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About k2 software – Grass Valley K2 Storage System Instruction Manual v.3.3 User Manual

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K2 Storage System Instruction Manual

June 25, 2009

Chapter 11 Managing K2 software

About K2 software

Check K2 Release Notes for the latest information about software.

At the time of this writing, the primary software installations for the K2 Storage
System and K2 products are as follows:

In addition, the following software is installed in special cases:

• Multi-Path I/O software — You must install this software on a K2 Media Client

that has redundant paths to storage. This includes a K2 Media Client that is part of
a redundant K2 Storage System and a K2 Media Client directly connected via
redundant Fibre Channel connections to its own external RAID storage. Refer to
the K2 Media Client System Guide for more information.

This
software…

Is distributed
on…

With the installation file located at…

Which is
installed on…

And is described as
follows:

K2 Client

The K2 System
Software CD

..\K2Client\setup.exe

K2 Media
Clients

Provides core functionality
for all K2 Media Client
models.

K2 Server

The K2 System
Software CD

..\K2Server\setup.exe

K2 Media
Servers

Provides core functionality
for all K2 Media Servers in
all roles.

Control
Point

The K2 System
Software CD

..\ControlPoint\setup.exe

Control Point
PCs

Provides remote control
and configuration of K2
Media Clients (both
internal and external
storage) as well as the K2
Storage System.

Media File
System
(SNFS)

The K2 System
Software CD

..\snfs\gvSnfsxxSetupK2.bat

K2 Media
Servers,
stand-alone K2
Media Clients,
and shared
storage (SAN)
K2 Media
Clients

Install only as instructed by
release notes.

NetCentral

The NetCentral
Manager CD

..\ServerSetup.exe

The NetCentral
server PC (this
can be a
Control Point
PC)

Provides remote
monitoring of all K2
products.