Avigilon NVR5-HDDS-HOT-18TB User manual

High Density Storage
Expansion Guide
Installation Guide
NVR5-HDDS-HOT-18TB
NVR5-HDDS-INT-18TB
NVR4-HDDS-PACK-32TB
NVR4-HDDS-PACK-16TB
For
NVR5-PRM (252/288/360TB)
NVR5-STD (16/32TB)
NVR4X-STD (16/32TB)
HD-NVR4-STD (16/32TB)

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Table of Contents
Introduction 4
NVR and Hard Drive Compatibility 4
Expanded ACC™ Storage Volume Configuration 5
Required Components 5
Installing and Configuring a New Drive (iLO) 6
Rear Drive Installation 6
Internal Drive Installation 8
Configuring Extended Storage 9
Verifying Extended Storage Configuration 12
Installing and Configuring a New Drive (iDRAC 9) 13
Front and Rear Drive Installation 13
Configuring Extended Storage 13
Verifying Extended Storage Configuration 14
Initializing the Expanded Storage Volume 17
Adding Extended Storage to the ACC System 20
For More Information 25
Product User Guides 25
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Introduction
This document is intended to guide Avigilon NVR customers through adding storage to their NVR system by
setting up a second Avigilon Control Center (ACC) storage volume.
Note: ACC must be stopped prior to adding new storage to an array. Downtime will need to be
scheduled for the ACCServer hosting the NVR. It can be resumed after the new storage has been
installed and configured.
NVR and Hard Drive Compatibility
Compatible NVRs Drive Location
Additional
Drives
Supported
Avigilon Part Number
Storage
Management
Tool
NVR5-PRM-252TB-S19
Internal Mid Bay 6 NVR5-HDDS-INT-18TB
iLO
Rear Bay 4 NVR5-HDDS-HOT-18TB
NVR5-PRM-288TB-S19
Internal Mid Bay 4 NVR5-HDDS-INT-18TB
Rear Bay 4 NVR5-HDDS-HOT-18TB
NVR5-PRM-360TB-S19 Rear Bay 4 NVR5-HDDS-HOT-18TB
HD-NVR4-STD-16TB
Front Bay 6
NVR4-HDDS-PACK-16TB
NVR4-HDDS-PACK-32TB
iDRAC 9
NVR4X-STD-16TB
NVR4X-STD-16TB-S16
NVR5-STD-16TB-W10
NVR5-STD-16TB-S19
HD-NVR4-STD-32TB
Front Bay 6
NVR4-HDDS-PACK-16TB
NVR4-HDDS-PACK-32TB
NVR4X-STD-32TB
NVR4X-STD-32TB-S16
NVR5-STD-32TB-W10
NVR5-STD-32TB-S19
Introduction 4

Expanded ACC™ Storage Volume Configuration
This document includes instructions for installing and configuring drives for NVR5 Premium High Density
servers (252TB, 288TB, 360TB) managed with iLO and NVR4/4X/5 Standard servers (16TB, 32TB) managed
with iDRAC 9.
Follow the instructions that correspond with your NVR server.
Required Components
lAvigilon NVR system
lCorresponding compatible NVR storage expansion pack. See NVR and Hard Drive Compatibility on
the previous page.
Expanded ACC™ Storage Volume Configuration 5

Installing and Configuring a New Drive (iLO)
Rear Drive Installation
To install a hard drive in the rear of the recorder, complete the following steps:
1. Open the access panel to access drive cage 3.
a. Remove the access panel:
b. If necessary, unlock the access panel latch.
c. Pull up the latch to disengage the access panel from the chassis.
d. Lift the front half of the access panel to access drive cage 3.
Installing and Configuring a New Drive (iLO) 6

2. Open drive cage 3:
3. Locate the slot that you will be installing the new drive into.
4. To open the release lever, press the latch.
5. Pull the release lever to disengage the drive from the backplane, and then slide the drive out of the bay.
6. To install the hard drive, reverse the above steps.
Rear Drive Installation 7

Internal Drive Installation
1. Open drive cage 2:
2. Locate the slot that you will be installing the new drive into.
3. To open the release lever, press the latch.
Internal Drive Installation 8

4. Pull the release lever to disengage the drive blank from the backplane, and then slide the drive out of
the bay.
5. To install the hard drive, reverse the above steps.
Configuring Extended Storage
You must configure the extended storage using HPESmart Storage Administrator (SSA) after you have
installed all the drives. If this has not already been installed on the NVR5 as part of the Avigilon image,
download the HPE Smart Storage Administrator .zip file, from the following page:
https://buy.hpe.com/ca/en/software/server-management-software/server-management-software/smart-
array-management-software/hpe-smart-storage-administrator/p/5409020
After you have downloaded the zip file:
1. Extract the contents to a convenient location on the NVR system.
2. Open the extracted files and open the the README file.
3. Follow the instructions in the README file to install SSA.
Once SSAhas been installed, follow these steps to configure the extended storage:
Configuring Extended Storage 9

1. Using Windows search menu, search for "SSA". Click Smart Storage Administrator to open it.
2. Click HPESmart Array P816i-a SRGen10 from the sidebar. Next, click Configure from the Actions
list.
3. To extend an existing array with the expanded storage drives, follow the instructions below.
Note: ACC must be stopped prior to adding new storage to an array. It can be resumed after
the RAID build has been started.
Configuring Extended Storage 10