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- Page 1 K2 FCP Connect Toolset Apple Final Cut Pro Integration with K2 systems Installation Manual Software Version 2.0 071-8738-02 October 2010...
- Page 2 Affiliate with the N.V. KEMA in The Netherlands CERTIFICATE Certificate Number: 510040.001 The Quality System of: Thomson Inc, and its wor dwide Grass Valley division affiliates DBA GRASS VALLEY Headquarters 15655 SW Greystone Ct. 10 Presidential Way 400 Providence Mine Rd...
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Page 3: Installation Manual
K2 FCP Connect Toolset Apple Final Cut Pro Integration with K2 systems Installation Manual Software Version 2.0 071-8738-02 October 2010... - Page 4 Copyright Copyright © Grass Valley, Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Portions of software © 2000 – 2010, Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. This document may not be copied in whole or in part, or otherwise reproduced except as specifically permitted under U.S.
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Page 5: Table Of Contents
Contents Contents Chapter 1: Overview of K2 connections..............7 About connecting to K2 storage with Final Cut Pro..............8 About K2 FCP Connect......................9 About Aurora Edit and Final Cut Pro..................10 About GV Browse, Aurora Browse and Final Cut Pro............11 Chapter 2: Installing and configuring K2 FCP Connect.........13 Final Cut Pro on K2 SAN quick start installation checklist............14 Prerequisites........................14 On all Macintosh client computers..................14... - Page 6 Contents Connecting via SAMBA/CIFS....................42 Chapter 3: Using and maintaining K2 FCP Connect..........45 About GV Connect........................46 About GV Browse........................46 Operation guidelines......................47 About administrative and maintenance tools.................47 Managing K2 FCP Connect licenses for CIFS mount............47 Stopping and starting the K2Config for Mac service.............48 Accessing logs ........................48 Running diagnostics......................50 Configuring non-K2 storage....................51...
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Page 7: Chapter 1: Overview Of K2 Connections
Chapter Overview of K2 connections This section contains the following topics: About connecting to K2 storage with Final Cut Pro About K2 FCP Connect About Aurora Edit and Final Cut Pro About GV Browse, Aurora Browse and Final Cut Pro 22 October 2010 K2 FCP Connect Installation Manual... -
Page 8: About Connecting To K2 Storage With Final Cut Pro
K2 storage via a K2 HotBin. Software components that support various workflows are as follows: K2 FCP Connect – This is a Grass Valley product that supports all connection types for optimal performance. It is a toolset that must be purchased, installed, licensed, and configured. -
Page 9: About K2 Fcp Connect
Overview of K2 connections K2 storage/version Connection Access Software type method K2 SAN and stand-alone K2 Media CIFS File transfer Flip4Mac Client software version 3.3.2.1374 recommended and higher Stand-alone K2 Media Client CIFS K2 FCP software version 3.3.2.1374 and Connect higher, and stand-alone K2 Summit recommended Production Client software version... -
Page 10: About Aurora Edit And Final Cut Pro
Overview of K2 connections Aurora Playout 5. Aurora 1. Placeholders Playout retrieved K2 SUMMIT PRODUCTION CLIENT K2 SUMMIT PRODUCTION CLIENT placeholder K2 SUMMIT PRODUCTION CLIENT updated QuickTime reference files 2. Create 3. Edit in place from K2 bins sequence from placeholder 5. -
Page 11: About Gv Browse, Aurora Browse And Final Cut Pro
Final Cut Pro installed on a Macintosh system K2 FCP Connect – This is a Grass Valley product that provides optimal performance. It is a toolset that must be purchased, installed, licensed, and configured. It includes GV Connect, which is a Final Cut Pro plug-in. - Page 12 Overview of K2 connections A K2 system with stand-alone storage Refer to your Aurora product release notes as well as the K2 FCP Connect Release Notes for version compatibility information. For detailed instructions refer to documentation as follows: Connecting and using Final Cut Pro on K2 storage – Refer to the complete K2 FCP Connect documentation set, which includes the following documents: K2 FCP Connect Installation Manual K2 FCP Connect Release Notes...
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Page 13: Chapter 2: Installing And Configuring K2 Fcp Connect
Chapter Installing and configuring K2 FCP Connect This section contains the following topics: Final Cut Pro on K2 SAN quick start installation checklist Final Cut Pro on stand-alone K2 system quick start installation checklist K2 SAN System Requirements Macintosh System Requirements Aurora Playout System Requirements Install Xsan software Install K2 FCP Connect software on Macintosh systems... -
Page 14: Final Cut Pro On K2 San Quick Start Installation Checklist
Installing and con guring K2 FCP Connect Final Cut Pro on K2 SAN quick start installation checklist Use the following sequence of tasks to set up Final Cut Pro on a K2 SAN with Fibre Channel SCSI access or Gigabit iSCSI access. This checklist assumes that the K2 SAN has been installed/commissioned and is fully operational. -
Page 15: On The K2 Media Server (Fsm)
Task Comment Request a K2 FCP Connect license Make the license request early to from Grass Valley for each K2 Media ensure that the license file is received Server with role of media file system and installed before configuring the server (FSM) on the SAN. -
Page 16: Final Cut Pro On Stand-Alone K2 System Quick Start Installation Checklist
Task Comment Request a K2 FCP Connect license Make the license request early to ensure from Grass Valley for the stand-alone that the license file is received and K2 system. installed before attempting to complete the installation process. If there is no shortcut on the desktop use the procedure "If you encounter difficulties... -
Page 17: On All Macintosh Client Computers
Installing and con guring K2 FCP Connect Task Comment Configure hosts files on the stand-alone Enter Macintosh devices in hosts files. K2 system Create a Macintosh user account. This This is not necessary if the Macintosh is the account that the Macintosh system logs on with the default K2 system uses to log on to the K2 system. -
Page 18: K2 San System Requirements
Installing and con guring K2 FCP Connect Task Comment Optional: Verify bandwidth. Use Xbench. Configure HotBin on the stand-alone — K2 system to receive finished Final Cut Pro files. If using an Aurora workflow, configure The Aurora system must be operational your Aurora system. -
Page 19: Aurora Playout System Requirements
Install K2 FCP Connect software on Macintosh systems Before doing this task, procure the K2 FCP Connect installation files via download or as appropriate for your Grass Valley product. 1. Prepare the Macintosh system for the restart that is required at the end of the installation process. - Page 20 Installing and con guring K2 FCP Connect 6. On the Custom Install screen, do one of the following: If accessing media on a K2 SAN via iSCSI or Fibre Channel connection, accept all default packages. If accessing media on K2 storage via CIFs connection only, uncheck XtendSAN iSCSI Initiator, but accept all other packages.
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Page 21: Uninstall K2 Fcp Connect Software On Macintosh Systems
Installing and con guring K2 FCP Connect 8. On the Xtend SAN install screen, make sure you click . If you do not do so, Done the K2 FCP Connect installation stalls. NOTE: The Xtend SAN install screen can be partially obscured behind the K2 FCP Connect install screen. - Page 22 Installing and con guring K2 FCP Connect The uninstall program opens. 3. Click Continue The Installation Type screen opens. 4. Click and when prompted enter the Macintosh system's administrator Install username and password. Software uninstalls. K2 FCP Connect Installation Manual 22 October 2010...
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Page 23: Cable Macintosh Systems
Installing and con guring K2 FCP Connect 5. On the Xtend SAN uninstall screen, make sure you click . If you do not do Done so, the K2 FCP Connect uninstallation stalls. NOTE: The Xtend SAN screen can be partially obscured behind the K2 FCP Connect install screen. -
Page 24: Configure Macintosh Systems For Control Network
Installing and con guring K2 FCP Connect If Fibre Channel access, connect the Fibre Channel port to the K2 SAN Fibre Channel switch or to a Fibre Channel port on the K2 RAID controller. Configure Macintosh systems for control network Configure each Macintosh system as follows: 1. - Page 25 Installing and con guring K2 FCP Connect 4. Click the button. Add (+) 5. From the "Add a new directory of type" pop-up menu, choose Active Directory 6. Fill in the Active Directory information for the domain administrator account. The administrator account is only needed at the time of binding. Once the computer is bound to a domain, all users of the domain can be used to log in to the Macintosh system.
- Page 26 Installing and con guring K2 FCP Connect 10. Verify that the Active Directory option is checked. If you need to change options, first double-click the Lock icon on the lower left hand corner and authenticate as administrator. 11. If desired, add AD accounts or groups as administrators of the Macintosh computer as follows: a) In the tab, double-click on the...
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Page 27: Licensing K2 Fcp Connect On K2 Systems
The following sections contain instructions for managing the K2 FCP Connect license. About K2 FCP Connect software licensing K2 FCP Connect requires a license from Grass Valley. The license allows a set number of connections for Macintosh systems to access K2 storage. The license is made available via a Grass Valley SabreTooth licensing web service. -
Page 28: Requesting A License
K2 systems, up to the maximum number of connections the license allows. No Grass Valley license is required to be installed on the Macintosh system or on the control point PC. Licenses are requested through the License Wizard and managed through the SabreTooth License Manager, which is installed on the Grass Valley product with the Grass Valley software. - Page 29 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 specified; your SabreTooth software license will be provided as a text file.
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Page 30: Adding A License
1. Open the Windows control panel. Services 2. Right-click , open and click the tab. Grass Valley SabretoothWS Properties General 3. Set Startup Type to Automatic 4. Click to save settings and close. Add Macintosh systems to K2 system hosts file 1. -
Page 31: Enable Access Control Lists On The K2 System
Prerequisites for the K2 system are as follows: Current compatible versions of the Windows operating system and SNFS software. Standard C:, D:, E: and V: disk volumes. SNFS has been configured with Grass Valley's Storage Utility. The SNFS configuration file is located in the directory. -
Page 32: Add Mac Client To K2 San
Installing and con guring K2 FCP Connect Add Mac Client to K2 SAN Prerequisites for this task are as follows: You must be logged in to the K2 System Configuration application with permissions equivalent to K2 administrator or higher. The devices of the K2 SAN do not need to be offline, and there is no restart of devices required. - Page 33 Installing and con guring K2 FCP Connect NOTE: If your system has a large number of iSCSI clients, you are prompted to restart the K2 Media Server when you con gure clients and cross the following thresholds: 64 clients; 80 clients; 96 clients. 3.
- Page 34 Installing and con guring K2 FCP Connect 8. Identify software installed on the client device and proceed as follows: If any software with Yes in the Required column reports as Not Installed, you must install it on the client device. After installing the software, click Check Software.
- Page 35 Modify The Bandwidth Input dialog box opens. 17. Enter the bandwidth of the Mac Client. This is calculated according to your system design, and provided to you by your Grass Valley representative. 18. Click Assign TOE K2Config automatically chooses an iSCSI target to assign to the client device.
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Page 36: Test K2 System File Access
Installing and con guring K2 FCP Connect 20. When the wizard reports that the configuration check is successful, click Next The File System Client Configuration page opens. This page connects the client device as a media file system client to the K2 Media Server taking the role of media file system server. - Page 37 Installing and con guring K2 FCP Connect If you are using Access Control Lists on Macintosh OS X and the Windows operating system, use this task to verify. 1. Test permissions on the K2 system as follows. For K2 SAN access, test permissions on the primary K2 Media Server FSM.
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Page 38: Verify Bandwidth Of Connection To K2 Storage
Installing and con guring K2 FCP Connect e) Verify that there is a "+" next the text file, plus a list of permissions below. If this is true then cross-platform ACLs are enabled. f) Open the Finder, go to the default volume and try to edit the text file. This should fail as the file should not be writeable. -
Page 39: Verify/Configure Snfs Configuration File On K2 Media Servers
Installing and con guring K2 FCP Connect 3. Select the K2 system volume. 4. Click Start It might take several minutes to create the test results. 5. Verify bandwidth and other performance parameters. Verify/configure SNFS configuration file on K2 Media Servers In this task you open the media file system (SNFS) configuration file and verify/modify settings. -
Page 40: Configure Hotbin
Installing and con guring K2 FCP Connect K2 Media Servers with role of file system server. If a redundant SAN, you must do this task on both primary and backup K2 Media Server. 1. On a K2 Media Server, using Notepad, open the media file system (SNFS) configuration file: The configuration file can be either D:\SNFS\config\default.cfg. -
Page 41: About Quicktime Import Delay
Installing and con guring K2 FCP Connect Refer to the K2 System Guide for instructions. 3. When you configure a HotBin, in the Capture Services Utility you can adjust QuickTime Import Delay. The recommended setting is 15 seconds. Refer to the next topic for more information. -
Page 42: Connecting Via Samba/Cifs
Installing and con guring K2 FCP Connect 5. For , click the browse arrow to navigate to and select the HotBin that is Location configured to import the sequence to the bin that Aurora Playout monitors. 6. For , select the format in which the sequences are exported to K2 storage. Format 7. - Page 43 Installing and con guring K2 FCP Connect 3. Click Connect You are prompted to authenticate. In the field, make sure you enter the name of the K2 system (shown here Name as "yourdomain"), then a backslash, then the username. The volume should be mounted in the /Volumes directory and viewable in the Finder program.
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Page 45: Chapter 3: Using And Maintaining K2 Fcp Connect
Chapter Using and maintaining K2 FCP Connect This section contains the following topics: About GV Connect About GV Browse Operation guidelines About administrative and maintenance tools Managing K2 FCP Connect licenses for CIFS mount Stopping and starting the K2Con g for Mac service Accessing logs Running diagnostics Con guring non-K2 storage... -
Page 46: About Gv Connect
Using and maintaining K2 FCP Connect About GV Connect GV Connect is a Grass Valley plug-in for Final Cut Pro. With the plug-in you can quickly and easily locate QuickTime files on a K2 System (SAN or stand-alone). Then you can add the files to the current Final Cut Pro project to allow editing of the files directly over the network or after transfer locally. -
Page 47: Operation Guidelines
Using and maintaining K2 FCP Connect Operation guidelines Take the following into consideration as you use Final Cut Pro on K2 storage. Do not use the K2 AppCenter "Erase Unused Media" operation on clips that you are accessing on K2 storage. About administrative and maintenance tools When you install K2 FCP Connect on your Macintosh system, the K2 FCP GV Connect Preferences is also installed, which provides features for maintaining K2 FCP Connect... -
Page 48: Stopping And Starting The K2Config For Mac Service
Using and maintaining K2 FCP Connect For access to a K2 SAN, you should use K2Config, rather than the K2 FCP GV Connect Preferences, to change the licensing server. Stopping and starting the K2Config for Mac service 1. Close GV Connect, if it is currently open. 2. - Page 49 Using and maintaining K2 FCP Connect 4. Click Launch System Log (Console) A Console window opens and displays logs. 22 October 2010 K2 FCP Connect Installation Manual...
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Page 50: Running Diagnostics
The system log displays. This is the log that contains entries relevant to the connection to K2 storage. 6. To send log information to Grass Valley for analysis, copy text from the Console window, paste it into a text file and send the text file. -
Page 51: Configuring Non-K2 Storage
Using and maintaining K2 FCP Connect 6. When a message appears to confirm diagnostic results are written to the system log, click 7. Access the system log to view diagnostic results. Related Links Accessing logs on page 48 Configuring non-K2 storage If you must access media that is not stored on a K2 system, the non-K2 storage must be a mounted volume available to the Macintosh system. - Page 52 Using and maintaining K2 FCP Connect <FCPPreset>IMX PAL (40 Mb/s)</FCPPreset> <FCPPreset>IMX PAL (50 Mb/s)</FCPPreset> <FCPPreset>HDV - 1080i50</FCPPreset> <FCPPreset>HDV - 1080i60</FCPPreset> <FCPPreset>HDV - 720p50</FCPPreset> <FCPPreset>HDV - 720p60</FCPPreset> <FCPPreset>XDCAM HD 1080i50 CBR</FCPPreset> <FCPPreset>XDCAM HD 1080i50 VBR</FCPPreset> <FCPPreset>XDCAM HD 1080i60 CBR</FCPPreset> <FCPPreset>XDCAM HD 1080i60 VBR</FCPPreset> </GVPresets>...