Grass Valley K2 Storage System Instruction Manual v.3.2 Nov.18 2008 - Manual (Page 358)

358 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual July 15, 2008
Chapter 8 Installing the Nearline 10 Storage System
• Provide power to the switches.
NOTE: If the switch is used for the Nearline system only and there is no K2 media
(real-time iSCSI) traffic on the switch, there is no need for VLANs or dedicated
“media” ports.
If you have a NL10 system with one switch, connect as follows:
One 2900 series switch on a NL10 system
• Make one connection from the RAID controller and one connection from the
control point PC.
• If you have the NH1 K2 Media Server, make two connections (control and FTP)
from the server.
• If you have the NH1-10GE K2 Media Server, connect its 10 Gig FTP network
connection to a 10 Gig port on the rear of the switch and connect its control
network connection to a control port on the switch.
If you have a NL10R system with two switches, connect as follows:
Two 2900 series switches on a NL10R system
• To the ports on switch A, make a connection from RAID controller 0 and from
the control point PC.
• To the ports on switch B, make a connection from RAID controller 1.
• If you have NH1 K2 Media Servers, from each server make two connections,
one for control and one for FTP. Connect server A to switch A and connect
server B to switch B.
• If you have NH1-10GE K2 Media Servers, from each server connect its 10 Gig
FTP network connection to a 10 Gig port on the rear of the switch and connect
its control network connection to a control port on the switch. Connect server A
10 Gig FTP connection
to rear of switch for
NH1-10GE server
B
A
Inter-Switch Links (ISLs)
10 Gig FTP connections
to rear of switch for
NH1-10GE servers