About Omneon MediaGrid - Harmonic Inc

System Installation with ContentServer 1000 and 2000 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 2008, 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.
Required 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:
• The IP address of the Omneon MediaGrid subnet (first three octets n.n.n)
• The IP address of the Omneon MediaGrid private subnet 1 and subnet 2 (first three octets n.n.n)
• The IP address of the site’s subnet A default gateway and subnet B default gateway (n.n.n.n)
• The total number of ContentDirectors in the Omneon MediaGrid system
• The host name of each ContentDirector
• The IP address of the site’s NTP server
• The local time zone
• The domain name for the site
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