Grass Valley K2 Storage System Instruction Manual v.3.1 - Manual (Page 96)

96 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 6, 2006
Chapter 4 Installing the Level 2R Storage System
Level 2R system description
The Level two redundant (Level 2R) storage system has two Gigabit Ethernet
switches connected by Inter-Switch Links (ISLs) to support a redundant Ethernet
fabric. The storage system also has redundant K2 media servers. The media servers
are configured to have identical roles. This provides redundancy for database, file
system, iSCSI bridge, and FTP roles. One L2 RAID supports redundant Fibre
Channel connections. An Expansion chassis is optional for increased storage
capacity.
K2 Media Clients have a pair of redundant (teamed) Gigabit Ethernet ports for control
and two Gigabit Ethernet ports (A and B) for media (iSCSI). Each port of the control
team is connected to a different switch. The A media port goes to the A GigE switch
and the B media port goes to the B GigE switch. The GigE switches are configured
with V-LANs to keep the control/FTP and media (iSCSI) traffic separate.
Each K2 Media Server has two GigE connections for media, one GigE connection for
control, one GigE connection for FTP, and one Fibre Channel connection to the RAID
storage. All GigE connections on a server go to the same GigE switch. The media
server hosts iSCSI interface cards for the GigE media connections and a Fibre
Channel card for the RAID storage connection. The iSCSI interface cards provide a
bridge between GigE iSCSI and Fibre Channel SCSI. The media server also hosts
software components that allow it to function in various roles, including media file
system manager, media database server, and FTP server. Redundant K2 Media
Servers are connected by a serial cable which supports the heartbeat signal required
for automatic system recovery (failover) features.
L2R RAID chassis
L2R RAID Expansion
chassis (optional)
K2 media
servers
Multiple iSCSI clients
Gigabit Ethernet
switches
A
A B
B
Fibre Channel
connections
Control Control
FTP
Media
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Media Control
FTP
Media Media
ISLs
Control point PC
Control
FTP/streaming
Control B Media B Control A Media A Control B Media B Control A Media A Control B Media B Control A Media A