Grass Valley K2 System Guide v.7.2 - Manual (Page 176)

176 K2 System Guide 07 April 2010
Chapter 8 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.