Sony NSR-500 Manual

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Overview
The NSR-500 series (hereafter referred to as NSR-500) can extend the storage
capacity by being connected with the iSCSI storage device (hereafter referred to as
iSCSI Disk). This manual describes how to install/uninstall the iSCSI Disk and
precautions on handling.
Supported Model/Software Version
NSR-500 Ver1.6.3 or later
Note
When you want to use the iSCSI Disk, the recommendation is to use RAID 1, RAID 5 or RAID
10 (1+0) configuration.
Otherwise, all recording data including iSCSI Disk cannot be retrieved even though the iSCSI
Disk works normally, if the NSR-500 cannot be started in the event of its built-in HDD failure.
–Supported iSCSI Disk / Firmware Version
Made by Promise Technology Inc.
Vess R2600iS / 1.01.0000.39
Vess R2600iD * / 1.01.0000.39
Vess J2600sS / 20.01.0000.12
Vess J2600sD * / 20.01.0000.12
* The function of Dual Controllers is not supported.
Note
Please read document provided by Promise Technology Inc., by each model.
Sony corporation does not warrant the quality of the iSCSI Disk.
Please confirm contents of quality warranty with iSCSI manufacturer or your distributer in
advance.
How to confirm the firmware version
Refer to Procedure 4 in “Step 2. Configuring/Checking iSCSI Disk” in this manual.
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iSCSI Storage Device Setup Procedure
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This manual is intended for professional installers not for end users.
Please handle this information with care.

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Workflow
NSR-500 Series
iSCSI Storage Device Setup Procedure
Step 1: Connecting NSR-500 with iSCSI Disk
(NSR-500Administration Menu)
Step 2: Configuring iSCSI Disk * Special configuration file for Sony is required (*1)
(iSCSI Disk Configuration Menu)
Step 3: Registering andAdding iSCSI Disk to NSR-500
(NSR-500 Setup Menu)
Step 4: Adding iSCSI Disk As a New Storage
(NSR-500 Configuration Window)
Step 5: Precautions for
Handling Step 6: Removing
iSCSI Disk(*2)
NSR-500 UPS
iSCSI Mgmt
LAN2
UPS
iSCSI Port1
Serial port
PC Step 2
(Step 1)
Step 1/Step 3/Step 6
(Setup Menu)
Step 4/Step 6
(Configuration Window)
*2: Describes how to remove the iSCSI Disk from recognition of the NSR-500.
*1: Download if from the site of the Promise Technology Inc.
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Step 1. Connecting NSR-500 with iSCSI Disk
Service Conditions
The NSR-500 can connect with up to one logical drive configured in the iSCSI Disk.
Therefore, when configuring the disk array settings on the iSCSI Disk, create one
array, and then create one logical drive of under 16TiB in it. (If the configurable
capacity exceeds 16TiB, the logical drive cannot be recognized.)
When recording and playback are performed on the iSCSI Disk at the same time, their
maximum frame rate is 480 fps in total (in case of H.264, Full HD, at 4 Mbps).
It means, if playback operation is performed while the NSR-500 is recording data at
the maximum frame rate, there is a possibility that some picture frames are lost.
In case of recording and playback on both internal HDD and iSCSI Disk, the total
frame rate of both playback and recording is restricted to 480fps (*note1) with the NSR-
500 itself logged out.
It is not possible to connect an iSCSI Disk to two or more NSR-500s, or connect two or
more iSCSI Disks to a single NSR-500.
Directly connect between the iSCSI Disk and NSR-500 with a LAN cable of Cat5e or
higher directly It is not possible to use any HUB or switching HUB to connect each
other.
To prevent data loss from unexpected power failure, be sure to use an UPS
uninterruptible Power System.
(*note1) Under the use conditions listed below, the CPU may be operated in overload.
So the total frame rate of both playback and recording should be restricted
to 360 fps.
- Local monitoring is being performed with the NSBK-DH05 Display
Accelerator Board installed.
- Analog camera(s) is being used with the NSBK-EB05 Analog Encoder
Board installed.
- 17 or more cameras are being registered with the NSBK-CL05/04
Additional Camera License installed.
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1.1. Hardware Connection
1. Connect the Port 1 of iSCSI Disk (on Controller1 side) to any of LAN1 or LAN2 port with
a LAN cable of Cat5e or higher as shown in the figure below.
2. Connect the UPS to both the NSR-500 and iSCSI Disk.
Note
Determine the UPS Shutdown Time so as to take enough time to be able to write the
cash data of the iSCSI Disk in the disk after the NSR-500 is shut down.
The time period which can be supplied from the UPS to the NSR-500 and iSCSI Disk
should be more than the sum of the UPS Shutdown Time and NSR-500 Power off
time which is configured with the UPS setting page of the NSR Setup Menu.
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iSCSI Storage Device Setup Procedure
Camera HUB
Client
NSR-500 UPS
iSCSI
LAN1 LAN2
UPS
Power
Power
iSCSI Port1
(Contoller1)
Serial port
1.2. Configuring the setting of server for NSR-500
1. Turn on the power of the NSR-500.
2. Enter the user name and password in the logon screen and click [Administration Menu].
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iSCSI Storage Device Setup Procedure
3. Select ［Server Configuration］. Under [Network Interface for Remote Client], change to
[Network1] and then click [OK] button.（Default: Network2)
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NSR-500 Series
iSCSI Storage Device Setup Procedure
1.3. Configuring the setting of network for NSR-500
1. Select [Setup Menu] -> [Network], and then click [Select] button.
2. Configuring the setting of LAN2 to connect to the iSCSI Disk.
Select [Network Device 2] and then click [Select] button.
In [Network Device 2] window, select [Static] , enter the IP address which is on the same
segment as iSCSI Port, and then click [OK] button.
Note
In case of use of Promise Vess R2000 Series, default IP address for iSCSI port 1 is 10.0.10.1.
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Enter the IP address which
is on the same segment as
iSCSI Port
10 10
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Step 2. Configuring/Checking iSCSI Disk
Note
Vess R2000 Series can be used without any additional settings except otherwise stated
in this manual.
Once settings were changed from the factory-set state, do a factory reset before installing
the special configuration file described below. Refer to the operation manual of the Vess R2000
Series when doing a factory-set or changing the IP address or other setting from the
factory-set state.
To be prepared: Download the special configuration file (OPAS_sony.zip) into a FAT32-formatted
USB flash memory from the site shown below.
URL: http://www.promise.com/PromiseLink
E-mail address: [e-mail]
Password: promise
1. Install the special configuration file.
(1) Turn on the Vess R2000 Series.
(2) Insert the USB flash memory where the said file was saved
to the USB port shown in the figure.
(3) Installation process starts by itself.
(4) Green LED lamp blinks and a buzzer sounds like “bi, bi, bi”.
(5) At the completion of installation, the power of the Vess R2000
Series is shut down by itself.
(6) Press the power button to power on.
2. Connect your PC to the Mgmt Port of the Vess R2000 Series (Either of Controller 1 or 2 can
be used) and access to the configuration page through the web browser.
Default URL: http://10.0.0.1
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iSCSI Storage Device Setup Procedure
Camera HUB
Client
NSR-500
iSCSI
LAN1 LAN2
10.0.10.xx
Mgmt
iSCSI Port1 10.0.0.xx
PC
10.0.0.1
10.0.10.1
←Power Button
←LED Lamp
←USB Port
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3. Login to the Vess R2000 Series.
4. Make sure that the firmware version of Vess R2000 Series is appropriate.
Note
In case of use of Vess J2000 Series , make sure that the firmware version as follows.
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User Name (default): administrator
Password (default) : password
Language: Choose a desired language
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Example of Vess R2600iD
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5. Make sure whether the special configuration file is installed properly.
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Display “Enabled”
for CHAP Authen-
tications
Display “SONYIPELANSR”
Display “Surveillance” as Appliance Mode
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Described here is an configuration example of use of Promise Vess R2000 Series.
In practice, make the necessary settings according to your actual use environment.
6. Create a disk array(s). (Note that the NSR-500 supports a single disk array only.)
7. Enable the jumbo frame setting.
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Make sure that the disk array is created
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Step 3. Registering and Adding iSCSI Disk to NSR-500
(NSR-500 Setup Menu)
1. Make sure that the NSR-500 and iSCSI Disk are being connected with the LAN cable.
2. Turn on the power of the iSCSI Disk.
3. After the power-on of the iSCSI Disk, turn on the power of the NSR-500.
4. Enter the user name and password in the logon screen and click [Administration Menu].
5. Select ［Setup Menu］->[Disk], and click [Select] button.
6. Select [Jumbo Frame Port Setting] and click [Select] button.
Select [LAN2] and click [Select] button.
Note
If you do not want to enable the jumbo frame setting at the iSCSI Disk side, select
[No Assign] here.
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7. Select [iSCSI Install] and click [Select] button.
8. Enter the IP Address (Port 1) of the iSCSI Disk which was connected to the NSR-500, and
click [Add] button to display the available array list.
Select the target array and click [Initialize] button.
Note
Even if “Volume#” shows <NONE>, it is not a problem.
If “Volume#” shows ”iscsi1”, you also need to initialize the array because it means that it
was used in other system before.
9. If “Volume#”shows “iscsi1” and “Status”shows “OK”, it will be successful.
Click [Close] button.
10. Reboot the NSR-500, and then proceed to Step 4.
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Step 4. Adding iSCSI Disk As a New Storage
(NSR-500 Configuration Window)
1. Logon to the NSR-500 after it starts up.
2. Click at the right top of the main screen. [Configuration] window opens.
3. Select [Server]->[Storage] tab, and the list of configured storage is displayed.
Click “+” (Add Storage) button.
4. [Add Storage] dialog is displayed. Select the location to add as a storage and click [OK]
button.
5. The storage added in the above step is displayed.
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6. Click [Storage Assign] tab to specify the added storage for each camera/recording type.
(1) You can specify the iSCSI Disk for each camera (All Record Type) or each recording
type (Manual, Schedule, Event, Alarm).
The screenshot below is an example where the iSCSI Disk is assigned to
“Camera 001”. In this case, specify ”iSCSI1” for [All Record Type].
(2)To enable the configured settings, stop recording once and resume it.
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Step 5. Precautions for Handling
Powering on/off
Be sure to power on/off the iSCSI Disk and NSR-500 in the following order.
Notes
・If the NSR-500 starts up before the iSCSI Disk does, connection between them cannot be
established. When the power is supplied to the NSR-500 and iSCSI Disk simultaneously
in such cases when a UPS switches to battery operation, however, connection can be
established successfully due to a connection retry function.
・If the iSCSI Disk is shut down before the NSR-500, the NSR-500 cannot be shut down
normally.
Recording/Playback
・There is a possibility that some picture frames are lost if the total frame rates exceed
480 fps (or 360 fps) while recording to and playing back from the iSCSI Disk.
(For more detailed information, refer to “Service Conditions” in Step 1 of this document.)
・The NSR-500 stops recording when there is no recordable space left on the iSCSI Disk.
To work around this, configure the storage settings to either “Clean-up (Delete Recorded
Data)” or Overwrite”. (For details, refer to the NSR-500 User’s Guide”). The NSR-500 will
restart recording by itself as any free space is increased.
Others
・All storage capacity reads “0” when the NSR-500 cannot access the iSCSI Disk normally.
・The NSR-500 cannot check the status of the iSCSI Disk.
If needed, monitor the status on the iSCSI Disk side, or configure the SNMP (Simple
Network Management Protocol) setting.
・With the iSCSI Disk, do not handle files recorded by the NSR-500. This may cause
playback to become disabled.
・Any recording/playback performance are not ensured during the iSCSI Disk’s maintenance
process. It depends on the performance of the iSCSI Disk especially when data recovery
process starts in the event of HDD failure.
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iSCSI Storage Device Setup Procedure
NSR-500
iSCSI
LAN2
iSCSI1
②
②①
①
At power-on At power-off
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Step 6. Removing iSCSI Disk
Describes how to remove the iSCSI Disk from recognition of the NSR-500 such as
when you wish to stop recording on it.
1. Stop recording. (For details, refer to the NSR-500 User’s Guide.)
(1) Logon to the NSR-500. (Refer to Step 3.)
(2) Stop recording.
[Alarm recording/Schedule recording]
Click at the right top of the main screen to open the configuration window.
Click [Schedule] tab, and select the target camera where recording is being performed.
Click on the schedule view, and click [Edit] button.
(You can delete the schedule itself by clicking [Delete] button at this timing.)
On the Schedule Configuration dialog box, unselect [Enable] check box.
[Manual recording]
Click on any monitor frame on the main screen.
Click [Stop Recording] button on the playback control pane in the right frame to stop
manual recording.
2. Changing the storage assignments for camera
(1) Click at the right top of the main screen to open the configuration window.
(2) Select [Server]->[Storage Assign] tab.
(3) Change the recording type which was assigned to the iSCSI Disk to “Default” or
other storage.
(4) Click [Apply] button.
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Change the recording type
to ”Default” or other
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3. Delete the iSCSI Disk from the storage list.
(1) Click [Server]->[Storage] tab.
(2) Select the target iSCSI Disk and click “－”[Delete Storage] button.
(3) When a message window shown below appears, click [YES] button.
Note
Once the iSCSI Disk is deleted, searching function is not available even if it is
reconnected.
(4) Click [Close] button. Log off the NSR-500.
4. Delete the iSCSI Disk setting using the administration menu.
(1) Under [Administration Menu], select [Disk] menu.（Refer to Step 3.)
(2) Select [iSCSI Uninstall], and click [Select] button.
(3) Select the target iSCSI Disk, and click [Uninstall] button.
(4) When a confirmation message window appears, click [YES] button.
5. Reboot the NSR-500.
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