Grass Valley Lx0 RAID User Manual

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Lx0 RAID on
Profile XP and Open SAN
Installation Instructions

Table of Contents

Grass Valley Product Support..........................................................................................2

About Lx0 RAID on the Open SAN...................................................................................4

About Lx0 RAID on a stand-alone Profile XP..................................................................5

Cable Lx0 RAID ...............................................................................................................6

Configure RAID network properties................................................................................6

Bind disks........................................................................................................................

Label disks........................................................................................................................

Modify file system configuration......................................................................................9

Update the file system.......................................................................................................11

Expand (restripe) existing media......................................................................................11

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About Lx0 RAID on the Open SAN

About Lx0 RAID on the Open SAN

You can add Lx0 RAID storage devices to an exi st ing Profi l e XP Open SAN for the
following purposes:

• Bandwidth expansion — To increase your maximum bandwidth, you add RAID
st

orage devices and configure them as an expansion of an existing stripe group or
groups. The size of an added LUN must be equal to or larger than the size of an
existing LUN. You can do this and retain existing media.

• Replacement — To fix a faulty RAID chassis, you remove the faulty chassis and
place it with a new chassis. When you do this, you lose existing media.

re

NOTE: Adding RAID storage devices changes your system design and must be

ified for your Open SAN by Grass Val ley. Do no t att empt to ad d RAID stora ge

spec
devices without support from Grass Valley.

Adding Lx0 RAID to a Profile XP Open SAN is supported as follows:

• Profile System Soft ware must be at version 5.4.9.1308, at the time of t his wr it ing .

act Grass Valley Support fo r information on compatibl e versions and to obtain

Cont
software.

• All Profile XP systems on the Open SAN must have the RTP-II board.

• The Fibre Channel fabric must be 2 Gb/s.

• If the Open SAN has one or more PFR 700 primary RAID chassis, you may add

on

more Lx0 RAID as additional primary RAID chassis, according to

e or

supported expansion procedures.

• The size of an added LUN must be equal to or larger than the size of an existing

LUN. If

• If the Open SAN has a PFR 70 0 pr imar y RAID c has si s, you may replace it with a

Lx

• If the Open SAN has PFC 500, PFR 500, or PFR 600 RAID and you want to

re
RAID devices. You may not mix Lx0 RAID with PFC 500, PFR 500, or PFR 600
RAID

Take the following into consideration as you add Lx0 RAID to an Open SAN:

• Refer to the Open San

information as necessary. This document assumes you understand the Open SAN
system and that you are familiar with configuration procedures.

• You must bind Lx0 RAID disks as RAID 5, with 5 disks per LUN.

• A Lx0 RAID chassis has slots for 12 disks (slots 0 – 11), yet only 10 disks are

ne

larger, that portion that exceeds the size of the existing LUN is unused.

0 RAID chassis.

place or expand, you must remove all RAID devices and replace them with Lx0

.

Instruction Manual for detailed procedures and related

eded to fill out the two RA ID 5 LUNs.

• Slots 0 – 4 must be used f or one RAID 5 LUN. Slot 5 can be used for a Hot Spare

disk

or you can put a blank in the slot. Slots 6 – 10 mus t be used for the ot her RAID

5 LUN. Slot 11 can be use d f or a Hot Spare disk or you can put a blank in the slot.

• A PFR 700 RAID has a single LAN card for Ethernet connection, while a Lx0

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About Lx0 RAID on a stand-alone Profile XP

RAID chassis has one or two controllers, each of which have their own Ethernet
connection. This results in the following:

• PFR 700 RAID is one device on the control network, rega rdl es s of if it has one
or

two contro llers.

• Lx0 RAID with one controller is one device on the control network.

• Lx0 RAID with two controllers is two devices on the control network.

About Lx0 RAID on a stand- al one Profile XP

You can add Lx0 RAID storage devices to stand-alone Profile XP only as a
replacement. To fix a faulty RAID chas sis, you remove the fau lty chassis and re place
it with a new chassis. When you do this, you lose existing media.

Adding Lx0 RAID to a stand-alone Profile XP is supported as follows:

• Profile System Software must be at version 5.4.9 or higher.

• The Profile XP system must have the RTP-II board.

• The Fibre Channel connections must be 2 Gb/s.

• You must remove all RAID devices from the stand-alone Profile XP and replace
t

hem wi

Take the following into consi de rat i on as you add Lx0 RAID to a st an d-alone Profile
XP:

• Refer to the Ins
and related information as necessary. This document assumes you understand the
Profile XP system and that you are familiar with configuration procedures.

• You must bind Lx0 RAID disks as RAID 5, with 5 disks per LUN.

• A Lx0 RAID chassis has slots for 12 disks (slots 0 – 11), yet only 10 disks are
neede

• Slots 0 – 4 must be used f or one RAID 5 LUN. Slot 5 can be use d fo r a Hot Spare
disk
5 LUN. Slot 11 can be use d for a Hot Spare disk or you can put a blank in t he s lot .

• A PFR 700 RAID has a single LAN card for Ethernet connection, while a Lx0
RAID
connection. This results in the following:

• PFR 700 RAID is configured as one device on the control network, regardless

• Lx0 RAID with one controller is configured as one device on the control

th Lx0 RAID devices.

tallation Guide for your Profile XP model for detailed procedures

d to fill out the two RAID 5 LUNs.

or you can put a blank in the slot. Slots 6 – 10 must be used for the ot her RAID

chassis has one or two controllers, each of which have their own Ethernet

of

if it has one or two controllers.

networ

k.

• Lx0 RAID with two controllers is configured as two devices on the control

networ

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