Grass Valley GV STRATUS Installation v.3.1 - Manual (Page 23)

Preparing for installation
About installing the GV STRATUS system
This manual provides two paths for installing your GV STRATUS system, as follows:
• Commissioning process — Follow this process as your primary path. It assumes you received
your system completely set up and configured from Grass Valley.
• Complete system installation process — Use this process only if you must change the system
configuration or if there are system setup or configuration processes that are incomplete. Browse
this process and do the appropriate items.
Read the following to familiarize yourself with your GV STRATUS system before you begin the
commissioning process:
• GV STRATUS system software and documentation is available for download from the Grass
Valley website.
• The GV STRATUS application runs on off-the-shelf Windows operating system computers.
These GV STRATUS client PCs are supplied by the customer that owns the GV STRATUS
system. Grass Valley does not supply these computers.
• GV STRATUS services run on one or more GV STRATUS servers that are supplied by Grass
Valley with all the necessary hardware and software installed. GV STRATUS software licenses
are required to support the customer workflow. Licenses are installed on the GV STRATUS
server with role of Common Services. The Proxy Encoder license is installed on the servers
hosting the Proxy Encoder software.
• The GV STRATUS Control Panel application runs on a PC that has network access to the GV
STRATUS Core server.
• The SiteConfig application is the required tool for network configuration and software deployment.
There should be just one instance of SiteConfig installed on a single PC.
• A designated Control Point PC is optional for the GV STRATUS system. If your GV STRATUS
system access a K2 SAN, then the SAN's Control Point PC typically functions as the Control
Point PC for the GV STRATUS system as well. GV STRATUS Control Panel, SiteConfig,
K2Config, and NetCentral applications are installed on the Control Point PC.
• Refer to "GV STRATUS Release Notes" and "GV STRATUS Upgrade Instructions" for
instructions on obtaining software licenses and upgrading the GV STRATUS system.
Related Topics
System requirements for GV STRATUS client PC on page 47
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