Grass Valley K2 Summit Storage Area Network v.7.1 - Manual (Page 5)

26 October 2009 K2 Storage Area Network Installation and Service Manual 5
Contents
Safety Summaries .............................................................................................. 11
Finding Information ........................................................................................... 25
Grass Valley Product Support ................................................................................. 30
Telephone Support ............................................................................................. 30
Chapter 1 Product Description
Overview Description .............................................................................................. 34
Key features ............................................................................................................ 34
K2 SAN Level descriptions ...................................................................................... 35
Level 10 system description ............................................................................... 36
Level 10R system description............................................................................. 37
Level 20 system description ............................................................................... 39
Level 20R system description............................................................................. 41
Level 30 system description ............................................................................... 43
Level 30R system description............................................................................. 45
L35 system description ....................................................................................... 47
L35R system description .................................................................................... 49
Nearline 10 system description .......................................................................... 51
Chapter 2 Preparing for installation
K2 SAN installation checklists ................................................................................. 54
Pre-installation planning checklist ...................................................................... 54
Infrastructure checklist........................................................................................ 54
Network setup and implementation checklist ..................................................... 54
Software update checklist................................................................................... 55
SAN configuration checklist ................................................................................ 55
Understanding system concepts ............................................................................. 56
Control network description ................................................................................ 56
Streaming/FTP network description ................................................................... 56
Media (iSCSI) network description ..................................................................... 57
Networking tips ................................................................................................... 58
About hosts files ................................................................................................. 58
Host table tips ..................................................................................................... 59
Chapter 3 Cabling K2 SAN devices
Using the cabling guide ........................................................................................... 62
Cabling the Ethernet switch..................................................................................... 62
Cabling the K2 Media Server .................................................................................. 64
Cabling the Level 10 K2 Media Server ............................................................... 64
Cabling the GS K2 Media Server ....................................................................... 67
Cabling the LS K2 Media Server ........................................................................ 69
Cabling the NH K2 Media Server for an online K2 SAN ..................................... 72
Cabling the NH K2 Media Server for a Nearline K2 SAN ................................... 74
Cabling the Lx0 RAID chassis ................................................................................. 77
Cabling K2 Summit Clients for a K2 SAN................................................................ 87
Chapter 4 Setting up K2 SAN infrastructure
Setting up the Ethernet switch................................................................................. 90
Configuring the GigE switch via serial connection.............................................. 90
Configuring the GigE switch via the Web interface ............................................ 93
Configuring QOS on the GigE switch ................................................................. 99
Verifying the flow control setting on the GigE switch .......................................... 100
Setting up the control point PC................................................................................ 101
Installing SiteConfig on the control point PC ...................................................... 101