Adding an Engine to Your Infrastructure
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IP Address, netmask, and gateway assigned to the Controllers in all Engines in the shared
storage system
To add Engines to an existing Avid NEXIS shared storage system:
1. Rack-mount the chassis and connect the power cables as described in
2. Connect a 10Gb network cable (or two cables if you have redundant controllers and are using
LACP) to the same subnet on the switch currently used by the existing Avid NEXIS system.
3. Turn on the new chassis.
4. Connect the Management Port on the Controller (the top or left Controller, if there are two) to a
laptop or local computer and configure the computer’s IP address to 169.254.10.20 and the
subnet to 255.255.255.0.
5. Launch a browser and open the Agent on the new chassis:
https://
169.254.10.10:5015
.
6. Download and install the same Avid NEXIS software version that is running on the existing
shared storage system. As part of the software installation, the chassis reboots.
7. After the chassis restarts, reopen the Agent and configure the new system, with the following
information:
a. Enter the same Storage System Name as the existing shared storage system it is joining.
b. Enter a name for the new chassis in the Engine Name field, and optionally enter an
Enclosure ID.
c. Do not check the box to “Run as System Director.”
d. In the Data Interfaces section, enter an IP address for the Controller (or both Controllers, if
applicable) in the same subnet as the existing shared storage system. If using redundant
Controllers and LACP, check the Link Aggregation box.
e. Click Submit.
The system reboots again.
8. When it has restarted, log in to the Management Console for the shared storage system. The new
Engine appears in the Engines list with unbound Media Packs.
9. Bind the Media Pack (or Packs) to the existing file system. See the
Avid NEXIS Administration
Guide
for more information.
10. Add the Media Pack (or Packs) to an existing Storage Group or you can create a new Storage
Group. See the
Avid NEXIS Administration Guide
for more information.
If you add the Media Packs to an existing Storage Group, redistribution will begin.