Table of contents Page 5 FortiRecorder 2.4.2 Administration Guide
Logging ................................................................................................................. 92
About logs........................................................................................................ 92
Log types ................................................................................................... 92
Log severity levels...................................................................................... 93
Viewing log messages ..................................................................................... 93
Displaying & sorting log columns & rows......................................................... 95
Downloading log messages............................................................................. 96
Deleting log files............................................................................................... 96
Searching logs ................................................................................................. 97
Event Monitor......................................................................................................... 98
Secure connections and certificates............................................................ 99
Supported cipher suites & protocol versions................................................... 99
Replacing the default certificate for the web UI............................................. 100
Generating a certificate signing request .................................................. 103
Uploading & selecting to use a certificate ............................................... 105
Uploading trusted CAs’ certificates ............................................................... 107
Example: Downloading the CA’s certificate from
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server............................................................ 108
Revoking certificates...................................................................................... 109
Revoking certificates by OCSP query...................................................... 109
Updating the firmware ................................................................................. 111
Installing NVR firmware........................................................................................ 111
Installing alternate firmware ........................................................................... 114
Booting from the alternate partition ............................................................... 115
Upgrading/downgrading the camera firmware.................................................... 116
Fine-tuning & best practices ....................................................................... 118
Hardening security............................................................................................... 118
Topology ........................................................................................................ 118
Administrator access ..................................................................................... 119
Operator access............................................................................................. 120
Patches .......................................................................................................... 120
Improving performance........................................................................................ 121
Video performance......................................................................................... 121
System performance...................................................................................... 121
Logging & alert performance ......................................................................... 122
Packet capture performance ......................................................................... 122
Regular backups.................................................................................................. 122
Restoring a previous configuration ................................................................ 124
Troubleshooting ........................................................................................... 125
Solutions by issue type........................................................................................ 125
Video viewing issues...................................................................................... 125
Live feed delay ......................................................................................... 126
Video not being sent to the NVR.............................................................. 126
Snapshot notification issues .......................................................................... 126