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Grass Valley K2 Summit Storage Area Network v.7.1 User Manual

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26 October 2009

K2 Storage Area Network Installation and Service Manual

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Modifying K2 Media Server managed network interfaces

6. Evaluate settings on the Planned tab and change if necessary.

• Compare settings on the Planned tab with settings on the Current tab.

• If you want to keep the current settings as reported in the Current tab, click

Remove to remove the planned settings.

• Do not specify multiple IP addresses for the same interface. Do not use the Add

button.

7. To modify planned settings, do the following:

a. Select the network settings and click Edit.

The Edit IP Address dialog box opens.

Setting...

For network interface FTP Connection

Interface Name

The device host name with the "_he0" suffix added is required.

Set To Default

Not recommended

DNS Suffix

Allowed, if applicable to the network. The DNS suffix is added to the
interface name.

Aliases

Not allowed

Use Interface
Name/Aliases in
Host Files

Selected is required

Setting...

For any network interface of type iSCSI

Interface Name

The text "Unused" is recommended. Displaying this text here serves as an aid
in understanding SAN networks.The iSCSI network has no name resolution
via the hosts file or otherwise, so the text you enter here is not actually use for
name resolution.

Set To Default

Not allowed

DNS Suffix

Not allowed

Aliases

Not allowed

Use Interface
Name/Aliases in
Host Files

Selected is recommended. Since this interface’s network has its names
excluded from the hosts file, this setting has no affect. The interface name is
excluded from the hosts file, regardless of settings here.

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