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K2 FCP Connect

Toolset

Apple Final Cut Pro Integration with K2 systems

Installation Manual

Software Version 2.0

071-8738-02

October 2010

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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: ...808 29238 Brest Cedex 3 France 40 Rue de Bray 2 Rue des Landelles 35510 Cesson Sevigné France Spinnereistrasse 5 CH 5300 Turgi Switzerland Brunnenweg 9 D 64331 Weiterstadt Germany Carl Benz Strasse 6 8 67105 Schifferstadt Germany Including its implementation meets the requirements of the standard ISO 9001 2008 Scope The design manufacture and support of video and audio hardware and software produc...

Page 3: ...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: ... 252 277 7013 or in subparagraph c 1 and 2 of the Commercial Computer Software Restricted Rights clause at FAR 52 227 19 as applicable Manufacturer is Grass Valley Inc P O Box 59900 Nevada City California 95959 7900 U S A Trademarks and Logos Grass Valley K2 Aurora Summit Dyno Solo Infinity Turbo Profile Profile XP NetCentral NewsBrowse NewsEdit NewsQ NewsShare NewsQ Pro and Media Manager are eith...

Page 5: ...out System Requirements 19 Install Xsan software 19 Install K2 FCP Connect software on Macintosh systems 19 Uninstall K2 FCP Connect software on Macintosh systems 21 Cable Macintosh systems 23 Configure Macintosh systems for control network 24 Configure Macintosh systems for Active Directory Domain 24 Licensing K2 FCP Connect on K2 systems 27 About K2 FCP Connect software licensing 27 Requesting a...

Page 6: ...idelines 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 Modifying the export format list 51 6 K2 FCP Connect Installation Manual 22 October 2010 Contents ...

Page 7: ...ection 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 7 ...

Page 8: ...ace With this method you edit the K2 media in Final Cut Pro across the network while the media is still in place in K2 storage You can do this over any connection type File transfer With this method you transfer copy the K2 media to the Macintosh system and then edit it in Final Cut Pro across the network while the media is still in place in K2 storage You can do this over any connection type You ...

Page 9: ...1397 and higher required for iSCSI and Fibre Channel SAN For detailed instructions refer to documentation as follows Basic CIFS connection without K2 FCP Connect Refer to the K2 System Guide Fibre Channel iSCSI or CIFS connection with K2 FCP Connect Refer to topics in this manual as well as in the following documents K2 FCP Connect Release Notes GV Connect User Manual About K2 FCP Connect K2 FCP C...

Page 10: ...ing your Macintosh systems to K2 storage with K2 FCP Connect all of which support the full range of K2 FCP Connect features as follows Fibre Channel SCSI to K2 SAN Excellent performance Gigabit Ethernet iSCSI to K2 SAN Excellent performance CIFS mount to K2 SAN or K2 stand alone Good performance relative to your network s bandwidth Related Links About GV Connect on page 46 About Aurora Edit and Fi...

Page 11: ...it and Final Cut Pro Refer to the Aurora Edit User Manual 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 GV Connect User Manual GV Browse User Manual About GV Browse Aurora Browse and Final Cut Pro This topic describes how you can use GV Br...

Page 12: ...nstructions 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 GV Connect User Manual GV Browse User Manual 12 K2 FCP Connect Installation Manual 22 October 2010 Overview of K2 connections ...

Page 13: ... systems Cable Macintosh systems Configure Macintosh systems for control network Configure Macintosh systems for Active Directory Domain Licensing K2 FCP Connect on K2 systems Add Macintosh systems to K2 system hosts file Enable Access Control Lists on the K2 system Add Mac Client to K2 SAN Configure Mac Client on K2 SAN Test K2 system file access Verify Access Control Lists Verify bandwidth of co...

Page 14: ...K2 FCP Connect Install Xsan software if not already installed The software install file is K2FCPConnect pkg NOTE Before installing the software you must be logged in as a Install K2 FCP Connect software user with administrative privileges on the domain Cable network connections including Fibre Channel if used Configure for control network if not already done Copy in host table information from the...

Page 15: ...y Domain on the Macintosh systems On the Control Point PC Comment Task Enter Macintosh devices in hosts file Configure hosts file The K2 FCP Connect license must be installed on K2 Media Server s In K2Config add and configure Mac Client s onto K2 SAN K2Config can not proceed if the license is not installed On selected Macintosh computer s Comment Task From the Macintosh system create modify delete...

Page 16: ... K2 Solo Media Server This checklist assumes that the K2 system has been installed commissioned and is fully operational Prerequisites Comment Task Verify K2 SAN Macintosh andAurora system requirements as applicable On the stand alone K2 system Comment Task Make the license request early to ensure that the license file is received and Request a K2 FCP Connect license from Grass Valley for the stan...

Page 17: ...ges on the domain Install K2 FCP Connect software Only the control network connection is necessary Cable network connections Configure for control network if not already done Copy in host table information from the stand alone K2 system s hosts file Configure the hosts file for networking In the Name field enter K2_name username Mount the K2 system s volume default Ignore could not start the file ...

Page 18: ...unused bandwidth sufficient to support the Mac clients Storage must be K2 Lx0 RAID K2 Level 2 3 and 4 RAID not supported For Aurora Playout requires Aurora Playout system with XMOS interface Macintosh System Requirements To support K2 FCP Connect for connection to a K2 storage your Final Cut Pro Macintosh systems have requirements as follows Products and versions listed are the minimum required at...

Page 19: ...connects to a K2 SAN via iSCSI or Fibre Channel 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 Close any open applications as necessary 2 Close the System Prefer...

Page 20: ... packages If accessing media on K2 storage via CIFs connection only uncheck XtendSAN iSCSI Initiator but accept all other packages 7 Click Install and when prompted enter the Macintosh system s administrator username and password Software installs 20 K2 FCP Connect Installation Manual 22 October 2010 Installing and configuring K2 FCP Connect ...

Page 21: ...ftware on Macintosh systems If you ever need to uninstall K2 FCP Connect from your Macintosh system use the following procedure This removes all files associated with K2 FCP Connect from the Macintosh system including Mono software 1 Procure the K2 FCP Connect uninstall program file Refer to K2 FCP Connect Release Notes for information on obtaining the uninstall program file 2 On the Macintosh sys...

Page 22: ...he Installation Type screen opens 4 Click Install and when prompted enter the Macintosh system s administrator username and password Software uninstalls 22 K2 FCP Connect Installation Manual 22 October 2010 Installing and configuring K2 FCP Connect ...

Page 23: ...nstall the Mono software Cable Macintosh systems Connect each Macintosh system as follows If you have multiple Macintosh systems and a redundant K2 SAN balance Macintosh systems between A and B switches Refer to the K2 SAN Installation and Service Manual for more information about SAN connections 1 Connect GigE port 1 to a control port on the Ethernet switch 2 Do one of the following If CIFS acces...

Page 24: ... Directory AD resources such as users and groups Once a computer is bound to an AD domain users belonging to that domain may login to the Macintosh system at the main login prompt If you do this task you must also enable Access Control Lists on the K2 storage you access either the K2 Media Server FSM for SAN access or the stand alone K2 system 1 Open System Preferences and click Accounts 2 If the ...

Page 25: ... all users of the domain can be used to log in to the Macintosh system 7 Click OK The Macintosh computer goes through the binding process If successful the domain name is listed with the status message This server is responding normally 8 Click Open Directory Utility or if desired click Done and open the Directory Utility from the System Library Core Services folder 9 Click Services 22 October 201...

Page 26: ...nd authenticate as administrator 11 If desired addAD accounts or groups as administrators of the Macintosh computer as follows a In the Services tab double click on the Active Directory name b Open the advanced options and click on the Administrative tab 26 K2 FCP Connect Installation Manual 22 October 2010 Installing and configuring K2 FCP Connect ...

Page 27: ...nse About K2 FCP Connect software licensing K2 FCP Connect requires a license from GrassValley 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 When a Macintosh system attempts to connect to a K2 system the connection is verified with the service and either allowed or disallow...

Page 28: ...ted on the Grass Valley product License information is stored in text files that you can manage just like any other file on your system Licenses are unique to the system for which they are requested and cannot be used on any other machine You should back up the license text files to a separate drive or as part of a recovery image Licenses are based on your system s unique identifier which is parti...

Page 29: ...quest text file before saving it to your desktop In Notepad use the Save As command Otherwise the second License Request text file will overwrite it 7 If you have K2 Summit Production Client or K2 Solo Media Server and if the write filter is currently enabled be aware that files on the desktop are lost on restart Therefore do one of the following Save the License Request text file s to a different...

Page 30: ...SabretoothWS service Do this task on the K2 system that is your Sabretooth licensing server for access to stand alone K2 systems 1 Open the Windows Services control panel 2 Right click Grass Valley SabretoothWS open Properties and click the General tab 3 Set Startup Type to Automatic 4 Click OK to save settings and close Add Macintosh systems to K2 system hosts file 1 On a K2 system open the hosts...

Page 31: ...2 Media Servers out of service and manage redundancy as directed in documented procedures 2 Navigate to D SNFS config and open the SNFS configuration file in a text editor The file is named either default cfg or gvfs_hostname cfg where hostname is the name of the K2 system if a redundant SAN the name of the primary FSM 3 Confirm enter modify text lines as necessary to configure as follows WindowsS...

Page 32: ... file system server FSMs have the K2 FCP Connect license installed You are logged in to the K2 System Configuration K2Config application with permissions equivalent to K2 administrator or higher The client device is added to the K2 SAN and appears in the K2 System Configuration application tree view The K2 SAN has adequate bandwidth available to meet the bandwidth needs of the client device you ar...

Page 33: ...es load balancing is correct 4 For Storage Access leave iSCSI selected 5 Click Next The Xsan Licensing Information page opens 6 Enter information exactly as received from Apple with your Xsan license If you did not receive information for a field on this page leave the field blank For example if a one seat license enter only the Serial number and leave the Registered To and Organization fields bla...

Page 34: ...next step in this procedure 9 Click Next The SabreTooth Server Configuration page opens 10 Enter the K2 Media Server FSM as follows If a basic non redundant K2 SAN enter the media file system K2 Media Server as primary If a redundant K2 SAN enter primary and backup media file system K2 Media Servers 11 Click Next The Network Configuration page opens This page configures both control and media iSCS...

Page 35: ...ach client device subscribes based on the bandwidth values that you enter This enforces policies by which each client device has sufficient bandwidth for its intended use and no individual iSCSI target is oversubscribed For custom K2 SANs Level 4 or 40 qualified system designers can view subnets to help assign iSCSI targets 16 Click Modify The Bandwidth Input dialog box opens 17 Enter the bandwidt...

Page 36: ...ting the Configuration Wizard page opens 23 Click Finish When prompted restart the client device Test K2 system file access K2 storage is automatically mounted as a volume the V drive on the Macintosh system From a Macintosh system perform create read write and delete operations on a file on the V drive This verifies the media file system 1 On the Macintosh desktop verify that the K2 storage volum...

Page 37: ...ve f Give full permissions to the first user designated in this procedure as userA on the domain g Give read only permissions to the second user designated in this procedure as userB on the domain 2 On the Macintosh system do the following a Login as userA b Right click on the text file and select Properties c Open up Terminal and change directory to the volume If the SNFS file system is named def...

Page 38: ... a text file in the folder This operation should be successful h Log out and then log back in as userB i In the Finder go to the folder you created earlier in this procedure and try to create a text file in the folder This operation should fail Verify bandwidth of connection to K2 storage Before starting this task procure the Xbench software You can download it from http www xbench com 1 Install X...

Page 39: ...task if you access media on a K2 SAN and in the SNFS configuration file WindowsSecurity is set to No If you are not sure about the WindowsSecurity setting proceed with this task to check the setting You can verify and if necessary modify the media file system SNFS configuration file and still keep your media file system intact if you carefully follow the steps in this procedure This task applies t...

Page 40: ...arameters WindowsSecurity No GlobalSuperUser Yes UnixDirectoryCreationModeOnWindows 0777 UnixFileCreationModeOnWindows 0666 4 Close and if necessary save the SNFS configuration file If you made changes the K2 system must be restarted for the changes to take effect If you made changes to UnixDirectoryCreationModeOnWindows and UnixFileCreationModeOnWindows parameters to apply changes to existing ass...

Page 41: ...f you have problems with failed imports and you suspect that Final Cut Pro is holding on to the file with pauses longer than 15 seconds you should increase the QuickTime import delay time and re try the import The HotBin process constrains the QuickTime import delay range to between 10 and 60 seconds Configure Aurora Playout workflow Prerequisites are as follows A Aurora Playout server must be a m...

Page 42: ...t Path select Active b Browse to and select the directory where scripts are stored c For GV Mos Id enter the MOS protocol ID that GV Connect uses to access placeholders rundowns Connecting via SAMBA CIFS Use this method to connect to the SNFS volume via CIFS Once the Macintosh computer has been bound to a domain it can then connect to any domain controlled shared volume via SAMBA If connecting via...

Page 43: ...he volume should be mounted in the Volumes directory and viewable in the Finder program Rights to files and folders are enforced based on the security profile of the user you authenticated with when connecting with SAMBA not the user you are logged in as on the Macintosh computer 22 October 2010 K2 FCP Connect Installation Manual 43 Installing and configuring K2 FCP Connect ...

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Page 45: ...Browse Operation guidelines About administrative and maintenance tools Managing K2 FCP Connect licenses for CIFS mount Stopping and starting the K2Config for Mac service Accessing logs Running diagnostics Configuring non K2 storage Modifying the export format list 22 October 2010 K2 FCP Connect Installation Manual 45 ...

Page 46: ...d add or transfer to bin as well as adding sequences to bin Export Export one or multiple clips or sequence to a K2 system SAN or standalone Two presets available Export and Quick Export Send to Playout Interface with Aurora Playout placeholders Create a sequence from a placeholder GV Connect locks the placeholder on the Aurora Playout system Export a finished sequence to K2 storage and simultaneo...

Page 47: ...elper Tool Managing K2 FCP Connect licenses for CIFS mount You can drop the K2 FCP Connect license that your Macintosh system is using for CIFS mount connection to a stand alone K2 system This makes the license available for use by a different Macintosh system You can also assign a license for use by your Macintosh system as long as there is an unused license available 1 Close GV Connect if it is ...

Page 48: ... 5 To stop the K2Config for Mac service click Stop when prompted Are you sure click Yes and then enter username and password with administrator privileges 6 To view any recent status change click Refresh Status When you stop the K2Config for Mac the service is stopped permanently even after the Macintosh system is restarted Once you have stopped the service you must re start it manually Accessing ...

Page 49: ...4 Click Launch System Log Console A Console window opens and displays logs 22 October 2010 K2 FCP Connect Installation Manual 49 Using and maintaining K2 FCP Connect ...

Page 50: ...ile Running diagnostics 1 Close GV Connect if it is currently open 2 In System Preferences open K2 FCP GV Connect 3 Click the Diagnostics tab 4 Click Print System Diagnostics To Log 5 A message prompts you to authenticate Do one of the following Click Yes and then enter administrator username and password All diagnostics run Click No A subset of the diagnostics run 50 K2 FCP Connect Installation M...

Page 51: ... add multiple non K2 storage locations Modifying the export format list You can remove items from the GV Connect export format list so that the only formats available are those that match your workflow policies 1 On the Macintosh system close GV Connect 2 On the Macintosh system s main hard drive navigate to Applications Grass Valley 3 Open allowedpresets xml with TextEdit or some other text edito...

Page 52: ...presets that you do not want to be displayed in the export format list 5 For each format that you do not want to be displayed delete the entire row For example if you want to remove IMX NTSC 30 Mb s delete the following row FCPPreset IMX NTSC 30 Mb s FCPPreset NOTE Only delete one or more preset rows Do not add rows add text modify XML tags or otherwise modify the file 6 Save and close allowedpres...

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