Grass Valley K2 System Guide v.9.0 - Manual (Page 188)

About the direct-connect Fibre Channel card
The direct-connect K2 Summit Production Client or K2 Media Client has a direct Fibre Channel
connection to external K2 RAID. The K2 client must have the optional Fibre Channel card installed
to support this connection. This gives the K2 client the large storage capacity of the external RAID,
yet its media related functionality is that of a “stand-alone” K2 client, similar to a K2 client with
internal storage.
A K2 Summit Production Client's optional Fiber Channel card is a 8 Gb/s ATTO Fibre Channel
card.
Setting up direct-connect K2 G10v2 RAID storage
The topic applies to K2 G10v2 (M100) RAID storage with direct connection to a K2 Summit system
system.
Prerequisites for the following procedure are as follows:
• For a 8 Gb/s Fibre Channel card on K2 Summit Production Client, RAID controllers must be
configured for 8 Gb/s. This is the default configuration as shipped from Grass Valley.
The following procedure is intending for the initial installation of a factory-prepared direct-connect
system that you have ordered new from Grass Valley. If you are repurposing equipment or otherwise
putting together direct-connect storage with equipment that is not factory-prepared, refer to the
Service Manual for your model of K2 client for the complete restore/recover procedure.
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Direct Connect Storage