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THOMSON Grass Valley K2 Level 3 RAID Instruction Manual

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FIBRE CHANNEL STORAGE
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071-8463-00
NOVEMBER 2005
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  • Page 1 K2 Level 3 RAID FIBRE CHANNEL STORAGE Instruction Manual 071-8463-00 NOVEMBER 2005 the most watched worldwide...
  • Page 2 Copyright Copyright © 2005 Thomson Broadcast and Media Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. 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 Thomson Broadcast and Media Solutions, Inc., P.O.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    How this manual is organized................12 Terminology used in this manual ................ 13 Getting more information ..................13 On-line Help Systems..................13 Thomson Grass Valley Web Site................ 13 Chapter 1 About the K2 Level 3 RAID storage Level 3 RAID features ..................... 15 K2 Level 3 features.....................
  • Page 4 Contents Interpreting expansion adapter status LEDs ............42 Interpreting power supply status LEDs ..............43 Removing and installing disk modules ..............43 Moving disk modules..................43 Removing a disk module ..................44 Installing disk module ..................45 Replacing a RAID controller or expansion adapter ..........46 Removing a RAID controller or expansion adapter ..........

  • 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 Summaries Do Not Operate With Suspected Failures If you suspect there is damage to this product, have it inspected by qualified service personnel. Battery Replacement To avoid damage, replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the circuit board manufacturer. Dispose of used battery according to the circuit board manufacturer’s instructions.
  • Page 7 Service Safety Summary WARNING: The service instructions in this manual are intended for use by qualified service personnel only. To avoid personal injury, do not perform any servicing unless you are qualified to do so. Refer to all safety summaries before performing service. Do Not Service Alone Do not perform internal service or adjustment of this product unless another person capable of rendering first aid and resuscitation is present.
  • Page 8 Safety Summaries Canadian EMC Notice of Compliance This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class A limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian Department of Communications. Le présent appareil numérique n’émet pas de bruits radioélectriques dépassant les limites applicables aux appareils numériques de la classe A préscrites dans le Règlement sur le brouillage radioélectrique édicté...
  • Page 9 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 10 Safety Summaries Level 3 RAID Instruction Manual November 23, 2005...

  • Page 11: Preface

    Preface About this manual The K2 Level 3 Fibre Channel RAID Storage Chassis provides RAID protected storage for the K2 Storage System. If you are responsible for installing and servicing K2 Level 3 RAID storage, you should read this manual. Using the K2 Documentation Set The following illustration shows the recommended order in which to reference the documentation.

  • Page 12: K2 Storage System Release Notes

    Preface K2 Storage System Release Notes The release notes contain the latest information about the software shipped on your system. The information in this document includes software upgrade instructions, software specifications and requirements, feature changes from the previous releases, and any known problems. Because release notes contain the latest information, they are printed out rather than included in the Documentation CD-ROM.

  • Page 13: Terminology Used In This Manual

    • For help specific to monitoring K2 Media Client system devices, select Help | and then select the monitored device. Device Providers Thomson Grass Valley Web Site This public Web site contains all the latest manuals and documentation, and additional support information. Use the following URL. http://www.thomsongrassvalley.com.
  • Page 14 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) database. World Wide Web: http://www.thomsongrassvalley.com/support/ Technical Support E-mail Address: gvgtechsupport@thomson.net. Phone Support Use the following information to contact product support by phone during business hours. Afterhours phone support is available for warranty and contract customers.

  • Page 15: About The K2 Level 3 Raid Storage

    Chapter About the K2 Level 3 RAID storage This chapter introduces the K2 RAID Storage. Topics include: • “Level 3 RAID features” on page 15 • “Level 3 RAID components” on page 17 • “Configurations” on page 23 Level 3 RAID features The K2 Level 3 RAID Storage is used in Level 3 and Level 3R K2 Storage Systems.

  • Page 16: K2 Level 3 Features

    Chapter 1 About the K2 Level 3 RAID storage Four FC host ports are available, so that the L3 RAID chassis can be connected directly to up to four media servers without Fibre Channel switches. The L3 RAID chassis utilizes dual FC-AL technology, allowing four loop configurations within a single chassis.

  • Page 17: Level 3 Raid Components

    Level 3 RAID components Level 3 RAID components The Level 3 RAID components are: • The chassis with passive midplane board • One or two RAID controllers (K2 Level 3R) or two expansion adapters • As many as fifteen Fibre Channel disk drives per chassis •...

  • Page 18: Chassis

    Chapter 1 About the K2 Level 3 RAID storage Chassis Controller 1 Controller 0 Power Supply 1 Power Supply 0 NOTE: Every Level 3 RAID chassis power supply includes a backup battery so that if electrical power is lost, data stored in cache memory will be saved. (Used for nearline storage only.) Chassis The chassis is a sheet-metal housing that contains a passive midplane and chassis slots...

  • Page 19: Midplane

    Midplane Primary chassis Disk Modules Chassis Disk Address Expansion chassis Disk Modules An operating primary RAID chassis must have, at a minimum, the first three physical drives (00 - 02) installed, as the RAID configuration information is written to these drives.

  • Page 20: Level 3 Raid Circuit Board Modules

    Chapter 1 About the K2 Level 3 RAID storage NOTE: Once the Level 3 RAID is installed and configured, the disk modules become slot dependent. Moving disk modules between physical slots will result in loss of data and the need to reconfigure the system. Level 3 RAID Circuit board modules There are two circuit board modules used: the RAID controller module and the expansion adapter.

  • Page 21: K2 Level 3 Raid Expansion Chassis Circuit Board Modules

    Level 3 RAID Circuit board modules L3 RAID Chassis RAID Controller 1 RAID Controller 0 LEDs 1 - Linkup LED (DL1/DL0) 2 - Disk link DL1 DL0 HP0 HP1 3 - Access LED (HA1) 4 - Linkup LED (HL1) 5 - Access LED (HA0) 6 - Linkup LED (HL0) 7 - FLT LED 8 - BAT LED...

  • Page 22: Power Supplies

    Chapter 1 About the K2 Level 3 RAID storage Expansion Adapter 1 Expansion Adapter 0 (4) LINKUP LED (6) Ejector (4) LINKUP LED (6) Ejector (3) FC connectors (3) FC connectors (5) ENC ID switch (2) FAULT LED (5) ENC ID switch (2) FAULT LED (1) READY LED (FC-IN/FC-OUT)

  • Page 23: Configurations

    Configurations Configurations The K2 Level 3 minimum and maximum configurations are as follows. K2 Level 3 RAID Controllers Power Supplies Disk Modules Configuration minimum (level 3) maximum (level 3R) The maximum configuration provides the most redundancy, and therefore the highest degree of system availability.
  • Page 24 Chapter 1 About the K2 Level 3 RAID storage Level 3 RAID Instruction Manual November 23, 2005...

  • Page 25: Level 3 Raid Installation Information

    Chapter Level 3 RAID Installation Information This chapter describes information you’ll need to install the K2 RAID Storage (K2 Level 3 Expansion Chassis). Major topics are: • “Installation requirements” • “Installing a K2 Level 3 RAID Storage in an equipment rack” •...

  • Page 26: Addressing Requirements

    Chapter 2 Level 3 RAID Installation Information Addressing requirements There are two addresses for the K2 Level 3: the Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop address ID (FC-AL address ID) and the chassis address. If you have a custom system that needs multiple primary RAID chassis connected to an FC switch, consult your Grass Valley representative.

  • Page 27: Binding Disk Modules Into Groups

    Binding disk modules into groups Binding disk modules into groups After cabling a K2 Level 3 and any Level 3 Expansions, you must bind disk modules into LUNs using the Storage Utility provided by Grass Valley. Refer to the K2 Storage System Instruction Manual for information on using the Storage Utility to bind drives.

  • Page 28: Installing A K2 Level 3 Raid Storage In An Equipment Rack

    Chapter 2 Level 3 RAID Installation Information Installing a K2 Level 3 RAID Storage in an equipment rack Use the information in this section to unpack the K2 Level 3 RAID Storage chassis and mount in an equipment rack. Procedures include: •...
  • Page 29 Installing the rack mounts Rack Bracket Back channel mount screws Guide Guide Bracket Front Bracket (Type T for channel Inner (Type T for threaded holes, mount rail threaded holes, Type H for Type H for round holes) round holes) Rack Outer Bracket rail...

  • Page 30: Inserting The K2 Level 3 Raid Storage Chassis In The Rack

    Chapter 2 Level 3 RAID Installation Information Guide Bracket H type Guide Bracket T type Rack Rack Bracket Bracket 3. Loosen the rail adjustment screws so that the inner rail slides freely. 4. Align the mounting holes on the outer rail guide bracket with the front channel mount holes.
  • Page 31 Inserting the K2 Level 3 RAID Storage chassis in the rack Support angle Mounting screws 3. At the rear of the rack, insert and tighten the 10-32 mounting screws, with cable clamps, through the rear rack brackets. On racks with threaded holes the mounting screws engage the rack’s threaded holes.
  • Page 32 Chapter 2 Level 3 RAID Installation Information Cable clamps The 10-32 screws in the rear provide necessary reinforcement to the M3 screws. 4. Repeat this procedure to insert each K2 Level 3 RAID Storage chassis in the rack. Level 3 RAID Instruction Manual November 23, 2005...

  • Page 33: K2 Level 3 Raid Storage Power-Up And Initialization

    K2 Level 3 RAID Storage power-up and initialization K2 Level 3 RAID Storage power-up and initialization This section gives information about connecting power and powering-on the K2 Level 3 RAID Storage system. Connecting electrical cables For each chassis, there are two electrical cables (one for each power supply) that should be connected to separate outside power sources.

  • Page 34: K2 Level 3 Raid Storage Power-Down

    Chapter 2 Level 3 RAID Installation Information Before turning on the AC power, check for loose disk drives by pushing each disk drive. 2. Turn on power switches on both power supplies. When turning on the power switches, confirm that the POWER GOOD LEDs (green) on all the power supplies and POWER LEDs (green) on the front panel of the RAID chassis and Expansion chassis go on.

  • Page 35: Servicing The Level 3 Raid

    Chapter Servicing the Level 3 RAID This chapter describes how to monitor K2 Level 3 External RAID status and replace Field Replaceable Units (FRU). Topics include: • “Maintenance procedures using Grass Valley Storage Utility” on page 35 • “Monitoring K2 Level 3 External RAID status using NetCentral” on page 35 •...

  • Page 36: Interpreting Front Panel Leds

    Chapter 3 Servicing the Level 3 RAID Communication with NetCentral takes place over the Ethernet connection on each RAID controller. To monitor the K2 Level 3 External RAID, you must connect network cabling, power on the system, then configure network and SNMP settings as described in the K2 Storage System Instruction Manual.

  • Page 37: Primary Raid Chassis

    Interpreting front panel LEDs Primary RAID chassis Operating Power Service Condition Meaning Running DC power is being supplied to the system. Temperature alarm Resources in online status are missing or invisible, as in one or more of the following: - The controller is down. - At least one Backup Battery Unit on power supply is faulty.

  • Page 38: Interpreting Disk Module Leds

    Chapter 3 Servicing the Level 3 RAID Interpreting disk module LEDs Use the following illustration and table to identify and interpret disk module LEDs Fault Ready Ready Fault Meaning Normal state Fault state Disk module power off Long period The disk module SPM is being stopped Flash or Off Flash The disk module SPM is starting up.

  • Page 39: Interpreting Controller Status Leds

    Interpreting controller status LEDs Interpreting controller status LEDs Use the following illustration and table to identify and interpret controller LEDs. L3 RAID Chassis RAID Controller 1 RAID Controller 0 LEDs 1 - Linkup LED (DL1/DL0) 2 - Disk link DL1 DL0 HP0 HP1 3 - Access LED (HA1) 4 - Linkup LED (HL1)
  • Page 40 Chapter 3 Servicing the Level 3 RAID FLT LED Meaning Flash The controller is being booted Flash Busy Busy flashing Firmware is being updated automatically flashing Flash Flash Download mode (synchronized (synchronized with Fault with SVP LED) LED) Busy flashing Flash Online downloading is being executed through maintenance PC.
  • Page 41 Interpreting controller status LEDs MNT Port LED Meaning (L/A) The port becomes operable (to link up) The port is sending data LAN Port LED Meaning (L/A) The connection is being established The port is sending data November 23, 2005 Level 3 RAID Instruction Manual...

  • Page 42: Interpreting Expansion Adapter Status Leds

    Chapter 3 Servicing the Level 3 RAID Interpreting expansion adapter status LEDs Use the following illustration and table to identify and interpret expansion adapter LEDs (4) LINKUP LED (6) Ejector (3) FC connectors (5) ENC ID switch (2) FAULT LED (1) READY LED (FC-IN/FC-OUT) Action...

  • Page 43: Interpreting Power Supply Status Leds

    Interpreting power supply status LEDs Interpreting power supply status LEDs Use the following illustration and table to identify and interpret power supply LEDs Fault Good GOOD FLT AC 100—240V Action Meaning Good AC power is supplied to the chassis Fault Fault in power supply, battery backup unit, or fan (orange) Removing and installing disk modules...

  • Page 44: Removing A Disk Module

    Chapter 3 Servicing the Level 3 RAID A disk module must be inserted all the way or removed entirely. Do not leave a disk module partially removed except for periods when you are allowing it to spin down. When replacing multiple disks, observe the following: •...

  • Page 45: Installing Disk Module

    Installing disk module Pull ejector out and up Slide out Wait until the disk stops spinning (about 30 seconds) Installing disk module CAUTION: If the RAID chassis does not have the redundant controller option, when a replacement disk module is inserted there can be a 1.5 second disruption.

  • Page 46: Replacing A Raid Controller Or Expansion Adapter

    Chapter 3 Servicing the Level 3 RAID status during rebuild. Afterward, check disk module status using NetCentral or the Grass Valley Storage Utility. Replacing a RAID controller or expansion adapter Use the following instructions to replace a RAID controller or expansion adapter. It should be replaced while the chassis is powered up (hot-swapped).

  • Page 47: Installing A Raid Controller Or Expansion Adapter

    Installing a RAID controller or expansion adapter 4. Remove the module as illustrated in the following diagram. Swing ejector out to 90 degrees Pull module CAUTION: The module might be hot. Installing a RAID controller or expansion adapter To install a RAID controller or expansion adapter: 1.
  • Page 48 Chapter 3 Servicing the Level 3 RAID 2. With the ejector open, insert the replacement module into the empty bay. Make sure the module is seated. 3. Close the ejector lever to seat the module. Level 3 RAID Instruction Manual November 23, 2005...

  • Page 49: Replacing A Power Supply

    Replacing a power supply 4. Tighten the set screw. 5. Reconnect cabling. 6. Verify RAID controller initialization as displayed by the module’s Ready LED. Refer to “Interpreting controller status LEDs” on page 7. Check RAID controller status using NetCentral or the Grass Valley Storage Utility. 8.
  • Page 50 Chapter 3 Servicing the Level 3 RAID 3. Unlatch the stopper to release and unplug the power cord. 4. Loosen the set screw on the ejector. Level 3 RAID Instruction Manual November 23, 2005...
  • Page 51 Replacing a power supply 5. Pull the ejector out and up to 90 degrees. 6. Slide the power supply out. November 23, 2005 Level 3 RAID Instruction Manual...
  • Page 52 Chapter 3 Servicing the Level 3 RAID 7. With the ejector open, insert the replacement power supply into the empty bay. 8. Push the protrusion of the ejector to turn the ejector and push in the new power supply. Level 3 RAID Instruction Manual November 23, 2005...
  • Page 53 Replacing a power supply 9. Secure the ejector with the screw. 10.Plug the power cord in the new power supply and secure the power cord by firmly fitting the removal protection mechanism. 11.Turn on the power switch. 12.Check that the Good LED of the new power supply is on. 13.Monitor the status of the power supply using NetCentral.
  • Page 54 Chapter 3 Servicing the Level 3 RAID Level 3 RAID Instruction Manual November 23, 2005...

  • Page 55: Level 3 Raid Technical Specifications And Operating Limits

    Chapter Level 3 RAID Technical Specifications and Operating Limits Data handling specifications Characteristic Specification Host interface Fibre Channel Data transfer rate 350 MB/s max Number of host ports 4 ports Cache memory 2 GB AC power requirements Item Measurement Input voltage 100 to 240 VAC ±10% (x2), 50/60 Hz Power consumption 680 to 1720 VA (For UPS choice, a safety allowance...

  • Page 56: Environmental Limits

    Chapter 4 Level 3 RAID Technical Specifications and Operating Limits Copper cables are used to connect the RAID chassis with the expansion chassis. Copper cables must meet the appropriate standards for 1-Gbit FC-AL loops. Such cables are fully shielded, twin-axial, full-duplex cables. Cables greater than 10 meters must be equalized;...

  • Page 57: Glossary

    Glossary The terms and definitions listed below are related to the storage system described in this manual. Understanding them will aid your understanding of the storage system. ALPA (arbitrated loop physical address) An 8-bit address that uniquely identifies a device on an FC loop. bind In the context of a disk-array storage system, the procedure by which you hardware-format one or more disk modules into one LUN (logical unit) - usually as...
  • Page 58 Glossary FC-AL address ID A number that identifies a device as a node on a fibre channel loop. You select the FC-AL address ID using switches on the RAID controller. Fibre Channel Disk board The name for the printed-circuit board within the K2 Media Server that allows the server to access the Fibre Channel loop and thence the disk drives within a K2 Level 3 Expansion Chassis.
  • Page 59 PLDA (private loop direct attach) profile A standard for FC-AL disk drives. RAID controller (RC) See RC (RAID controller). RC (RAID controller) A printed-circuit board with memory modules and control logic that manages the storage-system I/O between the K2 Media Server FC adapter and the disk modules. For higher availability, a K2 Level 3R can use a second RC.
  • Page 60 Glossary Level 3 RAID Instruction Manual November 23, 2005...

  • Page 61: Index

    Index electric shock 5 EN55022 Class A Warning 8 AC power expansion adapter current draw 55 description 21 overview 25 replacing 46 address switch, chassis 26 battery life expectancy 56 life expectancy 56 FC-AL (Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop) replacement 6 cabling requirements 26 Battery Backup Unit 18 FCC Emission Control and Limits 7...
  • Page 62 Grass Valley 14 midplane board description 19 ventilation 5 voltage, K2 Level 2 RAID Expansion NetCentral 35 requirements 55 packaging 28 web site, for Thomson Grass Valley 13 PFC500/E defined 16 power cord 33 outlet 33 power supply description 22...

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