VR-N100U USERS MANUAL
1.INTRODUCTION
Since the terrorist attack on the United States back on September 11th of 2001, security has been placed as the most important topic for most individuals and organizations. Companies that did not have any security systems implemented are now actively looking for the latest digital security solution. Others that currently have one in place are actively looking to upgrade to a more advanced digital security solution.
The VR-N100U security appliance solution is an all-inclusive “black box” security appliance that delivers all of the components necessary to easily and securely implement an IP-based security solution. All of the networking, security, storage, and management functionalities are included and preconfigured on each VR-N100U appliance. It is completely scalable and can be implemented into any LAN or WAN environment. VR-N100U is the only solution that allows any security administrator to monitor and manage one or more facilities from anywhere in the world in real-time. The VR-N100U is engineered to offer new levels of flexibility, reliability, scalability and performance to the security market.
In the following chapters you will see how the VR-N100U allows any individual or company to easily incorporate and manage the latest networked digital security technology without the need for “expert” personnel in the fields of networking, security and storage. The VR-N100U security appliances fit easily into any existing distributed computing environment of intelligent networks. They are low profile, self-contained units that are easy to setup, install and administer. The appliances support multiple protocols, including SMB, ADS, FTP, NFS, AFT, DHCP, and HTTP and can serve clients using most network operating systems. They will connect to either 10BaseT or 100BaseTX networks with appropriate performance scaling. Their ability to function as servers independently of a file server means that they do not strain the file server resources, they minimize the overall network congestion, and, even if the file server goes down, the VR-N100U security appliance remains online.
The VR-N100U uses a comprehensive set of tools in a web browser interface to administer storage and security devices, users and groups, and interact with a wide variety of network operating systems. The integration of NT Domain and ADS services provides convenient, user-friendly authentication, and a single-point user/group management. An additional standalone enterprise tool, VDRView, makes viewing, managing all of the VR-N100Us on the network a breeze. Easily monitor and manage anywhere from one up to hundreds of thousands of VR-N100Us and cameras. The unlimited VDRView user license that is included with the VR-N100U appliance eliminates those “unexpected” additional cost of ownership that is common with most security products. With VR-N100U’s unique architecture, you can now install thousands of cameras without impacting the performance on your main network. In addition to the nearly unlimited number of cameras that can be supported, VR-N100U offers the unique auto-discovery of network cameras to eliminate the cumbersome and time consuming issues surrounding setting up any manufacturer’s IP-based digital network cameras. From a single software interface of VDRView, the security administrator can now easily monitor, manage, and control an unlimited number of locations from anywhere in the world.