Configuring settings: Render Engine

Only systems with a Render Engine require this process.

If you received your system pre-configured from Grass Valley, your Engines settings are already configured so you can skip these tasks. Otherwise, work through this section to configure your Engines settings.

To locate these settings, click Core | Engines

Depending on the workflow and bandwidth requirements of your system, Grass Valley may provide a system design in which multiple engines of the same type run on one or more servers. Configure engines as specified by your system design.

In the Control Panel application, open Engines settings.

Settings are described as follows:

Setting or button	Description
Configured	Selects an Engine for which settings are saved.
Hostname	The name of a GV STRATUS server that hosts the Engine.
Engine Type	The Engine components installed on the GV STRATUS server.
Status	Indicates if the Engine service is running or stopped.
Action	Starts and stops the Engine service.
Save	Saves current settings to selected GV STRATUS servers.
Cancel	Returns settings to their last saved state.
Refresh	Updates the list.

Click Refresh to make sure the list has the latest information from SiteConfig.
Verify that GV STRATUS servers with role of Render Engine are listed, and that those servers are set to Engine Type Render Engine.
In the Configured column, select each server with role of Render Engine, with Engine Type Render Engine. You must save settings at initial install/config and any time a GV STRATUS server with an Engine Type role is added, removed, or modified in SiteConfig.
Click Save. Settings are saved to the selected GV STRATUS servers.
Select the Render Engine and click Modify.
The Render Engine configuration page displays.

Configure settings as follows:

Setting or button	Description
Summit Access Protocols	FTP: Setting for FTP protocol to be used by Render Engine to access K2 Summits. CIFS or iSCSI: Setting for CIFS or iSCSI protocol to be used by Render Engine to access K2 Summits.
Maximum Concurrent Proxy Creation Jobs	Setting to specify the maximum number of concurrent proxy encoder jobs allowed on the Render Engine server.
Maximum Concurrent Conform Jobs	Setting to specify the maximum number of concurrent conform jobs allowed on the Render Engine server.
Maximum Concurrent EDIUS Project Jobs	Setting to specify the maximum number of concurrent EDIUS project jobs allowed on the Render Engine server.

Note: The total number of maximum concurrent jobs is limited by the number of available simultaneous connections with K2 Summits. If set to zero, the Render Engine does not process jobs of that type. Use these settings to balance resource load on the system hosting the engine.

Click Save. Render Engine settings are saved to the selected server.