Grass Valley K2 Storage System Instruction Manual v.3.3 - Manual (Page 5)

June 25, 2009 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 5
Contents
Safety Summaries .............................................................................................. 13
Finding Information ........................................................................................... 27
Grass Valley Product Support ................................................................................. 32
Telephone Support ............................................................................................. 32
Chapter 1 Product Description
Overview Description .............................................................................................. 36
Key features ............................................................................................................ 36
Chapter 2 Installing the Level 10 Storage System
Level 10 description ................................................................................................ 40
Preparing Level 10 devices ..................................................................................... 41
Setting up the Control Point PC.......................................................................... 41
Setting up the Level 10 Gig E switch .................................................................. 42
Cabling the switch .............................................................................................. 53
Setting up the Level 10 K2 Media Server ........................................................... 53
Setting up the L10 RAID chassis ........................................................................ 54
Preparing K2 Storage System clients ................................................................. 56
K2 configuration and NetCentral ............................................................................ 56
Networking for Level 10........................................................................................... 58
Networking requirements.................................................................................... 58
Networking tips ................................................................................................... 59
Setting up host tables ......................................................................................... 60
Testing the control network ................................................................................ 61
Configuring the Level 10 storage system ................................................................ 62
Prerequisites for initial configuration................................................................... 62
Defining a new K2 Storage System .................................................................... 63
Configuring the server - Part 1 ........................................................................... 65
Configuring RAID................................................................................................ 67
Creating a new file system ................................................................................. 72
Configuring the server - Part 2 ........................................................................... 74
Adding K2 Storage System clients .......................................................................... 76
Basic operations for the Level 10 storage system................................................... 76
Level 10 storage system power-off procedure ................................................... 76
Level 10 system power-on procedure ................................................................ 78
Powering on Level 10, 20, 30, and Nearline 10 RAID storage devices .............. 79
Powering on the HP ProCurve switch ................................................................ 79
Powering on the control point PC ....................................................................... 80
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Chapter 3 Installing the Level 10R Storage System
Level 10R description .............................................................................................. 82
Preparing Level 10R devices .................................................................................. 83
Setting up the Control Point PC.......................................................................... 83
Setting up the Level 10R Gig E switch ............................................................... 84
Cabling the switch .............................................................................................. 96
Setting up the Level 10R K2 Media Server ........................................................ 97
Setting up the L10R RAID chassis ..................................................................... 98
Preparing K2 Storage System clients ................................................................. 100
K2 configuration and NetCentral ............................................................................ 100
Networking for Level 10R ........................................................................................ 102
Networking requirements.................................................................................... 102
Networking tips ................................................................................................... 103
Setting up host tables ......................................................................................... 104