Grass Valley K2 Storage System Instruction Manual v.3.1 - Manual (Page 4)

4 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 6, 2006
Contents
Adding K2 Storage System clients .......................................................................... 92
Basic operations for Level 2 storage ....................................................................... 92
Level 2 system power-off procedure .................................................................. 92
Level 2 system power-on procedure .................................................................. 92
Using FTP for file transfer .................................................................................. 93
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Chapter 4 Installing the Level 2R Storage System
Level 2R system description ................................................................................... 96
Preparing Level 2R devices .................................................................................... 97
Setting up the control point PC........................................................................... 97
Setting up the Level 2R redundant GigE switches ............................................. 98
Setting up the K2 media server .......................................................................... 106
Setting up the L2 RAID chassis.......................................................................... 108
Preparing K2 Storage System clients................................................................. 112
Sending K2 configuration to NetCentral ................................................................. 113
Networking for Level 2R .......................................................................................... 115
Networking requirements ................................................................................... 115
Networking tips ................................................................................................... 116
Setting up host tables ......................................................................................... 117
Testing the control network ................................................................................ 118
Configuring the Level 2R storage system ............................................................... 120
Prerequisites for initial configuration .................................................................. 120
Defining a new K2 Storage System.................................................................... 121
Configuring the media server - Part 1 ................................................................ 123
Configuring RAID ............................................................................................... 125
Creating a new file system ................................................................................. 132
Configuring the media server - Part 2 ................................................................ 133
Configuring the redundant media server ........................................................... 136
Adding K2 Storage System clients .......................................................................... 139
Basic operations for Level 2R storage .................................................................... 140
Level 2R system power-off procedure................................................................ 140
Level 2R system power-on procedure................................................................ 141
Using FTP for file transfer .................................................................................. 142
Failover behaviors .............................................................................................. 143
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Chapter 5 Installing the Level 3 Storage System
Level 3 system description ...................................................................................... 150
Preparing Level 3 devices ....................................................................................... 151
Setting up the control point PC........................................................................... 151
Setting up the Level 3 GigE switch..................................................................... 152
Setting up the K2 media server .......................................................................... 160
Setting up the L3 RAID chassis.......................................................................... 161
Preparing K2 Storage System clients................................................................. 165
Sending K2 configuration to NetCentral ................................................................. 166
Networking for Level 3 ............................................................................................ 168
Networking requirements ................................................................................... 168
Networking tips ................................................................................................... 169
Setting up host tables ......................................................................................... 170
Testing the control network ................................................................................ 171
Configuring the Level 3 storage system .................................................................. 173
Prerequisites for initial configuration .................................................................. 173
Defining a new K2 Storage System.................................................................... 174
Configuring the media server - Part 1 ................................................................ 176
Configuring RAID ............................................................................................... 178
Creating a new file system ................................................................................. 183