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Ping successful.
Buffer size = 9043968
Sending data to tunisia, filesystem id 186
MB/sec: 111.516597
Ping successful.
Minimum MB/sec: 111.460127
Maximum MB/sec: 111.516597
Average MB/sec: 111.496590
■ If an sw_ping from machine 1 to machine 2 is successful and you still cannot access the remote
framestore through your Creative Finishing application, check that the remote system has exported
its directories so that the local system has read/write access. See Verifying Remote Clip Library
Access and Permissions
■ If an sw_ping from machine 1 to machine 2 is unsuccessful, validate the sw_framestore_map file
on both machines and check that sw_probed and sw_serverd are running on both machines.
Using sw_ping to Test Network Performance
Use the sw_ping command to test network performance. For more significant results, run the test 100
times.:
1 Start sw_ping: /usr/discreet/sw/sw_ping -framestore <framestore_name> -r -w -size
<packetsize> -loop <n>
Description:Option:
Is the name of the framestore to ping.-framestore <framestore_name>
Reads a buffer from the remote framestore.-r
Writes a buffer to the remote framestore (non-destructive).-w
Reads/writes a buffer of packetsize bytes.-size <packetsize>
Executes this test n times.-loop <n>
The following is an example for an NTSC (720 x 486 x 3) frame format, sent 100 times in read and
write mode to framestore my_framestore:
/usr/discreet/sw/sw_ping -framestore my_framestore -read -write -size 1049760 -l 100
Verifying Remote Clip Library Access and Permissions
Verify that the local host has write permissions to the clip library directory of the remote host:
1 Try to access the clip library directory of the remote host. Type: cd /hosts/
<remote_machine>/usr/discreet/clip
2 If an error message appears on the client machine, check to see that the required network daemons
are on. If you have access to /hosts/<remote_machine >/usr/discreet/clip, check you have root
privileges to read and write to this directory: touch /hosts/ <remote_machine>
/usr/discreet/clip/deleteme .
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