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Server list
The Server list, located on the upper-right s ide
of the Network Job Assignment dialog, displays
all
network rendering Servers (page 3–1073)
registered w ith the network manager after you
connect to the manager.
You can also display only members of a specific
Server group you’ve defined in the t
ree view by
clicking the appropriate tab above the Server list.
To assign only members of a Server group to a job,
you must turn off Options group > Use All Servers
and manually highlight the Servers in the group
before submitting the job.
If more groups are available than can fit in the
space above the list, arrow buttons for scrolling
the group list horizontally appear above the list’s
top-right corner. Click these arrow buttons to
scrollthelistleftorrighttoviewadditionalgroup
tabs.
By default, each Ser ver is marked with a colored
status icon:
•
Green—Running and not rendering any jobs.
•
Yellow—Rendering another job. You can assign
jobs to busy Servers, and the jobs wi ll be
rendered in the order received.
•
Red—Failed. Try rebooting the Server or
see
Troubleshooting (page 3–177) or more
information on failed Servers.
•
Gray—Absent. Verify that t he network Server
is currently running and that it has not been
"Disallowed" in the m
onitor.
By default, the software submits the rendering
job to all servers, w hether or not they’re listed
in the current group. To submit the job only to
servers in the group, turn off Options group >
Use All Servers, and then hig h light the servers in
the group.
Note: You can change the height of the server list
window relative to the job list window below it by
dragging the p artition vertical ly.
Server list right-click m e nu
By default, servers are listed by name only. To
see more information about a server , right-click
its name in the list. A menu appears w ith these
options:
Proper t ies—Displays the Server Properties dialog,
which shows aspects of the server hardware and
operating system, including memory and disk
space.
All Server Deta il s—This toggle, when on, displays
all details about each ser ver to the r ight of its
name. When off, restores the last saved set of
partial server details unless the last saved set was
All Server Details, in which case it restores the
defaultset:nameonly.Seethefollowingitemfor
the list of available details.
Note: You can see more details by scrolling the list
with the horizontal scroll bar at the bottom, or by
w idening the dialog by dragg ing its r ight side with
the mouse.
Partial S erver Details—Opens the Set Server
Property Tabs dialog, which lets you specify which
detailsareshownintheServerlist.Thedialog
provides check boxes for turning on and off the
display of these details:
•Status:See
Server list (p age 3–188) for status
details.
•NumberofCPUs
• Total Physical Memory - in bytes
•OperatingSystem
•WorkDiskSpace-inmegabytes
• Historical Performance Index - see note below
• Handle - a hexadecimal identification number
for the machine