Setup guide

Connecting Media Storage
The workstation can be connected to two types of media storage.
■ Stone Direct disk arrays are Autodesk's high-performance direct-attached storage (DAS) devices designed
to address the different real-time playback requirements of various workflows. Direct attached storage
devices provide storage to individual workstations, and can be made available to other workstations via
the Autodesk Wire network.
■ A SAN is a storage infrastructure that allows multiple workstations to share simultaneous access to a
central storage enclosure.
Connections to both types of media storage are made using the Atto Celerity FC84-EN fibre channel adapter,
located in slot five (top to bottom).
The fibre channel adapter is equipped with four ports, called loops. You can connect your storage enclosure
to the fibre channel cards using either 2 loops or 4 loops. A 2-loop device can be connected to either the
inner pair of ports or the outer pair of ports. A 4-loop device requires both the inner pair and the outer pair.
The following diagram illustrates this important point.
ATTO Celerity
FC84-EN
2-loop pair
2-loop pair
NOTE If you are not using all the ports of a fibre channel adapter, terminate the two unused ports with the FC
loopback couplers that shipped with your system. Terminating these ports significantly decreases the time required
to boot the system.
The following diagram illustrates the fibre channel storage connections to the workstation.
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