About K2 system software

Check K2 Release Notes for the latest information about software.

K2 system software components are as follows:

K2 Client: Installed on K2 Summit/Solo system. Provides core functionality for all K2 Summit/Solo system models.
K2 Server: Installed on K2 Media Servers. Provides core functionality for all K2 Media Servers in all roles.
Control Point: Installed on Control Point PCs. Provides remote control and configuration of K2 Summit/Solo systems (both internal and external storage) as well as the K2 SAN.
Media File System (SNFS): Installed on K2 Media Servers, stand-alone K2 Summit/Solo systems, and shared storage (SAN) K2 Summit/Solo system. Provides a dedicated file system for access to media data. Install only as instructed by release notes.

In addition, the following software is installed in special cases:

Multi-Path I/O software — You must install this software on K2 Summit systems that are part of a redundant K2 SAN and on K2 Summit systems with direct-connect storage.

On a K2 SAN system, Grass Valley requires that you use SiteConfig to install K2 system software. On a standalone K2 Summit/Solo system Grass Valley recommends SiteConfig but allows manual installation as well. You can access software on your K2 Summit/Solo system's USB Recovery Flash Drive and via download from the Grass Valley website. On the USB Recovery Flash Drive, find SiteConfig *.cab files in the ProductFrame directory and find manual installation files in the release directory.