Geovision GV-NAS2008 Bedienungsanleitung

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i Content s Chapter 1 Int roduc tio n ..................................................................................................... 1 1.1 M odels .................................................................................................................... . 2 1.2 Fe atu res ............................................................[...]

ii 3.5 M ail Notificati on ...................................................................................................... 38 Cha tper 4 Manag eme nt Ap plicatio ns ............................................................................. 39 4.1 Disk & RA ID Manag e ment ...............................................................[...]

1 Chapter 1 Introduction GV -NAS System is a Linux -based, network-attached storage device designed to store GV -IP Camera recordings. GV -NAS System features RAID to ensure data security , rendering data recovery possible. Allowing access from multiple users over multiple platforms (mobile devices and desktop), user accessibility is customizable, [...]

2 1.1 Models The GV -NAS System is available in four models. T heir major differences a re detailed below . Product Description Model Number Product Photo No. of Bay Dat a S torage T ype Max. No. of Channels GV -NAS2008 2 RAID 0/1/JBOD 8 GV -NAS2016 2 RAID 0/1/JBOD 16 GV -NAS4008 4 RAID 0/1/JBOD 8 GV -NAS4016 4 RAID 0/1/5/JBOD 16[...]

Introduct ion 3 1 1.2 Features Models Features GV -N AS2008 GV -N AS2016 GV -N AS4008 GV -N AS4016 Low power consumption  Compact siz e  LCD display  Recording assigned by GV -Edge Recording Manager  Hot-swappable drive bays 2 2 4 4 Max . storage cap acity (TB) 8 8 16 16 Data storage type RAID 0, RAID 1, JBOD RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, JBO[...]

4 1.3 Packing List and Package Y ou can choose to purchase a GV -NAS System p ackage or a bundled p ackage w hich also includes 4 GV -T arget IP Camera of your choice and a GV -PoE switch. Pac k ag e Opt io ns :  Single Package  Bundled Package 1.3.1 GV-NA S S ystem Single Package  GV -NAS System  1 M netw ork cable  DC 12V , 5A powe[...]

Introduct ion 5 1 1.4 System Require ment s Tested and Suggested Web Browsers and Versions  Internet Explorer 8 or later  Google Chrome 33.0.1750.154  Mozilla Firef ox 28  Safari for W indows 5.1.7  Safari for MAC 6.0.5 Recommended Hard Disks For system ef ficiency , we recommend the following enterprise level hard disk drives. Av oi[...]

6 1.5 Panel Overview Front Panel 1 2 3 1 2 3 GV -NAS2008/2016 GV - NA S4008/4016 Figure 1-2 No. Name Description 1. LCD Panel Displays the device’s IP address, port setting, MAC address, motherboard temperature and CPU temperature. Press the power button to switch the displayed information. 2. Power Press the power button to turn the device on. 3[...]

Introduct ion 7 1 Rear Panel 1 2 3 5 4 1 3 5 4 GV -NAS2008 GV -N A S2016 1 3 5 4 LAN POWER MO DE USB DEF AULT 2 1 3 5 4 GV -NAS4008 GV -NAS4016 Figure 1-3[...]

8 No. Name Description 1. Gig abit LAN Connects to 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet. 2. Power Mode Sets the sy stem status (on or o ff) when pow er resumes after a power failure. Press Switch 1 up to hav e the system turned on when power resumes; press Sw itch 1 down for the sy stem to remain off when pow er resumes. Switch 2 is not functional. 3. USB Por[...]

Introduct ion 9 1 1.6 Inst alling t he Hard Disks The GV - NAS System’s di sk drives are hot-swapp able. Y ou can install or replace hard drives while the system is running. Follow the steps below t o install a hard disk. 1. Press and pull out the disk holder . For GV -NAS4008/4016, the top of the disks should face the righ t. Figure 1-4 T wo-Bay[...]

10 4. Re-install th e clips to secure the disk to the holder . Press the middle of the clip fir st and then the sides. Press the middle par t first Figure 1-8 5. Follow step 1 to re-install the disk holder .[...]

11 Chapter 2 Getting Started 2.1 Looking U p the IP A ddres s By default, the IP add ress of GV -NAS System is assigned by the DHCP server when the system is connected under a LAN environment. T o find the IP address:  look up from the system’ s LCD panel, or  browse for the device using the GV - NAS System Utility included in the software [...]

12 2.3 The GV -N AS System Utilit y Y ou can also use the utility software included on the so ftware CD to find the IP address. 1. Execute the file GV -NAS Sy stem Ut ility .exe . This dialog box appears. Figure 2-2 2. Click Search to start searching the GV -NAS System under the same LAN. This dialog box appears, showing the devices found and the n[...]

Getting Started 13 2 4. T o configure the GV -NAS System’ s network settings, device date and time, click Setup and type the pas sword. Figure 2-4 Note: This setup will take y ou through the basic configurations of the device without an Internet browser . Be advised the system must have at least one formatted volume in order to proceed or this wi[...]

14 2.4 Creating RAID GV -NAS System supports sin gle disk formatt ing, linear (JBOD), RAI D 0, R AID 1 and RAID 5 setup. Foll ow the ste p s be low to for mat or create RAID to y our d isk d riv es. Note: RAID 5 is only supported by GV -NAS4016. 1. Upon enter ing the user i nterface, you are prompted to format the inserted hard disks. The applicati[...]

Getting Started 15 2 2. Click OK on the w arning message. This wi ndow appears. The Single / RAID column indicates the status of the mounted hard disks. In this case, they hav e not been formatt ed yet. Figure 2-7 3. T o create RAID, you have two options:  A utomatic se tup: RAID is created based on the number of inserted disks. A sing le disk w[...]

16 Dat a S torage Description Single Disk Vo l u m e  T he selected disk drive will be formatted individuall y .  T his mode r equires onl y one d isk at a tim e.  If a 1 TB and a 3 TB disk are formatt ed individually , forming two logical disk volumes, at a total storage space o f 4 TB. Linear V olume (JBOD)  Tw o or more disk drives a[...]

Getting Started 17 2 is recommended to use the three 2 TB drives to form RAID 5 and the 1 TB drive as a sin gle volume. In this case, you wi ll get 2 TB x (3 – 1) = 4 TB RAI D 5 sy stem and another 1TB single volume. T his organization provides a 5 TB storage sp ace as op posed to the 3 TB ca pac it y . The ru le of t hum b is t o use dr ive s of[...]

18 2.5 The Web Interfa ce (Desktop) The desktop contains a ccess (icons) to many applications and management tools. Click the icons to acce ss the m. Figure 2-10[...]

Getting Started 19 2 For details on each application, refer to the cor responding section in this manual. 2.4 Creating RAID 2.6 Network Settings System Administration , Chapter 3 4.1 Disk & RAID Management 4.2 Access Rights Management 4.3 Network Services 4.4 Ajaxplorer 4.5 DLNA Media Server 4.6 iT unes Media Server 4.7 WebServer 4.8 Power Mana[...]

20 Y ou can keep multiple windows open at the same time. T o minimize all the windows, click the Show Desktop button on the bottom-left corner of the desktop: Figure 2-1 1 T o power of f , reboot or log out o f the system, click the home icon on the top-left corner of the desktop and select from the drop-down list. Click the home icon again to clos[...]

Getting Started 21 2 2.6 Netw ork Settings By default, GV -NAS System is randomly assigned with an IP add ress by the DHCP ser ver when it is connected to the network. However , if the server does not support DHCP , the GV -NAS System will be assigned with the IP address http://192.168.0.200 . In this case , we recommend you to chan ge this default[...]

22 2.6.2 DDNS Settings The DDNS service is used to generate a s tatic domain name which links to the dynamic IP address of a dev ice, disregarding how the IP address chan ges. The user c an then access the device with this domain name without look ing up the IP address . T o obtain a domain name for GV -NAS System, follow the steps below: 1. On the[...]

Getting Started 23 2 4. T ype the use r name, p assword and host name o f the GV -NAS System you registered for the DNS service. 5. Use the Check the External IP A ddress A utomatically drop-down list, select how frequent you want the dev ice to refresh itself for the latest IP addr ess. The de fault is 1 minute . 6. Click Apply .[...]

24 2.7 Recording GV-IP Cameras to GV-N A S S ystem By default, GV -NAS system contains a shared folder IP_Camera , 8 user a ccounts Cam01 to Cam08 for GV -NAS2008 / 4008, and 16 user accounts Cam01 to Cam16 for GV -NAS2016 / 4016. For better account management and easier data retrieval on NAS system, it is recommended to assign each GV -IP Camera t[...]

Getting Started 25 2 3. Assign a storage location under the GV -NAS System. Figure 2-17 A. Select Enable . B. T ype the URL/IP Address (the desi gnated storage folder) in this format NAS Server NameIP_Camera . As illustrated, t his GV - IP Ca mera will be recorded to the shared folde r “IP_Ca mera” in GV -NAS System. C. T ype a User Name and[...]

26 4. T o record another GV -IP Camera to GV - NAS System, repeat steps 1 to 3 and select a different user account. Figure 2-20 IMPOR T A NT : Since the storage limitation and recycle is applied on a user basis, it is recommended to use one user accoun t exclusively for recording (file writing) of one GV -I P Camera to avoid uneven data recy cling.[...]

Getting Started 27 2 2.8 Pla ying Ba ck Recordings f rom GV-N A S S ystem Y ou can play back recordings saved a t your GV -NAS System on a co mputer or on y our mobile device. 2.8.1 Pla ying Back on a Computer 1. On GV - NAS System’ s W eb interface, click A jaxplorer . The Ajaxplorer dialog box appears. Figure 2-21 2. Click Go to A jax plorer . [...]

28 3. T ype the username and p assword which allows access to the recordings you wi sh to play back. The Ajaxplorer window appears. Note: By default, the administrator and default user account s all have ac cess to the default storage folder , the “IP_Camer a” folder . For default username and p assword settings, see Appendix A – Default Sett[...]

Getting Started 29 2 2.8.2 Playing Back on a Mobile Device Y ou can play back recordings saved at GV -NAS on your Android and iOS mobile devices using the GV -Eye application program. Y ou can download the program from the App S t ore or A ndroid Market . T he following is an example using an iOS device. 1. Download GV - Eye from the App S tore and[...]

30 2. T ap t h e GV -Ey e icon . This page appears. Figure 2-26 3. T ap t h e Ad d icon . This page appears. Figure 2-27[...]

Getting Started 31 2 4. Y ou can add cameras au tomatically or manually . A. T o add cameras auto matically , tap the WiFi Se arch button to browse cameras under the same LAN , tap to select ca meras and click Save . This camera is adde d to the Camera Lis t. Figure 2-28 B. T o add cameras manually , t ype the Name, IP Address, port, username and p[...]

32 5. T ap the live view to show a full-screen display and tap the Playback icon on t he bottom right corner . A list of recordings appears. They are arranged from new to old. Figure 2-30 6. T ap an entry and the recording is immediately played back. Figure 2-31[...]

33 Chapter 3 Sy stem Administration 3.1 Basic Settings 3.1.1 Sy stem Figure 3-1  Port Mapping: Allows GV -NAS System’s setup p ort on the connected router to be automatically configured. This function is only supported when the rou ter supports UPnP .  Server N ame: Defines the name for the GV - NAS Sy stem. T ype the preferred server name [...]

34 3.1.2 Date & Tim e S pecify your time zone, date format and synchroniz ation mode (manual or automatic) with the Intern et ti me se rve r . Figure 3-2[...]

System Adm inistr atio n 35 3 3.1.3 Language The GV - NAS System support s 9 languages (see S pecificat ions for details) . Y ou can change the display language here. By default, the display language is Au t o , with w h ich the syste m will automatically adopt the lang uage used for your computer . Figure 3-3[...]

36 3.2 Netw ork Y ou can configure the TCP/IP and DDNS se ttings. For details, refer to 2.6 Network Sett ings in this manual. 3.3 Firmw are Upgrade Y ou can find out the system’ s current firmware version and upgrade system firmware on this page. T o upgrade the sy stem firmware, download the latest firmware file from the GeoVision Website http:/[...]

System Adm inistr atio n 37 3 3.4 System Config File Y ou can export and import the sy stem’s netw ork and user accoun t settings for bac kup or system migration pur poses. Figure 3-5[...]

38 3.5 Mail Notification GV -NAS System sends an e-mail to notify designated recipient(s) when a critical system error occurs, such as disk failure, disk removal, system ov erheat and full disk storage (when there is less than 5% of the storage space left). Figure 3-6 Figure 3-7[...]

39 Chatper 4 Management Applications 4.1 Disk & R AID Mana gement 4.1.1 Disk & Vo lume Please refer to 2.4 Creating RAID in this manual. 4.1.2 Disk Info This page shows de tailed information about the drive(s). Figure 4-1[...]

40 4.2 A ccess Ri ghts Mana geme nt By default, there are three types of accounts : the administrator , web master and came ra user accounts. Default I D Default Password Purppose admin admin For GV -NAS system management and configuration of all user accounts webmaster webmaster For Web Server manag ement “Cam01”, “Cam02”… up to “Cam16[...]

Managem ent Appl icat ions 41 4 4.2.1 Users The Users page allow s the administrator to add/delete user accounts and customize its storage limit . 1. Click Create User . T his page appears. Figure 4-2 2. T ype a username and pa ssword. 3. T o create a private folder for this user , select Ye s for Crea te Ho me. 4. From t he Home drop-dow n list, s[...]

42 6. Click Create a New User to sa ve th e se ttin gs. This u ser i s cre ated . Figure 4-3 Note: The private folder is provided by the GV - NAS Sy stem’s F TP service. T o access the created private folder , open a browser , type f t p://GV -NAS Sy stem’s IP ad dress and type the specific username and p assword to log in. For details, see 4.3[...]

Managem ent Appl icat ions 43 4 4.2.2 Group This function is used to group users to which you intend to grant the same access rights. Once a group is establis hed, you can configure the access ri ghts of its users collectively . For more d et ails , see 4.2.3 S hared Folder . Follow the steps below to configure a group. 1. O n the Groups page, clic[...]

44 3. Assign users to the group. A. Click the Change Group Properties icon . This di alog box appears. Figure 4-6 B. Select the users to assign to the group and click Save . The selected users are immediately assig ned. Figure 4-7 4. T o delete an established group, select the group and click Delete Selected Group(s) .[...]

Managem ent Appl icat ions 45 4 4.2.3 Shared Folder Y ou can create a shared folder which allows read and w r ite access for multiple users. Follow the steps below to create a shared folder and con figure the user/group access rights. 1. On the Shared Folders page, click Create a Shared Folder . This page appears. Figure 4-8 2. T ype a folder name,[...]

46 4. Click Save . The folder is created and access right s ar e indicated in the tabl e. Figure 4-10[...]

Managem ent Appl icat ions 47 4 4.2.4 Quota This page is used to configure a common storage limit (quota limit) for all users. W hen an account’s total a mount of data has reached the specified limit, disregarding which folders that they are stored, the user will not be able to upload more data to the GV -NAS System . The default storag e limits [...]

48 4.3 Netw ork Serv ices The GV - NAS System su pports the F TP and AFP . By default, GV -NAS System can be used as an FTP server that allows file access (download and upload) usin g FTP client software. Figure 4-12 [FTP Service] T o access the GV -NAS System usin g FTP: 1. The user must have created a private folder . T o create a private folder [...]

Managem ent Appl icat ions 49 4  Enabl e A nonymous: All ows client access to a ch osen public or shared folder without a username and p assword. Figure 4-13 3. Open a browser and type f tp://GV -NA S Sy stem’ s IP addres s . 4. Enter an authorized username and p assword to c onnect to the FTP server . [AFP Service] T o enable the AFP service,[...]

50 4.4 Ajaxplorer Ajaxplorer is a file sharing platform which allows users to dow nload and upload files with any Web brow ser over the Internet. T his function is enabled by default, with the port setting 8090 . Figure 4-14 Select Port Mapping to automatically configure the port on your router with UPnP supported. If the GV -NAS System’s IP addr[...]

Managem ent Appl icat ions 51 4 4.5 DLNA Media Server The GV - NAS System can be used as a DLNA server from which you can s tream the stored photos, music and videos to any netw ork-connected home media player (like PS3, smart TV or a W indows Home T heatre PC) that also supports DLNA f or playback. Figure 4-16 1. Make sure your home media player i[...]

52 Note: 1. By default, the Media Directory is set to the share d folder hdd1/IP_Camera , which contains all your camera recordings. W hen DLNA is enabled, all the camera recordings will be browsed and streamed which may highly af f ect the recording performance. 2. The media folder can only be created unde r a public or shared folder .[...]

Managem ent Appl icat ions 53 4 4.6 iTunes Media Ser ver This server is also capabl e of streaming media files from GV -NAS System to Apple iT unes on W indow s or Mac OS. Select Enable , select a folder and click A ppl y . Figure 4-17 Note: By default, the Media Director y is set to the shared folder hdd1/IP_Camera , which contains all your camera[...]

54 4.7 Web Server Y ou can use GV -NAS System as a Web server an d host a Web site. Follow the ste ps below: 1. Establish a Web site link. Figure 4-19 A. Select Enable WebServ er . B. Select Port Mapping to automatically configure the corresponding port on the router which must also support UPnP . C. Click A ppl y . The Web serv er should be enable[...]

Managem ent Appl icat ions 55 4 2. Edit t he contents o f the We b site using the Ajaxplorer . A. Click the Ajaxplorer icon from the GV -NAS System desktop and click Go to Ajaxplorer . Figure 4-20 B. Log in with the Web server ’ s username and p assw ord. The default username and ID are both we bma s te r . Figure 4-21 C. Select t he web ma s ter[...]

56 D. T o upload files, click Upload from the toolbar and then select From co mputer or From remote serv er . The Upload dialog box appears. Figure 4-23 E. Click Browse t o upload files t o the GV - NAS System (Web server). Figure 4-24 F. Click Close when files are uploaded. 3. The Web p age is now accessible using the IP add ress of your GV -NAS S[...]

Managem ent Appl icat ions 57 4 4.8 Power Management 4.8.1 Po wer Service Figure 4-25  Restore Power S t ate af ter Power Failure: Sele ct this fun ction fo r the sy stem to st art up when pow er resumes after a power failure. This option is not available for GV -NAS2008/4008 which already supports manual activation of the same function on the r[...]

58 4.8.2 Hard Drive Setting This feature allows users to set the HDD idle spin dow n timer . This function is disabled by default. Figure 4-26[...]

Managem ent Appl icat ions 59 4 4.8.3 Fan M ode T o stop t he fan co mpletely , select Fan S t op . However , this function is only recommended when the system is ope rating in a well-ventilated or cool environment. Figure 4-27  Normal Mode : The fan turns on w hen the CPU reaches 40°C (104°F ) and spins a t its highest speed at 55°C (131°F)[...]

60 4.9 External Device This page show s the USB mass s torage and printing devices connected to the GV -NAS System. 4.9.1 USB Disk Y ou can back up data to GV - NAS System through USB devices. Only mass-storage (e.g. USB flash drives) are show n here. Figure 4-28  Refresh: Click to refr esh the list of attached USB drives.  Backup: Select a U[...]

Managem ent Appl icat ions 61 4 4.9.2 USB Printer Y ou can print the files saved at your GV -NAS System using a USB printer . Connect a USB printer to t he GV -NAS Syst em’s USB port and the printer will be automatically scanned and its information displayed. The T CP po rt is 9100 to ac cess the printer from the netw ork. Note: Only one USB prin[...]

62 4.10 System Status 4.10.1 System Informat ion Information on CPU, memory , temperature and network speeds are d etailed on this p age. Figure 4-30[...]

Managem ent Appl icat ions 63 4 4.10.2 S y stem Log Use the log to help you find device records on kernel, system samba, FTP , AFP , Aj axplorer and DDNS. T o display records, select the record type using the drop-down list. T ype key words in the Search box to help you locate the desired information. Figure 4-31[...]

64 Specifications Hardware Models GV -NAS2008 GV -NAS2016 GV -NAS4008 GV -NAS4016 System CPU APM 600 MHz PowerPC 1 GHz AP M 600 M Hz PowerPC 1 GHz RA M DDR II 256 MB DDR II 512 M B DDR II 256 MB DDR II 512 MB No. of Drive Ba y 2 (3.5" HDD) 4 (3.5" HDD) Power 12V DC, 5A External Interface Gigab it Po rt (RJ-45, 10/100/1 000 Mbps) 1 2 1 2 U[...]

Specific ations 65 Softw are Models GV -NAS2008 GV - NA S2016 GV -NAS4008 GV -NAS4016 Connection w ith G V -I P Camera Max. No. of Channels from GV -IP Camera s 8 16 8 16 RAID Management RA ID Mod e RAID 0/1 and JBOD RAID 0/1/5 and JBOD A utomatic RA ID Creation Ye s RAID Migration No Y es RAID Exp ansion No Y es Note: 1. The maximum numbers of rec[...]

66 Models GV -NAS2008 GV - NA S2016 GV -NAS4008 GV -NAS4016 User Settings User A ut henticati on Ye s User Group Ye s User S torage Threshold (Quota) Ye s Shared Folders Ye s User Settings User Configuration Import & Export Ye s System Informa tion and Control T ransf er Rates (Bp s) Ye s System Log Ye s E-Ma il No tifica tion Ye s Fan Control [...]

Specific ations 67 Models GV -NAS2008 GV - NA S2016 GV -NAS4008 GV -NAS4016 Networ k Connection T ype Fixed IP address, Dynamic IP address Protocols AFP , DDNS, FTP , HTT P , NFS, NTP , CIFS/SMB, UPnP Main tenanc e Firmware Upgrade Ye s Others Web B r ow s er  Internet Explorer 8 or later  Goo gle Chrome 33.0.1750.154  M o zilla Firef ox 2[...]

68 Appendix A – Default Settings The default settings for GV -NAS are detailed in this table. Category Field Default Sett ing Server Name GV -NAS2008 Basic System Server Port 80 Network TCP/ IP IP Address DHCP (for routers that support DHCP), 192.168.0. 200 (for routers that do not support DHCP) S tatus Disabled Port 21 Network Services FTP Serv [...]

Append ix A – Defa ult Set tings 69 A ccount T ypes Field Default Sett ing ID (Username) admin Admin istrat or Password admin ID (Username) “Cam 01”, “Cam02”…up to “Cam16” User Password 12345678 ID (Username) webmaster Webm ast er Password w ebmaster Note: 1. By default, GV - NAS2008/4008 contains 8 user accounts and GV -NAS2016/401[...]