Milestone XProtect Advanced VMS 2014 - Manual (Page 283)

Milestone XProtect ® Advanced
VMS 2014
Administrator's Manual
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Recording server properties
When you configure Recording server settings, specify the following:
Name Description
Address
IP address (example: 123.123.123.123) or host name (example:
ourserver) of the management server to which the recording server
should be connected. This information is necessary so that the
recording server can communicate with the management server.
Port
Port number to be used when communicating with the management
server. Default is port 9993. You can change this if you need to.
Web server port
Port number to be used for handling web server requests, for
example for handling PTZ camera control commands and for
browse and live requests from XProtect Smart Client. Default is port
7563. You can this if you need to.
Alert server port
Port number to be used when the recording server listens for TCP
information (some devices use TCP for sending event messages).
Default is port 5432. You can change this if you need to.
SMTP server port
Port number to be used when the recording server listens for
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) information. Also, some
devices use SMTP (e-mail) for sending event messages and/or for
sending images to the surveillance system server via e-mail. SMTP
is a standard for sending e-mail messages between servers.
Default is port 25. You can change this if you need to.
FTP server port
Port number to be used when the recording server listens for FTP
information (some devices use FTP for sending event messages.
Default is port 21. You can change this if you need to.
Registered services
Occasionally, you have servers and/or services which should be able to communicate with the system
even if they are not directly part of the system. Some services, but not all, can register themselves
automatically in the system. Services that can automatically be registered are:

Event Server service

Log Server service

Service Channel service
Automatically registered services are displayed in the list of registered services.
You can manually specify servers/services as registered services in the Management Client.