Product specifications

Chapter 1 MediaNetwork Hardware Overview
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MediaNetwork Hardware Components
A MediaNetwork workgroup contains interconnected components,
customized to meet the needs of video editing. A typical environment might
contain:
• One or more standard 19-inch NEMA or EIA storage racks (customer
supplied)
• One Windows 2000
®
system that functions as the File Manager, with a
Fibre Channel adapter board
• A second Windows 2000 system that functions as a backup File Manager,
with Fibre Channel adapter board (optional)
• One or two MEDIASwitch 16-4Gs to connect the File Manager, the
storage subsystem, and the Fibre Channel clients
• One or more PortServers or PortServer Pro systems that share workspaces
across an Ethernet network
• Up to six MEDIArray
™
ZX(3) drive enclosures that contain the drives
• Services software
• One keyboard/monitor/mouse (KMM) assembly that controls the File
Manager, the backup File Manager, any attached PortServer or PortServer
Pro systems (optional)
• One keyboard/video/mouse (KVM) switch to connect the File Manager,
the backup File Manager, the PortServer or PortServer Pro systems to the
KMM (optional)
• Several uninterruptible power supplies (UPSs) to manage power to the
File Manager, the storage, the PortServer or PortServer Pro systems
(optional)
• One client kit for each Fibre Channel client that contains a Fibre Channel
adapter board, the client software, and the user documentation
• One client kit for each Ethernet client that contains the client software and
the user documentation