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Set up hosts files

Set up a hosts file located in C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts on each K2 system. If you include the names and addresses of all the systems on the network, then you can copy this information to all the machines instead of entering it in the hosts file on each machine.

To provide the required name resolution for the FTP/streaming network, in the hosts file each system that is a transfer source/destination has its host name listed twice: once for the control network and once for the FTP/streaming network. The host name for the streaming network has the extension “_he0” after the name. The K2 systems use this information to keep the FTP/streaming traffic separate from the control traffic.

For FTP transfers to/from a K2 SAN, transfers go to/from K2 Media Servers that have the role of FTP server. No transfers go directly to/from the shared storage K2 clients that are on the K2 SAN. So in the hosts file, you must add the “he_0” extension to a K2 Media Server hostname and associate that hostname with the K2 Media Server’s FTP/streaming network IP address.

  1. Open Notepad or some other text editor. When you open the text editor you must right-click and select Run as administrator.
  2. In the text editor, open the following file: C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
  3. Enter text in two lines for each K2 system that is a transfer source/destination.
    1. Type the IP address for the control network, then use the TAB key or Space bar to insert a few spaces.
    2. Type the machine name, such as K2-Client. This sets up the host file for resolving the machine name on the control network. The machine name must not have any spaces in it.
    3. On the next line, type the IP address for the FTP/streaming network, then use the TAB key or Space bar to insert a few spaces.
    4. Type the machine name followed by the characters “_he0”. Be sure to use the zero character, not the letter ‘o’. Refer to the following example:
      00.16.42.10   K2-Client
      00.0.0.10	    K2-Client_he0
  4. For systems that are not a transfer source/destination, the second line (for the FTP/streaming network) is not required.
  5. If there are UIM systems on the FTP/streaming network, make sure you follow the UIM naming conventions. Refer to the UIM Instruction Manual.
  6. Once you have added the host names for the all the systems on the networks for which the host file provides name resolution, save the file and exit the text editor.
  7. Copy the hosts file onto all the other machines to save you editing it again.
  8. Add host names to AppCenter to enable streaming.

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