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Chapter 3: ShareCenter Pro
Configuration Manager

The ShareCenter Pro Configuration Manager is factory-installed on the
DNS-1250-04 and DNS-1250-06 NAS systems. ShareCenter Pro runs in
the browser on your PC or Mac. You can access ShareCenter Pro by
browser.

3.1 Browser

Support

Choose one of the following browsers to use with ShareCenter Pro:

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Internet Explorer 7 or above

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Firefox 3 and above

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Safari 5 and above

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Google Chrome

3.2 Connecting to ShareCenter Pro

To connect with the ShareCenter Pro configuration manager over your
network:

1. Start your browser.

2. In the URL field, enter the default IP address

http://192.168.0.32

3. The Login screen appears:

Summary of Contents for DNS-1250-04

Page 2: ...reen 11 2 6 Configuration 12 2 6 1 Connecting to ShareCenter Pro 12 2 6 2 Choosing a Display Language 13 2 7 Setup Wizard 13 2 7 1 Using the One Click Setup Wizard 13 2 7 2 Using Advanced Configuration Wizard 14 2 8 Shutting Down the NAS System 15 Chapter 3 ShareCenter Pro Configuration Manager 16 3 1 Browser Support 16 3 2 Connecting to ShareCenter Pro 16 3 3 Choosing a Display Language 17 3 4 Na...

Page 3: ...cal Drive Settings 26 Physical Drive Problems 26 3 6 5 iSCSI 27 View iSCSI Information 27 Setting up a CHAP 27 3 6 6 Network 28 Basic Network Settings 28 Changing Networking Configuration 28 Advanced Networking Configuration 29 Setting up a DHCP Server 29 Setting up DDNS 29 3 6 7 UPS 30 View UPS Information 30 Setting up a UPS 30 3 6 8 External USB Drive 31 External Drive Information 31 Configurin...

Page 4: ...l Drive 44 Redundancy Check 44 Synchronization Settings 45 3 7 6 Logical Drive Problems 45 3 7 7 Spare Drive Management 46 Spare Drive Information 46 Assigning a Spare Drive 47 3 8 AdminTool Tab 47 3 8 1 NAS Subsystem Management 48 Viewing NAS System Information 48 Making NAS System Settings 48 3 8 2 NAS System Shutdown and Restart 49 3 8 3 Clearing Subsystem Statistics 49 3 8 4 Software Service M...

Page 5: ... 59 Viewing Logical Drive Performance 59 Viewing Physical Drive Performance 59 Viewing Port Performance 60 3 8 10 Restore Factory Default Settings 60 3 8 11 System Configuration Files 61 Importing a System Configuration File 61 Exporting a System Configuration File 61 3 8 12 LUNMap Management 61 Adding an Initiator 61 Defining LUN Mapping 62 3 8 13 Power Option 62 3 8 14 Message Alerts 63 Setting ...

Page 6: ...eleting a Group of Users 70 3 9 3 Protocol Control and Setting 71 3 9 4 File System Management 71 Viewing File System Information 71 Setting a File System Quota 72 Deleting a File System 72 3 9 5 File Sharing Management 72 Creating an ISO Folder 72 Making ISO Folder Settings 73 Creating a Folder 73 Changing Folder Settings 74 Setting up Folder Sharing 74 3 9 6 Backup Management 77 Choosing a Backu...

Page 7: ...ac 89 4 1 5 Closing ShareCenterNAVI 89 Alternative Method for Windows 90 4 2 Managing Backups 90 4 2 1 Doing a Backup Now 90 Main Window 91 Device List 91 Tray Icon 92 4 2 2 Scheduling a Backup 93 4 2 3 Viewing Backup Schedules 94 4 2 4 Changing a Scheduled Backup 94 4 2 5 Deleting a Scheduled Backup 95 4 2 6 Restoring Backed up Files 96 4 2 7 Viewing the Backup Event Log 97 4 2 8 Saving the Event...

Page 8: ...ystem 104 One Click Setup 104 Advanced Setup 105 4 4 2 Locating the NAS system 106 4 4 3 Wake on LAN 108 4 4 4 Choosing a Default NAS System 108 Setting the default NAS 108 4 4 5 Viewing the System Event Log 109 4 4 6 Installing Plug ins 110 4 4 7 Viewing a List of Plug ins 110 4 4 8 Viewing Plug in Version Numbers 110 4 4 9 Enabling and Disabling Plug ins 111 Enabling Plug ins 111 Disabling Plug ...

Page 9: ...umerous cross references to help you find the specific information you are looking for Also included are four levels of notices Note A Note provides helpful information such as hints or alternative ways of doing a task Important An Important calls attention to an essential step or point required to complete a task Important items include things often missed Caution A Caution informs you of possibl...

Page 10: ...ications CPU 1 8 GHz FLASH 256 MB SDRAM 2GB DDRII Smart Fan Yes Gigabit Ethernet port 2 USB 2 0 Host port 5 Front x 1 Back x 4 LCD Display Yes Internal HDD Support 3 5 3 Gb s SATAII Hot Plug Yes of Bays 4 DNS 1250 04 6 DNS 1250 06 Power Supply 250W 80 PLUS DNS 1250 06 243 L 188 W 251 H mm 9 56 L 7 40 W 9 88 H in Dimensions DNS 1250 04 243 L 188 W 191 H mm 9 56 L 7 40 W 7 52H in For more informatio...

Page 11: ... and above Mac OS 10 6 XServer 1 5 Browser Support Choose one of the following browsers to use with the ShareCenter Pro configuration manager Internet Explorer 7 and above Firefox 3 and above Safari 5 and above Google Chrome 8 and above Warning The electronic components within the NAS system are sensitive to damage from Electro Static Discharge ESD Observe appropriate precautions at all times when...

Page 12: ...zardous moving parts Keep fingers away Caution Risk of explosion if the battery is replaced by an incorrect type Important To configure the NAS system you are advised to install ShareCenterNAVI Please refer to the User s Manual 4 ...

Page 13: ...th Manual and Software Quick Installation Guide Power Cord Ethernet Cable Screws for Physical drive installation If any of the above items are missing please contact your reseller Figure 1 DNS 1250 04 Front View The DNS 1250 06 is similar USB Connector LCD One Touch Backup Button Ethernet Status LED Select Button Enter Button Disk Carrier Disk Status LED Disk Activity LED Power Button System Statu...

Page 14: ...ding Red Disk error Flashing Green Physical drive locate feature Disk Activity LED Flashing Green Disk activity System Status LED Green System is healthy Orange Disk array degraded Red Disk array offline or Enclosure error Flashing Red Orange Green Power on One Touch Backup Button Enables one touch backup Flashes blue while backup is processing Power Button Power on power off ...

Page 15: ... Power Connector USB Connectors 4 RJ45 Network Connectors 2 VGA Connector Item Description USB Connectors For USB printer and flash drive backup RJ45 Network Connectors For Ethernet cable connection VGA Connector Video output connection Power Connection Power cord connection 7 ...

Page 16: ...ms with SATA 1 5 Gb s or 3 0 Gb s physical drives For optimal performance install physical drives of the same model and capacity Your physical drives become a RAID Volume on the NAS system To install physical drives 1 Remove the drive carrier from the enclosure Slide the latch towards the left Latch Press the button Button Pull the handle to slide the drive carrier out of the enclosure 8 ...

Page 17: ... carrier Physical drive Physical drive power and data connector 3 Insert the screws through the holes in the drive carrier and into the sides of the physical drive Install only the counter sunk screws supplied with the NAS system Install four screws per drive Snug each screw Be careful not to over tighten 9 ...

Page 18: ...ove only one drive carrier a time 2 3 Connecting the Ethernet Cable To connect the NAS system to your network 1 Attach one end of the network cable to an RJ45 network connector RJ45 Network Connectors 2 2 Attach the other end of the network cable to your Ethernet hub or switch 2 4 Connecting the Power To connect and power up the NAS system 1 Attach the power cord on the back of the enclosure 10 2 ...

Page 19: ...rk Configuration with the LCD Screen The DNS 1250 04 and DNS 1250 06 NAS systems have an LCD screen on the front panel that enables you to monitor system status and configure the network Select button Enter button To configure the networking settings 1 Press the Enter button to display the Network Setup option 2 Press the Select button to choose each option 3 Then press the Enter button to change ...

Page 20: ...nager over your network 1 Start your browser 2 In the URL field enter the default IP address http 192 168 0 32 3 The Login screen appears 4 Choose the System Administrator option Or choose the Others option and type the user name in the field provided The default user name is administrator 5 Type the default password into the field provided The default password is password 6 Click the Login button...

Page 21: ...the display language you want 3 Click the Login button to log into ShareCenter Pro again 2 7 Setup Wizard The Setup Wizard configures your disk arrays easily and quickly To configure automatically use One Click Setup To configure manually use Advance Setup 2 7 1 Using the One Click Setup Wizard To configure your disk arrays with the One Click Setup Wizard 1 Click the NAS tab 2 Click the One Click ...

Page 22: ...ing network settings as required Computer Name Input a new name if desired Member of Check the box to let your enable DHCP make the network settings 4 If you did not check the Member of box input your settings in the fields provided IP Address Subnet Mask Default Gateway Primary DNS Secondary DNS When you are finished click the Next button 5 Choose the file system option you want Data Protection U...

Page 23: ...ration click the Back button to change your settings 2 8 Shutting Down the NAS System To shut down the NAS system on the front of the NAS system enclosure press and hold the Power Button System Status LED for five seconds The system status LED turns red and then goes dark Power Button System Status LED 15 ...

Page 24: ...ess ShareCenter Pro by browser 3 1 Browser Support Choose one of the following browsers to use with ShareCenter Pro Internet Explorer 7 or above Firefox 3 and above Safari 5 and above Google Chrome 3 2 Connecting to ShareCenter Pro To connect with the ShareCenter Pro configuration manager over your network 1 Start your browser 2 In the URL field enter the default IP address http 192 168 0 32 16 3 ...

Page 25: ...opdown menu when you log in If you have already logged in 1 Click the Logout button at the top right corner of the ShareCenter Pro window The Login screen appears 2 From the Language dropdown menu choose the display language you want 3 Click the Login button to log into ShareCenter Pro again 3 4 Navigating in ShareCenter Pro The five tabs displayed on the screen are the primary navigation tool in ...

Page 26: ...l status of NAS system by displaying The system is OK The system has errors 3 5 1 System Status The System Status field displays the high level of the NAS components by the following status icons The component is OK The component needs attention The component has failed Click the component name to view more information 18 ...

Page 27: ...torage capacity of the NAS system Unconfigured Not assigned to a logical drive Configured Assigned to a logical drive Device Number Displays the current number of devices in the system 3 6 Device Tab The Device tab displays the information of all device status of the NAS including physical drives disk arrays logical drives power supply units blowers and backplanes In the Device tab you can make se...

Page 28: ... the menu and return to normal view The carriers containing drives that do not belong to the chosen disk array are highlighted 3 6 2 Back View Click the Back View button to display the back view of all enclosures in the NAS Mouse over the power supply and I O units to view the PSU status and the operational status of the devices through the I O units Click Show Internal Components to display the v...

Page 29: ...you want and click the View button To make enclosure settings mouse over the enclosure you want and click the Settings button Set the controller warning and controller critical temperatures To locate the enclosure mouse over the enclosure you want and click the Locate button The buzzer sounds to help you identify the NAS system Controller To view controller information mouse over the controller an...

Page 30: ...ite heads Level 2 Lowers disk rotation speed Level 3 Spins down the disk stops rotation Coercion Check the box to enable or uncheck to disable This feature is designed for fault tolerant logical drives RAID 1 1E 5 10 50 and 60 It is generally recommended to use physical drives of the same size in your disk arrays When this is not possible the system adjusts for the size differences by reducing or ...

Page 31: ...lush Interval Enter a value into the field 1 to 12 seconds Physical Drive Temperature Threshold Enclosure Polling Interval Adaptive Writeback Cache UPS power good write back UPS power fail write through No UPS write through Host Cache Flushing Forced Read Ahead cache Check the box to enable or uncheck to disable 3 Click the Save button Buzzer To mute the buzzer click the Mute button To unmute the ...

Page 32: ...ettings 1 Mouse over the buzzer and click the Settings button 2 Choose an LED setting Always ON Always OFF Daily 3 Click the Save button 3 6 4 Physical Drives View List of Physical Drives To view a list of physical drives 1 Click the Device tab 2 Click the Physical Drive button Physical drive information includes ID ID number of the physical drive Status Green yellow and red icons Model Make and m...

Page 33: ... button 3 Mouse over the physical drive you want and click the View button To locate the physical drive 1 Click the Device tab 2 Click the Physical Drive button 3 Mouse over the physical drive you want and click the Locate button The drive carrier LEDs blink for one minute Disk Status LED Disk Activity LED Global Physical Drive Settings To make global physical drive settings 1 Click the Device tab...

Page 34: ...d click the Settings button 4 Enter change or delete the alias in the Alias field 5 Click the Save button Physical Drive Problems Physical drives are the foundation of data storage A physical drive problem can affect your entire NAS When a yellow icon or a red X icon appears beside a physical drive check the drive s operational status 1 Click the Device tab 2 Click the Physical Drive button 3 Mous...

Page 35: ...ollowing tabs Node Portal Port Session iSNS CHAP Ping Setting up a CHAP To set up a CHAP 1 Click Device tab 2 Click the iSCSI button 3 Click the CHAP tab 4 Complete the required settings User Name Current Secret password Retype password CHAP Type Peer is one way or uni directional Local is two way or bi directional 5 Click the Submit button ...

Page 36: ... Link Changing Networking Configuration 1 Click Device tab 2 Click Network button 3 Mouse over the network you and click the TCP IP or IPV6 button 4 Make the required settings Network Speed Select the networking speed from the menu IP Properties IP Address Subnet Mask Gateway IP Address DNS Server IP Address Secondary DNS Server IP Address 5 Click the Submit button ...

Page 37: ...it button Setting up a DHCP Server 1 Click Device tab 2 Click the Network button 3 Click the DHCP Server button 4 Make the required settings Enable DHCP Server Choose to enable or disable the function IP range Assign the IP range in the text boxes Lease Time 5 Click the Submit button Setting up DDNS A Domain Name Service DNS translates human readable host names such as www symantec com into IP add...

Page 38: ...er the user name to log in the DDNS server Password Enter the password to log in the DDNS server 5 Click the Submit button 3 6 7 UPS DNS 1250 04 and DNS 1250 06 support an Uninterruptible Power Supply UPS View UPS Information To display the information of the connected UPS 1 Click Device tab 2 Click the UPS button Setting up a UPS To set up a UPS 1 Click Device tab 2 Click the UPS button 3 Click t...

Page 39: ...Type Location Capacity Cache DNS 1250 04 and DNS 1250 06 support these external file systems EXT3 XFS NTFS HFS FAT32 Configuring an External Drive To configure an external drive 1 Click the Device tab 2 Click the External Drive button 3 Mouse over the external drive and click the Settings button 4 Choose the Write Policy Write Through or Write Back 5 Click the Save button Formatting an External Dr...

Page 40: ...32 2 Click the External Drive button 3 Mouse over the external drive and click the Format button 4 Choose the file format type FAT32 NTFS or XFS and click the Format button ...

Page 41: ...age and delete disk arrays logical drives and spare drives The list of Disk Arrays provides disk array information including ID DA0 DA1 DA2 etc Alias If assigned Status Green yellow or red icon Capacity Data capacity of the disk array Free Capacity Unconfigured or unused capacity on the physical drives Media Patrol Enabled or disabled on this disk array No Of Logical Drives The number of logical d...

Page 42: ... Enable PDM box to enable the function on this disk array Uncheck to disable Check the Enable Power Management box to enable the function on this disk array Uncheck to disable 5 In the Select Physical Drives diagram click the available drives to add them to your disk array Be sure you select an adequate number of physical drives for the RAID level you plan to use Level Drives Level Drives RAID 0 1...

Page 43: ...k the Next button 5 Make the required settings In the Alias field enter an alias at a maximum of 32 characters includes letters numbers space between characters and underline Set the LDType NAS Network Attached Storage SAN DAS Storage Area Network Direct Attached Storage Choose a RAID Level from the dropdown menu The RAID levels available depend on the number of physical drives in the disk array I...

Page 44: ...rives immediately after they are created Initialization sets all data bits in the logical drive to zero The action removes any residual data left behind from earlier configurations Initialization is recommended whenever you create a logical drive Caution When you initialize a logical drive all the data on the logical drive is lost Backup any important data before you initialize a logical drive 3 7...

Page 45: ... logical drives go Offline the data stored in the logical drives is no longer accessible Logical drives based on fault tolerant disk arrays RAID 1 5 and 10 go Offline when two physical drives are removed or fail RAID 6 can continue to operate when two physical drives are removed or fail It will fail when three physical drives are removed or fail Logical drives based on non fault tolerant disk arra...

Page 46: ...ical drives Max Contiguous Free Capacity Unconfigured or unused capacity in contiguous sectors on the physical drives Number of Physical Drives The number of physical drives in this array Number of Logical Drives The number of logical drives on this array To make disk array settings 1 Click the Storage tab 2 Click the Disk Array button 3 Mouse over the disk array you want to see and click the Sett...

Page 47: ...d click the Locate button The drive carrier LEDs blink for one minute Deleting a Disk Array To delete a disk array Disk Status LED Disk Activity LED 1 Click Storage tab 2 Click the Disk Array button 3 Mouse over the disk array you want and click the Delete button 4 Click the Confirm button Caution When you delete a disk array you also delete logical drives that belong to it along with the data in ...

Page 48: ...e was created RAID Level Set when the logical drive was created Operational Status OK means normal Capacity Data capacity of the logical drive Number of Axles For RAID 10 and 50 2 axles Physical Capacity Data capacity of the physical drives Number of Physical Drives The number of physical drives Stripe size Set at logical drive creation Read Policy Adjustable Sector size Set at logical drive creat...

Page 49: ...s State For Ctrl2 LDType Displays the LD type of the logical drive Logical Drive Settings To make logical drive settings 1 Click the Storage tab 2 Click the Logical Drive button 3 Mouse over the logical drive you want and click the Settings button 4 Make setting changes are required Change or delete the alias in the Alias field Read Policy ReadCache ReadAhead or NoCache Write Policy WriteThru or W...

Page 50: ...irror data for RAID Levels 1 1E and 10 Parity data for RAID Levels 5 6 and 50 Errors and inconsistent blocks are identified by Redundancy Check Each Check Table lists Entry Number A number assigned to each block of entry Table Type Read Check Write Check or Inconsistent Block Starting Logical Block Address LBA of the first block for this entry Count Number of errors or continuous blocks starting f...

Page 51: ...43 3 Mouse over the disk array you want and click the Locate button The drive carrier LEDs blink for one minute ...

Page 52: ...cal drive Backup important data before you delete a logical drive Redundancy Check To run Redundancy Check on a logical drive 1 Click the AdminTool tab 2 Click the Background Activity button The list of background activities appears 3 Mouse over Redundancy Check and click the Start button 4 Check the boxes to the left of the logical drives you want to run 5 Check the options you want Auto Fix Atte...

Page 53: ...between Synchronization and data read write operations High More system resources to Synchronization fewer to data read write operations 5 Click the Confirm button 3 7 6 Logical Drive Problems Logical drive problems typically result from a physical drive failure The most common problem is a critical logical drive The RAID controller can rebuild a critical logical drive A more serious but far less ...

Page 54: ...ilable for a RAID 10 Volume because RAID 10 requires all four physical drives DNS 1250 06 supports up to six physical drives In the event of the failure of a physical drive within any Volume except RAID 0 and RAID 6 the spare drive is activated to replace the failed physical drive A spare drive is not available for a RAID 6 Volume because RAID 6 requires all six physical drives Spare Drive Informa...

Page 55: ...settings changes as needed Revertible Enables you to run a transition to return the drive to spare status Type Global Supports all disk arrays Dedicated Supports only the designated disk array Dedicated to Array ID of the designated disk array 5 Click the Confirm button 3 8 AdminTool Tab The AdminTool tab enables you to Manage the NAS subsystem or virtual enclosure Monitor events Manage background...

Page 56: ... button NAS system information includes Alias if assigned Vendor Model WWN World Wide Name Serial Number Part Number Revision Number System Date Time Making NAS System Settings To make NAS system settings 1 Click the AdminTool tab 2 Click the Subsystem Information button 3 Click the Settings button 4 In the Alias field enter an alias or change the existing alias 5 Click the Save button ...

Page 57: ...ration Click the Power Off button to turn off power to the subsystem After power off unplug the power cord from the subsystem then plug it in to reactivate the power supply unit 3 8 3 Clearing Subsystem Statistics To clear statistics on the physical drives logical drives and controller 1 Click the AdminTool tab 2 Click the Subsystem Information button 3 Click the Clear Statistics button 4 Click th...

Page 58: ...s as needed 5 Click the Save button 3 8 5 Runtime and NVRAM Event Logs Runtime events are the 1023 most recent events since the last NAS startup Viewing Runtime Events To view runtime events 1 Click the AdminTool tab 2 Click the Events button Runtime Event information includes Index A number assigned to this specific event The highest number is most recent Device Identifies the device involved Eve...

Page 59: ...d Description Plain language description of the event Viewing NVRAM Events NVRAM events are the most important events since the last subsystem start up To view NVRAM events 1 Click the AdminTool tab 2 Click the Events button 3 Click the NVRAM Events button NVRAM Events information is the same as Runtime events above Clearing Events To clear an event log 1 Click the AdminTool tab 2 Click the Events...

Page 60: ...dia Patrol is a routine maintenance procedure that checks the magnetic media on each physical drive Media Patrol checks all physical drives assigned to disk arrays and spare drives Media Patrol does not check un configured drives Media Patrol checks are enabled by default on all disk arrays and spare drives You can disable Media Patrol in the disk array and spare drive settings however that action...

Page 61: ...s no spare drive of adequate capacity but the Auto Rebuild function is ENABLED the disk array begins to rebuild automatically as soon as you remove the failed physical drive and install an un configured physical drive in the same slot If there is no spare drive of adequate capacity and the Auto Rebuild function is DISABLED you must replace the failed drive with an un configured physical drive perf...

Page 62: ... 5 RAID6 RAID 10 RAID 50 PDM Predictive Data Migration PDM is the migration of data from the suspect physical drive to a spare physical drive similar to rebuilding a logical drive But unlike Rebuilding PDM constantly monitors your physical drives and automatically copies your data to a spare physical drive BEFORE the physical drive fails and your logical drive goes Critical The following actions t...

Page 63: ...ive that is currently part of a disk array with an un configured physical drive or a non revertible spare The revertible spare drive returns to its original status In order to run the Transition function the spare drive must be revertible In addition you must specify an un configured physical drive of the same or larger capacity and same media type as the revertible spare drive Synchronization Syn...

Page 64: ...Power Off If you select Redundancy Check the following settings need to be completed Auto Fix Attempts to repair the problem when it finds an error Pause on Error The process stops when it finds a non repairable error Select LD Select at least one logical drive on which Redundancy Check will run Enable This Schedule Select to enable this function Start Time Choose a start time Recurrence Pattern S...

Page 65: ... or disabled Changing a Scheduled Background Activity To change a scheduled background activity 1 Click the AdminTool tab 2 Click the Background Activity button 3 Click the Settings button 4 Make settings changes are required Rate Choose a Rate from the dropdown menu for each activity Low Fewer system resources to the Rebuild more to data read write operations Medium Balances system resources betw...

Page 66: ...ile to your PC or Mac 1 Click the AdminTool tab 2 Click the Firmware Update button The NAS Firmware Update window screen appears showing the current Image Version Number 3 Click the Browse button to locate the firmware image file and then click the Open button The firmware image file appears in the in the field 4 Click the Submit button Warning Do NOT power off the system during the update When th...

Page 67: ...t Viewing Logical Drive Performance To view the Logical Drive performance 1 Click the AdminTool tab 2 Click the Performance Monitor button 3 Click the Select Logical Drives button to choose the logical drive you want 4 Choose a performance type from the dropdown menu Viewing Physical Drive Performance To view the Physical Drive performance 1 Click the AdminTool tab 2 Click the Performance Monitor ...

Page 68: ...Factory Default Settings The Restore Factory Default function restores the default settings for the NAS system Caution Use this feature only when required and only on the settings that you must reset to default in order to set them correctly To restore the factory default settings 1 Click the AdminTool tab 2 Click the Restore Factory Default button 3 Check the boxes beside the settings you want to...

Page 69: ...button The NAS system automatically reboots Exporting a System Configuration File To export the current configuration file 1 Click the AdminTool tab 2 Click the Configuration File button 3 Click the Export button 4 Click the Submit button The current configuration is saved as a bcf file in your Host PC 3 8 12 LUNMap Management The LUN Mapping function allows you to control what storage arrays are ...

Page 70: ...menu and click the Next button 5 In the LUN Mapping field indicate the arrays you wish to make visible by putting a unique number in the LUN field 6 Click the Assign button 7 Click the Submit button 8 Check the Enable LUN Masking option to enable the LUN Mapping and Masking function of the NAS 3 8 13 Power Option The Power Option screen displays the power management of the NAS system To change Pow...

Page 71: ...Setting up Email Alert Service To set up the e mail service for the NAS system 1 Click the AdminTool tab 2 Click the Message Alert button 3 Click the Setup button 4 Make the settings as required Enable Services Check to enable message alert service SMTP Server Enter the IP address of SMTP server SMTP Port Enter the port number of SMTP server From The sender of the notification message SMTP Authent...

Page 72: ...Mail account 1 Click the AdminTool tab 2 Click the Message Alert button 3 Mouse over the e mail account you want to edit and click the Setting button 4 Change the email address as required 5 Click the Save button Deleting an E Mail Account To delete an E Mail account 1 Click the AdminTool tab 2 Click the Message Alert button 3 Mouse over the e mail account you want to edit and click the Delete but...

Page 73: ...olicy IP Address or Domain Name 5 Click the Save button Setting up Access Protection To set up Access Protection 1 Click the AdminTool tab 2 Click the Network Security button 3 Click the Access Protection button 4 Make the required settings Enable Services Check to enable Block Policy Time interval and number of unsuccessful attempts Protocols Choose one or more SSH Telnet FTP AFP Samba WebDAV and...

Page 74: ...ve button 3 9 NAS Tab 3 9 1 Setup Wizard The system s Wizard lets you configure your disk array s easily and quickly The Wizard will guide you through the required settings step by step You can choose to configure Automatically using One Click Setup Manually using Advance Setup Using the Automatic Configuration Wizard 1 Click the NAS tab 2 Click the Wizard button 3 Click the One Click Setup tab Th...

Page 75: ...e Advance Setup button to directly specify your parameters Using the Advanced Configuration Wizard 1 Click the NAS tab 2 Click the Wizard button 3 Click the Advance Setup tab 4 Make settings as required Computer Name Of the NAS system Obtain an IP address automatically Requires a DHCP server on your network IP Address Of the NAS system Subnet Mask Of your network Default Gateway Mask Of your netwo...

Page 76: ... Protection or Maximum Capacity 8 To accept the proposed configuration click the Submit button 3 9 2 User Account Management Adding Users To add users for the NAS system 1 Click the NAS tab 2 Click the NAS User button 3 Click the Create User button 4 Make settings as required User Name Password Retype Password 5 Click the Save button See Making User and Group Permission Settings on page 70 Editing...

Page 77: ...ant to delete and click the Delete button 4 Click the Confirm button Adding a Group of Users To add a group of users 1 Click the NAS tab 2 Click the NAS User button 3 Click the Group button 4 Click the Create Group button 5 Enter the Group Name and click the Next button 6 Click the users under NAS users to move them to under the Group name and click the Submit button Note You cannot add the admini...

Page 78: ...up 6 Click the Save button Making User and Group Permission Settings When the new user or group is added you must make permission settings for each user group to access the system Follow the steps below to complete the settings 1 Click the NAS tab 2 Click the File Sharing button 3 From the File Sharing list mouse over the folder you want and click the Share Settings button 4 Select the user or gro...

Page 79: ...ab 2 Click the Protocol Control button 3 In the Protocol Control list mouse over the protocol option you want and click the Enable Disable button to turn the feature on or off To configure the advanced settings mouse over the protocol option and click the Settings button 3 9 4 File System Management Viewing File System Information To view file system information 1 Click the NAS tab 2 Click the Fil...

Page 80: ...the File System list mouse over the item you want and click the Delete button 4 Click the Confirm button 3 9 5 File Sharing Management Creating an ISO Folder 1 Click the NAS tab 2 Click the File Sharing button 3 Click the Create ISO Folder button 4 Enter the Source Folder ISO Image File and Folder Name and click the Next button 5 Select the protocol and click the Next button 6 Windows FTP or UNIX ...

Page 81: ... WebDAV Select the Protocol for your networking configuration Set the Permissions for each user and group UNIX LINUX Add the IP address in the New IP Address box then click the Add button for sharing Enter if all IP addresses are allowed to share 5 Click the Save button Creating a Folder 1 Click the NAS tab 2 Click the File Sharing button 3 Click the Create Folder button 4 Enter the Volume and Fol...

Page 82: ...on 4 Make settings changes as required Windows Mac FTP WebDAV Select the Protocol for your networking configuration and set up the Permission Setting for each user group UNIX LINUX Add the IP address in the New IP Address box then click the Add button for sharing Enter if all IP addresses are allowed to share 5 Click the Save button Setting up Folder Sharing 1 Click the NAS tab 2 Click the File Sh...

Page 83: ...ad Write Read Write Mac AFP Group Member Result Deny Access Deny Access Read Only Deny Access Deny Access Read Write Deny Access Deny Access Deny Access Read Only Read Only Read Only Read Write Read Only Deny Access Deny Access Read Only Read Only Read Write Read Write Read Write FTP Group Member Result Deny Access Deny Access Read Only Deny Access Deny Access Read Write Deny Access Deny Access De...

Page 84: ...76 Read Write Read Write Deny Access Deny Access Read Only Read Write Read Write Read Write Read Write ...

Page 85: ... Only Read Only Read Write Read Write Read Write UNIX LINUX Add the IP address in the New IP Address box then click the Add button for sharing Enter if all IP addresses are allowed to share 5 Click the Save button 3 9 6 Backup Management Choosing a Backup Solution 1 Click the NAS tab 2 Click the Backup button 3 Click the tab for the Backup solution you want Snapshot Backup Remote Backup Local Back...

Page 86: ...ution Check the Auto Extend box to enable this function Choose a Snapshot schedule Disable No snapshots taken Time interval by hour Snapshots are taken at the hourly interval you choose from the dropdown menu Daily Snapshots are taken at the time of day you choose from the dropdown menus Weekly Snapshots are taken on the day of the week at the time of day you choose from the dropdown menus 6 Click...

Page 87: ...lick the NAS tab 2 Click the Backup button 3 Click the Snapshot Backup tab 4 Mouse over the item schedule you want and click the Delete button 5 Click the Confirm button Performing a Remote Backup 1 Click the NAS tab 2 Click the Backup button 3 Click the Remote Backup tab 4 Click the Create button 5 Make settings as required Source Path Backup Server Enter the IP address of the remote backup serve...

Page 88: ...our Snapshots are taken at the hourly interval you choose from the dropdown menu Daily Snapshots are taken at the time of day you choose from the dropdown menus Weekly Snapshots are taken on the day of the week at the time of day you choose from the dropdown menus 6 Click the Test button to test the server before applying the settings 7 Click the Run button Notes The USB port on the front panel ba...

Page 89: ...kup solution Choose a Backup Method from the dropdown menu Add Directory Copy or Synchronize Choose the Folder Name you want from the list 6 Do one of the following actions Click the Save button to apply the settings Click the Run button to backup immediately Select the schedule type you want for the backup solution Enabling One Touch Backup One Touch Backup enables you to back up specified folder...

Page 90: ...uch Backup 1 Click the NAS tab 2 Click the Backup button 3 Click the Client Backup tab 4 Uncheck the One Touch Backup box 5 Click the Save button Amazon S3 Backup Amazon S3 enables you to upload backup files to an Amazon S3 server 1 Click the NAS tab 2 Click the Backup button 3 Click the Amazon S3 tab 4 Click the Create button 5 Make the required settings in the Create Amazon S3 Backup window 82 ...

Page 91: ...ts are taken Time interval by hour Snapshots are taken at the hourly interval you choose from the dropdown menu Daily Snapshots are taken at the time of day you choose from the dropdown menus Weekly Snapshots are taken on the day of the week at the time of day you choose from the dropdown menus 6 Click the Run button The new backup schedule is applied Click the Test button to test the server befor...

Page 92: ...stall button The plug in is added Warning Do not disconnect the power or shut down the NAS system while the plug in installation is running To manage a plug in 1 Click the NAS tab 2 Click the Plug in button 3 In the plug in list mouse over the plug in you want and Click the Open button to display the plug in application in a new window Click the Stop button to stop the plug in Click the Start butt...

Page 93: ...olume on NAS system as a virtual drive on your computer To add an iSCSI initiator 1 Click the NAS tab 2 Click the iSCSI Initiator button 3 Click the Create button 4 Enter the required information IP address of your computer iSCSI port number on your computer 5 Click the Connect button ...

Page 94: ...s from the Internet 4 1 1 Opening the Main Window To open the Main Window 1 Do one of the following actions If neither Window is open double click the ShareCenterNAVI icon in the Windows application tray or Mac Dock right ShareCenterNAV I in Windows ShareCenterNA VI in Mac OS X If the ShareCenterNAVI Window is open double click a system in the Device List 2 When the ShareCenterNAVI Window opens do...

Page 95: ...sitive The Main Window opens which contains the management features of ShareCenterNAVI 4 1 2 Choosing a Display Language On Windows PCs ShareCenterNAVI chooses the display language automatically based on your OS language setting On Macs you choose the display language To choose a language on a Mac 1 Open the ShareCenterNAVI Window 2 From the dropdown menus choose Function Language then choose the ...

Page 96: ...at you want to open in ShareCenter Pro 2 Choose the Open Advanced Management item The ShareCenter Pro login screen appears in your browser 4 1 4 ShareCenterNAVI Information Viewing ShareCenterNAVI on Windows ShareCenterNAVI is the software application that connects your PC with the NAS system To view information about ShareCenterNAVI on Windows 88 ...

Page 97: ...ing information ShareCenterNAVI Version number Java Virtual Machine JVM Version number JVM Vendor name ShareCenterNAVI installation directory on your PC ShareCenterNAVI Plug in directory on your PC Names of installed Plug ins Version numbers of installed Plug ins 2 When you are done click the Close button 4 1 5 Closing ShareCenterNAVI To close ShareCenterNAVI Click the close icon on the Main Windo...

Page 98: ...rom the Windows Start menu 4 2 Managing Backups Caution Do not close the ShareCenterNAVI or log out the Windows PC while you are setting a scheduled backup or running a back up 4 2 1 Doing a Backup Now This feature enables you to perform an immediate schedule backup of your files from your Windows or Mac to the NAS system ShareCenterNAVI You can perform an immediate backup of your files from Share...

Page 99: ... Do any of the following actions to select your backup folders Check the Backup My Data box Selects the My Documents Favorites and Desktop folders with all their contents Click the Add to Backup icon Opens the My Documents folder Click a folder you want to back up then click the Choose button Repeat for additional folders Drag and drop the folders you want to back up to the Backup your data from w...

Page 100: ...chedule and setup default NAS first This feature applies to Windows PCs only 1 Right click the ShareCenterNAVI icon in the application tray 2 Choose Backup Now in the popup menu The backup begins immediately The amount of time required depends on the size and number of files being backed up The backed up files appear on the NAS system in ShareCenterNAVI in a folder named BACKUPDATA_your username Y...

Page 101: ...signation of your PC or MAC drive under the second dropdown menu 5 Do any of the following actions to select your backup folders Check the Backup My Data box Selects the My Documents Favorites and Desktop folders with all their contents Click the Add to Backup icon Opens the My Documents folder Click a folder you want to backup and then click the Choose button Repeat for additional folders Drag an...

Page 102: ...ur username You can also click the Start button to run a scheduled backup immediately 4 2 3 Viewing Backup Schedules To view the list of current schedules 1 Go to the Main Window 2 Click the SmartSYNC icon 3 Click the Schedule List button The list of all backup schedules appears 4 2 4 Changing a Scheduled Backup You can schedule backups by the hour day or week To change the scheduled backup of fil...

Page 103: ... 10 Choose the corresponding values from the dropdown menus Number of hours Time of day in hours and minutes Time of day and day of the week 11 Click the Add button The modified schedule appears in the Schedule List You can also click the Start button to run a scheduled backup immediately 4 2 5 Deleting a Scheduled Backup Deleting a scheduled backup has no effect upon any files previously backed u...

Page 104: ...ructure is maintained during backup and restoration Caution If you restore to the original folders on your PC the restore function will overwrite the files in those folders Be careful which files you restore and where on your PC you direct the backup files To restore your backed up files from the NAS system to your PC 1 Go to the Main Window 2 Click the SmartSYNC icon 3 Click the Restore button 4 ...

Page 105: ... button 8 Click the Restore button 9 Click the Yes button in the confirmation box The restoration begins immediately The amount of time required depends on the size and number of files being restored 4 2 7 Viewing the Backup Event Log Backup events report on backups schedules and file transfers Events are reported by date time severity information or error and description To view Backup Event Log ...

Page 106: ...ents displayed in the Event Log window Set the Event Filter dropdown menu to display All events Information events only Error events only Click the arrow on the Date Time header to reverse the chronological order Saving the Backup Event Log To save a copy of the Backup Event Log as a text file 1 Go to the Main Window 2 Click the SmartSYNC icon 3 Click the Event Log button 4 Click the Save button 5...

Page 107: ...on in the confirmation box 4 2 10 Setting the Port By using port setting the public services like a WWW server or an FTP server and others running on your private network may become accessible from the Internet To set the Port 1 Go to the Main Window 2 Click the SmartSYNC icon 3 Click the Setting button 4 Type the Port number in the field provided The default number is 873 5 Click the OK button Th...

Page 108: ...e folders you want to open 2 Click Share Folders All share folders open in your PC s file browser Main Window To open a share folder from the Main Window 1 Click the Share Folder icon 2 Double click the folder in the Share Folder List that you want to open The share folder opens in your PC s file browser Tray Icon To open a share folder from Tray Icon 1 Right click the ShareCenterNAVI icon in the ...

Page 109: ...er Creating a Network Drive To mount a share folder or create a network drive Windows 1 Go to the Main Window 2 Click the Share Folder icon 3 Click the Mount Share Folder button 4 Click the share folder you want to mount or make a network drive The folder name is highlighted 5 Choose a device name drive letter from the dropdown menu 6 Click the Mount button The share folder appears on your PC as a...

Page 110: ...der for Time Machine Time Machine is a backup utility included with Mac OS X 10 5 Leopard or higher Before you begin be sure your Mac is running and connected to the same network as the NAS system In ShareCenterNAVI To set up a NAS system folder for Time Machine backups 1 Go to the Main Window 2 Click the Share Folder icon 3 Click the Mount Share Folder button 4 Click the share folder you want to ...

Page 111: ...AS system and click the Use for Backup button 5 In the Name and Password dialog box enter your user name and password for NAS system then click the Connect button On the Mac Time Machine Configured Follow this procedure if you currently have a Time Machine configuration To set up the Mac for backups with NAS system 1 On the desktop go to the Dock and click the Time Machine icon 2 In the Time Machi...

Page 112: ... restore to the original folders on your PC the restore function overwrites the files in those folders Be careful which files you restore and where on your PC you direct the backup files One Click Setup To configure your NAS system using One Click Setup 1 Go to the Main Window 2 Click the Setup Wizard icon 3 Click the One Click Setup button 4 Click the OK button to continue 5 Click the Yes button ...

Page 113: ... Manual settings type entries for each of the following parameters in the fields provided Computer NAS system Name IP Address Subnet Mask Gateway Primary and Secondary DNS optional Click the Next button to continue 6 Choose the following values from their respective dropdown menus Timezone Year Month Day Time in Hours Minutes and Seconds Click the Next button to continue 7 Choose Automatic or Manu...

Page 114: ... a network drive letter from the dropdown menu The drive is mapped as a network drive on your PC The list begins with Z and goes in reverse alphabetical order Click the Next button to continue 10 Review your parameters To make changes click the Previous button To accept the parameters and configure your NAS system click the OK button 11 Click the Yes button in the confirmation box The NAS reboots ...

Page 115: ... locate a NAS system 1 Go to the Main Window 2 Right click the system in the Device List that you want to locate 3 Choose the Locate NAS item For a period of one minute The buzzer sounds a repeating signal of two short beeps The Power Button Status LED blinks Power Button System Status 107 ...

Page 116: ...tem Status LED turns blue The buzzer beeps one time 4 4 4 Choosing a Default NAS System This feature sets the default NAS system NAS system for the Main Window and ShareCenterNAVI tray icon A default NAS activates several important functions including Share Folder Opening a Share Folder Backup Now Performing an Immediate Backup Open Advanced Management Starting the Advanced Storage Manager Event N...

Page 117: ...e List 4 4 5 Viewing the System Event Log NAS events report functions and status of the NAS system The Event Log displays the 20 most recent events Events are reported by date time severity information or warning and description To view the NAS system is Event Log 1 Go to the Main Window 2 Click the Smart SYNC icon 3 Click the Event Log button Click the arrow on the Date Time header to reverse the...

Page 118: ...Click the Enable button After a moment the Service Status changes to ON The plug in is now installed NAS system Warning Do not disconnect the power or shut down the NAS system while the plug in installation is running 4 4 7 Viewing a List of Plug ins To view a list of installed plug ins 1 Go to the Main Window 2 Click the NAS Management icon 3 Click the Configuration Plug in button Currently insta...

Page 119: ...a list of installed plug ins and their version numbers 3 When you are done with the About window click the Close button 4 4 9 Enabling and Disabling Plug ins Enabling Plug ins You must add a plug in to NAS system before you can use this function To enable a plug in 1 Go to the Main Window 2 Click the NAS Management icon 3 Click the Configuration Plug in button 4 Click the Plug in you want to enabl...

Page 120: ...t icon 3 Click the Configuration Plug in button 4 Click the Plug in you want to disable The plug in is highlighted 5 Click the Disable button After a moment the Service Status changes to OFF The plug in is now disabled 4 4 10 Removing Plug ins There are two reasons to remove a plug in To replace the old plug in with a new one You know that you will never use the plug in Removing Plug ins To remove...

Page 121: ... in the confirmation box The plug in is removed from ShareCenterNAVI 4 4 11 Rebooting the NAS System Normally you only need to reboot the NAS system is after a firmware upgrade or a plug in installation During the reboot none of your folders are accessible from your networked PCs ...

Page 122: ...ement icon 3 Click the Shutdown button 4 Click the Restart option 5 Click the OK button The reboot runs automatically When the NAS system is fully booted The system status LED turns blue The buzzer beeps one time if the buzzer is enabled Power Button System Status LED 114 ...

Page 123: ...r the shutdown none of your folders are accessible from your networked PCs To shut down the NAS system 1 Go to the Main Window 2 Click the NAS Management icon 3 Click the Shutdown button 4 Click the Shutdown option 5 Click the OK button The shutdown runs automatically The system status LED turns red and then goes dark Power Button System Status LED 115 ...

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