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DOC0003192. Rev 03

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06 July, 2009

RAID 1 setup

Raid Linear setup

USB Storage Device
USB Storage Devices will show any external HDD’s or Thumb Drives attached.

Connecting a Printer:

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Connect your printer to your

BOSSNAS122

via the USB connection

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Ensure it is seen in USB Printers

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Enter My Network Places on PC

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Select Printers and Faxes

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Select Add Printer

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Follow on screen instructions

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Summary of Contents for BOSSNAS122

Page 1: ...ly 2009 NETWORK ATTACHED STORAGE Dual Bay Pro Enclosure Users Manual Includes Features Description Quick Install Detailed Setup Guide Tools Guide User Name and Password admin root Administrator Factory Default Settings BOSSNAS122 ...

Page 2: ...d Formatting in RAID 19 Setting up Users 22 Setting up Groups 25 Creating a Folder 27 Setting User access rights to a folder 28 User Manual 30 Section 1 Language 31 Section 2 System 32 2 1 General Setup 32 2 2 Devices 33 2 3 FW Upgrade 35 2 4 Restart 36 2 5 Save Config 37 2 6 Factory Default 38 2 7 Login Setting 38 2 8 System Log 39 Section 3 Interfaces 40 3 1 Network 40 Section 4 Disks 41 4 1 Man...

Page 3: ... July 2009 Section 6 Services 62 6 1 FTP Server 62 6 2 Backup 65 6 3 Media 69 6 4 iTunes 70 6 5 BitTorrent 71 Section 7 Aid to AD Connectivity 73 Section 8 AD Folder Access via Shortcut Drive Mapping 75 Warranty Information 79 ...

Page 4: ...s client All these features provide an excellent data storage and sharing solution for your small business SOHO Small Office or Home Office or personal requirements Supports CIFS SMB for Microsoft Network allowing remote users to retrieve files easily using My Neighborhood WEB based User Interface UI for easy configuration Supports 3 5 SATA HDD up to 1TB Provides Password security for management H...

Page 5: ...DOC0003192 Rev 03 5 79 06 July 2009 Connectors Buttons and Indicators Rear Connections DC In LAN USB Factory Reset ...

Page 6: ...r LED Power LED Power Button LAN LED USB I LED USB II LED Backup Button USB II Port LED Indicators Power Green System ready LAN Green Valid Connection at 10 100 1000 Mbps Error Red HDD error USB Green Valid connection on USB Port HDD A B Link Green HDD A HDD B Ready HDD A B Act Yellow Data transmitting on HDD A HDD B ...

Page 7: ...ion Getting Connected This section shows how to connect your BOSSNAS122 to a Router and direct to a PC Quick Setup Guide This section is designed to get you started with the basic setup Set date and time If necessary Format Hard Disk Drives Setup Users Groups and Folders Full User Manual This section has a more in depth explanation of all functions of your BOSSNAS122 It is setup in a way that foll...

Page 8: ...ple guide you will soon be enjoying your new high speed BOSSNAS122 This section shows you how to connect your BOSSNAS122 To setup users folders and groups please read the Quick Setup Guide section 1 Connect one end of the RJ 45 cable supplied to the LAN port on your BOSSNAS122 ...

Page 9: ...009 2 Connect the appropriate power cord supplied to the power adaptor 3 Connect the power adaptor end to the BOSSNAS122 4 Connect the plug end of the power cord to an outlet socket 5 Push and hold the power button 2 3 sec to power on ...

Page 10: ...122 to a DHCP Router When you connect your BOSSNAS122 to a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP device the device assigns your BOSSNAS122 with a unique IP address You can confirm network connection and view IP address via the BOSSNAS122 NetTool Open the BOSSNAS122 NetTool If no device is shown click Refresh List Click on NASxxxx Your BOSSNAS122 details will be shown Select Access via web ...

Page 11: ...nnections and connect your BOSSNAS122 to your PC via the RJ 45 LAN cable BOSSNAS122 has a default IP address of 192 168 16 1 In order to connect directly to your PC you must setup your PC to recognize this IP address Follow these simple steps 1 From the start menu open Network 2 Select Network and Sharing Centre ...

Page 12: ...DOC0003192 Rev 03 12 79 06 July 2009 3 Select Manage network connections 4 Right click on Local Area Connection then select Properties ...

Page 13: ...roperties 6 Select the Alternative Configuration tab at the top Select User configured Input an IP address similar to the BOSSNAS122 i e 192 168 16 3 Click on the Subnet mask box and it will automatically fill Select OK Setup Complete Go to the BOSSNAS122 NetTool and open the user interface ...

Page 14: ...er you must first connect the BOSSNAS122 to a PC via its LAN connection Please disable any wireless connection on your PC before attaching your BOSSNAS122 Once finished setting up the static IP address you can re enable the wireless connection 1 Connect BOSSNAS122 directly to your PC via LAN cable 2 Open BOSSNAS122 NetTool on PC 3 Select device NASxxxx 4 Select Setup Wizard 5 Enter default user na...

Page 15: ...uter Ensure no previously configured devices share your chosen IP address 9 Click Next then Finished to save your settings You might lose connection to your BOSSNAS122 as you have now changed the BOSSNAS122 IP address to be compatible with your router and not your PC 10 Disconnect the BOSSNAS122 from PC 11 Re connect your PC to router re enable wireless on your PC 12 Connect your BOSSNAS122 to you...

Page 16: ...122 Select Access via web You will now see the user interface home screen notice the menu tree down the left hand side Setting Language The default language of BOSSNAS122 is English but this can be changed by selecting a language from the pull down menu Supported languages are English French German Spanish Italian and Dutch ...

Page 17: ...er name is admin The default password is root Ensure there are no spaces before or after user name and password Resetting to factory defaults will always revert the GUI admin user name and password to the above settings Setting Date and Time Select System General Setup In the Device Settings window select your Time Zone from the pull down menu then select Apply ...

Page 18: ... Disk Drive to be formatted Note In JBOD configuration each Hard Disk Drive must be formatted individually Select the file system you would like the disk formatted to XFS or FAT32 Select Format Remember In JBOD each Hard Disk will have to be formatted individually so after formatting Disk A you will have to select Disk B and format in the same file system ...

Page 19: ...g in RAID In order to configure the Hard Disk Drives to RAID you must first transfer them from the Attached Device section to the RAID Device section Select Disks Management Select HDDA Click on You will now see HDDA has been transferred to the RAID Device section ...

Page 20: ...DOC0003192 Rev 03 20 79 06 July 2009 Select HDDB Click on You will now see HDDB has been transferred to the RAID Device section ...

Page 21: ...ct Enable Operation on RAID Select The Raid configuration you would like RAID 0 RAID 1 or RAID Linear Select the file system you would like XFS or FAT32 Select Format IMPORTANT For formatting attached USB Storage Devices please see section 4 4 ...

Page 22: ...iption Other options can also be selected if required 1 No password required User can opt to have no password 2 With admin property User can be given admin rights to folders User name This is where you add the name of a person you would like to access the BOSSNAS122 Note Adding a user creates an FTP folder for that user see the full user manual for more information ...

Page 23: ...t the user to have no password Check the No password required box Additionally you can give the user admin rights to folders by checking the With admin property check box User Description Here you might want to add a user description you can leave this section blank if you prefer Once you have entered your preferred requirements Select Add user ...

Page 24: ...DOC0003192 Rev 03 24 79 06 July 2009 Example Now you can see the user added ...

Page 25: ...sers into a group you can then give this group access rights to folders allowing all users of the group the access rights you have set From the menu Select Access Groups In the Group Management window Enter a Group name Enter Group description you can leave this section blank if you prefer Select Add Group ...

Page 26: ...2009 To add users to a group Click on the small group icon A window appears showing all users you have created Check the box next to the users you want added to the group then click Apply The selected users are now part of that group ...

Page 27: ...eate folders and set user group access rights to those folders From the menu Select Access Folders In the Folder Management window Enter a Folder name Enter Folder description you can leave this section blank if you prefer Select Add folder You will now see the folder you have added ...

Page 28: ...or individual users and No access selected you can change each group users Properties to share by selecting either No access that group or user has no access to this folder Read only that group or user has read only access to this folder Read and write that group or user has read and write access to this folder Note If you change the Share properties in Groups select Apply under Groups If you chan...

Page 29: ...er only accessible via admin in network Read only access for all users Allows all users and groups read only access to that folder Read Write access for all users Allows all users and groups Read Write access to that folder Group Settings No access All users within that group will have no access to that folder Read only All users within that group have read only access to that folder Read and Writ...

Page 30: ... 3 FW Upgrade Advanced 2 4 Restart 2 5 Save Config 2 6 Factory Default 2 7 Login Setting 2 8 System Log Section 3 Interfaces 3 1 Network Section 4 Disks 4 1 Management Section 5 Access 5 1 Users 5 2 Groups 5 3 Folders 5 4 Admin Folder 5 5 ADS Section 6 Services 6 1 FTP Server 6 2 Backup 6 3 Media 6 4 iTunes 6 5 BitTorrent ...

Page 31: ... Rev 03 31 79 06 July 2009 Section 1 Language From the drop down menu select a language Supported languages are English French German Spanish Italian and Dutch You will notice the language of the menu will change ...

Page 32: ...al Setup Device Name Here if you wish you can change the Device Name this is the name by which the BOSSNAS122 is seen on the network Description If you wish you can also change the Device Description this is additional information to describe the device on the network This information may not be seen on Vista operating system Time Date From the Time Zone pull down menu select the time zone for you...

Page 33: ...rd Disk Drive HDD ID Drive number dependent on number of HDDs installed and RAID setup Share Name Link to folders on drive Here you can go direct to the folders Device ID Drive manufacturer FS Type File System on drive Total Size MB Drive capacity Free Space Amount of free space on drive JBOD setup RAID 0 setup Attached Hard Disk Drives Attached USB Storage Devices Attached USB Printers ...

Page 34: ...e Devices will show any external HDD s or Thumb Drives attached Connecting a Printer 1 Connect your printer to your BOSSNAS122 via the USB connection 2 Ensure it is seen in USB Printers 3 Enter My Network Places on PC 4 Select Printers and Faxes 5 Select Add Printer 6 Follow on screen instructions ...

Page 35: ...to your PC To upgrade your BOSSNAS122 to the new firmware use the Browse function to find the new firmware you have just downloaded Select the file and click open you should now see the new firmware file location in the Browse box Select Start Upgrade and the BOSSNAS122 will upgrade and restart automatically ...

Page 36: ...art your BOSSNAS122 immediately Restart Now or you can schedule an automatic restart by setting a date and time in the Scheduling box From the pull down menu select a schedule day and then type in a time you would like to restart your BOSSNAS122 automatically Select Apply ...

Page 37: ...file Settings saved in the configuration file includes Network System General Setup Restart Schedule Login Admin folder visibility FTP Server Media and iTunes Windows firewall security settings might ask for confirmation to download file onto PC Download When you select save the configuration file will be saved to your PC after you have chosen created a suitable folder Restore This function allows...

Page 38: ...bility FTP Server Media and iTunes settings Restore IP and Admin This will restore IP address back to default 192 168 16 1 and Admin login settings to admin root Your BOSSNAS122 will restart for the new settings to take effect 2 7 Login Setting Here you can change the administrator login settings Default User Name admin Default Password root Type in the old password Type in new name Type in new pa...

Page 39: ...DOC0003192 Rev 03 39 79 06 July 2009 2 8 System Log Here you can view recent actions carried out by BOSSNAS122 ...

Page 40: ...CP server available then the BOSSNAS122 will revert to its default IP address of 192 168 16 1 Static IP To setup BOSSNAS122 to a static IP router please refer to the Getting Connected section at the start of this manual If for any reason you need your BOSSNAS122 to have a static IP address select Static IP from the Protocol drop down menu and manually enter the network settings in the fields provi...

Page 41: ... of the same capacity or larger invokes an automatic rebuild from the remaining disk hot swap The total capacity of the array is the capacity of the smallest disk in the array RAID 1 Hot Swap There is no need to switch off your BOSSNAS122 device when replacing a failing disk 1 Press the HDD release button of the failing disk and remove the HDD assembly 2 Replace the failing disk with a new disk of...

Page 42: ...C0003192 Rev 03 42 79 06 July 2009 4 2 Setting up JBOD 1 Select HDDA 2 Select the format type either XFS or FAT32 3 Select Format 4 Select HDDB 5 Select the format type either XFS or FAT32 6 Select Format ...

Page 43: ...t put them into the Raid Device section 1 Select HDDA 2 Select the button 3 You can see that the HDDA has moved to the Raid Device section Repeat steps 1 2 for HDDB 4 Select Enable operation on RAID box 5 Select either Raid 0 Raid 1 or Raid Linear 6 Select the format type either XFS or FAT32 7 Select Format ...

Page 44: ...in RAID configuration and you attach an external USB Device you will see this under Attached Device in the Disk Management To format the external USB Device without formatting the data on the internal BOSSNAS122 HDDs you must do the following 1 Highlight the external USB HDD in the Attached Device box 2 UNCHECK the Enable operation on raid IMPORTANT If you do not uncheck the Enable operation on ra...

Page 45: ... format disk now READ THIS WARNING to ensure you are not formatting the HDDs in the RAID section If the warning window mentions RAID then CANCEL and ensure you have UNCHECKED the Enable operation on raid box If the warning window does not mention RAID and looks like the one below select OK ...

Page 46: ...equired 1 No password required User can opt to have no password 2 With admin property User can be given admin rights to folders User name This is where you add the name of a person you would like to access the BOSSNAS122 Note Adding a user creates an FTP folder for that user i e if you setup the BOSSNAS122 as an FTP server See section 6 1 FTP Server then that user can access their FTP folder via t...

Page 47: ...he user to have no password by checking the No password required box Additionally you can give the user admin rights to folders by checking the With admin property check box User Description Here you might want to add a user description you can leave this section blank if you prefer Once you have entered your preferred requirements Select Add user ...

Page 48: ...you can see the user added Note If you create a user and No password required is checked that user would still be required to enter their user name when entering a folder via the network Checking the With admin property box gives the user admin rights ...

Page 49: ...or you can select to give this user administrator access by checking the With admin property box Note Giving a user administrator access allows that user to enter and amend via the network all folders created on your BOSSNAS122 Example Change name to New Name Enter same password you can change password if required Change description Your New Description Select Update You will now see user name and...

Page 50: ... The admin user name cannot be modified The admin User description cannot be modified Features that can be modified Password The default password is root you can change this password to one of your choice If you change the password and at a later date forget its setting it is possible to create a new password without knowing the previous value No password required check box can be selected This al...

Page 51: ...er of users into a group you can then give this group user rights to folders allowing all members of the group the user rights you have set From the menu Select Access Groups In the Group Management window Enter a Group name Enter Group description you can leave this section blank if you prefer Select Add Group ...

Page 52: ...eck the box next to users you want added to group Select Apply The selected users are now part of that group You can modify the name and description of a group simply by opening that group Click on the small user icon enter a new name or description and select Update To delete a group check the box next to the group name and select Delete group ...

Page 53: ...olders Creating folder From the menu Select Access Folders In the Folder Management window Enter a Folder name Enter Folder description you can leave this section blank if you prefer Select Add Folder You will now see the folder you have added ...

Page 54: ...h Set access for individual users and No access selected you can change each group users Properties to share by selecting either No access that group or user has no access to this folder Read only that group or user has read only access to this folder Read and write that group or user has read and write access to this folder Note If you change the Share properties in Groups select Apply under Grou...

Page 55: ...older only accessible via admin in network Read only access for all users Allows all users and groups read only access to that folder Read Write access for all users Allows all users and groups Read Write access to that folder Group Settings No access All users within that group will have no access to that folder Read only All users within that group have read only access to that folder Read and W...

Page 56: ... folder Click on folder icon enter a new name or description and select Update To delete a folder check the box next to the folder name and select Delete folder 5 4 Admin Folder When you enter the BOSSNAS122 via the network you will see all folders that have been created including the default admin folder You can make the admin folder invisible to users with no administration rights Check the Make...

Page 57: ...r BOSSNAS122 section 2 1 are in sync with your server i e BOSSNAS122 date and time settings must match the AD Server 1 Under Access select ADS 2 Select Full Domain enter the domain name of your server 3 Kdc IP enter the IP address of your server 4 Kdc Admin enter administrator 5 Kdc Password enter your administrator password 6 Sync Schedule from pull down menu select a sync schedule day and then t...

Page 58: ...g users and groups must be carried out on the server When you add remove users or groups on your server you can update that information to your BOSSNAS122 immediately by selecting ADS Sync Note a Resetting your BOSSNAS122 to factory default will reset the ADS function to OFF default setting In this case you must reconnect to ADS as above Please check the AD connectivity status in the BOSSNAS122 GU...

Page 59: ...not be taken as a recommendation This file can be created in notepad then saved with a bat extension i e logon bat The file contains mappings to BOSSNAS122 folders created by the system administrator and to which users should has access permissions Please note that drive letters cannot be used more that once and cannot already be in use In the sample file folders will be mapped to the following dr...

Page 60: ...ctory Users and Computers illustrated below Simply add the logon script file name as shown Now when this user logs on to their system the folders will be mapped in My Computer Windows Explorer This should make folder access simple and convenient Employing these methods will require a static IP address for the BOSSNAS122 ...

Page 61: ... and specify the folder you wish to connect to e g projects Please note you must have permission to access the folder which can be setup via the BOSSNAS122 GUI Don t forget to use the double backslash at the beginning Click next then type in a name for your shortcut that has a meaning for you e g Projects shortcut or accept the default name then click finish This will create a desktop shortcut to ...

Page 62: ...check the Enable ftp Server check box Port The Port number of the FTP server Default value is 21 Enable anonymous login as guest This allows FTP clients to connect with the device without username password authentication allowing access to a public folder Enable download is selected by default allowing users who enter the FTP to read download from the FTP folder Enable upload can be selected allow...

Page 63: ... There are two ways to access the ftp server internally and externally Internally 1 Enter your web browser and type in BOSSNAS122 IP address You must put ftp in front i e ftp 192 168 16 3 2 Enter the Username user name of FTP user account you want to open 3 Enter the Password password of FTP user account you want to open 4 Press Log On You might get the message to open the FTP site in Windows Expl...

Page 64: ...er your web browser and type in the external IP address as provided by your router software You must put ftp in front i e ftp 81 154 93 250 2 Enter the Username user name of FTP user account you want to open 3 Enter the Password password of FTP user account you want to open 4 Press Log On You might get the message to open FTP site in Windows Explorer click Page and then click Open FTP Site in Wind...

Page 65: ...0003192 Rev 03 65 79 06 July 2009 6 2 Backup In this section you can backup folders and sub folders from BOSSNAS122 to an external USB hard disk drive Click on Add a Backup Job The following window appears ...

Page 66: ...from the second drop down menu You can check that the BOSSNAS122 has recognized the folder or path of sub folder by selecting Test Availability If BOSSNAS122 can find that folder the availability result will be OK If BOSSNAS122 cannot find the folder the availability result will be Path is invalid in this case please check you have entered the correct folder To go back one step select the Back Off...

Page 67: ...l be used for storing the backup on the destination BOSSNAS122 if required In the example test is a sub folder of public and run is a sub folder of test Use as a separator Port Use default or specify a port CodePage Select an appropriate CodePage LoginName This is a login account on the destination BOSSNAS122 which allows access Note Account details are required to backup to the public folder Pass...

Page 68: ...se backup options Set how many backup copies to keep set to 0 for a single backup As an example you might want to backup a folder every week and additionally decide to keep the last 5 weeks backups before the BOSSNAS122 starts to over write the first week In this case you would enter the number 5 in the box The 6th week backup will then over write the first week s backup Once you have completed se...

Page 69: ...x b From the pull down menu select a folder containing media c If necessary type in the name of a sub folder d From the pull down menu select a rescan time the server checks the folder at selected time for updates e Select Save When you want to play your chosen media files on a network PC Open your Media Player Locate your media files on your BOSSNAS122 Select Play Note UPnP compliant media player...

Page 70: ...nes iTunes Server 1 Check to Enable iTunes 2 From the pull down menu select a folder containing media on the selected server enter sub folder if necessary 3 Select Apply Note iTunes compliant media player software required for successful playback ...

Page 71: ... to your BOSSNAS122 Your BOSSNAS122 Will then run in the background downloading and storing the torrent file How to download a Torrent file 1 Go onto the internet and find the torrent file you want to download 2 Save the Torrent to your PC this is actually the Torrent seed file and not the actual Torrent file 3 Open BitTorrent on your BOSSNAS122 and select Add a New Job 4 Select Browse to find the...

Page 72: ...nformation of the job Delete Stop and delete the job Global Settings The User can choose in which folder public or user s to place the downloaded torrent files The max download and upload rate can be limited to the rate you want Seed infinitely After the download has finished the file will seed until you stop seeding or you can set the percentage of share ratio or how long in minutes to share The ...

Page 73: ...ven a static IP address If this is required please refer to your system administrator for guidance 8 There is also an opportunity to configure format the BOSSNAS122 HDDs from the Disks Management menu if not already configured If you need to complete this now please refer to the user manual Section 4 Disks 9 We are now ready to complete the information in the Access ADS Management window see note ...

Page 74: ...schedule When completing the domain field it is not necessary to enter the FQDN I have provided an example below If your windows server hostname is Alpha and the Domain is named Beta then this will create the following full name on the server alpha beta local In this case it is only necessary to enter beta local in the domain field to allow connection to take place ...

Page 75: ...ring both desktop accessibility and drive mapping to your BOSSNAS122 folders The process begins as follows Right click on your desktop and select new then select shortcut This will bring up this window Enter the IP address of your BOSSNAS122 and specify the folder you wish to connect to e g projects Please note you must have permission to access the folder which can be setup via the BOSSNAS122 GUI...

Page 76: ... map the Project folder in My Computer and can be setup as follows The default drive letter can be changed if required ensure the drive letter does not conflict with other mappings on your system then click Finish ensuring that the Reconnect at logon box is checked as this should ensure the mapped folder is available at logon ...

Page 77: ...lowing visibility of all BOSSNAS122 folders However you will only be able to gain access to folders if you have access rights This view can be setup by not specifying a particular folder name when creating the shortcut i e 192 168 0 12 This then provides the following view of all BOSSNAS122 folders unfortunately this shortcut cannot be mapped ...

Page 78: ...a quick and convenient folder access method which offers BOSSNAS122 folder accessibility both from the desktop and also from a mapped drive Method 3 In Windows Explorer or Internet Explorer you can type in the address of the folder you wish to access Again you need folder access permission i e 192 168 0 10 projects Obviously the address will depend on your particular setup This should allow you ac...

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