Grass Valley K2 Storage System Instruction Manual v.3.2 Aug.01 2007 - Manual (Page 71)

July 3, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 71
Preparing Level 2R devices
The L2 RAID chassis has redundant RAID controllers to support the Fibre Channel
connections from the K2 Media Servers. The L2 RAID chassis is also connected to
the GigE control network, which is required for SNMP (NetCentral) monitoring.
On the L2 RAID chassis there are two RAID 1 LUNs for media file system metadata
files and journal files. The remainder of the RAID storage is RAID 3 LUNs for media.
The K2 configuration control point PC is connected to the GigE control network. The
K2 System Configuration application runs on this PC for configuring the storage
system.
FTP/streaming traffic accesses the K2 Storage System via the FTP GigE port on K2
Media Servers. FTP/streaming traffic does not go to K2 Media Clients.
Refer to Chapter 7, Description of K2 Storage Devices for more information. Also
refer to “Design considerations for Ethernet switches” on page 388 .
Preparing Level 2R devices
Use the topics in this section to prepare each device so that it is ready to become part
of the Level 2R storage system.
• “Setting up the Control Point PC” on page 71
• “Setting up the Level 2R redundant GigE switches” on page 72
• “Setting up the K2 Media Server” on page 83
• “Setting up the L2 RAID chassis” on page 84
• “Preparing K2 Storage System clients” on page 88
Setting up the Control Point PC
To set up the K2 configuration Control Point PC, you have the following options:
• Use the Grass Valley Control Point PC that comes from the factory with software
pre-installed. This includes the K2 System Configuration application, remote
AppCenter, and NetCentral software. Refer to the K2 Media Client System Guide
for rack mount instructions.
• Use a PC that you own and install the required software.
For either option, you must do the following for the Control Point PC that runs the K2
System Configuration application:
• Assign a control network IP address to the PC. Refer to “Networking tips” on
page 56 .
• Connect the PC to the GigE control network.
To use your own PC, you must additionally do the following:
• Verify that the PC meets system requirements, then install the Control Point
software and other supporting software, as specified in the K2 Media Client System
Guide.
• Install and license NetCentral server software. You can install this on the
NetCentral server PC, which can be the K2 configuration Control Point PC. Refer