Grass Valley K2 Storage System Instruction Manual v.3.1 - Manual (Page 3)

September 6, 2006 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 3
Contents
Safety Summaries .............................................................................................. 9
Finding Information ........................................................................................... 15
Chapter 1 Product Description
Overview Description .............................................................................................. 22
Key features ............................................................................................................ 23
Chapter 2 Installing the Level 1 Storage System
Level 1 system description ...................................................................................... 26
Preparing Level 1 devices ....................................................................................... 26
Setting up the control point PC........................................................................... 27
Setting up the Level 1 GigE switch ..................................................................... 27
Setting up the L1 device chassis ...................................................................... 35
Preparing K2 Storage System clients ................................................................. 38
Sending K2 configuration to NetCentral ................................................................. 38
Networking for Level 1............................................................................................. 40
Networking requirements.................................................................................... 40
Networking tips ................................................................................................... 41
Setting up host tables ......................................................................................... 41
Testing the control network ................................................................................ 42
Configuring the Level 1 storage system .................................................................. 44
Prerequisites for initial configuration................................................................... 44
Defining a new K2 Storage System .................................................................... 45
Configuring the L1 device - Part 1 ...................................................................... 47
Creating a new file system ................................................................................. 49
Configuring the L1 device - Part 2 ...................................................................... 51
Adding K2 Storage System clients .......................................................................... 53
Basic operations for Level 1 storage ....................................................................... 53
Level 1 system power-off procedure .................................................................. 53
Level 1 system power-on procedure .................................................................. 54
Using FTP for file transfer................................................................................... 54
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Chapter 3 Installing the Level 2 Storage System
Level 2 system description ...................................................................................... 56
Preparing Level 2 devices ....................................................................................... 57
Setting up the control point PC........................................................................... 57
Setting up the Level 2 GigE switch ..................................................................... 58
Setting up the K2 media server .......................................................................... 66
Setting up the L2 RAID chassis .......................................................................... 67
Preparing K2 Storage System clients ................................................................. 71
Sending K2 configuration to NetCentral ................................................................. 72
Networking for Level 2............................................................................................. 74
Networking requirements.................................................................................... 74
Networking tips ................................................................................................... 75
Setting up host tables ......................................................................................... 76
Testing the control network ................................................................................ 77
Configuring the Level 2 storage system .................................................................. 78
Prerequisites for initial configuration................................................................... 78
Defining a new K2 Storage System .................................................................... 79
Configuring the media server - Part 1................................................................. 81
Configuring RAID................................................................................................ 83
Creating a new file system ................................................................................. 88
Configuring the media server - Part 2................................................................. 89