Introducing The Cisco Video Surveillance System - Cisco Wireless Service Module 2 Getting Started Manual

Chapter 1 Overview

Introducing the Cisco Video Surveillance System

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Table 1-4 Overview of Basic VSM Configuration Tasks (continued)
Configuration Task
Adding analog cameras—
Configure information about
each analog camera in your
VSM deployment.
Adding IP
cameras—Configure
information about each
analog camera in your VSM
deployment.
Configuring archives—
Configure schedules for
surveillance recording.
A VSM-based video surveillance system operates on an IP network and consists
of a variety of hardware components.
surveillance components that may be included in a deployment and provides a
brief description of each one. This table also includes references to sections that
Cisco Video Surveillance Manager Getting Started Guide, Release 4.2/6.2
Introducing the Cisco Video Surveillance System
Required Information
Obtain the following information for each analog
camera:
Video encoder that it connects to.
•
Video encoder input port that it connects to
•
VSMS that is to manage the camera.
•
In addition, determine the video encoding type,
video format, video resolution, transport
protocol, bit rate, frame rate, and quality that you
want for the video stream from the camera.
Obtain the following information for each analog
camera:
Model.
•
IP address or host name.
•
User name required to access the device (if
•
applicable).
Password required to access the device (if
•
applicable).
In addition, determine the video encoding type,
video format, video resolution, transport
protocol, bit rate, frame rate, and quality that you
want for the video stream from the camera.
Decide when you want to record video. You can
choose to record at certain times, on a weekly
schedule, or constantly.
Table 1-5 lists the more common video
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