Autodesk 12812-051462-9011 User Guide 3 - Page 1230

Enter Subnet Mask When Automatic Search is on, enter a subnet mask for automatic search. For information on using subnet masks. Connect/Disconnect Connects to the network Manager. The software preserves the connection as a global setting so that you need to change it only when you want to specify an alternative Manager. If connected to the network manager, click Disconnect to disconnect from the current manager so you can choose a different manager. Automatic Search Determines whether the software connects to a specific manager or searches for one using a subnet mask when you click Connect. When off, the software attempts to connect to the manager you specify in this group. When on, it searches the network for a manager using the specified subnet mask. Refresh Updates the Server and Job lists. By default, all servers are used for the job. When the Options group > Use All Servers check box is turned off, you can choose one or more servers to render the job. If rendering to a multiple-frame file format, such as an AVI or MOV file, you can choose only one server. Priority group Priority Specifies a priority ranking for the job. The lower this setting, the higher the job priority. Default=50. For example, consider a job with priority 1 (Job B) that is submitted to a network manager that's already rendering a job with priority 2 (Job A). Because Job B has a higher priority, Job A will be suspended and Job B rendered. When Job B is finished, the software will resume rendering Job A. If two or more jobs have the same priority, they're executed in order of submission. Critical Sends the job to the head of the queue, preempting the existing jobs. If a server is currently rendering and a critical job is sent to the queue, the server will stop rendering its current job and begin rendering the new, critical job. When finished with the critical job, the server returns to the next job it has been assigned in the queue. Dependencies Opens the Job Dependencies dialog on page 6490, which you can use to specify existing jobs that must finish before the current job can start. Network Job Assignment Dialog | 6485