Setup guide

Autodesk Wire This service enables high-speed transfer of uncompressed timelines, clips, and libraries
between workstations, on industry-standard TCP/IP and InfiniBand networks, preserving all metadata.
Media I/O Adapter The Media I/O Adapter is a Backburner processing engine that reads media from a storage
device or Wiretap server, processes it, and then writes it to a storage device or Wiretap server.
Install and license Wiretap Gateway on a dedicated system
See Prepare the installation media (page 31).
■ If you have only Linux machines serving your Linux products, install Wiretap Gateway on a Linux
workstation.
■ If you want Apple ProRes support for your Linux products, you must install the Wiretap Gateway software
for Linux on a Mac workstation.
Installing Wiretap Gateway Software for Linux Products
Install on Linux:
1 Log in to the system as root. On the USB key, the installer is in the directory StandaloneInstallers/.
A link to the installer is in the release announcement.
2 Run WiretapGateway_[product version]_Linux/INSTALL.
Install on OS X by double clicking WiretapGateway_2012_Mac_Use_With_Linux_Products.dmg. This is on the
USB drive at StandaloneInstallers/WiretapGateway_[product version]_Mac or you can download it from
the link in the Release Announcement.
License Dedicated Wiretap Gateway Software for Linux Products
You cannot use a Wiretap Gateway on a dedicted system until it is licensed. Although they still appear in
the network tree in applications, unlicensed Wiretap Gateways block all media I/O. When you attempt to
play or import media through an unlicensed Wiretap Gateway, the operation fails and an “Unlicensed”
error message is returned. To license Wiretap Gateway through a remote (network) license server (Linux
or OS X):
1 On the machine running Wiretap Gateway create /usr/local/flexlm/licenses/DL_licenseNetwork.dat.
2 Add the lines:
SERVER <license_server_machine_name> 0
VENDOR discreet_l
USE_SERVER
To license (node locked) Wiretap Gateway (Linux or Mac machine):
1 On the Wiretap Gateway system in a terminal, get the Discreet host ID of the system with
/usr/local/bin/dlhostid
This should return something like: The Discreet host ID of this machine is
“DLHOST01=25231AEF83AD9D5E9B2FA270DF4F20B1”.
2 Send the Discreet host ID line (e.g. everything in quotations marks, above) to Autodesk M&E
Licensing:[e-mail]. You can immediately acquire a 4-day license code via the emergency
license generator at http://melicensing.autodesk.com/templicensing/. To speak to a licensing representative
call the Licensing Department in North America at 1-800-925-6442, 08:00-20:00 EST. Outside of North
America, call 1-514-954-7199.
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