Avid Mediacentral Platform Services Installation & Configuration Guide
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MediaCentral® Platform Services Installation and Configuration Guide Version 2.3 Important Information This document provides instructions to install and configure Avid MediaCentral Platform Services (MCS) v2.3. For a complete list of qualified products, see the Avid MediaCentral Platform Services ReadMe. For the latest information on the MediaCentral Platform Services, see the documentation available from the MediaCentral Platform Services page of the Avid Knowledge Base. Updates are occasionally issued after initial release. For information on upgrading to MCS 2.3 from an earlier release, see the Avid MediaCentral Platform Services Upgrading Guide, available on the MediaCentral Platform Services page of the Avid Knowledge Base. For information on configuring Media | Index, see the Avid Media | Index Configuration Guide, which is currently available internally only. For information on installing Media | Distribute, see the Media |Distribute Installation and Configuration Guide available on the MediaCentral Platform Services page of the Avid Knowledge Base. Note: Throughout this document, “Avid MediaCentral Platform Services” will be referred to as “MCS”. “Red Hat Enterprise Linux” will be referred to as “RHEL”. Note: The RHEL deployment used in an MCS environment is a command-line based operating system. The installation process will require the editing of various system files. Although multiple text editors exist, the tool used throughout this document is “vi”. If needed, a short introduction to vi is included in the MediaCentral Platform Services Concepts and Clustering Guide. Note: When working in Linux, this guide assumes the user is logged in as the “root” user. Perform all commands and server configuration as the “root” user. MCS 2.3 Installation and Configuration Guide Revision History Date Revised Changes Made • Added restart of “avid-acs-ctrl-core” to Multi-Zone configuration process. November 20, 2015 • Minor update to Configuring Unicast Cluster Communication. • Updated Closed Captioning Service installation September 25, 2015 instructions. • Added support for GlusterFS v3.6.4. August 27, 2015 • Updated MediaCentral Distribution Service support. August 14, 2015 Added note regarding prerequisite package for Gluster v3.4.4. • Added support for GlusterFS v3.4.4 and updated the process for installing GlusterFS. • Updated process for configuring a cluster for unicast. July 30, 2015 • New uninstall process for the Closed Captioning service. • Removed Avid Collect Suite Client from Part VI of this guide. First publication. Updates from the 2.2 Installation Guide include: • The Installation Guide has been updated to present a more streamlined installation process. • Pay particular attention to the creation of the “MCS Installation USB Drive” as processes have changed. • Sections of the guide that contained general concepts June, 25 2015 regarding RHEL and clustering have been moved to the MediaCentral Platform Services Concepts and Clustering Guide. • Information regarding the Pre-Flight checklist has been consolidated and relocated directly to the Pre Flight document itself. • Installation process for the new Closed Captioning Service. 2 MCS 2.3 Installation and Configuration Guide Contents Important Information ....................................................................................................................... 1 Revision History .................................................................................................................................. 2 PART I: INSTALLATION PREREQUISITES .......................................................................................................... 10 Chapter Overview .................................................................................................................................... 11 Before You Begin ...................................................................................................................................... 12 Network Interface Cards and Network Connections ............................................................................... 13 Accessing the MCS Server(s) .................................................................................................................... 14 Copying Software to the MCS Server ................................................................................................... 14 Obtaining the Software ............................................................................................................................ 15 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) .......................................................................................................... 15 RHEL Security Updates ......................................................................................................................... 15 MCS Installation Packages .................................................................................................................... 16 Storage Controller Driver for the HP ProLiant Gen9 Server ................................................................. 17 GlusterFS .............................................................................................................................................. 18 Updating MediaCentral UX Licenses ........................................................................................................ 19 Interplay Production Licensing ............................................................................................................. 19 iNEWS Licensing ................................................................................................................................... 20 Creating User Accounts ............................................................................................................................ 20 Interplay Production User .................................................................................................................... 20 Avid ISIS User ........................................................................................................................................ 21 Avid iNEWS User ................................................................................................................................... 22 Interplay MAM User ............................................................................................................................. 22 Media Composer Cloud User ............................................................................................................... 22 Adjusting Interplay Production Settings .................................................................................................. 23 Adding the MediaCentral UX Version to Avid iNEWS .............................................................................. 24 Installing the MediaCentral Distribution Service ..................................................................................... 25 Creating the MCS Installation USB Drive ................................................................................................. 26 Preparing the Installation Drive for the HP ProLiant Gen9 .................................................................. 26 Preparing the Installation Drive for HP Gen8 and Dell Servers ............................................................ 29 PART II: BIOS & RAID CONFIGURATION ....................................................................................................... 31 Chapter Overview .................................................................................................................................... 32 Changing BIOS Settings ............................................................................................................................ 33 3 MCS 2.3 Installation and Configuration Guide Configuring the BIOS on the HP ProLiant DL360 Gen9 ........................................................................ 33 Configuring the BIOS on the HP ProLiant DL360p Gen8 ...................................................................... 38 Configuring the BIOS on the Dell PowerEdge R620 / R630 .................................................................. 39 Configuring the Onboard RAID ................................................................................................................ 41 HP ProLiant DL360 Gen9 RAID Configuration ...................................................................................... 41 Configuring the HP ProLiant DL360 Gen9 RAID 1 ............................................................................. 42 Configuring the HP ProLiant DL360 Gen9 RAID 5 ............................................................................. 44 HP ProLiant DL360p Gen8 RAID Configuration .................................................................................... 45 Configuring the HP ProLiant DL360p Gen8 RAID 1 ........................................................................... 45 Configuring the HP ProLiant DL360p Gen8 RAID 5 ........................................................................... 48 Dell PowerEdge R620 / R630 RAID Configuration ................................................................................ 50 Verifying the PowerEdge Dell R620 / 630 RAID Configuration:........................................................ 50 PART III: SOFTWARE INSTALLATION AND PREPARATION .................................................................................. 53 Chapter Overview