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Table Of Contents
- Avid® ISIS® | 5500 - 5000 Setup Guide
- Contents
- Chapter 1 Avid ISIS | 5500 Overview 13
- Chapter 2 Installing the Avid ISIS System 27
- Chapter 3 Installing the Avid ISIS Software 63
- Chapter 4 Avid ISIS Software Licensing 81
- Chapter 5 Configuring System Director Resiliency 88
- Chapter 6 Preupgrade Information 101
- Chapter 7 Avid ISIS Upgrade Guidelines 105
- Chapter 8 Adding and Replacing Hardware 113
- Chapter 9 Optional Network Adapter Boards 128
- Chapter 10 Product Recovery 133
- Chapter A Specifications and Notices 137
- Appendix B Safety and Regulatory Information 142
- Using This Guide
- Avid ISIS | 5500 Overview
- 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 Dell Networking S25 and S4810 Switches in a Rack
- Installing the Dell Networking S60 Switch in a Rack
- Installing the Avid ISIS Drives
- Connecting a Keyboard, Monitor, and Mouse
- Connecting Power Cords
- Configuration Considerations
- Connecting Clients Directly to the System Director
- System Director 1 Gb Ethernet Connections to the Switch
- Dell Networking 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
- 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
- Avid ISIS Software Licensing
- Configuring System Director Resiliency
- Preupgrade Information
- Avid ISIS Upgrade Guidelines
- Adding and Replacing Hardware
- Optional Network Adapter Boards
- Product Recovery
- Specifications and Notices
- Safety and Regulatory Information
- Warnings and Cautions
- Proposition 65 Warning
- FCC Notice
- Canadian Notice (Avis Canadien)
- 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
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Updating the 10 Gb Myricom Board Driver on Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Post Upgrade System Verification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Chapter 8 Adding and Replacing Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Removing and Replacing Data Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Removing a Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Replacing a Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Replacing the ISIS Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Adding Optional Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Replacing System Drives in the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Saving ISIS Metadata. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Replacing System Drives in the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Moving the Metadata to a New System Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Switch Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Permanently Removing an ISIS Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Chapter 9 Optional Network Adapter Boards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
ISIS Engine Adapter Board Slots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Electrostatic Discharge Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Removing and Installing the System Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Installing the Adapter Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Myricom 10 Gb Driver and Configuration Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Intel Driver and Configuration Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Chapter 10 Product Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Reinstalling the Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Configuring the System Drive Using Windows 2008 Storage Server Setup . . . . . . . . . 135
Chapter A Specifications and Notices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Dimensions and Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Supported Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Appendix B Safety and Regulatory Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Warnings and Cautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Proposition 65 Warning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143