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4-Bay SATA NAS RAID Server with iSCSI

NAS-7410

Default DHCP Client

OFF

Default IP Address

192.168.0.100

Default Login User Name

admin

Default Login Password

admin

Search Tools

NAS Finder

If the networked device’s default IP Address (

192.168.0.100

) is already used

by another device, the other device must be turned off until the device is
allocated a new IP Address during configuration.

Summary of Contents for NAS-7410

Page 1: ...1 NAS 7410 4 Bay SATA NAS RAID Server with iSCSI ...

Page 2: ...ts are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this eq...

Page 3: ...effects on the environment and human health as a result of the presence of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment end users of electrical and electronic equipment should understand the meaning of the crossed out wheeled bin symbol Do not dispose of WEEE as unsorted municipal waste they should be collected separately Revision User s Manual for PLANET 4 Bay SATA NAS RAID SERVER ...

Page 4: ...26 Chapter 4 Network Configuration 27 4 1 Network Information 27 4 2 TCP IP settings 28 4 3 Windows settings 30 4 4 UNIX Linux settings 31 4 5 Macintosh settings 33 4 6 Web data access settings 34 4 7 FTP data access settings 35 4 8 SNMP settings 37 4 9 Email settings 38 4 10 SSL settings 39 4 11 IPv6 39 Chapter 5 Volume Configuration 41 5 1 Volume Information 41 5 2 Creating a volume 43 5 3 Delet...

Page 5: ...nts 80 8 6 Accessing from NFS clients 81 Chapter 9 Backup and Recovery 83 9 1 Snapshot Fast Point In Time copies 83 9 2 SmartSync NAS to NAS data replication 84 9 4 Backup and restore system profiles 90 9 5 Backup USB device 92 Chapter 10 Virus Protection 93 10 1 Information 93 10 2 Real time manual and schedule scanning 94 10 3 Configuring scan settings 95 10 4 Updating virus pattern file 96 Chap...

Page 6: ...warranty for this product 1 2 Overview High Performance Shared Storage Server PLANET NAS 7410 a reliable and high performance business class network storage is a 4 bay RAID network storage system for those seeking reliable and affordable server virtualization and file storage The network storage unified architecture supports both NAS and IP SAN applications and solves numerous data management prob...

Page 7: ...romise between speed and disk failure proof hardware level data protection It also supports hot swap design so that a failed drive can be replaced by hot swapping without turning off the server Multiple LAN for Better Efficiency The NAS 7410 features multiple functions to support LAN storage for better efficiency Fault Tolerance When LAN1 of the NAS 7410 fails to connect to the network LAN2 would ...

Page 8: ... also allows iOS and Android WebDAV clients to access files from NAS server Powerful Disc Images Management and Sharing by Disc Server Disc Server is our unique technology which is designed for CD DVD Blu ray disc images creation burning and data archiving for central management This feature saves the space for storing the physical discs reduces the risk of data loss caused by disc wearing and tea...

Page 9: ... infected files to prevent users from distributing virus from NAS on the network Energy Efficient Design The NAS 7410 features green technologies to protect the environment and save electricity The smart fan monitors the system temperature of the NAS 7410 and automatically adjusts its speed to ensure quiet operation and power saving Scheduled power on off feature provides flexibility to only allow...

Page 10: ...iles Allows the administrator to allocate the amount of available disk space to individual users Provides password protected data access to all users Supports up to 2048 user accounts with individual access rights SmartSync backup for automatic client backup Snapshot for instant backup and restoration NAS to NAS replication for remote backup WebDAV enables viewing adding or deleting files from the...

Page 11: ...or network protection QoS DSCP Supported Languages Unicode UTF 8 Supported Browsers Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 9 10 Google Chrome Firefox Supported Clients Windows XP Vista Windows 7 32 64 bit Windows Server 2003 2008 R2 Apple Mac OS 8 X 9 X 10 6X Linux UNIX Data Backup and Management RAID level Single Disk JBOD RAID 0 1 1 Hot Spare 5 5 Hot Spare 6 6 Hot Spare 10 10 Hot Spare Max User Groups 20...

Page 12: ...il buzzer trap web reminder General Power Requirements 100 240V AC 3 5A 50 60Hz Operating Temperature 0 40 degrees C Operating Humidity 10 80 non condensing Weight 5 1Kg Dimensions W x D x H 200 x 320 x 210 mm Power Management Wake on LAN Scheduled Power On Off COM Port USB and Network UPS Support Antivirus Protection against the latest known viruses Trojans and other threats Virus pattern update ...

Page 13: ...ront Panel Interface Description Power Button Press the button to start the NAS Reset Button This button is used to restore all the factory default settings USB Socket Connects to UPS and external HDD FAT FAT32 NTFS LED Color Description Power Blue On Power on Off Power off HDD Activity Red HDD is being accessed ...

Page 14: ...nal hard drive case COM Connect to UPS LAN Jack LAN1 LAN Jack LAN2 These RJ 45 ports support auto negotiating Gigabit Ethernet interface That allows your system to be connected to an Internet Access device e g router cable modem or ADSL modem over a CAT 5 twisted pair Ethernet cable USB Socket Connect to UPS and external HDD FAT FAT32 NTFS VGA Future Feature Service Future Feature ...

Page 15: ...h iSCSI NAS 7410 15 2 2 Hardware Installation 2 2 1 Installing the Hard Disk Drive 1 Release the HDD tray by pulling the lock to the right 2 Pull the HDD tray out of the case 3 Place the HDD in the tray by unscrewing and screwing it ...

Page 16: ...s GUI Web based Graphical User Interface for management and administration The default IP address of NAS server is 192 168 0 100 You may now open your web browser and insert http 192 168 0 100 in the address bar of your web browser to login web configuration page The NAS server will prompt for login username password Please enter admin admin to continue the NAS Server administration ...

Page 17: ... 192 168 0 100 Default Login User Name admin Default Login Password admin Search Tools NAS Finder If the networked device s default IP Address 192 168 0 100 is already used by another device the other device must be turned off until the device is allocated a new IP Address during configuration ...

Page 18: ...network that will help you to configure some basic setting before you start advanced management and monitoring Configuring the IP addresses using NAS Finder The utility is designed to perform a quick setup and put your NAS server online in just a few minutes During startup NAS Finder begins to discover the entire NAS server on the network The default server name would be NAS 7410 1 Highlight the s...

Page 19: ...4 Bay SATA NAS RAID Server with iSCSI NAS 7410 19 3 The default is Assign an IP address manually If you want IP settings to be assigned automatically click Obtain IP settings automatically ...

Page 20: ...er with iSCSI NAS 7410 20 4 Enter the Server Name Server Comment and Workgroup Domain Name and select either the Workgroup mode or Domain mode 6 Change the admin password if necessary 7 Click the OK button to save the settings ...

Page 21: ...y information of the NAS server Item Description Server Name Name of the NAS server A NAS server has one unique name applicable to all network protocols Server Comment The text which is shown in the comment field when browsing network computers in Windows Network Neighborhood Date Time Server date and time in 24 hour format Time Zone The time zone setting of the server relative to the Greenwich st...

Page 22: ...n shows the parameters which can be modified on the Server General page 3 3 Modifying the administrator s password Admin is a built in user account for the administrator It is like the root account in UNIX or the administrator account in Windows 2000 or XP Using this account users have access to the administration homepage and all the storage resources By default the password for this user account...

Page 23: ...re are power events like utility power failure or low battery capacity When power events occur the NAS server can shut down itself automatically to prevent potential data loss To use smart signaling UPS connect UPS to the NAS server with an RS 232 or USB cable Then go to the Server UPS Settings menu on the administration page to enable UPS support To use network type UPS connect the UPS to the LAN...

Page 24: ...f checked the NAS server will turn off the UPS while it is shutting down by power failure If not the UPS will still be working when the server is shut down 3 5 Shutting down the server Shutdown reboot and startup actions The NAS server can be shut down by pressing the power button twice on the front of the server case The whole shutdown process might take seconds to minutes until data are all safe...

Page 25: ...configuration to factory default Reset all configurations to default Scheduled shutdown and power on To set the automatic power on and shutdown schedules select the Server Shutdown menu Click the Schedule tab to modify the schedules On the schedule settings page you can set daily or day of month schedules Check the Enable check boxes and specify the time of powering on or shutting down Remember to...

Page 26: ...OS firmware by using the web browser The process is simple and fast Once you get the image file of the new OS firmware from your vendor open the Administration Homepage of the NAS server and select the Server Upgrade menu Specify the full path of the image file or click the Browse button to find it Click Apply to begin The process might take several minutes The server will reboot after the firmwar...

Page 27: ...rk Information screen is the summary of the current network settings of the NAS server It provides the administrator a quick look of the basic network setting of the NAS server The Information page is divided into two sections The Network Protocols section displays the current network protocol settings of the server Item Description Protocol Type Display network protocol supported by the server Co...

Page 28: ...es name and its IP addresses without the user or an administrator having to be involved in each configuration change DNS Server IP Address IP address of the domain name system DNS server which locates the domain names and translates it into IP addresses DNS Suffix Display the DNS suffix NTP Time Server IP Address The IP address of the NTP Network Time Protocol server is used to synchronize system ...

Page 29: ...ransmission to multiple destination addresses using both LAN1 and LAN2 If the traffic of one of the LAN ports starts to get congested requests are then forwarded to the other LAN port with more capacity until the traffic of both LAN ports start to get balanced Note that only the LAN1 Ethernet port receives incoming traffic Load Balancing also incorporates Fault Tolerance protection Link Aggregatio...

Page 30: ...eld will appear only when the optional Gigabit Ethernet adapter is installed in your system 6 Input the WINS server IP address 7 Input the DNS server IP address 8 Input the DNS Suffix 9 Input the NTP Time Server IP Address if available 10 Click Apply to save the setting To disable a LAN port enter 0 0 0 0 in its IP address field If you happen to disable all LAN ports and cannot access the administ...

Page 31: ...main Mode 5 Input the domain manager s user name and password Power Users at least 6 Select the option to disconnect idle connection automatically Server will disconnect the connections which have been idle for 5 minutes if this option is enabled 7 Click Apply to save the setting 4 4 UNIX Linux settings NAS server can export shares to UNIX Linux client via NFS protocol UNIX Linux client then can m...

Page 32: ...three numbers corresponds to the type of users Owner Members of a group and Everyone Else Number Read R Write W Execute X 0 No No No 1 No No Yes 2 No Yes No 3 No Yes Yes 4 Yes No No 5 Yes No Yes 6 Yes Yes No 7 Yes Yes Yes For example if the permission of a file is set to 777 this file has read written and executed permissions for the owner the group and for other users Configuring UNIX Linux netwo...

Page 33: ...er names and assigns the UID GID of the matched NIS users to local domain users The user auto mapping function provides better and tighter integration between NFS clients and other network operating systems The steps of enabling NIS support are as follows 1 Check the Enable NIS Support checkbox 2 The NIS domain name is required Please fill in the correct name in NIS Domain Name field 3 If you do n...

Page 34: ...figuring Macintosh network settings 1 Click the Enable Macintosh Network AFP Protocol checkbox to enable access for AFP client 2 Select a protocol and click the radio button beside it 3 Click the Local account authentication radio button to authenticate user using the server s local user database 4 Or click the Local and domain account authentication radio button to use both local account and Micr...

Page 35: ...curity authentication 5 Select the default type of the folder display on the user page You can choose from Detail View Large Icons or Small Icons 6 Click the checkbox beside the Allow users to modify ACL to give users the privilege to modify the ACL table entries 7 Click Apply to save the setting Configuring WebDAV Settings 1 Go to Network Web page 2 Click the Enable WebDAV checkbox to enable WebD...

Page 36: ...SSL TLS mode to access data that will make the data more secure For example use FileZilla as the FTP clients and select Require explicit FTP over TLS b Allow anonymous login and map to Enable this option to let anonymous login and map to local account for the access rights to someone who is in NAS 7410 s user database For example use anonymous to login FTP server c Allow individual user login You ...

Page 37: ...n between the SNMP management console and the NAS server cannot be established if the community names are mismatched IP IP address of the SNMP management console Trap A trap is a voluntary message sent out from an SNMP agent which is in this case your NAS server when there is an event occurred Management Configure the SNMP management console as Read Only or Full Control Location Provides location ...

Page 38: ...de Send a test trap to send sample trap information to validate your setting of the SNMP settings 10 Click Apply to save the setting 4 9 Email settings You can configure email notification to notify you when there is an event occurred to the NAS server Enter the information of the SMTP server on your network in this menu you can configure what kind of event should trigger the email notification pr...

Page 39: ...ertificate For clients to access server web pages with secure connection they have to install the CA certificate first First to the Network SSL page Click Download and install CA certificate hyperlink Choose to install the certificate when a dialog box pops up Once the CA certificate is installed the client can access all NAS server s web pages with SSL connection Suppose that the server IP addres...

Page 40: ...gs 1 Click the IPv6 checkbox to enable IPv6 in Web IPv6 2 Select Obtain IPv6 address automatically or use self settings 3 Input the LAN1 and LAN2 IPv6 address prefix length and gateway respectively if the self settings selected Input IPv6 address for DNA server 1and 2 if needed ...

Page 41: ...te the hard disks which comprise the volume RAID Type Indicates whether this volume is JBOD a single hard disk RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 6 or RAID 10 Please refer to the next section for more information about RAID Free Space Indicates the volume usage by showing the free storage space in the volume and the percentage Status Indicates the disk activity on the volume The disk activity might be one ...

Page 42: ...ume settings from the hard disks After the volume settings are restored it will return to the last known state which is specified in parentheses Checking Checking the file system Mounting Mounting the volume for data access Create xx Creating a volume The progress is shown in percentage Rebuild xx Rebuilding a RAID The progress is shown in percentage Expand xx Expanding a RAID The progress is show...

Page 43: ...s Off line The hard disk is not mounted and not accessible Backup Archiving devices These are either CD DVD ROM drives CD DVD writers or drives Type indicates what kind of device it is Mode indicates the data transfer mode of the storage device interface Device type could be CD ROM CD R CD RW DVD ROM DVD R DVD RW or DVD ROM CD RW 5 2 Creating a volume The first thing for the administrator to do wi...

Page 44: ...sk fails RAID level 5 uses three or more hard disks Building a RAID 5 volume may take hours depending on capacity RAID 6 RAID 6 striped disks with dual parity combines four or more disks in a way that protects data against loss of any two disks RAID 10 RAID 1 0 or 10 is a mirrored data set RAID 1 which is then striped RAID 0 hence the 1 0 name A RAID 1 0 array requires a minimum of four drives two...

Page 45: ... spare Assign the free disks as hot spares by using the dual window panes Click Apply to submit changes To remove disks from the hot spare list please go to the Volume Delete page Select the hot spares to be deleted in the Remove Hot Spare Disks table and click Delete 5 3 Deleting a volume To delete a volume go to the Volume Delete page Select the volume to be deleted and click the Delete button P...

Page 46: ...n the Volume Information page 5 5 Migrating Data Volumes Migrating a data volume is to duplicate a volume block by block It helps administrators migrate or duplicate data between volumes of different RAID types or capacity During data migration both the source volume and the target volume will be un mounted not available for client access To migrate data select a source volume and the target volum...

Page 47: ...tive cluster will mark as bad in the file system All the newly added devices will be scanned before usage to ensure the data integrity in the NAS Server Select the volumes or disks you want to scan click Scan Now button to start scanning Or click Schedule to set the time for NAS Server to perform scanning at the scheduled time Disk Auto scanning To make sure that the hard disks contain no bad sect...

Page 48: ...ge over long distances iSCSI can be used to transmit data over local area networks LANs wide area networks WANs or the Internet and can enable location independent data storage and retrieval iSCSI Target Follow the steps below to configure the iSCSI target service on the NAS server 1 Click iSCSI tab and Click Add to create an iSCSI target on the NAS 2 Enter the iSCSI target information for configu...

Page 49: ...ped to and unmapped from the iSCSI target anytime You can deactivate or activate by clicking or icon respectively You can delete a target by clicking icon Initiator Management Add up to 32 Initiators to the Initiator Allow List By default all Initiators have no access permission Add a new initiator 1 Enter initiator name or IP ...

Page 50: ... folder When accessing the NAS server via SMB Windows network protocol all deleted files will be moved to this dedicated folder Clean Recycle Bin automatically This function can prevent the Recycle Bin from taking too much space on your hard disk leading to the occurrence of deficiencies in the volume space and can save managers from time to time required to clean up the Recycle Bin Delete time se...

Page 51: ...user database 2 Create shares 3 Configure Files Folders and shares permission 4 Configure local account domain account and UNIX Linux Hosts permission 5 Maintain the ACL table 6 Configure the local user and domain user quota limit 6 1 Security information The Security Information screen is the statistic of the current security setting of the NAS server It provides administrator with a summary of t...

Page 52: ... of Unix Linux hosts entered The Security Configuration section shows the current security configuration settings of the server Item Description Windows Security Mode Display the status of the Windows Network operating mode Status Domain Mode or Workgroup Mode Workgroup Domain Name Display either the workgroup name or domain name Domain Login Account Display the username for retrieving the domain ...

Page 53: ...volume click the folder hyperlink until you reach the desired directory path 6 Click the Create Folder button to create a new folder 7 Enter a new folder name and click Apply 8 Click the Create hyperlink to share the corresponding folder 9 Enter a unique shared name in the Share Name field The shared name is what user will see when they connect to this share The actual name of the folder does not ...

Page 54: ...d list by first highlight the users or groups and then select the appropriate permission from the pull down menu at the bottom of the share permission item 7 Click Apply to save the setting You can also modify share permission in Security File Folder menu by clicking the Modify hyperlink of the corresponding shared folder You can assign the following share permissions to a user on NAS server No Ac...

Page 55: ...r you can specify privileged hosts by highlighting the host IP from the left hand windows 7 Select the appropriate permission from the pull down menu at the bottom of the left hand windows 8 Assign which UID GID the root account of the UNIX host should be converted into when accessing the share This is the root squash function 9 Click the button to join the privileged list 10 You can modify the pe...

Page 56: ...ame name is created as the previous one the new user does not have permissions to the file or folder because the SID will not be the same The administrator will have to re configure all the group memberships and access rights to the files and folders Since the Security ID SID for domain user is issued and maintain by the domain controller on the network Administrator does not need to re configure ...

Page 57: ...lder Configuring file and folder security 1 By default ACL control is enabled 2 Go to Security File Folder menu 3 Locate the file or folder you want to configure the permission 4 Click the icon If the icon is disabled go to Security ACL menu to enable the ACL Control 5 Clear the Inherit from parent folder check box 6 Select the users or groups from the left hand windows and click the button to joi...

Page 58: ...st be granted permission to do so by the administrator Below is the permission mapping table of NAS server in Windows Network To set view change or remove file folder permission in Windows Network 1 Locate the file or folder you want to set permission 2 Right click the file or folder click Properties Security 3 Change permission from an existing groups or users click the Allow or Deny checkbox 4 O...

Page 59: ...r NAS server You can add local user to a local group Groups are indicated by a sign at the suffix of the name You can also grant administrator privilege to a local group Groups with administrator privilege are indicated by a sign at the suffix of the name To create a local user 1 Go to Security Account Local Account menu 2 Click the Add User button 3 Type in the user name and enter the password 4 ...

Page 60: ...to a user simply add the user to the built in group Admins which has administrator privilege User with administrator privilege can access the administration home page To view and change local user property 1 Go to Security Account Local Account menu 2 Select a user 3 Click the Property button 4 If you want to change the password enter a new password and confirm 5 If you want to disable this user a...

Page 61: ...aa1aa1 group A 1GB vol 1 users user001 1GB yes user002 bb2bb2 group A 1GB vol 1 users user002 1GB yes user101 101101 group B 10GB vol 1 users user101 10GB no It is suggested that administrators use Microsoft Excel to maintain the account file and then save it as CSV files in which fields are delimited by commas Thus the advance features of Microsoft Excel like filling in a series of numbers or ite...

Page 62: ...oups When the Windows Network is set to use Domain Mode in your NAS server you need to cache domain account in the NAS server s local user database By caching domain accounts it speeds up the process of setting permissions and quotas To retrieve Windows domain user group 1 Go to Security Account menu 2 Click the Domain Account tab 3 Select the domain users or groups from domain user pool and click...

Page 63: ...nchronization will be skipped if there are more than 20 480 domain accounts in the domain controller Update User Database Changes of user accounts on the domain controller will not affect the NAS server automatically You have to do it manually The Update user database function on the Domain Account tab of the Security Account menu helps you find the user accounts which have already been deleted fr...

Page 64: ...of quotas user quota and folder quota User quota monitors the disk space usage of each user It is based on file ownership and is independent to which volume that the file and folder located Below are the descriptions of the parameters when setting up user quotas Item Description User Name User name in the local user database UID The user ID set in the user mapping table in Network UNIX Linux menu ...

Page 65: ...t folder quota to the Volume root or System folder and its sub folders Item Description Folder Name The path and folder name that the folder quota has been applied In Use Total amount of disk space used Quota Limit The amount of data that can be stored in the respective folders Delete quota entries by selecting the check box at the end of each quota entry and click this icon 1 Click the Enable fol...

Page 66: ...ong data protection 7 1 Starting to use the disc server function It requires some simple configuration before using the Disc Server function Please open the administration page and select Quick Setup from the Disc Server menu On the page select the CD or DVD device which will duplicate the disc image automatically when a disc is inserted Then specify the folder to store the duplicated disc images ...

Page 67: ... To share a single disc To share a single disc go to the Disc Server Disc Images menu of the administration page Click the Create hyperlink in the Share column Click Apply to share the disc Enter the Share Permissions tab to assign user permissions if you want to restrict user access The Unix Linux Setting tab is for configuring NFS security settings Please refer to section 6 5 Creating Share and ...

Page 68: ...scs go to the Disc Server Disc Shares page Click the Create Group Share button Specify the share name and click Apply to save settings Select the discs to share in the Share Target tab and click Apply Use the Share Permissions tab or the Unix Linux Setting tab if you want to restrict user access ...

Page 69: ...way to create a disc image is to use the CD or DVD device of NAS server to duplicate the inserted discs Usually a CD can be duplicated in 5 to 10 minutes To configure a device so that it can automatically duplicate any inserted discs please go to the Disc Server Disc Caching menu page of the administration page In the Device List table click the hyperlink text in the CD Device s Function column an...

Page 70: ...ear as a folder under the default CDROM share Copying disc images via network filing protocols or SmartSync The disc images are stored in the disc image folders Administrators can also copy or sync the disc images from one NAS server to another using Windows Explorer MacOS Finder or SmartSync When disc images are copied to a disc image folder the NAS server will not recognize them immediately Admi...

Page 71: ...ight of the page To set up the NAS server to discover disc images regularly please open the Disc Server Information page Configure the Disc Server Settings to enable the NAS server to scan for disc images every one hour Using the remote mirroring software to create disc images Please refer to Appendix B Utility for NAS server for how to use the remote mirroring software 7 4 Managing discs ...

Page 72: ...indows or other OS platforms the NAS server will not be able to list them on the Disc Images page In such cases administrators have to click the Re scan images hyperlink text to the right of the page To change the disc name To change the disc name click on the hyperlink text in the Disc Name column On the same page it also shows detailed information of the disc image To delete a disc image To dele...

Page 73: ...y forms When the archived data are not in use for a long time you can then choose to burn them to discs freeing the hard disk space The archive folder During data archiving the NAS server will first create disc images in the archive folder which is a disc image folder specifically for storing archived data in the form of disc images Firstly specify the location of the archive folder on the Disc Se...

Page 74: ...ude only the files of which the archive bits are set The NAS server will clear the archive bits of the source files which are archived if not deleted Advanced Settings Skip Archiving Do archiving only if You can set constraints so that the archiving task is activated only when one of the following conditions is met if the free volume space is lower than n in other words the data archiving will be ...

Page 75: ...ller to authenticate users It can also authenticate users by local accounts In the domain mode when a Windows user requests to access a shared folder the user will be authenticated with the domain accounts first then the local accounts If the user is assigned with proper access rights in the share permissions and the ACL settings the user will be allowed to access the shared folder For those using...

Page 76: ...he NAS server is in the domain mode Go to the Security Account Domain Account page Get domain user account for the domain controller Next tick some domain account to be cached in NAS server 5 Share the volume to network users Go to the Security File Folder menu Find the volume01 entry and click Create in the Sharing column or click Modify if the volume has been shared On the Property page check th...

Page 77: ...een shared On the Property page check the Web Access HTTP check box and click Apply 4 Set the share permissions After sharing the volume click the Share Permissions tab to specify the access rights of local users groups and domain users groups Now users can run the web browser and open the IP address of 192 168 0 100 to browse the NAS server When the user homepage is opened it prompts for user nam...

Page 78: ...te icon to delete them To rename a file or folder click the Rename icon input the name and press the Enter key If a user has the Full Control access right for a file or folder he can modify its ACL by clicking the ACL icon in the Permission column 8 4 Accessing from MacOS After setting the NAS server to operate in the workgroup mode or the domain mode follow the steps below to configure for MacOS ...

Page 79: ...fter sharing the volume specify the access rights of local users groups and domain users groups After the configuration is done MacOS 8 or OS 9 users can use the MacOS Chooser or Network Browser to access the NAS server Mac OS X users can use the Connect to Server function to open the NAS server For example open the Connect to Server window in Finder You can either type the IP address of NAS Serve...

Page 80: ... accounts a Only use the public directory Select this option and FTP clients will enter public folder for accessing the same data For example Use FileZilla as FTP client for login to public folder b Use the user s private directory Select option can create a private directory for each privileged user for logging in to their private directory For example use FileZilla as FTP client for logging in t...

Page 81: ...t and export the volume for NFS clients to mount 1 Enable the UNIX Linux Network support the NFS protocol Open the administration page and enter the Network UNIX Linux menu Check the Enable UNIX Linux Network check box and click Apply 2 Go to the Security Account UNIX Linux Host page and add the hosts that might be trusted to access the NAS server 3 Export the volume to NFS clients Go to the Secur...

Page 82: ... NAS RAID Server with iSCSI NAS 7410 82 permission as you specify in the configuration steps The users on the NFS client with proper access rights will be able to access the mnt directory and hence the NAS server ...

Page 83: ...em Description Show the snap folder With the snap folders enabled end users can access snapshot data without intervention of MIS people retrieving previous versions of files from the snap folders Administrators can choose to show the snap folders under the root of a volume or under all folders Name the snap folder as snap Using the AFP protocol the folders with names beginning with dot will be hid...

Page 84: ... restored to the previous state If you want to restore only part of the data please simply copy them from the snap folders to the current file system Snapshot scheduling To manage snapshot schedules please open the administration page Enter the Backup Snapshot Schedule page To add a snapshot schedule either click the Add Schedule icons next to the volume names or click on the Add Schedule button o...

Page 85: ...teps to take when adding a SmartSync task Step 1 is to specify the IP address of the SmartSync server Please enter the IP address of the NAS server where you create the sync point Step 2 is to choose a sync point of Mirror mode in the SmartSync server Please also provide a user account with the privilege to replicate data to the sync point Step 3 is to complete the task settings On the page you sh...

Page 86: ...oint Step 3 is to complete the task settings On the page you should provide the task name select the source folder to replicate specify the schedule and configure the SmartSync options Step 4 is for confirmation showing the brief information of the task settings Restoring files from the SmartSync backups To restore data from the SmartSync server please create a SmartSync task on the client Open th...

Page 87: ...ion of the task settings The SmartSync options When setting up a SmartSync task you will see the following SmartSync options Item Description Compress the data stream during data transmission When checked it will compress data before transmitting to the SmartSync server Sometimes it will make it faster to complete a task However it takes extra CPU time to compress data and may have performance pen...

Page 88: ...session CD Mixed Mode CD and UDF V1 5 V2 0 Multimedia CD formats such as audio CD or video CD are not supported To load data from CD DVD discs please insert the source disc into the CD or DVD device first Open the Administration Page and select Backup Loader Writer 1 Select a Source Device where you insert the disc to be loaded Above the Source Device item you will see a device list for your refer...

Page 89: ...specify which folders to burn 4 Specify the volume label of the CD or DVD disc 5 Check the overwrite option if you want erase a rewriteable disc first before burning 6 Click Apply to start burning CD or DVD discs When it is writing to disc you can see the progress by clicking the hyperlink in the Status column of the Device List A separate browser window will pop up The progress is indicated by th...

Page 90: ...ackups of all system configurations user database and security information Backing up system profiles To back up system configurations please open the administration page and go to Backup System Profile System profiles are saved manually or on a regular basis as defined on the page System profiles will be saved locally on HD The current backups are displayed on the lower page To delete a system pr...

Page 91: ... saved by NAS Finder click an external file item and find the system profile Specify restore options and click the Restore button Restore options are Item Description Server network and backup settings Includes all settings in the Server Network Backup and Event Configuration menus Please note that the admin password will not be restored during the recovery User accounts and quota settings Include...

Page 92: ... path you want to back up files Enable auto backup When this feature is turned on NAS server will perform backup automatically following the paths that you have set up Backup can be divided into three modes Backup back up the entire content of the source folder to the target folder Each backup is full backup and stored in a separate folder in the target folder Mirror back up the entire content of ...

Page 93: ...gives you a comprehensive overview of the current status of antivirus general settings real time scans history and scan task summary of your NAS server General settings display the present condition of the following items Item Description Real time Scan Display real time scanning is either disabled or enabled Virus Scan Schedule Display schedule virus scanning is either disabled or enabled Virus S...

Page 94: ...lease go to the Virus Scan Update page to obtain the most updated virus pattern file Otherwise the antivirus function cannot work Enabling real time scanning The real time scanning function provides antivirus protection while users are reading or writing files to the NAS server 1 Click the Enable Real time scan checkbox to enable real time scanning 2 Select scan direction Incoming files are those ...

Page 95: ... Item Description File Type to Scan You can limit scanning to specific file types Action When Virus Found Three actions quarantine clean delete can be chosen from when virus is found File types to scan 1 Click the desire scan file type 2 If all file types is selected all files regardless its file extension will be scanned 3 If Files with specified file extensions only is selected specify using the...

Page 96: ...Please note that you have to specify the DNS server IP address on the Network TCP IP menu of the Administration Page 2 Or you can download the virus pattern file in ZIP format from Trend Micro s website http www trendmicro com manually Select a virus pattern file in ZIP format here and specify the location of the virus pattern file 3 Click Apply to save the settings Configuring a scheduled update ...

Page 97: ...o the more advanced user Various notification methods are provided by NAS server to ensure non stop operation and data integrity Warning level notification such as very low disk space is detected on volume Hot spare disk is consumed and so on Error level notification such as CPU fan failed Volume is degraded or faulty and so on Item Description Web Reminder Provides instant notification in the adm...

Page 98: ...hutdown base on the CPU or System temperature Check the Warning and Shutdown checkboxes and select the proper temperature from the pull down menu 3 Click Advance button to configure the way of notification for various events 4 Click Apply to save the setting The system and CPU fan would start to work over 25 11 2 Checking the event logs You can view a summary of all the events occurred on your NAS...

Page 99: ...n entering the administrator home page Click the hyper link of the Web Reminder message and it will directly lead you to the Web Reminder summary menu Go to Event Web Reminder menu to see a summary of all the critical events occurred on your NAS server Viewing system log In the Event System Log menu you can 1 Select the number of most recent events show on a screen 2 Select the severity level for ...

Page 100: ...ton to clear the log Viewing security log In the Event Security Log menu you can 1 Select the number of most recent events shown on a screen 2 Select the severity level for the events you want to see 3 Click Refresh button to refresh the screen 4 Click Clear button to clear the log 5 Select the protocols and click the Refresh button to show the corresponding events Default event represent general ...

Page 101: ... information to quickly find out the problem of your NAS server and take appropriate action On Status Environment page you can monitor the CPU fan status CPU and System temperature plus the System Voltages Click Refresh to obtain the latest figure Viewing the open files In Status Open Files menu it provides the following information about all the open files on NAS server Item Description R W Read ...

Page 102: ...col you want to show on the list User The name of the user who has connected to NAS server Computer The computer name of the client connecting to the NAS server Address The IP address of the client connecting to the NAS server Protocol The protocol used for the network connection SMB NFS Sync AFP or FTP Connected Time The date time that the connection is established Open Files Total number of the ...

Page 103: ...se clicks First of all you have to create a system folder which is used for storing these files The system folder is also required when performing SMB permissions DISC and system profiles backup To create the system folder please open the Administration Page and go to the Server Maintenance menu On the menu page select a volume to contain the system folder And click Apply to create the system fold...

Page 104: ...it displays how many times the shares have been accessed The count is added by one whenever a connection to the share is established by Windows clients NFS clients and MacOS clients There are several share types Item Description Normal Share Indicates a shared folder in any data volume System Share Indicates the MIRROR share which holds all CD DVD volumes Disc Share Indicates a share of a single C...

Page 105: ...ify which hard disk fails The amber LED of the HDD tray will blink to indicate hard disk failure 2 Unplug the HDD tray and replace the HDD with a good one 3 Plug in the HDD tray Wait until the Green LED is steady on Then you are done When a RAID volume is degraded and there is no available hot spare disk for rebuilding the RAID volume will stay in the degraded state In this state you can hot unplu...

Page 106: ...files into NAS Servers as a single CD image Allows users to assign 6 different destination servers when building CD images Fully integrates the CD R function of the NAS Server Supports up to 16 different tasks User Interface Explorer like user interface together with user friendly wizards Task Manager monitors all on going and scheduled tasks System Requirement IBM PC or compatible with 80486 proc...

Page 107: ...number between 1 to 60 minutes 3 Click OK Server Quick Setup Using NAS Finder You can perform initial setup for your NAS system using NAS Finder 1 Click the button on the toolbar 2 Or go to Server Server Quick Setup 3 Select a NAS Server from the server list and click Next button 4 Choose the Network Teaming Mode from the pull down menu If you are not clear about this feature continue with the def...

Page 108: ...ify the name of the export file 6 Click Save To import system settings into NAS Servers 1 Right click any NAS Server and select Import System Settings 2 Or go to Server Import System Settings menu 3 You will prompt for the administrator password to proceed 4 You have the option to select a server or an export file as the source 5 Click Next 6 Select the type of system settings you want to import i...

Page 109: ...rver using the Build Image function If you click on any item on the tree view pane its content will be displayed in the list view pane The status bar indicates NAS Finder status and information On the left side of the status bar shows function hint or item properties On the right it displays the PC date and time You can browse the Domain Name IP Addresses of each NAS Server just with a click of th...

Page 110: ...ing are some examples of browsing the servers Example 1 Content of a disc image folder It displays all the disc images path name size status and file system Tool Bar Functions The tool bar provides an easy access to the main functions of NAS Finder The following explains what the tool bar icons represent Item Description Refresh manually updates the directory content of My Computer or NAS Network ...

Page 111: ...ick Setup configures some fundamental parameters of a selected NAS Server You can configure an un initialized or initialized server Wizard brings up a wizard for access to major functions Mirror CD Build Image and Server Quick Setup Task Manager opens a task manager window which displays and controls all ongoing and scheduled tasks Help opens the Help window for display help information Mirroring ...

Page 112: ...nation Select a server in the Target File Path list box select Smart mode for redundancy check of the CD image or select Force mode to allow a second copy of the same CD image Then click the button You can see the task being added to the right hand pane Click the Next button to go to next page ...

Page 113: ...volume label of the CD DVD image if necessary If you want to change the volume label click 2 User Define and enter the volume label in the input box Then click the Update button Click the Next button afterwards 4 Specify the date time to run the task Then press Next ...

Page 114: ...he task The Task Manager will show the progress Archiving Files as a CD DVD Image This chapter describes how to build CD image from My Container into a NAS Server Please follow the steps below 1 The first thing to build a CD DVD image is to collect files Open Windows Explorer and drag drop files into My Container ...

Page 115: ... check if the file folder information in My Container is correct If not you can choose to update My Container 3 Choose one or more servers as the destination Select a server in the Target File Path list box select Smart mode for redundancy check of the CD image or select Force mode to allow a second copy of the same CD image Then click the button You can see the task ...

Page 116: ...th iSCSI NAS 7410 113 being added to the right hand pane Click the Next button to go to next page 4 Name the CD DVD image to be created Enter the name in the Volume label input box and click the Update button Press Next afterwards ...

Page 117: ... NAS server and right click on it Select Record CD DVD from the right click menu Specify the parameters in the wizard and click the Add CD R Option button Click Next to continue On the next page specify the launch schedule and click OK Supported CD Formats The Mirror CD function copies CD or DVD discs from a PC CD DVD drive into a NAS Server Below is a list of the supported CD formats that can be ...

Page 118: ... nodes of ACL can be applicable in the NAS 7410 NAS 7410 provides 10 239 nodes for ACL setting access control of client Hardware Installation Is the OS of NAS 7410 stored in the hard disk drive No OS of NAS 7410 is not stored in hard disk drive Instead OS and system configuration information of NAS 7410 are stored in the CF Card Is there any storage management function provided for NAS 7410 RAID m...

Page 119: ...gy for RAID management and access This solution can provide more storage capacity while maintaining the RAID performance and improving RAID functionalities While creating RAID must the hard disk drives installed in NAS 7410 be of the same brand and size Theoretically the answer is negative But for the performance concerns the same brand drives will have the similar characteristics it will help to ...

Page 120: ...ral speaking the grades of performance should be classified RAID level 0 non RAID RAID level 1 RAID level 5 And we believe the performance should not be the major consideration to decide whether you should create a RAID device or not it should depend on your real world application According to our in house test result the performance difference among RAID level 0 non RAID and RAID level 1 should b...

Page 121: ...s used when there is NAS 7410 set up on both local and remote areas We create a synchronous connection of data stream between the matching volumes and folders on the two servers enabling the synchronization of data on both sides The benefit is that SmartSync allows the remote backup of large amount of data stored on NAS 7410 servers ensuring the security of the data What are the needed components ...

Page 122: ...ckup Does SmartSync support data synchronization from desktop to NAS 7410 SmartSync currently supports data synchronization only from NAS 7410 to other NAS 7410 servers We may consider implementing data synchronization from Windows platform to NAS 7410 at the second stage Sometimes the SmartSync task will be terminated by a reason memory low what s the possible cause Because SmartSync is a memory ...

Page 123: ...n t find NAS 7410 appear in Network Neighborhood You can find four kinds of solution for your reference below 1 Set up all of client PCs and NAS 7410 register to WINS server you can use Find Computer to find NAS 7410 2 Create LMHosts file in all of client PCs you can create a relation between client PCs and NAS 7410 3 You can use DOS Prompt Command under windows perform net use command to map the ...

Page 124: ...ss inside NAS 7410 5 Fill in a legal user account for login SMTP server purpose 6 Based on your need fill in one or two Email Addresses 7 Click Apply and then select Event menu to configure further settings 8 Click Advance button in Configuration sub menu of Event 9 Enable Email Alert 10 Check Event List for Notification to decide which events can be sent to administrator via email 11 Click Apply ...

Page 125: ...guration to factory default 5 Click Reboot button for completing the process Why can t I add user account to NAS 7410 user database through mouse right click Windows native tools Only the accounts that are of Admins group member can add user account to NAS 7410 user database through mouse right click If the login account does not belong to Admins group although the login account has full control F...

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