Grass Valley SiteConfig v.2.1 User Manual
Siteconfig
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Table of contents
Document Outline
- Contents
- Getting started with SiteConfig
- About SiteConfig
- SiteConfig features
- About installing SiteConfig
- System requirements for SiteConfig control point PC
- Installing/upgrading SiteConfig
- Install prerequisite files on the SiteConfig PC
- Opening SiteConfig
- SiteConfig main window
- Icons in SiteConfig
- Terminology used in SiteConfig
- Taskflow checklist for using SiteConfig
- Working with network configuration
- Working with sites and groups
- About sites
- About site hierarchy
- Network configuration hierarchy
- About system descriptions
- About saving system descriptions
- Creating a new system description
- Location of SiteConfig files
- Importing a system description
- Importing a K2 System Configuration file
- About SiteConfig and K2Config settings
- About Control Panel, SiteConfig, and K2Config settings
- About the Control Panel Service host and applications
- Exporting (Save As) a system description
- Merging system descriptions
- About groups
- Adding a group
- Removing items from the system description
- Working with networks
- Working with devices
- About SiteConfig support on managed devices
- About device phases
- Third party devices in SiteConfig
- Discovering devices with SiteConfig
- Assigning discovered devices
- Adding a discovered device to the system description
- Assigning the control point PC
- Adding a device
- About device and host names
- Modifying a device name
- Modifying a host name
- Making the host name the same as the device name
- Pinging devices from the PC that hosts SiteConfig
- Identifying a device
- Moving a device to a different group
- About planned and current IP configuration
- Viewing device interfaces
- About IP configuration of network interfaces on devices
- Managing IP configuration on a newly discovered device
- Managing IP configuration on a discovered device
- Modifying a managed network interface
- Modifying an unassigned (unmanaged) interface
- About adding an interface
- Adding an interface
- About locking a device or group
- Unlocking a device or group
- Locking a device or group
- About credentials in SiteConfig
- Password changes and compatibility
- Setting global credentials
- Setting credentials for a specific device
- Changing passwords on Windows 7
- Changing passwords on Windows XP
- Accessing a device via Remote Desktop from SiteConfig
- Power cycling a device
- Closing and restarting SiteConfig
- Working with sites and groups
- Working with software deployment
- Understanding software deployment concepts
- About deployment groups
- About managed software and tasks
- Requirements for software managed by SiteConfig
- About managed and unmanaged software
- About the package store
- About roles
- About managing deployment tasks
- About software deployment tasks
- About the Discovery Agent
- About deployment options
- Workflow for software deployment
- Working with devices and software deployment groups
- Working with managed software packages
- Working with software deployment tasks
- Understanding software deployment concepts
- SiteConfig application setup
- Troubleshooting
- Trademarks and Agreements
- Index