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K2 Media Server failover behavior

K2 RAID

K2 Media
Servers

K2 SAN-attached systems

Ethernet
switches

A

A

B

B

Fibre Channel
connections

Control

Media

Control

Media

Control

FTP

Media

Control

FTP

Media

ISLs

X

X

X

X

3

4

1

2

If the following system connection or component fails to respond to network communication:

1

 Either of the Media (iSCSI) network “A” connections between the GigE switch and the K2 Media

Server

2

The control connection between GigE switch “A” and K2 Media Server “A”

3

 K2 Media Server “A”

4

The Fibre Channel connection between K2 Media Server “A” and RAID controller “A”

Then the following failover behavior occurs:

1. The media file system (SNFS) and media database on K2 Media Server “A” fail over and K2

Media Server “B” becomes the active media file system/metadata server.

2. All K2 SAN-attached systems drop communication on the “A” media port and begin using the

“B” media port, finding a path through GigE switch “B” to K2 Media Server “B”. All K2
SAN-attached systems use an iSCSI adapter (TOE) on the “B” K2 Media Server to provide
access to the Fibre Channel connected RAID storage.

3. All K2 SAN-attached systems keep communicating on the same control port, finding a new path

through GigE switch “A” and across an ISL to GigE switch “B” to reach K2 Media Server “B”.

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K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 

02 February 2012

Operating the K2 SAN

Summary of Contents for K2 BASECAMP EXPRESS

Page 1: ...K2 10G Storage Area Network Installation and Service Manual Software Version 8 1 071 8779 01 February 2012 ...

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Page 5: ...ntrol network description 42 Streaming FTP network description 43 Media iSCSI network description 44 Networking tips 44 Network considerations and constraints 44 About host files 45 Host Table tips 45 Chapter 3 Cabling K2 SAN devices 47 To follow cabling instructions 48 Basic K2 SAN Online or Production 48 Redundant K2 SAN Online or Production 49 Basic Nearline K2 SAN 50 Redundant Nearline K2 SAN ...

Page 6: ...ation 90 Modifying K2 client unassigned unmanaged interface 91 Modifying K2 Media Server unassigned unmanaged interface 93 About SiteConfig support on K2 devices 96 Discovering devices with SiteConfig 96 Assigning discovered devices 97 Modifying K2 client managed network interfaces 98 Modifying K2 Media Server managed network interfaces 103 Making the host name the same as the device name 108 Ping...

Page 7: ...line 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 licen...

Page 8: ...tion 261 Chapter 11 Overview of K2 Storage Tools 263 About SiteConfig 264 Opening SiteConfig 264 SiteConfig main window 264 K2Config 265 Opening the K2Config application 266 Server Control Panel 267 Storage Utility for K2 SAN 268 About RANKs and LUNs in Storage Utility 269 NetCentral 269 Windows Remote Desktop Connection 270 Accessing Remote Desktop Connection 270 Chapter 12 Administering and main...

Page 9: ... client control network settings 304 Modifying K2 client media iSCSI network settings 304 Enabling and disabling the write filter using K2Config 305 Configure live streaming multicast using K2Config 306 Using Storage Utility 308 Accessing Storage Utility 308 Overview of Storage Utility 309 Working on the media file system and database 309 Checking the media file system 310 Cleaning unreferenced fi...

Page 10: ...undant FSMs 344 Explanations and procedures 345 General guidelines 345 K2 RAID Fibre Channel port redundant configuration 345 Installing SANsurfer Switch Manager software 347 Uninstalling SANsurfer Switch Manager software 347 Fibre Channel switch domains 347 Fibre Channel switch zoning 347 Fibre Channel fabric cabling 352 Appendix B Trademarks and Agreements 355 10 K2 SAN Installation and Service ...

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Page 13: ...if provided have the approval of the country of use Use correct replacement battery This product may contain batteries To reduce the risk of explosion check polarity and replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by manufacturer Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer s instructions Troubleshoot only to board level Circuit boards in this product are densely populated...

Page 14: ...f deren Nennwert zu achten Die im Text angegebene Sicherung muss durch eine Sicherung ersetzt werden die die angegebenen Nennwerte besitzt Weist auf eine Schutzerdungsklemme hin die mit dem Erdungskontakt verbunden werden muss bevor weitere Ausrüstungskomponenten angeschlossen werden Weist auf eine externe Schutzerdungsklemme hin die als Ergänzung zu einem internen Erdungskontakt an die Erde anges...

Page 15: ...im Transport nicht an Türen oder anderen beweglichen Teilen fest Gefahr durch mechanische Teile Warten Sie bis der Lüfter vollständig zum Halt gekommen ist bevor Sie mit den Servicearbeiten beginnen Vorsicht Die folgendenVorsichtshinweise weisen auf Bedingungen oderVorgehensweisen hin die zu Schäden an Ausrüstungskomponenten oder anderen Gegenständen führen können Gerät nicht öffnen Durch das unbe...

Page 16: ...es électriques et les blessures aux personnes Les avertissements complémentaires qui ne sont pas nécessairement repris ci dessous mais présents dans toutes les sections du manuel sont également à prendre en considération AVERTISSEMENT Toutes les instructions présentes dans ce manuel qui concernent l ouverture des capots ou des logements de cet équipement sont destinées exclusivement à des membres ...

Page 17: ... équipements et des surfaces antistatiques durant les interventions d entretien Avertissements Les avertissements suivants signalent des conditions ou des pratiques susceptibles d occasionner des blessures graves voire même fatales Présence possible de tensions ou de courants dangereux Mettez hors tension débranchez et retirez la pile le cas échéant avant de déposer les couvercles de protection de...

Page 18: ...ée pour ce produit Assurez une ventilation adéquate Pour éviter toute surchauffe du produit assurez une ventilation de l équipement conformément aux instructions d installation Ne déposez aucun document sous l appareil ils peuvent gêner la ventilation Placez l appareil sur une surface plane Utilisez des procédures antistatiques Les composants sensibles à l électricité statique présents dans l équi...

Page 19: ...nce in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense Changes or modifications not expressly approved by Grass Valley can affect emission compliance and could void the user s authority to operate this equipment Canadian EMC Notice of Compliance This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class A limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus set out in ...

Page 20: ...zation Electrotechnique CENELEC Safety certification This product has been evaluated and meets the following Safety Certification Standards Designed tested for compliance with Standard Safety of Information Technology Equipment including Electrical Business Equipment Second edition 2007 ANSI UL 60950 1 Safety of Information Technology Equipment including Electrical Business Equipment Second editio...

Page 21: ...electrostatic discharge and can be used to help establish an ESD policy Personnel One of the largest sources of static is personnel The static can be released from a person s clothing and shoes Environment The environment includes the humidity and floors in a work area The humidity level must be controlled and should not be allowed to fluctuate over a broad range Relative humidity RH is a major pa...

Page 22: ...SD control products and materials Any of the following methods can be used product specification review independent laboratory evaluation or internal laboratory evaluation Compliance Verification Required Limits Test Method Personnel Grounding Technical Requirement 3 5 x 107 ohm ESD TR53 Wrist Strap Section Wrist Strap System 3 5 x 107 ohm ESD TR53 Flooring Section and ESD TR53 Footwear Section Fl...

Page 23: ...ompatible as clients to the K2 SAN refer to those product s manuals such as the STRATUS Installation and Service Manual and the K2 FCP Connect Installation Manual For more information The following sections help you find the information you need in product manuals and elsewhere For the installer of a standalone K2 product with internal storage If you are installing a K2 system such as a K2 Summit ...

Page 24: ...lley Website K2 Release Notes 1 Printed K2 RAID shipping box K2 Storage Cabling Guide 2 PDF file K2 Documentation Set PDF file Grass Valley Website Printed K2 product shipping box Quick Start Guide for the K2 product 3 PDF file K2 Documentation Set PDF file Grass Valley Website PDF file K2 Documentation Set K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 4 PDF file Grass Valley Website PDF file K2 Document...

Page 25: ...ummit Solo system The Documentation Set includes the following K2 product documents Provides instructions for configuring and operating the media channels of product K2 AppCenter User Manual The Quick Start Guide provides step by step installation instructions for basic installation and operation of the product Quick Start Guides Contains the product specifications and instructions for modifying s...

Page 26: ...e which is a Final Cut Pro plugin to access and work with assets on a MediaFrame server in an Aurora Browse system GV Connect is part of the K2 FCP Connect product GV Browse User Manual Provides detailed instructions to install and configure the K2 FCP Connect product K2 FCP Connect Installation Manual Contains the latest information about the K2 FCP Connect product including software upgrade inst...

Page 27: ...erver documentation has been provided on the Dell Product Documentation CD ROM Refer to the documents on this CD ROM only as required by procedures in Grass Valley product manual Information referenced on the Dell Product Documentation CD ROM includes but is not limited to Unpacking and rack mounting Important safety and regulatory information Status indicators messages and error codes Troubleshoo...

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Page 29: ...on This section contains the following topics K2 SAN overview description K2 SAN key features What s new in the K2 10G SAN K2 Storage types and terms K2 SAN descriptions 02 February 2012 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 29 ...

Page 30: ...ata transfer interface and the Internet SCSI iSCSI protocol A custom designed Fibre Channel SAN is also available in which clients access RAID storage via a Fibre Channel network and the K2 Media Server connects via Ethernet for control functions only Refer to related topics in K2 System Guide for diagrams and explanations of the media file system and the media database K2 SAN key features The key...

Page 31: ...e adapters and 1 Gig Ethernet switch ports to provide iSCSI connections K2 SAN simplification The 10 Gig iSCSI connection allows most customer requirements to be met by a simple K2 SAN with one K2 Media Server or two K2 Media Servers if redundant The 1 Gig iSCSI connection of the previous K2 SANs needed multiple K2 Media Servers to meet customer requirements for higher bandwidth K2 SAN license A l...

Page 32: ...port either record or play The purpose of a nearline SAN is to provide a large pool of storage to which files can be saved The nearline system is considered an offline system which means the system stores files only such GXF files or MXF files with no ability to record or play those files directly on the system The files on a nearline system can be readily available to an online K2 system via FTP ...

Page 33: ...ion for FTP and one Fibre Channel connection to the RAID storage The server hosts an iSCSI interface card for the 10 Gig media connection and a Fibre Channel card for the RAID storage connection The iSCSI interface card provides a bridge between iSCSI and Fibre Channel SCSI The server also hosts software components that allow it to function in various roles including media file system manager medi...

Page 34: ...em iSCSI bridge and FTP roles One K2 RAID supports redundant Fibre Channel connections Up to eleven Expansion chassis are optional for increased storage capacity K2 clients have a pair of redundant teamed Gigabit Ethernet ports for control and two Gigabit Ethernet ports A and B for media iSCSI Each port of the control team is connected to a different switch The A media port goes to the A switch an...

Page 35: ...trol network The K2Config application runs on this PC for configuring the SAN The SiteConfig application also runs on this PC FTP streaming traffic accesses the K2 SAN via the FTP GigE port on K2 Media Servers FTP streaming traffic does not go to K2 clients Related Topics Description of K2 SAN Devices on page 257 Working with Ethernet switches on page 333 Basic Nearline K2 SAN description Control ...

Page 36: ...ired for SNMP NetCentral monitoring There must be one primary RAID chassis and may be up to eleven optional Expansion chassis Primary chassis and Expansion chassis contain twelve drives All disks in both primary and optional Expansion chassis are bound as RAID 6 The K2Config control point PC is connected to the GigE control network The K2Config application runs on this PC for configuring the SAN T...

Page 37: ... In the Nearline system no K2 Media Servers take the role of iSCSI bridge or media database server No K2 clients or any other generic client are part of the Nearline system 7 2K SAS drives provide the media file storage on a Nearline system While these drives do not provide the high bandwidth of the drives required by an online K2 SAN they offer larger capacity and lower cost This makes these driv...

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Page 39: ...Chapter 2 Preparing for installation This section contains the following topics K2 SAN installation checklists Understanding system concepts 02 February 2012 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 39 ...

Page 40: ...ol point PC You must connect keyboard monitor and mouse and do this on each K2 Summit Production Client before managing with SiteConfig K2 System Guide For K2 Summit Production Clients disable the write filter Next Network setup and implementation checklist Network setup and implementation checklist Comment Instructions Task Select IP address range for each network and each device type Importing a...

Page 41: ...re IP settings of network interfaces on discovered devices Making the host name the same as the device name on page 108 Configure names Pinging devices from the PC that hosts SiteConfig on page 109 Validate networks Generating host tables using SiteConfig on page 110 Distribute host table information Next Software update checklist Software update checklist Comment Instructions Task Configuring dep...

Page 42: ...implementing a K2 SAN Control network description The control network is for communication between devices and components It does not have real time media traffic or streaming FTP media traffic The control network must be on a different subnet than the streaming FTP network and the media iSCSI network The control network and the streaming FTP network may be on the same VLAN The control network and...

Page 43: ...ames of network adapters that are dedicated to the streaming FTP network must be aliased in the hosts file with the _he0 suffix This directs the streaming traffic to the correct port The streaming FTP network applies to both online and nearline K2 SANs For nearline systems this is the primary network for moving media to and from the storage system Redundant K2 SANs have one streaming FTP network w...

Page 44: ...ork and the B media port connects to the B media network K2 Media Server A server has one port available for connection to a media network This is a 10 Gig iSCSI interface adapter which supports the functionality of a TCP IP Offload Engine TOE On a redundant K2 SAN one server is on the A media network and one server is on the B media network Networking tips Before configuring any devices for netwo...

Page 45: ...t_server_4 192 168 101 41 root_server_4_he0 192 168 100 51 root_raid_1 192 168 100 61 root_gige_1 In this example 192 168 100 xx is the control network and 192 168 101 xx is the streaming FTP network Each K2 Media Server has its hostname associated with its control network IP address In addition each K2 Media Server that has the role of FTP server has its _he0 hostname associated with its streamin...

Page 46: ...t hostnames in this way would not be required if the transfer source destination was always correctly specified as the K2 Media Server However a common mistake is to attempt a transfer in which the source destination is incorrectly specified as the K2 client The host file aliasing corrects this mistake and redirects to the K2 Media Server which is the correct transfer source destination An example...

Page 47: ...tructions Basic K2 SAN Online or Production Redundant K2 SAN Online or Production Basic Nearline K2 SAN Redundant Nearline K2 SAN Cable K2 Summit system Cable Ethernet switch Cable K2 Media Server Cable NH10GE K2 Media Server Cable K2 RAID 02 February 2012 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 47 ...

Page 48: ... Media Fibre Channel NH Server optional Control FTP Turn to these instructions Of this model or platform To cable this K2 SAN device K2 XDP basic on page 51 K2 Summit 3G system or first generation K2 Summit system K2 Summit system K2 SWE basic online production on page 52 HP 2910 Gigabit Ethernet Switch K2 SVR basic on page 55 Dell R610 K2 Media Server K2 SVR NH10GE online production on page 56 De...

Page 49: ...this model or platform To cable this K2 SAN device K2 XDP redundant on page 51 K2 Summit 3G system or first generation K2 Summit system K2 Summit system K2 SWE redundant online production on page 53 HP 2910 Gigabit Ethernet Switch K2 SVR redundant on page 55 Dell R610 K2 Media Server K2 SVR NH10GE online production on page 56 Dell R610 NH10GE K2 Media Server optional K2 RAID redundant online produ...

Page 50: ... on page 57 Dell R610 NH10GE K2 Media Server K2 RAID basic nearline on page 59 K2 10G RAID K2 RAID Redundant Nearline K2 SAN ISLs Control Control RAID Chassis RAID Expansion Chassis NH K2 Media Servers Ethernet Switches Fibre Channel connections Control FTP Control FTP Control point PC Control FTP to from online system ISLs A A B B Turn to these instructions Of this model or platform To cable this...

Page 51: ...t Production Client Quick Start Guide for additional cabling details OK AC C1 C2 C3 C4 USB 1394 100BT 1000BT GPI VGA REF LOOP THROUGH OK AC To control port on GigE switch To media iSCSI port on GigE switch K2 XDP redundant These cabling instructions apply to the following K2 Summit 3G system or first generation K2 Summit system on a redundant online or production K2 SAN Refer to K2 Summit Producti...

Page 52: ...ou are using a non HP switch apply the information in the following procedures accordingly Refer to the documentation you received with the switch as necessary Install the switch in its permanent location When installing in a video equipment rack use 10 32 screws Do not use HP s 12 24 screws as they can cause thread damage Provide power to the switch K2 SWE basic online production These cabling in...

Page 53: ...connected to switch A and half of the clients should be connected to switch B In a failover event only the clients connected to one of the switches will remain operational so make connections accordingly Connect the client s iSCSI connection to one of the media ports on a switch and the client s control connection to one of the control ports on the same switch If you have more than one optional NH...

Page 54: ...h one NH K2 Media Server Front view Rear view To server 10 Gig Use SFP cable with integrated GBIC K2 SWE redundant nearline These cabling instructions apply to the following HP 29xx series Gigabit Ethernet switch on a nearline K2 SAN Front view Rear view 54 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 02 February 2012 Cabling K2 SAN devices ...

Page 55: ...n K2 SVR basic These cabling instructions apply to the following Dell R610 PowerEdge Server on a basic non redundant online or production K2 SAN K2 SVR redundant These cabling instructions apply to the following Dell 1950 PowerEdge Server on a redundant online or production K2 SAN 02 February 2012 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 55 Cabling K2 SAN devices ...

Page 56: ...e is supplied with your system Grass Valley part number 174 8137 00 and has a pin configuration as follows 1 4 2 3 3 2 4 1 6 5 5 6 4 7 8 8 7 9 No Connect Cable NH10GE K2 Media Server As directed by the system diagram for your K2 SAN cable the NH10GE K2 Media Server or Servers for your K2 SAN using the instructions in this section K2 SVR NH10GE online production These cabling instructions apply to ...

Page 57: ...rline These cabling instructions apply to the following Dell R610 PowerEdge Server NH10GE on a nearline K2 SAN Cable K2 RAID Before cabling install the K2 RAID chassis in its permanent location After mounting the chassis in the rack you must secure brackets to the front rail to support the Grass Valley bezel Refer to related topics in this document for rack mount instructions 02 February 2012 K2 S...

Page 58: ...e following K2 RAID Condor with 10G controller on a basic non redundant online or production K2 SAN If you have more Expansion chassis than those illustrated continue the indicated cabling pattern alternating connections for additional Expansion chassis between DP1 and DP0 Expansion chassis 1 3 5 7 etc odd numbers connect to DP1 Expansion chassis 2 4 6 8 etc even numbers connect to DP0 For example...

Page 59: ...you have more Expansion chassis than those illustrated continue the indicated cabling pattern alternating connections for additional Expansion chassis between DP1 and DP0 Expansion chassis 1 3 5 7 etc odd numbers connect to DP1 Expansion chassis 2 4 6 8 etc even numbers connect to DP0 For example if you have four Expansion chassis an even number they are evenly balanced so you have two connected t...

Page 60: ...tween DP1 and DP0 Expansion chassis 1 3 5 7 etc odd numbers connect to DP1 Expansion chassis 2 4 6 8 etc even numbers connect to DP0 For example if you have four Expansion chassis an even number they are evenly balanced so you have two connected to DP1 and two connected to DP0 If you have five Expansion chassis an odd number the plus one Expansion chassis is always connected to DP1 so you have thr...

Page 61: ...Continue this cable pattern for additional Expansion Chassis 02 February 2012 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 61 Cabling K2 SAN devices ...

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Page 63: ...er 4 Setting up the K2 SAN infrastructure This section contains the following topics Setting up the Ethernet switch Setting up the control point PC 02 February 2012 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 63 ...

Page 64: ...ntrol point PC or another PC as a DEC VT 100 ANSI terminal or use aVT 100 terminal and configure either one to operate with these settings Baud rate 9600 8 data bits 1 stop bit no parity and flow control set to Xon Xoff Also disable uncheck the Use Function Arrow and Ctrl Keys for Windows option 2 Connect the PC to the switch s Console Port using the console cable included with the switch If your ...

Page 65: ...ommand prompt appears 18 Type the following then press Enter configure You are now in configuration mode 19 Configure an administrator username The username can be one that is used on other K2 devices such as Administrator or GVAdmin or it can be your site s administrator username For example to set the username to administrator type the following then press Enter password manager user name admini...

Page 66: ...lect Switch Configuration and press Enter b Choose selection Port Trunk Settings and press Enter c Press the right arrow key to choose Edit then press Enter d Down arrow until at the bottom of the list of ports and select the last highest port number 1 Gig port in the list e Right arrow over to the Group column f Use the Space bar and set the bottom 1 Gig port to Trk1 g Set the next port up also t...

Page 67: ...switch 29xx series Do not use this procedure on other switch models 1 From the control point PC or another PC make sure that you have a direct Ethernet cable connection to the switch with no switches routers proxies or other networking devices in between 2 On the PC open Internet Explorer and type the switch s IP address in the Address field as in the following example http 192 168 100 61 This sho...

Page 68: ...ly Changes If prompted log in with the switch s administrator username and password 6 Click Port Configuration 7 Scroll to the bottom of the list and verify that the SFP port is port A1 Re cable if necessary to correct the SFP port 68 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 02 February 2012 Setting up the K2 SAN infrastructure ...

Page 69: ...prompted log in as administrator c For the trunked ports set Port Enabled to Yes On some switch models some ports are disabled by default so make sure you enable them Leave Mode as default of Auto d Set Flow Control as follows Set to Disable e Click Apply Settings 9 On the Port Configuration page do one of the following If you do not have trunks select all ports If you have trunks select the remai...

Page 70: ...eb interface becomes active 14 Proceed as follows If the switch carries no media iSCSI traffic such as for a Nearline system there is no need to configure VLANs Skip to the end of this procedure If the switch carries media iSCSI traffic then it must have VLANs configured Continue with the next step in this procedure 70 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 02 February 2012 Setting up the K2 SAN i...

Page 71: ...dia iSCSI VLAN as follows a Click Add Remove VLANs b In the VLAN Name field enter Media c In the VLAN ID field enter 60 d Click Add VLAN e If prompted log in as administrator f Click Main Screen to return to VLAN Configuration 02 February 2012 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 71 Setting up the K2 SAN infrastructure ...

Page 72: ...lt VLAN d In the Mode drop down list select Untagged then click Apply This removes the odd ports from the default Control VLAN If you have a trunk do not configure it as Tagged Media VLAN traffic iSCSI does not go over the trunk 18 Click the VLAN Configuration tab 19 If you have a trunk configure the default Control VLAN as follows a In the DEFAULT_VLAN row click Modify b In the Current Mode list ...

Page 73: ... the switch Use this procedure to make the Quality of Service QOS setting on the HP ProCurve switch 29xx series 1 If you have not already done so from a network connected PC open the MS DOS command prompt and login to the switch as administrator as follows a Telnet to the switch For example if the switch s IP address is 192 168 40 12 you type the following then press Enter telnet 192 168 40 12 b P...

Page 74: ...verride No override 5 a Assign the Media VLAN the QOS priority of 3 For example if the VLAN ID is 60 you type the following then press Enter vlan 60 qos priority 3 b Type the following then press Enter show qos vlan The screen displays VLAN information Make sure that the Priority column reports that the Media VLAN has a value of 3 Next verify flow control settings Verify flow control setting on th...

Page 75: ...ollowing then press Enter show interface brief The screen displays setting for all ports In the Flow Ctrl column at the right identify settings for ports and proceed as follows If all ports are set to off no further configuration is necessary Do not proceed If one or more ports are set to on continue with this procedure 4 Set ports to flow control off as necessary You can set a range of ports For ...

Page 76: ... Image 5886358 10 26 06 T 11 12 Boot Rom Version K 12 12 Current Boot Primary 8 Verify that the new software version is in the expected flash area primary or secondary 9 Restart the switch from the flash area that holds the new software primary or secondary Setting up the control point PC To set up the Control Point PC you have the following options Use the Grass Valley Control Point PC that comes...

Page 77: ...vices to be discovered This is achieved if control network interfaces are all connected to the same switch or to multiple switches interconnected with ISLs trunks If your site requires that other switches and or routers be in the network path you must make sure that no restrictions are in place that block SiteConfig protocols Also do not install SiteConfig on a PC on which a drive from a managed d...

Page 78: ... The PC is connected to the LAN on which all the devices to be managed are connected There are no routed paths to the devices to be managed 1 Procure SiteConfig installation files from the Grass Valley website or via other distribution mechanisms The following directory and files are required to install SiteConfig DotNetFx directory ProductFrameUISetup msi setup exe 2 If you already have a version...

Page 79: ...ation Connect Kit or SiteConfig Discovery Agent 6 Proceed as follows If the Discovery Agent is not installed navigate to the SiteConfig install location s Discovery Agent Setup subdirectory and double click the DiscoveryAgentServiceSetup msi file This launches the setup program and installs the Discovery Agent Follow the setup wizard to complete installation A restart is required after installatio...

Page 80: ...k for Grass Valley Prerequisite Files then proceed as follows If the required version of prerequisite files is installed do not proceed with this task If prerequisite files are not installed or are not at the required version proceed with this task 3 Procure the required prerequisite software installation file The file name is Prerequisite Files msi 4 On the SiteConfig PC run the installation file...

Page 81: ...erfaces on devices Modifying K2 client unassigned unmanaged interface Modifying K2 Media Server unassigned unmanaged interface About SiteConfig support on K2 devices Discovering devices with SiteConfig Assigning discovered devices Modifying K2 client managed network interfaces Modifying K2 Media Server managed network interfaces Making the host name the same as the device name Pinging devices from...

Page 82: ...f your site specific information as you work through the wizard and then do final modifications using other SiteConfig features The topics in this manual follow the task flow for the sales tool system description If you are using a different taskflow use the topics in this manual as appropriate and refer to the SiteConfig User Manual or SiteConfig Help Topics for additional information Importing a...

Page 83: ...nfigured in the system description is not affected Therefore it is recommended that in the early planned stages you configure the Device name to be the desired name for the device but do not yet configure the Host name Then after you have applied network interface settings you can change the Host name to be the same as the Device name This changes the host name on the actual device so that then al...

Page 84: ...ows In the list view right click the Control network and select Details The Network Settings dialog box opens 84 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 02 February 2012 Planning and implementing a K2 SAN with SiteConfig ...

Page 85: ...ddresses in the range managed by SiteConfig Required Number ofAddresses The network s subnet mask Required Subnet Mask Additional network settings managed by SiteConfig Allowed Gateway IP Address Unselected is required Related settings are disabled Unmanaged Servers providing DNS for name resolution Allowed DNS Servers Not allowed Default Interface Name Suffix 4 Click OK to save settings and close...

Page 86: ...ws In the list view right click the Streaming network and select Details The Network Settings dialog box opens 86 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 02 February 2012 Planning and implementing a K2 SAN with SiteConfig ...

Page 87: ...f IP addresses in the range managed by SiteConfig Required Number ofAddresses The network s subnet mask Required Subnet Mask Additional network settings managed by SiteConfig Allowed Gateway IP Address Unselected is required Related settings are disabled Unmanaged Servers providing DNS for name resolution Allowed DNS Servers _he0 is required Default Interface Name Suffix 4 Click OK to save setting...

Page 88: ...iew first right click the primary iSCSI network and select Details Then proceed to modify the primary iSCSI network After the primary iSCSI network is modified repeat these steps and modify the secondary iSCSI network The Network Settings dialog box opens 88 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 02 February 2012 Planning and implementing a K2 SAN with SiteConfig ...

Page 89: ...range managed by SiteConfig Required Number ofAddresses The network s subnet mask Required Subnet Mask Not allowed Gateway IP Address Unselected is required Related settings are disabled Unmanaged Not allowed DNS Servers Not allowed Default Interface Name Suffix 4 Click OK to save settings and close About IP configuration of network interfaces on devices You can perform IP configuration of network...

Page 90: ... Unmanaged Network Interfaces dialog box allows you only to save changes to the system description Discovered device IP configuration On a discovered device you edit network interfaces using the Managed Network Interfaces dialog box 90 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 02 February 2012 Planning and implementing a K2 SAN with SiteConfig ...

Page 91: ...ce The placeholder device has a one or more unmanaged network interfaces Use this task to modify unmanaged network interfaces on a K2 SAN device as follows K2 Summit Production Client 1 In the Network Configuration Devices tree view select a SAN K2 client placeholder device The interfaces for that device are displayed in the interfaces list view 02 February 2012 K2 SAN Installation and Service Man...

Page 92: ...s list view right click an interface and select Edit The Unmanaged Network Interface Details dialog box opens 92 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 02 February 2012 Planning and implementing a K2 SAN with SiteConfig ...

Page 93: ...SI interface on a K2 client on a redundant K2 SAN iSCSI Secondary Redundant is required for the other iSCSI interface on a K2 client on a redundant K2 SAN The IP address for this interface on the network Required IP Address Disabled since names are excluded from the hosts file Disregard Interface Name Disabled since names are excluded from the hosts file Disregard Set to Default Disabled since nam...

Page 94: ...rface It is represented in SiteConfig only to complete the description of the K2 Media Server 1 In the Network Configuration Devices tree view select a K2 Media Server placeholder device The interfaces for that device are displayed in the interfaces list view 2 In the interfaces list view right click an interface and select Edit The Unmanaged Network Interface Details dialog box opens 94 K2 SAN In...

Page 95: ... is required For example if the host name is K2prod01 then K2prod01_he0 is required here Interface Name Not recommended Sets the interface name to SiteConfig default convention based on the root Site name and device type Set to Default Selected is required use Interface Name Aliases in Host Files Not allowed Aliases Allowed if applicable to the network The DNS suffix is added to the interface name...

Page 96: ...sion 7 0 or higher these requirements are pre installed These requirements are pre installed on recovery images for these K2 systems as well Therefore if you suspect a problem with these requirements do not attempt to install SiteConfig support requirements If you must restore SiteConfig support requirements re image the K2 system Discovering devices with SiteConfig Prerequisites for this task are...

Page 97: ...The system description has placeholder devices to which to assign the discovered devices 1 If the Discovered Devices Dialog box is not already open click the discover devices button The Discover Devices dialog box opens 2 Identify discovered devices If a single device is discovered in multiple rows it means the device has multiple network interfaces Choose the interface that represents the device ...

Page 98: ...igned a discovered device Modifying K2 client managed network interfaces Prerequisites for this task are as follows The physical device you are configuring has been discovered and is assigned to a device in the SiteConfig system description SiteConfig has communication with the device The device is defined in the system description with an appropriate network interface Use this task to modify mana...

Page 99: ...a loopback connection Configure the control network interface first before configuring any of the other interfaces After you have successfully configured the control network interface return to this step to configure each remaining interface 3 In the Interfaces list view check the icon for the interface you are configuring If the icon has a red stop sign overlay it indicates that current settings ...

Page 100: ...nfiguring Identify Ethernet LAN adapters by their Description name This is the Windows connection name SiteConfig reads this name from the device and displays it at the top of this dialog box This is the most accurate way to identify the network adapter on the discovered device that you are configuring 100 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 02 February 2012 Planning and implementing a K2 SAN w...

Page 101: ...ame resolution Interface Name Not recommended Set To Default Not allowed DNS Suffix Not allowed Aliases Selected is recommended Since this interface s network has its names excluded from the hosts file this setting has no affect The interface name is excluded from the hosts file regardless of settings here Use Interface Name Aliases in Host Files NOTE There is no FTP streaming network for a SAN K2...

Page 102: ...Static is required Address Allocation The IP address for this interface on the network Required IP Address For redundant SAN network interface Media Connection 1 Setting iSCSI Primary Redundant is required Network Static is required Address Allocation The IP address for this interface on the network Required IP Address For redundant SAN network interface Media Connection 2 Setting iSCSI Secondary ...

Page 103: ...he green star overlay before proceeding The icon might not display the green star overlay for several seconds as settings are reconfigured and communication is re established c In the Interface list view right click the interface and select Ping The Ping Host dialog box opens If ping status reports success the interface is communicating on the control network NOTE For the K2 Summit Production Clie...

Page 104: ...he control network interface first before configuring any of the other interfaces After you have successfully configured the control network interface return to this step to configure each remaining interface For the K2 Media Server do not configure the Fibre Channel interface which is a non IP interface SiteConfig does not manage this interface It is represented in SiteConfig only to complete the...

Page 105: ...Ethernet LAN adapters by their Description name This is the Windows connection name SiteConfig reads this name from the device and displays it at the top of this dialog box This is the most accurate way to identify the network adapter on the discovered device that you are configuring Identify iSCSI adapters by their Type 02 February 2012 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 105 Planning and impl...

Page 106: ... The text Unused is recommended Displaying this text here serves as an aid in understanding SAN networks The iSCSI network has no name resolution via the hosts file or otherwise so the text you enter here is not actually use for name resolution Interface Name Not allowed Set To Default Not allowed DNS Suffix Not allowed Aliases Selected is recommended Since this interface s network has its names e...

Page 107: ...quired Network Static is required Address Allocation The IP address for this interface on the network Required IP Address For basic SAN K2 Media Server any network interface of type iSCSI Setting iSCSI non Redundant is required Network Static is required Address Allocation The IP address for this interface on the network Required IP Address For redundant SAN K2 Media Server A any network interface...

Page 108: ...orms you of a possible loss of communication click OK This message is normal since this is the network over which you are currently communicating b In the Device list view observe the device icon and wait until the icon displays the green star overlay before proceeding The icon might not display the green star overlay for several seconds as settings are reconfigured and communication is re establi...

Page 109: ...tion is valid and that you are ready to have SiteConfig assemble the host table information into a hosts file Your options for placing this host table information on devices are as follows If you do not want SiteConfig to manage your host table information you can manage it yourself This is typically the case if your facility has an existing hosts file that contains host table information for devi...

Page 110: ... and are communicating You have viewed host names as currently defined in the system description and determined that they are correct The SiteConfig PC is added to the system description so that it is included in the host tables generated by SiteConfig When you add or modify devices or their IP addresses in the SiteConfig system description you should update host tables on all devices that use the...

Page 111: ...rather than updating hosts files incrementally as you discover assign devices a In the Network Configuration Devices Devices list view right click a device to which you intend to write the hosts file and select View Current Host File A Host File Contents window opens that displays the contents of the hosts file that is currently on that actual device b Verify that there is no information that you ...

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Page 114: ...nt on a K2 SAN Configuring deployment groups Prerequisites for this procedure are as follows The device is assigned in the SiteConfig system description and network connectivity is present 1 In the Software Deployment Deployment Groups tree view right click the top node and select Add Deployment Group A deployment group appears in the tree view 2 Right click the deployment group select Rename and ...

Page 115: ...he selected deployment group SiteConfig creates new software deployment tasks for the package and displays them in the Tasks list view Checking all currently installed software on devices Prerequisites for this task are as follows The device is assigned in the SiteConfig system description and network connectivity is present SiteConfig is able to log in to the device using the username password cr...

Page 116: ...D drive fault and you need to recover the data files metadata journal and database you can only restore them to the snap shot contained in the most recent disk image you created When you do this you restore the program files as well For redundant K2 SANs the media file system program is on the D drive but the metadata and journal files are stored on the shared RAID storage Also the media database ...

Page 117: ...he following steps At the K2 Media Server first birthday 1 Boot from the Recovery CD 2 Create a set of disk image recovery CDs These CDs contain the C D and E partitions 3 Create a disk image writing the disk image to the E partition This disk image contains the C and D partitions 4 Copy the disk image from the E partition to another location such as a network drive At milestones such as after sof...

Page 118: ...k Next 8 On the Backup Archive Location page do the following a In the tree view select the Backup E partition and enter the name of the image file you are creating Create the file name using the machine hostname and the date Name the file with the tib extension For example if the hostname is MySystem1 in the File name field you enter E MySystem1_20121027 tib b Click Next 9 On the Backup Options p...

Page 119: ...age select Restore disks or partitions and then click Next 9 On the Partition or Disk to Restore page select C and then click Next 10 On the Restored Partition Location page select C and then click Next 11 On the Restored Partition Type page leave the selection at Active and then click Next 12 On the Restored Partition Size page leave settings at their defaults The size reported in the upper pane ...

Page 120: ... should use This procedure can be used on a server that needs to be restored to its factory default state For example if you neglected to make a first birthday image you might need to use this procedure If the image from which you are restoring was made from the specific machine refer to the appropriate procedure NOTE This procedure restores the server both C and D partitions to its factory defaul...

Page 121: ... then click Next 19 On the Restored Partition Size page leave settings at their defaults The size reported in the upper pane is the size detected of the actual D partition This should be the same as that reported in the Partition size field in the middle of the page Free space before and Free space after should both be reported at 0 bytes Click Next 20 On the Next Selection page select No I do not...

Page 122: ...rol Panel and look for the following required item ProductFrame Discovery Agent 2 Proceed as follows If you find the required items no further steps are necessary SiteConfig support software is installed If a required item is not present navigate to your SiteConfig files If you do not already have these files in convenient location you can find them on the PC that hosts SiteConfig in the SiteConfi...

Page 123: ...t state or otherwise has the Windows operating system re applied you might need to activate the operating system This procedure provides instructions for doing this while the machine is connected to the Internet The Activation wizard provides other options which you can also choose if desired To active the Windows operating system do the following 1 Make sure the machine is connected to the Intern...

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Page 125: ...g About QOS on the K2 SAN Importing a SiteConfig system description Configuring the basic K2 SAN Online and Production Configuring the redundant K2 SAN Online and Production Configuring the basic nearline K2 SAN Configuring the redundant nearline K2 SAN 02 February 2012 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 125 ...

Page 126: ...higher on K2 SAN with 1 GB iSCSI adapters TOEs no license is required This is because the default amount of bandwidth allowed for a K2 SAN with no license is adequate for the maximum bandwidth needed for 1 GB iSCSI adapters About QOS on the K2 SAN Grass Valley designs your system using Quality of Server QOS features for different categories of client Input Output I O traffic as follows Real Time I...

Page 127: ...to define the K2 SAN in K2Config You can skip this task and instead begin your work in K2Config by configuring the first K2 Media Server 1 In the K2Config application click File Import SiteConfig 2 Browse to and select the system configuration file A K2 System Information dialog box opens 3 In the drop down list select the type of K2 SAN that you are importing 4 If a redundant K2 SAN select failov...

Page 128: ...et up Trunks set up Power on K2 Media Server Ethernet cables connected Fibre Channel cable connected Software installed as from the factory including QuickTime 7 Control network IP address assigned Power on for all servers K2 RAID chassis Fibre Channel cable s connected Ethernet cable s connected Power on K2 RAID Expansion chassis optional Fibre channel cable s connected Power on 128 K2 SAN Instal...

Page 129: ...d instead start by configuring the first K2 Media Server 1 On the control point PC open the K2Config application A login dialog box opens 2 Log in to the K2Config application with the Windows administrator account The K2Config application opens 3 Click New K2 System 02 February 2012 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 129 Configuring and licensing the K2 SAN ...

Page 130: ...w K2 System page 1 Basic K2 SAN 1 Create a name for your system and type it in the Name box 2 Select L30 3 If so designed select Enable Live Production mode Do not select the Server redundancy option 4 Click Next Page 2 opens 130 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 02 February 2012 Configuring and licensing the K2 SAN ...

Page 131: ...thernet switch K2 clients as appropriate for your system Optional One or more K2 Media Servers to represent each NH K2 Media Server on your system Optional Other devices as appropriate for your system 2 Click Next Page 3 opens 02 February 2012 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 131 Configuring and licensing the K2 SAN ...

Page 132: ...r and type of clients appropriate for your system 2 Click Finish The Define New K2 Storage System wizard closes Your storage system appears in the tree view of the K2Config application Next configure the server Configuring the server Part 1 1 In the K2Config application tree view select K2Server1 2 Click the Configure button The Configure K2 Server wizard opens to the Define server roles page 132 ...

Page 133: ...ows If the K2 SAN has one or more optional NH servers then FTP traffic should go to the NH server not the K2 Media Server you are now configuring In this case do not select the FTP server role or the NAS server role 3 Click Next The Software Configuration page opens 02 February 2012 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 133 Configuring and licensing the K2 SAN ...

Page 134: ...on the previous page 1 If software with Yes in the Required column reports as Not Installed install the software 2 Click Check Software 3 When all required software reports as Installed click Next The Network Configuration page opens 134 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 02 February 2012 Configuring and licensing the K2 SAN ...

Page 135: ...ed on this page 2 If the server has the role of FTP server verify that the other port is configured correctly If not configured correctly do the following a Select the other port and click Modify A network configuration dialog box opens b Enter the FTP Streaming IP address and the subnet mask and click Apply For systems with an optional NH FTP server the server you are now configuring does not tak...

Page 136: ... Utility you continue with the wizard Next use Storage Utility to configure the RAID storage and file system Configuring RAID Use Storage Utility to complete the configuration of the K2 RAID storage devices as explained in the following topics Configuring RAID network and SNMP settings Basic Prerequisites for the K2 RAID chassis are as follows Fibre Channel cable s connected Ethernet cable s conne...

Page 137: ...ent SNMP community name contact your Grass Valley representative 1 Launch Storage Utility from the K2Config application 2 As prompted wait while Storage Utility gathers system information then Storage Utility opens 3 In Storage Utility tree view expand the node for the K2 RAID right click the icon for a RAID controller and select Configuration Network Properties The Controller Network Settings dia...

Page 138: ...cable s connected Power on Prerequisites for the optional K2 RAID Expansion chassis if present are as follows Fibre channel cable s connected Power on NOTE Binding destroys all user data on the disks 1 If you have not already done so launch Storage Utility from the K2Config application 2 As prompted wait while Storage Utility gathers system information then Storage Utility opens 3 In the Storage U...

Page 139: ...pe drop down box select RAID 5 or RAID 6 as specified by your system design 7 In the Available Disks box select six contiguous disks at the top of the list Use shift click or control click to select disks 8 Click the add arrow button to add disks to the Selected Disks list NOTE As an aid in identifying a disk module s physical location select it in the Selected Disks list then click Identify Disks...

Page 140: ... an additional one or two RAID 5 or RAID 6 RANKs of six disks each 11 Click Close in Progress Report window 12 Restart the K2 Media Server NOTE Make sure start up processes on the K2 Media Server are complete before proceeding Next create a new file system Related Topics Identifying disks on page 321 About full background bind on page 325 Binding Hot Spare drives on page 327 Creating a new file sy...

Page 141: ...Time Input Output RTIO rate enter the value specified by your system design If you do not know this value contact your Grass Valley representative 5 Configure Windows Security as follows If the K2 SAN is to be accessed by only K2 clients leave Windows Security unchecked If the K2 SAN is to be accessed by Aurora Edits refer to the Aurora Edit Installation and Configuration Guide for instructions 02...

Page 142: ...t the end of the Configure K2 Server wizard suffices so you do not need to restart now 9 Close the Storage Utility NOTE Do not attempt to start SAN attached systems or otherwise bring the SAN online until instructed to do so by the documented procedure Next continue with configuring the server using the K2Config application Configuring the server Part 2 Configure File System Server Configuration p...

Page 143: ...already open 2 If desired configure reference file generation 3 Click Check 4 When the wizard reports that the configuration is correct click Next If you get a TheV will not be available until this device is rebooted message you can safely continue now and reboot later when instructed to do so The iSCSI Bridge Server Configuration page opens Related Topics Configuring reference file type on a K2 S...

Page 144: ... in place and that the media RANKs are visible as iSCSI targets 1 Select an iSCSI adapter and do the following a Click Modify A network configuration dialog box opens b Verify or enter the media network IP address and the subnet mask c Click Apply d Click View Target Drives e Verify that all drives are shown in the Drives exposed as iSCSI targets field 2 Repeat the previous step for the other iSCS...

Page 145: ...onfiguration is successful 5 Close the Validation Report 6 Click Next The Database Server Configuration page opens Configure Database Server Configuration page Basic K2 SAN 02 February 2012 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 145 Configuring and licensing the K2 SAN ...

Page 146: ...ersonnel should specify other values as these settings are intended for use only with custom systems designed by Grass Valley 1 Click Next The Completing the Configuration Wizard page opens 2 Click Finish The wizard closes The server restarts Wait until all startup processes have completed before continuing Proceed as follows If you have NH servers configure them next If you do not have NH servers...

Page 147: ...1 In the K2Config application tree view select the K2 Media Server you are configuring 2 Click the Configure button The Configure K2 Server wizard opens to the Define server roles page Configure Define Server Roles page NH server 1 Enter the name for the K2 Media Server as currently configured on the machine 2 Select FTP server and NAS server 3 Click Next The Software Configuration page opens 02 F...

Page 148: ... the previous page 1 If software with Yes in the Required column reports as Not Installed install the software 2 Click Check Software 3 When all required software reports as Installed click Next The Network Configuration page opens 148 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 02 February 2012 Configuring and licensing the K2 SAN ...

Page 149: ... configured it is already assigned the control network IP address as displayed on this page 2 Verify that the FTP Streaming port is configured correctly If not configured correctly do the following a Select the other port and click Modify A network configuration dialog box opens b Enter the FTP Streaming IP address and the subnet mask and click Apply 3 Click Next The File System Server Configurati...

Page 150: ...to do so by Grass Valley This system is usually not configured for RVIO 2 Click Check 3 When the wizard reports that the configuration is correct click Next If you get a TheV will not be available until this device is rebooted message you can safely continue now and reboot later when instructed to do so The FTP Server Configuration page opens 150 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 02 February ...

Page 151: ...wizard closes The server restarts Wait until all startup processes have completed before continuing If you have other NH servers configure them similarly then configure K2 clients and or other iSCSI clients on the K2 SAN next Configuring the redundant K2 SAN Online and Production Work through the topics in this section sequentially to configure an Online Tier 1 or Production Tier 2 redundant K2 SA...

Page 152: ...wer on K2 Media Server Ethernet cables connected Fibre Channel cable connected Redundant servers connected by serial cable Software installed as from the factory including QuickTime 7 Control network IP address assigned Power on for all servers K2 RAID chassis Fibre Channel cable s connected Ethernet cable s connected Power on K2 RAID Expansion chassis optional Fibre channel cable s connected Powe...

Page 153: ...d instead start by configuring the first K2 Media Server 1 On the control point PC open the K2Config application A login dialog box opens 2 Log in to the K2Config application with the Windows administrator account The K2Config application opens 3 Click New K2 System 02 February 2012 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 153 Configuring and licensing the K2 SAN ...

Page 154: ...ew K2 System page 1 Redundant K2 SAN 1 Create a name for your system and type it in the Name box 2 Select L30 3 If so designed select Enable Live Production mode 4 Select the Server redundancy option 5 Click Next Page 2 opens 154 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 02 February 2012 Configuring and licensing the K2 SAN ...

Page 155: ...Ethernet switches K2 clients as appropriate for your system Optional One or more K2 Media Servers to represent each NH K2 Media Server on your system Optional Other devices as appropriate for your system 2 Click Next Page 3 opens 02 February 2012 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 155 Configuring and licensing the K2 SAN ...

Page 156: ...mber and type of clients appropriate for your system 2 Click Finish The Define New K2 Storage System wizard closes Your storage system appears in the tree view of the K2Config application Next configure the server Configuring server A Part 1 1 In the K2Config application tree view select K2Server1 2 Click the Configure button The Configure K2 Server wizard opens to the Define server roles page 156...

Page 157: ...itch to which the K2 Media Server is connected 3 Select all roles except as follows If the K2 SAN has one or more optional NH servers then FTP traffic should go to the NH server not the K2 Media Server you are now configuring In this case do not select the FTP server role or the NAS server role 4 Click Next The Software Configuration page opens 02 February 2012 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manu...

Page 158: ...you selected on the previous page 1 If software with Yes in the Required column reports as Not Installed install the software 2 Click Check Software 3 When all required software reports as Installed click Next The Network Configuration page opens 158 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 02 February 2012 Configuring and licensing the K2 SAN ...

Page 159: ...onfigured correctly If not configured correctly do the following a Select the other port and click Modify A network configuration dialog box opens b Enter the FTP Streaming IP address and the subnet mask and click Apply For systems with an optional NH FTP server the server you are now configuring does not take the role of FTP server so configuring the second port here for the FTP streaming network...

Page 160: ...el cable s connected Power on Use the Storage Utility to configure the following settings for the K2 RAID controller IP address Subnet mask Gateway Address SNMP trap destinations For K2 RAID network and SNMP settings are set and stored on the RAID controller module For the RAID chassis with two controllers each controller has its own network settings and the RAID chassis exists as two entities on ...

Page 161: ... For SNMP Configuration enter the IP address of the NetCentral server PC You can also enter IP addresses for other SNMP managers to which you want to send SNMP trap messages 7 For the RAID chassis with two controllers in the Controller Slot Number field enter 1 and then press Enter The settings from controller 1 are loaded into the Controller Network Settings dialog box and are available for you t...

Page 162: ...ion chassis if present are as follows Fibre channel cable s connected Power on NOTE Binding destroys all user data on the disks 1 If you have not already done so launch Storage Utility from the K2Config application 2 As prompted wait while Storage Utility gathers system information then Storage Utility opens 162 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 02 February 2012 Configuring and licensing the ...

Page 163: ... 1 RANK for journal storage The fifth disk is bound as a Hot Spare for the other four metadata journal disks The remaining six disks in the primary RAID chassis and all disks in Expansion chassis are for media storage Media storage disks are bound as RAID 5 or RAID 6 in RANKs consisting of six disks each View disk properties and identify the four disks you will use for the metadata journal RAID 1 ...

Page 164: ...storage e Click the add arrow button to add disks to the Selected Disks list NOTE As an aid in identifying a disk module s physical location select it in the Selected Disks list then click Identify Disks This causes the disk drive light to flash f Click OK to close the Bind dialog box and begin the binding process The Progress Report dialog box opens showing the status of the binding process g Clo...

Page 165: ...pe drop down box select RAID 5 or RAID 6 as specified by your system design 8 In the Available Disks box select six contiguous disks at the top of the list Use shift click or control click to select disks 9 Click the add arrow button to add disks to the Selected Disks list NOTE As an aid in identifying a disk module s physical location select it in the Selected Disks list then click Identify Disks...

Page 166: ...nsion chassis you would have an additional one or two RAID 5 or RAID 6 RANKs of six disks each 12 Click Close in Progress Report window 13 Restart the K2 Media Server NOTE Make sure start up processes on the K2 Media Server are complete before proceeding Next create a new file system Related Topics Identifying disks on page 321 About full background bind on page 325 Binding Hot Spare drives on pag...

Page 167: ...Real Time Input Output RTIO rate enter the value specified by your system design If you do not know this value contact your Grass Valley representative 5 Configure Windows Security as follows If the K2 SAN is to be accessed by only K2 clients leave Windows Security unchecked If the K2 SAN is to be accessed by Aurora Edits refer to the Aurora Edit Installation and Configuration Guide for instructio...

Page 168: ...assign a RAID 1 RANK as a metadata stripe and another RAID 1 RANK as a journal stripe You can distinguish RAID 1 RANKs from media RANKs by the value in the Number of Sectors column 168 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 02 February 2012 Configuring and licensing the K2 SAN ...

Page 169: ...end of the Configure K2 Server wizard suffices so you do not need to restart now 11 Close the Storage Utility NOTE Do not attempt to start SAN attached systems or otherwise bring the SAN online until instructed to do so by the documented procedure Next continue with configuring the server using the K2Config application Configuring server A Part 2 Configure File System Server Configuration page Red...

Page 170: ...ter the name or IP address of the redundant K2 Media Server server B 3 If desired configure reference file generation 4 Click Check 5 When the wizard reports that the configuration is correct click Next If you get a TheV will not be available until this device is rebooted message you can safely continue now and reboot later when instructed to do so The iSCSI Bridge Server Configuration page opens ...

Page 171: ...n place and that the media RANKs are visible as iSCSI targets 1 Select Primary 2 Select an iSCSI adapter and do the following a Click Modify A network configuration dialog box opens b Verify or enter the media network IP address and the subnet mask c Click Apply d Click View Target Drives e Verify that all drives are shown in the Drives exposed as iSCSI targets field 3 Repeat the previous step for...

Page 172: ...ext The Database Server Configuration page opens Configure Database Server Configuration page Redundant K2 SAN server A 1 Enter the name or IP address of K2 Media server B This is the redundant partner of the server you are now configuring 172 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 02 February 2012 Configuring and licensing the K2 SAN ...

Page 173: ...s Valley personnel should specify other values as these settings are intended for use only with custom systems designed by Grass Valley 1 Click Next The Completing the Configuration Wizard page opens 2 Click Finish The wizard closes The server restarts Wait until all startup processes have completed before continuing Next configure the redundant server Configuring server B Prerequisites Server A i...

Page 174: ...ge Configure Define Server Roles page Redundant K2 SAN server A and server B 1 Enter the name for the K2 Media Server as currently configured on the machine 2 Enter the name or IP address of the Ethernet switch as currently configured on the switch to which the K2 Media Server is connected 3 Select all roles except as follows If the K2 SAN has one or more optional NH servers then FTP traffic shoul...

Page 175: ...you selected on the previous page 1 If software with Yes in the Required column reports as Not Installed install the software 2 Click Check Software 3 When all required software reports as Installed click Next The Network Configuration page opens 02 February 2012 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 175 Configuring and licensing the K2 SAN ...

Page 176: ...ss as displayed on this page 2 If the server has the role of FTP server verify that the other port is configured correctly If not configured correctly do the following a Select the other port and click Modify A network configuration dialog box opens b Enter the FTP Streaming IP address and the subnet mask and click Apply For systems with an optional NH FTP server the server you are now configuring...

Page 177: ...f desired configure reference file generation 2 Click Check 3 Confirm a file copied message 4 When the wizard reports that the configuration is correct click Next 5 Confirm messages about copying the file system configuration file to the other server If you get a TheV will not be available until this device is rebooted message you can safely continue now and reboot later when instructed to do so T...

Page 178: ...argets NOTE The iSCSI adapters on this server must be on a different subnet than those on its redundant server partner 1 Select Backup 2 Select an iSCSI adapter and do the following a Click Modify A network configuration dialog box opens b Verify or enter the media network IP address and the subnet mask c Click Apply d Click View Target Drives e Verify that all drives are shown in the Drives expos...

Page 179: ...ration is successful 6 Close the Validation Report 7 Click Next The Database Server Configuration page opens Configure Database Server Configuration page Redundant K2 SAN server B 02 February 2012 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 179 Configuring and licensing the K2 SAN ...

Page 180: ...out 60 Only qualified Grass Valley personnel should specify other values as these settings are intended for use only with custom systems designed by Grass Valley 1 Click Next The Completing the Configuration Wizard page opens 2 Click Finish The wizard closes The server restarts Wait until all startup processes have completed before continuing Next check the V drive Check the V drive Prerequisites ...

Page 181: ...gure them next If you do not have NH servers configure K2 clients and or other iSCSI clients on the K2 SAN next Configuring optional NH servers If you have one or more optional NH K2 Media Servers you next configure those servers This section applies to both NH1 1 Gig FTP servers and NH10GE 10 Gig FTP servers NOTE Multiple NH servers on a K2 SAN must be of the same type either all NH1 or all NH10G...

Page 182: ...the name for the K2 Media Server as currently configured on the machine 2 Select FTP server and NAS server 3 Click Next The Software Configuration page opens 182 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 02 February 2012 Configuring and licensing the K2 SAN ...

Page 183: ... the previous page 1 If software with Yes in the Required column reports as Not Installed install the software 2 Click Check Software 3 When all required software reports as Installed click Next The Network Configuration page opens 02 February 2012 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 183 Configuring and licensing the K2 SAN ...

Page 184: ... configured it is already assigned the control network IP address as displayed on this page 2 Verify that the FTP Streaming port is configured correctly If not configured correctly do the following a Select the other port and click Modify A network configuration dialog box opens b Enter the FTP Streaming IP address and the subnet mask and click Apply 3 Click Next The File System Server Configurati...

Page 185: ...to do so by Grass Valley This system is usually not configured for RVIO 2 Click Check 3 When the wizard reports that the configuration is correct click Next If you get a TheV will not be available until this device is rebooted message you can safely continue now and reboot later when instructed to do so The FTP Server Configuration page opens 02 February 2012 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual...

Page 186: ...n Wizard page opens 2 Click Finish The wizard closes The server restarts Wait until all startup processes have completed before continuing If you have other NH servers configure them similarly Then check the V drive on each of your NH servers Check the V drive Prerequisites The K2 Media Server is configured The restart of the K2 Media Server after it is configured is complete This task is required...

Page 187: ...the devices of the K2 SAN meet the following prerequisites Control point PC Ethernet cable connected Control Point software installed Control network IP address assigned Network communication over the control network with all other K2 devices Power on Ethernet switch Ethernet cables connected Control network IP address assigned VLANs set up Trunks set up Power on K2 Media Server Ethernet cables co...

Page 188: ...m description file in which the SAN is defined you do not need to define a new SAN You can skip this task and instead start by configuring the first K2 Media Server 1 On the control point PC open the K2Config application A login dialog box opens 188 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 02 February 2012 Configuring and licensing the K2 SAN ...

Page 189: ...r account The K2Config application opens 3 Click New K2 System The New K2 System wizard opens to page 1 Related Topics About application security on the K2 SAN on page 272 02 February 2012 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 189 Configuring and licensing the K2 SAN ...

Page 190: ...dancy option is not selected and is disabled This option applies to media database redundancy Since the Nearline system has no media database this setting is correct for both redundant and non redundant Nearline systems 3 Click Next Page 2 opens 190 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 02 February 2012 Configuring and licensing the K2 SAN ...

Page 191: ... Nearline K2 SAN 1 Move the following into the Number of devices box One K2 Media Server One Ethernet switch 2 Click Next Page 3 opens 02 February 2012 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 191 Configuring and licensing the K2 SAN ...

Page 192: ...efine New K2 Storage System wizard closes Your storage system appears in the tree view of the K2Config application Next configure the server Configuring NH server Part 1 1 In the K2Config application tree view select K2Server1 For the basic nearline K2 SAN this is the only NH server 2 Click the Configure button The Configure K2 Server wizard opens to the Define server roles page 192 K2 SAN Install...

Page 193: ...selections are disabled Leave SNFS file system server FTP server and NAS server selected The wizard does not allow you to select Media Database Server There is no Media Database Server in a nearline system 2 Click Next The Software Configuration page opens 02 February 2012 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 193 Configuring and licensing the K2 SAN ...

Page 194: ... the previous page 1 If software with Yes in the Required column reports as Not Installed install the software 2 Click Check Software 3 When all required software reports as Installed click Next The Network Configuration page opens 194 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 02 February 2012 Configuring and licensing the K2 SAN ...

Page 195: ... configured it is already assigned the control network IP address as displayed on this page 2 Verify that the FTP Streaming port is configured correctly If not configured correctly do the following a Select the other port and click Modify A network configuration dialog box opens b Enter the FTP Streaming IP address and the subnet mask and click Apply 3 Click Next The File System Server Configurati...

Page 196: ... you are done with Storage Utility you continue with the wizard Next use Storage Utility to configure the RAID storage and file system Configuring RAID Use Storage Utility to complete the configuration of the K2 RAID storage devices as explained in the following topics Configuring RAID network and SNMP settings Basic Prerequisites for the K2 RAID chassis are as follows Fibre Channel cable s connec...

Page 197: ...ent SNMP community name contact your Grass Valley representative 1 Launch Storage Utility from the K2Config application 2 As prompted wait while Storage Utility gathers system information then Storage Utility opens 3 In Storage Utility tree view expand the node for the K2 RAID right click the icon for a RAID controller and select Configuration Network Properties The Controller Network Settings dia...

Page 198: ...SAN Prerequisites for the K2 RAID chassis are as follows Fibre Channel cable s connected Ethernet cable s connected Power on Prerequisites for the optional K2 RAID Expansion chassis if present are as follows Fibre channel cable s connected Power on NOTE Binding destroys all user data on the disks 1 If you have not already done so launch Storage Utility from the K2Config application 2 As prompted w...

Page 199: ... across both the primary RAID chassis and the optional Expansion chassis In addition file system metadata files and journal files are mixed in with the media files The RAID configuration is the same on all chassis Each chassis contains disks which are bound as RAID 6 in a RANK of twelve disks One twelve disk RANK fills one chassis 02 February 2012 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 199 Configu...

Page 200: ...cked 6 In the Bind Type drop down box select RAID 6 7 In the Available Disks box select twelve contiguous disks at the top of the list Use shift click or control click to select disks 8 Click the add arrow button to add disks to the Selected Disks list NOTE As an aid in identifying a disk module s physical location select it in the Selected Disks list then click Identify Disks This causes the disk...

Page 201: ...disks to a RANK 11 Click Close in Progress Report window 12 Restart the K2 Media Server NOTE Make sure start up processes on the K2 Media Server are complete before proceeding Next create a new file system Related Topics Identifying disks on page 321 About full background bind on page 325 Binding Hot Spare drives on page 327 Creating a new file system Nearline K2 SAN Prerequisites for the K2 RAID ...

Page 202: ...n Storage Utility click Tools Make New File System The Setting dialog box opens 4 For a Nearline system enter zero as the Real Time Input Output RTIO rate 5 Leave Windows Security unchecked 6 Click OK The Configuration File dialog box opens The configuration file for the media file system is displayed 202 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 02 February 2012 Configuring and licensing the K2 SAN ...

Page 203: ...the SAN online until instructed to do so by the documented procedure Next continue with configuring the server using the K2Config application Configuring NH server Part 2 Configure File System Server Configuration page NH server Prerequisites for connected K2 RAID storage Network and SNMP settings configured Disks bound New file system made This page checks on the file system server role The serve...

Page 204: ...appears only if the server has the role of FTP server Do not modify these settings Leave at default values of Max FTP streams 4 and FTP Data Socket Timeout 60 Only qualified Grass Valley personnel should specify other values as these settings are intended for use only with custom systems designed by Grass Valley 1 Click Next The Completing the Configuration Wizard page opens 2 Click Finish The wiz...

Page 205: ...re a redundant nearline Tier 3 K2 SAN Prerequisites for initial configuration Nearline K2 SAN Before beginning your initial configuration make sure the devices of the K2 SAN meet the following prerequisites Control point PC Ethernet cable connected Control Point software installed Control network IP address assigned Network communication over the control network with all other K2 devices Power on ...

Page 206: ...ed Topics Installing Multi Path I O Software on page 232 Defining a new K2 SAN If you import a SiteConfig system description file in which the SAN is defined you do not need to define a new SAN You can skip this task and instead start by configuring the first K2 Media Server 1 On the control point PC open the K2Config application A login dialog box opens 206 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual ...

Page 207: ...r account The K2Config application opens 3 Click New K2 System The New K2 System wizard opens to page 1 Related Topics About application security on the K2 SAN on page 272 02 February 2012 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 207 Configuring and licensing the K2 SAN ...

Page 208: ...dancy option is not selected and is disabled This option applies to media database redundancy Since the Nearline system has no media database this setting is correct for both redundant and non redundant Nearline systems 3 Click Next Page 2 opens 208 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 02 February 2012 Configuring and licensing the K2 SAN ...

Page 209: ...Nearline K2 SAN 1 Move the following into the Number of devices box Two K2 Media Servers Two Ethernet switches 2 Click Next Page 3 opens 02 February 2012 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 209 Configuring and licensing the K2 SAN ...

Page 210: ... The Define New K2 Storage System wizard closes Your storage system appears in the tree view of the K2Config application Next configure the server Configuring NH server A Part 1 1 In the K2Config application tree view select K2Server1 For the nearline K2 SAN this is NH server A 2 Click the Configure button The Configure K2 Server wizard opens to the Define server roles page 210 K2 SAN Installation...

Page 211: ...selections are disabled Leave SNFS file system server FTP server and NAS server selected The wizard does not allow you to select Media Database Server There is no Media Database Server in a nearline system 2 Click Next The Software Configuration page opens 02 February 2012 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 211 Configuring and licensing the K2 SAN ...

Page 212: ...n nearline redundant systems 1 If software with Yes in the Required column reports as Not Installed install the software 2 Click Check Software 3 When all required software reports as Installed click Next The Network Configuration page opens Related Topics Installing Multi Path I O Software on page 232 212 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 02 February 2012 Configuring and licensing the K2 SAN...

Page 213: ... configured it is already assigned the control network IP address as displayed on this page 2 Verify that the FTP Streaming port is configured correctly If not configured correctly do the following a Select the other port and click Modify A network configuration dialog box opens b Enter the FTP Streaming IP address and the subnet mask and click Apply 3 Click Next The File System Server Configurati...

Page 214: ...hen you are done with Storage Utility you continue with the wizard Next use Storage Utility to configure the RAID storage and file system Configuring RAID Use Storage Utility to complete the configuration of the K2 RAID storage devices as explained in the following topics Configuring RAID network and SNMP settings Prerequisites for the K2 RAID chassis are as follows Fibre Channel cable s connected...

Page 215: ...using a different SNMP community name contact your Grass Valley representative 1 Launch Storage Utility from the K2Config application 2 As prompted wait while Storage Utility gathers system information then Storage Utility opens 3 In Storage Utility tree view expand the node for the K2 RAID right click the icon for a RAID controller and select Configuration Network Properties The Controller Networ...

Page 216: ...troller 1 9 Click OK to save settings and close 10 In Storage Utility click View Refresh Next bind disk modules Binding disk modules Nearline K2 SAN Prerequisites for the K2 RAID chassis are as follows Fibre Channel cable s connected Ethernet cable s connected Power on Prerequisites for the optional K2 RAID Expansion chassis if present are as follows Fibre channel cable s connected Power on NOTE B...

Page 217: ... across both the primary RAID chassis and the optional Expansion chassis In addition file system metadata files and journal files are mixed in with the media files The RAID configuration is the same on all chassis Each chassis contains disks which are bound as RAID 6 in a RANK of twelve disks One twelve disk RANK fills one chassis 02 February 2012 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 217 Configu...

Page 218: ...cked 6 In the Bind Type drop down box select RAID 6 7 In the Available Disks box select twelve contiguous disks at the top of the list Use shift click or control click to select disks 8 Click the add arrow button to add disks to the Selected Disks list NOTE As an aid in identifying a disk module s physical location select it in the Selected Disks list then click Identify Disks This causes the disk...

Page 219: ...disks to a RANK 11 Click Close in Progress Report window 12 Restart the K2 Media Server NOTE Make sure start up processes on the K2 Media Server are complete before proceeding Next create a new file system Related Topics Identifying disks on page 321 About full background bind on page 325 Binding Hot Spare drives on page 327 Creating a new file system Nearline K2 SAN Prerequisites for the K2 RAID ...

Page 220: ...n Storage Utility click Tools Make New File System The Setting dialog box opens 4 For a Nearline system enter zero as the Real Time Input Output RTIO rate 5 Leave Windows Security unchecked 6 Click OK The Configuration File dialog box opens The configuration file for the media file system is displayed 220 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 02 February 2012 Configuring and licensing the K2 SAN ...

Page 221: ...he SAN online until instructed to do so by the documented procedure Next continue with configuring the server using the K2Config application Configuring NH server A Part 2 Configure File System Server Configuration page NH server Prerequisites for connected K2 RAID storage Network and SNMP settings configured Disks bound New file system made This page checks on the file system server role The serv...

Page 222: ...rver A This page appears only if the server has the role of FTP server Do not modify these settings Leave at default values of Max FTP streams 4 and FTP Data Socket Timeout 60 Only qualified Grass Valley personnel should specify other values as these settings are intended for use only with custom systems designed by Grass Valley 1 Click Next The Completing the Configuration Wizard page opens 2 Cli...

Page 223: ...procedure 1 Verify that server A has restarted by opening the MS DOS command prompt and use the ping command 2 In the K2 System Configuration application tree view select the K2 Media Server you are configuring as server B 3 Click the Configure button The Configure K2 Server wizard opens to the Define server roles page Configure Define Server Roles page NH server 1 Enter the name for the K2 Media ...

Page 224: ... K2 Media Servers in nearline redundant systems 1 If software with Yes in the Required column reports as Not Installed install the software 2 Click Check Software 3 When all required software reports as Installed click Next The Network Configuration page opens Related Topics Installing Multi Path I O Software on page 232 224 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 02 February 2012 Configuring and l...

Page 225: ... configured it is already assigned the control network IP address as displayed on this page 2 Verify that the FTP Streaming port is configured correctly If not configured correctly do the following a Select the other port and click Modify A network configuration dialog box opens b Enter the FTP Streaming IP address and the subnet mask and click Apply 3 Click Next The File System Server Configurati...

Page 226: ...select Reserved Bandwidth unless instructed to do so by Grass Valley This system is usually not configured for RVIO 2 Click Check 3 Confirm a file copied message 4 When the wizard reports that the configuration is correct click Next 5 Confirm messages about copying the file system configuration file to the other server If you get a TheV will not be available until this device is rebooted message y...

Page 227: ...ext The Completing the Configuration Wizard page opens 2 Click Finish The wizard closes The server restarts Wait until all startup processes have completed before continuing Next check the V drive Check the V drive Prerequisites The K2 Media Server is configured The restart of the K2 Media Server after it is configured is complete This task is required for NAS server functionality 1 Verify that th...

Page 228: ... the File System Server node The File System Server Configuration page appears 3 Click Check and verify that the V drive is shared The K2 Nearline SAN configuration is complete 228 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 02 February 2012 Configuring and licensing the K2 SAN ...

Page 229: ...ng K2 client bandwidth requirements K2 SAN prerequisites for adding clients Configuring a K2 client for the K2 Storage System Adding a generic client device Assigning a SAN client to different FTP server Powering on off a SAN client Taking a SAN client offline 02 February 2012 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 229 ...

Page 230: ...o provides the connection to the Ethernet switch In addition the K2Config application restricts the amount of bandwidth available based on the level at which you have licensed your K2 SAN As you configure your K2 SAN the K2Config application assigns a K2 client to a TOE and keeps track of the bandwidth so subscribed to each TOE A single K2 client can only subscribe to a single TOE However a single...

Page 231: ...icense on each K2 Media Server with role of iSCSI bridge 1 On the K2 Media Server open SabreTooth License Manager 2 Verify that a license identified as K2 ISCSI SVR is installed If the license for your K2 SAN license is not installed you must install it before proceeding Related Topics About K2 SAN licensing on page 126 Licensing a K2 Media Server on page 299 Preparing K2 clients Do the following ...

Page 232: ...e copied on to the K2 client or K2 Media Server when the K2 software is installed 1 Access the Windows desktop on the K2 system You can do this locally with a connected keyboard mouse and monitor or remotely via the Windows Remote Desktop Connection 2 Stop all media access If AppCenter is open close it 3 Click Start Run type cmd and press Enter The MS DOS command prompt window opens 4 From the com...

Page 233: ... Path Device Specific Module is listed Configuring a K2 client for the K2 Storage System Before doing this task make sure the write filter is disabled on the K2 Summit system you are adding to the K2 SAN 1 On the PC that hosts K2Config open the K2Config application A login dialog box opens 2 Log in to the K2Config application with the administrator account The K2Config application opens 02 Februar...

Page 234: ...figure button The configuration wizard opens to page 1 NOTE If your system has a large number of iSCSI clients you are prompted to restart the server that has the role of SNFS file system server when you configure clients and cross the following thresholds 64 clients 80 clients 96 clients Related Topics Enabling and disabling the write filter using K2Config on page 305 Configure page 1 K2 client 1...

Page 235: ...st be installed on K2 clients connected to a redundant K2 SAN 1 If software with Yes in the Required column reports as Not Installed install the software 2 Click Check Software 3 When all required software reports as Installed click Next The Network Configuration page opens 02 February 2012 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 235 Configuring clients on the K2 SAN ...

Page 236: ...s as displayed on this page 2 Select Media Connection 1 and then click Modify A network configuration dialog box opens 3 Verify or configure Media Connection 1 as follows If a basic non redundant K2 SAN verify or enter the media network IP address Also enter the subnet mask If a redundant K2 SAN verify or enter an IP address for the A media iSCSI network Also enter the subnet mask 4 Do one of the ...

Page 237: ... basic non redundant K2 SAN the client connects to the only server For a redundant K2 SAN the client connects to server A as database server 1 and server B as database server 2 If there are multiple FTP servers such as the optional NH servers the K2Config application automatically assigns the SAN client to an FTP server to provide optimum FTP bandwidth across the system Do not attempt to change th...

Page 238: ...client is connecting to the correct K2 Media Server or Servers as follows For a basic non redundant K2 SAN the client connects to the only server For a redundant K2 SAN the client connects to server A as file system server 1 and server B as file system server 2 2 Click Check 3 When the wizard reports that the configuration check is successful click Next The iSCSI Initiator Configuration page opens...

Page 239: ...that you enter The K2Config application keeps track of each SAN client s bandwidth and when the total amount allowed by the K2 SAN license is consumed the K2Config application displays an informative message and then disables your ability to add more SAN clients For large systems the K2Config application can load balance SAN clients across multiple iSCSI targets 02 February 2012 K2 SAN Installatio...

Page 240: ...ber of encoder channels enter the total number of inputs For Number of recorder channels enter the total number of outputs 3 Click Calculate 4 Click Assign Portal then OK to confirm If you have a redundant K2 SAN the K2Config application makes the appropriate assignment to the redundant server as reported in the Secondary target box 5 Click Next The Completing the Configuration Wizard page opens 6...

Page 241: ... filter is disabled on the K2 Summit system If your K2 SAN has multiple K2 Media Servers that take the role of FTP server such as when you have one or more options NH servers you can change the FTP assignment of a SAN client so that it uses a different FTP server This is helpful if one of the FTP servers requires service work or otherwise becomes unavailable In this case you might want a SAN clien...

Page 242: ...ure You must first stop all media access on your SAN clients to ensure that they do not cause error conditions You can power off the SAN clients or take them offline using the K2Config application When powering up the K2 SAN power on the SAN clients last so that they can verify their media storage as part of their start up processes Taking a SAN client offline 1 Stop all media operations on the de...

Page 243: ...Chapter 9 Operating the K2 SAN This section contains the following topics Powering off the K2 SAN Powering on the K2 SAN Failover behaviors 02 February 2012 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 243 ...

Page 244: ...ows a From the K2 System Configuration application in the tree view select the name of the K2 SAN which is the top node of the storage system tree Then click the Server Control Panel button The Server Control Panel opens b Take note of which is the primary K2 Media Server and which is the backup K2 Media Server c For the backup K2 Media Server click Stop This takes the server out of service d Shut...

Page 245: ... seconds The power button on the RAID controller turns off power for the primary RAID chassis and any connected Expansion chassis Power off normally occurs within 20 seconds and is indicated when LEDs other than those on the power supplies go off and the fans stop rotating 4 Wait for RAID power off to complete before proceeding 5 Power off all Ethernet switches 6 Power off the control point PC and...

Page 246: ...Basic K2 SAN power on procedure 246 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 02 February 2012 Operating the K2 SAN ...

Page 247: ...Redundant K2 SAN power on procedure 02 February 2012 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 247 Operating the K2 SAN ...

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Page 249: ...Nearline K2 SAN power on procedure 02 February 2012 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 249 Operating the K2 SAN ...

Page 250: ...trol point PC and verify proper operation during power up of the system 1 Power up and log on to the PC using standard Windows procedures 2 Start and log on to NetCentral 3 NetCentral reports devices as offline As each device of the K2 SAN is powered on check NetCentral to verify the device s status Failover behaviors If a fault occurs and one of the failover mechanisms is triggered an online redu...

Page 251: ...SCSI traffic is using media network A The iSCSI adapters TOEs on the A K2 Media Server provide access to the Fibre Channel connected RAID storage K2 Media Server A is the media file system metadata server Control Team failover behavior K2 RAID K2 Media Servers K2 SAN attached system Connection Failure Ethernet switches A A B B Fibre Channel connections Control Media Control Media Control FTP Media...

Page 252: ...2 RAID K2 Media Servers K2 SAN attached system Ethernet switches A A B B Fibre Channel connections Control Media Control Media Control FTP Media Control FTP Media ISLs X Connection Failure Control traffic goes to server A which is still the media file system database server iSCSI traffic uses the iSCSI adapter on server B If the following system connection or component fails to respond to network ...

Page 253: ...Media Control Media Control FTP Media Control FTP Media ISLs X If the following system connection or component fails to respond to network communication The control connection between a K2 SAN attached system and GigE switch A Then the following failover behavior occurs 1 The control team on the K2 SAN attached system fails over and communication begins on the other control port 2 The control comm...

Page 254: ...ntroller A Then the following failover behavior occurs 1 The media file system SNFS and media database on K2 Media Server A fail over and K2 Media Server B becomes the active media file system metadata server 2 All K2 SAN attached systems drop communication on the A media port and begin using the B media port finding a path through GigE switch B to K2 Media Server B All K2 SAN attached systems use...

Page 255: ...B becomes the active media file system metadata server 2 All K2 SAN attached systems drop communication on the A media port and begin using the B media port finding a path through GigE switch B to K2 Media Server B All K2 SAN attached systems use an iSCSI adapter TOE on the B K2 Media Server to provide access to the Fibre Channel connected RAID storage 3 For all K2 SAN attached systems communicati...

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Page 257: ...ction contains the following topics Device terminology Control point PC description K2 Ethernet switch description K2 Media Server description NH K2 Media Server K2 RAID storage description 02 February 2012 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 257 ...

Page 258: ...r Fibre Channel client to the K2 SAN Control point PC description A control point PC runs applications from which you operate configure and monitor the K2 SAN You can have one or more PCs that provide control point functionality You must have at least one control point PC on which you install and run the K2Config application The primary applications that run on a control point PC are as follows Th...

Page 259: ...etworking In addition the switch offers full network management capabilities You must use the HP ProCurve switch for iSCSI traffic You can use a Cisco switch such as the Cisco Catalyst 3750 Gigabit Ethernet switch for control and FTP streaming traffic if required by your site Refer to the manuals that you receive with the switch for more information K2 Ethernet switch specifications The K2 Etherne...

Page 260: ...rt on this card is also referred to as a TOE TCP IP Offload Engine One Fibre Channel card K2 Media Server specifications The K2 Media Server is built on a Dell PowerEdge R610 server platform Specifications that are unique to it purpose as a K2 Media Server are listed in the following table For a complete list of specifications refer to Dell documentation Dell R610 PowerEdge server Specification Ch...

Page 261: ... Characteristic Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition Operating System ATTO Celerity FC 81ENSingle Channel 8Gb s Fibre Channel PCIe 2 0 Host Adapter for online systems ATTO Celerity FC 82EN Dual Channel 8Gb s Fibre Channel PCIe 2 0 Host Adapter for nearline systems Fibre Channel Adapter Two dual port embedded Broadcom NetXtreme II 5709c Gigabit Ethernet NIC Intel Single port 10 Gigabit SF...

Page 262: ...o the installation chapters earlier in this manual for connection and configuration instructions The K2 RAID is NEC model D4 30 with D4 controller s For specifications and servicing information refer to the K2 RAID Storage Instruction Manual 262 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 02 February 2012 Description of K2 SAN Devices ...

Page 263: ...age Tools This section contains the following topics About SiteConfig K2Config Server Control Panel Storage Utility for K2 SAN NetCentral Windows Remote Desktop Connection 02 February 2012 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 263 ...

Page 264: ... systems You should use SiteConfig for network configuration and software deployment at installation and throughout the life of the system in your facility This enforces consistent policy and allows SiteConfig to keep a record of changes which makes the system easier to maintain and aids in troubleshooting should a problem arise SiteConfig displays information from a system description file which ...

Page 265: ...ace to manage software deployment tasks Select an item in the tree and the view on the right side of the screen shows details about the item selected Select a site or group to show information about all the items that fall under the selected item Right click an item to access a context menu of operations Icon overlays on items and tooltips provide status and warning feedback K2Config The K2 System...

Page 266: ...ion actually takes place via the Fibre Channel connection between the K2 Media Server and the RAID storage device Ethernet switches The K2Config application can launch a switch s web based configuration application You can expand and select nodes in the tree view to view K2 SANs individual devices and configuration settings The configuration file is saved on the V drive along with the media files ...

Page 267: ...and control the current status of a K2 Media Server in its roles as the media file system server and the metadata server This is especially useful for redundant K2 SANs as you must know if a server is currently acting as primary or as backup before attempting any troubleshooting or service work Server Control Panel displays information about the metadata service and the media file system server pr...

Page 268: ...s This section explains Storage Utility for the K2 SAN Refer to the K2 System Guide to learn about Storage Utility for stand alone K2 Summit Solo system NOTE For shared storage run Storage Utility only via the K2Config application The Storage Utility is your primary access to the media file system the media database and media disks of the K2 SAN for configuration maintenance and repair It is launc...

Page 269: ...system and other software Storage Utility for K2 SAN labels this group of disks a RANK This is different than previous versions of Storage Utility for K2 SAN which labeled the group of disks a LUN In contrast Storage Utility for stand alone K2 storage still labels the group of disks a LUN This name change is necessary because the maximum disk size recognized by some Windows operating systems is re...

Page 270: ...fore you can use the Remote Desktop Connection you need network access and permissions to connect to the K2 system You can use either the name or the IP address to access the K2 system Do not use the Remote Desktop Connection to access the PC running the Control Point software or to access the AppCenter application results may be unreliable Take care when accessing an online K2 system on which med...

Page 271: ...on Grass Valley systems Modifying K2 SAN settings Managing redundancy on a K2 SAN Working with K2 Media Servers Working with K2 clients Using Storage Utility Working on the media file system and database Working with RAID storage Working with Ethernet switches 02 February 2012 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 271 ...

Page 272: ...in privileges Not a member of the Administrators group Full access Windows Operating System To support legacy FTP and security features K2 systems also have movie mxfmovie mpgmovie and video_fs accounts Do not use these accounts to log in to the Windows operating system on K2 systems About application security on the K2 SAN The K2Config application and the Storage Utility application both require ...

Page 273: ...a user s privileges For more on NetCentral security see NetCentral documentation About credentials in SiteConfig SiteConfig requires administrative privileges on devices in order to perform most of the network configuration and deployment tasks For known devices types SiteConfig has a default administrator login and password These default credential depend on the SiteConfig version so check your S...

Page 274: ...ported When you change a setting in one application it is not automatically updated directly in the other application The applications do not communicate dynamically with one another However both applications can read settings as currently configured on the actual physical device and update their XML file accordingly This is the method you must use to keep the applications in synch When you change...

Page 275: ...g XML into SiteConfig This operation creates a SiteConfig site with K2Config defined devices but leaves existing sites as is Use this operation when you ve already defined some sites using SiteConfig and you later want to bring in another K2Config defined K2 SAN that doesn t exist in SiteConfig Do not merge a K2Config XML that you ve already merged If you do so it is likely that SiteConfig will cr...

Page 276: ...plication tree view select the current name of the K2 SAN which is the top node of the storage system tree 2 Click Rename The Rename dialog box opens 3 Enter the new name of the SAN and click Apply 4 If the SAN name is used similarly in SiteConfig make the appropriate change in SiteConfig Adding devices to a K2 SAN Refer to the topics in this section to add devices to an existing K2 SAN Adding a g...

Page 277: ...re defined for the system The application does not allow you to add K2 Media Servers Refer to the installation chapter for each type of SAN for more information For all system levels and designs adding a K2 Media Server with the role of media file system metadata server to an existing K2 SAN is not supported as a customer procedure Adding a server with these roles fundamentally changes the baselin...

Page 278: ...n configuration and maintenance of your K2 SAN If you run SiteConfig and or the K2Config application on multiple PCs in your facility you must enforce an operational policy whereby you constrain your use of the applications as follows Designate a control point PC as the configuration PC and then make changes from that PC only On the other control point PCs limit operations to view only when access...

Page 279: ...ation file is saved on the V drive along with the media files in the shared storage system When you use the Retrieve Configuration feature you are connecting to the configuration file Taking a K2 SAN offline 1 Stop all media access 2 Shut down all K2 clients and all generic clients You can do this via SiteConfig 3 Take all K2 Media Servers out of service If you have redundant servers make sure tha...

Page 280: ...me tools such as Final Cut Pro for playback and editing The QuickTime tool must be run on another system Running the QuickTime player or other QuickTime tools on the K2 system is not supported You have options for connections access and software to support your workflow requirements About MXF reference files For MXF reference files the K2 clip can be any supported format simple clip K2 software cr...

Page 281: ...g any configuration or service work on a redundant K2 Media Server you must know if the server is the current primary server or the current backup server for the media file system and the metadata service While most configuration and service work can be accomplished on a backup server without affecting the operation of the SAN if you attempt configuration or service work on the operating primary s...

Page 282: ...ly regarding redundancy The recommended mode for local operation of a K2 Media Server is to use a connected keyboard monitor and mouse You can also use Windows Remote Desktop Connection from a network connected PC to access the Windows desktop for local operation but this is not recommended if the system is currently online with media access underway The additional load on network and local system...

Page 283: ...f service and takes control of the K2 SAN Therefore before using these procedures verify that the backup K2 Media Server is fully operational and qualified to take control of the K2 SAN Be aware that the failover capabilities of the K2 SAN are degraded until you place the machine back into service as the backup K2 Media Server You should stop all media access before attempting this procedure If me...

Page 284: ...the SAN K2server2 is acting as the primary K2 Media Server 1 Verify primary backup roles and make sure K2server2 is the primary 2 Start up K2server1 It is now out of service 3 Determine the cause of the failover and take corrective action as necessary If you need to do service work on K2server1 or other devices on the failed side of the SAN you can do it now After your work is complete proceed wit...

Page 285: ...lover event If the K2 Media Server that you want to take out of service is currently the primary you have the following options Make the current primary K2 Media Server the backup in an orderly fashion by triggering an intentional failover Then when the K2 Media Server is the backup you can take it out of service Take the current backup out of service shutdown so that the primary K2 Media Server i...

Page 286: ...o occur and the backup server becomes primary When you restart the former primary server it comes up out of service Primary Both primary and backup are in service online Redundant servers The server automatically powers itself down When you restart the server it comes up out of service Backup The media file system services stop but the server continues to run It does not automatically shut down Th...

Page 287: ...ollowing options to identify K2 Media Server software versions In NetCentral select the Facility button then in the tree view open the node for the K2 Media Server This exposes the subsystems You can find software version information on property pages for the Software subsystem and the Roles subsystem In the K2Config application tree view open the node for the K2 Media Server This exposes the node...

Page 288: ... To do this select each iSCSI client and click Remove 5 Use SiteConfig to change the IP address Make sure that the IP address is within the range designated for the network 6 Restart the K2 Media Server 7 In the K2Config tree view expand the node for the media server that has the iSCSI interface adapter for which you need to change the IP address and click the iSCSI Bridge node The iSCSI Bridge Se...

Page 289: ...n to restore the default network configuration Identify adapters On some systems it is possible that the Microsoft Windows operating system has enumerated network adapter names in an unpredictable sequence You must identify adapters by their location rather than by the enumeration assigned by the Windows operating system and verify or modify the adapter name as necessary 1 If not already open open...

Page 290: ...ion ____ 3 PCI bus ____ device 0 function ____ 4 4 Repeat the previous steps until you have determined which adapter name goes to which PCI bus X device 0 function X location Next name adapters Name adapters Before doing this task you must know the PCI bus X device 0 function X location of adapters 1 If not already open open Network Connections as follows a From the Windows taskbar click Start Net...

Page 291: ...ce 0 function 0 Unused Connection 0 PCI bus 1 device 0 function 1 Unused Connection 1 PCI bus 2 device 0 function 0 Unused Connection 2 PCI bus 2 device 0 function 1 FTP 10G Connection PCI bus 5 device 0 function 0 The 10 Gig network interface adapter must be named FTP 10G Connection If it has dual ports name the other connection Unused Connection 3 10G 5 Proceed as follows If all the names on thi...

Page 292: ... Unused Connection 2 On systems with a 10 Gig network interface card installed the specified order is as follows Control Connection FTP 10G Connection Unused Connection 1 Unused Connection 2 Unused Connection 3 10G 4 Click OK to close and accept the changes 5 Close Network Connections If continuing with network configuration next set power management settings Set power management settings 1 If not...

Page 293: ...nted procedure Replacing a K2 Media Server The requirements for replacing a K2 Media Server on an existing K2 SAN are as follows You must be logged in to the K2Config application with permissions equivalent to K2 administrator or higher Use this procedure if a K2 Media Server in a working system is faulty or otherwise needs to be replaced with a new K2 Media Server NOTE If you are replacing a non ...

Page 294: ...e replacement server was previously configured on a K2 SAN you must restart it before adding it to a K2 SAN or in any other way reconfiguring it for use 11 In SiteConfig add discover and assign the replacement server Configure the hostname and all network settings on the replacement server to be the same as they were on the faulty server 12 Copy the host table onto the replacement server You can u...

Page 295: ...re from the K2 Media Server 6 Power down the K2 Media Server and replace the iSCSI interface adapter or adapters Refer to the service documentation on the Dell Documentation CD for procedures If you are replacing two single port adapters with a dual port adapter install the dual port adapter in slot 2 Leave slot 3 empty 7 Power up the K2 Media Server 8 If you are replacing two single port adapters...

Page 296: ...vers 3 Open the directory for the K2 Media Server platform on which you are installing as follows Platform type Directory 64 bit x64 32 bit x86 4 Open setup exe An install wizard opens 5 Restart the K2 Media Server Recovering from a failed K2 Media Server system battery The following procedure applies to K2 Media Servers based on the Dell 2850 2950 platform K2 Media Servers on other Dell models ca...

Page 297: ...ge the way services run on a configured K2 Media Server NAS server FTP server Metadata server iSCSI bridge SNFS file system server Service Automatic Automatic Manual Automatic Automatic2 CvfsPM1 Automatic Automatic Automatic Automatic Automatic Grass Valley AppService Manual Manual Manual Manual Manual Grass Valley Extent Manager Service Manual Automatic3 Manual Manual Manual Grass Valley FTP Dame...

Page 298: ...tic Automatic Automatic Automatic Automatic GV STRATUS Summit Services Automatic Automatic Automatic Automatic Automatic ProductFrame Discovery Agent Service Automatic Automatic Automatic Automatic Automatic SabreTooth License Server Automatic Automatic Automatic Automatic Automatic SabreTooth Protocol Service Automatic Automatic Automatic Automatic Automatic SNMP Service Automatic Automatic Autom...

Page 299: ...y Consult with Grass Valley before attempting to add a license to an existing K2 SAN To license a K2 SAN the license must be installed on the K2 Media Server with role of file system server Related Topics About K2 SAN licensing on page 126 Requesting a license This topic applies to Grass Valley Sabretooth licenses For the system you are licensing you must provide a generated unique ID to Grass Val...

Page 300: ...u encounter difficulties when requesting a license If you encounter difficulties running the License wizard or the License wizard is not available try this alternate method 1 Generate a unique ID of the device where you will install software as follows a Double click on the License Manager icon on the Windows Desktop The SabreTooth License Manager opens b Choose File Generate Unique Id the License...

Page 301: ...censes to a secure external location This allows you to quickly re install a license should it be deleted or should you have to downgrade and then re license the software You can archive multiple licenses at the same time NOTE If you downgrade to an earlier version of the licensed software make sure to archive the licenses first 1 In the SabreTooth License Manager select the license or licenses 2 ...

Page 302: ...Do a local hard shutdown Use this method only when there is a problem that prevents you from using one of the other methods for an orderly shutdown To do a hard shutdown hold down the standby button for approximately five seconds To restart press the standby button again Taking a K2 client offline To take a K2 client offline simply stop all media access and then shut down the K2 client Bringing a ...

Page 303: ...ows You must be logged in to the K2Config application with permissions equivalent to K2 administrator or higher Media access must be stopped on the K2 client you are removing You can remove a K2 client without disrupting the operation of the rest of the SAN If a K2 Summit system the write filter must be disabled 1 Stop media access on the K2 client 2 In SiteConfig remove the K2 client 3 In the K2C...

Page 304: ...ing d Assign the discovered K2 client to placeholder K2 client e Verify that networks are assigned and planned network interface settings applied 6 Edit hosts files or other name resolution mechanisms for all the devices of the K2 SAN You can use SiteConfig for this task 7 In the K2Config application add the K2 client as a new device to the K2 SAN load balancing the K2 client just as it was previo...

Page 305: ...and disabling the write filter using K2Config Before doing this task make sure that your K2 Summit system is in a state as follows Media access is stopped The K2 Summit system is not being used This task required a restart You can use the K2Config application to enable and disable the writer filter on a SAN attached K2 Summit system 1 On the PC that hosts K2Config open the K2Config application A l...

Page 306: ...tting to change the state of the write filter as follows Select the setting to enable the write filter Clear the setting to disable the write filter 6 Click Apply Write Filter to put your change into effect 7 When prompted confirm your change and the restart of the K2 Summit system Configure live streaming multicast using K2Config Before doing this task make sure that the SAN attached K2 Summit sy...

Page 307: ...fig application tree view select each K2 Summit system attached to the K2 SAN and verify that the Write Filter Enabled setting shows that the write filter is not enabled on the K2 Summit system 4 In the K2Config application tree view select the name of the K2 SAN which is the top node of the storage system tree The SAN summary information is displayed 5 Select the multicast IP base The K2 Summit s...

Page 308: ...cess permissions are passed from the K2Config application to the Storage Utility as it opens so make sure that you are logged in with sufficient permissions You can open Storage Utility in the following ways In the K2Config application tree view select the name of the K2 SAN which is the top node of the storage system tree Then click the Storage Utility button Storage Utility opens In this case th...

Page 309: ...ermine if an optional RAID Controller B is installed select the Controller icon in the tree view then examine the status pane for peer status Bound Disks Expanding the Bound node displays all bound disks RANK Represents a bound RANK Expanding the RANK node displays the disk modules that make up the RANK UnBound disks Expanding the UnBound node displays all unbound disk modules Disks Represents the...

Page 310: ... a message appears to confirm success 3 Click OK to dismiss the results 4 Messages appear online mode now and continue Do one of the following Click Yes to put the system in online mode This is the recommended option in most cases For example even if you plan to next clean unreferenced files and or movies that operation requires that the system be online so you should put it online now When you cl...

Page 311: ...you can check for more information Clean unreferenced movies 1 In Storage Utility click Tools Clean Unreferenced Movies 2 A message box appears searching Please wait Observe progress 3 A message box reports results Respond as follows If no unreferenced movies are found click OK to dismiss the results If unreferenced movies are discovered you are prompted to delete them Click Yes to delete the movi...

Page 312: ...stem appears click OK 7 Restart the K2 Media Server 8 You now have a blank empty file system Proceed as follows On a 7 x SAN you also have a blank database Do not perform additional operations on the database Skip to the next step in this procedure On a 3 x SAN the media database still contains references to media files which are no longer present in the file system To clear the media database do ...

Page 313: ...lly installed 3 On the K2 Media Server with the role of primary media file system metadata server save a copy of the following files to a different location D snfs config default cfg on some systems this file is named gvfs_hostname cfg where hostname is the name of the SNFS file system server D snfs config cvlabels 4 Power down the K2 SAN including RAID storage devices 5 Power up the RAID storage ...

Page 314: ...ke advantage of the increased bandwidth Also if there is a significant portion of the storage pool occupied by this existing media its presence reduces the extent to which new media can use the increased bandwidth For this reason the dynamic bandwidth expansion process provides the Restripe Utility which restripes the existing media across the new wider stripe group This enables both the existing ...

Page 315: ...using these files to recover 3 If K2 storage contains Aurora media do additional steps 4 Verify recovery disk images Update if necessary Related Topics Identifying current primary backup K2 Media Servers on page 281 Expanding bandwidth for Aurora products on page 318 Set up and configure RAID for bandwidth expansion 1 Rack any new RAID equipment 2 Stop all media access and power down K2 clients an...

Page 316: ... and the new RANKs 14 Start up the remaining K2 Media Servers that are connected to the K2 SAN Do not use the standard startup processes here Just start up the server s and wait until the Windows desktop appears On a redundant K2 SAN do not use Server Control Panel or manually start Related Topics Cleaning unreferenced files and movies on page 310 Accessing Storage Utility on page 308 Checking con...

Page 317: ...rming you to restart servers Click OK 11 Make sure Storage Utility is closed before proceeding 12 If directed modify RTIOS Depending on your use of the expanded file system you might need to change the RTIOS value This value can be calculated only by Grass Valley Support Do this step only under the direction of Grass Valley Support As directed use a text editor to modify the SNFS configuration fil...

Page 318: ... Managing the Restripe Utility on page 319 Expanding bandwidth for Aurora products The Expansion by bandwidth feature is supported on K2 Storage Systems that store media from both K2 products and Aurora products If the storage system contains media from Aurora products and you want to retain that media additional steps are required as follows 1 Before starting the file system expansion using Notep...

Page 319: ...can start and stop the Restripe Utility manually as follows At any time while the Restripe Utility is in the process of restriping clips you can right click the icon in the system tray and select Abort This stops the restripe process and closes the Restripe Utility NOTE Stopping the Restripe Utility before it completes its processes leaves some of your existing media still striped across the origi...

Page 320: ...e the Services control panel to stop the service If a K2 SAN use Server Control Panel to stop the service on primary and if present backup K2 Media Server with role of file system server 5 Determine which backup file is the most recent good file by examining the file modification date on each backup file 6 Rename the current media db file which is assumed to be corrupt to another name and rename t...

Page 321: ...nits RANK Firmware Vendor State Product ID Capacity Disk Number of disks Unbound Checking controller microcode As explained in the previous section to check controller microcode in Storage Utility select the controller in the tree view and the microcode version is displayed Identifying disks When you do maintenance or service work on your RAID storage it is important for many tasks that you positi...

Page 322: ... 2A 29 28 33 32 31 30 DP0 Expansion 3 37 36 35 34 3B 3A 39 38 43 42 41 40 DP0 Expansion 4 47 46 45 44 4B 4A 49 48 53 52 51 50 DP0 Expansion 5 57 56 55 54 5B 5A 59 58 63 62 61 60 DP0 Expansion 6 67 66 65 64 6B 6A 69 68 73 72 71 70 DP0 Expansion 7 77 76 75 74 7B 7A 79 78 DP0 DP1 disk numbering When Expansion chassis are connected to DP0 and DP1 in an alternating pattern the disk numbering is as foll...

Page 323: ...s that make up a RANK Always use the disk identify feature before removing and replacing a failed disk module Accidentally removing the wrong disk module can destroy data 1 Open Storage Utility and in the tree view expand all nodes so that all disks are displayed 2 Open the bezel on the RAID storage chassis or otherwise make sure you can see disk LEDs 3 Identify the disks in a RANK or identify a s...

Page 324: ...ou intend to unbind is in the Selected box If not select RANKs and click the arrow buttons until the RANKs you intend to bind are in the Selected box and the RANKs you do not intend to unbind are in the Available box NOTE As an aid in identifying a disk module s physical location select it in the Selected Disks list then click Identify Disks This causes the disk drive LED to flash 4 Click OK to cl...

Page 325: ... but do not run media access at full bandwidth The background bind process is useful when doing initial system installation and configuration as it does not require the long wait time required for full bind You can have RAID disks binding while you move on to other tasks that require RAID media access With either type of binding process you should bind multiple RANKs simultaneously to reduce the o...

Page 326: ...Disks box select contiguous disks at the top of the list as appropriate for the RAID type TIP Use shift click or control click to select disks 5 Click the add arrow button to add disks to the Selected Disks list NOTE As an aid in identifying a disk module s physical location select it in the Selected Disks list then click Identify Disks This causes the disk drive LED to flash 6 Click OK to close t...

Page 327: ... same set of disks are automatically selected as a pair The Binding dialog box opens showing all unbound disks for the controller listed in theAvailable Disk list 2 Select Hot Spare using the BIND TYPE drop down box 3 In the Available Disks box select the disk s to be used as hot spares then click the add arrow button to add them to the Selected Disks list NOTE As an aid in identifying a disk modu...

Page 328: ...howing the microcode upgrade task and the percentage completion 5 On 100 completion proceed as follows If the RAID controller chassis has redundant controllers power cycle the RAID controller chassis then restart the K2 Media Server If the RAID controller chassis does not have redundant controllers no power cycle is required The firmware download is complete Downloading disk drive firmware Prerequ...

Page 329: ...ghts flash as firmware loads Wait until the lights on all the drives on which you are downloading firmware have completed their flashing pattern This can take several minutes The Progress Report window appears showing the disk firmware download task and the percentage complete 4 When finished restart the K2 Media Server Replacing a disk module In the event of a disk drive failure you ll repair the...

Page 330: ...ay need to refresh the Storage Utility display On completion the drive status changes from Rebuilding to Online Related Topics Identifying disks on page 321 Replacing a controller If the RAID chassis has a single controller non redundant you must take the K2 SAN offline before replacing a failed controller Refer to procedures in the Instruction Manual for your RAID storage chassis The remainder of...

Page 331: ...n the chassis 4 Remove and replace the disabled RAID controller module Refer to procedures in the Instruction Manual for your RAID storage chassis 5 On inserting the replacement RAID controller it initializes and is automatically enabled to become the backup RAID controller Configuring RAID chassis network and SNMP settings Through Storage Utility you can configure the following settings on a RAID...

Page 332: ...rom controller 1 are loaded into the Controller Network Settings dialog box and are available for you to modify Repeat the previous steps to configure controller 1 7 Click OK to save settings and close 8 Restart the RAID chassis to put SNMP configuration changes into effect Replacing a controller If the RAID chassis has a single controller non redundant you must take the K2 SAN offline before repl...

Page 333: ...lows If the faulty controller reports as disabled proceed to the next step in this procedure If the faulty controller reports as online right click the controller icon in the tree view and select Advanced Disable Controller 0 or Disable Controller 1 then click OK to continue The RAID controller is disabled You can check controller status in the Storage Utility You may need to refresh the display N...

Page 334: ...y control traffic and FTP traffic use ISLs but since FTP traffic is more variable and has potentially higher bandwidth needs it is the primary consideration when designing ISLs You do not need to consider iSCSI bandwidth on ISLs Using three 1 Gig ISLs to connect switches is the default configuration for all K2 SANs This provides sufficient bandwidth for most FTP traffic loads The10 Gig ports on th...

Page 335: ...ures Check the switch firmware version Do not do this task if Your HP ProCurve 29xx series switch already has the current required firmware version Do this task if Your HP ProCurve 29xx series switch does not have the current required firmware version Refer to compatibility information earlier in these release notes for firmware version requirements You must have the proper version of firmware on ...

Page 336: ...nning tree Spanning tree information is displayed 3 Check the spanning tree information and make sure that settings are correct as follows STP Enabled Yes Force Version RSTP operation 4 If settings are correct no further configuration is required 5 If settings are not correct you have the following options If you have one switch only and the switch is not connected to any other switches these span...

Page 337: ...d Restart the switch to put changes into effect If STP Enabled is set to No you must enable spanning tree using the switch s Web interface Enable spanning tree The following procedure is for the HP ProCurve switch 29xx series Do not use this procedure on other switch models 1 From the control point PC or another PC make sure that you have a direct Ethernet cable connection to the switch with no sw...

Page 338: ...you are using for the upgrade 4 Execute the copy command with the following syntax copy tftp flash ip address remote os file primary secondary Note that if you do not specify the flash destination the TFTP download defaults to the primary flash For example to download a software file named T_13_23 swi from a TFTP server with the IP address of 10 16 34 3 1 use the following ProCurve copy tftp flash...

Page 339: ...CSI_switch1 show flash Image Size Bytes Date Version Primary Image 6737518 07 25 08 T 13 23 Secondary Image 5886358 10 26 06 T 11 12 Boot Rom Version K 12 12 Current Boot Primary 8 Verify that the new software version is in the expected flash area primary or secondary 9 Restart the switch from the flash area that holds the new software primary or secondary 02 February 2012 K2 SAN Installation and ...

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Page 341: ...2 SAN systems This section contains the following topics About custom K2 SAN systems About custom K2 SAN information System diagrams Explanations and procedures 02 February 2012 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 341 ...

Page 342: ...om designed K2 SAN systems built with recently released Grass Valley hardware and software products Custom systems of this type are also called Level 40 systems This information assumes that the reader understands and has access to the baseline information about standard pre defined K2 SAN systems as presented in customer documentation The customer documents that relate to the K2 SAN system are as...

Page 343: ...it Ethernet carrying traffic that is not real time media A black gray pair denotes redundant cables This system differs from the Level 3R system as follows A Fibre Channel switch fabric comprised of one or more Fibre Channel switches is interposed between K2 Media Servers and the RAID Storage devices This allows more RAID Storage devices to be connected which provides higher bandwidth and more sto...

Page 344: ...nnel card installed and are connected directly to the Fibre Channel Fabric This replaces the iSCSI layer Because there is no iSCSI there is no need for multiple K2 Media Servers to act as iSCSI bridges reducing the total number of K2 Media Servers required There is a RAID chassis dedicated for file system metadata The FSM K2 Media Servers read write data over Fibre Channel only to the metadata RAI...

Page 345: ...or RAID 6 When you change the RTIOS you must reboot the system for it to take effect For a Fibre Channel SAN the 8 Gig controller must be set to Fabric When connecting iNavi make sure the browser has scripting turned on K2 RAID Fibre Channel port redundant configuration In addition to the Level 3 non redundant and Level 3 redundant configurations you can also cable and use K2 RAID Fibre Channel po...

Page 346: ... a system is assembled with an iSCSI failover mechanism AND a Fibre Channel port failover mechanism the policies of these two failover mechanisms can conflict during a failover event and result in scrambled data pathways Examples of systems without conflicting failover policies are as follows A system with iSCSI clients that are non redundant This means the clients have just one connection to the ...

Page 347: ...uninstall program file or the shortcut link that points to the uninstall program file The uninstall program shortcut is in the same folder as the program shortcut Start menu program group on desktop or user specified that is used to start the SANsurfer Switch Manager application 2 Double click the uninstall program file or shortcut link and follow the instructions to uninstall the SANsurfer Switch...

Page 348: ...enu and select Switch Properties The Switch Properties dialog box opens 3 Set Domain ID to 1 4 Set Domain ID lock to Enable 5 Click OK SANsurfer Switch Manager updates the switch When a message box reports status complete click OK The Switch Properties dialog box closes 6 Open the Zoning menu and select Edit Zoning to open the Edit Zoning dialog 348 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 02 Februa...

Page 349: ...oneSetA and select Create A Zone from the popup menu 10 In the Create a Zone dialog enter Zone1 as the name for the new zone and click the OK button The new zone name is displayed in the Zone Sets tree NOTE If you enter the name of a zone that already exists in the database the SANsurfer Switch Manager application will ask if you would like to add that zone and its membership to the zone set 11 Ri...

Page 350: ...click the zone and select Set Zone Type from the popup menu b In the Set Zone Type dialog open the Zone Type pull down menu and select ACL then click the OK button c Repeat steps for the other zone 15 In the Port Device tree on the right of the Edit Zoning dialog box select ports 0 7 Shift Click and drag them into the Zone1 16 Click the Apply button In the Save Zoning Error Check dialog click Save...

Page 351: ...perties dialog box closes 25 Open the Zoning menu and select Edit Zoning to open the Edit Zoning dialog 26 Open the Edit menu and select Create Zone Set to open the Create A Zone Set dialog 27 Enter ZoneSetB as the name for the zone set and click the OK button The new zone set name is displayed in the Zone Sets tree 28 Right click ZoneSetB and select Create A Zone from the popup menu 29 In the Cre...

Page 352: ...metrical when cabling a multiple switch fabric For example for a K2 SAN attached client system or Server that has redundant connections that each go to a different switch if you make one connection to port 1 on switch A make the other connection to port 1 on switch B This is especially important on switches that are not interconnected by ISLs as the Fibre Channel failover path can get confused if ...

Page 353: ...0 port HP0 to switch A port 1 Zone 1 Connect controller 0 port HP1 to switch A port 9 Zone 2 Connect controller 1 port HP0 to switch B port 1 Zone 3 Connect controller 1 port HP1 to switch B port 9 Zone 4 Connect RAID chassis 2 3 and 4 similarly 02 February 2012 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 353 Custom K2 SAN systems ...

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Page 355: ...Appendix B Trademarks and Agreements This section contains the following topics Trademarks JPEG acknowledgment 02 February 2012 K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual 355 ...

Page 356: ... trademarks and other proprietary rights may be found at www grassvalley com Other trademarks and logos used in this document are either registered trademarks or trademarks of the manufacturers or vendors of the associated products such as Microsoft Windows operating system Windows Media player Internet Explorer internet browser and SQL Server QuickTime and the QuickTime logo are trademarks or reg...

Page 357: ...ers software 148 183 configuring server roles 133 configuring servers 132 142 configuring software 134 basic online and production K2 SANs continued defining 129 153 188 206 prerequisites 127 battery recovering from failure on K2 Media Server 296 bind unbind basic nearline 198 216 basic online and production 138 full background 325 hot spares 327 RANK 324 redundant nearline 198 216 redundant onlin...

Page 358: ... 32 media iSCSI networks 44 redundant nearline K2 SANs 36 redundant online or production K2 SANs 34 streaming FTP networks 43 devices adding generic client to K2 SANs 241 276 adding to K2 SANs 276 Discovery Agent installing on K2 Media Server 122 DiscoveryAgentServiceSetup msi 78 disk image See recovery disks binding basic nearline 198 216 binding basic online and production 138 binding redundant ...

Page 359: ... nearline 201 219 creating new redundant online and production 166 firmware checking versions on switches 335 loading on RAID controller 327 firmware continued loading on RAID disk 328 upgrading on Ethernet switches 75 338 upgrading versions on switches 75 338 flow control Ethernet switches 74 FTP assigning clients to servers 241 FTP streaming network descriptions 43 FTP servers configuring basic ...

Page 360: ...ntinued taking offline 302 K2 Media Server network SiteConfig 93 103 SiteConfig support 96 adding to K2 SANs 277 K2 Media Servers cable basic online or production 55 cable redundant online or production 55 accessing features 285 configuring IP 293 descriptions 260 identifying primary backup from local server 282 identifying primary backup from NetCentral 281 identifying primary backup from the app...

Page 361: ...tadata See database microcode checking RAID controller microcode 321 loading on RAID controller 327 loading on RAID disk 328 Microsoft Windows system requirement 77 MPIO installing 232 multicast configure for live streaming 306 MXF about reference files 280 N NetCentral about 269 identifying primary backup K2 Media Servers 281 screen resolution 77 networks requirements for SiteConfig installation ...

Page 362: ...ant online and production 147 181 NH10GE servers cable redundant nearline 57 cable basic nearline 57 cable online or production 56 non redundant See basic O offline K2 clients 302 K2 Media Servers 285 K2 SANs 279 online K2 clients 302 K2 Media Servers 287 K2 SANs 279 overviews K2 SANs 30 P passwords 272 pinouts K2 Media heartbeat serial cable 56 power management settings 292 powering off SAN clien...

Page 363: ...t nearline K2 SANs check V drives 204 227 configuring 190 205 208 configuring file system server B 226 configuring file system servers 196 203 214 221 configuring FTP server B 180 227 configuring FTP servers 222 configuring networks 149 184 195 213 225 configuring networks server B 149 184 195 213 225 configuring server B roles 193 211 223 configuring server roles 193 211 223 configuring servers 2...

Page 364: ...r 2008 DHCP 293 importing system descriptions 127 installing 77 installing about 77 main window 264 Network Configuration Connect Kit 78 opening 264 prerequisite files 80 upgrading 78 SiteConfig Discovery Agent installing on K2 Media Server 122 SNMP configuring RAID basic nearline 136 196 configuring RAID basic online and production 136 196 configuring RAID redundant nearline 160 214 configuring R...

Page 365: ...porting into SiteConfig 127 system diagram K2 SAN basic nearline 50 K2 SAN basic online or production 48 K2 SAN redundant nearline 50 K2 SAN redundant online or production 49 T telnet Ethernet switches 64 terms devices 258 K2 storage 32 trademarks 356 U unreferenced files and movies cleaning 310 upgrade software SiteConfig on K2 SAN 116 upgrading firmware on Ethernet switches 75 338 V V drives che...

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