Grass Valley K2 Media Client System Guide Oct.10 2006 - Manual (Page 90)

90 K2 Media Client System Guide September 7, 2006
Chapter 4 Managing Internal Storage
Downloading disk drive firmware
You might be instructed in K2 release notes to upgrade disk drive firmware. This
allows you to take advantage of the disk drive enhancements and benefit from
improved performance and reliability.
To determine your disk drive type and current firmware version, select a disk drive
icon in the Storage Utility tree view, then note the drive properties reported in the
right-hand pane. Use the following procedure if you need to download disk drive
firmware.
NOTE: The disk drives are upgraded one at a time which can take as long as 2
minutes per drive. Take this into consideration when scheduling the upgrade.
To download disk drive firmware, do the following:
1. In the Storage Utility, right-click a disk in the tree view, then select Advanced |
Download Disk Firmware in the context menu.
2. If the K2 Media Client is online, messages appear “…offline mode now?” and
“…continue?”. Click Yes to put the K2 Media Client in offline mode.
AppCenter channels go offline. The Open File dialog box opens.
3. In the Open File dialog box, browse to the latest firmware file for your disks, select
the file, and click.
4. Click OK.
Watch the lights on the drive to which you are downloading firmware. The lights
flash as firmware loads. Wait until the lights have completed their flashing pattern.
This can take several minutes.
The Progress Report window appears showing the disk firmware download task
and the percentage completion.
5. Repeat this procedure on each drive.
6. When finished, exit Storage Utility, put AppCenter channels back online, and
restart the K2 Media Client.
Storage Utility operation not supported
The following option is displayed in the Storage Utility menu system, but the
operation is not supported on the K2 Media Client:
• Expand File System by Capacity
Placing the K2 Media Client into online mode
If the K2 Media Client is in offline mode and you have completed your storage system
configuration tasks, you have the following options to return the K2 Media Client to
the online mode:
• Exit Storage Utility and bring channels online — If Storage Utility is closed, first
open Storage Utility and then exit Storage Utility. When you exit Storage Utility
you are prompted “…back to online mode?'. Click
Yes .
After exiting Storage Utility, if AppCenter is open the channels remain offline. To