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RAID 6 RAID 5 Drives
2 LUNS/RANK 4 LUNS/RANK 1 TB 7.2K
Windows Remote Desktop Connection
You can use the Microsoft Windows Remote Desktop Connection application to make a remote
connection to a Grass Valley system that runs the Windows operating system.
Take the following into consideration when connecting to K2 systems:
• Before you can use the Remote Desktop Connection, you need network access and permissions
to connect to the K2 system.
• You can use either the name or the IP address to access the K2 system.
• Do not use the Remote Desktop Connection to access the PC running the Control Point software
or to access the AppCenter application; results may be unreliable.
• Take care when accessing an online K2 system on which media access is underway. The additional
load on network and system resources could cause unpredictable results.
• Lack of robust video/graphic support can cause video display problems. Remote desktop
connections can interrupt proxy and live streaming. AppCenter video monitoring is not supported
through Remote Desktop Connection.
Accessing Remote Desktop Connection
1. Do one of the following:
• Click the
Start
button on the Windows task bar
• Press the Windows key on the keyboard.
2. Select
Programs | Accessories | Communications | Remote Desktop Connection
.
The Remote Desktop dialog box opens.
3. Enter the name or IP address of the system to which you are making the remote connection and
click
Connect
.
Grass Valley Recommended Deployment and Monitoring Solutions
To maximize up-time, a maintenance strategy must provide the ability to easily identify the root
cause of an unanticipated hardware or software failure and to quickly compile failure data. The
ability to proactively predict failures and to quickly notify those who can rectify them makes the
maintenance strategy even more powerful. Grass Valley has a long history of building the necessary
functionality into critical broadcast products. Beginning with Grass Valley’s longstanding monitoring
application NetCentral and progressing to the next generation tool GV GUARDIAN, remote
monitoring and proactive predictive failure analysis are important contributors to Grass Valley
system solutions. Both NetCentral and GV GUARDIAN run on commercial off-the-shelf server
PCs, such as the K2 system control point PC. Grass Valley and 3rd party devices report status via
Window Messaging, Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), or syslog to the NetCentral
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Overview of K2 Storage Tools