Grass Valley PDR v.2.2 - Manual (Page 204)

Chapter 7 Video Networking
186 Profile Family
Configuring Fibre Channel for an Existing Network
All Profile name resolution is performed by Windows NT. Therefore, as with
the rest of your TCP/IP installation, all node names will need to be managed in
host files or a DNS server. Profile system software 2.2 requires that:
• You set the Fibre Channel IP address using fcconfig (see step 1 on page 185).
• You enter your Fibre Channel IP address into your host file or DNS server
for name lookup.
• Fibre Channel TCP/IP names must be the Ethernet TCP/IP names with a
_fc0 suffix. For example, if a Profile system name is Profile1 , the Fibre
Channel TCP/IP name for that Profile system must be Profile1_fc0 .
• Based on the address you use, there is an implicit netmask, but you can
override this with a larger mask. For example, 255.0.0.0 can be overridden
by 255.255.0.0 or 255.255.255.0 .
After configuring all machines, verify name resolution using ping by typing:
ping Profile1_fc0
If this command returns:
Pinging Profile1_fc0 [128.181.1.1]
you have successfully resolved the name Profile1_fc0 to the IP address
128.181.1.1
Keep in mind that although this verifies name resolution, it does not test
Fibre Channel connectivity.
If the above ping returns:
Bad IP Address Profile1_fc0
the Fibre Channel IP is not resolved. (You may want to reboot to ensure
changes take effect, or check your spelling, etc.)