Installing Flame Family Applications on Linux

Installation Overview

The Flame Family consists of four applications: Flame, Flare, Flame Assist, and Lustre, any of which can be installed on a Linux workstation.

To install an application on a Linux workstation, you will need:

• A workstation that matches the minimum systems requirements of the software to install. The system requirements are available online:
  • Flame
  • Lustre
  • Flare
  • Flame Assist
• The installation package for the application to install.
• Root access to your system. The default root account password on an Autodesk workstation is password.
• Archiving existing media on the framestore is recommended.

Note: Details for the configuration of a certified system, the HP Z840 workstation, can be found in the HP Z840 Workstation Certified Hardware Setup Guide

To install the application:

1. Install Linux, either CentOS or Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
2. Install the DKU if you installed Red Hat Enterprise Linux on an HP Z840.
3. Install the application.
4. Configure the application, including the storage for the media cache, if required.
5. Licence the application.
6. Start and test the application to ensure everything went according to plan, using the application shortcut on the KDE desktop of the application's account.

Hardware Validation Tool

The Hardware Validation tool is bundled with the Linux version of the Flame family products. The tool runs a series of checks on the workstation's hardware configuration to make sure the application can run properly, and assigns one of three statuses to each check:

• PASSED
• FAILED
• WARNING

The Hardware Validation Tool includes up to eight tabs, depending on the hardware available:

• Summary: Displays the general status of all the different hardware checks. Click the relevant tab for details on the different hardware checks.

The remaining tabs contain details on the checks run in that category, which can be helpful for troubleshooting issues.

• RPMs
• Kernel config
• Workstation
• Graphic and Tablet
• Video I/O
• Network
• Fiber scsi

There are three ways to access the Hardware Validation Tool:

1. When launching the Flame Family application for the first time, the Hardware Validation Tool is automatically run and displayed on the screen. This only happens the first time you run the Flame Family application unless your hardware changes.
2. When logged in as a Flame Family User, a Hardware Validation tool icon is displayed on the Desktop as well as inside the Program Bar. You can launch the Tool from either of these locations.
3. From the Flame Family Menu (at the bottom right of the screen), by selecting Help > Hardware Validation.