Grass Valley PROFILE FAMILY v.2.5 - Manual (Page 249)

Testing the Fibre Channel Network
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Testing the Fibre Channel Network
Once both Profile machines are back up and running:
1. Double-click on the Port Server icon. This starts the Fibre Channel
communication tool. It must always be running on any machine where you
are using Fibre Channel. If you want, you can place Port Server in StartUp
folder and set it to run minimized. Make sure its running on the other Profile
machine, too.
2. After configuring all machines, verify name resolution using fcping by
typing:
fcping PROFILE1_fc0
If this command returns:
Host PROFILE1_fc0 is up
You have successfully resolved the name PROFILE1_fc0 to the IP address
192.168.100.1 . Keep in mind that although this verifies name resolution, it
does not test Fibre Channel connectivity.
If, however, the fcping command returns:
Host PROFILE1_fc0 appears unreachable
The Fibre Channel IP address could not resolve properly. You may want to
reboot to ensure that any changes have taken effect or check your spelling.
3. Now start the Media Manager by double-clicking its icon. You only need to
run Media Manager when you want to manually copy clips from one
machine to another, but the Port Server needs to be run at all times on all
machines connected to the Fibre Channel network or they won’t be seen by
Media Manager. For information on how to use Media Manager, see
Chapter 3, “Using Media Manager,” on page 105.