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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
Preupgrade Information
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c. Set “Path to Test” to a mounted ISIS workspace letter. (Check in my computer if not
sure) Make sure its an ISIS workspace and not the internal C: drive.
d. Set the duration to 10 minutes.
e. Click Custom Test and set the following parameters:
f. Click Ok and Start.
- 1-Gb clients that are not bandwidth limited should expect at least 65 MB/sec in the
Path Diag tool.
- 10-Gb clients that are not bandwidth limited should expect at least 500 MB/sec for
reads and at least 200 MB/sec for writes in the Path Diag tool.
4. While Path Diag is running check the system to make sure that there are no Network
Degraded status indications.
In the ISIS Management Console, click Storage Elements. All Storage Elements should be
green and not displaying any Network Degraded states.
Preupgrade Information
Gather the following information before the upgrade. This information is critical to
troubleshooting an Avid ISIS.
• Current Avid ISIS software version
• Avid ISIS Administrator password
• Number of Avid ISIS engines
• Drive Size: 1 TB____ 2 TB____ 4TB____ other____
• Number of Storage Groups
• Number and type of editing clients: (Windows or Macintosh)
Custom Test
Settings
1 Gb client
(not bandwidth limited)
10 Gb Client
(not bandwidth limited)
File Access Method Automatically select Automatically select
Reads vs Writes Writes, then Reads (Sequential) Writes, then Reads (Sequential)
Transfer Size 4096 16384
Transfer Rate Unlimited Unlimited
Max File Size 1000 1000