Milestone XProtect Professional 2014 - Manual (Page 10)

Milestone XProtect ® Professional
2014
Administrator's Manual
www.milestonesys.com 10 Before you start
Before you start
About minimum system requirements
Important: Your system no longer supports Microsoft ® Windows ® 2003 (however, you can still
run/access clients from computers with Windows 2003).
Important: Your system no longer supports Microsoft ® Windows ® 32-bit OS (however, you can still
run/access XProtect Web Client and XProtect Smart Client from computers with Windows 32-bit OS).
For information about the minimum system requirements to the various components of your system,
go to
www.milestonesys.com/systemrequirements .
About administrator rights
When you install the surveillance system, it is important that you have administrator rights on the
computer that should run the system. If you only have standard user rights, you cannot configure the
surveillance system.
About important port numbers
Your system uses particular ports when communicating with other computers, cameras, and so on.
Make sure that the following ports are open for data traffic on your network when you use your system:
Name Description
Port 20 and 21 (inbound and
outbound)
Used for FTP traffic. FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is a standard for
exchanging files across networks. FTP uses the TCP/IP standards
for data transfer, and is often used for uploading or downloading
files to and from servers.
Port 25 (inbound and
outbound)
Used for SMTP traffic. Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) is a
standard for sending e-mail messages between servers. This port
should be open since, depending on configuration, some cameras
may send images to the surveillance system server via e-mail.
Port 80 (inbound and
outbound)
Used for HTTP traffic between the surveillance server, cameras,
and XProtect Smart Client, and the default communication port for
the surveillance system's Image Server service.
Port 554 (inbound and
outbound)
Used for RSTP traffic in connection with H.264 video streaming.
Port 1024 (outbound only) Used for HTTP traffic between cameras and the surveillance server.
Port 1234 (inbound and
outbound)
Used for event handling.