GRASS VALLEY K2 User Manual

July 3, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 3
Contents
Safety Summaries.............................................................................................. 9
Finding Information........................................................................................... 15
Grass Valley Product Support................................................................................. 19
Chapter 1 Product Description
Overview Description .............................................................................................. 22
Key features ............................................................................................................ 23
Chapter 2 Installing the Level 2 Storage System
Level 2 system description...................................................................................... 26
Preparing Level 2 devices....................................................................................... 27
Setting up the Control Point PC.......................................................................... 27
Setting up the Level 2 GigE switch..................................................................... 28
Setting up the K2 Media Server.......................................................................... 38
Setting up the L2 RAID chassis.......................................................................... 39
Preparing K2 Storage System clients................................................................. 43
K2 configuration and NetCentral ............................................................................ 44
Networking for Level 2............................................................................................. 45
Networking requirements.................................................................................... 45
Networking tips................................................................................................... 46
Setting up host tables......................................................................................... 47
Testing the control network ................................................................................ 48
Configuring the Level 2 storage system.................................................................. 49
Prerequisites for initial configuration................................................................... 49
Defining a new K2 Storage System.................................................................... 50
Configuring the server - Part 1 ........................................................................... 52
Configuring RAID................................................................................................ 54
Creating a new file system ................................................................................. 59
Configuring the server - Part 2 ........................................................................... 60
Adding K2 Storage System clients.......................................................................... 63
Basic operations for Level 2 storage....................................................................... 63
Level 2 system power-off procedure .................................................................. 63
Level 2 system power-on procedure .................................................................. 65
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Chapter 3 Installing the Level 2R Storage System
Level 2R system description ................................................................................... 70
Preparing Level 2R devices .................................................................................... 71
Setting up the Control Point PC.......................................................................... 71
Setting up the Level 2R redundant GigE switches ............................................. 72
Setting up the K2 Media Server.......................................................................... 83
Setting up the L2 RAID chassis.......................................................................... 84
Preparing K2 Storage System clients................................................................. 88
K2 configuration and NetCentral ............................................................................ 89
Networking for Level 2R.......................................................................................... 90
Networking requirements.................................................................................... 90
Networking tips................................................................................................... 91
Setting up host tables......................................................................................... 92
Testing the control network ................................................................................ 93
Configuring the Level 2R storage system ............................................................... 95
Prerequisites for initial configuration................................................................... 95
Defining a new K2 Storage System.................................................................... 96
Configuring the server - Part 1 ........................................................................... 98
Configuring RAID................................................................................................ 101

GRASS VALLEY K2 Specifications

General

Brand	GRASS VALLEY
Model	K2
Category	Storage
Language	English