Grass Valley GV STRATUS Installation v.3.1 - Manual (Page 5)

Contents
Overview of the GV STRATUS system......................................................................................................13
GV STRATUS system and server variants.............................................................................................13
Small (Express) system description: Proxy on Core Services server.....................................................14
Medium (A1) system description: Proxy on K2 Summit SAN.................................................................15
Large (B1, C1) system description: Proxy on dedicated Proxy Storage system.....................................16
Proxy and live streaming workflow overview...........................................................................................17
HTTP server overview............................................................................................................................18
Proxy Encoder overview.........................................................................................................................19
Functional descriptions...........................................................................................................................19
K2 system...........................................................................................................................................19
GV STRATUS server...........................................................................................................................20
Proxy Storage system.........................................................................................................................21
GV STRATUS client............................................................................................................................21
Preparing for installation.............................................................................................................................23
About installing the GV STRATUS system.............................................................................................23
Commissioning process..........................................................................................................................24
Complete system installation process....................................................................................................24
Commissioning a system...........................................................................................................................27
Commissioning process..........................................................................................................................27
Rack, cable, and power on process........................................................................................................27
Rack-mount devices............................................................................................................................27
Cable K2 systems...............................................................................................................................31
Cable GV STRATUS server................................................................................................................32
Cable Proxy Storage system...............................................................................................................37
Power on K2 and GV STRATUS system devices................................................................................40
Test system setup and configuration process.........................................................................................40
Identify test applications and setup.....................................................................................................41
Test K2 systems..................................................................................................................................42
Pinging devices from the PC that hosts SiteConfig.............................................................................42
Test required GV STRATUS configuration settings.............................................................................43
Customer network, licenses, and roles process.....................................................................................44
Connect Core server to corporate LAN...............................................................................................44
Configuring licenses and roles settings: Required..............................................................................44
Client PC set up process........................................................................................................................46
System requirements for GV STRATUS client PC .............................................................................47
Cabling for high-resolution client PC...................................................................................................49
Set firewall for application ports..........................................................................................................49
Install/configure for SiteConfig support on client PC ..........................................................................52
SiteConfig network setup for corporate LAN ......................................................................................56
SiteConfig placeholder setup for client PC..........................................................................................57
SiteConfig corporate LAN setup for client PC.....................................................................................59
SiteConfig control network setup for client PC ...................................................................................60
SiteConfig software installation for client PC ......................................................................................68
K2Config setup for high-resolution client PC.......................................................................................79
Set GV STRATUS client PC to high-resolution...................................................................................86
Reference to GV STRATUS Control Panel settings...................................................................................87
Reference to settings: Required and optional.........................................................................................87
STRATUS Core Services settings..........................................................................................................87
Remote Sites settings.........................................................................................................................89
Marker Synchronization settings.........................................................................................................90
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