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K2 FCP Connect 

 

Version 2.0 Release Notes

These release notes contain the most recent information and supersede previous 
publications, as of 22 December 2010. Check the Grass Valley website at 

www.grassvalley.com/docs

 for an updated version that contains additional important 

information.

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Summary of Contents for K2 FCP CONNECT -

Page 1: ...ithout notice and should not be construed as a commitment by Grass Valley USA LLC Grass Valley USA LLC assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this publication Grass Valley K2 Aurora Summit ChannelFlex Dyno Solo ClipStore Infinity Turbo Profile Profile XP NetCentral NewsBrowse NewsEdit NewsQ NewsShare NewsQ Pro and Media Manager are either registere...

Page 2: ...bility 7 Compatible software 7 Upgrading K2 FCP Connect 9 Prepare for upgrade 9 Upgrade K2 systems 9 Licensing K2 FCP Connect on K2 systems 12 About K2 FCP Connect software licensing 12 Requesting a license 13 Adding a license 14 Deleting licenses 15 Archiving licenses 15 Troubleshooting 16 Operation considerations 18 Known Issues 19 2 K2 FCP Connect Version 2 0 0 Release Notes 22 December 2010 ...

Page 3: ...phone Support Use the following information to contact Product Support by phone International Support Centers Our international support centers are available 24 hours a day 7 days a week In country Toll free Support Center 33 1 48 25 20 20 800 80 80 20 20 France 1 530 478 4148 1 800 547 8949 United States Authorized Local Support Representative A local support representative may be available in yo...

Page 4: ... 1189 230 499 UK Ireland Israel Europe 31 0 35 62 38 421 Benelux Netherlands 32 0 2 334 90 30 Benelux Belgium 800 80 80 20 20 33 1 48 25 20 20 France 49 6150 104 444 Germany Austria Eastern Europe 7 495 258 09 20 Belarus Russia Tadzhikistan Ukraine Uzbekistan 45 404 72 237 Northern Europe 39 06 87 20 35 28 Southern Europe Italy 34 91 512 03 50 Southern Europe Spain 971 4 299 64 40 Middle East Midd...

Page 5: ... Fibre Channel to a 3 x K2 system K2 Media Client and K2 SAN you must upgrade to K2 software version 3 3 2 and SNFS version 3 5 2 1b15620 Aurora playout workflow The GV Connect Send to Playout tab allows you to create a sequence from an Aurora Playout placeholder When you use this tab to export the finished sequence to K2 storage GV Connect automatically updates the Aurora Playout placeholder Unif...

Page 6: ...CIFs FCP NLEs can also connect to stand alone K2 systems Documentation set K2 FCP Connect now has its own set of manuals and release notes Previously content about K2 FCP Connect was integrated into K2 manuals and release notes The K2 FCP Connect documentation set now supersedes the content in the K2 documents The following documents make up the K2 FCP Connect documentation set K2 FCP Connect Inst...

Page 7: ... 5 2 1b15620 or higher K2 Media File System SNFS software software to support Snow Leopard compatibility Level 2 3 and 4 K2 RAID not supported K2 Lx0 RAID K2 RAID MacPro with Intel Processor two GigE ports Macintosh system Snow Leopard OS X 10 6 or higher Macintosh operating system 7 x or higher Final Cut Pro software 2 2 Apple Xsan software K2 software version 3 x K2 Media Client CIFS connection ...

Page 8: ...tion Client software earlier than 7 2 7 1397 Level 2 3 and 4 K2 RAID not supported K2 Lx0 RAID K2 RAID MacPro with Intel Processor two GigE ports Macintosh system Snow Leopard OS X 10 6 or higher Macintosh operating system 7 x or higher Final Cut Pro software 2 2 Apple Xsan software Aurora software Comments Product Version Component To support the Aurora Edit workflow 6 5 2 or higher Aurora Edit T...

Page 9: ...e as follows All access to K2 media is stopped Upgrade your K2 systems to the compatible versions of software Refer to K2 Release Notes for procedures 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...

Page 10: ...ault 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 10 K2 FCP Connect Version 2 0 0 Release Notes 22 December 2010 Upgrading K2 FCP Connect ...

Page 11: ...installation stalls NOTE The Xtend SAN install screen can be partially obscured behind the K2 FCP Connect install screen 9 Click Restart when the installation completes successfully The Macintosh system restarts 22 December 2010 K2 FCP Connect Version 2 0 0 Release Notes 11 Upgrading K2 FCP Connect ...

Page 12: ...as a K2 FCP Connect licensing server Then as long as the K2 FCP Connect licensing server is on the network it provides the license verification for multiple Macintosh systems accessing multiple stand alone 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 requeste...

Page 13: ... Next You must provide a valid email address to receive your license file The Sales Number dialog box displays 5 Enter the Sales Order Number in the field then click Next Typically the Sales Order Number is found on the Software License sheet that you received with your Grass Valley product The Summary dialog box displays 6 Review the License Request information and click Finish A License Request ...

Page 14: ...icense 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 The SabreTooth License Manager opens b Choose File Generate Unique Id the License Manager c Click Copy to clipboard to copy the generated ID and OK to exit 2 Prepare an email that includes the following i...

Page 15: ...t 1 Select the license in the SabreTooth License Manager 2 Use the Delete key on your keyboard or right click with your mouse and select Delete Archiving licenses You can archive your licenses to a secure external location This allows you to quickly re install a license should it be deleted or should you have to downgrade and then re license the software You can archive multiple licenses at the sa...

Page 16: ...nse to both FSMs for 3 If these steps haven t solved the issue continue on to the next section more details On the FSM check if all license seats are checked out 1 If all license seats are checked out and all licensed Macs are connected then an upgraded license must be added The old license will be uninstalled 2 If all the licenses are checked out but all the licensed Macs are not connected then o...

Page 17: ...ould see XML similar to the following displayed xml version 1 0 encoding utf 8 URI server might have been configured incorrectly instead of Status online xmlns xsi http www w3 org 2001 XMLSchema instance xmlns xsd http www w3 org 2001 XMLSchema Url Domain DEFAULTDOMAIN Device Location AssetId Type Category MediaFrame Format domain State Unknown State URI 4 If Safari does not display Unknown with s...

Page 18: ...Operation considerations No operational considerations are known at this time 18 K2 FCP Connect Version 2 0 0 Release Notes 22 December 2010 Operation considerations ...

Page 19: ...Known Issues There are no issues or problems that are known in this release 22 December 2010 K2 FCP Connect Version 2 0 0 Release Notes 19 ...

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