Grass Valley SiteConfig Migration Instructions - Manual (Page 6)

Prepare for SiteConfig migration
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Work through the following topics to plan and procure the items necessary to manage
your existing system with SiteConfig.
About system descriptions
You have several options for starting and developing a SiteConfig system description,
as follows:
Start with an existing system description
You can obtain a system description for a system similar to the one you are installing.
Some system descriptions are provided with SiteConfig as templates for specific
system types. You can import the system description into SiteConfig, and then modify
it until it matches your specific system. You can define the entire system including
defining sites, groups, networks, devices and even the planned IP assignments before
you arrive at the installation site.
You can save your work as a system description file ( .scsd ) file and when onsite at
the installation site, you can import the file into SiteConfig as your starting point.
Once you import the system description you can make changes as appropriate and
proceed to discover the connected physical devices.
Start with a new system description
You can create new system description using SiteConfig on your PC before you arrive
at the installation site, or as part of the commissioning process at the installation site.
Typically, if you are starting with a new system description, you use the site wizard
to add one or more sites based on appropriate site models, define networks and their
IP ranges, and add device placeholders. Then you discover devices and perform
appropriate network configuration, followed by software deployment.
Start with a K2 System Configuration file
If you are using SiteConfig at a system that has already been commissioned and if the
system has a K2 SAN, you can import or merge the K2 System Configuration
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