Grass-valley K2 Storage System Instruction Manual v.3.2 Sep.24 Manuel d'utilisateur

K2STORAGE SYSTEMInstruction ManualSOFTWARE VERSION 3.2071-8461-03SEPTEMBER 2007

10 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Contents Chapter 15 Overview of K2 Storage ToolsK2 System Configuration ...

100 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 3 Installing the Level 2R Storage SystemConfiguring the Level 2R storage systemUse

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 101Defining a new K2 Storage SystemDefining a new K2 Storage SystemDefine a Level 2R K2 Storage

102 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 3 Installing the Level 2R Storage System4. Follow the on-screen text to define you

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 103Configuring the server - Part 1Configuring the server - Part 11. In the K2 System Configurat

104 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 3 Installing the Level 2R Storage System3. Continue with the next procedure to use

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 105Configuring RAIDConfiguring RAIDUse Storage Utility to complete the configuration of the L2

106 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 3 Installing the Level 2R Storage System4. Enter the control network IP address an

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 107Configuring RAIDRedundant systems store metadata files and journal files on the primary RAID

108 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 3 Installing the Level 2R Storage Systemb. Leave Full Bind unchecked. Refer to “Ab

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 109Configuring RAIDThe Bind dialog box opens showing all unbound disks for the controller liste

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 11Replacing a K2 Media Server...

110 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 3 Installing the Level 2R Storage Systemg. Close the Progress Report and repeat th

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 111Creating a new file system2. For the Real Time Input/Output (RTIO) rate, enter the value spe

112 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 3 Installing the Level 2R Storage SystemThe configuration file for the media file

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 113Configuring the server - Part 2On this page… Do this…File System Server ConfigurationThis pa

114 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 3 Installing the Level 2R Storage SystemiSCSI Bridge Server ConfigurationThis page

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 115Configuring the redundant serverConfiguring the redundant serverYou must wait for the primar

116 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 3 Installing the Level 2R Storage System2. Click the Configure button. The Configu

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 117Configuring the redundant serverNetwork ConfigurationThis page displays the control network

118 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 3 Installing the Level 2R Storage SystemiSCSI Bridge Server ConfigurationThis page

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 119Adding K2 Storage System clients3. If you got a “The V: will not be available until this dev

12 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Contents

120 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 3 Installing the Level 2R Storage System• For K2 Media Clients, refer to K2 Media

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 121Level 2R system power-off procedure8. Power-off the primary RAID controller chassis. If expa

122 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 3 Installing the Level 2R Storage SystemLevel 2R system power-on procedurePower on

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 123Level 2R system power-on procedureLevel 2R power-on procedure page 2Power on the primary med

124 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 3 Installing the Level 2R Storage SystemFailover behaviorsIf a fault occurs and on

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 125Failover behaviorsControl team failover behaviorIf the following system connection fails to

126 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 3 Installing the Level 2R Storage SystemK2 Media Client media (iSCSI) connection f

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 127Failover behaviorsK2 Media Server failover behaviorIf the following system connection or com

128 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 3 Installing the Level 2R Storage SystemK2 Media Server failover with Control team

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 129Chapter 4Installing the Level 3 Storage SystemThe K2 Level 3 (L3) storage system was initi

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 13Safety SummariesGeneral Safety SummaryReview the following safety precautions to avoid injury

130 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 4 Installing the Level 3 Storage SystemLevel 3 system descriptionThe Level 3 stora

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 131Preparing Level 3 devicesThe K2 configuration control point PC is connected to the GigE cont

132 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 4 Installing the Level 3 Storage System2. Select Settings tab 3. Select the Advanc

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 133Setting up the Level 3 GigE switch3400cl series switch2900 series switchTo the media ports m

134 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 4 Installing the Level 3 Storage System• Also disable (uncheck) the “Use Function,

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 135Setting up the Level 3 GigE switch17.Type the following, then press Enter: configure You are

136 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 4 Installing the Level 3 Storage Systema. At the main menu, select Switch Configur

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 137Setting up the Level 3 GigE switchinstructed in the next procedure.33.Close the PC terminal

138 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 4 Installing the Level 3 Storage System7. If you do not need trunks, such as on a

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 139Setting up the Level 3 GigE switchc. For the trunked ports, set Port Enabled to Yes. On some

14 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Safety Summaries Do Not Operate With Suspected FailuresIf you suspect there is damage to t

140 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 4 Installing the Level 3 Storage System9. Click Modify Selected Ports.10.Make sure

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 141Setting up the Level 3 GigE switch14.Create a new Media (iSCSI) VLAN as follows:a. Click Add

142 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 4 Installing the Level 3 Storage Systemb. Select all the odd numbered ports. (Tip:

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 143Setting up the K2 Media Server19.If you have a trunk, verify that for the default VLAN the t

144 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 4 Installing the Level 3 Storage System• Configure SNMP properties so the trap des

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 145Setting up the L3 RAID chassisAssign Fibre Channel address IDEvery RAID controller must have

146 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 4 Installing the Level 3 Storage SystemAssign chassis address on Expansion chassis

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 147Setting up the L3 RAID chassisDo not swap Expansion chassis or otherwise reconfigure storage

148 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 4 Installing the Level 3 Storage SystemPower on the L3 RAID chassisYour preparatio

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 149K2 configuration and NetCentral• Install SNFS software and K2 software.For more information,

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 15Service Safety SummaryWARNING: The service instructions in this manual are intended for use b

150 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 4 Installing the Level 3 Storage SystemNetworking for Level 3Use the topics in thi

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 151Networking tips• On the shared storage K2 Media Client, the two control GigE ports are confi

152 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 4 Installing the Level 3 Storage SystemExample of Level 3 names and IP addressesSe

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 153Testing the control network192.168.100.21 root_server_2192.168.101.21 root_server_2_he0192.1

154 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 4 Installing the Level 3 Storage SystemReply from 192.168.100.61: bytes=32 time=10

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 155Configuring the Level 3 storage systemConfiguring the Level 3 storage systemUse the topics i

156 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 4 Installing the Level 3 Storage SystemDefining a new K2 Storage SystemDefine a Le

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 157Defining a new K2 Storage System4. Follow the on-screen text to define your Level 3 K2 Stora

158 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 4 Installing the Level 3 Storage SystemYour K2 Storage System appears in the tree

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 159Configuring the server - Part 1Storage System, as described in the following table:On this p

16 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Safety Summaries Canadian EMC Notice of ComplianceThis digital apparatus does not exceed t

160 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 4 Installing the Level 3 Storage System3. Continue with the next procedure to use

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 161Configuring RAID• “Binding disk modules”Refer to “Prerequisites for initial configuration” o

162 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 4 Installing the Level 3 Storage System4. In the Controller Slot Number field ente

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 163Configuring RAIDtheir placement in the hierarchy of the tree view. In the following illustra

164 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 4 Installing the Level 3 Storage Systemb. Leave Full Bind unchecked. Refer to “Abo

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 165Creating a new file systemg. Close the Progress Report and repeat these steps for other unbo

166 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 4 Installing the Level 3 Storage System2. For the Real Time Input/Output (RTIO) ra

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 167Configuring the server - Part 2Configuring the server - Part 21. Return to the Configure K2

168 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 4 Installing the Level 3 Storage SystemiSCSI Bridge Server ConfigurationThis page

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 169Configuring server 2Configuring server 2For Level 3, after you have configured your first K2

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 17Safety CertificationThis product has been evaluated and meets the following Safety Certificat

170 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 4 Installing the Level 3 Storage SystemSoftware ConfigurationThis page checks for

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 171Configuring server 2File System Client ConfigurationThis K2 Media Server does not function a

172 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 4 Installing the Level 3 Storage SystemYour configurations for the Level 3 K2 Stor

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 173Level 3 system power-off procedure3. Shut down the K2 Media Server that is the FTP server.4.

174 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 4 Installing the Level 3 Storage SystemLevel 3 system power-on procedurePower on L

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 175Level 3 power-on procedure page 2Power on the media file system/database K2 Media Server.Fro

176 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 4 Installing the Level 3 Storage System

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 177Chapter 5Installing the Level 3R Storage SystemThe K2 Level 3 Redundant (L3R) storage syst

178 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 5 Installing the Level 3R Storage SystemLevel 3R system descriptionThe Level 3 red

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 179Preparing Level 3R devicesThe L3R RAID chassis is connected via a Fibre Channel connection t

18 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Safety Summaries

180 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 5 Installing the Level 3R Storage System• Verify that the PC meets system requirem

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 181Setting up the Level 3R redundant GigE switches3400cl series switch2900 series switchTo the

182 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 5 Installing the Level 3R Storage SystemConfiguring the GigE switch via serial con

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 183Setting up the Level 3R redundant GigE switches9. Press Enter, then right-arrow to Save. Pre

184 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 5 Installing the Level 3R Storage System23.Enable Authentication traps. Type the f

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 185Setting up the Level 3R redundant GigE switches29.Check the Primary Image Version and refer

186 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 5 Installing the Level 3R Storage System5. Set Spanning Tree to On and click Apply

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 187Setting up the Level 3R redundant GigE switchesc. For the trunked ports, set Port Enabled to

188 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 5 Installing the Level 3R Storage System9. Click Modify Selected Ports.10.Make sur

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 189Setting up the Level 3R redundant GigE switches14.Create a new Media (iSCSI) VLAN as follows

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 19Finding InformationThis manual describes the K2 Storage System and provides instructions for

190 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 5 Installing the Level 3R Storage Systemb. Select all the odd numbered ports. (Tip

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 191Setting up the K2 Media Server19.If you have a trunk, verify that for the default VLAN the t

192 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 5 Installing the Level 3R Storage SystemMake a direct connection between the seria

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 193Setting up the L3R RAID chassisAssign Fibre Channel address IDEvery RAID controller must hav

194 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 5 Installing the Level 3R Storage SystemIf you have three or more expansion chassi

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 195Setting up the L3R RAID chassisAssign chassis address on Expansion chassisEvery chassis must

196 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 5 Installing the Level 3R Storage SystemDo not swap Expansion chassis or otherwise

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 197Preparing K2 Storage System clientsPower on the L3R RAID chassisYour preparations for L3R RA

198 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 5 Installing the Level 3R Storage SystemAdditional steps that are required for K2

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 199K2 configuration and NetCentralNetCentral. Refer to the NetCentral User Guide to set up the

2 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Copyright Copyright © 2007 Grass Valley, Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in the United State

20 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Finding Information Chapter 16, Managing K2 software — Contains descriptions of the softwa

200 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 5 Installing the Level 3R Storage SystemNetworking for Level 3RUse the topics in t

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 201Networking tipsresolution. This directs the streaming traffic to the correct port. Refer to

202 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 5 Installing the Level 3R Storage SystemExample of Level 3R names and IP addresses

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 203Setting up host tablesFor FTP transfers on a K2 Storage System, transfers go to/from K2 Medi

204 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 5 Installing the Level 3R Storage Systemdestination.An example of a hosts file ent

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 205Configuring the Level 3R storage systemConfiguring the Level 3R storage systemUse the topics

206 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 5 Installing the Level 3R Storage SystemDefining a new K2 Storage SystemDefine a L

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 207Defining a new K2 Storage System4. Follow the on-screen text to define your Level 3R K2 Stor

208 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 5 Installing the Level 3R Storage SystemYour K2 Storage System appears in the tree

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 209Configuring the server 1A - Part 1Storage System, as described in the following table:On thi

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 21Getting more informationThe following illustration shows the recommended order in which to re

210 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 5 Installing the Level 3R Storage System3. Continue with the next procedure to use

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 211Configuring RAIDConfiguring RAIDUse Storage Utility to complete the configuration of the L3R

212 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 5 Installing the Level 3R Storage System4. In the Controller Slot Number field ent

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 213Configuring RAIDNOTE: Binding destroys all user data on the disks.1. In the Storage Utility

214 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 5 Installing the Level 3R Storage System2. For systems that use RAID 1 RANKs, you

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 215Configuring RAIDi. In the Available Disks box, select the fifth disk in the primary RAID cha

216 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 5 Installing the Level 3R Storage Systemg. Close the Progress Report and repeat th

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 217Creating a new file systemCreating a new file system1. In Storage Utility, click Tools | Mak

218 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 5 Installing the Level 3R Storage Systemanother RAID 1 RANK as a journal stripe. Y

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 219Configuring the server 1A - Part 2On this page… Do this…File System Server ConfigurationThis

22 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Finding Information K2 Storage System Cabling GuideThe cabling guides provide diagrams for

220 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 5 Installing the Level 3R Storage SystemiSCSI Bridge Server ConfigurationThis page

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 221Configuring the redundant server 1BConfiguring the redundant server 1BYou must wait for the

222 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 5 Installing the Level 3R Storage SystemOn this page… Do this…Define server rolesE

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 223Configuring the redundant server 1BNetwork ConfigurationThis page displays the control netwo

224 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 5 Installing the Level 3R Storage System3. If you got a “The V: will not be availa

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 225Configuring server 2AThe File System Server Configuration page appears.b. Click Check and ve

226 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 5 Installing the Level 3R Storage SystemSoftware ConfigurationThis page checks for

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 227Configuring server 2AFile System Client ConfigurationThis K2 Media Server does not function

228 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 5 Installing the Level 3R Storage SystemConfiguring the redundant server 2BYou mus

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 229Configuring the redundant server 2Bserver. On this page… Do this…Define server rolesEnter th

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 23Thomson Grass Valley Web SiteThis public Web site contains all the latest manuals and documen

230 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 5 Installing the Level 3R Storage SystemNetwork ConfigurationThis page displays th

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 231Configuring the redundant server 2B3. If you got a “The V: will not be available until this

232 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 5 Installing the Level 3R Storage SystemThe File System Server Configuration page

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 233Level 3R system power-off procedure3. Take note of which is the primary K2 Media Server and

234 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 5 Installing the Level 3R Storage SystemLevel 3R system power-on procedurePower on

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 235Level 3R system power-on procedureLevel 3R power-on procedure page 2Power on the primary med

236 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 5 Installing the Level 3R Storage SystemLevel 3R power-on procedure page 3Begin re

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 237Failover behaviorsFailover behaviorsIf a fault occurs and one of the failover mechanisms is

238 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 5 Installing the Level 3R Storage SystemControl team failover behaviorIf the follo

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 239Failover behaviorsK2 Media Client media (iSCSI) connection failover behaviorIf the following

24 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Finding Information Using the Dell Server documentationThis manual contains all of the inf

240 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 5 Installing the Level 3R Storage SystemK2 Media Server failover behaviorIf the fo

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 241K2 Media Server failover with Control team failover behaviorIf the following system componen

242 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 5 Installing the Level 3R Storage System

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 243Chapter 6Installing the Nearline Storage SystemThe K2 Nearline storage system was initiall

244 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 6 Installing the Nearline Storage SystemNearline system descriptionThe purpose of

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 245Preparing nearline devicesEach K2 Media Server has one GigE connection for control, one GigE

246 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 6 Installing the Nearline Storage SystemFor either option, you must do the followi

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 247Setting up the Nearline GigE switches3400cl series switch2900 series switchNOTE: If the swit

248 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 6 Installing the Nearline Storage SystemConfiguring the GigE switch via serial con

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 249Setting up the Nearline GigE switches10.Select Return to Main Menu and press Enter.11.From t

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 25Grass Valley Product SupportGrass Valley Product SupportTo get technical assistance, check on

250 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 6 Installing the Nearline Storage Systemsnmp-server enable traps authenticationThi

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 251Setting up the Nearline GigE switchesNotes for information about currently supported version

252 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 6 Installing the Nearline Storage System5. Set Spanning Tree to On and click Apply

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 253Setting up the Nearline GigE switchesc. For the trunked ports, set Port Enabled to Yes. On s

254 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 6 Installing the Nearline Storage System9. Click Modify Selected Ports.10.Make sur

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 255Setting up the K2 Media ServerDell 2850 PowerEdge serverDell 2950 PowerEdge server Do not co

256 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 6 Installing the Nearline Storage SystemSetting up the L3 RAID chassis• Install th

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 257Setting up the L3 RAID chassisAssign Fibre Channel address IDEvery RAID controller must have

258 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 6 Installing the Nearline Storage SystemAssign chassis address on Expansion chassi

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 259Setting up the L3 RAID chassisDo not swap Expansion chassis or otherwise reconfigure storage

26 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Finding Information

260 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 6 Installing the Nearline Storage SystemPower on the L3 RAID chassisYour preparati

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 261K2 configuration and NetCentral• Control point PC device provider — This is the Windows moni

262 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 6 Installing the Nearline Storage SystemNetworking for nearlineUse the topics in t

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 263Setting up host tables• Establish a consistent convention for machine names and IP addresses

264 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 6 Installing the Nearline Storage SystemTo edit the hosts file manually: 1. Open t

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 265Testing the control network32 bytes of data:Reply from 192.168.100.61: bytes=32 time=10ms TT

266 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 6 Installing the Nearline Storage SystemConfiguring the nearline storage systemUse

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 267Defining a new K2 Storage SystemDefining a new K2 Storage SystemDefine a nearline K2 Storage

268 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 6 Installing the Nearline Storage System4. Follow the on-screen text to define you

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 269Configuring the server - Part 1Your K2 Storage System appears in the tree view of the K2 Sys

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 27Chapter 1Product DescriptionThis chapter describes the K2 Storage System as follows:• “Over

270 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 6 Installing the Nearline Storage SystemStorage System, as described in the follow

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 271Configuring RAID3. Continue with the next procedure to use Storage Utility to configure the

272 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 6 Installing the Nearline Storage System• “Configuring RAID network and SNMP setti

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 273Configuring RAID4. In the Controller Slot Number field enter 0 and then press Enter. The set

274 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 6 Installing the Nearline Storage SystemNOTE: Binding destroys all user data on th

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 275Configuring RAIDjournal storage, do the following:a. Right-click the Unbound node for the co

276 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 6 Installing the Nearline Storage Systemj. Click the add (arrow) button to add the

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 277Configuring RAIDg. Close the Progress Report and repeat these steps for other unbound disks.

278 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 6 Installing the Nearline Storage SystemCreating a new file system1. In Storage Ut

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 279Configuring the server - Part 2The configuration file for the media file system is displayed

28 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 1 Product DescriptionOverview DescriptionThe K2 Storage System is Grass Valley’s sh

280 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 6 Installing the Nearline Storage System2. If you got a “The V: will not be availa

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 281Configuring remaining serversServer select the File System Server node.The File System Serve

282 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 6 Installing the Nearline Storage System On this page… Do this…Define server roles

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 283Configuring remaining serversNetwork ConfigurationThis page displays the control network Eth

284 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 6 Installing the Nearline Storage System3. If you got a “The V: will not be availa

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 285Nearline system power-off procedureFor other procedures refer to “Administering and maintain

286 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 6 Installing the Nearline Storage SystemNearline system power-on procedurePower on

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 287Nearline system power-on procedurePower on any Nearline K2 Media Server.From the control poi

288 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 6 Installing the Nearline Storage SystemUsing FTP for file transferSince the Nearl

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 289Chapter 7Installing the Level 10 Storage SystemThe K2 Level 10 (L10) storage system was in

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 29Key featuresperformance requirements.• Scaling from 100 to < 1000MB/s• Redundancy and faul

290 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 7 Installing the Level 10 Storage SystemLevel 10 system descriptionThe Level 10 (L

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 291Preparing Level 10 devicesFTP/streaming traffic accesses the K2 Storage System via the FTP G

292 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 7 Installing the Level 10 Storage System4. In the General tab, set the DPI setting

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 293Setting up the Level 10 GigE switchConfiguring the GigE switch via serial connectionNOTE: Ma

294 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 7 Installing the Level 10 Storage System10.Select Return to Main Menu and press En

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 295Setting up the Level 10 GigE switchsnmp-server enable traps authenticationThis allows NetCen

296 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 7 Installing the Level 10 Storage SystemNotes for information about currently supp

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 297Setting up the Level 10 GigE switch5. Set Spanning Tree to On and click Apply Changes. If pr

298 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 7 Installing the Level 10 Storage Systemc. For the trunked ports, set Port Enabled

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 299Setting up the Level 10 GigE switch9. Click Modify Selected Ports.10.Make sure Port Enabled

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 3ContentsSafety Summaries...

30 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 1 Product Description

300 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 7 Installing the Level 10 Storage System14.Create a new Media (iSCSI) VLAN as foll

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 301Setting up the Level 10 GigE switchb. Select all the odd numbered ports. (Tip: Use Ctrl + Cl

302 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 7 Installing the Level 10 Storage System19.If you have a trunk, verify that for th

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 303Setting up the L10 RAID chassisSetting up the L10 RAID chassisDo the following to prepare th

304 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 7 Installing the Level 10 Storage SystemOnce the RAID storage is connected and con

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 305K2 configuration and NetCentral• Implement Aurora Edit security features.• Install SNFS soft

306 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 7 Installing the Level 10 Storage SystemNetworking for Level 10Use the topics in t

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 307Networking tipsShared storage K2 Media Clients do not need to be on the streaming network be

308 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 7 Installing the Level 10 Storage SystemExample of Level 10 names and IP addresses

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 309Testing the control network192.168.100.61 root_gige_13. Save the file and exit the text edit

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 31Chapter 2Installing the Level 2 Storage SystemThe K2 Level 2 (L2) storage system was initia

310 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 7 Installing the Level 10 Storage SystemReply from 192.168.100.61: bytes=32 time&l

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 311Configuring the Level 10 storage systemConfiguring the Level 10 storage systemUse the topics

312 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 7 Installing the Level 10 Storage SystemDefining a new K2 Storage SystemDefine a L

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 313Defining a new K2 Storage System4. Follow the on-screen text to define your Level 10 K2 Stor

314 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 7 Installing the Level 10 Storage SystemYour K2 Storage System appears in the tree

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 315Configuring the server - Part 1described in the following table:On this page… Do this…Define

316 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 7 Installing the Level 10 Storage System3. Continue with the next procedure to use

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 317Configuring RAID• “Binding disk modules”Refer to “Prerequisites for initial configuration” o

318 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 7 Installing the Level 10 Storage System4. In the Controller Slot Number field ent

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 319Configuring RAIDtheir placement in the hierarchy of the tree view. In the following illustra

32 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 2 Installing the Level 2 Storage SystemLevel 2 system descriptionThe Level 2 storag

320 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 7 Installing the Level 10 Storage Systemb. Leave Full Bind unchecked. Refer to “Ab

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 321Creating a new file systemg. Close the Progress Report and repeat these steps for other unbo

322 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 7 Installing the Level 10 Storage System2. For the Real Time Input/Output (RTIO) r

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 323Configuring the server - Part 2Configuring the server - Part 21. Return to the Configure K2

324 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 7 Installing the Level 10 Storage SystemiSCSI Bridge Server ConfigurationThis page

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 325Adding K2 Storage System clientsYour configurations for the Level 10 K2 Storage System are c

326 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 7 Installing the Level 10 Storage System3. Shut down optional NH K2 Media Servers,

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 327Level 10 system power-on procedureLevel 10 system power-on procedurePower on Level Level 10

328 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 7 Installing the Level 10 Storage SystemPowering on Level 10, 20, 30, and Nearline

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 329Powering on the control point PC• If the ports are connected to active network devices, the

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 33Preparing Level 2 devicesRefer to Chapter 14, Description of K2 Storage Devices for more info

330 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 7 Installing the Level 10 Storage System

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 331Chapter 8Installing the Level 10R Storage SystemThe K2 Level 10 Redundant (L10R) storage s

332 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 8 Installing the Level 10R Storage SystemLevel 10R system descriptionThe Level 10

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 333Preparing Level 10R devicesThe L10R RAID chassis has redundant RAID controllers to support t

334 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 8 Installing the Level 10R Storage SystemNetCentral server PC, which can be the K2

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 335Setting up the Level 10R redundant GigE switches2900 series switchTo the media ports on swit

336 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 8 Installing the Level 10R Storage SystemConfiguring the GigE switch via serial co

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 337Setting up the Level 10R redundant GigE switches9. Press Enter, then right-arrow to Save. Pr

338 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 8 Installing the Level 10R Storage System23.Enable Authentication traps. Type the

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 339Setting up the Level 10R redundant GigE switches29.Check the Primary Image Version and refer

34 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 2 Installing the Level 2 Storage SystemSetting up the Level 2 GigE switchThese proc

340 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 8 Installing the Level 10R Storage System5. Set Spanning Tree to On and click Appl

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 341Setting up the Level 10R redundant GigE switchesc. For the trunked ports, set Port Enabled t

342 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 8 Installing the Level 10R Storage System9. Click Modify Selected Ports.10.Make su

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 343Setting up the Level 10R redundant GigE switches14.Create a new Media (iSCSI) VLAN as follow

344 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 8 Installing the Level 10R Storage Systemb. Select all the odd numbered ports. (Ti

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 345Setting up the L10R K2 Media Servers19.If you have a trunk, verify that for the default VLAN

346 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 8 Installing the Level 10R Storage System• Change the hostname. Use standard Windo

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 347Setting up the L10R RAID chassisIf you have more Expansion chassis than those illustrated, c

348 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 8 Installing the Level 10R Storage SystemIf the RAID chassis has two controllers,

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 349K2 configuration and NetCentral K2 configuration and NetCentralBefore you begin using the K2

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 35Setting up the Level 2 GigE switchRefer to “Level 2 system description” on page 32 for a diag

350 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 8 Installing the Level 10R Storage SystemNetworking for Level 10RUse the topics in

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 351Networking tipshostnames are appended with the “_he0” suffix. You can use host tables (as in

352 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 8 Installing the Level 10R Storage SystemExample of Level 10R names and IP address

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 353Testing the control networkRefer to the K2 Media Client System Guide for more information.To

354 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 8 Installing the Level 10R Storage System2. Type cmd and click OK. The command pro

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 355Configuring the Level 10R storage systemConfiguring the Level 10R storage systemUse the topi

356 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 8 Installing the Level 10R Storage SystemDefining a new K2 Storage SystemDefine a

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 357Defining a new K2 Storage System4. Follow the on-screen text to define your Level 10R K2 Sto

358 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 8 Installing the Level 10R Storage SystemYour K2 Storage System appears in the tre

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 359Configuring server A - Part 1described in the following table:On this page… Do this…Define s

36 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 2 Installing the Level 2 Storage Systemb. Tab to the IP Config (DHCP/Bootp) field a

360 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 8 Installing the Level 10R Storage System3. Continue with the next procedure to us

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 361Configuring RAID• Gateway Address• SNMP trap destinationsFor L10R RAID, network and SNMP set

362 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 8 Installing the Level 10R Storage System4. In the Controller Slot Number field en

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 363Configuring RAIDRedundant systems store metadata files and journal files on the primary RAID

364 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 8 Installing the Level 10R Storage Systemb. Leave Full Bind unchecked. Refer to “A

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 365Configuring RAIDThe Bind dialog box opens showing all unbound disks for the controller liste

366 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 8 Installing the Level 10R Storage Systemg. Close the Progress Report and repeat t

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 367Creating a new file system2. For the Real Time Input/Output (RTIO) rate, enter the value spe

368 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 8 Installing the Level 10R Storage SystemThe configuration file for the media file

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 369Configuring server A - Part 2On this page… Do this…File System Server ConfigurationThis page

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 37Setting up the Level 2 GigE switchproceed to the next step.22.Enter the SNMP community and IP

370 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 8 Installing the Level 10R Storage SystemiSCSI Bridge Server ConfigurationThis pag

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 371Configuring the redundant serverConfiguring the redundant serverYou must wait for the primar

372 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 8 Installing the Level 10R Storage System2. Click the Configure button. The Config

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 373Configuring the redundant serverNetwork ConfigurationThis page displays the control network

374 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 8 Installing the Level 10R Storage SystemiSCSI Bridge Server ConfigurationThis pag

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 375Adding K2 Storage System clients3. If you got a “The V: will not be available until this dev

376 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 8 Installing the Level 10R Storage System• For K2 Media Clients, refer to K2 Media

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 377Level 10R system power-off procedure8. Shut down optional NH K2 Media Servers, if any.9. On

378 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 8 Installing the Level 10R Storage SystemLevel 10R system power-on procedurePower

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 379Level 10R system power-on procedureLevel 10R power-on procedure page 2Begin record/play oper

38 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 2 Installing the Level 2 Storage SystemPrimary Image : 3287779 03/15/05 M.08.66

380 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 8 Installing the Level 10R Storage SystemPowering on Level 10, 20, 30, and Nearlin

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 381Powering on the control point PC• If the ports are connected to active network devices, the

382 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 8 Installing the Level 10R Storage SystemFailover behaviorsIf a fault occurs and o

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 383Failover behaviorsControl team failover behaviorIf the following system connection fails to

384 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 8 Installing the Level 10R Storage SystemK2 Media Client media (iSCSI) connection

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 385Failover behaviorsK2 Media Server failover behaviorIf the following system connection or com

386 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 8 Installing the Level 10R Storage SystemK2 Media Server failover with Control tea

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 387Chapter 9Installing the Level 20 Storage SystemThe K2 Level 20 (L20) storage system was in

388 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 9 Installing the Level 20 Storage SystemLevel 20 system descriptionThe Level 20 (L

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 389Preparing Level 20 devicesOptional NH K2 Media Servers are available to provide additional F

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 39Setting up the Level 2 GigE switch5. Set Spanning Tree to On and click Apply Changes. If prom

390 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 9 Installing the Level 20 Storage System• Install and license NetCentral server so

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 391Setting up the Level 20 GigE switchclient, from the RAID storage chassis, and from the contr

392 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 9 Installing the Level 20 Storage System5. Type the following, then press Enter: m

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 393Setting up the Level 20 GigE switchThis configures spanning tree, but it does not turn spann

394 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 9 Installing the Level 20 Storage System26.Select Return to Main Menu and press En

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 395Setting up the Level 20 GigE switchfield, as in the following example.http://192.168.100.61T

396 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 9 Installing the Level 20 Storage System7. If you do not need trunks, such as on a

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 397Setting up the Level 20 GigE switch9. Click Modify Selected Ports.10.Make sure Port Enabled

398 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 9 Installing the Level 20 Storage System14.Create a new Media (iSCSI) VLAN as foll

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 399Setting up the Level 20 GigE switchb. Select all the odd numbered ports. (Tip: Use Ctrl + Cl

4 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Contents Creating a new file system ...

40 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 2 Installing the Level 2 Storage Systemc. For the trunked ports, set Port Enabled t

400 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 9 Installing the Level 20 Storage System19.If you have a trunk, verify that for th

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 401Setting up the NH1-10GE K2 Media Server• Provide power to the server. • Connect cables as fo

402 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 9 Installing the Level 20 Storage System• Change the hostname. Use standard Window

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 403Setting up the L20 RAID chassisIf you have more Expansion chassis than those illustrated, co

404 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 9 Installing the Level 20 Storage SystemIf the RAID chassis has two controllers, y

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 405K2 configuration and NetCentral• K2 Media Server device provider • HP Gigabit Switch device

406 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 9 Installing the Level 20 Storage SystemNetworking for Level 20Use the topics in t

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 407Networking tips• On the shared storage K2 Media Client, the two control GigE ports are confi

408 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 9 Installing the Level 20 Storage SystemExample of Level 20 names and IP addresses

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 409Testing the control network192.168.100.11 root_server_1192.168.101.11 root_server_1_he0192.1

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 41Setting up the Level 2 GigE switch9. Click Modify Selected Ports.10.Make sure Port Enabled is

410 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 9 Installing the Level 20 Storage System32 bytes of data:Reply from 192.168.100.61

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 411Configuring the Level 20 storage systemConfiguring the Level 20 storage systemUse the topics

412 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 9 Installing the Level 20 Storage SystemDefining a new K2 Storage SystemDefine a L

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 413Defining a new K2 Storage System4. Follow the on-screen text to define your Level 20 K2 Stor

414 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 9 Installing the Level 20 Storage SystemYour K2 Storage System appears in the tree

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 415Configuring the server - Part 1described in the following table:On this page… Do this…Define

416 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 9 Installing the Level 20 Storage System3. Continue with the next procedure to use

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 417Configuring RAID• “Binding disk modules”Refer to “Prerequisites for initial configuration” o

418 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 9 Installing the Level 20 Storage System4. In the Controller Slot Number field ent

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 419Configuring RAIDtheir placement in the hierarchy of the tree view. In the following illustra

42 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 2 Installing the Level 2 Storage System14.Create a new Media (iSCSI) VLAN as follow

420 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 9 Installing the Level 20 Storage Systemb. Leave Full Bind unchecked. Refer to “Ab

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 421Creating a new file systemg. Close the Progress Report and repeat these steps for other unbo

422 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 9 Installing the Level 20 Storage System2. For the Real Time Input/Output (RTIO) r

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 423Configuring the server - Part 2Configuring the server - Part 21. Return to the Configure K2

424 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 9 Installing the Level 20 Storage SystemiSCSI Bridge Server ConfigurationThis page

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 425Configuring optional NH serversConfiguring optional NH serversIf you have one or more option

426 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 9 Installing the Level 20 Storage System On this page… Do this…Define server roles

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 427Configuring optional NH serversNetwork ConfigurationThis page displays the control network E

428 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 9 Installing the Level 20 Storage System3. Repeat this procedure for remaining NH

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 429Level 20 system power-off procedure2. Shut down the K2 Media Server.3. Shut down optional NH

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 43Setting up the Level 2 GigE switchb. Select all the odd numbered ports. (Tip: Use Ctrl + Clic

430 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 9 Installing the Level 20 Storage SystemLevel 20 system power-on procedurePower on

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 431Powering on Level 10, 20, 30, and Nearline 10 RAID storage devicesPowering on Level 10, 20,

432 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 9 Installing the Level 20 Storage System• If the ports are connected to active net

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 433Chapter 10Installing the Level 20R Storage SystemThe K2 Level 20 Redundant (L20R) storage

434 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 10 Installing the Level 20R Storage SystemLevel 20R system descriptionThe Level 20

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 435Preparing Level 20R devicesThe L20R RAID chassis has redundant RAID controllers to support t

436 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 10 Installing the Level 20R Storage System• Connect the PC to the GigE control net

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 437Setting up the Level 20R redundant GigE switches2900 series switchTo the media ports on swit

438 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 10 Installing the Level 20R Storage SystemAlso refer to “K2 Ethernet switch descri

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 439Setting up the Level 20R redundant GigE switchesRefer to “Networking tips” on page 106.d. Ta

44 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 2 Installing the Level 2 Storage System19.If you have a trunk, verify that for the

440 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 10 Installing the Level 20R Storage Systemtype the following, then press Enter:snm

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 441Setting up the Level 20R redundant GigE switchesBoot Rom Version: I.08.07Current Boot : P

442 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 10 Installing the Level 20R Storage System5. Set Spanning Tree to On and click App

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 443Setting up the Level 20R redundant GigE switchesc. For the trunked ports, set Port Enabled t

444 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 10 Installing the Level 20R Storage System9. Click Modify Selected Ports.10.Make s

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 445Setting up the Level 20R redundant GigE switches14.Create a new Media (iSCSI) VLAN as follow

446 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 10 Installing the Level 20R Storage Systemb. Select all the odd numbered ports. (T

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 447Setting up the GS K2 Media Servers for Level 20R19.If you have a trunk, verify that for the

448 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 10 Installing the Level 20R Storage Systemprocedures. Refer to “Networking tips” o

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 449Setting up the NH1-10GE K2 Media ServerSetting up the NH1-10GE K2 Media ServerIf your system

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 45Setting up the L2 RAID chassis• Configure SNMP properties so the trap destination points to t

450 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 10 Installing the Level 20R Storage SystemSetting up the L20R RAID chassisDo the f

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 451Preparing K2 Storage System clientsOnce the RAID storage is connected and configured, do not

452 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 10 Installing the Level 20R Storage SystemAdditional steps that are required for A

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 453K2 configuration and NetCentralinformation for some of the SNMP trap messages that must be s

454 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 10 Installing the Level 20R Storage SystemNetworking for Level 20RUse the topics i

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 455Networking tipsresolution. This directs the streaming traffic to the correct port. Refer to

456 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 10 Installing the Level 20R Storage SystemExample of Level 20R names and IP addres

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 457Setting up host tablesFor FTP transfers on a K2 Storage System, transfers go to/from K2 Medi

458 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 10 Installing the Level 20R Storage Systemdestination.An example of a hosts file e

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 459Configuring the Level 20R storage systemConfiguring the Level 20R storage systemUse the topi

46 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 2 Installing the Level 2 Storage SystemAssign Fibre Channel address IDEvery RAID co

460 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 10 Installing the Level 20R Storage SystemDefining a new K2 Storage SystemDefine a

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 461Defining a new K2 Storage System4. Follow the on-screen text to define your Level 20R K2 Sto

462 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 10 Installing the Level 20R Storage SystemYour K2 Storage System appears in the tr

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 463Configuring server A - Part 1described in the following table:On this page… Do this…Define s

464 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 10 Installing the Level 20R Storage System3. Continue with the next procedure to u

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 465Configuring RAID• Gateway Address• SNMP trap destinationsFor L20R RAID, network and SNMP set

466 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 10 Installing the Level 20R Storage System4. In the Controller Slot Number field e

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 467Configuring RAIDRedundant systems store metadata files and journal files on the primary RAID

468 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 10 Installing the Level 20R Storage Systemb. Leave Full Bind unchecked. Refer to “

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 469Configuring RAIDThe Bind dialog box opens showing all unbound disks for the controller liste

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 47Setting up the L2 RAID chassiscable, which must be connected.Assign chassis address on Expans

470 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 10 Installing the Level 20R Storage Systemg. Close the Progress Report and repeat

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 471Creating a new file system2. For the Real Time Input/Output (RTIO) rate, enter the value spe

472 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 10 Installing the Level 20R Storage SystemThe configuration file for the media fil

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 473Configuring server A - Part 2On this page… Do this…File System Server ConfigurationThis page

474 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 10 Installing the Level 20R Storage SystemiSCSI Bridge Server ConfigurationThis pa

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 475Configuring the redundant serverConfiguring the redundant serverYou must wait for the primar

476 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 10 Installing the Level 20R Storage System2. Click the Configure button. The Confi

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 477Configuring the redundant serverNetwork ConfigurationThis page displays the control network

478 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 10 Installing the Level 20R Storage SystemiSCSI Bridge Server ConfigurationThis pa

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 479Configuring optional NH servers3. If you got a “The V: will not be available until this devi

48 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 2 Installing the Level 2 Storage SystemDo not swap Expansion chassis or otherwise r

480 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 10 Installing the Level 20R Storage System1. In the K2 System Configuration applic

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 481Configuring optional NH serversNetwork ConfigurationThis page displays the control network E

482 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 10 Installing the Level 20R Storage System3. If you got a “The V: will not be avai

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 483Basic operations for Level 20R storageNOTE: You must install MPIO software on K2 Media Clien

484 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 10 Installing the Level 20R Storage System9. On the primary RAID chassis controlle

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 485Level 20R system power-on procedureLevel 20R system power-on procedurePower on Level Level 2

486 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 10 Installing the Level 20R Storage SystemLevel 20R power-on procedure page 2Begin

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 487Powering on Level 10, 20, 30, and Nearline 10 RAID storage devicesPowering on Level 10, 20,

488 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 10 Installing the Level 20R Storage System• If the ports are connected to active n

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 489Failover behaviorsFailover behaviorsIf a fault occurs and one of the failover mechanisms is

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 49Preparing K2 Storage System clientsPower on the L2 RAID chassisYour preparations for L2 RAID

490 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 10 Installing the Level 20R Storage SystemControl team failover behaviorIf the fol

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 491Failover behaviorsK2 Media Client media (iSCSI) connection failover behaviorIf the following

492 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 10 Installing the Level 20R Storage SystemK2 Media Server failover behaviorIf the

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 493K2 Media Server failover with Control team failover behaviorIf the following system componen

494 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 10 Installing the Level 20R Storage System

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 495Chapter 11Installing the Level 30 Storage SystemThe K2 Level 30 (L30) storage system was i

496 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 11 Installing the Level 30 Storage SystemLevel 30 system descriptionThe Level 30 (

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 497Preparing Level 30 devicesOptional NH K2 Media Servers are available to provide additional F

498 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 11 Installing the Level 30 Storage System• Install and license NetCentral server s

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 499Setting up the Level 30 GigE switchthe FTP network connection and the control network connec

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 5Creating a new file system ...

50 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 2 Installing the Level 2 Storage System• Install SNFS software and K2 software.For

500 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 11 Installing the Level 30 Storage SystemmenuIf prompted to save the current confi

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 501Setting up the Level 30 GigE switchprocedure “Configuring the GigE switch via the Web interf

502 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 11 Installing the Level 30 Storage System27.From the main menu, tab to Command Lin

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 503Setting up the Level 30 GigE switchhttp://192.168.100.61This should be the name or IP addres

504 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 11 Installing the Level 30 Storage Systemthis procedure. If you need trunks, such

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 505Setting up the Level 30 GigE switch9. Click Modify Selected Ports.10.Make sure Port Enabled

506 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 11 Installing the Level 30 Storage System14.Create a new Media (iSCSI) VLAN as fol

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 507Setting up the Level 30 GigE switchb. Select all the odd numbered ports. (Tip: Use Ctrl + Cl

508 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 11 Installing the Level 30 Storage System19.If you have a trunk, verify that for t

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 509Setting up the NH1-10GE K2 Media Serveryou received with the server’s product bundle.• Provi

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 51Networking for Level 2Networking for Level 2Use the topics in this section to configure the G

510 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 11 Installing the Level 30 Storage Systemprocedures. Refer to “Networking tips” on

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 511Setting up the L30 RAID chassisIf you have more Expansion chassis than those illustrated, co

512 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 11 Installing the Level 30 Storage SystemIf the RAID chassis has two controllers,

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 513K2 configuration and NetCentral• NetCentral installed — NetCentral server software must be i

514 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 11 Installing the Level 30 Storage SystemNetworking for Level 30Use the topics in

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 515Networking tips• On the shared storage K2 Media Client, the two control GigE ports are confi

516 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 11 Installing the Level 30 Storage SystemExample of Level 30 names and IP addresse

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 517Testing the control networktype the machine name.Here is an example: 192.168.100.11 root_ser

518 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 11 Installing the Level 30 Storage SystemThe ping command should return the IP add

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 519Configuring the Level 30 storage systemConfiguring the Level 30 storage systemUse the topics

52 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 2 Installing the Level 2 Storage System• On the shared storage K2 Media Client, the

520 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 11 Installing the Level 30 Storage SystemDefining a new K2 Storage SystemDefine a

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 521Defining a new K2 Storage System4. Follow the on-screen text to define your Level 30 K2 Stor

522 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 11 Installing the Level 30 Storage SystemYour K2 Storage System appears in the tre

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 523Configuring the server - Part 1described in the following table:On this page… Do this…Define

524 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 11 Installing the Level 30 Storage System3. Continue with the next procedure to us

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 525Configuring RAID• “Binding disk modules”Refer to “Prerequisites for initial configuration” o

526 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 11 Installing the Level 30 Storage System4. In the Controller Slot Number field en

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 527Configuring RAIDtheir placement in the hierarchy of the tree view. In the following illustra

528 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 11 Installing the Level 30 Storage Systemb. Leave Full Bind unchecked. Refer to “A

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 529Creating a new file systemg. Close the Progress Report and repeat these steps for other unbo

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 53Setting up host tablesSetting up host tablesThe hosts file is used by the control network and

530 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 11 Installing the Level 30 Storage System2. For the Real Time Input/Output (RTIO)

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 531Configuring the server - Part 2Configuring the server - Part 21. Return to the Configure K2

532 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 11 Installing the Level 30 Storage SystemiSCSI Bridge Server ConfigurationThis pag

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 533Configuring optional NH serversConfiguring optional NH serversIf you have one or more option

534 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 11 Installing the Level 30 Storage System On this page… Do this…Define server role

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 535Configuring optional NH serversNetwork ConfigurationThis page displays the control network E

536 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 11 Installing the Level 30 Storage System3. Repeat this procedure for remaining NH

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 537Level 30 system power-off procedure2. Shut down the K2 Media Server.3. Shut down optional NH

538 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 11 Installing the Level 30 Storage SystemLevel 30 system power-on procedurePower o

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 539Powering on Level 10, 20, 30, and Nearline 10 RAID storage devicesPowering on Level 10, 20,

54 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 2 Installing the Level 2 Storage Systemcommon mistake is to attempt a transfer in w

540 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 11 Installing the Level 30 Storage System• If the ports are connected to active ne

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 541Chapter 12Installing the Level 30R Storage SystemThe K2 Level 30 Redundant (L30R) storage

542 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 12 Installing the Level 30R Storage SystemLevel 30R system descriptionThe Level 30

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 543Preparing Level 30R devicesThe L30R RAID chassis has redundant RAID controllers to support t

544 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 12 Installing the Level 30R Storage System• Connect the PC to the GigE control net

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 545Setting up the Level 30R redundant GigE switches2900 series switchTo the media ports on swit

546 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 12 Installing the Level 30R Storage SystemAlso refer to “K2 Ethernet switch descri

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 547Setting up the Level 30R redundant GigE switchesRefer to “Networking tips” on page 106.d. Ta

548 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 12 Installing the Level 30R Storage Systemtype the following, then press Enter:snm

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 549Setting up the Level 30R redundant GigE switchesBoot Rom Version: I.08.07Current Boot : P

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 55Configuring the Level 2 storage systemConfiguring the Level 2 storage systemUse the topics in

550 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 12 Installing the Level 30R Storage System5. Set Spanning Tree to On and click App

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 551Setting up the Level 30R redundant GigE switchesc. For the trunked ports, set Port Enabled t

552 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 12 Installing the Level 30R Storage System9. Click Modify Selected Ports.10.Make s

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 553Setting up the Level 30R redundant GigE switches14.Create a new Media (iSCSI) VLAN as follow

554 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 12 Installing the Level 30R Storage Systemb. Select all the odd numbered ports. (T

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 555Setting up the LS K2 Media Servers for Level 30R19.If you have a trunk, verify that for the

556 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 12 Installing the Level 30R Storage System(Grass Valley part number 174-8137-00).

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 557Setting up the NH1-10GE K2 Media ServerSetting up the NH1-10GE K2 Media ServerIf your system

558 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 12 Installing the Level 30R Storage SystemSetting up the L30R RAID chassisDo the f

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 559Preparing K2 Storage System clientsOnce the RAID storage is connected and configured, do not

56 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 2 Installing the Level 2 Storage SystemDefining a new K2 Storage SystemDefine a Lev

560 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 12 Installing the Level 30R Storage SystemAdditional steps that are required for A

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 561K2 configuration and NetCentralinformation for some of the SNMP trap messages that must be s

562 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 12 Installing the Level 30R Storage SystemNetworking for Level 30RUse the topics i

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 563Networking tipsresolution. This directs the streaming traffic to the correct port. Refer to

564 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 12 Installing the Level 30R Storage SystemExample of Level 30R names and IP addres

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 565Setting up host tablesServer operating system computers. If you include the names and addres

566 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 12 Installing the Level 30R Storage Systemcommon mistake is to attempt a transfer

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 567Configuring the Level 30R storage systemConfiguring the Level 30R storage systemUse the topi

568 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 12 Installing the Level 30R Storage SystemDefining a new K2 Storage SystemDefine a

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 569Defining a new K2 Storage System4. Follow the on-screen text to define your Level 30R K2 Sto

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 57Defining a new K2 Storage System4. Follow the on-screen text to define your Level 2 K2 Storag

570 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 12 Installing the Level 30R Storage SystemYour K2 Storage System appears in the tr

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 571Configuring server A - Part 1described in the following table:On this page… Do this…Define s

572 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 12 Installing the Level 30R Storage System3. Continue with the next procedure to u

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 573Configuring RAID• Gateway Address• SNMP trap destinationsFor L30R RAID, network and SNMP set

574 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 12 Installing the Level 30R Storage System4. In the Controller Slot Number field e

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 575Configuring RAIDRedundant systems store metadata files and journal files on the primary RAID

576 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 12 Installing the Level 30R Storage Systemb. Leave Full Bind unchecked. Refer to “

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 577Configuring RAIDThe Bind dialog box opens showing all unbound disks for the controller liste

578 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 12 Installing the Level 30R Storage Systemg. Close the Progress Report and repeat

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 579Creating a new file system2. For the Real Time Input/Output (RTIO) rate, enter the value spe

58 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 2 Installing the Level 2 Storage SystemYour K2 Storage System appears in the tree v

580 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 12 Installing the Level 30R Storage SystemThe configuration file for the media fil

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 581Configuring server A - Part 2On this page… Do this…File System Server ConfigurationThis page

582 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 12 Installing the Level 30R Storage SystemiSCSI Bridge Server ConfigurationThis pa

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 583Configuring the redundant serverConfiguring the redundant serverYou must wait for the primar

584 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 12 Installing the Level 30R Storage SystemOn this page… Do this…Define server role

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 585Configuring the redundant serverNetwork ConfigurationThis page displays the control network

586 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 12 Installing the Level 30R Storage SystemiSCSI Bridge Server ConfigurationThis pa

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 587Configuring optional NH servers3. If you got a “The V: will not be available until this devi

588 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 12 Installing the Level 30R Storage System1. In the K2 System Configuration applic

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 589Configuring optional NH serversNetwork ConfigurationThis page displays the control network E

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 59Configuring the server - Part 1Storage System, as described in the following table:On this pa

590 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 12 Installing the Level 30R Storage System3. If you got a “The V: will not be avai

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 591Basic operations for Level 30R storageNOTE: You must install MPIO software on K2 Media Clien

592 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 12 Installing the Level 30R Storage System9. On the primary RAID chassis controlle

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 593Level 30R system power-on procedureLevel 30R system power-on procedurePower on Level Level 3

594 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 12 Installing the Level 30R Storage SystemLevel 30R power-on procedure page 2Begin

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 595Powering on Level 10, 20, 30, and Nearline 10 RAID storage devicesPowering on Level 10, 20,

596 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 12 Installing the Level 30R Storage System• If the ports are connected to active n

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 597Failover behaviorsFailover behaviorsIf a fault occurs and one of the failover mechanisms is

598 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 12 Installing the Level 30R Storage SystemControl team failover behaviorIf the fol

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 599Failover behaviorsK2 Media Client media (iSCSI) connection failover behaviorIf the following

6 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Contents Configuring RAID ...

60 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 2 Installing the Level 2 Storage System3. Continue with the next procedure to use S

600 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 12 Installing the Level 30R Storage SystemK2 Media Server failover behaviorIf the

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 601K2 Media Server failover with Control team failover behaviorIf the following system componen

602 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 12 Installing the Level 30R Storage System

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 603Chapter 13Installing the Nearline 10 Storage Sys-temThe K2 Nearline 10 (NL10) and Nearline

604 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 13 Installing the Nearline 10 Storage SystemNearline 10 system descriptionNearline

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 605Preparing nearline 10 devicesThe non-redundant Nearline storage system has one Gigabit Ether

606 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 13 Installing the Nearline 10 Storage System• “Setting up the Nearline GigE switch

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 607Setting up the Nearline GigE switchesIt is not required that a GigE switch be dedicated to t

608 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 13 Installing the Nearline 10 Storage SystemIf you have a NL10R system with two sw

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 609Setting up the Nearline GigE switchesoption2. Connect the PC to the switch’s Console Port us

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 61Configuring RAID• “Binding disk modules”Refer to “Prerequisites for initial configuration” on

610 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 13 Installing the Nearline 10 Storage Systemconfigure You are now in configuration

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 611Setting up the Nearline GigE switchesb. Choose selection Port/Trunk Settings and press Enter

612 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 13 Installing the Nearline 10 Storage System33.Close the PC terminal program and d

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 613Setting up the Nearline GigE switches7. If you do not need trunks, such as on a one-switch s

614 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 13 Installing the Nearline 10 Storage SystemNOTE: This setting is for the 2900 ser

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 615Setting up the NH1 K2 Media Server for Nearline Setting up the NH1 K2 Media Server for Near

616 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 13 Installing the Nearline 10 Storage System• For the NL10R system, install MPIO s

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 617Installing Multi-Path I/O Software on NL10R K2 Media Servers• Assign a control network IP ad

618 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 13 Installing the Nearline 10 Storage SystemSuccess (but need a reboot)7. Restart

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 619Setting up the Nearline 10 RAID chassisNL10 systemFor the NL10 systems, if you have more Exp

62 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 2 Installing the Level 2 Storage System4. Enter the control network IP address and

620 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 13 Installing the Nearline 10 Storage SystemNL10R systemFor the NL10R system, if y

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 621Setting up the Nearline 10 RAID chassisIf the RAID chassis has two controllers, you can pres

622 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 13 Installing the Nearline 10 Storage SystemNetworking for nearline 10Use the topi

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 623Setting up host tables• Establish a consistent convention for machine names and IP addresses

624 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 13 Installing the Nearline 10 Storage SystemTo edit the hosts file manually: 1. Op

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 625Testing the control networkReply from 192.168.100.61: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=127Reply fro

626 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 13 Installing the Nearline 10 Storage SystemConfiguring the nearline 10 storage sy

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 627Defining a new K2 Storage SystemDefining a new K2 Storage SystemDefine a nearline 10 K2 Stor

628 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 13 Installing the Nearline 10 Storage System4. Follow the on-screen text to define

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 629Configuring the NH server - Part 1Your K2 Storage System appears in the tree view of the K2

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 63Configuring RAIDView disk properties and identify the four disks you will use for the metadat

630 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 13 Installing the Nearline 10 Storage SystemSystem, as described in the following

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 631Configuring the NH server - Part 1Software ConfigurationThis page checks for the software re

632 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 13 Installing the Nearline 10 Storage System3. Continue with the next procedure to

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 633Configuring RAIDConfiguring RAID network and SNMP settingsUse the Storage Utility to configu

634 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 13 Installing the Nearline 10 Storage System4. In the Controller Slot Number field

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 635Configuring RAIDNOTE: Binding destroys all user data on the disks.1. In the Storage Utility

636 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 13 Installing the Nearline 10 Storage Systemb. Leave Full Bind unchecked. Refer to

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 637Creating a new file systemg. Close the Progress Report and repeat these steps for other unbo

638 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 13 Installing the Nearline 10 Storage SystemThe configuration file for the media f

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 639Configuring the second NH server for NL10RConfiguring the second NH server for NL10ROn NL10R

64 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 2 Installing the Level 2 Storage Systemb. Leave Full Bind unchecked. Refer to “Abou

640 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 13 Installing the Nearline 10 Storage Systemmedia file system into the wizard when

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 641Configuring the second NH server for NL10RSoftware ConfigurationThis page checks for the sof

642 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 13 Installing the Nearline 10 Storage System3. If you got a “The V: will not be av

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 643The File System Server Configuration page appears.b. Click Check and verify that the V: driv

644 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 13 Installing the Nearline 10 Storage Systemquickly, at a rate of about 2 blinks p

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 645Nearline 10 system power-on procedureNearline 10 system power-on procedurePower on Nearline

646 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 13 Installing the Nearline 10 Storage SystemPowering on Level 10, 20, 30, and Near

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 647Powering on the control point PC• If the ports are connected to active network devices, the

648 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 13 Installing the Nearline 10 Storage System• The Nearline FTP interface does not

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 649Chapter 14Description of K2 Storage DevicesThis chapter contains descriptions of the devic

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 65Creating a new file systemg. Close the Progress Report and repeat these steps for other unbou

650 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 14 Description of K2 Storage DevicesControl point PC descriptionA control point PC

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 651K2 Ethernet switch descriptionK2 Ethernet switch descriptionThe K2 Ethernet switch provides

652 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 14 Description of K2 Storage DevicesDimensions 15.43 x 17.44 x 1.73 in.(39.2 x 44.

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 653K2 Media Server descriptionsK2 Media Server descriptionsThe central component of the K2 Stor

654 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 14 Description of K2 Storage DevicesL10 K2 Media Server specificationsThe L10 K2 M

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 655GS K2 Media Server descriptionGS K2 Media Server descriptionThe GS K2 Media Server is used o

656 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 14 Description of K2 Storage DevicesLS K2 Media Server descriptionThe LS K2 Media

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 657NH K2 Media ServerNH K2 Media ServerThe NH K2 Media Server is an optional server that can be

658 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 14 Description of K2 Storage DevicesNH K2 Media Server specificationsThe NH K2 Med

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 659K2 RAID storage descriptionK2 RAID storage descriptionThe K2 RAID Storage is used in Level 1

66 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 2 Installing the Level 2 Storage SystemThe configuration file for the media file sy

660 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 14 Description of K2 Storage Devices

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 661Chapter 15Overview of K2 Storage ToolsTopics in the chapter include the following:• “K2 Sy

662 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 15 Overview of K2 Storage ToolsSystem devices. By default this account is as follo

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 663Server Control PanelServer Control PanelServer Control Panel allows you to monitor and contr

664 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 15 Overview of K2 Storage Tools• Storage Utility for the K2 Storage System• Storag

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 665NetCentralStorage Utility labels this group of disks a RANK. This is different than previous

666 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 15 Overview of K2 Storage ToolsPress the Windows key on the keyboard.2. Select P

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 667Chapter 16Managing K2 softwareThis chapter provides information about the software compone

668 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 16 Managing K2 softwarethat has redundant paths to storage. This includes a K2 Med

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 669Installing K2 softwareInstalling K2 softwareExcept as noted in the preceding sections, when

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 67Configuring the server - Part 2On this page… Do this…File System Server ConfigurationThis pag

670 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 16 Managing K2 softwareBackup and recovery strategiesProcedures in this section ar

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 671About the recovery disk image processWindows operating system (Windows XP), rather than for

672 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 16 Managing K2 softwareThe recommended recovery disk image process is summarized i

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 673Creating a recovery disk image CD setThe Acronis True Image program loads.The Acronis True I

674 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 16 Managing K2 software2. If you have not already done so, connect keyboard, monit

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 675Restoring from a system-specific recovery disk image on E:down.Restoring from a system-speci

676 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 16 Managing K2 software• If you are restoring only the C: partition, select No, I

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 677Restoring from the generic recovery disk image on E:NOTE: This procedure restores the K2 Med

678 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 16 Managing K2 software• If you are also restoring the D: partition, select Yes, I

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 679Restoring from the generic recovery disk image on E:Upon restart, a Found New Hardware wizar

68 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 2 Installing the Level 2 Storage SystemiSCSI Bridge Server ConfigurationThis page m

680 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 16 Managing K2 software35. You must active the Windows operating system within 30

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 681Activating the Windows operating systemThe Restored Partition Sizing page opens.11. Select N

682 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 16 Managing K2 softwareappears in Activate Windows.7. Click OK to close the Activa

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 683Chapter 17FTP on the K2 Storage SystemThis chapter applies to “online” K2 systems only. Th

684 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 17 FTP on the K2 Storage SystemFTP commands supportedFor a list of the FTP command

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 685Sample network configuration and hosts filestorage, a K2 Media Client with shared storage (a

686 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 17 FTP on the K2 Storage System# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server# 38.

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 687Chapter 18Administering and maintaining the K2 Storage SystemTopics in this chapter includ

688 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 18 Administering and maintaining the K2 Storage SystemSetting up application secur

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 689Virus scanning and protection policiesVirus scanning and protection policiesThe K2 Media Cli

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 69Adding K2 Storage System clientsYour configurations for the Level 2 K2 Storage System are com

690 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 18 Administering and maintaining the K2 Storage SystemPorts used by K2 servicesThe

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 691Modifying K2 Storage System settingsModifying K2 Storage System settingsUse the procedures i

692 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 18 Administering and maintaining the K2 Storage SystemAdding devices to a K2 Stora

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 693Adding devices to a K2 Storage System5. Configure the client as appropriate. Refer to the do

694 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 18 Administering and maintaining the K2 Storage System4. Click OK. The new server

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 695Reconnecting to a K2 Storage SystemConfiguration application on that PC.2. Install Control P

696 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 18 Administering and maintaining the K2 Storage Systemserver is the current backup

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 697Managing redundancy on a K2 Storage SystemManaging redundancy on a K2 Storage SystemIf you h

698 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 18 Administering and maintaining the K2 Storage System3. Identify the primary K2 M

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 699Triggering an intentional failover4. Determine if the local machine is currently the primary

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 7Networking tips ...

70 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 2 Installing the Level 2 Storage System3. Power-off the primary RAID controller cha

700 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 18 Administering and maintaining the K2 Storage System2. From the K2 System Config

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 701Working with K2 Media ServersWorking with K2 Media ServersUse the procedures in this section

702 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 18 Administering and maintaining the K2 Storage SystemIf there are redundant K2 Me

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 703Using the Stop button in Server Control PanelUsing the Stop button in Server Control PanelIn

704 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 18 Administering and maintaining the K2 Storage Systemdatabase server—is set to ma

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 705Modifying K2 Media Server network settingsModifying K2 Media Server network settingsRead the

706 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 18 Administering and maintaining the K2 Storage SystemRemoving a K2 Media ServerIn

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 707Replacing a K2 Media ServerC:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts5. If the server hosts an iS

708 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 18 Administering and maintaining the K2 Storage Systemapplication, add the clients

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 709Recovering from a failed K2 Media Server system batteryserver configuration.Recovering from

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 71Level 2 system power-on procedureLevel 2 system power-on procedurePower on Level 2 (iSCSI) K2

710 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 18 Administering and maintaining the K2 Storage SystemChecking K2 Media Server ser

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 711Disabling OpForceDisabling OpForceThe following procedure applies to K2 Media Servers based

712 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 18 Administering and maintaining the K2 Storage SystemWorking with K2 Media Client

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 713Taking a K2 Media Client offlineshutdown/restart using the Windows Remote Desktop Connection

714 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 18 Administering and maintaining the K2 Storage System3. Select the K2 Media Clien

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 715Modifying K2 Media Client control network settings• In the K2 System Configuration applicati

716 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 18 Administering and maintaining the K2 Storage SystemUsing Storage UtilityWhen do

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 717Overview of Storage UtilityOverview of Storage UtilityThe Storage Utility user interface inc

718 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 18 Administering and maintaining the K2 Storage SystemWorking on the media file sy

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 719Making a new media file system• All iSCSI clients and K2 Media Clients in the K2 Storage Sys

72 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 2 Installing the Level 2 Storage SystemLevel 2 power-on procedure page 2Power on th

720 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 18 Administering and maintaining the K2 Storage System2. Configure the Settings di

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 721Expanding the media file system by capacityExpanding the media file system by capacityNOTE:

722 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 18 Administering and maintaining the K2 Storage SystemExpanding the media file sys

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 723Expanding the media file system by bandwidthDynamic bandwidth expansion checklistGrass Valle

724 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 18 Administering and maintaining the K2 Storage System❑ Restart the primary K2 Med

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 725Expanding the media file system by bandwidthManaging the Restripe UtilityIf you answer “Yes”

726 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 18 Administering and maintaining the K2 Storage SystemBacking up the media databas

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 727Backing up the media database4. In the SQL Server Backup dialog box, select Database – compl

728 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 18 Administering and maintaining the K2 Storage System6. In the Select Backup Dest

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 729Backing up the media database9. In the Select Backup Destination dialog box, click OK. The S

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 73Chapter 3Installing the Level 2R Storage SystemThe K2 Level 2 Redundant (L2R) storage syste

730 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 18 Administering and maintaining the K2 Storage System4. In the Back Up Database d

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 731Backing up the media databasepartition. NOTE: Do not store the backup file on the C: drive.7

732 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 18 Administering and maintaining the K2 Storage System10.In the Back Up Database O

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 733Backing up the media databaseBefore restoring the database, take the K2 Storage System offli

734 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 18 Administering and maintaining the K2 Storage System11.In the Choose Restore Dev

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 735Backing up the media database12.In the Restore database dialog box, select Restore backup se

736 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 18 Administering and maintaining the K2 Storage System14.In the Restore database O

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 737Backing up the media database2. In Management Studio, expand the tree view.3. In the Managem

738 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 18 Administering and maintaining the K2 Storage System4. In the Specify Backup dia

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 739Backing up the media database5. In the Restore Database dialog box, under “Select the backup

74 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 3 Installing the Level 2R Storage SystemLevel 2R system descriptionThe Level 2 redu

740 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 18 Administering and maintaining the K2 Storage System23.In the “Select a page” ar

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 741Backing up the media database6. In the Restore Database Options view, specify the location t

742 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 18 Administering and maintaining the K2 Storage Systemdatabase transaction log fil

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 743Working with RAID storageWorking with RAID storageUse the procedures in this section when do

744 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 18 Administering and maintaining the K2 Storage SystemChecking controller microcod

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 745Identifying disksLevel 10 - 30 RAID disk numberingIn Storage Utility, Level 10 through 30 (S

746 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 18 Administering and maintaining the K2 Storage SystemLevel 30 disk numberingWhen

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 747Get controller logsthe disk or disks. Get controller logs1. In the Storage Utility tree view

748 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 18 Administering and maintaining the K2 Storage System3. Verify that the RANK or R

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 749Bind RANKmedia access at full bandwidth. The background bind process is useful when doing in

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 75Preparing Level 2R devicesThe L2 RAID chassis has redundant RAID controllers to support the F

750 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 18 Administering and maintaining the K2 Storage SystemThe Bind dialog box opens sh

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 751Binding Hot Spare drivesBinding Hot Spare drivesYou can bind disks as hot spare drives. Hot

752 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 18 Administering and maintaining the K2 Storage System2. In the Open File dialog b

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 753Replacing a disk module• All other K2 Media Servers must be powered down.To download disk dr

754 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 18 Administering and maintaining the K2 Storage SystemNOTE: Disks modules may not

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 755Upgrading to L30 controllersOn a Level 3 or a Level 10/20/30 primary RAID chassis with two c

756 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 18 Administering and maintaining the K2 Storage SystemIf you decide you need to ch

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 757Configuring Level 3, 10, 20, 30 RAID chassis network and SNMP settings2. Enter network setti

758 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 18 Administering and maintaining the K2 Storage Systemthe property page click Laun

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 759Working with Ethernet switchesWorking with Ethernet switchesUse the following sections when

76 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 3 Installing the Level 2R Storage Systemto the NetCentral User Guide.Also refer to

760 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 18 Administering and maintaining the K2 Storage SystemFTP bandwidth into considera

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 761IndexSymbols_he0 288, 647, 684Numerics100BaseT 68915K rpm drives 213, 274Aadministrator priv

762 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Index KK2 Administrator 688K2 Config, see K2 System ConfigurationK2 Media Clientconnectin

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 763Ssafetycertification 17grounding 13summary 13terms and symbols 14SAMBA shares 689security 68

764 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Index

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 77Setting up the Level 2R redundant GigE switches3400cl series switch2900 series switchTo the m

78 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 3 Installing the Level 2R Storage SystemConfiguring the GigE switch via serial conn

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 79Setting up the Level 2R redundant GigE switches9. Press Enter, then right-arrow to Save. Pres

8 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Contents Preparing Level 30 devices...

80 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 3 Installing the Level 2R Storage System23.Enable Authentication traps. Type the fo

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 81Setting up the Level 2R redundant GigE switches29.Check the Primary Image Version and refer t

82 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 3 Installing the Level 2R Storage System5. Set Spanning Tree to On and click Apply

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 83Setting up the Level 2R redundant GigE switchesc. For the trunked ports, set Port Enabled to

84 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 3 Installing the Level 2R Storage System9. Click Modify Selected Ports.10.Make sure

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 85Setting up the Level 2R redundant GigE switches14.Create a new Media (iSCSI) VLAN as follows:

86 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 3 Installing the Level 2R Storage Systemb. Select all the odd numbered ports. (Tip:

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 87Setting up the K2 Media Server19.If you have a trunk, verify that for the default VLAN the tr

88 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 3 Installing the Level 2R Storage SystemMake a direct connection between the serial

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 89Setting up the L2 RAID chassisAssign Fibre Channel address IDEvery RAID controller must have

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 9Basic operations for Level 30R storage ...

90 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 3 Installing the Level 2R Storage System• Each L2 RAID chassis has a single connect

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 91Setting up the L2 RAID chassisDo not swap Expansion chassis or otherwise reconfigure storage.

92 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 3 Installing the Level 2R Storage SystemPower on the L2 RAID chassisYour preparatio

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 93K2 configuration and NetCentral• Implement Aurora Edit security features.• Install SNFS softw

94 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 3 Installing the Level 2R Storage System• Control Point PC monitored by NetCentral

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 95Networking for Level 2RNetworking for Level 2RUse the topics in this section to configure the

96 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 3 Installing the Level 2R Storage Systemresolution. This directs the streaming traf

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 97Setting up host tablesExample of Level 2R names and IP addressesSetting up host tablesThe hos

98 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual September 7, 2007Chapter 3 Installing the Level 2R Storage System1. Open the following file using Notepad or

September 7, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 99Testing the control networksuch as the Gigabit Ethernet switch, as in the following example:p