Hardware Requirements

• Intel 5th, 6th or 7th generation i3, i5, i7 or equivalent Xeon
• 4 - 8 GB of RAM based on channel count
• 1 - 2 GbE network adapters
• 2 logical volumes
  • C:\ for the OS
  • D:\ for the recorded video
    • Storage drive must be 250GB minimum.
• I/O Throughput
  • Single drive 100 Mbps
  • Multi drive JBOD 250 Mbps
  • 500 Mbps (64 channels) with an appropriate RAID card
  • IP audio supporting G.711 codec at 64 kbits and AAC codec based on camera configuration
• Hardware Configuration Based on Channel Count
  

  Channel Count	CPU	Memory
  1 - 24	i3	4 GB
  25 - 32	i5	8 GB
  33 - 64	i7	8 GB

Software Requirements

• OS Requirements
  • Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
  • Windows 10 Professional 64-bit
  • Windows Server 2012 / 2016 64-bit
• Virtual Machine Requirements
  • Minimum (up to 250 Mbps throughput)
    • Hyper-V 5 (Windows Server 2012 R2)
    • 2 cores with a reservation of 3 GHz
    • 6 GB of virtual RAM
    • Storage throughput equal to at least 125% of the throughput determined by the server calculator
    • 1 GbE network connection
    • 2 logical volumes
      • C:\ for the OS
      • D:\ for the recorded video
        • Storage drive must be 250GB minimum.
  • Recommended (up to 500 Mbps throughput)
    • Hyper-V 6 (Windows Server 2016)
    • 5 cores with a reservation of 3 GHz
    • 8 GB of virtual RAM
    • SAN or pass-through RAID 5 / 10 storage
    • 1 GbE network connection

Network Whitelist Requirements (Document attached below) 

Ports TCP 80 and TCP 443 are utilized by default for each address unless otherwise specified. On highly
secure networks, TCP port 443 can be used exclusively for communication [HTTPS/TLS].

The following locations are required

• *.*-us-w01.u5fgb.com (for recorders located in the West Coast)
• *.*-us-e01.u5fgb.com (for recorders located in the East Coast)
• *.us-e2.u5fgb.com (for recorders located in the Midwest)

• *.*.u5fgb.com (for communication with relay service)
  Note Adding *.*.u5fgb.com will allow communication to new relay services as they become
  available.

• restapi.gp4f.com (for communication with API services and branding portal) TCP 443 only

• ows.openeye.net (for OWS login portal) TCP 443 only

• Required for software updates, video clip exports, and thumbnail images in reports/alerts (TCP
  443 for all):
  oe-prod-devmon.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com
  oe-prod-files.s3.amazonaws.com
  oe-prod-media.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com

• arecontvision-ws.com (TCP 443)

• *.arecontvision.com (TCP 443)

The following locations are required for OS and software updates:

• serverupdates.net (TCP 8531 only) For Microsoft Windows Updates (WSUS)
• ctldl.windowsupdate.com (TCP 80 and 443) For Certificate Validation (required when installing/updating recorder server software)

The following locations are optional:

• stun.u5fgb.com (for peer to peer connections to improve performance) UDP 3478
• *.openeye.net and *.gp4f.com (for support of future enhancements) TCP 443 only
• 1.cctv.pool.ntp.org (for support of NTP (Network Time Server) UDP 123 only

Email Whitelist Requirements

• *@arecontvision-ws.com
• *@gp4f.com