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Network Job Assignment Dialog 191
Procedure
To use the Network Job A ssi gnment di alog:
The Network Job Assignment dialog is accessible
when you turn on the Net Render toggle. The Net
Render toggle can be accessed from three different
dialogs used for rendering.
• Rendering menu > Render > Render Scene
dialog > Render Output g roup
• Rendering menu > Render To Texture > Render
Scene dialog > Render Sett ings group
•VideoPostdialog>ExecuteSequence>
Execute V ideo Post dialog > Output group
1. In the Render Scene dialog > Render
Output group, click the ellipsis button and then
specify an output file name and path using
U niversal Naming Convention (UNC) (page
3–1028). The easiest way to specify a UNC path
is to start with Save In > My Network Places.
2. Tur n on Ne t Render.
3. Click the Render button.
The Network Job Assignment dialog appears.
4. In the Network Job Assignment dialog, specify
ajobname.
Bydefault,thisisthefilenameofthecurrent
scene. Click the plus (+) button next to the Job
Name field to increment the job name. Unlike
the plus button in the file dialog s, this button
does not automatically launch the job .
Note: The software does not let you submit
multiplejobswiththesamename.
5. Determine whether to find the Manager
automat ically or manually. By default, the
software searches automatically for the
Manager using a network mask that you specify
in the dialog. Alternatively, turn on Manual
Search and e nter the name or IP address of the
computer running the Manager program.
6. Click Connect to continue.
You see a listing of all servers available for
network rendering. Each server is marked with
a colored icon to denote its current sta tus:
Green—Running and not rendering any jobs.
Yellow—Rendering another job. You can assign
jobs to busy servers, and the jobs wi ll be
rendered in the order received.
Red—Failed. Try rebooting the server or
see Troubleshooting (page 3–183) for more
information on failed servers.
Gray —Absent. Verify that the Server is currently
runningandthatithasnotbeen"Disallowed"in
the Week Schedule, see S
etting the Availability
for Render Nodes in the Managing Render
Nodes topic.
If a rendering Server is running on a
workstation that also has an inte ractive session
of the software, you can st ill select that machine
for rendering. A second copy of the software is
launched to execute the network render.
You can view statistics of a particular Server
by right-clicking its name and choosing
Properties.
7. Determine whether you will use the selected
server, all ser vers, or a group of servers.
8. Click Submit to send the job to the rendering
queue.