Key concepts
FortiRecorder NVR
Camera support
Deployment scenarios and camera discovery
Local camera deployments
Same network deployments
Routed network deployments
Private network vs office network
Remote camera deployments
Video clips
Performance guidelines
NVR performance
Number of supported cameras
General performance factors
Variable versus constant bit rate
Bandwidth per camera or live view
Storage capacity
Client Performance
GUI and CLI
NVR configuration
Connecting to FortiRecorder web UI
Connecting to FortiRecorder CLI
Basic NVR configuration
Setting the “admin” account password
Configuring the network settings
Configuring the DHCP server
Setting the system time
Configuring schedules
Setting the sunrise and sunset time
Advanced/optional NVR configuration
Configuring system timeout, ports, and public access
About FortiRecorder logical interfaces
VLAN subinterfaces
Redundant interfaces
Aggregate interfaces
Loopback interfaces
Configuring FortiRecorder system appearance
Configuring logging
Alert email
Camera settings
Camera configuration workflow
Configuring video profiles
Configuring camera profiles
Camera groups
Camera connection
Camera discovery and DHCP service
Connecting FortiRecorder to the cameras
Configuring cameras
User management
User types
User configuration workflow
Configuring access profiles
Configuring user profiles
Configuring user accounts
Configuring LDAP authentication
Configuring RADIUS authentication
Notifications
Notification configuration workflow
Configuring FortiRecorder to send notification email
Configuring FortiRecorder to send SMS messages
Configuring cameras to send notifications
Video monitoring
Watching live video feeds
Video and image sharing
Watching recorded video clips
Reviewing motion detection notifications
Video management
Local storage
Configuring RAID levels
Recommended HDD models and capacities
Adding a RAID disk
Replacing a RAID disk
Replacing all RAID disks
External storage
System monitoring
The dashboard
SNMP traps & queries
Configuring an SNMP community
Configuring SNMP v3 users
MIB support
Logging
About logs
Log types
Log severity levels
Viewing log messages
Displaying & sorting log columns & rows
Downloading log messages
Deleting log files
Searching logs
Event Monitor
Secure connections and certificates
Supported cipher suites & protocol versions
Replacing the default certificate for the web UI
Generating a certificate signing request
Uploading & selecting to use a certificate
Uploading trusted CAs’ certificates
Example: Downloading the CA’s certificate from Microsoft Windows 2003 Server
Revoking certificates
Revoking certificates by OCSP query
Updating the firmware
Installing NVR firmware
Installing alternate firmware
Booting from the alternate partition
Upgrading/downgrading the camera firmware
Fine-tuning & best practices
Hardening security
Topology
Administrator access
Operator access
Patches
Improving performance
Video performance
System performance
Logging & alert performance
Packet capture performance
Regular backups
Restoring a previous configuration
Troubleshooting
Solutions by issue type
Video viewing issues
Live feed delay
Video not being sent to the NVR
Snapshot notification issues
Login issues
When an administrator account cannot log in from a specific IP
Remote authentication query failures
Resetting passwords
Connectivity issues
Checking hardware connections
Bringing up network interfaces
Examining the ARP table
Checking routing
Facilitating discovery
DHCP issues
Establishing IP sessions
Resolving IP address conflicts
Packet capture
Resource issues
Data storage issues
Resetting the configuration
Restoring firmware (“clean install”)
Questions and answers
How to connect cameras to FortiRecorder for the first time
Scenario 1: Direct connection
Scenario 2: Connection with a third party DHCP server
How to use recorded video clips
How to use DIDO terminal connectors on FortiCam MB13 cameras
Appendix A: Port numbers
Appendix B: Maximum values
Key concepts
Appendix B: Maximum values
SysStatusConsole
SysInterfaceCollection
SysInterface
SysRoute
SysRouteCollection
SysDns
SysDhcpServerCollection
SysTimeManual
ScheduleObjectCollection
CameraCamera_schedule
ScheduleSetting
SysOption
SysAppearance
EventCollection
CameraCollection
LogSetLocal
LogSetRemoteCollection
LogSetRemote
LogAltMSetting
LogAltMMailto
LogAltMMailtoCollection
CameraVideoProfileCollection
CameraProfileCollection
CameraProfile
CameraGroupCollection
CameraCamera
CameraDeployed
CameraDeployedCollection
UserScheduleCollection
UserProfile
UserSchedule
SysCamAccprofileCollection
UserProfileCollection
SysCamAdminCollection
SysCamAdmin
ProfLdap
ProfLdapCollection
ProfAuthRadiusCollection
ProfAuthRadius
MailSetRelayserver
SysSmsCollection
CameraCamera_notificationCollection
CameraCamera_notification
ServiceVideo_youtubeCollection
ServiceVideo_image
ServiceVideo_stream
VideoCam
CameraNotificationEventCollection
RaidSystem
SysRemoteStorage
SysStatusModulesCollection
SysSnmpCommunity
SysSnmpCommunityCollection
SysSnmpSnmpv3_user
VideoCamEvent
SysCertificateDetail_local
SysCertificateUpload_local
SysCertificateDetailCollection
SysCertificateLocalGenerate
cert_local_import
SysCertificateUpload_ca
SysCertificateDetail_ca
SysCertificateCa
SysCertificateCaCollection
cert_ca_import
SysCertificateUpload_crl
SysCertificateDetail_crl
SysCertificateCrl
SysCertificateCrlCollection
SysCertificateUpload_remote
SysCertificateRemote
SysCertificateDetail_remote
SysCertificateRemoteCollection
CameraFirmwareCollection
CameraDhcpLeaseCollection
SysStatusSessionCollection