Grass Valley UIM v.2.1.1 - Manual (Page 3)

February 5, 2008 UIM Instruction Manual 3
Contents
Finding Information ........................................................................................... 7
About this manual.................................................................................................... 7
Using the Dell Server documentation ...................................................................... 8
Getting more information ......................................................................................... 9
Grass Valley Product Support ................................................................................. 10
Safety Summaries .............................................................................................. 13
Chapter 1 Version 2.1.1 Release Information
What’s new .............................................................................................................. 16
Operational considerations...................................................................................... 16
Profile system and UIM-DIS-GEIP power-on sequence ..................................... 16
Enable Fibre Channel network TCP checksums ................................................ 16
1000BT Ethernet port settings ............................................................................ 16
Redundant Ethernet network requirements ........................................................ 17
Profile XP Platform 100BT network option ......................................................... 17
UIM Windows user accounts .............................................................................. 18
Operating the UIM in unattended mode ............................................................. 18
High definition video transfers ............................................................................ 18
Transfers with K2 systems ................................................................................. 18
Software requirements ............................................................................................ 20
Installing UIM System Software .............................................................................. 21
Part 1: Install UIM system software version 2.x.x ............................................... 21
Part 2: Create a system disk image file .............................................................. 22
Virus software support............................................................................................. 22
Performing critical Windows updates ...................................................................... 22
Known problems...................................................................................................... 24
Installation .......................................................................................................... 24
UIM-Gigabit-IP Only ........................................................................................... 24
UIM-SAN-GEIP or UIM-SAN-FCIP Only ............................................................ 24
Chapter 2 Product Description
Product overview ..................................................................................................... 28
Hardware platform configuration ............................................................................. 28
UIM hardware configuration ............................................................................... 28
Rear panel view, Dell 2650................................................................................. 29
Rear panel view, Dell 2850, 1000 BaseT ........................................................... 29
Rear panel view, Dell 2850, Fibre Channel IP.................................................... 29
Rear panel view, Dell 1950, 1000 BaseT ........................................................... 30
Rear panel view, Dell 1950, Fibre Channel IP.................................................... 30
Software configurations available............................................................................ 30
UIM-DIS-GEIP description.................................................................................. 31
UIM-SAN-GEIP description ................................................................................ 31
UIM-SAN-FCIP description................................................................................. 32
Enable Fibre Channel network TCP checksums ..................................................... 33
Ethernet redundancy ............................................................................................... 34
Chapter 3 UIM-DIS-GEIP Installation:
Standalone Profile Storage
Are you redeploying Profile systems? ..................................................................... 36
Rack-mount the UIM-DIS-GEIP .............................................................................. 36
Specify host names for each UIM-DIS-GEIP .......................................................... 36
Specify the subnets required ................................................................................... 37
Setup the master hosts file ...................................................................................... 38
Example hosts file .............................................................................................. 40
Connect network cables – Dell 2650 ....................................................................... 41
Connect network cables – Dell 2850 ....................................................................... 42