Axis S3016 User manual

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AXISS3016Recorder
Aboutyourdevice
Aboutyourdevice
AXISS3016RecorderisanetworkvideorecorderwithintegratedPoEswitchandsurveillance-classharddrives.ItalsoincludesaUS
3.0portforeasyexportofvideofootage.Therecordercomesinthreemodels–8T,16Tand32T.
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Getstarted
Accessyourdevice
Findthedeviceonthenetwork
TondAxisdevicesonthenetworkandassignthemIPaddressesinWindows®,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManagerExtend.
othapplicationsarefreeandcanbedownloadedfromaxis.com/support.
FormoreinformationabouthowtondandassignIPaddresses,gotoHowtoassignanIPaddressandaccessyourdevice.
Browsersupport
Youcanusethedevicewiththefollowingbrowsers:
ChromeTMFirefox®EdgeTMSafari®
Windows®recommendedrecommended
macOS®recommendedrecommended
Linux®recommendedrecommended
Otheroperatingsystems*
*TouseAXISOSwebinterfacewitiOS15oriPadOS15,gotoSettings Settings
Settings> > >Safari Safari Safari> > >Advanced Advanced Advanced> > >Experimental Experimental ExperimentalFeatures Features Featuresanddisable
NSURLSessionWebsocket.
Ifyouneedmoreinformationaboutrecommendedbrowsers,gotoAXISOSPortal.
Openthedevice'swebinterace
1.OpenabrowserandtypetheIPaddressorhostnameoftheAxisdevice.
IfyoudonotknowtheIPaddress,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManagerExtendtondthedeviceonthenetwork.
2.Typetheusernameandpassword.Ifyouaccessthedeviceforthersttime,youmustcreateanadministratoraccount.See
Createanadministratoraccountonpage3.
Createanadministratoraccount
Thersttimeyoulogintoyourdevice,youmustcreateanadministratoraccount.
1.Enterausername.
2.Enterapassword.SeeSecurepasswordsonpage3.
3.Re-enterthepassword.
4.ClickAdduser.
Important
Thedevicehasnodefaultaccount.Ifyoulosethepasswordforyouradministratoraccount,youmustresetthedevice.See
Hardresetarecorderonpage10.
Securepasswords
Important
Axisdevicessendtheinitiallysetpasswordincleartextoverthenetwork.Toprotectyourdeviceaftertherstlogin,set
upasecureandencryptedHTTPSconnectionandthenchangethepassword.
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Thedevicepasswordistheprimaryprotectionforyourdataandservices.Axisdevicesdonotimposeapasswordpolicyasthey
maybeusedinvarioustypesofinstallations.
Toprotectyourdatawestronglyrecommendthatyou:
•Useapasswordwithatleast8characters,preferablycreatedbyapasswordgenerator.
•Don’texposethepassword.
•Changethepasswordatarecurringinterval,atleastonceayear.
Veriythatnoonehastamperedwiththermware
TomakesurethatthedevicehasitsoriginalAxisrmware,ortotakefullcontrolofthedeviceafterasecurityattack:
1.Resettofactorydefaultsettings.SeeHardresetarecorderonpage10.
Afterthereset,securebootguaranteesthestateofthedevice.
2.Congureandinstallthedevice.
Webinteraceoverview
Thisvideogivesyouanoverviewofthedevice’swebinterface.
Towatchthisvideo,gotothewebversionofthisdocument.
elp.axis.com/?&piaId=73282&section=web-interface-overview
Axisdevicewebinterface
GetstartedwithAXISCompanion
Note
Internetaccessisrequiredduringthesystemsetup.
Installationoverview:
1.RegisteraMyAxisaccountonpage5
2.Installteardwareonpage5
3.Installtedesktopapponpage5
4.Createasiteonpage6
5.Installtemobileapponpage6
Resultofsysteminstallation:
•ThermwareisupgradedonallAxisdevices.
•Apasswordissetforthedevices.
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•Therecordingsareenabledwithdefaultsettings.
•Theremoteaccessisenabled.
RegisteraMyAxisaccount
RegisteraMyAxisaccountataxis.com/my-axis/login.
YoucanmakeyourMyAxisaccountmoresecurebyactivatingmulti-factorauthentication(MFA).MFAisasecuritysystemthat
addsanotherlayerofvericationtoensuretheuser’sidentity.
ActivateMFA:
1.LoginwithyourMyAxiscredentials.
2.GotoandselectAccountsettings.
3.ClickSecuritysettings
4.Turnon2–Stepverication.
Youareredirectedtoaloginpage.
5.LoginwithyourMyAxiscredentials.
MFAisnowactive.
LoginwhenMFAisactive:
1.LogintoyourMyAxisaccount.
Anemailissenttoyou.
2.OpentheemailandclickAuthenticate.
Ifyoudidn’treceiveanemail,checkifit’sinyourspamfolder.Ifit’snotthere,contactITsupport.
Installthehardware
1.Installyourcamerahardware.
2.ConnecttherecordertoyournetworkviatheLANport.
3.Connectthecamerastotherecorder’sintegratedPoEswitchoranexternalPoEswitch.
4.Connectthecomputertothesamenetworkastherecorder.
5.Connectthepowersupplytotherecorder.
Important
Youmustrstconnectthepowercordtotherecorder,andthenconnectthepowercordtothepoweroutlet.
6.Waitafewminutesfortherecorderandcamerastobootupbeforeproceeding.
CATION
Keeptherecorderinawellventilatedenvironmentandwithplentyofemptyspacearoundtherecordertoavoidoverheating.
Installthedesktopapp
1.Gotoaxis.com/products/axis-companionandclickDownloadtodownloadAXISCompanionversion4forWindows.
2.Openthesetupleandfollowthewizard.
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3.SigninwithyourMyAxisaccount.
Createasite
Asiteisasinglepointofentrytoasurveillancesolution,forexampleallcamerasinastore.Youcankeeptrackofseveralsites
throughasingleMyAxisaccount.
Note
IfyouhaveusedanearlierversionofAXISCompanion,thesitesyoucreatedwillnotappearinthe
listofsitesinAXISCompanionversion4.Youmightalsohavedevicesthatarenotsupported.See
MigratingfromAXISCompanionClassictoversion4formoreinformation.
1.StarttheAXISCompaniondesktopapp.
2.SigninwithyourMyAxisaccount.
3.ClickCreatenewsite.
4.Nameyoursiteandenteryourcompanyname.
5.ClickNext.
6.Selectthedevicesyouwanttoaddtoyoursite.
7.ClickNext.
8.Enterapassword.
UsethispasswordtoaccessthewebinterfaceofyourdevicesorofinemodeintheAXISCompanionmobileapp.
9.ClickNext.
10.OntheReadytoinstallpage,Ofinemodeandpgradermwareareturnedonbydefault.Youcanturnthemoffifyou
donotwanttoaccessofinemodeorupgradeyourdevicestothelatestrmwareversion.
11.ClickInstallandwaitwhileAXISCompanionconguresthedevices.
Thecongurationmaytakeseveralminutes.
Installthemobileapp
WithAXISCompanionmobileapp,youcanaccessyourdevicesandrecordingsfromanywhere.Youcanalsogetnoticationswhen
suspiciouseventsoccur,orwhensomeonecallsfromanintercom.
ForAndroid
ClickDownloadorscanthefollowingQRCode.
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ForiOS
ClickDownloadorscanthefollowingQRCode.
OpentheAXISCompanionappandloginwithyourAxiscredentials.
Ifyoudon’thaveaMyAxisaccount,youcangotoaxis.com/my-axistoregisteranewaccount.
GetstartedwithAXISCameraStation
Addyourrecorder
Note
AXISCameraStationremovesrecordingsfromanyprevioussystemwhenyouaddtherecordertoanewsystem.
1.GotoConguration>Devices>Adddevices.
2.SelectyourrecorderinthelistandclickAdd.Ifyourrecorderisnotlisted,useManualsearchtonditmanually.
3.UsethedefaultsettingsandclickNext.
4.Setyourpasswordforstorageencryption.ClickNext.Youneedthispasswordtoaccesstherecorderharddriveoutside
AXISCameraStationorwhentherecorderisresettofactorydefaultsettingsfromthedevice’swebinterface.
5.GotoConguration>Devices>Otherdevicesandchecktherecorderhasbeenadded.
6.GotoConguration>Storage>Managementandchecktherecorderhasbeenaddedtothestoragelist.
Adddevicesandselecttherecorderasrecordingstorage
1.GotoConguration>Devices>Adddevices.
2.SelectyourdevicesinthelistandclickAdd.Ifyourdevicesarenotlisted,useManualsearchtondthemmanually.
3.UsethedefaultsettingsandclickNext.
4.ManuallyselecttherecorderfromtheRecordingstoragedrop-downlistandclickInstall.
Note
TherecorderwillnotbeselectedasrecordingstorageifyouselectAutomatic.
5.GotoConguration>Storage>Selection.Clickyourdevicesandcheckthattherecordingstorageistherecorder.
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Congurerecordings
1.GotoConguration>Storage>Selectionandselectyourdevice.
2.CongureRetentiontime.
-Selectnlimitedretentiontimetokeeprecordingsuntilthestoragebecomesfull.
-SelectLimitedandsetthemaximumnumberofdaystokeeprecordings.
3.ClickApply.
Note
FallbackrecordingisenabledbydefaulttostoretherecordingsonyourrecorderwhentheconnectionbetweenAXISCamera
Stationandtherecorderislost.SeeFallbackrecording.
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Configureyourdevice
Configureyourdevice
Allocatepower
Therecorderreservesacertainamountofpowerforeachport.Thetotalreservedpowercan’texceedthetotalpowerbudget.A
portwillnotbepoweredupiftherecordertriestoreservemorepowerthanwhatisavailable.Thismakessurethatallofthe
connecteddeviceswillbepowered.
Example
Inthisexample:
•AXISS3016Recorderhasatotalpowerbudgetof305W.
•PoEclass3device.Requests15.5Wpowerbutactuallyconsumes7.5Wpower.
•PoEclass4device.Requests30Wpowerbutactuallyconsumes15Wpower.
•Reservedpower.
•Actualpowerconsumption.
ReservedpowerActualpowerconsumption
•Eachportreservestheamountofpoweraccordingtothedevice’sPoEclass.
•Therecordercanpower9PoEclass4devicesand2PoEclass3devices.
•Thetotalpowerreservedis(9x30)+(2x15.5)=301W.
•Theactualpowerconsumedis(9x15)+(2x7.5)=150W.
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ChangetheRAIDlevel
CATION
ChangingtheRAIDlevelreformatsthelesystemanddeletesalldatafromyourdisks.
1.Inthedevicewebinterface,gotoSystem>Storage.
2.UnderTools,selectChangeRAIDlevelandclicksetool.
3.SelectaRAIDlevelandclickNext.
4.SelectEncryptthediskandtypeyourpassword.ClickNext.
5.ClickYes.
6.Thestatusmessageappearsintheupper-rightcorner.WaituntiltheoperationisdoneandRAIDconfigured
isshownbeforeclosingthepage.
Replaceaharddrive
Note
Toavoidelectrostaticdischarge,werecommendthatyoualwaysuseastaticmatandstaticstrapwhileworkingon
componentsintheinteriorofthesystem.
1.Loosenthescrewsattheleftandrightofthebezelandremovethebezel.
2.LocatethebrokenharddriveindicatedbyaredLED.
AllLEDsareredincaseofaRAIDfailure.Toidentifythebrokenharddrive,gotothedevicewebinterfaceandgo
toSystem>Storage>Harddrivestatus.
3.Loosenthescrewfortheharddrivesled(T10).
4.Pulltheharddrivesledoutoftheharddrivebay.
5.Loosenthefourscrewsfortheharddrive(T8).
6.Taketheharddriveoutoftheharddrivesled.
7.Insertanewharddriveintotheharddrivesled.
8.Fastenthefourscrewsfortheharddrive.
9.Insertandpushtheharddrivesledallthewayintotheharddrivebay.
10.Fastenthescrewfortheharddrivesled.WaituntiltheLEDturnsgreen.
11.Attachthebezelandfastenthescrewsattheleftandrightofthebezel.
CreateanewRAID
CATION
YouonlycreateanewRAIDincaseofaRAIDfailure.CreatinganewRAIDdeletesalldatafromyourharddrives.
1.Replacethebrokenharddrives.SeeReplaceaarddriveonpage10.
2.ConguretheRAID.SeeCangeteRAIDlevelonpage9.
3.Congurerecordingsinyourvideomanagementsystem.SeeGetstartedwitAXISCompaniononpage4andGet
startedwitAXISCameraStationonpage7.
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