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6.

 

Specify a stripe size — 64K is the default setting.   

 

7.

 

Specify the percentage allocated for user data by drag the horizontal bar. 
The remaining space will be made available for iSCSI. 

 

8.

 

Selected the file system you like to have for this RAID volume. The selection 
is available from ext3, XFS and ZFS.   

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

9.

 

Press Create to build the RAID storage volume. 

NOTE 

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Select ZFS file system while snapshot is needed. It is only one ZFS file system 

allowed to be created per system.   

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ZFS file system is only accessible by CIFS/SMB, not for AFP and NFS users. 

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XFS file system is not support folder quota feature 

Summary of Contents for 1U4200XXX

Page 1: ...Thecus N3200XXX N0503 N4100PRO N4200 series N5200XXX N5500 1U4200XXX 1U4600 N7700 series N2200XXX N8200XXX N8800 series User s Manual V6 5...

Page 2: ...ration reserves the right to modify the contents of this manual without notice Product name Thecus N2200XXX N3200XXX N0503 N4100PRO N4200 series N5200XXX N5500 1U4200XXX 1U4600 N7700 series N8800 seri...

Page 3: ...idity of 20 85 Using Thecus IP storage under extreme environmental conditions could damage the unit Ensure that the Thecus IP storage is provided with the correct supply voltage AC 100V 240V 50 60 Hz...

Page 4: ...zard 43 LCD Operation N4100PRO N5200XXX N5500 1U4200XXX 1U4600 N7700 series N8200XXX N8800 series 45 LCD Operation N3200XXX N0503 47 OLED Operation N4200 series 48 Typical Setup Procedure 49 Chapter 4...

Page 5: ...21 TFTP 122 HTTP Web Disk 122 UPnP 123 Bonjour Setting 123 Application Server 124 iTunes Server 124 Module Installation 124 Auto Module Installation 125 Backup 126 Nsync Does not apply to the 3x serie...

Page 6: ...Drive 159 RAID Auto Rebuild 159 Chapter 7 Troubleshooting 160 Forgot My Network IP Address 160 Can t Map a Network Drive in Windows XP 160 Restoring Factory Defaults 160 Problems with Time and Date Se...

Page 7: ...7 Appendix D Licensing Information 185 Overview 185 Source Code Availability 185 CGIC License Terms 186 GNU General Public License 186...

Page 8: ...s you to store and share files over an IP network With a Network Attached Storage NAS device you can centralize your files and share them easily over your network With the easy to use web based interf...

Page 9: ...lso supports iSCSI initiators Your server can access Thecus IP storage as a direct attached storage over the LAN or Internet There is no easier way to expand the capacity of your current application s...

Page 10: ...ge should contain additional items 3 to 5 HDD cage x1 Installed 3 5 HDD rail x6 Power Adaptor Power cord x1 Your N4200 series package should contain additional items Power adapter Power cordx1 Your N5...

Page 11: ...USB disks and USB printers 3 USB Copy Button Copies USB storage contents to N2200XXX 4 Card reader Supports SD SDHC MMC cards via USB interface 5 HDD1 led Blinking white HDD activity 6 HDD2 led Blinki...

Page 12: ...failed Blinking orange HDD activity 6 HDD 3 LED Solid red HDD failed Blinking orange HDD activity 7 USB Port USB 2 0 port for compatible USB devices such as digital cameras USB disks and USB printers...

Page 13: ...HDD failed Blinking orange HDD activity HDD 4 LED Solid red HDD failed Blinking orange HDD activity HDD 5 LED Solid red HDD failed Blinking orange HDD activity USB Port USB 2 0 port for compatible US...

Page 14: ...nch SATA HDD The trays have locks for added physical security and keys are provided with the package Power LED Solid blue N4100PRO is powered on Busy LED Blinking orange system startup or maintenance...

Page 15: ...for more than 6 mins 3 HDD 1 LED Yellow HDD activity Red HDD failure 4 HDD 2 LED Yellow HDD activity Red HDD failure 5 HDD 3 LED Yellow HDD activity Red HDD failure 6 HDD 4 LED Yellow HDD activity Re...

Page 16: ...ning LED Solid RED System error 6 Reset Button Resets system configuration to default value 7 USB Port USB 2 0 port for compatible USB devices such as USB disks 8 Power Button Power LED Power on off N...

Page 17: ...Copy LED Solid blue files are being copied from a USB storage device 6 eSATA link LED Solid blue external eSATA device has connected 7 USB Port USB 2 0 port for compatible USB devices such as USB disk...

Page 18: ...ush to leave the current LCD menu 6 Locator Button Turns on the LED backlight 7 USB Port USB 2 0 port for compatible USB devices such as digital cameras USB disks and USB printers 8 PWR LED Solid Blue...

Page 19: ...er on off 1U4600 Solid blue Device is powered on Blinking blue eSATA hard disk is connected and active 6 Reset Button Resets the 1U4600 Press for five seconds during boot process to reset IP address a...

Page 20: ...on Press to system reboot 4 System fan alarm LED Solid red system fan failure notification 5 Mute button Mute the system fan alarm 6 USB Port USB 2 0 port for compatible USB devices such as USB disks...

Page 21: ...o the unit 4 Latch Use to open and remove or close and secure the tray 5 Handle Pull to remove the HDD tray 1U4600 N7700 series N8800series Each of mentioned above models hard disk trays has a lock a...

Page 22: ...ries 2 HDD Access Error LED Blinking green System is accessing data on the hard disk Solid red HDD fail No function on N4200 series 3 Lock Use the lock to physically secure the hard disk to the unit 4...

Page 23: ...the thumbscrews N0503 The N0503 supports both 2 5 and 3 5 Serial ATA SATA hard disks To install a hard disk into the N0503 follow the steps below 3 Open front door of the N0503 4 For 3 5 HDD a Get th...

Page 24: ...Port WAN LAN1 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or a router 4 LAN2 Port LAN2 port for connecting to a local Ethernet network through a switch or a router 5 System Fan System...

Page 25: ...LAN1 Port WAN LAN1 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router 4 LAN2 Port LAN2 port that can be used for connection sharing 5 System Fan System fan that exhausts heat from...

Page 26: ...below for descriptions of each Item Description Power Connector Connect the included power cord to this connector WAN Port WAN port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router LA...

Page 27: ...For connect the power adaptor WAN LAN1 Port WAN LAN1 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router LAN2 Port LAN2 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch o...

Page 28: ...or connecting to a local Ethernet network through a switch or router 3 Serial Port This port is for an external UPS device 4 eSATA Port eSATA port for high speed external storage expansion 5 USB Port...

Page 29: ...ork through a switch or router 3 Serial Port This port is for external UPS device 4 eSATA Port eSATA port for high speed storage expansion 5 USB Port Type A USB 2 0 port for compatible USB devices suc...

Page 30: ...WAN LAN1 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router 3 Serial Port This port is for an external UPS device 4 eSATA Port eSATA port for high speed storage expansion 5 USB Por...

Page 31: ...rk through a switch or router LAN2 Port LAN2 port that can be used for connection sharing Power Switch Switch for power supply System Fan System fan that exhausts heat from the unit Serial Port This p...

Page 32: ...0 ports for compatible USB devices such as digital cameras USB disks and USB printers WAN LAN1 Port WAN LAN1 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router LAN2 Port LAN2 port...

Page 33: ...TA port for high speed storage expansion 4 USB Port USB 2 0 port for compatible USB devices such as USB disks and USB printers 5 Serial Port This port is for an external UPS device 6 WAN LAN1 Port WAN...

Page 34: ...eSATA Port eSATA port for high speed storage expansion 4 USB Port USB 2 0 port for compatible USB devices such as USB disks and USB printers 5 Serial Port This port is for external UPS device 6 WAN L...

Page 35: ...he beginning of the manual 2 If possible wear an anti static wrist strap during installation to prevent static discharge from damaging the sensitive electronic components on the Thecus IP storage 3 Be...

Page 36: ...to your network follow the steps below 1 Connect an Ethernet cable from your network to the WAN LAN1 port on the back panel of the N3200XXX N0503 2 Connect the provided power cord into the power socke...

Page 37: ...power on the N4100PRO Checking System Status After making connections on the N4100PRO and powering up check whether the system status is normal or has trouble by observing indicators on the front pane...

Page 38: ...cord into a surge protected socket 3 Press the power button on the Front Panel to boot up the N4200 To connect the N5200XXX N5500 to your network follow the steps below 1 Connect an Ethernet cable fro...

Page 39: ...the back panel of the 1U4200XXX 1U4600 2 Connect the provided power cord into the universal power socket on the back panel Plug the other end of the cord into a surge protected socket Press the power...

Page 40: ...an Ethernet cable from your network to the WAN LAN1 port on the back panel of the N7700 2 Connect the provided power cord into the universal power socket on the back panel Plug the other end of the co...

Page 41: ...WAN LAN1 port on the back panel of the N8200XXX N8800 2 Connect the provided power cord into the universal power socket on the back panel Plug the other end of the cord into a surge protected socket...

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Page 43: ...torage a snap To configure the Thecus IP storage using the Setup Wizard perform the following steps 1 Insert the installation CD into your CD ROM drive the host PC must be connected to the network 2 T...

Page 44: ...cus IP storage and configure the network IP address If your switch or router is configured as a DHCP Server configuring the Thecus IP storage to automatically obtain an IP address is recommended You m...

Page 45: ...t various configuration settings and menu options for Thecus IP storage configuration The following table illustrates the keys on the front control panel LCD Controls Icon Function Description Up Butt...

Page 46: ...d 2 In Display Mode press the Down Button 3 The LCD will display USB Copy 4 Press Enter and the Thecus IP storage will start copying USB disks connected to the front USB port 5 All of data will be cop...

Page 47: ...RAID status System Fan Current system fan status Temperature Current system temperature Date Time Current system date and time Up Time The system power on time since last start The N3200XXX N0503 wil...

Page 48: ...Icon Function Description Up Button Select the previous configuration settings option Down Button USB copy confirmation display Enter Enter the selected menu option sub menu or parameter setting ESC E...

Page 49: ...ut more about the different RAID levels from Appendix B RAID Basics Step 3 Create Local Users or Setup Authentication Once the RAID is ready you can begin to create local users for Thecus IP storage o...

Page 50: ...50 SMB CIFS Apple File Protocol AFP Network File System NFS File Transfer Protocol FTP iTunes Server Printer Server Photo Server...

Page 51: ...stration Interface 1 Type the Thecus IP storage IP address into your browser Default IP address is http 192 168 1 100 NOTE Your computer s network IP address must be on the same subnet as the Thecus I...

Page 52: ...click the check box if you do not want to have this page displayed during the next login Following by disclaim page you will see the Web Administration Interface From here you can configure and monit...

Page 53: ...he mouse on the menu tree The other way administrators can add favorite functions is by clicking the Add Favorite icon in each function screen Please refer figure below in red circuit icon To return t...

Page 54: ...ettings for storage devices installed into the Thecus IP storage User and Group Authentication Allows configuration of users and groups Network Service Setup and manage protocols such as Samba CIFS AF...

Page 55: ...his to log into the Web Disk Photos Click this to log into the photo server News Accesses online registration and the latest release news Log Accesses the system log New logs will be displayed with an...

Page 56: ...st see the basic Product Information screen providing Manufacturer Product No Firmware Version and System Up Time information Product Information Item Description Manufacturer Displays the name of the...

Page 57: ...tus of the Network File Service Server SMB CIFS Status The status of the SMB CIFS server FTP Status The status of the FTP server TFTP Status The status of the TFTP server Nsync Status The status of th...

Page 58: ...Specify desired number of lines to display per page Sort Ascending Shows logs by date in ascending order Sort Descending Shows logs by date in descending order Use the forward and backward buttons to...

Page 59: ...d on your NAS in Nsync log messages Information can be obtained in two ways locally and remotely Local Access When Local is selected log messages can be viewed directly through samba However to access...

Page 60: ...nize the system time on Thecus IP storage with an NTP Network Time Protocol Server See the following table for a detailed description of each item Time Item Description Date Sets the system date Time...

Page 61: ...eeps when a problem occurs Email Notification Enable or disable email notifications of system problems SMTP Server Specifies the hostname IP address of the SMTP server Port Specifies the port to send...

Page 62: ...Enable Schedule Power On Off checkbox Then simply choose an on and off time for each day of the week that you would like to designate a schedule by using the various dropdowns Finally click Apply to...

Page 63: ...stem will act accordingly Example Monday Off 8 00 Off 16 00 System will turn off at 8 00 AM on Monday System will turn off at 16 00 PM on Monday if it was on If the system was already off at 16 00 PM...

Page 64: ...ad or upload stored system configurations See the following table for a detailed description of each item System Configuration Download Upload Item Description Download Save and export the current sys...

Page 65: ...the system or Shutdown to turn the system off File System check The File System Check allows you to perform a check on the integrity of your disks file system Under the menu click File system Check an...

Page 66: ...eck Check the desired RAID volumes and click Next to proceed with the file system check Click Reboot to reboot without running the check Once you click Next you will see the following screen Click Sta...

Page 67: ...tem Description WOL Service Enable or Disable WOL service Apply Click Apply to save changes SNMP Support From the menu choose the SNMP item and the SNMP Support screen appears You could enable the SNM...

Page 68: ...hoto server module or web disk module to access these functions System Network Use the System Network menu to make network configuration settings as well as service support settings WAN LAN1 WAN LAN1...

Page 69: ...B Balance ALB Set IP Address by Static Dynamic You can choose a static IP or Dynamic IP and input your network configuration IP IP address of the WAN LAN1 interface Netmask Network mask which is gener...

Page 70: ...idth for its DHCP clients Link Detected Specifies the LAN2 port link status Lick Speed Specifies the LAN2 port link speed WARNING Most Fast Ethernet 10 100 Switches Routers do not support Jumbo Frame...

Page 71: ...us of storage devices installed in the Thecus IP storage and includes storage configuration options such as RAID and disk settings folder configuration space allocation and ISO Mount Disks Information...

Page 72: ...ator can set the disk to power down after a period of inactivity S M A R T Information On the Disks Information screen the status of each disk will be displayed in the Status column Clicking on an OK...

Page 73: ...sectors that are reallocated the more a decrease up to 10 or more can be noticed in disk read write speeds Current Pending Sector Current count of unstable sectors waiting for remapping The raw value...

Page 74: ...till system reboot with Yet to start displayed as default RAID Information From the Storage menu choose the RAID item and the RAID Information screen appears This screen lists the RAID volumes current...

Page 75: ...create a RAID volume follow the steps below 1 On the RAID Information screen click create 2 On the RAID Configuration screen set the RAID storage space as JBOD RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 6 or RAID 10...

Page 76: ...tion key and into any system USB port We are strongly recommended copying the RAID volume encryption key to a safe place You can find the encryption key file from the USB disk in the following format...

Page 77: ...the file system you like to have for this RAID volume The selection is available from ext3 XFS and ZFS 9 Press Create to build the RAID storage volume NOTE Select ZFS file system while snapshot is ne...

Page 78: ...e HDD with no RAID support JBOD requires a minimum of 1 disk RAID 0 Provides data striping but no redundancy Improves performance but not data safety RAID 0 requires a minimum of 2 disks RAID 1 Offers...

Page 79: ...has high reliability and high performance RAID 10 is implemented as a striped array whose segments are RAID 1 arrays It has the fault tolerance of RAID 1 and the performance of RAID 0 RAID 10 requires...

Page 80: ...ion to open the RAID Configuration screen 2 On the RAID Configuration screen click Remove RAID 3 The confirmation screen appear you will have to input Yes with exactly wording case to complete Remove...

Page 81: ...ion screen click Expand Migrating a RAID Once a RAID volume has been created you may want to move it to other physical drives or change the RAID array all together To migrate a RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 or...

Page 82: ...R6 the all services will restart and volumes iSCSI is read only but user data is capable read write during operation NOTE Migrating a RAID volume could take several hours to complete NOTE The migrati...

Page 83: ...ID 6 HDDx6 RAID 1 HDDx2 to RAID 6 HDDx7 RAID 1 HDDx2 to RAID 6 HDDx8 HDDx16 RAID 1 HDDx3 to RAID 6 HDDx4 RAID 1 HDDx3 to RAID 6 HDDx5 RAID 1 HDDx3 to RAID 6 HDDx6 RAID 1 HDDx3 to RAID 6 HDDx7 RAID 1 H...

Page 84: ...model N5500 and 1U4600 The iSCSI volume can be created from 2 to 25 volumes per system depend on Thecus IP storage s model Model N4100PRO N0503 N3200XXX N4200 series N2200XXX N5200XXX 1U4200XXX N8200...

Page 85: ...e allocated space Delete Click this to delete the allocated space iSCSI Target Click to allocate space to iSCSI volume Type Type of volume Can be either USB or iSCSI Name Name assigned to the volume C...

Page 86: ...the Stackable NAS function to identify this export share Year Select the current year from the dropdown Authentication You may choose CHAP authentication or choose None Month Select the current month...

Page 87: ...r LUN ID 0 9 If you ve enabled CHAP authentication enter a username and a password Confirm your chosen password be reentering it in the Password Confirm box 10 Click OK to create the iSCSI volume Modi...

Page 88: ...e to expand and click the Expand button You will then see the dialog box displayed below Drag the Expand Capacity bar to the size you want Then press Expand to confirm the operation Delete Volume To d...

Page 89: ...thin provisioning is sharing the available physical capacity to a number of iSCSI target volumes and also setup virtual capacity to expand the physical size while it needed To setup iSCSI thin provisi...

Page 90: ...thin provision volume by dragging the Allocation bar to the desired size After the size has been determined click OK to confirm Now you will see the iSCSI thin provisioning volume is available from t...

Page 91: ...e example below 1 The physical size for the iSCSI thin provision volume is 333 88GB You can refer the screenshot above 2 The iSCSI target volume under thin provisioning starts with 333 38GB in physica...

Page 92: ...an iSCSI target volume under thin provisioning of 1700GB iSCSI target volume creation The maximum virtual size is 14300GB 16000GB 1700GB 1st iSCSI target volume This screenshot lists iSCSI target volu...

Page 93: ...sociated with iSCSI setting The details as listed in following screenshot With the option changed it will need to reboot system to activate NOTE 1 Each RAID volume can only create one iSCSI thin provi...

Page 94: ...storage s capacity can be expanded even further using the stackable function With it users can expand the capacity of their network storage systems up to 5 other stack target volumes which are located...

Page 95: ...able now or later per usage needed Next input the target IP address of the stackable device and click the Discovery button The system will list available target volumes from the inputted IP address On...

Page 96: ...96 The Export share name will become the network share name and displayed through network access such as SMB You may refer the figures below to see the result Please note the naming limitation...

Page 97: ...d of setting for system share folder It designates whether or not this folder will be visible through web disk You may refer the figures below for reference when Yes and No are selected The Public set...

Page 98: ...ack target device has been attached into this stack master With this newly attached stack target device you will see the information displayed and also several options you can choose In general if att...

Page 99: ...up the following dialogue After your changes have been made click Apply to confirm any modifications Once changes are applied the associated information will be updated on the Stack Target List windo...

Page 100: ...onnect the stack target click Reconnect ISO Mount The ISO Mount feature is very useful tool from Thecus products With it users can mount an ISO file and having export name to display all details from...

Page 101: ...screen To mount new ISO file select from listed ISO file and input desired mounting name into Mount as field Click ADD with confirmation to complete mounting ISO file Or without Mount as ISO file exp...

Page 102: ...unt to eliminate mounted ISO file B Using ISO The mounted ISO file will be located same share folder with name giving Please refer the screen shot below ISO file image has mounted as folder Image you...

Page 103: ...ars This screen allows you to create and configure folders on the Thecus IP storage volume Adding Folders On the Folder screen press the Add button and the Add Folder screen appears This screen allows...

Page 104: ...ssion to write to this folder When accessing a public folder via FTP the behavior is similar to anonymous FTP Anonymous users can upload download a file to the folder but they cannot delete a file fro...

Page 105: ...scription the folder Browseable Enable or disable users from browsing the folder contents This setting will only apply while access via SMB CIFS and web disk Public Admit or deny public access to this...

Page 106: ...with access rights by clicking Add NFS Share Item Description Hostname Enter the name or IP address of the host Privilege Host has either read only or writeable access to the folder WARNING All the da...

Page 107: ...needs Apply Click to save your changes Snapshot The Thecus IP storage is capable for 16 snapshot version control To have snapshot to work on the file system creation for RAID volume has to be ZFS Snap...

Page 108: ...aken snapshot is only accessible though CIFS SMB by manually type NAS IP address snapshot and invisible from normal access Also the taken snapshot version is read only can not be deleted under CIFS SM...

Page 109: ...h the group or user selected press one of the buttons from the three access level columns at the top The group or user then appears in that column and has that level of access to the folder 3 Continue...

Page 110: ...Authentication The Thecus IP storage has built in user database that allows administrators to manage user access using different group policies From the User and Group Authentication menu you can crea...

Page 111: ...each item follows ADS NT Support Item Description Work Group Domain Name Specifies the SMB CIFS Work Group ADS Domain Name e g MYGROUP ADS NT Support Select Disable to disable authentication through W...

Page 112: ...omain local Administrator ID Administrator Administrator Password NOTE The DNS server specified in the WAN LAN1 configuration page should be able to correctly resolve the ADS server name The time zone...

Page 113: ...Add Users 1 Click on the Add button on Local User Configuration screen and Local User Setting screen appears 2 On the Local User Setting screen enter a name in the User Name box 3 Enter a User ID numb...

Page 114: ...on the Edit button and Local User Setting screen appears 3 From here you can enter a new password and re enter to confirm or use the or buttons to have this user join or leave a group Click the Apply...

Page 115: ...s menu choose the Group item and the Local Group Configuration screen appears This screen allows you to Add Edit and Remove local groups Local Group Configuration Item Description Add Press the Add bu...

Page 116: ...hem to the Members List using the button 6 Click the Apply button to save your changes Edit Groups 1 On the Local Group Configuration screen select a group name from the list 2 Press the Edit button t...

Page 117: ...eniently add numerous users and groups automatically by importing a simple comma separated plain text txt file From the Accounts menu click Batch Mgmt and the Batch Create Users and Groups dialogue wi...

Page 118: ...n amount of space on EACH RAID partition For example if there are 3 RAID partitions and a user has a user quota of 300MB the user can store 300MB of data on EACH RAID partition or a total of 900MB of...

Page 119: ...Block Common Internet File System Do the link in network protocol Enable or Disable SMB CIFS protocol for Windows Apple Unix drive mapping File Access Cache File Access Cache is default Enable This op...

Page 120: ...please setup UNIX Extension disable to get issue solved AFP Apple Network Setup From the Network Service menu choose the AFP item and the AFP Support screen appears This screen displays the configura...

Page 121: ...an change any of these items and press Apply to confirm your settings A description of each item follows FTP Item Description FTP Enable FTP Service on Thecus IP storage Security FTP Enable or disable...

Page 122: ...er is set up on the ACL page Storage Management Shore Folder ACL TFTP Thecus IP storage can act as a TFTP server enabling users to download and upload files with their favorite TFTP programs From the...

Page 123: ...l Plug and Play protocol UPnP helps to find the IP address of Thecus IP storage Bonjour Setting Bonjour is Apple Inc s trade name for its implementation of Zeroconf a service discovery protocol Bonjou...

Page 124: ...r changes See the following table for detailed descriptions of each field iTunes Configuration Item Description iTunes Enable or disable the iTunes Service Server Name Name used to identify Thecus IP...

Page 125: ...website then list available modules Please refer the screen shot below The other way to have auto module installed is using universal CD shipped with system It has contained file modules zip which inc...

Page 126: ...on line and disk After click on Action to install module the module will be under list of Module Installation Please do Enable to activate module usage Backup There are a number of ways to back up dat...

Page 127: ...get is also deleted Task name The name of your Nsync task Server The IP address of your target server Share folder The share folder you would want to backup Last Time The time when the last Nsync task...

Page 128: ...inistrator of that server has to set up a user account with a folder named nsync and grant write access 1 On the Nsync server add a user for Nsync source ex nsyncsource1 For instructions on how to add...

Page 129: ...o allow source cross data the Rsync target server needs to assign a username and password for authentication Once Nsync Target has been enabled the other Thecus NAS product is able to operate remote r...

Page 130: ...much more stable and experiences much less frequent data loss during transfer than other remote backup systems For this tutorial you will need to use Rsync Target Step 1 and Rsync Step 2 3 under Back...

Page 131: ...e Add Fill out all the necessary details and choose your parameters 1 Name your task This is how it will appear in the task list 2 Choose your backup mode Synchronization mode Makes your source match...

Page 132: ...ackups manually choose disable your settings will still be saved 10 Apply This saves your backup task in the Rsync Schedule Backup task list running your automatic backup tasks in the background as we...

Page 133: ...sk to run Monthly or Weekly 3 To check the log for that task click on the Log icon for that task Windows XP Data Backup If you use Windows XP Professional you can also use the Windows Backup Utility N...

Page 134: ...here are a number of backup solutions available for the Mac OS X including iBackup Psyncx iMSafe Rsyncx Folder Synchronizer X Tri BACKUP Impression Intego Personal Backup SilverKeeper and Apple s dotM...

Page 135: ...rinter server letting all PCs connected to the network utilize the same printer Windows XP SP2 To set up the Printer Server in Windows XP SP2 follow the steps below 1 Connect the USB printer to one of...

Page 136: ...is printer by default Click Next 9 Click Finish NOTE Not all USB printers are supported Please check Thecus website for a list of supported printers Note that if a multi function all in one printer is...

Page 137: ...Server in Windows Vista follow the steps below 1 Open Printer Folder from the Control Panel 2 Click the right mouse button in anywhere on the Printers folder and then select Add Printer 3 Select Add...

Page 138: ...to go into next page without waiting for Searching for available printers to finish 5 Click Select a shared printer by name Type http Thecus_NAS 631 printers usb printer in the box where Thecus_NAS_I...

Page 139: ...se contact your printer manufacturer for help 7 Windows will attempt to connect to the printer 8 You can choose to set this printer as the default printer by checking the Set as the default printer bo...

Page 140: ...on UPS Monitoring Enable or disable UPS monitoring Manufacturer Choose the UPS manufacturer from the dropdowns Model Choose the UPS model number from the dropdowns Battery Status Current status of the...

Page 141: ...ecus IP storage Login page Login Page To login to the system enter your user name and password and select Web Disk or Photo server then click Login to log into the system You will be taken to the sele...

Page 142: ...r within the current folder press the New Folder button When the screen appears enter a name for the folder Press OK to create the folder 7 To upload a file from your computer to the current folder pr...

Page 143: ...to current folder of your computer upload Upload file from your computer to current web disk folder Admin Change password and confirm new password logout To logout of the web disk interface Show the...

Page 144: ...les you must first select the item by clicking the box then entering your user name and password to log in to the photo server Windows XP Publishing Wizard There are many ways for a local user to uplo...

Page 145: ...the register file 4 Once the register file is installed use the Windows file manager to browse the folder that contains the picture you want to publish On the left pane there will be an icon labeled P...

Page 146: ...heck mark on the top left hand corner of the picture Click Next 7 Your PC will start to connect to the Photo Web Server 8 Select Thecus IP storage Photo Gallery Wizard to publish your pictures to Thec...

Page 147: ...album by entering an album name and clicking on the Create Album button 11 Select the album you want to upload your pictures to 12 Confirm the target album 13 Windows will show you that the picture up...

Page 148: ...148 14 When the upload is finished the Wizard will ask you whether if you want to go to the website Click Finish to go to your Photo Web Server 15 Click on the user s icon to go to that user s album...

Page 149: ...album list Click on Album 17 Finished You will see the pictures just selected in the album Managing Albums and Photos Icon Function Description Make Cover Make selected photo your cover picture Back...

Page 150: ...e album Uploading Pictures to Albums Uploading pictures to albums using the Web User Interface is easy 1 When the album is created click the album icon to enter the album Initially the album is empty...

Page 151: ...to display EXIF information To hide this information click the EXIF button again Slide Shows Slide shows are a great way to enjoy pictures stored on your Thecus IP storage You can click on the Start S...

Page 152: ...though it were a drive on your computer Apple OS X On an Apple computer you can connect to shared computers and servers using a network address 1 Choose Go Connect to Server 2 Enter the network addre...

Page 153: ...Once the download is complete install the iSCSI Initiator by double clicking the EXE file You may be presented with the following security warning Click Run to continue 3 You will now install the iSC...

Page 154: ...lick Finish once completed 7 Start the iSCSI Initiator by double clicking its icon on the desktop The iSCSI Initiator properties window will appear 8 Select the Discovery tab Under Target Portals clic...

Page 155: ...CSI target highlighted click Log On The Log On to Target dialogue will appear 11 If you have not enabled CHAP click OK to continue If you have enabled CHAP click Advanced Under Advanced Settings check...

Page 156: ...ick My Computer on the desktop and select Manage 13 Click on Disk Management and you will see a new hard disk listed 14 Initialize the new hard disk and you will then be able to use the iSCSI target a...

Page 157: ...first partition on the eSATA or USB disk drive Adding a Spare Disk With a RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 6 or RAID 10 volume you can add a spare disk after the initial RAID is setup To add a spare disk follow th...

Page 158: ...Navigate to NAT Setting Virtual Server 2 For Enable Virtual Server select Yes 3 Setup the HTTPS Server a Well Known Applications Select User Defined b Local IP Enter 192 168 1 100 c Port Range 443 the...

Page 159: ...remove it from the tray 3 Slide a new hard disk into the tray and fasten the screws 4 Insert the hard disk tray back into Thecus IP storage until it snaps into place You can also lock it with a key i...

Page 160: ...d password To connect using a different user name and password first disconnect any existing mappings to this network share 2 The mapped network drive could not be created because the following error...

Page 161: ...advance and useful of Thecus IP storage depend on models is Dual DOM implemented In the normal circumstance it has no need to have this feature involved But with irresistible cause like power cut or...

Page 162: ...t Migrate rsync function to dedicate FW from module install required Add User Quota function Add User and Group backup Add ACL backup Restore Added network UPS supported Add module login through UI Lo...

Page 163: ...module or web disk module to access these functions Share Folder From the Storage menu choose Share Folder and the Folder screen appears This screen allows you to create and configure folders on the...

Page 164: ...dify Folder screen appears This screen allows you to change folder information After entering the information press Apply to save your changes Modify Folder Item Description RAID ID RAID volume where...

Page 165: ...Item Description Hostname Enter the name or IP address of the host Privilege Host has either read only or writeable access to the folder Guest System Support There are two selections available Unix L...

Page 166: ...screen appears This screen allows you to setup samba configuration for associated folder After entering the information press Apply to activate input settings Add Folder Item Description Folder Name E...

Page 167: ...RAID volume with used space To setup user quota simply click on desired user with associated Quota filed then input numbers Left default value 0 with no quota limitation for associated users Please b...

Page 168: ...been backup to other location and restore it while needed Please be noticed when restore previous backup users and groups the current users and groups list will be replaced from this restore file s c...

Page 169: ...Samba is Native mode The Thecus IP storage is supported Samba mode options In the ADS environment with Native mode selected then Thecus IP storage is capable to become local master position Optimize B...

Page 170: ...usage with situation using Mac OSX with smb connection may have permission issue When it happened please setup UNIX Extension disable to get issue solved Hide Temporary Files If enabled it will hide...

Page 171: ...e bin to allow deleted folders files can store Left default value 0 with no limitation FTP Thecus IP storage can act as a FTP server enabling users to download and upload files with their favorite FTP...

Page 172: ...BIG5 HZ GB2312 GB18030 ISO EUC JP SHIFT JIS and UTF 8 Allow Anonymous FTP Access Upload Download Allow anonymous FTP users to upload or download files to from public folders Download Allow anonymous...

Page 173: ...kup provides you with many options including local or remote backup backup scheduling different syncronization settings and password protection Being based on the Linux operating system it is also muc...

Page 174: ...ther words only the backup NAS needs to be activated in this way Rsync Step 2 Setting up your backup task and schedule on your source NAS Log in to your other NAS your source NAS through the UI in you...

Page 175: ...backup Target Server Port Input the Rsync Target Server IP address which you are going to backup over port number has no need to change only if the default port number has been used in other purpose...

Page 176: ...CL Access Control List been backup on RAID volume based to other location and restore it while needed Let s take example to see how it works There is system with RAID volume RAID select Backup to back...

Page 177: ...curity and accessibility in the case of a power failure Additionally the network UPS is also supported From the Status menu choose the UPS item and the UPS Setting screen appears Make any changes you...

Page 178: ...r failure notifications Delay between subsequent notifications in seconds Shutdown the system when the battery charge is less than Amount of UPS battery remaining before system should auto shutdown Ap...

Page 179: ...mit load balancing channel bonding that does not require any special switch support The outgoing traffic is distributed according to the current load computed relative to the speed on each slave Incom...

Page 180: ...are is available on our Download Center http www thecus com download php If you are still experiencing problems with your Thecus IP storage or require a Return Merchandise Authorization RMA feel free...

Page 181: ...the data and parity stored on its other hard disk drives RAID Levels The Thecus IP storage supports standard RAID levels 0 1 5 6 10 and JBOD You choose a RAID level when you create a system volume Th...

Page 182: ...RAID 10 RAID 10 is implemented as a striped array whose segments are RAID 1 arrays RAID 10 has the same fault tolerance as RAID level 1 RAID 10 has the same overhead for fault tolerance as mirroring a...

Page 183: ...re accessed at the same time disk striping enhances performance The stripes can vary in size Disk Usage When all disks are of the same size and used in RAID Thecus IP storage disk usage percentage is...

Page 184: ...lets Thecus IP storage integrate itself with the existing ADS in an office environment This means the Thecus IP storage is able to recognize your office users and passwords on the ADS server Other maj...

Page 185: ...nd its contributors This product includes software developed by Winning Strategies Inc This product includes software developed by the Apache Group for use in the Apache HTTP server project http www a...

Page 186: ...s commit to using it Some other Free Software Foundation software is covered by the GNU Library General Public License instead You can apply it to your programs too When we speak of free software we a...

Page 187: ...the Program independent of having been made by running the Program Whether that is true depends on what the Program does 1 You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Program s source code as y...

Page 188: ...corresponding machine readable source code which must be distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange or b Accompany it with a written of...

Page 189: ...ribute so as to satisfy simultaneously your obligations under this License and any other pertinent obligations then as a consequence you may not distribute the Program at all For example if a patent l...

Page 190: ...e software and of promoting the sharing and reuse of software generally NO WARRANTY 11 BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY AP...

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