
Using the Stop button in Server Control Panel..................................................................................280
Placing a K2 Media Server in service ..............................................................................................281
Shutting down or restarting a K2 Media Server................................................................................281
Identifying K2 Media Server software versions.................................................................................281
Modifying K2 Media Server network settings....................................................................................282
Configuring Server 2008 for domain.................................................................................................283
Restoring network configuration........................................................................................................284
Removing a K2 Media Server...........................................................................................................288
Replacing a K2 Media Server...........................................................................................................288
Replacing an iSCSI interface adapter (TOE card)............................................................................290
Installing the Fibre Channel card driver............................................................................................291
Recovering from a failed K2 Media Server system battery...............................................................291
Checking K2 Media Server services.................................................................................................292
Licensing a K2 Media Server............................................................................................................293
Working with K2 clients.........................................................................................................................296
Accessing K2 client features in the K2Config application ................................................................296
Shutting down or restarting a K2 client.............................................................................................297
Taking a K2 client offline...................................................................................................................297
Bringing a K2 client online ................................................................................................................297
Adding a K2 client.............................................................................................................................297
Removing a K2 client........................................................................................................................298
Identifying K2 client software versions..............................................................................................298
Modifying K2 client control network settings.....................................................................................298
Modifying K2 client media (iSCSI) network settings..........................................................................299
Configure live streaming multicast using K2Config...........................................................................299
Using Storage Utility.............................................................................................................................301
Accessing Storage Utility..................................................................................................................301
Overview of Storage Utility................................................................................................................302
Working on the media file system and database..................................................................................302
Checking the media file system........................................................................................................303
Cleaning unreferenced files and movies...........................................................................................303
Making a new media file system.......................................................................................................304
Expanding the media file system by capacity...................................................................................307
Expanding the media file system by bandwidth................................................................................308
Recovering the media database.......................................................................................................313
Working with RAID storage...................................................................................................................314
Checking RAID storage subsystem status........................................................................................314
Checking controller microcode..........................................................................................................315
Identifying disks.................................................................................................................................315
Get K2 10Gv2 RAID controller logs..................................................................................................317
Unbind RANK....................................................................................................................................318
About full/background bind................................................................................................................319
Bind RANK........................................................................................................................................319
Binding Hot Spare drives..................................................................................................................321
Loading K2 10Gv2 RAID controller and expansion chassis microcode............................................321
Downloading disk drive firmware......................................................................................................323
Replacing a disk module...................................................................................................................324
Replacing a K2 10Gv2 RAID controller.............................................................................................325
Configuring RAID chassis network and SNMP settings....................................................................326
Working with Ethernet switches............................................................................................................328
Design considerations for Ethernet switches....................................................................................329
Configuring a switch through the K2Config application ....................................................................330
Verifying spanning tree settings........................................................................................................330
Upgrading firmware on HP switch.....................................................................................................333
Custom K2 SAN systems.........................................................................................................................335
About custom K2 SAN systems............................................................................................................335
About custom K2 SAN information.......................................................................................................335
2013 07 20 K2 Installation and Service Manual 9
Contents