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Storage Manager Software — Installs the software used to run the data drives. This
software is installed on both the System Director and Engines.
System Director Software — (System Director only) Installs the System Director
software and creates the file system for the data drives. It also provides the ISIS
Management Console and error logging.
Storage Manager Installers — (System Director only) Installs the Engine Software
installer on the System Director. This installer is accessed when you click the
Installers icon in the Management Console.
ISIS Client Installers — (System Director only) Installs the “client installers” on
the System Director. Clients can then install the latest software on the clients from
the System Director Management Console window. These installers are accessed
when you click the Installers icon in the Management Console.
ISIS SNMP Extension Agent — (System Director only) Installs software to
support Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). It is used with network
management to monitor network-attached devices for conditions that warrant
administrative attention. These SNMP monitoring agents are used with an
OpenNMS user interface to support the Avid System Monitor.
Avid System Monitor is an option for ISIS 5000 systems covered by the “Avid
Uptime Support” contract option. The software required for the monitoring
solution is provided as part of the Avid PS installation engagement.
Resources
Contact Displays the Avid corporate address and contact information.
Avid’s Website This link brings you to the Avid web site (www.avid.com). If you do not have internet
access on the computer running this software installation, Page not found is displayed.
ReadMe Avid recommends that you read all the information in the ReadMe file thoroughly
before installing software or attempting to use the Avid ISIS system. This ReadMe
provides information that is not in the other Avid ISIS documentation.
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Search the Avid Knowledge Base for the most up-to-date ReadMe file, which
contains the latest information that might have become available after the
documentation was published. To view the online version, visit the Knowledge
Base at www.avid.com/readme.
The document provides hardware and software requirements, a limitations and known
issues, and other important information. You can access the documentation in the
top-level AvidISISDocumentation folder on the Avid ISIS installer kit.
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