Grass Valley K2 Storage System Instruction Manual v.3.2 Sep.24 2007 - Manual (Page 656)

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Chapter 14 Description of K2 Storage Devices
LS K2 Media Server description
The LS K2 Media Server is used on Level 30 and Level 30R K2 Storage Systems. The
Dell PowerEdge 2950 is qualified as the platform for the LS K2 Media Server.
Dell PowerEdge 2950 server
The following interfaces provide K2 Storage System functionality:
• Two GigE ports on the motherboard
• Two dual port iSCSI interface card. Each port is also referred to as a TOE (TCP/IP
Offload Engine).
• One single port Fibre Channel card.
LS K2 Media Server specifications
The LS K2 Media Server is built on a Dell PowerEdge 2950 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 2950 PowerEdge server
Characteristic Specification
Operating System Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003, Standard Edition
Fibre Channel Adapter LSI7104EP-LC single-channel 4Gb/s PCIe Host Bus
Adapter
iSCSI Adapter Qlogic SANblade 1-Gbps iSCSI dual-TOE PCI-X Host Bus
Adapter
Communications Dual Embedded Broadcom NetXtreme II5708 Gigabit
Ethernet NIC
Form Factor 2U
PCI 1
PCI 2
PCI 3
G b 1 G b 2
USB ports (2) GigE 2
GigE 1
Serial connector
Video connector
iSCSI
Power supply Power supply
iSCSI
Fibre Channel