Sharing Medianetwork Workspaces - Avid Technology Unity LANserver EX3 Setup Manual

Chapter 3 Configuring a LANshare LANserver EX

Sharing MediaNetwork Workspaces

Allowing Network Installation of Ethernet Client
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The LANshare LANserver EX3 software includes the Avid Unity PortServer
service that automatically mounts and shares MediaNetwork workspaces. The
workspaces are mounted in response to mount requests received from the
Connection Manager application on Ethernet clients. The service can mount
up to 21 workspaces, the maximum available number of drive letters.
The Avid Unity PortServer service starts automatically when you boot the
LANserver EX3 On startup (and every 60 seconds thereafter), the service
reads the LANshare configuration information to obtain workspace, user, and
access privilege information. It then uses this information to remount and
reshare workspaces on the LANserver EX3 with the correct access privileges.
See the Avid Unity MediaNetwork Management Guide for more information
about sharing workspaces, user accounts, and access privileges.
The Windows Ethernet client software installer is included as part of the
LANserver EX3 installation (in D:\Program Files\Avid Technology\
AvidUnity\Ethernet Client Setup), if you accepted the defaults during the
installation. If you share the Ethernet Client Setup folder you (or other users
with the appropriate access permissions) can install the Windows Ethernet
client software on any connected Windows Ethernet client over the network
without using the MediaNetwork CD-ROM.
To share the Ethernet Client Setup folder to allow network installation of
the Windows 2000 Ethernet client software:
1. Open Windows Explorer.
2. Navigate to D:\Program Files\Avid Technology\AvidUnity.
3. Right-click the Ethernet Client Setup folder, and select Sharing. The
Ethernet Client Setup Properties dialog box opens.
4. Select the "Share this folder" option.
5. Type the name you want to use for the folder in the Share name text box.
6. Click OK. The dialog box closes and the sharing hand appears under the
folder.