Introduction
Overview
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Lightspeed G-Series Guide
System Power
The chassis features redundant hot-swappable dual digital power supplies that
automatically sense the input voltage between 100v to 240v, and operate at that
voltage. Power cords plug directly into the power supply units at the back of the
chassis, and the Power On/Off (0/1) button on the front energizes the unit. A green light
indicates that the power supply is operating. When a power supply fails or is
disconnected, an amber light on the power supply illuminates and an alarm sounds.
Drives
The chassis supports up to eight SSD hot-swappable 2.5" media hard disk drives. The
eight drive bays on the right (viewed from the front) support SSD media drives, two of
which are included as standard. These eight storage drives can be configured for RAID
0, 1, 5 or 10 (RAID 0 set at the factory for the two standard drives). The top left bay is
reserved for the Windows OS drive, and the bay below it accepts an optional OS drive.
Additional optional drives may be ordered from Telestream.
Front Control Panel
The chassis front control panel provides system monitoring lights and control buttons
which are described later (see
Front Panel
).
Cooling System
The system cooling design features eight 4-cm counter-rotating fans located in the
middle section of the chassis. Fan speed is controlled by the IPMI system management
software to respond to fluctuations in system temperature.
Dual air shrouds direct air flow to the dual CPUs and components that require cooling.
The power supply module also includes a cooling fan.
GPU
The GPU in the Lightspeed G5 Server accelerates video processing, and H.264/H.265
media creation. Using the GPU in combination with Lightspeed's powerful multi-core
CPU processors enables rapid transcoding and processing in Vantage.
