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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 Installation
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IP Addressing Strategies When Connecting to a Network
Your Avid ISIS and Ethernet clients must be configured with a unique IP address and common
subnet mask. Your site network administrator should determine how best to allocate IP addresses
for systems on your in-house network, bearing in mind the following:
• You must assign a static IP address to the four Intel Pro 1 Gb ports or 10 Gb port on the Avid
ISIS Engine. Avid has provided a Configure Network Adapter tool, see “Checking or
Changing the System Director IP Addresses” on page 86 after you have installed the Avid
ISIS software.
• Ethernet clients connected through the Avid ISIS switch are assigned static IP addresses
unless you have a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server attached where the
client can automatically obtain an IP address.
• All Ethernet clients connected through the Avid ISIS switch must have addresses in the same
subnet as the Avid ISIS.
• Direct connect Ethernet clients connect directly to the 1 Gb and 10 Gb ports on the Avid
ISIS System Director. Each of the port on the System Director must be configured on a
separate subnet. The client must match the subnet assigned to the port that it is connected to
on the System Director. For an example, see “Default IP Network Addresses for 1 Gb and 10
Gb Direct Connect Clients” on page 79.
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You must use the Network Configuration Tool in the ISIS Launch Pad to set the Ethernet
ports on the System Director. This tool sets the IP addresses in the registry. Manually
setting the IP addresses on the System Director without using the Network Configuration
Tool is not supported and will not work properly.
Loading the Software
The Avid ISIS enclosure does not have a DVD reader. Software is loaded onto the system using a
USB flash drive. The system ships with two USB flash drives:
• Avid ISIS Systems ship with one blank 8GB USB Drive that is intended to be used for
storing the ISIS Software Kit. You will need to download the ISIS software kit from
download center (http://www.avid.com/US/support/find-support/category/updates) and copy
it to this USB drive
• The second blank 16GB USB drive is used to create a bootable recovery drive. This will be
used when the server Operating System needs to be re-imaged.