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Chapter 4: 

Perform Advanced Management Tasks 

Synology DiskStation Manager comes with a variety of management functions, allowing you to check system 
information, monitor system resources, manage notification services, restore or upgrade DSM, access 
applications with independent login, index multimedia files for applications and more. 

This chapter explains how to comprehend advanced management functions to make sure your Synology NAS is 
providing the best performance. For detailed instructions, please see 

DSM Help

. 

Check System Information 

Info Center provides an overview of the status of the Synology NAS and other connected devices. Go to 

Control 

Panel 

> 

Info Center

 to check the below information. For more detailed instructions, please see 

DSM Help

. 

 

Summary of Contents for DiskStation DS216j

Page 1: ...Synology DiskStation DS216j Quick Installation Guide...

Page 2: ...Safety Instructions 5 Chapter 2 Hardware Setup Tools and Parts for Drive Installation 6 Install Drives 6 Start Up Your DiskStation 8 Chapter 3 Install DSM on DiskStation Install DSM with Web Assistant...

Page 3: ...you have received the items below Also make sure to read the safety instructions carefully to avoid harming yourself or damaging your DiskStation Package Contents Main unit x 1 AC power cord x 1 AC p...

Page 4: ...p sound and the Power LED starts blinking 5 Fan Back Panel Disposes of excess heat and cools the system If the fan malfunctions the DiskStation will emit a beeping sound 6 USB 3 0 Ports Connect extern...

Page 5: ...r cord Wipe with damp paper towels Do not use chemical or aerosol cleaners To prevent the unit from falling over do not place on carts or any unstable surfaces The power cord must plug in to the corre...

Page 6: ...rtant data before installation Install Drives 1 Push the upper case in the direction as shown below Lift the upper case and set it aside 2 Install drives For 3 5 drives Slide the drive into the hard d...

Page 7: ...re the Disk Holder with the provided screws 3 Repeat the steps above to install the other drive if you have prepared one 4 The position of drives is as follows Note If you want to create a RAID volume...

Page 8: ...iskStation Connect one end of the AC power cord to the AC power adapter and the other to the power outlet 2 Use the LAN cable to connect the DiskStation to your switch router or hub 3 Press the power...

Page 9: ...istant will be launched in your web browser It will search for and find the DiskStation within the local network The status of the DiskStation should be Not installed 5 Click Connect to start the setu...

Page 10: ...FS Read only Supported RAID Types Basic JBOD RAID 0 RAID 1 Synology Hybrid RAID 1 Disk Fault Tolerance Agency Certifications FCC Class B CE Class B BSMI Class B HDD Hibernation Yes Scheduled Power On...

Page 11: ...ff No internal drive Power Blue Static Powered on Blinking Booting up Shutting down Off Powered off Note Model specifications are subject to change without notice Please refer to www synology com for...

Page 12: ...es hosted by Synology Product to any third party for commercial purpose Section 6 Open Source The Software may contain components licensed to Synology under the GNU General Public License GPL Componen...

Page 13: ...nd finally by arbitration conducted by three neutral arbitrators in accordance with the procedures of the R O C Arbitration Law and related enforcement rules In such cases the arbitration will be limi...

Page 14: ...uring the Warranty Period Synology warrants the Software as set forth in the accompanying end user license agreement provided with the Product if any Synology provides no warranty to Refurbished Produ...

Page 15: ...RANTY WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT TORT INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHER THEORY EVEN IF SYNOLOGY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES 3 3 Limitation of Liability SYNOLOGY S A...

Page 16: ...forcement rules The arbitration shall take place in Taipei Taiwan R O C and the arbitration proceedings shall be conducted in English or if both parties so agree in Mandarin Chinese The arbitration aw...

Page 17: ...Synology NAS User s Guide Based on DSM 6 1 Document ID Syno_UsersGuide_NAS_20170222...

Page 18: ...sks Check System Information 18 View System Logs 19 Monitor System Resources 20 Analyze System Usage 20 Scan System Settings 21 Deploy High Availability Solution 21 Automate Tasks 22 Update DSM or Res...

Page 19: ...Access DSM Services via QuickConnect 40 Set Up VPN Connection 41 Chapter 8 Enhance Internet Security Prevent Unauthorized Connection with Firewall 42 Prevent Attacks over the Internet 42 Automatically...

Page 20: ...r SD Card 60 Chapter 12 Host Websites and Print Server Use Web Station to Host Websites 61 Set Synology NAS as Print Server 62 Chapter 13 Discover Various Applications with Package Center What Package...

Page 21: ...fer data safely FTP over SSL TLS and uninvited IP auto block are also available Sync Files with Cloud Station Cloud Station is a file sharing service that allows you to synchronize files between a cen...

Page 22: ...ch the real time image the camera is monitoring and record videos continuously in motion detection mode or in alarm recording mode Manage Multiple Synology NAS Devices Synology CMS Central Management...

Page 23: ...d can access the Internet 2 Open a web browser on your computer and go to find synology com 3 Web Assistant will find your Synology NAS within the local network Click Connect to go to the login screen...

Page 24: ...ow Desktop Minimize all open application and package windows 2 Main Menu View and open applications and packages installed on your Synology NAS You can also click and drag to create desktop shortcuts...

Page 25: ...Connected Users See a list of users who are currently accessing Synology NAS resources File Change Log View the file change log records of Synology NAS services No active logs Appears when none of th...

Page 26: ...he desktop is where you can find all the applications and packages you have installed from Package Center on your Synology NAS To open applications or packages Open Main Menu and click the icon of the...

Page 27: ...t Logout or Manage Personal Settings Click the Options menu the person shaped icon at the top right to shutdown restart logout or manage your personal account settings To manage personal settings Sele...

Page 28: ...pps include Google Authenticator Android iPhone BlackBerry or Authenticator Windows Phone Account Activity Account activity displays recent login activity of your DSM account such as the time your acc...

Page 29: ...oose Control Panel from the Main Menu to configure DSM settings The DSM settings on the Control Panel are grouped into the following categories File Sharing Manage file sharing options to host your fi...

Page 30: ...server settings and IPv6 tunneling Network Interface The Network Interface tab provides options to manage the network interfaces with which your Synology NAS connects to the network Traffic Control Tr...

Page 31: ...et the server s date and time or automatically set the time using a network time server Language Click the Language tab to set the language for Synology DiskStation Manager notifications and specify t...

Page 32: ...Go to Control Panel Hardware Power to manage the following energy saving features provided by DSM For more detailed instructions please see DSM Help General Click the General tab to enable power reco...

Page 33: ...ruptible Power Supply is a backup power device that allows the Synology NAS to continue operating for a short time if power failure occurs This function helps prevent data loss by giving the Synology...

Page 34: ...endent login index multimedia files for applications and more This chapter explains how to comprehend advanced management functions to make sure your Synology NAS is providing the best performance For...

Page 35: ...heck the free or used space of your Synology NAS volumes and check the status of the hard disks Service Under the Service tab you can see the list of DSM services which can be enabled or disabled by c...

Page 36: ...isk utilization and network flow You can choose to monitor in real time or view previous data For more detailed instructions please see DSM Help Analyze System Usage Storage Analyzer allows you to qui...

Page 37: ...iled instructions please see DSM Help Deploy High Availability Solution High Availability Manager allows you to form two servers into a high availability cluster in which one assumes the role of the a...

Page 38: ...es For more detailed instructions please see DSM Help Update DSM or Restore Defaults At Control Panel Update Restore you can update DSM to a newer version back up and restore system configurations or...

Page 39: ...umber HTTP S alias name once the portal alias is set up Customized HTTP S Ports Applications can be opened in an independent browser window at http s DSM server address customized port number once the...

Page 40: ...your model available at Synology s Download Center to set up the Synology NAS Important The data saved on the Synology NAS will not be erased during the reinstallation However for security reason we...

Page 41: ...ructions please see DSM Help Volumes and Disk Groups Volumes are the basic storage spaces on your Synology NAS Before you start storing or serving any data you will need to create at least one volume...

Page 42: ...cating specific amounts of capacity to each volume Provides greater storage management flexibility Supports different RAID types RAID Types Depending on your model and number of installed hard disks t...

Page 43: ...t HDD size Create Disk Groups As stated above creating Disk Groups provides more flexibility when managing storage spaces Disk Groups can be created within the volume creation setup wizard or you can...

Page 44: ...rd Disks For SHR RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 5 Spare or RAID 6 the storage capacity of volumes and Disk Groups can be expanded by replacing smaller hard disks with larger ones When expanding storage capacity w...

Page 45: ...d data inconsistencies RAID scrubbing can be used with volumes or Disk Groups that implement SHR comprised of three or more disks RAID 5 or RAID 6 File system scrubbing can be used with volumes in Btr...

Page 46: ...t having any impact to system performance It is efficient for your valuable storage space and also increases the level of protection letting you easily recover valuable data Go to Storage Manager and...

Page 47: ...long as the volume Disk Group iSCSI LUN matches the following criteria The RAID type of the volume Disk Group iSCSI LUN must be one with data protection i e RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 6 RAID 10 The hot spare...

Page 48: ...logy NAS you may combine multiple hard disks into a single storage unit called a RAID Group Volumes up to 200 TB or iSCSI LUNs Block Level can be created on top of RAID Groups Before creating a RAID G...

Page 49: ...e Sum of all HDD sizes RAID 0 2 12 0 RAID 0 offers Striping a process of dividing data into blocks and spreading the data blocks across several hard drives but without safety measures Sum of all HDD s...

Page 50: ...e basic information regarding expanding RAID Groups For more detailed instructions please see DSM Help Expand RAID Groups by Installing Larger Hard Disks You can expand the storage capacity of RAID Gr...

Page 51: ...to create a volume Provides better management flexibility allowing you to expand volume size or create additional volumes as needed Allows creation of multiple iSCSI LUNs Regular File on volumes Edit...

Page 52: ...iSCSI LUNs client servers can access space on a storage server as if it were a local disk In reality all data transferred to the disk are actually transferred over the network to the storage server Cr...

Page 53: ...Storage Overview Please refer to DSM Help for a detailed explanation of this section SSD Cache SSD cache drives can be installed and mounted in a RAID 0 read only or RAID 1 read write configuration to...

Page 54: ...the Synology EZ Internet wizard advanced port forwarding functions and DDNS hostname registration to connect your Synology NAS to the Internet For more detailed instructions please see DSM Help Use th...

Page 55: ...warding Rules Add port forwarding rules to specify the destination ports of your Synology NAS that will receive packages from specific router ports Click Create to start creating port forwarding rules...

Page 56: ...nect QuickConnect is a solution that helps client applications such as DS file Cloud Station utilities DS audio etc connect to your Synology NAS via the Internet without setting up port forwarding rul...

Page 57: ...PN Server on your Synology NAS go to Package Center For more information about VPN Server run and launch the package and then click on the DSM Help button with a question mark at the top right corner...

Page 58: ...d ports using one of the following options All Choose this option to apply the rule to all ports on Synology NAS Select from a list of built in applications Tick the system services that will be inclu...

Page 59: ...utomatically Block Suspicious Login Attempts Auto block allows you to prevent unauthorized login After enabling the service an IP address will be blocked if it has too many failed login attempts Go to...

Page 60: ...protocols for all platforms create and manage users and groups set up shared folders and allow or deny access to the shared folders applications or subfolders from specific users or groups Enable File...

Page 61: ...Please ask your domain administrator to give you a new user name Domain groups Domain Admins and Enterprise Admins will be added to the local group administrators automatically In other words domain...

Page 62: ...with Google Apps Single Sign On support Directory Server can become an identity provider for your Google Apps domain This allows users to log into Google Apps services such as Gmail or Google Calendar...

Page 63: ...hange account password When this option is enabled a link marked Forgot your password will appear on the DSM login page If a user forgets his password he can click this link and enter his username In...

Page 64: ...the administrators group can access all personal folders located in the homes default shared folder For users belonging to the administrators group domain LDAP users home folders are in the folder na...

Page 65: ...r 9 Set Up File Sharing Set Up Shared Folders Go to Control Panel Shared Folder to manage the shared folders which are the root folders of Synology NAS You can store data in the shared folders and sha...

Page 66: ...is created automatically when Network Backup Service is enabled usbshare The usbshare number folder is created automatically when you connect an USB disk to Synology NAS device s USB port esatashare T...

Page 67: ...priority will be No access NA Read Write RW Read only RO Define Windows ACL Privileges for Shared Folder Windows Access Control List ACL is a list of privileges or permissions that determine specific...

Page 68: ...from Windows To access shared folders from Windows you can use any of the following methods Method 1 Use Synology Assistant to map the shared folders as network drives Run Synology Assistant availabl...

Page 69: ...commended that you connect to the shared folders via SMB Select the shared folder you want to access Upon completion you can access the shared folder in the Finder window Access Shared Folders from Li...

Page 70: ...sible over the Internet see Chapter 7 Access your Synology NAS from the Internet Go to Control Panel File Services FTP to enable FTP service allowing users to upload or download Synology NAS data via...

Page 71: ...red on the Synology NAS Go to Package Center to install the WebDAV package and to enable its services Sync Files via Cloud Station Server Cloud Station Server is a file sharing service that allows you...

Page 72: ...nts of the currently selected folder Help button top right corner Click the Help button with a question mark to reveal the DSM Help where you can get useful help about how to use File Station Search f...

Page 73: ...the files and folders for which you want to set access privileges Right click one of the files or folders or choose the Action menu and then choose Properties Note To set access privileges to shared...

Page 74: ...disc images with File Station For more information about remote folders or virtual drives click the Help button with a question mark at the top right corner Edit Music Information With File Station s...

Page 75: ...ata Synology designed Cloud Station Backup allows you to back up data from a Windows computer to your Synology NAS If you are using a Mac or Linux Synology NAS can also serve as their backup destinati...

Page 76: ...en restore the configurations at a later time Sync Shared Folder Contents between Synology NAS Shared Folder Sync allows you to sync shared folder contents from a source Synology NAS or client to a de...

Page 77: ...site with web pages on the Synology NAS With built in PHP and MySQL support you can create dynamic database driven website for your business There is also a variety of 3rd party packages such as Conte...

Page 78: ...applications visit their official websites Set Synology NAS as Print Server Go to Control Panel External Devices Printer to set the Synology NAS as a print server over your local area network allowing...

Page 79: ...es published by unknown sources on your Synology NAS This chapter introduces packages available at Package Center and how to install packages For more detailed instructions please see DSM Help What Pa...

Page 80: ...Internet and other networks Its main function is to translate user friendly domain names e g www synology com into corresponding fixed public IP addresses e g 120 89 71 100 This function allows users...

Page 81: ...shows home videos and TV recordings allowing you to watch videos on your computer DLNA UPnP compliant DMAs and mobile devices Install or Buy Packages Click Install Try or Buy and follow the onscreen i...

Page 82: ...on the go Chat Messaging on the go Synology Chat facilitates collaboration through the messaging service on mobile devices You can utilize Synology Chat to respond any urgent messages wherever you go...

Page 83: ...droid device or Windows Phone and share your precious moments on the go Download and save photos from Photo Station to your mobile device so you can enjoy the flashbacks anytime anywhere You can also...

Page 84: ...anaging your DSM go to DSM Help or click the Help button with a question mark at the top right corner of every window For any questions other than that please visit the Synology Knowledge Base website...

Page 85: ...es hosted by Synology Product to any third party for commercial purpose Section 6 Open Source The Software may contain components licensed to Synology under the GNU General Public License GPL Componen...

Page 86: ...nd finally by arbitration conducted by three neutral arbitrators in accordance with the procedures of the R O C Arbitration Law and related enforcement rules In such cases the arbitration will be limi...

Page 87: ...oduct during the Warranty Period Synology warrants the Software as set forth in the accompanying end user license agreement provided with the Product if any Synology provides no warranty to Refurbishe...

Page 88: ...RANTY WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT TORT INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHER THEORY EVEN IF SYNOLOGY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES 3 3 Limitation of Liability SYNOLOGY S A...

Page 89: ...forcement rules The arbitration shall take place in Taipei Taiwan R O C and the arbitration proceedings shall be conducted in English or if both parties so agree in Mandarin Chinese The arbitration aw...

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