GRASS VALLEY K2 Installation And Service Manual

Chapter 7: Configuring and licensing the K2 SAN...............................................................125
About K2 SAN licensing........................................................................................................................126
About QOS on the K2 SAN...................................................................................................................126
Importing a SiteConfig system description...........................................................................................127
Configuring the basic K2 SAN - Online and Production.......................................................................127
Prerequisites for initial configuration - Basic K2 SAN........................................................................127
Defining a new K2 SAN.....................................................................................................................129
Configuring the server - Part 1..........................................................................................................132
Configuring RAID..............................................................................................................................136
Configuring the server - Part 2..........................................................................................................142
Configuring optional NH servers.......................................................................................................147
Configuring the redundant K2 SAN - Online and Production................................................................151
Prerequisites for initial configuration - Redundant K2 SAN...............................................................151
Defining a new K2 SAN.....................................................................................................................153
Configuring server A - Part 1.............................................................................................................156
Configuring RAID..............................................................................................................................160
Configuring server A - Part 2.............................................................................................................169
Configuring server B.........................................................................................................................173
Configuring optional NH servers.......................................................................................................181
Configuring the basic nearline K2 SAN................................................................................................187
Prerequisites for initial configuration - Basic nearline K2 SAN..........................................................187
Defining a new K2 SAN.....................................................................................................................188
Configuring NH server - Part 1..........................................................................................................192
Configuring RAID..............................................................................................................................196
Configuring NH server - Part 2..........................................................................................................203
Configuring the redundant nearline K2 SAN........................................................................................205
Prerequisites for initial configuration - Nearline K2 SAN...................................................................205
Defining a new K2 SAN.....................................................................................................................206
Configuring NH server A - Part 1......................................................................................................210
Configuring RAID..............................................................................................................................214
Configuring NH server A - Part 2......................................................................................................221
Configuring NH server B...................................................................................................................223
Chapter 8: Configuring clients on the K2 SAN.....................................................................229
About iSCSI bandwidth.........................................................................................................................230
Determining K2 client bandwidth requirements....................................................................................230
K2 SAN prerequisites for adding clients...............................................................................................230
Verify license on K2 Media Server....................................................................................................231
Preparing K2 clients..........................................................................................................................231
Installing Multi-Path I/O Software......................................................................................................232
Configuring a K2 client for the K2 Storage System..............................................................................233
Configure page 1 - K2 client..............................................................................................................234
Configure Software Configuration page - K2 client...........................................................................235
Configure Network Configuration page - K2 client............................................................................236
Configure Database Client Configuration page - K2 client................................................................237
Configure File System Client Configuration page.............................................................................238
Configure iSCSI Initiator Configuration page - K2 client...................................................................239
Adding a generic client device..............................................................................................................241
Assigning a SAN client to different FTP server.....................................................................................241
Powering on/off a SAN client................................................................................................................242
Taking a SAN client offline....................................................................................................................242
Chapter 9: Operating the K2 SAN..........................................................................................243
Powering off the K2 SAN......................................................................................................................244
Power off K2 Media Servers..............................................................................................................244
02 February 2012 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 7
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GRASS VALLEY K2 Specifications

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Brand	GRASS VALLEY
Model	K2
Category	Storage
Language	English