Setup guide

NOTE You can have up to eight render nodes on the background rendering network.
The other background rendering components are described as follows.
Lustre application This is the client application. Running on a Linux workstation, Lustre rendering jobs
are submitted for background rendering through the Render | Backburner menu.
Backburner Manager This is the hub of the background rendering workgroup. Backburner Manager can
reside on a Master Station or Lustre station, or can be installed on a dedicated machine in your network.
When jobs are submitted from Lustre to Backburner Manager, Backburner Manager breaks each submitted
job into tasks and distributes the tasks to the rendering servers on the network. To view the progress of the
tasks, use Backburner Monitor.
Backburner Web Monitor This is the user interface for the Backburner rendering network. It is automatically
installed with Backburner Manager, and can be accessed through a Web browser from any workstation on
the network. It allows you to view and control jobs currently being processed. You can stop, restart, reorder
or remove jobs completely using the Monitor. You also use Backburner Web Monitor to identify any render
nodes that are not working and check the overall status of the rendering network.
Backburner Server This is a server that runs on render nodes, and is automatically installed with Burn for
Lustre. Backburner Server accepts commands from Backburner Manager to start and stop rendering tasks.
Backburner Server communicates through a plug-in to execute rendering tasks.
NOTE Consult the latest Autodesk Backburner Installation Guide and Autodesk Backburner User Guide
for detailed information on Backburner. Use the guides to obtain Backburner information that does not relate
directly to Lustre background rendering, such as details on setting up Web monitoring and troubleshooting tips.
You can find these guides on the Backburner documentation webpage.
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