Grass Valley K2 Storage System Instruction Manual v.3.2 Sep.24 2007 User Manual

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Configuring RAID

i. In the Available Disks box, select the fifth disk in the primary RAID chassis.

j. Click the add (arrow) button to add the disk to the Selected Disks list.

k. Click

to close the dialog box and begin the binding process.

3. To bind unbound disks for media storage, do the following:

a. Right-click the

Unbound

node for a controller, then select

Bind

in the context

menu. (If the RAID chassis has two controllers, both controllers are represented
by the single “Controller” node)

The Bind dialog box opens showing all unbound disks for the controller listed
in the Available Disk list.

b. Leave Full Bind unchecked. Refer to

c. In the

Bind Type

drop down box, select

RAID 5

. If specified by your system

design, RAID 6 is also supported. Refer to the Nearline chapter for more
information on RAID 6.

d. In the Available Disks box, select five contiguous disks at the top of the list.

(TIP: Use ‘shift-click’ or ‘control-click’ to select disks.).

e. Click the add (arrow) button to add disks to the Selected Disks list.

NOTE: As an aid in identifying a disk module’s physical location, select it in the
Selected Disks list, then click

Identify Disks.

This causes the disk drive light to flash.

f. Click

to close the Bind dialog box and begin the binding process. The

Progress Report dialog box opens, showing the status of the binding process.