Grass Valley K2 System Guide v.9.0 - Manual (Page 143)

Comment Task
— Add a control point PC placeholder device to
the system description
— Discover the control point PC and assign it
to the placeholder control point PC
Make sure the device name is correct, then
make the hostname the same as the device
name. If not already set correctly, set the hostname
of discovered devices
— Ping each K2 client and the control point PC
to test network communication
Make sure you have completed network
configuration of all network interfaces across
all devices to ensure complete and valid host
table information. You can use SiteConfig to
copy hosts files to devices, or you can
manage hosts files yourself. Generate host table information and distribute
to hosts files on each K2 client and on the
control point PC
— Create a deployment group
— Add stand-alone K2 clients to the deployment
group
System requirements for SiteConfig host PC
The PC on which SiteConfig is installed must meet the following requirements:
Comments Requirements
Microsoft Windows (Must be a U.S. version):
• XP Professional Service Pack 3
• Server 2003
• Vista Enterprise Service Pack 1
• Windows 7
• Server 2008 R2
Operating system
Minimum 512 MB, 1 GB recommended RAM
Must have at least 128 MB memory Graphics acceleration
Pentium 4 or higher class, 2 GHz or greater Processor
400 MB Hard disk space
Version 4.0 Microsoft .NET Framework
1.3.1_12 and 1.4.2_05 or higher. Required for
the HP Ethernet Switch configuration interface,
which is used for K2 SANs. Java JRE
Microsoft XML 4 Service Pack 2 is required. XML
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Managing stand-alone K2 systems with SiteConfig