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Iomega StorCenter ix12

Summary of Contents for StorCenter ix12

Page 1: ...Iomega StorCenter ix12 User Guide D31592901 ...

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Page 4: ... or basichowto information Up to dateIomega softwareanddrivers Advancedonlinesupport options suchas 1 on 1 livechat andemail Electroniccopies of Iomega product manuals Informationontelephonesupport options Informationonadvancedtechnicalserviceoptions suchas data recovery Warrantyinformationandproduct returninstructions Support options availablemayvarydepending onyour regionandlanguageof choice Iom...

Page 5: ...uttonandpullthelatchto releasethedrivesled 2 DriveStatus Indicator Displays driveactivityandhealth 3 DriveActivityIndicators Displays thecurrent status of drives intheIomega StorCenter ix12 SolidBlue Driveis at speedwithno errors Off Drivenot present or powereddown Solidred Drivefailureor driveerror LCDor systemsoftwarewillindicateerror Flashing Blue slow StorCenter is rebuilding theRAIDarray Driv...

Page 6: ... Settings IPAddress If no DHCPserver is foundonyour network theIomega StorCenter ix12 willget a self assignedIPaddress inthe169 254 x x range DeviceName Thedefault namefor your Iomega StorCenter ix12 is ix12 XXXXXX whereXXXXXXis a uniquestring of letters andnumbers Default Shares Backups Documents 6 Iomega StorCenter ix12 ...

Page 7: ... 4 Start your computer wait for theoperating systemto load andtheninsert theCD 5 For best results usea computer that is connectedto thesamerouter hub or switchas thedevice If thesoftwaredoesn t runautomatically doubleclick ontheCDicon thendouble click theStart icon 6 InstalltheIomega StorageManager software Oncetheinstallationcompletes theIomega StorageManager iconwillappear intheSystemTray Window...

Page 8: ...ft andWindows areeither registeredtrademarks or trademarks of Microsoft CorporationintheUnitedStates and or other countries Mac Macintosh andAppleTalk areregisteredtrademarks or trademarks of AppleComputer Inc intheUnitedStates and or other countries Certainother product names brandnames andcompanynames maybetrademarks or designations of their respectiveowners 8 Iomega StorCenter ix12 ...

Page 9: ... to theelectronics or enclosureof this product must beexpresslyapprovedbyIomega otherwise theuser s authorityto operatethis product might bevoidedbytheFCC CanadianVerification This Class Bdigitalapparatus meets allrequirements of theCanadianInterference Causing Equipment Regulations ICES 003 Class B CE EuropeanCommunity This Iomega product conforms to thefollowing EuropeanDirective s andStandard s...

Page 10: ...thepower cordor allowanything to rest onit 6 Openings inthedeviceareprovidedfor fans andair ventilationandshouldnot beblockedor covered Makesurethedevicehas ampleventilation at least 6 inches or 127 mm infront andbehindtheunit Do not placethedevicenear or ona radiator or heat register 7 Under anyof thefollowing conditions unplug thedevicefromthewalloutlet andcontact technicalsupport Thepower cordo...

Page 11: ...onfigurationcannot bechangedandyour setuprequires thedoubleNAT youmust performtheport forwarding steps twice Ontheprimaryrouter set theport forwarding to thecascadedrouter s externalIPaddress Onthecascadedrouter set theport forwarding to theIomega StorCenter ix12 s IPaddress Bridging the Secondary Router Makesurethat theprimaryrouter usuallytheoneconnectedto or acting as theDSL Cablemodem is theon...

Page 12: ...nfiguring DHCPsettings 3 Navigateto theIPaddress settings interfacepageonyour Iomega StorCenter ix12 For moreinformation check theNetwork Settings sectionof this manual 4 Enter a newIPaddress that is outsideof your router s DHCPrange For example if your router is distributing IPaddresses intherangeof 192 168 14 2 192 168 14 50 youwillwant to assigntheIomega StorCenter ix12 a number between192 168 ...

Page 13: ...ES OR LOSSES INCLUDINGLOSS OF DATA USE OR PROFITS EVENIF IOMEGA HAS BEENADVISEDOF THE POSSIBILITYOF SUCH DAMAGES In no event shallIomega s liabilityexceedtheoriginalpurchasepriceof thedriveor themedia disk Somejurisdictions do not allowtheexclusionor limitationof incidentalor consequentialdamages so theabovelimitationor exclusionmaynot applyto you Obtaining WarrantyService Youmust notifyIomega wit...

Page 14: ... deviceShares to computers andprovides localaccess to your content It provides access to Shares throughyour computer s filemanagement program suchas Windows Explorer or MacFinder allowing youto drag anddropmanyfiles betweenyour computer andtheIomega StorCenter ix12 Installing theIomega StorageManager is optional HomePage serves as a web accessibleinterfaceto your Iomega StorCenter ix12 TheHomepage...

Page 15: ...our Iomega StorCenter ix12 Therearea number of ways to access thefeatures of theIomega StorCenter ix12 Console Youcanselect oneof thepredefinedcategories usetheAll Features pagethat lists everyfeaturealphabetically or searchfor a featurebykeyword Whensecurityis enabled onlyanadministrator user canaccess the Iomega StorCenter ix12 Console HowdoI set up theIomega StorCenter ix12 enablesecurity enabl...

Page 16: ...mePageor theIomega StorageManager Onthis page youcan configuresomebasicdevicefeatures byclicking theappropriatelink Thecurrent setting of thefeaturedisplays abovethelink Youcanalso configureall features shownontheSetuppagebyaccessing thespecificfeatures directly 16 Iomega StorCenter ix12 ...

Page 17: ...earnhowto modifyyour Shareinformation refer to Managing Shares Access Permissions Access Permissions sectioncontains a list of users who currentlyhaveaccess to that Share Access Permissions displays whentheIomega StorCenter ix12 is secured otherwisethesectionis not includedintheShare Bydefault user Everyonehas readandwriteaccess to that Share whichmeans that allusers have openaccess to that share ...

Page 18: ... panelists thefiles andfolders ina Shareandallows youto deletecontent or uploada fileto theShare To deletemultiplefiles simultaneously holdtheCtrlkeyonyour keyboardandselect eachfile or drag your mouseover thefilenames Sharecontent canbe sorted andyoucanswitchbetweena list viewanda thumbnailviewof thefiles Whenyouarelooking at content ina list viewandyouhover your mouse over animage a thumbnailvie...

Page 19: ...the andchooseoneor moreusers fromthepop upwindow If youhavecreated groups youcanalso limit access for theminthis way 4 IntheAccess Permissions section check Read Write or bothto set access to this Sharefor eachuser To removea user leavebothReadandWrite uncheckedfor that user If yougrant ReadandWritepermissions to Everyone thelist of users is also clearedsinceallusers Everyone has access to this Sh...

Page 20: ... frommorethanoneexisting volume select a volumefromtheVolumedrop downmenu 5 If youarecreating a newvolume enter a namefor thevolumeintheVolumetext box 6 Enter a sizefor thevolume Youcannot reducethis sizelater 7 Click OK 8 IntheInformationsection click Apply to saveyour changes Modifying a ShareVolume 1 Click Changevolumeallocation intheInformation section 2 Enter a newsizefor thevolume 3 Click OK...

Page 21: ...res 2 To deleteanexisting Share click to expandtheShare 3 IntheInformationsection click Deleteto deletetheShare 4 IntheDeleteShareconfirmationpop upwindow click Yes 5 If youdo not wishto deletetheShare click Cancel to returnto theShares page 21 Iomega StorCenter ix12 ...

Page 22: ...Shares pageicons identifies a SharewithMedia Sharing enabled identifies a securedShare identifies a Shareas anEmailDistributionActiveFolder identifies a Shareas a Facebook ActiveFolder identifies a Shareas a Flickr ActiveFolder identifies a Shareas a Photo Resizing ActiveFolder identifies a Shareas a Torrent ActiveFolder identifies a Shareas a YouTubeActiveFolder 22 Iomega StorCenter ix12 ...

Page 23: ...es andActiveFolders Configuring an Email Distribution ActiveFolder 1 FromtheIomega StorCenter ix12 Console click Shares 2 Select a Shareto useas anEmailDistributionActiveFolder andclick to expandtheActiveFolder section 3 Check Enable 4 Select Email Distribution fromthedrop downmenu 5 Includeanemailaddress intheSender Email Address text box Distributionis sent fromthis emailaddress 6 Youcanaddmulti...

Page 24: ... to theFacebook websiteto openanaccount Configuring a FacebookActiveFolder 1 FromtheIomega StorCenter ix12 Console click Shares 2 Select a Shareto useas a Facebook ActiveFolder andclick to expandtheActiveFolder section 3 Check Enable 4 Select Facebookfromthedrop downmenu 5 Click ConfigureFacebookaccount access to configureyour Facebook account Youwillbetakento a Facebook pageto configureyour accou...

Page 25: ...naging Shares andActiveFolders If youdo not havea Flickr account go to theFlickr websiteto openanaccount Configuring a Flickr ActiveFolder 1 FromtheIomega StorCenter ix12 Console click Shares 2 Select a Shareto useas a Flickr ActiveFolder andclick to expandtheActiveFolder section 3 Check Enable 4 Select Flickr fromthedrop downmenu 5 Click ConfigureFlickr account access to configureyour Flickr acco...

Page 26: ...formationonmanaging Shares andActiveFolders Configuring a PhotoResizeActiveFolder 1 FromtheIomega StorCenter ix12 Console click Shares 2 Select a Shareto useas a Photo ResizeActiveFolder andclick to expandtheActiveFolder section 3 Check Enable 4 Select PhotoResizefromthedrop downmenu 5 Youcanset a sizefor your pictures Select 640x480 800x600 1024x768 or enter a CustomResolutionfor resizing images ...

Page 27: ...ess Shares fromtheIomega StorCenter ix12 Console select a Share andexpandtheActiveFolders sectionto enableandconfigureit Refer to Managing Shares for moreinformationonmanaging Shares andActiveFolders Configuring a Torrent ActiveFolder 1 FromtheIomega StorCenter ix12 Console click Shares 2 Select a Shareto useas a Torrent ActiveFolder andclick to expandtheActiveFolder section 3 Check Enable 4 Selec...

Page 28: ...ableandconfigureit Refer to Managing Shares for moreinformationonmanaging Shares andActiveFolders If youdo not havea YouTubeaccount go to theYouTubewebsiteto openanaccount Configuring a YouTubeActiveFolder 1 FromtheIomega StorCenter ix12 Console click Shares 2 Select a Shareto useas a YouTubeActiveFolder andclick to expandtheActiveFolder section 3 Check Enable 4 Select YouTubefromthedrop downmenu ...

Page 29: ...r Iomega StorCenter ix12 has oneStoragePool Storage Pool data protection Ina StoragePool youdeterminethetypeof protectionit canhave Protectiondetermines howdata is replicatedacross a poolanddetermines theamount of spaceusedfor data protectionandstorage Thedrives inyour Iomega StorCenter ix12 areprotectedusing a built in pre configuredtechnologythat redundantlystores data across thedrives so that i...

Page 30: ...llcausetheIomega StorCenter ix12 to wait whilethedata is writtento drive whichcanslow performance Whenwritecaching is enabledandtheIomega StorCenter ix12 sends a writerequest to thedrive insteadof writing directlyto thedrive it writes thedata to cache whichis muchfaster andsends animmediateacknowledgement to theIomega StorCenter ix12 saying thewriteis complete Thesystemcanthenproceedwithout having...

Page 31: ...add StoragePools modify StoragePools deleteStoragePools learn moreabout provisioning 31 Iomega StorCenter ix12 ...

Page 32: ...y RAID5 Uses 1 4 of thestoragespacefor protection leaving 3 4 for actualdata DoubleParity RAID6 Combines six or moredrives ina waythat protects data against loss of anytwo drives 4 Check Useas default folder location to allowautomaticallycreatedShares to beplacedinthis pool Normally allShares areplacedina poolwhen created 5 Select thecheckbox of thedriveyouwant to addto thepool Alldrives ina poolm...

Page 33: ...or creating oneyourself Thepassphraseis not a 256 bit encryptionkey Generateand savepassphraseon thesystem Select this optionto allowthesystemto storea passphrasefor thevolume This typeof encryptionworks onlywhentheIomega StorCenter ix12 is powereddown If anydrives areremovedwhileyour systemis powereddown data on encryptedvolumes willnot beaccessible WhentheIomega StorCenter ix12 is rebooted thesy...

Page 34: ...StoragePoolwiththreeor moredrives A RAID5 StoragePoolcanchangeto a RAID6 StoragePool providedtherearesix or moredrives intheexisting RAID5 pool Youcanadddrives to a RAID5 or RAID6 StoragePoolwithout recreating it Youcannot adddrives to a linear or Raid10 storagepoolwithout recreating it 4 Check Enableperiodic consistency checkto enablea monthlyparityor mirror consistencycheck 5 Select thecheckbox ...

Page 35: ...ion sectionof theStoragePoolyouwant to delete 2 Click Delete TheDeleteStoragePool popupopens 3 Select Checkthis boxif you want todeletetheStoragePools 4 Click Yes to deletetheStoragePool Deleting a StoragePoolwillalso deleteanyShares it contains 35 Iomega StorCenter ix12 ...

Page 36: ...rCenter ix12 that devicecontent is accessiblefromtheShares page Safely removing external storage Click to safelyremovetheexternalstorage A confirmationdialog willdisplay Click Yes to removetheexternalstorage Whentheexternalstoragehas beenremovedfromtheExternal Storagetable it is safeto removeandyoumayunplug it fromtheIomega StorCenter ix12 Whentheexternalstorageis safelyremoved its associatedShare...

Page 37: ...ceSecret andthenenter it againintheconfirmbox 6 Click Apply to saveyour changes Connecting to iSCSI Drives Youcanconnect iSCSI drives onyour Iomega StorCenter ix12 to your computer using theIomega StorageManager or theMicrosoft softwareinitiator If you areusing another typeof softwareor hardwareinitiator youmust usethenativetools providedwithyour initiator to connect your iSCSI drives Attempting t...

Page 38: ... volume Inmost cases aniSCSI driveis automaticallyaddedto a volumewhenyoucreatetheiSCSI drive In other cases youmayhaveto select someoptions to addyour iSCSI driveto theappropriatevolume Ona newsysteminwhichthereareno existing volumes whenyoucreateaniSCSI drive a volumeis createdsimultaneouslyandtheiSCSI driveis assigned to that volume Ona newsysteminwhichthereareexisting volumes youcanchooseto as...

Page 39: ...eleteanexisting iSCSI drive click theiSCSI nameto expandtheiSCSI drive 3 IntheiSCSI Informationsection click Deleteto deletetheiSCSI drive 4 IntheDeleteiSCSI driveconfirmationpop upwindow click Yes 5 If youdo not wishto deletetheiSCSI drive click Cancel to returnto theiSCSI page 39 Iomega StorCenter ix12 ...

Page 40: ...Protocols TheProtocols pagelists theprotocols supportedbytheIomega StorCenter ix12 40 Iomega StorCenter ix12 ...

Page 41: ...Apple File Sharing TheAppleFiling Protocol AFP enables Applefilesharing whichis thepreferredmethodfor Macusers to access Shares AFPis onbydefault To enableAFP click theswitchon 41 Iomega StorCenter ix12 ...

Page 42: ...led check theEnablesecurity checkbox to requireBluetoothusers to supplya uniquePINthat theyhavedefined beforeallowing themto transfer files to thedestinationShareontheIomega StorCenter ix12 If youhaveenabledsecurity youmust definea unique PINnumber whichwillbesuppliedbydevices attempting to uploaddata using Bluetooth 3 To set thedestinationShare click 4 Click Apply to saveyour settings To changean...

Page 43: ...Protocols page click theswitchto turnonFTP FileTransfer Protocol andallowaccess to your Iomega StorCenter ix12 WhenyouturnFTPon youcan sendfiles to your Iomega StorCenter ix12 using FTP 43 Iomega StorCenter ix12 ...

Page 44: ...lect Allowfull access for client users other than root root_squash To haveallusers mapas themselves including root select Allowall client users full access Onceenabled addNFS access rules for eachsecureSharefromtheManaging Shares page NFS provides another protocolfor sharing storagedata withLinux hosts WhenNFS is enabled youcanconfigurerules for host basedaccess to secureShares Rules canbeaddedto ...

Page 45: ...x12 as anrsyncserver youcanoptionallyset upa user account ontheIomega StorCenter ix12 for securersyncCopy Jobs Configuring rsync server settings 1 To enablersyncserver click theswitchon 2 Onceturnedon supplya port that thersyncServer uses 3 To createa secureuser account check Configuresecurersync credentials Theusernameis preset as rsync Enter a passwordandconfirmit for the rsyncusername Whenyoucr...

Page 46: ...MP settings 1 To enableSNMP click theswitchon 2 Enter a uniqueusernameandpasswordto definethecommunity 3 Confirmyour password 4 Enter theIPaddress of thehost intheTrap Receivers text box To grant access to multiplereceivers list allof theminthetext box separating each entrywitha space 5 Click Apply to saveyour settings To changeanySNMPsettings click Click MIB fileto viewor downloada copyof theMIB ...

Page 47: ...ocols page click theswitchto turnonTFTP TrivialFileTransfer Protocol andallowaccess to your Iomega StorCenter ix12 WhenyouturnTFTP on youcansendfiles to your Iomega StorCenter ix12 using FTP 47 Iomega StorCenter ix12 ...

Page 48: ...solidates allthefolders inyour network andmakes themavailablethrougha singleentrypoint Anexampleof a DFS root is DeviceName DFSRootName DFS link A folder under theDFS root Configuring Windows DFS settings 1 To enableWindows DFS click theswitchon 2 Enter a DFS root name TheDFS root nameis thestarting point of a DFS namespace After entering a DFS root name youaddDFS links whichmapto folders onother ...

Page 49: ...vicename WebDAV Foldername Refer to your operating system s documentationto learnhowto access files throughWebDAV Configuring WebDAV settings 1 To enableWebDAV click theswitchon 2 To enableWebDAVfor HTTP check EnableWebDAVOver HTTP 3 To enableWebDAVfor HTTPS check EnableWebDAVOver HTTPS 4 Click Apply to saveyour settings Configuring WebDAV with Remote Access For remoteaccess withWebDAV youmust man...

Page 50: ...s File Sharing Windows FileSharing allows youto work inWorkgroupmode using Iomega StorCenter ix12 Consoleto createusers andmanageaccess To enableWindows FileSharing click theswitchon 50 Iomega StorCenter ix12 ...

Page 51: ... px6 300d에서 QuikTransfer 버튼을 누르면 QuikTransfer는 Iomega StorCenter px6 300d에 연결된 USB외부 스토리지의 모든 파일을 대상 공유로 자동 복제합니다 QuikTransfer 설정 1 아이콘을 클릭하고 파일 브라우저에서 폴더를 선택하여 기본 QuikTransfer 복제 작업의 대상 폴더를 선택합니다 파일 브라우저는 공유 및 모든 해당 폴더를 선택하거나 공유 아래의 일부 폴더만 선택하는 방법을 제공합니다 2 설정을 저장하려면 적용을 클릭합니다 51 Iomega StorCenter ix12 ...

Page 52: ...adspeedsets therateat whichfiles aredownloadedto your device 4 Typea valuefor MaximumUpload Speed This is themaximumuploadspeedfor files being uploadedbyother users fromyour device Theuploadspeedcanaffect deviceperformance as it sets thespeedat whichother users uploada fileunpromptedfromyour device It is recommendedthat youchoosea valuethat does not strainthe performanceof your deviceandimpact oth...

Page 53: ...ing a Torrent ActiveFolder refer to Torrent ActiveFolders 3 Copythedownloadedtorrent fileto theTorrent ActiveFolder Share Thetorrent fileimmediatelystarts to downloadto theShare Anadministrator user canmonitor its downloadprogress ontheTorrent Download page Allusers canmonitor thedownloadprogress throughthecontent viewer onthe Torrent Share 53 Iomega StorCenter ix12 ...

Page 54: ...Deleting torrent jobs 1 OntheTorrent Downloadpage select a torrent youwant to delete 2 Click the under theActioncolumnto deletethetorrent 3 Click Yes to deletethetorrent 54 Iomega StorCenter ix12 ...

Page 55: ...endedthat yourefer to your router s documentationto learnhowto set thesevalues Port information used to configure your router Thefollowing informationmayberequiredto manuallyconfigureyour router Forward theport toyour Iomega StorCenter ix12 IP address identified in thetable DeviceIP Address 192 168 1 1 Port name HTTP Port number Set to thesameport valueset ontheTorrent Download page Protocol TCP 5...

Page 56: ...ucanmanuallystart andstopa CopyJob viewCopyJobinformation modifya CopyJob check its last runstatus and if applicable viewwhentheCopyJobis next scheduledto run Whendefining a CopyJob youcancopydata fromor to anyof thefollowing AnyNAS deviceautomaticallydiscoveredonthesamesubnet as your Iomega StorCenter ix12 AnyNAS devicethat youmanuallyaddto thesubnet using theIomega StorageManager Anyexternalstor...

Page 57: ...nformationsectionincludes thenameof theCopyJob dateandtimeit last ran andits next scheduledtime FromtheCopyJobs list youcanperformthefollowing actions Click to start a CopyJob Click to stopa CopyJob Click to deletea CopyJob ExpandtheCopyJobInformationsectionandmodify theCopyJobsettings Click theSchedulesectionto viewtheCopyJobs schedule 57 Iomega StorCenter ix12 ...

Page 58: ...lected folder and its contents copies thecontents of theselectedfolder If thedestinationis a folder a newfolder willbecreatedfor eachsourcefolder If thedestinationis TopLevel a newtop levelfolder is createdonthedestinationdevicefor eachsourcefolder Only thecontents of theselected folder copies thecontents of theselectedfolder If thedestinationis a folder thefiles andfolders inthe selectedfolder ar...

Page 59: ...4 Click to select a start time Click Doneto saveyour timeselection 5 Click Apply to saveyour changes ThenewCopyJobdisplays ontheCopyJobs page 59 Iomega StorCenter ix12 ...

Page 60: ...s 1 Inthelist ontheCopyJobs page findtheCopyJobfromthelist youwant to modifyandclick it to expandtheInformationsection 2 Refer to Adding a Copy Job for informationabout revising theCopyJobfields 60 Iomega StorCenter ix12 ...

Page 61: ...ions columnof thetableto deletetheCopyJob TheDeleteCopyJobpop upwindowopens 2 If youaresurethat youwant to deletetheCopyJob click Yes If youdo not wishto deletetheCopyJob click Cancel to returnto theCopyJobs page 61 Iomega StorCenter ix12 ...

Page 62: ...lders Scheduled Backup to set upa scheduledbackup 5 If youarecreating a scheduledbackup select thedays youwant thebackupto run 6 Enter thestart or stoptimes for thebackup or click to select thetimes 7 To prevent performancedegradationonyour Iomega StorCenter ix12 select a speedlimit for thebackup 8 To schedulethetimethat thebackupwillrunat theselectedspeed enter start andstoptimes 9 Click Apply to...

Page 63: ...s andselecting a different Shareinthepop upwindow If youhavebeenusing TimeMachineto back upyour computer to Iomega StorCenter ix12 besureto copyallyour existing backupfolders fromyour originaldestinationShareto the newdestinationSharebeforechanging thedestinationShare If youdo not copyyour existing backups youwilllosethem Manually Creating Backup Folders for Macs Youcancreatebackupfolders for anyM...

Page 64: ...ng extra software Youcancreatea PersonalCloudonyour Iomega StorCenter ix12 andaddmembers to that PersonalCloud or youcanusea subscription serviceas a backupfor your content Whether youcreateyour ownPersonalCloudfromyour Iomega StorCenter ix12 or youusea subscriptionservice the PersonalCloudis accessiblefromanywhereyouhaveaninternet connection 64 Iomega StorCenter ix12 ...

Page 65: ... ix12 inwhichto copyfiles that arethenbackedupto AmazonS3 4 Click Apply to saveyour changes Backing up Files to the Amazon S3 Cloud After youcopyfiles to theShareyouselectedonyour Iomega StorCenter ix12 thefiles areautomaticallybackedupto theAmazonS3 cloudservice File uploads arelimitedto 5 GBinsize If youdeletefiles fromtheselectedShareonyour Iomega StorCenter ix12 theyarenot automaticallydeleted...

Page 66: ...quiring 100 MBof storagespace WithAvamar anddata deduplication onlyonecopyof theattachment is actuallystored so 100 MBof storageis effectivelyreducedto 1 MB Adding an Avamar Server for Backup 1 OntheAvamar page click theswitchon TheAvamar Settings pop upwindowopens 2 IntheAvamar Settings pop upwindow enter thefollowing informationandclick Apply to saveyour settings Server Address theAvamar server ...

Page 67: ...o that photos addedto that Shareareautomaticallyuploadedto your Facebook account To configurea Shareas a Facebook ActiveFolder access theShares feature select a Share andexpandtheActiveFolders sectionto enableandconfigureit For moreinformation refer to FacebookActiveFolders HowdoI managea Share 67 Iomega StorCenter ix12 ...

Page 68: ...lder so that photos addedto that Shareareautomaticallyuploadedto your Flickr account To configurea Shareas a Flickr ActiveFolder access theShares feature select a Share andexpandtheActiveFolders sectionto enableandconfigureit For moreinformation refer to Flickr ActiveFolders HowdoI managea Share 68 Iomega StorCenter ix12 ...

Page 69: ...PersonalCloudnameyoureceivedwhenyouwereinvitedto jointheother PersonalCloud Joining an Iomega Personal Cloud To joinyour computer to someoneelse s PersonalCloud youusetheIomega StorageManager installedonyour computer Refer to your emailinviteandtheIomega StorageManager onlinehelpfor details Youcanonlyconnect your Iomega StorCenter ix12 to one PersonalCloudat anygiventime so youhaveto choosebetween...

Page 70: ...puter If youhavecontent onyour Iomega StorCenter ix12 that youdo not want to sharewithmembers of your PersonalCloud youmaywant to secureyour Iomega StorCenter ix12 beforecreating your PersonalCloud Refer to Security Settings for moreinformationonsetting upsecurity 1 OntheIomega PersonalCloudpage expandtheConfiguresection 2 Click theMy Personal Cloud buttonto opentheportalthat lets youcreateyour ac...

Page 71: ... Account 1 To adda member to thePersonalCloud click Add a member intheMembershipsection 2 Enter themember s descriptionandemailaddress andclick Apply 3 Continuerepeating thesesteps for as manymembers as youwishto add 4 Click theswitchto enabledto connect members onthePersonalCloud andclick Yes intheconfirmationpop upwindow Inviting members to join your Personal Cloud After youadda member that memb...

Page 72: ...sonalCloud 2 IntheJoinPersonalClouddialog box enter theJoinPersonalCloudnameandaccess codeyoureceivedintheemailthenclick Apply After applying this information youareautomaticallyconnectedto thePersonalCloud After youjoinanother PersonalCloud theMembershipsectionof theIomega PersonalCloudpagedisplays theother members of thePersonalCloud Disconnecting and deleting a Personal Cloud A PersonalCloudmem...

Page 73: ...nect a member fromthePersonalCloud disablethemember byclicking theswitchto Disabled andclick Yes intheconfirmationpop upwindow Themember is not deletedandcanbereenabledat a later time Deleting Members To deletea member fromthePersonalCloud click next to themember s name Themember is deletedandcanonlybeaddedagainbysending an invitationto that member HowdoI createa Personal Cloud account add members...

Page 74: ... As youadda member Iomega deviceto your PersonalCloud a CopyJobs icondisplays next to that member deviceintheMembershiptable If youclick that CopyJobs button theCopyJobs pageopens to helpyouconfigurea CopyJobbetweenyour Iomega storagedeviceandanother member s Iomega storagedevice For moreinformationonsetting upCopyJobs refer to Adding Copy Jobs HowdoI createa Personal Cloud account join a Personal...

Page 75: ...ea Shareas a YouTubeActiveFolder so that videos addedto that Shareareautomaticallyuploadedto your YouTubeaccount To configurea Shareas a YouTubeActiveFolder access theShares feature select a Share andexpandtheActiveFolders sectionto enableandconfigureit For moreinformation refer to YouTubeActiveFolders HowdoI managea Share 75 Iomega StorCenter ix12 ...

Page 76: ...mePageor theIomega StorageManager Onthis page youcan configuresomebasicdevicefeatures byclicking theappropriatelink Thecurrent setting of thefeaturedisplays abovethelink Youcanalso configureall features shownontheSetuppagebyaccessing thespecificfeatures directly 76 Iomega StorCenter ix12 ...

Page 77: ...beset for thedevice Internet TimeServer Bydefault Automatically synchronizewith an internet timeserver andUsethedefault timeserver areselected To specifya timeserver select Specify thetimeserver andtypetheURL of theinternet timeserver youwishto useinthetext box that displays Manual Select Manually set dateand time To set thecurrent dateandtime click theappropriateiconfor calendar andclock settings...

Page 78: ...rs willnot needto check this option If checked enter thefollowing additionalinformationto identifyyour SMTPserver Email Server SMTP enter theaddress of your SMTPserver Sender Email Address enter anemailaddress for theIomega StorCenter ix12 to useas theFromaddress whenit creates messages Email Login enter theusernameusedto log into theemailaccount youenteredabove Email Password enter thepasswordfor...

Page 79: ...twaremayberequiredto sendtheWake OnLANsignalto your device 1 Check theWakeOn LAN checkbox to enableWakeOnLAN 2 Click Apply to saveyour changes Creating A Power Schedule Youcancreatea power scheduleto turnyour Iomega StorCenter ix12 onandoff Power off andPower onfunctions canbescheduledas one timeevents or recurring events Whenyoucreatea power schedule youcanset thedayandtimeto power downthedevice ...

Page 80: ...dpasswords Thesecuredeleteoperationrenders alldata irrecoverable Youcanusethefactoryreset featureonlyto erasethedrives internalto theIomega StorCenter ix12 Youcannot usethis featureto reset anyexternalstoragedevices that maybeconnected 1 Chooseoneof thefollowing options Quicklydeletealldata Securelydeletealldata 2 FromtheAfter Reset drop downmenu chooseto Restart or Power off theIomega StorCenter ...

Page 81: ...t to theIomega StorCenter ix12 saying thewriteis complete Thesystemcanthen proceedwithout having to wait for thedata to actuallyget writtento drive whichwilloccur inthebackground Whilewritecaching does improveperformance therearesomerisks Becausethesystemwillrespondthat thedata has beenwrittento drivewheninfact it has onlybeenwrittento cache shouldtheIomega StorCenter ix12 losepower anydata that d...

Page 82: ...nter ix12 Click thelink followtheinstructions onthedownloadsitepage anddownloadthesoftwareupdateto your localcomputer 5 Oncedownloaded click Browseto select theupdate andthenclick Upload to continue Whentheupdateis uploadedto theIomega StorCenter ix12 theStatus columnwillsayReady toapply 6 Click Apply all pending updates to applytheupdateor updates Thesoftwareupdates willbeappliedto your Iomega St...

Page 83: ...ares theuser sees allof theShares ontheIomega StorCenter ix12 but canonly access themif theyhaveAccess Permission 4 Check Display slideshows to displaypictureslideshows that areinfolders ontheIomega StorCenter ix12 Click Manageslideshows to configureany slideshows youwant to display Theslideshowlocationcanbeanyfolder attachedto theIomega StorCenter ix12 including a USBdriveor DFS location 5 Click ...

Page 84: ...estorepage click Restoreconfiguration to select a savedconfigurationbackup 2 IntheRestoreConfigurationdialog box click Browseto locatea previouslysavedconfigurationbackupstoredonyour computer or USBdevice 3 Select oneof thefollowing options Restoresettings overwrites anyexisting settings suchas deviceidentificationandSharenames Whenyouselect this option existing data ontheIomega StorCenter ix12 is...

Page 85: ...electing a jumbo framesize fromtheJumboFramedrop downmenu Validjumbo framesizes are4 000 or 9 000 bytes If youdo not want jumbo framesupport select Nonefromthe JumboFramedrop downmenu Jumbo framesupport is usefulfor transferring largefiles suchas multimedia files over a network Jumbo framesupport increases transfer speedbyplacing largefiles infewer data packets It also reduces thedemandonthedevice...

Page 86: ...rver is unavailablefor a network interfacecard NIC thedevicecouldauto assignanIPaddress or youcanuncheck theAutomatically acquirenetworkaddress DHCP checkbox foundintheInformation sectionof a NIC 7 Thefollowing aresettings youcanchangeintheInformation section IP Address thestaticIPaddress of theIomega StorCenter ix12 AnunusedIPaddress fromwithintherangeusedbytheLANshouldbeused If youaregoing to us...

Page 87: ...oucannot bondwireless NICs Usethefollowing procedureto bondNICs 1 OntheNetwork page expandtheNIC number andthenexpandtheBond NetworkInterfacesection 2 Check thecheckboxes next to theNICs that youwant to bondto theselectedNIC For example if youselectedNIC 1 andyour configurationincludes four NICs youcouldbondNIC 1 to NIC 2 3 and or 4 3 Click Apply to saveyour settings Thesectionupdates anddisplays ...

Page 88: ...ng Your Iomega StorCenter ix12 canbeconfiguredto support VLANs VLANis configuredfor eachNIC but it is not supportedonbondedNICs If a NIC is bonded youmust unbondit first to configureit for a VLAN Adding a VLAN 1 To adda VLAN expandtheVLAN Settings sectionof a NIC 2 Click Add VLAN 3 Enter a VLANIDvaluebetween2 and4094 Youcanenter upto 4 VLANIDs for eachNIC A VLANcanobtainits network settings fromDH...

Page 89: ...ort to your Iomega StorCenter ix12 Most routers refer to this as port forwarding or applicationaccess andit is recommendedthat you refer to your router s documentationto learnhowto set thesevalues Thefollowing informationis neededto manuallyconfigureyour router DeviceIP Address 192 168 1 1 Port Name HTTPS Port number 443 Protocol TCP Choosea subscription servicelevel Basic or Premium TheBasicoptio...

Page 90: ...ter a uniquesub domainnameinthefirst text box Domain Name Select a domainnamefromthepull downlist It is recommendedthat youchoosea domainnamethat youcaneasilyremember andwillhelpyouidentifyyour Iomega StorCenter ix12 Thewebaddress is createdbycombining thesub domainanddomainname This willultimatelybetheaddress that willberegisteredandyou canuseto access your Iomega StorCenter ix12 remotely Email A...

Page 91: ... accessing your Iomega StorCenter ix12 froma remotelocationwillnot provideallthesamefunctionalityprovidedbya computer inyour localnetwork Thefollowing proceduredescribes howto access your Iomega StorCenter ix12 remotely Opena webbrowser andtypeyour Iomega StorCenter ix12 uniquewebaddress whichcanbefoundontheRemoteAccess page TheHomepageof the Iomega StorCenter ix12 displays Administrator users can...

Page 92: ...opplaying Youcan beginstreaming your media after themedia server has restarted Sharing media content over the internet Themedia server cansharemedia content onyour Iomega StorCenter ix12 withanyoneontheinternet TheIomega StorCenter ix12 Consoleprovides two ways to enableinternet access If youareusing theRemoteAccess feature youcanenableinternet access ontheMedia Server page Refer to Enabling inter...

Page 93: ...o camera is no longer connectedto thenetwork but a recording scheduleis set for it Youshoulddeletethis video camera if it is no longer onthe network or fix thenetwork connectionso it canrecordas scheduled Thevideo camera is connectedto thenetwork andis currentlyrecording Thereis no schedulefor this recording sinceit was startedmanually Therecording must thereforebestoppedmanually Thevideo camera i...

Page 94: ...evideo camera recordings Therecordedvideo files aresavedto this folder andtheIomega StorCenter ix12 automaticallyorganizes your savedvideo recordings into folders byvideo camera name Withineachvideo camera namefolder areother folders that organizeyour video camera s recordings bydate For example if youset thedestinationShareto Media Videos andthenameof your camera is HomeDoor a recording madeonJul...

Page 95: ... Iomega StorCenter ix12 thepictures arecopiedto theconfigureddestinationfolder 1 OnthePictureTransfer page click theswitchon 2 Optionally youcanalso check RemoveCopied Pictures FromCamera to automaticallydeletethepictures fromyour camera oncetheyhavebeen safelycopiedto your Iomega StorCenter ix12 3 Click to opentheSelect Folder pop upwindow andselect a Shareas thedestinationfor your pictures 95 Io...

Page 96: ...ntains for eachprinter thename model status andnumber of documents waiting To attacha printer simplyplug a supportedprinter s USBcableto a USBport ontheIomega StorCenter ix12 Onceattached theprinter willappear inthe table Whenthecableis unplugged theprinter willberemovedfromthetable 96 Iomega StorCenter ix12 ...

Page 97: ...torCenter ix12 besureyouhaveaccess to thephysicaldeviceto turnit on It is recommendedthat you always usethepower buttonto shut downthedevice Device Information TheDeviceInformationsectiondisplays various hardware software andstatus details Status TheStatus Informationsectiondisplays changes to or issues withyour Iomega StorCenter ix12 If anissuerequires user actionto resolve suchas a warning or er...

Page 98: ...ega StorCenter ix12 that requires your attention but your devicewillcontinueto operatenormallyfor now ERROR Identifies anurgent problemwithyour Iomega StorCenter ix12 that mayresult indata loss andrequires your immediateattention Youcansort thedisplayedlist byDate User or Event byclicking thecolumnheaders Downloading the complete event log file Click Download to downloada comma separatedevent log ...

Page 99: ...sedbytheIomega StorCenter ix12 Consoleis basedonthepreferences configuredinyour browser Youcanchangethelanguageusedinthis programbymodifying your browser s preferredlanguagesettings Select anyof thesupportedlanguages to usefor emailnotification Click Apply to saveyour changes 99 Iomega StorCenter ix12 ...

Page 100: ...canlearnmoreinformationabout your Iomega StorCenter ix12 TheSupport pageprovides access to a varietyof content for learning moreabout using andsupporting your Iomega StorCenter ix12 Refer to theIomega support sitefor moreinformation 100 Iomega StorCenter ix12 ...

Page 101: ...2 to jointheActiveDirectorydomain ActiveDirectory select this modeif youalreadyhaveanexisting user organization suchas ActiveDirectory that youwant to incorporateinto theIomega StorCenter ix12 3 Providethefollowing connectivityinformation Domain Name theactualnameyouusedfor your ActiveDirectorydomain for example sohoad com Domain Controller theactualnameor IPaddress of your ActiveDirectoryServer f...

Page 102: ...page Thebatterystatus of thebackupunit is also indicated displaying howmuchof a chargeis left inthebattery To monitor thebatterystatus of your UPS unit connect your Iomega StorCenter ix12 to it witha USB cable If theIomega StorCenter ix12 is running fromtheUPS battery it automaticallyshuts downto preservedata as thebatterychargegets low 102 Iomega StorCenter ix12 ...

Page 103: ...a access to specificusers Securityadds anextra layer of protectionto your Iomega StorCenter ix12 beyondwhatever formof securityyouhaveonyour localnetwork Without security alldata on your Iomega StorCenter ix12 canbeaccessedbyanyoneonyour localnetwork To secureyour Iomega StorCenter ix12 First enablesecurity andcreateanadministrator user Creategroups andusers Secureanyexisting or newShares HowdoI e...

Page 104: ...gnored Inaddition youmaybe askedto accept a signedcertificatefor theIomega StorCenter ix12 whichyoushouldaccept If youchangethedevicenameat a later date thesewarnings mayappear again Iomega StorCenter ix12 administrators do not haveaccess to allShares bydefault Access rights to Shares must begrantedexplicitlyto administrators as withother users 3 Click Apply to saveyour changes 4 Clickhereto learn...

Page 105: ...administrator or non administrator credentials Whensecurityis enabled a non administrator user does not haveaccess to theDashboardor Settings tab Onlyanadministrator user canaccess thosetabs 3 If youentereda UsernameandPassword click Log In to access theIomega StorCenter ix12 withyour credentials Your devicenameandcurrently logged inusernamedisplays intheupper right corner of theIomega StorCenter ...

Page 106: ...arecontent Additionaladministrator users canbeaddedto provideother users withtheabilityto configuretheIomega StorCenter ix12 Thetabledisplays theUsernames andDescriptiveNameof eachuser Click ina rowof thetableto viewor modify details about a user Refer to ManageUsers for details about adding andmodifying a user HowdoI Add or modify users Deleteusers createShares for users 106 Iomega StorCenter ix1...

Page 107: ...rator does not inherentlyhaveaccess to allShares Access to Shares must begrantedexplicitlyto administrators as withother users Add a secured Sharefor this user check this box if youwouldliketo createa securedSharefor this user ThecreatedSharewillhavethe newuser s nameandwillgiveaccess onlyto that user 2 Click Create Changing Access Permissions 1 ExpandAccess Permissions to changeShareaccess permis...

Page 108: ...ga StorCenter ix12 Console click Users 2 To deleteanexisting user click theusernameto expandtheuser 3 IntheUser Informationsection click Deleteto deletetheuser 4 IntheDeleteUser pop upwindow click Yes to deletethat user 108 Iomega StorCenter ix12 ...

Page 109: ...ionsettings willhaveto bereset 1 To reset theIomega StorCenter ix12 press thesmallrecessedbuttonontheback TheIomega StorCenter ix12 willrestart andalladministrator users willrevert to non administrator users 2 Whenyour Iomega StorCenter ix12 devicefinishes restarting opentheIomega StorCenter ix12 Console TheDeviceSetupsteps willappear again Createanadministrator user Youcanusethesamenameas a previ...

Page 110: ...users to thegroup click Add users How access rights are granted using groups in Workgroup mode Whengroups aredefinedinWorkgroupmode a user s access rights arethemost rights grantedto theuser andallgroups to whichtheuser belongs For example assume3 Shares exist SF1 SF2 andSF3 two users UserA andUserB andthreegroups Group1 Group2 Group3 Whencreated UserA was grantedno rights to access anyShareandUse...

Page 111: ...sions to a Share click Add access permissions 4 FromtheAdd Access Permissions pop upwindow select a Shareor Shares for thegroupto access If iSCSI is enabled select iSCSI drives for the groupto access Select thecheckbox inthetitlebar to select alltheShares listed If iSCSI is enabled select thecheckbox inthetitlebar to also select alltheiSCSI drives listed 5 Click Apply to saveyour changes 6 Intheta...

Page 112: ...ick Groups 2 To deleteanexisting group click to expandthegroup 3 IntheInformationsection click Deleteto deletethegroup 4 IntheDeleteGroup confirmationpop upwindow click Yes 5 If youdo not wishto deletethegroup click Cancel to returnto theGroups page 112 Iomega StorCenter ix12 ...

Page 113: ...eUsers andGroups pageis visiblewhenyouenableActiveDirectoryontheIomega StorCenter ix12 For moreinformation onenabling ActiveDirectoryontheIomega StorCenter ix12 refer to DeviceIdentification For informationoncreating anadministrator user refer to Security HowdoI enablesecurity changeActiveDirectorysettings manageActiveDirectoryusers andgroups deleteusers andgroups fromActiveDirectory 113 Iomega St...

Page 114: ... select a Shareor Shares for theuser or groupto access If iSCSI is enabled select iSCSI drives for theuser or groupto access Select thecheckbox inthetitlebar to select alltheShares listed If iSCSI is enabled select thecheckbox inthetitlebar to also select alltheiSCSI drives listed 4 Click Apply to saveyour changes 5 Inthetablelisting theShares check Read or Writefor eachShare If iSCSI is enabled c...

Page 115: ...andthat user or group 3 IntheInformationsection click Delete Deleting a user or groupdoes not deleteanyShares to whichtheuser or grouphas access Click thecheckbox to select if youwant to Deleteall Shares that only this user can access 4 Intheconfirmationpop upwindow click Yes 5 If youdo not wishto deletea user or group click Noto returnto theGroups page 115 Iomega StorCenter ix12 ...

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