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Chapter 6   System Maintenance 

 

 

RAID Subsystem 

 

 

6.1   Upgrading the RAID Controller’s Cache Memory

 

 
The RAID controller is equipped with one DDRII SDRAM socket. By default, the RAID 
controller comes with 512MB of memory that is expandable to a maximum of 4GB. The 
expansion memory module can be purchased from your dealer. 
 
Memory Type: 1.8V PC5300/4200 DDR2 SDRAM 240pin ECC. 
Memory Size: Supports 240pin DDRII of 512MB, 1GB, 2GB, or 4GB. 

 

 
 

 

 
 

 

6.1.1   Installing Memory Module 

 

1.

 

Shutdown first the NAS system and unplug all power cords. 

2.

 

Press the push button lock on the top cover, and pull the top cover handle 
towards the rear. Then remove the top cover. 

3.

 

Remove the memory module from the RAM socket of the RAID controller by 
pressing the ejector clips until the memory module pops out of the socket. 

4.

 

Align the new memory module into the socket. Make sure the notch is aligned 
with the key on the socket itself. With the ejector clips in open position, press 
down the memory module into the socket until it sinks into place. The ejector 
clips will automatically close to lock the memory module. 

 
 

 
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Summary of Contents for SN-3163S3H-QX

Page 1: ...SAS SATA II NAS System User Manual Revision 1 1 P N PW0020000000365...

Page 2: ...ild 22 Chapter 2 Installation Overview 23 2 1 Packaging Shipment and Delivery 23 2 2 Unpacking the NAS System 23 2 3 Identifying Parts of the NAS System 24 2 3 1 Front View 24 2 3 2 Rear View 26 Chapt...

Page 3: ...65 5 3 4 2 Volume Set Migration 66 5 3 5 Check Volume Set 67 5 3 6 Schedule Volume Check 69 5 3 7 Stop Volume Check 70 5 4 Physical Drive 70 5 4 1 Create Pass Through Disk 70 5 4 2 Modify a Pass Thro...

Page 4: ...1 Volume Group Management 104 8 1 1 1 Create the proNASVG Volume Group 104 8 1 1 2 Creating another Volume Group 107 8 1 1 3 Reset and Remove Volume Group 110 8 1 2 Logical Volume Configuration 112 8...

Page 5: ...pplying ACL 158 8 4 1 3 Modifying a Share 158 8 4 1 4 Deleting a Share 159 8 4 2 Properties Setting 160 8 4 3 Protocol Setting 161 8 4 3 1 CIFS 161 8 4 3 2 NFS 162 8 4 3 3 AppleTalk 162 8 4 3 4 Novell...

Page 6: ...ht 208 9 5 Change Password and Logout 208 Chapter 10 proBackup 209 10 1 Introduction to proBackup 209 10 2 Administrator Logon 209 10 3 Create Backup Plan 212 10 4 Restore Backup 218 10 5 Account Deta...

Page 7: ...ered in going through with this manual Copyright No part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopyin...

Page 8: ...io communications However there is not guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause interference to radio or television equipment reception whic...

Page 9: ...Before plugging in any power cords cables and connectors make sure that the power switches are turned off Disconnect first any power connection if the power supply module is being removed from the enc...

Page 10: ...SAS SATA II NAS System 10 User Manual PART I Hardware Components and RAID Subsystem...

Page 11: ...ether with the proNAS management solution proNAS High Availability and proBackup client backup solution to provide businesses with the most flexible scalable securable and manageable NAS environment I...

Page 12: ...orts hot spare and automatic hot rebuild Allows online capacity expansion within the enclosure Supports spin down drives for power saving MAID and disk drive power cycle Supports scheduled volume chec...

Page 13: ...volume created from enclosure is used by other host system One 1 4X SAS Expansion port for JBOD connection up to 6 SAS JBOD enclosures max 112 disks One 1 4X SAS HBA port for connection to another DA...

Page 14: ...as a master browser Share level security File level security User ID security for NFS Macintosh Support AFP over Apple Talk AFP over TCP IP Mac zones General File Server Independent Peer to peer oper...

Page 15: ...nagement GUI CLI management via Telnet or SSH Data Protection proNAS High Availability option proBackup Client Backup proNAS Data and Configuration Backup Support Veritas Backup Exec Agent Power requi...

Page 16: ...large as several megabytes These stripes are then interleaved in a rotating sequence so that the combined space is composed alternately of stripes from each drive The specific type of operating envir...

Page 17: ...r of disk drives that store duplicate data but appear to the computer as a single drive Although striping is not used within a single mirrored drive pair multiple RAID 1 arrays can be striped together...

Page 18: ...ecords Synchronized spindle drives are required for RAID 3 arrays in order to avoid performance degradation with short records RAID 5 arrays with small stripes can yield similar performance to RAID 3...

Page 19: ...ecords However RAID 3 does not allow overlapping of multiple I O operations and requires synchronized spindle drives to avoid performance degradation with short records RAID 5 with a small stripe size...

Page 20: ...Requires N 2 drives to implement because of two dimensional parity scheme 4 1 0 Combination of RAID levels 0 and 1 This level provides striping and redundancy through mirroring 4 30 Combination of RA...

Page 21: ...ether in a Raid Set then the capacity of the smallest disk will become the effective capacity of all the disks in the Raid Set 1 4 2 Volume Set A Volume Set is seen by the host system as a single logi...

Page 22: ...2 Hot Swap Disk Drive Support The RAID subsystem has built in protection circuit to support the replacement of SATA II hard disk drives without having to shut down or reboot the system The removable h...

Page 23: ...Exterior damage to the shipping carton may indicate that the contents of the carton are damaged If any damage is found do not remove the components contact the dealer where you purchased the subsyste...

Page 24: ...1 Front View 1 HDD Status Indicator Parts Function HDD Status LED Green LED indicates power is on and hard drive status is good for this slot If hard drive defected in this slot or the hard drive is...

Page 25: ...button to return to the previous menu NOTE This button can also be used to reset the alarm beeper For example if one power supply fails pressing this button will mute the beeper 6 Environment Status L...

Page 26: ...pped with a serial monitor port allowing you to connect a PC or terminal and manage the RAID controller 4 AC Power Input Socket Use this to connect the power cords connected from power source 5 Power...

Page 27: ...ystem has 1 serial port 13 SAS Expansion Port Use this to connect SAS JBOD expansion enclosures Up to 6 JBOD enclosures can be connected in daisy chain 14 SAS RAID Host Port Use this to connect the RA...

Page 28: ...d 3 2 Powering On NOTE If other JBOD subsystem s or RAID subsystem with or without JBOD subsystem s connected in daisy chain are to be connected to the SAS Expansion Port or to the SAS HBA Port respec...

Page 29: ...SAS SATA II NAS System User Manual 29 2 Open the protective cover of the System Power Switch 3 Press the System Power Switch to power on the NAS 4 The Power LED on the front Panel will turn green...

Page 30: ...latch downwards to release the tray Pull the handle outwards to remove the carrier from the enclosure b Take off the bracket before installing hard drive c Place the hard drive in the disk tray d Inst...

Page 31: ...sure JBOD 2 Repeat the process until the last JBOD is connected in daisy chain 3 If a RAID subsystem will be used connect the SAS cable from the RAID subsystem s SAS Host Channel A or Host Channel B i...

Page 32: ...re as applicable 6 Power on the JBOD enclosures starting from the last enclosure in the chain And power on the RAID enclosure 7 Power on the NAS 8 Insert the disk trays with disk drives 9 Open proRAID...

Page 33: ...to access using only one method at a time You cannot use more than one method at the same time 4 1 Configuration through Terminal Configuring through a terminal will allow you to use the same configur...

Page 34: ...SAS SATA II NAS System 34 User Manual 4 The default setting of the monitor port is 115200 baud rate 8 data bit non parity 1 stop bit and no flow control 5 Click disconnect button...

Page 35: ...ile menu and then open Properties 7 Open the Settings Tab 8 Configure the settings as follows Function arrow and ctrl keys act as Terminal Keys Backspace key sends Crtl H Emulation VT100 Telnet termin...

Page 36: ...to link the RAID subsystem and Terminal together Press X key to display the disk array Monitor Utility screen on your VT100 Terminal 10 The Main Menu will appear Keyboard Function Key Definitions A k...

Page 37: ...assword has been set the user can only monitor and configure the RAID subsystem by providing the correct password The password is used to protect the RAID subsystem from unauthorized access The contro...

Page 38: ...ration which consists of all physical disks installed Raid Set Functions Create a customized Raid Set Volume Set Functions Create a customized Volume Set Physical Drive Functions View individual disk...

Page 39: ...lt password is set to 00000000 Function Key Definitions The four function keys at the top of the front panel perform the following functions Parts Function Up and Down Arrow buttons Use the Up or Down...

Page 40: ...r Manual 4 2 1 Menu Diagram The following menu diagram is a summary of the various configurations and setting functions that can be accessed through terminal The LCD panel menus also have similar func...

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Page 45: ...its IP Address Launch your web browser from remote machine and enter in the address bar http IP Address IMPORTANT The R Link default IP Address is 172 16 0 2 subnet mask 255 255 0 0 You can configure...

Page 46: ...ng setup Raid Set Functions Create customized Raid Sets Volume Set Functions Create customized Volume Sets and allow modification of parameters of existing Volume Sets parameter Physical Drive Create...

Page 47: ...guration If the Volume Set size is over 2TB an option Greater Two TB Volume Support will be automatically provided in the screen as shown in the example below There are three options to select No 64bi...

Page 48: ...ion and click on the Submit button in the Quick Create screen The Raid Set and Volume Set will start to initialize You can use RaidSet Hierarchy feature to view the Volume Set information Refer to Sec...

Page 49: ...click on the Create RAID Set link A Select The Drives For RAID Set screen is displayed showing the disk drives in the system Tick the box of each disk drive that will be included in Raid Set to be cre...

Page 50: ...lete screen is displayed showing all Raid Sets existing in the system Select the Raid Set you want to delete in the Select column Tick on the Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button to pr...

Page 51: ...d RAID Set link Select the Raid Set which you want to expand Tick on the available disk s and check Confirm The Operation Click on the Submit button to add the selected disk s to the Raid Set NOTE Onc...

Page 52: ...lso displayed in the Volume Set status area of the Volume Set Information for all Volume Sets under the Raid Set which is migrating NOTE For NAS system usage after expanding a Raid Set create a new Vo...

Page 53: ...SAS SATA II NAS System User Manual 53 NOTE A Raid Set cannot be expanded if it contains a Raid 30 50 60 Volume Set...

Page 54: ...Ds will be blinking RED To offline a Raid Set click on the Offline RAID Set link A Select The RAID SET To Offline screen is displayed showing all existing Raid Sets in the subsystem Select the Raid Se...

Page 55: ...e RAID controller and the NAS system is powered off and one disk drive is removed or has failed in power off state and when the NAS system is powered on the Raid Set State will change to Incomplete Th...

Page 56: ...Activate Incomplete RAID Set link A Select The Raid Set To Activate screen is displayed showing all existing Raid Sets in the subsystem Select the Raid Set with Incomplete state which you want to act...

Page 57: ...id Set member disk drives in the subsystem appear Select the target disk drive by clicking on the appropriate check box Tick on the Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button to create hot s...

Page 58: ...SAS SATA II NAS System 58 User Manual 5 2 8 Rescue Raid Set If you need to recover a missing Raid Set using the Rescue Raid Set function please contact your vendor s support engineer for assistance...

Page 59: ...have its data spread evenly across all the disks in the Raid Set 5 3 1 Create Volume Set The following are the Volume Set features 1 Volume sets of different RAID levels may coexist on the same Raid S...

Page 60: ...UNIX Linux and Windows Server 2003 SP1 or later versions The maximum Volume Set size is up to 512TB 4K Block Use this option for Windows OS such as Windows 2000 2003 or XP The maximum Volume Set size...

Page 61: ...erformance under multi tasking operating systems by reordering tasks or requests in the command queue of the RAID system This function should normally remain enabled SAS Port LUN Base LUN SAS Port The...

Page 62: ...Set For Raid30 50 60 screen will show all Raid Sets Tick on the Raid Sets that you want to include in the creation and then click on the Submit button NOTE Maximum of 8 Raid Sets is supported All Raid...

Page 63: ...Volume Set link The Select The Volume Set To Delete screen will show all available Raid Sets Tick on a Raid Set and check the Confirm The Operation option and then click on the Submit button to show...

Page 64: ...on the Modify Volume Set link 2 Tick from the list the Volume Set you want to modify Click on the Submit button The following screen appears To modify Volume Set attribute values select an attribute...

Page 65: ...nd the Volume Set capacity Select the Volume Set and move the cursor to the Volume Set Capacity item and enter the capacity size NOTE For NAS system usage after expanding a Raid Set create a new Volum...

Page 66: ...me Set migrates from one RAID level to another a Volume Set stripe size changes or when a disk is added to a Raid Set Migrating status is displayed in the Volume Set status area of the RaidSet Hierarc...

Page 67: ...er to perform Check Volume Set Only RAID levels with parity redundant data such as RAID Levels 3 5 and 6 support this function To perform Check Volume Set function 1 Click on the Check Volume Set link...

Page 68: ...tem 68 User Manual 3 Tick on Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button The Checking process will be started The checking percentage can also be viewed by clicking on RaidSet Hierarchy in th...

Page 69: ...run Tick on Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button Scheduler Disabled 1Day For Testing 1Week 2Weeks 3Weeks 4Weeks 8Weeks 12Weeks 16Weeks 20Weeks and 24Weeks Check After System Idle No 1...

Page 70: ...annot be a part of a Volume Set A Pass Through disk is a separate and individual Raid Set The disk is available to the host as an individual disk It is typically used on a system where the operating s...

Page 71: ...Pass Through Disk link The Select The Pass Through Disk For Modification screen appears Tick on the Pass Through Disk from the Pass Through drive pool and click on the Submit button to select the driv...

Page 72: ...rsor and click on Identify Enclosure link The Select The Enclosure For Identification screen appears Tick on the enclosure from the list of enclosures then click on the Submit button to identify the s...

Page 73: ...is selected using the Identify Drive function the Status LED of the selected disk drive will be blinking To identify a selected drive from the drives pool click on the Identify Drive link The Select T...

Page 74: ...on The RAID subsystem allows user to choose the background task priority High 80 Medium 50 Low 25 and Ultra Low 5 to balance between background task process and Volume Set access For high RAID subsyst...

Page 75: ...10 15 20 30 40 and 60 Disk Write Cache Mode The RAID subsystem supports Disk Write Cache Mode options Auto Enabled and Disabled If the RAID subsystem has BBM battery backup module selecting the Auto...

Page 76: ...e desired configuration Once done tick on the Confirm The Operation and click the Submit button to save the settings NOTE If HTTP Telnet and SMTP Port Number is set to 0 the service is disabled 5 5 2...

Page 77: ...vent Notification configuration screen will be shown Set up the desired function and option When an abnormal condition occurs an error message will be emailed to the email recipient s that a problem h...

Page 78: ...ess box the IP address of the host system where SNMP traps will be sent The SNMP Port is set to 162 by default SNMP System Configuration Community Type the SNMP community The default is public 1 sysCo...

Page 79: ...er IP Address to enable the RAID subsystem to synchronize with it To set the NTP function move the cursor to the main menu and click on the NTP Configuration link The RAID subsystem s NTP Configuratio...

Page 80: ...mation move the mouse cursor to the System Controls menu and click on the View Events Mute Beeper link The Raid Subsystem s System Events Information screen appears The System Events Information scree...

Page 81: ...e cursor bar to the main menu and click on the Generate Test Event Link Tick on the Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button Then click on the View Events Mute Beeper to view the test even...

Page 82: ...ler will check the password only when entering the Main Menu from the initial screen The RAID subsystem will automatically go back to the initial screen when it does not receive any command after some...

Page 83: ...screen To view the Raid Set information click the Raid Set link from the Raid Set Hierarchy screen The Raid Set Information screen appears To view the disk drive information click the Slot link from...

Page 84: ...m the Information menu The Raid Subsystem Information screen appears The Controller Name Firmware Version Serial Number Main Processor CPU Data Instruction Cache size System Memory size speed Current...

Page 85: ...e levels of the RAID subsystem All items are also unchangeable When the threshold values are surpassed warning messages will be indicated through the LCD LED and alarm buzzer Item Warning Condition Co...

Page 86: ...r 4GB 6 1 1 Installing Memory Module 1 Shutdown first the NAS system and unplug all power cords 2 Press the push button lock on the top cover and pull the top cover handle towards the rear Then remove...

Page 87: ...sion README TXT It contains the history information of the firmware change Read this file first before upgrading the firmware These files must be extracted from the compressed file and copied to one d...

Page 88: ...at needs to be upgraded upgrade first the boot ROM firmware Then repeat the process steps 1 to 9 to upgrade the firmware code after which a RAID controller restart will be necessary 1 From the Main Me...

Page 89: ...ystem User Manual 89 5 Click Browse Look in the location where the firmware file was saved Select the firmware file name XXXXXXXX BIN and click Open 6 Click Send to send the firmware binary file to th...

Page 90: ...oading is completed the confirmation screen appears Select Yesto start programming the flash ROM 8 When the Flash programming starts a message will show Start Updating Firmware Please Wait 9 The firmw...

Page 91: ...II NAS System User Manual 91 10 After the firmware upgrade is complete a message will show Firmware Has Been Updated Successfully Restarting the RAID controller is required for the new firmware to tak...

Page 92: ...which a RAID controller restart will be necessary 1 To upgrade the RAID subsystem firmware click the Upgrade Firmware link under System Controls menu The Upgrade The Raid System Firmware Or Boot Rom...

Page 93: ...II NAS System User Manual 93 5 After the firmware upgrade is complete a message will show Firmware Has Been Updated Successfully Restarting the RAID controller is required for the new firmware to tak...

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Page 95: ...me groups logical volumes volume snapshot and volume replication Account Manager Local and external account configuration Import large accounts Backup Manager Supports system configuration backup and...

Page 96: ...he network settings via Network Manager This is described in Chapter 8 Section 8 2 1 Create or import accounts with Account Manager as described in Chapter 8 Section 8 3 Setup the shares using Share M...

Page 97: ...r GUI a Reconfigure the network settings of your client computer to be able to connect to R Link IP address 172 16 0 2 displayed in LCD panel if not yet configured b Open web browser and type http xxx...

Page 98: ...l c Select the disk drives to be included in the RAID Set Tick Confirm The Operation and click Submit button The RAID Set will be created 3 Create Volume Set a Click Volume Set Functions to expand the...

Page 99: ...nfigure the Volume Raid Level you want To create a single Volume Set with over 2TB capacity select 64bit LBA in Greater Two TB Volume Support e Tick Confirm The Operation and click on Submit button Th...

Page 100: ...ient computer to be able to connect to LAN0 IP address 172 16 0 1 see table below or add IP address 172 16 0 5 subnet 255 255 0 0 NAS Default Values 2 To connect to NAS administration page open Web br...

Page 101: ...click the Logon command button Login Screen 6 The proNAS Manager main screen will be displayed showing proNAS NAS Device Manager and Event Manager NOTE For security reason it is necessary to change t...

Page 102: ...ese systems when you login to the proNAS system The IP Address section lists the NAS systems connected to the network proNAS Multi Node Technology is based on UDP Multi Casting technology The proNAS m...

Page 103: ...les and folders reside on these Logical Volumes The default proNASVG Volume Group cannot be deleted When proNASVG is created the XFS file system is set in each default Logical Volume XFS file system i...

Page 104: ...join any new disk remove any disk and reset the VG NOTE If the Disk List in Volume Manager does not show any RAID disk for example dev sda but a Raid Set and Volume Set has been created already it is...

Page 105: ...the Disk s that will be joined to proNASVG from the list of Available Disk s The default Unit Size of proNASVG is 512MB If needed the Unit Size can also be changed Click OK when done NOTE Unit Size is...

Page 106: ...me used system memory A warning message will be displayed Click OK to close the message 8 Re login to proNAS management GUI The Volume Manager will show the joined disk as IN_USED and the Volume List...

Page 107: ...ed first using proRAID Manager If a new Volume Set has already been created the NAS system must be restarted in order to detect the new RAID disk To restart the NAS select System Manager under proNAS...

Page 108: ...confirmation message will appear Select Yes to proceed 4 Click Join New Disk to continue with creating the new Volume Group 5 Check the disk s to be joined to the VG Click OK when done 6 A confirmatio...

Page 109: ...hown NOTE The new VG has no default Logical Volumes Admin can create new Logical Volumes NOTE The NAS supports up to 5 Volume Groups Volume Group is the highest level abstraction used within the NAS s...

Page 110: ...you choose to reset the Volume Group all the data will be erased Use the Reset Volume Group function only when necessary and when the data from the VG have been backed up or you do not want to keep th...

Page 111: ...ystem User Manual 111 4 Select Yes from the confirmation message 5 Verify from Volume Group List in Volume Manager that the VG has been removed NOTE The system default Volume Group proNASVG cannot be...

Page 112: ...name Click Create New Volume button 2 The LV Configuration tab will be displayed Enter the Logical Volume name and the volume size in MB You can also enable the Send email when not enough space option...

Page 113: ...SAS SATA II NAS System User Manual 113 3 Select Yes from the confirmation message to create the LV 4 A process window will be shown 5 The new Logical Volume will be shown...

Page 114: ...an be extended to allow more space for storing data To extend the LV size follow these steps 1 Select the LV that will be extended then click Extend LV Size button 2 Enter in the Extend size box the a...

Page 115: ...SAS SATA II NAS System User Manual 115 4 Verify the new LV size...

Page 116: ...d looks exactly like the original at the time the snapshot was created A Snapshot can be created manually or scheduled Admin need to enable first this special function NOTE Logical Volume with snapsho...

Page 117: ...t 2 A confirmation message will appear Select Yes 3 The Snapshot configuration window will be displayed A system created Snapshot name is automatically created The default snapshot name can be renamed...

Page 118: ...indicates the amount of free space on the volume group where the new snapshot volume will be created Mount When checked the created snapshot volume will be automatically mounted When a snapshot volum...

Page 119: ...r Manual 119 8 1 3 2 Create Snapshots Based from Schedule To create scheduled snapshots 1 Select the Logical Volume go to Snapshot tab and click Edit 2 Edit the following snapshot options listed below...

Page 120: ...ume group available for use Execute Day Specifies whether the scheduled task is to run on the selected day s Execute time Once Specifies the time of the day when the scheduled task will be taken Every...

Page 121: ...essage will be shown 5 When the snapshot setting of LV has been set click Enable Scheduled to active scheduled snapshot 6 A clock like icon will appear on the left side of the LV which means a schedul...

Page 122: ...dule the Enable Scheduled button will become available 8 1 3 3 Delete Snapshots 1 Select the Logical Volume where snapshot will be deleted then go to Snapshot tab Click the snapshot that will be delet...

Page 123: ...SAS SATA II NAS System User Manual 123 3 A process window will be shown 4 The deleted snapshot will no longer exist in the Snapshot List...

Page 124: ...server to a destination server The destination volume is always an exact copy of the source volume This is done by mirroring the whole block device via a standard network interface This solution crea...

Page 125: ...o the administration page of the two NAS servers 2 On the primary NAS source select the Logical Volume which will be replicated then click Create Replication NOTE The logical volume to be replicated f...

Page 126: ...ses serve as the channel between the source and destination NAS servers This is where the replication of data takes place Please be sure to have a good connection on this medium As much as possible se...

Page 127: ...ork environment e g bonding on Gigabit Ethernet Send buffer size K It is the size of the TCP socket send buffer You can specify smaller or larger values Larger values are appropriate for reasonable wr...

Page 128: ...nchronization Replication still needs to be initialized After selecting Initial Replication the first node will then connect to the second node and starts to synchronize Synchronization typically take...

Page 129: ...SATA II NAS System User Manual 129 7 The volume replication synchronization process will start 8 After the initial synchronization process is completed the Status will show Primary Secondary Consiste...

Page 130: ...condary node must not be mounted Please do not attempt to mount it manually Setting the primary volume to be secondary To set the primary volume to be secondary just press the Set Secondary button on...

Page 131: ...The following are the steps 1 Abort the replication by selecting Abort Replication 2 Remove or delete the replicated logical volume on the destination proNAS 3 Extend the capacity of the source logica...

Page 132: ...ome an iSCSI target LUN Note You can t enable iSCSI function in a Logical Volume if Snapshot or Replication exists To enable iSCSI function select Volume Manager then click Options tab and tick Enable...

Page 133: ...m User Manual 133 2 Click Edit and tick the Enable iSCSI option 3 Enter the target name If you want to enable CHAP authentication check the Enable Auth CHAP option and enter the account and password 4...

Page 134: ...splayed Select Yes to continue 6 A progress box will be displayed 7 The iSCSI volume is ready Note that there is an i icon on the left of logical volume name to denote that this is an iSCSI volume 8 Y...

Page 135: ...ume To disable iSCSI 1 Select the logical volume and click the iSCSI tab 2 Click Edit and remove the check mark in Enable iSCSI option Click Save when done 3 A confirm message box will be displayed Se...

Page 136: ...function The existing data in the logical volume will be deleted so if there are important data in the logical volume a backup must be made To restore iSCSI to normal volume 1 Select the logical volu...

Page 137: ...Manual 137 4 A process window will show that the volume is being restored back to normal logical volume 5 The logical volume is restored to normal volume Note that the i icon on the left of logical v...

Page 138: ...BIOS name of proNAS it should be unique Domain Workgroup Windows domain name or workgroup Domain name is limited only up to 15 characters For example mydomain DNS Suffix The DNS suffix appended to ser...

Page 139: ...e enabled in this adapter A default gateway is a local IP router that is used to forward packets to destination beyond the local network Only one default gateway can be enabled in a certain time Devic...

Page 140: ...tton Press the Ctrl key then at the same time select the adapters that will be included in the network trunking then click on Trunk Adapter button 10 A warning message will be displayed Click OK to pr...

Page 141: ...n MAC address This selects the same slave for each destination MAC address This mode provides load balance and fault tolerance Link Aggregation 802 3ad 802 3ad policy Combines multiple physical networ...

Page 142: ...nfiguration options DHCP s IP range starting from means the lower bound starting range of private IP addresses for DHCP DHCP s IP range ending with means the upper bound ending range of private IP add...

Page 143: ...o monitor proNAS network traffic Select Service tab of System Manager then enable SNMP MRTG service Click Start to enable the service To view the SNMP MRTG network traffic information select the SNMP...

Page 144: ...3 1 External Accounts Integration Joining Windows or NIS Domain You can utilize external directory services to authenticate accounts Currently PDC ADS and NIS authentication are supported You may cho...

Page 145: ...se PDC for Windows NT Server or ADS for Windows 2000 2003 Server Auto Detect Enctypes This option automatically detects the encryption type used in Windows authentication To manually select the encryp...

Page 146: ...in Server IP is not detected not shown you can manually specify the Domain Server IP by removing the check mark in Automatic Detect Domain IP and entering the Domain Server IP address 9 Enter the Doma...

Page 147: ...uration Options NIS Domain Enter the NIS domain name NIS server Enter the IP Address of NIS server 8 3 1 4 Sample Steps to Join NIS Domain 1 Under Account Manager select NIS Authentication tab Click E...

Page 148: ...admin can perform the following functions Create a new Local Account Enable and Disable an Account Modify and Delete an Account Mass Import Accounts Refresh the Account List Creating a new Local accou...

Page 149: ...will assign a unique user number called UID to access the system resource UID range is 1 to 65535 proNAS may either assign a new UID automatically starting from 500 or you can manually specify the UI...

Page 150: ...st be the same No account names must be the same with share names Account names cannot contain blank spaces Account names cannot begin with a dash and cannot consist of only a single dash Account name...

Page 151: ...will automatically be a member of users group Enabling and Disabling an Account Account Manager allows the administrator to enable or disable a user account When an account is disabled the account ca...

Page 152: ...in proNAS Account Manager In such a case you can only modify the permissions Importing of Accounts proNAS provides Import Account function for creating large number of accounts instead of adding an a...

Page 153: ...ist tab The Group List tab shows the Local and External ADS PDC or NIS Groups Group management allows the administrator to Create or Delete a Local group Modify a Group Refresh the Group List proNAS h...

Page 154: ...create a group or you can manually specify a GID Description Additional information or description about the Group can be entered here Account List shows the list if accounts that are available and ca...

Page 155: ...ted and then click the Delete button ADS PDC and NIS groups are not allowed to be deleted Default group users and proBackup cannot also be deleted Modifying a Group To modify a group double click the...

Page 156: ...tion Rsync utility is used to copy files either to or from a remote host or locally on the current host In the Share List tab you can list the current shares and also display share information such as...

Page 157: ...New Share button 2 Configure all necessary share options in Properties Protocol and Privilege tabs 3 Click Save button to save share settings NOTE After creating the share and setting the Properties...

Page 158: ...folder into all of its child directories and files For example if user1 has read write permission on the sub folder but read only on the share after applying ACL user1 will now have a read only permis...

Page 159: ...re If you delete a share all the data in the share is deleted If the data in the share is no longer needed or a backup of the data has been made you may delete a share If there is no data backup we re...

Page 160: ...stem will also display the available space of the volume group Create New Volume LV If you check this option system will create LV as well as create the new Share The LV name will be the same as the s...

Page 161: ...g clients Avid editors to interoperate without conflicts MediaHarmony MXF This option enables media file interoperability for non linear editors It allows on the fly unwrapping of MXF wrapped DV essen...

Page 162: ...ption it means only the port under 1024 can access it provides higher security Subtree check Use this option to enable or disable subtree checking A subtree check happens if a subdirectory of a filesy...

Page 163: ...ath mnt temp local mount point on the client For CIFS share Usage mount t smbfs x x x x share mnt temp o username account password secret or mount cifs x x x x share mnt temp o username account passwo...

Page 164: ...certain share folder select the group name and press REMOVE button Sample Steps to Assign Group Account Permission to Share 1 Select Share Manager Select the share name where account will be given per...

Page 165: ...cessary to remove the users group from the permission list in order to prevent access of other members of users group to the share Choose the account and press ADD button and the account will be displ...

Page 166: ...tab 3 Select the account name that will be given permission and click ADD NOTE When account name is selected it will be highlighted If you want to select more than one account at the same time press...

Page 167: ...AppleTalk or Netware protocol you can only set ACL permission by account or group Sample Steps to Limit Share Connections to Selected IP Range 1 Select Share Manager Select the share name where accou...

Page 168: ...ress Listed below are the share permissions defined in proNAS Read Only Read Write Allow Deny Allow Deny Access share sub folder Access share sub folder Read Read Write Write Edit Modify Edit Modify D...

Page 169: ...s that proNAS can accept incoming Rsync connections where as in client mode proNAS is the one who initiates the synchronization To use as a server mode you must start the RSYNC server first Go to Syst...

Page 170: ...ad only When checked all files within this share will be read only to any Rsync client Anonymous When checked anonymous connections will be accepted Maximum Connections This specifies the maximum numb...

Page 171: ...specifies the IP address of the remote Rsync server Remote Path This specifies the share on the remote Rsync server Account The valid account name that will be required by the Rsync server for authent...

Page 172: ...he backup dir and suffix options backup dir dir In combination with the backup option this tells Rsync to store all backups in the specified directory This is very useful for incremental backups You c...

Page 173: ...ut There are lot more useful options that are not included in this list It may vary depending on your usage for more information on Rsync please visit http samba org rsync After completing the above s...

Page 174: ...image The duplication files will be directed to a share which you can access via share protocols or by telnet service Duplication can be invoked manually or by schedule Select the share folder in Shar...

Page 175: ...o please be warned Snapshot Numbers Specifies the total number of snapshots that can be created The maximum total number of duplication a share can have is 256 Note The destination space must be large...

Page 176: ...elete All button Duplication files on the previous destination path will not be removed Duplication files of other shares on the same destination path will not also be removed Getting the Duplication...

Page 177: ...Dup 0 will always contain the most recent snapshot and the duplication with the highest interval number will contain the oldest snapshot When a new duplication is run it will rotate all the duplicatio...

Page 178: ...e individual shares of all users It cannot be deleted public a share intended for all users Any type of user including guests or anonymous can logon to this share and is given read write permissions p...

Page 179: ...responsible for the configuration of proNAS system settings and services such as Firmware Upgrade Account and Share reports Date and Time Zone Serial Ports and UPS settings Reboot functions and Servi...

Page 180: ...Numbers Free Total The number of disks in the subsystem Free means the disks those are not joined in volume group Vol Group Numbers The total number of volume groups Volume Numbers The total number o...

Page 181: ...download the latest version from URL ftp support xxxxxxxx upgrade proware com tw proNAS If you would like to see if there is latest version please press Check Updates button The system will search if...

Page 182: ...Account or Share or both and set the Day and Time when to generate the report The system will generate the report and save in the path mnt proNAS home admin The path can be modified If you would like...

Page 183: ...Set time manually if not selected then set the Date and Time To set the date press then the system will display a calendar to choose the date If you would like to synchronize time with NTP server sel...

Page 184: ...t vendor and cable If you choose smart mode proNAS supports three UPS Vendor a APC b BeamTech and c HyperPro Select the UPS vendor then set the UPS Model and Cable Model The only Beamtech UPS model su...

Page 185: ...stem power off and power on You can also shutdown the system immediately using Shutdown Now button Scheduling Power Off Select the day or days and set the Hour and Minute when the system will shutdown...

Page 186: ...t immediately press Shutdown Now or Reboot Now If you check there is file error or I O error from system log or VG cannot mount or system shutdown abnormally it is recommended to use the function Rebo...

Page 187: ...s follows Samba services Provides CIFS file sharing MS Windows users need the this to access proNAS NFS service Provides NFS file sharing UNIX users need this to access proNAS AppleShare service Provi...

Page 188: ...service to view system information proNAS can send trap messages if A logical volumes becomes almost full ID 128 A snapshot volume becomes almost full ID 129 A replication is disconnected ID 130 Vert...

Page 189: ...when a file is extended AppleShare Service Languages set the language used for Apple Share service proBackup Service IP of Rx Tx backup streams Enter the proNAS network interface IP address for proBa...

Page 190: ...The information includes the PID User User full name or comment login time and the IP address of the connected computer You can click the Connections button to display current connection list Click th...

Page 191: ...SAS SATA II NAS System User Manual 191 8 5 10 MRTG tab This tab shows information about MRTG graphs and includes CPU Loading Memory Usage Disk IO and Network Traffic...

Page 192: ...em configuration via Backup Manager In Backup Manager tab you can check the existing backup plans in the Backup Plan List which includes backup plan name next backup time and if the backup plan schedu...

Page 193: ...you would like to save the file and enter the file name System will backup the configuration information as an xml file If you would like to restore the configuration later press Apply button NOTE No...

Page 194: ...ation your destination could be remote share tape or local device Use the following guidelines to ensure that you are using a valid backup plan name Names cannot be longer than 256 characters Names sh...

Page 195: ...not sure of the correct path of the remote NFS server you may use the command showmount bash 3 00 showmount e 192 168 100 164 Login For NFS it will assume the root account to be used Please verify th...

Page 196: ...e tape local disk in Type area Please press Edit Backup Item List button System will display the window for you to choose the backup items Volumes or Share Choose your backup items and press Save butt...

Page 197: ...cremental backup stores all files that have changed since the last backup The advantage of an incremental backup is that it takes the least time to complete However during a restore operation each inc...

Page 198: ...you completed the settings Go back to Backup Plan Setting tab You will see the backup plan in the backup plan list If you would like to modify the backup plan please choose the backup plan in the left...

Page 199: ...to the begin This enables the tape to be rewound to the beginning of the tape forward tape to the end of data This enables the tape to be forwarded to the end of data erase all data in tape This enabl...

Page 200: ...CIFS and Samba protocol Its path is var log samba log DSK This log contains information about the changes to volume Its path is var log storage log It can store information of 7 days NBS This log cont...

Page 201: ...Press Edit button to edit the following fields Sender E mail Address Enter the sender s e mail address SMTP Server Enter the IP address of the SMTP server Port Enter the port number Default is 25 Acco...

Page 202: ...l be displayed only after you have started or logon into these services The event options are Application Event Purpose proNAS Web service stopped Notify if Apache web service is stopped proNAS Over Q...

Page 203: ...and the file itself A browser s upload window will show up and user needs to locate the file from local computer to be uploaded to the current directory Create a file User needs the write permission...

Page 204: ...ACL of all the files and sub folders under the share The function of access right is for share owner to do more detail management for the users accessing the shares Share owner can increase or delete...

Page 205: ...st Screen of file Manager will display and help users to understand the possible options and to perform file management There are 4 Main Menu in the File Manager screen CurrentDir Upload Setting and L...

Page 206: ...eting the share itself is not permitted This must be done in Share Manager in proNAS GUI Current Dir Shows possible options that can be done in the current directory Create Allows user to create a new...

Page 207: ...tory Permission Allows user to change the Access Rights of different users on the current directory Upload An option used to upload a local file into the current directory Use the Browse button then s...

Page 208: ...updated only in the current directory or sub folder To update other directories or sub folders below the current directory use the Apply ACL button This will propagate the current ACL to the ACL off...

Page 209: ...rson 10 2 Administrator Logon The administrator account admin can login to proBackup In proNAS Manager admin can also assign other privileged users to become member of the proBackup group Only admin a...

Page 210: ...nning status login to proBackup Java GUI can be done The default Logical Volumes proBackup Device and proBackup Extended Device will also be created To login to proBackup java GUI open web browser the...

Page 211: ...NOTE It is advised that only the organization privilege persons can assume the role of administrator since it can restore all others data which may contain sensitive information The proBackup Java GU...

Page 212: ...SAS SATA II NAS System 212 User Manual 10 3 Create Backup Plan To create backup plan either click the Create Plan button in the proBackup main screen or click the New button in Plan Manager...

Page 213: ...essed If checked the backup will be in compressed format Backup Entry Home Directory Click the button then select the directory when data will be backed up Backup File Directory Entries Click the butt...

Page 214: ...in the General tab Refresh Refresh the information about the current backup plan Enable Activates the backup plan schedule When enabled a Disable button will appear which can be used to deactivate the...

Page 215: ...at will pass before a differential backup will be done A cycle begins with a full backup and follows rounds of differential backup Enter the number of differential backups that will be made before sta...

Page 216: ...item in the list and click Delete To view detailed information about the backup double click the item from the History tab Log details is used to display detailed information about the execution proc...

Page 217: ...al 217 Another alternative to do backup or restore is to use the Backup Wizard and the Restore Wizard Click proBackup in the left tree node The Welcome screen will be displayed where the Backup Wizard...

Page 218: ...he backup item from the History tab The Execution Log Detail window will appear Click Restore Then input the destination where the data will be restored Or click the Browse button then select the dest...

Page 219: ...SAS SATA II NAS System User Manual 219 10 5 Account Detail Under Plan Manager click the account name to view information about the account...

Page 220: ...critical operations of that server over to the peer server automatically The switch over procedure can also be triggered manually to handle scheduled downtime more gracefully and user transparently P...

Page 221: ...t function is disabled under HA 9 Be sure there are no scheduled snapshot task enabled either on each proNAS box Setting up a private network Private net is a communication channel between the two pro...

Page 222: ...CP IP socket Ethernet network running TCP IP protocol Each server must install a dedicated IP to attach to the private net RS 232 serial port One free serial port per server A null modem cable must be...

Page 223: ...Manager then Services tab highlight proNAS HA service then click Start proNAS HA node will then appear on the left tree after it starts successfully 5 On the designated Active Server go to proNAS HA G...

Page 224: ...the servers Event Log Level Select the type of logging that will be used for proNAS HA service Default is Normal which shows operation processes Other option is Trace which shows operation and traceab...

Page 225: ...er Stop Cluster Operation Start Cluster Start Cluster Operation Get peer IPs Get the IP s of the peer server and display it in the host peer table Network Test Tool for testing network IP address e g...

Page 226: ...eth0 IP address for both proNAS box Private Net Ethernet Local peer Port Number Specify an unused TCP port for each server to receive the heartbeat sent from the peer server The default value is 5000...

Page 227: ...for proNAS HA Local Serial Port Specify an unused serial port for each server to receive the heartbeat sent from the peer server Baud Rate Specify the Baud Rate of the selected serial ports Heartbeat...

Page 228: ...are running on both servers and at least one of the private net is functioning Buttons Add Resource Group button Add new resource group member User can specify the name of the resource group This name...

Page 229: ...the Backup server to the Target server automatically when the Target Server is available again Auto Bring In An option for enabling the resource group to be brought in automatically when Cluster is st...

Page 230: ...he resource group of the peer server will be taken over Skippable if releasing resource fail This option is disabled by default Basically all of the resource group of the peer server will be taken ove...

Page 231: ...S SATA II NAS System User Manual 231 18 Click the resource group name on the left tree node then press Bring In The resource name will be brought in 19 The Cluster Servers will be in Active Standby mo...

Page 232: ...tive meaning Active Mode Error Mode Fail Mode Offline Mode Standby Mode Startup Mode The private net status The colored lines between the servers indicate the status of the private net Also status is...

Page 233: ...egistered Host box Display the status of Local and Peer Server Resource Group box Display the resource group status Buttons Stop Cluster button Stop Cluster Operation Start Cluster button Start Cluste...

Page 234: ...e reset and all logical volumes will still have Replication After you clear all HA configuration and clear all Replication you can re configure another HA This is normally used when one of the proNAS...

Page 235: ...in logical volumes will be displayed Click Yes to remove Replication in all logical volumes or No to just clear HA but replication of logical volumes still exists 4 An information message will be disp...

Page 236: ...all replication 11 6 License Registration To apply ProNAS HA license codes and register them to ProNAS HA users must first get the S N of the two servers Forward the S N to your local ProNAS HA provi...

Page 237: ...ser Manual 237 11 7 Event Log Properties All the messages generated by ProNAS HA will be displayed in the Event Log The messages can help users to identify the possible reasons that prevent ProNAS HA...

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