Cisco Video Surveillance Manager Server Performance Guidelines, Release 7.0.1 and higher

^1.RHEL 6.x VMs support LUNs greater than 16 TB upto 100TB. VMware ESXi 5.5 or later supports internal storage greater than 2TB up to 62TB.

^2.The Cisco UCS E-Series servers have various configuration options for the CPU. The single-wide blade includes a four-core Intel Xeon E3-1100 processor and the double-wide blade includes either a four-core or six-core Intel Xeon E5-2400 processor. The Cisco UCS-E160xx CPU configuration used to yield maximum I/O results in Table 4 was the four-core Intel Xeon E5-2400 processor.

One or more virtual CPUs (vCPUs) can be assigned to each virtual machine (VM). The maximum I/O results in Table 4 were achieved with two or four dedicated vCPUs configured per virtual machine.

^3.The maximum I/O is defined as the highest aggregate bandwidth into and out of Cisco Video Surveillance Manager for the Cisco UCS E-Series when operating with exclusive access to the Cisco UCS E-Series hardware resources. Input sources include endpoint streams and output destinations include active viewing workstations and video walls.

^4.The maximum raw storage is a simple calculation of the total number of disks available per platform multiplied by the maximum supported disk capacity. The actual usable storage will be less based on storage array, software, and operating system configurations. The single-wide blade can support up to two hard-disk drives and the double-wide blade can support up to three hard-disk drives. Refer to the Cisco UCS E-Series data sheets for technical specifications.

^5.The maximum number of cameras is defined as the highest number of endpoint streams, including IP camera and encoder sources, that can be managed at any given point in time. When a single camera is simultaneously transmitting dual streams and both are being recorded and/or displayed, it will count as two cameras for the purposes of this calculation.

^6.The maximum I/O is defined as the highest aggregate bandwidth into and out of the Cisco Video Surveillance Manager for UCS Express for operating with exclusive access to the Cisco UCS Express hardware resources. Input sources include endpoint streams, and output destinations include active viewing workstations and video walls.

^7.The maximum raw storage is a simple calculation of the total number of disks available per platform multiplied by the maximum supported disk capacity. The actual usable storage will be less based on storage array, software, and operating system configurations. Refer to the Cisco UCS Express data sheets for technical specifications.

^8.See Understanding the Operations Manager and Media Server Categories.

^9.The CPS-UCS-1RU-K9 is not recommended for use in an HA configuration since it can take up to 30 minutes for database replication between the Master and Peer servers. We recommend using two CPS-UCS-2RU-K9 servers for best performance and user experience.

^10.See Understanding the Operations Manager and Media Server Categories.

^11.Servers can be purchased with 1, 2, or 3 terabyte (TB) drives. Servers with Release 7.6 or higher also support 4TB drives. See Virtual Machine Platform Requirements for more information.

^12.Servers can be purchased with 2, 4, or 6 terabyte (TB) drives.

^13.Servers can be purchased with 2, 4, or 6 terabyte (TB) drives.

^14.See Understanding the Operations Manager and Media Server Categories.

^15.Servers can be purchased with 1, 2, or 3 terabyte (TB) drives.

^16.Long Term Storage (LTS) servers support up to 5 Media Server backup recording transfers. In addition, up to 25% of the recorded data on/from each Media Server can be transferred to the LTS each day.

^17.Servers can be purchased with 2, 4, or 6 terabyte (TB) drives.

^18.Servers can be purchased with 2, 4, or 6 terabyte (TB) drives.

^19.Cisco UCS B/C series servers using external fiber channel storage. See Virtual Machine Platform Requirements for performance information about the supported Cisco UCS servers, core-combinations, and other requirements.

^20.Long Term Storage (LTS) servers support up to 5 Media Server backup recording transfers. In addition, up to 25% of the recorded data on/from each Media Server can be transferred to the LTS each day.

^21.Cisco UCS E-series server using internal storage. Performance numbers are for VMs running on a 2-core Cisco UCS E-series server, which provides slightly lower performance than VMs running on Cisco UCS B/C series servers. See Virtual Machine Platform Requirements for performance information about the supported Cisco UCS servers, core-combinations, and other requirements.

^22.See Understanding the Operations Manager and Media Server Categories.

^23.Servers can be purchased with 1, 2, or 3 terabyte (TB) drives.

^24.Servers can be purchased with 2, 4, or 6 terabyte (TB) drives.

^25.The maximum number of image layer files that can added (uploaded) to the Maps server, based on the image type and size.

^26.The image format and size used to determine the maximum number of image layers and download requests that can be handled by the Maps sever.

Supported File Formats
The supported image file formats include the following:

Raster format images—jpeg/jpg and png file formats are supported.
Vector (shape files)—For more information, see the Wikipedia description at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapefile.

Maximum Recommended File Sizes
Images should be optimized to the smallest file size that preserves image quality. Large image files can consume excessive processing power and degrade system performance. We recommend images no larger than the following maximum sizes (which are the maximum Map Layer file size and image resolutions that have been successfully tested with Release 7.5).

Vector (shape files)—maximum size 80 MB
JPEG images— maximum size 19 MB and resolution 60 MP
PNG images— maximum size 68 MB and resolution 32 MP

^27.The maximum number of image layers that can be sent to client monitoring stations at a single time. Performance is impacted only when map image files are being sent to the client. When the transmission is complete, the server connection is closed.

^28.The Cisco UCS B-, C- and E- Series servers run the Cisco VSM 7.OVA image as a virtual machine. These numbers do not apply to the Cisco UCS Express server. See the Cisco Video Surveillance Virtual Machine Deployment and Recovery Guide for UCS Platforms for more information about Cisco VSM virtual machine installation and requirements on the Cisco UCS Series servers.

^29.The co-located Media Server included 50 cameras with a combined I/O of 100Mbps (along with the Map Server).

^30.Maps Servers can be co-located or installed as stand-alone servers in release 7.6 and higher. A co-located Maps server can be located on a server running Operations Manager, or Operations Manager and Media Server (a co-located Maps Server must also run Operations Manager).

^31.Maps Servers can be co-located or installed as stand-alone servers in release 7.6 and higher. A co-located Maps server can be located on a server running Operations Manager, or Operations Manager and Media Server (a co-located Maps Server must also run Operations Manager).

^32.See Understanding the Operations Manager and Media Server Categories.

^33.The CPS-UCS-1RU-K9 is not recommended for use in an HA configuration since it can take up to 30 minutes for database replication between the Master and Peer servers. We recommend using two CPS-UCS-2RU-K9 servers for best performance and user experience.

^34.See Understanding the Operations Manager and Media Server Categories.

^35.Servers can be purchased with 1, 2, or 3 terabyte (TB) drives. Servers with Release 7.6 or higher also support 4TB drives. See Virtual Machine Platform Requirements for more information.

^36.Servers can be purchased with 2, 4, or 6 terabyte (TB) drives.

^37.Servers can be purchased with 2, 4, or 6 terabyte (TB) drives.

^38.See Understanding the Operations Manager and Media Server Categories.

^39.Servers can be purchased with 1, 2, or 3 terabyte (TB) drives.

^40.Servers can be purchased with 2, 4, or 6 terabyte (TB) drives.

^41.Servers can be purchased with 2, 4, or 6 terabyte (TB) drives.

^42.Cisco UCS B/C series servers using external fiber channel storage. See Virtual Machine Platform Requirements for performance information about the supported Cisco UCS servers, core-combinations, and other requirements.

^43.Cisco UCS E-series server using internal storage. Performance numbers are for VMs running on a 2-core Cisco UCS E-series server, which provides slightly lower performance than VMs running on Cisco UCS B/C series servers. See Virtual Machine Platform Requirements for performance information about the supported Cisco UCS servers, core-combinations, and other requirements.

^44.See Understanding the Operations Manager and Media Server Categories.

^45.Servers can be purchased with 1, 2, or 3 terabyte (TB) drives.

^46.Servers can be purchased with 2, 4, or 6 terabyte (TB) drives.

^47.The maximum number of image layer files that can added (uploaded) to the Maps server, based on the image type and size.

^48.The image format and size used to determine the maximum number of image layers and download requests that can be handled by the Maps sever.

Supported File Formats
The supported image file formats include the following:

Raster format images—jpeg/jpg and png file formats are supported.
Vector (shape files)—For more information, see the Wikipedia description at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapefile.

Maximum Recommended File Sizes
Images should be optimized to the smallest file size that preserves image quality. Large image files can consume excessive processing power and degrade system performance. We recommend images no larger than the following maximum sizes (which are the maximum Map Layer file size and image resolutions that have been successfully tested with Release 7.5).

Vector (shape files)—maximum size 80 MB
JPEG images— maximum size 19 MB and resolution 60 MP
PNG images— maximum size 68 MB and resolution 32 MP

^49.The maximum number of image layers that can be sent to client monitoring stations at a single time. Performance is impacted only when map image files are being sent to the client. When the transmission is complete, the server connection is closed.

^50.The Cisco UCS B-, C- and E- Series servers run the Cisco VSM 7.OVA image as a virtual machine. These numbers do not apply to the Cisco UCS Express server. See the Cisco Video Surveillance Virtual Machine Deployment and Recovery Guide for UCS Platforms for more information about Cisco VSM virtual machine installation and requirements on the Cisco UCS Series servers.

^51.The co-located Media Server included 50 cameras with a combined I/O of 100Mbps (along with the Map Server).

^52.Maps Servers can be co-located or installed as stand-alone servers in release 7.6 and higher. A co-located Maps server can be located on a server running Operations Manager, or Operations Manager and Media Server (a co-located Maps Server must also run Operations Manager).

^53.Maps Servers can be co-located or installed as stand-alone servers in release 7.6 and higher. A co-located Maps server can be located on a server running Operations Manager, or Operations Manager and Media Server (a co-located Maps Server must also run Operations Manager).

^54.See Understanding the Operations Manager and Media Server Categories.

^55.See Understanding the Operations Manager and Media Server Categories.

^56.See Understanding the Operations Manager and Media Server Categories.

^57.Servers can be purchased with 1, 2, or 3 terabyte (TB) drives.

^58.See Understanding the Operations Manager and Media Server Categories.

^59.Servers can be purchased with 1, 2, or 3 terabyte (TB) drives.

^60.The maximum number of alerts that can be processed by the server per minute.

^61.The maximum number of individual Operations Manager servers that can be managed at any given time.

^62.The maximum number of Regions that can be configured on the server. Regions map a Federator location to an Operations Manager location.

^63.The maximum number of live video streams that can be received from client cameras transmitting at 768 kbps.

^64.The maximum number of live video streams that can be transmitted to client monitoring stations by the Dynamic Proxy server at 768 kbps.

^65.The maximum sum of all bandwidth (Mbps) into and out of the server.

^66.Only standalone Cisco VSM Maps Servers are supported in release 7.5.

^67.The maximum number of image layer files that can added (uploaded) to the Maps server, based on the image type and size.

^68.The image format and size used to determine the maximum number of image layers and download requests that can be handled by the Maps sever.

^69.The maximum number of image layers that can be sent to client monitoring stations at a single time. Performance is impacted only when map image files are being sent to the client. When the transmission is complete, the server connection is closed.

^70.The Cisco UCS B-, C- and E- Series servers run the Cisco VSM 7.OVA image as a virtual machine. These numbers do not apply to the Cisco UCS Express server. See the Cisco Video Surveillance Virtual Machine Deployment and Recovery Guide for UCS Platforms for more information about Cisco VSM virtual machine installation and requirements on the Cisco UCS Series servers.

Supported File Formats

The supported image file formats include the following:

• Raster format images—jpeg/jpg and png file formats are supported.
• Vector (shape files)—For more information, see the Wikipedia description at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapefile.

Maximum Recommended File Sizes

Images should be optimized to the smallest file size that preserves image quality. Large image files can consume excessive processing power and degrade system performance. We recommend images no larger than the following maximum sizes (which are the maximum Map Layer file size and image resolutions that have been successfully tested with Release 7.5).

• Vector (shape files)—maximum size 80 MB
• JPEG images— maximum size 19 MB and resolution 60 MP
• PNG images— maximum size 68 MB and resolution 32 MP

^71.See Understanding the Operations Manager and Media Server Categories.

^72.See Understanding the Operations Manager and Media Server Categories.

^73.See Understanding the Operations Manager and Media Server Categories.

^74.Servers can be purchased with 1, 2, or 3 terabyte (TB) drives.

^75.See Understanding the Operations Manager and Media Server Categories.

^76.Servers can be purchased with 1, 2, or 3 terabyte (TB) drives.

^77.See Understanding the Operations Manager and Media Server Categories.

^78.The Cisco UCS B- and C- Series servers run the Cisco VSM 7.OVA image as a virtual machine.

^79.The Cisco UCS Express Series servers run the Cisco VSM 7.OVA image as a virtual machine.

^80.See Understanding the Operations Manager and Media Server Categories.

^81.The Cisco UCS B- and C- Series servers run the Cisco VSM 7.OVA image as a virtual machine.

^82.The Cisco UCS Express Series servers run the Cisco VSM 7.OVA image as a virtual machine.

^83.See Understanding the Operations Manager and Media Server Categories.

^84.The Cisco UCS C- Series servers run the Cisco VSM 7.OVA image as a virtual machine.

^85.The Cisco UCS C- Series servers run the Cisco VSM 7.OVA image as a virtual machine.

^86.The Cisco UCS Express Series servers run the Cisco VSM 7.OVA image as a virtual machine.

^87.See Understanding the Operations Manager and Media Server Categories.

^88.The Cisco UCS C- Series servers run the Cisco VSM 7.OVA image as a virtual machine.

^89.The Cisco UCS Express Series servers run the Cisco VSM 7.OVA image as a virtual machine.