Mediacentral® Platform Services Version 2.0 Installation and Configuration Guide
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MediaCentral® Platform Services Version 2.0 Installation and Configuration Guide MCS Version: 2.0 Document Version: 1.0 Important Information This document provides instructions to install and configure Avid MediaCentral Platform Services (MCS) version 2.0 for use with MediaCentral 2.0, Media Composer| Cloud (latest plug- in for Media Composer 6.5.x, and 7.0.x, and 8.0.1, and NewsCutter 10.5.x and 11.0.x). For the latest information on the MediaCentral Platform Services, see the documentation available from the MediaCentral Services page of the Avid Knowledge Base. Updates are occasionally issued after initial release. http://avid.force.com/pkb/articles/en_US/readme/Avid-MediaCentral-Version-2-0- Documentation Important: Search the Avid Knowledge Base MCS 2.0 web page for the most up-to-date MCS 2.0 Installation and Configuration Guide, which contains the latest information that might have become available after this document was published. Note: For information on upgrading to MCS 2.0 from an earlier release, see the MCS 2.0 Upgrading Guide, available from the Avid Knowledge Base MCS 2.0 web page. Note: For information on configuring multi-zone or Media | Index, see the MediaCentral Multi-Zone Configuration Guide and Media | Index Multi-Zone Configuration Guide available from the Avid Knowledge Base MCS 2.0 web page. Revision History Date Revised Version Changes Made June 27, 2014 1.0 First publication. About MCS 2.0 Please see the MediaCentral Platform 2.0 ReadMe and any ReadMe documents pertaining to the solution(s) by which MCS is used. MCS 2.0 Installation and Configuration Guide Contents Important Information ....................................................................................................................... 1 Revision History .................................................................................................................................. 1 PART I: INTRODUCTION & OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................. 9 Welcome .................................................................................................................................................. 10 About this Guide ...................................................................................................................................... 11 Licensing and Additional Installation Information ................................................................................... 11 Front End License Configuration .......................................................................................................... 11 Delivery of Licenses on Back-End Systems ........................................................................................... 12 Installing the MediaCentral | UX iPhone, iPad or Android Mobile Applications ................................. 12 Intended Audiences and Prerequisites .................................................................................................... 12 Basic Installation Skills .......................................................................................................................... 13 Clustering Skills ..................................................................................................................................... 13 Interplay | MAM Skills .......................................................................................................................... 13 MCS Connectivity ..................................................................................................................................... 14 MediaCentral | UX Connectivity .......................................................................................................... 14 Interplay | MAM Connectivity ............................................................................................................. 14 Deployment Options ................................................................................................................................ 15 MediaCentral – iNEWS Only ................................................................................................................. 16 MediaCentral – Interplay | Production Only ........................................................................................ 17 MediaCentral – iNEWS and Interplay | Production ............................................................................. 18 Media Composer | Cloud Only ............................................................................................................. 19 Both MediaCentral and Media Composer | Cloud (Shared MCS) ........................................................ 20 Interplay | MAM................................................................................................................................... 21 Port Bonding in Interplay | MAM ..................................................................................................... 22 Port Requirements ................................................................................................................................... 22 Caching in MCS ......................................................................................................................................... 23 The Dedicated Caching Volume ........................................................................................................... 23 Caching for Interplay | MAM ............................................................................................................... 24 Caching for iOS Devices in MediaCentral ............................................................................................. 24 Caching for MediaCentral | Cloud ........................................................................................................ 24 Working with Linux .................................................................................................................................. 25 Installing Linux ...................................................................................................................................... 25 2 MCS 2.0 Installation and Configuration Guide Linux Concepts ..................................................................................................................................... 25 Key Linux Directories ............................................................................................................................ 26 Linux Command Line ............................................................................................................................ 26 Linux Text Editor (vi) ............................................................................................................................. 28 Linux Usage Tips ................................................................................................................................... 29 Volumes in Linux .................................................................................................................................. 30 Clock Synchronization in Linux ............................................................................................................. 30 Time Zones in RHEL .............................................................................................................................. 31 RAIDs in MCS ............................................................................................................................................ 31 Introduction to Clustering ........................................................................................................................ 32 Single Server Deployment .................................................................................................................... 33 Cluster Deployment .............................................................................................................................. 34 Multicast vs Unicast ............................................................................................................................. 34 Working with Gluster ........................................................................................................................... 35 PART II: INSTALLING & CONFIGURING ........................................................................................................... 36 Installation Workflow............................................................................................................................... 37 Before You Begin ...................................................................................................................................... 40 Security Updates .................................................................................................................................. 40 Make Sure the Host Solutions Are Installed and Running ................................................................... 40 Make Sure You Have the Following Items ............................................................................................ 40 Make Sure You Can Answer the Following Questions ......................................................................... 41 Make Sure You Have All the Information You Need ............................................................................ 43 Make Sure You Change the Default Passwords ..................................................................................