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How-tos
Working references for building and running the network a security system sits on, plus the Genetec Security Center how-to articles that get the most field use. Each page keeps its own URL; this page is the index.
Network and security system how-tos
Building a network for CCTV and access control →
A security network built to a design instead of assembled plug by plug: addressing, VLANs, and switch sizing before anyone pulls cable.
IP addressing for security integrators →
Subnetting and addressing decisions for a security network, including the ones that are hard to undo after commissioning.
VLAN segmentation for physical security networks →
Why a camera on the same network as an office workstation is the segmentation conversation every integrator eventually has, and how to design around it.
Multicast for CCTV networks →
When multicast video makes sense, why IGMP snooping without a querier floods or starves the VLAN, and the configuration on Cisco, Aruba CX, and Juniper.
PoE budgets for camera and access control switches →
What the 802.3af, at, and bt classes actually deliver, why the switch's power supply sets the real budget, and what happens when it runs out.
Genetec Security Center how-tos
Security Center: architecture, roles, and workstation best practices →
Server role architecture, sizing guidance, workstation optimization, federation, and common design mistakes.
Security Center: server configuration and performance tuning →
Power plan, NIC buffers, SQL Server memory, antivirus exclusions, video drive configuration, and camera stream settings.
Archiver storage and retention design →
Retention arithmetic that survives real bitrates, throughput per Archiver and per volume, RAID and drive selection, and the failure modes that produce missing video.
The 10 most common Security Center issues →
The 10 Genetec Security Center problems that show up most often in the field, what they look like under load, and how to fix them.
Upgrading to Security Center 5.14: the runbook →
Pre-flight checks, the order roles and clients go in, the Web Client retirement, SDK plugins and federation, and the rollback decision.
Looking for the hardening guides instead?
Domain, Windows, switch, firewall, VMS host, and OT hardening live on their own index.