Connecting ISIS Hardware
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To configure the engine:
1. Connect the power cords that are connected to the System Director to the V ac circuit and
turn on the System Director.
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The System Director password is preset to is-admin. Not to be confused with the System Director
Web Page Administrator user whose default password is blank.
2. Connect the power cords from at least two of the engine’s power supplies to V ac circuit at
the same time. Then connect the third power supply.
It should take about 2 minutes for the engines to reach ready status. Wait for all the LEDS on
the engine to be green.
3. Power on all the engines in the stack.
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Power cords are plugged into the engines early in the process to speed up the installation time.
Engines can take a minute or two to become ready. If the engines are ready when it is time to add
them to the stack, the installation takes less time. Do not plug the interconnect cables into the
engines until instructed to do so.
4. Using a laptop (or computer running a Windows operating system), assign a static IP address
of
192.168.0.100
to the network adapter (NIC) and attach it to the management port of
left switch.
5. Open a browser and navigate to the Switch Agent Web page via the following address:
https://192.168.0.10:5015
.
6. You are asked for the default password. Type
se-admin
.
The Avid ISIS 7500 | 7000 Integrated Switch Blade page appears.
7. Type the following into the Chassis Configuration window:
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Starting IP addresses. Enter the IP addresses for both subnets, see
.
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Subnet mask
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Ending IP address should be the last address of the engine in the system. Remember that
each engine has 17 IP addresses on each side, for a total of 34. Set the ending address
high enough to cover the last engine and any possible near term future needs.
If you are going to be using a Zone 3 environment you must set the default gateway
addresses for both sides of the engine. These addresses must come from the site’s IS
department.
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Make sure there are no DHCP servers connected to the network segments that assign addresses
in the Avid ISIS range.
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Date, Time, and Time Zone or Enable network time protocol
