Setup guide

configurations consist of two or more disk arrays, daisy-chained together and attached to the workstation.
The capacity of each disk array varies with the number of disks it contains and the capacity of each of the
disks. The capacity of the Stone Direct in turn depends on the capacity of each disk array and the number
of disk arrays it contains.
Stone Direct storage is flexible and scalable. You can increase storage capacity by adding disk arrays. Note
however that the Stone Direct configurations available may vary depending on the type of RAID controller
used and workstation running your Visual Effects and Finishing or Lustre application. If your platform is an
older generation system, refer to the Stone Direct Configuration Guide, 7th Edition for help determining the
storage configurations currently supported on your platform.
Storage Configuration Workflow
This section presents the workflow for setting up and configuring Stone Direct storage from scratch. It is
intended to provide context for the current document, and ensure that you have completed the necessary
hardware setup prior to connecting your Stone Direct storage.
To set up and configure Stone Direct storage:
1 Verify that all peripheral, video and hardware components of your system are properly wired. Refer to
the appropriate Hardware Setup Guide for your workstation.
2 Understand the different components of your storage configuration. See Autodesk Stone Direct Storage
Configurations on page 5.
3 Review the safety and work environment guidelines in this guide. See Safety and Work Environment
Guidelines on page 11.
4 Physically connect the Stone Direct storage to your workstation using the diagrams in this guide. You
use two diagrams to connect the fibre optic cables: the first illustrates the connectors on your workstation,
and the second illustrates the connectors on the storage unit (or units). Refer to the appropriate diagrams
for your system in Workstation Connections on page 15 and for your storage configuration in Storage
Connections on page 23.
5 Power on the storage.
NOTE In a hardware RAID configuration, the sequence in which you power the units on or off is important:
the RAID controller must be able to detect the other units in the Stone Direct storage at all times. Thus when
you power on the hardware RAID, the last unit you power on is the RAID controller. When you power off the
hardware RAID, the first unit you power off is the RAID controller.
6 Power on your workstation.
7 Check the Hardware Setup Guide for your workstation as well as the Release Notes for your application
for any release-specific workstation or fibre channel BIOS settings, and verify these match with those
of your workstation and fibre channel adapters.
8 Configure logical volumes (LUNs) on RAID controllers using the XR configuration utility. See LUN
Management Guidelines on page 35 for more information on how to proceed for your storage
configuration.
9 Install your Visual Effects, Finishing, and Colour Grading application.
10 Create the filesystem used for media storage.
■ For Visual Effects and Finishing products refer to the Stone and Wire Filesystem and Networking Guide
for your release, for help creating a Stone filesystem or standard filesystem.
■ For Lustre, refer to the installation documentation for your Lustre release.
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