Grass Valley K2 Storage System Instruction Manual v.3.3 - Manual (Page 455)

June 25, 2009 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 455
Add Mac Client to K2 SAN
Cut Pro systems.
Add Mac Client to K2 SAN
Prerequisites for this task are as follows:
• You must be logged in to the K2 System Configuration application with
permissions equivalent to K2 administrator or higher.
• The devices of the K2 SAN do not need to be offline, and there is no restart of
devices required.
1. In the K2 System Configuration application tree view, select the name of the K2
SAN, which is the top node of the storage system tree.
2. Click Add Device
The Add Device dialog box opens.
3. Select Mac Client .
4. Click OK .
The new client appears in the tree view.
Next, configure the new client on the K2 SAN.
Configure Mac Client on K2 SAN
Use this procedure to configure each of your Macintosh Final Cut Pro systems on the
K2 SAN as a SAN client device.
Prerequisites for this task are as follows:
• The K2 SAN's K2 Media Server(s) with role of file system server have the K2 FCP
Connect license installed.
• You are logged in to the K2 System Configuration (K2Config) application with
permissions equivalent to K2 administrator or higher.
• The client device is added to the K2 SAN and appears in the K2 System
Configuration application tree view.
• The K2 SAN has adequate bandwidth available to meet the bandwidth needs of the
client device you are adding.
• The client device is connected to appropriate networks and is powered up.
• The client device's IP address and other network properties are configured for the
control network.
• Host table information for K2 SAN devices, the control point PC, and the client
device is in the hosts file on the client device.
• The devices of the K2 SAN do not need to be offline, and there is no restart of
devices required.
1. In the K2Config tree view, select the client device.