Grass Valley K2 Summit Storage Area Network v.7.1 - Manual (Page 9)

26 October 2009 K2 Storage Area Network Installation and Service Manual 9
Adding devices to a K2 SAN .............................................................................. 396
Removing a K2 SAN........................................................................................... 398
Accessing a K2 SAN from multiple PCs ............................................................. 399
Reconnecting to a K2 SAN ................................................................................. 400
Taking a K2 SAN offline ..................................................................................... 400
Bringing a K2 SAN online ................................................................................... 400
Viewing iSCSI assignments................................................................................ 400
Managing redundancy on a K2 SAN ....................................................................... 402
Identifying current primary/backup K2 Media Servers ........................................ 402
Triggering an intentional failover ........................................................................ 404
Recovering from a failover.................................................................................. 405
Working with K2 Media Servers .............................................................................. 406
Accessing K2 Media Server features in K2Config .............................................. 406
Taking a K2 Media Server out of service............................................................ 406
Using the Stop button in Server Control Panel ................................................... 408
Placing a K2 Media Server in service ................................................................. 408
Shutting down or restarting a K2 Media Server .................................................. 409
Identifying K2 Media Server software versions .................................................. 409
Modifying K2 Media Server network settings ..................................................... 409
Removing a K2 Media Server............................................................................. 410
Replacing a K2 Media Server ............................................................................. 410
Replacing an iSCSI interface adapter (TOE card).............................................. 412
Installing the Fibre Channel card driver .............................................................. 414
Recovering from a failed K2 Media Server system battery ................................ 415
Checking K2 Media Server services................................................................... 417
Working with K2 clients ........................................................................................... 418
Accessing K2 client features in K2Config ........................................................... 418
Shutting down or restarting a K2 client ............................................................... 418
Taking a K2 client offline .................................................................................... 419
Bringing a K2 client online .................................................................................. 419
Adding a K2 client............................................................................................... 419
Removing a K2 client.......................................................................................... 420
Identifying K2 client software versions ............................................................... 420
Modifying K2 client control network settings....................................................... 420
Modifying K2 client media (iSCSI) network settings ........................................... 421
Modifying load balancing .................................................................................... 422
Working with the K2 Coder...................................................................................... 423
About the K2 Coder ............................................................................................ 423
Installing the K2 Coder ....................................................................................... 425
Configuring the K2 Coder ................................................................................... 426
Using the K2 Coder ............................................................................................ 434
Creating K2 Coder watch folders........................................................................ 435
Using Storage Utility ................................................................................................ 437
Accessing Storage Utility .................................................................................... 437
Overview of Storage Utility ................................................................................. 438
Working on the media file system and database..................................................... 439
Checking the media file system .......................................................................... 439
Cleaning unreferenced files and movies ............................................................ 440
Making a new media file system......................................................................... 440
Expanding the media file system by capacity ..................................................... 442
Expanding the media file system by bandwidth.................................................. 444
Working with RAID storage ..................................................................................... 450
Checking RAID storage subsystem status ......................................................... 450
Checking controller microcode ........................................................................... 451
Identifying disks .................................................................................................. 451
Get controller logs .............................................................................................. 454
Unbind RANK ..................................................................................................... 454