Grass Valley K2 Storage System Instruction Manual v.3.3 - Manual (Page 499)

June 25, 2009 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 499
Adding a K2 appliance
The Software Configuration page opens.
This page checks the K2 appliance for required software.
12. Identify software installed on the K2 appliance and proceed as follows:
• If any software with Yes in the Required column reports as Not Installed, you
must install it on the K2 appliance. After installing the software, click Check
Software .
• If all software with Yes in the Required column reports as Installed, click Check
Software .
13. When all required software reports as Installed, click Next .
The Network Configuration page opens.
This page configures both control and media (iSCSI) network connections. The top
port is the port over which the K2 System Configuration application is
communicating with the K2 appliance. If correctly configured, it is already
assigned the control network IP address, which is displayed in the window.
14. Select the media (iSCSI) port and click Modify .
A network configuration dialog box opens.
15. Enter the media network IP address and subnet mask and then click OK .
16. Click Next .
The Database Client Configuration page opens.
This page connects the K2 appliance as a media database client to the K2 Media
Server taking the role of media database server. If there are redundant K2 Media
Servers, both are listed on this page as database servers.
17. Verify that the K2 appliance is connecting to the correct K2 Media Server or
Servers, as follows:
• For non-redundant K2 Storage Systems, the client connects to the only server.
• For iSCSI redundant K2 Storage Systems, the client connects to server A as
database server 1 and server B as database server 2, so that if there is a problem
with one server, the other server is available.
18. Click Check .
19. When the wizard reports that the configuration check is successful, click Next .
The File System Client Configuration page opens.
This page connects the K2 appliance as a media file system client to the K2 Media
Server taking the role of media file system server. If there are redundant K2 Media
Servers, both are listed on this page as file system servers.
20. Verify that the K2 appliance is connecting to the correct K2 Media Server or
Servers, as follows:
• For non-redundant K2 Storage Systems, the client connects to the only server.
• For iSCSI redundant K2 Storage Systems, the client connects to server A as file
system server 1 and server B as file system server 2, so that if there is a problem
with one server, the other server is available.