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CMS Chapter 11 CMS (Central Management System) allows you to set your Synology NAS/NVR as a host server while adding multiple Synology devices as recording servers to form a larger surveillance network. The host server will act as the central interface to monitor cameras managed by other recording servers. You can also add multiple Synology devices as failover servers to maximize the uptime of surveillance services. Assuming that you are operating the current Synology NAS/NVR as the host server, this chapter explains how to manage servers and migrate cameras. Operate CMS Servers Add recording servers 1 Click Add > Add Server. 2 Enter a Name, and select the Connection type of the recording server. 3 According to your connection type, enter the IP address, Port, or QuickConnect ID of the recording server. You can also click the magnifying glass button to search for the Synology products within the same local area network. 4 Enter the admin's password. 5 Click Test Connection to see if the server has been set up properly, and click Next. 6 Edit the advanced settings: • Failover setting: You can select corresponding failover servers. When you start a manual failover or the recording server encounters abnormalities, CMS will automatically choose a failover server to take over the services of this recording server with its original configuration. • Prevent other CMS hosts from pairing with this recording server: This option locks the recording server from the paired CMS host so that it cannot be added by other CMS hosts. • Prevent users on this recording server from making changes to it: This restricts access to the settings of recording servers by preventing users from performing any operations after login. admin or users belonging to the administrators group on the recording server will only have access to the Advanced page, where they can modify this option afterwards. Users without administrative privileges will not be able to view or modify any settings after login. 56 Chapter 11: CMS

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Chapter 11: CMS
11
CMS
Chapter
CMS
(Central Management System) allows you to set your Synology NAS
/
NVR as a host server while adding multiple Synology
devices as recording servers to form a larger surveillance network. The host server will act as the central interface to monitor
cameras managed by other recording servers. You can also add multiple Synology devices as failover servers to maximize the
uptime of surveillance services.
Assuming that you are operating the current Synology NAS/NVR as the host server, this chapter explains how to manage
servers and migrate cameras.
Operate CMS Servers
Add recording servers
1
Click
Add
>
Add Server.
2
Enter a
Name
, and select the
Connection type
of the recording server.
3
According to your connection type, enter the
IP address
,
Port
, or
QuickConnect ID
of the recording server. You can also
click the magnifying glass button to search for the Synology products within the same local area network.
4
Enter the admin's password.
5
Click
Test Connection
to see if the server has been set up properly, and click
Next
.
6
Edit the advanced settings:
•
Failover setting
: You can select corresponding failover servers. When you start a manual failover or the recording server
encounters abnormalities, CMS will automatically choose a failover server to take over the services of this recording
server with its original configuration.
•
Prevent other CMS hosts from pairing with this recording server
: This option locks the recording server from the
paired CMS host so that it cannot be added by other CMS hosts.
•
Prevent users on this recording server from making changes to it
: This restricts access to the settings of recording
servers by preventing users from performing any operations after login.
admin
or users belonging to the
administrators
group on the recording server will only have access to the
Advanced
page, where they can modify this option afterwards.
Users without administrative privileges will not be able to view or modify any settings after login.