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Avid® ISIS® | 2500

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Avid ISIS | 2500 Setup Guide • 0175-31140-00 Rev. C• June 2014• Created 6/5/14

Using This Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Symbols and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

If You Need Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Accessing the Online Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Avid Training Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Chapter 1 Avid ISIS | 2500 System Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

System Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

System Director Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

System Director Rear Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Second System Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Engine Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Engine Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Engine Rear View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Cooling Modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Storage Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Storage Group Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

RAID-6 Storage Groups, Single Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

RAID-6 Storage Groups, Dual Drive Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Drive Array and Slot Locations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

ISIS | 2500-320 Media Drive Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

ISIS | 2500-160 Media Drive Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Clients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

CIFS and FTP Clients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Network Zone Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Zone 1 Clients (Direct Connected). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Zone 2 Clients (Indirect Connect) Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Zone 3 and Zone 4 Client Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Chapter 2 Connecting the ISIS Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Rack Mounting the Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Rack Mounting Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Installing Rack-Mounted Rails and Brackets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Rackmount Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Positioning the System Director in the Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Separating the Slide Rails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Attaching Inner Slide Rails to the System Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Attaching the Outer Rails to a Square-Hole Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Attaching the Outer Rails to a Threaded-Hole Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Securing the System Director in a Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Mounting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Opening and Closing the Media Drive Drawers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Installing the Media Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Installing the Cooling Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Installing the Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Installing the Engine Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Connecting Power to Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Connecting Power Cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Turning System On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Connecting a Keyboard, Monitor, and Mouse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Setting Up the Network Address On the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Connecting Network Cables with a 1 Gb System Director Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Connecting Network Cables with a 10 Gb System Director Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Chapter 3 Preupgrade Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Zone 2 Switch Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

System Director Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

ISIS Engine Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

On Site Spares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Spares Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Additional spares for a comprehensive spares parts list: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Chapter 4 Upgrade Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Health Check. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Software Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

System Director Intel Pro Driver Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

ISIS | 2500-160 to ISIS | 2500-320 Engine Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Clearing Foreign Configurations on Used Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Post Upgrade System Verification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Chapter 5 Installing Software and Configuring the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Software Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Configuration Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Loading the Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Separate VLAN on Switch for ISIS | 2500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Activating the License Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Creating an Active File System on the System Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Installing Software on the Engine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Binding the Storage Managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Creating a Storage Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Creating Workspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Creating User Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Turning Off the CIFS Service With a 1 Gb Connected System Director . . . . . . . . . 89

Checking the Status of the System Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Chapter 6 Configuring System Director Failover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

System Director Failover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Cabling Dual System Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Setting IP Addresses for Crossover Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Configure a Failover Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Stopping and Restarting the System Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Chapter 7 Avid ISIS Software Licensing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

What You Need to Activate the ISIS Software License. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

License Activation Using an Internet Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

License Activation Without an Internet Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Deactivating the License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

License Requirement with Host Name Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Chapter 8 Avid ISIS Recommended Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Minimum Storage Space Requirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Daily Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Monthly Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Saving ISIS Metadata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Available Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Client Manager Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Status Indicators and Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Complete Server Room Shutdown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Chapter 9 Status LEDs and Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Hardware Faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Front Panel LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Drawer LEDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Power Supply LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Cooling Module LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Media Drive LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Engine Controller LEDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Management Console Error Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Missing Spare Drive Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Invalid Drive — Foreign Disk Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Disk Performance Degraded Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Invalid Number of Disks Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

No RAID Arrays Exist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Not All RAID Arrays Are Active . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Thermal Sensors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Thermal Monitoring and Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Thermal Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Temperature Sensors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Chapter 10 Adding and Replacing Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Continuous Operation During Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Media Drive Drawer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Media Drive Replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Removing a Media Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Replacing a Media Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Forcing a Foreign Drive to Become a Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Cooling Module Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Power Supply Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Engine Controller Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Engine Replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Replacing an Internal System Director Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Saving ISIS Metadata. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Replacing System Drives in the System Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Moving the Metadata to a New System Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Network Switch Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Adding an ISIS | 2500 Engine to Your Infrastructure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Chapter A Using the Product Recovery USB for 64-bit System Directors. . . . . . . . . 156

Reinstalling the Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Configuring the System Drive Using Windows 2008 Storage Server Setup . . . . . . . . . 158

Chapter B Specifications and Notices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Dimensions and Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Supported Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Appendix C Safety and Regulatory Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Warnings and Cautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Proposition 65 Warning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

FCC Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Class A Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Canadian Notice (Avis Canadien) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Class A Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

LED Safety Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

European Union Declaration of Conformity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Disposal of Waste Equipment by Users in the European Union. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Argentina Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Australia and New Zealand EMC Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Japan EMC Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Class A Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Korean EMC Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Class A Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Taiwan EMC Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Using This Guide

The Avid ISIS® media network provides a high-performance distributed file system that contains high-capacity shared media storage for workgroups of connected Avid

This document describes features and setup information for the Avid ISIS | 2500 shared storage

network. Your system might not contain certain features that are covered in the documentation.

Symbols and Conventions

Avid documentation uses the following symbols and conventions:

Symbol or Convention Meaning or Action

> This symbol indicates menu commands (and subcommands) in the

A note provides important related information, reminders, recommendations, and strong suggestions.

A caution means that a specific action you take could cause harm to your computer or cause you to lose data.

A warning describes an action that could cause you physical harm. Follow the guidelines in this document or on the unit itself when handling electrical equipment.

order you select them. For example, File > Import means to open the File menu and then select the Import command.

editing workstations.

This symbol indicates a single-step procedure. Multiple arrows in a list indicate that you perform one of the actions listed.

(Windows), (Windows only), (Macintosh), or (Macintosh only)

Bold font Bold font is primarily used in task instructions to identify user interface

Italic font Italic font is used to emphasize certain words and to indicate variables.

Courier Bold font

This text indicates that the information applies only to the specified operating system, either Windows or Macintosh OS X.

items and keyboard sequences.

Courier Bold font identifies text that you type.

Symbol or Convention Meaning or Action

Ctrl+key or mouse action Press and hold the first key while you press the last key or perform the

| (pipe character) The pipe character is used in some Avid product names, such as

If You Need Help

If you are having trouble using your Avid product:

1. Retry the action, carefully following the instructions given for that task in this guide. It is especially important to check each step of your workflow.

2. Check the latest information that might have become available after the documentation was published.

New information is available in the ReadMe file supplied on your Avid software installation kit as a PDF document and is also available online.

Always check online for the most up-to-date release notes or ReadMe because the online version is updated whenever new information becomes available. To view the

online versions, visit the Knowledge Base at

If You Need Help

mouse action. For example, Command+Option+C or Ctrl+drag.

Interplay | Production. In this document, the pipe is used in product names when they are in headings or at their first use in text.

www.avid.com/US/support.

3. Check the documentation that came with your Avid application or your hardware for maintenance or hardware-related issues.

4. Visit the online Knowledge Base at available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Search this online Knowledge Base to find answers, to view error messages, to access troubleshooting tips, to download updates, and to read or join online message-board discussions.

www.avid.com/US/support. Online services are

Accessing the Online Documentation

The Avid ISIS online documentation contains all the product documentation in PDF format. You can access the documentation in the AvidISISDocumentation folder on the Avid ISIS installer kit. Download and install Acrobat Reader on your Avid ISIS before you can access the PDF documentation.

To access the online documentation from the installer kit:

1. Insert your Avid ISIS USB flash drive with the Avid ISIS software kit into the USB port.

2. Navigate to the [USB flash drive]:\.AvidISISDocumentation folder, and double-click the PDF file for the document you want to view.

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1 Avid ISIS | 2500 System Overview

The Avid ISIS® | 2500 system is a nearline product that provides lower cost per gigabit (Gb) disk-based storage than the ISIS | 7500 - 7000 and ISIS | 5500 - 5000 real-time storage systems (online). This nearline system provides rapid access to material for which real-time output is not required, but the performance and accessibility of tape archival storage is not suitable. Avid ISIS network storage systems are built for media and entertainment. They enable multiple clients to share, capture, play, and edit video and audio media.

Clients access any combination of ISIS online systems (ISIS | 5500 and ISIS | 7500) and ISIS nearline systems (ISIS | 2500) through external switch connections. The ISIS | 2500 Management Console provides the same workspace and user functionality offered in all ISIS environments. The ISIS | 2500 nearline system workflows provides basic video playback of low bit rate media and high-speed file transfers to online ISIS systems.

If using multiple ISIS shared storage systems, each one must be on a separate network.

Avid ISIS | 2500 Engines are available in two configurations:

• ISIS | 2500-320 — 82 x 4 TB drives, providing 320 TB of raw storage which equates to 256 TB of usable storage

• ISIS | 2500-160 — 42 x 4 TB drives, providing 160 TB of raw storage which equates to 128 TB of usable storage

A typical ISIS | 2500 workflow is to move media that is no longer being used in the ISIS | 7500 7000 and ISIS | 5500 - 5000 online systems to ISIS | 2500 Workspaces for longer term storage. This frees up faster storage systems for higher performance work.

The ISIS | 2500 is not intended to be used for real time editing of high resolution material, although real time playback of resolutions of up to 3 Mb/s or less is supported.

Information that applies to specific models is specified in that section. This chapter provides an overview of the Avid ISIS | 2500 system and the basic function of each ISIS component. Other chapters in this guide describe the cable connections between the ISIS | 2500 System Director, the ISIS | 2500 Engines, and configuring the system.

System Director

The Avid ISIS | 2500 System Director uses the Windows® Storage Server 2008 R2 operating system with Service Pack 1. The Avid ISIS client operating systems that are supported in your ISIS software release is listed in the Avid ISIS ReadMe.

The Windows Product Key Certificate of Authenticity is attached to the top cover of the Avid ISIS

System Director.

The System Director is 1U (rack unit) in size (see “System Director Front Panel” on page 16) and manages the metadata by storing directory information and file attributes. The System Director does not store the data used by share clients (for example media files), these data files are stored on the drives within the Engine.

The System Director password is preset to is-admin. Not to be confused with the System Director

Web Page Administrator user whose default password is blank.

System Directors, workgroup servers, and clients must all be synchronized with a common time of day. For information on setting the Network Time Protocol (NTP), see

Network Address On the Engine” on page 55

System Director

“Setting Up the

The System Director connects to the ISIS switch through either a 1 Gb or 10 Gb connection. This depends mostly on the availability of 10 Gb ports on the ISIS switch. You must use a 10 Gb connection to the switch if you plan on using the built-in File Gateway capabilities. The File Gateway feature allows you to connect CIFS and FTP clients. To set up CIFS or FTP clients, see the Avid ISIS File Gateway Setup and User’s Guide.

The System Director provides a location to coordinate file access modes (read/write), file locking, range locking, performance data collection, logging, file lookup, and directory change tracking for client systems. The System Director provides the following information to a client or storage system:

• Identity of all connected storage systems

• Information about the drives, power, cooling and Engine Controllers in the configuration.

• List of workspaces, including name and unique ID number

• List of users and groups within the system

• Identity of all System Directors in the system (if you have more than one System Director)

Avid ISIS assures media protection and availability using the following techniques:

System disk (ID 1)System disk (ID 0)

Control panel

BCA

GHDFE

HALT

RST

• Mirrored system drives for system operation and System Director metadata storage

• A failed system drive can be replaced without interrupting the operation of the Avid ISIS.

• The 82 media drives are configured into eight RAID 6 groups with two drives reserved as hot spares. If any of the RAID drives fail, the Avid ISIS automatically uses the spare drive to rebuild the RAID group. The failed drive can be removed and replaced with a new drive without interrupting the operation of the Avid ISIS.

System Director Front Panel

The following figure shows the front view and control panel of the System Director.

System Director Front View

System Director

The following table describes the control panel shown in the previous figure.

System Control Panel

Letter Component Description

A Universal Serial Bus (USB) port USB 2.0 device port on the front of the system supports one USB device.

Recommended for use when re-imaging the system drives or loading software. Two more USB ports are located on the back of the system.

B Halt or Non-maskable interrupt

(NMI) button

The halt or NMI signal halts the processor, which effectively halts the server. An NMI is the highest priority interrupt and cannot be masked by software.

If the Halt/NMI button is pressed, the NMI signal locks the

system and the system must be restarted to clear the interrupt.

System Director

Power supplies

Serial 1 Gb Ethernet VideoUSB

10 Gb Ethernet

System Control Panel (Continued)

Letter Component Description

C System reset button Performs a soft reset when pressed. Do not use this button unless the

system has had a fatal error and you need to restart. A soft reset restarts the system; it clears all active program memory (you lose unsaved work) and shuts down all active programs.

D Four green network activity

LEDs

E Red System error LED Illuminates red when an error is detected with the system (fan, power

F System Drive activity LED Indicates drive activity from the onboard SATA controller and blinks

G System ID button When pressed it illuminates (blinks) blue and also illuminates an LED on

H Power button Press to turn on the enclosure. Power button illuminates green when the

Illuminates green when a good network connection is established and blinks when there is network activity on the four built-in 1 GB network ports.

The number beside the LED corresponds with the number beside the network port on the rear of the enclosure. For example, Connector 1 is LED 1 on the front; see

supply, temperature, voltage).

when either of the system drives is being accessed.

the rear of the enclosure. The rear LED is also blue and is visible on the lower left-hand side of the Ethernet ports inside of the enclosure. It is used to identify a system for servicing when it is installed in a high-density rack/cabinet populated with several other similar systems.

power is on.

“System Director Rear Panel” on page 17.

System Director Rear Panel

The following figure shows the rear panel of the System Director and the function of each connection. The System Director comes with a Myricom dual-port 10 Gb network board installed in the System Director, and an SFP+ optical transceiver for the port.

System Director Rear View

Second System Director

You can purchase a second System Director and configure it on the same subnets as the original System Director. This provides a redundant System Director that is in constant contact with the original System Director. The second System Director automatically takes over if the original System Director fails (For more information see

page 92

Engine

The Engine is 5U (rack unit) in size and stores the data shared by the ISIS clients. Up to five Engines are supported in the ISIS | 2500 environment providing 1.6 petabytes (PB) of raw storage (1.2 PB usable storage). Avid ISIS | 2500 Engines are available in two configurations:

“ISIS | 2500-320 Media Drive Configuration” on page 25 and “ISIS | 2500-160 Media Drive

see

Configuration” on page 26

4 terabyte (TB) SAS drives. These media drives are configured for redundant array of independent disks (RAID) 6 storage protection.

Engines can be configured as separate Storage Groups or be added to existing Storage Groups. If you choose to add the new Engines to an existing Storage Group, the existing data is redistributed to spread the data evenly across all drives in the Storage Group.

Engine

“Configuring System Director Failover” on

. Both models of Avid ISIS | 2500 Engines are populated with

The data flows to and from the Engine through the Engine Controller using a 10 Gb Ethernet connection. Only the left connector (as seen from the rear of the Engine Engine Rear View) is used to connect the Engine to the ISIS switch. This connection provides access to the data on media drives to the System Director and clients. The 10 Gb Ethernet ports on both the switch and Engine Control require SFP+ transceivers. For instructions on see

with a 10 Gb System Director Connection” on page 60

The Engine contains the following components:

• Engine Front View

• Engine Control Panel

•Engine Rear View

• Cooling Modules

•Power Supplies

Engine Front View

Each drawer in the Engine allows access to 42 drive slots. The number of media drives populated in each drawer varies depending on your ISIS | 2500 Engine configuration (ISIS | 2500-320 or ISIS | 2500-160). The first drive slot is located in the front-row, left-side of the top drawer and

“Connecting Network Cables

Engine

Tamper proof locks (x4)

Control panel

Drawer 1 status and activity indicators

Drawer 2 status and activity indicators

the last drive is in the last row on the far-right portion of the drawer. The second drawer is ordered in the same way; left-to-right in each of the three rows starting in the front and ending in the back right corner. For more information on the drive slot configuration, see “ISIS | 2500-320

Media Drive Configuration” on page 25 page 26

and “ISIS | 2500-160 Media Drive Configuration” on

Engine Control Panel

Each drive can be removed and replaced separately with the power on.

If you replace a drive with power on, the LEDs in all of the drives go off momentarily. This does not represent a problem. All functions are still active and working properly.

The following figure shows the ISIS | 2500 Engine control panel.

ISIS | 2500 Engine Front Panel

Unit ID display

Input switch

Power on / standby

Module fault

Logical status

Drawer 1 fault

Drawer 2 fault

The following table describes the control panel shown in the previous figure.

Engine Control Panel

Engine

Component Description

Unit ID Display Displays the unit number assigned to the Engine. When a signal is sent

from the software, the ID number blinks to identify the Engine. This helps locate the Engine when it is installed in a high-density rack/cabinet populated with several other similar systems.

Input Switch Press to turn on the enclosure.

Power on / Standby Indicator Illuminates green when the power is on. A power switch is located on

each of the two power supplies on the back of the Engine.

Module Fault Indicator Illuminates amber when an error is detected with the system. The

following are possible faults.

• On: with single beep, then double beep — power on test state.

• On: any power supply, voltage, fan, module, or temperature (over or under) fault

• Flashing: logical fault — unknown, invalid, or mixed module type installed, bus failure (inter communication failure), or EBOD VPD configuration error.

• On: Drive failure causing loss of availability or redundancy

• Flashing: when both the Module Fault and Logical Status LEDs are flashing, the unit ID number is different from “Start of Day.”

Engine Control Panel (Continued)

Engine Controller Cooling module (x5)

Power supply unit (x2)

10 Gb Connection

Component Description

Logical Status Indicator Flashes amber when arrays are performing a background function.

Drawer 1 Fault Indicator Illuminates amber when an fault is detected with a drive, cable, or fan in

Drawer 2 Fault Indicator Illuminates amber when an fault is detected with a drive, cable, or fan in

Engine Rear View

The following figure shows the rear of the Engine in a configuration that contains the following:

• One Engine Controller (only supported in the left slot as seen from the rear of the Engine)

• Five cooling Modules

• Two power supplies

Engine

When both the Module Fault and Logical Status LEDs are flashing, the unit ID number is different from “Start of Day.”

the top drawer.

the bottom drawer.

Cooling Modules

Five cooling modules are turned on when the power supplies are on. They contain fans that cool the system. The system needs only three of the five cooling modules to supply the needed cooling for the Engine to function properly. You can remove and replace a cooling modules while the system is running if one fails.

Engine

Release latch

Module OK

Battery fault Fan fault

Release latch

Power OK

Power supply fault

AC fault

Power Switch

Leave failed modules in place until you have a replacement so you maintain the proper airflow. Obtain a replacement as soon as possible.

Only trained Avid qualified service personnel should remove and replace modules while the Engine is running. Since power to the Engine is still applied internally to the midplane, always keep your hands outside the Engine when removing a module.

Power Supplies

The power supplies are turned on when the power cord is plugged in and the power switch is on. The power supplies provide power and contain fans that cool the system. The system needs only one of the two power supplies to supply the needed power to function properly. You can remove and replace a power supply temporarily while the system is running if one fails.

Leave failed modules in place until you have a replacement so you maintain the proper airflow. Obtain a replacement as soon as possible.

Storage Configurations

Engine Power Supply Panel

Component Description

Release Latch Displays the unit number assigned to the Engine. When a signal is sent

from the software, the ID number blinks to identify the Engine. This helps locate the Engine when it is installed in a high-density rack/cabinet populated with several other similar systems.

Power Supply Fault Indicator Illuminates amber when an error is detected with the system. The

following are possible faults.

• On: with single beep, then double beep — power on test state.

• On: any power supply, voltage, fan, module, or temperature (over or under) fault

• Flashing: logical fault — unknown, invalid, or mixed module type installed, bus failure (inter communication failure), or EBOD VPD configuration error.

• On: Drive failure causing loss of availability or redundancy

• Flashing: when both the Module Fault and Logical Status LEDs are flashing, the unit ID number is different from “Start of Day.”

AC Input Fault Indicator Flashes amber when arrays are performing a background function. When

both the Module Fault and Logical Status LEDs are flashing, the unit ID number is different from “Start of Day.”

Power on / Standby Indicator Illuminates green when the power is on. A power switch is located on

each of the two power supplies on the back of the Engine.

Power Switch Press to turn on the enclosure.

Storage Configurations

Avid ISIS | 2500 Engines are populated with 4 terabyte (TB) SAS drives using parity protected disk storage utilizing a RAID 6 (redundant array of independent disks, level 6) algorithm. The ISIS | 2500-320 is a fully populated configuration with 82 media drives providing up to 256 TB of usable storage after configuring the RAID set.

The ISIS | 2500-160 is populated with 42 drives in two drawers, providing up to 128 TB of usable storage after configuring the RAID set.

Storage Group Size

An ISIS | 2500-160 Engine provides one Storage Manager, and the ISIS | 2500-320 has two Storage Managers. The Storage Manager is used to create one or two Storage Groups in the ISIS file system (one or two Storage Groups per Engine). The media drives in each Engine are bound into Storage Groups. A fully populated ISIS | 2500-320 Engine can be bound into one or two Storage Groups or you can combine multiple Engines as a single Storage Group.

If you have Engines configured as a single Storage Group and want to make two Storage Groups, you must delete the Storage Group and create two new Storage Groups. Data is stored in the Storage Group in 4 MB chunk sizes. You cannot change the chunk size of a Storage Group.

Storage Configurations

RAID-6 Storage Groups, Single Drive

RAID-6 Storage Groups, Dual Drive Failure

When you delete the Storage Group all data on the Storage Group is lost.

When there is a single drive failure in an ISIS Storage Group configured with RAID protection, the Storage Group continues to function normally at a lower bandwidth.

When a drive fails, the rebuild is started automatically by the RAID solution.

An “unprotected state” occurs when two drives fail in a RAID-6 Storage Group. In an unprotected state with no additional failures, read operations continue to function normally at a lower bandwidth.

It is highly recommended that you replace any failed drives immediately, to create new hot spares for possible future drive failures. This ensures full protection of all stored data at the earliest possible time.

Drive Array and Slot Locations

Avid ISIS | 2500 Engines are available in two configurations; both configurations are populated with 4 TB SAS drives. These media drives are configured for redundant array of independent disks (RAID) 6 storage protection.

New installations are created using a common slot configuration. However, once a disk has failed, the initial layout changes and the default configuration no longer applies. The numbers assigned to the slots and the group numbers are not displayed in the ISIS software.

ISIS | 2500-320 Media Drive Configuration

The ISIS | 2500-320 has 82 media drives with two drives reserved as hot spares. The drives are configured into eight RAID 6 groups (10 drives in each group) in each Avid ISIS | 2500-320 Engine. The hot spares are automatically used whenever a RAID set detects a degraded drive. This results in continued access to your workspace data with no data loss during the failure and repair.

Storage Configurations

The spare drives are created at the end of the last RAID group in bottom drawer when the RAID groups are initially configured. Once a drive group has used a spare drive and a new spare is established, the original configuration no longer applies.

320 TB, Drawer 1 (Top) — Initial Media Drive Slot Locations and RAID Groups

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320 TB, Drawer 2 (Bottom) — Initial Media Drive Slot Locations and RAID Groups

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ISIS | 2500-160 Media Drive Configuration

The ISIS | 2500-160 has 42 media drives with two drives reserved as hot spares. The drives are configured in the Avid ISIS | 2500-160 Engine as four RAID 6 groups (10 drives in each group). The hot spares are initially created in the bottom drawer and are automatically used whenever a RAID set detects a degraded drive. This allows for continued access to your workspace data with no data loss during the failure and repair.

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Storage Configurations

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The spare drives are created in the bottom drawer when the RAID groups are initially configured. Once a drive group has used a spare drive and a new spare is established, the original configuration no longer applies.

When replacing a failed media drive, you must install the replacement drive in the slot where you removed the failed drive. Do not install replacement drives in the slots identified as “Not Used” in the following illustrations.

160 TB, Drawer 1 (Top) — Initial Media Drive Slot Locations and RAID Groups

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160 TB, Drawer 2 (Bottom) — Initial Media Drive Slot Locations and RAID Groups

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The Avid ISIS | 2500 systems support 200 ISIS clients using either 1 Gb, dual 1 Gb, or 10 Gb connections at any client type setting. The client communicates with the drives through the switch to create, modify, and read files stored in the actual drive.

A client uses mechanisms specific to the operating system to display, create, and delete files within the Avid ISIS shared storage network system. For example, when viewed from a Windows operating system, the system sees a server containing many shares that are mapped to drive letters.

CIFS and FTP Clients

The ISIS | 2500 also includes a File Gateway providing unlimited Common Internet File System (CIFS) clients, without using Avid ISIS client licenses. This client connection enables network users to access the ISIS Workspaces in a non-realtime scenario. Depending on the access permission, network users can read, write, and delete files on Workspaces without using ISIS client licenses. For instructions on setting up CIFS clients see the Avid ISIS File Gateway Setup and User’s Guide.

Only System Directors with a 10 Gb connection to the switch support CIFS and FTP clients.

When using a 1 Gb connection between the ISIS | 2500 System Director and the switch, you must turn off the CIFS service after you have installed the ISIS | 2500 software. See “Turning Off the

CIFS Service With a 1 Gb Connected System Director” on page 89.

You can also configure the System Director to share ISIS Workspaces over the network using the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) function controlled by the Microsoft’s Internet Information Services (IIS) and the FTP Service. For instructions on setting up FTP clients see the Avid ISIS File Gateway Setup and User’s Guide.

Network Zone Configurations

All clients in the shared storage network are classified by zones, depending on how they connect to the network. The following list defines the clients in each network layer by their zone classification:

Network Zone Configurations

ISIS | 2500 systems typically are integrated with ISIS | 7500 - 7000 or ISIS | 5500 - 5000

environments. The ISIS | 2500 System Director and ISIS | 2500 Engine are connected to ISIS | 7500 - 7000 or ISIS | 5500 - 5000 switches that have been configured with a separate VLAN for the ISIS | 2500 components. See your site network administrator for assistance with configuring the separate VLAN on your switch.

• Zone 1 Client — No Zone 1 client connection is available in ISIS | 2500 (direct connect to ISIS | 2500 Engine)

• Zone 2 Client — Connected to ISIS VLANs via a 1 Gb or 10 Gb port on an Avid qualified layer-2 switch (non-routed)

• Zone 3 Client — Connected to an Avid qualified layer-3 switch (routed) with known Quality of Service (QoS); traffic routed to ISIS (one hop) and load-balanced across ISIS VLANs (approximately a 60/40 ratio)

• Zone 4 Client — Connected to the house network using an edge or a core switch with unknown QoS; traffic routed to Avid ISIS (measured by the number of hops) and load-balanced across ISIS VLANs (approximately a 60/40 ratio)

Support for different client and device types varies by zone:

• Zone 1 — Not applicable

• Zone 2 — AirSpeed, editors, Interplay

• Zone 3 — Instinct, Assist, certain editors

VLAN

Zone 2

Intel Pro 1000 PT board

Client systems

in Zone 2

1 Gb or 10 Gb Ethernet

10 Gb Ethernet

Zone 2 switch with 1-Gb and 10-Gb Ports

Engine

System Director

• Zone 4 — Instinct, Assist; typical formats include DV25, MPEG-2 proxy (2 Mb/s)

The following four examples show different types of Avid ISIS configurations.

Zone 1 Clients (Direct Connected)

The ISIS | 2500 does not provide any client connections directly to the Engine or System Director. Client connections are only available through a switch.

Zone 2 Clients (Indirect Connect) Configuration

Clients that are connected to a switch are referred to as Zone 2 clients. Zone 2 clients are not routed. For a list of supported switches, see the Avid ISIS ReadMe.

A Zone 2 configuration consists of a group of clients, connected to an Ethernet switch with a 10 Gb port connected to the ISIS | 2500 Engine. The System Director also connects to the switch using a 1 Gb port or 10 Gb port. Each client connects to the ISIS switch using either a 1 Gb or 10 Gb connection.

Avid ISIS Zone 2 Network Configuration

Network Zone Configurations

Zone 3 and Zone 4 Client Configuration

A Zone 3 (indirect connect) configuration consist of a group of clients, connected to an Avid qualified layer-3 switch (routed), with known Quality of Service (QoS); traffic routed to ISIS (one hop) and load-balanced across ISIS VLANs (approximately a 60/40 ratio).

A Zone 4 (indirect connect) configuration consists of a group of clients, using an Ethernet switch with unknown QoS; traffic routed to Avid ISIS (measured by the number of hops) and load-balanced across ISIS VLANs (approximately a 60/40 ratio).

The house switch must have uplinks to the Avid Production Network through an Ethernet switch that contains a 10 Gb port connected to the Engines. The ISIS | 2500 System Director also connects to the switch using a 1 Gb port or 10 Gb port. The ISIS | 2500 can connect to the same APN switches as the primary ISIS | 7500 - 7000 or ISIS | 5500 - 5000, but must use a different subnet from the other ISIS storage systems.

Network Zone Configurations

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Storage Group Size

RAID-6 Storage Groups, Single Drive

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Drive Array and Slot Locations

ISIS | 2500-320 Media Drive Configuration

ISIS | 2500-160 Media Drive Configuration

Clients

CIFS and FTP Clients

Network Zone Configurations

Zone 1 Clients (Direct Connected)

Zone 2 Clients (Indirect Connect) Configuration

Zone 3 and Zone 4 Client Configuration