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> I would like to set up a rendering server to work with maya and
> 3dsmax.  I have 2 silicon graphics computer, an Intel server and some
> other compaq P4 computer that will be in this render farm.  I don't
> have any idea on how it works to set up such services on win2k.  Do I
> have to get specific software or just configure the software on all
> computer?  How can I do to use the power of all my computer to perform
> rendering task of my 2 silicon graphics station?  Thank you very much
> for your help.

Hi!
(My information bases on MAX3.1, I do not own Maya)

First: As far as I know, there is no MAX rendering engine for SGI.

So we are talking about Intel machines only for MAX.

It's very simple. Install MAX on each machine. There are 4 executables in
it: MAX itself, a "server.exe", a "manager.exe" and a "queueman.exe".

On one machine, start "manager.exe", the machine is doing the job
administration and distribution.
On the render slaves (this may include the manager machine) start
"server.exe" and enter the name of the manager machine into the appropriate
field.
Start MAX and select "Net render" in the rendering dialogue, enter the
manager machine's name and you will get a list of all slaves.

That's pretty much it.
Martin