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Browsing

& Administering Servers

Browsing & Administering Servers

Browsing Servers

Below is the main window of NAStart. Upon execution, NAStart
brings up Windows Explorer for you to drag & drop files into My
Container for later image building. You can disable this option
by choosing

Tool->NAStart Options

and un-checking the

option - "Open Windows Explorer when NAStart starts".

The main window consists of a file menu, a tool bar, a tree view
pane on the left, a list view pane on the right and a status bar
on the bottom.

On the tree view pane are listed all the NAS Servers found by
the NAStart on the network. Also included is

My Computer

as

the one in Windows Explorer.

My Container

keeps information

of the files/folders that can be built as a CD image in a NAS
Server using the "Build Image" function. If you click on any item

Appendix B Utility for NAS system

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Summary of Contents for 4xxx

Page 1: ...NAS Server 4xxx 8xxx User Guide Version 5 31 Part Number 5019 16014 ...

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Page 3: ...use harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense CE Notice This device complies with the EMC directive of the European Community and meets or exceeds the following technical standard EN 55022 Limits and Methods of Measureme...

Page 4: ...liquids or in an excessively humid environment Do not allow liquids or foreign objects to enter the unit All servicing of this equipment must be performed by qualified service personnel Remove rings watches and other jewelry before servicing the unit Before maintenance repair or shipment the unit must be completely switched off and unplugged and all connections must be removed ii ...

Page 5: ... provided real time clock circuit There is a danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced Replace only with 3 Volt Lithium cell CR2032 or equivalent type Discard used batteries according to the manufacturer s instructions Caution Before connect or disconnect power cord of the power supply ensure to turn the power supply switch OFF to avoid the risk of equipment damage iii ...

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Page 7: ...talling the 4U Rack mount Model 20 2 7 PCI adaptor installation 25 2 8 Setting the IP Addresses 27 2 9 Accessing the Administration Home Page 32 2 10 Detection of Chassis Intrusion 33 Chapter 3 Server Configuration 35 3 1 Server Information and Settings 35 3 2 Upgrading the Firmware 38 3 3 Shutting Down the Server 39 3 4 Enabling UPS Support 41 3 5 Modifying the Administrator s Password 42 Chapter...

Page 8: ...4 5 8 Migrating Data Volumes 75 5 9 Aggregate Volumes under a Share 76 5 10 Hot swapping 77 Chapter 6 Security Control 79 6 1 Security Information 79 6 2 Creating the Local User and Local Group Accounts 81 6 3 Caching Windows Domain User Accounts 84 6 4 Creating UNIX Linux Host 86 6 5 Creating Share and Assigning Share Permissions 87 6 6 Configuring File and Folder Security and ACL 90 6 7 Managing...

Page 9: ... 4 Using a Tape Library 132 9 5 SmartSync NAS to NAS Data Replication 139 9 6 Backup and Restore System Profiles 147 Chapter 10 Event Logs and System Status 149 10 1 Thermal Settings 150 10 2 Checking the Event Logs 151 10 3 Viewing System Status 153 10 4 Saving System Settings and Status as HTML Files155 10 5 Share Access Counts 156 Chapter 11 Virus Protection 157 11 1 Information 157 11 2 Real t...

Page 10: ...r the Mini Tower Model 177 Hardware Specification for the 9 bay Tower Model 177 Hardware Specification for the 4U Rack Mount Model 178 Hardware Specification for the 2U Rack Mount Model 178 Appendix B Utility for NAS system 181 Installation 182 Discovering NAS system 183 Importing and Exporting System Settings 184 Browsing Administering Servers 186 Mirroring CD DVD Remotely 190 Archiving Files As ...

Page 11: ...ure with hot swappable HDD to maximize storage flexibility Accelerate network throughput with the dual NIC and Gigabit Ethernet support Utilize the power management support with UPS Seamless integration into heterogeneous networking security Backup and archive important data to the local tape drive CD DVD writer or a remote storage server 1 2 Conventions Terminology The term NAS system means all t...

Page 12: ...Conventions replaced by user defined text in context Bold Menu item Monospaced font Text which users should type in Underline Cross reference Chapter 1 2 ...

Page 13: ... 2 1 Installing the NAS system controller MR 423I mobile rack Package Contents NAS system controller package NAS system controller unit with one PCI riser card Daughter board A two RJ 45 ports and one serial connector Daughter board B one RJ 45 port Optional for Gigabit Ethernet Four flat IDE cables One tubular IDE cable for ATAPI devices Three Ethernet cables One 10 pin serial cable NAS system us...

Page 14: ... the NAS system controller MR 423I mobile rack One I2C cable Connecting the cables on the NAS system controller Refer to the following diagram to connect all the cables provided along with the package Chapter 2 4 ...

Page 15: ...Installing the NAS system controller MR 423I mobile rack Chapter 2 5 ...

Page 16: ...bile rack can support two hard disks In other words it allows two hard disks using the same IDE cable and arranges the hard disks as a Master drive and Slave drive In All Master Mode each IDE connector on the mobile rack can support only one hard disk and that become the Master drive It is recommended that configure the MR 423I to All Master Mode only when one MR 423I is used on the system The fol...

Page 17: ...r of the MR 423I mobile rack to either the Master and Slave Mode or All Master Mode Make sure that the all your mobile racks and the NAS system controller are linked by the I2C cable provided Two power connectors are required for each MR 423I mobile rack Caution When connecting the power connector to the MR 423I or HDD the connector has rounded edges on the top of the connector that should be plac...

Page 18: ...g the NAS system controller MR 423I mobile rack MR 423I Mobile Rack 1 Channel 4 Master I2C Connector Channel 3 Master Channel 2 Master Channel 1 Master J 11 All Master Mode Rear View All Master Mode Chapter 2 8 ...

Page 19: ...3I Mobile RACK 1 1 J 11 Master Slave Mode Channel 2 Master Channel 2 Slave Channel 1 Slave Channel 1 Master I2C Connector J 11 Master Slave Mode Channel 4 Master Channel 4 Slave Channel 3 Slave Channel 3 Master I2C Connector Rear View Master Slave Mode Chapter 2 9 ...

Page 20: ...talled in your system The following conditions are required for the NAS system controller installed to your server chassis Using the bundled IDE flat cables to connect to the hard disks from controller is required Configuring the DIP switches at the rear side of your NAS system main board to 1 OFF 2 OFF 3 ON Configuring the jumper on your hard disk using Master or Slave only Refer to your hard dis...

Page 21: ...er and the MR 423I mobile rack no HDD installed are pre installed before shipping Package Contents A mini tower system comes with the following items Mini tower chassis NAS system controller unit One MR 423I mobile racks Daughter board A two RJ 45 ports and one serial connector ATX power supply Chapter 2 11 ...

Page 22: ... back in the mobile rack Make sure the lever of the mobile rack is properly in place 5 Repeat Step 1 to Step 3 if necessary for the other HDD trays 6 Connect your NAS system to the network by attach a LAN cable from the LAN port located at the back of your NAS system At least one network connection is required 7 Plug the power cord into the power connector on you NAS system 8 Make sure the power s...

Page 23: ...ptional 28 rack mount sliding rail kit Screws for HDD mounting Key for the front bezel lock NAS system user guide NAS system utilities CD 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 Chapter 2 13 ...

Page 24: ...Installing the 1U rack mount Model Figure 1 2 Pull the hard disk drive tray out 3 Attached the HDD to the hot swap hard disk tray with the screws provided shown in Figure 2 Figure 2 Chapter 2 14 ...

Page 25: ... the jumper on your hard disk using Cable Select CS before installing to the hard disk tray Refer to your hard disk s user manual for the instruction 3 Secure and mount a hard disk onto the HDD tray using four screws under the tray 4 Insert the HDD tray back in the server Make sure the lever of the HDD tray is properly in place 5 Repeat Step 1 to Step 3 if necessary for the other HDD tray 6 Instal...

Page 26: ...system At least one network connection is required 9 Plug the power cord into the power connector on you NAS system 10 Make sure the power switch on the power supply is in on position 11 Press the power button on the left hand corner of your NAS system 12 Wait for the server to boot up The boot up process takes approximately 2 minutes Chapter 2 16 ...

Page 27: ... system comes with the following items 2U rack mount server DVD combo drive optional 28 rack mount sliding rail kit Screws for HDD mounting NAS system user guide NAS system utilities CD Hot swap hard disk tray installation Refer to the paragraph Sliding Rails Installation in Chapter 2 section 6 Chapter 2 17 ...

Page 28: ...pping Package Contents A 9 Bay tower system comes with the following items 9 Bay tower chassis NAS system controller unit with one PCI riser card Two MR 423I mobile racks Daughter board A two RJ 45 ports and one serial connector Daughter board B one RJ 45 port Optional for Gigabit Ethernet Single or redundant ATX power supply NAS system user guide NAS system utilities CD Chapter 2 18 ...

Page 29: ...ck Make sure the lever of the mobile rack is properly in place 5 Repeat Step 1 to Step 3 if necessary for the other HDD trays 6 Connect your NAS system to the network by attach a LAN cable from the LAN port located at the back of your NAS system At least one network connection is required 7 Plug the power cord into the power connector on you NAS system 8 Make sure the power switch on the power sup...

Page 30: ...er unit with one PCI riser card Daughter board A two RJ 45 ports and one serial connector Daughter board B one RJ 45 port optional for Gigabit Ethernet Single or redundant ATX power supply NAS system user guide NAS system utilities CD 4U Rack installation 1 Pull out a HDD tray from the MR 423I mobile rack 2 Configuring the jumper on your hard disk using Cable Select CS before installing to the har...

Page 31: ...ection is required 9 Plug the power cord into the power connector on you NAS system 10 Make sure the power switch on the power supply is in on position 11 Press the power button on the upper right hand corner of your NAS system 12 Wait for the server to boot up The boot up process takes approximately 2 minutes Note It is recommended that rear support bracket on the cabinet should be used when inst...

Page 32: ...er slide all the way until it reaches the end 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 8 screws to fix the center slides onto chassis Later the center slides will be used for attaching to the sliding rail Chapter 2 22 ...

Page 33: ...ounting brackets on to a sliding rail Use the M4 screws to secure the L shaped bracket on to the sliding rail 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 Chapter 2 23 ...

Page 34: ...Installing the 4U Rack mount Model 4 After properly attaching both sliding rails to the rack mount cabinet you may slide the rack mount chassis mounting in to the cabinet Chapter 2 24 ...

Page 35: ...ler unit in a position that you can insert the PCI adaptor into the on board PCI slot 4 When the PCI adaptor is installed secure it as shown on the following diagram 5 Connect cable for the PCI adaptor at the inner back of the server case 6 Secure the controller unit via the screws holes on both sides 7 Close your server case and plug in your power cable 8 Turn on the NAS system 9 Your PCI adaptor...

Page 36: ...down and press the adaptor firmly into one of the PCI slot on the riser card 5 Tighten the screw for the adaptor 6 Reinstall the riser card support bracket and make sure that the riser card is fully seated in the PCI slot on the main board 7 Tighten the screw for the riser card support bracket 8 Close your server case and plug in your power cable 9 Turn on the NAS system 10 Your PCI adaptor is now...

Page 37: ...5 255 0 0 LAN 2 gateway 192 168 2 254 LAN 2 mask 255 255 0 0 LAN 3 mask 255 255 0 0 LAN 3 gateway 192 168 3 1 LAN 1 IP 192 168 1 1 Enter Yes Configure LAN 1 IP Gateway Mask Configure LAN 1 Yes No No Enter Yes Configure LAN 2 IP Gateway Mask Configure LAN 2 Yes No No Enter Yes Configure LAN 3 IP Gateway Mask Configure LAN 3 Yes No No Only display when Gigabit Ethernet Adapter is installed System wi...

Page 38: ...on System Ready 2 The IP address of LAN1 is shown Press the middle button to configure LAN1 IP address Note that the 8 symbol at the right hand upper corner indicates that the IP address can be configured using the LCD console LAN1 IP 8 192 168 170 171 3 Move the cursor to Yes by pressing the left button and then press the middle button to confirm Chapter 2 28 ...

Page 39: ...u edit the last digit of the IP address press the right button and configure the Subnet Mask address 6 Repeat Steps 4 to Steps 5 to configure the Subnet Mask and Gateway address 7 After you edit the last digit of the Gateway address press the right button Move the cursor to Save and save the setting or Edit to repeat the above process or Abort to quit the configuration process without saving Chapt...

Page 40: ...erver 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 the Workgroup mode or Domain mode 5 Click Next button to go t...

Page 41: ...IP settings manually 9 Click Next button to go to the next page 10 Change the admin password if necessary 11 Click the Finish button to save the settings Note that server may need to reboot for certain parameters changes to take effect Chapter 2 31 ...

Page 42: ...2 168 1 1 admin or Run the utility NAStart provided in the CD ROM right click on a NAS server on the left hand tree view pane Select Admin page item from the right click menu to open the administration page It will prompt for username and password By factory default the username is admin and no password is needed Note It is recommended that user change the admin password immediately to keep your N...

Page 43: ... or SNMP traps To enable the function please go to the Event Configuration menu on the administration page Click the Advanced button and check the Chassis intrusion detected item Please refer to the 8400M specifications in Appendix A Specification for the pins on the motherboard to which the sensors should be connected Please note that the sensor must be connected to the main boards correctly for ...

Page 44: ...Detection of Chassis Intrusion This page is left blank intentionally Chapter 2 34 ...

Page 45: ...s the parameters which can be modified on the Server General page Server Name Name of the NAS system A NAS system 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...

Page 46: ...r a period of time UPS Support Indicates whether the UPS support is enabled or not Auto Power Restoration If enabled the server will power on automatically when the power restores after abnormal shutdown System folder resides in Display the volume name of which the system folder is located The System Information section shows the hardware and firmware status of the server Firmware Version The vers...

Page 47: ...Server Information and Settings PCI Slot Display the type of the add on adaptor installed in the system Chapter 3 37 ...

Page 48: ... 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 system 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 firmware is upgraded Chapte...

Page 49: ...alculate user quota information Recalculate the storage consumption per user during the next startup It may take much time if there are a huge amount of files in disk Reset configuration to factory default Reset the server settings network settings and event configuration to factory default during the next startup The settings related to the storage like shares ACLs user database will not be clear...

Page 50: ...Shutting Down the Server the time of powering on or shutting down Remember to click the Apply button to submit the changes Chapter 3 40 ...

Page 51: ...N first Then go to the Server UPS Settings page on the administration page Enable UPS support select Network UPS from the UPS Type menu and enter the UP IP address below Below are the shutdown options on the page Shut down immediately when battery is low Specify whether to shut down the server when UPS battery is low Note When utility power fails the NAS system will always shut down Shut down in x...

Page 52: ...the password when performing the first time setup of the NAS system 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 ...

Page 53: ...quick look of the basic network setting of the NAS system The Information page is divided into two sections The Network Protocols section displays the current network protocol settings of the server Protocol Type Display network protocol supported by the server Configuration Current status of the network protocol Status Enabled or Disabled Security Policy Display type of the security policy of the...

Page 54: ...er 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 translate 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 which is used to synchronize system time automatically over the net The sy...

Page 55: ...availability to the network Load Balancing Offers increased network bandwidth by allowing transmission to multiple destination addresses using both LAN1 and LAN2 If the traffic of one of the LAN port 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 balance Note that only the LAN1 Ethernet port receives inc...

Page 56: ... pull down menu that suit you need 2 Enable or Disable Wake On LAN Available for LAN1 only 3 Click the Obtain IP settings automatically radio button to obtain IP addresses of your NAS system from DHCP BOOP or RARP server on the network 4 Or click the Use the following IP settings radio button to assign the IP addresses manually 5 Note that LAN3 IP address field will appear only when the optional G...

Page 57: ...authentication server which must be present in the network Optionally you can register the NAS system to the domain Once registered the NAS system will be created as a machine account on the domain controller And it will use Netlogon as the authentication mechanism which provides better integration into the Windows network environment Configuring Windows Network Settings 1 Click the Enable Windows...

Page 58: ...Windows Settings which have been idle for 5 minutes if this option is enabled 7 Click Apply to save the setting Chapter 4 48 ...

Page 59: ... access NAS system for example Windows and UNIX Linux clients Windows based clients need to map the Windows user name to UID GID before forwarding a request to retain the correct ownership information for UNIX Linux clients By default the NAS system maps all non NFS users including local users and domain users with the same UID GID as defined on this page If the administrator wants to have differe...

Page 60: ...fault 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 Default link to set the UID GID of all users to the default UID GID Note that the value 1 represent that the UID GID is equal to the default UID GID configured above Or ...

Page 61: ...S 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 cli...

Page 62: ... 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 Configuring 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 be...

Page 63: ...and followed by NW Security Policy The policy that the NAS system used for authentication Frame Frame types determine how packets of network data are formatted on different LANs The default setting is AUTO in the NAS system Internal Network Number A logical network number that identifies an individual NetWare server on the LAN Configuring NetWare Settings 1 Click the Enable NetWare Network NCP Pro...

Page 64: ...ata accessing 2 Choose Allow file download only or Allow file upload and download 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 Microsoft domain security authentication 5 Select the default type of the folder display on the user page ...

Page 65: ... user from the pull down menu User using the anonymous login will then possess the same security privilege as the selected local user 4 Or click Allow individual user login Select Local account authentication to authenticate user using the local user database or click the Local and domain account authentication radio button to use both local account and Microsoft domain security authentication 5 S...

Page 66: ...le and the NAS system cannot be established if the community names are mismatch IP IP address of the SNMP management console Trap A trap is a voluntary message send out from a SNMP agent which is in this case your NAS system when there is an event occurred Management Configure the SNMP management console as Read Only or Full Control Location Provide location information of the SNMP agent Contact P...

Page 67: ...Repeat Step 2 to Step 5 if more than one management console is available NAS system supports up to 4 management consoles 7 Enter the location information of your NAS system 8 Enter the name of the contact person who has the management information of the NAS system 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 C...

Page 68: ...Event Configuration Advance menu Configuring Email Settings 1 Click the Enable SMTP Protocol checkbox to enable SMTP protocol 2 Enter the SMTP Server Address 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 se...

Page 69: ...CP IP settings for DNS suffix For clients to access server web pages with secure connection they have to install the CA certificate first Suppose that the server s IP address is 192 168 1 10 please open http 192 168 1 10 admin CA for the certificate Choose to install the certificate when a dialog box pops up Once the CA certificate is installed the client can access all NAS systems web pages with ...

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Page 71: ... or more disks Volume View List of Volumes It displays all the volumes in the NAS system 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 Members indicate the hard disks which compose the volume RAID Type indicates whether this volume is JBOD a single hard disk RAID 0 R...

Page 72: ...ere might be data loss but it is possible to recover some data Please copy data to a safe place immediately when a volume is in this state Inaccessible Two or more volume members are missing The volume is not mounted and data cannot be accessed Apply Ready Apply Degraded Apply Faulty RW Apply Rebuild Apply Expand The volume settings on the server and those on the hard disks are inconsistent It mea...

Page 73: ...Volume To change the name of a volume click its Volume Name hyperlink in the List of Volumes table It brings to another page for displaying detailed information of the volume You can modify the volume name on that page Device View It is a list of all the storage devices connected with the NAS system including hard disks CD DVD ROM CD DVD writers and tape drives List of hard disks In Volume shows t...

Page 74: ...device interface Device type could be CD ROM CD R CD RW DVD ROM DVD R DVD RW DVD ROM CD RW or Tape Data Transfer Modes Data transfer modes could be PIO x DMA x MDMA x or UDMA x PIO means Programmed Input Output of which data transfers are performed by host CPU DMA means Direct Memory Access of which data transfers are done by device controllers and use little host CPU time MDMA is multi word DMA U...

Page 75: ...lume types JBOD Just a Bunch Of Disks A JBOD type volume contains only one hard disk as its member RAID 0 RAID level 0 is disk striping only which distribute data evenly over multiple disks for better performance It does not provide safeguards against failure RAID level 0 uses two or more hard disks RAID 1 RAID level 1 uses disk mirroring which provides 100 duplication of data It offers high relia...

Page 76: ...Once Volume When setting a Write Once volume you are not allowed to erase or change what you have written on this volume This setting CANNOT be reverted in any situation please think it twice before you enable it Chapter 5 66 ...

Page 77: ...lete page Select the volume to be deleted and click the Delete button Please be very careful because all data in the volume will be destroyed and the RAID configuration will be erased also All hard disk members in this volume will become free disks after the deletion Chapter 5 67 ...

Page 78: ...n Storage management becomes much easier To expand a RAID 5 volume please go to the Volume Expand page Select a RAID 5 volume to be expanded Then choose the free disks as new members Click Apply to submit changes The progress of RAID expansion is shown on the Volume Information page To expand a SmartExtend volume please open the administration page of the SmartExtend target system When the target ...

Page 79: ...can connect to 10 SmartExtend target volumes at most SmartExtend Target A system which contains target volumes Target volumes are used to add capacity to a SmartExtend initiator SmartExtend Target Volumes JBOD or RAID groups on a SmartExtend target system SmartExtend Network Attached Devices Once connected SmartExtend target volumes appear as free disks on a SmartExtend initiator system Different ...

Page 80: ...over a broken connection every 5 minute The feature improves data availability even in a poor network Configuring SmartExtend Step By Step At least two NAS systems are required one as an initiator another as a target SmartExtend initiators provide all NAS file sharing functions acting as NAS heads connecting to SmartExtend targets SmartExtend targets are network attached RAID systems for SmartExte...

Page 81: ...e SmartExtend page Export the target volume by clicking the Export Volume button a First specify the target volume to be exported b Specify the group who can use the target volume A SmartExtend initiator must provide a user account when it tries to use the target volume The user account must be a member of this group c Specify a SmartExtend initiator which will connect to this target volume d Appl...

Page 82: ...etwork traffic Click the Refresh hyperlink to refresh the page The device name should be SED01 standing for SmartExtend Device number 01 10 Go to the Volume Information page check if SED01 is in the Free Disks list If yes it means that it is not initialized yet Go to the Volume Create page to initialize it Now you are done Repeat the above steps until all SmartExtend volumes are created ok Expandi...

Page 83: ...er to perform scanning at the scheduled time Disk Auto scanning To make sure that the hard disks contain no bad sectors before putting into use it is suggested to perform disk scanning before taking such actions as creating a volume expanding a volume migrating data or assigning a hot spare disks If disk auto scanning is enabled the NAS server can scan disks automatically when you perform these ac...

Page 84: ... will be taken immediately to recover that RAID volume To assign hot spare disks please go to the Volume Create page Specify the volume type as Hot 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 a...

Page 85: ...ounted not available for client access To migrate data select a source volume and the target volume to migrate to Choose Data migration and click Apply The target 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 duplica...

Page 86: ...hare01 vol 002 nas share01 vol 003 vol 001 vol 002 vol 003 are volume names Users will not be able to create any folders or files in the root level of the aggregation share To create an aggregation share please click the Create Aggregation Share button on the Security Share menu of the administration page Specify the share name and click Apply Then choose the volumes to aggregate on the Share Targ...

Page 87: ...ing hard disks when using the HDD module When using MR 423I hot swappable HDD module 1 Identify which hard disk fails The amber LED of the HDD tray will blink to indicate hard disk failure 2 Turn off the failed HDD by pressing the red button on the HDD tray 3 When the amber LED is steady on it is ready for being unplugged Unplug the HDD tray and replace the HDD with a good one 4 Plug in the HDD tr...

Page 88: ... 1U rack mount model 4100R 4200R Power switch 1 Identify which hard disk fails The amber LED2 will blink to indicate hard disk failure 2 Turn off the failed HDD by inserting the end of a large straightened paper clip into the hot swap switch hole on the front bezel 3 When the amber LED is steady on the failed HDD is ready for being unplugged Unplug the HDD tray and replace the HDD with a good one ...

Page 89: ...inux 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 system It provides administrator a summary of the security database and the status of the operation mode The Information page is divided into two sections The Security Database sect...

Page 90: ... group Host Entry Total number of Unix Linux host entered The Security Configuration section shows the current security configuration settings of the server 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...

Page 91: ... 3 Type in the user name and enter the password 4 Re type the password to confirm 5 Click Apply to save the setting To create a local group 1 Go to Security Account Local 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 a...

Page 92: ... the Grand administrator privilege check box 5 You can see all the members of this group in the right hand window 6 Select a user from the left hand window and click the button to add this user to the group 7 Click Apply to save the setting The NAS server provides a mechanism for administrators to create multiple accounts at one time It imports accounts from a text file and create local accounts a...

Page 93: ... 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 Select a file to import 4 Click the Apply button 5 If there are any errors it will be displayed in the pop up window after clicking the Last Import hyperlink Chapter 6 83...

Page 94: ... the valid Domain Login Account for retrieving Windows domain users and groups click the Modify button Otherwise go to Step 7 4 Enter a User Name and User Password of an existing account of the domain which shown in the Domain Name field 5 Click Apply to save the setting 7 You can change to another domain from the pull down menu which has the trust relationship with the current domain to retrieve ...

Page 95: ...ption Synchronize the user database with the native domain automatically The synchronization interval is one hour Update user database Changes of user accounts on the domain controller will not affect the NAS system 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 be...

Page 96: ...hould create a UNIX Linux host list prior to grant access right to them To create a list of the UNIX Linux host 1 Go to Security Account menu 2 Click the UNIX Linux Host tab 3 Enters a single 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 ...

Page 97: ...ume name hyperlink 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 s...

Page 98: ... the privileged list by first highlight the users or groups and then select the appropriate permission from the pull down menu at the bottom of the right hand windows 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 ...

Page 99: ... 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 permission of the hosts in the privileged list by first highlight the...

Page 100: ...e 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 do not need to re configure all the group memberships and access rights to the files and folders if the domain user is deleted from the local user database and the same name is created as the previous one Note ...

Page 101: ...abled 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 join the privileged user group list 7 If you want all the subfolders and files inherit the new permission you have just set check the Propagate to all subfolders and files check box 8 Click Apply to save the setting...

Page 102: ...S system in Windows Network File Folder Permission in NAS system Folder Permission in Windows Network File Permission in Windows Network No Access NA Full Control Modify Read Execute List Folder Contents Read Write Full Control Modify Read Execute Read Write Read Only RO Full Control Modify Read Execute List Folder Contents Read Write Full Control Modify Read Execute Read Write Write Only WO Full ...

Page 103: ...ission 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 Or remove the groups or users by clicking the Remove button To change owner of a file or folder 1 Go to Security File Folder menu 2 If you want to change the owner s name of the corresponding file and folder click the owner s name hyperlink Selec...

Page 104: ...se Total amount of disk space used by the user Quota Limit The amount of disk space in MB a user is allowed to use 1 Click the Enable user quota control checkbox to enable user quotas 2 Enter quota limit in MB for the user under the Quota Limit column 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...

Page 105: ...ries by selecting the check box at the end of each quota entries and click this icon 1 Click the Enable folder quota control checkbox to enable folder quotas 2 Click the Add to add folder quota to a folder 3 Click the Select Path to browse 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...

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Page 107: ...these models please get a license key from your vendor and enter the key on the Server License menu of the administration page At least 256MB memory is required for the Disc Server function to work The NAS server can manage more disc images with more memory It requires some simple configuration before using the Disc Server function Please open the administration page select Quick Setup from the Di...

Page 108: ...lder especially for storing disc images In addition to create a new disc image it can also replace an existing disc image with the duplicated one If the disc image being replaced is shared the duplicated disc image will inherit all the share settings and permissions The CD replacement will happen once and it will return to the previous settings The disc image s name can be either inherited from th...

Page 109: ...ly please open the Disc Server Disc Images administration page and click the Re scan images hyperlink to the right of the page To set up the NAS 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 App...

Page 110: ...ges are copied from another NAS server to a disc image folder over network using the Windows 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 pa...

Page 111: ...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 Assigning Share Permissions for the details of share permissions and NFS security settings You can also go to the Disc ServerÆDisc Shares page to share a single disc Click the Create Di...

Page 112: ...ecify the share name and click Apply Use the Share Permissions tab or the Unix Linux Setting tab if you want to restrict user access You can also go to the Disc Server Disc Shares page to share a disc image folder Click the Create Disc Folder Share button Specify the share name and click Apply to create the share Select the disc image folder to share in the Share Target tab and click Apply Chapter...

Page 113: ...the CD function please click the hyperlink in the Function column of the Device List table Next select a disc image by clicking the Select a Disc hyperlink After the selection is made the disc image information will be shown underneath including image size disc format and disc volume label Check the Erase disc before writing option if it is a rewriteable disc which contains data Click Apply to sta...

Page 114: ...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 Server Data Archiving Summary page before you use the data ...

Page 115: ...ata archiving task on October 25 2004 with the date extension The second disc will be ARCH20041010_02 if more than one disc is created Disc Type Specifies the media for burning It can be a CD a DVD or a dual layer DVD The NAS server will create disc images that match the size of the disc type and then burn the disc images Advanced Settings File Filtering At first the settings are hidden Please cli...

Page 116: ...f the archived data are below the threshold Archiving Schedule Specifies the schedule of the archiving task If the schedule is due the NAS server will check if the conditions specified in the Advanced Settings are met If met then perform the data archiving task Options Delete source files after the archiving is completed if checked the NAS server will delete the source files to free up disk space ...

Page 117: ...accounts In the domain mode the NAS system can retrieve user names from the domain controller and rely on the domain controller 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 acces...

Page 118: ...e Windows users by querying the domain controller while at the same time check the MacOS users with local user accounts The administrator can set the SMB CIFS protocol to the domain mode and configure the AFP protocol to apply Local account authentication Chapter 8 108 ...

Page 119: ... if the NAS system is in the domain mode Go to the Security Account Domain Account page Then click the Modify button and give a domain user account for logging on to the domain controller to retrieve domain accounts Next use the and buttons to specify the domain accounts to be cached in the NAS system 4 Share the volume to network users Go to the Security File Folder menu Find the volume01 entry a...

Page 120: ...sing from Windows Windows users can also map a network drive to nasserver volume01 or use the net use command in the Command Prompt window The command will be like net use n nasserver volume01 Chapter 8 110 ...

Page 121: ... accounts or retrieve domain accounts from the domain controller depending on whether the NAS system 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 shared On the Property page check the Web Access HTTP check box and click Apply 4...

Page 122: ...age switches to the administration home page Change View Mode changes the views of the file browsing area between Detail Large Icons and Small Icons Change Password modifies the password of the login user It allows a local user to change the password Create Folder creates a new folder in the current path if the login user has the access right Upload File uploads files to the current path if the lo...

Page 123: ...open the file in another browser window or pop up a dialog box for download To move to the upper level of directory click the Up Directory icon To delete files or folders check the checkboxes in the Delete column And click the Delete 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 ...

Page 124: ...s or retrieve domain accounts from the domain controller depending on whether the NAS system 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 shared On the Property page check the Macintosh Network AFP check box and click Apply 4 S...

Page 125: ...IP address of NASServer in the Address field And click Connect to put it on Desktop Or you can click AppleTalk in the middle left window pane to find the zone and the server Once you find the server click Connect to put it on Desktop Chapter 8 115 ...

Page 126: ... 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 Apply to save the settings 2 Create local user accounts or retrieve domain accounts from the domain controller depending on whether the NAS system is in the workgroup mode or the domain mode 3 Configure the fo...

Page 127: ...older menu Find the volume01 entry and click Create in the Sharing column or Modify if the volume has been shared On the Property page check the UNIX Linux Network NFS check box and click Apply 4 Enter the UNIX Linux Setting tab Add NFS clients to the privileged host list And assign UID GID and permission octets to the exported volume After the volume is exported use one of the NFS clients in the ...

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Page 129: ...ss 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 keep track of the snapshot data and file changes The snapshot feature is activated by default on model 4400 4420 8400 8420 It is an optional feature on model 4100 4200 8100 8200 Snapshot ...

Page 130: ...to show the snap folders as snap instead so that the folders can be accessed by Macintosh clients Delete snapshots if free space is low 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 exc...

Page 131: ... the state when the selected snapshot was taken Snapshot roll back is useful if most data are lost or destroyed by virus attacks or human errors Snapshot roll back is much faster than restoring from tapes Please note that the roll back operation is dangerous because the whole volume will be restored to the previous state If you want to restore only part of the data please simply copy them from the...

Page 132: ...Snapshot Fast Point In Time Copies There are four types of schedules hourly daily weekly and monthly Each volume can have up to 8 schedules of any types Chapter 9 122 ...

Page 133: ...he Loader function copies data from a CD or DVD disc to any location inside the NAS system This function is useful when you try to restore the archived data on CD DVD discs or simply copy files from discs to the server Note that the NAS system recognizes only data CD or DVD such as ISO 9660 Multimedia CD formats such as audio CD or video CD are not supported To load data from CD DVD discs please i...

Page 134: ...ther to overwrite the existing files Overwrite with newer files means it will overwrite the target if the files on the CD DVD disc are newer 4 Click Apply to start copying data When it is copying 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 the progress bar the Processed Folders it...

Page 135: ...ext open the Administration Page and enter the Backup Loader Writer page Then follow the steps below 1 Click the Writer tab in Backup Loader Writer menu 2 Select the Target Device where you want to burn the blank CD DVD disc s Above the Target Device item you will see a device list for your reference 3 Specify the source folders Please click Select Folders and specify which folders to burn 4 Speci...

Page 136: ...ders item the Processed Files item and the Size Processed item You can also check the Task Phase to see what the CD DVD writer is doing If it requires more than one disc to burn the source data it will prompt for a new disc after the first disc is burned ok In this case the Task progress bar indicates the total task progress which means the percentage of the source data which have been burned to d...

Page 137: ...demands The backup software requires the system folder to operate To specify the system folder please open the Administration Page and go to the Server Maintenance page Then specify a volume to contain the system folder If there exists no system folder in the specified volume it will create one automatically Adding Backup Tasks To arrange backup schedules please open the Administration Page and go...

Page 138: ... will be copied to the lower list box which indicates the folders to back up 5 Specify backup schedule You can start the backup immediately or arrange a schedule The schedule can specified at any weekday or a day of a month 6 Specify whether to overwrite the tape If yes the backup task will rewind the tape to the beginning and overwrite it with backup files If not it will append the backup to the ...

Page 139: ...r restoring operation To import backup indexes please select a tape drive and click the Import hyperlink 3 Choose whether to restore all the files in the backup set or only certain files or folders For the latter it requires Java virtual machine for the UI Please go to http java sun com for the latest Java virtual machine 4 Click the Next button 5 To restore selected files or folders please make s...

Page 140: ...It will restore files and the full directory hierarchy under the specified path 7 Specify whether to restore the ACL settings together with the files 8 Specify whether to overwrite the existing files with the backup files 9 Click the Apply button to start to restore Checking Task Progress Viewing Logs When a tape task is running you can view its progress on the Summary page On the upper Summary pa...

Page 141: ...ystem folder On the lower Summary page are the logs They keep records of the statistics and errors of the backup restoring tasks ever executed Click a hyperlink in the Tape Label column to see its details To delete logs please check the check boxes to the right and click the Delete icon Chapter 9 131 ...

Page 142: ...er supports up to two tape libraries The tape library support is an optional feature on model 4200 4400 4420 8200 8400 8420 Managing Devices Tapes and Tape Cleaning When the NAS server starts up it will initialize the tape library It might take a while To view the status please open the administration page and enter Backup Tape Library Devices When it finishes the initialization you will see a pag...

Page 143: ...he tape to an empty slot The NAS server will read the tape and add it to its inventory To remove a tape use the Export function to move it to the CAP Inventorying tape slots It checks all the slots of the tape library to see if they are occupied and reads in media information from all the tapes The whole process may take a while depending on the number of tapes and the tape drive speed Erasing a t...

Page 144: ... media pool is a group of tapes managed as a unit You must define a media pool before assigning any backup schedules To define a media pool please go to the Backup Tape Library Media Pool menu and click New Pool Each media pool is divided into two sets the save set and the scratch set The save set is consisted of the tapes containing important data which cannot be overwritten On the other hand the...

Page 145: ... retention period when creating a backup task Backing Up Data To start a backup task immediately please go to the Backup Tape Library Backup menu on the administration page Click the Backup Now button and specify the following 1 Specify the task name The created backup set will be named after the task name appended by date time 2 Choose a tape library and the tape drive Usually the tape drive is s...

Page 146: ...what to backup by selecting the folders to be backed up 6 Specify whether to enable the hardware compression capability of the tape drives 7 Click Apply to start to back up To create a backup task please go to the Backup Tape Library Backup menu on the administration page Click the Add Task button and specify the following parameters 1 Specify the task name The created backup set will be named aft...

Page 147: ...n used for 7 days f Set overwrite options If Overwrite the media is selected it will only use blank tape or scratch tape for backups and write data from the beginning of the tapes If Append to the media is selected it will append data to the last used tape 5 Specify whether to enable the hardware compression capability of the tape drives 6 Click Apply to start to back up Restoring Data To restore ...

Page 148: ...ons specify whether to overwrite the existing files with the backed up files Checking Task Progress Viewing Logs When a task is running you can view its progress on the Devices page On the upper page is a list of tape libraries and tape drives Any currently running tasks will be shown as hyperlinks in the Status column Click a hyperlink to watch task progress and details It shows Idle with no hype...

Page 149: ...s The function of creating sync points of backup mode or distribute mode are only available on model 4400 4420 8200 8400 8420 Building a Mirror Site Two NAS systems 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 system which acts as the SmartSync server create a sync point in it A sync poi...

Page 150: ...ync Task menu on the Administration Page Click the Add Task button There are four steps 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 system where you create the sync point The second input box is for the port number By default port 873 is used to get remote SmartSync server information such as sync point nam...

Page 151: ...the brief information of the task settings Making Disk to disk Backups Two or more NAS systems are required one as the SmartSync server the rest as the SmartSync clients It will backup data from the SmartSync clients to the SmartSync server On the NAS system which acts as the SmartSync server create a sync point of Backup mode which receives data from SmartSync clients and creates data backups in ...

Page 152: ...day b It will 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 system which acts as the SmartSync client set up a SmartSync task which defines the schedule settings and the source folder To set up a SmartS...

Page 153: ...ify 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 the Administration Page and enter the Backup SmartSync Task menu Click the Add Task button Follow the steps to take to add the SmartSy...

Page 154: ...s to Multiple Sites Two or more NAS systems are required one as the SmartSync server others as the SmartSync clients It will replicate data from the SmartSync server to the SmartSync client On the NAS system which acts as the SmartSync server create a sync point of Distribute mode which distributes data to the SmartSync clients as they request To create a sync point please go to the Backup SmartSy...

Page 155: ...c task please go to the Backup SmartSync Task menu on the Administration Page Click the Add Task button Follow the steps to take to add the SmartSync 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 Chapter 9 145 ...

Page 156: ...penalty if compression ratio is low Contain security information when checked it will send ACL information to the SmartSync server Bandwidth control limits the maximum bandwidth for the task Include exclude file pattern for excluding or including certain file types in the synchronization For example to exclude WORD files type doc To exclude all WORD files except those beginning with abc type abc d...

Page 157: ...lete a system profile check its check box and click the Delete icon Recovering the system configurations when a disaster happens If there is any system failure which causes corrupt system configurations the first step is to reset the system configurations to factory default Go to the Server Shutdown page Check the Reset configuration to factory default option and click the Reboot button The second...

Page 158: ...ludes local accounts current domain accounts and trust domain accounts together with their quota settings User accounts will be appended to the existing user database local accounts with the same 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 netwo...

Page 159: ...us additional event notification setting that may be of interest to the more advanced user Various notification methods are provided by NAS system to ensure non stop operation and data integrity LCD alert provides warning and error level notification o Warning level notification such as very low disk space is detected on volume hot spare disk is consumed and so on o Error level notification such a...

Page 160: ...fined threshold temperature Configuring thermal settings 1 Go to Thermal Settings in Event Configuration menu 2 Enable CPU Fan Control if you want NAS system to adjust the CPU fan speed automatically based on the CPU and System temperature Otherwise the CPU fan will always run at full speed 3 You can set the NAS system to give off warning message or shutdown base on the CPU or System temperature C...

Page 161: ...NAS system has been found Administrator can therefore be aware of the status of the NAS system immediately when 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 system Viewing System Log In the Event Syste...

Page 162: ...og 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 event represent general security event of your NAS system ...

Page 163: ... all the open files on NAS system R W read write privileges of the opened file User the name of the user who has opened the file Protocol the protocol used for the network connection SMB NFS AFP or FTP File Name lists the name and path of the opened file Viewing the Active Connections In the Status Connections Current Connections configure and show the protocol used by the client that is currently...

Page 164: ...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 memory and the current free memory are also shown here Network The network throughput in percentage are showed on here Chapter 10 154 ...

Page 165: ...istration 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 folder Once the system folder is created you are able to save the system settings and event logs as HTML files On the same page choose the files to save and click the Apply button Before saving the files you can preview them by clicking the Preview...

Page 166: ...OS clients and NetWare clients There are several share types Normal Share indicates a shared folder in any data volume Aggregation Share indicates a share of grouping of several volumes System Share indicates the MIRROR share which holds all CD DVD volumes Disc Share indicates a share of a single CD DVD volume Group Share indicates a share of grouping of several CD DVD volumes Disc Folder Share in...

Page 167: ...ation 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 system General settings display the present condition of the following items Real time Scan Display real time scanning is either disabled or enabled Virus Scan Schedule Display schedule viru...

Page 168: ...d quarantine The real time scan history display the date time that the virus is found virus name action taken and the full path name of the infected file And the scan task summary display the start time of each manual or scheduled scan task Chapter 11 158 ...

Page 169: ...der resides Note 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 protection while users are reading or writing files to the NAS system 1 Click the Enable Real time scan checkbox to enable real time scanning 2 ...

Page 170: ... the Manual tab to go to the manual scanning page 3 Click the Select Folders hyperlink to specify the folders you want to perform the manual scan 4 Click Apply to save the settings Configuring Schedule Scanning 1 Click the Enable Scheduled Scan For Infected Files checkbox to enable scheduled scanning 2 Click the Select Folders hyperlink to specify the folders you want to perform the scheduled scan...

Page 171: ...und File Types to Scan 1 Click the desire scan file type 2 If All file types is selected all files regardless to its file extension will be scanned 3 If Files with specified file extensions Only is selected specify using the recommended extensions recommended by Trend Micro or specify the file extension manually 4 Note that the maximum scanning layer of a compressed file is set to 2 layers for all...

Page 172: ...Configuring Scan Settings 1 Click the desire action when virus was found 2 Click Apply to save the settings Chapter 11 162 ...

Page 173: ... 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 1 Click the Enable Scheduled Update ...

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Page 175: ... Optional Features To activate the optional features please follow the steps 1 Open the Administration Page select License from the Server menu The page is like 2 Enter the license key in the input field A license key is a string of 24 characters The characters can be any numbers or English letters Please note that license keys are case sensitive 3 Click Apply to save the settings 4 The activation...

Page 176: ...tures Each trial spans 30 days During the trial period the optional features are full functional Click the Activate Trials hyperlink to enable the trial It activates all the optional features Up to 5 trials can be used The used trial count is displayed on the same page Chapter 12 166 ...

Page 177: ... 4A 12V 0 5A 8200C 3 3V 4A 5V 4A 12V 1A Operating Temperature 0 40 degree Celsius Operating Humidity 10 80 non condensing Regulatory Certifications FCC Class A CE LED Indicators On Off Blink Amber 1000M link no link 1000M activity Green 100M link no link 100M activity LAN 1 Yellow 10M link no link 10M activity Amber 1000M link no link 1000M activity LAN 2 Green 100M link no link 100M activity Appe...

Page 178: ... 10M activity HD Access Red IDE activity Green Power on Power Fault Yellow Fault Note Only available on Model 8200C Jumpers and DIP switch JP1 reset to default Pin Number Function Pin 1 PWR Pin 2 SetDefault Pin 3 GND Short Pin 1 2 normal operation Appendix A Specification 168 ...

Page 179: ...Pin 1 PowerSwitch Pin 2 GND Pin 3 ResetSwitch Pin 4 GND Pin 1 2 connected to the system power switch Pin 3 4 connected to the system reset switch S1 operation mode DIP 1 DIP 2 Operation Mode ON ON Clear Password OFF ON Manufacturing Use ON OFF Network Recovery Mode OFF OFF Normal DIP 3 ON MR 423I not installed OFF MR 423I installed Appendix A Specification 169 ...

Page 180: ...Dimension Micro ATX Form Factor 24 4cm L 24 4cm W Input Power Standard 400W ATX power connector 8400M 3 3V 8 8A 5V 20A 12Vmax 21 2A 12Vpeak 28A Operating Temperature 0 40 degree Celsius Operating Humidity 10 80 non condensing Regulatory Certifications FCC Class A UL CE Appendix A Specification 170 ...

Page 181: ... 8400M NAS Main board Jumpers and DIP switch J1 CPU Fan connector J5 Front Panel connector J13 System Fan 4 connector J14 System Fan 2 connector J15 System Fan 1 connector J16 System Fan 3 connector Appendix A Specification 171 ...

Page 182: ... 4 Case Intrusion Pin 5 6 SCSI LED J23 1 2 3 4 6 5 7 2 9 4 12 11 Pin Number Function Pin 1 2 Sys Fan 1 Disable Pin 3 4 Sys Fan 2 Disable Pin 5 6 Sys Fan 3 Disable Pin 7 8 Sys Fan 4 Disable Pin 9 10 Case Open Detect Disable Pin 11 12 Door Open Detect Disable S1 operation mode Appendix A Specification 172 ...

Page 183: ...400M NAS Main board DIP 1 DIP 2 Operation Mode ON ON Clear Password OFF ON Manufacturing Mode ON OFF Network Recovery Mode OFF OFF Normal DIP 3 Status ON Backplane not installed OFF Backplane installed Appendix A Specification 173 ...

Page 184: ...ess Meaning Green Blinks Off Master Red On Slave Powering up Green On Red On during access HDD is being accessed Green Blinks Fast Red On RAID building rebuilding expanding or disk scanning Amber On Off HDD is ready for being hot unplugged Amber Blinks Fast Off HDD carrier fan error Blinking interval is about 0 5 second Amber Blinks Slowly Off Disk faulty Blinking interval is about 2 seconds Green...

Page 185: ...ower ratings depend on HDD Operating Temperature 0 40 degree Celsius Operating Humidity 10 80 non condensing LED Indicators Hot swap LED1 LED2 Power LED 1 HD Access LED 2 Power Fault Power Switch Meaning Off Master Red On Slave Green Blinks X Powering up Red On during access Green On X HDD is being accessed Red On Green Blinks X RAID building Appendix A Specification 175 ...

Page 186: ... Off Amber Blinks Slowly X Disk faulty Blinking interval is about 2 seconds Off Green Amber Interleaves X IDE cable connect error Off Off X No power Hard disk is absent IDE cable is not connected J4 3 pin HDD present jumper on the tray PCB board Function Jumper cap HDD not present Short pins 1 2 J4 HDD present Short pins 2 3 default J4 Appendix A Specification 176 ...

Page 187: ...rent Output for 5V 20A Maximum Current Output for 12V 16A Peak Current Output for 12V 28A Output Wattage 370W Hardware Specification for the 9 bay Tower Model Dimension 430x175x490mm H x W x D Input Power 90 260V Current Output for 5V 20A Maximum Current Output for 12V 16A Peak Current Output for 12V 28A Output Wattage 370W Appendix A Specification 177 ...

Page 188: ...5V 20A Maximum Current Output for 12V 16A Peak Current Output for 12V 28A Output Wattage 370W Hardware Specification for the 2U Rack Mount Model Dimension 88x436x685mm H x W x D Input Power 90 260V Current Output for 5V 20A Maximum Current Output for 12V 16A Peak Current Output for 12V 28A Output Wattage 370W LED Indicators 1 Power LED 4 LAN2 LED Appendix A Specification 178 ...

Page 189: ...cess Green On HDD is being accessed Red On Green Blinks Fast RAID building rebuilding expanding or disk scanning Off Amber On HDD is ready for being hot unplugged Off Amber Blinks Slowly Disk faulty Blinking interval is about 2 seconds Off Green Amber Interleaves IDE cable connect error PATA model Off Off No power Hard disk is absent IDE cable is not connected Appendix A Specification 179 ...

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Page 191: ...ed 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 Remotely loads CD images from a local CD ROM drive into a NAS Server Collect and duplicates files into N...

Page 192: ...ent for Microsoft Networks and the TCP IP protocol in Windows to use NAStart Installing NAStart You are ready to install this utility if the TCP IP protocol is installed in your computer To install NAStart insert the Utility CD into the CD ROM drive On the auto run interface click Install NAStart If the auto run interface does not appear go to X NAStart and run NAStart exe where X is the drive let...

Page 193: ...ic refresh interval 1 Go to Tool NAStart Options menu 2 Enter a number between 1 to 60 minutes 3 Click OK Server Quick Setup Using NAStart You can perform initial setup for your NAS system using NAStart 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 ...

Page 194: ...ttings and Export System Settings form a combined process of replicate system settings from one configured NAS Server to another 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 ...

Page 195: ... type of system settings you want to import into the target server The detail content of the system settings are displayed in the preview text box beside each selection 7 Click OK NAS Server will reboot automatically Appendix B Utility for NAS system 185 ...

Page 196: ...Open Windows Explorer when NAStart starts The main window consists of a file menu a tool bar a tree view pane on the left a list view pane on the right and a status bar on the bottom On the tree view pane are listed all the NAS Servers found by the NAStart on the network Also included is My Computer as the one in Windows Explorer My Container keeps information of the files folders that can be buil...

Page 197: ...se over it Note If a NAS Server is protected by the admin password you have to enter the password to set up or write to the server The following are some icon representations NAS Network display all the NAS Servers found on the LAN NAS Server represents a NAS Server Disc Image Folder contains disc images of the NAS Server You can double click to view its content Disc Image represents a mirrored CD...

Page 198: ...Tool Bar Functions The tool bar provides an easy access to the main functions of NAStart 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 Appendix B Utility for NAS system 188 ...

Page 199: ...ting CD images into the NAS Server Build Image starts the Build Image wizard to build a CD image from My Container into a NAS Server Server Quick 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...

Page 200: ... the Mirror CD wizard as shown below Select a PC CD ROM drive as the source Press Next to continue 2 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 ...

Page 201: ... of the CD DVD image 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 Appendix B Utility for NAS system 191 ...

Page 202: ...Mirroring CD DVD Remotely 4 Specify the date time to run the task Then press Next 5 Set the Mirror CD options if necessary Appendix B Utility for NAS system 192 ...

Page 203: ...Mirroring CD DVD Remotely 6 Click OK to start the task The Task Manager will show the progress Appendix B Utility for NAS system 193 ...

Page 204: ...The first thing to build a CD DVD image is to collect files Open Windows Explorer and drag drop files into My Container 2 Click the Build Image icon on the tool bar to bring up the Build Image wizard You can click the Validate button to check if the file folder information in My Container is correct If not you can choose to update My Container Appendix B Utility for NAS system 194 ...

Page 205: ...e 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 Appendix B Utility for NAS system 195 ...

Page 206: ...rchiving Files As a CD DVD Image 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 Appendix B Utility for NAS system 196 ...

Page 207: ...Archiving Files As a CD DVD Image 5 Specify the date time to run the task Then press OK 6 The Task Manager will show the progress Appendix B Utility for NAS system 197 ...

Page 208: ...ify 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 mirrored remotely ISO 9660 level 1 2 3 including Romeo Joliet and Rock Ridge extensio...

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