Pinnacle Systems ISIS 7000 - 4.6 Setup Guide

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Avid ISIS 7500 | 7000 Setup Guide • 0175-30978-00 Rev. B • December 2013 • Created 12/6/13
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Contents

Using This Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Symbols and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
If You Need Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Accessing the Online Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Avid Training Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Chapter 1 Avid Software and Hardware Install Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Software Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Hardware Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
New System Director and Engine Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Switch and ISB Upgrade Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Recreating a File Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Chapter 1 Avid ISIS 7500 | 7000 System Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Hardware Overview and Naming Convention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
System Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
System Director Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
System Director Rear Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Second System Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Engine Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Engine Rear View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Integrated Ethernet Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Storage Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Storage Group Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Chunk Size Support With ISB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Adding an ISB to the File System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Adding or Removing ISBs (Mirrored or RAID). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
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Moving Workspaces Between Storage Groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Mirrored Storage Groups, Single ISB Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
RAID-6 Storage Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
RAID-6 Storage Groups, Single ISB Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
RAID-6 Storage Groups, Dual ISB Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Automatic Redistribution on Disk Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Network Zone Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Zone 1 Clients (Direct Connected). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Zone 2 Clients (Indirect Connect) Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Zone 1 and Zone 2 Clients Mixed Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Zone 3 and Zone 4 Client Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Link Aggregation Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Connecting the Engine CX-4 Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Removing the Avid Engine Interconnect Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
10-Gb Link Aggregation Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Supported in Link Aggregation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Load Balancing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Failover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Recommended Topologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Supported Functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Other Functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Chapter 2 Connecting the ISIS Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Rack-Mounting the Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Rack-Mounting Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Installing Rack-Mount Rails and Brackets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Rack-mount Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Positioning the server in the Rack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Separating the Slide Rails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Attaching Inner Slide Rails to the System Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Attaching the Outer Rails to a Square-Hole Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Attaching the Outer Rails to a Round-Hole Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
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Securing the System Director in a Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Mounting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Installing Blades and Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Installing IXS and ISS Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Connecting a Keyboard, Monitor, and Mouse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Connecting the Optional Application Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Connecting Power to Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Connecting Power Cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Three 20-Amp V AC Circuits for Three Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Three 20-Amp V AC Circuits for Two Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Two 20-Amp V AC Circuits for Two Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Turning System On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Connecting ISIS Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Engine Configuration v2.x Hardware Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Setting-Up Network Addresses In the Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Two-Engine Stacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Three- to Twelve-Engine Stacking Summary With v2.x Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Three- to Twelve-Engine Connections With v2.x Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Hi-Gig Link Aggregation Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Chapter 3 Installing Software and Configuring 10-Gb Link Aggregation . . . . . . . . . . 81
IP Addressing Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Configuration Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Software Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Loading the Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Product Recovery Needs to be Copied to the USB Flash Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Activating the License Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Installing the Optional Application Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Creating an Active File System on the System Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Binding the Storage Managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Checking the Status of the System Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Installing Software on the Engines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Engine Does Not Appear in Add Engine List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Check Switch IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
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Loading Client Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Configuring Client Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Adding a Remote Host for Zone 3 and 4 Clients. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Avid Interplay Authentication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Configuring a 10-Gb Link Aggregation Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Chapter 4 Avid ISIS Software Licensing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
What You Need to Activate the ISIS Software License. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
License Activation Using an Internet Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
License Activation Without an Internet Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Deactivating the License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
License Requirement with Host Name Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Chapter 5 Configuring Two Stacks of ISIS Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
ISIS Two Stack Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
External Switch Link Aggregation Connection Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
IP Address Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
IP Addressing With Two Stacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Static IP Addresses Available . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Connecting Two Stacks of Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Setting-Up Two Stacks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Reconfiguring One Stack into Two Stacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Chapter 6 Configuring the System for Failover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
System Director Failover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Enabling a System Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Setting IP Addresses for Crossover Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Configure a Failover Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Stopping and Restarting the System Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Binding Order for Health Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Chapter 7 Status LEDs and Stacking Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
LED Locations and Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
LED Summaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Recovering from Stacking Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Set One Switch Back to Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Rebuilding the Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
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Chapter 8 Avid ISIS 7500 | 7000 Upgrade Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Health Check. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Software Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Component Requirements From Previous ISIS 7500 | 7000 Releases . . . . . . . . . 144
ISIS 7500 | 7000 Upgrades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Copying the Metadata to the New Default Location On the System Director . . . . 149
Avid ISIS Software Installation From the USB Flash Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Intel Network Driver and BIOS Update. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
64-bit System Director BIOS Upgrade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Intel RAID Controller Driver Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Record IP Addresses on the System Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Post Upgrade System Verification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Preupgrade Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Zone 2 Switch Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
System Director Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
ISIS Engine/Switch Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
On Site Spares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Spares Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Additional spares for a comprehensive spares parts list: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Chapter 9 Avid ISIS Upgrade Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Overview and Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Functional Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Software Component Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Software Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
FTP Server Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Install Control Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Monitoring Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Running the Avid ISIS Upgrade Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Chapter 10 Avid ISIS Recommended Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Minimum Storage Space Requirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Daily Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Weekly Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Monthly Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
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Redistribution Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Saving ISIS Metadata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Available Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Client Manager Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Status Indicators and Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Complete Server Room Shutdown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
False Link Aggregation Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Symptoms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Displayed Link Alert Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Restart All Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Chapter 11 Adding and Replacing Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Adding Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Adding an Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Replacing an Engine Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Replacing an Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Replacing an Internal System Director Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Replacing the System Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Replacing the Network Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Chapter 12 Using the Product Recovery USB for 64-bit System Directors. . . . . . . . . 192
Creating a Product Recovery USB Flash Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Reinstalling the Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Configuring the System Drive Using Windows 2008 Storage Server Setup . . . . . . . . . 196
Chapter 13 Specifications and Notices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Dimensions and Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Supported Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Appendix A Safety and Regulatory Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Warnings and Cautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
FCC Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Class A Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
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Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Canadian Notice (Avis Canadien) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Class A Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
LED Safety Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
European Union Declaration of Conformity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Disposal of Waste Equipment by Users in the European Union. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Argentina Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Australia and New Zealand EMC Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Japan EMC Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Class A Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Korean EMC Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Class A Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Taiwan EMC Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
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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 the features for all Avid ISIS 7500 | 7000 shared storage networks.
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Therefore, 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
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> 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.
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editing workstations.
This symbol indicates a single-step procedure. Multiple arrows in a list indicate that you perform one of the actions listed.
(Windows) or (Macintosh) This text indicates that the information applies only to the specified
operating system, either Windows or Macintosh OS X.
Bold font Bold font is primarily used in task instructions to identify user interface
items and keyboard sequences.
Italic font Italic font is used to emphasize certain words and to indicate variables.
Courier Bold font
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
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 would be found in the ReadMe file supplied on your Avid software installation kit as a PDF document and is also available online.
You should 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 www.avid.com/US/support.
3. Check the documentation that came with your Avid application or your hardware for maintenance or hardware-related issues.
If You Need Help
mouse action. For example, Command+Option+C or Ctrl+drag.
4. Visit the online Knowledge Base at www.avid.com/US/support. Online services are 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.
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. You need to download and install Acrobat Reader on your Avid ISIS before you can access the PDF documentation.
You need to download and install Acrobat Reader on your Avid ISIS 5000 before you can access
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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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For information on courses/schedules, training centers, certifications, courseware, and books, please visit www.avid.com/support and follow the Training links, or call Avid Sales at 800-949-AVID (800-949-2843).
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Checklist
The following checklists summarizes the major steps for upgrading your software and hardware. These checklists are for experienced administrators that acts as a reminder of the tasks that need to be done in each upgrade. If you are not experienced with Avid ISIS, you should read this entire book first before installing or configuring the Avid ISIS.
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Each Avid ISIS release could have different upgrade requirements, you must read the upgrade details in the ReadMe for each software release.
For detailed instructions on performing upgrades, see “Avid ISIS 7500 | 7000 Upgrade
Guidelines” on page 141.

Software Upgrade

This section list the components and procedures to follow when performing a software upgrade from Avid ISIS v1.4 and later to the current release. This does not include adding hardware. In Avid ISIS v2.1.1 and later, Avid ISIS clients need to be upgraded before you upgrade the infrastructure. This is necessary because ISIS client software before v2.1.1 is not supported in the ISIS v2.1.1 infrastructure. Although, v2.1.1 client software is supported in v1.4 and later infrastructures. Once the clients have been upgraded, you can upgrade Avid ISIS v2.1.1 infrastructure.
If you are upgrading from a version earlier than Avid ISIS v1.4, you must first upgrade to Avid
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ISIS v1.4 before upgrading to v2.1.1, For instructions, see the v1.4 documentation.
The clients are defined as follows:
Avid editing applications
Interplay Assist and Instinct
Interplay Access
Avid Approved Applications Initiative such as Pro Tools and Final Cut Pro
Software Upgrade
The infrastructure is defined as follows:
System Director — System Director software and upgrade Storage Blades (ISBs) and Switch Blades (ISS/IXSs) in the Avid ISIS engines to the v2.1.1 firmware
Interplay servers — Interplay Engine, Interplay Media Indexer, Interplay Transfer, and CaptureManager
Capture devices — AirSpeed, AirSpeed Multi Stream, and Avid Interplay Low-Res Encoder
Use the following checklist for a software upgrade:
Avid ISIS Software Upgrade
Complete To be done
Upgrade your Avid ISIS Clients, see “Loading Client Software” on page 96.
Before installing the new client software, save the client settings and preferences. Depending on your Avid ISIS version, different Preferences settings are saved when upgrading. For more information on what is saved per version, see the Avid ISIS ReadMe.
Perform a Failover first to make sure both subnetworks are functioning and have updated metadata.
Shut down the Standby System Director Service first, then shut down the Active System Director Service.
This checklist assumes you have two System Directors. Completely update one
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of the System Directors (allowing it to become the Active after it restarts), then repeat the procedure on the second System Director (allowing it to become the Standby). If you do not have two System Directors, you need only install the software once.
Uninstall the Avid ISIS System Director software using the Windows Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs.
Uninstall the “AvidUnityISISInstallers” using the Windows Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs.
If you do not uninstall the old Avid ISIS Installers, the old installers remain in
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the list with the new installers. Only the latest client software installers should be available from the ISIS Management Console.
Check ReadMe to see if you need to update the Adobe® Flash® software and Intel® network interface driver.
Install your Avid ISIS software on the System Director, see “Loading the Software”
on page 85 and “Software Upgrade” on page 142.
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Avid ISIS Software Upgrade (Continued)
Complete To be done

Hardware Upgrade

Copy your Avid ISIS client installers on your System Director, see “Loading Client
Software” on page 96.
Upgrade all your ISBs, ISSs, and IXSs. Using the ISIS Management Console, select all the ISBs and click Upgrade Storage Blades and then select all your ISSs and IXSs and click Upgrade Switch Blades. You do not need to wait for the ISBs to be finished. ISBs, ISSs, and IXSs can be upgrading at the same time. For more information, see
“Installing Software on the Engines” on page 91.
Watch the upgrade in the Monitoring tool.
ISIS v2.0 — wait until every ISS is at the “Install Waiting” state and then power down all the Avid ISIS engines.
Power on the Avid ISIS engines in 1 minute intervals starting with the chassis that has the IXSs. This reduces stress on the stack.
After the Avid ISIS engines restart, the ISSs continue with the install (no additional user intervention is necessary).
For information on the Monitoring tool, see the Avid ISIS Administration Guide.
Make the newly upgraded System Director your Active System Director.
Perform these same procedures on the Standby System Director.
Hardware Upgrade
The firmware in the Avid ISIS hardware (ISBs and ISSs) is updated during the software upgrade. The firmware is updated using the ISIS Management Console. You select all the ISBs and click Upgrade Storage Blades and then select all your ISSs and click Upgrade Switch Blades. ISBs and ISSs can be upgrading at the same time. For more information, see “Installing Software on
the Engines” on page 91.
If adding an engine to an existing system, see “Adding an Engine” on page 182.
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New System Director and Engine Installation

New System Director and Engine Installation
Use the following checklist when setting up an Avid ISIS for the first time:
Avid ISIS New Installation
Complete To be done
Determine Network Address Scheme
Configure SD IP Addresses, see “IP Addressing Overview” on page 81.
•ISIS Left
ISIS Right
Management Port
In the 64-bit System Director, you need to change your default Internet Explorer 7 Security and Advance tab settings:
Click Tools > Internet Options and change the Security to the following:
Internet - Medium
Trusted - Low
Click the Advanced tab and change the following:
Phishing Filter - Disabled
Use SSL 2.0 - Enabled (checked)
Use TLS 1.0 - Disabled (unchecked)
Install System Director and Installers, see “Software Installation” on page 85.
Create File Systems, see the Avid ISIS Administration Guide.
Open System Director Control Panel
Click “Stop System Director”
Click “Configuration File System”
Click “Create Active File System”
Configure the first Engine (IP Addresses), see the Avid ISIS Administration Guide.
Start ISS Agent via Management port
Under System > Basic set IP Address
Connect the System Director to Engine number1, see “Connecting ISIS Hardware”
on page 67.
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Avid ISIS New Installation
Complete To be done

Switch and ISB Upgrade Utility

Add Additional engine, see “Adding an Engine” on page 182.
Upgrade ISB and ISS, see “Installing Software on the Engines” on page 91.
Bind Storage Managers, see the Avid ISIS Administration Guide.
Create Storage Groups, see the Avid ISIS Administration Guide.
Create Workspaces, see the Avid ISIS Administration Guide.
Create Users, see the Avid ISIS Administration Guide.
Switch and ISB Upgrade Utility
The Switch and ISB Upgrade Utility is a stand-alone application that allows field engineers to perform switch and ISB upgrades from a laptop connected to Avid ISIS through the management port, and monitor the upgrade progress. This utility does not replace the current upgrade process. Its primary function is for upgrading a switch or a pair of switches that is incompatible with an existing stacked network. Insertion of these switches into the network before the upgrade could disrupt or compromise the network’s operation.
The typical procedure for loading the firmware on switches consists of selecting them with the Avid ISIS Management Console and initiating an automated upgrade. This process is very useful when upgrading a new or very interoperable Avid ISIS switch stack, see “Installing Software on
the Engines” on page 91.
To start the utility, insert the Avid ISIS software USB into a laptop and double-click AvidUtilityISISTool.msi located in the following location.
\AvidISISUtilities\ISIS 7000
drive:
For Instructions on using the utility, see “Avid ISIS Upgrade Utility” on page 164.

Recreating a File Systems

Deleting and creating a new file system is not common but if it is needed, this checklist provides the order and tasks to be completed. All of the tasks listed in this checklist are described in the Avid ISIS Administration Guide.
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Recreating a File Systems
Use the following checklist when deleting and recreating a new file system:
Deleting and Creating a File System
Complete To be done
Delete all files in all Workspace
Delete Workspaces
Delete Storage Group
Remove Storage Elements
Delete / Create New Active
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1 Avid ISIS 7500 | 7000 System Overview

The Avid ISIS® system enables multiple clients to capture, play, and edit video and audio media. This chapter provides an overview of the Avid ISIS 7500 | 7000 system and the basic function of each Avid hardware component within the system.
This guide describes how to connect cables between components that create a basic system and then how to connect more than one basic system together to create a larger, redundant system.
For a explanation of what you need to do to prepare your site for installation of a Avid ISIS
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system, see the Avid Products and Network Site Preparation Guide on the Avid Knowledge Base or included in the documentation folder on the top level of the Avid ISIS installer software installer kit.

Hardware Overview and Naming Convention

Each system component has a specific Avid name that define their function. It is important that you are familiar with these terms while using the documentation. The following table, used in conjunction with the figure that follows the table, provides the actual nomenclature and the terms used in this guide to describe that nomenclature:
Product Nomenclature
Product name Term used and description
Avid ISIS shared storage network System or shared network storage environment
The Avid ISIS consist of the hardware, Avid software, and other hardware supplied by the customer, such as external Ethernet
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switches.
Hardware Overview and Naming Convention
Product Nomenclature
Product name Term used and description
Avid ISIS client Client, defined as a user’s workstation or server with
Avid ISIS client software that allows that system to mount workspaces
Avid ISIS storage blade (labeled i500, i1000, i2000, i4000, i8000)
Avid ISIS Integrated Ethernet switch blade ISIS Integrated Switch (ISS)
Avid ISIS Expansion Integrated Ethernet switch blade
Integrated power supply and cooling fans Power supplies
Avid ISIS engine Called Chassis in the software interface
ISIS Storage Blade (ISB)
This hot swappable sled is accessible from the front of the ISIS engine and contains two SATA drives.
This hot swappable switch is accessible from the rear of the ISIS engine and connects 1 Gb and 10 Gb clients. The ISS2000 indicates second generation hardware; first generation hardware is labeled ISS1000.
ISIS Expansion Switch (IXS)
This hot swappable switch is accessible from the rear of the ISIS engine is used to stack multiple ISIS engines. The IXS2000 indicates second generation hardware; first generation hardware is labeled IXS1000.
Three hot swappable power supplies are accessible from the rear of the ISIS engine.Two power supplies is required to power the ISIS engines.
Contains the ISBs, ISSs, IXSs, power supplies, and an internal midplane.
Avid ISIS System Director (Active and standby)
System Director, a server connected to the ISIS engine to manage the data and portions of the metadata
Although there are many components in Avid ISIS shared storage network, the basic components needed to create the system are a System Director, an engine containing ISIS Integrated Switch (ISS), ISIS Expansion Switch (IXS), ISIS Storage Blades (ISB), and one or more clients.
The second generation ISIS switches are branded with an IXS2000 and ISS2000 silk-screen. These switches cannot be mixed in ISIS engines with earlier versions of the switches (labeled IXS1000 and ISS1000). If your IXS and ISS switches are not labeled, consider them the earlier versions.
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Hardware Overview and Naming Convention
System Director front view
Rear view
Front view
ISIS Integrated Switch (ISS)
ISIS Integrated Expansion Switch (IXS)
ISIS Storage Blade (ISB)
Power supply
Engine
ID
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You cannot mix new switches (labeled IXS2000 and ISS2000) with original switch hardware (labeled IXS1000 and ISS1000). All switches in the engine, and engines in the stack must be from the same generation of hardware.
The Avid ISIS documentation refers to IXS2000 and ISS2000 switches as v2.x hardware and IXS1000 and ISS1000 switches as v1.x hardware.
Basic Avid ISIS 7500 | 7000 Shared Storage Network Hardware
The following sections explain these components and some basic client configurations:
System Director
Engine
Storage Configurations
Automatic Redistribution on Disk Failure
Client
Network Zone Configurations
Cabling
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System Director

The System Director is 1U in size (see “System Director Front Panel” on page 24) 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 ISBs within the engine.
The System Director password is preset to is-admin. Not to be confused with the System Director
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Web Page Administrator user whose default password is blank.
You can have two System Directors configured in a redundant configuration, one Active the other Standby. If the Active System Director goes down, the Standby System Director takes over. You need at least one System Director to run the Avid ISIS system.
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 “Setting-Up
Network Addresses In the Stack” on page 69.
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. Examples of what the System Director is able to provide to a client or storage element are:
System Director
Identity of all storage elements connected to the system
Information about the ISS and IXS modules in the configuration.
List of workspaces to include name and their 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)

System Director Front Panel

The following figure shows the front view and control panel of the System Director.
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System Director
System disk (ID 1)System disk (ID 0)
ID
ID
Control panel
BCA
GHDFE
HALT
RST
System Director Front View
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. A NMI is the highest priority interrupt and cannot be masked by software.
If the Halt/NMI button is pressed, the NMI signal locks the
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system and the system must be restarted to clear the interrupt.
C System reset button Preforms 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
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 “System Director Rear Panel” on page 26.
E Red System error LED Illuminates red when an error is detected with the system (fan, power
supply, temperature, voltage).
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System Director
Power supplies
Slots not used
Serial 1 Gb Ethernet VideoUSB
System Control Panel
Letter Component Description
F System Drive activity LED Indicates drive activity from the onboard SATA controller and blinks
when either of the system drives is being accessed.
G System ID button When pressed it illuminates (blinks) blue and also illuminates an
LED on 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.
H Power button Press to power on the enclosure. Power button illuminates green
when the power is on.

System Director Rear Panel

The following figure shows the rear panel of the System Director and the function of each connection.
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 (called failover).
For true redundancy it is recommended that you connect the second System Director to a
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different engine than the first System Director. The Active and the Standby System Directors must be the same model server, you cannot mix SR2500s, and AS3000 servers.
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Engine

Fifth ISB
First ISB
The engine contains the ISBs, ISSs, IXSs, power supplies, and an internal midplane. The engine stores the data created and shared by the clients. The data is passed in and out of the engine through the switches.
The engine contains:
ISBs can support either 250 GB, 500 GB, 1 terabyte (TB), 2 terabyte, or 4 terabyte drives,
An ISS provides connections for clients via 1000BASE-T Ethernet ports. A 10-Gb Ethernet
An IXS used when you have more than two engines (need an IXS for each subnet), allowing
Engine
with two drives in each ISB. The size of the drives are identified by the label on the front of the ISB (i500, i1000, i2000, i4000, i8000). As technology advances, the storage capacity of the drives could increase, allowing the total storage per ISB/engine to increase.
port using SFP+ transceivers connects clients or serves as an uplink port. There is an engine interconnect port and a management port for configuration. See “Integrated Ethernet
Switches” on page 29.
you to connect multiple engines providing up to 384 TB of storage, or 192 TB of mirrored storage. See “Integrated Ethernet Switches” on page 29.

Engine Front View

The front of the engine allows access to the 16 ISBs. The first is in the upper left portion of the front and the last ISB is in the lower right.
Each ISB can be removed and replaced separately with the power on.
If you replace an ISB with power on, the LEDs in all of the ISBs go off momentarily. This does
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not represent a problem. All functions are still active and working properly.
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Engine Rear View

Power supplies

IXS moduleISS module
1234 5678
12 345 6
7 8 9 10 11
The following figure shows the rear of the engine in a configuration that contains the following:
Three power supplies (with fans)
Integrated Switch blade (ISS)
Integrated Expansion Switch blade (IXS)
In a basic configuration containing two engines, each of the engines contains two ISS modules.
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The IXS module is used with an ISS module in an engine only when the configuration goes beyond two engines.
Engine
Power Supplies
The power supplies are powered on when the power cord is plugged in; they do not have power switches. The power supplies not only provide power, but they also contain fans that cool the system. The system only needs two of three 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.
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You should leave the failing power supply in place until you replace the failing power supply. Replace the power supply as soon as possible to maintain the proper airflow. Do not remove the failing supply until immediately before you replace it.
Only trained Avid technicians should remove and replace the power supply while the system is running. Since power to the system is still applied internally to the midplane you must always keep your hands external to the engine when a power supply is missing from the engine.
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Integrated Ethernet Switches

High speed engine interconnect (Hi-Gig)
Link
Activity
Management connection
Link
Activity
10-Gb connection
1-Gb connections
Status
123 4 5678
ACT LINK
10 GIG
The two integrated Ethernet switches, ISS and IXS, serve different purposes and contain different types of connections. You must have at least two switches in each engine for the system to operate.
ISS Module
The connections on the ISS module are used for the following:
Management connection — used to configure the Avid ISIS 7500 | 7000 engine hardware during installation. This information is used by Avid representatives to originally configure your system before turning it over to you.
1-Gb (RJ-45 cable) — direct connect for clients and the System Directors.
High speed engine interconnect (CX-4 cable) — proprietary Avid bus that connects switch blades between engines allowing subnets to connect between the engines.
10-Gb XFP or SFP+ MSA form factor transceiver (for Optical cable) — used for a 10-Gb connection to a switch or 10-Gb Ethernet clients.
Engine
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Only an Avid recommended SFP+ transceiver should be used in the 10-Gb XFP connection, and only Avid trained representatives should remove and replace the XFP transceiver. Currently supported XFP are the Picolight XFP and Foundry
IXS Module
The IXS is needed only if you are connecting three or more engines. When connecting three or more engines, two IXS modules are installed in one engine. The IXS offers the following connections:
Management connection — used to configure the switch during installation and monitor switch functions.
High speed engine interconnect (Hi-Gig) — proprietary Avid interconnection that stacks the switches to create one large virtual switch.
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XFP.
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In a basic configuration containing one or two engines, each of the engines contains two ISS
Engine interconnections
Link
Activity
Management connection
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10
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modules. The IXS module is used with an ISS module in an engine only when the configuration goes beyond two engines.

Storage Configurations

A maximum of twelve Avid ISIS Engines can be stacked and populated with either 250 GB, 500 GB, 1 terabyte (TB), 2 terabyte or 4 terabyte SATA drives. A fully populated Avid ISIS system with 1 TB drives provides up to 384 terabytes (TB) of storage, or 192 TB of mirrored storage.
Storage Configurations
You can have mixed ISB drive sizes in an engine (250 GB, 500 GB, 1 TB, 2 TB, and 4 TB drives). You can even mix the different size ISBs in a Storage Group. Although, the larger ISBs in the mixed Storage Group only use the amount of storage that is available in the smaller ISBs.

Storage Group Size

Storage elements are combined to create Storage Groups in the ISIS file system. These Storage Groups can be configured to either operate using 512 KB (default) or 256 KB chunk sizes. Earlier Avid ISIS releases used 256 KB chunk sizes. For more information about setting the chunk size, see the Avid ISIS Administration Guide.
Avid ISIS 7000 switch hardware shipped with v1.x (ISS1000 and IXS1000) does not support 512
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KB chunk sizes. If you have Avid ISIS 7000 v2.x software running on v1.x switches, you must select the 256KB chunk size when adding storage elements to the file system to create Storage Groups.
You cannot change the chunk size of a Storage Group once the Storage Group has been created. To change the chunk size of an existing Storage Group, you must delete the Storage Group and create a new Storage Group with the desired chunk size. The chunk size selection is only available when adding the storage elements.
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When you delete Storage Groups all data on that Storage Group is lost.
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