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Table of contents
Key concepts .................................................................................................... 7
FortiRecorder NVR................................................................................................... 7
Camera support ....................................................................................................... 7
Deployment scenarios and camera discovery......................................................... 8
Local camera deployments................................................................................ 8
Same network deployments ........................................................................ 8
Routed network deployments...................................................................... 8
Private network vs office network................................................................ 8
Remote camera deployments............................................................................ 9
Video clips ............................................................................................................... 9
Performance guidelines ........................................................................................... 9
NVR performance .............................................................................................. 9
Number of supported cameras.................................................................... 9
General performance factors ..................................................................... 10
Variable versus constant bit rate................................................................ 10
Bandwidth per camera or live view............................................................ 10
Storage capacity ........................................................................................ 11
Client Performance .......................................................................................... 12
GUI and CLI ........................................................................................................... 13
NVR configuration .......................................................................................... 14
Connecting to FortiRecorder web UI..................................................................... 14
Connecting to FortiRecorder CLI........................................................................... 15
Basic NVR configuration........................................................................................ 17
Setting the “admin” account password ........................................................... 17
Configuring the network settings..................................................................... 18
Configuring the DHCP server .......................................................................... 23
Setting the system time ................................................................................... 26
Configuring schedules ........................................................................................... 28
Setting the sunrise and sunset time................................................................. 29
Advanced/optional NVR configuration .................................................................. 29
Configuring system timeout, ports, and public access ................................... 29
About FortiRecorder logical interfaces ............................................................ 30
VLAN subinterfaces.................................................................................... 30
Redundant interfaces................................................................................. 31
Aggregate interfaces.................................................................................. 31
Loopback interfaces .................................................................................. 31
Configuring FortiRecorder system appearance............................................... 31
Configuring logging ......................................................................................... 31
Alert email ........................................................................................................ 34