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    INSTALLATION C3648M (7/08) SCSI Card and External V ideo Storage DX8100 Series Digital V ideo Recorder[...]

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    2 C3648M (7/08) Contents Important Safe ty Instruct ions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    C3648M (7/08) 3 List of Illustrations 1 Removing the Power Cord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 2 Removing the Chassis Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    4 C3648M (7/08)[...]

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    C3648M (7/08 ) 5 Important Safety Instructions The DX8100-ISCI SCSI card must be installed inside the DX8100 chassis. T o do so, the DX8100 must be taken offline and turned of f before starting the upgrad e process. Before contin uing the upgrad e procedure, read these safety instru ctions. 1. Read the Important Safe ty Instructions that came wit h[...]

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    6 C3648M (7/08) Introduction Welcome to the extern al video sto rage upgrad e for the DX8100 Se ries digital video recorder (DVR). The exte rnal video storage up grade includes the DX8100-ISCI SCSI card an d the DX8100H DDI (Infortrend ® EonStor ® A12U- G2421). T hese two items are order ed and shi pped separat ely . The DX8100HDDI includes a 3.3[...]

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    C3648M (7/08 ) 7 Parts List and T ools DX8100-ISCI SCSI CARD T o install the DX8100 -ISCI SCSI card, you will also need a nonmagnetic Phill ips screwdriver #1, a properly grounded ESD wri st s trap and mat, and four small containers (optional ) to store s crews. DX8100HDDI EXTERNAL V IDEO STORAGE Qty Description 1 DX8100-ISCI SCSI card 1 ESD Ground[...]

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    8 C3648M (7/08) OTHER DX8100 OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES The DX8108 b ase unit incl udes an 8-ch annel captu re card and the DX8116 ba se unit inclu des a 16-cha nnel capt ure card. NOTE: The DX8100-ISCI SCSI card option is not supported fo r DX8124 or DX 8132 models. Before upgr ading the D X8100, refer to T a ble B, f or a list of other D X8100 acces so[...]

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    C3648M (7/08 ) 9 DX8100-ISCI SCSI Card Installation NOTE: When ordered together , the DX8100 and DX8100HDDI units come prec onfigured from the factory . The DX8100-ISCI SCSI card is alread y installed and the unit s are ready for installation. Procee d to Installing a New DX8100 and DX8100HDDI System on page 15. If you are upgrading an exist ing DX[...]

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    10 C3648M (7/08) OPENING THE CHASSIS 1. Make su re you prot ect the un it and its components, which are susc eptible to d amage from imp roper hand ling and ES D. Refer to t he Safe Handling of Hard Drives documen t (C2668M) for more informatio n. 2. Use a Phillips screwdriver to remove the chassis cover (r efer to Figure 3): a. Remove the top two [...]

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    C3648M (7/08 ) 11 UNDERSTANDING THE COMPONENT LAYOUT Figure 3 an d T able B provide i nformation about the D X8100’ s slot assignments a nd major compo nents. (Slots on the moth erboard ar e labeled differe ntly .) Figure 3. Interior Layout Slot 1: PTZ card installed in PCI connecto r CPU Slot 2: Capture Card installe d in PCI connector Power Sup[...]

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    12 C3648M (7/08) MOVING THE MAIN CAPTURE CARD In the DX8108 and DX8116 base DVRs, the main capt ure card is installed in slot 2. T o install the DX 8100-ISCI SCSI card, the mai n ca pture card must be moved from slot 2 to slot 3. The DX8100-ISCI SCSI card must be physically inst alled in slot 2. T o move th e main captur e card from slo t 2 to slot[...]

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    C3648M (7/08 ) 13 2. Move the main capt ure card (ref er to Figure 5): a. Remove th e capture c ard from slo t 2 and fir mly seat th e capture c ard in th e PCI conne ctor for sl ot 3. b. Secure the ca pture card brac ket with the screw . c. Reconnect the 5-wir e TV/Audio cable. d. Reconne ct the 7-wire TV/Audio cable. e. Reconnect the 2-wire audio[...]

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    14 C3648M (7/08) REASSEMBLING THE UNIT 1. Replace the chassi s cover using the screws you removed from the si des and rea r of the unit (refer to Figure 7) . Figure 7. Replacin g the C hassis C over 2. Attach the silver product label tha t came with your upgrade kit to the inside of your DVR’ s front door . a. Remove the pa per backing from th e [...]

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    C3648M (7/08 ) 15 Installing a New DX8100 and DX8100HDDI System When ordered together , the DX8100 or DX8116 and DX8100HDDI unit s come preconfigured from the factory. The DX8100-ISCI SCSI card is already installed and th e units are ready for insta llation. INSTALLING THE UNITS NOTES: • When installing th e DX8100 and DX8100HDDI units, make sure[...]

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    16 C3648M (7/08) 3. Install the drive t rays: a. On the DX8100HDDI front panel, place the drive tray 1 re le ase button in the unlocked position ( refer to F igure 10). Figure 10. Drive T ray Key-Lock in Unlocked Position b. Press t he relea se button ( refer to Figure 1 1). The fron t flap o pens. Figure 11. Opening the Drive T ray Door c. Using t[...]

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    C3648M (7/08 ) 17 CONNECTING THE DX8100 HDDI TO THE DX8100 Refer to Figure 13 to pe rform the following steps: 1. Plug one end of the VHDCI-to-V HDCI SCSI cable into port CH 1/ A on the DX8100-ISCI SCSI card. 2. Plug the other end of th e SCSI cable to the DX8100 HDDI CH0-In connector . 3. Insert both DX 8100HDDI power s upply cords in to the unit [...]

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    18 C3648M (7/08) Upgrading the DX8100 with the DX8100HDDI The DX8100HDD I upgrade co mes precon figured from the fa ctory and d oes not nee d to be conf igured dur ing the i nstallation process. However , you need to configure the DX8100 to recognize and work with the newly insta lled DX8100HDD I. NOTES: • When installing th e DX8100HDDI, make su[...]

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    C3648M (7/08 ) 19 9. When the Computer Management window appea rs, click Disk Management. 10. If the “Initialize and Convert Di sk Wizard” appears, pe rf orm the following steps. Otherwise, go to step 11. Figure 16. Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard a. Click Next, and make sure all disk s are selected. Figure 17. Verifying All Disks are Select[...]

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    20 C3648M (7/08) d. Disk status appear s in the contents pane . For this exam ple, there are five unallo cated dynamic driv es. Perfo rm the followi ng steps: (1) Right-click a disk in the Disk sta tus pane (o ne that is l abeled Dynamic). A shortcut menu appears. (2) Select “Convert to Basic Disk.” Figure 18. Unallocated Dynamic Drives e. Repe[...]

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    C3648M (7/08 ) 21 a. Configure an y unallocated drive s. (1) Right-click the fi rst unforma tted disk in the conten ts pane (l abeled Un allocated). A shortcut me nu appears. (2) Click New Partition. Figure 20. Unallocated Dynamic Drives b. Perform a quick format . (1) Click Next four times. (2) Select the “Perfo rm a quick format” check box. ([...]

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    22 C3648M (7/08) 12. Repeat step 11 unt il all unfo rmatted dis ks are fo rmatted. Once formatted, the disk st atus change s from Unal located to Health y. Figure 22. HDD Format Status 13. Perform one of the following options: • Disable the DX8100 internal storage: To store v ideo data only on the DX8100HDDI, y ou must disa ble data fr om being s[...]

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    C3648M (7/08 ) 23 15. Click Close to exit the Comp ut er Management application. 16. Start t he Allocati on Manage ment appli cation. a. Go to Start > Run. The Run dialog b ox appears. b. In the Open drop-down box, type allocreset . c. Click OK. 17. The Security W arning dialog box appears. Click Run. Figure 24. Security W arning 18. The Alloca [...]

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    24 C3648M (7/08) 20. If you are s toring video d ata on the DX8100 intern al HDDs and th e DX8100HDDI, c lick the Recovery b utton. Figure 26. Selecting the Recovery Option 21. Click the plus (+) to display the available pa rtitions. Figure 27. Viewing A vailable Partitions 22. Select the Allocate option on all partitions: a. Click the “Not used?[...]

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    C3648M (7/08 ) 25 23. Repeat step 22 u ntil all part itions are set to All ocation. 24. After all part itions are set to Allocation, click “Begin allocation.” 25. When th e warning messa ge appears , click Y es. After all pa rtitions ar e allocated , the DX8100 applicatio n automatica lly starts and begins recording d ata to the DX8 100’ s in[...]

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    26 C3648M (7/08) Upgrading the DX8100HDDI HDD Storage Capacity The DX8100HDD I must be reco nfigured when upgrading the storag e capacity. BACKING UP RECORDED VI DEO DATA (OPTIONAL) 1. Back up t he video da ta stored o n the DX81 00HDDI. Refe r to Data Backup Setup in the DX8100 Serv er Operatio n/Configuratio n manual (C2630M) or the onlin e Help [...]

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    C3648M (7/08 ) 27 6. At the command promp t, type telnet and the DX81 00HDDI’ s IP addre ss obtained in step 4c, and then pr ess Enter . Figure 30. Entering the T elnet IP Address 7. When prompted for the password, pr ess Enter again. 8. Press Esc on the keyboa rd to cl ose any mess ages. 9. Select P C Graphic < ANSI Mode>, and then p ress [...]

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    28 C3648M (7/08) Figure 32. Unmapping Partitions 11. On the keyboard, pr ess Esc twice to return to the Ma in Menu. 12. Select “v iew and edi t Logical drive s,” and then press Ente r . Figure 33. Main Menu[...]

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    C3648M (7/08 ) 29 a. V erify that the active Logical D rive is selected, and then press En ter . b. Choose “Delete logical drive,” and then press Ente r . Figure 34. Delete Logical Drive c. Select Y es on the shortcut me nu, and then p ress Enter . 13. On the keyboard, pr ess Esc twice to return to the Ma in Menu. INSTALLING THE NEW HDDS NOTE: [...]

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    30 C3648M (7/08) 19. Press and hold EN T for two second s to initialize the logical drive. Figure 36. Initializi ng Logical Drive UNMAP THE LOGICAL DRIVE 20. After the logical drive is initia lized, press the down arro w three times until “View an d Edit Host Luns” appears. Figure 37. View and Edit Host Luns 21. Press ENT thre e times until Del[...]

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    C3648M (7/08 ) 31 PARTITIONING THE LOGICAL DRIVE 27. On the keyboard, pr ess Esc to close any message s. The Main Menu appe ars. 28. Select PC Graphi c <ANSI Mode >, and then press En ter . Figure 39. PC G raphic ANSI Mode 29. From the Main Menu, select “view and edit Logical d rives,” and then pre ss Enter . Figure 40. View and Edit Logi[...]

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    32 C3648M (7/08) 31. Select “P artition logical driv e” on the shortcut me nu, and the n press Ente r . Figure 42. Partition Logical Drive 32. A warning me ssage. Select Y e s, and th en press Ente r . Figure 43. Partition Logical Drive W arning 33. Set the partit ion size for the first logical drive: a. Select the logical drive you want to par[...]

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    C3648M (7/08 ) 33 c. A warning message ap pears. Select Y es, and then press Enter . Figure 45. Starting the Partition Process 34. Set the part ition size for the re maining logica l drives: a. In the logical drives table, select the next logi cal drive i n the list. b. Press E nter . c. In the partition si ze text box, type 1740800 , and t hen pre[...]

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    34 C3648M (7/08) MAPPING THE PARTITIONS 37. From the Main Me nu, select “view and edit Host luns,” and th en press Enter . A shortcut menu ap pears. Figure 48. Main Menu 38. Select “CH L 0 ID 0” an d press Ent er . A s econd shortcu t menu appea rs. 39. Select Logical Drive, and th en press Enter . Figure 49. Selecting a Logical Drive[...]

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    C3648M (7/08 ) 35 40. Press Enter fou r times. 41. The Map L ogical Driv e prompt appe ars. Select Y es, and then press Ente r . Figure 50. Accepting LUN 0 (Zero) Mapping Settings 42. Select LU N 1, and t hen press E nter twice . 43. Select the next availab le partit ion, and then press E nter twice. NOTE: Mapped partit ions are indicated by an ast[...]

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    36 C3648M (7/08) 46. After all partit ions are mapped , press Esc on the keyboard to re turn to the Main Me nu, and then close the comma nd prompt. Figure 53. LUN Mapping FORMATTING THE DRIVES 47. Return to the DX81 00HDDI front panel an d press ESC five times. The Ready status appe ars in the LCD window . 48. Make sure the DX 8100 is still connect[...]

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    C3648M (7/08 ) 37 55. T o perform a quick for mat: a. Click Next four times. b. Click the “Perform a quick format” check box. c. Click Next, and then click Finish. 56. Repeat step 54 unt il all driv es are forma tted. Once f ormatted, th e disk stat us changes f rom Unallocat ed to Healt hy . 57. Click Clos e to close t he Compute r Managemen t[...]

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    38 C3648M (7/08) Specifications ELECTRICAL Input V olt age 100 V AC (at 6 A ) to 240 V AC (at 3 A ) ± 10%, 50/60 Hz, with PFC (autoswitching) Cable T ype 2 USA (117 V AC), 2 Eur opean (220 V AC), 2 UK (250 V AC) All, 3 prongs, molded conn ector , 6 ft (1.8 m) cord Power Consumption Maximum 720 W MECHANICAL Connectors VHDCI 2 Ultra SCSI ports Stere[...]

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    PRODUCT W ARRANTY AND RETURN INFORMA TION WARRANTY Pelco will repair or replace, without c harge, any merchandise proved defective in material or workmanship for a period of one year after the date of shipment. Exceptions to this warranty are as noted below: • Five years on fiber optic products and TW3 000 Series unshielded twisted pair (UTP) tra[...]

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