Grass Valley K2 Storage System Instruction Manual v.3.1 - Manual (Page 197)

September 6, 2006 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 197
Setting up the Level 3R redundant GigE switches
To the media ports on switch A, make the “A” media (iSCSI) network connection
from each K2 Media Client. Also make two media (iSCSI) connections from media
server 1A, and two media (iSCSI) connections from media server 2A.
To the media ports on switch B, make the “B” media (iSCSI) network connection
from each K2 Media Client. Also make two media (iSCSI) connections from media
server 1B, and two media (iSCSI) connections from media server 2B.
To the control ports on switch A, make one connection from each K2 Media Client,
from RAID controller 0, and from the control point PC. Also make the control
network connection and the FTP network connection from media server 1A and
from media server 2A.
To the control ports on switch B, make the second control connection from each
K2 Media Client, and from RAID controller 1. Also make the control network
connection and the FTP network connection from media server 1B and from media
server 2B.
If you have other iSCSI clients, such as Aurora Edits, that have just one iSCSI
connection and one control connection, approximately half of the clients should be
connected to switch A and half of the clients should be connected to switch B. In a
failover event, only the clients connected to one of the switches will remain
operational, so make connections accordingly. Connect the client’s iSCSI
connection to one of the media ports on a switch and the client’s control connection
to one of the control ports on the same switch.
Interconnect switch A and switch B with two 10 Gig ISLs.
Refer to “Level 3R system description” on page 194 for a diagram of the complete
system.
Refer to cabling procedures later in this chapter for the GigE connections at each of
the devices of the K2 Storage System.
Also refer to “K2 Ethernet switch description” on page 299 and “Design
considerations for Ethernet switches” on page 376 .
Media Ports
Control Ports
1 - 19 odd
2 - 20 even