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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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Avid highly recommends that you click the ReadMe link under Resources > Documentation. This
displays the ReadMe file that provides the latest information regarding the ISIS system and
software. You must have Adobe Reader installed to view the PDF.
7. Pick the Avid ISIS 5500 software for the enclosure you are installing the software on. The
list of Actions change based on your selection.
When setting up the ISIS Engine for the first time, the Network Adapter Configuration and
the Raid Set Configuration are performed automatically for you. These two functions are not
performed if your enclosure already had these items configured. Typically this is the case
when upgrading the software version.
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When you initially install the Avid ISIS software, the RAID set is initialized automatically. With
no client traffic on the system, this will take approximately 54 hours for the ISIS-64, 27 hours for
the ISIS 5500-32 and 14 hours for the ISIS 5500-16. During this initialization, the system is
functional and able to support a limited amount of client traffic. An Avid ISIS Engine during
initialization should be able to support full bandwidth to one client. This should allow sufficient
bandwidth to be able to test out the system before the initialization is complete by working with
one client at a time. That client bandwidth during the initialization period should be kept to a
minimum. Failure to do so can significantly increase the initialization time.
The following table describes the installer options and their functions.