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General

Bosch's Remote System Management service allows you to leverage the power of the Internet of Things (IoT) to provide secure, transparent, and cost-effective asset management throughout the lifecycle of a video system. This service enables end users, system integrators and installers to perform inventory and update management, as well as health monitoring tasks for an entire Bosch video system (DIVAR IP + BVMS + cameras) from one centralized Remote Portal platform.

The service brings peace-of-mind to end customers by enabling 24/7 system monitoring in a secure way. This allows the user to act proactively when issues arise and to address them, for instance, before video recordings are lost due to a hard drive failure. The secure MQTTS connection also preserves data privacy, as video footage cannot be accessed by anyone via this connection, due to the fact that video and image data transfer is not supported by this protocol. Moreover, the service allows for remote software and firmware rollouts, keeping the system up-to-date and secure. Cloud connectivity is based on a single outbound connection from the DIVAR IP to Remote Portal, where the DIVAR IP consolidates all inbound and outbound communication for the entire video system.

The service is designed to be used by larger end customer organizations performing their own system maintenance across multiple dispersed sites, or by installers offering such services to a multitude of different end customers. The benefits of using Remote System Management focus on increased efficiency when performing system maintenance tasks, avoiding unnecessary trips on-site through remote maintenance capabilities, such as update rollouts in case of a security advisory, or through latest system information insights allowing for better preparation of on-site trips. Positive side effect: Full service with minimum CO2 emissions. Additionally, the users can improve the service experience they provide by acting proactively and gaining the opportunity to address field issues before (internal) customers even realize they have a problem.

For additional details please refer to the latest datasheet and service description in the product catalog by searching for "CBS-RM-DIP".


Document history

DateChange
2023-03-10Initial release notes
2023-07-11MVP2


Applicable DIVAR IPs

Note: for latest system requirements always refer to the latest datasheet in the product catalog by searching for "CBS-RM-DIP".

HardwareSoftware

DIVAR IP all-in-one 4000

DIVAR IP System Manager 2.0 or above

DIVAR IP all-in-one 6000

DIVAR IP System Manager 2.0 or above

DIVAR IP all-in-one 7000 (DIP-72xx)

DIVAR IP all-in-one 7000 (DIP-73x)

DIVAR IP System Manager 2.1 or above

DIVAR IP System Manager 2.0 or above

Note: All three DIVAR IP operation modes are supported. Cameras are only integrated when operating in BVMS mode. 


Remote System Management - 07/2023 - MVP2

New functionality and improvements as of July 2023

System Manager 2.1
  • System Manager 2.1, enabling additional DIP-52xx and DIP-72xx connectivity to Cloud
General Remote Portal changes with influence on the service
  • "Service Licensing" now supports four licenses/CTNs:
    • CBS-RM-DIP4 Remote System Management DIP 4000 1yr
    • CBS-RM-DIP5 Remote System Management DIP 5000 1yr
    • CBS-RM-DIP6 Remote System Management DIP 6000 1yr
    • CBS-RM-DIP7 Remote System Management DIP 7000 1yr
Demo licenses
  • Demo licenses (3 months duration) available for all legacy DIP series 44xx, 52xx, 64xx, 72xx and 73xx
  • On request, supports of four licenses/CTNs:

    • CBS-RM-DIP4-Demo Remote System Management DIP 4000 Demo 3 months
    • CBS-RM-DIP5-Demo Remote System Management DIP 5000 Demo 3 months
    • CBS-RM-DIP6-Demo Remote System Management DIP 6000 Demo 3 months
    • CBS-RM-DIP7-Demo Remote System Management DIP 7000 Demo 3 months
Trial version, 30 days
  • All listed DIP families -having the System Manager installed - and will be connected to the Bosch Remote Portal will have a 30 days trial period free-of-charge. Activation of this is needed per individual DIP
Provision flow
  • Improved robustness of the provisioning flow, which solves issues where wrong certificates were created and DIVAR IPs were not able to connect to the Remote Portal

Post launch improvements
  • The connectivity status now also considers periodic updates of the health features (DIP and cameras). If the last ping is older than 5 minutes, the DIP will be displayed as disconnected.
  • Not correctly provisioned DIVAR IPs (missing TypePlate feature in the digital twin) are indicated with a light red background on sites page, on DIVAR IO details page dashes are displayed for all values and no health information is shown.
  • UX improvement: the width of installed software package/ update software dialog has been increased to prevent line breaks for long package names.
  • The update of status icons (health, connectivity, updates) sometimes was not reliable due to an issue with the web socket connections. This resulted in icons not being updated after a status change, typically a refresh of the page resolved the issue. This is fixed in this release and icons update automatically after a status change


Remote System Management - 07/2023 - Initial Release

New functionality as of March 2023

Use CaseIDDescription
Inventory Management343
  • Review DIVAR IP and camera hardware inventory information (model, serial number and more)
  • Review installed DIVAR IP software inventory details (BMVS version and patches, BVMS sub-components like VRM, Windows version)

  • Review installed camera firmware versions
  • Inventory report for hardware as well as software / firmware details, incl. CSV exports

  • Update campaign reports, incl. CSV exports

Update Management341
  • Updates via Remote Portal for

    • BVMS patches

    • BVMS sub-components like VSG, VRM, …
    • Camera Firmware (flexible version choice)

    • DIVAR IP System Manager
Health Monitoring342
  • Real-time status
    • Connectivity (DIVAR IP and cameras)
    • Update availability (DIVAR IP and cameras)
    • Camera access authorization and certificate validity
  • Recording health insights (for all instances per camera)

    • Green - no issues
    • Yellow - camera buffers packets as it cannot reach its iSCSI target
    • Red - packet loss occurred
  • DIVAR IP hardware health insights (based on SuperDoctor 5)

    • Power Supply status
    • RAID status
    • Physical disk status (incl. operating system drives)
    • Temperature
    • Fan status
    • Chassis intrusion
  • Health alerts via Email


Limitations / Known issues

Update Management1267It is currently not supported to upgrade the BVMS versions.
No patches for BVMS clients403074BVMS patches cannot be applied to clients installed and operated outside of the DIVAR IP unit on a workstation.
License Management405388

It is currently not supported to display the BVMS software licensing status for a connected DIVAR IP.

Remote Connect via Video Security Client / App147The MQTTs connection used for this service does not support video streaming. An optional path for video streaming is planned to be added later. Adding cameras directly to Remote Portal, in parallel to the MQTTs connection, is neither tested nor supported. 
De-provision and re-provision

In case the user wants to de-provision (disconnect) the already connected DIP from the RP and re-provision it again, the DIP should have the same System Manager version. This described process will fail when using different System Manager versions 



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