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Grass Valley K2 Storage System Instruction Manual v.3.3 User Manual

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June 25, 2009

K2 Storage System Instruction Manual

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Setting up the Nearline 10 Gig E switch

proceed with the next step:

• If you decide to use a unique SNMP community name (not “public”), add the

community and set its RW permissions. For example, if the community name is
“K2”, type the following, then press

Enter

:

snmp-server community K2 unrestricted

• If you decide to use the default SNMP community “public” for NetCentral

monitoring, which already has RW permissions set as required by NetCentral,
proceed to the next step.

22.Enter the SNMP community and IP address of the NetCentral server PC. For

example, if the IP address is “192.168.40.11” and the community is “public”, you
type the following, then press

Enter

:

snmp-server host public 192.168.40.11

23.Enable Authentication traps. Type the following, then press

Enter

:

snmp-server enable traps authentication

This allows NetCentral to test the switch to verify that it can send its SNMP trap
messages to NetCentral.

24.Type the following, then press

Enter

:

menu

When prompted, save the configuration by pressing the y key. The main menu
opens.

25.If you need a trunk for ISLs to gang switches together, use the following steps.

These steps illustrate trunking the last three 1 Gig ports for three 1 Gig ISLs, which
is the recommended configuration for ISLs on all multi-switch K2 Storage
Systems. Refer to

“Design considerations for Ethernet switches” on page 559

and

consult with your Grass Valley representative if your requirements deviate from
the recommended policy:

a. At the main menu, select

Switch Configuration

and press

Enter

.

b. Choose selection

Port/Trunk Settings

and press

Enter

.

c. Press the right-arrow key to choose

Edit

, then press

Enter

.

d. Down arrow until at the bottom of the list of ports and select the last (highest

port number) 1 Gig port in the list.

e. Right-arrow over to the Group column.

f. Use the Space bar and set the bottom 1 Gig port to

Trk1

.

g. Set the next port up also to

Trk1

.

h. Set the next port up also to

Trk1

.

i. Press

Enter

, then right-arrow to

Save

. Press

Enter

and revert to previous menu.

26.Select

Return to Main Menu

and press

Enter

.

27.From the main menu, tab to

Command Line (CLI)

and press

Enter

. The command

prompt appears.