Avigilon NVR4-HDDS-PACK-32TB Installation Manual

Avigilon NVR4-HDDS-PACK-32TB Installation Manual

Nvr standard storage expansion pack for nvr5-std/nvr4x-std/nvr4x-std
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NVR4-HDDS-PACK-32TB
NVR4-HDDS-PACK-16TB
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Summary of Contents for Avigilon NVR4-HDDS-PACK-32TB

  • Page 1 NVR Standard Storage Expansion Pack Installation Guide NVR4-HDDS-PACK-32TB NVR4-HDDS-PACK-16TB NVR5-STD NVR4X-STD NVR4X-STD...
  • Page 2 © 2022, Avigilon Corporation. All rights reserved. AVIGILON and the AVIGILON logo are trademarks of Avigilon Corporation. Dell is a trademark of Dell Inc. Other names or logos mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. The absence of the symbols ™ and ® in proximity to each trademark in this document or at all is not a disclaimer of ownership of the related trademark.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Introduction NVR and Hard Drive Compatibility Second ACC™ Storage Volume Configuration Required Components Drive Installation Front and Rear Drive Replacement Configuring the Extended Storage Verifying Extended Storage Configuration Initializing the Second Storage Volume Adding Extended Storage to the ACC System For More Information...
  • Page 4: Introduction

    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. NVR and Hard Drive Compatibility The NVR4-HDDS-PACK-32TB and NVR4-HDDS-PACK-16TB are compatible with the following NVR systems:...
  • Page 5: Second Acc™ Storage Volume Configuration

    Second ACC™ Storage Volume Configuration Required Components Avigilon NVR system Corresponding compatible NVR storage expansion pack. See NVR and Hard Drive Compatibility on the previous page. Drive Installation Front and Rear Drive Replacement 1. Press the release button to open the release handle for the hard drive carrier that is holding a hard drive blank.
  • Page 6: Configuring The Extended Storage

    You must configure the extended storage after you have installed all the drives. To configure this storage, download the Storage Expansion Kit for NVR4X-STD and NVR4-STD zip file, from the following page: https://www.avigilon.com/support/infrastructure/nvr-downloads After you have downloaded the zip file: 1.
  • Page 7 3. Use your windows credentials to login to the Server Administrator portal. 4. Use the navigation tree on the left-hand side to navigate to Storage > PERC XXXX > Virtual Disks. XXXX is the version of PERC controller. 5. Select Virtual Disks and check if Storage 2 has the state set as Ready. 6.
  • Page 8: Initializing The Second Storage Volume

    Note: If RAID Initialization is not logged as complete after the Storage 2 state is confirmed as Ready, contact technical support for assistance completing the RAID Initialization. Initializing the Second Storage Volume After you have created and configured the second storage, initialize it in the NVR. Initializing the Second Storage Volume...
  • Page 9 1. Use the Windows search menu to open Disk Manager. The second storage volume is labeled Disk 2. 2. Right-click Disk 2 and select Initialize Disk. 3. Select the default GPT partition style and click OK. 4. After the disk is initialized, right-click the storage volume and select New Simple Volume. Initializing the Second Storage Volume...
  • Page 10 5. The New Simple Volume Wizard will open. Click Next to continue with the wizard. 6. When asked to specify the volume size, leave the size set to its default setting and click Next. This will be the maximum storage size available in the new volume. 7.
  • Page 11 8. Configure the following settings on the Format Partition window and click Next: a. Select the Format this volume with the following settings option. b. Select NTFS from the File system drop-down list. c. Select Default from the Allocate unit size drop-down list. d.
  • Page 12: Adding Extended Storage To The Acc System

    Adding Extended Storage to the ACC System Note: The following steps are performed on your ACC Server and Admin Tool, not on the NVR. 1. Open the ACC Admin Tool to start the process of adding the extended storage. 2. Shutdown your ACC server and wait for the process to finish. 3.
  • Page 13 4. Click on the new storage volume in the Storage window (E:\ in this example) and click on Add Data Volume. 5. Click Add Data Volume. You are prompted to select the size of this new volume. Leave the size set to the default size and click OK.
  • Page 14 6. Click OK on the Storage window. Wait for the ACC system to configure the new volume. Adding Extended Storage to the ACC System...
  • Page 15 7. After configuration is finished, the new volume appears in the Storage tab of the ACC Admin tool. 8. You can now restart the ACC Server. Adding Extended Storage to the ACC System...
  • Page 16 Limited Warranty Avigilon warranty terms for this product are provided at avigilon.com/warranty.
  • Page 17: For More Information

    For More Information For additional product documentation and software and firmware upgrades, visit support.avigilon.com. Technical Support Contact Avigilon Technical Support at support.avigilon.com/s/contactsupport. For More Information...

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