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2. Shut down all K2 clients and all generic clients. You can do this via SiteCong.
3. Take all K2 Media Servers out of service.
If you have redundant servers, make sure that you know which server is the current primary and
which server is the current backup, and that you take primary/backup servers out of service in
the proper order.
Related Topics
Taking a K2 Media Server out of service on page 279
Bringing a K2 SAN online
1. Verify that RAID storage devices, Ethernet switches, and other supporting system are powered
up. Refer to the section earlier in this manual for power on procedures.
2. If K2 Media Servers are powered down, power them up. Refer to the section earlier in this manual
for power on procedures.
3. Place K2 Media servers in service.
If you have redundant servers, make sure that you place primary/backup servers in service in the
proper order.
4. Power on all K2 clients and all generic clients.
Related Topics
Placing a K2 Media Server in service on page 281
Viewing iSCSI assignments
You can review a report of clients and their iSCSI conguration on a K2 SAN as follows:
1. In the K2Cong application tree view, select the name of the K2 SAN, which is the top node of
the storage system tree.
2. Click iSCSI Assignments.
The iSCSI Port Assignments report opens.
The report displays the following information.
• K2 Media Servers with the role of iSCSI bridge
• Each server’s iSCSI ports, identied by IP address
• For each iSCSI port, the iSCSI clients assigned and their bandwidth subscription.
Using reference files
When you create a simple K2 clip on a K2 system, K2 software can create a corresponding reference
le. The reference le is stored in a directory in the clip's folder on the V: drive. You can congure
the software to create QuickTime reference les, MXF reference les, or no reference les. The
following topics provide information about reference les on K2 systems.
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