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Network Attached Storage

TeraStation III iSCSI User Manual

Buffalo Inc.

www.buffalotech.com

TS-IXL

TS-RIXL

35011188-06

Summary of Contents for TeraStation III iSCSI TS-IXL

Page 1: ...Network Attached Storage TeraStation III iSCSI User Manual Buffalo Inc www buffalotech com TS IXL TS RIXL 35011188 06...

Page 2: ...and Removing TeraStation 9 Reconnect a TeraStation 11 Mutual Authentication 12 Chapter 3 Settings 13 Chapter 4 Using Logical Volume Manager LVM 14 Enable Disable Logical Volume Manager LVM 14 Create...

Page 3: ...34 Display Settings 34 Changing the Admin Username and Password 35 Formatting Drives 36 Encrypting Drives 37 Dismounting a Drive 37 Erasing All Data 38 Initializing Settings 39 Changing the IP addres...

Page 4: ...nd applications can be used You can format the drive with NTFS from within Windows This illustration shows a TS IXL TeraStation The rackmount TS RIXL is functionally identical iSCSI Compatible Hard Dr...

Page 5: ...ed folders easily no extra server needed Access files directly using XFS format Features like backup are built in to the NAS iSCSI A server creates shared folders on the iSCSI drive and computers can...

Page 6: ...of the Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator 4 When the download is complete double click on the installer Check the Initiator Service and Software Initiator checkboxes Follow the wizard to install Inst...

Page 7: ...ssigned to the TeraStation If you are using Windows 2000 XP 2000 Server or Server 2003 install Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator before installing the TeraStation Refer to previous page Run TeraNavig...

Page 8: ...tation s firmware version iSCSI Service Displays the iSCSI service s current status e g running stopped Volume Selects individual volumes from a registered TeraStation Until the TeraStation is registe...

Page 9: ...aStation within the LAN Exit Exit iSCSI Connection Tool Configuration Settings Opens Settings of the selected TeraStation Change IP Address You can change the IP address of the selected TeraStation Un...

Page 10: ...All Programs BUFFALO iSCSI Connection Tool iSCSI Connection Tool The iSCSI Connection Tool will launch For Windows 8 click the iSCSI Connection Tool 2 Select the volume to disconnect from Volume and...

Page 11: ...hout unregistering it or changing its IP address it will take a long time to search since the registration information is still in your computer Use the following procedure to unregister the TeraStati...

Page 12: ...SI Connection Tool To connect multiple volumes at once choose Connect volumes from Configuration menu To set the volume to automatically connect when the computer starts up check Connect on Start Up W...

Page 13: ...avigate to iSCSI Volumes iSCSI Volumes Click Mutual Authentication for Access Control and enter a new password in Password Mutual Authentication field The password set here is used to connect to the v...

Page 14: ...ings from the Configuration menu Initially use the default username and password Username admin Password password Notes Settings supports Firefox 1 5 or later Internet Explorer 6 SP 2 or later and Saf...

Page 15: ...1 2 3 The Confirm Operation screen will appear Enter the displayed number and click Apply within 60 seconds LVM is now enabled Select the RAID array or the drive from Disk Area and click Enable LVM or...

Page 16: ...4 Click Save 5 Turn iSCSI Service back on Note To start iSCSI service for the target volume only navigate to iSCSI Volumes iSCSI Volumes select the target volume and click Activate You have created a...

Page 17: ...rvice for the target volume only navigate to iSCSI Volumes iSCSI Volumes select the target volume and click Activate You have now extended the size of a volume Note Your OS may not detect extended vol...

Page 18: ...en into 2 hard drives at the same time even if one of the drives fails data can still be recovered by replacing the damaged drive data cannot be recovered if both drives become damaged RAID 1 mode Arr...

Page 19: ...vailable for use RAID 0 is fast and efficient but includes no parity or redundancy If any drive is damaged all data on the array is lost Normal mode In Normal mode drives are not combined into arrays...

Page 20: ...on screen will appear Type in the confirmation number and click Apply within 60 seconds 6 Follow the instructions displayed on the screen You have configured Normal mode Refer to page 15 to create vol...

Page 21: ...uilt or the process will start over at reboot 6 The Confirm Operation screen will appear Enter the displayed number and click Apply within 60 seconds to con tinue 7 Follow the instructions displayed o...

Page 22: ...firm Operation screen will appear Enter the displayed number and click Apply within 60 seconds to con tinue 7 Follow the instructions displayed on the screen You have configured a RAID 5 array with 3...

Page 23: ...ll start over at reboot 6 The Confirm Operation screen will appear Enter the displayed number and click Apply within 60 seconds to con tinue 7 Follow the instructions displayed on the screen You have...

Page 24: ...l appear Enter the displayed number and click Apply within 60 seconds to continue 7 Follow the instructions displayed on the screen You have configured a RAID 1 array with 2 drives Refer to page 15 to...

Page 25: ...ue 7 Follow the instructions displayed on the screen You have configured a RAID 0 array Refer to page 15 to create a volume on the array Use Disk Management on Windows to format the volume then connec...

Page 26: ...een will appear Enter the displayed number and click Apply within 60 seconds to continue 5 Follow the instructions displayed on the screen You have configured a hot spare Click an array which is set e...

Page 27: ...Password Mutual Authorization Select Mutual Authorization for User Authorization The screen to enter the mutual authentication password will open Enter the password you set You ve configured access r...

Page 28: ...rization The screen to enter the mutual authentication password will open Enter the password you set Changes to access restriction settings will not take effect until the iSCSI service has been turned...

Page 29: ...ulti byte characters Alphanumeric charac ters and hyphen may be used Do not use a symbol as the first character 4 1 Enter TeraStation Name This will identify it on the network 2 Click Save 1 Navigate...

Page 30: ...e DNS to access an NTP server The TeraStation s internal clock may run at a slightly different speed from other clocks on you network and over a long period of time your network devices may show diffe...

Page 31: ...rected Follow the procedure below to configure RAID scanning schedule 1 2 Notes If Begin Immediate RAID Scan is selected then a RAID scan will begin immediately To stop a RAID scan click Abort RAID Sc...

Page 32: ...secure connection 7 Enter Subject for notification Note Use alphanumeric characters only Do not use multi byte characters 8 Enter an email address Up to 5 email addresses may be entered 1 Enable Noti...

Page 33: ...occurred on HDD The erroneous disk drive Disk 1 Disk could not be mounted This email includes Fan Failure TeraStation Status Report FAN Error Notification Failure FAN stopped FAN Error Notification T...

Page 34: ...tion unit has automatically shut down due to a power outage do not turn the unit on until power is restored Doing so will force the unit to run on the battery of the UPS and thus will not shut down au...

Page 35: ...You have now configured alerts 1 Select the conditions to beep the alert from Overheating Disk Error Fan Er ror or UPS power Error 2 Click Save You may configure the LEDs and LCD screen on the front o...

Page 36: ...hens may be used Do not use a symbol as the first character Passwords can contain up to 20 bytes UTF 8 Do not use multi byte characters AAlphanumeric characters and the following special characters ma...

Page 37: ...ings from that drive so be sure to back up any important data before formatting a drive Formatting will take several minutes During the formatting process other volumes or drives on the TeraStation wi...

Page 38: ...rall performance somewhat Dismounting a Drive Before removing a drive from the TeraStation dismount the drive Follow the instructions below to dismount the drive Note Repeatedly dismounting and or rem...

Page 39: ...lete all partitions and data on the drive will be erased The TeraStation will automatically shut down when complete After a reboot the TeraStation s settings will be as follows Hard drives normal mode...

Page 40: ...store Erase Restore Factory Defaults Modify Settings in Settings and select Keep current admin password Click Save If you disable resetting the admin password from the reset button you can no longer c...

Page 41: ...Alerts Sound Settings Front Panel Settings RAID Array Failure Settings Management Information Language Settings Syslog 1 2 The Confirm Operation screen will appear Type in the confirmation number and...

Page 42: ...onnection Tool For Windows 8 click the iSCSI Connection Tool 3 Select your TeraStation from the Target dropdown menu then click Configuration then Change IP Address 4 5 Turn iSCSI Service back on You...

Page 43: ...Jumbo Frame but some of your network devices don t support it you may not be able to transfer data If you run into compatibility issues disable Jumbo Frame and set all of your network devices to use s...

Page 44: ...tive backup policy Sets an active backup policy for fault tolerance XOR policy Sets an XOR exclusive or policy for fault tolerance and load balancing Broadcast policy Sets a broadcast policy for fault...

Page 45: ...the left side of Settings Online Update If a new firmware is available the message A new version of the firmware has been released The current firmware can be updated to the latest version is display...

Page 46: ...tion Logout Log out of Settings Displayed on the upper right of the screen The following options can be set from Settings iSCSI Volumes iSCSI Volumes iSCSI Volumes iSCSI Volumes To add volumes click C...

Page 47: ...on when you have set the password in Password Mutual Authentication The screen to enter the mutual authentication password is displayed again Enter the mutual authentication password you set and conne...

Page 48: ...odify Settings to change settings Date Time Source Select Automatic to use NTP to set your system clock automatically Select Manual to set the time manually Primary NTP IP Address Enter the DNS name o...

Page 49: ...Ethernet Frame Size You can improve data transmission speed by increasing the maximum amount of data that can be sent at once 1518 bytes Default 4102 bytes Jumbo Frame 7422 bytes Jumbo Frame 9694 byt...

Page 50: ...dmin password for confirmation Access Control Whole System Click Modify Settings to change settings Access Control Select whether or not to apply access restrictions to the TeraStation If you apply ac...

Page 51: ...ID 0 To configure a RAID array check the hard drives to use select RAID mode and click Create RAID Array To build a RAID 1 array check 2 drives To build a RAID 10 or RAID 0 array check all drives To b...

Page 52: ...the system will automatically move to degraded mode The system will continue to function but data is not protected in degraded mode so it is strongly recommended to immediately replace the erroneous...

Page 53: ...MD5 SMTP AUTH CRAM MD5 are selected for Authentication Type specify either SSL or TLS Username Enter the username for authentication Password Enter the password for authentication Subject Specify the...

Page 54: ...notification of updates Power Management UPS Settings Click Modify Settings to change settings Synchronization with UPS synchronize with UPS connected to this TeraStation Select to synchronize the Te...

Page 55: ...ettings of the TeraStation without the admin username and password Write them down and do not lose them Erase Erase Clicking Erase will erase data on the drives on the TeraStation completely All data...

Page 56: ...If no DHCP server is available then an IP address will be assigned as follows IP Address 169 254 abc abc abc is assigned randomly when booting the TeraStation Subnet Mask 255 255 0 0 Ethernet Frame S...

Page 57: ...ded on the Buffalo Technology website The Omron website also provides descriptions on each product page Be sure to check this information before purchasing a UPS Internal Hard Drive Drive configuratio...

Page 58: ...p or just the passage of years Your data should always be backed up to another location Buffalo external hard drives like the DriveStation series make it simple to back up your data Don t wait until i...

Page 59: ...expense CE Mark Warning CE Mark Warning This is a Class A product In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures E...

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