Grass Valley K2 Summit Storage Area Network Installation - Manual (Page 258)

Device terminology
K2 Media Client
The first generation K2 product, originally released with version 3.x K2 software. It can have internal
storage, direct-connect storage, or shared (SAN) storage.
K2 Summit Production Client
The second generation K2 product, originally release with version 7.x K2 software. It can have
internal storage, direct-connect storage, or shared (SAN) storage.
K2 client
Either a K2 Media Client or a K2 Summit Production Client. This term is used for K2 clients with
internal storage, direct-connect storage, or shared (SAN) storage.
K2 SAN client
Any device that is an iSCSI or Fibre Channel client to the K2 SAN. This includes Grass Valley
products such as the Aurora product family.
K2 appliance
A K2 SAN client that provides specific functionality to the K2 SAN. A K2 Coder is an example of
a K2 appliance.
Control point PC description
A control point PC runs applications from which you operate, configure, and monitor the K2 SAN.
You can have one or more PCs that provide control point functionality. You must have at least one
control point PC on which you install and run the K2Config application.
The primary applications that run on a control point PC are as follows:
• The K2 System Configuration application
• SiteConfig
• Storage Utility
• AppCenter
• NetCentral
In addition, you can use the control point PC for the following applications:
• QuickTime
• Adobe Acrobat Reader
• Windows Remote Desktop Connection
You can purchase a control point PC from Grass Valley. In this case the PC has all the above software
pre-installed at the factory. When you receive the PC it is ready to install on the K2 SAN control
network and begin using with minimal configuration.
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Description of K2 SAN Devices