GRASS VALLEY K2 - Configure RTIO

7. If online, messages appear “…offline mode now?” and “…continue?”. Click Yes
to put the K2 system in offline mode.
AppCenter channels go offline. The Open File dialog box opens.
8. In the Open File dialog box browse to the directory and file as listed in compatibility
tables earlier in these release notes. You must select the correct file for the device,
storage type, and drive size/type.
9. Click OK.
For internal drives, watch the lights on the drive to which you are downloading
firmware. The lights flash as firmware loads. Wait until the lights have completed
their flashing pattern. This can take several minutes.
The Progress Report window appears showing the disk firmware download task
and the percentage completion.
10. Repeat this procedure on each drive.
11. When finished, exit Storage Utility.
12. Put AppCenter channels back online.
13. Restart.
Related Links
Compatible K2 Lx0 RAID disk drive firmware on page 16
Compatible K2 Summit Production Client and K2 Solo Media Server components on
page 11
Configure RTIO
In this task you set the Real Time Input/Output (RTIO) value for the SNFS file system
to support K2 software features. This setting is required for all stand-alone K2 systems.
Do not do this task if:
• A shared storage (SAN client) K2 system.
• A stand-alone K2 system that was installed new with K2 software version 7.2 or
higher. On these systems the RTIO setting is already at the required value.
• A stand-alone K2 system on which you have already set RTIO to the required
value.
Do this task if:
• The K2 software from which you are upgrading is version 7.1.x or lower.
• — OR —
• You are not sure if the RTIO setting is already at the required value.
Prerequisites for this task are as follows:
• K2 systems must be offline
In this task you manually modify the SNFS configuration file. You can do this and
still keep your media file system intact if you carefully follow the steps in this
procedure.
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