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6.6 Configuring File and Folder Security and ACL

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6.7 Managing Quotas

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Chapter 7 User Access ........................................................................................................62

 

7.1 Workgroup or Domain Mode

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7.2 Accessing from Windows

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7.3 Accessing from Web Browsers

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7.4 Accessing from MacOS

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7.5 Accessing from FTP Clients

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7.6 Accessing from NFS Clients

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Chapter 8 Backup and Recovery ........................................................................................70

 

8.1 Snapshot – Fast Point-In-Time Copies

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8.2 SmartSync – NAS-to-NAS Data Replication

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8.3 Backup and Restore System Profiles

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8.4 Backup USB Device

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Chapter 9 Event Logs and System Status .........................................................................81

 

9.1 Thermal Settings

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9.2

 Checking the Event Logs

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9.3 Viewing System Status

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9.4 Saving System Settings and Status as HTML Files

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9.5 Share Access Counts

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Chapter 10 Virus Protection ................................................................................................86

 

10.1 Information

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10.2 Real-time, Manual and Schedule Scanning

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10.3 Configuring Scan Settings

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10.4 Updating Virus Pattern File

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Appendix A Troubleshooting & Frequently Asked Questions.........................................90

 

Appendix B Utility for NAS system.....................................................................................92

 

Appendix C LED Indicators ...............................................................................................105

 

Appendix D Product Specification ...................................................................................106

 

Summary of Contents for NAS-7450

Page 1: ...NAS 7450 NAS 7850 User s manual Version 1 0 0 ...

Page 2: ...nstallation 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 equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined...

Page 3: ...ention must be paid to the dangers of electric shock and static electricity when working with electrical equipment All guidelines of this and of the computer manufacture must therefore be allowed at all times to ensure the safe use of the equipment WEEE regulation To avoid the potential effects on the environment and human health as a result of the presence of hazardous substances in electrical an...

Page 4: ...k Information 25 4 2 TCP IP Settings 27 4 3 Windows Settings 28 4 4 UNIX Linux Settings 29 4 5 Macintosh Settings 31 4 6 Web Data Access Settings 33 4 7 FTP Data Access Settings 34 4 8 SNMP Settings 35 4 9 Email Settings 36 4 10 SSL Settings 38 Chapter 5 Storage Management 39 5 1 Volume Usage and Status 39 5 2 Creating a Volume 41 5 3 Deleting a Volume 43 5 4 Expanding a RAID 5 Volume 43 5 5 Volum...

Page 5: ...ion 73 8 3 Backup and Restore System Profiles 78 8 4 Backup USB Device 79 Chapter 9 Event Logs and System Status 81 9 1 Thermal Settings 82 9 2 Checking the Event Logs 82 9 3 Viewing System Status 83 9 4 Saving System Settings and Status as HTML Files 84 9 5 Share Access Counts 85 Chapter 10 Virus Protection 86 10 1 Information 86 10 2 Real time Manual and Schedule Scanning 87 10 3 Configuring Sca...

Page 6: ...on processor and it is a powerful 4 Bay network attached storage NAS server which is designed to provide a cost efficient and easy to use solution It supports advanced user management functions such as private HDD space and login account It not only shares HDD space but also positions as the central management device managing each user of the device With the NAS 7450 business class office or home ...

Page 7: ...ve smaller connectors and are simpler to route and install 1 1 2 Package Content z NAS 7450 x 1 z Key x 2 z Power Cord x 1 z Screw Package x 1 z User s Manual CD x 1 z Sliding Rail x 1 set z Quick Installation Guide x 1 1 1 3 Physical Detail NAS 7450 Front View Interface Description Power Button Green power on Yellow default LCD Panel Display LAN1 LAN2 IP Information Control Button Press the Contr...

Page 8: ...s NAS 7450 Rear View Interface Description Power Jack Connect the two power supply cord shipped with the system e SATA Connect to External hard drive case RS 232 Connect to UPS LAN Jack LAN1 LAN Jack LAN2 These RJ 45 ports support auto negotiating Fast Ethernet 10 100 1000 Base TX networks That allows your system to be connected to an Internet Access device e g router cable modem ADSL modem throug...

Page 9: ...d storage NAS server which is designed to provide a cost efficient and easy to use solution It supports advanced user management functions such as private HDD space and login account It not only shares HDD space but also positions as the central management device managing each user of the device With the NAS 7850 business class office or home users will get a simple yet effective way to expand the...

Page 10: ...nd install 1 2 2 Package Content NAS 7850 x 1 User s Manual CD x 1 Power Cord x 2 Screw Package x 1 Sliding Rail x 1 set Quick Installation Guide x 1 1 2 3 Physical Detail NAS 7850 Front View Interface Description Power Button Power on off LCD Panel Display LAN1 LAN2 IP Information Control Button Press the Control button to configure LAN1 LAN2 IP address Power LED Green power on Yellow default Sta...

Page 11: ...face Description Power Jack Connect the two power supply cord shipped with the system e SATA Connect to External hard drive case RS 232 Connect to UPS LAN Jack LAN1 LAN Jack LAN2 These RJ 45 ports support auto negotiating Fast Ethernet 10 100 1000 Base TX networks That allows your system to be connected to an Internet Access device e g router cable modem ADSL modem through a CAT 5 twisted pair Eth...

Page 12: ...vided software tool NAS Finder is also outlined in this chapter 2 1 Installing the NAS 7450 NAS 7850 rack mount Model NAS 7450 NAS 7850 Hot swap hard disk tray installation 1 To unlock the hot swap hard disk tray pull the tab behind the end of the lever to release the latch and then lift the lever up as far as it can go to disengage the hard disk tray from the chassis 2 Pull the hard disk drive tr...

Page 13: ...3 Insert the HDD tray back in the server Make sure the lever of the HDD tray is properly in place 4 Repeat Step 1 to Step 3 if necessary for the other HDD tray 5 Install the provide rack mounting handles at both side of the NAS server 6 Install the NAS server in the rack Refer to the paragraph Sliding Rails Installation in Chapter 2 section 5 7 Connect your NAS server to the network by attach a LA...

Page 14: ... 8 x M4 size screws 8 x M5 size screws and 6 x 6 32 size screws 2 Take the sliding rail apart by sliding out the center slide Push down the hook to separate them Pull the center slide all the way until it reaches the end 3 Now install the center slide to the rack mount chassis Find the screw holes on both sides of the rack mount chassis which are used for mounting the center slide Fasten the 6 32 ...

Page 15: ...ckets on to a sliding rail Use the M4 screws to secure the L shaped bracket on to the sliding rail 5 Attach the sliding rail onto a rack mount cabinet Secure the sliding rail onto the rack mount cabinet via the screw holes on the L shaped brackets ...

Page 16: ...15 After properly attaching both sliding rails to the rack mount cabinet you may slide the rack mount chassis mounting in to the cabinet Configuring the NAS using the LCD console ...

Page 17: ... middle button to configure LAN1 IP address Note that the symbol at the right hand upper corner indicates that the IP address can be configured using the LCD console 3 Move the cursor to Yes by pressing the left button and then press the middle button to confirm 4 Move the cursor to the correct position using the left or right button Then press the middle button to change that number ...

Page 18: ... discover the entire NAS server on the network The default server name would be NASxxxxxxxx where xxxxxxxx is the last eight digits of the Ethernet address of LAN1 1 Highlight the server you want to configure from the left hand pane 2 Click the button on the toolbar 3 Or right click the server and select Configure 4 Enter the Server Name Server Comment and Workgroup Domain Name and select either t...

Page 19: ...tory default the username is admin and password is admin 2 4 Detection of Chassis Intrusion Model NAS 7450 7850 NAS server supports the detection of chassis intrusion and door intrusion When the chassis is opened or chassis door is opened the system will send email alerts or SNMP traps To enable the function please go to the Event Configuration menu on the administration page Click the Advanced bu...

Page 20: ... the NAS server The Information page is divided into two sections The General Settings section shows the parameters which can be modified on the Server General page 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 Nei...

Page 21: ...quency Memory Capacity The total size of the main memory No of HDD CD tape Display the number of HDD CD tape installed in the system LAN1 2 Ethernet Address The Ethernet MAC addresses of the network controller chips and their types PCI E Slot Display the type of the add on adaptor installed in the system 3 2 Upgrading the Firmware Updating OS firmware will accommodate new functions or bug fixes On...

Page 22: ...ing the next startup It may take much time if there are a huge amount of files in disk Reset 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 ...

Page 23: ...Generic serial UPS Type 1 and Type 2 select Network UPS from the UPS Type menu and enter the UPS IP address and correct community Below are the shutdown options on the page Item Description Shut down immediately when battery is low Specify whether to shut down the server when UPS battery is low Shut down in x minutes when AC fails Specify how many minutes to wait before shutting down the server wh...

Page 24: ...23 Note When utility power fails the NAS server will always shut down ...

Page 25: ...d when performing the first time setup of the NAS server To specify or modify the administrator s password please select the Server Password menu on the administration homepage Input the current admin password in the Old Admin Password field and the new password in the New Admin Password and Confirm Admin Password fields Then click Apply The administrator can delegate the administrator s privilege...

Page 26: ... 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 Configuration Current stat...

Page 27: ...ternet Naming Service WINS manages the association of network resources 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 located the domain names and translates it into IP addresses DNS Suffix Display the DNS suffix NTP Time Server IP Address The IP address o...

Page 28: ...hat only the LAN1 Ethernet port receives incoming traffic Load Balancing also incorporates Fault Tolerance protection Link Aggregation combines both LAN1 LAN2 into a single channel appearing to use a single MAC address to provide greater bandwidth It must be used with a network switch having the Link Aggregation or Trucking function Wake On LAN NAS server also supports Wake On LAN available for LA...

Page 29: ... by Microsoft to share files directories and devices with the Windows client You can configure the Windows Network Settings using the following operating mode Workgroup Mode NAS server becomes a member of a workgroup and communicates with the clients using its internal user database for authentication and do not require other authentication server present in the network Domain Mode NAS server beco...

Page 30: ...on typically consisting of User Identifier UID and Group Identifier GID for access control Non NFS clients do not use UIDs and GIDs for identification Since NAS server is intended for working in a heterogeneous network files created by non NFS client could possess incorrect ownership information and generate inaccurate quota information for UNIX Linux clients due to the unmatched UID and GID A map...

Page 31: ...ngs 1 Click the Enable UNIX Linux Network NFS Protocol checkbox to enable access for NFS client 2 Enter the default permission for files created via non NFS protocol Default setting 755 3 Click Apply to save the settings 4 Click the Modify icon and enter the default UID and GID Default setting 0 5 Choose to map all users to the default UID GID or assign UID GID for each user manually 6 Click Set D...

Page 32: ... 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 not know the IP address of the NIS server please specify Find by broadcast Otherwise specify the IP address in the fields 4 After enabling the NIS support you can auto mapping NIS users with local domain users In UNIX Linux menu clic...

Page 33: ...authentication for AFP client Current Zone A division between groups of machines when viewed using AppleTalk AppleTalk Zones can be seen in the Chooser the AppleTalk Control Panel and the Network Browser AppleTalk Address It is a unique number that identify the server on the network The number to the left of the dot is the network number The number to the right of the dot is the node number ...

Page 34: ...pull down menu or Default Zone is assigned by default 6 Click Apply to save the setting 4 6 Web Data Access Settings This section shows the parameters that you can set up for user to access NAS system user s home page You can configure the user access constraint authentication policy and default setting by defining the Access Control Security Policy and Default User Page settings Configuring Web D...

Page 35: ... File Transfer Protocol FTP that allows users to transfer files via the Internet By properly configuring the FTP settings you can effectively control how users access the content in your NAS server via FTP Configuring FTP Data Access 1 Click the Enable FTP Data Access checkbox to enable FTP data accessing 2 Select the Access Control type Click the Allow file download only or Allow file upload and ...

Page 36: ... the setting 4 8 SNMP Settings Simple network management protocol SNMP provides the ability to monitor and gives status information of the SNMP agent to the SNMP management console NAS server behaves as an SNMP agent that answers requests from management console and sends trap information to it The following options should be configured to using SNMP protocol Community A name serves as a simple au...

Page 37: ...if more than one management console is available NAS server supports up to 4 management consoles 7 Enter the location information of your NAS server 8 Enter the name of the contact person who has the management information of the NAS server 9 You can check the checkbox beside Send a test trap to send sample trap information to validate your setting of the SNMP settings 10 Click Apply to save the s...

Page 38: ...s 3 Enter an existing user account name of the SMTP server 4 Enter the password of the account 5 Enter up to two email addresses you want to send email notification to when event occurred 6 Click the Send a test email checkbox if you want to send out a test email to validate your email setting 7 Click Apply to save the setting ...

Page 39: ...eb pages with secure connection they have to install the CA certificate first First of 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 address is 192 168 1 100 To access the NAS s...

Page 40: ...ays all the volumes in the NAS server Volume Name shows the volume name which is defined when creating a volume Each volume name is also a hyperlink It opens a page for showing the detailed information of that volume 2 Members indicate the hard disks which compose the volume 3 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 ...

Page 41: ...ing The volume is not mounted and data cannot be accessed Apply Ready Apply Degraded Apply Critical Apply Faulty RW Apply Rebuild Apply Expand The volume settings on the server and those on the hard disks are inconsistent It means that the server has to read and apply the volume settings from the hard disks After the volume settings are restored it will return to the last known state which is spec...

Page 42: ...ust be a free disk which can be used to create a volume or be assigned as a hot spare disk Defective The hard disk contains bad sectors Off line The hard disk is not mounted and not accessible 16 Backup Archiving Devices optional These are either CD DVD ROM drives CD DVD writers or tape drives Type indicates what kind of device it is Mode indicates the data transfer mode of the storage device inte...

Page 43: ...over multiple disks for both performance and fault tolerance A RAID volume can still work when a hard disk 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 ...

Page 44: ... this volume will become free disks after the deletion 5 4 Expanding a RAID 5 Volume RAID 5 volume expansion makes it possible to enlarge volume capacity without rebooting the NAS server Volume capacity grows on the fly Moreover you do not have to change any share permissions security controls and quota settings after volume expansion Storage management becomes much easier To expand a RAID 5 volum...

Page 45: ...matically when you perform these actions If the hard disks have ever been scanned in the last 30 days the auto scanning will be skipped so that the auto scanning will not be activated too often To enable the feature please click the Configure hyperlink on the Volume Scan page Set the Disk Auto scanning item to Enabled 5 6 Assigning Hot spare Disks The hot spare disks are global which means they ar...

Page 46: ...get volume will inherit all the security and quota settings of the source volume No differences will be observed by clients before and after the migration To duplicate a volume select a source volume and the target volume Choose Data duplication and click Apply The target volume will stay on line after the data duplication 5 8 Hot swapping You may have to change hard disks in some situations such ...

Page 47: ...System Interface an Internet Protocol IP based storage networking standard for linking data storage facilities By carrying SCSI commands over IP networks iSCSI is used to facilitate data transfers over intranets and to manage storage 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 ...

Page 48: ...ssword The password for target authentication Mutual CHAP Two way authentication mode Initiator Name The name for initiator authentication Password The password for initiator authentication CRC Checksum Data or Header Digest 3 Apply the settings Now an iSCSI LUN is a logical volume mapped to the iSCSI target The target and LUN are shown on the list under the iSCSI tab Note The NAS supports 8 iSCSI...

Page 49: ...eate 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 a summary of the security database an...

Page 50: ... of Unix Linux host 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 u...

Page 51: ...cal Account menu 2 Click the Add Group button 3 Type in the group name 4 If you want to grant the administrator privilege to this group click the Grand administrator privilege check box 5 Select the users from the left hand windows and click the button to join the group 6 Click Apply to save the setting Note If you want to grant administrator privilege to a user simply add the user to the built in...

Page 52: ...r101 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 items easy copy and paste can be used To mass import local accounts 1 Go to Security Account Local Account menu 2 Click the Mass Import button 3 Sel...

Page 53: ...here are more than 10 240 domain accounts in the domain controller To synchronize with 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 functions on the Domain Account tab of the Security Account menu helps you find the user accounts which have already been d...

Page 54: ...ngle host IP address in the first text box 4 Or enter the start IP address in the first text box and the last 3 digits of the end IP address in the second text box to input a range of the host IP addresses of the Host IP field 5 Click the Add button to add the host IPs to the host list 6 Click Apply to save the setting ...

Page 55: ...nk Click the folder hyperlink until you reach the desire directory Then go to Step 8 5 If you want to share a new folder under a volume click the folder hyperlink until you reach the desire 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 share name in the...

Page 56: ...of the share permission item 7 Click Apply to save the setting Note You can also modify share permission in Security File Folder menu by click the Modify hyperlink of the corresponding shared folder You can assign the following share permission to a user on NAS server No Access NA Account has been denied access to the share Read Only RO Account is allowed to read the share Change CH Account is all...

Page 57: ...wing share permission to UNIX Linux Hosts on NAS system Read Only RO The host is allowed to read the share Read Write RW The host is allowed to read and write to the share 6 6 Configuring File and Folder Security and ACL Access Control Lists ACL are associated with each file and folder as well as the list of users and groups permitted to use that file or folder When a user is granted access to the...

Page 58: ... you set up the permissions for the files and folder 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 t...

Page 59: ...t way to set up and maintain file folder security in Windows Network To change permissions you must have been 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 Prope...

Page 60: ...wner s name of the corresponding file and folder click the owner s name hyperlink Select a new owner from the user list 3 Check the checkbox beside Apply to all sub folders and files if you want to propagate the ownership to all sub folders and files 4 Click Apply to save the setting 6 7 Managing Quotas ...

Page 61: ...n 3 You can click the Recalculate to obtain the most updated information of the total amount of disk space used by each user 4 Click Apply to save the setting To set all quotas to the same value please specify the quota value in the Set all quotas to xx MB input field Click the Set hyperlink to save settings Configuring folder quota Folder quota monitors the amount of data that can be stored on th...

Page 62: ...for target folder 4 Enter the quota limit in MB 5 Click Apply to save the settings 6 You can click the Recalculate to obtain the most updated information of the total amount of disk space in use on each folder To set all quotas to the same value please specify the quota value in the Set all quotas to xx MB input field Click the Set hyperlink to save settings ...

Page 63: ...ser 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 MacOS web browsers or FTP to access the NAS server the security control mechanism is similar If set to the wor...

Page 64: ...Next tick some domain account to be cached in NAS server 4 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 the Windows Network SMB CIFS checkbox and click Apply 5 Set the share permissions After sharing the volume specify the access rights of...

Page 65: ... access the user page Check other parameters and click Apply 2 Create local user accounts or retrieve domain accounts from the domain controller depending on whether the NAS server is in the workgroup mode or the domain mode 3 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 s...

Page 66: ...er in the current path if the login user has the access right Upload File uploads files to the current path if the login user has the access right Help opens a new browser window with help information File Browsing When the user page is opened the file browsing window shows all the shares in the server All the folders and files are presented as hyperlinks If a folder is clicked it will show its co...

Page 67: ...in the workgroup mode or the domain mode 3 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 the Macintosh Network AFP check box and click Apply 4 Set the share permissions After sharing the volume specify the access rights of local users group...

Page 68: ... to configure for FTP access 1 Enable the FTP Data Access feature Open the administration page and enter the Network FTP menu Check the Enable FTP Data Access check box and specify the security policy In the workgroup mode you can only select Local account authentication as the security policy In the domain mode you can select either one Then specify the FTP home directory as volume01 and click Ap...

Page 69: ...n 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 Security File Folder menu Find the volume01 entry and click Create in the Sharing column or Modify if the volume h...

Page 70: ...ory will link to volume01 and inherit the same UID GID and 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 71: ...ing backup Instead it just informs the NAS that all the data blocks in use should be preserved not being overwritten That is why it can be so fast The copy occurs during everyday file access When a file is modified after a snapshot is created its original data blocks are protected from being overwritten The new updates are written to a new location The file system maintains records and pointers to...

Page 72: ...w If enabled it will automatically delete the oldest snapshots to free more disk space when the free space is lower than the specified percentage Snapshot Policy They specify how many hourly daily weekly and monthly snapshots to keep respectively If the limit is exceeded the oldest snapshot of the same type will be deleted If not specified it will keep the snapshots until being manually deleted 4 ...

Page 73: ...o restore only part of the data please simply copy them from the snap folders to the current file system 7 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 on the bottom of the page To delete snapshot...

Page 74: ... the usage and applications of these operating modes Building a Mirror Site Two NAS server are required one as the SmartSync server another as the SmartSync client It will replicate data from the SmartSync client to the SmartSync server On the NAS server which acts as the SmartSync server create a sync point in it A sync point is a folder in the SmartSync server which is exposed to SmartSync clien...

Page 75: ...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 Making Disk to disk Backups Two or more NAS server are required one as the SmartSync server the rest as the SmartSync clients It will backup data from the SmartSync clients to the Sm...

Page 76: ...ll keep one backup version per day in the last X days except today c It will keep one backup version per week in the last Y weeks prior to the X days d It will keep one backup version per month in the last Z months prior to the Y weeks On the NAS server which acts as the SmartSync client set up a SmartSync task which defines the schedule settings and the source folder To set up a SmartSync task pl...

Page 77: ... server Specify the action as Restore from 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 should provide the task name select which backup version to restore specify the target folder and configure the SmartSync options and the overwrite options The overwrite options specify whether to overwri...

Page 78: ...martSync task Step 1 is to specify the IP address of the SmartSync server Step 2 is to choose a sync point of Distribute mode in the SmartSync server Please also provide a user account with the privilege to request data from the sync point Step 3 is to complete the task settings On the page you should provide the task name select the target folder to receive data specify the schedule and configure...

Page 79: ...during the data replication The transaction logs are displayed on the SmartSync Summary page 8 3 Backup and Restore System Profiles To recover from system failures it requires restoring data and system configurations Tape backup and SmartSync are for restoring data while system profiles are used for recovering system configurations System profiles are the backups of all system configurations user ...

Page 80: ...me names will be overwritten domain accounts with the same SID will be overwritten others will be added to the existing user database Security Information including network shares and ACLs includes all network shares share permissions and access control lists 8 4 Backup USB Device NAS server supports USB pen drive and external hard disk support FAT FAT32 only backup in optional models with USB por...

Page 81: ...80 One drive supports 3 partitions Please unmeant the USB device before removing or the data may be damaged ...

Page 82: ...gs Use the Advance or Basic button to switch between the display of advance and basic information The Advance view shows all the information in the Basic view plus additional event notification setting that may be of interest to the more advanced user Various notification methods are provided by NAS server to ensure non stop operation and data integrity LCD alert provides warning and error level n...

Page 83: ...e NAS server to give off warning message or shutdown 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 Fan Control functions only on NAS 7450 NAS 7850 The system and CPU fan would start to...

Page 84: ...ick Clear or button to clear the log Viewing Security Log In the Event Security Log menu you can 1 Select the number of most recent events show on a screen 2 Select the severity level for the events you want to see 3 Click Refresh or button to refresh the screen 4 Click Clear or button to clear the log 5 Select the protocols and click the Refresh button to show the corresponding events Default eve...

Page 85: ...ver 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 open files Disconnect disconnect a particular connection by check the disconnect check box and click the icon Viewing the System Load In the Status Load CPU Memory You can see the CPU usage and memory usage here Total memor...

Page 86: ...e Click any hyperlink to view the content of a file To email the save files choose the files to save and check the Send the saved files by email check box Enter the email address to send to And click Apply to send them out by email while saving copies in the system folder 9 5 Share Access Counts On the Status Access Counts menu page it displays how many times the shares have been accessed The coun...

Page 87: ... 1 Information The Information screen is the summary of the current antivirus settings It 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...

Page 88: ...omers Note 1 Antivirus requires the system folder to operate Please go to the Server Maintenance page and specify the volume where the system folder resides 2 For the first time operation please 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 pr...

Page 89: ...x to enable scheduled scanning 2 Click the Select Folders hyperlink to specify the folders you want to perform the scheduled scan 3 Configure the start time and recurrence pattern for the scheduled scanning 4 Click Apply to save the settings 10 3 Configuring Scan Settings All virus scan has two options that need to be configure File Type to Scan you can limit scanning to specific file types Action...

Page 90: ...red to perform a manual update immediately when the antivirus function is activated for the first time Configuring a manual update 1 To download virus patterns from Internet select Trend Micro update server on internet 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 ...

Page 91: ...rror Multiplication of 2 hard disk drives It provides 100 duplication of data into paired hard disks This offers the highest reliability but doubles the storage cost RAID 5 Striped with Rotating Parity 3 8 hard disk drives Data is striped across three or more drives Parity bits are used for fault tolerance RAID 6 RAID 6 striped disks with dual parity combines four or more disks in a way that prote...

Page 92: ...ail event 1 Go to NAS 7450 7850 Admin Home page and select Network Settings 2 Select the sub menu Email 3 Enable SMTP Protocol 4 Fill in correct SMTP server IP address or Fully Qualified Domain Name FQDN If you fill in FQDN please make sure you had set DNS server IP address inside NAS 7450 7850 5 Fill in a legal user account for login SMTP server purpose 6 Base on your need fill in one or two Emai...

Page 93: ...figured server to other NAS Servers on the network Server parameters of a NAS Server can be imported into other NAS Server to avoid tedious setup process to each individual unit on the network Features Server Management Discovers all NAS Servers on the network Configures NAS Servers for the first time setup or quick setup Export Import NAS Servers system settings Creating CD Images Remotely Remote...

Page 94: ... the network and display a list of server under the node Local Server NAS Finder will automatically refresh the server list at a specified interval The default interval is 10 minutes NAS Finder can also locate NAS servers by IP addresses It is useful when NAS servers are on the Internet or located in different network segments from the NAS Finder To locate NAS servers by IP addresses select Remote...

Page 95: ...ther NAS Server To export system settings of a NAS Server 1 Highlight the server from the server list 2 Right click the server and select Export System Settings 3 Or go to Server Export System Settings menu 4 You will prompt for the administrator password to proceed 5 Select a location where you want to save and specify the name of the export file 6 Click Save To import system settings into NAS Se...

Page 96: ... Server 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 information The left of the status bar shows function hint or item properties To the right it displays the PC date and time You can browse the Domain Name IP Addresses of each NAS Server just by mouse over it Note If a ...

Page 97: ... 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 Refresh manually updates the directory content of My Computer or NAS Network Up Directory moves the cursor one level up Tree View Mode expands or shrink the directory tree in the tree view pane to the left List View Mode changes the view mode of item...

Page 98: ... 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 z Mirroring CD DVD Remotely This chapter describes how to copy a CD from a PC CD ROM drive to a NAS Server Please follo...

Page 99: ...n 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 100: ...if necessary If you want to change the volume label click the 2 User Define radio button 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 101: ... will show the progress z 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 102: ...ct If not you can choose to update My Contained 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 being added to the right hand pane Click the Next button to go to next page ...

Page 103: ...102 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 104: ... image in the 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...

Page 105: ...104 High Sierra Hybrid ISO HFS Multi session CD Mixed Mode CD UDF V1 5 V2 0 ...

Page 106: ...no link 1000M activity Green 100M link no link 100 M activity Yellow 10M link no link 10 M activity Amber 1000M link no link 1000M activity Green 100M link no link 100M activity Yellow 10M link no link 10 M activity Red SATA activity Green Power on Yellow Fault Disk fault Blink ...

Page 107: ...Buzzer System warning LCD panel Mono LCD display with backlight and buttons for configuration Max User Accounts 20480 include local domain account groups Max Groups 20480 include local domain account groups Max Shared Folder 512 Max Concurrent Connections 200 Supported Operating System Microsoft Windows 95 98 ME NT 2000 XP VISTA Server 2003 2008 7 Solaric FreeBSD Linux and other UNIX derivatives M...

Page 108: ...er quota and folder quota control Environmental monitoring of system CPU temperature CPU fan speed and CPU voltages System monitoring of CPU memory usage and LAN1 LAN2 throughput Snapshot technology for maintaining consistent backup images of file system up to 256 snapshot standard E mail notification SNMP management MIB II and system buzzer alerts NAS Finder software utility for quick setup and s...

Page 109: ... failover USB 2 x USB 2 0 port Back eSATA 1 x eSATA port Back Buttons 1 x Power button 3 x System operation button Alarm Buzzer System warning LCD panel Mono LCD display with backlight and buttons for configuration Max User Accounts 20480 include local domain account groups Max Groups 20480 include local domain account groups Max Shared Folder 512 Max Concurrent Connections 400 Supported Operating...

Page 110: ... for system administration LCD console for setting IP addresses and displaying system information User quota and folder quota control Wake On LAN Environmental monitoring of system CPU temperature CPU fan speed and CPU voltages System monitoring of CPU memory usage and LAN1 LAN2 throughput Snapshot technology for maintaining consistent backup images of file system up to 256 snapshot standard E mai...

Page 111: ...0 90 non condensing Dimension L x W x H 669mm x 480mm x 88mm Weight 16 2kg Power Adapter INPUT 100 240V AC 5 8A FUSE 8A 250V Secure Design Lock security slot for HDD prevention Regulatory FCC CE RoHS WEEE compliance ...

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