a Manageable and Reliable IP Surveillance System
D-Link’s Auto Surveillance VLAN is a technology embedded into select D-Link switches that allows you to easily add a reliable IP surveillance network to an existing data network. This allows you to create a hybrid network that is capable of handling both data and surveillance traffic, saving you the costs of deploying and maintaining a separate network for surveillance traffic only.
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Creating a reliable surveillance system can be a challenging task. Adding surveillance to an existing network can be problematic; periods of heavy network traffic, such as during mass data transfers or a broadcast storm, can cause your surveillance video feeds to freeze, skip frames, or even drop out completely. Alternatively, you could create a completely separate network for surveillance traffic, but this can be very expensive, as this requires extra hardware and installation of new cables, as well as additional operating and maintenance costs.
D-Link Web Smart III Switches can solve this problem with Auto Surveillance VLAN: a method of quickly, easily, and automatically creating a reliable hybrid network that can handle both data and surveillance traffic. By detecting connected D-Link surveillance equipment such as IP cameras and NVRs, it automatically creates a separate VLAN for surveillance traffic and sets Quality of Service (QoS) for that traffic to high-priority. This allows your surveillance traffic to be secure, and ensures that surveillance video continues to stream smoothly and reliably, even during periods of heavy data traffic. Doing this normally requires you to manually configure each setting and add each device to your network one by one, whereas Auto Surveillance VLAN makes this process automatic and configuration-free.
| • | Learn and familiarize yourself with switch settings |
| • | Manually create a VLAN for your surveillance traffic |
| • | Manually add each camera or device to the surveillance VLAN |
| • | Set surveillance VLAN traffic to high priority |
| • | Additionally, if IP surveillance is deployed across multiple switches, you will need to adjust settings on those switches as well |
| • | D-Link surveillance equipment is automatically detected |
| • | A VLAN is created for your surveillance traffic automatically |
| • | Your D-Link surveillance equipment is automatically added to the VLAN |
| • | QoS for surveillance VLAN traffic is automatically set to high-priority |
| • | Adding additional surveillance cameras is simple – simply connect them to your network and they will be automatically added to your surveillance VLAN |
| • | People that need a cost effective way to consolidate their video surveillance and data network |
| • | People who need a reliable IP surveillance system that can not only provide good quality video, but is also easy to manage |
| • | People that want the flexibility to add IP cameras to their surveillance system without needing to reconfigure their surveillance network |
| • | People that want the flexibility to upgrade their IP cameras without needing to reconfigure their surveillance network |
| • | People that want the flexibility to move their IP cameras to new locations without needing to reconfigure their surveillance network |
| • | System integrators and installers that need a reliable hybrid solution to meet the needs of their customers |
| • | A D-Link switch that supports auto surveillance VLAN, such as D-Link’s Smart III switches |
| • | One or more D-Link network cameras |
| • | A video management system (VMS) such as a D-Link NVR or D-ViewCam software |
All devices are directly connected to a D-Link Smart III switch. The switch handles both data and surveillance networking.
How It Works
| 1. |
Connect your network cameras, NVRs, and PCs to a Smart III switch. (Auto Surveillance VLAN is enabled by default) |
| 2. | Log in to the Smart III switch and enable Auto Surveillance VLAN. |
| 3. | The Smart III switch will automatically create a surveillance VLAN, add your D-Link surveillance equipment to the VLAN, and set QoS for surveillance traffic to high-priority. |
Benefits
This provides a simple single switch solution that can handle all of your networking needs. All devices can be connected to the same switch, and surveillance traffic is automatically separated and given high-priority.
A D-Link Smart III switch acts as a core for the network and connects to the VMS server. Unmanaged switches are at the edge to connect PCs and surveillance devices.
How It Works:
| 1. | Connect your data network PCs to an unmanaged switch. |
| 2. | Connect your surveillance equipment to another unmanaged switch. |
| 3. | Connect the unmanaged switches and your VMS server to the Smart III switch. (Auto Surveillance VLAN is enabled by default) |
| 4. | Log in to the Smart III switch and enable Auto Surveillance VLAN. |
| 5. | The Smart III switch will automatically create a surveillance VLAN, add your D-Link surveillance equipment to the VLAN, and set QoS for surveillance traffic to high-priority. |
Benefits
This allows you to easily deploy a medium to large scale surveillance network across multiple locations while using your existing network infrastructure. You can use inexpensive unmanaged switches to connect your surveillance equipment, giving you an easy to manage hybrid network with a reduced cost of deployment.
For more examples of different or advanced deployment scenarios, please contact your local D-Link sales representative or email surveillance@dlink.com.au
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