Grass Valley K2 Storage System Instruction Manual v.3.2 Aug.01 2007 - Manual (Page 3)

July 3, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 3
Contents
Safety Summaries .............................................................................................. 9
Finding Information ........................................................................................... 15
Grass Valley Product Support ................................................................................. 19
Chapter 1 Product Description
Overview Description .............................................................................................. 22
Key features ............................................................................................................ 23
Chapter 2 Installing the Level 2 Storage System
Level 2 system description ...................................................................................... 26
Preparing Level 2 devices ....................................................................................... 27
Setting up the Control Point PC.......................................................................... 27
Setting up the Level 2 GigE switch ..................................................................... 28
Setting up the K2 Media Server.......................................................................... 38
Setting up the L2 RAID chassis .......................................................................... 39
Preparing K2 Storage System clients ................................................................. 43
K2 configuration and NetCentral ............................................................................ 44
Networking for Level 2............................................................................................. 45
Networking requirements.................................................................................... 45
Networking tips ................................................................................................... 46
Setting up host tables ......................................................................................... 47
Testing the control network ................................................................................ 48
Configuring the Level 2 storage system .................................................................. 49
Prerequisites for initial configuration................................................................... 49
Defining a new K2 Storage System .................................................................... 50
Configuring the server - Part 1 ........................................................................... 52
Configuring RAID................................................................................................ 54
Creating a new file system ................................................................................. 59
Configuring the server - Part 2 ........................................................................... 60
Adding K2 Storage System clients .......................................................................... 63
Basic operations for Level 2 storage ....................................................................... 63
Level 2 system power-off procedure .................................................................. 63
Level 2 system power-on procedure .................................................................. 65
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Chapter 3 Installing the Level 2R Storage System
Level 2R system description ................................................................................... 70
Preparing Level 2R devices .................................................................................... 71
Setting up the Control Point PC.......................................................................... 71
Setting up the Level 2R redundant GigE switches ............................................. 72
Setting up the K2 Media Server.......................................................................... 83
Setting up the L2 RAID chassis .......................................................................... 84
Preparing K2 Storage System clients ................................................................. 88
K2 configuration and NetCentral ............................................................................ 89
Networking for Level 2R .......................................................................................... 90
Networking requirements.................................................................................... 90
Networking tips ................................................................................................... 91
Setting up host tables ......................................................................................... 92
Testing the control network ................................................................................ 93
Configuring the Level 2R storage system ............................................................... 95
Prerequisites for initial configuration................................................................... 95
Defining a new K2 Storage System .................................................................... 96
Configuring the server - Part 1 ........................................................................... 98
Configuring RAID................................................................................................ 101