Chapter 6 Connecting Storage; Connecting Media Storage; Connecting The Fibre Channel Adapter - HP xw8600 Workstation Hardware Setup Manual

Connecting Storage
Topics in this chapter:

Connecting Media Storage

Connecting the Fibre Channel Adapter

Connecting Storage Enclosures
Connecting Archiving Storage
Connecting Media Storage
The workstation can be connected to two types of media storage.
Stone Direct XR-series disk arrays
designed to address the different real-time playback requirements of various workflows. Direct attached
storage devices provide storage to individual workstations, and can be made available to other Autodesk
Visual Effects and Finishing workstations via the Autodesk Wire network.
NOTE A Lustre workstation equipped with Incinerator does not use DAS storage. Incinerator storage is attached
to the Lustre Media Server, accessed by way of the InfiniBand network.
A SAN
central storage enclosure.
Connecting the Fibre Channel Adapter
The HP xw8600 workstation is configured with a 4-port ATTO Celerity FC-44ES fibre channel adapter in PCI
slot four (top to bottom).
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A storage infrastructure that allows multiple workstations to share simultaneous access to a
Autodesk's high-performance direct-attached storage (DAS) solution
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