NOTE: Unless instructed to do so by Grass Valley, do not update or install
Apple software.
Accept the default destination folder and other default settings.
Configure SNFS default.cfg file on stand-alone K2 system
In this task you open the media file system (SNFS) configuration file and verify/modify
settings.
Do not do this task if one of the following is true:
• You have already modified the configuration file with the required settings.
• The K2 system was installed new with the following K2 software version:
• A 7.x version higher than 7.0.11
At this version the required settings are preconfigured.
• A K2 Solo Media Server
Do this task if:
• You are upgrading from a current version of K2 software as follows:
• Version 7.0.11
Prerequisites for this task are as follows:
• K2 systems must be offline
You can verify and, if necessary, modify the media file system (SNFS) configuration
file and still keep your media file system intact if you carefully follow the steps in this
procedure.
As an alternative to manually modifying the configuration file, if you need to make a
new file system after upgrading K2 software, the required values are set automatically
by the upgraded version of Storage Utility.
This task applies to the following devices:
• Stand-alone K2 Summit Production Clients. This includes internal storage and
direct-connect storage K2 Summit Production Clients.
NOTE: Make sure the write filter is disabled.
1. On a stand-alone K2 system, using Notepad, open the media file system (SNFS)
configuration file:
On a stand-alone K2 Summit Production Client, the configuration file can be
either C:\SNFS\config\default.cfg. or
C:\SNFS\config\gvfs_hostname.cfg, where hostname is the name of the K2
system.
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