Grass Valley K2 Storage System Instruction Manual v.3.3 - Manual (Page 567)

June 25, 2009 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 567
L35 system description
boosts performance, as the system resources of each server can be optimized for
specific roles. In addition, both servers take the role of iSCSI bridge, so that there are
a total of four iSCSI media connections for increased bandwidth.
The optional NH1-10GE K2 Media Server is available to provide additional FTP
bandwidth. This server has a ten Gigabit connection to the Ethernet switch. If the
NH1-10GE is used, all FTP traffic goes to this server, so neither GS K2 Media Server
is cabled or configured for FTP.
The controller in the L30 RAID chassis has the four optional Fibre Channel expansion
ports installed, making a total of six Fibre Channel ports on the controller. This allows
the controller to act in a limited way as a Fibre Channel switch. Two ports connect the
GS K2 Media Servers and one port connects the optional NH1-10GE K2 Media
Server. The remaining three ports are unused. The L30 RAID chassis is also
connected to the GigE control network, which is required for SNMP (NetCentral)
monitoring.
The K2 configuration control point PC is connected to the GigE control network. The
K2 System Configuration application runs on this PC for configuring the storage
system.
FTP/streaming traffic accesses the K2 Storage System via the FTP GigE port on K2
Media Servers. FTP/streaming traffic does not go to K2 Media Clients.