Grass Valley K2 Summit Storage Area Network v.7.1 - Manual (Page 457)

457 K2 Storage Area Network Installation and Service Manual 26 October 2009
Chapter 12 Administering and maintaining the K2 SAN
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.
Binding Hot Spare drives
You can bind disks as hot spare drives. Hot spare drives are on standby and are used
in the event of a drive failure in a RANK. If a drive fails, the RAID Controller
automatically selects a hot spare drive to use in place of the failed drive. This prevents
the system from operating in a degraded state.