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Table Of Contents
- Title Page
- Contents
- Chapter 1 Avid Motion Graphics Overview 13
- Chapter 2 Rack Mounting and Cabling Your Server 34
- Chapter 3 Software Installation 65
- Chapter 4 Software Licensing 83
- Chapter 5 Video Setup and Preferences 91
- Chapter 6 Installing and Configuring Avid Motion Graphics Journalist 104
- Chapter 7 Installing and Configuring Avid Motion Graphics News Control 150
- Chapter 8 Upgrading Your AMG Server Hardware to Dual Channel 167
- Chapter 9 Adding and Replacing Hardware 189
- Chapter 10 Product Recovery 209
- Chapter 11 Specifications 212
- Appendix A Safety and Regulatory Information 215
- Using This Guide
- Avid Motion Graphics Overview
- Rack Mounting and Cabling Your Server
- Installing the AMG Server in a Rack
- Installing the RAID Drives
- Installing the Breakout Box
- Cabling Avid Motion Graphics
- Connecting Power Cords to the AMG Server
- Powering on Avid Motion Graphics
- Network and Operating System Settings
- Configuring the RAID Drives (For Single Channel Servers only)
- Software Installation
- Software Licensing
- Video Setup and Preferences
- Installing and Configuring Avid Motion Graphics Journalist
- What You Need to Activate the Software License
- Setting Up the Avid Motion Graphics Journalist Server
- Installing AMG Journalist Client Software
- Setting Up the AMG Preview Renderer
- Setting Up the AMG Advanced Device Manager
- Installing the Avid Service Framework
- Setting Up the AMG Device Service
- Confirming Functionality
- Example of AMGConf.ini File for iNEWS Command
- Installing and Configuring Avid Motion Graphics News Control
- AMG News Control Installation Tasks
- Installing AMG Journalist Server Software
- Configuring the AMG Journalist Server with AMG News Control
- Licensing AMG News Control
- Understanding the X: Drive Network Share
- Installing Avid Motion Graphics Journalist Client
- Installing the AMG Preview Renderer
- Creating a Project Shortcut
- Configuring Avid MOS Gateway, AMG News Control and iNEWS
- Configuring ENPS to Host the AMG Journalist Client
- Confirming Avid Motion Graphics Journalist Functionality
- Example of AMGConf.ini File for AMG News Control
- AMG News Control Installation Tasks
- Upgrading Your AMG Server Hardware to Dual Channel
- Avid Motion Graphics Server Board Slots
- Electrostatic Discharge Precautions
- Upgrade Checklist
- Materials Checklist
- Removing and Installing the System Cover
- Installing the Additional VGA and Video I/O Boards
- Inserting Additional Media Drives in Your AMG Server
- Turning on Your Avid Motion Graphics Server
- (Optional) Upgrading the AMG Software
- (Optional) Upgrading AJA and NVidia Driver Configuration Settings
- Re-RAIDing Media Drives
- Adding and Replacing Hardware
- Product Recovery
- Specifications
- Safety and Regulatory Information
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Contents
If You Need Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Accessing the Online Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Chapter 1 Avid Motion Graphics Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Product Suite. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Unpacking a New System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Opening the Shipping Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Verifying Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Inspecting Components for Damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Avid Motion Graphics Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Avid Motion Graphics Server Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Server Controls and LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Drive Array and Slot Locations (Single Channel Servers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Drive Array and Slot Locations (Dual Channel Servers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
RAID Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Avid Motion Graphics Server Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Expansion Slots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
System Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
USB Ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
USB Devices and License Activation ID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Checklist: Pre-Installation Preparations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Chapter 2 Rack Mounting and Cabling Your Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Installing the AMG Server in a Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Rack-mount Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Positioning the Server in the Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Separating the Slide Rails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Attaching Inner Slide Rails to the Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Attaching the Outer Rails to a Square-Hole Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Attaching the Outer Rails to a Round-Hole Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40