About Omneon MediaGrid - Harmonic Inc

Accessing the Omneon MediaGrid
Connecting Clients to Omneon MediaGrid Using
ContentBridge
The ContentBridge provides standard interfaces to Omneon MediaGrid for clients that do not have
the Omneon MediaGrid File System Driver (FSD) installed, or an FSD is not available. The supported
protocols are AFP (Apple Filing Protocol), CIFS (Common Internet File System), FTP (File Transfer
Protocol) and NFS (Network File System). These protocols allow Windows, Macintosh and Linux
clients to access media on Omneon MediaGrid file systems.
Refer to the sections below for instructions on setting up clients to connect to Omneon MediaGrid
using the various protocols.
NOTE: Before accessing the Omneon MediaGrid, you must edit the ContentBridge configuration file to
support authentication and user access. See Editing the ContentBridge Configuration File in the
Omneon SystemManager User Guide after completing the following for details.
The Omneon MediaGrid file system is exported using a “share name.” This share name is created
using the Omneon MediaGrid file system name and the account name used to access the file system,
as specified in the ContentBridge configuration file. See Editing the ContentBridge
Configuration File in the Omneon SystemManager User Guide. The two are joined together with an
underscore to create the share name:
_
For example, if the ContentBridge configuration file contained the following line:
CB MG1 mgfs2 user3 passwd4
Then the share name would be “mgfs2_user3”.
In the following sections, replace with the appropriately constructed share name.
Using FTP on a Windows Client
To use FTP:
1. Start an FTP application.
2. Enter the domain name of the ContentBridge.
3. Enter a valid user name and password.
The user name and password must exist in the ContentBridge configuration file. See Editing the
ContentBridge Configuration File in the Omneon SystemManager User Guide for more information.
The user name and password must also be valid for the Omneon MediaGrid system.
4. The FTP client is placed in a directory two levels above the actual Omneon MediaGrid mount point.
Change to the following directory to access the Omneon MediaGrid files, where FS_NAME is the
name of the file system:
/omfs/
NOTE: The maximum path length for any file in a Omneon MediaGrid file system is 1025 characters (1024 +
1 for the NULL character).
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