Grass Valley Profile Fibre Channel Server Interface - Manual

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1998 by Tektronix, Inc., Wilsonville, Oregon
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Profile Fibre Channel Server Interface
Overview
The Profile Fibre Channel Server Interface allows an SGI Origin 200 or Origin 2000
server to appear to Media Manager or automation software as another Profile system
by emulating selected features of a Profile system. When in operation, files stored
on the Origin server can be accessed by the Profile system using Media Manager or
automation software through API calls.
The Profile Fibre Channel Server Interface is designed for applications like News
and Networked Video on Demand, where an Origin server is the central storage
system, a set of Profile systems function as the intake and play-out system, and the
two systems must inter-operate over Fibre Channel.
System Requirements
The following system requirements must be met for the interface software to
perform correctly:
NOTE: The Genroco Fibre Channel controller should only be installed by
qualified personnel.
• At least one Genroco Fibre Channel controller card with microcode version
1.7.6 must be installed in the SGI Origin server. Installation instructions from
Genroco are provided with the card.
• Genroco Fibre Channel controller card driver, version 2.0, must be installed in
the Origin server. To verify that the Genroco Fibre Channel controller is
installed, enter netstat -i and check the results for a line that begins with grx
(where
x is a number such as 0 or 1).
• The Origin server requires operating system version 6.4 with the May 1998 roll
up patch set.
• The Profile system must have the Fibre Channel option installed and must be
running Profile System Software 2.4 or higher.