Vivotek NR9682-v2 64-Channel NVR (No HDD) - Manual (Page 2)

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2 - User's Manual
Table of Contents
Revision History ..................................................................................................................................................... 4
Chapter One Hardware Installation and Initial Configuration ...................................................................................... 6
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................. 6
Special Features ............................................................................................................................................. 6
Safety .............................................................................................................................................................. 7
Installation Instructions .......................................................................................................................................... 8
Power Supply .................................................................................................................................................. 9
Environmental Specifications .......................................................................................................................... 9
Grounding Requirements .............................................................................................................................. 10
Physical Description ........................................................................................................................................... 11
Drive Bay Numbering Sequence .......................................................................................................................... 11
Front View ............................................................................................................................................................ 11
Rear View ............................................................................................................................................................. 13
Display .......................................................................................................................................................... 14
Chassis Dimensions ...................................................................................................................................... 15
Rack-mounting ..................................................................................................................................................... 16
Installing Hard Disk Drives ................................................................................................................................... 20
Connecting Interfaces .......................................................................................................................................... 22
Initial Configuration ............................................................................................................................................... 22
RAID Basics ......................................................................................................................................................... 40
Chapter Two VAST2 Software Configuration and Management ............................................................................... 57
Log in .................................................................................................................................................................... 57
Introducing VAST2 ............................................................................................................................................... 58
Charged Add-on Features .................................................................................................................................... 60
Installation Option - OpenVPN ............................................................................................................................. 65
Chapter 2-1 Basics: Control and Elements .......................................................................................................... 68
Hot Keys ............................................................................................................................................................. 86
View Cell Elements .............................................................................................................................................. 89
VAST Server and Client Components .................................................................................................................. 93
Minimum System Requirements .......................................................................................................................... 95
Chapter 2-2 Starting Up ....................................................................................................................................... 97
2-2-1. Selecting Devices ...................................................................................................................................... 98
2-2-2. Recording Options ..................................................................................................................................... 99
Seamless Recording ................................................................................................................................... 103
Activity Adaptive Stream ............................................................................................................................. 104
Adding NAS (Network Attached Storage) as a Storage Option .................................................................. 105
2-2-3. Storage .................................................................................................................................................... 109
2-2-4. Starting Up - Main Page ........................................................................................................................... 110
2-2-5. Saving a View .......................................................................................................................................... 113
2-2-6. Add More Live Views ............................................................................................................................... 114
2-2-7. Save Your Preferences ............................................................................................................................ 115
2-2-8. Customizable Layout ............................................................................................................................... 116
2-2-9. Dashboard ............................................................................................................................................... 118