GRASS VALLEY K2 Lx0, Instruction Manual

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July 31, 2008 K2 Lx0 RAID Instruction Manual 3
Contents
Safety Summaries
.............................................................................................. 5
Preface
.................................................................................................................. 9
About this manual.................................................................................................... 9
Using the K2 Documentation Set ....................................................................... 9
K2 Storage System Release Notes ............................................................... 10
K2 Storage System Cabling Guide ................................................................ 10
K2 Media Client Quick Start Guides .............................................................. 10
Documentation CD-ROM ............................................................................... 10
How this manual is organized............................................................................. 10
Terminology used in this manual ........................................................................ 11
Getting more information ......................................................................................... 11
On-line Help Systems ......................................................................................... 11
Thomson Grass Valley Web Site........................................................................ 12
Grass Valley Product Support ................................................................................. 13
Chapter 1 About the K2 Lx0 RAID
K2 Lx0 RAID features.............................................................................................. 15
K2 Lx0 RAID components ....................................................................................... 16
Chassis ............................................................................................................... 17
K2 Lx0 RAID Circuit board modules ................................................................... 17
K2 Lx0 RAID Storage Chassis circuit board modules ................................... 17
K2 Lx0 Expansion RAID Expansion Chassis circuit board modules ............ 18
Power supplies ................................................................................................... 19
Disk modules ...................................................................................................... 19
SAS disk drive ............................................................................................... 20
SATA disk drive ............................................................................................. 20
Chapter 2 K2 Lx0 RAID Installation Information
Installation requirements ......................................................................................... 21
Site requirements ............................................................................................... 21
Power............................................................................................................. 21
Cooling........................................................................................................... 21
Cabling requirements ......................................................................................... 21
Binding disk modules into groups ....................................................................... 22
Installing a K2 Lx0 RAID in an equipment rack ....................................................... 22
Unpacking the chassis........................................................................................ 22
Installing the rack mounts ................................................................................... 22
Inserting the K2 Lx0 RAID chassis in the rack ................................................... 24
K2 Lx0 RAID power-up and initialization ................................................................. 28
Connecting electrical cables ............................................................................... 28
Powering-up the K2 Lx0 RAID system ............................................................... 28
K2 Lx0 RAID power-down ....................................................................................... 29
Battery Backup ........................................................................................................ 30
Chapter 3 Servicing the K2 Lx0 RAID
Maintenance procedures using Grass Valley Storage Utility .................................. 31
Monitoring K2 Lx0 External RAID status using NetCentral ..................................... 31
Interpreting front panel LEDs.............................................................................. 32
Primary and Expansion RAID chassis .......................................................... 33
Interpreting disk module LEDs ................................................................................ 34
Interpreting controller status LEDs .......................................................................... 35
Interpreting expansion adapter status LEDs ........................................................... 38
Interpreting power supply status LEDs.................................................................... 39
Moving disk modules ............................................................................................... 39