Grass Valley K2 Summit Storage Area Network v.7.1 - Manual (Page 443)

443 K2 Storage Area Network Installation and Service Manual 26 October 2009
Chapter 12 Administering and maintaining the K2 SAN
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4. Power down the K2 SAN, including RAID storage devices.
5. Power up the RAID storage devices. Verify that they stabilize in an operational
state with no errors indicated.
6. Power down RAID storage devices.
7. Cable and configure the Expansion Chassis as instructed in the installation chapter
for your level of K2 SAN.
8. Power up the RAID storage devices. Verify that they stabilize in an operational
state with no errors indicated.
9. Startup the K2 SAN. Refer to the start up procedure in the installation chapter for
your level of K2 SAN.
10. Bind the RANKs in the Expansions Chassis using Background Bind.
11. When binding is complete, put the K2 SAN in an offline state as follows:
• You must access Storage Utility (via the K2 System Configuration application
login) with permissions equivalent to K2 administrator or higher.
• When you access Storage Utility, the K2 SAN must be offline.
• All iSCSI clients and K2 clients in the K2 SAN must be shut down.
12. Restart all K2 Media Servers. Do not use the standard startup processes here. Just
start up the server(s) and wait until the Windows desktop appears. Especially do
not use Server Control Panel or start Failover Monitor.
13. In Storage Utility, select Tools | Expand File System By Capacity .
The first of a series of informational screens opens.
14.Work through the informational screens to verify information. When the option to
retry becomes available, if the new disks are not labeled correctly, retry to start the
process. If you are not sure, you can retry to be sure. Doing so does not cause
problems.
15. A message box reports progress. When a message reports success, the process is
complete.
16. Restart the K2 SAN.
17. If a redundant K2 SAN, test failover capabilities.