Month: February 2017

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How to use the Surf web-browser on M-Series recorders

The M-Series recorders from exacqVision come with a web browser called Surf. Surf is a very basic web browser that is well suited to the capabilities of the M-Series recorder. Surf doesn’t have any window controls (address bar, back-button, etc.), so common browser tasks are accomplished with shortcut keys.
Surf can be launched using the Terminal with the following command:

For example:

Refer to the following table for Surf usage details.

Ctrl-h

Walks back the history


Ctrl-l

Walks forward the history


Ctrl-k

Scrolls page upwards


Ctrl-j

Scrolls page downwards.


Ctrl-b

Scroll up one whole page view


Ctrl-Space

Scroll down one whole page view


Ctrl-i

Scroll horizontally to the right


Ctrl-u

Scroll horizontally to the left


Ctrl-Shift-k

Zooms page in


Ctrl-Shift-j

Zooms page out


Ctrl-Shift-q

Resets Zoom


Ctrl-p

Loads URI from primary selection


Ctrl-r

Reloads the website


F11

Toggle fullscreen mode

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How-to-use-the-Surf-web-browser-on-M-Series-recorders.pdf
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Knowledge Support Support Categories Products exacqVision Hardware

How to Update LSI MegaRAID Firmware and Drivers

How to Update LSI MegaRAID Firmware and Drivers

LSI MegaRAID is produced by Avago Technologies. Firmware and Drivers for your respective operating system can be obtained from their web site http://www.avagotech.com/support/download-search.

To update the firmware you will need to log into the MegaRAID Storage Manager. Find the desktop icon or short cut inside the Start menu. Log in with the credentials below:

Windows: admin/admin256
Ubuntu/Linux: root/exacqvisionip

In the MegaRAID Storage Manager software the model of your RAID card can be found on the Controller tab of the Dashboard.

Both firmware and driver downloads are in .ZIP files. Unzip these files. There will be many files inside the unzipped folder.

To update the firmware, use the “Update firmware” link on the MegaRAID dashboard.

Use the Browse button in the window that appears to locate your unzipped folder and select the file beginning with “mr” and ending with “fw.rom” as in this example.

Select the OK button and then check mark the Confirm box and click OK again. If prompted for an “online update” check Confirm once more and select OK. This means the firmware is able to update without stopping the RAID services or rebooting. The firmware update is complete.

Driver updates should only be attempted on Windows machines. Open Device Manager and locate the Storage Controller. Right-click and select “Update driver software…”.

Choose to “Browse my computer for driver software”.  Make sure the “Include subfolders” box is checked. Click Browse and navigate to your unzipped driver folder. You do not need to determine which file you need. Simply select the parent folder and click Next to let Windows find the right driver.

After the driver has updated, you will need to reboot the machine for this to take effect.

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How-to-Update-LSI-MegaRAID-Firmware-and-Drivers.pdf
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How to Add AD/LDAP Security Group to ESM

Step 1:

Log into ESM and navigate to the Domain settings page. If you haven’t yet configured this, you will need to add your domain settings. You must have the proper Base DN, Binding DN and credentials for the account you will use to connect to Active Directory/LDAP. If you do not know these, contact your Active Directory/Network Admin. You will also need to know the IP address/Hostname and port number of that server.

Step 2:

After connecting to AD/LDAP, you need to add a group to ESM. A group named Root will exist by default. Any new groups will be nested under the Root group. In ESM groups contain both servers and users.

Once the group is added you will see it on the Group List page. Click the group name to go to the group settings page.

Step 3:

In the section titled Domain Associations, click on the pencil-shaped Edit button.

The Domain group drop-down menu will be populated with a list of AD/LDAP security groups. This will only show groups nested under your Base DN. If you do not see your group listed here, make sure you are using the correct Base DN.

You may choose to provide users in this group with the ability to log in to ESM, the exacqVision server, or both. If you provide them with server log in privileges this will be pushed out to all the servers inside that ESM group.

Once you’ve chosen which privileges to provide click the Associate button to finalize.

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How-to-Add-AD-LDAP-Security-Group-to-ESM.pdf
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Knowledge Support Support Categories exacqVision Webservice Products

Configuring HTTPS for ExacqVision Web Service

Version 8.4 and Higher


Using the provided Web Service configuration UI you are able to configure HTTPS support.

  1. Login to the configuration Interface here: http://127.0.0.1/service.web
  2. Click on the ‘Configuration’ link in the left hand navigation bar. This will expand with more options.
  3. Click on the ‘HTTPS’ link.
  4. Click on the ‘Configure’ button.
    If you already have an SSL certificate and private key (e.g. purchased from DigiCert, Thawte, GoDaddy, etc) choose External.
    Select “Let’s Encrypt / ACME” to provision a certificate and private key automatically. NOTE: There are prerequisites that have to be met to use this option.
  5. Follow the instructions for the chosen configuration below

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Configuring HTTPS using an External Certificate

IMPORTANT: Wildcard certificates cannot be uploaded through the exacqVision Web Service administration interface. However, they may be used when manually configured. See Manually Configuring HTTPS for Web Service Certificate and Key Path for details.


NOTE: Both the certificate and private key must be PEM encoded. The private key should be in RSA format.

  1. Click on the File button next to the Certificate input and select the certificate to upload.
  2. Click on the File button next to the Private Key and select the corresponding private key to upload.
  3. (Optional) If you were given a certificate chain from your certificate provider click the File button next to the Certificate Chain input and select the chain certificate to upload.
  4. Click Apply to upload the files.
  5. Follow the prompts to restart the Web Service for the changes to take effect.
  6. (Optional) Modify the External URL of your Web Service to use HTTPS.
    • This option is found under Configuration | Basic

      NOTE: If you do not see any File buttons then you are using an older browser. Instead paste the contents of each file into the large text boxes provided.

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Configuring HTTPS using Let’s Encrypt / ACME Server

Please check that the following prerequisites are met before proceeding.

A. Your Web Service is configured and running on the standard port (80)
B. Your Web Service is accessible over the internet at the domain name(s) you wish to provision a certificate for.

  1. In the input under Domain Name enter the domain name you wish to provision a certificate for.
  2. (Optional) If you have any Subject Alternative Names to add to the certificate enter them into the input under Subject Alternative Name(s)
  3. Click Apply
  4. A dialog should popup with the status of your request. Provisioning a certificate may take a few minutes, please be patient.
  5. If a certificate was issued successfully follow the prompts to restart the Web Service for the changes to take effect.
    • If an error is encountered attempt to solve the underlying issue before retrying. The production Let’s Encrypt service will rate limit you if you attempt too many times in a row. See https://letsencrypt.org/docs/rate-limits/ for more information.
  6. (Optional) Modify the ExternalURL of your Web Service to use HTTPS.
    • This option is found under Configuration | Basic

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Version 8.2 and Lower

Follow the instructions to manually configure HTTPS support in the Web Service.

Windows: See Article 995
Linux: See Article 946

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