VBrick Systems VBrick v4.2.3 manual

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    VBric k v4.2.3 V OD-W Ser v er Admin Guide August 21, 2008 4410-0167-0003 Ether neTV V OD-W Video on Demand Ser v er[...]

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    Copyright © 2008 VBrick Systems , Inc. All rights reserved. 12 Beaumont R oad W allingford, Connecticut 06492, USA www .VBrick.com This pu blication contains confident ial, proprietary , and trade secre t inform ation. No part of this document may be copied, photocopied, re produced, translated, or reduced to any machine-readab le or electronic fo[...]

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    V OD-W Admin Guide iii Contents V OD-W v4.2.3 Admin Guide Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii Font Conventio[...]

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    iv Contents Monitoring the Ser ver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 4 Backup and R estore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 4 Database Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    V OD-W Admin Guide v 9. Adding Stora ge to 1950/2950 Ser v ers Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 7 Adding Storage to VOD 50/125/300W Ser v ers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 7[...]

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    vi Contents[...]

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    V OD-W Admin Guide vii V OD- W v4.2.3 Admin Guide Thi s VO D- W Adm in G ui de is written for any one who will be using a VBrick Ether neTV V OD-W Video on Demand Server . T his includes system administrators , network tec hnicians, and others . T his document explains ho w to se t up and configure the VOD-W ser ver , how to perfor m initial admin [...]

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    viii Preface the infor mation you need from the online help , the VBrick documentation, or your certified VBrick reseller , you can cont a ct V Br ick Support Ser vices on the w eb. Suppor t Services will make ev er y effort to answer your technical quest ions in 24 business hours or less. VBric k is committed to accurate and reliab le document ati[...]

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    V OD-W Admin Guide 1 Chapter 1 Ser v er Ov er view VBrick's E therneTV VOD-W Server has been int eg rated with the EtherneTV family of products includi ng the EtherneTV P or tal Ser v er, MPEG-1/2/4 streami ng encoders , and the Ether neTV STB . The Ethe rneTV VOD-W deliv ers stored MPEG assets as unicast streams across an Ethernet network. Th[...]

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    2 © 2008 VBrick Systems , Inc . Ta b l e 1 . V OD-W S er v er M odels T able 2. V OD-W Ser ver Specifications Ser ver Compatibilit y The VOD- W ser v ers are compatib le with the follo wing VBrick dev ices: •V B r i c k E t h e r n e T V P o r t a l S e r v e r – v 3 .1.0 or later (see note below). • VBrick Set T op Box – v3.7.2 or later .[...]

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    Ser ver Ov er view V OD-W Admin Guide 3 continue to pro vide suppor t for all P owerV ault 220S models . C ontact VBrick Support Ser vices or your authorized reseller for mo re information about upg rade options . The external storage ar ra ys shown in T able 3 are compati ble with V OD-W ser v ers to increase video storage or to bac kup existing c[...]

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    4 © 2008 VBrick Systems , Inc . VO D -W P r o d u ct C D Use the VOD-W Ser v e r Product CD if you ev er ne ed to reinstall the content ser ver and other components . It also includes this VOD-W Ser ver Admin Guide in searc hable HTML format. T echnical Suppor t If you can't find the infor mation y ou need from the documentation or y our rese[...]

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    Ser ver Ov er view V OD-W Admin Guide 5[...]

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    V OD-W Admin Guide 7 Chapter 2 Getting Star ted Topics in this chapter Installing the V OD- W Ser ver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Configuring Secure Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 P ost Configuration Steps . [...]

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    8 © 2008 VBrick Systems , Inc . Step 2. Connect the Ser ver T T o set up the V OD-W ser ver 1. Connect the monitor, k eyboard, dongle, mous e, and netw ork cables as described below . Figur e 1. V OD 50W (Dell 1950 – R ear View) Figure 2. V OD 125/300W (Dell 29 50 – R ear View) 2. If rac k mounting the unit, moun t the V OD-W ser ver in the ra[...]

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    Getting Started V OD-W Admin Guide 9 3. Connect the VOD-W server to the netw ork by plug ging the 10/100/1000 BaseT Ethernet cable into the Ether net port 1 on the rear of the unit. 4. Connect the monitor cable to the blue video port (front or rear) on the V OD-W ser ver . T ur n the monitor on. 5. Connect a mouse and keyboard to any a vailable USB[...]

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    10 © 2008 VBrick Systems , Inc . Step 3. Configure the IP Addr ess Y ou need to configur e the IP address as explained below on both the ser ver machine and in the Q VCS application. When done, be sure to reboot the machin e before configuring the ser v er in the ETV P or tal Ser ver . VBrick strong ly recommends that y ou use a static IP address [...]

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    Getting Started V OD-W Admin Guide 11 3. Enter the IP or Domain , Server Description (optional), FTP User Name (defa ult = vbrickuser ) and FTP Password (default = vbrickuser ). 4. Accept the default Publishing Point parameters and click Add when done. This completes the P or tal Server Configurat ion. How ever in order to v erify the installation [...]

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    12 © 2008 VBrick Systems , Inc . Configuring Secure Communications Use this optional functionalit y to protect comm unication between the P or tal Ser v er and V O D- W . T he P ortal Ser v er controls the V OD- W ov er a web service communication s interface . Starting with Po rtal Ser ver v4.2.1 , there are two w ays to protect comm unication be[...]

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    Getting Started V OD-W Admin Guide 13 6. Make sure Enable anonymous access is not che cked. 7. Under Authenticated access , check Basic authentication (password is sent in clea r text) and unchec k other bo xes . SSL Encr yption Since you are ma naging both the V OD-W and the Portal Ser ver, you know y o u can tr ust the V O D- W and you can use an[...]

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    14 © 2008 VBrick Systems , Inc . 6. In the Common name field, type a common name, and then select Next . ( Impor tant: The common name is one of the most significant pieces of information that ends up in the cert ificate .) 7. Enter the appropriate info r mation in th e Country/Region , State/Province , and City/ locality fields , and then select [...]

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    Getting Started V OD-W Admin Guide 15 P ost Configuration Steps No additional configuration is required after insta llation an d once y ou have compl eted the steps up to this point you are good to g o . Howe v er, if you subsequently need to change the IP address or default storage path for example, use the ser v er configuration utility (see Conf[...]

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    V OD-W Admin Guide 17 Chapter 3 Ser v er Administration Topics in this chapter Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Configuring the Ser v er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    18 © 2008 VBrick Systems , Inc . Using a Direct Connection Y ou ca n access the th ree utilities desc ribed abov e by connecting a standa rd monitor to the V G A port on the VOD-W ser ver . T T o launch the utilities using a direct connecti on 1. Connect a monitor to the V GA port on the VOD-W server . 2. T o launch the monitor utility , g o to St[...]

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    Ser v er Administr ation V OD-W Admin Guide 19 Using HTTP T unneling HTTP tunne ling is often use d as a means fo r communicating from netw ork locations with restricted conne ctivit y , for example behind firew alls or pro xy ser vers . T o enable HTTP tunneling on the VOD- W y o u m ust specify the por t that will be used for tunn eling and the m[...]

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    20 © 2008 VBrick Systems , Inc . Configuring a Macintosh for T unneled Streams Y ou ma y need to perfor m certain configuration steps on a Macintosh before you can use QuickTi me to view streams tunnel ed ov er HTTP from a VOD-W s er ve r . T T o configure QuickTime for tunneled streams 1. Launch QuickTime on a Macintosh and clic k on the Apple Qu[...]

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    Ser v er Administr ation V OD-W Admin Guide 21 T T o chang e the port used for web service communication between the P or tal Ser v er and VO D-W 1. Open IIS (g o to Start > Administrative Tools > Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager ). 2. Select the web si te for the web serv ice from the tree on the left (g o to ComputerName > Web[...]

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    22 © 2008 VBrick Systems , Inc . Using Secure URL Pass word Protection Use the VbPortal tab on the Configuration Utility t o configure secure URL passw ord protection. Secure URL protection prev ents users from bypassing P ortal Ser ver authentication and play ing back V OD content di rectly from V OD - W ser vers . Requests from player software a[...]

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    Ser v er Administr ation V OD-W Admin Guide 23 Manually Ingesting Content VBrick strongly r ecommends that y ou use the Ethe r neTV Portal Ser ver exclusively to ingest all VOD- W con tent. Th e ETV Po rtal Ser ver Admin Guide explains in detail how to automate content ingestion. With the ETV P ortal Ser ver you can add individual files or y ou can[...]

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    24 © 2008 VBrick Systems , Inc . 2. Use the Quic kVideo Ingest interface to ingest content. Clic k the More >> button to see all options . Monitoring the Ser ver See Monitoring the Ser v er on pag e 27 for complete details . Backup and Restore Data base Backup The VO D-W ser v er automatically runs a daily script at 03 :00 that bac ks up the[...]

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    Ser v er Administr ation V OD-W Admin Guide 25 any content. In order to back up content, y ou need a separate backup strateg y and a robust storage capability . T T o r un an on-demand database backup 1. Go to Start > Control Panel > Scheduled Tasks . 2. Right-click on dbbackup and select Run . 3. When done, right-click on dbdelete and select[...]

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    26 © 2008 VBrick Systems , Inc . • StreamPlayer Plus allows t he recording of li ve streams to MPEG-1, MPEG -2 and MPEG-4 files . Once sav ed the files can then be installed on the EtherneTV VOD- W ser v er for play back. Mak e sure the "hinting " option is ch eck e d when reco rding MPEG-4 files . • When recording MPEG-4 and MP EG-2[...]

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    V OD-W Admin Guide 27 Chapter 4 Monitoring the Ser v er Topics in this chapter Starting the Q VOD Server Ser vice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Using the Q VOD Ser v er Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Star ting the Q VOD[...]

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    28 © 2008 VBrick Systems , Inc . T T o launch the Q VOD Ser v er Console 1. Go to Start > Programs > QuickVideo OnDemand Server > Monitor QVOD Server . The QV OD Ser ver Console will not be started if the Q VOD Ser ver Ser vice is not r unning . When the QV OD Ser ver Ser vice is r unning, there will be a small icon in th e system tra y ,[...]

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    Monitoring the Ser v er V OD-W Admin Guide 29 Statistics This section displays the stat istical inform ati on about the Q V OD Ser v er . T he st atistics displayed in this section include T otal Sessions and T otal Data Rate. T otal Sessions The total number of session s or inde pendent video streams currently being play ed from the Q VOD Ser v er[...]

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    30 © 2008 VBrick Systems , Inc . Contents The Contents pag e shows all V OD content on the ser ver . The infor mation includes Ingestion Time , Size , Type , Dur ation , and the Rate at which it wa s encoded. Host Name The hos t mac hine name (or IP Address) of the client machine which is playing the video stream. User Name The user name of the pe[...]

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    Monitoring the Ser v er V OD-W Admin Guide 31 Netw ork In the navi g ati on tree on the left side of the Q VOD Ser v er Console, clic k on Network . The right-hand side of the QV OD Ser ver Cons ole wi ll displa y the network utilization. The following infor mation is displa yed and updated every two second:[...]

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    32 © 2008 VBrick Systems , Inc . • IP Address . • Current Data Rate (Mbps) . • Utilization (cur rent data rate/n etwo rk speed) sh own as a status bar . Indi vidual Netw ork Interface Card Netw ork Manager View is a g ood place to see an ov er view of all ne tw o rk activi ty . From the left side of the Q V OD Ser ver Console, if t he Networ[...]

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    Monitoring the Ser v er V OD-W Admin Guide 33 • A r unning graph plotting the mo st recent utilization histor y . • Current Data Rate (Mbps) . • Utilization of th e interface card as a percentage of the total NIC speed. • List of the individual vide o streams going through the ne tw ork card. An administrator can ter minate a session by rig[...]

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    34 © 2008 VBrick Systems , Inc . Media This page is not used or suppo rted with any VOD- W features or functions . Lo g Options From the left side of the Q V OD Ser ver Console, clic k on Log Options . The right-hand side of the Q VOD Ser ver Console will c h ange to the Log Options view . This view lets you specify the event types you want to see[...]

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    Monitoring the Ser v er V OD-W Admin Guide 35 Events The Events page le ts y ou view the most recent ev ents that were log ged by QV OD Ser ver . The log ged events correspond to the Log Level and Log Category y ou selected in Log Options . Y ou can select different logs from the drop do wn list box. T o create custom repor ts from log data, see Ge[...]

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    36 © 2008 VBrick Systems , Inc . From the left side of the Q VOD Ser v er Console, clic k on Events . The right-hand side of the Q V OD Ser ver Conso le will displa y ev ents in the most re cent log file . Use the drop do wn menu to select other log files . T he Events pag e a lso let s yo u ma ni pul at e th e vi ew by cha ngi ng the type of colu[...]

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    Monitoring the Ser v er V OD-W Admin Guide 37 T T o manipulate the w ay log ev ents are displayed 1. Click Filter . F or example, if you select IP as t he Field Name , contains as the operat or and type 172.30.10.32 as the Value , then select the And operator, clicking on Filter will display only the log lines with the IP address 172.3 0.10.32.[...]

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    V OD-W Admin Guide 39 Chapter 5 Ing esting Content Topics in this chapter Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Content Ingestion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 B[...]

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    40 © 2008 VBrick Systems , Inc . W ser ver and may tak e place even while th e V OD-W is ser ving up a large number of simultaneous v ideo streams . Depending on the size of the video asset and ov erall VOD-W ser v er load, the ingestion process may only take a few minutes or more than an hour . Once the P or tal Server driv en ingestion is comple[...]

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    Ingesting Content V OD-W Admin Guide 41 Best Practices • If you enco unter problems during file ingesti on, the lik ely cause is a faulty or cor r upted source file. All MPEG-2 source files mu st be recorded and saved as transport streams—not prog ram streams . Suspe cted problem files can be chec ked with a standalone player lik e StreamPla ye[...]

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    V OD-W Admin Guide 43 Chapter 6 T roubleshooting Topics in this chapter V OD-W Event Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Windows Ev ent Viewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 V OD-W License Diag[...]

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    44 © 2008 VBrick Systems , Inc . repor ts . The QVSR log, for example , can be used to g enerate access repor ts by individual user . The log files are saved b y default in the Log folder at: C:Program FilesInfoValueQuickVideo OnDemand ServerLog . • QVSR-xxx-xxx.log – usage data including user name, video type, and duration. • QVOD-xxx-x[...]

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    T rou bleshooting V OD-W Admin Guide 45 V OD-W License Dia gnostics License diagno stics will sho w the dongle k ey ID , the nu mber of licensed seats , and the total licensed throughput in megabytes per second. T T o run VOD-W ser ver license diagnostics 1. Go to Start > Control > Panel > InfoValue QuickVideo . 2. On the Product Configura[...]

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    V OD-W Admin Guide 47 Chapter 7 R einstalling the Softw are Topics in this chapter Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 R einstalling the V OD- W Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47[...]

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    48 © 2008 VBrick Systems , Inc . 6. Install the InfoV alue Quic kVideo On Demand Ser v er by double-cli cking on SetupVOD-W_x_x_x_x.exe . 7. Click Next on Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for EtherneTV-VOD-W. 8. In the Choose Destination Location window select Next to accept the default. 9. If prompted, you ma y need to insert the Windows 2003 [...]

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    R einstalling the So ftw are V OD-W Admin Guide 49 19. Click Next on the Configuration Completed page . 20. When the InfoV alue Product Configurat ion page is displayed, select y our Server IP address from the drop down list and click OK .[...]

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    50 © 2008 VBrick Systems , Inc . 21. When the first Installation QuickVideo OnDemand C omplete page is dis pla yed, click Finish . 22. When th e second Installatio n Complete page is displa yed saying the Ether neTV V OD-W has finished in stalling, click Finish to restart your computer . 23. W ait for the com puter to restart and then login. Then [...]

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    R einstalling the So ftw are V OD-W Admin Guide 51 24. On the License tab , click Load License File and then navi gate to the file, select it and click Open . (The license file is included with th e V OD-W ser v er software on a separat e V O D- W Ser v er License CD .) 25. Click OK and OK again when the license file has been succe ssfully loaded. [...]

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    52 © 2008 VBrick Systems , Inc . 30. Repeat the step above for ea ch exter nal storage volume. 31. When done click OK to exit the configuration utility and reboot the ser v er : Go to Start > Shutdown > Restart . 32. After the reboot, ing est the demo content as follo ws. There are sev en demo files to ingest and they must be inge sted one a[...]

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    R einstalling the So ftw are V OD-W Admin Guide 53 34. In the Content Import Location field click Browse and na vigate to E:StagingArea . 35. Highlight the first demo file and in the Content Title field enter t he title that will be seen by u se rs i n t he f or m at: /Demo/< Name of Demo file > 36. Click Start . When done repeat these steps[...]

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    54 © 2008 VBrick Systems , Inc . Viewing License Status T T o view the cur rent license status 1. Launch the Q V OD Ser ver Console . 2. Review the information of the splash pag e for current status: Maximum Number of Streams and Maximum Throughput . Uninstalling the Softw ar e This procedure does not delete or remov e an y content that has alread[...]

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    V OD-W Admin Guide 55 Chapter 8 Adding Storag e to 1850/2850 Ser v ers Topics in this chapter Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Adding Storage to 1850 Ser vers (V OD 50W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5[...]

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    56 © 2008 VBrick Systems , Inc . Adding Storag e to 1850 Ser vers (V OD 50W) Use the following procedure to add exter nal st orage to VOD 50W ser vers . The procedure is the same for ES3 (1 TB) and ES4 (2 TB) devic es . 1. P ower ev er ything down. 2. ES3/ES4 setup. a. Connect both power cords on ES3/ 4 . b . Connect SCSI cabl e to the VOD 50W . c[...]

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    Adding Storag e to 1850/2850 Ser vers V OD-W Admin Guide 57 9. In the Select Disks to Initialize windo w , select all disk(s) displayed and Next . 10. In the Select Disks to Convert window , select all disk(s) displayed and Next . 11. In the Completing the Initialize and Con vert window , click Finish . 12. In the Computer Management window , right[...]

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    58 © 2008 VBrick Systems , Inc . 14. In the Select V olume T ype page, select Striped and click Next . 15. In the Select Disks pag e , select Disk0 . Then click Remove and Next . 16. In Select Disks page, high light disks 0–6. T hen click Add then Next .[...]

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    Adding Storag e to 1850/2850 Ser vers V OD-W Admin Guide 59 17. In the Assign Drive Letter or Path page, click Next . 18. In the Format Volume pag e, click Next .[...]

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    60 © 2008 VBrick Systems , Inc . 19. When the New V olume Wizard is complete , click Finish . 20. R epeat St eps 13– 19 for the second T eraBy te: Disks 7–-13. Adding Storag e to 2850 Ser vers (V OD 125/300W) Use the following procedure to add storage to both VO D 125W and V OD 300W ser vers . The procedure is the same for ES3 (1 TB) and ES4 ([...]

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    Adding Storag e to 1850/2850 Ser vers V OD-W Admin Guide 61 7. In PERC RAID BIOS screens: a. P e rfor m Configure > View/Add Configuration scan s all ch annels . b . Y ou should see one logical drive on RAID Ch -0, IDs=0 and 1; thi s is the first driv e in the system and i s used to store the ope rating system, th e V OD ser v er software, and d[...]

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    62 © 2008 VBrick Systems , Inc . 11. In the Select Disks to Initialize windo w , select all disk(s) displayed and Next . 12. In the Select Disks to Convert window , select all disk(s) displayed and Next . 13. In the Completing the Initialize and Con vert window , click Finish . 14. In the Welcome to the New Volume Wizar d page click Next . 15. In [...]

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    Adding Storag e to 1850/2850 Ser vers V OD-W Admin Guide 63 16. In the Select Disks window clic k Next . 17. In the Assign Dri ve Lett er or P ath window click Next .[...]

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    64 © 2008 VBrick Systems , Inc . 18. In the Form at Volume window , select Perform a quick format to speed up the format, then click Next . T his optio n will complete the for mat in 5–10 minutes . 19. When the New V olume Wizard is complete , click Finish . 20. Repeat ste ps 14–19 for the seco nd T erabyte . The exter nal storage will not be [...]

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    V OD-W Admin Guide 67 Chapter 9 Adding Storag e to 1950/2950 Ser v ers Topics in this chapter Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Adding Storage to VOD 50/125/300W Ser v ers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 O[...]

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    68 © 2008 VBrick Systems , Inc . 3. The next photo shows the Dell 1950 with th e top co ver off . 4. The next photo shows the Dell 2950 with th e top co ver off . As shown in the next photo , make sure the split bac kplane switch is in the upward position for "single disk."[...]

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    Adding Storag e to 1950/2950 Ser vers V OD-W Admin Guide 69 5. Inser t the P erc 5/E Exter nal RAI D Controller sho wn below into t he Dell 1950/2950.[...]

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    70 © 2008 VBrick Systems , Inc . 6. The next photo shows Dell 1950 top cov er o ff wit h P ER C 5 /E ex tern al R AID in se rted . 7. The next photo shows the De ll 2950 top cov er off with PERC 5/E external RAID insert ed.[...]

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    Adding Storag e to 1950/2950 Ser vers V OD-W Admin Guide 71 8. The next photo shows Dell 1950 back view with PER C 5/E external RAID connected. 9. The next photo shows MD1000 back view with PER C 5/E external RAID connected. 10. V OD-W setup for both Dell 1950 and 2950 Ser vers . Connect the SCS I cable from the D M1000 to SCSI 0 port connector on [...]

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    72 © 2008 VBrick Systems , Inc . 11. T he next photo sho ws the back view of 2950/MD1000 with PERC 5/E external RAID connected. 12. Dell 295 0 back view PERC 5/E external RAID ports. 13. MD1000 set up . a. Connect both power cords on DM1000. b . CSI ter mination is internal; so no ter minato r is needed. 14. Po wer up the MD1000. 15. P ower up the[...]

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    Adding Storag e to 1950/2950 Ser vers V OD-W Admin Guide 73 c . Use T ab or Arrow Up/Down key to highlight on Raid Level and Enter to select RAID-5 then Enter . d. T o select the driv e s use the T ab to Physical Disks then Space to sele ct driv e ID 01:00–01:04 for 5 dri ves (300 GBs eac h). The approximat e size is about 1142272 MB . (First 1.5[...]

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    74 © 2008 VBrick Systems , Inc . 21. Go to Storage > Disk Management . In the Initialize and Con vert Disk Wizard welcome window select Next . 22. In the Select Disk s to Initialize windo w , click Next . As an example, the following window is shown for ES5 1.5 TB devices . The window you see wi ll vary depending on the capacity of the dev ices[...]

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    Adding Storag e to 1950/2950 Ser vers V OD-W Admin Guide 75 As another example, the follo wing window is shown for ES10 3 TB devices . 23. In the Initialize and Conv er t Disk Wizard screen, lea ve all disks unchec ked and clic k Next . As an example, the follo wing window is shown for ES5 1.5 TB devices . Note The windows y ou see from this point [...]

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    76 © 2008 VBrick Systems , Inc . As an example, the following windo w is sho wn for ES5 3 TB devices . 24. When the Completing the Initialize and Conv er t Disk Wi zard window is displaye d, click Finish . As noted the data in the window will vary depending on the amount of storage you are adding . For ES5 1.5 TB devi ces , only Disk 2 wi ll be di[...]

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    Adding Storag e to 1950/2950 Ser vers V OD-W Admin Guide 77 F or ES 10 3 TB devices, Disk 2 and Di sk 3 will displayed. 25. In the Computer Management window , right-clic k on Disk 2 and select New Part ition .[...]

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    78 © 2008 VBrick Systems , Inc . The example abo ve is for 10 external disks . Di sk 3 would not be pres ent if only 5 disk s are deployed. Likewise , Disk 4, Disk 5, etc . may be present for larg er external configurations. 26. In the W elcome to the New P a rtition Wizard window select Ne xt . 27. In the Select Partition T ype windo w select Nex[...]

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    Adding Storag e to 1950/2950 Ser vers V OD-W Admin Guide 79 28. In the Specify Partition Size window select Next . 29. In the Assign Drive Letter or P ath window select Next . 30. In the F or mat Partition window select Next .[...]

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    80 © 2008 VBrick Systems , Inc . 31. In the Completing the New V olume Wizard window sele ct Fini sh . 32. Repeat steps 26–31 for drives H and I if ne cessar y . If there is more than one disk enclosure, repeat for driv es J through O (as many as present) . 33. Open Windows Explorer . 34. Select G driv e and create Content2 by right-clicking and[...]

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    Adding Storag e to 1950/2950 Ser vers V OD-W Admin Guide 81 36. Click on Add Storage Path . 37. Click on Browse and select G:Content2 . Then click Add . R epeat for Content3 and Content4 on dri ves H and I if necessary . If second or third enclosure is present, repeat for drives I through O as necessary . Y our resu lts should appear as follows . [...]

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    82 © 2008 VBrick Systems , Inc . T able 8. Disk Numbe r and Capacity Disks Capacity (TB) Drive Letter for Last Logical Disk Content F o lder for Last Logical Disk 5 1.5 G /Content2 10 3 H /Content3 15 4.5 I /Content4 20 6 J /Content5 25 7.5 K /Content6 30 9 L /Content7 35 10.5 M /Content8 40 12 N /Content9 45 13.5 O /Content10[...]

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