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FortiRecorder 2.4.2 Administration Guide
One example of an application of VLANs is a company’s accounting department. Accounting
computers may be located at both main and branch offices. However, accounting computers
need to communicate with each other frequently and require increased security. VLANs allow
the accounting network traffic to be sent only to accounting computers and to connect
accounting computers in different locations as if they were on the same physical subnet.
Redundant interfaces
On the FortiRecorder unit, you can combine two or more physical interfaces to provide link
redundancy. This feature allows you to connect to two or more switches to ensure connectivity
in the event one physical interface or the equipment on that interface fails.
In a redundant interface, traffic is only going over one interface at any time. This differs from an
aggregated interface where traffic is going over all interfaces for increased bandwidth. This
difference means redundant interfaces can have more robust configurations with fewer possible
points of failure. This is important in a fully-meshed HA configuration.
A physical interface is available to be in a redundant interface if:
• it is a physical interface, not a VLAN interface
• it is not already part of a redundant interface
• it has no defined IP address and is not configured for DHCP
• it does not have any VLAN subinterfaces
• it is not monitored by HA
When a physical interface is included in a redundant interface, it is not listed on the
System >
Network > Interface
page. You cannot configure the interface anymore.
Aggregate interfaces
An aggregate interface is a logical interface which uses the Link Aggregation Control Protocol
(LACP) (802.3ad) and combines several interfaces to increase throughput. It also provides
redundancy in case one interface in the aggregation is down.
Loopback interfaces
A loopback interface is a logical interface that is always up (no physical link dependency) and
the attached subnet is always present in the routing table.
The loopback IP address does not depend on one specific external port, and is therefore
possible to access it through several physical or VLAN interfaces. In the current release, you
can only add one loopback interface on the FortiRecorder unit.
The loopback interface is useful when you use a layer 2 load balancer in front of several
FortiRecorder units. In this case, you can set the FortiRecorder loopback interface’s IP address
the same as the load balancer’s IP address and thus the FortiRecorder unit can pick up the
traffic forwarded to it from the load balancer.
Configuring FortiRecorder system appearance
To customize the logo and product name appearing on the FortiRecorder web UI, go to
System
> Customization > Appearance
.
Configuring logging
To diagnose problems or to track actions that the FortiRecorder appliance does as it receives
and processes video, configure the FortiRecorder appliance to record log messages. Log
messages can record camera and/or FortiRecorder appliance events.
