About Omneon MediaGrid - Harmonic Inc

System Installation with ContentServer 3000 Series
Required Information for a Windows Domain Controller
A domain controller server, which manages access to resources within a Windows domain, is required
at the installation site. Omneon MediaGrid must be “joined” to the site’s Windows domain for user
authentication and security when clients attempt to access Omneon MediaGrid file systems.
NOTE: Instructions on how to configure a Windows Domain Controller are not included in this guide. The
domain controller should be set up before installing Omneon MediaGrid.
The following information is required to join Omneon MediaGrid to a Windows domain:
• The type of Windows domain controller (Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000, etc.).
• The name of the Windows domain controller.
• The IP address and the name of the Windows Active Directory controller machine.
• A domain administrator’s user name and password for the Windows Active Directory controller.
• The site’s Active Directory domain name. The Active Directory domain name must be a Fully
Qualified Domain Name (FQDN), which is a domain name containing three or four parts, (for
example, “ahost.example.com”).
• The site’s Windows NT domain name. This may often be the first word of the Active Directory
domain name.
• The IP address of the DNS (Domain Name System) server that contains entries for the Windows
Active Directory controller machine.
System Information for Network Configuration
Omneon MediaGrid is a network storage system, running its own DHCP server for management of
the subnets within the system. The ContentDirector that runs the DHCP server assigns IP addresses
to the ContentServers. A range of IP addresses must be reserved for integrating Omneon MediaGrid
into the customer network.
NOTE: Instructions on how to design a network infrastructure are not included in this guide. The network
should be set up before installing Omneon MediaGrid.
The following information is required for network configuration of the Omneon MediaGrid system.
You will need this information when you run the configuration assistant to configure your system:
• The total number of each MediaGrid device
Note: The MediaGrid configuration assistant asks for the maximum number of devices you wish to allow
for in your system. If you select a number that is too low for future expansion, you may be forced to incur
system down-time in order to reconfigure the system at a later time.
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