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PVS3000 & PVS 3500 Installation Guide

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b. Select RAID 3 using the LUN TYPE drop-down box.

c. Select five contiguous disks, then click the add button 

 to add them to the 

Selected Disks list. (TIP: Use ‘shift-click’ to select disks.)

d. Click 

OK

 to close the Binding LUN… dialog box and begin the binding process. 

The Progress Report dialog box opens, showing the status of the binding 
process.

e. Repeat step a through step d for all unbound disks on all remaining controllers 

displayed in the tree view.

NOTE: PFR500 and PFR600 controllers take less than a minute to bind a LUN, 
but can bind only one LUN at a time. You must wait until binding is completed 
before binding the next LUN. PFC500 and PFR700 controllers take several hours 
to bind a LUN, but allow multiple binding processes at the same time.

f. Upon 100% completion, click 

Close

 in Progress Report window. 

NOTE: Do not proceed until all LUNs are finished binding.

g. Restart the Windows NT operating system on the Profile XP Platform.

h. Start Configuration Manager using the desktop shortcut or by selecting 

Start | 

Programs | Profile Applications | Configuration Manager

i. In Configuration Manager, click

 File System

 to start the GVG Disk Utility.

6. In the GVG Disk Utility main menu, click 

Tools | Make File System

. The File System 

wizard appears.

Summary of Contents for GRASS VALLEY Profile XP PVS3000

Page 1: ...Profile XP PVS3000 PVS3500 MEDIA PLATFORMS FOR STANDARD HIGH DEFINITION Installation Guide SOFTWARE VERSION 5 4 071 8255 00 FEBRUARY 2004 the most watched worldwide...

Page 2: ...t and Media Solutions Inc trademarks and other proprietary rights may be found at www thomsongrassvalley com Disclaimer Product options and specifications subject to change without notice The informat...

Page 3: ...m is shipped with default Recorder and Player channels These default channels are named Vtr1 Vtr2 Vtr3 and so on The following table describes the video and audio connections you ll make for the two c...

Page 4: ...l F a m il y o f X P S e r ie s G r a s s V a l l e y G r o u p Release Notes Path for the Installer Path for the Operator System Guide User Manuals Other Manuals Contains the latest information abou...

Page 5: ...play clips in any combination of these formats on any SD channel using an SDI output HD channels let you record and play high definition clips with your HD SDI inputs and outputs PVS3500 The PVS3500 i...

Page 6: ...ion chassis prior to or at the same time as the RAID Controller chassis 3 Wait for RAID storage initialization as follows PFR700 RAID Storage systems Wait until all disk access LEDs are steady approxi...

Page 7: ...lay HD SDI PVS 3024 Channel names Video Connections Vtr1 Vtr2 Vtr3 Vtr4 Vtr5 Vtr6 NTSC PAL SD SDI Monitor Record Play HD SDI SDI 2In 2Out A B A B Record Play PVS 3534 Channel names Video Connections V...

Page 8: ...Vtr2 Vtr3 Vtr4 NTSC PAL SD SDI Monitor Record Play HD SDI SDI 2In 2Out A B A B Record Play PVS 3514 Channel names Video Connections Video Connections with Embedded Audio Vtr1 Vtr2 Vtr3 Vtr4 Vtr5 NTSC...

Page 9: ...2 13 16 Vtr1 Vtr2 Vtr3 Vtr4 Vtr5 Vtr6 Vtr7 Vtr8 OR OR AES EBU Breakout Panels Profile Audio Chassis PAC Digital 9 16 Digital 1 8 BNC216 1 2 1 2 3 4 3 4 5 6 5 6 7 8 7 8 9 10 9 10 11 12 11 12 13 14 13 1...

Page 10: ...ch always set to 0 Set Fibre Channel Loop Address ID settings Refer to the table Maximum of 5 PFC 500 Chassis 0626 13 Media Platform Port A Port B 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 2 4 1 3 5 6 8 10 7 9 11 System...

Page 11: ...alled 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Order of daisy chain A B Loosen retaining screws Remove both Loop Bypass Board modules to access the chassis address switch on the midplane board Set the switch to the approp...

Page 12: ...Chassis PFR500E Expansion Chassis PFR500E Expansion Chassis Caution See serial cabling detail below Media Platform After RAID Controller A is configured the standard serial cable will be moved to this...

Page 13: ...ed 4 3 2 1 0 Order of daisy chain A B Loosen retaining screws Remove both Loop Bypass Board modules to access the chassis address switch on the midplane board Set the switch to the appropriate address...

Page 14: ...sis Caution See serial cabling detail below Media Platform After RAID Controller A is configured the standard serial cable will be moved to this connector to configure RAID Controller B if installed M...

Page 15: ...ables Diagnostic cables Power Cords 115V 230V 5 Power up Verification Ready LEDs on RAID controllers are steady ON Front panel Power LED is ON Service LED is OFF after approximately 3 minutes Refer to...

Page 16: ...16 Set up the RAID Storage PFR700 E Local storage only 23 February 2004...

Page 17: ...steps on pages 10 15 3 Turn on the Profile XP Media Platform using the front panel standby switch and wait for Windows NT to initialize and perform auto logon The Windows NT desktop will appear after...

Page 18: ...Start your system 18 PVS3000 PVS3500 Installation Guide 23 February 2004...

Page 19: ...g the Disk Utility NOTE If you want to configure some drives as hot spare drives do not perform this procedure Instead perform the procedures found in Chapter 3 of the Profile XP System Guide in the s...

Page 20: ...ntroller chassis has finished initializing restart the Windows NT operating system on the Profile XP Platform f Start Configuration Manager using the desktop shortcut or by selecting Start Programs Pr...

Page 21: ...rollers take less than a minute to bind a LUN but can bind only one LUN at a time You must wait until binding is completed before binding the next LUN PFC500 and PFR700 controllers take several hours...

Page 22: ...February 2004 7 Enter a volume name or accept the default name then click Next 8 Select Yes create a file system using all RAID3 LUNs then click Finish 9 Click OK in the warning message box The Progre...

Page 23: ...S3500 Installation Guide 23 10 Upon 100 completion click Close in Progress Report window 11 When the reboot message appears click OK then restart the Windows NT operating system on the Profile XP Plat...

Page 24: ...Create a video file system 24 PVS3000 PVS3500 Installation Guide 23 February 2004...

Page 25: ...em Both RAID controllers must be configured if the optional RAID Controller B is installed Refer to the Profile XP Service Manual for information on using NetCentral Lite Modifying network and SNMP se...

Page 26: ...cling the power on the RAID Controller chassis You can leave the Expansion chassis on The boot screen should appear Rebooting now this will kill this shell Ciprico Web Manager Copyright Ciprico Inc 20...

Page 27: ...ce 1 or 2 2 Type 1 then press Enter NOTE The default value may appear different than shown here Mail and SNMP notification level 1 most verbose through 5 off 2 Press Enter Modify User Password N Type...

Page 28: ...Ciprico Network Server Mail and SNMP notification will occur for Hardware changes Warnings and Critical events SNMP TRAP CONFIGURATION TRAP COMMUNITY NAME public TRAP MANAGER 1 IP Address 192 168 0 10...

Page 29: ...will use a baud rate of 9600 HARDWARE PARAMETERS This board s MAC Address is 0 20 46 11 15 81 APPLICATION PARAMETERS Boot Ciprico Network Server Mail and SNMP notification will occur for Warnings and...

Page 30: ...Set up PFR500 or PFR600 network settings 30 PVS3000 PVS3500 Installation Guide 23 February 2004...

Page 31: ...ervice Manual for information on using NetCentral Lite Configuring PFR700 network and SNMP settings Network and SNMP settings are set and stored on the LAN card Therefore the PFR700 RAID chassis inclu...

Page 32: ...onitoring the PFR700 E with your NetCentral Lite on your Profile XP Media Platform enter its IP address If you are monitoring the PFR700 E with NetCentral enter the IP address of the NetCentral server...

Page 33: ...need to reconfigure network settings you must refer to the NetCentral Lite setup instructions in the Profile XP Service Manual to reconfigure SNMP settings Starting NetCentral Lite on the Profile XP s...

Page 34: ...click File Add Device 2 In the Add Device dialog box enter the IP address or host name for RAID Controller A then click OK You can use the following default address if you have not modified network s...

Page 35: ...AES EBU embedded audio and analog audio formats An interface chassis is required for analog audio and AES EBU digital audio If you are using only embedded audio no interface chassis is required Selec...

Page 36: ...wn list arrow in the Embedded column for the channel pair you want to configure and select a video input as shown NOTE With one audio board only the first 4 video inputs are selectable b Click the rig...

Page 37: ...se audio formats are selected automatically when the system sees the audio interface is attached 3 Select embedded audio output using the following steps a For embedded audio select the Embedded check...

Page 38: ...two audio groups 8 audio channels can be embedded on a single video output Embedded audio can only be allocated by groups of 4 channels In some cases with two audio boards installed you may have to s...

Page 39: ...1 Start VdrPanel using the desktop shortcut or by selecting Start Programs Profile Applications VdrPanel The VdrPanel window appears NOTE The first time VdrPanel runs a panel opens for each default re...

Page 40: ...oad Clip to open the Load Clip dialog box c Select clip 1 in the clip list then click OK to load the clip d Click Play and verify that video audio are present at the channel outputs If you have a prob...

Page 41: ...l load a clip and verify the output timing for each play channel To adjust video output timing 1 In VdrPanel load and playback a clip as follows a Click anywhere in the panel for the first Play Channe...

Page 42: ...lick Next to navigate to page 2 of 3 4 Select the video output from the list then adjust the video output timing with the timing controls NOTE Use the Select All button to enter the same offset for al...

Page 43: ...for remote control 1 If VdrPanel is not already running start it using the desktop shortcut or by selecting Start Programs Profile Applications VdrPanel The VdrPanel window appears 2 In VdrPanel click...

Page 44: ...0 rear panel P1 through P8 are RS 422 ports on the I O Panel Figure 1 dialog box 5 Click OK in the Channel Configuration dialog box 6 Repeat step 2 through step 5 for the remaining panels 7 Test the s...

Page 45: ...or by selecting Start Programs Profile Applications Prolink 3 Select an RS 422 serial port then click Select The Prolink window appears 4 Test the PVS3000 system using your controller 5 Repeat steps 2...

Page 46: ...Select an RS 422 control protocol 46 PVS3000 PVS3500 Installation Guide 23 February 2004...

Page 47: ...entative may be available in your country To locate the support representative for your country visit the product support Web page on the Grass Valley Web site Profile Users Group You can connect with...

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