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Overview of the NAS Setup Phases

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Overview of the NAS Setup Phases

The Setup Phases include configuring actiNAS components with actiNAS Manager. The basic steps are:

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Create RAID Disk from Hard Disk Drives

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Join RAID Disk to Volume Group

‟s Storage Pool

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Setup the Network Environment

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Enable Services for Windows clients, Linux/UNIX clients, and MAC clients

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Create and Setup Logical Volume and Share Folder.

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Create Accounts or Groups or Join ADS/NIS Domain and assign Share Folder Permission

Summary of Contents for actiNAS cube RDX

Page 1: ...actiNAS cube RDX User s Manual Revision 1 8 Please vsisit our web site for additional manuals like Backup Manual P N PW0020000000324 ...

Page 2: ...y 8 Introduction 9 The NAS System 9 Key Features 9 Technical Specifications 10 RAID Levels 10 Installation 11 Packaging Shipment and Delivery 11 Unpacking the NAS System 11 Identifying Parts of the NAS System 12 Front View 12 Rear View 13 HDD Status LEDs 13 Environmental Status LEDs 14 2 3 5Lock Indicator 14 Front Panel 15 LCD Menu Diagram 16 Getting Started with the NAS System 17 NAS Hardware Set...

Page 3: ...rage Pool 44 Create a Volume 45 Delete a Volume 46 Extend a Volume Capacity 47 Setup Volume as iSCSI Target 48 Disable iSCSI Configuration in a Volume 51 Remove iSCSI Configuration and Restore to NAS Volume 53 Share Security 55 Create New Share Folder 56 Assign Permission to Share 61 Edit Share Folder 64 Delete Share Folder 65 Accessing Share Folder from Windows Clients via Samba 66 Accessing Shar...

Page 4: ... displays the list of files downloaded or being downloaded in the target share 99 Example of Download from Link and Torrent 100 System 104 System Information 104 Service 105 NOTE Do not enable Public option on the share folder designated as WEB target share folder 106 NOTE You cannot enable a selected service if VG does not exist NASVG is not yet initialized 106 Configuration Quick Setup 107 How t...

Page 5: ... function to enable event notification via email 139 System Tools 141 NAS provides various system tools which help the administrator monitor the system 141 Account 145 Account 145 Create Account 146 Delete Account 147 Edit Account 148 Import Account 149 Group 150 Create Group 151 Delete Group 152 Edit Group 153 File Manager 154 Introduction to File Manager 154 Login to File Manager 156 Admin Login...

Page 6: ...ad File 162 Download File 163 Rename File 163 Delete File 164 Set File Permission 165 Refresh File List 166 Use the Refresh File List option to update the list of files displayed in the File List on the right pane 166 System 167 Preview Function 167 Logout 168 ...

Page 7: ...l information and tips that the user must give attention to in going through with the subsystem operation Important These are the important information that the user must remember Warning These are the warnings that the user must follow to avoid unnecessary errors and bodily injury during hardware and software operation of the subsystem Caution These are the cautions that user must be aware to pre...

Page 8: ...t not to exceed the allowed ambient temperature Before plugging in any power cords cables and connectors make sure that the power switches are turned off Disconnect first any power connection if the power supply module is being removed from the enclosure Outlets must be accessible to the equipment All external connections should be made using shielded cables and as much as possible should not be p...

Page 9: ...sed embedded OS design it can boot without HDD FDD or CD ROM to guarantee reliability and quick boot The NAS system is managed and configured by Flex Ruby browser based software and some features include pre configure disk capacity users setting volume management quick installation on popular network platform and multi protocol support It is equipped with software RAID to offer fault tolerant data...

Page 10: ...browser Flash upgradeable unit Supports Microsoft ADS PDC and Unix NIS accounts import Fail free online firmware upgrade Unicode support RAID Levels Below is the list of RAID Levels available for configuration in the NAS RAID Level No of Allowed Failed Drives Description Min Required No of Drives 0 None Block striping is provided and yields higher performancethan with individual drives There is no...

Page 11: ... there and in good condition Exterior damage to the shipping carton may indicate that the contents of the carton are damaged If any damage is found do not remove the components contact the dealer where you purchased the system for further instructions Unpacking the NAS System The package contains the following items System unit included RDX Drive One power cord Two Ethernet LAN cables If any of th...

Page 12: ...ts of the NAS System The illustrations below identify the various parts of the NAS system Front View Drive Tray Slot 1 5 HDD Status LEDs Drive Tray Lock Power On Off Switch RDX Drive Busy LED Power LED Over Temperature LED Voltage Warning LED FAN Failed LED LCD Display ...

Page 13: ... is on and the hard disk drive status is good for this slot Blinking Orange and Green LED indicates the hard disk drive is in rebuilding state Power Supply eSATA Expansion Port AC Power Input Socket COM 1 FAN LAN 0 Gigabit Port LAN 1 Gigabit Port 4x USB 2 0 Port Audio Line IN Audio Line Out Audio Mic IN ...

Page 14: ...ed and an alarm will sound Over Temperature LED If temperature irregularities in the system occurs HDD slot temperature over 55 C this LED will turn RED and alarm will sound 2 3 5Lock Indicator Every Drive Carrier is lockable and is fitted with a lock indicator to indicate whether or not the carrier is locked into the chassis Each carrier is also fitted with an ergonomic handle for easy carrier re...

Page 15: ... accessed Up and Down Arrow buttons Use the Up or Down arrow keys to go through the information on the LCD screen This is also used to move between each menu when you configure the subsystem Select button This is used to enter the option you have selected EXIT Exit button Press this button to return to the previous menu Power LED Busy LED Down Button Up Button Exit Button Select Button ...

Page 16: ...n Identifying Parts of the NAS System 16 LCD Menu Diagram Disk Status Information S 001 means slot number 1 O means disk drive in slot is Online or detected X means no disk drive in slot or disk drive not detected ...

Page 17: ...To turn on the NAS press the Power On Off Switch 4 The Power LED on the front panel will turn green Installing Hard Drives This section describes the location of the hard drives in the NAS system and gives instructions on installing a hard drive The system supports hot swapping allowing you to install or replace a hard drive while the system is running a Make sure the lock indicator is in unlocked...

Page 18: ... with the holes of the hard drive Install the mounting screws on the bottom part to secure the drive in the disk tray c Slide the tray into a slot and push the Lock Indicator Button d Press the handle until you hear the latch click into place The HDD status LED will turn green if subsystem is on ...

Page 19: ...to the NAS if a DHCP server is available 3 The actiNAS Login Page will be displayed 4 Enter the Login Name account and Password See default settings in the table below NAS Default Settings Entity Default Value LAN0 eth0 IP address 172 16 0 1 TCP port 3000 Net Mask 255 255 0 0 Hostname NAS Login Name admin Password 00000000 NOTE When the system initially has no NAS configuration Unit is new and dri...

Page 20: ...in item 5 no existing NAS configuration or NAS system has been configured already after login the actiNAS Manager GUI will be displayed NOTE Enable Timeout is enabled by default When there is no activity in the actiNAS Manager GUI admin will be automatically logged out after 15 minutes To disable timeout remove check mark in Enable Timeout NOTE The Language options supports English Traditional Chi...

Page 21: ... be changed It also shows default share named share which can be renamed and whose size can be changed 3 Network Adapter This is for configuring the primary Ethernet interface LAN0 eth0 network settings After changing the settings admin need to login using the new IP address 4 Service This is for enabling the basic Services provided by actiNAS Windows Samba service is enabled by default The Quick ...

Page 22: ...nfigure the Network Adaptor settings Select DHCP option or configure static IP a Enter the new NAS Host Name in the Host Name box b Enter the new IP address c Edit the Subnet Mask and Gateway The configuration options in Network Adaptor Host Name The Host Name is the NetBIOS name of NAS system This name should be unique IP This is the IP address of primary Ethernet port LAN0 eth0 used for NAS mana...

Page 23: ... The Subnet Mask used If not set it will use the default Subnet Mask 255 255 0 0 Gateway The Gateway used If not set it will use the default Gateway 172 16 0 1 4 Configure the Service options a Enable the actiNASService options as needed 5 Click the Execute button ...

Page 24: ...be displayed Select Yes to reboot the NAS and free some memory used by the system 7 A message will be displayed Click OK 8 The NAS will restart Wait for about 3 to 4 minutes then login again If IP address was changed in Network Adapter settings re login to actiNAS administration page using the new IP address ...

Page 25: ...AS Manager The basic steps are Create RAID Disk from Hard Disk Drives Join RAID Disk to Volume Group s Storage Pool Setup the Network Environment Enable Services for Windows clients Linux UNIX clients and MAC clients Create and Setup Logical Volume and Share Folder Create Accounts or Groups or Join ADS NIS Domain and assign Share Folder Permission ...

Page 26: ...Select your preferred RAID level Please note that the RAID level options available for selection depends on the number of physical disk drives in the NAS Please refer to page 10 for more information about the different RAID levels available in the NAS and to page 32 for creating RAID Storage Pool The Storage Pool is a collection of storage devices such as RAID disk which have been joined to NASVG ...

Page 27: ...27 Overview of the NAS Setup Phases Installation Please refer to page 30 for more information ...

Page 28: ...e capacity of a RAID disk joined to the NASVG Storage Pool When Volume is created the Volume capacity will be taken from the available capacity of the NASVG After a Volume is created Share folders can also be created The iSCSI volume can also be configured for a particular Volume Note that the capacity of a Volume can be extended Please refer to page 43 for more information ...

Page 29: ... are created within the same Volume will share or use the total capacity of the Volume It is also in the Share where account or group permission is assigned to allow read only or read write access and where different Protocol Settings for the selected Share can be enabled and configured or disabled Please refer to page 55for more information ...

Page 30: ...hare RAID Disk Information Click the Storage Share icon then select RAID tab The RAID Configuration and Disk Information window will be displayed NOTE The Storage Share RAID function is normally used when creating a customized RAID configuration This can be used when the Quick Setup has not been done yet or Quick Setup has already been done but the RAID will be expanded using new disk drives ...

Page 31: ... number Disk The hard disk drive device name The first disk drive is named dev sda Size GB The capacity size of the hard disk drive Model The hard disk drive model name Status The current status of the hard disk drive Status can be RAID_MEMBER UN_USED or SPARE Disk Information Options Disk Smart Test Use to perform SMART test on a selected disk drive There are two types Long Test does extended in ...

Page 32: ...able options depending on number of disk drives are JBOD 0 1 5 6 and 10 Stripe Size Set the size of the stripe block size or chunk size written to each disk drive Default is 64KB Other options are 128KB 256KB 512KB and 1024KB Without initializing Use this initialize or not initialize the RAID Default is not to initialize the RAID with check mark For first time use it is recommended to initialize t...

Page 33: ...tiNAS Manager 3 A message will be displayed A warning message is also displayed Click OK to close the warning message 4 The RAID disk will be initialized Verify in the Status information the current initialization process ...

Page 34: ...Share 34 5 While the RAID disk in initializing the status will show active and the Disk Information will show UN_USED The RAID disk can be joined to NASVG in Volume tab using Create Storage Pool button Click Create Storage Pool ...

Page 35: ...holds the NAS configurations will be created when at least one disk RAID disk is joined to Storage Pool At the same time the default Home volume is also created The Home volume holds the individual share folders of all user accounts The default Home volume size is 10GB If necessary change the Home size to a larger size 7 A warning message will be displayed Select Yes to proceed ...

Page 36: ...some memory used by the system The NAS system will reboot 10 Re login to the system then select Storage Share The NASVG and the default Home volume are created NOTE After NASVG is initialized the Storage Information screen will show a pie chart with amount of Free Size and Used Size Volumes can be created from the NASVG ...

Page 37: ... RAID Disk Information Edit Delete Once joined the RAID disk status will be shown as IN_USED which means the NAS system is already using the RAID disk The way to delete existing RAID disks which are already joined to Storage Pool is to reset NAS to factory default in System Boot Shutdown Reboot to Default WARNING Using this option will delete all existing RAID configuration and data and the NAS wi...

Page 38: ...D disk The way to delete existing RAID disks which are already joined to Storage Pool is to reset NAS to factory default in System Boot Shutdown Reboot to Default WARNING Using this option will delete all existing RAID configuration and data and the NAS will be reset to factory default settings Steps to delete an existing RAID 1 Select the RAID disk to be deleted The RAID disk will be highlighted ...

Page 39: ...lick Edit The RAID Configuration window will be displayed 3 Click Delete A warning message will be displayed 4 Select Yes to confirm deleting selected RAID disk 5 The status of the member disks of the deleted RAID will be shown as UN_USED ...

Page 40: ...f the RAID is busy such as when the RAID is in Initializing or Rebuilding state Wait until the RAID status becomes normal then do the RAID extension Steps to add drive s or extend an existing RAID 1 Select the RAID disk to be extended The RAID disk will be highlighted Click Edit ...

Page 41: ...nager 2 The RAID Configuration window will be displayed Select the disk s that will be used for extending the RAID Click Extend RAID 3 The RAID will be extended The disk that was added to the RAID will now have RAID_MEMBER status ...

Page 42: ...Share 42 Set a Spare Disk Steps to Set a Spare Disk 1 Select the hard disk drive to be made a spare disk and click Set Spare 2 The selected hard disk drive will become a Spare Disk The Status in Disk Information will show SPARE ...

Page 43: ... can be created under a single Volume Volume List Screen There are two types of view provided to display the Volume information Detail View and Grid View Detail View has Delete Extend and iSCSI buttons Name The Volume name Size GB The total Volume capacity in GB Used GB The Volume used capacity in GB Used Size The Volume used capacity as a percentage of the total Volume capacity Grid View displays...

Page 44: ...done NOTE If a new UN_USED RAID logical disk has not been created yet create first the RAID disk using the available free physical disk drives 3 The RAID logical disk will be joined to the NASVG NOTE An un used physical disk drive can be used to join to the Storage Pool of NASVG but it is not recommended because the physical disk drive does not have RAID Level nor provide data redundancy Select on...

Page 45: ...ew Volume dialog box enter the Volume Name and Size in GB The Free NASVG capacity will show the available capacity that can be used Click OK when done NOTE The volume name does not allow space in between characters Valid characters are A Z a z and 0 9 3 1A message will be displayed 4 The new Volume will be created ...

Page 46: ...ke sure the data in the volume and all its share folders are no longer needed or a backup has been made before deleting the volume 1 Click the Delete button of the Volume to be deleted 2 A warning message will be displayed Click Yes to proceed with deletion 3 A message window will be displayed 4 The Volume will be deleted ...

Page 47: ...re is available free space in the NASVG Steps to Extend a Volume 1 Click the Extend button of the Volume to be extended 2 A dialog box will be displayed Enter the additional capacity that will be added to the Volume in the Size GB box Click OK when done 3 A message will be displayed 4 The total Volume capacity will be increased ...

Page 48: ...me Enter the password in Password box and Password Confirm box Click OK when done NOTE When Authentication is used the same Account and Password must also be used in iSCSI initiator to successfully connect to the NAS iSCSItarget device Password length must be 12 to 16 characters NOTE By default the iSCSI Volume LUN write cache option is disabled To enable write cache on iSCSI target LUN tick the E...

Page 49: ...re the volume does not contain important data in its share folders Select Yes in this step will confirm formatting the volume for iSCSI use all data in this volume will be deleted 5 A message will be displayed 6 The Volume iSCSI function is ready ...

Page 50: ...7 Connect to iSCSI Target Volume from host computer with iSCSI Initiator Log on to target device Use the account and password if set in iSCSI Configuration 8 After successful connection the iSCSI device will be shown in Disk Drives list ...

Page 51: ... in a Volume Steps to Disable the iSCSI Configuration in a Volume 1 Select the Volume with iSCSI Configuration and click the iSCSI button Remove the check mark on the iSCSI Enable box Click OK when done 2 A warning message will be displayed Select Yes to proceed ...

Page 52: ... actiNAS Manager Storage Share 52 3 A message will be displayed 4 The iSCSI function of the Volume will be disabled ...

Page 53: ...ored as basic NAS volume all the data in the volume previously configured as iSCSI Target are deleted NOTE The iSCSI Configuration must be disabled first before the Volume can be restored as basic NAS volume See previous Section on how to disable iSCSI configuration 1 Select the Volume with iSCSI Configuration and click the iSCSI button Click the Restore to Volume button 2 A warning message will b...

Page 54: ... actiNAS Manager Storage Share 54 3 A message will be displayed 4 The iSCSI Configuration will be removed and the volume is restored as basic NAS volume ...

Page 55: ...d Windows Samba Shows the status if Samba CIFS protocol is enabled Yes or not No in the share folder UNIX Linux NFS Shows the status if NFS protocol is enabled Yes or not No in the share folder Mac AFP Shows the status if AppleTalk protocol is enabled Yes or not No in the share folder Rsync Shows the status if Rsync is enabled Yes or not No in the share folder Share Security Options Create Share F...

Page 56: ... all users NOTE The share folder name does not allow space in between characters NOTE If the share folder is designated as WEB target share folder do not enable Public option Share Configuration Buttons Apply Privilege Use this to propagate the ACL from the parent share folder the share name created in this GUI into its child directories or sub directories sub folders and files For example if user...

Page 57: ...guration screen is displayed If share will be accessed by UNIX Linux clients setup the necessary options Unix Linux NFS Configuration Options Enable NFS Sharing Used to enable or disable NFS protocol When enabled checked the share folder can be accessed via NFS protocol Synchronize Write Operation Use this option to enable or disable write caching Allow Root Access Use this option to allow or disa...

Page 58: ...k protocol When enabled the share folder can be accessed via AppleTalk protocol Time Machine Used this option to enable Time Machine function on the share folder The NAS share folder will become Time Machine backup target destination Clear AppleDB Use this button to delete the AppleDB hidden folder including all files in it on the share folder Note that newer Mac OS X versions support SMB protocol...

Page 59: ...client can connect to this share folder and upload or download files via Rsync Read Only When checked all files within this share will be read only to any Rsync client Anonymous When checked anonymous connections will be accepted Maximum connections This specifies the maximum number of Rsync client that can connect to this share at a certain time username password Use this option to edit Rsync acc...

Page 60: ... actiNAS Manager Storage Share 60 7 Click Save when done Then Share Folder will be created ...

Page 61: ...hare folder then click The accounts will appear on the right screen Set the Write and Quota GB options as needed NOTE Use the to remove an account from share folder privilege Select the account then click The account will be removed from the right column By default admin account and users group group account for local NAS users have permission to a share folder Account Privilege Options Write By d...

Page 62: ...eded NOTE Use the to remove a group from share folder privilege Select the group then click The group will be removed from the right column NOTE By default all local NAS accounts belong to users group and have share read write access permission Group Privilege Options Write By default this option is checked and the group is given Read and Write permission to the share folder To assign Read Only pe...

Page 63: ... allow connections from your private network 192 168 100 and all other connection will be refused NOTE To remove an IP address from share folder privilege select the IP address then click IP Privilege Setup Options Read This option allows Read access from the specified IP address or address range Write This option allows Write access from the specified IP address or address range IP Privilege Edit...

Page 64: ... Share Folder 7 Change the necessary options Click Save when done NOTE The Share Name cannot be modified NOTE If you want the same share folder privilege permission to be propagated to existing sub folders and files under the share folder use the Apply Privilege button A warning message will be displayed Select Yes to confirm ...

Page 65: ...lder name then click Edit Share Folder Click Delete 2 A warning message will be displayed Select Yes to proceed The share folder will be deleted WARNING Be careful when using the Delete button Make sure your data in the share is no longer needed or a backup has been made before deleting the share folder ...

Page 66: ...all local NAS accounts which belong to users group have read write permission to share folders 1 To access the share folder from Windows client PC click Start then Run Enter in the Open input box as follows x x x x share name where x x x x is the NAS IP For example 192 168 99 127 share1 NOTE You can also use the NAS host name if DNS is setup in Network Device Configuration and in DNS server NAS ho...

Page 67: ...67 Storage Share actiNAS Manager NOTE If NAS is not joined to Windows domain and you will use a NAS local account enter only the NAS account name and password 3 Login to share is successful ...

Page 68: ... accessible via NFS protocol and which path will be used for mounting use the command showmount e x x x x where x x x x is the NAS IP For example showmount e 192 168 99 127 3 Create local mount point if not yet created 4 Mount the share folder via NFS The format for the mount command is mount t nfsx x x x mnt NAS volume share local mount point x x x x is the NAS IP Note that mnt NAS volume name sh...

Page 69: ...69 Storage Share actiNAS Manager 5 The share folder is mounted via NFS protocol To check use mount or df h command mount df h ...

Page 70: ...Share Security Share Privilege 1 To connect to share folder via SMB protocol in the Finder select Connect to Server from the Go menu The Connect to Server dialog box will be displayed 2 In Server Address box enter the path to the NAS share Use the format smb x x x x share name or smb NAS host name share name For example smb 192 168 99 127 share1 NOTE You can also use the NAS host name instead of I...

Page 71: ...tion screen 4 Enter the Workgroup or Domain name if there is and if required and a valid user name for example NAS local account with permission to the share folder and the password for the user name 5 Click OK button Once the Mac OS has connected to the share folder via SMB you can see the directories files under the share folder using Finder ...

Page 72: ...stem Service enable SSH and Rsync services 2 In Storage Share Share Security select the share folder that will be used as RsyncServer target share folder Click Edit Share Folder 3 In Basic tab select Rsync in Protocol Setting Then tick Enable Rsync Remove check mark in Anonymous option Click Save ...

Page 73: ...73 Storage Share actiNAS Manager ...

Page 74: ...sword and Mode Rsync Client Options IP the IP address of the remote Rsync server Remote Path the share name on the remote Rsync server Account the account name that will be required by the Rsync server for authentication Password the password of the account Mode Select the mode of file transfer whether to upload to Rsync server or to download from Rsync server More Options Specify here the Rsync o...

Page 75: ... given during the transfer l links Copy symlinks as symlinks H hard links Preserve hard links p perms Preserve permissions This option causes the receiving Rsync to set the destination permissions to be the same as the source permissions o owner Preserve owner super user only This option causes Rsync to set the owner of the destination file to be the same as the source file g group Preserve group ...

Page 76: ...t was just created select the backup name from the backup List if not yet selected and then click Backup 5 When backup is finished a pop up message will be displayed Click OK NOTE The Rsync backup process can take a while if there are many files to be updated uploaded or downloaded ...

Page 77: ...from the log list and click button in the Log column 7 The Rsync log for the selected log file will be displayed Click Cancel to close 8 The Rsync backup can also be run on schedule For more information how to setup backup by schedule refer to page Fehler Textmarke nicht definiert ...

Page 78: ...ation about Time Machine please visit Apple s website at http www apple com macosx what is macosx time machine html To setup Time Machine 1 In NAS management GUI select Storage Share icon Then select the Share Security menu Create a new share if necessary or edit an existing share 2 To create a new share folder for use with Time Machine click Create Share Folder ...

Page 79: ...folder name for example timeshare In the Protocol Setting on the right pane select Mac AFP and then tick Enable AppleTalk Sharing and Time Machine options Click Save 4 In System Service menu make sure the AFP service is enabled If not enable the service ...

Page 80: ...x x x x timeshare where x x x x is the NAS IP address and timeshare is the share folder previously configured for Time Machine use Then click Connect 7 Enter a validAccount Name and Password use account which has permission to the NAS share folder In this example admin account is used Then click Connect 8 The Mac will be connected to the NAS share folder ...

Page 81: ... To setup Time Machine in Mac open Time Machine 10 If the Time Machine has not been previously setup a message will be shown as below Then select Set Up Time Machine 11 The Time Machine screen will be displayed Click Select Backup Disk ...

Page 82: ...ctiNAS Manager Storage Share 82 12 Select the timeshare disk and click Use for Backup 13 Enter the account name and account password to access the NAS share folder via Time Machine and then click Connect ...

Page 83: ... After successful connection the Time Machine is setup The available space on the NAS share folder will be shown The Next Backup time is also displayed 15 Done The Time Machine will automatically backup to the designated NAS share folder ...

Page 84: ...r mapping the machine name and IP address WINS Server Enter the WINS Server IP address WINS Server is responsible for the setting NetBIOS name resolution Edit Hosts Table Use this button to edit machine name and IP address mapping in the Hosts table This is optional Edit LmHost Table Use this button to define the resolution of NetBIOS in the Lmhosts table This is optional Reset Use this button to ...

Page 85: ... 6000 7000 8000 and 9000 MAC address Shows the MAC address of network device Enable on Boot If enabled this adapter will be active when actiNAS starts up Dynamic IP BOOTP DHCP If checked this specifies that this network device will dynamically obtain an IP address from a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP server or from a Bootstrap Protocol BOOTP server Default Gateway If checked the default...

Page 86: ...ll be used Trunking Mode Options Fault Tolerance Active Backup policy If the active Ethernet port fails the standby Ethernet port will become active This enhances the availability of access to the NAS Load Balance Fault Tolerance XOR policy Transmit based on source MAC address XOR with destination MAC address This selects the same slave for each destination MAC address This mode provides load bala...

Page 87: ... Click Yes to proceed 4 The NAS network configuration will be restarted Re login to NAS GUI 5 The Trunking function is configured The member network devices will be shown as deactivated and cannot be configured A new network device name bond0 which is the Trunking device will be shown ...

Page 88: ...hen click Cancel Trunking 2 A warning message will be displayed Click Yes to proceed 3 The Trunking function will be cancelled and the network configuration will be restarted Re login to NAS GUI The network device eth0 will be automatically configured and get the IP address previously assigned to the Trunking device ...

Page 89: ...ain accounts can be imported and integrated into the NAS NOTE Some network settings required in configuring the Windows Domain Authentication option must have been configured in Network Device Configuration such as Domain Workgroup name DNS Suffix and DNS Server ...

Page 90: ...ws AD Domain 1 Select Network Device Configuration Enter the Domain Name and DNS Suffix A DNS Server IP can also be entered if necessary Refer to page 84 for the Device Configuration options 2 A warning message will be displayed Select Yes to apply new settings 3 Select Network ADS NIS tab ...

Page 91: ...ain Server IP Shows the IP address of the domain server which is automatically detected when Auto Detect Domain IP option is enabled If Auto Detect Domain IP option is disabled manually type the domain server IP address Logon Administrator Enter the administrator s logon account in the domain server Password Enter the password of administrator s logon account in the domain server PDC ADS Mode Sele...

Page 92: ... NAS is successfully joined the domain Click OK NOTE When NAS is successfully joined to the Windows domain the domain user accounts will appear in Account list NOTE The NAS cannot be joined to the Windows domain if NASVG does not exist NASVG is not yet initialized ...

Page 93: ...entication Options Enable NIS Authentication Use this option to enable or disable NIS Domain Authentication NIS Domain Enter the NIS domain name NIS Server Enter the IP Address of NIS server Reset Use this button to undo or clear any changes made Save Use this button to save the changes made NOTE When NAS is successfully joined to the NIS domain the domain user accounts will appear in Account list...

Page 94: ...Options IP range starting from Means the starting address of range of private IP addresses for DHCP IP range ending with Means the ending address of range of private IP address for DHCP Private Net The network device connected to the private network WAN The network device connected to the Internet WAN NOTE This function must be configured in System Service tab Select DHCP service NOTE Please refer...

Page 95: ...rts P2P peer to peer file sharing protocol NOTE Enable the P2P Service System Service Also setup the P2P Service Download file location System P2P Edit Quick Setup Refer to page 105 NOTE DNS settings must be configured first before starting P2P service ...

Page 96: ...nload Use this button to add download item Then select either download link or torrent file Remove Use this button to remove a selected download item Pause Use this to pause the downloading of selected item Resume Use this to resume downloading of selected item Refresh Use this to refresh current download status ...

Page 97: ...m server Options Connect Use this button to connect to a selected server Disconnect Use this button to disconnect to a selected server Refresh Use this to refresh current connection status NOTE You can use sanchohttp sancho awardspace com latest version is 0 9 4 59 to edit the server list ...

Page 98: ...nections Maximum download rate Use this option to set the maximum download transfer rate Maximum upload number Use this option to set the maximum number of upload connections Maximum upload rate Use this option to set the maximum upload transfer rate Apply Use this button to save changes made Reset Use this button undo any changes made and load previously saved setting ...

Page 99: ...99 Network actiNAS Manager Shares This screen displays the list of files downloaded or being downloaded in the target share ...

Page 100: ... actiNAS Manager Network 100 Example of Download from Link and Torrent 1 Click New download 2 To download using link enter the download link or paste the link in the box provided Click OK 3 ...

Page 101: ...101 Network actiNAS Manager To download from another link enter the link or paste the link in the box then click OK 4 Two items will be displayed under Download 5 ...

Page 102: ... actiNAS Manager Network 102 To download using torrent click New download then select Torrent option Click select torrent file 6 Select the torrent file Click Open ...

Page 103: ...r 7 The download item will be added in the Download list 8 To remove an item select the item and click Remove 9 To pause downloading select an item and click Pause 10 To resume downloading select a paused item then click Resume ...

Page 104: ...Choose the preferred language from available options English Traditional Chinese Simplified Chinese Japanese Korean and Spanish Skin Shows the color schemes available as skin color Current options are Black Blue default and Green Enable Timeout This is enabled by default When there is no activity in the actiNAS Manager GUI admin will be automatically logged out after 15 minutes To disable timeout ...

Page 105: ...e enabled Refer to page 56for more details on how to configure Mac AFP protocol setting FTP Provides users with access to NAS using File Transfer Protocol FTP After enabling this service NAS accounts can login to NAS via FTP using their account and password Use an FTP client application to login to NAS and transfer files via FTP Telnet Provides users with access to NAS using Telnet After enabling ...

Page 106: ...or SNMP monitoring Click the Edit button under Configuration and setup the Receiver IP DHCP Provides DHCP service and make actiNAS act as DHCP server Click the Edit button under Configuration and setup the DHCP options Refer to Configuration Options in the succeeding pages Media Server Provides NAS DLNA multimedia File Server Allow NAS to share files to Sony PlayStation3 and XBOX360 When a share f...

Page 107: ...ecify the maximum number of allowed connections Default is 5 Telnet Option Port Use this option to set the Telnet port number Default Telnet port used by the NAS is 23 Max connection Specify the maximum number of allowed connections Default is 5 SSH Option Enable sftp Use this option to enable or disable SFTP in SSH SFTP Secure FTP provides secure file transfer in SSH ...

Page 108: ... that will be used as iTunes library from the list P2P Option Target Share Select the share folder name that will be used as download location WEB Options Target Share Select the share folder name that will be used as target location for web server files Enable SSL Tick the box to enable SSL option ...

Page 109: ... media access Photo Option Target Share Select the share folder that will be used as target location of photo images DHCP Options IP range starting from Means the starting address of range of private IP addresses for DHCP IP range ending with Means the ending address of range of private IP addresses for DHCP Private Net The network device connected to the private network For example eth0 WAN The n...

Page 110: ...t iTunes and how to use it please visit http www apple com itunes what is To use a NAS share folder as iTunes media folder 1 Select the iTunes service in System Service 2 Click Edit Select the share folder that will be used by iTunes service iTunes Option Set Share as iTunes Library Select the share folder name that will be used as iTunes library from the list 3 Click OK to save ...

Page 111: ...tion to enable iTunes service 5 Copy some digital audio files to the share folder designated as iTunes Library and under the Music sub folder This can be done by accessing the NAS share folder via network SMB protocol and copying the audio files ...

Page 112: ... 6 To play the digital music open iTunes application in remote PC or Mac Note that the NAS object name will appear in the SHARED list 7 Select the NAS object in the shared library list Then select the music to play from the list ...

Page 113: ...blic option on the share folder designated as WEB target share folder To use WEB service 1 Select the WEB service in System Service 2 Click Edit Configure the Target Share and select a share folder If needed enable SSL WEB Options Target Share Select the share folder name that will be used as target location for web server files Enable SSL Tick the box to enable SSL option 3 Click OK to save ...

Page 114: ...ager System 114 4 Click Enable option to enable WEB service 5 To test if web service is working open web browser and enter http x x x x index html where x x x x is the NAS IP The default web page will be displayed ...

Page 115: ...tion and is saved in the WEB designated share folder under WEB sub folder Delete the default index html file 7 Copy your own index html file including the supporting folder files 8 Open web browser and enter http x x x x index html to verify if your web page will be displayed A sample webpage ...

Page 116: ...eway function for administrator to easily enable and disable the Internet access for users on a private network At the same time the computers can get dynamic IP provided by the NAS which acts as DHCP server The diagram below shows an example of how to use the NAS as DHCP server and Internet Gateway ...

Page 117: ...onfigure the following IP range starting from Means the starting address of range of private IP addresses for DHCP IP range ending with Means the ending address of range of private IP addresses for DHCP Private Net The network device connected to the private network For example eth1 WAN The network device connected to the Internet WAN For example eth0 NOTE In this example eth1 is assigned to Priva...

Page 118: ...ital Living Network Alliance Media Server and use a share folder as central repository of media files DLNA compatible players must be used to access or play the media files To use Media Server Service 1 Select the Media Server service in System Service 2 Click Edit Configure the Target Share and LAN device Target Share Select the share folder where Media Server service will be enabled Please selec...

Page 119: ...edia Server service to enable it 5 Copy the media file s to the share folder designated as Media Server Target Share under the MediaServer sub folder This can be done by accessing the NAS share folder via network SMB CIFS protocol and copying the media file s ...

Page 120: ... actiNAS Manager System 120 6 Open a DLNA compatible player For example Windows Media Player 12 in a PC with Windows 7 OS The NAS object name should appear in the Other Libraries list ...

Page 121: ...121 System actiNAS Manager 7 If you don t see the NAS object name in Other Libraries list of Windows Media Player please check if Media Streaming is turned on If not turn it on ...

Page 122: ...22 8 Play the media music 9 For other applications copy the media files to the designated Media Server share folder under the MediaServer sub folder and use other DLNA compatible players to access or connect to NAS Media Server ...

Page 123: ...b Click Edit and select the target share Enable the Photo service by selecting the Enable check box on the left of the service name 2 Open web browser and type http xxx xxx xxx xxx photo wherexxx xxx xxx xxx is the NAS IP address The LinPHA Photo Archive page will be displayed 3 Click the login link in the upper right side then login as admin and enter admin s password ...

Page 124: ...inks under My Photo Archive NOTE The picture files must be saved in the NAS share designated as target location of Photo service and must be inside a subfolder For example share1 Photo Samples where share1 is the share name Photo is the folder created by Photo service and Samples is the subfolder containing photos or images ...

Page 125: ...125 System actiNAS Manager 6 Select the admin tab to configure settings and options 7 Select my settings to configure account details ...

Page 126: ... actiNAS Manager System 126 8 Select search tab for search options 9 Click the logout link to logout ...

Page 127: ...e preferred NTP server To immediately synchronize the system time from NTP server press the Update Now button To enable automatic update of system time from NTP server check the Auto Update option NTP Auto Update Check this option to enable automatic update of system time from NTP server Apply Use this button to save the changes made Update Now Use this button to manually update the system time an...

Page 128: ...s made Note In NAS models with com2 serial port com2 is reserved for SES use Note Users customers must use only the supported UPS vendor models APC and Beam Tech If others UPS models are used there is no guarantee that the NAS will be able to communicate to the UPS The basic UPS function to provide uninterrupted power supply to the NAS will probably work but the shutdown delay might not work using...

Page 129: ...edule Reboot Reboot Use the button to immediately reboot the NAS If needed you can also enable Do Filesystem Check option to perform filesystem check after reboot Shutdown Use this button to immediately shutdown the NAS When a warning message is displayed select Yes to shutdown the system ...

Page 130: ...the Local Disk or eSATA disk with Data Backup then power on the NAS and do Reboot to Default If the Local Disk with Data Backup is in the NAS when Reboot to Default is executed the data on the Local Disk will also be cleared Configuration Export Config Use this button to export the NAS system configuration and save as image file which can be used later for restoration After clicking Export Config ...

Page 131: ...Local Disk or external eSATA disk shutdown the NAS and remove the Local Disk or eSATA disk with Data Backup then power on the NAS and do Reboot to Default If the Local Disk with Data Backup is in the NAS when Reboot to Default is executed the data on the Local Disk will also be cleared To import configuration 1 Use Reboot to Default to reset the NAS to factory default settings 2 After reset to def...

Page 132: ...ort Config 5 A warning message will be displayed Make sure the NAS where configuration will be imported has the same environment as the NAS configuration that will be restored such as same number of disk drives same NAS firmware version etc Click Yes to continue ...

Page 133: ...e NAS configuration file to be imported Click Open 7 A process status message will be displayed 8 A reboot warning message will be displayed Select Yes to reboot 9 The imported configuration file will be restored to the NAS Login to NAS GUI ...

Page 134: ...r disable scheduled boot of NAS Set the time hour and minutes in the up down arrow boxes Select the day or days when the scheduled boot will happen Shutdown Shutdown Use this option to enable or disable scheduled shutdown of NAS Set the time hour and minutes in the up down arrow boxes Select the day or days when the scheduled shutdown will happen ...

Page 135: ...ption to enable or disable scheduled reboot of NAS Set the time hour and minutes in the up down arrow boxes Select the day or days when the scheduled reboot will happen Apply Use this button to save the changes made Reset Use this button to undo or clear any changes made ...

Page 136: ...r or manually from local directory Remote Upgrade Remote To upgrade remotely press the Check Updates button The available NAS firmware version will be listed Select the firmware version then click the Upgrade button The NAS firmware version will be updated NAS will restart to load the updates ...

Page 137: ...locally the NAS firmware must have been downloaded from vendor s FTP site and saved into local directory Click the Upgrade button select the NAS upgrade file tar file and click Open The NAS firmware version will be updated NAS will restart to load the updates ...

Page 138: ...f log Use the down arrow to select the type of log to display Options are All System Storage Share and Account Level Shows the log level Use the down arrow to select the level of log to display Options are All DEBUG INFO WARN and ERROR Message Shows information about the log Download system logs Use this button to save all actiNAS logs to a log file in local directory The log file will be given ta...

Page 139: ...on via email Event Option Enable Check the event s that will be included in list of events that will be monitored Once the selected event happened the email recipient s will receive a notification mail Event List Volume Full Disk Fail RAID Fail Temperature Fail RDX Event Fan Fail XFS Internal Error ...

Page 140: ...der Address Use this option to specify the sender s email address Recipients Options Add Use this button to add a recipient email address in the list of recipients Type in the text box the recipient email address Remove Use this button to remove an email address from the list of recipients Select first the email address then click Remove Apply and test Use this button to save the changes made and ...

Page 141: ...41 System actiNAS Manager System Tools NAS provides various system tools which help the administrator monitor the system Connection Use this button to display information about client active connections ...

Page 142: ... actiNAS Manager System 142 netstat Use this button to display network connections and statistics information ps Use this button to display current running processes ...

Page 143: ...ctiNAS Manager top Use this button to display current running processes and system usage information df Use this button to display disk free information or the amount of available disk space in mounted file systems ...

Page 144: ...em 144 dmesg Use this button to display NAS boot up messages Get all logs Use this button to save all actiNAS logs to a log file in local directory The log file will be given tar extension name Rename the log file if needed ...

Page 145: ...ype Shows the type of account which can be local Windows or NIS Enable Use this option to enable or disable an account When an account is disabled the account is prohibited to access the NAS Create Account Use this button to create a user account Create Group Use this button to create a group account Delete Use this button to delete the selected user account or group account Import Use this option...

Page 146: ...nts will have UID from 10000 to 30000 Quota GB Use this option to assign quota to the user account s home folder Default quota is 0 which means no limit or will use the total capacity of home folder Usage GB Shows the user account s current usage of home folder Password Enter the user account s password Password Confirm Enter again the user account s password NOTE The account name does not allow s...

Page 147: ... Delete Account Steps to Delete Account 1 In the Account list check the Delete option for the account to be deleted 2 Click the Delete button 3 A warning message will be displayed Select Yes to proceed The account will be deleted ...

Page 148: ...ouble click the Account name in the Account List 2 Edit the necessary options NOTE Only the Full Name Quota Password and Password Confirm can be changed Account Name UID and Usage cannot be changed 3 Click OK when done The account will be updated with the changes made ...

Page 149: ...ount Steps to Import Account 1 Click Import button 2 An input box will displayed Type the account information using the following format UID Name Password FullName Quota Click OK when done 3 The new accounts will appear in the Account list ...

Page 150: ...ccount members Create Account Use this button to create a user account Create Group Use this button to create a group account Delete Use this button to delete the selected user account or group account Import Use this option to import large number of accounts instead of adding an account one by one The administrator can type multiple user accounts in the Import Account input box Refresh Use this b...

Page 151: ...on is not set GID is 0 the system will automatically assign GID starting from 500 NOTE The group name does not allow space in between characters Duplicate group name is not allowed Names used by the system such as root nobody mail adm etc are reserved names and cannot be used as account name 3 Select the account that will become member of the group from the Account List Then click the button The s...

Page 152: ...t 152 Delete Group Steps to Delete Group 1 In the Group list check the Delete option for the group to be deleted 2 Click the Delete button 3 A warning message will be displayed Select Yes to proceed The group will be deleted ...

Page 153: ...it Group Steps to Edit Group 1 Double click the Group name in the Group List 2 Edit the necessary options NOTE Only the Group Name and Group Members can be changed 3 Click OK when done The group will be updated with the changes made ...

Page 154: ... A browser s upload window will show up and user needs to locate the file from local computer to be uploaded to the current folder Download a file User needs to have at least read permission to the folder and the file itself After selecting the file to be downloaded and clicking Download a browser s download window will show up and user can open or save the file to local directory Rename a file Us...

Page 155: ...155 File Manager actiNAS Manager Admin is logged in Local user testuser is logged in ...

Page 156: ...ager File Manager 156 Login to File Manager Admin Login Admin can login to File Manager while in actiNAS Manager GUI Select the File Manager icon on the upper right corner The File Manager window will be displayed ...

Page 157: ...157 File Manager actiNAS Manager Ordinary User Login Ordinary user can login to File Manager from main login screen After login the File Manager window will be displayed ...

Page 158: ...and write permission to the share folder sub folder in order to create a new sub folder NOTE Some characters such as and are not allowed to be used as folder name To create a folder or sub folder 1 Select the share folder or sub folder where a sub folder will be created then select the Folder menu and click Create 2 Enter the folder name in the Folder Name box Click OK when done 3 The folder will ...

Page 159: ... a message is displayed click Yes to confirm deletion 3 The folder will be deleted Rename Folder NOTE User needs to have read and write permission to the share folder and the sub folder itself in order to rename the sub folder NOTE Some characters such as and are not allowed to be used as folder name To rename a folder or sub folder 1 Select the folder or sub folder then click Folder menu then sel...

Page 160: ...b folder 1 Select the folder or sub folder whose permission will be set then select Folder menu and click Set Folder Permission 2 The Set folder permission window will be displayed Modify the permission as needed Options No Access User or Group is denied access to the folder Read Only User or Group is allowed Read Only access to the folder Read and Write User or Group is allowed Read and Write acc...

Page 161: ...current folder use the Apply Permission button Top Use the Top option in the Folder menu to go up to the top most level of share folder list from the current sub folder You can also use the Top and Back buttons Top Use this button to go up to the top most level of share folder list from the current sub folder Back Use this button to go up one folder level higher from the current sub folder ...

Page 162: ... folder and the sub folder itself in order to upload a file NOTE The file size limit for uploading file via File Manager is 25MB only To upload a file 1 Select a folder or sub folder where a file will be uploaded then select File menu and click Upload 2 A pop up window will be displayed Select the file that will be uploaded to the folder Click Open 3 The selected file will be uploaded 4 A message ...

Page 163: ...ect the file 3 Select File menu and click Download 4 Save or open the file Rename File NOTE User needs to have read and write permission to the share folder sub folder and to the file itself in order to renamethe file NOTE Some characters such as and are not allowed to be used as file name To rename a file 1 Select a folder or sub folder where the file to be renamed is located 2 Select the file 3 ...

Page 164: ...ssion to the share folder sub folder and to the file itself in order to delete the file To delete a file 1 Select a folder or sub folder where the file to be deleted is located 2 Select the file 3 Select File menu and click Delete 4 A message will be displayed 5 Select Yes to delete the file ...

Page 165: ...ile itself in order to set file permission To set file permission 1 Select a folder or sub folder where the file is located 2 Select the file 3 Select File menu and click Set File Permission 4 The Set File Permission window will be displayed 5 Modify the permission as needed 6 Click Submit when done 7 A Complete message will be displayed Click OK ...

Page 166: ... displayed in the File List on the right pane NOTE Use the Filter function to display specific files For example if you want to display files with characters volume enter the word volume in the Filter text box The list of files containing the word volume will be displayed Note that the text is not case sensitive ...

Page 167: ...on and Logout Preview Function The Preview function enables the user to see a sample view of a picture file on the left lower pane The supported file format is JPEG Image JPG By default the Preview function is enabled set to Yes To disable the Preview function select System Menu and Preview function and click NO ...

Page 168: ... actiNAS Manager File Manager 168 Logout Use the Logout function to logout from File Manager To logout 1 Select System menu and click Logout 2 A message will be displayed Click Yes to confirm logout ...

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