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Dahua EVS70 Quick Start Manual

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  • Page 1 Embedded Video Storage (EVS50/EVS70) Quick Start Guide V2.1.4...

  • Page 2: Foreword

    Foreword General This User’s Manual (hereinafter referred to as "the Manual") introduces the functions and operations of the EVS series (hereinafter referred to as "the Device"). Read carefully before using the device, and keep the manual safe for future reference. Models Series Model...
  • Page 3 Version Revision Content Release Time Update information about GDPR. V2.1.0 Add AI playback and routing functions. October 2018 Update user management and playback functions. V2.0.2 Add FCC information. September 2018 V2.0.1 Add privacy protection notice. May 2018 V2.0.0 Baseline switch. October 2017 V1.0.0 First release.

  • Page 4: Important Safeguards And Warnings

    Important Safeguards and Warnings This section introduces content covering the proper handling of the device, hazard prevention, and prevention of property damage. Read carefully before using the device, and comply with the guidelines when using it. Operation Requirements ● This is a class A product. In a domestic environment this may cause radio interference in which case you may be required to take adequate measures.
  • Page 5 ● Do not expose the battery to environments with extremely low air pressure, or extremely high or low temperatures. Also, it is strictly prohibited for the battery to be thrown into a fire or furnace, and to cut or put mechanical pressure on the battery. This is to avoid the risk of fire and explosion. ●...
  • Page 6 ● It is prohibited for non-professionals and unauthorized personnel to open the device casing. ● The appliance coupler is a disconnection device. Keep it at a convenient angle when using it. Before repairing or performing maintenance on the device, first disconnect the appliance coupler. Transportation Requirements Transport the device under allowed humidity and temperature conditions.

  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Foreword .................................... I Important Safeguards and Warnings ......................... III 1 Overview ..................................1 Introduction ....................................1 Front Panel ....................................1 Rear Panel ..................................... 2 2 Installation and Power Up ............................4 Installing HDD ..................................... 4 2.1.1 Middle-class 16-HDD Single-controller Series ....................4 2.1.2 Other Series ..................................

  • Page 8: Overview

    Overview Introduction The Device is designed for the management, storage and application of high-definition video data. It uses Linux operation system and professional customized hardware platform, and it is configured with multiple Hard Disk Drive (HDD) management system, front-end HD device management system, HD video analysis system and large capacity video storage system.

  • Page 9: Rear Panel

    Port/Button Description Network status The blue light keeps on if there is network failure, IP conflict or MAC indicator conflict. Rear Panel Rear panel (5 Ethernet ports) Rear panel (7 Ethernet ports)
  • Page 10 Rear panel (9 Ethernet ports) Table 1-2 Rear panel description Name Description Used for case cooling. Power port Connects AC power. Main control See Table 1-3. module Table 1-3 Main control module ports Port/Indicator Description 1–4/5–8 Gigabit data port. Used for data transmission. USB3.0 Connects the mouse and USB storage devices.

  • Page 11: Installation And Power Up

    Installation and Power Up Installing HDD The HDD is not installed by default on factory delivery. You need to install it by yourself. WARNING Some devices are heavy and should be carried jointly by several persons to avoid any personnel injury.

  • Page 12: Other Series

    Fastening the screws To avoid any damage to the slot, do not close the handle if the HDD box has not been pushed to the bottom. Insert the HDD box into the HDD slot, push it to the bottom, and then lock the handle. 2.1.2 Other Series Press the red button on the HDD box in the front panel and unlock the handle.

  • Page 13: Powering Up

    HDD box Put the HDD into the disk box and fasten the screws at the bottom of the box. Locking the screws To avoid any damage to the slot, do not close the handle if the HDD box has not been pushed to the bottom.

  • Page 14: Powering Up The Device

    Different models of devices need different sources of power supplies. Make sure that all power  lines are connected correctly. Check whether the supplied power voltage complies with the device requirement.  Check whether the network cables and SAS cables are connected correctly. ...

  • Page 15: Web Basic Operations

    Web Basic Operations The system supports device access and management through web at personal computer (PC). The web client system provides functions such as information viewing, storage management, system configuration, and playback monitoring. The following contents are only for your reference. Different models have different functions. See the corresponding model.
  • Page 16 Install plugins Install plugins only when logging in to the web for the first time. Click Install. Complete the installation as prompted. Password setting In the New Password box, enter the new password. The password consists of 8 to 32 characters. It combines letter(s), number(s) and symbol(s) (at least two of them).

  • Page 17: Logging In To Web

    Password protection In the Assigned Email box, enter the assigned email. After entering the assigned email, you can reset the admin password through the email. If you do not need to set the password protection, you can clear the Assigned Email ...
  • Page 18 Open the browser, enter the IP address in the address bar, and then press Enter. Click Install. The system downloads the control automatically. Click Run to install the control. The Web login page is displayed after successful installation. You need to install the control only when logging in for the first time. ...

  • Page 19: Initial Configuration

    Name Description Function You can view the basic system information, configure system parameters and play monitoring images and videos. Displays the current login user name. Click at the right side of the user name and you can perform quickly set User name configuration and user logout.
  • Page 20 Setting TCP/IP (dual-control device) Table 3-2 TCP/IP setting parameters Parameter Description Enter the virtual IP address of the dual-control device. Enable IP Address The main control board and sub control board of dual-control device have their respective physical IP. After setting the virtual IP, in spite of switching Subnet Mask between the main and sub control boards, the user can always log in web normally with the virtual IP.
  • Page 21 Editing Configure the parameters. For details, see Table 3-3. Table 3-3 NIC editing parameters Parameter Description Ethernet Card Displays the current NIC name. Displays the network mode of the Device. Single NIC: The NIC is used alone. You can select one NIC to provide HTTP ...

  • Page 22: Adding Remote Device

    Parameter Description When the Network Mode is set as Single NIC, you can bond the current NIC to any other one. Management NIC does not support this function. IP Version You can select IPv4 or IPv6 Format. Currently both IP addresses are supported. MAC Address Displays the MAC address of the Device.
  • Page 23 Remote device Add remote device. You can use adding by search, adding one device, batch add or importing from template. Adding by search  Click at the right side of Auto Search. Automatic search Click Device Search. The results are displayed. When the obtained IP address and port number is the same as that of the remote device you have already added, this device will not appear in the result list.
  • Page 24 Search results Table 3-4 Auto search icons Icon/Parameter Description Select the remote devices you need to add through IP address or MAC address. Click to select IP Address or MAC Address. Enter the IP address or MAC address of the remote device in the text box at the right side of Click Search.
  • Page 25 Adding one device Configure the parameters. For details, see Table 3-5. Table 3-5 Adding device Parameter Description Select the manufacturer in the drop-down box according to the actual situation. Manufacturer Different models support different manufacturer protocols. You need to refer to the actual situation.
  • Page 26 Parameter Description Set the HTTP port of the remote device. The default is 80. HTTP Port You do not need to configure it when the Manufacturer is set as Private or Custom. HTTPS communication port. It can be set according to your actual needs. The default is 443.
  • Page 27 Batch add Enter the search range for the fourth segment of the IP address. Batch add only supports devices with the first three segments of the IP address are the same. You need to enter the search range of the fourth segment. For example: 192.168.1.1–192.168.1.255.

  • Page 28: Configuring Record Plan

    3.4.3 Configuring Record Plan The system performs video recording according to record plan. For example, when you set the time period of alarm videos to 6:00–18:00, the system automatically takes records if any alarm occurs during this period. The factory default plan is 24-hour continuous ordinary record for all the channels. You can modify it according to the actual needs.
  • Page 29 Parameter Description When multiple disks are available in the Device, select one disk to be the redundancy to realize secondary backup of records. The records are stored in different disks at the same time to guarantee data security. Set a redundant disk. Select the checkbox to enable redundancy.

  • Page 30: Enabling Record Function

     Select the All checkbox and you can synchronously edit or draw the periods for all the weekdays.  You can select multiple weekdays to edit at the same time. Hold the left button of the mouse and move the mouse in the period bar to draw the period.
  • Page 31 time. Manual record: The system takes 24-hour continuous records in the channel.  Manual record requires the user to have the storage setting authority. Select Direct Storage > Record Control. Record control Configure the parameters. For details, see Table 3-7.

  • Page 32: Video Direct Storage

    Table 3-7 Record control parameters Parameter Description Displays all the channels with remote devices added. Channel You can select a single channel or multiple channels or select All for all the channels. Displays the current status of the corresponding channel. : Not selected.

  • Page 33: Ai Playback

    RAID management Create RAID. For details, see "3.8.1 Creating RAID. " Click Next. Adding remote device Add remote device. For details, see "3.4.2 Adding Remote Device." Click Finished to save the configuration. AI Playback AI playback is an intelligent function for you to check and play back the results of IVS analytics, vehicle analyse, face detect and human trait.
  • Page 34 AI playback Click at the right side of the user name. Select Quickly Set > AI PlayBack. The steps to quick configure the AI playback scenario are displayed at the top right of the screen. RAID management Create RAID. For details, see "3.8.1 Creating RAID. " Click Next.
  • Page 35 Setting AI playback HDD and special HDD group Set AI playback HDD and HDD group. Set the HDD Operation of one or several disks to AI PlayBack Disk. Set the HDD Group of the AI playback disk to Special HDD Group. Click OK to save the configuration.

  • Page 36: Ip San

    Adding remote device Add remote device. For details, see "3.4.2 Adding Remote Device." Click OK to save the configuration. After the configuration, you can search the AI playback video. IP SAN Internet Protocol Storage Area Network (IP SAN) is a kind of network storage technology based on IP network.

  • Page 37: Creating Storage Pool

    Configuring IP SAN 3.7.2 Creating Storage Pool Storage pool is a logical device that is virtualized by the storage devices, which is managed by the system and can be composed of multiple actual disks or RAID. It is one of the main means to realize virtual storage.

  • Page 38: Managing Share Account

    Click Adding storage pool Enter the Pool Name and select the disk or RAID group. By default, sd (x ranges from a to z) refers to disk, such as /dev/sda. Md (x is a number) refers to RAID group, such as /dev/md0. Click OK to save the configuration.
  • Page 39 Share account management Click Adding shared user Configure the parameters. For details, see Table 3-8. Table 3-8 Adding user parameters Parameter Description User Name Enter the name of the share account. Select the corresponding service type of the share account: iSCSI, FTP/SAMBA or Server Type iSCSI/FTP/SAMBA.

  • Page 40: Setting Share Folder

    Parameter Description Memo Enter memo to help recognize and manage the account. Click OK to save the configuration. The system returns to the Share Account page. You can view the new account information here. 3.7.4 Setting Share Folder You can access the share folder on other devices through the share account. Select IP SAN >...
  • Page 41 Adding share folder (iSCSI) Configure the parameters. Table 3-9 Share folder parameters Parameter Description Directory Enter the name of the share folder. Name Select the pool in which you need to create the share folder. Pool Name Free capability refers to the max available volume of the storage pool. Share Enter the available space of the share folder.

  • Page 42: Setting Ftp Parameters

    Parameter Description Set the IP address and subnet mask of the hosts allowed to access this share folder. For example: When the valid IP is 192.168.10.108/24, it means the IP address is 192.168.10.108 and the subnet mask is 255.255.255.0. All the IP hosts in this segment Valid IP can access the share folder.

  • Page 43: Opening Share Services

    FTP Parameters Enter the parameters. For details, see Table 3-10. Table 3-10 FTP server parameters Parameter Description Transfer Speed Enter the max transfer speed during single transmission. Enter the max connection number for each user (taking IP as a reference unit) to Link Number access FTP share at the same time.

  • Page 44: Raid Management

    Share control Start or stop the share service according to actual needs. Click OK to save the configuration. RAID Management Redundant Arrays of Independent Disks (RAID) organizes multiple independent physical disks to a logical disk group, so that it can provide higher storage performance and data redundancy technology. The disk group set for AI playback disk cannot be used to create RAID.
  • Page 45 Raid management Click Creating RAID Select the parameters. For details, see Table 3-11. Table 3-11 RAID creation parameters...
  • Page 46 Parameter Description Select the RAID creation type, including manual, shortcut and Raid2.0. When you choose shortcut RAID creation, the system automatically creates  RAID 5. Type Raid2.0 provides different storage strategies for the same RAID based on  your data security requirements. For example, for data of the file system, it offers data security as high as RAID1;...

  • Page 47: Hotspare Management

    Click to delete a RAID, and click Refresh to update the RAID list.  Double-click the RAID line, and you can view the detailed information.  3.8.2 Hotspare Management When a member disk of the RAID group is fault or abnormal, the hot spare disk replaces it to work. This helps avoid data loss and guarantee the reliability of the storage system.
  • Page 48 Hotspare management Double-click the corresponding Type to set the disk to general HDD, private hot spare or general hot spare. General HDD: A general disk member in the RAID.  Private hot spare: Double-click the corresponding Name, select the RAID group, and ...

  • Page 49: Particulate And Gaseous Contamination Specifications

    Particulate and Gaseous Contamination Specifications Appendix 1.1 Particulate Contamination Specifications The following table defines the limitations of the particulate contamination in the operating environment of the device. If the level of particulate contamination exceeds the specified limitations and result in device damage or failure, you need to rectify the environmental conditions. Appendix Table 1-1 Particulate contamination specifications Particulate Specifications...
  • Page 50 of corrosion and failure. The following table defines the limitations of the gaseous contamination in the operating environment of the device. Appendix Table 1-3 Gaseous contamination specifications Gaseous contamination Specifications Copper coupon corrosion rate < 300 Å/month per Class G1 as defined by ANSI/ISA71.04-2013 Silver coupon corrosion rate <...

  • Page 51: Cybersecurity Recommendations

    Cybersecurity Recommendations Mandatory actions to be taken for basic device network security: Use Strong Passwords Please refer to the following suggestions to set passwords: The length should not be less than 8 characters;  Include at least two types of characters; character types include upper and lower case ...
  • Page 52 Assign Accounts and Privileges Reasonably According to business and management requirements, reasonably add users and assign a minimum set of permissions to them. Disable Unnecessary Services and Choose Secure Modes If not needed, it is recommended to turn off some services such as SNMP, SMTP, UPnP, etc., to reduce risks.

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