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Grass Valley K2 Media Client System Guide v.3.3 User Manual

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K2 Media Client System Guide

June 9, 2009

Chapter 7 Direct Connect Storage

7. Start up the K2 client and log in to Windows.

8. Uninstall Multi-Path I/O (MPIO) software as follows:

a. On the K2 client, from the Windows desktop click

Start | Run

, type

cmd

and

press

Enter

. The MS-DOS command prompt window opens.

b. From the command prompt, navigate to the C:\profile\mpio directory.

c. Type the following at the command prompt:

gdsminstall.exe -u C:\profile\mpio gdsm.inf Root\GDSM

d. Press

Enter

.

The MPIO software is uninstalled.

9. Restart the K2 client and log in to Windows.

10. Power down the K2 client.

11. Reconnect Fiber Channel cables.

12. Start up the K2 client and log on to Windows.

13. On the K2 client, open Storage Utility.

14. In Storage Utility, do the following:

a. Configure network and SNMP settings for controllers.

b. Bind the disks in the external RAID. Bind in groups of six disks as RAID 5.

NOTE: On a K2 Media Client, do not attempt to unbind or otherwise configure the
RAID 1 system drive, which is made up of the two RAID disks in the K2 Media
Client chassis.

c. When the binding process completes, proceed to the next step.

15. Restart the K2 client and log in to Windows.

16. Install MPIO software as follows:

a. From the Windows desktop click

Start | Run

, type

cmd

and press

Enter

. The

MS-DOS command prompt window opens.

b. From the command prompt, navigate to the C:\profile\mpio directory.

c. Type the following at the command prompt:

gdsminstall.exe -i c:\profile\mpio gdsm.inf Root\GDSM

d. Press

Enter

.

The MPIO software is installed.

17. Restart the K2 client and log in to Windows.

18. To verify that the software is installed, on the Windows desktop right-click

My

Computer

and select

Manage

. The Computer Management window opens.