User`s guide

1 Avid ISIS Gateway Server Overview
The Avid ISIS
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File Gateway server enables network users to access the Avid ISIS
workspaces in a non-realtime scenario. Depending on the access permission, network users
can read, write, and delete files on workspaces without using up ISIS client licenses. This
chapter provides an overview of the Avid ISIS File Gateway server.
The File Gateway is a 64-bit AS3000 server with the same image as the 64-bit System
Director. If you have a 64-bit AS3000 System Director, you can re-image the System
Director by running the latest
Product Recovery and install the File Gateway software to
convert the System Director into a File Gateway.
The File Gateway software cannot be installed on the System Director in an ISIS | 7500 or
ISIS | 5500 environment. The File Gateway is a separate server that is attached to Zone 2 of
your Avid ISIS system. However, the File Gateway software does run on the System
Director in an ISIS | 2500 environment.
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To prepare your site for installation of an Avid ISIS system, see the Avid Products and
Network Site Preparation Guide on the Avid Knowledge Base or included in the
documentation folder on the top level of the Avid ISIS installer kit.
File Gateway Server
The File Gateway server is 1U high (see “File Gateway Server Front Panel” on page 12) and
allows users to move files between their local system and Avid ISIS workspaces over the
network using Common Internet File System (CIFS), File Transfer Protocol (FTP), or both.
The File Gateway server does not store the files; files are stored in the workspaces within the
Avid ISIS engine.
Connect the File Gateway server as a Zone 2 client in the Avid ISIS | 7500 environment or
Zone 1 client in the Avid ISIS | 5500 environment. Both mirrored and RAID workspaces can
be accessed in the ISIS | 7500 environment. File Gateway server allows FTP clients to access
Avid ISIS workspaces in a non real-time environment over a WAN/Internet. Avid provides
no performance guarantees with Avid ISIS when using an FTP client.
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The default File Gateway server password is set to is-admin.