Setup guide

Chapter 1 Installing the MediaNetwork Windows Fibre Channel Client Hardware
16
Before You Begin
Keep the shipping
boxes that come with
your Windows client.
You might need to
repackage and ship the
components in the
future.
Before you begin to install the Windows client hardware, do the following:
• Unpack the Windows client kit.
• Check the contents of the Windows kit against the packing sticker on the
outside of the shipping box to confirm you have received all the
components.
After you unpack your Windows client kit, make sure the kit contains:
• One 4-Gb optical Fibre Channel adapter board for the Windows client
• One optical small form-factor pluggable (SFP) connector
• One Windows client software kit containing
- Avid Unity MediaNetwork Windows Fibre Channel Client Setup
Guide on the Avid Unity MediaNetwork Documentation CD-ROM.
- Avid Unity MediaNetwork software CD-ROM.
n
Avid does not supply an optical cable with the Windows client kit. You must
supply the cable separately.
Installing the Windows Client Hardware
The Windows client kit allows you to connect your Avid workstation to the
MediaNetwork workgroup. You can connect an existing Avid workstation or a
new Avid workstation to the workgroup.
To install the Windows client hardware:
t If you are connecting an existing Avid workstation, begin your installation
with “Shutting Down the Avid Workstation” on page 16.
t If you are connecting a new Avid workstation, begin your installation with
“Placing the Components” on page 17.
Shutting Down the Avid Workstation
Before you install the Windows client hardware, shut down the Avid
workstation you are adding to the MediaNetwork workgroup.