Configuring CIFS Render Engine settings

Use this topic if your K2 storage is CIFS mount, rather than an iSCSI connected K2 SAN. A typical system of this type is a GV STRATUS Express server with K2 Summit standalone system as the K2 storage location. In this system the Render Engine software is hosted by the GV STRATUS Express server.

You also need to specify the maximum number of concurrent conform jobs and the maximum number of concurrent proxy encoder jobs allowed on the Render Engine server. Use these settings to balance resource load on the GV STRATUS Express server hosting the engine.

Refer to Render Engine Settings to set the maximum concurrent jobs settings.

Table 1. Maximum concurrent jobs settings on the GV STRATUS Express server
Job type	XML attribute	Maximum setting
EDIUS XRE	XRE	1
Conform Engine	Conform	1
Proxy Encoder	Transcode	2

On the system that hosts Render Engine software, configure GV Render Engine settings as follows:

From the Windows desktop, click Start | All Programs | Grass Valley | XREAdminConsole. XREAdminConsole opens.
In XREAdminConsole, open GVRenderEngine. GVRenderEngine Setting opens. These values are populated automatically, based on settings in GV STRATUS Control Panel.

If not already configured, on the XRE tab, make settings as follows.

Table 2. XRE tab
Setting	Value
Node name	As desired, enter a name for the local system that hosts Render Engine software. This name is displayed in the GV STRATUS application in reports that monitor render job status.
Server setting	Click Setting and Add to add a Render Engine server: Name: The name of the local system that hosts Render Engine software. It is recommended that you enter the machine name. Address: The IP address of the local system that hosts Render Engine software. Port: The port assigned for communication with the host system, as specified in GV STRATUS Control Panel EDIUS Settings. The default port number is 1223.

Select the checkbox in the Name column.
Click Connected test and verify that the connection is successful.
On the STRATUS tab, click Connected test and verify that the connection is successful. These values are populated automatically, based on settings in GV STRATUS Control Panel.
Click OK to save settings and close.

If you are using the Render Engine software to render EDIUS projects, configure XRE Controller settings as follows:

From the Windows desktop, click Start | All Programs | Grass Valley | XREAdminConsole. XREAdminConsole opens.
In XREAdminConsole, open XREController. XREController setting opens.

Make settings as follows.

Table 3. XREController settings
Setting	Value
Project folder	The default location for your EDIUS XS projects, as specified in GV STRATUS Control Panel EDIUS Settings. This is a shared folder on K2 storage, for example \\k2-summit\EDIUS_Projects. Make sure this path uses the standard convention of UNC path with hostname (not drive letter or IP address) for EDIUS access to K2 storage. Note: You must click Select, browse through the network to the K2 storage device, and select the folder in order to enter the path in the standard convention.
Port	The port assigned for communication with the system that hosts Render Engine software, as specified in GV STRATUS Control Panel EDIUS Settings. The default port number is 1223.
Days to keep jobs in history	As desired, the number of days to retain information about jobs. For example, enter `30` to specify 30 days.

Click OK to save settings and close.

If you have EDIUS Workgroup or EDIUS XS workstations, on the system that hosts Render Engine software configure Plug-in settings as follows:

These settings must be the same as those on your EDIUS Workgroup workstations. The settings identify the storage locations EDIUS accesses. In this case the K2 storage location is a K2 Summit standalone system.

From the Windows desktop, click Start | All Programs | Grass Valley | XREAdminConsole. XREAdminConsole opens.
In XREAdminConsole, open Plug-in. Settings opens.
In the Importer/Exporter tree-view, expand K2 (SAN) and select Server. Server settings open.
Clear the Configure automatically setting.
In Server settings, click Add. The Server Settings dialog box opens.

Verify or make settings as follows.

Table 4. Server Settings
Setting	Value
Name	Enter a name that identifies the K2 storage location to display in the folder view.
Address	Enter the IP address or DNS name of the server that is the K2 storage location.
Address(Backup)	Do not configure. This setting is used only if the K2 storage location is a redundant K2 SAN.
Username	Enter the user name required when making the connection to the server configured above. For example, GVAdmin.
Password	Enter the password required for the user name configured above.
Domain	Enter the domain for the user credentials configured above. If not a domain account, leave this setting blank.
Storage Drive	Select the K2 storage location. It must be a drive available on the local system. For a K2 Summit standalone system this is typically a mapped network drive.
Show only SNFS drives	For a K2 Summit standalone system, clear this setting.
Connection Test	Click this button to test the connection to the server with the settings entered in the Server settings dialog box.

Click OK to save settings and close.

Configure XRE Monitor settings as follows:

From the Windows desktop, click Start | All Programs | Grass Valley | XREMonitor. The XREMonitor window opens.
Click Setting. The Settings dialog box opens.
In the tree view, click Settings | Server settings.
Click Add. The Server setting dialog box opens.

Make XRE Monitor settings, as follows.

Table 5. XRE Monitor settings
Setting	Value
Server setting	Name: The system that hosts Render Engine software. It is recommended that you enter the machine name. Address: The IP address of the system that hosts Render Engine software. Port: The port assigned for communication with the system that hosts Render Engine software, as specified in GV STRATUS Control Panel EDIUS Settings. The default port number is 1223.

Click OK and Apply to save settings and close.

Restart the system that hosts Render Engine software.