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September 7, 2007

K2 Storage System Instruction Manual

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Chapter

16

Managing K2 software

This chapter provides information about the software components of the K2 Storage
System. Topics include the following:

“About K2 software”

“Installing K2 software”

“Pre-installed software”

“Backup and recovery strategies”

About K2 software

Check K2 Media Client 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

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.