: ...ress defined by the subnet mask For example a subnet mask of 255 255 255 0 means that the Netowork ID of the IP address is above 172 16 252 0 Host ID The ID outside the subnet mask In this case 1 LSB8...

Page 12: ...ese IP addresses 172 26 254 22 172 26 255 22 Fractional Class C Network Example This network has a 25 bit subnet mask of 255 255 255 128 The LSB8 difference equals 128 Nexio Media Host node 1 use thes...

Page 13: ...for command control and diagnostics All ports must have auto negotiate settings enabled when running adapters at 1000 Mbps or 1 GB Configuring the Intel NIC Cards Intel Network Interface Controllers...

Page 14: ...ardware 2014 Imagine Communications Corp Proprietary and Confidential November 2014 Page 14 3 Click Configure to display the Intel Quad Port Server Adapter Properties dialog 4 On the General tab in th...

Page 15: ...Duplex list select Auto negotiate 1000 Mbps Select the Advanced tab 6 On the Advanced tab in the Settings list click Jumbo Frames In the Value list select Disabled Note Jumbo Frame can be used if the...

Page 16: ...unications Corp Proprietary and Confidential November 2014 Page 16 8 On the Advanced tab in the Settings list click Log Link State Event select Enabled in the Value list 9 On the Advanced tab in the S...

Page 17: ...ary and Confidential November 2014 Page 17 10 In the Settings list click Adaptive Inter Frame Spacing then select Enabled in the Value list 11 In the Settings list click Flow Control Then select Gener...

Page 18: ...Hardware 2014 Imagine Communications Corp Proprietary and Confidential November 2014 Page 18 13 In the Settings list click Receive Descriptors Then select 256 in the Value list 14 In the Settings list...

Page 19: ...nced tab in the Settings list click QoS Packet Tagging Then select Disabled in the Value list 16 On the Advanced tab in the Settings list click TCP IP Offloading Options Then click Properties The TCP...

Page 20: ...ay Hardware 2014 Imagine Communications Corp Proprietary and Confidential November 2014 Page 20 18 Click OK The Advanced tab displays 19 On the Advanced tab in the Settings list click Wait for Link Th...

Page 21: ...eway Hardware 2014 Imagine Communications Corp Proprietary and Confidential November 2014 Page 21 20 On the Power Management tab check the Reduce link speed during standby Select the Teaming tab 21 Cl...

Page 22: ...click Remove Select the Boot Options tab 23 Make sure that the Boot Agent is currently disabled Select the Driver tab 24 Verify that the Driver Version is 8 10 1 0 or above If the Driver Version is l...

Page 23: ...ential November 2014 Page 23 Note You must repeat this procedure for each of the NVIDIA NICs 1 From the desktop of the Nexio Media Host device right click My Network Places then click Properties The N...

Page 24: ...orp Proprietary and Confidential November 2014 Page 24 3 Click Configure The NVIDIA Properties dialog displays the General tab Select the Advanced tab 4 In the Property list click Checksum Offload the...

Page 25: ...tions Corp Proprietary and Confidential November 2014 Page 25 6 In the Property list click Jumbo Frame Payload Size Then select 1500 Std frame in the Value list 7 In the Property list click Low Power...

Page 26: ...rietary and Confidential November 2014 Page 26 9 In the Property list click Optimize For Then select Throughput in the Value list 10 In the Property list click Segmentation Offload Then select Enable...

Page 27: ...Corp Proprietary and Confidential November 2014 Page 27 12 In the Property list click VLAN Priority Then select Disable VLAN Priority in the Value list 13 In the Property list click VLAN ID Then sele...

Page 28: ...dware 2014 Imagine Communications Corp Proprietary and Confidential November 2014 Page 28 15 In the Property list click Wake on pattern Then select Enable in the Value list 16 In the Property list cli...

Page 29: ...8 Clear the Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power checkbox Click OK Note You must repeat this procedure for each of the NVIDIA NICs Configuring the Chelsio Adapter You must configur...

Page 30: ...Connection and select Properties 3 From the General tab select Internet Protocol TCP IP then click Properties 4 Select Use the following IP address and enter the IP address and Subnet mask Click OK Co...

Page 31: ...Port 0 Mtu in the Property list Set the value to 9000 Repeat this step for Ethernet Port1 Mtu 4 Click OK Upgrading an FCP Integration Gateway to an NLE Gateway The previous generation product FCP Int...

Page 32: ...the platform type 3 Choose the applicable storage type 4 Accept the default selections and click Install Selected Applications 5 Reboot when prompted Updating the CIFServer Application The CIFServer...

Page 33: ...r Install exe file 3 Confirm that the MB Server service is running Open the Windows Task Manager and select the Services tab Look for Imagine Communications MB Server Confirm that the status shows Run...

Page 34: ...roximately 00 03 20 4 Reboot the system Configuring the CIFServer Application Once the NLE gateway device is connected to and configured with the Nexio SAN you should verify that the LLM and CIFServer...

Page 35: ...unications Corp Proprietary and Confidential November 2014 Page 35 The CIFServer Application will show Status Ready once it has indexed the database and is ready to accept client connections Setting u...

Page 36: ...eo Your MOV file was exported from the NLE with mixed Stereo and audio channels Mono Your MOV file was exported from the NLE with discreet mono audio channels Opened files delete protection Files bein...

Page 37: ...the CIFServer Tools menu navigate to Tools Logging to display the Login Configuration window This window allows you to set logging options that you can use to diagnose system issues and performance L...

Page 38: ...s from clients to the gateway SMB Monitors data transfers between the gateway and clients FTP Monitors FTP connections Not used FS2 Monitors the opening and closing of files between clients and the ga...

Page 39: ...tasks you will perform to connect your Mac client workstation to the Nexio NLE gateway device Use the Connect to Server window on your Mac to identify address of your server on the network Use the Sys...

Page 40: ...n value Note Nexio user accounts are created and managed in applications like NXOS and Velocity 4 You can select Remember the password in my keychain if you expect the user credentials will be re used...

Page 41: ...ndow displays 3 Click Continue The next window directs you to Select a Destination 4 Click Continue Follow instructions on the screen to change your install location If you click Install the Nexio Bro...

Page 42: ...un check the appropriate box You must install Nexio Browser and Nexio Preference with Nexio NLE Gateway regardless of the supported NLE applications If a Nexio NLE Gateway is not connected to the NLE...

Page 43: ...he installation The Install window displays 4 Click Install or click Change Install Location to choose a different installation location The password pop up displays 5 Enter the name and password for...

Page 44: ...ion process Once you choose to create a registration file you will be prompted for a filename and location 3 Enter a name in the Save As field Activation files are specific to the computer on which yo...

Page 45: ...the project name followed by the sequence name Alternatively you can type in another name in the ID field The Agency Description and User Fields 1 4 may also be used but they are not required 7 Once...

Page 46: ...indow displays 2 Click on the Nexio icon The Nexio Preferences window displays Note You must select Click the lock to make changes and enter the required user credentials The Mac OS allows you to set...

Page 47: ...way Where local copies will reside Enter the location on your Mac workstation where local copies of your files can reside Nexio Browser Mode Select the NLE application that will be used on the client...

Page 48: ...b Use the check boxes to select the metadata fields that you want to display in your MediaBase As an option you can rename MediaBase User Fields by using the Rename User Fields button User Fields are...

Page 49: ...e IP If you are using InstantOnline enter its IP Address You must also have the InstantOnline plug in Populate ID field on Nexio Export automatically Enable to have an ID name entered automatically Un...

Page 50: ...workstation to the Nexio NLE gateway Here is a summary list of tasks you will perform to connect your Windows client workstation to the Nexio NLE gateway device Map your network drive to your NLE Gat...

Page 51: ...y screen appears enter a Nexio user name and password Note Nexio users are created and managed in applications like NXOS and Velocity 9 Select Remember my credentials if the user credentials are expec...

Page 52: ...Client Plug Ins 2014 Imagine Communications Corp Proprietary and Confidential November 2014 Page 52 2 On the Welcome screen click Next 3 Click Next to confirm and initiate installation The installatio...

Page 53: ...nnected to the Nexio gateway Video Formats Apple FCP X Adobe Premiere Pro Required 3rd Party Codec IMX X X IMX2DV DVCPRO X X DVCPRO50 X X DVCPRO HD X X XCAM HD X X XDCAM EX X X XDCAM HD422 X X AVC Int...

Page 54: ...hen connecting client workstations to the NLE gateway These numbers assume about 4 real time video streams per client Note Although it may be possible to increase the number of clients connected by lo...

Page 55: ...hrough a single NLE gateway to the attached client workstations The total number of streams is affected by bit rate the number of clients workstations connected and the operating system This chart sho...

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