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Chapter 3  Using the FSV-M3 Administration Console

The following page appears.

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Configure the following settings.

Share Name

The share name is a string of up to 80 alphanumeric characters. For details 
about permissible characters, see “FSV-M3 Limitations” (page 66).

Caution

• You cannot assign share names that have already been assigned. Further, 

the FSV-M3 does not distinguish between uppercase and lowercase 
characters. (Example: “abc,” “ABC,” and “Abc” are all recognized as the 
same name.)

• When using Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, or Windows NT, 

enter the share name as up to 11 alphanumeric characters.

Description

Enter a description of up to 256 alphanumeric characters regarding the 
share. For details about permissible characters, see “FSV-M3 Limitations” 
(page 66).

Windows (CIFS)

Select this check box if you want this share to be accessible from Windows.

Windows Attributes

Select this check box if you want the share to retain Windows attributes 
such as “read-only”, “hidden”, “system file”, or “archive”.

Note

These attributes may conflict with file permissions used by UNIX/Linux 
clients. Do not select this check box if these shares are used by UNIX/
Linux clients.

Web (HTTP)

Select this check box if you want this share to be accessible from a Web 
browser.

UNIX (NFS)

Select this check box if you want this share to be accessible to UNIX/Linux 
clients.

FTP

Select this check box if you want this share to be accessible through FTP.

Summary of Contents for StorStation FSV-M3

Page 1: ...FSV M3 2003 Sony Corporation All rights reserved 4 672 781 11 1 Network File Server User s Guide Before operating the unit please read this manual thoroughly and retain it for future reference ...

Page 2: ...1 Setting the System Administrator Password 14 Setting the Date and Time 14 Setting the System Language 15 Configuring Windows Network Settings 16 Registering Users 16 Registering Local Set Users 17 Changing the User Password 19 Creating Shares 20 Manual Share Creation 20 Automatic Share Creation 22 Storing Files and Folders in Shares 24 Access from Windows 95 98 NT 24 Access from Windows Me 2000 ...

Page 3: ...r both Internet Explorer Microsoft Windows Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows Me Windows NT Windows 2000 and Windows XP Professional are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries Linux is either a registered trademark or trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States and or other countries Red Hat is a registered trademark or trade...

Page 4: ...uch as configuring individual settings managing users and shares shutting down the system etc can be controlled remotely through a Web browser Supports file sharing in Windows and UNIX environments Files can be shared among client computers running Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows 98 SE Windows Me Windows XP Professional Windows NT 4 0 Windows 2000 UNIX and Linux Computers with different operating sy...

Page 5: ...button Lift the cover to access the switch that controls the power to the server H Key holes Locks the drive using the supplied HDD tray keys You can distinguish the locked position from the unlocked position by looking at the key hole as illustrated here HDD tray is locked HDD tray is unlocked Note The drives are locked when the FSV M3 is shipped from the factory I Drive LED Lights up when the dr...

Page 6: ...nected to a Gigabit hub E ACT LED Lights up when network activity takes place F RS232 serial connector Connector for a UPS device G LAN connector LAN 0 LAN 1 For connecting a 10 Base T 100 Base TX or 1000 Base T network cable H VGA console connector For maintenance purposes only I PS 2 mouse connector For maintenance purposes only J PS 2 keyboard connector For maintenance purposes only K USB conne...

Page 7: ...e PDC File Directory Folder System Requirements The hardware and software required to use this server are as follows Computer for Setup Prepare a computer that can run one of the following browsers Browser Software Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 0 5 5 or 6 0 for Windows Client Computers Prepare client computers that meet the following requirements PC AT computer meeting the following performance re...

Page 8: ...rmation icon and then click Manual on the menu that appears The Administration Guide this document appears For details on the FSV M3 Administration Console see Chapter 3 Using the FSV M3 Administration Console page 30 Quitting the Administration Guide Click the Close button of Adobe Acrobat Reader or your browser Example in Windows How to Use the Online Help Displaying the Online Help To display t...

Page 9: ...owing items before you connect the FSV M3 to the network x Ethernet connection at least 1 x TCP IP network x Cat 5 cables x Windows client computer running FSV Central for M3 x Client computer with Web browser Windows Internet Explorer 5 0 5 5 or 6 0 Installing FSV Central for M3 The default static IP address of the FSV M3 is 192 168 0 100 If you need to change the IP address you must install FSV ...

Page 10: ...ystem Configure the settings according to the operating system of the client computer Configure settings for Windows page 38 Configure Windows network related settings such as the workgroup name Configure settings for UNIX page 39 Configure NFS related settings 5 Register users page 16 Register the users who will be using the server By integrating the FSV M3 into a Windows Domain System you can ad...

Page 11: ...g the FSV M3 Administration Console through your Web browser Configure TC IP settings Configure system settings Change or set the system administrator password Manage users Manage shares Configure RAID Check the server status Restart and shut down the system Update the system software Making Settings and Administering with a Browser Use a browser to access and use the FSV M3 Administration Console...

Page 12: ...g you to enter the user name and password appears Note Each time you access the FSV M3 Administration Console you must enter the user name and password The default user name is admin and the default password is sony 5 Enter admin in the User Name box and then enter sony in the Password box 6 Click OK ...

Page 13: ...rs Example The Network TCP IP page 8 To return to the FSV M3 Administration Console click the home icon Note Sony strongly recommends that you change the system administrator password when you access the FSV M3 Administration Console for the first time For information on how to set the administrator password see Setting the System Administrator Password page 14 in this chapter ...

Page 14: ...d page appears 2 In the Current Admin Password box enter the current administrator password 3 In the New Admin Password box enter a new password of five or more alphanumeric characters For details about permissible characters see Chapter 3 FSV M3 Limitations page 66 4 In the Confirm Admin Password box re enter the new password 5 Click the Submit button Note You cannot change the administrator name...

Page 15: ...the System Language Before beginning to use the FSV M3 make sure that you specify the system language of the client computer used to access the server Warning If you change this setting file and share names may be displayed incorrectly or may no longer be accessible Also if you use the server and then change this setting files and shares created before the change may no longer be accessible Note T...

Page 16: ...rver This section explains how to register and administer users A user name and password is required for persons to access the shares on the file server via HTTP CIFS Windows Network or FTP Internet File Transfer Protocol Note The NFS Network File Service protocol does not have provisions to allow authentication and authorization at a user level NFS clients are authorized at the client s IP addres...

Page 17: ...ser set is represented as follows in the Source column S user registration location If the user is a local set user L Local the user is registered on the FSV M3 If the user is a Windows set user R Remote the user is registered in the PDC Note You can configure the settings needed to use the FSV M3 in combination with a Windows domain from Network Windows For details see Network Menu page 36 in Cha...

Page 18: ... user password of five or more alphanumeric characters For details about permissible characters see Chapter 3 FSV M3 Limitations page 66 Confirm Password Re enter the same password Note Local users can change their own passwords For details see Changing the User Password page 19 Grant admin rights Select this check box if you want to grant this user administrative rights to the server Important Us...

Page 19: ...ge User Password The Change User Password page appears 4 In the User Name box enter the name of a registered user 5 In the Current Password box enter the current password 6 In the New Password box enter a new password of five or more alphanumeric characters For details about permissible characters see Chapter 3 FSV M3 Limitations page 66 7 In the Confirm Password box re enter the new password 8 Cl...

Page 20: ... The system creates a default share for each user when the user accesses a specific URL through a Web browser The shares created this way belong to their specific users but use the default permissions defined by the system administrator For details about the automatic creation of shares see Automatic Share Creation page 22 Manual Share Creation Create shares manually through the FSV M3 Administrat...

Page 21: ...is a string of up to 80 alphanumeric characters For details about permissible characters see FSV M3 Limitations page 66 Caution You cannot assign share names that have already been assigned Further the FSV M3 does not distinguish between uppercase and lowercase characters Example abc ABC and Abc are all recognized as the same name When using Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows Me or Windows NT enter the...

Page 22: ...s FTP Select this check box if you want this share to be accessible through FTP 6 Click the Create Share button The settings are reflected in the Share page 7 Set share security For details about how to set share security see Setting Share Folder Security page 58 Automatic Share Creation The FSV M3 can be configured to automatically create shares Shares are created when users access a specific URL...

Page 23: ...u want the share to retain Windows attributes such as read only hidden system file or archive Note These attributes may conflict with file permissions used by UNIX Linux clients Do not select this check box if these shares are used by UNIX Linux clients Web HTTP Because this item is absolutely necessary for automatic share creation you cannot clear this check box UNIX NFS Select this check box if ...

Page 24: ...ers so does the share name However shares with names of more than 12 characters cannot be accessed with Windows 95 98 Me or NT For details see Share page 48 Storing Files and Folders in Shares Files and folders directories can be created in shares created with the FSV M3 Administration Console Also the manner in which shares are accessed varies depending on the operating system of the client compu...

Page 25: ...Network Windows on the FSV M3 Administration Console and confirm that the parameters are suitable for your network environment 6 Double click the server 1 The user name password input dialog box appears with Windows 95 Windows 98 and Windows Me the password input dialog box appears Enter the user name and password created with the FSV M3 Administration Console This dialog box may not always appear...

Page 26: ...In the Address bar of the My Computer window enter two backslashes followed by the host name of the server Example fsvm3 3 Press the Enter key of your keyboard 4 If the server is found proceed to step 6 If the server does not appear click Network Windows on the FSV M3 Administration Console and confirm that the parameters are suitable for your network environment 6 Double click the server 1 The us...

Page 27: ...e suitable for your network environment 4 Double click the server 1 The user name and password input dialog box appears Enter the user name and password created with the FSV M3 Administration Console This dialog box may not always appear When the password is authenticated the registered shares folders appear 2 Double click the desired share folder The folders and files stored in the share appear N...

Page 28: ...oot The Shutdown Reboot page appears 2 To shut down the server click the Shutdown button To reboot the server click the Reboot button Approximately 60 seconds later the system shuts down After the system shuts down the server power goes off automatically Forcibly Shutting Down the FSV M3 in an Emergency In the case of an emergency you can shut down the FSV M3 by pressing the power switch for at le...

Page 29: ...ack up data as a precaution against the unlikely occurrence of problems Caution Sony does not bear any responsibility for partial or total loss of data due to hard disk malfunctions of or mishandling by users LED Green Amber Status Power On Off The power is on and unit is ready to operate Off Off The power is off On On The system is in the process of powering up or shutting down HDD On Off The HDD...

Page 30: ...e included in the FSV M3 Administration Console System Menu Used to perform system related operations such as shutting down and rebooting the system as well as update the system software Network Menu Used to configure TCP IP and other network settings Storage Menu Used to administer devices and shares Security Menu Used to manage user and share security Status Menu Used to view general system info...

Page 31: ...tor password System Settings Use this item to set the host name modify the UPS setting as well as specify the language of your system 1 On the FSV M3 Administration Console click System System Settings The System Settings page appears 2 Configure the following settings Host Name Specify the host name here The default host name is FSVM3_xxxxxx xxxxxx represents the MAC address six digits of the FSV...

Page 32: ...he server and then change this setting files and shares created before the change may no longer be accessible 3 Click the Submit button for changes to take effect Note If you change the host name it is necessary to reboot the server Date Time Use this item to set the date and time 1 On the FSV M3 Administration Console click System Date Time The Date Time page appears 2 Configure the items below D...

Page 33: ...rors SMTP Server IP When Enable Alerts is set to Yes enter the SMTP server IP address Recipient When Enable Alerts is set to Yes enter the e mail address of the recipient of the e mail notifications You can enter several e mail addresses in this box To do so separate addresses with a comma You can enter up to 80 alphanumeric characters commas included in this box 3 Activate SNMP alerts Enable Trap...

Page 34: ... to send an alert and SNMP trap test Software Update Use this item to install software updates with new features or software patches Caution Never install or update software other than that distributed by Sony for the FSV M3 Installing or updating other software may destroy data or damage the system Before you update the software make sure that no users are currently accessing the server You can c...

Page 35: ...ctions of the message 6 When the software update is complete confirm that it was properly updated by verifying Current OS Version in the Software Update page If you need to reboot the system confirm once the system has restarted If you do no need to reboot the system click the Refresh button of your browser Shutdown Reboot In Shutdown Reboot the system can be shut down or restarted Caution After t...

Page 36: ...ically Network Menu In the Network menu you can configure TCP IP and other network settings The Network menu consists of the following items TCP IP Used to configure TCP IP network settings Windows Used to configure settings for clients using the CIFS protocol UNIX Used to configure settings for UNIX Linux based clients using NFS protocol FTP Used to configure File Transfer Protocol for published ...

Page 37: ...n one machine with the same parameters set Take care not to set the same parameters as another machine as this can result in malfunction Because of IP address allocation restrictions some addresses cannot be set Even if they are set they are not applied by the system Example 244 0 0 0 to 255 255 255 255 0 0 0 0 127 0 0 1 etc Subnet Mask Enter the subnet mask Caution Because of subnet mask allocati...

Page 38: ...what network port the FSV M3 is physically connected to LAN 0 or LAN 1 the MAC address displayed is that of the NIC corresponding to LAN 0 3 Click the Submit button The settings are applied Note Any changes on this page will cause all the file server protocols CIFS NFS FTP HTTP to be restarted Any file access connections will be disrupted Please ensure that no users are currently accessing shares ...

Page 39: ... This is the IP address or name of the primary domain controller PDC Administrator Name Enter the name of the PDC administrator here PDC Administrator Password Enter the password of the PDC administrator here 3 Click the Submit button The settings are reflected in the Windows page Caution Clicking the Submit button restarts the Windows network service Confirm that there are no users currently acce...

Page 40: ... that are authorized to access shares Enter subnet addresses as follows Example If the subnet is 192 168 5 enter 192 168 5 Note You can specify a maximum of five addresses 3 Click the Submit button Mounting Shares on Client Computers To mount shares on a UNIX or Linux computer follow the example that follows mount t nfs host name or IP address of the FSV M3 home share name mnt Note If you want to ...

Page 41: ... Security page 58 3 Click the Submit button Accessing Shares Through FTP Access shares through FTP by performing the following FTP access with a Web browser Type ftp host name or IP address of the FSV M3 home share name in the Address or Location box of your browser FTP access with a text console 1 Type ftp host name or IP address of the FSV M3 and then press the Enter key 2 Type you password When...

Page 42: ...ct Enter the system contact name System Location Enter the system location Note For details about permissible characters see FSV M3 Limitations page 66 3 Click the Submit button Storage Menu Use the Storage menu to change hard disks on the fly configure RAID groups manage shares etc The Storage menu consists of the following items Device Verify the status of the hard disk and if it is malfunctioni...

Page 43: ...5 There is a problem with a partition of the hard disk Background color is yellow Inactive The hard disk was removed using Hotremove Important Each FSV M3 hard disk has five partitions The numbers in brackets next to In Use represent these partitions When you see 5 5 all the partitions of the hard disk are normal When you see x 5 x 5 x partitions are normal and the remaining 5 x partitions are pro...

Page 44: ...s the Status column shows x 5 x 5 and the background color is yellow 3 Click the hard disk that you need to replace in the HDD Number column The Device Detail page appears When a problem arises with a hard disk the Status column shows x 5 x 5 and the background color is yellow 4 Click the Hotremove button The Hotswap page appears 5 Click the Continue button 6 When the following page appears wait u...

Page 45: ...se to function Further if you do not complete the replacement of the hard disk with hotswap correctly the data on the hard disks may be damaged 7 Unlock the hard disk using the provided key raise the hard disk handle and then pull it to remove the hard disk 8 Insert the new hard disk insert it and then lock it in place using the provided key 9 Click the Hotadd button The Hotswap page appears 10 Cl...

Page 46: ...Using such hard disks may prevent the FSV M3 from starting and or damage your data Do not change the order of hard disks Changing the order of the hard disks can damage the data on the FSV M3 Failing to replace a damaged hard disk before shutting down turning off or restarting the FSV M3 may prevent it from starting and or damage your data It is impossible to restore the system if two or more hard...

Page 47: ...n When you change the RAID configuration all the user data on the server are deleted Automatic share creation is also deactivated If you want to reactivate automatic share creation click Storage Share and reactivate the function For details about this procedure see Chapter 2 Automatic Share Creation page 22 1 On the FSV M3 Administration Console click Storage RAID Group The RAID Group page appears...

Page 48: ...the RAID configuration from RAID 1 to RAID 5 Doing so also deletes all the user data on the server Share Create and delete shares as well as configuring access settings There are two methods for creating shares Manual share creation The system administrator can create shares manually with the FSV M3 Administration Console Automatic share creation The system creates a default share for users when t...

Page 49: ...te Share page appears 3 Select the RAID group the share that you want to create Note The RAID group name varies depending on the RAID configuration as follows If the RAID configuration is RAID 5 default only one RAID group name appears This name is VOLUME If the RAID configuration is RAID 1 two RAID group names appear These names are VOLUME 0 and VOLUME 1 For details about changing the RAID group ...

Page 50: ...on Enter a description of up to 256 alphanumeric characters regarding the share For details about permissible characters see FSV M3 Limitations page 66 Windows CIFS Select this check box if you want this share to be accessible from Windows Windows Attributes Select this check box if you want the share to retain Windows attributes such as read only hidden system file or archive Note These attribute...

Page 51: ...e Creation The FSV M3 can be configured to automatically create shares Shares are created when users access a specific URL for the first time through a Web browser The shares are given the name of the registered users 1 On the FSV M3 Administration Console click Storage Share The Share page appears 2 Click Auto Share The Auto Share page appears ...

Page 52: ...ients FTP Select this check box if you want this share to be accessible through FTP 4 Click the Submit button Share is created the first time users access a specific URL through a Web browser see Important below The shares are given the name of the users See the note below Important A share is created for a user when the user accesses the URL below The share is given the name of the user URL http ...

Page 53: ...indows Attributes Select this check box if you want the share to retain Windows attributes such as read only hidden system file or archive Note These attributes may conflict with file permissions used by UNIX Linux clients Do not select this check box if these shares are used by UNIX Linux clients Web HTTP Select this check box if you want this share to be accessible from a Web browser UNIX NFS Se...

Page 54: ...a share make sure that there are no users accessing the share or files in the share 1 In the Share page click Delete Share s The Delete Shares page appears 2 Select the check boxes of the shares that you want to delete 3 Click the Delete Share s button The following page appears 4 Click the Delete Share s button The changes are reflected in the Share page ...

Page 55: ...ata and registered users the longer the operations take Configuring User Quotas 1 On the FSV M3 Administration Console click Storage User Quotas The User Quotas page appears 2 If the Quota Status is DISABLED click the volume where you want to activate the user quotas If the Quota Status is ENABLED proceed to step 5 The following page appears 3 Click the Enable button The following page appears ...

Page 56: ...of disk space currently used by each user click the Recalculate button The result is indicated in the In Use column If there are many users or disk usage is high this may take some time 7 Specify the maximum disk space that you want to allocate to each authorized user Note If you do not want to specify a user quota for a specific user specify 0 in the box 8 Click the Submit button The settings are...

Page 57: ... Quotas 1 In the User Quotas page click the volume where you want to disable user quotas The following page appears 2 Click the Disable button A confirmation message appears 3 Click the Continue button The User Quotas page reappears and the Quota Status is now DISABLED ...

Page 58: ...ecurity Users Used to register and delete users Share Folders Setting Share Folder Security 1 On the FSV M3 Administration Console click Security Share Folders The Share Folders page appears 2 Click one of the share names The following page appears 3 Click Public Access or Set User R W Access Public Access Select Public Access to make this share accessible to any user The access permission becomes...

Page 59: ...hat are registered manually are referred to as local set users They are maintained from Security Users Windows set users Users maintained on a Windows Primary Domain Controller They appear when the FSV M3 is used in combination with a Windows domain and are referred to as Windows set users You cannot create modify or delete these users from Security Users Note You can configure the settings needed...

Page 60: ... characters see FSV M3 Limitations page 66 Password Enter a user password of five or more alphanumeric characters For details about permissible characters see FSV M3 Limitations page 66 Confirm Password Re enter the user password Note Users can change passwords by themselves See Changing the User Password page 19 in Chapter 2 Basic Use Grant admin rights Select this check box if you want to grant ...

Page 61: ...etails about permissible characters see FSV M3 Limitations page 66 Password Enter a user password of five or more alphanumeric characters For details about permissible characters see FSV M3 Limitations page 66 Confirm Password Re enter the user password Note Users can change their own passwords See Changing the User Password page 19 in Chapter 2 Basic Use Grant admin rights Select this check box i...

Page 62: ...y local users can be removed Users from a Windows PDC domain are not maintained locally Also any files or folders created by a user are not removed from the system Status Menu Use the Status menu to view system information access the list of users currently accessing the server logon history and event logs The Status menu consists of following items System Used to view overall system and hardware ...

Page 63: ...ume as well as remaining disk space and status 1 On the FSV M3 Administration Console click Status Disk Usage The Disk Usage page appears Current Users View the users currently logged on to the server Before proceeding with the following procedure make sure that there are no users performing the following operations Modifying or deleting shares Modifying RAID configuration Performing shutdown or r...

Page 64: ...lay only the users accessing the server through Windows FTP Only Click to display only the users accessing the server through FTP NFS Only Click to display only the users accessing the server through NFS Login History View a log of how many times users have logged on to the server 1 On the FSV M3 Administration Console click Status Login History The Login History page appears You can modify the di...

Page 65: ...rough NFS 2 To clear the log click the Clear Log button Event Log View the system event log 1 On the FSV M3 Administration Console click Status Event Log The Event Log page appears 2 To clear the event log click the Clear Event Log button You can modify the display of this page to suit your needs Click the display method that you want Summary Click to display the event log summary Details Click to...

Page 66: ...character string must be 63 characters or less between the first character and the period Workgroup Domain Name Up to 80 characters Alphanumeric characters periods and hyphens Hyphens cannot be first in the character string The character string must be 63 characters or less between the first character and the period Enter the workgroup and domain name so that they can be differentiated within 15 c...

Page 67: ...ess Up to 15 0 to 9 period Subnet Mask Up to 15 0 to 9 period IP Broadcast Up to 15 0 to 9 period Default Gateway Up to 15 0 to 9 period DNS Server Up to 15 0 to 9 period WINS Server Up to 15 0 to 9 period Text box Length Permissible characters Trap Host IP Up to 15 0 to 9 period Community Up to 15 Alphanumeric characters SNMP Community Name Up to 32 Alphanumeric characters System Contact Up to 25...

Page 68: ...N 1 RAID5 vol ready Notifies you that the RAID reconfiguration from RAID 1 to RAID 5 is complete hostname RAID CONFIGURATION HAS BEEN CHANGED TO OPTION 2 RAID1 vol ready Notifies you that the RAID reconfiguration from RAID 5 to RAID 1 is complete The hardware monitor has detected an anomaly serial Hardware abnormal hostname CPU temperature is temp higher than threshold 70 C Notifies you that the C...

Page 69: ... The following RAID Group has completed rebuilding vol Notifies you that the RAID group rebuild is complete A RAID group is completely full enterprise Specific 15010 serial RAID FULL ALERT hostname The following RAID Group is close to full volume Notifies you that the user data of a RAID group has reached 100 The RAID reconfiguration is complete enterprise Specific 18010 serial RAID CONFIGURATION ...

Page 70: ... serial UPS Power failed hostname UPS connected to Server was power failure at date Notifies you that UPS has detected a power interruption serial UPS Power restored hostname UPS connected to Server was power restore at date Notifies you that UPS has detected that power was restored since a power interruption serial UPS low battery hostname UPS connected to Server has been in low battery since dat...

Page 71: ...itch is turned on Verify that the power cable is connected correctly Turn off the server by pressing the power switch Restart the server During the startup procedure the server checks the file system The length of this check varies depending on the amount of data on the server in some extreme case it can take as long as two hours The server cannot be accessed from a browser Verify whether the netw...

Page 72: ...e is a computer with the same name and IP address on your network A share cannot be mounted from UNIX Linux Verify whether the UNIX network service NFS is active on the server The current state of the network service can be checked from the FSV M3 Administration Console Network UNIX Verify whether the share to be mounted is set to allow access from UNIX Linux The share settings can be checked on t...

Page 73: ... 80 Avoid condensation Rated Voltage AC 100 127 200 240 V 50 60 Hz Rated Current 5 5 A 2 75 A External dimensions 440 W 43 5 H 564 D mm excluding projections 17 3 W 1 7 H 22 2 D in Weight About 11 2 kg About 24 6 lb Notice Specifications and outward appearance of the FSV M3 are subject to change without notice This product uses GPL LGPL software Users have the right to obtain modify and to redistr...

Page 74: ... device that serves as a bridge for data communication between two networks or between devices that are not located within the same network Ordinarily this is the IP address of a router Directory A storage location for files Also referred to as a folder Disk capacity The measure of space available for saving programs and files DNS Domain Name System A distributed database system i e a database in ...

Page 75: ... storage medium of a computer on the network Network card A device installed in a computer or router to enable connection to a network Equipped with a port connector for connection to a 1000 Base T 100 Base TX 10 Base T or other network cable Also referred to as a LAN card LAN board or NIC network interface card Network system A system for sharing resources such as files and printers NFS Network F...

Page 76: ... used of the various protocols extant and is also used on the Internet Web server A server machine that distributes data for viewing over the Web or the service provided by such a machine Also referred to as a WWW World Wide Web server Windows network A network built from machines that use a Microsoft operating system such as Windows or MS DOS Uses a protocol established set of means and procedure...

Page 77: ...n 20 49 Modifying local set users 61 N Network menu 36 O Online Help 8 P Password 14 19 Precautions 71 Prerequisite knowledge 7 R RAID group 47 Registering local set users 17 Registering users 16 Replacing a hard disk 43 Restart 28 35 S Security menu 58 Setting share folder security 58 Setup 10 Share 20 24 48 Share deletion 54 Share folders 58 Share modification 53 Shutdown 28 35 Shutdown Reboot 3...

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