Grass Valley K2 Storage System Instruction Manual v.3.2 Sep.24 2007 - Manual (Page 655)

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 655
GS K2 Media Server description
GS K2 Media Server description
The GS K2 Media Server is used on Level 20 and Level 20R K2 Storage Systems.
The Dell PowerEdge 1950 is qualified as the platform for the GS K2 Media Server.
Dell PowerEdge 1950 server
The following interfaces provide K2 Storage System functionality:
• Two GigE ports on the motherboard
• One dual port iSCSI interface card. Each port is also referred to as a TOE (TCP/IP
Offload Engine).
• One single port Fibre Channel card.
GS K2 Media Server specifications
The GS K2 Media Server is built on a Dell PowerEdge 1950 server platform.
Specifications that are unique to it purpose as a K2 Media Server are listed in the
following table. For a complete list of specifications, refer to Dell documentation.
Dell 1950 PowerEdge server
Characteristic Specification
Operating System Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003, Standard Edition
Fibre Channel Adapter LSI7104XP-LC single-channel 4Gb/s PCI-X Host Bus
Adapter
iSCSI Adapter Qlogic SANblade 1-Gbps iSCSI dual-TOE PCI-X Host Bus
Adapter
Communications Dual Embedded Broadcom NetXtreme II 5708 Gigabit
Ethernet NIC
Form Factor 1U
1 2
G b 2 G b 1
USB ports (2) GigE 2
GigE 1
Serial connector
Video connector
Power supply
iSCSI Fibre Channel
Power supply