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Installing the fibre channel card driver, Installing the fibre channel card – 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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Installing the Fibre Channel card driver

10. Do the following for the replacement iSCSI interface adapter or adapters on the K2

Media Server:

a. Select each port and set it to the same IP addresses\subnet mask as formerly

assigned.

b. Apply the settings.

When the IP address is set successfully, the K2 System Configuration application
automatically applies the same bandwidth subscription that was previously
assigned to that IP address. The iSCSI bridge page updates and displays the
bandwidth subscription.

11. After making settings on the iSCSI interface adapter or adapters, on the iSCSI

bridge page, click

Check

.

A “…Replaced iSCSI port…” message and a “…Added iSCSI port…” message
appears for each port on the adapter or adapters that you replaced.

12. If you are replacing iSCSI interface adapters on multiple K2 Media Servers, repeat

this procedure on the remaining K2 Media Servers.

13. Place the devices of the K2 Storage System back online. Refer to procedures earlier

in this chapter as appropriate for your K2 Storage System level and/or redundant
server configuration.

Installing the Fibre Channel card driver

When you restore a K2 Media Server from the generic disk image, the 4Gb Fibre
Channel card driver is not on the disk image. After restoring the disk image, you must
install the Fibre Channel card driver as instructed in this procedure.

1. Make sure that you have access to the Fibre Channel card driver file. On the local

K2 Media Server, look for C:\profile\drivers\LSI_SCSIPORT_1.21.25.00, then do
one of the following:

• If the file is present, continue with the next step in this procedure.

• If the file is not present, procure the file from

f

tp://ftp.thomsongrassvalley.com/

pub/K2/Microcode_and _Drivers/LSI_SCSIPORT. The filename is
LSI_SCSIPORT_1.21.25.00.zip. Then continue with this procedure

2. After restoring the disk image and restarting the K2 Media Server, a Found New

Hardware wizard opens for the Fibre Channel controller. Install the driver on the
first FC port as follows:

a. Select

Install from a list or specific location

. Click

Next

.

b. Select

Don’t search. I will choose the driver to install

. Click

Next

.

c. Select

SCSI and Raid Controllers

and

Have Disk

.

d. Browse to C:\profile\drivers\LSI_SCSIPORT_1.21.25.00. Click

Open

and

OK

.

e. Start the driver install by selecting

Next

.

f. On the Hardware Installation page, click

Continue Anyway

.

g. Click

Finish

.

3. If the K2 Media Server has a dual port Fibre Channel card, on the Found New