Preface, About this manual – Grass Valley K2 10G RAID User Manual

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18 November 2010

K2 10G RAID Storage Instruction Manual

Preface

About this manual

K2 10G RAID Storage includes primary and expansion chassis corresponding to NEC

D4-30 with D4 controller(s). It provides RAID protected storage for the K2 Storage

System. If you are responsible for installing and servicing K2 10G RAID, you should

read this manual.

How this manual is organized

The K2 10G RAID Storage Instruction Manual is organized around the tasks you’ll

be performing to install and service your K2 RAID External Storage System. You can

see this reflected in the chapter titles chosen for this manual. The following identifies

and describes the chapters included in this manual:

Introduces the K2 10G RAID Storage. You can read this chapter to get familiar with

the K2 10G RAID external storage key features and components.

Describes how to install a K2 10G RAID Storage and K2 10G Expansion Chassis,

including rack mounting. Refer to the K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual for

connection and configuration information.

Describes how to replace FRUs, such as disk modules, and add disk modules and

redundant FRUs.

This appendix consists of electrical and environmental specifications.

The Glossary explains terms used throughout this manual.

Terminology used in this manual

In order to avoid confusion between the storage types, the following terms will be

used consistently throughout the K2 documentation:

Internal storage — K2 client models with internal storage access their own internal

media storage drives, as a “stand-alone” system.

Direct-connect storage — K2 client models with direct-connected (i.e. not shared)

storage access their own external media storage drives that are contained in a K2

RAID chassis, and are also considered stand-alone systems.

Shared storage — K2 client models with shared storage access RAID protected

media storage drives that are part of a K2 Storage System (SAN). The K2 Storage

System incorporates one or more RAID chassis, such as K2 10G RAID Storage.

K2 Storage System — specifically refers to the shared K2 SAN.

Stand-alone K2 client — refers to K2 Media Clients or K2 Summit Production

Clients with internal storage or direct-connect storage.