Re: [Avid-L2] Re: Older Unity Lanshare Portserver?

If your systems are configured the same as ours are then the File, Media and
Portservers are in 2RU chassis (actually Dells in our configuration). All 4
systems have an Atto 3300 FC card in the top slot. All of them EXCEPT the
Media Manager have an add on Gig-E card 1 slot lower. Media Manager is the
one that tells everybody else where your AV files are being hidden.

----- Original Message -----
From: "johnrobmoore" <bigfish@pacbell.net>
To: <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 5:53 PM
Subject: [Avid-L2] Re: Older Unity Lanshare Portserver?

> Judging by this list I'd have to guess that it is the media manager that
is the problem since the other two chassis are labeled. I was originally
told they restarted the port server to bring the system up two days ago and
that's where the memory error message came from. At that time the system
was working but as I said earlier after trying new ram and now mobo it
doesn't boot. Is the media manager something that can be replaced without
major reconfiguration or is it the road map to all the media. Just trying
to learn what I can while the techs sort this out.
>
> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "James Hoppe" <james.hoppe@...> wrote:
> >
> > The other chassis is probably media manager. That sounds similar to our
> > Unity configuration:
> >
> > 2x Array chassis (mirrored)
> > 2x File Managers (mirrored)
> > 1x Media Manager
> > 1x Portserver
> > 1x Fiber switch
> > 1x Gig-E
> >
> > The only boards in our PortServer box are a Fiber card and a Gig-E.
> > Personally, I would try what Dom suggests and pull as much as possible
from
> > the chassis, then re-install things until it STOPS booting. Also making
> > sure everything is properly seated of course!
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "johnrobmoore" <bigfish@...>
> > To: <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 3:28 PM
> > Subject: [Avid-L2] Re: Older Unity Lanshare Portserver?
> >
> >
> > It could be a standard Unity so I've been told. It has a JBOD a file
> > manager chassis, a port server chassis and another unlabeled chassis in
a
> > half rack. Assuming that is what it is can the entire portserver be
shot
> > gunned without requiring massive reconfiguration to work on our system.
As
> > you can tell my experience is more with other sans so please forgive my
> > basic questions.
> >
> > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "Dom Q. Silverio" <domqsilverio@> wrote:
> > >
> > > I am not familiar with older LANShares. I did not know they had an
> > > external PortServer.
> > > Are you sure that is just a standard Unity?
> > >
> > > Second, maybe it is not the mobo or RAM sticks. It could be one of the
> > > PCI cards. I would pull out all RAM sticks except for one and all PCI
> > > cards. Boot up. Place one RAM stick and boot.
> > >
> > > Do this until you figure out which hardware is causing the issue.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Dom Q. Silverio
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 2:49 PM, John Moore <bigfish@> wrote:
> > > > We're having problems with the Unity Portserver on our lanshare that
is
> > used primarily for project sharing over ethernet. They've swapped ram
and I
> > believe the mother board but now it won't boot. At first they restarted
the
> > port server and even though it gave a memory error it did work but now
after
> > replacing ram and then the motherboard it won't boot. I'm just curious
if a
> > totally different port server that works can plug right in without
> > disturbing what's already stored on the unity. I see we have two chassis
> > labeled port servers, can there be two on a system or is one a spare?
> > There's tech support working but we've been down two days with this and
I'd
> > like to help make a somewhat informed decision.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > John Moore
> > > >
> > > > Barking Trout Productions
> > > >
> > > > Studio City, CA
> > > >
> > > > bigfish@
> > > >
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> > > >
> > > >
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