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Avid Unity MediaNetwork System Overview • Part 0130-05843-01 • June 2003
Contents
Using This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Who Should Use This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
About This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Symbols and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
If You Need Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
If You Have Documentation Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
How to Order Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Avid Educational Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Related Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Chapter 1 MediaNetwork Hardware Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
MediaNetwork Hardware Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Trilligent Hardware Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
File Manager and Backup File Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Fibre Channel Adapter Boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
MEDIASwitches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
MEDIArray II Drive Enclosures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Keyboard/Monitor/Mouse Assembly (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Keyboard/Video/Mouse Switch (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Uninterruptible Power Supplies (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
PortServer and PortServer Pro Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
PortServer Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
PortServer Pro Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Media Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
MediaNetwork Editing Clients. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Load-Balancing and Network-Routing Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
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Chapter 2 MediaNetwork Workgroup Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
MediaNetwork Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
MediaNetwork Storage Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
MEDIASwitch and Fibre Channel Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
File Manager and Backup File Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
MediaNetwork Drive Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
MediaNetwork Clients. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
MediaNetwork from the User’s Perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
MediaNetwork Data Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Chapter 3 Trilligent Cluster Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Trilligent Cluster Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Trilligent Storage Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
MEDIASwitch and Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
File Manager and Backup File Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
MediaNetwork Drive Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Media Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Network-Routing Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Load-Balancing Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Trilligent Storage from the Media Server’s Perspective . . . . . . . . . . 38
Trilligent Data Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Chapter 4 MediaNetwork Management Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
MediaNetwork Storage Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Spare Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Management Tasks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Management Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Setup Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Administration Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Monitor Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
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Figures
Figure 1 An 8-Port MEDIASwitch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Figure 2 A 16-Port MEDIASwitch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Figure 3 Small Form-factor Pluggable Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Figure 4 Rack-Mount MEDIArray II Drive Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Figure 5 PortServer Workgroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Figure 6 PortServer Pro Workgroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Figure 7 MediaNetwork Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Figure 8 MediaNetwork Client Request Data Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Figure 9 Trilligent Cluster Architecture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Figure 10 Trilligent Request Data Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Figure 11 MediaNetwork Storage Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Figure 12 Setup Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Figure 13 Administration Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
Figure 14 Monitor Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
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Congratulations on your purchase of an Avid Unity™ MediaNetwork
workgroup or Trilligent
high-performance, high-capacity, shared media storage platform for a
workgroup of connected MediaNetwork clients. The Trilligent Cluster is a
high-performance media-streaming platform that provides high-capacity
shared media storage for a maximum of 20 Media Servers.
The documentation describes the features and hardware of all models.
Therefore, your system might not contain certain features and hardware
that are covered in the documentation.
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Cluster. The MediaNetwork workgroup is a
Who Should Use This Guide
This guide is intended for administrators who manage MediaNetwork
workgroups or Trilligent Clusters.
About This Guide
This guide provides a high-level overview of both MediaNetwork
workgroups and Trilligent Clusters. It is organized as follows:
• Chapter 1, “MediaNetwork Hardware Overview,” describes common
hardware, with specific sections for MediaNetwork components and
Trilligent Cluster components. This chapter contains information for
MediaNetwork workgroup and Trilligent Cluster administrators.
• Chapter 2, “MediaNetwork Workgroup Overview,” introduces
MediaNetwork architecture, data flow, and storage. This chapter
contains information for MediaNetwork workgroup administrators.
Using This Guide
• Chapter 3, “Trilligent Cluster Overview,” introduces Trilligent Cluster
architecture, data flow, and storage. This chapter contains information
for Trilligent Cluster administrators.
• Chapter 4, “MediaNetwork Management Overview,” describes
management tasks and tools common to MediaNetwork workgroups
and Trilligent Clusters. This chapter contains information for
MediaNetwork workgroup and Trilligent Cluster administrators.
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If You Need Help
If you have trouble using your MediaNetwork workgroup or Trilligent
Cluster:
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(Windows) or the mouse button (Macintosh).
button (Macintosh) twice rapidly.
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the mouse button (Macintosh) while you move the
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Related Information
MediaNetwork workgroup and Trilligent Cluster administrators should
refer to the following documents for more information:
• Avid Unity MediaNetwork Site Preparation Guide
• Avid Unity MediaNetwork File Manager Setup Guide
• Avid Unity MediaNetwork File Manager Failover Installation Notes
• Avid Unity MediaNetwork Upgrade Notes
• Avid Unity MediaNetwork PortServer Setup Guide
• Avid Unity MediaNetwork Media Server Setup Guide
• Avid Unity MediaNetwork Supported Configurations
• Avid Unity MediaNetwork Management Guide
• Avid Unity MediaNetwork Troubleshooting Guide
• Avid Unity MediaNetwork Macintosh Fibre Channel Client Setup
Guide
Related Information
• MediaNetwork Macintosh Fibre Channel Client Quick Start Card
• Avid Unity MediaNetwork Windows Fibre Channel Client Setup Guide
• MediaNetwork Windows Fibre Channel Client Quick Start Card
• MediaNetwork Macintosh Ethernet Client Quick Start Card
• Avid Unity MediaNetwork Windows Ethernet Client Setup Guide
• MediaNetwork Windows Ethernet Client Quick Start Card
• Avid Unity MediaNetwork Release Notes
• Avid Unity MediaNetwork LANserver EX Setup Guide
• Avid Unity MediaNetwork LANserver Upgrade Notes
• Avid Unity MediaNetwork LANserver Release Notes
Your MediaNetwork workgroup and Trilligent Cluster also have online
Help that provides complete information about using the Setup Manager,
the Administration Tool, and the Monitor Tool.
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Chapter 1
MediaNetwork Hardware Overview
A MediaNetwork workgroup and a Trilligent Cluster use many of the same
hardware components, in different ways, to provide shared access to audio
and video files. This chapter provides an overview of the MediaNetwork
and Trilligent Cluster hardware, including:
• MediaNetwork Hardware Components
• Trilligent Hardware Components
• File Manager and Backup File Manager
• Fibre Channel Adapter Boards
• MEDIASwitches
• MEDIArray II Drive Enclosures
• Keyboard/Monitor/Mouse Assembly (Optional)
• Keyboard/Video/Mouse Switch (Optional)
• Uninterruptible Power Supplies (Optional)
• PortServer and PortServer Pro Systems
• Media Servers
• MediaNetwork Editing Clients
• Load-Balancing and Network-Routing Switches
For more information on the MediaNetwork workgroup, see Chapter 2. For
more information on the Trilligent Cluster, see Chapter 3.
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