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Explanations and procedures, General guidelines, K2 raid fibre channel port redundant configuration – Grass Valley K2 (Summit 3G) 10Gv2 Storage Area Network Installation v.8.1 User Manual

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Explanations and procedures

The following information might or might not apply to your particular custom system. Make sure you understand
the application of the information to your own custom system.

General guidelines

The following guidelines apply to all systems:

Update to version 3.0.1.21 or higher before attempting to configure a custom system.

For redundant systems, if there is only one RAID storage device, you can mix RAID 1 (for file
system metadata) and RAID 5 or RAID 6 (for media storage) in the same chassis. However, if
there are two or more RAID storage devices, you must reserve one chassis for RAID 1, with the
remaining chassis used for RAID 5 or RAID 6.

When you change the RTIOS, you must reboot the system for it to take effect.

For a Fibre Channel SAN, the 8 Gig controller must be set to Fabric.

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K2 RAID Fibre Channel port redundant configuration

In addition to the Level 3 non-redundant and Level 3 redundant configurations, you can also cable
and use K2 RAID Fibre Channel ports for Fibre Channel port redundancy, as explained in this
section.

For clarity, Level 3 non-redundant and Level 3 redundant configurations are included in the following
illustrations:

L3 non-redundant

Two K2 Servers connect to one RAID controller.

L3 redundant

Four K2 Servers connect to two RAID controllers. Servers 1A and 1B are redundant. Servers 2A
and 2B are redundant.

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