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Printed in the United States of America. All rights reserved. This document may not be copied in whole or in part, or otherwise reproduced except as specifically permitted under U.S. copyright law, without the prior written consent of Grass Valley Group Inc., P.O. Box 1114, Crass Valley, California 95945 USA. -
Page 3: Table Of Contents
Using the Profile XP documentation set ................9 Manual descriptions.......................10 How this manual is organized..................11 Getting more information ....................12 Grass Valley Group Web site ..................12 Other on-line documentation ..................12 Grass Valley Group Product Support .................13 Chapter 1 About the PFR 500/E PFR500/E features......................15... - Page 4 Contents Removing and installing disk modules ................40 Moving disk modules..................... 40 Removing a disk module ....................41 Installing disk module ....................42 Replacing the Loop Bypass Board (LBB) or RAID Controller ......................43 Removing the LBB or RAID Controller ................43 Installing the LBB or RAID Controller ................
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Page 5: Safety Summaries
Safety Summaries General Safety Summary Review the following safety precautions to avoid injury and prevent damage to this product or any products connected to it. Only qualified personnel should perform service procedures. While using this product, you may need to access other parts of the system. Read the General Safety summary in other system manuals for warnings and cautions related to operating the system. -
Page 6: Safety Terms And Symbols
Safety Summaries Safety Terms and Symbols Terms in This These terms may appear in this manual: Manual WARNING: Warning statements identify conditions or practices that can result in personal injury or loss of life. CAUTION: Caution statements identify conditions or practices that may result in damage to equipment or other property, or which may cause equipment crucial to your business environment to become temporarily non-operational. -
Page 7: Certifications And Compliances
Changes or modifications not expressly approved by Grass Valley Group can affect emission compliance and could void the user’s authority to operate this equipment. -
Page 8: Safety Certification
Safety Summaries Safety Certification This product has been evaluated and meets the following Safety Certification Standards: Standard Designed/tested for compliance with: UL1950 Safety of Information Technology Equipment, including Electrical Business Equipment (Third edition). IEC 950 Safety of Information Technology Equipment, including Electrical Business Equipment (Second edition, 1991). -
Page 9: Preface About This Manual
About this manual The PFR 500/E Fibre Channel RAID Storage Chassis provides RAID protected storage for Profile XP Media Platforms and Grass Valley Group Media Area Networks. If you are responsible for installing and servicing the PFR500/E in one of these systems, you should read this manual. -
Page 10: Manual Descriptions
Preface Manual descriptions • (for each Profile XP Model) This guide provides step-by-step Installation Guide instructions for installing the Profile XP Media Platform using factory default settings for all record/play channels. Factory default settings are indicated within the guide. After installing the Profile XP system using this installation guide, you can refer to this Profile XP System Guide to customize system settings for your installation. -
Page 11: How This Manual Is Organized
How this manual is organized How this manual is organized The following identifies and describes the chapters included in this manual: Chapter 1 - About the PFR 500/E Introduces the PFR500 Fibre Channel RAID Storage Chassis and the PFR500E RAID Expansion Chassis. You can read this chapter to get familiar with key features and components. -
Page 12: Getting More Information
Use these as additional sources for information. Grass Valley Group Web site Current versions of this manual and other Profile product documentation may be downloaded via the Product Documentation link on the Grass Valley Group home page. Other on-line documentation Electronic versions of the following manuals are located on the system drive of your Profile XP Media Platform and on the Profile XP software CD-ROM. -
Page 13: Grass Valley Group Product Support
Grass Valley Group Product Support To get technical assistance, check on the status of problems, or report new problems, contact Grass Valley Product Support via e-mail, the Web, or by phone or fax. Web technical support To access support information on the Web, visit the product support Web page on the Grass Valley Group Web site. - Page 14 Preface PFR500/E Instruction Manual 20 September 2002...
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Page 15: About The Pfr500/E
Chapter About the PFR500/E This chapter introduces the PFR 500 Fibre Channel RAID Storage Chassis. Topics include: • PFR500/E features • PFR500/E components • Configurations PFR500/E features The PFR 500 Fibre Channel RAID Storage Chassis is a high performance, high availability mass storage system. -
Page 16: Capacity And Redundancy
Chapter 1 About the PFR500/E swappable modules. This improves serviceability and increases fault tolerance by eliminating any single point of failure. With two RAID Controllers, the two loops within a single standard chassis are configured as a single loop with a backup loop in standby mode. - Page 17 PFR500/E components Fan Module A Chassis Power Supply A 8136-5 LBB B LBB A Fan Module B Battery Backup GBIC Unit (BBU) Power Supply B NOTE: Every PFR 500/E RAID controller includes a backup battery so that if electrical power is lost, data stored in cache memory will be saved. Data store cache is not used in the PFR 500/E, so the Battery Backup module is not used, even though it ships as part of the LBB module.
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Page 18: Chassis
Chapter 1 About the PFR500/E Chassis The chassis is a sheet-metal housing which contains a passive midplane and chassis slots for the RAID Controllers, or Loop Bypass Boards, disk drives, power supplies, and the fan modules. Each chassis includes a chassis address switch on the midplane board that must be set to a unique address 0 through 9 during installation. -
Page 19: Disk Modules
Disk modules Disk modules Each disk module consists of a Fibre Channel disk drive in a carrier assembly. If a disk drive fails, and needs replacing, you can do so while the PFR500/E is powered up. Replacement disk drives take 3-4 minutes to begin rebuild after being installed. (See “Removing and installing disk modules”... -
Page 20: Circuit Board Modules
Chapter 1 About the PFR500/E Circuit board modules There are two circuit board modules used: the Loop Bypass Board module (LBB) and the RAID Controller module. The LBB module contains one Loop Bypass Board which provides an internal Fibre Channel loop for the disk modules installed in the chassis. - Page 21 Circuit board modules Installing a GBIC (Gigabit Interface Converter) 8136-7 An RJ-type connector is provided for Ethernet network connection. A DB-9 serial communications connector is provided for serial communications with a console program. These connectors are used when NetCentral monitoring software is used. Refer to your PVS Series Installation Guide or the Media Area Network Instruction Manual for information how these connectors are used.
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Page 22: Pfr500 Raid Storage Chassis Circuit Board Modules
Chapter 1 About the PFR500/E PFR 500 RAID Storage Chassis circuit board modules A PFR 500 includes one or two RAID Controller modules. Two RAID Controller modules are installed when the redundant Fibre Channel option is installed. This provides redundant Fiber Channel interface ports to the Profile system or Fibre Channel switch fabric. -
Page 23: Power Supplies
Power supplies 7 Segment LED (displays chassis address) Left Fibre Channel Serial Ethernet Loop Port Port Port Loop Bypass Board B RAID Controller A 8136-6 PFR500 Fibre Ethernet Serial Host Fibre Channel Port Port Channel Port Loop Port 7 Segment LED (displays chassis address) The RAID Controller is equipped with a passive 9-pin copper GBIC installed as the Fibre Channel host port. -
Page 24: Fan Modules
IMPORTANT: Grass Valley Group does not support mixing disk drives of differing capacities in any RAID chassis. All disk drives in any RAID chassis must be of the same capacity. For example, if a PFR 500 and a PFR 500E are connected, all the disk drives in both the PFR 500 and the PFR500E must be of the same capacity. -
Page 25: Pfr500/E Installation Information
Chapter PFR500/E Installation Information This chapter describes information you’ll need to install the PFR500 Fibre Channel RAID Storage Chassis (PFR500/E). Major topics are: • Installation requirements • Installing a PFR500/E in an equipment rack • PFR500/E power-up and initialization • PFR500/E power-down Installation requirements This section describes the following requirements:... -
Page 26: Chassis Address Setting Requirement
Chapter 2 PFR500/E Installation Information Chassis address setting requirement Each PFR500/E storage chassis has a chassis address switch that must be set to a unique chassis address. Valid chassis addresses are 0-9 with 0 being reserved for the PFR500 RAID Chassis. All chassis are shipped with the chassis address set to 0. The chassis address switch is located inside the chassis on the midplane board. -
Page 27: Cabling Requirements
After cabling a PFR500 and any PFR500Es, you must bind disk modules into LUNs using a GVG Disk Utility provided by Grass Valley Group. Refer to the appropriate manual for information on using the GVG Disk Utility to bind drives. -
Page 28: Installing A Pfr500/E In An Equipment Rack
Chapter 2 PFR500/E Installation Information Installing a PFR500/E in an equipment rack Use the information in this section to unpack the PFR 500/E chassis and mount in an equipment rack. Procedures include: • Unpacking the Chassis • Installing the rack mounts •... -
Page 29: Installing The Rack Mounts
Installing the rack mounts You can either remove the drive support bracket, as shown in the following figure so that you can hot-swap drives, or you can leave the bracket in place for greater drive stability. In either case, keep the bracket and retaining screws in case you have to ship the chassis in the future. - Page 30 Chapter 2 PFR500/E Installation Information Back Channel Mount Left Stationary Chassis Mount Front Channel Cage Nuts Mount (2 per side) Locking Nits (3 per side) Left Chassis Slide Rail Cage Nuts (4 per side) 0626-15 6. Repeat steps 1 through 5 for the right side. PFR500/E Instruction Manual 20 September 2002...
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Page 31: Inserting The Pfr500/E Chassis In The Rack
Inserting the PFR500/E chassis in the rack Inserting the PFR500/E chassis in the rack Every PFR500/E chassis ships with drive support brackets. The support bracket provides additional disk module support. If the chassis will operate in a high-vibration area, leave the brackets on. - Page 32 Chapter 2 PFR500/E Installation Information 3. Apply the edge covers that are packaged with the PFR500/E. 4. Repeat steps 1-3 to install each PFR 500/E chassis in the rack. PFR500/E Instruction Manual 20 September 2002...
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Page 33: Pfr500/E Power-Up And Initialization
PFR500/E power-up and initialization PFR500/E power-up and initialization This section gives information about connecting power and powering-on the PFR500/E system. Connecting electrical cables For each chassis, there are two electrical cables which should be connected to separate outside power sources, as shown. Off/Standby switches To power source... -
Page 34: Pfr500/E Power-Down
Chapter 2 PFR500/E Installation Information PFR500/E power-down IMPORTANT: If your PFR 500/E system is part of a Media Area Network, refer to the Media Area Network Instruction Manual for instructions on shutting down the Media Area Network before powering down a PFR 500/E. To power-down the PFR 500/E correctly: 1. - Page 35 Chapter Servicing the PFR500/E This chapter describes how to monitor PFR 500/E status and replace Field Replaceable Units (FRU). Topics include: • “Maintenance procedures using GVG Disk Utility” on page 36 • “Monitoring PFR500/E status using NetCentral” on page 36 •...
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Page 36: Chapter 3 Servicing The Pfr 500/E
• Checking and restoring disk settings Monitoring PFR500/E status using NetCentral You can monitor PFR 500/E RAID Storage systems using Grass Valley Group’s NetCentral monitoring software. Enabled by SNMP, NetCentral can continuously monitor the storage system and send notifications if there is a problem. The SNMP agent software required for NetCentral monitoring runs on the PFR 500 RAID Controller module. -
Page 37: Interpreting Disk Module Leds
5 minutes, then green for 30 seconds RAID only: All drives are blue System-wide failure has occurred. Do not remove a drive. Call Grass Valley Group Support as described in page 13. One drive is green while all other Chassis ID LUN is rebuilding. -
Page 38: Interpreting Rear Panel Status Leds
Chapter 3 Servicing the PFR500/E Interpreting rear panel status LEDs Refer to the following table to interpret rear panel LEDs on FRUs. Module LED Name Meaning Loop Bypass Board Loop LED is ON when the Fiber Channel port does not detect a valid Fibre Channel signal on the GBIC. -
Page 39: Lbb 7-Segment Display Codes
LBB 7-segment display codes LBB 7-segment display codes The following table shows event codes for the rear panel 7-segment display on each LBB. Code Type Blink Rate Meaning 0 thru 9 Informational Steady or Chassis address. Refer to “Chassis address setting alternating with requirement”... -
Page 40: Removing And Installing Disk Modules
Use the following instructions to replace a faulty disk module. It should be replaced while the array is running (hot-swapped). NOTE: Grass Valley Group does not support mixing disk drives of differing capacities within a RAID chassis connected to a Profile XP Media Platform or Media Area Network. -
Page 41: Removing A Disk Module
Removing a disk module Removing a disk module NOTE: If a disk module has been bound into a LUN, do not move it to another slot unless you do not care about the data on the LUN. Each module has LUN identifying information written when it is bound. -
Page 42: Installing Disk Module
Chapter 3 Servicing the PFR500/E Installing disk module To install a disk module: 1. Insert the replacement disk module into the empty bay. 2299 2. Press the release lever down and into place, as shown. 3. The disk spins up automatically. 4. -
Page 43: Replacing The Loop Bypass Board (Lbb) Or Raid Controller
Replacing the Loop Bypass Board (LBB) or RAID Controller Replacing the Loop Bypass Board (LBB) or RAID Controller Use the following instructions to replace an LBB or RAID Controller module. It should be replaced while the chassis is powered up (hot-swapped). NOTE: Ensure that the RAID Controller or LBB you are installing has the same microcode version as the module being replaced. -
Page 44: Installing The Lbb Or Raid Controller
Chapter 3 Servicing the PFR500/E 4. Unseat the module by pushing down on the two ejector levers. 5. Pull the module out of the chassis. Installing the LBB or RAID Controller Before installing the replacement RAID Controller or LBB, ensure it has the same microcode version as the module being replaced. -
Page 45: Replacing Gbic Data Ports
Replacing GBIC data ports Replacing GBIC data ports The PFR 500/E ships with passive copper data ports installed in the RAID Controller and Loop Bypass Board (LBB) modules. To replace the GBIC: 1. Remove cabling and remove the GBIC as shown. 2. -
Page 46: Replacing A Power Supply
Chapter 3 Servicing the PFR500/E Replacing a power supply CAUTION: Turn off the power supply before unplugging the power cord from the supply or removing the supply from the chassis. To replace the power supply: 1. Turn the standby switch to Standby (0), as shown. 2750 Off/Standby switch... -
Page 47: Replacing The Fan Module
Replacing the fan module 7. Plug the electrical cable into the power supply. 8. Turn on the power supply. Turn the standby switch to ON (1). 9. Monitor the status of the power supply using rear panel status LEDs and NetCentral. - Page 48 Chapter 3 Servicing the PFR500/E 20 September 2002 PFR500/E Instruction Manual...
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Page 49: Appendix A Technical Specifications And Operating Limits
Appendix Technical Specifications and Operating Limits AC power requirements Power Input 100-120 VAC, 50/60Hz, 6amps 200-240 VAC, 50/60Hz, 3 amps If one of the two power supplies fails, the remaining supply and cord must support the full load. Your rackmount cabinet must include ac power distribution that can handle these values. -
Page 50: Environmental Limits
Appendix A Environmental limits Requirements Description Temperature (Operating) 5 to 35 degrees C (41 to 95 degrees F) Temperature (Non-operating -40 to 65 degrees C (-40 to 149 degrees F) Relative Humidity (Operating) 5 to 75%, non-condensing Relative Humidity (Non-operating 5 to 95%, non-condensing The system includes two temperature level sensors used to issue auto-warning and auto-shutdown incase the over temperature limit is reached. -
Page 51: Index
Index Numerics disk utilities 27 9-pin cable 23 documentation set 9 documentation, online 12 drive support bracket 31 AC power current draw 49 overview 25 ejector lever 44 address switch, chassis 26 Emission Control, compliance 7 Authorized support representative 13 EN55022 Class A Warning 7 error codes 39 Ethernet connector 21, 23... - Page 52 Index RAID Controller PFR500/E description 22 chassis replacing 43 midplane 18 chassis depth 49 components 16 GBIC 21, 23, 45 configurations 24 General Safety Summary 5 description 16 disk module description 19 fan modules 24 height, chassis 49 high availability features 16 high availability features 16 installation requirements 25 installing in rack 31...
- Page 53 power supply 46 RAID Controller 43 safety ground 33 Safety Terms and Symbols 6 serial port 21, 23 seven-segment display 27 site requirements See also Appendix A see also Appendix A size and weight 49 SNMP monitoring 36 standby switch 33, 46 status monitoring PFR500/E 36 storage capacity 16...
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