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Chapter 8 

GNS-8000B Maintenance 

 
GNS-8000B is specially designed to run 24x7 and be ready at all times against 
system crash caused by power outage.  This section provides a general overview 
on system maintenance. 
 

8.1  Restart/ Shut down Server 

 
Follow the steps below to restart or shut down GNS-8000B. 
1.  Ask all active users of GNS-8000B to save their files and disconnect from the 

server. 

2.  Enter the administration page and select Restart/ Shutdown in System Tools. 
3. Click 

Restart

 to reboot the server or 

Shut Down

 to turn off the server.  You 

can perform these actions by the LCD panel. 

 

Summary of Contents for 4-bay Sata NAS w/2 Gigabit Ethernet GNS-8000B

Page 1: ...LevelOne GNS 8000B 4 bay Sata NAS w 2 Gigabit Ethernet User s Manual Ver 1 00 0512...

Page 2: ...no warranty or representation expressed implied or statutory with respect to its products or the contents or use of this documentation and all accompanying software and specifically disclaims its qua...

Page 3: ...he Services of GNS 8000B 26 5 1 File Server 26 5 2 FTP Server 26 5 3 Backup Server 27 Chapter 6 Administer GNS 8000B 28 6 1 Access Administration Page 29 6 2 Server Administration 31 6 3 Quick Configu...

Page 4: ...Property 70 6 8 3 Access Control 70 6 8 4 Delete 71 6 9 System Tools 72 6 9 1 SNMP Settings 72 6 9 2 Alert Notification 73 6 9 3 Restart Shutdown 73 6 9 4 Hardware Settings 74 6 9 5 UPS 75 6 9 6 Syste...

Page 5: ...strator Password and Network Settings 105 8 3 Disk Failure or Malfunction 106 8 4 Power Outage or Abnormal Shutdown 106 Appendix A Web File Manager 107 Appendix B Configuring AD Authentication 112 App...

Page 6: ...ing to protect data with an existing virus scanning server Supports redundant power supply to increase system reliability Provides various practical backup mechanisms Professional remote replication t...

Page 7: ...ED indicators Power Error Network and Disk LCD panel Down button Enter button Power connector ATX Redundant Power Supply USB ports SCSI connecter For tape device Giga LAN 1 Power button Reset button G...

Page 8: ...000B please make sure you have the following items in place GNS 8000B HDD tray x 4 included in GNS 8000B 3 5 SATA hard disk optional Flat head screw included in GNS 8000B Round head screws included in...

Page 9: ...improperly if disks of different brands and size are installed Please refer to Chapter 2 2 for hard disk recommendation list 1 Push the side locks in the front of GNS 8000B and then pull forwards to...

Page 10: ...nel of GNS 8000B Note that all disks should be inserted in order from left to right HDD1 HDD4 Note You can install 1 4 hard disks depending on the type of disk configuration you select for GNS 8000B I...

Page 11: ...nt 2 Lock the brackets b to GNS 8000B Then attach and fasten z shape brackets c 3 Push GNS 8000B into the rack 4 Fasten the screws to fix the position of GNS 8000B Important Notice Please back up your...

Page 12: ...isuse or improper installation of hard disks in any occasions for any reasons Brand Model Name Interface Capacity GB Rotational Speed RPM Buffer Size MB Barracuda 7200 9 SATA NCQ SATA 3 0Gb s 500 7200...

Page 13: ...ect to the server by IE browser 3 You may also connect a CD DVD burner to GNS 8000B for data backup and restore SCSI USB Laptop 1 Laptop 2 PC 1 Mac 1 Switch hub router CD DVD burner Tape drive To acce...

Page 14: ...VD backup restore or tape backup service Note To connect GNS 8000B to a PC please use a network cable to connect the PC to LAN 1 or LAN 2 of GNS 8000B For further details about accessing GNS 8000B ple...

Page 15: ...hat the disk size displayed is the total size of all installed disks but may not be the actual disk size you can use If you configure the disks as RAID 1 disk volume the actual disk size you can use i...

Page 16: ...OR CONFIG PAGE 4 Press Down button again to view model number and version information System Setting Function 1 Press Enter button for two seconds to enter configuration page 2 Press Down button to se...

Page 17: ...igure the IP address i SET STATIC IP Press Down button to enter 0 255 and press Enter button to set the next number for the IP address ii SET NETMASK Follow the above procedure to set the netmask addr...

Page 18: ...ton to confirm shutting down GNS 8000B REBOOT SYSTEM Press Down button to select REBOOT SYSTEM and press Enter button to confirm restarting the system Exit Configuration Page EXIT Press Enter button a...

Page 19: ...rch for all available GNS 8000B within the local network and view the server name IP address and workgroup etc You can also configure the disk name date and time etc via Quick Install Wizard To use Qu...

Page 20: ...g screen will be shown Name of server IP address of server Windows workgroup joined by server View the details of selected server Refresh the search results within the network Help Exit the program Co...

Page 21: ...igure GNS 8000B Select a GNS 8000B displayed on Quick Install Wizard and click Configure Enter the administrator password Upon successful login the following screen will appear Enter the configuration...

Page 22: ...r Note You may have to restart GNS 8000B after changing the network configuration Set the name date and time for GNS 8000B The length cannot exceed 14 characters The system will obtain IP address auto...

Page 23: ...23 2 View GNS 8000B details Select a GNS 8000B available on Quick Install Wizard and click Details The following screen will be shown...

Page 24: ...24 3 Search for all available GNS 8000B again To refresh the search results click Refresh to display all available servers within the network...

Page 25: ...u have any enquiries about Quick Install Wizard when using the program you can click the Help button to view the help text 5 Enter the homepage of GNS 8000B Double click on GNS 8000B to enter the admi...

Page 26: ...ormation please refer to Chapter 4 b By samba GNS 8000B supports Microsoft MAC and Linux NFS OS for data sharing to enable you to share data across different platforms please refer to Chapter 7 1 7 3...

Page 27: ...p instant or scheduled backup to replicate the data of GNS 8000B to another LEVELONE NAS server Please refer to Chapter 6 9 9 b USB CD DVD Restore Backup You can connect USB CD DVD burner to the high...

Page 28: ...000B will use the default settings as below IP Address 192 168 0 1 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 When GNS 8000B boots up the LCD panel will display current IP address settings If your network does not sup...

Page 29: ...3 Launch the web browser Enter the IP address of GNS 8000B to access the administration page You can check the IP address of GNS 8000B on the LCD panel see Chapter 3 OR 4 Install and Quick Installatio...

Page 30: ...rd admin The first time you login GNS 8000B Quick Configuration page will be shown Please refer to 6 3 Quick Configuration for more details To connect GNS 8000B by MAC open a web browser in MAC and en...

Page 31: ...Volume Format Disk Volume View Disk Volume Status User Management Users User Groups Quota Create Create Multiple Users Change Password Create Private Network Share Assign User Groups Quota Settings De...

Page 32: ...n to complete the settings of GNS 8000B If you have any questions during web administration please click the help button on the top right hand corner of the page Other buttons are described as below R...

Page 33: ...trator password or select to use the original password Step 3 Enter the date time and select the time zone for the server Step 4 Select the language the server uses to display files and directories Th...

Page 34: ...Step 5 Enter the IP address subnet mask and default gateway for the server Select network interface configuration fail over or load balance Step 6 Select the network file services to provide on the se...

Page 35: ...35 Step 7 Configure disk volume on the server Step 8 Configure the method of user authentication Please refer to Chapter 6 5 2 for further information...

Page 36: ...36 Step 9 Manage users and user groups of this server...

Page 37: ...37 Step 10 Manage network shares on this server Step 11 Finish It may take several to tens of minutes to complete Quick Configuration depending on your system settings...

Page 38: ...r name date time and view system settings 6 4 1 Server Name Enter the name of GNS 8000B The server name can be 14 characters long at maximum which can contain alphabets numbers and hyphen The server d...

Page 39: ...ur location If the settings are incorrect the following problems may occur When using a web browser to access or save a file the display time of the action will be incorrect The system event log time...

Page 40: ...and maximum value is 99 days To enable multiple NTP servers you can select Enable NTP server and enter the IP address or domain name of the servers You can enter 3 NTP servers at maximum If the system...

Page 41: ...ill be created using Unicode encoding If your FTP clients or PC does not support Unicode e g Windows 95 98 ME OS is used select the language the same as the language of your OS in order to view the fi...

Page 42: ...42 6 5 Network Settings 6 5 1 TCP IP Configuration...

Page 43: ...bles you to perform Fail Over or Load Balance functions Fail over ensures server availability to the network If the primary port is disconnected due to a hardware or cable problem the secondary port w...

Page 44: ...ware adaptive agent will repeatedly analyze the traffic flow from the server and distribute the packets based on the destination address Load balance can only occur on Layer 3 routing protocols IP or...

Page 45: ...rt to have a unique IP which allows users on different network areas to share one GNS 8000B and maintain their independence from one another in the network When using this mode fail over cannot be use...

Page 46: ...o use the default setting that the server will determine network speed automatically Obtain IP address settings automatically via DHCP If your network supports DHCP GNS 8000B will automatically use DH...

Page 47: ...ou can enable this option to provide IP address settings to the clients Start IP address The first IP address to be dynamically allocated for DHCP service End IP address The last IP address to be dyna...

Page 48: ...domain for user authentication AD Domain Member GNS 8000B supports Windows 2003 AD Active Directory to provide quick and direct import of user accounts to the existing AD server available in your netw...

Page 49: ...you do not have a WINS server on your network enter 0 0 0 0 in the field for WINS server IP address Domain Master There is a unique Domain Master Browser for collecting and recording resources and se...

Page 50: ...ssigned with multiple zones assign a zone name to GNS 8000B If you do not want to assign a network zone enter an asterisk to use the default setting This setting is disabled by default 6 5 4 Linux NFS...

Page 51: ...rom anywhere For further details please refer to Appendix A 6 5 6 FTP Service Select to enable or disable Unicode Support The default setting is No As most FTP clients do not support Unicode currently...

Page 52: ...52 6 5 7 View Network Settings You can view current network settings and status in this section...

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Page 54: ...volume status of GNS 8000B 6 6 1 Create Disk Volume GNS 8000B can accommodate four disks at maximum You can set the disk volume to the following configurations by clicking on the icons on Create Disk...

Page 55: ...nfiguring RAID 5 disk volume at least 3 disks are required c RAID 1 Mirroring Disk Volume Mirroring Disk protects your data by automatically backing up the contents of one disk onto the second disk of...

Page 56: ...er disk Files will be saved on physical disks sequentially but does not have a disk failure file protection function The overall capacity of linear disk is the sum of all disks 6 6 2 Delete Disk Volum...

Page 57: ...ne and click OK You can check the Fix errors box and the server will fix errors automatically during disk checking Disk Volume Operation Report After click OK on Examine Disk Volume page a page like b...

Page 58: ...f physical disks and logical volumes in the section Note When configuring disk volume make sure there are no active users connecting to GNS 8000B to avoid any potential damage to the disks You can che...

Page 59: ...default administrator has access to system administration and cannot be deleted Guest This is a built in user and will not be displayed on User Management page When you use a non registered user name...

Page 60: ...ate a new user User name The user name must not exceed 32 characters It is case insensitive and can contain double byte characters such as Chinese Japanese and Korean except Password The password is c...

Page 61: ...one All registered users belong to everyone group You cannot delete this group You can manage user groups with the following options User groups name must not exceed 256 characters It is case insensit...

Page 62: ...nes Lee for Administration Department and Ms Jane Wu for Sales Department The IT Department therefore needs to create two user accounts for them to access company data on GNS 8000B i To create a user...

Page 63: ...oups the users belong to on the right list i e Mr Jones Lee for Administration Dept and Ms Jane Wu for Sales Dept and click Add Then click Close iv After creating the users the users will appear on th...

Page 64: ...Administration Department only please go to User Management User Groups page Select the user group Administration Dept and click Create Private Network Share on the right 2 Enter the network share na...

Page 65: ...65 3 You can see the folder media in Network Share Management page 4 Enter Access Control You can see that only Administration Dept has full access right to the folder...

Page 66: ...ta for all users ii Quota size on each disk volume Please refer to the following example to configure the quota setting of users The IT department is planning to set the disk quota of Mr Jones Lee fro...

Page 67: ...ee on User page and click Quota Settings on the right 3 Enter the quota size 2000MB and click OK 4 Follow the same steps and enter the quota size 4000MB for Jane Wu and click OK The quota setting is s...

Page 68: ...network storage is file sharing In a standard operation environment you can create different network share folders for various types of files or provide different file access rights to users or user g...

Page 69: ...haracters Disk volume This area shows the disk volume status Path All data are stored under the assigned path onto the disk volume You can select Specify path automatically or assign a path manually T...

Page 70: ...the network share is created you can assign access rights to users or user groups Deny access Access to the network share will be denied when this option is selected Read only Users can read the file...

Page 71: ...71 6 8 4 Delete Select a share and click delete Click OK to confirm...

Page 72: ...ent of GNS 8000B 6 9 1 SNMP Settings Enable SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol service and complete all necessary settings to manage network components of the server by SNMP When enabling SNMP Tr...

Page 73: ...l be sent to the administrator automatically You can refer to Event Logs section in Statistics Logs refer to Chapter 6 10 2 to check all happened errors and warnings If your mailbox requires SMTP auth...

Page 74: ...ult iii Enable buzzer When buzzer is enabled an alert sound will be played in case of system error iv Power Supply Type Select power supply type There is one power supply by default Do NOT change the...

Page 75: ...ut down automatically by probing the power status of the connected UPS unit Enable UPS support To activate the UPS support you can select this option You can set the shutdown timer to turn off the sys...

Page 76: ...model you are using is not available on the list please contact our technical support IP Address of UPS If you have selected APC UPS with SNMP for UPS model enter the IP address of the UPS Note When U...

Page 77: ...evel1 com Read the release notes carefully to make sure you need to upgrade the firmware Step 2 Before upgrading system firmware back up all disk data on the server to avoid any potential data loss du...

Page 78: ...78 GNS 8000B firmware...

Page 79: ...79 6 9 7 Change Logo You can choose a personal picture to display on the login page of GNS 8000B The size of the picture cannot exceed 20K bytes...

Page 80: ...mental backup By full backup all source files will be backed up By incremental backup only modified or new files after last backup will be backed up Backup Now To back up files to the tape drive immed...

Page 81: ...81 Scheduled Jobs You can schedule a backup job to be executed automatically Click New and define the job name backup source backup type and schedule...

Page 82: ...ject or erase the tape here Click Apply to execute the action Job Status You can view the status of backup or restore job Note 1 The SCSI tape drive has to be properly connected and turned on before s...

Page 83: ...mote folders on another server The files will be compressed before the replication process in order to save time for data transfer Make sure a network share is created before creating a remote replica...

Page 84: ...ll settings and click OK to save or Cancel to quit Note To use remote replication enable Microsoft Networking service make sure the destination network share and directory have been created and the us...

Page 85: ...85 ii Edit a Select the job to be edited b Click Edit c Modify the settings d Click OK to save or Cancel to quit iii Delete a Select the job to be deleted b Click Delete...

Page 86: ...backup the setting s select the appropriate option s and click Backup To restore a backup settings file click Browse to select the file and click Restore To reset the setting s to factory default s se...

Page 87: ...87 6 9 11 USB CD DVD Backup Restore USB Backup Restore function enables you to back up local data to CD DVD discs via USB CD DVD burner and CD DVD data to local disk Using USB Backup Restore...

Page 88: ...on the burner and input a writable disc b Click Re detect The system will display information of the detected burner c Click Eject Disc to eject the disc from the burner d Insert the disc again and c...

Page 89: ...e Directory select a network share from the drop down menu and enter a directory name You can also use stroke to indicate multiple directories e g sales jenny c Select Write Speed d Click Write to dis...

Page 90: ...m the drop down menu and enter a directory name You can also use stroke to indicate multiple directories e g sales jenny c Select Overwrite existing files to overwrite existing files in the directory...

Page 91: ...ed on to Web File Manager 6 10 2 Event Logs GNS 8000B can store thousands of recent event logs including warning error and information messages In case of system malfunction event logs can be retrieve...

Page 92: ...our GNS 8000B When the server is found double click on the server name to connect c You may also use Search for Computers function to look for your GNS 8000B in Windows Under Windows OS please follow...

Page 93: ...93 2 Once the connection to GNS 8000B is successful all listing on your available network share will be displayed Use the option Map Network Drive to map the folder s as your network drive...

Page 94: ...Apple MAC user you can access GNS 8000B by the following ways 1 Using Network Browser a Choose Network Browser in Apple menu b In Network Browser choose AppleTalk A list of computers on the AppleTalk...

Page 95: ...95 c Enter the login name and password or use Guest to enter Click Connect d When GNS 8000B is connected all network shares will be shown...

Page 96: ...96 e Choose a network share to connect The network share will appear on the desktop...

Page 97: ...97 2 Using Chooser a Select Chooser on Apple menu bar b Click on AppleShare The name of GNS 8000B will appear on the right side of the window...

Page 98: ...98 c Use the mouse to highlight GNS 8000B and click OK d Enter the correct login name and password or use Guest to login and then click Connect...

Page 99: ...99 e All available network shares will be listed Select a network share and click OK f Close the Chooser program Double click on the icon on the desktop to access the files...

Page 100: ...y use the following command mount t nfs 192 168 0 1 public mnt pub Note You must login as root user to initiate the above command 2 Login as the user id you define you can use the mounted directory to...

Page 101: ...server or access the public share folders as guest Please go to Network Settings FTP service and enable FTP service before using FTP service Follow the steps below to use FTP service 1 Open an IE brow...

Page 102: ...102 b Click the share folder in FTP section c When the ftp folder is shown enter user name and password...

Page 103: ...103 d The share folder will be shown You can then manage the folder by dragging and dropping files to it as well as rename or delete the files...

Page 104: ...on system maintenance 8 1 Restart Shut down Server Follow the steps below to restart or shut down GNS 8000B 1 Ask all active users of GNS 8000B to save their files and disconnect from the server 2 En...

Page 105: ...8000B 1 Press the reset button of GNS 8000B for a few seconds A beep sound will be heard 2 Login GNS 8000B with the default user name and password Default user name administrator Password admin Note T...

Page 106: ...mal Shutdown In case of power outage or improper shutdown of GNS 8000B the system will resume to the state before it is shut down If your server does not function properly after restart please do the...

Page 107: ...Launch the web browser and go to GNS 8000B home page Select Web File Manager and enter the correct login name and password You may also enter guest in the login name field with no password to access t...

Page 108: ...Click on a file displayed on the web page The information of the file will be displayed If your browser does not support the file format the download window pops up automatically Once the file is down...

Page 109: ...elete ii Click Delete on the toolbar iii Confirm to delete the file or folder To delete all files and folders click Select All and then Delete Upload file i Open the folder to upload file to ii Click...

Page 110: ...in Chinese you may have to configure the browser settings Take Internet Explorer as an example follow the steps below to configure the settings 1 Click on Tools in IE browser 5 Restart the browser 2...

Page 111: ...lder Refresh reload the current page Home return to network share list home page Create folder Rename file or folder Delete file or folder Select all Cancel selection Logout Full access network share...

Page 112: ...uthentication AD environment mixed mode can be supported by GNS 8000B For example qatest com tw and sub2 qatest com tw are domains controlled by Windows 2003 server and sub1 qatest com tw domain is co...

Page 113: ...vice Pack 1 8 When GNS 8000B is added to AD domain the authority of everyone will not work everyone is the original account of GNS 8000B but doesn t include AD Therefore the authority has to be reset...

Page 114: ...4 Adding GNS 8000B to Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Domain 1 Go to TCP IP Configuration in Network Settings Enter the IP address of primary DNS server You can inquire AD domain via this DNS ser...

Page 115: ...ain Member and enter the domain name and the user name with administrator access right to that domain Note a Make sure that a fully qualified domain name such as qatest com tw has been filled in b Mak...

Page 116: ...the settings in step 2 domain name domain user name and the password When the following message appears after applying the settings in step 2 check the time zone settings Make sure the difference of y...

Page 117: ...ng of domain member you can view the list for domain users and local users in User Management 5 Go to Access Control in Network Share Management to configure the access control right of AD users for a...

Page 118: ...118 Using AD users to access services To access services like FTP Network Neighborhood or Apple Talk with an AD user account add DomainName before the user name when logging in...

Page 119: ...ub1 and the user who has administrator access right for identification Note a Please notice that GNS 8000B and Windows 2000 2003 server must be in the same section or the system will show the followin...

Page 120: ...pears after applying the settings in step 2 check the time zone settings Make sure the difference of your time and that of AD server is less than 5 minutes If the time difference is larger than 5 minu...

Page 121: ...ers to access services To access services like FTP Network Neighborhood or Apple Talk with an domain user account add DomainName before the user name when logging in Note To join AD domain again set G...

Page 122: ...on GNS 8000B the first time or the disk on the same GNS 8000B model is used Users can re configure disk volume R W error Disk fails When R W error is shown users should back up data immediately and re...

Page 123: ...diately and replace the failed disk to rebuild RAID configuration Note 1 When R W error is displayed for hard disk status or Not active or In degraded mode is displayed for RAID configuration please r...

Page 124: ...share and set up the user account and password for the virus scan agent Specify the IP address of the virus scan agent When there is a file transfer the virus scan agent will notify the virus scan so...

Page 125: ...125 3 Click Finish to complete the Setup...

Page 126: ...w the system information the first time you have successfully installed the virus scan agent The description of the fields is as below Fields Description Server Name Name of the network share under th...

Page 127: ...been set up Infected Number of infected files Last Scan Time Date and time of the most recent virus scanning job Result Scanning result OK No files are infected Virus Found Virus is found The name of...

Page 128: ...n support tick the box Enable Virus Scan Support Enter the IP address of the virus scan server and click Apply Viewing Details of Infected Files To view the details of infected files of the network sh...

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