Grass Valley K2 System Guide v.9.0 - Manual (Page 190)

6. Disconnect all Fibre Channel cables from the K2 Summit system.
7. Start up the K2 Summit system and log in to Windows.
8. Uninstall Multi-Path I/O (MPIO) software as instructed by the topic later in this section.
9. Log in to Windows.
10. Power down the K2 Summit system.
11. Reconnect one Fiber Channel cable.
12. Start up the K2 Summit system and log on to Windows.
13. On the K2 Summit system, open Storage Utility.
14. In Storage Utility, do the following:
a) Configure network and SNMP settings for controllers.
b) Bind the disks in the external RAID. Bind as RAID 5 or RAID 6, as specified by your system
design.
c) When the binding process completes, proceed to the next step.
15. Restart the K2 Summit system and log in to Windows.
16. Reconnect the other Fiber Channel cable.
17. Install MPIO software as instructed by the topic later in this section.
18. In Storage Utility, make a new file system
If you get a “…failed to remove the media database…” message, you can safely proceed.
19. Restart the K2 Summit system and log in to Windows.
20. Open AppCenter and manually remove all clips and bins except the default bin and the recycle
bin.
21. Uninstall and then reinstall both SNFS software and K2 Client software. Use the sequence and
detailed procedure in the K2 Release Notes for the version of K2 Client software currently on
the K2 Summit system.
22. As you install K2 Client software, when you arrive at the Specify Target Type page, select K2
with local storage .
23. Restart the K2 Summit system.
The K2 Summit system is now ready for record/play operations.
NOTE: If you ever unbind LUNs, you must do the above procedure again, starting at step 5.
Setting up direct-connect K2 G10 RAID storage
The topic applies to K2 G10 (D4) RAID storage with direct connection to a K2 Summit system
system.
Prerequisites for the following procedure are as follows:
• For a 8 Gb/s Fibre Channel card on K2 Summit Production Client, RAID controllers must be
configured for 8 Gb/s. This is the default configuration as shipped from Grass Valley.
The following procedure is intending for the initial installation of a factory-prepared direct-connect
system that you have ordered new from Grass Valley. If you are repurposing equipment or otherwise
putting together direct-connect storage with equipment that is not factory-prepared, refer to the
Service Manual for your model of K2 client for the complete restore/recover procedure.
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