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px4-400r Network Storage

with LifeLine 4.1

 

User Guide

Summary of Contents for px4-400r

Page 1: ...px4 400r Network Storage with LifeLine 4 1 User Guide ...

Page 2: ... and LifeLine are registered trademarks or trademarks of LenovoEMC Ltd in the United States other countries or both Windows is a trademark of the Microsoft group of companies Mac is a trademark of Apple Inc registered in the United States and other countries Linux is the registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the U S and other countries Certain other product names brand names and company names ...

Page 3: ...d Domains 11 Customizing the Access to Features on Your px4 400r Network Storage 13 Enabling the Display of Features 13 Enabling Access Permissions to Features 13 Non Administrator User Log In 14 Obtaining Alerts About Your px4 400r Network Storage 15 Tracing Events on Your px4 400r Network Storage 16 Downloading the complete event log file 16 Obtaining System Status for Your px4 400r Network Stor...

Page 4: ...tributed Windows File System 33 Windows File Sharing 33 Sharing Content through the Home Page 34 Sharing Your Content with the World 34 Adding a Custom Home Page 34 Automatically Sending Content to Multiple People at Once 36 How to Set Up an Email Distribution Active Folder 36 Sharing Content Using Social Media Overview 37 Managing Your Content 38 Transferring Content to and from Your px4 400r Net...

Page 5: ...hot 55 Restoring a Snapshot 55 Deleting a Snapshot 55 Displaying Shares in the Snapshot 55 Make the Snapshot Read only 55 Changing Expose Mode 55 Adding and Managing Volumes 56 Deleting a Storage Pool 58 Changing RAID Protection Types 59 Drive Management 61 Managing Drives 62 Setting Write Caching 62 Applying Global Drive Management Settings 62 Drive Status 63 Backing up and Restoring Your Content...

Page 6: ...ng Access to Your Content by Creating Users 78 Users 79 Users and Groups Overview 79 Adding Users 79 Managing Users 81 Deleting Users 82 Groups 83 Groups Overview 83 Adding Groups 83 Managing Groups 84 Deleting Groups 84 Using Active Directory Domain to Manage Users and Groups 85 Active Directory Users and Groups Overview 85 Managing Users and Groups with Active Directory 85 Deleting Active Direct...

Page 7: ... Copy Jobs with a LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 99 Disabling or Deleting Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 100 Accessing Content Using Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 101 Informing Users What to Do with LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 102 Sharing Content Using Social Media 103 Sharing Content Using Social Media Overview 104 Facebook 105 Flickr 106 YouTube 107 Share Content through LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 108 Media...

Page 8: ...allation 123 Application Manager 124 Starting or stopping an application 124 Adding applications 124 Removing applications 124 Upgrading Your px4 400r Network Storage 125 Software Updates 126 Auto update process installing a device software update 126 Manual update process installing a device software update 126 Backing up and Recovering Your px4 400r Network Storage Settings 129 Backing Up Your p...

Page 9: ...et Help 142 Support 143 Legal 145 Safety Information 146 Open Source 147 Warranty Information 148 Limited Warranty Notice 148 Regulatory Information 149 Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement 149 Canadian Verification 149 European Union conformity 149 Important WEEE Information 150 European Union RoHS 150 India RoHS 150 Lithium Battery California Perchlorate Information 150 Polyvi...

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Page 11: ...Setting up Your px4 400r Network Storage Setting up Your px4 400r Network Storage 1 CHAPTER 1 ...

Page 12: ...network to simplify access to content on your px4 400r from your computer It also allows you to add your computer as a trusted device to a LenovoEMC Personal Cloud Refer to LenovoEMC Storage Manager online help for additional information Twonky Media Server consolidates all media files on devices on your network and presents them in a unified view From LenovoEMC Setup you can optionally create a P...

Page 13: ...ork You should see your px4 400r listed under Other Devices You can then double click the device icon to access the px4 400r Management Console Windows XP If you have not enabled UPnP Discovery click Start Help and Support In the Help and Support browser search for UPnP and follow the steps from Install the UPnP framework After UPnP is enabled open Windows Explorer and in the Folders view expand M...

Page 14: ...torage Manager On this page you can configure some basic device features by clicking the appropriate link The current setting of the feature displays above the link You can also configure all features shown on the Setup page by accessing the specific features directly Setting up Your px4 400r Network Storage 4 Setup Page ...

Page 15: ...wer Cable Quick Start Guide Ethernet Cable Rail Kit models may vary Package contents may vary Connecting the px4 400r If you have purchased more than one px4 400r complete all steps on one device before setting up additional devices 1 Make sure at least one hard drive is installed in the px4 400r Setting up Your px4 400r Network Storage Network Connection 5 ...

Page 16: ...able in the Network Drives section under My Computer For information on device components connectors controls and indicators refer to Hardware Management About the px4 400r Network Storage Array Components Important Rackmount Instructions Please observe the following requirements when the px4 400r is installed in a closed or multi unit rack assembly Elevated Operating Ambient The operating ambient...

Page 17: ... 400r by expanding the Information section for a NIC and entering a jumbo frame size in the Jumbo Frame field If you do not want jumbo frame support leave the field blank Jumbo frame support is useful for transferring large files such as multimedia files over a network Jumbo frame support increases transfer speed by placing large files in fewer data packets It also reduces the demand on the device...

Page 18: ...tivity with the other NIC 6 To connect your px4 400r to a proxy server check Use proxy settings and enter proxy IP address port number and the proxy username and password 7 Click Apply to save your settings 8 If a DHCP server is unavailable for a network interface card NIC the device could auto assign an IP address or you can uncheck the Automatically acquire network address DHCP checkbox found in...

Page 19: ...ea Network is a network of devices that are joined into one broadcast domain even if the devices are not physically connected to each other VLANs are useful for creating smaller networks within a larger LAN for example a legal department in a company might be on its own VLAN because it has sensitive documents that only certain personnel should have access to The smaller networks that VLANs create ...

Page 20: ...tive name for the px4 400r device This name can provide additional detail that identifies the device If you leave this field blank the default device name is used Workgroup Name Enter a workgroup name for the px4 400r device if you need to change the default name The workgroup name identifies a group of computers that share information with each other Change the workgroup name only if you explicit...

Page 21: ...2 Organizational Unit an optional predefined subset of directory objects within an Active Directory domain Administrator Username the Active Directory username with domain administrator privilege Administrator Password the Active Directory password for the specified Active Directory username Users Groups Refresh Interval how often the px4 400r should refresh the list of available users and groups ...

Page 22: ...ou can add users and groups from those trusted domains to your px4 400r For more information refer to Managing Users and Groups with Active Directory Setting up Your px4 400r Network Storage 12 Configuring Your px4 400r Network Storage to Use Active Directory ...

Page 23: ...itch to Off You can set the display of applications on the Feature Selection page provided an application has that capability For more information on installing features refer to the Application Manager Enabling Access Permissions to Features You can configure access permissions for non administrator users with certain features Expand the feature on the Feature Selection page to determine if it su...

Page 24: ...in users access a px4 400r they first see the Login screen where they enter their login credentials After logging in the px4 400r Management Console displays with those features to which a non admin user has access Setting up Your px4 400r Network Storage 14 Customizing the Access to Features on Your px4 400r Network Storage ...

Page 25: ... network blocks SMTP traffic requiring additional credentials such as a corporate firewall Most users will not need to check this option If checked enter the following additional information to identify your SMTP server Email Server SMTP enter the address of your SMTP server Sender Email Address enter an email address for the px4 400r to use as the From address when it creates messages Email Login...

Page 26: ...ires your attention but your device will continue to operate normally for now ERROR Identifies an urgent problem with your px4 400r device that may result in data loss and requires your immediate attention You can sort the displayed list by Date User or Event by clicking the column headers Downloading the complete event log file Click Download to download a comma separated event log file A new pag...

Page 27: ...s to the physical device to turn it on It is recommended that you always use the power button to shut down the device Device Information The Device Information section displays various hardware software and status details Status The Status Information section displays changes to or issues with your px4 400r If an issue requires user action to resolve such as a warning or error message the px4 400r...

Page 28: ...main controller 1 To change time zones select a Time Zone from the drop down menu and then select how time will be set for the px4 400r Internet Time Server By default Automatically synchronize with an internet time server and Use the default time server are selected To specify a time server select Specify the time server and type the URL of the internet time server you wish to use in the text box...

Page 29: ...mail notification messages and on the display screen The language used by the px4 400r Management Console is based on the preferences configured in your browser You can change the language used in this program by modifying your browser s preferred language settings Click Apply to save your changes Setting up Your px4 400r Network Storage Setting the Display Language for Your px4 400r Network Stora...

Page 30: ...r each printer the name model status and number of documents waiting To attach a printer simply plug a supported printer s USB cable to a USB port on the px4 400r Once attached the printer will appear in the table When the cable is unplugged the printer will be removed from the table For best results use a printer without multi function features for example scanner copier fax modem Setting up Your...

Page 31: ... to Personal Cloud users For more information about Personal Cloud refer to the Personal Cloud overview You can enable security so you can secure Shares create users and allow selected features to be enabled With security enabled you can create users and set access privileges for those users to limit data access on secured Shares For more information on security refer to What Is Security and Do I ...

Page 32: ...Setting up Your px4 400r Network Storage 22 Setting up Personal Cloud Security and File Sharing ...

Page 33: ...Sharing Files Sharing Files 23 CHAPTER 2 ...

Page 34: ...s and provides local access to your content It provides access to Shares through your computer s file management program such as Windows Explorer or Mac Finder allowing you to drag and drop many files between your computer and your px4 400r device Installing LenovoEMC Storage Manager is optional Home Page The Home page serves as a web accessible interface to your px4 400r device The Home page cont...

Page 35: ...nt to open the Content Viewer To learn how to modify your Share information refer to Managing Shares on next page Access Permissions The Access Permissions section contains a list of users who currently have access to that Share Access Permissions displays when the px4 400r is secured otherwise the section is not shown If Everyone has access to a Share it means content on the Share can be viewed b...

Page 36: ... you create are unsecured and anyone with access to your network has read and write permissions to a Share If your px4 400r is secured all existing administrator users have read and write permissions to a Share New Shares created on a secured device will be secured by default so they will be accessible only by administrator users unless additional access permissions are set A security icon display...

Page 37: ...n a Share to allow you to associate this Share with a specific feature that will happen automatically when files are copied to the Share For example you can enable a Share as a social media active folder to upload a file to a social media site Refer to Sharing Content with Social Media Overview You can only set one Active Folder option per Share 2 Expand the Active Folder section and check Enable ...

Page 38: ... Information section click Apply to save your changes Deleting Shares To delete a Share 1 From the px4 400r Management Console click Shares 2 To delete an existing Share click to expand the Share 3 In the Information section click Delete to delete the Share 4 In the Delete Share confirmation pop up window click Yes 5 If you do not wish to delete the Share click Cancel to return to the Shares page ...

Page 39: ...Network Storage See Backing up Macs with Time Machine for detailed instructions AFP is on by default If AFP has been disabled click the switch on to re enable it Bluetooth File Sharing Once a Bluetooth adapter is detected files can be uploaded from a Bluetooth device to a configurable destination Share on the px4 400r Configuring Bluetooth settings 1 To enable Bluetooth click the switch on 2 Once ...

Page 40: ... same access rights If you have enabled Active Directory on your px4 400r only this option is available for mapping client computers To have all users map as themselves but root maps as guest select Allow full access for client users other than root root_squash To have all users map as themselves including root select Allow all client users full access If the px4 400r is using Active Directory mod...

Page 41: ...cure rsync credentials 3 The username is preset as rsync You can change this to a more meaningful user account name Enter a password and confirm it for the rsync user account name When you create a secure rsync user account on the px4 400r you allow other devices to securely copy to or from it 4 By default rsync uses TCP port 873 for accepting requests You can change this value to a different port...

Page 42: ...ng by entering the following URL in your browser http devicename manage mibs lenovoemcmib txt Managing File Sharing with Web Access http https The Web Access protocol enables or disables the link to the Content Viewer from the Shares page When the Content Viewer is disabled you cannot browse any Share content If you disable the Web Access protocol you also disable the display of the home page on y...

Page 43: ... devices throughout a network DFS root An object that consolidates all the folders in your network and makes them available through a single entry point An example of a DFS root is DeviceName DFSRootName DFS link A folder under the DFS root Configuring Windows DFS settings To enable Windows DFS click the switch on 1 Enter a DFS root name The DFS root name is the starting point of a DFS namespace A...

Page 44: ...ws you want to display The slideshow location can be any folder attached to the px4 400r including a USB drive or DFS location 7 Click Apply to save your changes or click Cancel to discard your changes Deleting a Slideshow To delete a slideshow from the list of available slideshows click After you delete a slideshow you can configure a different one Custom Home Page Content For information on cust...

Page 45: ... permanently disabled 5 Select the Share name and click Apply 6 Click Apply to save your settings When you apply a custom home page for your px4 400r the icon for opening the px4 400r Management Console is no longer visible To return to the px4 400r Management Console you must explicitly enter the URL to the management console in your browser IP address manage management html Sharing Files Sharing...

Page 46: ...sends a maximum of six emails in a 24 hour period Refer to Managing Shares on page 26 for more information on managing Shares and Active Folders Configuring an Email Distribution Active Folder 1 From the px4 400r Management Console click Shares 2 Select a Share to use as an Email Distribution Active Folder and click to expand the Active Folder section 3 Check Enable 4 Select Email Distribution fro...

Page 47: ...s is useful if you want to allow users to add files to your social media sites For example if your px4 400r has a Flickr Active Folder you can grant Personal Cloud users access to that Active Folder In this manner when photos are added to the Flickr Active Folder either by you or by Personal Cloud users those photos are uploaded automatically to your Flickr account Note that an Active Folder can o...

Page 48: ...e right pane lists the files and folders in a Share and allows you to delete content or upload a file to the Share To delete multiple files simultaneously hold the Ctrl key on your keyboard and select each file or drag your mouse over the filenames Share content can be sorted and you can switch between a list view and a thumbnail view of the files When you are looking at content in a list view and...

Page 49: ...led to run When defining a Copy Job you can copy data from or to any of the following Any NAS device automatically discovered on the same subnet as your px4 400r Any NAS device that you manually add to the subnet using the LenovoEMC Storage Manager Any external storage device such as a USB device connected to your px4 400r A Windows computer that is automatically discovered on the same subnet as y...

Page 50: ...nect external storage to your px4 400r that device content is accessible from the Shares page Safely removing external storage Click to safely remove the external storage A confirmation dialog will display Click Yes to remove the external storage When the external storage has been removed from the External Storage table it is safe to remove and you may unplug it from the px4 400r When the external...

Page 51: ...4 400r Network Storageto the destination Share when the QuikTransfer button is pressed You must have a USB external storage device connected to the px4 400rbefore using this feature Setting QuikTransfer 1 Select a destination folder for the default QuikTransfer Copy Job by clicking and selecting a folder in the file browser The file browser provides a way to select a Share and all its folders or j...

Page 52: ...Sharing Files 42 One touch Transferring of Content from a USB Device ...

Page 53: ...iSCSI Creating IP Based Storage Area Networks SAN iSCSI Creating IP Based Storage Area Networks SAN 43 CHAPTER 3 ...

Page 54: ... in your enterprise business iSCSI is useful for transmitting large blocks of data over a network at a high speed Only one client computer can connect to an iSCSI drive at a time so iSCSI drives are not for shared data If your business is clustering clients then a cluster can access iSCSI drives Also you must create a list of users who can access an iSCSI drive These are not users who have access ...

Page 55: ...orrect device 5 Enter an initiator secret password for Device Secret and then enter it again in the confirm box 6 Click Apply to save your changes Connecting to iSCSI Drives You can connect iSCSI drives on your px4 400r to your computer using LenovoEMC Storage Manager or the Microsoft software initiator If you are using another type of software or hardware initiator you must use the native tools p...

Page 56: ...users does not enable security and does not require any login to allow access to an iSCSI drive 1 On the iSCSI page expand an iSCSI drive and expand iSCSI CHAP Users to add user access to an iSCSI drive 2 Click Add a CHAP user and enter a CHAP username and password 3 Click Create Continue adding as many users as needed to access the drive 4 To delete a user expand the user section and click Delete...

Page 57: ...I name to expand the iSCSI drive 3 In the iSCSI Information section click Delete to delete the iSCSI drive 4 Click Yes in the confirmation pop up window 5 If you do not wish to delete the iSCSI drive click Cancel to return to the iSCSI page iSCSI Creating IP Based Storage Area Networks SAN Deleting iSCSI Drives 47 ...

Page 58: ...iSCSI Creating IP Based Storage Area Networks SAN 48 Deleting iSCSI Drives ...

Page 59: ...Storage Pool Management Storage Pool Management 49 CHAPTER 4 ...

Page 60: ...epared to backup your data and remove any unsupported drives or configurations Storage Pools A Storage Pool is a grouping of drives with a certain storage size and an assigned data protection A Storage Pool has a minimum of one drive By default your px4 400r has one Storage Pool Storage Pool Data Protection For each Storage Pool you can select its type of protection Protection type determines how ...

Page 61: ...he storage space for protection leaving half for actual data Protects data in the event of a single drive failure Parity RAID 5 Uses the space corresponding to one drive size for protection leaving remaining space for storing actual data 4 Select the checkbox of the drive or drives you want to add to the Storage Pool All drives in a Storage Pool must be the same size 5 Check Enable periodic consis...

Page 62: ...ses the space corresponding to one drive size for protection leaving remaining space for storing actual data 4 Select the checkbox of the solid state drive or drives you want to add to the cache pool You can only designate SSDs as cache pool drives if they have not already been assigned to an existing Storage Pool All drives in a Storage Pool must be the same size Typically you create a cache Stor...

Page 63: ...astest policy but is less safe All writes go to the cache pool initially and then are written to disk later Write back caches are persistent across drive removal or device reboot All disk reads are cached Write around This is a safe policy Writes are not written to the cache pool They are written to directly to disk Write around caches are not persistent across drive removal or device reboot All d...

Page 64: ...ate a Snapshot dialog box specify the following and click Apply Enter a size for the snapshot as a percentage of the source volume Choose whether to expose or unexpose the snapshot If you unexpose the snapshot no content on the snapshot is available for access If the snapshot is exposed you can view the contents of the snapshot With either unexposed or exposed snapshots you can restore files from ...

Page 65: ...taken Click to restore a snapshot After you click this button you are prompted to confirm the restore Click Yes After you click Yes an additional confirmation displays The message indicates that the source volume will be briefly unavailable and the snapshot will be deleted Check the checkbox and click OK Deleting a Snapshot Click to delete a snapshot When prompted to confirm the deletion click Yes...

Page 66: ...ssed using the 256 bit Advanced Encryption Standard AES protocol To apply encryption to a volume click the Enable encryption checkbox There are two options for encryption allowing the system to generate a passphrase or creating one yourself The passphrase is not a 256 bit encryption key Generate and save passphrase on the system Select this option to allow the system to store a passphrase for the ...

Page 67: ...phrase click Reset passphrase with master key then enter a new passphrase and verify it 5 If you are adding a volume in a cache pool there is an option to associate the volume with a cache pool Check Use a SSD cache for this Volume 6 Click Create to save your changes 7 Click Cancel to discard any changes Storage PoolManagement Volumes 57 ...

Page 68: ... The Delete Storage Pool window displays 4 Select Check this box if you want to delete the Storage Pools 5 Click Yes to delete the Storage Pool 6 Click No to cancel the operation and retain the Storage Pool Deleting a Storage Pool deletes all Shares and data contained within the Storage Pool Storage PoolManagement 58 Deleting a Storage Pool ...

Page 69: ...es Migrating from RAID 1 with two disks to a RAID 5 configuration with three or more disks Migrating from JBOD with one disk to RAID 1 with two disks To change the RAID type expand the Information section of a Storage Pool on the Drive Management page and choose a value from the Protection drop down menu Mirror Stripe RAID 10 Parity RAID 5 None RAID 0 For additional explanation on these RAID types...

Page 70: ...Storage PoolManagement 60 Changing RAID Protection Types ...

Page 71: ...Drive Management Drive Management 61 CHAPTER 5 ...

Page 72: ... lose power the contents of the cache are lost Therefore if there were any pending writes in the cache that were not written to the drive they will be lost forever Using a UPS Uninterrupted Power Supply can mitigate the risk associated with write caching which is why it is recommended to only enable this feature when a UPS is connected Applying Global Drive Management Settings 1 Click Settings 2 C...

Page 73: ...Allocated Available Allocated is the space allocated to share volumes and iSCSI volumes Available is the difference between capacity and used Drive Status An image on the Drive Management page provides information on the drive status of your px4 400r The image displays the physical layout of drives and the drive slot numbers If a drive has a circled letter it is a member of a Storage Pool If you h...

Page 74: ...Drive Management 64 Managing Drives ...

Page 75: ...Backing up and Restoring Your Content Backing up and Restoring Your Content 65 CHAPTER 6 ...

Page 76: ...pre configured technology that redundantly stores data across the drives This technology known as RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks enables a series of drives to act together as a single storage system RAID configurations that provide data redundancy preserve data integrity on the system if a drive fails and is replaced While RAID technology provides fault tolerance it is not a true backup...

Page 77: ... After the initial backup Time Machine backs up files every hour Time Machine uses a single destination drive for backups If you have previously set up another drive for Time Machine backups and want to change to use the px4 400r network device click Select Disk then choose the desired Share on your px4 400r One touch Transferring of Content from a USB Device One touch transfer of content is creat...

Page 78: ...a backup of these pictures on your px4 400r Using Copy Jobs you can create a task that copies your photos on the USB drive to a Share on your px4 400r and you can set that task to a schedule so the images automatically copy at a specific time This ensures that your photos are always safely backed up to your px4 400r in the event your USB device ever fails or is lost For more information refer to B...

Page 79: ... a Copy Job you can copy data from or to any of the following Any NAS device automatically discovered on the same subnet as your px4 400r Any NAS device that you manually add to the subnet using the LenovoEMC Storage Manager Any external storage device such as a USB device connected to your px4 400r A Windows computer that is automatically discovered on the same subnet as your px4 400r When select...

Page 80: ...he device you are currently accessing for example it could be a separate NAS device on your network From the Protocol drop down menu choose one of the following Windows File Sharing The default value in the menu is Windows File Sharing and in most cases you should accept the default value For more information refer to Windows File Sharing on page 33 rsync The rsync protocol can provide faster copy...

Page 81: ...following Windows File Sharing The default value in the menu is Windows File Sharing and in most cases you should accept the default value For more information refer to Windows File Sharing on page 33 rsync The rsync protocol can provide faster copying but may not be available on all devices If you are able to select the rsync protocol and you want the rsync Copy Job to be secure select the Use se...

Page 82: ... specify what to restore set overwrite settings and choose the protocol for the Copy Job Refer to From Settings on page 70 for detailed information on Copy Job settings Registering with Avamar for Backup and Restore Avamar is backup and recovery server software that uses deduplication to eliminate redundant copies of data reducing the required storage space For example your px4 400r Network Storag...

Page 83: ...les from the selected Share on your px4 400r they are not automatically deleted from the cloud service You can manually delete those files from the cloud service by clicking a command on the Amazon S3 page Restoring Files with Amazon S3 When you want to restore files from the Amazon S3 cloud service to your px4 400r Network Storage you can choose to restore all files or select individual files to ...

Page 84: ...Backing up and Restoring Your Content 74 Backing up Your px4 400r Network Storage ...

Page 85: ...Securing Your px4 400r Network Storage and Contents Securing Your px4 400r Network Storage and Contents 75 CHAPTER 7 ...

Page 86: ...cess to specific users Security adds an extra layer of protection to your px4 400r beyond whatever form of security you have on your local network Without security all data on your px4 400r can be accessed by anyone on your local network To secure your px4 400r First enable security and create an administrator user Create users Create groups Secure any existing or new Shares Secure any existing or...

Page 87: ...security is turned on browser communications with the px4 400r are encrypted Therefore each computer that attempts to access the px4 400r may encounter a security warning which can be safely ignored In addition you may be asked to accept a signed certificate for the px4 400r which you should accept If you change the device name at a later date these warnings may appear again 4 If you have your own...

Page 88: ...an also create additional administrator users who can manage the px4 400r through the px4 400r Management Console Administrator users can change various settings on the px4 400r including adding and deleting Shares If you create groups you can also limit access to your px4 400r by group so you don t have to specify access for each individual user Securing Your px4 400r Network Storage and Contents...

Page 89: ...um of 32 characters and spaces are not allowed The following are not valid usernames root daemon bin sys sync mail proxy www data backup operator sshd postfix nobody unuser guest and rsync Descriptive Name add a descriptive name to identify the user For example if you created a user with a Username of jsmith you may want to add the Descriptive Name Joe Smith Password create a password for the user...

Page 90: ...tion on this refer to the online help with LenovoEMC Storage Manager You see this option only if a Personal Cloud has been created on the px4 400r Allow this user to add trusted devices to my Personal Cloud check this box to allow a user to join a trusted device to a Personal Cloud A trusted device is a machine either a computer or another px4 400r that belongs to an added user Only trusted device...

Page 91: ...tation dialog box where you create an invitation by entering a user s email address along with any additional comments A user then receives the invitation which contains the Personal Cloud name and username and password A user enters that information from LenovoEMC Storage Manager For more information on this refer to the online help with LenovoEMC Storage Manager You see this option only if a Per...

Page 92: ...l Storage Pools 1 Click Quota Settings to enable quotas and set a default quota for each user 2 In the Quota Settings pop up window check Enable quotas to turn on quotas for each user 3 If desired enter a Default Quota This quota applies to new users only 4 Check Set default quota for all users to apply the default quota to all users 5 Click Apply to save your changes 6 To set individual user quot...

Page 93: ... example assume 3 Shares exist SF1 SF2 and SF3 two users UserA and UserB and three groups Group1 Group2 Group3 When created UserA was not granted access rights to any Share and UserB was granted Read rights to SF3 Group1 has Read Write rights to SF1 Group2 has Read Write rights to SF2 and Group3 has Read Write rights to SF3 If UserA is added to Group1 UserB is added to Group2 and Group1 is added t...

Page 94: ...nges 6 In the table listing the Shares check Read or Write for each Share If iSCSI is enabled check Read or Write for each iSCSI drive The group can have full access by checking both Read and Write To grant only read access check only Read NOTE A group must have read access at a minimum A group cannot have only write access 7 Uncheck Read to remove all access to a Share and remove the Share from t...

Page 95: ...d Groups from Active Directory is searchable and you can sort by name descriptive name or type You can filter the list of users and groups by selecting a specific user or group from the domain tree 3 Select the checkbox next to a user or group to import that user or group to your px4 400r Network Storage from your Active Directory domain Select the checkbox in the title bar to select all the users...

Page 96: ...Settings dialog click Enable quotas to turn on quotas for each user Quotas can be set for each user individually or set as a default value 3 Enter a Default Quota in gigabytes When you set a default quota this becomes the quota size for all new users 4 Check Set default quota for all users to globally set the same quota size to all users You may overwrite this default value for individual users by...

Page 97: ...ode you can switch your px4 400r to AD mode 1 On the Domain Management page select Active Directory 2 Configure your AD settings See Configuring your px4 400r for Active Directory for more information 3 Click Apply After changing to AD mode you are required to log back in to the px4 400r Your px4 400r is now configured to allow both local administrators and AD administrators to log in Logging in t...

Page 98: ...Mode from Active Directory You can switch your px4 400r from AD mode to Workgroup 1 On the Domain Management page disable the button to join Workgroup mode 2 Click Apply After changing to Workgroup mode if there are any administrator users on your px4 400r you are required to log back in to the px4 400r You must log in as a local user and you do not have the choice to select an AD domain Also the ...

Page 99: ...Personal Cloud Accessing Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud From Anywhere in the World Personal Cloud Accessing Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud From Anywhere in the World 89 CHAPTER 8 ...

Page 100: ...sername and password for your px4 400r You can also use the LenovoEMC Link which is an application that runs on mobile devices by entering the Personal Cloud name and then a valid username and password For more information on the LenovoEMC Link refer to its documentation My Personal Cloud When you are the administrator of your px4 400r you can create a Personal Cloud through the px4 400r Managemen...

Page 101: ...onal Cloud Your px4 400r Network Storage provides an easy way to send email invitations and instructions to the people you select as Personal Cloud users In this way your content is never exposed and remains private It is visible only to the individuals you invite to be Personal Cloud users Content of the Personal Cloud is determined by you as the Personal Cloud owner Refer to the help topic links...

Page 102: ...tarts with providing a name for your Personal Cloud and an email address associated with it After creating the Personal Cloud you can use the Personal Cloud Quick Setup wizard to perform common tasks associated with the LenovoEMC Personal Cloud adding Shares inviting people to join the Personal Cloud and setting up Copy Jobs through the Personal Cloud PersonalCloud Accessing Your LenovoEMC Persona...

Page 103: ...not create a Personal Cloud using the initial LenovoEMC Ltd Setup portal If you have already created a Personal Cloud you do not have to follow this procedure 1 On the LenovoEMC Personal Cloud page expand the Configure section 2 Click the My Personal Cloud button to open the portal that lets you create your Personal Cloud After you click the My Personal Cloud button a new website containing the po...

Page 104: ...he Personal Cloud is configured and any remote network from which trusted devices are accessing the Personal Cloud The following steps are generic router settings If you have never logged into your router before you must consult the manufacturer s documentation to find specific details such as default IP address default administrator account and password 1 Log in to your router by entering its IP ...

Page 105: ...ing Personal Cloud Settings 1 In the Configure section of the Personal Cloud page click Settings 2 In the Personal Cloud Settings dialog box configure the following Administration Email Address This is the sender email address used on the email invitations Port Number Your router forwards this specific port for your Personal Cloud This value is automatically filled in and you do not have to change...

Page 106: ...p dialog box or the LenovoEMC Personal Cloud page click Invite Users You can also send an invitation to join a Personal Cloud when you are adding users Refer to Adding Users on page 79 for more information 2 In the Invite Users dialog box select the name of an existing user or click Create New User to add a new user If security has not been enabled you are prompted to enable security and create an...

Page 107: ...l Cloud page select the Other Personal Cloud command to join another LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 2 In the Add Trusted Device to Personal Cloud dialog box enter the Personal Cloud name username and password you received in the email invitation 3 Enter a descriptive name for your trusted device in the Description field 4 Click Apply After applying this information you are automatically connected to the...

Page 108: ...g the switch to Disabled and click Yes in the confirmation pop up window The trusted device is not deleted and can be reenabled at a later time Deleting Trusted Devices To delete a trusted device from the Personal Cloud click next to the device s name The trusted device is deleted and can only be added again by a user with trusted device privileges 1 On the Personal Cloud page expand the Trusted D...

Page 109: ...ays next to that device in the trusted device table Clicking the Copy Jobs button opens the Copy Jobs page to help you configure a Copy Job between the px4 400r Network Storage that is hosting the Personal Cloud and a trusted device For more information on setting up Copy Jobs refer to Adding Copy Jobs PersonalCloud Accessing Your LenovoEMC PersonalCloud From Anywhere in the World Using Copy Jobs ...

Page 110: ...onal Cloud and eliminate any account information with it delete it If you delete your Personal Cloud and later decide you want to recreate it you must start the creation process again and re invite all users When you delete a Personal Cloud you lose your ownership of its name To disable a Personal Cloud click Disable To delete a Personal Cloud click Settings and then click Delete in the Personal C...

Page 111: ...f the Cloud or access can be restricted to a specific set of users by setting access permissions to Shares Access permissions control whether users are only allowed to read files in Shares or if they can also write upload files to Shares PersonalCloud Accessing Your LenovoEMC PersonalCloud From Anywhere in the World Accessing Content Using Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 101 ...

Page 112: ...load and download content and stream content Optionally they can install LenovoEMC Storage Manager on their computers and then join their computers as trusted devices to the Personal Cloud When users join their computer as a trusted device to the Personal Cloud they are making their machine and its files available to other users of the Personal Cloud A large virtual network is created PersonalClou...

Page 113: ...Sharing Content Using Social Media Sharing Content Using Social Media 103 CHAPTER 9 ...

Page 114: ...l if you want to allow users to add files to your social media sites For example if your px4 400r has a Flickr Active Folder you can grant Personal Cloud users access to that Active Folder In this manner when photos are added to the Flickr Active Folder either by you or by Personal Cloud users those photos are uploaded automatically to your Flickr account Note that an Active Folder can only be ass...

Page 115: ...Active Folder section 3 Check Enable 4 Select Facebook from the drop down menu 5 Click Configure Facebook account access to configure your Facebook account You will be taken to a Facebook page to configure your account Follow the instructions provided by Facebook 6 Check Delete files after upload to delete images or movies from the Share once they are transferred to your Facebook account 7 Images ...

Page 116: ...Select a Share to use as a Flickr Active Folder and click to expand the Active Folder section 3 Check Enable 4 Select Flickr from the drop down menu 5 Click Configure Flickr account access to configure your Flickr account You are taken to a Flickr page to configure your account Follow the instructions provided by Flickr 6 Check Delete files after upload to delete images from the Share once they ar...

Page 117: ...ctive Folder From the px4 400r Management Console click Shares 1 Select a Share to use as a YouTube Active Folder and click to expand the Active Folder section 2 Check Enable 3 Select YouTube from the drop down menu 4 Check Delete files after upload to delete videos from the Share once they are transferred to your YouTube account 5 Click Apply to save your changes Once configured all videos added ...

Page 118: ...You can share your multimedia content with friends and family through a LenovoEMC Personal Cloud Refer to the LenovoEMC Personal Cloud section for more information Sharing Content Using SocialMedia 108 Share Content through LenovoEMC Personal Cloud ...

Page 119: ...Media Management Media Management 109 CHAPTER 10 ...

Page 120: ...secured For information on enabling a folder as a media folder refer to Managing Shares on page 26 Scanning for media content The Media Server automatically scans for media content on a regular basis However you can click Scan now at any time to force the media server to perform an immediate scan for media content This is especially useful after you have created new folders with media sharing enab...

Page 121: ...unning the LenovoEMC Link can access media content on your px4 400r When you enable internet access to your media content all media content is available to any user on the internet regardless of any security you may have applied to a media file All your pictures movies and music are available to anyone accessing your px4 400r You should be sure you want to make all your media content this accessib...

Page 122: ...ply to save your changes 4 In the confirmation dialog box check Check this box to continue 5 Click OK to save your selection or click Cancel To access media content internet users enter a non secure IP address in their browser along with the port number 50599 used to access the media server for example http 72 xx xxx 104 50599 where x is the IP value for your network When a user enters this IP add...

Page 123: ... are linked from various computers and can be played back from one view All aggregated media files remain on their original device and can only be played while that device is powered on and connected to the network Copy Files This enables media aggregation and automatically copies all media content from computers both networked and local to your px4 400r All your movies music and pictures from var...

Page 124: ...can share media content such as movies and pictures using social media sites like Facebook Flickr or YouTube Refer to the Sharing Content Using Social Media section for more information Media Management 114 Social Media Sharing ...

Page 125: ...y It is recommended that you refer to your media player documentation for instructions on how to add a network device Example Setting up iTunes 1 Locate the source directory of your iTunes media content 2 Drag or copy your existing media content to a Share that has media sharing enabled 3 When you open the iTunes Library iTunes will display all of the media content from the px4 400r Example Settin...

Page 126: ...hem Creating a Slideshow on the Device Home Page Your px4 400r can display a slideshow on its home page On the Home Page Settings feature page check Display slideshows to display picture slideshows from folders on the px4 400r Click Manage slideshows to configure any slideshows you want to display The slideshow location can be any folder attached to the px4 400r including a USB drive or DFS locati...

Page 127: ...ck View Content to see the files in this Share Getting Pictures from Your Camera The Picture Transfer Protocol PTP allows pictures to be automatically copied from a USB camera connected directly to the px4 400r When Picture Transfer is turned on and your camera is connected to your px4 400r the pictures are copied to the configured destination folder 1 Open the Picture Transfer page click the swit...

Page 128: ...hese specific folders is then accessible to any user on your network with a media player For information on enabling a folder as a media folder refer to Managing Shares on page 26 Scanning for Music The Media Server automatically scans for media content on a regular basis However you can click Scan now at any time to force the media server to perform an immediate scan for media content This is esp...

Page 129: ...ave media sharing enabled Any movies contained in these specific folders are accessible to any user on your network with a media player For information on enabling a folder as a media folder refer to Managing Shares on page 26 Scanning for Movies The Media Server automatically scans for media content on a regular basis However you can click Scan now at any time to force the media server to perform...

Page 130: ...Media Management 120 Videos ...

Page 131: ...Adding Applications to Your px4 400r Network Storage Adding Applications to Your px4 400r Network Storage 121 CHAPTER 11 ...

Page 132: ...ted applications on your px4 400r using the Application Manager page For each application installed you may have the option to uninstall start and stop the application Adding Applications to Your px4 400r Network Storage 122 Application Overview ...

Page 133: ... link The application is downloaded to the px4 400r and you can start the application from the Application Manager page You can also download applications from www LifeLineApps com Some applications require data storage on the px4 400r network device Installing one of these applications automatically creates the Application Data share on the px4 400r device Do not modify or delete this share Addin...

Page 134: ...lt using the LenovoEMC SDK can be installed on your px4 400r Starting or stopping an application When available click in the Action column to stop an application Click to start it again Adding applications 1 Click the Add application link The Add application window displays 2 Enter the path and name of the application file or click Browse and select the application file located on your computer 3 ...

Page 135: ...Upgrading Your px4 400r Network Storage Upgrading Your px4 400r Network Storage 125 CHAPTER 12 ...

Page 136: ...sure no critical files are being accessed Manual update process installing a device software update 1 In the table listing the current software installed on your px4 400r click in the Action column to check for updates 2 If an update is available the Status column will state that a software update is available with a link Download the update file to your local computer 3 To retrieve the update cli...

Page 137: ...The px4 400r will be temporarily inaccessible during the software update Be sure no critical files are being accessed Upgrading Your px4 400r Network Storage Software Updates 127 ...

Page 138: ...Upgrading Your px4 400r Network Storage 128 Software Updates ...

Page 139: ...Backing up and Recovering Your px4 400r Network Storage Settings Backing up and Recovering Your px4 400r Network Storage Settings 129 CHAPTER 13 ...

Page 140: ...to select a saved configuration backup 2 In the Restore Configuration dialog box click Browse to locate a previously saved configuration backup stored on your computer or USB device 3 Select one of the following options Restore settings overwrites any existing settings such as device identification and Share names When you select this option existing data on the px4 400r is not deleted and the con...

Page 141: ...Hardware Management Hardware Management 131 CHAPTER 14 ...

Page 142: ...ror LCD or system software indicates error Flashing Blue RAID rebuild in process 4 Reset Button Hold the Reset button for four seconds to reset security and network settings This allows you to regain access if network settings are incorrect or you ve forgotten your password 5 LCD Display Scroll through the display screen to view the device name free disk space IP address and date and time You can ...

Page 143: ...ntilation Holes Do not block Ensure adequate space at the back of the unit for air flow 2 PCIe Slot Can be used to install an accessory PCI Express adapter card 3 HDMI Connector Provides video output from the px4 400r 4 eSATA Connector Supports connecting an external eSATA device 5 USB 2 0 Connectors Four USB 2 0 ports for connecting USB devices such as storage devices and printers 6 Gigabit Ether...

Page 144: ... Vent Do not block Refer to the Safety Information section for important instructions when installing components or servicing your px4 400r Default Settings IP Address If no DHCP server is found on your network the px4 400r will get a self assigned IP address in the 169 254 x x range Device Name The default name for your px4 400r Network Storage is px4 400r If there is more than one px4 400r on yo...

Page 145: ...er the network Additional software may be required to send the Wake On LAN signal to your device 1 Check the Wake On LAN checkbox to enable Wake On LAN 2 Click Apply to save your changes Creating A Power Schedule You can create a power schedule to turn your px4 400r on and off Power off and Power on functions can be scheduled as one time events or recurring events When you create a power schedule ...

Page 146: ...u cannot use this feature to reset any external storage devices that may be connected 1 Choose one of the following options Quickly delete all data Securely delete all data 2 From the After Reset drop down menu choose to Restart or Power off the px4 400r after the factory reset completes 3 Click Apply 4 In the pop up confirmation click Yes to perform the factory reset After the factory reset compl...

Page 147: ... is listed on this page The battery status of the backup unit is also indicated displaying how much of a charge is left in the battery To monitor the battery status of your UPS unit connect your px4 400r to it with a USB cable If the px4 400r is running from the UPS battery it automatically shuts down to preserve data as the battery charge gets low Hardware Management UPS Management 137 ...

Page 148: ...e Secondary Router Use the primary router s DMZ Port forward the primary router to the secondary router Put the secondary router in bridging mode Put the primary router in bridging mode Enabling the DMZ Most routers have a feature called DMZ or Default Server DMZ stands for Demilitarized Zone Data Management Zone Demarcation Done or Perimeter Network The DMZ allows you to enter an IP address that ...

Page 149: ...rimary router bridging may also require special configuration information and settings on the secondary router If you configured your px4 400r using DHCP you may not be able to reconnect to it via Remote Access after a reboot DHCP automatically receives an IP address from the server whenever the px4 400r restarts This is a very simple way to configure the px4 400r but can cause problems with your ...

Page 150: ...igning the px4 400r an IP address that is not in use by another device 5 Enter a subnet mask The subnet mask describes the size of your network For most networks this is 255 255 255 0 which allows for 256 network devices If you are on a larger network or are using the self assigned APIPA range 169 254 x x you must use a 255 255 0 0 or larger subnet mask 6 For best results enter the IP address es f...

Page 151: ...Additional Support Additional Support 141 CHAPTER 15 ...

Page 152: ... to date LenovoEMC software Advanced online support options such as 1 on 1 live chat and email Electronic copies of product manuals Information on telephone support options Information on advanced technical service options such as data recovery Warranty information and product return instructions Support options available may vary depending on your region and language of choice LenovoEMC s specifi...

Page 153: ...b site where you can get more information about your px4 400r The Support page provides access to content for learning more about using and supporting your px4 400r Refer to the LenovoEMC Support site for more information AdditionalSupport Support 143 ...

Page 154: ...AdditionalSupport 144 Support ...

Page 155: ...Legal Legal 145 CHAPTER 16 ...

Page 156: ...st 6 inches or 127 mm in front and behind the unit Do not walk on the power cord or allow anything to rest on it There is a danger of explosion if the coin cell lithium battery is incorrectly replaced Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the equipment manufacturer Dispose of used batteries according to local state regional and federal regulations Power down the px4 400r and...

Page 157: ... is available for download from the LenovoEMC web site at http support lenovoemc com To locate the download page for open source code select your network storage product and your operating system Scroll down the page to the search field and enter open source In addition you can also obtain a copy of the applicable open source code on CD by sending a money order or check for 10 USD to LenovoEMC Ltd...

Page 158: ...ice 7 Product Exchange Service For network storage products coverage for product exchange transportation may differ by region For additional information on this coverage please contact a local Lenovo service provider For a full explanation of the types of warranty service refer to the full warranty available at http www lenovo com warranty llw_02 NOTE Lenovo Network Storage products are manufactur...

Page 159: ...ence will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect...

Page 160: ...ion about Lenovo progress on RoHS go to http www lenovo com social_responsibility us en RoHS_Communication pdf India RoHS RoHS compliant as per E Waste Management Handling Rules 2011 Lithium Battery California Perchlorate Information This product contains a CR coin cell lithium battery which contains perchlorate material special handling may apply See www dtsc ca gov hazardouswaste perchlorate Pol...

Page 161: ...ject to the United States Export Administration Regulations EAR and has an Export Classification Control Number ECCN of 5A992 c It can be re exported except to any of the embargoed countries in the EAR E1 country list Legal Regulatory Information 151 ...

Page 162: ...LifeLine are registered trademarks or trademarks of LenovoEMC Ltd in the United States other countries or both Windows is a trademark of the Microsoft group of companies Mac is a trademark of Apple Inc registered in the United States and other countries Linux is the registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the U S and other countries Certain other product names brand names and company names may b...

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