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Grass Valley K2 Summit Storage Area Network Installation User Manual

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1. In the tree view, right-click the

Unbound

node and select

Bind

. (Peer controllers that share the

same set of disks are automatically selected as a pair.)

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

2. Leave

Full Bind

unchecked. Refer to the previous section “About full/background bind”.

3. In the

Bind TYPE

drop down box, select the RAID type. Refer to the installation chapter earlier

in this document for your level of SAN for specific instructions.

4. In the Available Disks box, select contiguous disks at the top of the list as appropriate for the

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

5. 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 LED to flash.

6. Click

OK

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

box opens, showing the status of the binding process.

7. Close the Progress Report and repeat these steps for other unbound disks.

8. Upon 100% completion, click

Close

in Progress Report window.

9. Restart the K2 Media Server.

Related Links

Identifying disks

on page 317

About full/background bind

on page 321

Binding Hot Spare drives

on page 323

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K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual

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Administering and maintaining the K2 SAN