Grass Valley K2 System Guide v.7.2 - Manual (Page 127)

07 April 2010 K2 System Guide 127
System requirements for SiteConfig control point PC
System requirements for SiteConfig control point
PC
The PC on which SiteConfig is installed must meet the following requirements:
For each discovered and assigned K2 client,
edit each network interface. Specify network
settings and apply them to the K2 client. On each K2 client, set the control network
interface IP address first, then the FTP/
streaming network interface, if present.
Also set the hostname.
Add a control point PC placeholder device to
the system description —
Discover the control point PC and assign it
to the placeholder control point PC —
If not already set correctly, set the hostname
of discovered devices Make sure the device name is correct, then
make the hostname the same as the device
name.
Ping each K2 client and the control point PC
to test network communication —
Generate host table information and
distribute to hosts files on each K2 client and
on the control point PC Make sure you have completed network
configuration of all network interfaces
across all devices to ensure complete and
valid host table information. You can use
SiteConfig to copy hosts files to devices, or
you can manage hosts files yourself.
Create a deployment group —
Add stand-alone K2 clients to the
deployment group —
Requirements Comments
Operating system Microsoft Windows (Must be a U.S. version): XP
Professional Service Pack 2, Server 2003, or Vista
Enterprise Service Pack 1.
RAM Minimum 512 MB, 1 GB recommended
Graphics acceleration Must have at least 128 MB memory
Processor Pentium 4 or higher class, 2 GHz or greater
Hard disk space 400 MB
Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0
Java JRE 1.3.1_12 and 1.4.2_05 or higher. Required for the
HP Ethernet Switch configuration interface, which
is used for K2 Storage Systems (shared storage).
XML Microsoft XML 4 Service Pack 2 is required. You
can install it from the msxml4sp2 file on the K2
System Software CD.
Task Comment