Grass Valley K2 System Guide v.7.2 - Manual (Page 60)

60 K2 System Guide 07 April 2010
Chapter 3 System connections and configuration
Using FTP on a K2 Nearline SAN
A K2 Nearline SAN is considered an “offline” system, as it has no media database
and is not capable of direct playout of media. Therefore, procedures that apply to
“online” K2 SANs do not globally apply to the Nearline SAN. This includes
procedures for streaming, import, export, and FTP.
The rules for transferring to/from a K2 Nearline SAN are as follows:
• Transfer files only. Streaming media, as in AppCenter’s Import/Send to | Stream
feature, is not supported.
• K2 media must be transferred to/from the Nearline system as a GXF or MXF file.
• Passive FTP mode is supported. You must use this mode for FTP transfers.
• In addition to FTP transfers, you can also map shared drives and use basic
Windows networking to move files to/from a Nearline storage system.
• You should use the dedicated K2 FTP/streaming network.
Additional information about Nearline FTP is as follows:
• K2 FTP protocol supports clip and bin names in non-English locales (international
languages) using UTF-8 character encoding. Refer to specifications for
internationalization.
• The Nearline FTP interface does not have GXF and MXF folders to support
format-specific functionality, as does the K2 FTP interface for “online” K2
systems. This means the Nearline FTP interface treats all files, including GXF and
MXF, as generic files with no particular consideration for any file format.
STAT Status Supported
HELP Help Supported
NOOP No Operation Supported
FTP command name FTP command description K2 FTP support