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Table Of Contents
- Title Page
- Contents
- Using This Guide
- Avid Unity ISIS System Overview
- Connecting the Equipment
- Configuring Avid Unity ISIS Hardware and Installing Software
- Avid Unity ISIS LED Status
- Loading the Product Recovery DVD
- Enabling the Failover Software
- Adding a System Director to an Existing File System
- Setting IP Addresses for Crossover Link
- Stopping Active System Director
- Configuring Failover Settings
- Creating New Standby File System
- Restarting Existing System Director
- Stopping and Restarting System Directors During Failover
- Creating Failover with Two New Systems
- Setting IP Addresses for Crossover Links
- Configuring Failover Settings
- Creating New File Systems on the A and B System Directors
- Adding a System Director to an Existing File System
- Regulatory and Safety Notices
Chapter 2 Connecting the Equipment
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Installing System Director and an Avid ISIS Engine
The System Director and storage elements are placed into a rack for easy access to the
cables, connectors, and drives. The following list provides recommendations you should
take into account prior to rack-mounting Avid Unity ISIS equipment:
• The heaviest equipment should go at the bottom of the rack, for example, the
Avid Unity ISIS engine.
• Lighter equipment goes towards the middle and top of the rack, for example, System
Directors, a Keyboard, monitor, and mouse assembly (KMM), with Ethernet switches at
the top of the rack.
• If the rack is provided with stabilizing devices, install the stabilizers before mounting
the equipment in the rack.
• Avid recommends that you leave a 1U or .5U space between each piece of equipment
mounted in the racks. This allows for better airflow and cable access, and helps stop
vibration in any equipment being transferred to spaces above and below.
• Avid recommends that you leave an 8 to 12 inch space at the bottom of the rack. This
allows for better airflow and lowers the possibility of dust or dirt being picked up by the
devices.
• If you have a redundant configuration, you might place equipment in different racks.
Place the System Director and Failover System Director in different racks, separate the
storage elements between racks, place redundant Ethernet switches in different racks,
and have the power from each rack connected to different circuits.
• For normal operation, you’ll need to maintain approximately 2 feet (0.6 meters) of open
space in front of and behind the rack. This allows free access to the components in the
rack for operating changes or adjustments. For service, you need approximately 3 feet (1
meter) of open space in front of the rack and 2 feet (0.6 meters) of open space behind the
rack. This allows for the removal of any component that needs to be replaced.
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For more information related to rack mounting a Avid Unity ISIS system, see the
Avid Unity ISIS Site Preparation Guide online on the Avid Knowledge Base or the online file
on your Avid Unity ISIS system DVD.
Mounting the Engine
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Lifting the engine with the blades and power supplies installed can cause an injury.
The engine must have the blades and power supplies removed prior to lifting. Avid
recommends that two persons should be used whenever lifting the empty engine.