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Media Area Network Course Outline

Who Should Attend?

This course is designed for Broadcast Engineers and Systems Technicians who need an operational and in-depth technical understanding of Media Area Network systems and maintenance.

Prerequisites:

PVS Maintenance is a prerequiste for this course. Participants should also possess a basic knowledge of video signals, have basic facility video and network engineering experience, and should understand video and audio routing matrix fundamentals. Knowledge of digital video is not required.

Course Content:

Integrated lectures and lab exercises allow participants to develop capabilities in system configuration, troubleshooting, and network operations.

Module 1: Introduction to Media Area Network

Storage Area Networks
Challenges
Implementations
What is CentraVision?
Technical Specifications
Operating Systems and Platforms
Architecture
Software Components
Hardware Components
Connections
Applications
Roadmap

Module 2: Installation and Configuration

Installation Summary
System Requirements
SAN/Fibre Channel setup
File System Components
Installation
Windows
Licensing
Configuration
Label Fibre Channel disk drives
Simple vs. Custom configuration
Map CVFS on Windows Client
Startup and Shutdown
Deinstallation

Module 3: System Administration

Commands
File System Administrator
Configuration Files
fsmlist
fsnameservers
Configure Client
File System Name Server List
Mount options
System log level
Cache parameters
Authentication
Drive mappings
Check/Repair File System
Reinitialize File System
Create Preallocated File
Performance Tuning
Optimize device I/O
Write allocation strategies
Inode expansion settings

Module 4: Diagnostics

Fail Over Configuration
Overview
Configuration
Logging
Contacting Technical Support

The training facility houses a complete and MAN system. The system includes Servers, PVS-series Profiles, and RAID networked in a redundant configuration

Benefits:

On completion of this course, participants will be able to configure, operate and troubleshoot the MAN system.