2010

2 On each slave machine, begin the installation process by inserting the
Maya DVD.
3 Mount the DVD drive, if necessary. For example, type:
mount -r /dev/dvd /mnt/dvd
4 Open the mental ray satellite directory, go to the Linux directory, and
enter the following command (where # is the specific package number):
rpm -ivh mentalraySatellite3.7.53_maya2010-3.7-#.x86_64.rpm
NOTE 64-bit Windows releases of mental ray for Maya satellite use the same
port and service name as the 32-bit version. You will run into problems if you
install both the 32-bit and the 64-bit versions on a 64-bit system. There is
only one service entry/xinetd config, so installing a 64-bit package after the
32-bit (or the other way around) leaves only the last installed version working.
Slave machine additional setup
Once this version of mental ray is installed and running, a service on the
machine (the Ray Sat server) waits for rendering tasks from mental ray for
Maya on the master machine. The satellite-enabled version of mental ray does
not require its own licensing; it is activated through Maya’s licensing.
On the slave machine, the Ray Sat server (service name: mental ray Satellite
3.7.53 for Maya 2010) must be running. To verify that it is running on
Windows, follow this procedure.
To verify that Ray Sat server is running (Windows)
1 Open a Windows command prompt.
2 Navigate to the bin directory of the mental ray satellite standalone. By
default this is C:\Program Files\Autodesk\mrsat3.7.53-maya2010\bin\.
3 Type the following:
raysat2010server /query
A message should be returned that the RaySat2010 Server service is
running.
If you do not get this message, make sure that RaySat2010 Server has
been installed as a service, and start it from the Services Control Panel
(Settings > Control Panel > Administrative Options > Services) or type
the following:
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