Grass Valley SiteConfig v.2.1 - Manual (Page 63)

4. When the Locking Devices window reports that the lock process completed successfully, click
Close .
The device or devices are now locked. For K2 Summit/Solo, this also enables the write filter, which
enforces the restart.
Related Links
About locking a device or group on page 61
About credentials in SiteConfig
SiteConfig requires administrative privileges on devices in order to perform most of the network
configuration and deployment tasks. For known devices types, SiteConfig has a default administrator
login and password. These default credential depend on the SiteConfig version, so check your
SiteConfig Release Notes for any changes. When you add a device based on a known device type,
SiteConfig references the default administrator login and password. Then, when you use remote
desktop or perform software deployment to the device, SiteConfig automatically uses these
credentials. These credentials are called "global" credentials for the device since the same credentials
are used on all devices of that type in the system.
You can choose to override the default credentials for a given device type. For example, if you have
specified a different administrator account or a different password on the devices when commissioning
the system, then you want SiteConfig to use these modified credentials.
It is possible to also override the default credentials for a single device.
Password changes and compatibility
With currently released products, default accounts and passwords are unified across Grass Valley
systems. This includes K2, STRATUS, and Aurora products. However, some previous versions of
Grass Valley products had default accounts and passwords that were not unified with other Grass
Valley products. For example, the Administrator account on previous versions of K2 products had
a password of
adminK2 , rather than the unified password of adminGV! .
Therefore, when combining newer, currently released Grass Valley products with older, previously
released products, you must manage your passwords for system and operational compatibility. Grass
Valley recommends the following:
• Ensure that a user account that is the same on all systems has the same password.
• Change all passwords to the newer unified passwords. This applies especially to the Administrator
account, where you would change the password on your older systems from
adminK2 to
adminGV! .
• If your site policies prohibit changing your passwords, then you may change the passwords on
your newer systems to match your older systems. In the case of the Administrator account, on
your newer systems you would change the password from
adminGV! to adminK2 .
• Do not change the password for the GVadmin account. This account must retain the default
password of
adminGV! . Grass Valley applications and services use this account/password for
program interactions.
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