Grass Valley K2 Storage System Instruction Manual v.3.2 Nov.18 2008 - Manual (Page 3)

July 15, 2008 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 3
Contents
Safety Summaries .............................................................................................. 11
Finding Information ........................................................................................... 17
Grass Valley Product Support ................................................................................. 22
Chapter 1 Product Description
Overview Description .............................................................................................. 26
Key features ............................................................................................................ 26
Chapter 2 Installing the Level 10 Storage System
Level 10 description ................................................................................................ 30
Preparing Level 10 devices ..................................................................................... 31
Setting up the Control Point PC.......................................................................... 31
Setting up the Level 10 Gig E switch .................................................................. 32
Cabling the switch .............................................................................................. 41
Setting up the Level 10 K2 Media Server ........................................................... 41
Setting up the L10 RAID chassis ........................................................................ 42
Preparing K2 Storage System clients ................................................................. 44
K2 configuration and NetCentral ............................................................................ 44
Networking for Level 10........................................................................................... 46
Networking requirements.................................................................................... 46
Networking tips ................................................................................................... 47
Setting up host tables ......................................................................................... 48
Testing the control network ................................................................................ 49
Configuring the Level 10 storage system ................................................................ 51
Prerequisites for initial configuration................................................................... 51
Defining a new K2 Storage System .................................................................... 52
Configuring the server - Part 1 ........................................................................... 54
Configuring RAID................................................................................................ 56
Creating a new file system ................................................................................. 61
Configuring the server - Part 2 ........................................................................... 63
Adding K2 Storage System clients .......................................................................... 65
Basic operations for the Level 10 storage system................................................... 65
Level 10 storage system power-off procedure ................................................... 65
Level 10 system power-on procedure ................................................................ 67
Powering on Level 10, 20, 30, and Nearline 10 RAID storage devices .............. 68
Powering on the HP ProCurve switch ................................................................ 68
Powering on the control point PC ....................................................................... 69
Chapter 3 Installing the Level 10R Storage System
Level 10R description .............................................................................................. 72
Preparing Level 10R devices .................................................................................. 73
Setting up the Control Point PC.......................................................................... 73
Setting up the Level 10R Gig E switch ............................................................... 74
Cabling the switch .............................................................................................. 84
Setting up the Level 10R K2 Media Server ........................................................ 85
Setting up the L10R RAID chassis ..................................................................... 86
Preparing K2 Storage System clients ................................................................. 88
K2 configuration and NetCentral ............................................................................ 88
Networking for Level 10R ........................................................................................ 90
Networking requirements.................................................................................... 90
Networking tips ................................................................................................... 91
Setting up host tables ......................................................................................... 92
Testing the control network ................................................................................ 93
Configuring the Level 10R storage system ............................................................. 95