Grass Valley K2 Storage System Instruction Manual v.3.1 - Manual (Page 314)

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Chapter 10 Managing K2 software
In addition, the following software is installed in special cases:
• Multi-Path I/O software — You must install this software on K2 Media Clients that
are part of a Level 2R or 3R K2 Storage System. Refer to the K2 Media Client
System Guide for more information.
Software components installed
Each of the K2 installation packages installs software components that provide the
functionality for various applications and system tools. Refer to
Chapter 9, Overview
of K2 Storage Tools and to the K2 Media Client System Guide for descriptions. The
components installed are as follows:
Software Components installed Comments
K2 Client Core system software Provides the primary media functionality.
AppCenter user
interface Allows you to operate AppCenter on the local machine.
AppServer Provides AppCenter functionality. It is accessed by both the
remote AppCenter (on a Control Point PC) and the local
AppCenter user interface.
Storage Utility Configures the media storage on internal storage K2 Media
Clients only. Do not run Storage Utility on external storage K2
Media Clients.
K2 System
Configuration Installed only on external storage models. Provides to the
remotely connected K2 System Configuration application the
ability to configure the local machine. You cannot run the K2
System Configuration user interface on the local K2 Media
Client.
Multi-Path I/O Installation files copied to K2 Media Client but software not
installed.
K2 Server Core system software Provides the primary media functionality.
Storage Utility Provides functionality for the remotely connected Storage
Utility that runs on the Control Point PC. You should not run
Storage Utility locally on the K2 Media Server.
K2 System
Configuration Provides to the remotely connected K2 System Configuration
application the ability to configure the local machine. You
cannot run the K2 System Configuration user interface on the
local K2 Media Server or Level 1 device.
Control
Point AppCenter user
interface Connects to K2 Media Clients for control and configuration of
channels.
K2 System
Configuration user
interface Connects to K2 Media Clients, K2 Media Servers, RAID
storage, and Gigabit switches for configuration of the K2
Storage System.
Storage Utility Connects to the K2 Media Server, and through the K2 Media
Server to the RAID storage, for configuration of the media file
system, media database, and RAID storage.