Pinnacle Systems Unity MediaNet - 2.0 User Manual
Avid Unity™ MediaNet
System Overview
Release 2.0
Copyright and Disclaimer
Product specifications are subject to change without notice and do not represent a commitment on
the part of Avid Technology, Inc. The software described in this document is furnished under a
license agreement. You can obtain a copy of that license by visiting Avid's Web site at
www.avid.com. The terms of that license are also available in the product in the same directory as
the software. The software may not be reverse assembled and may be used or copied only in
accordance with the terms of the license agreement. It is against the law to copy the software on any
medium except as specifically allowed in the license agreement. Avid products or portions thereof
are protected by one or more of the following United States patents: 4,746,994; 4,970,663;
5,045,940; 5,063,448; 5,077,604; 5,245,432; 5,267,351; 5,309,528; 5,325,200; 5,355,450;
5,396,594; 5,440,348; 5,452,378; 5,467,288; 5,513,375; 5,528,310; 5,557,423; 5,568,275;
5,577,190; 5,583,496; 5,584,006; 5,627,765; 5,634,020; 5,640,601; 5,644,364; 5,654,737;
5,701,404; 5,715,018; 5,719,570; 5,724,605; 5,726,717; 5,729,673; 5,731,819; 5,745,637;
5,752,029; 5,754,180; 5,754,851; 5,781,188; 5,799,150; 5,812,216; 5,828,678; 5,842,014;
5,852,435; 5,883,670; 5,889,532; 5,892,507; 5,905,841; 5,912,675; 5,929,836; 5,929,942;
5,930,445; 5,930,797; 5,946,445; 5,966,134; 5,977,982; 5,986,584; 5,987,501; 5,995,079;
5,995,115; 5,999,190; 5,999,406; 6,009,507; 6,011,562; 6,014,150; 6,016,152; 6,016,380;
6,018,337; 6,023,531; 6,023,703; 6,031,529; 6,035,367; 6,038,573; 6,052,508; 6,058,236;
6,061,758; 6,072,796; 6,084,569; 6,091,422; 6,091,778; 6,105,083; 6,118,444; 6,128,001;
6,128,681; 6,130,676; 6,134,379; 6,134,607; 6,137,919; 6,141,007; 6,141,691; 6,154,221;
6,157,929; 6,160,548; 6,161,115; 6,167,404; 6,174,206; 6,192,388; 6,198,477; 6,208,357;
6,211,869; 6,212,197; 6,215,485; 6,223,211; D352,278; D372,478; D373,778; D392,267; D392,268;
D392,269; D395,291; D396,853; D398,912. Additional U.S. and foreign patents pending. No part of
this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or
mechanical, including photocopying and recording, for any purpose without the express written
permission of Avid Technology, Inc.
© 2001 Avid Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in USA.
Attn. Government User(s). Restricted Rights Legend
U.S. GOVERNMENT RESTRICTED RIGHTS. This Software and its documentation are “commercial
computer software” or “commercial computer software documentation.” In the event that such
Software or documentation is acquired by or on behalf of a unit or agency of the U.S. Government,
all rights with respect to this Software and documentation are subject to the terms of the License
Agreement, pursuant to FAR §12.212(a) and/or DFARS §227.7202-1(a), as applicable.
Trademarks
AirPlay, AudioVision, Avid, Avid Xpress, CamCutter, Digidesign, FieldPak, Film Composer, HIIP,
Image Independence, Marquee, Media Composer, Media Recorder, NewsCutter, OMF,
OMF Interchange, Open Media Framework, Pro Tools, and Softimage are registered trademarks and
888 I/O, AirSPACE, AirSPACE HD, AniMatte, AudioSuite, AutoSync, AVIDdrive, AVIDdrive Towers,
AvidNet, Avid Production Network, AvidProNet, AVIDstripe, Avid Unity, Avid Xpress, AVX, DAE, D-Fi,
D-fx, D-Verb, ExpertRender, FilmScribe, HyperSPACE, HyperSPACE HDCAM, Intraframe, iS9, iS18,
iS23, iS36, Lo-Fi, Magic Mask, make manage move | media, Matador, Maxim, MCXpress,
MEDIArray, MediaDock, MediaDock Shuttle, Media Fusion, Media Illusion, MediaLog,
Media Reader, MediaShare, Meridien, NaturalMatch, OMM, Open Media Management, QuietDrive,
Recti-Fi, rS9, rS18, Sci-Fi, Sound Designer II, SPACE, SPACEnet, SPACEShift, Symphony, Vari-Fi,
Video Slave Driver, and VideoSPACE are trademarks of Avid Technology, Inc.
Windows and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Macintosh and
Power Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. All other trademarks contained
herein are the property of their respective owners.
Avid Unity MediaNet System Overview • Part 0130-04883-01 Rev. A • June 2001
Contents
Using This Guide
Chapter 1 System Overview
MediaNet Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–2
MediaNet Clients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–3
Accessing Data on the Drive Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–3
Avid Composer Products Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–3
MediaNet Storage Subsystem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–4
MEDIASwitch and Fibre Channel Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–4
File Manager and Backup File Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–4
MediaNet Drive Set. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–5
MediaNet Storage Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–5
Protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–7
Spare Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–7
MediaNet from the User’s Perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–7
Typical Dataflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–8
MediaNet Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–9
Chapter 2 MediaNet Hardware
Hardware Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–2
File Manager and Backup File Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–3
MediaNet Clients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–3
Fibre Channel Adapter Boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–4
MEDIASwitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–4
MEDIArray Drive Enclosures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–6
iv
Keyboard/Monitor/Mouse Assembly (Optional). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–7
Keyboard/Video/Mouse Switch (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–7
Ethernet Hub (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–8
Uninterruptible Power Supplies (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–8
Figures
Figure 1-1 MediaNet Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-2
Figure 2-1 8-Port MEDIASwitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-5
Figure 2-2 16-Port MEDIASwitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-5
Figure 2-3 Gigabit Interface Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-6
Figure 2-4 10-Slot Rack-Mount Drive Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-7
v
vi
Using This Guide
Congratulations on your purchase of MediaNet, the
high-performance, high-capacity shared media storage platform for a
workgroup of connected Avid
Who Should Use This Guide
This overview guide is intended for administrators responsible for the
operation and management of a MediaNet workgroup.
About This Guide
®
clients.
This book provides a high-level overview of MediaNet:
• Chapter 1 introduces MediaNet architecture, dataflow and
software.
• Chapter 2 provides hardware details for the MediaNet
components.
viii
Symbols and Conventions
The MediaNet documentation uses the following special symbols and
conventions:
1. Numbered lists, when order is important.
a. Alphabetical lists, when the order of secondary items is
important.
• Bulleted lists, when the order of the items is unimportant.
- Indented dashed lists, when the order of subtopics is
unimportant.
n
c
A note provides important related information, reminders, recommendations,
and strong suggestions.
A caution means that a specific action you take could cause harm to
your computer or cause you to lose data.
If You Need Help
If you are having trouble using MediaNet, you should:
1. Retry the action, carefully following the instructions given for that
task in your MediaNet documentation.
2. Check the Avid Unity MediaNet Troubleshooting Guide for
common MediaNet issues.
3. Check the documentation that came with your hardware for
maintenance or hardware-related issues.
Using This Guide
4. Check the release notes supplied with your Avid application for
information on accessing the Avid Web site and the Avid
Knowledge Center.
5. For customer support, contact your local Avid Reseller, or contact
Avid Customer Support directly:
• Broadcast customers — call 800-NEWS-DNG (639-7364).
• Postproduction customers — call 800-800-AVID (2843).
Related Information
The following documents provide more information about MediaNet:
• Avid Unity MediaNet Management Guide
• Avid Unity MediaNet Troubleshooting Guide
• Avid Unity MediaNet Supported Configurations Guide
ix
• Avid Unity MediaNet Setup Guide
• Avid Unity MediaNet for Windows Clients Setup Guide
• Avid Unity MediaNet for Windows Clients Quick Start Card
• Avid Unity MediaNet for Macintosh Clients Setup Guide
• Avid Unity MediaNet for Macintosh Clients Quick Start Card
• Avid Unity MediaNet Upgrade Notes
• Avid Unity MediaNet Release Notes
MediaNet also has online Help systems that provide complete
information about using the Setup Manager, the Administration Tool,
and the Monitor Tool.
Loading...