The Cisco® Video Surveillance Services Platform with SCSI offers organizations an economical choice for network digital video recording and playback in deployments that require storage of large amounts of video data. The Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) is a set of standards for connecting devices and transferring data. The Cisco Video Surveillance Services Platform with SCSI provides a SCSI connection to external storage arrays, allowing you to store video data and to view recorded video streams any time, anywhere, from any device.
Using Cisco Video Surveillance Stream Manager Software and providing high-quality MPEG-4 encoding, the Services Platform with SCSI offers a wide array of features in a single component that is easy to use and deploy. It provides a cost-effective, scalable, and flexible way to replace traditional analog or digital video recorders in a variety of video surveillance deployments. Figure 1 shows the Cisco Video Surveillance Services Platform with SCSI.
Figure 1. Cisco Video Surveillance Services Platform with SCSI
Applications
The Cisco Video Surveillance Services Platform with SCSI offers a practical solution with flexible deployment options and configuration capabilities. This small but powerful device enables storage of large amounts of high-quality video data on a wide range of industry-standard SCSI storage devices. It is ideal for organizations such as gaming, enterprise, and retail that have the following storage requirements:
• Large amounts of high-quality video images
• Large amounts of video data in third-party data center disk arrays
Features
Primary features and benefits of the Cisco Video Surveillance Services Platform with SCSI include:
• SCSI port (160 MBps) for output of video streams to external storage arrays
• Integrates with operating system and Cisco Video Surveillance Stream Manager Software hosted on a connected SCSI device
• 19-in. rack mountable
• Small (1-RU) form factor
• Inputs from remote networked Cisco Video Surveillance IP Gateway Encoders
• Inputs from supported IP cameras
• MPEG-4 encoding
• Simultaneous video recording and playback
• Multiple simultaneous playback sessions
• Video export capability
• Time, date, and event searches
Product Architecture
The Cisco Video Surveillance Services Platform with SCSI is designed for video surveillance deployments that implement standards-based external storage arrays with SCSI connections. Figure 2 shows an example of this device in such a deployment.
Figure 2. Cisco Video Surveillance Services Platform with SCSI in a Video Surveillance Deployment
Figure 3 shows the rear panel of the Cisco Video Surveillance Services Platform with SCSI.
Figure 3. Cisco Video Surveillance Services Platform with SCSI (Rear Panel)
Product Specifications
Table 1 provides video performance specifications for the Cisco Video Surveillance Services Platform with SCSI.
Table 1. Video Performance
Feature
Description
Input
IP (64 kbps, 8 Mbps per channel)
Output
IP (64 kbps, 8 Mbps per channel)
Compression
• MPEG-4
• ISO/IEC 14496-2-1999 (Simple Profile)
Resolution
NTSC
PAL
D1
720 x 480
720 x 572
4CIF
704 x 480
704 x 572
2CIF
704 x 240
704 x 288
CIF
352 x 240
352 x 288
Frame Rate
Up to 30 fps (NTSC), up to 25 fps (PAL)
Table 2. Mechanical and Environmental Specifications
Feature
Description
Rack Unit (RU)
1 RU
Video Storage
External
Operating System and Application
Stored on external SCSI device
Connectivity
• SCSI port (160 MBps per channel, full-duplex)
• Ethernet port, 10/100BASE-T for network connectivity
• Three serial ports (2 RJ-45 ports for video keyboards, 1 DB9 port)
Table 3 provides ordering information for the Cisco Video Surveillance Services Platform with SCSI. To place an order, visit the Cisco Ordering Home Page.
Table 3. Ordering Information
Product
Part Number
Cisco Video Surveillance Services Platform with SCSI for external storage
CIVS-SP1R-SCSI
Cisco Video Surveillance SCSI Cable, 1 Meter
CAB-SCSI-1M=
Cisco Video Surveillance SCSI Cable, 2 Meters
CAB-SCSI-2M=
Service and Support
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