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Grass Valley GV STRATUS Installation v.3.1 User Manual

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3. In top CPU/IO module, leave drive 0 in slot, remove all other drives.

4. Provide AC power to top CPU/IO module.

5. Provide access to the disk image file to which you are restoring. For example, connect an external

drive containing the image.

6. Startup and in BIOS setup disable OS Boot Monitoring.

Refer to related topics in "FT Server Instruction Manual".

7. Using the recovery disk image process as appropriate for the FT Server Type I or Type II model,

restore the generic disk image to the top CPU/IO module using Acronis.

The process to boot into Acronis takes several minutes.

The restore process takes approximately two hours.

Refer to related topics in "FT Server Instruction Manual".

8. Restart and log in to Windows as Administrator/adminGV!.

9. When prompted, enter Windows operating system product key and activate later.

10. Restart as prompted.

11. Complete items as prompted by the sysprep process, including the following:

Time zone

Server name

Deselect

Automatic Updates

Select

Don't show again at startup

The server restarts.

12. If Server Manager opens, select

Don't show again at startup

.

13. In the top CPU/IO module, insert all drives.

14. In the bottom CPU/IO module, insert all drives.

15. Connect power cabling and start up bottom CPU/IO module.

16. Perform dual disk configuration as follows:

a) In the RDR Utility, create the first Virtual disk.
b) When prompted to reboot, click

No

.

c) Manually reboot the system.

Refer to related topics in "FT Server Instruction Manual".

17. Perform system disk dual configuration as follows:

a) Right-click on Slot 0 of PCI Module 11 and select

Add Physical Disk To RDR Virtual Disk

.

Refer to related topics in "FT Server Instruction Manual".

18. Set resync priority as follows:

a) Set Virtual Disk 0 to high priority In the Logical disk section, highlight

RDR Virtual Disk

,

right-click and select

Set Resync Priority

, set to

High

and click

OK

.

Disk 0 in each chassis blinks rapidly until the initialization is done.

Refer to related topics in "FT Server Instruction Manual".

19. Repeat steps to create Virtual Disks and map to physical disks.

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Administering and maintaining the GV STRATUS system

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