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Thecus N0204

miniNAS

FW v3.00.08

User Manual

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Page 1: ...Thecus N0204 miniNAS FW v3 00 08 User Manual...

Page 2: ...vide us with your feedback Thecus Technology Corporation reserves the right to modify the contents of this manual without notice Product name Thecus N0204 miniNAS Manual Version 2 2 Release Date April...

Page 3: ...ty of 20 85 Using the N0204 miniNAS under extreme environmental conditions could damage the unit Ensure that the N0204 miniNAS is provided with the correct supply voltage AC 100V 240V 50 60 Hz 5V 3A P...

Page 4: ...Cable Connections 13 Chapter 3 First Time Setup 14 Overview 14 Thecus Smart Utility 14 USB Copy 19 Typical Setup Procedure 19 Step 1 Network Setup 19 Step 2 RAID Creation 19 Step 3 Create Local Users...

Page 5: ...T Information 41 Bad Block Scan 42 RAID Information 42 Create a RAID 43 RAID Level 44 Edit RAID 45 Remove RAID 45 Share Folder 46 Adding Folders 46 Modify Folders 47 Remove Folders 47 NFS Share 48 Fo...

Page 6: ...Replacing Damaged Hard Drives 79 Hard Drive Damage 79 Replacing a Hard Drive 79 RAID Auto Rebuild 80 Chapter 7 Troubleshooting 81 Forgot My Network IP Address 81 Resetting NAS IP Address and Admin Pa...

Page 7: ...nts The N0204 miniNAS s user friendly GUI supports multiple languages Product Highlights File Server First and foremost the N0204 miniNAS allows you to store and share files over an IP network With a...

Page 8: ...inter Server With the N0204 miniNAS s Printer Server you can easily share an IPP printer with other PCs connected to your network To set up the Printer Server refer to Chapter 4 Application Server Pri...

Page 9: ...9 Please check to see if your package is complete If you find that some items are missing contact your dealer...

Page 10: ...LED Solid Red HDD failed Blinking Green HDD activity HDD 2 LED Solid Red HDD failed Blinking Green HDD activity LAN LED Solid Green network link Blinking Orange network activity Power LED Solid Blue s...

Page 11: ...r LAN Port LAN port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router Power Connector Connect the included power adaptor to this connector Power Button Power on off N0204 miniNAS Solid...

Page 12: ...stand the Safety Warnings outlined in the beginning of the manual 2 If possible wear an anti static wrist strap during installation to prevent static discharge from damaging the sensitive electronic c...

Page 13: ...responding with the triangular symbol of back panel Push the tray back Cable Connections To connect the N0204 miniNAS to your network follow the steps below 1 Connect an Ethernet cable from your netwo...

Page 14: ...s Smart Utility makes configuring N0204 miniNAS a snap To configure the N0204 miniNAS using the Smart Utility perform the following steps 1 Insert the installation CD into your CD ROM drive the host P...

Page 15: ...re Press Next to continue 4 First please select System Installation Wizard 5 Please select your installation mode One Click Installation or Manual Installation 6 After your installed HDDs are detected...

Page 16: ...your local PC NB as a Network Device 8 Complete the N0204 miniNAS Smart Utility Wizard A You can access the N0204 miniNAS Web Administrator interface by clicking the Start Brower button The default p...

Page 17: ...sks on your N0204 NOTE The Thecus Smart Utility Wizard is designed for installation on systems running Windows XP 2000 or Mac OSX or later Users with other operating systems will need to install the T...

Page 18: ...18 Single Task Quick Backup Perform a single backup by selecting the source and destination Manually Backup and Task List Show all task information and options...

Page 19: ...follows the five steps outlined below For more on how to use the Web Administration Interface see Chapter 4 Web Administration Interface Step 1 Network Setup From the Web Administration Interface you...

Page 20: ...te various folders on the N0204 miniNAS and control user access to each using Folder Access Control Lists For more information on managing folders see Chapter 4 Storage Management Share Folder To find...

Page 21: ...password The factory defaults are User Name admin Password admin Once you are logged in as an administrator you will see the Web Administration Interface From here you can configure and monitor virtu...

Page 22: ...Module to install of the N0204 miniNAS Backup Category of Backup Features set up of the N0204 miniNAS Moving your cursor over any of these items will display the dropdown menu selections for each gro...

Page 23: ...nal Chinese Simplified Chinese French German Italian Korean Spanish Russia Polish On the menu bar click Language and the selection list appears This user interface will switch to selected language for...

Page 24: ...ice status information System Status Item Description CPU Loading Displays current CPU workload of the N0204 miniNAS System Fan Speed Displays the current status of the system fan Up Time Shows how lo...

Page 25: ...escription All Provides all log information including system messages warning messages and error messages INFO Records information about system messages WARN Shows only warning messages ERROR Shows on...

Page 26: ...esired Date Time and Time Zone You can also elect to synchronize the system time on the N0204 with an NTP Network Time Protocol Server See the following table for a detailed description of each item T...

Page 27: ...rs Email Notification Enable or disable email notifications of system problems Account Password Enter a new password E mail From Set email address to send email Receiver s E mail Address 1 2 3 4 Add o...

Page 28: ...tem will turn on at 8 00 AM on Monday and off at 16 00 on Monday System will turn on for the rest of the week If you choose an on time but do not assign an off time the system will turn on and remain...

Page 29: ...ription of each item UPS Setting Item Description UPS Monitoring Enable or disable UPS monitoring Manufacturer Choose the UPS manufacturer from the dropdowns Model Choose the UPS model number from the...

Page 30: ...s Config Mgmt From the menu choose the Config Mgmt item and the System Configuration Download Upload screen appears From here you can download or upload stored system configurations See the following...

Page 31: ...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 32: ...file system check Click Reboot to reboot without running the check Once you click Next you will see the following screen Click Start to begin the file system check Click Reboot to reboot the system Wh...

Page 33: ...rk menu choose LAN and the LAN Configuration screen appears This screen displays the network parameters of the LAN connection You may change any of these items and press Apply to confirm your settings...

Page 34: ...can choose a static IP or Dynamic IP and input your network configuration IP IP address of the LAN interface Netmask Network mask which is generally 255 255 255 0 Gateway Default Gateway IP address D...

Page 35: ...FP item and the AFP Support screen appears This screen displays the configuration items for the Apple Filing Protocol You can change any of these items and press Apply to confirm your settings A descr...

Page 36: ...follows FTP Item Description FTP Enable FTP Service on the N0204 miniNAS Security FTP Enable or disable Security FTP be sure the client FTP software has also security FTP setting enabled Port Specifi...

Page 37: ...lder on the N0204 use the appropriate user login and password set up on the Users page Access control to each share folder is set up on the ACL page Storage Management Shore Folder ACL Media Server Wi...

Page 38: ...Connect your DMA to your Media Server a Configure your DMA to use a Dynamic IP address The IP address will be assigned by the router b Some DMAs are wireless enabled You can connect the DMA to a wire...

Page 39: ...allows users to play media files with UPnP client ex DMA devices Enable or disable Universal Plug and Play protocol UPnP helps to find the IP address of the N0204 miniNAS Nsync Target From the System...

Page 40: ...s Storage Management The Storage menu displays the status of storage devices installed in the N0204 and includes storage configuration options such as RAID and disk settings folder configuration space...

Page 41: ...Disks Information screen the status of each disk will be displayed in the Status column Clicking on an OK or Warning link will display the S M A R T Information window for that particular disk You ma...

Page 42: ...ectors the hard drive will try to restore the data transfer it to the reserved disk area spare area and mark this sector as remapped If this attribute value remains at zero it indicates that the quali...

Page 43: ...press the create button to go to the CREATE RAID screen In addition to RAID disk information and status this screen lets you make RAID configuration settings Using Create RAID you can select stripe s...

Page 44: ...0 RAID 1 RAID configuration is usually required only when you first set up the device A brief description of each RAID setting follows RAID Levels Level Description JBOD The storage volume is a single...

Page 45: ...On the RAID List screen select the RAID volume by clicking on its radio button and click RAID Information to open the RAID Configuration screen 2 On the RAID Configuration screen click Remove RAID 3...

Page 46: ...folder Browseable Enable or disable users from browsing the folder contents If Yes is selected then the share folder will be browseable Public Admit or deny public access to this folder If Yes is sel...

Page 47: ...the folder contents This setting will only apply while access via SMB CIFS and web disk Public Admit or deny public access to this folder Share Limit Enter the maximum size of the folder The folder w...

Page 48: ...access to the share folder enable the NFS Service and then set up hosts with access rights by clicking Add WARNING All the data stored in the folder will be deleted once the folder is deleted The dat...

Page 49: ...m root account will be mapped to anonymous user nobody nogroup on NAS All user on guest system will be mapped to anonymous user nobody nogroup on NAS Choose the one which best fits your needs Apply Cl...

Page 50: ...then appears in that column and has that level of access to the folder 3 Continue selecting groups and users and assigning them access levels using the column buttons 4 To remove a group or user from...

Page 51: ...me display all details from mounted ISO file From the main menu the ISO Mount feature is located under Storage Please refer the figure below for reference Select the ISO Mount function and you will se...

Page 52: ...To mount a new ISO file select one from the listed ISO files and input the desired mounting name into the Mount as field Click Add to complete mounting the ISO file If you do not enter a Mount as ISO...

Page 53: ...the mounted ISO file B Using ISOs The mounted ISO file will be located in a share folder with the assigned ISO image name Please refer the screen shot below ISO file image has been mounted in the Imag...

Page 54: ...st of local users Edit Press the Edit button to modify a local user Remove Press the Remove button to delete a selected user from the system Add Users 1 Click on the Add button on Local User Configura...

Page 55: ...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 56: ...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 57: ...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 58: ...y 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 will appe...

Page 59: ...ws you how Printer Information From the Application Server menu choose the Printer item and the Printer Information screen appears This screen provides the following information about the USB printer...

Page 60: ...rinter attached to another computer option 6 Select Connect to a printer on the Internet or on a home or office network and enter http N0204_IP_ADDRESS 631 printers usb printer into the URL field 7 Yo...

Page 61: ...61 2 Click the right mouse button in anywhere on the Printers folder and then select Add Printer 3 Select Add a network wireless or Bluetooth printer 4 Select The printer that I want isn t listed...

Page 62: ...Click Select a shared printer by name Type http Thecus_NAS 631 printers usb printer in the box where Thecus_NAS_IP is the IP address of the N0204 Click Next 6 Select or install a printer and then pres...

Page 63: ...With the built in iTunes server capability the N0204 miniNAS enables digital music to be shared and played anywhere on the network From the Network menu choose the iTunes item and the iTunes Configur...

Page 64: ...out in UTF 8 format Once the iTunes service is enabled the N0204 will make all music located in the Music folder available for iTunes equipped computers on the network Module Management Module Instal...

Page 65: ...hare the bandwidth equally Under the Backup menu click Nsync and the Nsync window appears Below is a description of each field Nsync Item Description Add Click to add a Nsync task Edit Click to Edit a...

Page 66: ...lect whether the target is a Thecus Product e g N0204 or FTP server Nsync Mode Synchronize mode or Incremental mode Target Server IP Address The IP address of your target server Source Folder The shar...

Page 67: ...ite access to the nsync folder For instructions on how to set up a folder s ACL see Chapter 4 Storage management Shore Folder Folder Access Control List ACL 3 Once this is done the target server will...

Page 68: ...sk function that allows you to access the system over the Internet from any browser 1 In the Login page type in the User ID and password that were previously set for you in the Accounts menu See Chapt...

Page 69: ...all files and folders in this folder To access folders with access control you must first login with a local user account For more information on how to setup user rights to the folders please check...

Page 70: ...f folders and files Type Displays the type of folders and files Modified Shows the time of most recent modification of folders and files Owner Owner of the file There is also the way by using right cl...

Page 71: ...can upload their pictures using the Windows XP Publishing Wizard 1 Click on the XP Publishing Wizard icon on top right corner 2 The XP Web Publishing Wizard Client screen appears Click on the link to...

Page 72: ...picture you want to publish On the left pane there will be an icon labeled Publish this folder to the Web 5 Click on this icon and Web Publishing Wizard will start 6 Select the pictures you want to p...

Page 73: ...Your PC will start to connect to the Photo Web Server 8 Select N0204 miniNAS Photo Gallery Wizard to publish your pictures to the N0204 miniNAS 9 Login into the N0204 with your local user name and pas...

Page 74: ...lbum 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 upl...

Page 75: ...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 16 You will see the user s...

Page 76: ...ers and each description is limited to 255 characters Delete Delete the selected albums or photos NOTE Only logged in users will see these icons To prevent system errors the N0204 sets the following l...

Page 77: ...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 2...

Page 78: ...s 1 Go to the My Computer folder in Windows 2 In the menu bar select Tools and then Map Network Drive 3 The Map Network Drive window appears 4 Assign a drive letter for the share folder 5 Click the Br...

Page 79: ...vices All file names on the USB disk volume are case sensitive Before attaching an USB disk drive to N0204 you have to partition and format it on a desktop computer or a notebook first The attached de...

Page 80: ...rror is detected 1 When a hard disk fails the system beeps and or an email notification is sent to specified recipients 2 Check the LED to see which disk has failed 3 Follow the steps mentioned above...

Page 81: ...ns 1 The network folder is currently mapped using a different user name and password To connect using a different user name and password first disconnect any existing mappings to this network share 2...

Page 82: ...ne If this happens 1 Login to the Web Administration Interface 2 Navigate to System Management Time 3 Under NTP Server select No 4 Set the Date Time and Time Zone 5 Click Apply In addition if the N020...

Page 83: ...luminum chassis Environment Temperature 5C to 40 C Humidity 0 80 R H Non condensing Software Specifications RAID RAID modes RAID 0 1 and JBOD Auto rebuild Supported Hot swap Supported Network Configur...

Page 84: ...groups File System Type Journaling File System Capacity 1TB or above Language Support Unicode Support Authorization Read Write or Deny options on individual users or groups Power Management Disk Spin...

Page 85: ...available on our Download Center http www thecus com download php If you are still experiencing problems with your N0204 miniNAS or require a Return Merchandise Authorization RMA feel free to contact...

Page 86: ...stored on its other hard disk drives RAID Levels The Thecus N0204 miniNAS supports standard RAID levels 0 1 and JBOD You choose a RAID level when you create a system volume The factors for selecting a...

Page 87: ...on JBOD is not protected one drive failure could result total data loss Stripe Size The length of the data segments being written across multiple hard disks Data is written in stripes across the multi...

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Page 91: ...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 92: ...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 ar...

Page 93: ...he 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 yo...

Page 94: ...orresponding 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 off...

Page 95: ...ibute 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 li...

Page 96: ...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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