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4. In the Engine area do the following:
a. (
Required
) Enter a Storage System Name. This is the name of the shared storage system
containing one or more Avid NEXIS Engines, including the System Director Appliance, if
applicable.
(In a multi-Engine system with a System Director Appliance, configure the System Director
Appliance first and enter the same Storage System Name for it and each Engine in the
shared-storage system.)
b. (Optional) Enter a value for the Enclosure ID, which will be displayed on the Engine control
panel; see
“2U Chassis Details” on page 4
. For example, in a four-Engine configuration, you
could number them 01 through 04. If you do not enter a value, the default value (two dashes,
or --) is displayed.
c. (
Required
) Enter a name for the Engine. The Engine name is used to generate the
hostnames for the Controllers, which appear in the fields below for Top and Bottom
Controllers (in the Avid NEXIS | E2, Avid NEXIS | E4, and System Director Appliance) or
Left and Right Controllers (in the Avid NEXIS | E5).
5. In the System Director area, do the following:
a. (
Required
) If you are not deploying a System Director Appliance and want this Engine to
function as the System director, check the box next to Run System Director. (This checkbox
is not present on a System Director Appliance, which is configured as the System Director
automatically, or on an Avid NEXIS | E5 or Avid NEXIS | E5 NL Engine, which cannot run
as its own System Director. The Avid NEXIS | E5 requires the use of a System Director
Appliance.)
b. (
Required
) Enter an IP address for the System Director. This must be different from the IP
addresses you will assign to the individual Controllers. For more information, see
Director Name and IP Address” on page 39
.