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Video Appliance Port Connectors
In addition to the PoE port connectors for cameras, the Video Appliance has two network port connectors
on the back panel, identified by the following icons:
Corporate network uplink port
Camera network uplink port
Corporate Network Uplink Port
Use the corporate network uplink port to connect the computer in the appliance to the corporate network.
Ensure that this port is connected to a 1-Gbps switch port. Corporate network users can then access video
from the appliance from an ACC Client connected over the corporate network.
For example, you can connect the corporate network uplink port to the corporate network to obtain an IP
address from the corporate DHCP server. The DHCP server allocates the IP address, subnet mask, a default
network gateway, and DNS server details for the computer in the appliance.
When you have more than one Video Appliance in your network, you can use the corporate network uplink
port to connect each of them to a network switch that is also connected to the corporate network and
theACC Client users.
Camera Network Uplink Port and PoE Ports
The PoE port connectors and the camera network uplink port connector are all supported by the internal
network switch. The switch manages the traffic from these connectors and directs the video data to the
built-in computer.
Cameras connected to the PoE port connectors or the camera network uplink port connector must all be in
the same IP subnet. By default the appliance is configured to use ZeroConf and all of the IP addresses are in
the local loop.
Important: If your cameras are assigned to their own IP subnet, access the Network Connections
control panel to change the IP address of the Camera LAN NIC so that it is in the same range as the
camera IP addresses. For more information, see
on
page 21.
In addition, you can connect a laptop to the camera network uplink port to access the Switch Management
WebUI from a laptop if you are using the appliance with its default settings. The Switch Management WebUI
can also be accessed using a local web browser directly from the appliance. For more information, see
Using the Switch Management WebUI on the next
Video Appliance Port Connectors
Connecting to Cameras with Static IP Addresses
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