ACTi MNR-310, System Administrator Manual

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MNR-310 System Administrator
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System Installation Check List
Before Starting
Item Task Description Reference
1
Prepare software
license MNR comes with 16-channel free license that
are
already activated. For additional
channels, please purchase the license from
your system supplier and get the license
information ready before activation.
License and
Activation on page
43
2
Set up Active Directory
(optional)
To add users through the Active Directory
service, please make sure an Active Directory
server is available on your domain.
Connecting the Devices
Item
Task Description Reference
3
Get the IP cameras and
video servers
connected and ready
for use
Finish the installation and basic settings (IP
address, usernames, passwords) of all IP
cameras or video servers.
4
Connect external
devices to the NVR
server
Attach necessary external hardware
peripherals such as a keyboard, a mouse, a
joystick, or a microphone to the NVR server.
Joystick on page
140
Starting the unit
Item Task Description Reference
5
Powering on the unit Press the Power Button to power on MNR,
and enter Windows after the system finishes
booting up.
Start the Unit on
page 34
6
Create the disk
volumes for recording Initialize the newly-installed hard disks and
configure the volumes (RAID) for your storage
system.
Get the Hard Disks
Ready for
Recording on page
37
7
Login to the system Login to the NVR system with default account
and password.
Log In to the System
on page 55
8
Activate the license
(When required number
of channels exceeds
16) Activate your license key to get your required
number of channels ready for adding devices.
License and
Activation on page
43
System Setup
Item Task Description Reference
9
Configure the storage
Settings
Activate the disks for recordings and make
sure the total size is sufficient, and how many
days the recordings are kept on disk. Storage
Management on
page 114
10
Add devices to the NVR
server Add devices and configure camera settings:
camera name, video/motion/PTZ settings. Add Devices on
page 64;
Configure Device
Settings on page 75