Configuring your Storage
Creating a Volume
Cisco Small Business NSS3000 Series Network Storage System Administration Guide
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•
Name
: Enter the name you want to give the volume. The volume name must
consist of at least one alphanumeric character, must begin with a letter, but
cannot contain any spaces.
•
Size
: Enter the size for the volume, and then select the unit from the drop-
down menu. The final size of the shared volume is less than the size you
enter in this field due to filesystem overhead. The minimum volume size is
32 MB. Volume sizes are rounded down to the nearest 32 MB increment.
NOTE
Once you create the volume, you can expand it but you cannot reduce its size.
STEP 3
To encrypt the volume, select
Encrypted
. To create an unencrypted volume, go to
step 6.
NOTE
You can encrypt the volume only when the volume is first created. After you create
a volume, you cannot change whether it is encrypted or unencrypted. to The file
transfer performance for encrypted volumes is generally lower than for non-
encrypted volumes.
STEP 4
Enter a password in the
Password
field.
The password must be entered to unlock an encrypted volume when the NSS is
started up following a power interruption, shutdown, or rebooted, or, if the volume
was manually locked through the NSS configuration interface. The password can
be any alphanumeric characters (with the exception of the ";" |", and "&"). It cannot
contain any spaces and must be a minimum of one character (no maximum).
!
CAUTION
Because you need the password to decrypt a locked volume, keep a secure
backup of the password to ensure that it is accessible when required. There is no
way to unlock the volume without the password. (If you forget the password, the
only way to unlock the volume is if a known password was saved in a configuration
file. You can then restore the configuration, and then use that password to unlock
the volume. See
”Restoring a Configuration File” on page 62
STEP 5
Re-enter the password in the
Confirm Password
field.
STEP 6
Click
Add
.
