Installing a Redundant Controller
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To insert a power supply:
1. Position the power supply so that the red release latch and handle are on the left-hand side.
2. Slide the power supply into its slot until the latch clicks in place. The Engine will automatically
detect the new unit.
Installing a Redundant Controller
You can order and install a redundant Controller for an Avid NEXIS Engine or the System Director
Appliance. You can install the redundant Controller at any time, even if the Engine or System
Director Appliance is already mounted in a rack and operating.
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Both Controllers in an Engine must be the same type, with the same label. See
Controllers” on page 13
for more information. In particular, make sure that both Controllers
in an Engine have the same amount of memory. Installing Controllers with different memory
capacities in the same Engine is not supported.
For highest availability, install a redundant Controller in all Engines and System Director Appliance,
if applicable, in the entire shared storage system. However, you can install a redundant Controller in
the System Director Appliance alone, to ensure the System Director fails over.
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Avid NEXIS | PRO and Avid NEXIS | E2 SSD do not support redundant controllers.
Repeat this procedure for each Engine and the System Director Appliance if applicable.
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Make sure to configure the second Controller before physically installing it into the Engine or
SDA.
To install and use a redundant Controller:
1. Upgrade the Engine or the System Director Appliance to the current release if possible. See the
Avid NEXIS Administration Guide
for more information on upgrading your system. Avid NEXIS
v6.1 is the minimum release to support redundant Controllers.
2. [On systems running v7.0 through 2018.4.n] Configure the second Controller as follows:
a. Open the Agent and click the CONFIGURE tab.
b. Enter the IP address for the redundant Controller.
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