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2. The installation steps are identical to those used to install the Portal Server. See 

"Installing the Portal Server" in the 

Portal Server Release Notes

 for complete details.

3. Follow the prompts and exit the window when done.

4. Then open the Standalone NVR Portal Server Admin Console and configure the NVR: 

see "Configuring a Standalone NVR" in the 

Portal Server Admin Guide

.

Configuring an NVR

See "NVR Configuration" in the 

Portal Server Admin Guide 

for complete configuration 

instructions.

NVR Hardware Recommendations

If your server hardware was not purchased from VBrick, it must meet the following 
minimum specifications. The following tables show the recommended hardware and hard 
drive configuration relative to the number of purchased licenses. VBrick requires that you use 
dedicated server that meets or exceeds these specifications. The use of a less capable system 
may adversely affect system performance.

Table 1.  

Recommended Hardware Specifications

Table 2.  

Recommended Drive Configuration

NVR – 10 Record Licenses

NVR – 40 Record Licenses

Platform

Dell PowerEdge 2950

Dell PowerEdge 2950

Processor

Dual Core Xeon Processor 5130, 
4MB Cache, 2.00GHz, 1333MHz 
FSB

(2) Dual Core Xeon Processor 
5130, 4MB Cache, 2.00GHz, 
1333MHz FSB

Memory

1 GB 533 MHz

2 GB 533 MHz

Storage capacity

(2) 73 GB OS drives
(4) 146 GB content drives

(2) 146 GB OS drives
(4) 300 GB content drives

RAID Type

2 drive RAID1 for OS drives
4 drive RAID5 for content drives

2 drive RAID1 for OS drives
4 drive RAID5 for content drives

CPU

(1) 3 GHz dual core

(2) 3 GHz dual core

RAM

1 GB DDR RAM

2 GB DDR RAM

CDROM

24X IDE CD-ROM

24X IDE CD-ROM

Chassis

2U

2U

Power supply

Redundant

Redundant

Operating System

Windows Server 2003 Web 
Edition or Standard Edition

Windows Server 2003 Web 
Edition or Standard Edition

NVR Type

Recommended Configuration

Summary of Contents for EtherneTV NVR

Page 1: ...EtherneTV v4 2 1 NVR Release Notes May 9 2008 4410 0162 0005 VBrick ETV Network Video Recorder ...

Page 2: ...osted at http www vbrick com opensource About VBrick Systems Founded in 1997 VBrick Systems an ISO 9001 certified vendor is a privately held company that has enjoyed rapid growth by helping our customers successfully introduce mission critical video applications across their enterprise networks Since our founding VBrick has been setting the standard for quality performance and innovation in the de...

Page 3: ...s sold as a hardware software combination or as software only product If you purchased the hardware software combination from VBrick the Standard or Standalone NVR software will be pre installed and your server license s will be activated You will still need to configure the NVR as explained in the Portal Server Admin Guide If you purchased only the software from VBrick you must install the NVR so...

Page 4: ...erver that meets or exceeds these specifications The use of a less capable system may adversely affect system performance Table 1 Recommended Hardware Specifications Table 2 Recommended Drive Configuration NVR 10 Record Licenses NVR 40 Record Licenses Platform Dell PowerEdge 2950 Dell PowerEdge 2950 Processor Dual Core Xeon Processor 5130 4MB Cache 2 00GHz 1333MHz FSB 2 Dual Core Xeon Processor 51...

Page 5: ...htly linked In order to avoid backward compatibility issues always upgrade the NVR from the same package when you upgrade the Portal Server and vice versa In some cases because of a naming resolution issue a LAN Network Video Recorder NVR does not record when the ETV Portal Server server is in a DMZ As shown on the status page the recording will either fail or run indefinitely without actually rec...

Page 6: ... to uninstalling the Network Video Recorder the uninstall of the Microsoft NET 1 1 framework will fail because the Network Video Recorder uses this framework If you need to uninstall the Microsoft NET 1 1 Framework you first need to uninstall the Network Video Recorder software The default FTP path in IIS is automatically set via the installer but depending on the particular machine s configuratio...

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