Surveon SMR8300 Megapixel RAID NVR Installation Guide -2

1. Surveon Training Program
SMR8300 Installation Guide -2
Sales & Marketing Department
Surveon Technology 2015

2. Initial Configuration
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3. Disk
RAID
Record
Network
Camera
Time
User
Configuration Steps

4. HDD Configuration
1. Check the number of installed HDDs.
This number mean the HDD that system detected.
It is recommend to use BRAND NEW disks.
It is recommend to use Surveillance or Enterprise level disks.
Surveon AVL HDD list : http://www.surveon.com/support/hardware.asp#HD
2. If the number of disk is incorrect
Please shutdown the SMR8300.
Check the cables attached to HDD, or replace a new one.
3. Confirm the Configuration
Make sure the number of HDD is correct.
Make sure you use proper HDD.(Surveillance or Enterprise level disks).
Make sure the cables attached to HDD with correct order.

5. Disk
Record
Network
Camera
Time
User
Configuration Steps
RAID

6. RAID Configuration
1. Check the RAID Configuration
To have more capacity and longer retention day, you can use Non-RAID with no data protection provided.
3. I/O Throughput and Data Protection
RAID is not only protect your data, but also provide a better I/O throughput.
If the number of camera is larger than 10 in total, we strongly recommend to use RAID5 or RAID6.
2. Installed Enough Drives.
Please check the minimum required of the configuration.
Make sure you already meet the requirements.
RAID Level Minimum Drives Capacity
Non-RAID 1 N
RAID 5 3 (N-1)
RAID 6 4 (N-2)
RAID 1 2 0.5N

7. Disk
RAID
Record
Network
Camera
Time
Configuration Steps
User

8. User Authority and Privilege
1. Change the Hostname
It is recommend to give a meaningful identity to the server.
Please make sure there is no identical name in the network.
2. Setup Administrative Password
The administrative username, admin, is fixed and cannot be
changed or configured
You can just check the box to keep the default password.
Default account and password is admin/admin.
3. User Account Management
You can create other users after the installation is done.
If you change the default password, please make sure you remember it.
If you forget the password, the only way is to contact Surveon Tech support.

9. Disk
RAID
Record
Network
Camera
User
Configuration Steps
Time

10. Time Zone Setting
1. Setup Time Zone
You can find the correct time zone from the dropdown list.
If the time is not correct, you can manually type the correct time.
If you don’t know the correct time zone, you can check: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/
3. Make Sure the Time is Synchronized.
If you use remote client, please make sure the time on server and client is the same.
You can also configure a external NTP server to both server and client.
If you found the time is not correct, please first check the time zone, then configure the time manually
2. NTP Server
If you have private NTP server, you can setup it later.
If you don’t have NTP server, you can check :
http://www.pool.ntp.org/zone/@

11. Disk
RAID
Network
Camera
Time
User
Configuration Steps
Record

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1. Setup Policy
Always recording is suitable for critical usage and sensitive area.
Motion recording is suitable for common usage.
By default, Camera Motion detection is already enabled when adding camera into SMR8300.
2. Display Mode
In local client, recording and display will compete the resource.
You can select the proper policy for your usage.
1. If you have no idea or any particular requirement, select
standard mode as the default option.
2. If you wish to have the maximized recording capacity, you
can select “Recording Capacity Maximized Mode” with
turning off all local live-view
3. For High Quality Viewing Mode, please find the appendix
Recording Policy
3. Display
If you care about the display, we recommend you to use remote client.
We suggest to use Standard mode for common usage.
You can use remote client to do monitoring in High Quality Viewing Mode.

13. Disk
RAID
Record
Camera
Time
User
Configuration Steps
Network

14. Network configuration
1. Assigned Automatically
When you enable the “Assigned Automatically”
If you have DHCP presented in your network, the NVR gets IP from DHCP server automatically.
If there is no DHCP in your network, the NVR will set a fixed IP to itself, and enable itself as a DHCP server.
3. Make the NVR as a DHCP server.
If your network environment is fully independent.
You can check the “Auto Assign IP Address for Camera”.
It will detect if there is a DHCP server in the subnet.
If no, the NVR will make itself as a DHCP server and set a fixed IP
to itself.
4. Confirm the Configuration
There should be always at most ONE DHCP server in LAN, otherwise your network will crash.
Please make sure the IP address is assigned to ONLY ONE device.
Make sure you use the correct network port, only single LAN, attach the cable to LAN1.
2. Select an option of IP Configuration
If you uncheck the “Assigned Automatically”, you need to select an option.
Choose the 1st option to get the from DHCP server automatically
Choose the 2nd option to set the IP configuration manually.

15. Disk
RAID
Record
Time
User
Configuration Steps
Network
Camera

16. Add cameras
1. Add Cameras – Simple mode
If you use all Surveon cameras, you can just use this option.
All configuration is default value.
All Surveon cameras which are added will be initialized and optimized.
2. Add Cameras – Advanced mode
If you have 3rd party cameras, please choose this option.
You can changed the username and password to the 3rd party cameras.

17. Introduction Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DN0cd4t7imc

18. Quick Installation Guide
http://www.surveon.com/doc/QIG/NVR_3000_Series_QIG.pdf

19. E-Mail Notification
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20. How to setup E-Mail notification?
1. Click to bring out VMS Setup window
2. Select System and then select Alarm.

21. How to setup E-Mail notification?
1. Select Email Notification

22. How to setup E-Mail notification?
1. You may either enter the URL (such as smtp.gmail.com) or IP address of
the SMTP server to deliver E-mail notifications.
2. SMTP server configured here must support UTF-8 encoding
3. If your SMTP server use SSL protocol, please input the SSL port and check on “Use
SSL” option.

23. How to setup E-Mail notification?
1. Enter a valid E-mail address in the Reply Address field.
2. It will be the default sender listed in E-mails sent from the Server.

24. How to setup E-Mail notification?
1. Enter one or more E-mail addresses in the Recipients: field.
2. Multiple addresses can be entered by separating individual addresses
with semi -colons “;”.

25. How to setup E-Mail notification?
1. Enter the Subject of your notification E-mails
2. Enter the message to describe the problems.

26. How to setup E-Mail notification?
Press Test button to test the mail server has been setup correctly.

27. How to setup E-Mail notification?
1. Click to bring out VMS Setup window
2. Select System and then select Alarm.

28. How to setup E-Mail notification?
1. Click the New button.
2. Enter a short description for the new rule in the Add Rule field.

29. How to setup E-Mail notification?
1. Check “Disk Error”
2. Enter a short description for the new rule in the Add Rule field.
3. Click save

30. Backup configuration
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31. Backup configuration
• We suggest to backup NVR(SMR) configuration
monthly
• When the NVR(SMR) encounter fatal failure, user
can import the configuration and resume the
system setting rapidly

32. Backup Configuration
Go to Maintenance -> Import / Export

33. Backup configuration
1. There are three configuration needs to be exported.
2. Please ensure you backup every configuration one by one

34. Backup configuration
The configuration will be exported to USB stick. Please ensure you have inserted a
external USB stick on SMR8300

35. Questions & Answers
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36. High Quality Viewing Mode
High Quality Viewing Mode
1. It means the displaying will occupy more computing resource.
2. It allows to use high quality video stream (main stream)
3. It allows to locally display only one HD video at the same time.
Recording Standard High Quality Viewing Mode
Policy Recording Capacity Maximized Mode
Local
Display
No Local display is available.
Local client provides only setup function.
Resource Reserve for recording
Policy Standard
Local
Display
Allow to select HD stream in the live-view display.
Each HD can allow 2M@20FPS, 3M@15FPS, or 5M@8FPS.
- 5 * HD stream at the same time at most. (4 on primary
monitor and 1 on secondary monitor) – SMR8300
- 1 * HD stream at the same time at most. ( HD stream
on primary monitor only) - SMR8300
Resource Share to both recording and display
Policy High Quality Viewing Mode
Local
Display
Allow to select HD stream in the live-view display.
Each HD can allow 2M@60FPS, 3M@30FPS, or 5M@12FPS.
ONLY 1 * HD stream at the same time at most.
Resource Most on display
Return to “Recording Policy”