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Enter Subnet Mask When Automatic Search is on, enter a subnet mask for
automatic search. For information on using subnet masks.
Connect/Disconnect Connects to the network Manager. The software
preserves the connection as a global setting so that you need to change it only
when you want to specify an alternative Manager. If connected to the network
manager, click Disconnect to disconnect from the current manager so you
can choose a different manager.
Automatic Search Determines whether the software connects to a specific
manager or searches for one using a subnet mask when you click Connect.
When off, the software attempts to connect to the manager you specify in
this group. When on, it searches the network for a manager using the specified
subnet mask.
Refresh Updates the Server and Job lists.
By default, all servers are used for the job. When the Options group > Use All
Servers check box is turned off, you can choose one or more servers to render
the job. If rendering to a multiple-frame file format, such as an AVI or MOV
file, you can choose only one server.
Priority group
Priority Specifies a priority ranking for the job. The lower this setting, the
higher the job priority. Default=50.
For example, consider a job with priority 1 (Job B) that is submitted to a
network manager that's already rendering a job with priority 2 (Job A). Because
Job B has a higher priority, Job A will be suspended and Job B rendered. When
Job B is finished, the software will resume rendering Job A.
If two or more jobs have the same priority, they're executed in order of
submission.
Critical Sends the job to the head of the queue, preempting the existing jobs.
If a server is currently rendering and a critical job is sent to the queue, the
server will stop rendering its current job and begin rendering the new, critical
job. When finished with the critical job, the server returns to the next job it
has been assigned in the queue.
Dependencies Opens the
Job Dependencies dialog on page 6289 , which you
can use to specify existing jobs that must finish before the current job can
start.
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