Table of contents Page 4 FortiRecorder 2.4.2 Administration Guide
Camera settings ............................................................................................. 36
Camera configuration workflow............................................................................. 36
Configuring video profiles...................................................................................... 36
Configuring camera profiles................................................................................... 37
Camera groups ...................................................................................................... 39
Camera connection........................................................................................ 40
Camera discovery and DHCP service ................................................................... 40
Connecting FortiRecorder to the cameras ............................................................ 41
Configuring cameras.............................................................................................. 44
User management .......................................................................................... 53
User types.............................................................................................................. 53
User configuration workflow .................................................................................. 53
Configuring access profiles ................................................................................... 54
Configuring user profiles........................................................................................ 54
Configuring user accounts..................................................................................... 54
Configuring LDAP authentication .......................................................................... 60
Configuring RADIUS authentication ...................................................................... 66
Notifications.................................................................................................... 68
Notification configuration workflow ....................................................................... 68
Configuring FortiRecorder to send notification email ............................................ 68
Configuring FortiRecorder to send SMS messages .............................................. 70
Configuring cameras to send notifications ............................................................ 71
Video monitoring ............................................................................................ 73
Watching live video feeds ...................................................................................... 73
Video and image sharing ....................................................................................... 74
Watching recorded video clips .............................................................................. 77
Reviewing motion detection notifications.............................................................. 79
Video management ........................................................................................ 81
Local storage ......................................................................................................... 81
Configuring RAID levels ................................................................................... 81
Recommended HDD models and capacities................................................... 81
Adding a RAID disk .......................................................................................... 82
Replacing a RAID disk ..................................................................................... 82
Replacing all RAID disks .................................................................................. 83
External storage..................................................................................................... 84
System monitoring ......................................................................................... 86
The dashboard....................................................................................................... 86
SNMP traps & queries ........................................................................................... 86
Configuring an SNMP community ................................................................... 88
Configuring SNMP v3 users............................................................................. 90
MIB support ..................................................................................................... 91