Grass Valley K2 Summit Storage Area Network Installation - Manual (Page 273)

In SiteConfig you configure global and/or device-type credentials for device access. These credentials
are likewise based on Windows accounts.
You must use a Windows account that has local administrator privileges on the machine to be
configured. For example, when you are on a control point PC and you run the K2Config application
for the purpose of configuring a K2 Media Server, the account with which you log in to the K2Config
application must be present on the K2 Media Server and must have administrator privileges on the
K2 Media Server.
By default, all K2 SAN machines are set up with the following accounts:
Storage Utility
permissions K2 Configuration
permissions Password Username Account
Run/change Run/change adminK2 Administrator Windows
Administrator
Run/change Run/change K2admin K2Admin K2 Administrator
No access No access K2user K2User K2 User
For initial setup and configuration, you can use the default Windows Administrator username and
password to log in to applications and machines as you work on your K2 SAN. However, for ongoing
security you should change the username/password and/or create unique accounts with similar
privileges. When you do this, you must ensure that the accounts are present locally on all K2 SAN
machines, including control point PCs, K2 Media Servers, K2 Media Clients, K2 Summit Production
Clients, and other iSCSI clients.
NetCentral also has accounts for security levels, as follows:
• NetCentral Administrator
• NetCentral Technician
• NetCentral User
Grass Valley recommends mapping the NetCentral administrator with the K2 administrator level.
If you are using the Grass Valley Control Point PC, this mapping is already done for you at the
factory, so you can log on to NetCentral as administrator using the K2 administrator
(K2Admin/K2admin) logon. You can also assign other NetCentral groups to users, as necessary for
your site’s security policies. You need Windows administrator privileges to add or modify a user’s
privileges. For more information on NetCentral security, see the NetCentral User Guide.
About credentials in SiteConfig
SiteConfig requires administrative privileges on devices in order to perform most of the network
configuration and deployment tasks. If you add a device based on a known device type, SiteConfig
knows the default administrator login and password to use. Then, when you use remote desktop or
perform software deployment to the device, SiteConfig automatically uses these credentials. These
credentials are called "global" credentials for the device since the same credentials are used on all
devices of that type in the system.
You can choose to override the default credentials for a given device type. For example, if you have
specified a different administrator account or a different password on the devices when commissioning
the system, then you want SiteConfig to use these modified credentials.
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