Grass Valley K2 Storage System Instruction Manual v.3.1 - Manual (Page 213)

September 6, 2006 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 213
Sending K2 configuration to NetCentral
• Implement Aurora Edit security features.
• Install SNFS software and K2 software.
For more information, refer to the Aurora Share Technical Reference Guide.
Additional steps that are required for K2 Media Clients include the following:
• If the K2 Media Client connects to the K2 Storage System with a redundant
Ethernet fabric, such as in Levels 2R and 3R, install Multi-path I/O software.
For more information refer to the K2 Media Client System Guide.
Sending K2 configuration to NetCentral
As you configure the K2 Storage System, information is automatically sent to
NetCentral. When NetCentral receives the information it adds devices and populates
its interface with a view of the K2 Storage System.
Before you begin using the K2 System Configuration application to configure the
storage system, you must set up the NetCentral system according to the following
requirements:
• NetCentral installed — NetCentral server software must be installed on a
NetCentral server PC. This can be the K2 configuration control point PC or another
PC that has network communication with the K2 Storage System control network.
• Device providers installed — A device provider must be installed on the NetCentral
server PC for each type of device in the K2 Storage System. For a Level 3R storage
system, the following device providers must be installed:
• Control point PC device provider — This is the Windows monitoring device
provider.
• K2 Media Server device provider
• HP Gigabit Switch device provider or Cisco Gigabit Switch device provider
• K2 Media Client device provider, if any K2 Media Clients are accessing the
Level 3R storage system.
• Device provider for iSCSI clients, if any iSCSI clients such as Aurora Edits are
accessing the Level 3R storage system.
• K2 Level 2/Level 3 RAID storage device provider. This device provider
supports both Level 2 and Level 3 RAID devices.
• Grass Valley PC Monitoring software installed — This software must be installed on
the K2 configuration control point PC. It includes Grass Valley SNMP agents and
other WMI based components to perform process monitoring. This provides the
information for some of the SNMP trap messages that must be sent to NetCentral.
• Control point PC monitored by NetCentral — The K2 configuration control point PC
must be added to the NetCentral system and fully monitored by NetCentral. This
especially means that its SNMP trap destination is set to send SNMP traps to the
NetCentral server PC. This is critical, as a SNMP trap is used as the mechanism by
which the K2 configuration information is communicated to NetCentral. Whether
the control point PC and the NetCentral server PC are the same PC or are different
PCs, you must still add the control point PC to NetCentral.