Fibre Channel connected clients (redundant FSMs)
This system differs from the iSCSI extended system as follows:
- K2 SAN-attached client systems have a Fibre Channel card installed and are connected directly to the Fibre Channel Fabric. This replaces the iSCSI layer.
- Because there is no iSCSI, there is no need for multiple K2 Media Servers to act as iSCSI bridges, reducing the total number of K2 Media Servers required.
- There is a RAID chassis dedicated for file system metadata.
- The FSM K2 Media Servers read/write data over Fibre Channel only to the metadata RAID chassis.
- The FSM K2 Media Servers must "see" (be on the same Fibre Channel fabric with) the media RAID, even though they do not read/write data to the media RAID.
Guidelines for this system are as follows:
- When adding a K2 SAN-attached client system in K2Config, set the Storage access option to Fibre Channel.
- When configuring the system in K2Config, select the Server redundancy option.