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MaxNAS R4

Owner’s Guide

February 2010

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Page 1: ...MaxNAS R4 Owner s Guide February 2010 www MicroNet com...

Page 2: ...1 USB Copy 14 3 2 Management Mode 14 4 Attaching External Disks 15 5 USB Target Mode 15 Chapter 3 Administering the MaxNAS 16 The Main Configuration Tree 17 1 Status Displays 18 1 1 System Status 18...

Page 3: ...and newer 44 3 2 Mac OS X 46 4 Backing up with NSync 48 4 1 Adding a task 48 4 2 Setting up an NSync target 48 4 3 Setting up an FTP target 49 4 4 Designating a MaxNAS or PlatinumRAID NSync Targets 4...

Page 4: ...igital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulation of the Canadian Department of Communications Operation in a residential area may cause unacceptable interference to radio and TV reception...

Page 5: ...or machine readable form without prior consent in writing from MicroNet MicroNet and the MicroNet logo are registered trademarks of MicroNet Technology FireWire the FireWire logo Macintosh and the Mac...

Page 6: ...nts clicking with the mouse and organizing files or folders within other folders If you are unfamiliar with these operations please consult the User s Guide that was supplied with your computer system...

Page 7: ...Easy to use for non MIS personnel SATA Serial ATA disk channel interface Networked Storage on Gigabit Ethernet Easy to use Graphical User Interface Data Reliability Features RAID Level 0 1 5 6 Span Mu...

Page 8: ...he original packing material to ensure safe transport 4 What s Included Your MaxNAS comes with the following items 1 MaxNAS unit 1 Quick Install Guide 4 Disk Drive Modules 2 Cat5e Gigabit Ethernet cab...

Page 9: ...VIEW 1 Getting Started Disk Drive Power LED LAN 1 activity LED LAN 2 activity LED System Busy LED Disk Drive Canisters Disk Lock Disk Canisters Release latch LAN 1 RJ45 Connector Disk Drive Activity F...

Page 10: ...activity Blinks red to indicate disk drive error 8 Hot plug Drive Replacement In the event of a drive failure the RAID subsystem supports the ability to hot swap drives without powering down the syst...

Page 11: ...he connected interface will glow or blink green All the HDD Power LEDs on each HDD tray should glow blue IMPORTANT If Any LED glows red and the system emits a continuous beeping sound then the system...

Page 12: ...oNet Setup Wizard Setup Wizard 2 1 3 Using the Wizard When the wizard is launched it will briefly display a welcome window followed by the main application Interface Illustrated right at the Device Di...

Page 13: ...d select Show icons for networked UPnP devices Confirm the operation in the confirmation dialog box Once UPnP is enable a Remote UPnP device icon should appear Double Click the UPnP icon for the MaxNA...

Page 14: ...2008 06 16 12 00 Current system time 3 1 USB Copy The USB Copy function enables you to copy files stored on USB devices such as USB disks and digital cameras to the MaxNAS with a press of a button To...

Page 15: ...ter 4 Connecting Users for more information on accessing shared data 5 USB Target Mode Your MaxNAS can present storage as an external USB disk device connected via the USB type A target mode port on t...

Page 16: ...configuration utility is firmware based and its operation is independent of host computer type or operating system At initial login the user will be greeted with the Product Information Screen The adm...

Page 17: ...n Configuration 3 Network Configuration 3 1 LAN 1 Interface setup 3 2 LAN 2 Interface setup 3 3 Feature and Function Configuration 4 Accounts and Permissions 4 1 Authentication services configuration...

Page 18: ...g screen enter a descriptive name such as Accounting Storage Server that will differentiate it from other storage devices on the network Click Apply to confirm or Cancel to abort 1 3 USB Printer Infor...

Page 19: ...ery charge is less than n Amount n of UPS battery remaining before system should auto shutdown 1 5 Power Management The MaxNAS can turn itself on and off according to a user preset schedule To control...

Page 20: ...ill display the most recent SMART reported health status for each disk mechanism To view the SMART results click on the smart status indication next to the specified disk mechanism and the detailed in...

Page 21: ...s hot spare s C Select the Stripe Size 4K 4096K default 64K Larger stripe size will aid in large file sequential transfers while smaller stripe size will aid in small or random file transfers D Select...

Page 22: ...el stripe size migration can prove helpful during performance tuning activities as well as at the addition of physical disks to the MaxNAS For example in a system using two drives in RAID level 1 you...

Page 23: ...tage that should be allocated to the Target USB volume by selecting the appropriate percentage from the Allocation dropdown Click OK to create the Target USB volume The Target USB volume will appear t...

Page 24: ...shares can be created by clicking the Add button from the Folder screen The Add Folder Interface Contains controls for the following elements RAID ID Select the RAIDSet to use for the share from the...

Page 25: ...Maximum space available in gigabytes up to the share size Click the Apply button to complete the folder creation or Cancel to abort 2 3 3 NFS Configuration To access and edit the NFS configuration cli...

Page 26: ...groups will appear in blue Click Apply to complete the ACL modification or Close Window to abort IMPORTANT The ACL control Screen is a popup window Make sure your browser allows popup windows for your...

Page 27: ...o lower case and numeral characters G Export share name description H Check whether the share is browsable see section 2 3 for more information I Check whether the share is public If a share is non pu...

Page 28: ...a new ISO image share select the sharepoint where the ISO image resides from the pulldown and click Select to launch the Mount Table window You can navigate the chosen share file system on the bottom...

Page 29: ...elect whether to run the Nsync task daily weekly or monthly Day of week and day of month are user selectable It is recommended the nSync link be tested before it is committed for connectivity and to v...

Page 30: ...launch a window with the log of the restoration 2 7 6 Setting transfer speed limits The nSync process can consume as much or as little of the available network bandwidth as it is allowed to utilize T...

Page 31: ...sabled Consult your network administrator for more information on these values as they are unique to your network 3 1 7 IP Forwarding The MaxNAS can route IP traffic from LAN2 to LAN1 using IP forward...

Page 32: ...k The LAN2 Interface does not support DHCP address assignment 3 2 4 DHCP Server DHCP allows for dynamic IP address assignment on TCP IP networks Your MaxNAS can serve as a DHCP server to a network att...

Page 33: ...face by clients that support the protocol You may enable or disable UPNP support by navigating to Network Service Click Apply to complete the operation 3 3 4 Apple File Protocol Services The AFP proto...

Page 34: ...ughout your entire home For more information and a list of compatible devices please visit www dlna org To configure the media server navigate to Network Media Server and the Media Manager Settings wi...

Page 35: ...the Group List pane and clicking the button Please note that spaces slashes or commas are not valid for group names Click Apply to finalize the action or Back to abort 4 2 2 Removing Groups To remove...

Page 36: ...hip To remove a group membership from the selected user highlight the desired group in the Group Member pane and click the button When changes to the user s group membership are complete click Apply t...

Page 37: ...ettings and connectivity functionality click Test to generate a test email 5 2 Event Logs From the System menu choose the Logs item and the System Logs screen appears This screen lets you configure an...

Page 38: ...o System Module Mgmt To install a new module click Browse next to the Module file entry box Navigate and select the module file Click Install to begin the upload and confirm the operation in the follo...

Page 39: ...Reboot to restart the unit or Shutdown to turn off the unit 5 10 Log Out of the Administration Interface To log out of the MaxNAS Administration User Interface navigate to Log Out at the right edge of...

Page 40: ...Workgroup by default Double click to see the available shares Alternatively you may use Window s search function to look for computers named MaxNAS You can map share folders on the MaxNAS so you can a...

Page 41: ...the Connect to Server dialog accessible from the Go Connect to Server Finder menu option In the server address field enter smb MaxNAS sharename where MaxNAS is the name or IP address of the MaxNAS an...

Page 42: ...s Webdisk securely navigate to the MaxNAS home page in your web browser using https MaxNAS where MaxNAS is either the Netbios name or IP address of your MaxNAS In the Login page type in the assigned U...

Page 43: ...Operations The file operations button bar is located undeneath the table header row Buttons on the folder page allow you to create a new folder upload files and delete files in the folder Up Goes to t...

Page 44: ...reates a potential security risk since storage data is accessible on the user LAN The most common means of separation is creating a new LAN segment physically separate from your LAN and keeping that s...

Page 45: ...hentication and OK on the iSCSI Initiator properties window 3 1 5 Open the disk management console A list of the attached drives and their respective volumes will appear Each Volume set will appear as...

Page 46: ...qualified for use with the GlobalSAN initiator from Studio Network Solutions It can be obtained from their web site at http www studionetworksolutions com Before you begin please make sure you are log...

Page 47: ...the Disk Utility application located under Applications Utilities folder 3 2 6 Highlight your new drive and select the Partition tab 3 2 7 Select the new partition map type 3 2 8 Select the desired fi...

Page 48: ...Nsync Task screen Item Description Task Name The name of your Nsync task Manufacturer Select whether the target is a Thecus Product e g MaxNAS or FTP server Target Server IP Address The IP address of...

Page 49: ...e you begin please make sure the driver for your printer is properly installed on your computer Please consult your printer manufacturer for up to date drivers for your host operating system 5 1 Windo...

Page 50: ...Open Printer Folder from the Control Panel 5 2 2 Click 5 2 3 Select Add a network wireless or Bluetooth printer 5 2 4 Select The printer that I want isn t listed You can press The printer that I want...

Page 51: ...sed on printer installation on a Mac OS X 10 5 based host Other Mac OS X hosts are configured similarly 5 3 1 Access the printer control panel located in System Preferences 5 3 2 Click the in the Prin...

Page 52: ...everal levels of the Berkeley RAID techniques An appropriate RAID level is selected when the volume sets are defined or created and is based on disk capacity data availability fault tolerance or redun...

Page 53: ...which are then duplicated to another set of drive for data protection RAID 10 provides the highest read write performance of any of the Hybrid RAID levels but at the cost of doubling the required data...

Page 54: ...hot spare drive Hot spares permit you to replace failed drives automatically without powering down your MaxNAS When your MaxNAS detects a drive failure the system will automatically and transparently...

Page 55: ...not power off the MaxNAS from the power button as it may cause data loss General Use Precautions Do not expose the MaxNAS to temperatures outside the range of 5 C 41 F to 45 C 104 F Doing so may dama...

Page 56: ...support please follow the below procedure to reset the MaxNAS R8 to factory default Using the front panel press this sequence 1 Press button 5 times 2 Press button 2 times 3 Press button 1 times 4 Pr...

Page 57: ...rk connections open a command prompt and type net use You may then disconnect the sessions by typing net use session DELETE where session is the session revealed above illustrated right Alternatively...

Page 58: ...hared may have been disrupted and has not been re established automatically Ensure that the target iSCSI device is online and accessible and perform reconnected as described in Chapter 3 Section 2 5 5...

Page 59: ...stance Please have the model serial number date of purchase and reseller s name available before making contact If possible call from a telephone near the system so we can direct you in any necessary...

Page 60: ...ss all disks This is a high availability Solution but due to the 100 data duplication it is also a costly solution 4 4 1 2 N Disks Lower than RAID 6 higher than RAID 5 Reads are similar to RAID 0 Writ...

Page 61: ...r information accounts passwords printers computers network information and other data Microsoft calls Active Directory a namespace where names can be resolved ADS Benefits ADS lets the MaxNAS easily...

Page 62: ...PS 940 0020 cable Back UPS RS 500 custom non USB cable Belkin Regulator Pro serial Resource Home Office F6H350 SER F6H500 SER F6H650 SER Universal UPS F6C800 UNV F6C120 UNV F6C1100 UNV F6H500ukUNV Bes...

Page 63: ...8750 10000 MGE UPS SYSTEMS NOVA AVR 600 Serial NOVA AVR 1100 Serial Pulsar Ellipse USBS Serial cable S Premium USBS Serial cable Premium S Ellipse Office 600 Serial cable 750 Serial cable 1000 Serial...

Page 64: ...0 RPT 800A RPT 162A SMS Brazil Manager III SOLA 325 520 610 620 330 SOLA BASIC Mexico various ISBMEX protocol Socomec Sicon Egys 420 VA Soltec Winmate 525 625 800 1000 Soyntec Sekury C 500 800 SquareO...

Page 65: ...col for sharing files printers serial ports and other communications between computers CIFS is based on the widely used SMB protocol Degraded Mode All RAID schemes with the exception of RAID 0 are des...

Page 66: ...n essential component of contemporary Internet use Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP a client server networking protocol A DHCP server provides configuration parameters specific to the DHCP cli...

Page 67: ...nternet SCSI a protocol allowing clients called initiators to send SCSI commands CDBs to SCSI storage devices targets on remote servers It is a popular Storage Area Network SAN protocol MAC Media Acce...

Page 68: ...d to provide throughputs in excess of 1 GB sec using a 64 bit wide 133 MHz implementation Physical Drive A single tangible drive is referred to as a physical drive Primary Storage Main memory i e RAM...

Page 69: ...hy arrays A and B These two arrays in turn are striped using 4 stripes comprised of the strips 1A 1B 2A 2B etc to form a RAID 0 at the upper level of the hierarchy The result is a RAID 10 Advantage RA...

Page 70: ...e hard disks In the figure below the displayed stripe set has 4 stripes with strip number 1 comprised of the purple strips 1A 1B and 1C Stripe number 2 is comprised of the green strips 2A 2B and 2C et...

Page 71: ...to its destination in secondary storage unless the heuristics governing the flushing of dirty data demands otherwise This methodology can improve the efficiency of write operations under favorable cir...

Page 72: ...Network Services Dual Channel Gigabit Ethernet with multiple subnet support Fixed Dynamic IP Assignment 802 3ad based failover and link aggregation Platforms supported Windows 98 ME NT 2000 XP Apple O...

Page 73: ...ement via web browser based RAID management UPS monitoring via RS 232 and system shutdown on low battery Wake on LAN and Scheduled Power On Off Fault Notification Email notification Buzzer notificatio...

Page 74: ...cludes software developed by Bodo Moeller This product includes software developed by Greg Roelofs and contributors for the book PNG The Definitive Guide published by O Reilly and Associates This prod...

Page 75: ...And you must show them these terms so they know their rights We protect your rights with two steps 1 copyright the software and 2 offer you this license which gives you legal permission to copy distri...

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Page 77: ...not impose any further restrictions on the recipients exercise of the rights granted herein You are not responsible for enforcing compliance by third parties to this License 7 If as a consequence of a...

Page 78: ...e software and of promoting the sharing and reuse of software generally NO WARRANTY 11 BECAUSETHE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE THERE IS NOWARRANTY FORTHE PROGRAM TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLI...

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