Pinnacle Systems Unity ISIS - 1.0 Setup Guide

Avid Unity ISIS™ System

Setup Guide

December. 2005

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Avid Unity ISIS System Setup Guide • 0130-05974-01 • Rev C December 2005

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

Who Should Use This Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

About This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

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

Symbols and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

If You Need Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Related Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Accessing the Online Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

How to Order Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Avid Educational Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Chapter 1 Avid Unity ISIS System Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Hardware Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

The Naming Convention. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

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

The System Director Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

The System Director Rear Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Second System Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Engine Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

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

Three Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Two Integrated Ethernet Switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Maximum Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Basic Avid Unity ISIS Media Network Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Supported Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Connecting the Engine CX-4 Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Removing the Avid Engine Interconnect Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Chapter 2 Connecting the Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Connecting Power to Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Three 20-Amp AC Circuits for Three Engines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Three 20-Amp AC Circuits for Two Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Two 20-Amp AC Circuits for Two Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Rack-Mounting the Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Rack-Mounting Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Installing Rack-Mount Rails and Brackets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Installing System Director and an Avid ISIS Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Mounting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Installing Blades and Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Installing IXS and ISS Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Connecting the Application Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Connecting the Engine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Physically Connecting Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Basic Two- and Four-Engine Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Configuring a Failover System Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Physically Connecting System Directors for Failover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Chapter 3 Configuring Avid Unity ISIS Hardware and Installing Software. . . . . . . 49

IP Addressing Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Configuration Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

LAN Connections on the System Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Configuring the Engine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Installing System Director Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Loading Avid Unity ISIS software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Loading the Installers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Performing Basic Administrative Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Installing Software on the Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Loading Client Software for Zone 1 and Zone 2 Clients. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Loading and Configuring Client software for Zone 3 Clients. . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Chapter 4 Avid Unity ISIS LED Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

LED Locations and Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Interpreting LED Error Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Interpreting Software Installation LED Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

LED Summaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Appendix A Loading the Product Recovery DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Reinstalling the Windows XP Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Configuring the System Director Using Windows XP Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Appendix B Enabling the Failover Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Adding a System Director to an Existing File System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Setting IP Addresses for Crossover Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Stopping Active System Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Configuring Failover Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Creating New Standby File System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Restarting Existing System Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Stopping and Restarting System Directors During Failover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Creating Failover with Two New Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Setting IP Addresses for Crossover Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Configuring Failover Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Creating New File Systems on the A and B System Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Appendix C Regulatory and Safety Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Warnings and Cautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

FCC Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Canadian ICES-003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

European Union Notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Disposal of Waste Equipment by Users in the European Union. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Australia and New Zealand EMC Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Taiwan EMC Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Illustrations

Basic Avid Unity ISIS Media Network Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

System Director Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Engine Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

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

ISS Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

IXS Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

ZONE 1 Avid Unity ISIS Media Network Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

ZONE 2 Avid Unity ISIS Media Network Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Avid Engine CX-4 Interconnect Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Basic Power Connection for Three ISIS Engines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

First Example of Power Connection for Two ISIS Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Second Example of Power Connection for Two ISIS Engines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Connecting Rear Brackets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

Mounting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

Installing Switches into an Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Two-Engine Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Four-Engine Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Front and Rear of a Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Static Engine Internal IP Address Assignments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Engine Configuration Example. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

LED Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Tables

Product Nomenclature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

System Director Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Supported Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Install Products Dialog Box Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Software Installation LED Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

ISS LED Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

ISB LED Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Using This Guide

Congratulations on your purchase of an Avid Unity ISIS™ system. You can use your system to store broadcast-quality output incorporating every possible production element from fullspeed, high-resolution footage to multimedia artwork and animation, to computer-generated effects and titling.

The documentation describes the features and hardware of all models. Therefore, your system might not contain certain features and hardware that are covered in the documentation.

Who Should Use This Guide

This guide is intended for Avid Unity ISIS installers.

About This Guide

This guide is designed to help the installer understand the work procedures involved in the installation of the Avid Unity ISIS system.

Avid strongly recommends that you purchase installation of the Avid Unity ISIS system to maintain the Warranty on the Avid Unity ISIS system.

The Contents lists all topics included in this guide. They are presented with the following overall structure:

• The Overview helps you get oriented with beginning concepts and general workflow and provides valuable pointers to keep in the back of your mind as you proceed.

• The main body of this guide follows the natural flow of your work, with clear and comprehensive step-by-step procedures.

Symbols and Conventions

Unless noted otherwise, the material in this document applies to the Windows®XP operating system.

Using This Guide

The documentation describes the features and hardware of all models. Therefore, your system might not contain certain features and hardware 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.

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

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

Courier Bold font

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

Courier Bold font identifies text that you type.

mouse action. For example, Ctrl+drag.

If You Need Help

If you are having trouble using Avid Unity ISIS:

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 for the latest information that might have become available after the documentation was published:

- If the latest information for your Avid

they ship with your application and are also available online.

- If the latest information for your Avid product is provided as a ReadMe file, it is

supplied in your Avid application folder as a PDF document (ReadMe.pdf) and is also available online.

You should always check online for the most up-to-date ReadMe because the online version is updated whenever new information becomes available. To

view the online ReadMe, select ReadMe from the Help menu, or visit the Knowledge Base at www.avid.com/readme.

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

If You Need Help

product is provided as printed release notes,

4. Visit the online Knowledge Base at www.avid.com/onlinesupport. 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.

Related Information

The following documents provide more information about Avid Unity ISIS:

• Avid Unity ISIS Site Preparation Guide

• Avid Unity ISIS Administration Guide

• Avid Unity ISIS Client Quick Start Card

• Avid Unity ISIS Version 1.0 ReadMe

For the latest product information, see the Avid Knowledge Base: www.avid.com/onlinesupport

Using This Guide

Accessing the Online Library

The Avid Unity ISIS Online Library DVD contains all the product documentation in PDF format. You can access the library from the Online Library DVD.

You will need Adobe® Reader® to view the documentation online. You can download the latest version from the Adobe web site.

To access the online library from the Online Library CD-ROM:

1. Insert the Online Library CD-ROM into the drive.

2. Double-click the Mainmenu file.

To access the online library from the Help:

1. Insert the Online Library CD-ROM into the drive.

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Chapter 1

Avid Unity ISIS System Overview

This chapter provides an overview of an Avid Unity ISIS™ (Infinitely Scalable Intelligent Storage) 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 complete explanation of what you need to do to prepare your site for installation of a Avid ISIS Base or the online file of your Avid Unity ISIS system documentation DVD.

™

system, see the Avid ISIS Site Preparation Guide online on the Avid Knowledge

Chapter 1 Avid Unity ISIS System Overview

Hardware Overview

The components of a basic system enables multiple clients to capture, play, and edit video and audio media. The components have specific Avid names that define their function.

The Naming Convention

While you are reading this manual it is important to understand the terms used while explaining the installation of the system. The following table, used in conjunction with the figure that follows the table, provides the actual nomenclature and the terms used in this manual to describe that nomenclature:

Product Nomenclature

Product name Term used

Avid Unity ISIS media network

Avid Unity ISIS architecture

Avid Unity ISIS file system

Avid ISIS storage blade (Labeled i500 at this time to denote size of SATA drives)

Avid Unity ISIS Integrated Ethernet switch blade ISIS Integrated Switch (ISS)

Avid Unity ISIS Expansion Integrated Ethernet switch blade

Integrated Power supply and Cooling fans Power supplies

Avid Unity ISIS engine Contains the ISBs, ISSs, IXSs, power

Avid Unity ISIS System Director (Active and standby)

a. These products are not shown in the following figure. This section consists of the hardware shown in the

figure plus Avid software or hardware supplied by the customer, such as external Ethernet switches.

System or shared network storage environment

Architecture, including software

Group of bound storage elements

ISIS Storage Blade (ISB)

ISIS Expansion switch (IXS)

supplies, and an internal midplane (engine)

System Director, a CPU connected to the ISS to manage the data and portions of the metadata to the System Director

Basic Avid Unity ISIS Media Network Hardware

Hardware Overview

Rear view

Power supply

ISIS Integrated Expansion switch (IXS)

Avid unity ISIS Storage Blade ISB

ISIS Integrated Switch (ISS)

System Director front view

Front view

Engine

Although there are many pieces of equipment are needed to create, connect, and use an Avid Unity ISIS media network, the major 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 following sections explain these components and some basic client configurations:

• System Director

• Second System Director

• Engine

• Client

• Maximum Configurations

• Basic Avid Unity ISIS Media Network Configurations

• Supported Cabling

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System Director

The System Director is 2U in size (see “System Director Front View” on page 18) and manages the metadata by storing directory information and file attributes. The System Director does not store actual data, that is stored on the ISBs within the engine.

The System Director password is preset to is-admin.

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 Unity ISIS system.

System Directors and clients must be Time-of-day Synchronized with Clients and Servers.

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:

• 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)

The System Director Front Panel

RAID disk (ID 1)

System disk (ID 0)

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

System Director Front View

DVD /CD -ROM

Control panel

Hardware Overview

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

System Director Control Panel

A Power/Sleep button G System ID LED

B NIC 2 activity light H System ID button

C NIC 1 activity light I System reset button

D Power/Sleep LED J USB 2.0 Connector

E System status LED K Recessed NMI button (need tool)

F Hard drive activity light L Video connector

The System Director Rear Connections

The following figure shows the rear panel of the System Director and the function of each connection.

Small form factor slots not used

Mouse

PCI Slots

Power Supplies

Keyboard

RJ45

Serial B

1 Gig

Enet

Video

Serial A to F/C switch if needed

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 different engine than the first System Director.

USB

SCSI B

Dual NIC Ethernet Adapter Board

Primary power supply on bottom

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Engine

The major function of the engine, with all internal components installed, is to store the data created during actions performed by clients that are sent through the switches.

The engine contains:

• 16 ISBs, each with 500 GB of storage available in two 250-GB drives. This provides you with 8 terabyte (TB) of storage per engine. As technology advances, the size of the disks could increase, allowing the total storage per ISB/engine to increase.

• An ISS that allow connections for clients, a 10-Gb uplink port, an engine interconnect, and a management port for configuration. See “Two Integrated Ethernet Switches” on

page 22.

• An IXS used when you have more than two engines (need an IXS for each subnet), allowing you to connect multiple engines. See “Two Integrated Ethernet Switches” on

page 22.

Engine Front View

The front of the engine contains the 16 ISBs. The first is in the upper left portion of the front and the last ISB is in the lower right.

Engine Front View

First ISB

Fifth ISB

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 not represent a problem. All functions are still active and working properly.

See the remaining chapters in this document for complete information regarding rack mounting, Ethernet switch connections, and drive removal and replacement.

Engine Rear View

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)

Hardware Overview

Three Power Supplies

In a basic configuration containing two engines, each of the engines contains two ISS modules. The IXS module is used with an ISS module in an engine only when the configuration goes beyond two engines.

Engine Rear View

ISS module IXS module

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.

Power supplies

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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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Two Integrated Ethernet Switches

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 Unity ISIS 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 MSA form factor transceiver (for Optical cable) — used to connect a 10-Gb connection on a switch for connecting more clients.

Only an Avid recommended XFP 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 XFP.

ISS Connections

Link

Activity

Link

10-Gb connectionHigh speed

Connection

Status

Activity

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1-Gb connectionsManagement

engine Interconnect

Hardware Overview

IXS Module

The IXS is needed only if you are connecting three or more engines. It is used in the engine with an ISS module. The connections on the IXS module are used for the following:

• Management connection — used to configure the switch during installation and monitor switch functions.

• High speed engine interconnect — proprietary Avid interconnection that stacks the switches to create one large virtual switch.

IXS Connections

Client

Management

connection

Engine interconnections

A client uses services provided by the Avid Unity ISIS architecture. The client system, using a 1 Gb Ethernet connection, communicates with the ISBs through the ISS to create, modify, and read files stored in the actual ISB.

MediaManager clients are the only clients that have been tested with two NIC connections, one to each subnet.

Activity

Link

A client uses mechanisms specific to a Windows operating system to display, create, and delete files within the Avid Unity ISIS media 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.

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Maximum Configurations

The maximum number of clients and the maximum amount of storage available at this time are:

• The maximum number of connections are (other than an System Director and engine) is

100. This is normally looked at as the maximum number of clients, including Avid AirSpeed devices, being 100.

• A fully populated Avid Unity ISIS system can contain 64 terabytes of storage connected

to two subnets. You would need 8 engines containing 128 ISBs, each containing two 250 GB drives per ISB to reach the 64 terabyte level.

A System Director must be attached to both subnets, but can only be attached once to each subnet.

Basic Avid Unity ISIS Media Network Configurations

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

A ZONE 1 (direct connect) configuration consists group of clients connected directly to the 1-Gb connections of the ISS in the engine. The System Director also connects to the both subnets via both ISS modules using a 1-Gb port.

ZONE 1 Avid Unity ISIS Media Network Configuration

Client

ISS

System Director

Client

ISS

Client

Engine

Client

1-Gb Ethernet

A ZONE 2 (indirect connect) configuration consists of group of clients connected to an Ethernet switch with a 10-Gb port connected to an ISS located in the engine. The System Director also connects to the both subnets via both ISS modules using a 1-Gb port. Depending upon the switch configuration, each client shown connected to the external switch is connected to one of the two subnets through one of the two 10-Gb connection.

Hardware Overview

ZONE 2 Avid Unity ISIS Media Network Configuration

Client Client Client Client Client

VLAN 1VLAN 2

Switch with 2 10-Gb Ports

System Director

ISS

Engine

Two 10-Gb Ports

A mixed configuration (Zone 1 and Zone 2) of clients consists of group of clients connected directly and indirectly to an engine through a switch blade. Also shown are two System Directors that connect to the engine via two separate ISS 1-Gb ports for use as a redundant System Director in case of a failure. Both System Directors also connect to each other through the onboard Ethernet connections to monitor if one of the System Director fails.

Client

ISS

VLAN 1VLAN 2

Engine

ClientClient

1-Gb Ethernet

Switch with two 10-Gb Ports

Client

ISS

Client

1-Gb Ethernet

Failover connections

Client

10-Gb Por ts

System Director

1-Gb Ethernet

System Director

Although it is not show in the above diagram, to ensure high availability, whenever possible, the System Directors should be connected to two different subnets through two different engines.

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A ZONE 3 (indirect connect) configuration consists of group of clients normally connected to an Edge access Ethernet switch.

This switch is normally connected to a core switch that has uplinks that connect to the Avid Network through an Ethernet switch that contains a 10-Gb port connected to an ISS located in the engine. The System Director also connects to the both subnets via both ISS modules using a 1-Gb port.

Corporate network

Avid network

Failover connections

System Director

Client ClientClient

10-Gb Por ts

1-Gb Ethernet

Core switch

VLAN 20

ISS

Client ClientClient

1-Gb Ethernet

VLAN 10

Engine

Switch with two 10-Gb Ports

Client

ISS

Client

1-Gb Ethernet

Supported Cabling

Avid supports the following cable types for connecting a Avid ISIS system.

Supported Cables

Cable Name Function Maximum Distance

Hardware Overview

Avid engine Interconnect CX-4 cable. Only available from Avid.

RJ45 Cat 5E or Cat 6 Ethernet cable (minimum).

Cat5 cable is not supported for these connections.

Optical (XFP) cable.

The Optical (XFP) cable is an international Class 1 laser product per IEC 60825-1 Amendment 2(2001) and IEC 60825-2

1997. Operating this product in a manner inconsistent with intended usage and specification may result in hazardous radiation exposure.

Connect engines. See Avid

Engine CX-4 Interconnect Cable

for proper removal.

Connect management port to laptop, Connect System Director to an ISS, connect two System Directors Ethernet boards, connect client to 1 Gb ports on an ISS.

Connect 10 Gb port of switch to XFP optical 10 Gb port on the engine.

3 supported lengths at this time: 1, 3 and 5 meters

100 Meters; If using CAT5E the cable must be rated for 350 MHz for maximum length.

The maximum length of the cable is defined by the micron and modal bandwidth.

Avid supports two lengths of the 850 nm cable for short hauls:

• MMF 62.5 micron cable Modal = 200 at 33 meters

• MMF 50 micron cable Modal = 2000 at 300 meters

Avid supports the 1310 nm cable for long hauls:

• SMF ITU G.652.A/B 9 micron cable up to 10 km

Transceivers, X2 and XFPs

Cisco 4948 uses X2s, not XFPs Foundry FESX 424 XFP

ISIS ISS XFPs

X2 and XFP names

SC to SC, X2 = Cisco X2-10GB-SR for MMF

X2 = Cisco X2-10GB-LR for SMF

LC to LC,XFP = 10G-XFP-SR for MMF

XFP = 10G-XFP-LR for SMF

LC to LC, XFP = Foundry 10G-XFP-SR

or Pico-light XXL-SC-S45-21 for

MMF.

XFP = Foundry 10G-XFP-LR

or Bookham 10G-BASE-LR for

SMF

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Connecting the Engine CX-4 Cable

Connecting the engine CX-4 interconnect cable to the connector at the rear of the system is straight forward.

To connect the cable:

t Place it in the connector at the rear of the system.

You hear a snap, and the cable is connected.

Avid Engine CX-4 Interconnect Cable

Cable disconnect

Damage can occur when disconnecting the Avid engine Interconnect cable from the switch board if not done properly.

Care should be taken to reduce strain on the ISS switch blades by organizing and dressing the ethernet cables and CX-4 cables. When dressing the cables do not block removable switch and power components.

Removing the Avid Engine Interconnect Cable

If you attempt disconnect the cable by pulling the blue cable release towards you and pulling the cable out from the connector at the same time you can cause the cable and or connector to be damaged. The following explanation and illustration explain how to properly remove the engine interconnect cable.

To remove the Avid Engine Interconnect Cable from the Rear Connector:

1. While the cable is in the connector, use your bottom hand to grab the cable (or the metal portion of the connector) and push the cable (or metal portion of the cable) towards the connector at the rear of the engine.

2. While keeping the pressure towards the engine connector using the cable (or the metal portion of the connector), use the top hand to pull the blue portion of the cable directly back. This dislodges the connection of the cable from the connector.

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