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About This Manual
• Chapter 7, “Configuring and Using External Devices,” describes how to handle the
external devices connected to the SGI Media Server.
• Chapter 8, “Troubleshooting,” describes some likely problem scenarios you might
experience while operating your SGI Media Server and what to do.
• Chapter 9, “Introduction to MVCP,” describes some common tasks you routinely
perform using MVCP commands.
• Chapter 10, “Clip Mirror Configuration,” describes how you can set up one or more
servers for clip mirroring with clip caches that mirror the clip cache on a designated
primary server.
• Appendix A, “The SGI Media Server Control GUIs,” describes the graphical user
interfaces (GUIs) that you can use to monitor and control system activities (such as
playing and recording clips) in non-production environments.
The glossary provides definitions of key words used in this document.
Who Should Read This Document
This document is written for SGI Media Server users, system integrators, and others who
are interested in obtaining an overview of the product. It is assumed that the reader is
already familiar with broadcast industry concepts.
Related Documentation
In addition to the information in this document, you should refer to the documentation
described in the following sections:
• “Release Notes” on page xxi for information on how to read the online release notes
for VST
• “Online VST Man Pages” on page xxi for online help for VST commands and
utilities
• “Other Publications” on page xxiii for a list of related hardware and software
publications