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Grass Valley K2 Summit Storage Area Network v.7.1 User Manual

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K2 Storage Area Network Installation and Service Manual

26 October 2009

Chapter 12 Administering and maintaining the K2 SAN

f. On the Hardware Installation page, click

Continue Anyway

.

g. Click

Finish

.

5. If the K2 Media Server has a dual port Fibre Channel card, on the Found New

Hardware wizard, install the driver on the second LSI Pseudo Device port as
follows:

a. Select

Install from a list or specific location

. Click

Next

.

b. Select

Don’t search. I will choose the driver to install

. Click

Next

.

c. Select

Have Disk

.

d. Browse to C:\profile\drivers\LSI_SCSIPORT_1.21.25.00. Click

Open

and

OK

.

e. Start the driver install by selecting

Next

.

f. On the Hardware Installation page, click

Continue Anyway

.

g. Click

Finish

.

6. Make the following registry settings:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Service
s\Lsi_fc\Parameters\Device]

"DriverParameter"="MPIOMode=2"

"MaximumSGList"=dword:000000ff

"NumberOfRequests"=dword:000000ff

Recovering from a failed K2 Media Server system battery

The following procedure applies to K2 Media Servers based on the Dell 2850/2950
platform. K2 Media Servers on other Dell models can have similar procedures. Refer
to the service documentation on the Dell Documentation CD for specific procedures.

When the system battery in a K2 Media Server fails (non rechargeable) the system
configuration is lost, and the system will not complete startup processes when the
battery is replaced.

1. Restart the K2 Media Server.

A startup screen displays the message “Invalid configuration information - Please
run setup program. Time of day not set - Please run setup program.”

2. Press

F2

to enter setup.

3. Set the system date and time

4. Select

System Setup | Integrated Devices

5. Select

RAID

. This also sets ChA and ChB to RAID

6. Restart the K2 Media Server.

A startup screen displays the message “Warning: Detected mode change from
SCSI to RAID on ChA of the embedded RAID system.”

7. Select

Yes

.

A startup screen displays the message “Warning: Detected mode change from

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