GRASS VALLEY AURORA EDIT - RELEASE NOTES AND UPGRADE INSTRUCTIONS V7.1.0, Aurora Edit, Aurora Edit LD Upgrade Instructions

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Aurora Edit and Edit LD
Version 7.1.0
Release Notes & Upgrade Instructions

These release notes contain the most recent information and supersede previous
publications, as of 18 October 2010. Check the Grass Valley website at

www.grassvalley.com/docs for an u

information.

pdated version that co ntains additi onal i mport ant

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Contents

Grass Valley Product Support.....................................................................................................4

Release Summary......................................................................................................................6

What's new in version 7.1.0.....................................................................................................6

Version 7.1.0........................................................................................................................6

Changes and features in previous releases............................................................................6

Version 6.5.1.440...............................................................................................................10

Version 6.5.........................................................................................................................10

Older versions....................................................................................................................11

Version compatibility.................................................................................................................12

System specifications............................................................................................................12

HP workstation board assignments.......................................................................................17

Compatible DSM components...............................................................................................20

Compatible Grass Valley products.........................................................................................20

Compatible third party products............................................................................................21

Upgrading Aurora Edit and Aurora Edit LD systems.................................................................23

Upgrading Aurora Edit and Edit LD devices with SiteConfig.................................................23

About upgrading Aurora Edit and Aurora Edit LD with SiteConfig.....................................23

Make recovery images.......................................................................................................24

Prepare for upgrade...........................................................................................................24

Upgrading Aurora Edit and Edit LD devices with SiteConfig.................................................25

Prepare SiteConfig for software deployment.....................................................................25

Install prerequisite files on the control point PC.................................................................26

Upgrade K2 systems.........................................................................................................26

Set up K2 Aurora FTP........................................................................................................26

Distribute devices into deployment groups........................................................................29

Install High Priority Windows updates (recommended).....................................................30

Manually upgrade systems................................................................................................30

Check all currently installed software on Aurora Edit devices............................................30

Add software package to deployment group for Aurora Edit devices.................................31

Setting deployment options................................................................................................33

Upgrade software on shared storage Aurora Edit workstations.........................................35

Upgrade software on Aurora Edit devices..........................................................................39

Upgrade NAS systems......................................................................................................42

Upgrade Browse and MediaFrame systems......................................................................42

Make recovery images.......................................................................................................42

Manually Installing Aurora Edit/Aurora Edit LD Software..........................................................44

Third Party Software Installation...............................................................................................46

Licensing Grass Valley products...............................................................................................47

About software licensing.......................................................................................................47

Requesting a license.............................................................................................................47

Adding a license....................................................................................................................49

Deleting licenses...................................................................................................................50

Archiving licenses..................................................................................................................50

New topics................................................................................................................................51

New Topics in 7.1..................................................................................................................51

New topics in 7.0.0................................................................................................................51

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Keyboard Overview...............................................................................................................51

Tool selection keys.............................................................................................................51

Transport command keys...................................................................................................52

Editing and clip/track selection keys..................................................................................53

Mark point keys..................................................................................................................54

Track selection keys...........................................................................................................56

Other Aurora Edit keys.......................................................................................................56

The Orad Graphics Tool .......................................................................................................58

Moving Orad MOS objects into Aurora Edit.......................................................................59

The VizRT Graphics Tool ......................................................................................................60

Moving VizRT MOS objects into Aurora Edit......................................................................60

Create VizRT Graphic within Aurora Edit...........................................................................62

Linking video MOS objects to the Timeline...........................................................................64

Editing using offline proxy media...........................................................................................66

Preserving ANC Data............................................................................................................67

Operation considerations..........................................................................................................69

Known Issues............................................................................................................................75

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Grass Valley Product Support

Grass Valley Product Support

T o get technical assistance, check on the status of a question, or to report a ne w issue,
contact Grass Valley Product Support via e-mail, the Web, or by phone or fax.

Web Technical Support

To access support information on the Web, visit the product support Web page on the
Grass Valley Web site. You can download software or find solutions to problems.

World Wide Web: http://www.grassvalley.com/support/
Technical Support E-mail Address: [e-mail]

Telephone Support

Use the following information to contact Product Support by phone.

International Support Centers

Our international support centers are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Authorized Local Support Representative

A local support representative may be available in your country. To locate a support
center during normal local business hours, refer to the following list. This list is
regularly updated on the website for Grass Valley Product Support

(http://www.grassvalley.com/support/contact/phone/)
After–hours local phone support is also available for warranty and contract customers.

In countryToll freeSupport Center

[phone]+800 80 80 20 20France
[phone]+1 800 547 8949United States

TelephoneCountryRegion

[phone]ChinaAsia

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[phone]Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea,

Macau

[phone]Japan
[phone]Southeast Asia - Malaysia

South America

Grass Valley Product Support

TelephoneCountryRegion

[phone]Southeast Asia - Singapore
[phone]India
1 300 721 495AustraliaPacific
0800 846 676New Zealand
[phone]For callers outside Australia

or New Zealand

[phone]AllCentral America,

North America

Africa

North America, Mexico,
Caribbean

France

Eastern Europe

Tadzhikistan, Ukraine,
Uzbekistan

Near East and Africa

[phone];
[phone]

[phone]UK, Ireland, IsraelEurope
[phone]Benelux – Netherlands
[phone]Benelux – Belgium
[phone];

[phone]
[phone]Germany, Austria,

[phone]Belarus, Russia,

[phone]Northern Europe
[phone]Southern Europe – Italy
[phone]Southern Europe – Spain
[phone]Middle EastMiddle East, Near East,
[phone];

[phone]

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Release Summary

Release Summary

What's new in version 7.1.0

Version 7.1.0

• Windows 7 support — The Aurora Edit client supports the Windows 7 operating

system for 32-bit and 64-bit versions.

• Installing or updating SNFS and Generic iSCSI — SNFS and Generic iSCSI
cab files no longer bundled together. Check the Version Compatibility section to
determine the version compatible with your system.

Changes and features in previous releases

The following sections describe changes and features in past releases.

Version 7.0.0

• New Look — Like the rest of the Aurora Suite, Aurora Edit and Aurora Edit LD
now have a new look, which matches the Grass Valley Alloy look and feel.

• New terminology — The MediaFrame server will now be referred to as K2
BaseCamp. (The scaled-down version of the Aurora Browse/MediaFrame system
is still referred to as K2 BaseCamp Express.)

• Improved Render and Transcode Performance — Due to underlying changes
to the playback architecture, this version of Aurora Edit will perform renders and
transcodes faster than the previous version. Transferred sequences that require
these functions will appear faster to the user, especially with the new class
workstations. The Conform server performance is also improved.

• Animated graphics now allowed on graphics track — Aurora Edit 7.0 now
allows for animated graphics to be placed on the graphics track. Due to this change,
previously imported sequential .tga files will need to be reimported.

• New Hot Keys and Keyboard Keycaps — The keyboard layout for Aurora Edit
functions has been modified. A set of color -coded ke ypad stickers is included with
each Aurora Edit softw are disk. The keypad sticker set allo ws any standard ke yboard
to be updated to an Aurora Edit k eyboard. Also use the stickers to update an existing
Aurora Edit keyboard that already has permanent colored-coded keypads if
necessary.

Along with the new sticker keycaps, some buttons functions have changed as
described below:

The 9 key has changed from Input Tools to View Metadata.

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Release Summary

The M key has changed from Select Previous Clip to Match Frame to Bin.
The < key has changed from Select Next Clip to Mark Area.
The > key has changed from Select Previous Track to Show Search Results (local).
The ? key has changed from Select Next track to Find (local).
Refer to the following section for a complete description of the new ke yboard look

Keyboard Overview on page 51.

• Orad Graphics Integration — Aurora Edit and Aurora Edit LD have an end-to-end
workflow with the Orad graphics system. This includes integration from the
journalists desktop directly to playout on air. From the journalist desktop, Orad
has a standard plug-in that allows operators to access, add, or modify graphics that
can be linked to scripts as MOS objects. From Aurora Edit or Aurora Edit LD,
editors can link to scripts and copy graphics directly to the Timeline. The graphic
can be previewed by double-clicking the graphic on the T imeline to open the Orad
plug-in where the editor can make changes. Once a sequence has been sent with
graphics from Orad in the Timeline, Aurora Edit will embed timing information
for graphics triggering from Aurora Playout. Refer to The Or ad Gr aphics Tool on
page 58 in New Topics for more information on using Orad.

• VizRT Graphics Integration — A new workflow has been introduced with this
release to provide integration with the VizRT graphics system. This includes
integration from the journalist desktop directly to the T imeline in both Aurora Edit
and Aurora Edit LD. From the journalist desktop, VizRT has a standard plug-in
that allows operators to access, add, or modify graphics that can then be linked to
scripts as MOS objects. From Aurora Edit, editors can link to scripts and copy
graphics directly to the Timeline. The graphic can be previewed by double-clicking
the object in the Timeline to launch the VizRT plug-in. Editors have the same
add/modify capabilities as the journalist do within the VizRT plug-in. Once a
graphic is ready on the Timeline, the operator retrieves the graphic to pull it from
the VizRT graphics server as a video file with alpha. The editor can then transfer
to playout with the burned in graphic already on the Timeline. Refer to The VizRT

Graphics Tool on page 60 in New Topics for more information on using VizRT.

• Linking Video MOS objects to Timeline — Within the Aurora Suite, both feed
events and finished stories become MOS Objects within the newsroom computer
system. The MOS Objects may be searched on and linked to stories for use within
Aurora Edit. Once a feed has been started in the Aurora Ingest Scheduler application,
the video become searchable within ENPS. This provides a fast method of finding
feed and placing it into a news story as a MOS object that can easily be brought
into Aurora Edit and edited as desired. Refer to Linking video MOS objects to the

Timeline on page 64 In New Topics for an overview of this feature.

• Graphics import in Aurora LD — As a basic addition to Aurora Edit LD,
operators can access the File Import Graphic option for importing still graphics
such as .tga and .bmp files. This is the same functionality as the high-resolution
Aurora Edit, but Aurora Edit LD must import the file into a directory that it has
access to. If it is not attached to the high-resolution directory (V), then it must
import to a directory that it has access to. Note that only still graphics may be
imported; animated sequential .tga files are not supported for Aurora Edit LD.

• All Animations and .tga Sequences now on Graphics Track — Due to graphics
changes, all animations and .tga sequences will now be on the Graphics (G) track.
They will no longer be on the FX and V2 tracks as the y were in previous releases.

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Release Summary

Previous animations and .tga sequences will need to be re-imported to the Graphics
track.

• 24-Bit Audio — Aurora Edit now has 24-bit audio support within the application.
To configure the application for 24-bit audio, go to Tools | Options | Audio/Video.
A new Audio Format pulldown allows for the selection of both 16- and 24-bit
audio. The operator can mix and match 16- and 24- bit audio within the same
Timeline. Records will take on the bit depth of the configured setting, but media
import will preserve the current bit depth of the source media. Sending will flatten
audio to the bit depth of the sequence.

• Offline Proxy Support — Aurora Edit and Aurora Edit LD can preview and edit
with proxy media that is associated with offline archived hi-resolution video. This
feature allows editors to use archived offline assets within a Timeline as if they
were present in the online news database. The offline assets become available in
the bin by doing a MediaFrame search. Finding offline assets can be accomplished
by setting up filters in the Aurora search tool or by searching for a kno wn archi ved
asset. Once the search is done, the asset search results are placed in the Aurora Edit
or Aurora Edit LD bin, identified by an orange dot next to the name, and become
available as editable material on the T imeline. Refer to Editing using offline proxy

media on page 66 in New Topics for using this feature.

• Preserve ANC Data — Sequences created in Aurora Edit have a Preserve ANC
Data checkbox that when selected will allow ancillary data in clips sent to a
Smartbin from a K2 or Summit storage device to be preserved on the Timeline.
The closed captioning present in the ancillary data of a clip can be displayed on
the SDI output of an optional AJA Breakout Box (BOB) (LHi version only). When
incoming feeds with closed captioned data are recorded to a K2 or Summit storage
device, the K2 or Summit will put this data into an ancillary data track when the
generate ancillary data option is turned on on the K2 or Summit device. This is
done in Audio/Video configuration under Data Track Setup on the K2 or Summit.
When clips with this data are fed to an Aurora Edit Smartbin, the ancillary data
can be expected to be preserved in the clip (Preserve ANC Data checkbox must be
selected for the sequence) and allow any closed captioning in the data track to be
monitored on the SDI output of an AJA Breakout Box (BOB) option. Refer to

Preserving ANC Data on page 67 in New Topics for more detailed information

on this feature.

• Real-Time Preview with AJA Breakout Box (BOB) — Effects, transitions, and
graphics can be previewed prior to rendering with the AJA Breakout Bos option.
The SDI output of the Breakout Box is always av ailable, so no enabling is required.

• Increased Maximum Long GOP Send Bit Rate — When sending as MPEG2
Long GOP , the HD maximum bit rate has been increased from 80mbits to 100mbits.

• XDCAM EX Support — XDCAM EX files will show up in the removable media
bin of Aurora Edit. These will be part of the supported XDCAM series from Son y.
JVC also had the ability to encode in the XDCAM EX format. These files import
correctly with both Aurora Edit and RMI. Not all forms of XDCAM EX are
supported. For instance, 24fps is not supported and does not display in the removable
media bin if found on disk. "View as Tape" will not mix and match XDCAM HD
and XDCAM EX media. They are treated as different formats, even if the
characteristics of the file formats are similar.

• XDCAM 720 Support— 720p is now part of the supported file formats for
XDCAM HD.

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Release Summary

• AVC-Intra Timeline — As an addition to the playback support of AVC-Intra in

version 6.5, version 7.0 now has the option to create both AVCI-50 and AVCI-100
sequences, which completes the end-to-end support fo this format as it will transfer
to the K2 Summit. To set this up, Tools | Options | Audio/Video includes an option
for AVCI when the video format is set to an HD format. Due to the intensity of
AVCI-100 playback, some lesser performing systems, such as laptops, may have
a hard time playing this format.

• Multi-tiered SmartBins — SmartBins have been modified to detect and monitor

bins within bins in the new Summit/K2 database.

• Elimination of Media Import SmartBins — With the advent of the K2 hotbin,

the Aurora Edit Media Import Smartbins ha ve become redundant within the Aurora
system, even for Final Cut Pro workflows. Therefore there is no longer a Media
Import SmartBin option within the bin properties dialog. Pre-existing Media Import
SmartBins will continue to function, but support has been removed from the 7.0
system.

• Elimination of Caching — Although a cache service still exists for Aurora Edit

7.0, the process of caching files locally or trickling back to the shared volume has
been removed. No changes to setup or configuration are required. In addition, cache
directories may still be entered at the time of install, but this information will be
ignored by the application.

• Use Configured Web Proxy Setting — A new setting to bypass the configured

web proxy has been added to each application within the Aurora Suite. This
checkbox pertains to environments that have MediaFrame enabled. For Aurora
Edit, the checkbox is found in Tools | Options | General and will become active
only with MediaFrame turned on. When checked, the application will continue to
go through the configured Web Proxy settings in order to communicate with
MediaFrame services. When not selected, web calls through MediaFrame services
will bypass the configured settings.

• Updated SmartBins setup options -- The SmartBins setup tool has additional
configuration options:

Configured Web Proxy -- If this option is selected, the application bypasses the
configured web proxy. If not selected, the web calls through the MediaFrame
service bypass the configured settings.

Ignore Subclips option -- If this option is selected, SmartBins do not act on
subclips.

Wink K2 Generated Quicktime Files -- If this option is selected, SmartBins will
wink K2 generated Quicktime files when clips are winked to the News system.

Version 6.5.2

• SiteConfig support — Network configuration and software deployment across
all Aurora products is supported by SiteConfig, Grass Valley's system management
tool.

• Administrator password – The default administrator account on Aurora devices
has credentials as follows:

• Username: administrator

• Password: adminGV!

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Release Summary

Version 6.5.1.440

Version 6.5

SiteConfig expects these credentials by default.

• Hot keys – There are modified or new keyboard shortcuts for Aurora Edit
functionality, as specified in topics later in this document.

• K2 Summit compatible – The Aurora suite of software, including Aurora Edit,

is compatible with the K2 Summit software.

• NOTE: Aurora Edit 6.5 now requires you to hav e an A urora Sys license running
on the license manager , typically the DSM, for shared connectivity as well linking
to story via Aurora Playout tools.

• DV100 Support – Aurora Edit 6.5 includes support for DV100 media, either via
record or removable media import from P2. Note that transfers of DV100 media
to the Summit are supported, while transfers to K2 server are not.

• MPEG Long GOP Support – XDCAM HD, as well as Long GOP K2 records,
can be used natively within Aurora Edit timelines.

• Agile Timeline – Users can mix and match various formats (e.g. HD/SD,
1080i/720p, DV/MPEG, etc.) in real time within the timeline without having to
media convert up front.

• Send as MPEG2 – As an enhancement to the previous Long GOP Send capability
that was supported in previous versions of Aurora Edit, 6.5 now allows transfers
to transcode to MPEG I-Frame as well as MPEG Long GOP and XDCAM HD
formats.

• More Audio Channels – Aurora Edit now supports 16 channels of audio within
a file for playback, 8 channels of audio for recording, 16 tracks of audio within the
timeline, and up to 16 channels of output when sending to a server.

• MediaFrame Integration – New search and metadata tools have been embedded
in numerous areas within the application. These changes represent practical
improvements to the product as well as providing overarching workflow
enhancements to the workflow.

• Final Cut Pro Enhancements – Aurora Edit 6.5 has added special support for the
Leopard OS for Apple. In addition to setup changes, DV100 and XDCAM HD
workflows are fully supported.

NOTE: Previous Apple operating systems are not supported in Aurora Edit 6.5.

• System Information Utility – The Help->About box now includes a System
Information Utility.

• Render and Send via Conform Server – Aurora Edit can now of f load sequences
to a conform server for rendering, transcoding, and sending jobs, just like Aurora
Edit LD has supported in the past.

• HDV – HDV media can be ingested with the Record to Bin feature of Aurora Edit.

• Write-back to SD XDCAM – Sequences and clips can be exported to an XDCAM

disk in the SD format.

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• Native Timecode Support – Media that is recorded on the K2 will have its

timecode preserved, even if discontinuous, with shared SmartBin environments.

• Improved Aspect Ratio Conversion – Users can adjust aspect ratio settings in

real time prior to adding clips to the timeline. The resulting clip can be used on the
timeline prior to the actual conversion process.

• AVC-Intra Support – AVC-Intra clips can be imported and placed on the timeline

in its native format. These will be transcoded on sending to the K2 server.

• JPEG2K Support – JPEG2K clips can be imported and placed on the timeline in

its native format. These will be transcoded on sending to the K2 server.

• Online Help – Users can access online help from Aurora Edit, which is an

improvement upon the help manuals of the past.

Older versions

For information about older software versions not listed in these release notes, refer
to the release notes for those versions.

Release Summary

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Version compatibility

Version compatibility

Versions qualified for compatibility with this release of software are summarized in
the following sections.

System specifications

This section describes the hardware requirements that customers should use when
purchasing equipment for this release. The minimum spec describes the bare minimum
requirement for running Aurora, which may reduce the quality of user experience,
depending on the task. The expected lifespan of minimum spec equipment is also less
than that of recommended spec equipment, since it lacks head room for future growth.

NOTE: Minimum specs for SD configurations are provided only for existing SD
customers upgrading to this release. New customers should use HD configurations.

Aurora Edit SD laptop

Graphics

Media Drive(s)

Aurora Edit HD laptop

MINIMUM Spec

Intel Core 2 Dual Core 2.4 GHzProcessor
2 GBMemory
Integrated or discrete graphics with 128 MB

of memory and support for Direct3D 9 and
Shader Model 3.0

80 GB 7200 RPM SATASystem Drive
7200 RPM SATA if 2nd drive is available;

otherwise order a larger system drive
CD/DVDOptical Drive
Gigabit EthernetNetwork
As neededFirewire/1394
Windows XP Pro 32 SP3 or Windows 7OS

RECOMMENDED SpecMINIMUM Spec

Processor

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Intel Core 2 Dual Core 2.4
GHz

Intel Core 2 Quad Core 2.53
GHz

3 GB3 GBMemory

Version compatibility

RECOMMENDED SpecMINIMUM Spec

Graphics

Media Drive(s)

OS

Notes

Integrated or discrete
graphics with 256 MB of

Integrated or discrete
graphics with 256 MB of

memory and support formemory and support for
Direct3D 9 and Shader
Model 3.0

Direct3D 9 and Shader

Model 3.0

80 GB 7200 RPM SATA80 GB 7200 RPM SATASystem Drive
7200 RPM SATA if 2

nd

drive is available; otherwise
order a larger system drive

7200 RPM SATA if 2

drive is available; otherwise

order a larger system drive

nd

CD/DVDCD/DVDOptical Drive

Gigabit EthernetGigabit EthernetNetwork

As neededAs neededFirewire/1394
Windows XP Pro 32 SP3 or

Windows 7

Windows XP Pro 32 SP3 or

Windows 7
Editing HD on laptop systems may result in some

performance difficulties compared to desktop systems. This
includes potentially choppy playback, particularly during
un-rendered effects or when playing multiple streams of
video. In addition, render performance on a laptop is affected
by inherently slower drive performance within laptops.

Aurora Edit SD desktop

Processor(s)

Graphics

Notes

MINIMUM Spec

Intel Core 2 Dual Core 2.33 GHz OR Intel
Xeon 5140 Dual Core 2.33 GHz OR AMD
Opteron 270 Dual Core 2.0 GHz

2 GBMemory
Discrete graphics w/ 128 MB of dedicated

memory and support for Direct3D 9 and
Shader Model 3.0

80 GB 7200 RPM SATASystem Drive
2 x 250 GB 7200 RPM SATA stripedMedia Drives
CD/DVDOptical Drive
Gigabit Ethernet (2)Network
As neededFirewire/1394
Windows XP Pro 32 SP3 or Windows 7OS
A Gigabit Ethernet card and a Firewire/1394

card shall NOT be installed on the same PCI

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Version compatibility

MINIMUM Spec

bus segment (e.g. adjacent PCI slots), since
this can cause very poor performance.

Aurora Edit HD desktop

RECOMMENDED SpecMINIMUM Spec

Processor(s)

Graphics

Media Drives

OS

Notes

Intel Core 2 Quad Core 2.33
GHz OR Two Intel Xeon
5160 Dual Core 3.0 GHz

Discrete graphics w/ 256
MB of dedicated memory
and support for Direct3D 9
and Shader Model 3.0

2 x 250 GB 7200 RPM
SATA striped

Windows XP Pro 32 SP3 or
Windows 7

A Gigabit Ethernet card and a Firewire/1394 card shall NO T
be installed on the same PCI bus segment (e.g. adjacent PCI
slots), since this can cause very poor performance. It is the
customer's responsibility to insure that the system has
sufficient number and type of expansion slots to meet the
intended use. (For example, to accommodate network and/or
FireWire cards.)

Two Intel Xeon 5410 Quad
Core 2.33 GHz

3 GB3 GBMemory
Discrete graphics w/ 384

MB of dedicated memory
and support for Direct3D 9
+ 10 and Shader Model 4.0

80 GB 7200 RPM SATA80 GB 7200 RPM SATASystem Drive
2 x 250 GB 7200 RPM

SATA striped
CD/DVDCD/DVDOptical Drive
Gigabit Ethernet (2)Gigabit Ethernet (2)Network
As neededAs neededFirewire/1394
Windows XP Pro 32 SP3 or

Windows 7

Aurora Edit HDR (AJA) desktop / rackmount

Model

Processors

Memory

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REQUIRED Spec

HP z800 workstation (850 W chassis)

Two Intel Xeon 5540 Quad Core 2.53
GHz

4 GB (4 x 1 GB)

REQUIRED Spec

Version compatibility

Graphics

System Drive

Media Drives

Optical Drive

Network

Firewire/1394

Optional

OS

NVIDIA FX1800 768 MB graphics
(Direct3D 10 and Shader Model 4.0)

250 GB 7200 RPM SATA

2 x 250 GB 7200 RPM SATA striped
(RAID 0 Data Array)

CD/DVD

Gigabit Ethernet (2) (built into
motherboard)

(2) (built into motherboard)

Rack mount kit

Windows XP Pro 32 SP3
Windows 7 ( Only AJA based Aurora

Edit on the HP z800)

Notes

System shall be equipped EXACTLY as
specified above, except as follows:

• Customer may order faster quad core

CPUs if desired.

• Customer may order larger/faster

system drive and/or larger/faster
media drives if desired.

• Customer may order additional

network interfaces as needed.

• Customer may order additional 1394

card if needed.

Y ou might need to update the firmware on the AJ A LHi board, since some early boards
from AJA might have shipped with an older firmware. Aurora Self Test should notify
you if the wrong firmware is installed.

To update the firmware, follow these steps:

1. Open a command prompt with Administrator privileges

2. Type: cd "C:\Program Files\Grass Valley\Aurora\AJA Drivers\HD (for LH and
LHi)"

3. Type: spiflash top_pike_01_39.bit

4. Wait for it finish flashing (it can take upwards of a minute or so)

5. Restart.

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Version compatibility

Aurora Conform Server (SD)

MINIMUM Spec

Dell PowerEdge R610Model
Intel Xeon 1.0 GHzProcessor(s)
2 GBMemory
Integrated graphicsGraphics
36 GB 7200 RPM SATA or SASSystem Drive
CD/DVDOptical Drive
Gigabit Ethernet (2)Network
Windows Server 2003 32 SP2OS

Aurora Conform Server (HD)

RECOMMENDED SpecMINIMUM Spec

Model

Processor(s)

System Drive

OS

Aurora Edit LD

Processor(s)

2950
Intel Xeon Dual Core 1.0

GHz OR T wo Intel Xeon 1.0
GHz

36 GB 7200 RPM SATA or
SAS

Windows Server 2003 32
SP2

Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz OR
Intel Pentium Dual Core 1.6
GHz OR Intel Core 2 2.0
GHz OR Intel Core 2 Dual
Core 1.6 GHz

Dell PowerEdge R610Dell PowerEdge 2850 or

Two Intel Xeon E5520 2.26
GHz

4 GB3 GBMemory
Integrated graphicsIntegrated graphicsGraphics
160 GB 7200 RPM SATA

or SAS
CD/DVDCD/DVDOptical Drive
Gigabit Ethernet (2)Gigabit Ethernet (2)Network
Windows Serv er 2003 R2 32

SP2

RECOMMENDED SpecMINIMUM Spec

Intel Core 2 Dual Core 2.0
GHz

Graphics

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Integrated or discrete
graphics with 64 MB of

2 GB1 GBMemory
Discrete graphics with 128

MB of memory and support

Version compatibility

RECOMMENDED SpecMINIMUM Spec

memory and support for
Direct3D 9 and Shader
Model 3.0

OS

Notes

Windows XP Pro 32 SP3 or
Windows 7

Customers with legacy systems that do not meet the
minimum specifications should expect performance
problems, including timeline disruptions on playback,
sluggish edits for cuts, transitions, and effects, and delays
while scrubbing video and audio.

HP workstation board assignments

This section lists the supported Aurora Edit workstations and the corresponding slot
assignments.

HP xw8600 Workstation Board Assignment

for Direct3D 9 and Shader
Model 3.0

80 GB 7200 RPM SATA80 GB 7200 RPM SATASystem Drive
CD/DVDCD/DVDOptical Drive
Gigabit EthernetGigabit EthernetNetwork
Windows XP Pro 32 SP3 or

Windows 7

Slot TypeSlot #

PCI1

PCI-e x162

HP xw8400 Single-CPU Workstation Board Assignment

PCI1

Comtrol RS-422
(optional) OR

Comtrol RS-422 (optional)
OR additional IEEE 1394
(optional)

NVIDIA Quadro FX3700
graphics

Empty (use as needed)PCI-e x8 (x4)3
Empty (use as needed)PCI-e x16 (x16 or x8)4
Empty (use as needed)PCI-e x8 (x1 or x8)5
Empty (use as needed)PCI-e x8 (x4)6
SDR/HDR I/O boardPCI-X7

SDFXSD/SDRSlot TypeSlot #

Comtrol RS-422
(optional) OR

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Version compatibility

SDFXSD/SDRSlot TypeSlot #

additional IEEE
1394 (optional)

PCI-e2

NVIDIA Quadro
FX1500 graphics

PCI-X6

HP xw8400 Dual-CPU Workstation Board Assignment

PCI1

Comtrol RS-422
(optional) OR
additional IEEE
1394 (optional)

PCI-e2

NVIDIA Quadro
FX1500 graphics

additional IEEE
1394 (optional)

NVIDIA Quadro
FX560 graphics

Network InterfaceNetwork InterfacePCI-e3
Network InterfaceNetwork InterfacePCI-e4
SDFX I/OSDR I/OPCI-X5
SDFX Audio

Adapter
Fibre ChannelFibre ChannelPCI-X7

HDFXHD/HDRSlot TypeSlot #

Comtrol RS-422
(optional) OR
additional IEEE
1394 (optional)

NVIDIA Quadro
FX1500 graphics

PCI-X6

HP xw9300 Workstation Single-CPU Board Assignment

SD/SDRSlot TypeSlot #

PCI-e1

NVIDIA
Quadro FX1400
graphics

PCI2

Comtrol
RS-422

additional IEEE
1394 (optional)

SDFX (Option

1)

NVIDIA
Quadro FX1500
graphics

Comtrol
RS-422

additional IEEE
1394 (optional)

Network InterfaceNetwork InterfacePCI-e3
Network InterfaceNetwork InterfacePCI-e4
HDFX I/OHDR I/OPCI-X5
HDFX Audio

Adapter
HDFX EffectsFibre ChannelPCI-X7

SDFX (Option

2)

NVIDIA
Quadro FX1400
graphics

Comtrol
RS-422
(optional) OR(optional) OR(optional) OR
additional IEEE
1394 (optional)

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Version compatibility

SD/SDRSlot TypeSlot #

SDFX (Option

1)

inactiveinactivePCI-e3

PCI-X4

Network
Interface, Fibre

SDFX Audio

Adapter
Channel, or
RS422

PCI-X5

Interface

HP xw9300 Dual-CPU Workstation Board Assignment

PCI-e1

NVIDIA Quadro
FX3450 graphics

PCI2

Comtrol RS-422
(optional) OR
additional IEEE
1394 (optional)

SDFX (Option

2)

SDFX Audio
Adapter

Network
Interface

SDFX I/OSDFX I/ONetwork

SDFX Effects—SDR I/OPCI-X6

HDFXHD/HDRSlot TypeSlot #

NVIDIA Quadro
FX3450 graphics

Comtrol RS-422
(optional) OR
additional IEEE
1394 (optional)

PCI-X4

PCI-X5

HP z800 Workstation Board Assignment

PCI-e Gen2 x8 (x4)1

PCI-e Gen2 x162

PCI-e x8 (x4)3

PCI-e Gen 2 x165

Network Interface or
Fibre Channel

Fibre Channel

UseSlot TypeSlot #

Empty (can be used as
needed)

NVIDIA Quadro FX1800
graphics

Empty (can be used as
needed)

HDR I/O board (optional)PCI-e Gen 2 x16 (x8)4
Empty (can be used as

needed)

Network InterfaceNetwork InterfacePCI-e3
HDFX Audio

Adapter
HDFX I/ONetwork Interface or

HDFX EffectsHDR I/OPCI-X6

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UseSlot TypeSlot #

PCI6

PCI-e Gen2 x16 (x8)7

Compatible DSM components

The following components reside on the DSM and are compatible with this release
of software as listed in the following table. Compatible versions are pre-installed on
the DSM when you receive it new from Grass Valley.

2005 SP3SQL

Compatible Grass Valley products

Grass Valley products are compatible with this release of software as follows:

Comtrol 422 (optional) OR
2 nd 1394 (optional)

Empty (can be used as
needed)

CommentsVersionProduct

CommentsVersionProduct

Server

(AJA)

(Matrox)

7.1.0.8Aurora Browse client

7.1.0.18Aurora Browse MediaFrame

7.1.0.68Aurora Ingest

7.1.0.39Aurora Playout

Windows XP SP3 and
Windows 7

With compatible version of
SQL

Windows Server 20037.1.0.15Aurora Proxy Encoder
With compatible version of

SQL
With compatible version of

SQL
Windows Server 20037.1.0.273Aurora Conform Server

—7.1.0.20Aurora SDR/HDR Driver

—DSX.utils 6.1.0.70Aurora SDFX/HDFX Driver

Windows Server 20037.1.0.273Aurora SmartBins

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Version compatibility

CommentsVersionProduct

Generic iSCSI Installer

GVG_MLib Installer

K2 system software

—3.3.2.1401 for K2 Media

Client

7.2.7.1397 for K2
Summit Production
Client

—3.3.2.1401 for K2 Media

Client

7.2.7.1397 for K2
Summit Production
Client

—3.3.2.1401 for K2 Media

Client

7.2.7.1397 for K2
Summit Production
Client

—7.1.0.273K2-Aurora FTP
—2.0.13.567M-Series system software
—1.4.0.451 or higherSiteConfig application

1.1.188SiteConfig Discovery Agent

3.5.2.1b15620StorNext File System

(SNFS)

1.0.0Grass Valley prerequisite

files

Compatible third party products

Products by manufacturers other than Grass Valley are compatible with this release
of software as follows:

5.21Chyron Lyric Software

9.0cDirectX

6.00.0042ENPS

3.1iNews

6.0Octopus

Compatible with K2 version

3.3.2.1401 and K2 Summit
version 7.2.7.1397

The prerequisite files must be
installed on the SiteConfig
control point PC.

CommentsVersionProduct

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Version compatibility

CommentsVersionProduct

1.18HP z800 BIOS

2.37HP xw8400 BIOS

1.35HP xw8600 BIOS

2.09HP xw9300 BIOS

1.0.2176.1JLCooper USB Driver

Microsoft Windows

Player

XP with Service Pack 3,
Windows 7

10 or greaterMicrosoft Windows Media

191.78NVIDIA driver

3.0.4.10cOrad FrameworkXP

1.3.3.210Orad HASPdriver

5.0.12.1513Orad RenderEngine

5.2.0.472bOrad ReTalkXML

5.2.0.1646Orad PageBrowserAx

7.6 or greaterQuickTime

2.6.1.4SabreTooth

Windows 7 supported on the
Edit client

Contact Panasonic for driver2.03.0002Panasonic P2 Driver

Contact Sony for driver2.04Sony XDCAM FAM Driver
www.vizrt.comContact VizRTVizRT Requirements

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Upgrading Aurora Edit and Aurora Edit
LD systems

This section contains the tasks necessary for the upgrade to this release of software
using both the SiteConfig application for an Aurora Edit or Aurora Edit LD system
in a shared configuration or installing the application manually in Local mode.

Upgrading Aurora Edit and Edit LD devices with SiteConfig

This section contains the tasks for using SiteConfig to upgrade Aurora Edit and Aurora
Edit LD devices to this release of software. Work through the tasks sequentially to
complete the upgrade.

NOTE: These upgrade instructions assume that current software is at version 6.5
or higher. If you have a lower version of software, contact Grass Valley Support
before upgrading.

NOTE: When upgrading from a version lower than 6.5, the software installs with
a 30 day trial license. You need a permanent license to operate beyond the trial
period.

CAUTION: If you upgrade and then decide you do not want to stay with this
version of software, you must use the recovery disk image process to do wngrade
to your previous version.

About upgrading Aurora Edit and Aurora Edit LD with SiteConfig

With the upgrade instructions in this document, you use SiteConfig from a network
connected control point PC and remotely upgrade software simultaneously on your
Aurora product devices. This is the recommended process for software upgrades.

NOTE: Do not use the upgrade instructions in this document if upgrading with
SiteConfig for the first time.

If SiteConfig was not used for your previous software upgrade, do not use the upgrade
instructions in these release notes. Instead, use the SiteConfig Migration Instructions.
Before you upgrade software using SiteConfig, each of your Aurora product devices
must be migrated to become a SiteConfig managed device. This includes installing
SiteConfig support on the device, manually uninstalling any and all Aurora components,
and qualifying the device for communication with SiteConfig. These instructions are
in the SiteConfig Migration Instructions. Also refer to the SiteConfig User Manual or
SiteConfig Help Topics.

The upgrade instructions in this document apply to the following devices:

• Aurora Edit workstation of any storage option: Shared storage, NAS storage, and

stand-alone.

• Aurora Edit LD computer

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• DSM

• Conform Server

• SmartBin Server

• FTP Server

T o upgrade software using SiteConfig, you must first hav e SiteConfig set up for system
management and software deployment in your facility. These upgrade instructions
assume that you have already done that for your K2 SAN. Then you add your Aurora
product devices to the SiteConfig system description that you are using for your K2
SAN.

NOTE: Do not attempt to upgrade software incrementally across the devices of a
K2 SAN while media access is underway. Online software upgrading is not supported.

The following installation tasks provide information specifically for the upgrade to
this version of software. Read the information in these sections carefully before
attempting any upgrade to software.

NOTE: If adding a new 64 bit Windows 7 device in SiteConfig, select x64 as the
platform type. This enables the 64 bit versions of iSCSI and SNFS to be installed
instead of the default 32 bit versions. For Aurora Edit to work with Windows 7, the
Windows 7 administrator account must be enabled.

Make recovery images

Do not do this task if:

• You previously made a recovery image at the current software version for each

computer you are upgrading.

Do this task if:

• You do not have a recovery image at the current software version for one or more

of the computers you are upgrading.

The recommended procedure is to make a recovery image immediately after a software
upgrade. If you neglected to do this when you last upgraded software you should make
the recovery image now, before upgrading to the new version.

CAUTION: If you upgrade and then decide you do not want to stay with this
version of software, you must use the recovery disk image process to do wngrade
to your previous version.

Prepare for upgrade

Before upgrading, do the following:

• Procure the software installation files for this release via the appropriate distibution

method, such as download, CD-ROM, network drive, or external drive.

• Start up the devices you are upgrading, if they are not already started.

• Stop all media access on the devices you are upgrading.

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• Shut down all applications on the devices you are upgrading.

Upgrading Aurora Edit and Edit LD devices with SiteConfig

This section contains the tasks for using SiteConfig to upgrade Aurora Edit and Aurora
Edit LD devices to this release of software. Work through the tasks sequentially to
complete the upgrade.

NOTE: These upgrade instructions assume that current software is at version 6.5
or higher. If you have a lower version of software, contact Grass Valley Support
before upgrading.

NOTE: When upgrading from a version lower than 6.5, the software installs with
a 30 day trial license. You need a permanent license to operate beyond the trial
period.

CAUTION: If you upgrade and then decide you do not want to stay with this
version of software, you must use the recovery disk image process to do wngrade
to your previous version.

Prepare SiteConfig for software deployment

Do the following to prepare SiteConfig for the software upgrade.

1. Make the following files accessible to the SiteConfig control point PC:

• AuroraSuite software installation (*.cab) file

• AuroraEditLD software installation (*.cab) file

• NewsShare software installation (*.cab) file

• ConformServer software installation (*.cab) file

• SNFS software installation *.cab file

(SNFS_nonK2_x86<versionnumber>.cab for the 32-bit and
SNFS_nonK2_x64<versionnumber>.cab for the 64-bit.)

• Generic iSCSI software installation (*.cab) files

(GenericiSCSI_x86<versionnumber>.cab for the 32-bit and
GenericiSCSI_x64<versionnumber>.cab for the 64-bit.)

• GVGMLib software installation (*.cab) file

• PCmonitoring software installation (*.cab) file

2. If a newer version of SiteConfig is available for upgrade and you have not yet
upgraded SiteConfig, do the following:

a) From Windows Add/Remove programs, uninstall the current version of

SiteConfig from the control point PC.

b) Install the new version of SiteConfig on the control point PC.

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Install prerequisite files on the control point PC

Some software components, such as those for Aurora products, share common
prerequisite software. Y ou must install a prerequisite softw are package on the control
point PC to make the prerequisite software available for software deployment to
devices.

1. Check release notes for the required version of prerequisite files, if any.

2. On the SiteConfig control point PC, open Windows Add/Remove programs and

look for Grass Valley Prerequisite Files, then proceed as follows:

• If the required version of prerequisite files is installed, do not proceed with this

task.

• If prerequisite files are not installed or are not at the required version, proceed

with this task.

3. Procure the required prerequisite software installation file. The file name is

Prerequisite Files.msi.

4. On the SiteConfig control point PC, run the installation file. The installation program
copies prerequisite files to C:\Program Files\Grass Valley\Prerequisite

Files.

Upgrade K2 systems

Prerequisites for this task are as follows:

• If upgrading a K2 SAN, all SAN clients must be offline (all media access stopped)
or shut down. Depending on your system design, this could include devices such
as K2 clients, K2 appliances, Aurora Proxy (Advanced) Encoders, MDI server,
Aurora Edit clients, Aurora Ingest clients, Aurora Playout clients, and generic
clients.

Upgrade your K2 systems to the compatible version of K2 system software. This
includes K2 SAN systems and stand-alone K2 Media Client and K2 Summit
Production Client systems. Refer to K2 Release Notes for procedures.

Set up K2 Aurora FTP

Do the following tasks if you use K2-Aurora FTP.

Adding K2-Aurora FTP software role to K2 Media Server

Use the following SiteConfig procedure to add the K2-Aur ora FTP role to the K2 Media
Server that you use as your K2-Aurora FTP server, if you have not already done so.
The K2 Media Server that you use as your K2-Aurora FTP server must also have the
role of K2 FTP Server.

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1. In the Software Deployment | Devices tree view, right-click the device and select

Add Role.

The Add Role dialog box opens.

The Add Role dialog box displays only those roles that SiteConfig allows for
the selected device type.

2. Select the role or roles that you want to add to the device. Use Ctrl + Click or Shift
+ Click to add multiple roles.

3. Click OK to save settings and close.
The new role or roles appear under the device in the tree view.

Install and configure K2-Aurora FTP

1. In SiteConfig, check software on the the deployment group that contains your K2
Media Servers.

2. In SiteConfig, add the K2AuroraFTP_x.x.x.xxx.cab file to the deployment group
that contains your K2 Media Servers.

3. Proceed with next steps to set deployment options for K2-Aurora FTP software.

4. Do one of the following to set deployment options:

• Double-click the task.

• Select the task and click the Options button.

A wizard opens.

5. Work through the wizard and set deployment options as follows:

Software

K2-Aurora
FTP

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Deployment options