Grass Valley K2 Summit Storage Area Network v.7.1 - Manual (Page 376)

26 October 2009 K2 Storage Area Network Installation and Service Manual 376
GS K2 Media Server description
GS K2 Media Server description
The GS K2 Media Server is used on Level 10, 10R, 20, 20R, 25, and 35R K2 SANs.
The Dell PowerEdge 1950 and R610 are qualified as the platform for the GS K2
Media Server.
Dell PowerEdge 1950 server
Dell PowerEdge R610 server
The following interfaces provide K2 SAN functionality:
• Two GigE ports on the motherboard. The R610 has four GigE ports, but only two
are used.
• 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 or R610 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
Gb 2 Gb 1
USB ports (2) GigE 2
GigE 1
Serial connector
Video connector
Power supply
iSCSI Fibre Channel
Power supply
USB ports (2)
GigE 2
GigE 1
Serial connector
Video connector
Power supply
iSCSI Fibre Channel
Power supply