Device terminology – Grass Valley K2 Summit Storage Area Network v.7.1 User Manual
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Chapter 10 Description of K2 SAN Devices
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.