Grass Valley K2 Media Client System Guide Oct.10 2006 - Manual (Page 107)

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Determining K2 Media Client bandwidth requirements
Determining K2 Media Client bandwidth
requirements
The K2 System Configuration application provides a page in the Configure K2 Client
wizard that calculates the bandwidth requirement for a K2 Media Client. On this page
you enter information regarding the channel count, bit rate, and tracks per channel for
your intended use of the K2 Media Client. The page then calculates the bandwidth
requirement and make it available for load balancing. Refer to
“Adding K2 Media
Clients to the K2 Storage System” on page 110 for procedures.
Preparing the K2 Storage System
Refer to the K2 Storage System Instruction Manual to install and configure the K2
Storage System so that it is prepared for the addition of your external storage K2
Media Clients.
The following K2 Storage System preparations are required to support K2 Media
Clients:
• All K2 media servers and/or K2 RAID storage devices must be installed and
cabled.
• The control network must be operational with K2 devices communicating. At the
command prompt, use the ping command to verify.
• For non-redundant (Levels 1, 2, and 3) K2 Storage Systems, the media network
must be operational. You can check this with the K2 System Configuration
application.
• For redundant (Levels 2R and 3R) K2 Storage Systems, media network A and
media network B must be operational. You can check this with the K2 System
Configuration application.
• K2 RAID devices must have LUNs bound and be configured as required for
operation on the K2 Storage System.
• K2 media servers (or the K2 Level 1 device) must be configured such that an
operational media file system is present.
• K2 Ethernet switches must be configured and have V-LANs set up.
• The storage system to which you are adding your K2 Media Clients must be
defined with the appropriate number and type of clients. In other words, in the K2
System Configuration application tree view you should see the K2 Media Clients
you are about to add represented as unconfigured devices.
NOTE: Do not run Storage Utility on an external storage K2 Media Client. For
external storage, run Storage Utility only via the K2 System Configuration
application.