Release Notes for Cisco Video Surveillance Manager, Release 7.14.2

Cisco Connected Safety and Security UCS Platform Series Servers

Cisco VSM Release 7.14.2 is pre-installed on new installations of the Cisco Connected Safety and Security UCS Platform Series when ordered with the Cisco VSM software installed.

Supported Servers

• KIN-UCSM5-1RU-K9 / KIN-UCSM5-2RU-K9

Related Documentation

• Cisco CSS UCS Server User Guide — supported features, physical installation and setup instructions
• Release Notes for the Cisco CSS UCS Servers

Notes

• After the server appliance is installed, see the Cisco Video Surveillance Manager: Install and Upgrade Guide to perform the initial Cisco VSM setup.
• For additional server hardware documentation, see the Cisco UCS C-Series Server Documentation (Roadmap).

Upgrading from Previous Cisco VSM Releases

For complete instructions, see the Cisco Video Surveillance Manager: Install and Upgrade Guide.

Important notes before you upgrade:

1. Upgrade of VSM 7.14.0 to 7.14.2 is not supported from VSOM UI and to do so, a patch has to be applied on the existing VSM 7.14.0. Instructions on applying the patch is given below.

(Note: This procedure is not required to be followed for prior versions like 7.12.1 or earlier.)

• Download the patch (Cisco_VSOM_7.14.0-325_CSCvs91271.zip) located at https://software.cisco.com/download/home/282976740/type/281933881/release/7.14.0
• Transfer the patch to VSOM server at “/var” location.
• SSH to VSOM server with root privileges and go to location where the patch is copied.
• Unzip the patch using the command # unzip Cisco_VSOM_7.14.0-325_CSCvs91271.zip
• Go to directory “CSCvs91271” using the command # cd CSCvs91271
• Execute the install script as shown below #./install.sh
• Once the patch is installed, VSOM service gets restarted and a message will be displayed as “Patch applied, and tomcat restarted”.

Follow rest of the instructions to upgrade VSOM and servers mentioned in “Table 2, Row 1” below.

2. VSM with SAN storage has issues. Please see Appendix below before upgrade/install 7.14.2

3. SASD upgrade may fail in the following scenarios while upgrading VSM from 7.14.0 to 7.14.2

1. Auto-upgrade Video Wall - In this scenario, the SASD video wall upgrade fails and the download process get stuck indefinitely.

2. Downloading SASD after connecting to VSOM - In this scenario, when the user clicks on the 'download' option after connecting to the upgraded VSOM from SASD, the download process gets stuck forever

WORKAROUND -
Install SASD by following the download and install instructions present in the user guide under section "Installing the Application Suite"

Upgrade methods

The following table describes the upgrade methods based on how old your server’s current release is.

Platform Notes

• Release 7.0 was pre-installed on the Cisco Multiservices Platform (Cisco MSP) servers, including the CPS-MSP-1RU-K9 and CPS-MSP-2RU-K9.
• Release 7.2 to Release 7.7 was pre-installed on the CPS-UCS-1RU-K9 and CPS-UCS-2RU-K9 Cisco CSS UCS series servers.

– The CIVS platform is not supported and cannot be upgraded to VSM 7.7 or later.

• Release 7.7 to 7.11.1 is also pre-installed on the Cisco CSS UCS series servers:

– CPS-UCSM4-1RU-K9 / Cisco CPS UCSM4 2RU

• Release 7.11.1 and higher is also pre-installed on the Cisco CSS UCS series servers:

– KIN-UCSM5-1RU-K9 / KIN-UCSM5-2RU-K9

• Release 7.14.2 is not supported on the Cisco CSS UCS series servers

– CPS-UCS-1RU-K9 and CPS-UCS-2RU-K9

• Release 7.14.2 is not supported on ESXi5.1

Note Virtual Machine (VM) installations can also be upgraded using the Cisco VSM Management Console. Upgrades are supported from release 7.11 or higher on the RHEL 6.10 and 7 operating systems. See Cisco Video Surveillance Virtual Machine Deployment and Recovery Guide for UCS Platforms for more information.

Recovery/Factory Image

You can also create a bootable USB flash drive that can be used to recover an installation or perform a a factory installation of Cisco VSM Release 7.14.2 on a supported physical server that shipped with Cisco VSM Release 7.14.2 pre-installed. This includes KIN-UCSM5-1RU-K9 and KIN-UCSM5-2RU-K9.

For more information, see Cisco Video Surveillance Manager: Install and Upgrade Guide

Supported Devices: Cisco

Table 3 through Table 9 provide information about Cisco devices supported in this release:

• Cisco 2400/2500, 2600, 2800, and 2900 Series
• Cisco 3000 Series
• Cisco 4000 Series and 5000 Series
• Cisco 6000 Series
• Cisco 7000 Series
• Cisco 8000 Series
• Cisco CIVS-SENC-4P and CIVS-SENC-8P

Additional Notes on Cisco Devices

• Cisco 4500 and 4500E support video analytics.
• Cisco 5000 series does not support motion detection at video bit-rates above 4,000 (4 Mbps). The “H” video preset in Templates has been chosen to not exceed this, so motion detection will work.
• The Cisco 5000 and 2900 camera series do not allow changes to the authentication settings (username/password) or networking settings (DHCP/Static, DNS, etc.) through Cisco VSM. These values can only be changed using the camera web interfaces.
• Focus, Auto Focus and Zoom support are not available for Cisco 6000P, 3421V, 3520, 3530, 3535, and 3050 camera models.
• When Cisco VSM manages a Cisco 6930, 2830, or 2835 camera, it automatically enables the HTTP protocol on the camera and uses this protocol to send PTZ commands to the camera. Other configuration commands continue to use the HTTPS protocol.
• The Cisco 2830, 2835, 3000 series, 6000 series and 7030 cameras now support MJPEG primary streams.
• Cisco 3421V and 6050 cameras do not support Contact Closure, Cisco 7030 camera supports 3 input ports. All other Cisco 3000, 6000, 8000 series cameras support 1 input port.
• In PTZ Tour Configuration, the configured transition time configured includes the time that it takes the camera to move from the one preset position to the next preset position in addition to the time that the camera is expected to stay in the preset position. If the transition time is configured to a value that is less than the time that it takes the camera to move from one preset position to the next, the camera moves between the first and second presets positions only, instead of touring between all preset positions that are configured in the tour.
• The minimum firmware version required to support camera applications is 2.5.0-10.
• The minimum firmware version required to support connected edge storage is 2.0.

Supported Devices: Arecont

Table 10 provides information about Arecont devices that this Cisco VSM release supports.

Additional Notes on Arecont Devices

• AV20185, AV20365, AV12186, AV8365 and AV8185 are 4-channel IP cameras. In order to support multiple video channels from a single device, Cisco VSM 7 models these devices as “Encoders”.
• Arecont devices have not yet been qualified to support redundancy in Cisco VSM 7.
• Secondary streams are not supported in H, M, L template settings for Arecont Devices. However secondary stream can be configured using Custom templates.
• Arecont cameras divide the Maximum FPS the camera supports by the number of streams. This could result in lower FPS when both primary and secondary streams are configured for these cameras.
• Arecont AV10XX5, AV5115, AV2115 support VBR and multicast streaming.
• There is a restriction with motion detection for Arecont multi-sensor cameras. False motion events are generated if both half and full resolution size images are requested simultaneously using Cisco VSM or Arecont Camera Web Interface or a third party Media Player.

Supported Devices: Axis

Table 11 , Table 12 , and Table 13 provide information about Axis devices supported in this release.

Table 13 provides information about additional Axis devices that this Cisco VSM release supports.

Additional Notes on Axis Devices

• Axis P3301 IP camera and Q7401, Q7404, and Q7406 encoders have been qualified to support redundancy in Cisco VSM 7.0.1.
• Axis 233D supports contact closure configuration and events.
• Support for 0.1fps MJPEG stream for all supported Axis models.

The following table documents the various Field-Of-Views supported for the Axis M3007 panoramic cameras and support for PTZ and Motion Detection for these Field-Of-Views.

The Axis M3007 and M3037 camera allows the user to configure various mounting options directly in the camera web interface that affects the possible values for Field-Of-Views that can be configured on the camera. The table below provides this mapping:

Supported Devices: IQinVision

Table 16 provides information about IQinVision devices that this Cisco VSM release supports.

Additional Notes on IQinVision Devices

• IQinVision devices have not yet been qualified to support redundancy in Cisco VSM 7.
• Support configuring NTP on the IQinVision cameras to synchronize with their Cisco VSM Media Server.
• Added support for Firmware upgrade for all supported models.
• Added support for Camera Discovery for H.264 models.

Supported Devices: Mobotix

Table 17 provides information about Mobotix devices that this Cisco VSM release supports.

Additional Notes on Mobotix Devices

• Moboitx M10 and D10 IP cameras running with M10 series firmware work with the x10 Model.
• Mobotix devices are not qualified to support redundancy in Cisco VSM 7.

Supported Devices: Panasonic

Table 18 provides information about Panasonic devices that this Cisco VSM release supports.

Additional Notes on Panasonic Devices

• Panasonic devices have not yet been qualified to support redundancy in Cisco VSM 7.
• Only same field of views can be configured on primary and secondary streams on Panasonic cameras SW458/SF438.
• The following table documents the various Field-Of-Views supported for the Panasonic SF 458 and SF 438 panoramic cameras and support for PTZ and Motion Detection for these Field-Of-Views.

Supported Devices: Pelco

Table 20 provides information about Pelco devices that this release supports.

Additional Notes on Pelco Devices

• Pelco devices have not yet been qualified to support Redundancy in Cisco VSM 7.
• Audio volume controls are not supported for NET540XT
• For Pelco NET540xT PTZ to work, the analog camera should be chosen as Pelco Analog Camera (pelco_sarix) in Operations Manager and not as Pelco D.
• The user needs to directly configure the Serial protocol on the Pelco NET540XT encoder outside of Cisco VSM.
• The Pelco Spectra IV TXB-N (H.264 capable model) run Pelco Sarix firmware and can be supported in Cisco VSM as a Pelco Sarix Generic IP camera (additional details in the Generic IP camera section).

Supported Devices: Sony

Table 21 provides information about Sony devices that this release supports.

Additional Notes on Sony Devices

• Sony devices have not yet been qualified to support redundancy in Cisco VSM 7.
• These Sony devices do not support motion detection with the H.264 media type.
• The Sony SNC-RX5x0 cameras stop streaming video when the Object Detection window is opened in the camera’s web interface.
• For Sony HM662 Panoramic camera, only the 360 degree view is supported. De-warped views are not supported.

Supported Devices: Vivotek

Table 22 provides information about Vivotek devices that this release supports.

Supported Devices: Generic IP Cameras

Cisco VSM Release 7.14 provides the following device drivers to support IP cameras from various vendors. The functionality they support will depend on the particular device that they are used with. They are intended to provide a quick and easy way to support devices for which there isn’t yet a specific driver available for Cisco VSM. Since these drivers may not be tested with a specific device, some issues may be encountered. When using these drivers with a device, failover and redundancy are not supported.

Note The vendor specific generic driver should always be used before a non-vendor specific driver such as ONVIF.

Known Limitations

• Supports only IP Cameras, no support for Encoders
• No contact closure support
• Multicast streaming is supported only for the primary stream
• Multicast port must be an even number within the range 16000:19999
• Audio Multicast issues are observed on most of the ONVIF cameras. Hence do not enable audio when multicast is enabled for video.
• Capture Mode on the camera cannot be changed using ONVIF APIs. So, it is assumed that the camera is in the desired capture mode before adding it to VSOM using ONVIF

Device Specific Limitations

• This ONVIF driver has been tested with a limited number of camera models from Axis, Sony, Panasonic, Bosch, Pelco, Samsung, J2000IP, and Cohu. We have found that these cameras have some variations in how they have implemented the ONVIF specification. Hence there may be compatibility issues when using this ONVIF driver with a particular device that is ONVIF compliant.
• Some of the known caveats are listed below:

AXIS

• ONVIF user account—Some Axis cameras require a special ONVIF user account, which can be created on the camera's web interface before adding an AXIS ONVIF camera to the VSOM. This page is at Setup --> System Options --> Security --> ONVIF --> Add
• Camera and VSMS (Media Server) Time Synchronization—ONVIF camera and VSMS server to which ONVIF camera is being added should have their time synchronized ideally using NTP.

SAMSUNG

• Megapixel Mode setting on the camera SND-7080
• To support the resolutions (1600*1200) and (2048*1536), change the Megapixel Mode to 3-Megapixel in the following page on the camera browser: Settings -> Audio & Video -> video profile -> Megapixel mode

COHU

• Enable Authentication on the camera before adding it to VSOM in the camera browser, go to Camera Setup -> Configuration -> User Settings. Select User and enable “Require Password” field.
• Media Transport Type— Only UDP is supported. Streaming fails if TCP is selected.
• Unsupported Resolutions —Streaming fails for the resolutions 176*144, 176*120, 160*120
• Codec Change through VSOM— Switching from H264 to JPEG or vice-versa requires a camera reboot. And camera needs to be deleted and added in VSOM after camera is up.
• Support for Audio— Camera does not support ONVIF Audio

BOSCH

• Frame rate— Only Framerate 30 is supported
• Dual Streaming— Secondary configuration overwrites the primary configuration. So, dual streaming is not supported on Bosch cameras using ONVIF.

PANASONIC

• Capture Mode Setting— If the camera is added in VSOM using Multicast, changing the capture mode on the camera browser manually causes the streaming to fail. After this, only the unicast streaming works
• User Authentication— User Authentication should be enabled in the camera browser as follows - Setup -> User mng -> User auth. Choose ON for User auth.

SONY

• Media Transport Type— Only UDP is supported. Streaming fails if TCP is selected
• Support for Audio— Camera does not support ONVIF Audio
• Set Configuration Issues — Camera returns success even if one or more of the parameters are not valid for that camera/video stream. ONVIF profile gets updated with values but Camera still uses the previous correct value. Recommend to configure only the values as allowed in the camera browser.
• Support for Password change on the camera— Camera does not support password change for the administrator users using ONVIF API.

Supported Devices: Analog Cameras

This Cisco VSM release provides support for the following analog cameras.

Notes on Cyberdome devices

• The Cyberdome I and Cyberdome II devices also have On Screen Display Menu support.

Device Models Validated in Cisco VSM as Generic IP Cameras

The camera models listed in Table 25 have been tested with VSM Release 7.14 as generic IP cameras.