About Omneon MediaGrid - Harmonic Inc

Accessing the Omneon MediaGrid
Mounting an Omneon MediaGrid from a Macintosh in a Windows
Domain that is not the Default
Macintosh client computers can mount an Omneon MediaGrid system from a Windows domain,
which is not the default.
To mount the Omneon MediaGrid:
1. Select Find from the File menu.
2. Click Applications in the Finder sidebar of the Searching “This Mac” screen.
3. Double-click the Connect to MediaGrid icon. The Connect to Omneon MediaGrid dialog box
appears.
4. In the Connect As: field, enter the non-default domain.
5. Enter the password, and then click Connect.
To mount the Omneon MediaGrid via the Macintosh command prompt:
1. Type the following at the Macintosh command prompt to mount the Omneon MediaGrid via a
specific Windows domain from a Macintosh client:
mount –t omfs –o username=,password=,domain=
/host/filesystem_name /mountpoint
The bold text above represents the user and infrastructure information specific to the customer. For
example:
mount –t omfs –o username=user1,password=user1password,domain=acme
/10.30.1.25/mgfilesys /mnt
2. If /mnt does not exist, you can make the directory with mkdir /mnt
Adding an Ethernet Card to a Macintosh Client Computer
To add an Ethernet card to a Macintosh client computer:
1. Install the new Ethernet card according to the manufacturer’s instructions.
2. In the Macintosh OS, navigate to System Preferences > Network and verify that the new Ethernet
card appears and is working correctly, and that any existing Ethernet cards are also recognized.
3. Using the Network dialog box, enable and configure all Ethernet cards with IP addresses on the same
subnet.
4. Follow the instructions in Mounting an Omneon MediaGrid File System Using a Macintosh to
mount to the MediaGrid.
IMPORTANT: From the "Connect to Omneon MediaGrid" dialog box, make sure to check the Use all
available network interfaces checkbox.
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