ATTO Technology 2390D Guida di Configurazione

Installation and Confi guration Guidefor Linux® Workstations Autodesk® Flame® Premium 2013 Extension 2A Discreet® creative fi nishing products20th Anniv

Hardware configurationIf you are only upgrading an existing application, you do not need to reconfigure your hardware.This section contains wiring dia

Ooperating system ruleWiretap path translation 62Ppath translation databaseXML syntax 60ping 75platforms in this release 1port statistics, InfiniBand

host/path rule 60operating system rule 62sharing the database 63testing 63wiring video I/O and broadcast monitor 12workflowconfiguring BrowseD 55confi

Typical configuration overview for Creative Finishing applicationsTypical configurationTypical Configuration Overview for LustreYou may or may not hav

There are two kinds of Lustre workstations: The Master Station is designed for GPU-accelerated sessions where the colorist works together with thecin

A typical Lustre workgroup configuration built around a Master Station.8 | Chapter 3 Hardware configuration

Peripheral connections overviewThe Z820 with the optional NVIDIA SDI2, AJA KONA 3G and 2-port GigE adapters. Optionally, your workstation can beset up

The Z800 with a 2-port GigE adapter in slot 1 (top to bottom), and a Mellanox QDR InfiniBand / 10-GigE adapter in slot7. Optionally, your workstation

Connect video componentsHP Z820 Video I/OThe only video hardware you must provide are a sync generator, VTR, HD/SDI-ready broadcast monitorand patch p

The only video hardware you must provide are a sync generator, VTR, HD/SDI-ready broadcast monitorand patch panel (if desired).1 Connect the output of

Connect the Discreet Native Audio hardware components to the AJA breakout boxConnect media storageDo not power on your storage before installing Linux

Connecting the Fibre Channel AdapterOn HP Z800 workstations, connections to media storage are made using the ATTO Celerity FC84-EN fibrechannel adapte

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The storage can be connected to the workstation through either 2 FC loops or 4 loops.2-loop configuration: On ATTOcards 2 micro chips handle fiber tra

Connecting XR 6500 StorageThe following diagrams illustrate 2-loop and 4-loops connections for XR 6500 series storage assemblies.Cable your storage ex

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Notes: In a 4-loop configuration, you need a minimum of one XE expansion enclosure attached to the XR 6500RAID enclosure.18 | Chapter 3 Hardware co

The total number of enlcosures must be an even number.Connecting XR 6412 StorageThe following diagrams illustrate 2-loop and 4-loop connections for

NOTE In a 4-loop configuration with a XR 6412 RAID enclosure, you need a minimum of one XE expansionenclosure attached to the XR RAID enclosure.Connec

NOTE The XR 5402 and XR 5412 RAID enclosures support a maximum of four XE expansion enclosures.Connect media storage | 21

NOTE In a configuration with two XR RAID enclosures, the number of XE extension enclosures per XR RAIDenclosure must be the same. The total number of

While Autodesk Media and Entertainment makes no certification statement about any tape drive device,you can use the “Tape Drive Test” plug-in in Autod

ValueItemSubmenuBIOS MenuDisableSlot 7 Option ROM DownloadZ800The BIOS of your workstation is correctly configured prior to shipping, so you normally

Editing, Navisworks, ObjectARX, ObjectDBX, Opticore, Pipeplus, Pixlr, Pixlr-o-matic,PolarSnap, PortfolioWall, Powered with Autodesk Technology, Produc

RAID+AHCISATA EmulationStorage OptionsStorageDisableNUMA Split ModeDisableS5 Wake on LANDevice OptionsDisableInternal SpeakerDisableNIC PXE Option ROM

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Install LinuxTo prepare your system and perform a fresh install of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.1 If reinstalling Linux on an existing system, back up all

6 If prompted, initialize the system disk. The test of the installation is automatic.7 When the installation has completed, eject the disc and reboot

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ethnEdit /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ethn, where n specifies the ethernet port number, usually 0 for the

Install the DKUWARNING Do not attempt to install the current version of the DKU on unsupported platforms, including olderCreative Finishing systems. T

The workstation must be running the custom Autodesk distribution of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and thecorrect DKU.If you are configuring an XR storage

Configure XR storageCreate LUNs1 In a terminal, as root, run /usr/discreet/DKU/current/Utils/Storage/XR/XR_config.pl.The XR Configuration Utility exit

2 Create the LUNs.3 Power off the workstation again, connect both sets of enclosures to the workstation.4 Power the workstation back on and Create the

Creating Hardware LUNsLUNs, also referred to as Logical Units or Logical Drives, are groups of disk drives that are striped togetherto provide optimal

ContentsChapter 1 Installation workflows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4 Repeat for each disk.To partition disk or LUN devices with drives smaller than 450 GB:1 Reboot your system to reload the fibre channel adapter drive

Partitions created with the parted command for arrays with 450 GB disks are marked “EFI GPT”.Partitions created in fdisk for arrays with smaller capac

meta-data=/dev/vg00/lvol1 agcount=128, agsize=1066667 blks= sectsz=512 attr=0data = bsize=4096 blocks=134400000, imaxpct=25= sunit=16 swidth=64 blks,

4 Append a line to /etc/fstab so the filesystem is mounted at startup, for example: /dev/vg00/lvol1/mnt/ StorageMedia xfs rw,noatime,inode645 Optional

Installing Your SoftwarePrepare the installation mediaCheck the release announcement to find out on what media the installers are available.Major rele

Install the software:1 Log in to your workstation as root and open a terminal. Go to the application installation directory.Start the application inst

To use the new configuration file without adding the settings from the old configuration file, justclose the program.6 If you modified the xorg.conf

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Software configurationConfigure Creative Finishing SoftwareThis is necessary for new installations. For an upgrade you do not need to repeat these pro

On the mounted filesystem create the Managed Media Cache directory. The name should includethe partition name and the hostname. Set permissions for

Configure Lustre slave rendering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Lustr

4 To enable remote access to clip libraries, in /etc/exports specify all directories you want remote hoststo be able to access. You can export the ent

Backburner Server and Backburner Manager are installed with the Autodesk Creative Finishing application,and are set to run automatically when the work

Configure Lustre slave renderingThe Slave Renderer renders modified frames when the artist moves to the next shot on the timeline fromthe Master Stati

7 Render shots as you work. See Autodesk Lustre User GuideLustre background renderingDuring background rendering, a shot on the timeline is rendered b

NOTE You can have up to eight render nodes on the background rendering network.The other background rendering components are described as follows.Lust

Burn for Lustre This is the Linux rendering engine that renders one or more frames from Lustre renderjobs.NOTE Burn for Lustre is a different softwar

3 If the system on which you are installing Backburner runs Linux in graphical mode, you are asked ifyou want to automatically run Backburner Manager

2 Insert the first installation disc of your Linux distribution into the drive. You do not need to mountit at this time.3 Extract an ISO image of the

Install Burn for Lustre on render nodesWhen you install Burn for Lustre, the necessary Backburner components are also installed on the rendernode.Perf

Configure backburner server to detect Backburner ManagerBackburner Server needs to be able to detect the location of Backburner Manager to provide sta

Installation workflowsThis guide covers the following: Flame Premium Flame Smoke for Linux Lustre Inferno Flint BackdraftUser prerequisties for

required in these fields is comprised of the directory defined for the mount point and the actual storagefolder. For example, if the Project Home on t

Port All computers on the BrowseD network must use the same port to communicate. Set to 1055, thedefault. If configuring a render node or a workstatio

are referred to as “hooks”. You can enter Python commands directly inside these functions, or use thefunctions to call an external script or executabl

description A string that describes the video preview timing, as listed in the init.cfg file. For example,1920x1080@5994i_free.width An integer that

return Value A new exportPath. Empty strings or non-string return values are ignored, while invalid pathscause the export to fail with a path error.vo

To configure the path translation database:1 Consider your network environment and how you can organize hosts to simplify the path translationprocess.

DescriptionAttributeThe host name or IP address of the client that mounts the same storage referred to by the source,using a different syntax.If you c

<host_name=“flame1”><host_name=“inferno1”><host_name=“smoke1”></group><group name=“Lustre_Windows_Stations” os=”WindowsNT”&

DescriptionAttributeThe path to the remote storage as referred to by all hosts using the same operating systemsrc_pathThe operating system of the clie

For example, suppose you have a SAN mounted as “/CXFS1” on your Flame workstation (flame1). A WindowsPC (windows1) will mount the SAN as “N:\”. The pa

Audio hardware for your workstation. Storage arrays to the workstation, but do not power them on before having installed Linux, to prevent the Linu

Separate your media and metadata partitions. The worst contributors to fragmentation on a media storagedevice are the files used to store metadata.

Each partition managed by the Bandwidth Manager must have a [Device] section associated to it in the/usr/discreet/sw/cfg/sw_bwmgr.cfg file.To add a ne

Reserving Bandwidth for an ApplicationYou may define a bandwidth reservation for each Creative Finishing application or tool that uses a certainpartit

In the following example, low-bandwidth values are configured for each process (300 MB/s for Flame, 100MB/s for Flare, 10 MB/s for Wiretap and 10 MB/s

Perform the steps in the procedure below to set up an optimal bandwidth reservation for the local application,as well as for remote workstations, base

Reservation<number>=<application_name> [<user_name>] [@<workstation_hostname>]<reading_bandwidth> [(<low_reading_band

By default, the configuration file already contains a definition for the “IFFFS” group, which includes the“inferno”, “flame”, “flint”, and “smoke” app

5 Save and close the configuration file.6 Restart Stone and Wire: /etc/init.d/stone+wire restart.Use multi-threaded direct input outputMost filesystem

NOTE If you are using XFS and unwritten extent flagging was disabled when creating the filesystem, the RESERVEpre-allocation method is not available f

Killing an applicationIf a Creative Finishing application hangs, but you can still interact with the operating system, you canterminate it using eithe

System requirementsHardware requirementsSupported WorkstationsOperating SystemSupported BIOS Ver-sionsSupported SoftwareWorkstationRed Hat Enterprise

Testing Wire Using sw_framestore_dumpUse sw_framestore_dump to identify the Wire hosts that are reachable from one workstation. You shoulddo this if y

Ping successful.Buffer size = 9043968Sending data to tunisia, filesystem id 186MB/sec: 111.516597Ping successful.Minimum MB/sec: 111.460127Maximum MB/

3 If error messages appear, verify the permissions in /etc/exports on the server machine. Read and writepermission must be given to the hosts. The app

As root, open a terminal on your workstation and run /sbin/iba_capture <path and name of output gzipfile>. A GZIP file is generated that include

Verifying that Stone and Wire Processes Are RunningThere are five processes that must be running for Stone and Wire to work: sw_serverd sw_probed s

You can also use the terminal to list the most recent version of the log files. Type the following in a terminal:ls -altrEnabling Verbose Stone and Wi

2 Depending on the result of the previous command, do one of the following: For clips with frames listed as missing, contact your local Autodesk supp

3 Reload the Stone and Wire driver: /etc/init.d/stone+wire reload. Your filesystem should now bemounted.Verifying Disk UsageYou cannot write to storag

6 If you continue to get error messages, contact Customer Support.Solving a Partition ID ConflictEach partition must have a different partition ID. If

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OS & software requirementsNodes purchased from Autodesk ship with the correct Autodesk distribution of Red Hat Enterprise installed and configured

Licensing and StartingNode-locked licensingNode-locked licenses are locked to one computer. All customers receive a temporary node-locked license whe

3 Select Node-Locked License and click Next.4 Paste the license codes you received from Autodesk in the next window. Be very careful topaste the licen

Workflow for Configuring a License Server1 Select a license server. You can install a license server on your Creative Finishing workstation or anyothe

2 Log in to support portal: https://edge.autodesk.com/LicenseAssignment.3 Follow the links to set up your license server assets and select the softwar

The license information contains keywords that identify the license server, as well as the license strings forproducts or features.DescriptionKeywordS

Change the default port used by the license serverTo avoid conflicts with other applications or license servers in your facility, you may need to chan

Start the softwareYou must license Inferno, Flame Premium, Flame, Flint, Smoke Advanced, Smoke and Backdraft Conform,and where applicable, Lustre, bef

B Prevent the broadcast monitor from blanking when an image viewer or Player is not displayed. Thebroadcast monitor then displays the screen content t

IndexAAMDstarting daemon 77applicationentering license codes 85installing 39licensing 85starting 91uninstalling 41audioDiscreet Native Audio 12hardwar

Eerror logs 79error reportingerrors logs 79verbose 80Ffilesystemdisk usage 82problems 78filesystemsCXFS 43NFS 43floating licensesbackground rendering