Grass Valley K2 Summit Storage Area Network v.7.1 - Manual (Page 487)

487 K2 Storage Area Network Installation and Service Manual 26 October 2009
Chapter 13 K2 FCP Connect access for Final Cut Pro systems
When prompted, restart the client device.
Test K2 SAN file access
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 GV hard drive icon is present.
This is the K2 SAN storage, also known as the V: drive.
2. From the Macintosh system, open a text editor, create a text file, enter text, and
save it on the V: drive.
3. Close the text editor.
4. In Finder, browse to the V: drive and open the text file.
5. Make a change to the text in the text file and then save and close the text file.
6. Delete the text file.
Verify bandwidth of SAN connection
1. Install Xsan Tuner (distributed by Grass Valley) on the Macintosh by copying to /
Applications/Server.
2. Open Xsan Tuner under /Applications/Server/Xsan Tuner.
3. Configure the Task field to Unix Read and the Count field to 8 streams.
4. Click Start Test .
It might take several minutes to create the test files.
5. After test files are created click Start Read Test .