Upgrading K2 Systems; Upgrading A K2 San; About Upgrading The K2 San With Siteconfig - GRASS VALLEY K2 7.3.8 - RELEASE NOTES AND Quick Start Manual

Upgrading K2 systems

This section contains the tasks necessary for the upgrade to this release of software.
NOTE: If installing an MPEG encode card or an AVC-Intra codec card eld kit upgrade, do so
after the K2 software upgrade, not before.
K2 software downgrade is supported only via the recovery image process. If you must downgrade
and you do not have a recovery image at the desired software version, obtain a recovery image from
Grass Valley Support.

Upgrading a K2 SAN

This section contains the tasks necessary to upgrade a K2 SAN to this release of K2 software. Work
through the tasks sequentially to complete the upgrade.
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.
NOTE: When upgrading from a version lower than 7.1, K2 system software installs with a 30
day trial license. You need a permanent license to operate beyond the trial period.

About upgrading the K2 SAN with SiteConfig

This section provides instructions to upgrade the following K2 SAN devices:
K2 Media Servers
K2 Summit Production Clients
With these upgrade instructions, you use SiteCon g from a network connected control point PC
and remotely upgrade software simultaneously on multiple K2 devices. This is the required process
for software upgrades. Do not upgrade software on a K2 SAN locally at each device or via any other
process.
If this is the rst time using SiteCon g for software upgrade, follow instructions in K2 SAN
Installation and Service Manual rather than instruction in these release notes. You must rst have
SiteCon g set up for system management and software deployment of the K2 SAN. Also refer to
the SiteCon g User Manual or SiteCon g Help Topics. Then, after you have completed this initial
SiteCon g set up, you can follow the instructions in this section to upgrade software.
NOTE: If this is the rst time using SiteCon g for software upgrade do not follow instructions
in these release notes alone.
NOTE: Do not attempt to upgrade software incrementally across the devices of a K2 SAN while
media access is underway. Online software upgrading is not supported.
The following installation tasks provide information speci cally for the upgrade to this 7.3.8 version
of software. Read the information in these sections carefully before attempting any upgrade to
software on any of the devices of a K2 SAN, including K2 systems, Aurora Edit systems, or other
clients.
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