65.1.2.2 Properties

You can view or edit the resource properties by simply double-click on the resource.

ETX resource properties

ETX

• Channel: See chapter 65.1.2.4 Channels and next ones for more information.

GENERAL

• Type: This field is automatically filled with an abbreviation of the device type selected by the user.

• Number: This field display the number of the particular resource type already configured in the network.  For instance, if there are 3 Video servers already configured, the new one will automatically show '”4” in the number field.

• Name: This field is automatically filled with the device’s name (displayed also in the resources list).

• System/Work ID: A unique Work ID automatically generated by Etere based on the source MAC address.
WARNING: In the event when hardware changes are performed on the Workstation or Etere applications has been reinstalled on the PC, a new Work ID would be assigned to the Workstation.  
WARNING: From Etere released version 28.2 onwards no warning message would be prompt pertaining to the changes in Work ID. 

• IP address: The IP address assigned to the Workstation. 

• Static IP 1: (Leave it as blank) 

• LAN ports total number: Indicate the LAN ports number present in the device. 

• Pingable: Indicate if the device can be pingable or not (default value is true).

• Location: Specify the physical location of the device in order to facilitate overall resource management and allowing the operator to quickly find the given device, simply by looking at its configuration. 

• Rack: All racks must previously be configured through Tools > Configure > Rack with a user-defined name and number of units contained in the rack. 

• Room: Specify the room in which the device is situated. 

• Rack start row: Specify which is the first row in the rack in which the device is situated (some devices can take up more than one row) 

• Rack unit: Specify the number of rows occupied in the rack. The system automatically inserts the rack start row number, assuming that the device covers only one row. 

• Cleanup: Set the criteria to be used to automatically clean up storage space when a given threshold is reached.
See chapter 59.8.2.5 Configure the cleanup parameters for further information.

• License for current station: Assign to the resource one or more specific licenses, in order to use some particular modules. See chapter 65.1.2.12 Licenses management for more detailed information.

GPI CARDS

• GPI cards: Specify here the details about the GPI cards connected to the device (model, driver, input IP address and port, output IP address and port number, etc).

HSM CACHE

• Cache: Specify here if a path in the device has been designated as HSM cache.

SERIAL PORTS

• COM ports: Specify the COM ports connected to the device.

SQL

• SQL version: If the device hosts Microsoft SQL Server services and applications, the user can specify here its version, choosing between SQL Server and SQL Express.

• SQL server name: Specify here the SQL server name.

• SQL database name: Specify here the name of the database used by Etere.

• SQL login name\ password: Specify the credentials to use to login in the SQL Server instance.

VOLUME

• Volumes: Define the storage volumes for the device. See chapter 65.1.2.3 Volumes for more detailed information.