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Table Of Contents
- Title Page
- Contents
- Using This Guide
- Avid ISIS Overview
- Optional Network Adapter Boards
- Installing the Avid ISIS System
- Avid ISIS Hardware
- Installing Avid ISIS Hardware in a Rack
- Rack-mount Requirements
- Positioning the Avid ISIS Engine in the Rack
- Separating the Slide Rails
- Attaching Inner Slide Rails to the Avid ISIS 5500
- Attaching the Outer Rails to a Square-Hole Rack
- Attaching the Outer Rails to a Round-Hole Rack
- Securing the Avid ISIS 5500 in a Rack
- Installing the Force10 S25 and S4810 Switches in a Rack
- Installing the Force10 S60 Switch in a Rack
- Installing the Avid ISIS Drives
- Connecting a Keyboard, Monitor, and Mouse
- Connecting Power Cords
- Configuring Considerations
- Connecting Clients Directly to the System Director
- System Director 1 Gb Ethernet Connections to the Switch
- Force10 Ethernet Switches
- Connecting Multiple Engines to the Stacked Switch
- Connecting to an In-House Network
- Turning On the Avid ISIS 5500 Hardware
- Installing the Avid ISIS Software
- Windows Operating System and Network Settings
- Software Installation
- Connect the Network Cables to the Enclosure
- IP Addressing Strategies When Connecting to a Network
- Loading the Software
- Product Recovery Needs to be Copied to the USB Flash Drive
- Activating the License Key
- Connecting the Optional Application Key
- Creating an Active File System
- Checking or Changing the System Director IP Addresses
- Accessing the Management Console From Any Computer
- Binding the Storage Managers
- Creating a Storage Group
- Creating Workspaces
- Creating User Accounts
- Loading Client Software
- Configuring Client Software
- Configuring the Client Network Properties
- Avid ISIS Software Licensing
- Configuring System Director Resiliency
- Avid ISIS Upgrade Guidelines
- Adding and Replacing Hardware
- Product Recovery
- Specifications and Notices
- Safety and Regulatory Information
- Warnings and Cautions
- (Hebrew Warnings and Cautions)
- FCC Notice
- Canadian Notice (Avis Canadien)
- LED Safety Notices
- (Hebrew LED Safety Notices)
- European Union Declaration of Conformity
- Disposal of Waste Equipment by Users in the European Union
- Argentina Conformity
- Australia and New Zealand EMC Regulations
- Japan EMC Regulations
- Korean EMC Regulations
- Taiwan EMC Regulations
- Index
Software Upgrade
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6. Check the system event logs on the System Director for recent error events.
7. Perform a thorough physical inspection of the interconnection cables looking for:
- Missing retainers, strains, sharp bends, signs of physical abuse.
- Ensure that labels are visible, physically firmly in place, and legible.
- Confirm that all fans and ventilation areas are free of obstructions, dirt, lint, and debris.
- Ensure that there is clearance in the front and rear to allow components to be replaced
without obstructions for their full Engine travel length.
- Make sure cables are not zip tied to the power supplies or the switches.
Software Upgrade
After noting the necessary network and system component information listed in “Preupgrade
Information” on page 128 you are ready to upgrade the Avid ISIS. Read the software upgrade
section in the Avid ISIS ReadMe for specific upgrade unique procedures in the release, then use
the following procedure for the upgrade. Unless specified in the Avid ISIS ReadMe, software
upgrades are performed the same way as new installed. Network IP addresses are not changed
during software upgrades, the Network Configuration Tool is not automatically display when
doing software upgrades.
You can download your software from the Avid Download Center
(www.avid.com/support/downloadcenter) or use the USB flash drive and copy the installer kit to
your Engine.
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New Avid ISIS systems ship with the Avid ISIS software kit on the USB included with the system.
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Do not download and run the AvidISISStorageManager64.msi file shown in the
Management Console Installer window to upgrade your Engines, because important
configuration files are not included in the .msi file. The complete installation is only
available in the ISIS installer splash screen.
To update your Avid ISIS software:
1. Check the Avid ISIS ReadMe for the version of the network interface driver that is required
for the release you are installing. If the System Director does not have the correct version,
update the network board drivers on the System Directors and clients.
If your release requires a 10 Gb Myricom driver update, see “Updating the 10 Gb Myricom
Board Driver on Engines” on page 124. 1 Gb Intel drivers are installed and configured for
you when you load the System Director and Engine software.
2. Inform all Avid ISIS clients to shutdown or exit their Client Manager applications.