Grass Valley K2 Storage System Instruction Manual v.3.1 - Manual (Page 293)

September 6, 2006 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 293
Basic operations for nearline storage
4. Repeat this procedure for remaining Nearline K2 Media Servers, if any.
Your configurations for the nearline K2 Storage System are complete.
Basic operations for nearline storage
Use the following procedures as you work on your Nearline storage system:
• “Nearline system power-off procedure”
• “Nearline system power-on procedure”
• “Using FTP for file transfer”
For other procedures refer to “Administering and maintaining the K2 Storage
System” on page 333 .
Nearline system power-off procedure
Use the following sequence to power-off the Nearline storage system.
1. Stop all FTP streams or other media operations on the nearline storage system.
2. Shut down the K2 Media Servers.
3. Power-off the primary RAID controller chassis. If expansion chassis are
connected, make sure the power-off of the controller chassis is prior to or
simultaneous with the power-off of its connected expansion chassis. Wait
approximately 30 seconds for the disk drives to spin down before proceeding.
4. Power-off all Ethernet switches.
5. Power-off the control point PC and/or the NetCentral server PC, if necessary.
Nearline system power-on procedure
Use the following steps to power-on the nearline storage system .
Device Verification instructions
1. Power-on the control point
PC and/or the NetCentral
server PC. After log on, start NetCentral. NetCentral reports devices as
offline. As each device is powered on, check NetCentral to verify
the device’s status.