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GRASS VALLEY K2 7.3.8 - RELEASE NOTES AND Quick Start Manual

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K2 Summit Production Client,
K2 Solo Media Server, and
K2 Summit SAN
Version 7.3.8
Release Notes & Upgrade Instructions
These release notes contain the most recent information and supersede previous
publications, as of 23 November 2010. Check the Grass Valley website at
www.grassvalley.com/docs for an updated version that contains additional important
information.
These release notes contain information for the following:
• K2 Summit models with internal storage
• K2 Summit models with direct-connect storage
• K2 Solo Media Server
• The K2 Storage Area Network (SAN) with connected shared storage K2 Summit
Production Clients
Documentation path to install
K2 system with internal storage
Release
Notes
Documentation path to install
K2 client with shared or direct-connect storage
Release
Notes
*Cabling Guide packed with RAID primary chassis
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Product options and specifications subject to change without notice. The information in this manual is furnished for informational use only, is subject to change without notice,
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  • Page 1 Product options and specifications subject to change without notice. The information in this manual is furnished for informational use only, is subject to change without notice, and should not be construed as a commitment by Grass Valley, Inc. Grass Valley, Inc. assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this publication.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Contents Grass Valley Product Support........................5 Release Summary............................7 What's new in version 7.3.8........................7 Not supported in this release........................9 Changes and features in previous releases....................9 Additional notes............................13 Using reference files..........................13 About QuickTime reference files......................13 About MXF reference files........................13 Configuring reference file type on a stand-alone K2 system...............13 Configuring reference file type on a K2 SAN system................14...
  • Page 3 Upgrade K2 Media Server........................46 Verify/upgrade switch firmware......................54 Upgrade RAID controller microcode....................55 Upgrade RAID disk drive firmware......................55 Reset Capture Services........................56 Manage redundancy on K2 Media Servers..................57 Upgrade remaining K2 Media Servers....................58 Upgrade K2 client..........................58 Upgrade Aurora Edit, Ingest, and Playout systems................63 Upgrade NAS systems........................63 Upgrade Browse and MediaFrame systems..................64 Upgrade other SAN clients........................64...
  • Page 4 Configure RTIO...........................95 Reset Capture Services........................96 Upgrade K2 Dyno Server software......................97 Upgrade remaining stand-alone K2 systems..................98 Enable write filter..........................99 Upgrade K2 Dyno Controller.......................99 Install MPEG-2/AVC-Intra field kit.....................100 Make recovery images........................101 Licensing K2 products..........................101 K2 licenses............................101 About K2 system software licensing....................102 Requesting a license.........................102 Adding a license..........................104 Deleting licenses..........................104 Archiving licenses..........................105...

  • Page 5: Grass Valley Product Support

    Valley Product Support via e-mail, the Web, or by phone or fax. Web Technical Support To access support information on the Web, visit the product support Web page on the Grass Valley Web site. You can download software or nd solutions to problems.
  • Page 6 Grass Valley Product Support Region Country Telephone India +91 22 676 10324 Paci c Australia 1 300 721 495 New Zealand 0800 846 676 For callers outside Australia or +61 3 8540 3650 New Zealand Central America, South America +55 11 5509 3440...

  • Page 7: Release Summary

    When upgrading, version 7.3.8 K2 system software installs with a 30 day trial license. You must obtain a permanent license from Grass Valley. Version 7.3.8 is a free upgrade for anyone under a service contract or SLA. Customers with previous versions who are outside the 1 year warranty can purchase an upgrade.
  • Page 8 Release Summary The following hardware components and systems are available at some time after the initial software release: K2 10G SAN systems with K2 10G RAID storage A new storage infrastructure for SAN systems provides increased bandwidth. Devices include the following: K2 10G RAID storage (NEC Condor) with 8 Gig (D4) controllers K2 Media Server (Dell 610) with 10 Gig iSCSI interface adapter (TOE) and SFP+ connection 2910 HP Switch with 10 Gig SFP+ connections...

  • Page 9: Not Supported In This Release

    ChannelFlex Suite Multiple inputs and outputs per channel are enabled by the AppCenter Elite license. This license must be ordered from Grass Valley. The license is not included with this version of software as a 30 day trial license. Refer to...
  • Page 10 Event Server for a channel. The events must be scheduled by an application developed by a third party application developer. There is Start menu item and desktop icon for licensing Event Scheduler. Do not attempt to license Event Scheduler unless instructed to do so by Grass Valley or your application developer.
  • Page 11 Licensing for K2 system software When upgrading, version 7.1.9 K2 system software installs with a 30 day trial license. You must obtain a permanent license from Grass Valley. When upgrading to version 7.1.9, make sure that you carefully follow the upgrade and licensing procedures later in these release notes, so that licensing features are correctly installed.
  • Page 12 Release Summary Version 7.0.12 K2 Dyno Reply Controller For live event replay, the K2 Dyno Replay System includes a K2 Dyno Controller and a K2 Summit Product Client. Final Cut Pro support K2 FCP Connect is a licensable feature that allows your Macintosh Final Cut Pro system to become a K2 SAN iSCSI client.

  • Page 13: Additional Notes

    Additional notes The following sections contain additional information about this release. Using reference files When you create a simple K2 clip on a K2 system, K2 software can create a corresponding reference le. The reference le is stored in a directory in the clip's folder on the V: drive. You can con gure the software to create QuickTime reference les, MXF reference les, or no reference les.

  • Page 14: Configuring Reference File Type On A K2 San System

    Additional notes Configuring reference file type on a K2 SAN system 1. In the K2Con g application, for the K2 Media Server with role of le system server, access the File System Server Con guration page as follows: On a SAN that is already con gured, in the tree view click File System Server On a SAN that is not yet fully con gured, work through the Con gure K2 Server wizard until you reach the File System Server Con guration page.

  • Page 15: Prerequisites For Using The Export Capture Service

    Start Programs Grass Valley | K2 Capture Services If the write lter is enabled, a message appears that informs you about the write lter and prompts you to restart. 2. If the write lter is enabled, restart as prompted, then repeat previous steps.
  • Page 16 Additional notes 3. Click the tab. HotBin Export 4. Select Use HotBin Export If you have not yet licensed the HotBin Export capture service, a start the process of getting a license now? message appears. Follow on-screen instructions to obtain a license. After licensing, restart the K2 Capture Services utility and continue with this procedure.
  • Page 17 Additional notes 6. Click The Export Rule dialog box opens. 7. Con gure as follows: Source K2 Bin Name Required. This is the watched bin. The bin must be on the K2 system s V: drive. It must be in the K2 media database and appears in AppCenter as a media bin. When valid clips are placed in this bin, the HotBin Export capture service automatically exports the clips.

  • Page 18: Testing The Export Capture Service

    The following table describes the components that support Export capture service functionality. Name Description Grass Valley Import Service This is the service that provides the functionality for the capture service. It is the service that automatically exports K2 clips from the K2 media storage.

  • Page 19: Mxf Export Behavior On K2 Systems

    Additional notes Supported formats Notes 16 bit, 24 bit PCM, Dolby-E, AC-3 Data MXF supports either ancillary data packets or VBI lines in the data track but not both, so if ancillary data packets and VBI lines have been recorded into the K2 clip s data track, then the VBI lines will be dropped from the MXF data track on an MXF export.

  • Page 20: Quicktime Video And Key Import Specification

    Additional notes Supported formats Notes DVCPRO HD Super Slo-Mo requires software version 7.1. x or higher DVCAM AVC-Intra D10/IMX XDCAM-HD XDCAM-EX XDCAM-HD422 Audio 48 kHz Audio tracks handled as stereo pairs on export 16 bit, 24 bit PCM Data None Interchange mechanisms are supported as follows: Mechanism Support...

  • Page 21: P2 Interchange Specification

    Additional notes Format Scan Frame Rate 1280 x 720 Progressive 59.94, 50 Supported audio formats for import are as follows: Format Audio tracks 48 kHz Mono or stereo (if present) 16 bit, 24 bit Interchange mechanisms are supported as follows: Mechanism Support File based...

  • Page 22: About Introducing Channelflex Suite On Existing K2 Systems

    Servers to act as iSCSI bridges (TOEs), depending on the number and type of inputs and outputs you are adding by your use of ChannelFlex Suite features. Contact your Grass Valley representative to evaluate your system and its suitability for supporting your use of ChannelFlex Suite.

  • Page 23: Codec Option Matrix

    Additional notes Codec option matrix Standard and optional codec functionality is speci ed in the following table. You can order codec functionality on a new system as an option or add it to an existing system as a eld kit upgrade. Codec options Option MPEG...
  • Page 24 Additional notes Some directories, such as , and , are C:\logs C:\Profile\config C:\Profile\ChannelSuites excluded from write lter protection, so that channel con guration and logs are saved. Do not attempt to alter this list of excluded directories. If you suspect that write lter con guration has been altered, use the recovery image process to restore to the default con guration.

  • Page 25: Passwords And Security On K2 Systems

    1. If you have not already done so, log on to the K2 system with Windows administrator privileges. 2. From the Windows desktop, click Start | All Programs | Grass Valley | Write Filter Utility FBWF Manager opens. 3. Under Filter Settings, set Filter to Disable Do not modify other settings.

  • Page 26: About Application Security On The K2 San

    Additional notes Windows K2 administrator K2 user Unknown user administrator AppCenter Full access Full access Can view Can t access Con guration Manager AppCenter Full access Full access Full access; Can view channel requires an suites, channel account on the K2 status, on-line help Media Client(s) and System Status...

  • Page 27: Upgrading Firmware On Hp Switch

    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.

  • Page 28: Configuring Qos On The Gige Switch

    Additional notes 4. Execute the copy command with the following syntax: copy tftp flash <ip-address> <remote-os-file> [ < primary | secondary > ] Note that if you do not specify the ash destination, the TFTP download defaults to the primary ash.
  • Page 29 Additional notes 2. Type the following, then press Enter config You are now in con guration mode. 3. Type the following, then press Enter qos queue-con g 2-queues This limits the number of active queues within the switch giving the most buffering to VLANs 1 and 60 4.

  • Page 30: Operation Considerations

    31. Failure to do so generates a Storage Utility error. Grass Valley recommends that you use a frame synchronizer on incoming video sources that are recorded in AVC-Intra format. If Dyno PA connects to an internal storage K2 system, there are special requirements for media disk labels.

  • Page 31: Version Compatibility

    The following components are part of K2 Summit Production Client, K2 Solo Media Server, or K2 Summit Transmission Client/Server products. Components are compatible with this release of K2 software as listed in the following table. Compatible versions are pre-installed on the K2 system when you receive it new from Grass Valley. Component versions Component...
  • Page 32 Version compatibility Component Version Comments RAID disk drive rmware (Solo 4101 See table below for locations and lenames. internal storage only) RAID disk drive rmware 2269 (Solid State drives) LSI RAID controller driver 3.10.0.32 (internal storage only) K2 Summit Production Client internal storage RAID controller microcode file names Find les at C:\profile\microcode\Internal Storage\LSI Controller Version...

  • Page 33: Compatible K2 Media Server Components

    The following components reside on the K2 Control Point PC and are compatible with this release of K2 software as listed in the following table. Compatible versions are pre-installed on the K2 Control Point PC when you receive it new from Grass Valley. Software...

  • Page 34: Compatible Hp Procurve Gige Switch Components

    Version compatibility Software Version Comments Windows update 2.0.50727.4022 NetCentral 5.2.x Check with your Grass Valley representative for the speci c version. SQL Server Express 2005 .NET Framework 1.1, 1.1 Hot x, 2.0 SP2, 3.0 SP2, 3.5 SP1 QuickTime 7.6 and higher...

  • Page 35: Compatible K2 Raid Components

    Version compatibility Related Links Upgrading rmware on HP switch on page 27 Con guring QOS on the GigE switch on page 28 Verify/upgrade switch rmware on page 54 Compatible K2 RAID components This compatibility speci cation applies to K2 Lx0 RAID (Condor with 4 Gig controllers) and K2 10G RAID (Condor with 8 Gig controllers) on a K2 SAN, both basic and redundant.

  • Page 36: Compatible K2 Raid Disk Drive Firmware

    Version compatibility Component Version File Name Comments Level 30/35 controller rmware for 030F ENCL_030F.BIN This version is still compatible for 300 expansion chassis with 15K SAS drives and 450 GB drives with 07VS or 07VV or SATA drives controller rmware. 050B ENCL_050B.BIN This version is compatible for 300 and...
  • Page 37 Version compatibility Disk Drive Storage Utility Identifier Firmware Comments Version 146G ST3146356SS 0004 This version is still compatible N005 This is the currently shipping version. Upgrade is recommended but not required. 300G ST3300656SS 0004 This version is still compatible N005 This is the currently shipping version.
  • Page 38 Version compatibility Disk Drive Storage Utility Identifier Firmware Comments Version N006 This is the currently shipping version and is compatible with both 4G and 8G controllers. Upgrade is recommended. If you must load disk rmware, load version N006. 15K SAS Cheetah 7 drives with 8G controllers compatible versions Find les for these versions at C:\profile\microcode\External Storage\K2_L10-L40 .

  • Page 39: Compatible Grass Valley Products

    N004 Interface/Servo MU_7K_SAS_1T_500G_N004.bin 7.2K SAS 2TB N004 Interface/Servo MU_7K_SAS_2T_N004.bin Compatible Grass Valley products Grass Valley products are compatible with this version 7.3.8 release of K2 software as follows: Product Version Comments K2 Dyno Replay Controller 1.6.5.128 K2 Dyno PA 1.5.0.1595 Aurora Browse 7.1.0.18...
  • Page 40 5.4.8 or higher Media assets can be transferred to/from a Pro le XP system but cannot be browsed. NetCentral 5.2.x Check with your Grass Valley representative for the speci c version. SiteCon g application 1.4.0.460 and higher 2.1.1 K2 TimeDelay 7.1.1 and higher...

  • Page 41: Compatible Third Party Products

    Version compatibility Compatible third party products Products by manufacturers other than Grass Valley are compatible with this release of software as follows: Product Version Comments Path re Transfer Service 5.4.3.0 This version required for operation with the licensable K2 Path re capture service option.

  • Page 42: Upgrading K2 Systems

    NOTE: These upgrade instructions assume that the current K2 software is at version 7.0.11 or higher. If the current K2 software is a 7.x version lower than 7.0.11, contact Grass Valley Support before upgrading. If a K2 Media Client or any K2 device with current K2 software at a 3.x version, do not upgrade, as version 7.x is not supported on these devices.

  • Page 43: Make Recovery Images

    Refer to the Grass Valley product's Service Manual for recovery image procedures. CAUTION: If you upgrade and then decide you do not want to stay with this version of K2 system software, you must use the recovery disk image process to downgrade to your previous version.

  • Page 44: Deploy Control Point Pc Software

    Upgrading K2 systems 4. If not already present in the SiteCon g system description, con gure deployment groups as follows: A deployment group that contains your SAN K2 clients A deployment group that contains your K2 Media Servers A deployment group that contains your control point PC Deploy control point PC software Use SiteCon g to upgrade control point software on the K2 control point PC.

  • Page 45: Take San Clients Offline

    Upgrading K2 systems 6. When the Unlocking Devices window reports that the unlock process completed successfully, click Close The device or devices are now unlocked. For K2 Summit Production Clients, this also disables the write lter, which enforces a restart. Take SAN clients offline When upgrading software on a K2 SAN, you upgrade software on K2 Media Servers before you upgrade software on the connected SAN clients.

  • Page 46: Upgrade K2 Media Server

    A K2 Media Server, Control Point PC, or K2 Coder with Windows update at a version lower than 2.0.50727.4022. NOTE: In addition to this required update, Grass Valley recommends that you also install "High Priority" updates. 1. If you are not sure of the Windows update version currently installed, do the following: a) Navigate to C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727...
  • Page 47 Con gure settings so that the software does not automatically update Quicktime and other Apple software. NOTE: Unless instructed to do so by Grass Valley, do not update or install Apple software. Accept the default destination folder and other default settings.
  • Page 48 Upgrading K2 systems 1. On a K2 Media Server, using Notepad, open the media le system (SNFS) con guration le: The con guration le can be either D:\SNFS\config\default.cfg. , where is the name of the primary le system D:\SNFS\config\gvfs_hostname.cfg hostname server (FSM).
  • Page 49 Upgrading K2 systems You can verify and, if necessary, modify the media le system (SNFS) con guration le and still keep your media le system intact if you carefully follow the steps in this procedure. This task applies to the following devices: K2 Media Servers with role of le system server.
  • Page 50 Upgrading K2 systems 4. Double-click to run the le. 35c235d.reg The le resets registry entries in preparation for moving SNFS from C: to D:. 5. When prompted "Are you sure...", answer 6. When a message con rms the registry change, dismiss the message. 7.
  • Page 51 Upgrading K2 systems Software File name SNFS software for SNFS_x64_3.5.2.1b15620.cab 64-bit systems You can add les for both 32 bit and 64 bit systems because when SiteCon g deploys software it automatically deploys the 32 bit or 64 bit software appropriate for the target device. You must install SNFS as a separate cab le.
  • Page 52 If using K2-Aurora FTP and an upgrade to a compatible version is required, deploy the K2-Aurora FTP software while you are upgrading K2 software. Refer to Compatible Grass Valley products on page 39 to determine if an upgrade is required.
  • Page 53 Upgrading K2 systems 4. Check the area next to the Start Deployment button for a message. If a message instructs you to upgrade the Discovery Agent, on the control point PC go to the directory to which SiteCon g is installed, nd the le, add it DiscoveryAgent_x.x.x.x.cab to the deployment group, and deploy the Discovery Agent software as well.

  • Page 54: Verify/Upgrade Switch Firmware

    Upgrading K2 systems 9. If you previously uninstalled SNFS manually because SNFS was on C:, copy directories/ les from C: to D:, overwriting les on D:, as follows. a) Copy the directory to C:\SNFS\config D:\SNFS\config b) Copy the directory to .

  • Page 55: Upgrade Raid Controller Microcode

    Upgrading K2 systems Compatible HP ProCurve GigE switch components on page 34 Upgrade RAID controller microcode Do not do this task if: The K2 RAID controller and expansion chassis microcode is already at compatible versions, as listed in Compatible K2 RAID components on page 35.

  • Page 56: Reset Capture Services

    Start Programs Grass Valley | K2 Capture Services On a K2 Summit/Solo system, if the write lter is enabled, a message appears that informs you about the write lter and prompts you to restart. Restart as prompted, then repeat this step.

  • Page 57: Manage Redundancy On K2 Media Servers

    Upgrading K2 systems Manage redundancy on K2 Media Servers Do not do this task if: You are upgrading a basic (non-redundant) K2 SAN. This means you have just one K2 Media Server that takes the role of media le system/database server. Skip ahead and begin upgrading your other K2 Media Servers or SAN K2 clients.

  • Page 58: Upgrade Remaining K2 Media Servers

    Con gure settings so that the software does not automatically update Quicktime and other Apple software. NOTE: Unless instructed to do so by Grass Valley, do not update or install Apple software. Accept the default destination folder and other default settings.
  • Page 59 Upgrading K2 systems SiteCon g is able to log in to the device using the username/password credentials assigned to the device. The SiteCon g control point PC does not have a network drive mapped to an administrative share (such as C$) on a device on which you are checking software. Do the following steps on the SAN K2 clients that you are upgrading.
  • Page 60 Upgrading K2 systems Upgrade software on SAN K2 clients Prerequisites for this task are as follows: The devices that you are upgrading are in a deployment group. For the software you are upgrading, you have added a newer version of that managed software package to the deployment group.
  • Page 61 Upgrading K2 systems 4. Check the area next to the Start Deployment button for a message. If a message instructs you to upgrade the Discovery Agent, on the control point PC go to the directory to which SiteCon g is installed, nd the le, add it DiscoveryAgent_x.x.x.x.cab to the deployment group, and deploy the Discovery Agent software as well.
  • Page 62 Do not do this task if one of the following is true: A K2 Summit Production Client or K2 Solo Media Server received new from Grass Valley with K2 software version 7.3.x or higher pre-installed, in which case the required Windows update is pre-installed.

  • Page 63: Upgrade Aurora Edit, Ingest, And Playout Systems

    Upgrading K2 systems Lock K2 Summit Production Clients This task enables the write lter on a K2 Summit Production Client or on a group of K2 Summit Production Clients. Prerequisites for this task are as follows: The device or all the devices in the group are communicating correctly in SiteCon g. This is indicated by the green star icon overlay.

  • Page 64: Upgrade Browse And Mediaframe Systems

    Refer to the Grass Valley product's Service Manual for recovery image procedures. Upgrading stand-alone K2 systems with SiteConfig This section contains the tasks for using SiteCon g to upgrade stand-alone K2 systems to this release of K2 software.

  • Page 65: About Upgrading Stand-Alone K2 Systems With Siteconfig

    NOTE: These upgrade instructions assume that the current K2 software is at version 7.0.11 or higher. If the current K2 software is a 7.x version lower than 7.0.11, contact Grass Valley Support before upgrading. If a K2 Media Client or any K2 device with current K2 software at a 3.x version, do not upgrade, as version 7.x is not supported on these devices.

  • Page 66: Prepare For K2 System Upgrade

    Con gure settings so that the software does not automatically update Quicktime and other Apple software. NOTE: Unless instructed to do so by Grass Valley, do not update or install Apple software. Accept the default destination folder and other default settings.

  • Page 67: Prepare Siteconfig For Software Deployment To Stand-Alone K2 Systems

    Upgrading K2 systems As an alternative to manually modifying the con guration le, if you need to make a new le system after upgrading K2 software, the required values are set automatically by the upgraded version of Storage Utility. This task applies to the following devices: K2 Solo Media Servers and stand-alone K2 Summit Production Clients.

  • Page 68: Check All Currently Installed Software On Stand-Alone K2 Systems

    Upgrading K2 systems 3. If not already present in the SiteCon g system description, con gure deployment groups as follows: A deployment group that contains your stand-alone K2 systems A deployment group that contains your control point PC Check all currently installed software on stand-alone K2 systems Prerequisites for this task are as follows: The device is assigned in the SiteCon g system description and network connectivity is present.

  • Page 69: Unlock K2 Summit Production Clients Or K2 Solo Media Servers

    Upgrading K2 systems 2. Click the button. The Add Package(s) dialog box opens. 3. Do one of the following to select the software package: Select from the list of packages then click Click , browse to and select the package, then click Browse Open 4.
  • Page 70 Upgrading K2 systems For the software you are upgrading, you have added a newer version of that managed software package to the deployment group. You have recently done the SiteCon g "Check Software" operation on the devices you are upgrading. For the K2 Summit Production Client or K2 Solo Media Server, the write lter is disabled (unlocked).

  • Page 71: Power Cycle K2 System

    Upgrading K2 systems 4. Check the area next to the Start Deployment button for a message. If a message instructs you to upgrade the Discovery Agent, on the control point PC go to the directory to which SiteCon g is installed, nd the le, add it DiscoveryAgent_x.x.x.x.cab to the deployment group, and deploy the Discovery Agent software as well.

  • Page 72: Install Required Windows Update

    Do not do this task if one of the following is true: A K2 Summit Production Client or K2 Solo Media Server received new from Grass Valley with K2 software version 7.3.x or higher pre-installed, in which case the required Windows update is pre-installed.

  • Page 73: Upgrade Lsi Raid Controller Driver

    Upgrading K2 systems Upgrade LSI RAID controller driver Do not do this task if: A K2 Solo Media Server A K2 Summit Production Client with direct-connect storage A K2 Summit Production Client installed new with K2 software version 7.1.x or higher, in which case the driver is pre-installed at version 3.10.0.32.

  • Page 74: Upgrade Raid Controller Microcode On Stand-Alone K2 System

    Upgrading K2 systems A K2 Summit Production Client with MegaRAID Storage Manager already upgraded to version 2.91-05. Do this task if: A K2 Summit Production Client with internal storage and with the MegaRAID Storage Manager at a version lower than 2.91-05. 1.
  • Page 75 Upgrading K2 systems 2. If you are running AppCenter from a control point PC and you have channels from multiple K2 systems in your channel suite, select a channel from the stand-alone K2 system whose storage you intend to con gure with Storage Utility. This is important as Storage Utility automatically connects to the K2 system that hosts the currently selected channel.

  • Page 76: Upgrade Disk Drive Firmware On Stand-Alone K2 System

    Upgrading K2 systems 13. Put AppCenter channels back online. 14. Restart. Upgrade disk drive firmware on stand-alone K2 system Do not do this task if: A K2 system with disk drive rmware already at a compatible version, as listed in compatibility speci cations.

  • Page 77: Configure Rtio

    Upgrading K2 systems 9. Click For internal drives, watch the lights on the drive to which you are downloading rmware. The lights ash as rmware loads. Wait until the lights have completed their ashing pattern. This can take several minutes. The Progress Report window appears showing the disk rmware download task and the percentage completion.

  • Page 78: Reset Capture Services

    Upgrading K2 systems 5. In the text of the con guration le, identify the RTIO setting and if necessary modify the value as follows: On a K2 Summit Production Client the required RTIO value is and is con gured as follows: # ********************************************************* # A stripe section for defining stripe groups.

  • Page 79: Upgrade K2 Dyno Server Software

    Start Programs Grass Valley | K2 Capture Services On a K2 Summit/Solo system, if the write lter is enabled, a message appears that informs you about the write lter and prompts you to restart. Restart as prompted, then repeat this step.

  • Page 80: Lock K2 Summit Production Clients

    Upgrading K2 systems Uninstall K2 Dyno Server software If you have not already done so, disable the write lter on the K2 Summit Production Client or K2 Solo Media Server. On the K2 Summit Production Client or K2 Solo Media Server, use the Windows Add/Remove control panel and uninstall K2 Dyno Server software.

  • Page 81: Upgrade K2 Dyno Controller

    Upgrading K2 systems 3. Click to allow SiteCon g to restart the device or devices. The Locking Devices window opens and displays progress. 4. When the Locking Devices window reports that the lock process completed successfully, click Close The device or devices are now locked. For K2 Summit/Solo, this also enables the write lter, which enforces the restart.

  • Page 82: Install Mpeg-2/Avc-Intra Field Kit

    Refer to the Grass Valley product's Service Manual for recovery image procedures. Deploy control point PC software Use SiteCon g to upgrade control point software on the K2 control point PC. In most cases, the K2 control point PC is also the SiteCon g control point PC, so you are in effect using SiteCon g to upgrade software on its own local system.

  • Page 83: Upgrading Stand-Alone K2 Systems Without Siteconfig

    NOTE: These upgrade instructions assume that the current K2 software is at version 7.0.11 or higher. If the current K2 software is a 7.x version lower than 7.0.11, contact Grass Valley Support before upgrading. If a K2 Media Client or any K2 device with current K2 software at a 3.x version, do not upgrade, as version 7.x is not supported on these devices.

  • Page 84: Disable Write Filter

    Con gure settings so that the software does not automatically update Quicktime and other Apple software. NOTE: Unless instructed to do so by Grass Valley, do not update or install Apple software. Accept the default destination folder and other default settings.

  • Page 85: Uninstall K2 Software From Stand-Alone K2 System

    Upgrading K2 systems You can verify and, if necessary, modify the media le system (SNFS) con guration le and still keep your media le system intact if you carefully follow the steps in this procedure. As an alternative to manually modifying the con guration le, if you need to make a new le system after upgrading K2 software, the required values are set automatically by the upgraded version of Storage Utility.

  • Page 86: Uninstall Snfs From K2 Client

    Upgrading K2 systems 6. On a K2 Summit Production Client or K2 Solo Media Server, disable the write lter. Disabling the write lter at this point keeps it disabled after the required restart. This is helpful because it must be disabled in order to uninstall or install software, which you will be doing after the restart.
  • Page 87 Upgrading K2 systems 5. Locate and open the following le: For K2 Summit Production Client or K2 Solo Media Server If a message appears informing you that you must restart, click to restart. If an external USB drive is currently connected, disconnect it before startup processes begin. Then repeat previous steps as necessary to run the install program again before continuing with the next step in this procedure.
  • Page 88 Upgrading K2 systems 8. Depending on the state of the system when upgrading, you might see one or more of the following screens or messages as you work through the installation wizard. Proceed as instructed, and then continue with this procedure: a) If one or more messages appear referring to has not passed Windows logo testing , you...

  • Page 89: Install Snfs On Stand-Alone K2 System

    Upgrading K2 systems 9. Click to complete the installation. Next Finish 10. When prompted to restart, proceed as follows: Disable the write lter. Disabling the write lter before the restart keeps it disabled after restart. This is helpful because it must be disabled in order to install software, which you will be doing after the restart.

  • Page 90: Install Required Windows Update

    Do not do this task if one of the following is true: A K2 Summit Production Client or K2 Solo Media Server received new from Grass Valley with K2 software version 7.3.x or higher pre-installed, in which case the required Windows update is pre-installed.

  • Page 91: Upgrade Megaraid Storage Manager

    Upgrading K2 systems 1. If you are not sure of the driver version currently installed, do the following: a) open Windows Device Manager | SCSI and RAID controllers | LSI MegaRAID SAS PCI Express ROMB | Properties | Driver b) Check le properties. The following properties indicate that version 3.10.0.32 is already installed: Version Date...

  • Page 92: Upgrade Raid Controller Microcode On Stand-Alone K2 System

    Upgrading K2 systems 6. Click Install 7. When prompted "...continue?" click The software installs. Upgrade RAID Controller microcode on stand-alone K2 system Do not do this task if one of the following is true: A K2 Solo Media Server A K2 Summit Production Client installed new with K2 software version 7.1.x or higher, in which case a compatible version of RAID controller microcode is pre-installed.

  • Page 93: Upgrade Disk Drive Firmware On Stand-Alone K2 System

    Upgrading K2 systems 6. Right-click the controller in the tree view and do one of the following: For internal storage, select in the context menu. Load Controller Microcode For direct-connect storage, select in the context menu. Advanced | Load Controller Microcode 7.
  • Page 94 Upgrading K2 systems For internal storage K2 Summit/Solo systems, nd compatibility speci cations at Compatible K2 Summit/Solo components on page 31. For a K2 Summit Production Client with direct-connect storage, nd compatibility speci cations at Compatible K2 RAID components on page 35. NOTE: The disk drives are upgraded one at a time which can take as long as 2 minutes per drive.

  • Page 95: Configure Rtio

    Upgrading K2 systems Configure RTIO In this task you set the Real Time Input/Output (RTIO) value for the SNFS le system to support K2 software features. This setting is required for all stand-alone K2 systems. Do not do this task if: A shared storage (SAN client) K2 system.

  • Page 96: Reset Capture Services

    Upgrading K2 systems 5. In the text of the con guration le, identify the RTIO setting and if necessary modify the value as follows: On a K2 Summit Production Client the required RTIO value is and is con gured as follows: # ********************************************************* # A stripe section for defining stripe groups.

  • Page 97: Upgrade K2 Dyno Server Software

    Start Programs Grass Valley | K2 Capture Services On a K2 Summit/Solo system, if the write lter is enabled, a message appears that informs you about the write lter and prompts you to restart. Restart as prompted, then repeat this step.

  • Page 98: Upgrade Remaining Stand-Alone K2 Systems

    1. If you have not already done so, log on to the K2 system with Windows administrator privileges. 2. From the Windows desktop, click Start | All Programs | Grass Valley | Write Filter Utility FBWF Manager opens. 3. Under Filter Settings, set Filter to Disable Do not modify other settings.

  • Page 99: Enable Write Filter

    1. If you have not already done so, log on to the K2 Summit Production Client or K2 Solo Media Server with Windows administrator privileges. 2. From the Windows desktop, click Start | All Programs | Grass Valley | Write Filter Utility FBWF Manager opens. 3. Under Filter Settings, set Filter to Enable 4.

  • Page 100: Install Mpeg-2/Avc-Intra Field Kit

    Upgrading K2 systems Uninstall K2 Dyno Controller Client software 1. On the K2 Dyno Controller, switch to the maintenance mode as follows: a) At the startup screen, press the button and then touch Shift SHUTDOWN b) Touch MAINTENANCE MODE The K2 Dyno Client software closes and the Windows OS desktop is displayed after a restart. 2.

  • Page 101: Make Recovery Images

    The following sections contain instructions for managing K2 product licenses. K2 licenses The Grass Valley licenses available at the time of this writing that can be installed on a K2 product are as follows. Contact your Grass Valley representative for more information about licenses.

  • Page 102: About K2 System Software Licensing

    This topic applies to Grass Valley Sabretooth licenses. Software licenses are unique to the system for which they are purchased. They cannot be used on any other system. This requires that you provide a generated unique ID for the desired system to Grass Valley, which is then used to create your unique license.
  • Page 103 You might want to keep a copy of the message for your records. 9. Send the email as instructed by the License Request Wizard. An email will be sent from Grass Valley to the return email address you speci ed; your SabreTooth software license will be provided as a text le.

  • Page 104: Adding A License

    Upgrading K2 systems If you encounter difficulties when requesting a license If you encounter dif culties running the License wizard, or the License wizard is not available, try this alternate method: 1. Generate a unique ID of the device where you will install software, as follows: a) Click on the License Manager icon on the Windows Desktop.

  • Page 105: Archiving Licenses

    Save As dialog box. File | Export License 3. Assign a meaningful name to the le, and save it to the desired location. Grass Valley recommends saving the license le to a USB drive or other external location.

  • Page 106: Known Problems

    Known Problems The following limitations are present in this release of software. If you wish to obtain more information about these limitations, please mention the reference numbers. AppCenter CR102538 Description: When attempting to create a sub-bin eleven levels deep, an error is displayed.
  • Page 107 Known Problems Workaround: Do not attempt to expand by bandwidth on these K2 SANs. The feature will be available in a future release. K2 RAID CR109174 Description: Firmware le CH_15K6_SAS.N004 has a problem. This is the disk rmware le for K2 RAID Cheetah 6 15K SAS drives. Workaround: Do not load CH_15K6_SAS.N004 onto drives.
  • Page 108 If currently used with Dyno PA, after every installation of K2 software on the K2 Summit/Solo system, go to the Windows Services Control Panel and con gure the Grass Valley FTP Daemon service to Startup Type Automatic. If no longer used with Dyno PA, remove the DLC con guration from the K2 Summit/Solo as instructed in Dyno PA documentation and then reinstall K2 software.

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