Grass Valley K2 Storage System Instruction Manual v.3.2 Aug.01 2007 - Manual (Page 148)

148 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual July 3, 2007
Chapter 4 Installing the Level 3 Storage System
Example of Level 3 names and IP addresses
Setting up host tables
The hosts file is used by the control network and the streaming/FTP network to
determine the IP address of devices on the network when only a the device name
(hostname) is given. The steps that follow describe how to edit the hosts file located
at C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts on Windows XP and Windows 2003
Server operating system computers. If you include the names and addresses of all the
devices on the network, then you can copy the same file onto all the other K2 devices
instead of editing the hosts file on each K2 device.
For FTP transfers on a K2 Storage System, transfers go to/from K2 Media Servers that
have the role of FTP server. No transfers go directly to/from the external storage K2
Media Clients that are on the K2 Storage System. So in the hosts file, you must add
the “he_0” extension to a K2 Media Server hostname and associate that hostname
with the K2 Media Server’s FTP/streaming network IP address.
Refer to the K2 Media Client System Guide for more information.
To edit the hosts file manually:
1. Open the following file using Notepad or some other text editing application:
C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
2. Enter all IP addresses with machine names. The text format is simple. First type the
Ethernet IP address, then use the TAB key or Space bar to insert a few spaces. Then
type the machine name.
Here is an example:
192.168.100.11 root_server_1
Computer
name Device type Streaming network
addresses Control network
addresses Media network
addresses Comments
root_server_1 K2 Media
Server 192.168.101.11
a
a.
This NIC is not used, since this server does not take the role of FTP server
192.168.100.11 192.168.99.11 Media file
system/
database server
192.168.99.12
root_server_2 K2 Media
Server 192.168.101.21
b
b.
This IP address must resolve to hostname root_server_2_he0
192.168.100.21 192.168.99.21 FTP server
192.168.99.22
root_raid_1 RAID — 192.168.100.51 —
root_gige_1 GigE switch — 192.168.100.61 — —
root_gige_2 GigE switch — 192.168.100.62 — —
root_cppc_1 Control point
PC — 192.168.100.81 — —
root_client_1 iSCSI client — 192.168.100.111 192.168.99.111 —
root_client_2 iSCSI client — 192.168.100.121 192.168.99.121
root_client_3 iSCSI client — 192.168.100.131 192.168.99.131
root_client_4 iSCSI client — 192.168.100.141 192.168.99.141