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Bosch VMS Sales Guide

1 Background
This document summarizes the Bosch VMS and BVIP design specifications, and is a guide to
planning a Bosch VMS system with Bosch cameras and storage. It focuses on Bosch VMS with
VRM. For detailed overview on the new feature set of Bosch VMS 5.0 and known restrictions,
pls refer to the Release Notes published in the Internet (www.boschsecurity.com).
This document is subject to change. Once a new version is published, earlier versions are void.

2 Design Specifications
This document lists the valid design specifications for version 5.0.x. You require an updated
version of this document to commission sales for a more recent version of Bosch VMS.

2.1 Datasheet facts

Subject

Management Server (MS)

Management Servers

Encoder inputs, cameras and

decoders summarized
Enterprise User Groups/
User Groups
User Groups

2.000

Workstations connected in
parallel
Decoders in total
IntuiKey Keyboards connected to decoder
Keyboards connected to
workstations (IntuiKey or
Videotec DCZ)
Logbook
VRM

DiBos / BRS
DVR (400, 600, 700)

n.a.
20 with overall max 1000 users
100
128
60
1 per workstation, hence 100
in total
4GB (6 Million Entries)
125 VRMs (primary VRMs +
Secondary VRMs). Condition:
VRMs operating in LAN (1Gb).
Tested with 100
15

Enterprise Management
Server
10 per Enterprise User group
30 per Enterprise User group,
if each MS < 100 channels.
10.000 per Enterprise User
group
20 with overall max. 1000 users
Same as MS
100
Same as MS
No Enterprise functionality.
Per Management Server only
100

Same as MS
Same as MS

10 x 100 = 1.000
Same as MS
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POS/ATM
Foyer Card reader
Virtual Inputs
AMG

Task Schedules
Compound Events
Special Days
Export ASF
Export
Maps
Allegiant CCL commands
Mobile Video Service (MVS
Web Client / IOS Client)

15
2
4.000 (limited in configuration)
16 with max. 50 cameos per
AMG (limited in configuration),
while maximum of 128 decoder in overall system
200 (limited in configuration)
1000, up to 10 devices per
compound event
24
1 minute of exporting ASF (4
cameras) takes 1 minute
Max 4 cameras in parallel
40 maps maximum
Max 10/sec
20 connections per MVS.
(1 connection per device
1 connection per cameo).
E.g. 5 iPads with quadview:
5x4=20 connections.

Same as MS
10 x 2 = 20
Same as MS
No Enterprise functionality.
On Management Server only

Same as MS
Same as MS
Same as MS
Same as MS
Same as MS
Same as MS
Same as MS
No Enterprise functionality with
remote access. Should be
used in the same LAN.

2.2 System facts

Operating Systems and requirements on the server: Pls refer to the data-sheet
All IP devices must be associated to 1 Management Server. IP devices must not be
shared between multiple Management Servers.
IP-Cameras, -Encoders and -Decoders must not be shared with other systems. For
temporary migration reasons VIDOS and BRS can stream video from IP cameras or encoders in parallel to Bosch VMS, but be aware of overloading the encoder.
Bosch VMS supports connection to BVIP devices through HTTP or HTTPS only when
Operator Client connects via port-forwarding from a remote site. It is not configurable in
LAN.
Changing the RCP+ port is also not supported.

2.3 Devices
Bosch VMS supports, in addition to the legacy encoders and decoders:

New Flexidome and Dinion 2000/4000/5000/7000/8000/9000 cameras series

MIC 550/612 and MIC 7000
VJD 3000 and 7000 including the support of 2 monitors
Arecont AV8185DN 180, live & playback, without stitching, via RTSP connection
Rvision camera (legacy from a project)
VBrick camera (legacy from one project)
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2.4 ONVIF:
o

o
o
o
o
o
o

Bosch VMS 5.0 supports ONVIF Profile S:

ONVIF cameras are detected in network scan
Life images of ONVIF cameras are shown
Supports PTZ control
Recording, playback and export is possible via Video Streaming Gateway
If an ONVIF camera provides a second stream, this can be selected for
live view
State supervision of ONVIF cameras is supported with Bosch VMS 5.0
Configuration of ONVIF camera within Bosch VMS is not yet supported
Events of the ONVIF cameras is not supported yet.
For the max. no. of ONVIF cameras connected to a Video Streaming Gateway,
pls refer to the VSG datasheet.
ONVIF cameras via VSG works on Monitor Wall with latest FW.
ONVIF cameras are listed on the following webpage: www.onvif.org

2.5 Enterprise Management System

The Enterprise Management System is described in detail in the Bosch VMS Configuration
Manual. This section just highlights some points, which are often mistaken during system design.
The MBV-BENT license contains 2 subsystem
o Whereof one subsystem is needed to connect the Enterprise Management
Server itself.
An Enterprise Operator Client licensed at the Enterprise Management Server does not
require an additional workstation license at the Management Server to which it is connected (subsystem). On the other side, the workstation licenses included in the Professional license of the subsystems cannot be used for the Enterprise Operator Clients.
o Off-Client capability is also ensured for Enterprise Operator Client.

2.6 Recording
2.6.1 VRM

From VRM datasheet: One VRM supports:

o 2048 channels
o 1 PB storage (net capacity)
o 40 disk arrays (recommended)
o maximum 120 iSCSI targets supported
When planning for larger environments we strongly recommend using large sized disk
arrays instead of a large number of small disk arrays (vertical scaling instead of horizontal scaling). For systems with more than 40 disk arrays, please contact a Bosch Design
Engineer. iSCSI based storage systems not qualified by Bosch are not supported.
Bosch VMS supports multiple Pools (Pooling implemented in VRM 3.0).
o Migration from former VRM versions is possible.
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Direct iSCSI and Local Storage is supported for devices which support Firmware 4.x and
above. I.e. no Local Storage support for VIPX1/X2 and VJ800x.
VRM and Local Storage support recording
o Pre-Alarm, Alarm and Post-Alarm, while pre- and post- must be at least 15 seconds. This means, pre-alarm is always streaming over the network (except when
using ANR).
o Continuous, Alarm and Post-Alarm, while post must be at least 15 seconds.
VRM/iSCSI and local recording do not support the configuration of Holidays for recording. Special Days must be used.
New: Support of E-series with dual controller system with 2x2 ports to increase number
of cameras
New: Dual recording
o Licensed per channel using the following license: MBV-DUR-50
o Dual recording refers to simultaneous recording from one camera on two different storage targets.
o A Secondary VRM can record the second stream of the camera from various
primary VRMs.
Use case: A Secondary VRM records only the most important cameras of
various sites, saving costs:

Dual recording has a special mode called Mirrored recording.

The Secondary VRM uses the exact same configuration with the same
devices and quality settings as the Primary VRM. Only the retention time
can deviate.
Advantage: Devices added to the Primary VRM are automatically added
to the Secondary VRM.
New: Failover recording
o Licensed per channel using the following license: MBV-FOV-50.
o Failover recording is set up for another VRM. When the Primary VRM fails, the
Failover VRM will take over the management of the recording, using the exact
same configuration. Hence, one Failover VRM is needed for redundancy of another VRM (1:1 relation).
o

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Failover VRM can be configured for a Primary VRM as well as for a Secondary
VRM.
For projects, that used the dual recording or failover recording workaround prior to
Bosch VMS 5.0:
o Respective licenses are needed per channel for dual recording and failover recording. Commercial solution might be requested from BU-ESS/MKP1.1 in case,
that new licenses cannot be sold. After licensing, the VRM configuration needs to
be imported into Bosch VMS by context menu on an empty VRM node in Configuration Client.
o

2.6.2 Video Streaming Gateway (VSG)

New: VSG supports alarm recording triggered by Bosch VMS events. (Events from
ONVIF cameras are not yet supported though).
New: Apart from the ONVIF protocol, VSG now also supports other formats: RCP+,
RTSP, JPEG.
o Connection state is not supported for RCP+, RTSP and JPEG
o PTZ is not supported for these formats

2.6.3 New: Automatic Network Replenishment (ANR)

Works with CPP-ENC and CPP4 with Firmware version 5.90 or later.
Firmware 5.92 improves the initial functionality of ANR to become more robust against
local storage media failures and includes a few fixes.
Bosch VMS issues an alarm, when the buffer storage on the local SD card reaches a
critical state (default setting is 90%) and another alarm, when recordings are overwritten. An alarm is also issued, when SD card is missing or broken.
ANR and dual recording is mutually exclusive. User can configure either ANR or dual
recording for a camera.
Please refer to the Release Notes and the Whitepaper of ANR to find out about the
known limits and recommendations. These documents are available in the documents
section of the IP cameras in the Bosch Product Catalog in the Internet.

2.6.4 DIVAR
o

o
o
o

BVMS 5.0 supports DVR 400/600 and 700

DVR 431, 440, 451, 480
DVR 630, 650, 670
Divar 700
Only DVR is licensed, not the cameras used on the DVR
Needed license is: MBV-XDVR-45
Supported DVR-Events:
Disk Failure
(only DVR 400 & 600)
Disk Full
(only DVR 400 & 600)
Fan Failure
(only DVR 400 & 600)
Temperature above limit
(only DVR 400 & 600)
System alarm state
(only DVR 400 & 600)
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Software Incompatibility
(only DVR 400 & 600)
DVR DataInput
(only DVR 700)
Supported Archive Operations
Delete Video
(only Divar 700)
Export native and asf
(all Divars)
Motion search
(all Divars)
IVA overlays in cameo
(only Divar 700)
No protect/unprotect
(all Divars)
No instant playback
(all Divars)
No playback in alarm cameo space (all Divars)
No Video authentication
(all Divars)
Divar is only supporting 5 connections:
1 connection for events etc. from server
1 connection per live cameo per camera
1 connection for playback per camera
No support for decoder connections

2.6.5 Additional Data On hold / not released

Although implemented in Bosch VMS 5.0, this feature is unfortunately not working 100%
reliably yet. Known effects are, that search results are missing sporadically, and searching for /
playing back video with additional data may cause unexpected effects. This will be solved by a
Firmware upgrade (and if the circumstances require) a Bugfix release of a Bosch VMS version
5.0.x

BVMS 5.0 can record additional data. Additional data is searched for in Bosch VMS via
the Logbook.
Additional data can be received by Bosch VMS by the following means:
o Virtual inputs
o Foyer Card Reader
o German ATM interface DTP3N
o By devices which use the same protocol as the ATM/POS bridge (EOL) or one of
the other before mentioned devices
Known restrictions
o In general: Additional data can be recorded in either Logbook only, or in Logbook
and recording. The search for additional data is always performed in the logbook
and has the following limitations:
10*Virtual Input (VI) with length 300 = 3000 characters: 109 items*/sec
(average)
10 * VI data field with length 800 = 8000 characters: 22 items*/sec (average)
10 * VI data field with length 30 = 300 characters: 500 items*/sec
(average)
*Item = data Input Event.
o If data is stored in the recording then there is an additional restriction:
A maximum of 3200 Bytes (corresponds to about 3200 English characters in Unicode) can be processed per event.

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2.7 Mobile Video Service (Web Client / iOS Client)

o
o
o

Web Client and iOS Client require a Mobile Video Service (available with
Bosch VMS setup).
The maximum number of Mobile Video Service instances per Management
Server: 5
One MVS provides up to 20 simultaneous connections with Web Clients or Mobile Clients. Each mobile device consumes 1 connection, each stream consumes
another connection.
Web Client runs on HTML 5 web-client (tested on Internet Explorer IE 11)
It has also been tested with Firefox V.30 and Chrome v.36 and Safari
v.7.0.5, showing some limitations on the in Image pane PTZ functionality
(control though can be used instead).
Mobile Video Client (iOS App) runs on iPad, iPhone
Supported HW versions: iPad 2 and 3; iPhone 4 and 5
Supported iOS versions: 7.1
Feature scope:
Web Client and iOS Client both support
live and playback simultaneously!
PTZ
NEW: iOS Client
Record video using the IOS mobile camera
Transmit videos to MVS server to share it with other staff members
Notify and share live video with other security staff in emergency
situation
Notification provided in Web-client, when video is loaded to MVS
server
o Default setting is 5Gbit and 365 days for recording on
MVS
o This setting can be changed in the configuration file
ProgramData-> Bosch-> MVS->Config
Web Client can
trigger relays
trigger export on ASF and native export on a Management Server
Supported cameras:
IP cameras with H.264 support that are controlled by Bosch VMS
(not controlled by VIDOS)
ONVIF cameras
BRS/DiBos H.264 cameras

2.8 Remote access

Bosch VMS 5.0 supports connection across Wide Area Network (remote access) from
an Operator Client to a Management Server and all devices managed by it.

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o
o
o

Devices and Management Server have to be in the same Local Area Network
(LAN)
Minimum bandwidth required within that LAN are 100Mbit/s
Remote access of devices to the Management Server are not supported
Minimum bandwidth required between remote site and local site is 300 Kbit/s

Transcoded video
o New: Software transcoding is offered in Operator Client as a fallback level when
no HW-transcoder is available, but only for live.
o Enables to BVMS OC to operate within low bandwidth (>=300 kbit/s) networks
o Transcoder is available for Live and Playback for VRM connected BVIP cameras.
o If no transcoder sessions or transcoder HW is available on the VRM no image
will be displayed in Operator Client.
o Transcoded videos are selected by Operator per device.
o Transcoded video is indicated by an icon in cameo.
o Bosch VMS supports the transcoder service within the internal transcoder of the
VRM installed on DIVAR IP 3000/7000 as well as DIVAR IP 2000/6000.
o In addition the external transcoder VJT-XTC XF is supported as well
o Transcoding services are managed by VRM
Not configurable or shown in Bosch VMS
o Following operations are not supported by transcoded video
Delete Video
Protect/Unprotect Video
Authenticate Video
Export Video
Forensic Search
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Multi-view feature (Multi-view feature for live view: Select a camera multiple

times without additional CPU-load)

2.9 New: Integration with Barco Transform N-series

Barco provides a new RCP+ SDK Agent to integrate the BARCO Transform N series
with Bosch VMS 5.0
Barco RCP+ SDK Agent requires activation of multicast in all used cameras.
It does not support multiple drag and drop support (sequences).
It does not support replay.
The RCP+ Agent requires a license from BARCO.
In Bosch VMS the RCP+ Agent is connected as a single decoder supporting up to 64
cameras.
The RCP+ Agent supports asymmetrical layouts.
In Bosch VMS the monitor wall is licensed with a single channel license (MBV-XCHAN50).

2.10 Limiting facts

Enterprise Management System

o Analog Monitor Group is not supported across different Management Servers
o Monitor Wall:
Cameras of subsystems can be connected to monitor wall configured in
Enterprise Management Server only
No pre-configuration of sequences with cameras from subsystems
o Remote cameras or cameras using transcoded streams are not supported on
monitor wall. BIS - BVMS connectivity is not supported across different Management Server
o Mobile Video Service (Web Client / IOS Client) is not supported across different
Management Server
o Map does not indicate cameras of different Management Servers on one map
Monitor Wall:
Assign

Usage

AMG

via

Display

Control by

Control by

Workstation Decoder/Server Control Camera

Display pre-

in

Usage in

Local

Enterprise

D&D

Keyboard

Keyboard incl.

by

on

configured

OC

OC

in OC

incl. PTZ

PTZ

SDK

Alarms

Sequences

Yes

Monitor Wall Yes

Display

Support

automatic

more

Sequences Layouts

no

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

no

yes

yes

no

no

no

no

yes

no

yes

ONVIF cameras can be displayed on the Digital Monitor Wall. Pls use latest FW
updates for the ONVIF cameras!
Devices & HW
o Status from Satellite Allegiant cameras will not be displayed
o H.264 BP of TI based MPEG4 devices is not supported
o B-Frames are not supported
o VIPXD decoders do not support H.264 MP
o

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o
o
o

VIPXD decoders do support H.264 BP+, which however must be limited to

1200Kbps for ARM based devices, and 2500Kbps for XFM4 devices
VJD 3000/7000 does not support 4k cameras as the resolution is limited to
1080p.
Bosch VMS and BVIP components are tested on Bosch hardware. You can deploy a Bosch VMS system on 3rd party servers and workstations, following the
minimum requirements. For workstations you must use one of the recommended
graphic cards. For issues on servers and workstations which cannot be reproduced in tech support, we will ask you to reproduce the issue on Bosch hardware.
DiBos, BRS and DVRs are integrated into Bosch VMS as transceivers. This
means, both live and playback video is streamed through DiBos/BRS/DVR.
Therefore, you cannot show any - DiBos/BRS/DVR image on a BVIP decoder
like VIPXD.

2.11 Calculations

Encoding of IP encoders and cameras is limited and must under no circumstances be

overloaded. To check if the required resolution, IPS and streaming values are achievable, check VRM calculation excel sheet.
Storage must be calculated taking iSCSI sessions, RAID levels and internal buffer into
consideration. In order to calculate the required storage for certain video bandwidth levels and retention times, use the VRM calculator or the BVMS approval check-list in its
latest available versions.

2.12 Further design information

For system examples please refer to Bosch VMS Blueprints

Bosch VMS requires an extension of the Software Maintenance Agreement after 1 year
of License Activation in SLMS. Without a valid SMA, the system is not covered by Technical Support and will not receive upgrades to future revisions.
Upgrading to 5.0 requires a valid SMA.
New purchases have one year of SMA included, hence activations after July 28th 2013
will still be able to upgrade to BVMS 5.0.
Installations that activated before July 28th 2013 are required to extend the SMA.

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2.13 Compatibility BVMS Rel. 5.0

Bosch VMS 5.0 has been tested with the following SW/FW versions:

VideoSDK: 5.80.0127
Firmware MPEG-4: 4.15.0002
Firmware CPP3: 5.73.0040
Firmware CPP4: 5.92.0090
Firmware CPP5: 5.90.0070
Firmware CPP6 5.91.0085
Firmware CPP-ENC 5.52.0015 (for VIP X1600 XFM4)
Firmware CPP-ENC 5.92.0021 (for VJT XF E family) (Beta)
Firmware X1/X2: 2.53.05
Combined Firmware (was not available for this release)
VIP XD HD 1.08.07
VJD 7000 54.08.07
VRM: 3.00.71
VSG 5.91.0012
Dibos 8.7
BRS: 8.10/8.11
BIS: 3.0/ 4.0
iOS: 7.1
Web-Client IE 11
Allegiant MCS: 2.96
Intuikey Keyboard: 1.96
VMWare: 5.1.0 U1 build 1065491
DVR 2.1 / 3.60

Latest compatibility matrix will also be available at the IPP Web-page (note BVMS 5.0 is not
included yet):
http://ipp.boschsecurity.com/technology_partner_programm/03_toolkit/04_compatibility/02_content_page
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