Avid Uity ISIS Versio 2.0 ReadMe Importat Iformatio c Avid recommeds that you read all the iformatio i this ReadMe file thoroughly before istallig software or attemptig to use the Avid Uity ISIS (Ifiitely Scalable Itelliget Storage) system. This ReadMe provides iformatio that is ot i the other Avid Uity ISIS documetatio. Search the Avid Kowledge Base for the most up-to-date ReadMe file, which cotais the latest iformatio that might have become available after the documetatio was published. To view the olie versio, visit the Kowledge Base at www.avid.com/readme. This documet provides hardware ad software requiremets, a hardware overview, ad other importat iformatio. This documet also lists limitatios ad kow issues. Physical coectio of the system ad loadig of the system ad cliet software is explaied i the Avid Uity ISIS Setup Guide. You ca access the documetatio i the top-level AvidUityISISDocumetatio folder o the Avid Uity ISIS istaller DVD. Avid strogly recommeds that you purchase istallatio services with your Avid Uity ISIS system. Istallig the Avid Uity ISIS system yourself could void your warraty.
Cotets Symbols ad Covetios.............................................. 4 Product Termiology.................................................. 4 If You Need Help..................................................... 6 Accessig the Olie Documetatio..................................... 7 Avid Traiig Services................................................. 7 New i Versio 2.0................................................... 8 New Hardware Provides Badwidth Improvemets....................... 8 System Director............................................... 8 Storage Blades............................................... 8 Layer 1 Switches.............................................. 8 10-Gb Cliet Support with TCP/IP Offload (TOE) Techology............... 9 10 Gb Network Coectios..................................... 9 Ultra High Resolutio Cliet.................................... 10 New Storage Group Size.......................................... 10 Movig Workspaces Betwee Storage Groups...................... 10 Addig a ISB to the File System................................ 11 Chuk Size Support With ISB................................... 11 Avid Uity ISIS Admiistratio Tool Reamed.......................... 11 User Access to the ISIS Maagemet Cosole......................... 11 Avid LDAP/Uity Accout Sychroizer............................... 12 Full Redistributio................................................ 12 Failover........................................................ 13 Macitosh Zoe 3 Cliet Support.................................... 13 Macitosh G5 Settigs Utility....................................... 13 Fixed I This Release............................................. 14 Full Upgrade Istructios For v2.0...................................... 14 Avid Iterplay Media Idexer Servers................................. 16 Upgradig Ustacked Switches..................................... 16 Hardware ad Software Requiremets................................... 17 Itel Pro 1000 Boards ad Driver.................................... 18 2
Chelsio 10 Gb Board ad Driver.................................... 19 Layer 2 ad Layer 3 Switches...................................... 19 Special Notes...................................................... 20 User Permissios................................................ 20 Cliet Prefereces............................................... 21 Workspace Names.............................................. 21 Macitosh Dual Port Network Failover Coectios..................... 22 Avid Uity ISIS IP Port Usage...................................... 22 Network Coectios............................................. 22 Spaig Tree PortFast Required with Dual Network Cliet Ports.......... 23 Broadcom-Based Network Adapter Registry Key Settig................. 23 Replacig a Iteral System Director Drive........................... 24 Loadig the System Software.......................................... 24 Istallig Macitosh Cliet Software Usig Safari....................... 24 Adjustig Etheret Iterface Settigs o Macitosh G5 Cliets............ 25 Chagig the Default Drive for the System Director Software.............. 27 Drivers ad Istallers Available o DVD.............................. 28 Java Rutime Eviromet........................................ 28 Flash Player Software............................................ 28 Performace Overview........................................... 29 Kow Issues...................................................... 29 Techical Support Iformatio......................................... 34 Legal Notices...................................................... 35 3
Symbols ad Covetios Symbols ad Covetios Avid documetatio uses the followig symbols ad covetios: Symbol or Covetio Meaig or Actio c w A ote provides importat related iformatio, remiders, recommedatios, ad strog suggestios. A cautio meas that a specific actio you take could cause harm to your computer or cause you to lose data. A warig describes a actio that could cause you physical harm. Follow the guidelies i this documet or o the uit itself whe hadlig electrical equipmet. > This symbol idicates meu commads (ad subcommads) i the order you select them. For example, File > Import meas to ope the File meu ad the select the Import commad. This symbol idicates a sigle-step procedure. Multiple arrows i a list idicate that you perform oe of the actios listed. (Widows), (Widows oly), (Macitosh), or (Macitosh oly) Bold fot Italic fot Courier Bold fot Ctrl+key or mouse actio This text idicates that the iformatio applies oly to the specified operatig system, either Widows or Macitosh OS X. Bold fot is primarily used i task istructios to idetify user iterface items ad keyboard sequeces. Italic fot is used to emphasize certai words ad to idicate variables. Courier Bold fot idetifies text that you type. Press ad hold the first key while you press the last key or perform the mouse actio. For example, Commad+Optio+C or Ctrl+drag. 4
Product Termiology The major compoets used to create the Avid Uity ISIS shared storage etwork are a System Director, a egie cotaiig ISIS Itegrated Switch (ISS), ISIS Exteral Switch (IXS), ISIS Storage Blade (ISB), ad oe or more cliets. Avid Uity ISIS Shared Storage Network Hardware Rear view Frot view Power supply ISIS Itegrated Expasio Switch (IXS) ISIS Storage Blade (ISB) ISIS Itegrated Switch (ISS) System Director frot view Egie If you are ufamiliar with the ames of the Avid Uity ISIS compoets, the followig table provides the terms used i this ad other Avid Uity ISIS documets. Product Nomeclature Product ame Avid ISIS storage blade (labeled i500, i1000, i2000) Term used ad descriptio ISIS Storage Blade (ISB) This hot swappable sled is accessible from the frot of the ISIS egie ad cotais two SATA drives. 5
Product Termiology Product Nomeclature Product ame Avid Uity ISIS Itegrated Etheret switch blade Avid Uity ISIS Expasio Itegrated Etheret switch blade Itegrated power supply ad coolig fas Avid Uity ISIS egie Avid Uity ISIS System Director (Active ad stadby) Avid Uity ISIS cliet Avid Uity ISIS shared storage etwork Zoe 1, Zoe 2, Zoe 3, ad Zoe 4 Cofiguratios Term used ad descriptio ISIS Itegrated Switch (ISS) This hot swappable switch is accessible from the rear of the ISIS egie ad coects 1 Gb ad 10 Gb cliets. The ISS2000 idicates secod geeratio hardware; first geeratio hardware is labeled ISS1000. ISIS Expasio Switch (IXS) This hot swappable switch is accessible from the rear of the ISIS egie is used to stack multiple ISIS egies. The IXS2000 idicates secod geeratio hardware; first geeratio hardware is labeled IXS1000. Power supplies Three hot swappable power supplies are accessible from the rear of the ISIS egie.two power supplies is required to power the ISIS egies. Called Chassis i the software iterface Cotais the ISBs, ISSs, IXSs, power supplies, ad a iteral midplae. System Director, a server coected to the ISIS egie to maage the data ad portios of the metadata Cliet, defied as a user s workstatio or server with Avid Uity ISIS cliet software that allows that system to mout workspaces System or shared etwork storage eviromet The Avid Uity ISIS cosist of the hardware, Avid software, ad other hardware supplied by the customer, such as exteral Etheret switches. These are Avid-defied cliet cofiguratios that coect the cliet to the Avid Uity ISIS system. A complete explaatio ca be foud i the Avid Uity ISIS Setup Guide. 6
If You Need Help If you are havig trouble usig your Avid product: 1. Retry the actio, carefully followig the istructios give for that task i this guide. It is especially importat to check each step of your workflow. 2. Check the latest iformatio that might have become available after the documetatio was published: - If the latest iformatio for your Avid product is provided as prited release otes, they ship with your applicatio ad are also available olie. If the latest iformatio for your Avid product is provided as a ReadMe file, it is supplied o your Avid istallatio CD or DVD as a PDF documet (README_product.pdf) ad is also available olie. You should always check olie for the most up-to-date release otes or ReadMe because the olie versio is updated wheever ew iformatio becomes available. To view these olie versios, select ReadMe from the Help meu, or visit the Kowledge Base at www.avid.com/readme. 3. Check the documetatio that came with your Avid applicatio or your hardware for maiteace or hardware-related issues. 4. Visit the olie Kowledge Base at www.avid.com/oliesupport. Olie services are available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Search this olie Kowledge Base to fid aswers, to view error messages, to access troubleshootig tips, to dowload updates, ad to read or joi olie message-board discussios. Accessig the Olie Documetatio The Avid Uity ISIS v2.0 documetatio is ow accessible i PDF format from the Help meu i the Avid Uity ISIS Maagemet Cosole browser widow as well as o the top-level AvidUityISISDocumetatio folder o the Avid Uity ISIS istaller DVD. The documetatio describes the features ad hardware of all models. Therefore, your system might ot cotai certai features ad hardware that are covered i the documetatio. To access the olie documetatio from the istaller DVD-ROM: 1. Isert the Avid Uity ISIS istaller DVD-ROM ito the drive. 2. Navigate to the [DVD drive]:\aviduityisisdocumetatio folder, ad double-click the PDF file for the documet you wat to view. 7
Avid Traiig Services Avid Traiig Services Avid makes lifelog learig, career advacemet, ad persoal developmet easy ad coveiet. Avid uderstads that the kowledge you eed to differetiate yourself is always chagig, ad Avid cotiually updates course cotet ad offers ew traiig delivery methods that accommodate your pressured ad competitive work eviromet. To lear about Avid's ew olie learig eviromet, Avid Learig Excellerator (ALEX), visit http://lear.avid.com. For iformatio o courses/schedules, traiig ceters, certificatios, courseware, ad books, please visit www.avid.com/traiig or call Avid Sales at 800-949-AVID (800-949-2843). New i Versio 2.0 The followig sectios describe the chages ad ew features i Avid Uity ISIS v2.0. New Hardware Provides Badwidth Improvemets System Director The Avid Uity ISIS egie houses ewly egieered ISX ad ISS switches that provide greater badwidth i the ISIS switchig etwork. This release also itroduces a ew 64-bit System Director that ca be used with ew ad old geeratio switches i the egies. I additio, the ISIS egies ow support 2 terabyte (TB) ISBs. The Avid Uity ISIS System Director uses a Itel SR2500 server with 9 GB of memory ad a 64-bit Widow operatig system. The ew 64-bit System Director provides the followig support: 64-bit System Director 10 millio files 32-bit System Director 2.5 millio files 64-bit System Director 500,000 folders (25,000 files per folder) 32-bit System Director 10,000 folders 5638 users 1000 groups a user ca be i 30 groups 8
Storage Blades Layer 1 Switches Avid Uity ISIS has qualified 1 terabyte (TB) drives. The ISBs with the two 1 TB drives are referred to as i2000s. The i2000 ISBs require 512 KB chuk size, see New Storage Group Size o page 10. The ew geeratio ISX ad ISS switches istall i the same egies as earlier releases, the chassis has ot chaged. Although, all the switches i the egies eed to be of the same geeratio. The two ew switches are silk-screeed with ISX2000 ad ISS2000. The ew switches caot be mixed i ISIS egies with earlier versios of the switches (labeled ISX1000 ad ISS1000). If your ISX ad ISS switches are ot labeled, cosider them the earlier versios. The ISS2000 switches are required for 10-Gb cliets ad 512 KB chuk size, see New Storage Group Size o page 10. The Avid Uity ISIS documetatio refers to ISX2000 ad ISS2000 switches as v2.x hardware ad ISX1000 ad ISS1000 switches as v1.x hardware. 10-Gb Cliet Support with TCP/IP Offload (TOE) Techology The Chelsio 10-Gb Etheret PCI-e adapter boards are supported i the HP xw8400 ad HPxw8600 editig systems ad coect to the Avid Uity ISIS system usig a fiber optic cable. The Chelsio 10 Gb Etheret adapter boards are equipped with a fully TCP/IP compliat chip that bypasses the etwork iterface software processig. This TOE techology icreases the server performace while reducig the CPU utilizatio. These 10-Gb Etheret coectios are iteded for ultra high-resolutio cliets (UHRC) supportig two streams of 1:1 ucompressed HD. 10 Gb Network Coectios c Cliets with the Chelsio 10-Gb adapter board ca coect directly ito the ISS2000 10-Gb port o the Avid Uity ISIS Egie. Two 10-Gb cliets ca coect ito oe egie; oe cliet to each ISS2000. Egies with v1.x ISS1000 hardware do ot support 10-Gb cliets. The Chelsio 10-Gb adapter board is shipped with a SFP+ optical trasceiver. The Chelsio 10-Gb adapter board ad SFP+ trasceiver are tested ad qualified to work as a sigle compoet. Do ot remove or swap the SFP+ optical trasceivers. The Chelsio adapter board ad SFP+ trasceivers are replaced as a sigle compoet. If your cliet caot coect directly to a Avid Uity ISIS Egie, Avid has qualified the several switches that provide 10-Gb coectios for more remote locatios, see Layer 2 ad Layer 3 Switches o page 19. 9
New i Versio 2.0 Access the Kowledge Base at www.avid.com/oliesupport to dowload the Avid Uity ISIS Switch Referece Guide ad sample cofiguratio files. This documet provides cofiguratio iformatio o the Etheret switches that are qualified with the Avid Uity ISIS shared storage etwork. Ultra High Resolutio Cliet Istructios for istallig the Chelsio 10-Gb adapter board, Chelsio driver, ad Avid Uity ISIS cliet software are provided i the Avid Uity ISIS Cliet Guide. The Chelsio adapter board has bee qualified i the followig cofiguratios: Slot 4 i the HP xw8400 (supported o dual quad-core processor systems oly) Slot 6 i the HP xw8600 Oce your Avid Uity ISIS 10-Gb cliet hardware ad software is istalled, the followig requiremets are eeded with the Ultra High Resolutio cliet: You eed to use the ew Ultra High Resolutio settig i the Cliet Maager Prefereces Your workspace must be set to a 512 KB chuk size Your Avid Uity ISIS ifrastructure must be usig v2.x switches (ISS2000 ad IXS2000) New Storage Group Size c Storage elemets are combied to create storage groups i the ISIS file system. These Storage Groups ca be cofigured to either operate usig 512 KB (default) or 256 KB chuk sizes. Earlier Avid Uity ISIS releases used 256 KB chuk sizes. For more iformatio about settig the chuk size, see the Avid Uity ISIS Admiistratio Guide. Avid Uity ISIS switch hardware shipped with v1.x (ISS1000 ad IXS1000) does ot support 512 KB chuk sizes. If you have Avid Uity ISIS v2.x software ruig o v1.x switches, you must select the 256KB chuk size whe addig storage elemets to the file system to create Storage Groups. You caot chage the chuk size of a Storage Group oce the Storage Group has bee created. To chage the chuk size of a existig Storage Group, you must delete the Storage Group ad create a ew Storage Group with the desired chuk size. The chuk size selectio is oly available whe addig the storage elemets. Whe you delete Storage Groups all data o that Storage Group is lost. 10
Movig Workspaces Betwee Storage Groups You ca move workspaces betwee Storage Groups that use the same chuk sizes. You ca also move a workspace with a 256 KB chuk size, ito a Storage Group with a 512 KB chuk size. Movig from a 512 KB chuk size workspace to a 256 KB chuk size Storage Group is ot supported. Cliets should ot access workspaces that are i the process of beig moved whe it is a 256 KB chuk size workspace beig moved ito a Storage Group with a 512 KB chuk size. Avid recommeds that cliets umout these workspaces util the move is complete to avoid a uitetioal access. Oce the move begis, it caot be cacelled. Addig a ISB to the File System If you add a ISB (displays as a available storage elemet) to your file system, make sure you match the chuk size of the ew storage elemet to the chuk size of the existig storage group. New storage elemets are added with a default chuk size of 512 KB. You caot mix chuk sizes withi a Storage Group. To chage the chuk size of a ISB, you must remove the ew storage elemet from the file system ad add the storage elemet agai choosig the correct chuk size. Chuk Size Support With ISB All ISBs (i500, i1000, ad i2000) support the 512 KB chuk size. Although you must have the ew v2.x switch hardware (ISS2000 ad IXS2000) to use the 512 KB chuk size. Avid Uity ISIS Admiistratio Tool Reamed 11 Avid Uity ISIS Admiistratio Tool has bee redesiged so that the most frequetly used fuctios are oe click away. Most of the tools still fuctio the way they have i previous releases, but access to them has become faster ad easier. The ew Admiistratio Tool desig has bee reamed to the ISIS Maagemet Cosole. User Access to the ISIS Maagemet Cosole Your Avid Uity ISIS cliets ca ow access the ISIS Maagemet Cosole without beig the ISIS Admiistrator. Whe the Avid Uity ISIS Widows or Macitosh cliet types the address of the ISIS Maagemet Cosole i their browser, the cliet ca log i usig their cliet ame ad password. Whe you logi to the ISIS Maagemet Cosole as a o-admiistrator user, you have the followig possibilities: If the user accout has privileges to resize or modify the protectio of the Workspaces, the ISIS Maagemet Cosole displays three submeus: Workspaces, System Diagostics, ad Istallers. If the user accout does ot have the privilege to resize or modify the protectio of the Workspaces, the ISIS Maagemet Cosole displays two submeus: System Diagostics ad Istallers.
New i Versio 2.0 Avid LDAP/Uity Accout Sychroizer LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) is a Iteret protocol that some applicatios use to look up iformatio such as accout iformatio, user ames ad groups from a server. The Avid LDAP/Uity Accout Sychroizer allows Avid Uity ISIS admiistrators to sychroize ISIS user accouts with existig LDAP user accouts usig Active Directory. This feature allows you to create ad modify a large umber of users ad groups withi the Avid Uity ISIS system. The Accout Sychroizer provides you with the followig fuctioality: Cofigure coectios to multiple LDAP servers withi the same domai Display user accouts available i the LDAP server Add ew groups ad users to the ISIS system Grat user memberships to groups Remove user membership from a group i ISIS if user o loger belogs to that group o the LDAP server Users sychroized by the LDAP Sychroizatio tool are automatically added as Remote users for autheticatio to the LDAP server You ca use the Avid LDAP/Uity Accout Sychroizer to search for groups ad their users o a LDAP server, sychroize (recocile) users ad groups by addig or removig users ad groups from the ISIS system, geerate a report of the accout actios, ad view a history of the sychroizatio activity. You must first cofigure a coectio by eterig the LDAP server s fully qualified ame, port, ad user distiguished ame ad password for autheticatio. For more iformatio, see the Avid Uity ISIS Admiistratio Guide. Full Redistributio c Sigificat improvemets have bee made i this release whe performig a full redistributio. After updatig the Avid Uity ISIS server software, ad the ISIS software o all the cliets, you must perform a full redistributio regardless if there have ot bee ay cofiguratio chages sice the last full redistributio. The full redistributio process that might have take several hours i earlier releases ca be performed i a matter of miutes, depedig o the system load. Oce you do a full redistributio with v2.x, v1.x cliets caot read from, or write to those workspaces. For more details, see Full Upgrade Istructios For v2.0 o page 14. 12
Failover The faster full redistributios o workspaces oly apply to workspaces that have ot chaged the total amout of storage i a workspace. For example, if you had a workspace with six Storage Elemets (12 TB) ad either removed or added two Storage Elemets (4 TB), your full redistributio is sigificatly loger tha if the workspace size did ot chage. A full redistributio is still recommeded at 10 cofiguratio chages. At 32 cofiguratio chages the Avid uity ISIS software automatically performs a full redistributio. Previously, if a 10-Gb truk lik failed, the software did ot load balace the traffic amog the remaiig truk liks. This behavior has chaged i Avid Uity ISIS v2.0. Now if a 10-Gb truk lik fails, the software automatically load balaces the traffic amog the remaiig truk liks. c For example i a four-way 10-Gb truk if a sigle 10-Gb lik fails, the traffic is load balaced amog the remaiig three liks. This also meas that the average traffic distributio icreases from 25% with the four liks, to 33% i the three liks. The traffic automatically re-balaces the load whe a truk lik returs. It is strogly advised that etwork plaers setup the truks to hadle the additioal load if a lik or a set of liks should fail i a truk cofiguratio. Warig messages are set to ISIS Maagemet Cosole otifyig you that a 10-Gb aggregatio lik status has chaged. The Switch Diagostics also provides errors whe you have a failed lik i a truk. This failover feature fuctioality ca be disabled i switch aget page. Macitosh Zoe 3 Cliet Support Avid Uity ISIS Macitosh cliets are ow supported i zoe 3. Zoes are described i the Avid Uity ISIS Setup Guide ad Avid Uity ISIS Cliet Guide. Avid Uity ISIS v2.0 ow requires Macitosh G5 cliets ru a ISIS tuig utility before these cliets ca coect to Avid Uity ISIS. For more iformatio see Adjustig Etheret Iterface Settigs o Macitosh G5 Cliets o page 25. 13
Full Upgrade Istructios For v2.0 Macitosh G5 Settigs Utility Avid Uity ISIS v2.0 ad later requires you to ru a Avid Uity ISIS Etheret Tuig utility o all Macitosh G5 cliet systems. I earlier releases this utility improved performace, i this release it is a requiremet. This utility modifies the Etheret driver settigs which are required for Macitosh G5 cliet systems i a Avid Uity ISIS eviromet. For istructios, see Adjustig Etheret Iterface Settigs o Macitosh G5 Cliets o page 25. Fixed I This Release The followig previously reported issues have bee fixed i Avid Uity ISIS v2.0. Previously if you were attemptig to capture DNxHD uder the followig coditios, the capture could have failed. These coditios o loger cause a failure. A full redistributio or remove redistributio is i progress. You are capturig to a Storage Group of 16 storage elemets or less. The Avid editor capturig the DNxHD is ruig Media Composer v3.0, or NewsCutter v7.0, or Symphoy v3.0 with a Nitris DX. Previously the Cliet Maager did ot display more tha ie Remote Hosts i the Prefereces dialog box of the Cliet Maager. You were permitted to add more tha ie, but you could ot scroll or access more tha ie. The Remote Hosts Prefereces dialog box ow allows you to access 14 Remote Hosts. For iformatio i addig Remote Hosts, see the Avid Uity ISIS Cliet Guide. Full Upgrade Istructios For v2.0 To upgrade to this release, istall Avid Uity ISIS v2.0 o the System Director ad Upgrade Storage Blades ad Switch Blades i the Avid Uity egies to the v2.0 firmware. The Avid Uity ISIS cliets ca be v1.4, v1.5, or v2.0 oly if you do ot do a full redistributio o the workspace after you have updated the ifrastructure to v2.0. It is desirable to get the cliets to the v2.0 release withi a reasoable time frame. After the Avid Uity ISIS v2.0 software is istalled o your ifrastructure, perform a full redistributio o all existig workspaces at your earliest coveiece ad after all your cliets have bee updated to v2.0. A full redistributio is eeded to take advatage of the performace improvemets. The redistributio is required eve if the system has zero (0) cofiguratio chages listed. 14
c Oce you have doe a full redistributio o all your workspaces with v2.x software, ay v1.x cliets that have ot updated the Avid Uity ISIS to v2.x software will ot be able to read from or write to those workspaces. Whe istallig the software o a Widows 2000 cliet, make sure you first ru Widows Update ad accept all High-priority Updates ad istall Widows msi 3.1. If Widows msi 3.1 is ot istalled, you might receive a error message iformig you that a required DLL is missig while istallig the cliet software. The followig process summarizes the upgrade process from v1.x to v2.0: 1. Start the System Director ad Log ito Admiistrator accout. 2. Start Iteret Explorer 7 ad chage the followig settigs. a. Click Tools > Iteret Optios ad chage the Security followig: - Iteret - Medium - Trusted - Low b. Click the Advaced tab ad chage the followig: - Phishig Filter - Disabled - Use SSL 2.0 - Eabled (checked) - Use TLS 1.0 - Disabled (uchecked) 3. Upgrade System Director software, load the ISIS Blade Istallers, ad load the ISIS Cliet Istallers o the System Director. For more iformatio, see the Avid Uity ISIS Setup Guide. 4. Upgrade all your ISBs ad ISSs. Usig the Admiistratio tool, select all the ISBs ad click Upgrade Storage Blades ad the select all your ISSs ad click Upgrade Switch Blades. You do ot eed to wait for the ISBs to be fiished, you ca upgrade ISBs ad ISSs at the same time. 5. Watch the upgrade progress i your Moitorig tool ad wait util every ISS is at the Istall Waitig state ad the power dow all the Avid ISIS egies. If you already have Avid Uity ISIS v2.x istalled i your eviromet you do ot eed to power cycle the Avid ISIS egies. Power cyclig the egies is oly required whe updatig from v1.x to v2.x. 6. Power o the Avid ISIS egies i 1 miute itervals startig with the chassis that has the IXSs. This reduces stress o the stack. After the Avid ISIS egies restart, the ISSs cotiue with the istall (o additioal user itervetio is ecessary). 15
Full Upgrade Istructios For v2.0 c 7. Update your Avid Uity ISIS cliets to the v2.0 software. Do ot cotiue to the ext step util all your cliets are updated. 8. After the Avid Uity ISIS v2.0 software is istalled, a full redistributio must be performed o all existig workspaces. The redistributio is required eve if the system has 0 cofiguratio chages listed. Oce you have doe a full redistributio o all your workspaces with v2.x software, ay v1.x cliets that have ot updated the Avid Uity ISISI cliet to v2.x software will ot be able to mout workspaces. Avid Iterplay Media Idexer Servers If you are usig a Avid Iterplay Media Idexer server with Avid Uity ISIS v2.0, you eed to istall the Avid Uity ISIS v2.0 cliet istaller ad a specific patch for the for the Media Idexer. The Media Idexer patch is icluded o the top level of the Avid Uit ISIS istaller DVD. To get the 32-bit ad 64-bit Media Idexer patch, avigate to the [DVD drive]:\aviduityisisclietmipatch\release\ folder of the istaller DVD ad double-click o the appropriate patch istaller for you Media Idexer. Follow the o-scree prompts ad defaults whe istallig the patch. Widows 32-bit Media Idexer AvidUityISISClietMiPatch.msi Widows 64-bit Media Idexer AvidUityISISClietMiPatchx64.msi Whe istallig the I SIS cliet software o your Media Idexer, you do ot eed to restart the server betwee istallig the cliet software ad the patch. Restart the sever after the patch is istalled. To uistall ad reistall the Media Idexer cliet software ad patch, use the Widows Cotrol Pael ad uistall the software i this order: 1. Uistall patch 2. Uistall ISIS cliet 3. Reistall ISIS cliet software or ewer versio 4. Reistall patch 16
Upgradig Ustacked Switches If you eed to upgrade switches that are ot yet stacked, the Avid Uity ISIS v 1.3 ad later istaller DVD icludes the Avid Uity ISIS Upgrade Utility. This stad-aloe applicatio allows field egieers to start ad moitor the istallatio of switch ad ISB upgrades from a laptop coected to Avid Uity ISIS switch through the maagemet port. This utility does ot replace the curret upgrade process. Its primary fuctio is for upgradig a switch or a pair of switches that is icompatible with a existig stacked etwork. Isertio of these switches ito the etwork before the upgrade could disrupt or compromise the etwork s operatio. For istructio o usig the utility, see the Avid Uity ISIS Setup Guide. Avid maufacturig cotiues to stock ISS1000 ad IXS1000 switches with Avid Uity ISIS v1.4 firmware to support existig customers. If you are upgradig your software to, Avid Uity ISIS v2.x, you eed to upgrade your ISS1000 ad IXS1000 switch firmware. Hardware ad Software Requiremets The followig table provides a list of product cliets ad required software versios eeded to work with Avid Uity ISIS v2.0 or later. All Widows editig cliets must use the 1-Gb Itel Pro 1000 Etheret board to coect to the Avid Uity ISIS system. For istructios o istallig the board ad software, see for Avid Uity ISIS Cliet Guide. The built-i etwork ports i the HP xw8600 workstatio ca be used for Etheret coectios to the Avid Uity ISIS ifrastructure whe usig 256 KB chuk sizes. Whe usig the xw8600 with 512 KB chuk sizes or a Widows Vista, 64-bit cliet coected to a Avid Adrealie, you are required to use the Itel Pro 1000 PT for your Etheret coectio. Software Release Number Required Hardware Media Composer v2.2.15 ad later v2.5.x through v2.6.x o MacOS 10.4.6 v2.7 MacOS 10.4.8 v2.7.1, v2.7.2, ad v2.7.3 o MacOS 10.4.9 v2.7.4, v2.8, ad v2.8.1 o MacOS 10.4.10 v3.0 ad later o MacOS 10.5.3 ad later Dual Processor HP XW8000, HP xw8200, HP xw8400, or HP xw8600 Macitosh G5 ad Mac Pro systems 17
Hardware ad Software Requiremets Software Release Number Required Hardware Media Composer 10-Gb cliet v3.0 ad later HP xw8600 or dual quad-core HP xw8400 Avid Istict v1.2.x ad later Workgroup Eviromet Avid Iterplay v1.2.x ad later Workgroup Eviromet Avid Symphoy Nitris v1.0.7 ad later Stadaloe ad Workgroup Avid Symphoy Nitris DX 10-Gb cliet v3.0 ad later HP xw8600 or dual quad-core HP xw8400 Avid DS v10.1 ad later Qualified o ISIS v2.x hardware oly Avid DS 10-Gb cliet v10.1 ad later HP xw8600 NewsCutter ad NewsCutter XP v6.2.15 ad later Dual Processor HP XW8000, HP xw8200, HP xw8400, or HP xw8600 NewsCutter 10-Gb cliet v7.0 ad later HP xw8600 or dual quad-core HP xw8400 Avid Xpress Pro v5.2.15 ad later v5.5.x through v5.6.x o MacOS 10.4.6 v5.7 o MacOS 10.4.8 v5.7.1, v5.7.2, ad 5.7.3 o MacOS 10.4.9 v5.7.4 ad later o MacOS 10.4.10 Stadaloe, ot i a Workgroup eviromet. Macitosh G5 ad Mac Pro systems Avid Uity MediaMaager v4.5.18 ad later SR2200 a or SR2400 b Avid Uity TrasferMaager v2.9.23 ad later SR2200 c or SR2400 d AirSpeed CaptureMaager Digidesig Pro Tools v2.5.6/2.1.3 ad later v2.7.2 ad later v7.4 ad later a. Whe MediaMaager uses the SR2200, it must use the Itel Pro 1000 MT board to coect to the Avid Uity ISIS system. b. Whe MediaMaager uses the SR2400, it must use built-i dual copper Gig-E coectors to coect to the Avid Uity ISIS system. c. Whe coectig to the Avid Uity ISIS system, you use two dual Itel Pro 1000 boards: oe for the Avid Uity ISIS system ad the other to other devices. d. Whe coectig to the Avid Uity ISIS system, you use the built-i dual copper Gig-E coectors, but must use the Itel Pro 1000 MT (copper) or MF (optical) to coect to other devices. 18
Itel Pro 1000 Boards ad Driver The Itel Pro 1000 boards are required i editig systems that coect to the Avid Uity ISIS system. There is a exceptio to this requiremet whe usig the HP xw8600, see the ote i Hardware ad Software Requiremets o page 17. The Itel Pro 1000 MT ad Itel Pro 1000 PT are copper boards, ad the Itel Pro 1000 MF ad Itel Pro 1000 PF are optical boards. Depedig o the Itel board used i your system, you must load the appropriate driver from the appropriate folder. The Itel drivers qualified i this release are icluded i the kit ad ca be foud o the Avid Uity ISIS DVD i the \Tools_3rdParty\ Drivers_ad_Firmware\Itel_Pro100_12.4 folder. The followig list the driver versios: Itel driver for Widows 32-bit; versio 9.12.13.0 Itel driver for Widows 64-bit; versio 9.12.16.0 c Double-click the Auto-ru.exe file ad accept the default settigs to istall the driver. After the Itel driver is istalled, you ca verify the istallatio by checkig the versio umbers that are previously listed. The Itel drivers o Avid Iterplay Egie cluster systems do ot require updatig for this release. Doig so could compromise the itegrity of the cluster. I geeral, do ot update the hardware drivers o a cluster system uless istructed to do so by the Iterplay ReadMe or by Customer Support. Chelsio 10 Gb Board ad Driver The Chelsio 10 Gb Etheret adapter boards are supported i slot 4 o the HP xw8400 ad i slot 6 o the HPxw8600 editig systems. You must load the Chelsio driver icluded o the istaller DVD. For istructios, see Avid Uity ISIS Cliet Guide. Layer 2 ad Layer 3 Switches Avid supplies the followig layer 2 ad layer 3 switches used i a Zoe 2 ad Zoe 3 cofiguratios. Cisco 4900M cotaiig 40 1-Gb ports ad eight X2 based 10-Gb ports (Avid supports both LR ad SR X2s) Cisco 4948-10GE cotaiig 48 1-Gb ports ad two X2 based 10-Gb ports (Avid supports both LR ad SR X2s) Foudry Networks FastIro Edge X (FESX) 424 cotaiig 24 1-Gb ports ad two XFPs based o 10-Gb ports (Avid supports both LR ad SR XFPs) SMC 8724ML3 cotaiig 24 1-Gb ports ad o 10-Gb ports 19
Hardware ad Software Requiremets Access the Kowledge Base at www.avid.com/oliesupport to dowload the Avid Uity ISIS Switch Referece Guide ad sample cofiguratio files. This documet provides cofiguratio iformatio o the Etheret switches that are qualified with the Avid Uity ISIS shared storage etwork. Navigate to the [DVD drive]:\tools_3rdparty\switch_cofiguratio folder, ad select the folder for your model switch. Miimum Supported Switch Firmware ad IOS Versios Maufacturer Model Firmware/IOS Descriptio Cisco 4900M Rommo: 12.2(44r)SG (ad later) IOS: 12.2 (46)SG (ad later) Cisco 4948 10GE Rommo: 12.2(31r)SGA (ad later) IOS: 12.2 (25) EWA9 (ad later) Foudry FESX 424 Firmware v02.3.01t3e3 Boot ROM v02.3.01te6 (ad later) SMC 8724ML3 Loader v3.1.0.0 Boot ROM v3.1.0.0 Operatio Code v3.1.1.56 (ad later) 40 GigE (RJ-45), WS-X4920-GB-RJ45 or 8 10 Gb (X2/SC) WS-X4904-10GE 8 10 Gb (X2/SC) 48 GigE (RJ-45), 2-10 Gb (X2/SC) 24 GigE (RJ-45), 4 GigE (SFP), 2-10 Gb (XFP/LC) 24 GigE (RJ-45) 4 GigE (SFP) 20
Special Notes This sectio cotais importat iformatio about the Avid Uity ISIS eviromet. User Permissios A user accout with Admiistrator privileges is required to istall Avid Uity ISIS cliet software o Widows ad Macitosh workstatios. Cliet Prefereces Cliet Prefereces are automatically saved o upgrades or reistalls from Avid Uity ISIS v1.4 ad later. They ca be saved maually whe you are upgradig from Avid Uity ISIS v1.3. The Avid Uity ISIS istaller DVD provides a applicatio (SaveISISPrefereces.exe) that ca be used to maually save your ISIS cliet prefereces whe you are upgradig from Avid Uity ISIS v1.3. This applicatio is located i the: DVD drive:\aviduityisiscliet folder. For iformatio about maually savig prefereces, see the Avid Uity ISIS Cliet Guide. The followig is a summary of whe it is ecessary to maually save your prefereces: Upgradig from v1.2 (32-bit or 64-bit) - save maually usig 32-bit versio of provided applicatio. Restoratio automatic o istall of v1.4. Upgradig from v1.3 (32-bit) - savig ad restoratio is automatic. Upgradig from v1.3 (64-bit) - same as for upgradig from v1.2. Reistallatio of v1.4 (32-bit or 64-bit) - savig ad restoratio is automatic. Workspace Names You must use Uicode characters i workspace ames. The followig is a list of 16 illegal characters you should ot use i workspace ames, workgroup ames, fileames, user ames, device ames, ad storage group ames: \ / = @ [ ] *? + : " ;, < >. You also should ot use a period (.) as either the first or last character i the ames you create, ad you should ot iclude a space i workspace ames whe i a Avid Iterplay eviromet. The System Director does ot support viewig regioal laguage characters i the Maagemet Cosole. 21
Special Notes Workspace ames begiig or edig with a period are o loger valid i Avid Uity ISIS v1.4 ad later. If you already have workspace ames with periods ad upgrade to Avid Uity ISIS v1.4, the origial issues cotiue to exist as outlied below: Widows Data is preserved ad itact with display issues. A fileame or directory with a period at the ed is ivalid i Widows. As a result the Avid Uity ISIS Cliet is tryig to iterpret a period at the ed of a workspace ito somethig Widows ca uderstad. This iterpretatio appears as a graphic istead of a period. Macitosh Data is preserved ad itact, but ay workspace with a ame that starts with a period is treated as a hidde directory by Mac OS X. By default such a workspace caot be accessed via the Desktop ad caot be see i the /Volumes folder i the Fider. To access the cotets of the Macitosh workspace: t Click Go > Go to Folder meu i the Fider ad type the path /Volumes/ followed by the workspace ame (for example, /Volumes/.MyWorkspace ). A widow opes showig the cotets of the workspace ad make the workspace temporarily visible as a subdirectory of /Volumes. Macitosh Dual Port Network Failover Coectios The Macitosh G5 cliets do ot support dual port etwork failover coectios i the Avid Uity ISIS eviromet. Dual port etwork coectios are supported i the Avid Uity ISIS eviromet with Mac Pro cliets. Avid Uity ISIS IP Port Usage Avid Uity ISIS v1.4 ad later uses ports 4200-4599 o a dyamic basis for Firewall access. This access is for data trasfers betwee the cliet ad ISBs, as well as icomig message traffic from the System Director or ISBs. Previous releases used the port umber rage 4000-4399. Network Coectios The ISIS etwork topology uses two separate domais, with oe domai represeted by the ISSs o the left side of the ISIS egie ad the secod domai represeted by the ISSs o the right side. The default etwork IP address cofiguratio is show i the followig table: 22
Default Network Addresses for Avid Uity ISIS Egies Locatio Network IP Addresses Subet Mask Left side of egie 192.168.10.0 255.255.255.0 Right side of egie 192.168.20.0 255.255.255.0 For more addressig iformatio, see IP Addressig Overview i the Avid Uity ISIS Setup Guide. Avid Uity ISIS does ot support Zoe 1, 10/100 BASE-T etwork iterface coectios. 10/100 BASE-T cliets must be attached as a Zoe 2 or 3 cliet. AirSpeed devices ad TrasferMaagers must be coected as Zoe 1 or Zoe 2 cliets. Spaig Tree PortFast Required with Dual Network Cliet Ports If Spaig Tree PortFast is disabled whe your system is recoverig from a lik failure usig a dual etwork cliet port, a semaphore time-out error message appears. Broadcom-Based Network Adapter Registry Key Settig If you are coectig a Avid Uity ISIS cliet that uses a Broadcom -based etwork adapter you might eed to use the followig procedure to reduce the risk of Reassembly Failures, especially at higher resolutios (such as Avid DNxHD 145). Although the Broadcom etwork adapter does ot have a provisio today for settig the Trasmit (Tx) or Receive (Rx) Descriptors like the Itel MT Server etwork adapter, there is a registry key that ca be chaged o the Rx side the side that is importat for improved Read performace to miimize the risk of packet loss. The Avid Uity ISIS v2.0 cliet software icludes the registry adjustmet for the followig computers. HP xw8600 workstatio HP xw4400 workstatio HP xw4600 workstatio If you istall Avid Uity ISIS cliet software o other cliets that use the Broadcom-based etwork adapter, you eed to perform the followig procedure to chage the Rx registry key value. 23
Special Notes To check if your computer or laptop uses a Broadcom-based etwork adapter: 1. Right-click My Computer, ad select Maage. 2. Click Device Maager i the left pae. 3. Click Network Adapters i the right pae to expad the list. Broadcom is listed uder the Network Adapters if you have a Broadcom Etheret coectio. To chage the Rx registry key value: 1. Click Start > Ru. 2. Type Regedit to eter the Registry Editor applicatio 3. Make sure that the highest level i the left pae of the Registry Editor is highlighted to esure a complete search of the Registry. This is usually My Computer. 4. Select Edit > Fid, or press Ctrl+F. 5. I the Fid What field, type RxStdDescCt ad click Fid Next. 6. Chage the value of RxStdDescCt from 200 (default) to 511 (o higher). 7. Select Edit > Fid Next, or press F3. There are likely two or three (possibly more) istaces of this key preset. You eed to chage all istaces to esure the correct value is active at a give time. 8. Cotiue to search the Registry usig the Fid Next butto util all istaces of the key are foud ad have bee chaged to the value of 511. 9. Restart the computer. After the restart, cosider opeig the Registry to cofirm the settig has chaged. Keep i mid that if the computer is re-imaged, or a ew driver is istalled, it is likely that this settig would maually eed to be chaged agai. Replacig a Iteral System Director Drive To replace the System Director drive: 1. Tur off the System Director. 2. Remove the failed drive from the frot of the System Director by releasig the drive latch o the frot of the drive ad pullig the drive from the chassis. 3. Isert the ew drive completely ito the ope drive slot ad close the drive latch. 4. Restart the System Director. 24
Loadig the System Software The Avid Uity ISIS System Setup Guide cotais complete istructios for loadig the software oto the system. You ca access the documetatio i the top-level AvidUityISISDocumetatio folder o the Avid Uity ISIS istaller DVD. For a summarized versio of the procedure, see Full Upgrade Istructios For v2.0 o page 14. The followig sectios iclude importat iformatio about each istallatio. Istallig Macitosh Cliet Software Usig Safari Whe istallig the Avid Uity ISIS software o a Macitosh cliet usig the Safari browser; Safari completes the dowload, mouts the disk image, ad starts the istaller. Be aware that other browser applicatios do ot automatically mout the disk image. After the software is successfully istalled, dismout the istaller volume. To dismout the Avid Uity ISIS istaller volume o a Macitosh cliet: 1. Locate the mouted volumes listed i the left pae of the Fider widow. 2. Select the volume that cotais AvidUityISIS i the ame. 3. Click the eject butto that appears to the right of the volume ame. Adjustig Etheret Iterface Settigs o Macitosh G5 Cliets Avid Uity ISIS makes itesive use of the Etheret iterfaces o your cliet system whe you work with high-defiitio resolutios. You must use the Avid Uity ISIS Etheret Tuig utility to adjust Etheret iterface parameters o all Macitosh G5 cliet systems coected to Avid Uity ISIS v1.2 or later. This utility modifies the Etheret driver settigs allowig Macitosh G5 cliet systems to coect to the Avid Uity ISIS eviromet. You ca ru the utility from the Avid Uity ISIS Istallatio DVD o ay system with a supported versio of Macitosh OSX (see Hardware ad Software Requiremets o page 17). You must have admiistrator privileges to modify Etheret iterface settigs, ad you must restart your system for the chages to take effect. To tue Etheret iterface settigs o Macitosh cliets: 1. Navigate to the followig locatio o the Avid Uity ISIS Istallatio DVD: [DVD drive]:\isisutilities 2. Copy the Avid-Tue-Etheret.zip file to your Macitosh G5 ad double-click the file. The compressed file is upacked to your Macitosh system. 3. Double-click Avid-Tue-Etheret.app. 25
Loadig the System Software The Avid Uity ISIS Etheret Tuig utility opes. If your settigs are ot yet optimized for the Avid Uity ISIS system, the utility provides a optio to tue the settigs. If they are already optimized, you ca quit the utility or restore the default values for the Etheret iterface settigs. 4. If your wat to tue your Etheret iterface settigs, click Avid Settigs. The Autheticate dialog box opes. 5. I the Name text box, type the admiistrator accout user ame. 6. I the Password text box type the admiistrator password, ad click OK. The utility modifies the curret Etheret settig parameters for high performace i the Avid Uity ISIS system. Whe the utility completes the chages, a cofirmatio dialog box opes. 7. Click OK. 8. Restart your system. To restore the default values for Etheret Iterface settigs: 1. Navigate to the Avid-Tue-Etheret.app you loaded o your Macitosh G5 i the previous procedure. 2. Double-click Avid-Tue-Etheret.app. The Avid Uity ISIS Etheret Tuig utility opes. 26
3. If your settigs are already optimized for the Avid Uity ISIS system ad you wat to retur them to the default values, click Restore Defaults. The Autheticate dialog box opes. 4. I the Name text box, type the admiistrator accout user ame. 5. I the Password text box type the admiistrator password, ad click OK. The utility chages the settigs to their default values. Whe the utility completes the chages, a cofirmatio dialog box opes. 6. Click OK. 7. Restart your system. Chagig the Default Drive for the System Director Software Durig istallatio, the istaller defaults to loadig the System Director software o drive D:. You ca chage that locatio by specifyig a differet drive for istallatio. If you istall the applicatio to a locatio differet from the default drive D, ad the later istall the applicatio to the default drive, the ew software does ot fuctio properly. You ca correct this either before or after istallatio by copyig three files from drive C to drive D. To chage the default istallatio directory before reistallig the Avid Uity ISIS applicatio: 1. O drive D, create the followig directory structure. You must spell the ames exactly as they appear o drive C. D:\Program Files\Avid Techology\AvidUityISISSystemDirector 2. Copy the followig files from the AvidUityISISSystemDirector folder o drive C to the AvidUityISISSystemDirector folder you created o drive D. - Partitio0 - Partitio1 - PartitioDump.bi 3. Complete the istallatio, checkig to see that istaller places the applicatio i the folder that was created ad the System Director uses the correct files. 27
Loadig the System Software To chage the default istallatio directory after reistallig the Avid Uity ISIS applicatio: 1. Stop the System Director Service. 2. Copy the files listed below from their locatio o drive C to the same locatio o drive D: - Partitio0 - Partitio1 - PartitioDump.bi Drivers ad Istallers Available o DVD The Avid Uity ISIS Istallatio DVD cotais the followig istallers ad drivers: Istallers The followig istallers are eeded whe coectig to a Avid Uity ISIS system. Procedures for loadig the istallers are icluded i the Avid Uity ISIS Setup Guide or the specific documetatio for the device, such as AirSpeed. - Avid Uity ISIS System Director - Avid Uity ISIS Blade Istallers - Avid Uity ISIS Cliet Istallers (the Widows cliet istaller ca be used directly from the DVD) Drivers The followig drivers ca be foud o the Avid Uity ISIS DVD: - Drivers, firmware, ad cofiguratio files for exteral switches - Drivers for the supported Itel Etheret boards - Java Java Rutime Eviromet The Avid Uity ISIS Cliet Maager requires versio 6 (build 1.6) or higher of the Java Rutime Eviromet (JRE). Avid provides a qualified versio of JRE for Widows systems o the Avid Uity ISIS DVD i the [DVD drive]:\tools_3rdparty\java folder. For cliets usig a Macitosh system, dowload the Java software from the Apple Web site (www.apple.com) or use the Apple Software Update. 28
Flash Player Software To use the Admiistratio tool, you eed to have the Adobe Flash Player istalled o your system. If you ecouter problems with the Admiistratio tool display, you might have a outdated versio or multiple versios of the Flash Player istalled. Uistall ay previous versios of Flash Player ad istall the Flash Player icluded o the Avid Uity ISIS istaller DVD. Avid Uity ISIS v2.0 requires Flash Player v9.x ad later. Performace Overview The performace for Avid Uity ISIS cliets ad servers is based o the geeratio of the switch hardware (ISS ad IXS) i the egie ad the Chuk Size. The followig gives you a base umber of the MB/s you ca expect of each geeratio. For the most up-to-date performace data o Avid Uity ISIS, search the Avid Kowledge Base for the Avid Uity ISIS Performace Guide. Avid Uity ISIS v2.x hardware (ISS2000 ad IXS2000) The ISS2000 10-Gb port is able to support 600 MB/s per 10-Gb port to a Zoe 2 switch. The 10-Gb cliets are able get 300 MB/s regardless if they are coected to Zoe 1 (direct coect) or Zoe 2. Avid Uity ISIS v1.x hardware (ISS1000 ad IXS1000) The ISS1000 10-Gb port is able to support 230 MB/s per 10-Gb port to a Zoe 2 switch. The ISS1000 is able to support up to the total 260 MB/s. The remaider of the etwork badwidth o that ISS ca the be allocated to Zoe 1 cliets. For example, 14 DV 50 cliets are coected to a ISS by way of a supported Zoe 2 switch. The total badwidth of these cliets is approximately 224 MB/s. This allows for up to 36 MB/s of additioal etwork badwidth that ca be used by Zoe 1 cliets or servers o the same ISS. Kow Issues The followig are kow issues with the Avid Uity ISIS software. Whe a workaroud exists, it appears i the paragraph directly followig the issue descriptio. If you moitor the performace i the Widows Moitor couters, you will otice there is o Chelsio etwork iterface board listed i the Widows Vista cliets. The 10-Gb Chelsio driver has ot bee updated for the Widows Vista operatig system. Chelsio eeds to update their driver for the Widows Vista 64-bit operatig system before these couters are displayed. 29