Grass Valley K2 Summit Client Service Manual Nov.23 2009 - Manual (Page 30)

30 K2 Summit Production Client Service Manual 12 October 2009
Chapter 1 Product Description
Overview description
The K2 Summit Client is a cost-effective media platform that incorporates IT and
storage technologies to deliver a networked solution to facilities for replay in sports,
news, live, and live-to-tape applications, as well as ingest, playout, and media asset
management. It is a comprehensive platform that provides a suite of user applications,
system tools, and the largest range of third party interactivity in the industry.
Refer to the K2 System Guide for other high-level descriptions of features, controls,
applications, and subsystems.
K2 Summit Client orientation
The following illustration shows the location of Field Replaceable Units (FRUs) and
other components in the K2 Summit Client.
Codec modules
Top cover
Disk controller board
Front interconnect board
Compact Flash
boot media
Disk modules
Front bezel assembly
Optional
MPEG-2 Encoder
cards or AVC-Intra
Codec cards
(attached to underside
of codec module)
Disk pillars
Power supply
module
Power supply module
Carrier module
Optional PCIe board
Disk backplane
Midplane