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User ’s Manual

Summary of Contents for N8810U series

Page 1: ...ecus N8 9 0 0 series N1 2 0 0 0 series N1 6 0 0 0 series N5 5 5 0 N6 8 5 0 N8 8 5 0 N1 0 8 5 0 N7 7 0 0 PRO V2 N7 7 1 0 series N8 8 0 0 PRO V2 N8 8 1 0 U series N4 5 1 0 U series N7 5 1 0 User s Manua...

Page 2: ...manual without notice Product name Thecus N8900 N12000 N16000 series N6850 N8850 N10850 N7700PRO V2 N8800PRO V2 N7710 series N8810U series N5550 N4510U series N7510 Manual Version 5 9 Release Date Aug...

Page 3: ...y of 20 85 Using Thecus IP storage under extrem e 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 3A...

Page 4: ...t apply to the N7 7 0 0 PRO V2 N8 8 0 0 PRO V2 N7 7 1 0 series N8 8 1 0 U series N5 5 5 0 N4 5 1 0 U series N7 5 1 0 4 5 USB Copy 4 5 Typical Setup Procedure 4 6 Chapter 4 System Adm inistration 4 8 O...

Page 5: ...Configuration 131 Batch Users and Groups Creation 133 User Quota 134 User and Group Backup 134 LDAP Support 135 Netw ork Service 1 3 5 Samba CIFS 135 AFP Apple Network Setup 138 NFS Setup 139 FTP 139...

Page 6: ...N1 2 0 0 0 series N1 6 0 0 0 series N8 9 0 0 series only 1 8 1 Chapter 7 Updates for FW v2 0 3 0 1 1 8 2 General 182 Status 182 Added Hardware Inform ation 183 Disk Information 183 Data Guard Local B...

Page 7: ...forem ost the Thecus IP storage allows 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...

Page 8: ...orage over the LAN or Internet There is no easier way to expand the capacity of your current application servers All the storage needs can be centrally managed and deployed This brings ultimate flexib...

Page 9: ...1 Multiple Languages Warranty Card x1 Power cord x2 N6850 N8850 N10850 N7700PRO V2 N7710 series N5550 N4510U S N7510 N4510U PRO S The Thecus IP storage should contain the following common items System...

Page 10: ...RST Reboot system 8 LAN Blinking green network activity Solid green network link 9 BUSY Blinking orange system startup or system maintenance data currently inaccessible 10 OLED Displays current system...

Page 11: ...dentify the system position of the rack 7 RST Reboot system 8 LAN Blinking green network activity Solid green network link 9 BUSY Blinking orange system startup or system maintenance data currently in...

Page 12: ...dentify the rack position of the system 7 RST Reboot system 8 LAN Blinking green network activity Solid green network link 9 BUSY Blinking orange system startup or system maintenance data currently in...

Page 13: ...LAN2 LED Solid w hite LAN2 Cable link Blinking Network activity 5 LAN1 LED Solid w hite LAN1 Cable link Blinking Network activity 6 USB LED Solid w hite USB busy Solid Red USB error 7 System LED Soli...

Page 14: ...LAN2 LED Solid w hite LAN2 Cable link Blinking Network activity 5 LAN1 LED Solid w hite LAN1 Cable link Blinking Network activity 6 USB LED Solid w hite USB busy Solid Red USB error 7 System LED Soli...

Page 15: ...4 LAN2 LED Solid w hite LAN2 Cable link Blinking Network activity 5 LAN1 LED Solid w hite LAN1 Cable link Blinking Network activity 6 USB LED Solid w hite USB busy Solid Red USB error 7 System LED So...

Page 16: ...py LED Solid blue files are being copied from a USB storage device 6 eSATA link LED N7700PROv2 Solid blue external eSATA device has connected 7 USB Port USB 2 0 port for compatible USB devices such as...

Page 17: ...Reboot Button 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...

Page 18: ...ing LED Solid RED System error 6 Reset Button Resets system configuration to default value 7 USB Port USB 3 0 port for compatible USB devices such as USB disks 8 Power Button Power LED Power on off N5...

Page 19: ...sh to leave the current LCD menu 6 Locator Button Turns on the LED backlight 7 USB Port USB 3 0 port for compatible USB devices such as digital cameras USB disks and USB printers 8 PWR LED Solid Blue...

Page 20: ...to leave the current LCD menu 6 Locator Button Turns on the LED backlight 7 USB Port USB 3 0 port for compatible USB devices such as digital cameras USB disks and USB printers 8 PWR LED Solid Blue Sy...

Page 21: ...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 3 0 port for compatible USB devices such as USB disks 8 Powe...

Page 22: ...r connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router 7 LAN2 Port LAN2 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router 8 LAN3 Port LAN3 port for connecting to an Etherne...

Page 23: ...cluded power cords to these connectors 2 Serial Port This port is for external UPS device 3 eSATA Port eSATA port for high speed storage expansion 4 USB Port USB 2 0 port for compatible USB devices su...

Page 24: ...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 USB Port USB 3 0 port for compatible USB devices 6 WAN LA...

Page 25: ...expansion 4 USB Port USB 2 0 port for compatible USB devices such as USB disks and USB printers 5 USB Port USB 3 0 port for compatible USB devices 6 WAN LAN1 Port WAN LAN1 port for connecting to an E...

Page 26: ...ort for compatible USB devices such as USB disks and USB printers 5 USB Port USB 3 0 port for compatible USB devices 6 WAN LAN1 Port WAN LAN1 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switc...

Page 27: ...ort for compatible USB devices such as USB disks and USB printers 5 USB Port USB 3 0 port for compatible USB devices 6 WAN LAN1 Port WAN LAN1 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switc...

Page 28: ...port for compatible USB devices such as USB disks and USB printers 5 USB Port USB 3 0 port for compatible USB devices 6 WAN LAN1 Port WAN LAN1 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a swit...

Page 29: ...rt 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 P...

Page 30: ...LAN1 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router 3 LAN2 Port LAN2 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router 4 USB Port USB 2 0 port for compatible...

Page 31: ...r power supply 3 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 UP...

Page 32: ...LAN1 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router 3 LAN2 Port LAN2 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router 4 USB Port USB 2 0 port for compatibl...

Page 33: ...LAN2 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router 4 USB Port USB 2 0 port for compatible USB devices such as USB disks and USB printers 5 USB Port USB 2 0 port for compatible...

Page 34: ...Port USB 2 0 port for compatible USB devices such as USB disks and USB printers 5 USB Port USB 2 0 port for compatible USB devices 6 eSATA Port eSATA port for high speed storage expansion 7 Line in Fo...

Page 35: ...USB 2 0 port for compatible USB devices such as USB disks and USB printers 5 USB Port USB 2 0 port for compatible USB devices 6 eSATA Port eSATA port for high speed storage expansion 7 Line in For Au...

Page 36: ...itch or router 3 LAN2 Port LAN2 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router 4 USB Port USB 2 0 port for compatible USB devices such as USB disks and USB printers 5 eSATA Port...

Page 37: ...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 careful not to use m agnetized screwdri...

Page 38: ...d into the universal power socket on the back panel Plug the other end of the cord into a surge protector socket N12000 series N16000 series N8900 series power socket N6850 N8850 N10850 power socket N...

Page 39: ...t N4510U N4510U PRO power socket 3 Press the power button on the Front Panel to boot up the Thecus IP storage N12000 series N16000 series N8900 series power button N6850 N8850 N10850 power button N555...

Page 40: ...N7700PRO V2 N7710 series N7510 power button N8800PRO V2 N8810U series power button N4510U power button N4510U PRO power button 40...

Page 41: ...ng 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 The Setup Wizard should launch automatically If not p...

Page 42: ...f your switch or router is configured as a DHCP Server configuring the Thecus IP storage to automatically obtain an IP address is recomm ended You may also use a static IP address and enter the DNS Se...

Page 43: ...rious configuration settings and menu options for Thecus IP storage configuration The following table illustrates the keys on the front control panel LCD Controls I con Function Description Up Button...

Page 44: ...splay Mode press the Dow n 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 copied into...

Page 45: ...and Managem ent Mode Display Mode During normal operation the OLED will be in Display Mode Display Mode I tem Description Host Name Current host name of the system WAN LAN1 Current WAN LAN1 IP settin...

Page 46: ...access RAID settings from the m enu bar of the Web Administration Interface by navigating to Storage Managem ent RAI D Managem ent For m ore information on configuring RAID see Chapter 4 Storage RAI...

Page 47: ...l List ACL Step 5 Start Services Finally you can start to setup the different services of Thecus IP storage for the users on your network You can find out more about each of these services by clicking...

Page 48: ...1 100 2 Login to the system using the administrator user nam e and password The factory defaults are User Nam e admin Passw ord admin If you changed your password in the setup wizard use the new passw...

Page 49: ...ed items and have them display on the main screen area The figure below displays system favorite functions Administrators can add or remove favorite functions to My Favorites by right clicking the mou...

Page 50: ...he Thecus IP storage Storage Information and settings for storage devices installed into the Thecus IP storage User and Group Authentication Allows configuration of users and groups Network Service Ap...

Page 51: ...o go to System Status page as short cut Network Green Connection to the network is normal Red abnormal connection to the network Temperature Display system temperature click to go to System Status pag...

Page 52: ...ation System I nform ation I tem Description Manufacturer Displays the name of the system manufacturer Product No Shows the model number of the system Firmware version Shows the current firmware versi...

Page 53: ...ing Protocol server NFS Status The status 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 TFT...

Page 54: ...ile Delete Records Clear all log files Auto Refresh Specify the auto refresh time interval The number of lines per page Specify the desired number of lines to display per page Sort Ascending Shows log...

Page 55: ...s list will record different activities depending on which protocol is selected 1 AFP User login and logout 2 FTP User file deletion uploads downloads folder creation object renaming and login and log...

Page 56: ...ample 10 000 records have been reached the log file will appear in NAS_public access_log On line Register From the System I nform ation m enu choose the Online Registration item and the System Online...

Page 57: ...oses To send these items simply check the desired checkboxes to help Thecus improve its products and services Syslog Management Generates system log to be stored locally or rem otely it also can be ch...

Page 58: ...th files error Information and warning If client has been selected then Local or Remotely can be choose Target Choose Local all system logs will be stored in an associated syslog folder filled in from...

Page 59: ...be modified to monitor specific items by using the drop down list from the Monitors tab simply click on the items you would like to m onitor From each section you can also choose to display the infor...

Page 60: ...future visits Reset Layout Set back to default monitoring settings and layout History Click on this check box and system m onitor will write the monitoring history to a designate path in the RAID volu...

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Page 62: ...Description Date Sets the system date Time Sets the system time Time Zone Sets the system time zone NTP Service Select Enable to synchronize with the NTP server Select Disable to close the NTP server...

Page 63: ...der s E mail Address Set senders email address to send email notifications Receiver s E mail Address 1 2 3 4 Add one or more recipient s email addresses to receive email notifications Firmware Upgrade...

Page 64: ...nd 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 on until a scheduled off time is reache...

Page 65: ...tor password Confirm Password Type the new password again to confirm Apply Press this to save your changes Config Mgmt From the m enu choose the Config Mgm t item and the System Configuration Dow nloa...

Page 66: ...to restart the system or Shutdow n 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 m enu click File s...

Page 67: ...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 Start to begin the file s...

Page 68: ...iguration I tem Description WAN LAN1 Enable or Disable WOL service from WAN LAN1 LAN2 Enable or Disable WOL service from LAN2 Apply Click Apply to save changes SNMP Support From the m enu choose the S...

Page 69: ...information From the menu choose the SNMP item and the SNMP Support screen appears From here you can Enable or Disable UI Login Function Adjusts UI Login Configuration settings you can enable disable...

Page 70: ...rts and additional system ports added through the reserved PCI e slot with associated compatible list Therefore the screen shown above is an example of a Thecus N16000 with 3 on board GbE NIC and an a...

Page 71: ...ciate NIC Default gateway It can be chosen from a drop down list of default gateway that s been used for the Thecus IP storage DHCP RADVD From the System Netw ork menu choose DHCP RADVD and the DHCP R...

Page 72: ...ress of the DHCP range End IP in IPv4 Specifies the highest IP address of the DHCP range Default Gateway IPv4 Specifies gateway for the DHCP server service DNS Server 1 2 3 IPv4 Displayed the DNS serv...

Page 73: ...to selected box Click Link to confirm the selection The newly created tab will appear for more settings required to complete the link aggregation configuration Link1 Configuration Status Specifies the...

Page 74: ...tab will appear from the network title bar To m odify or delete LINK1 go to Link Aggregation setting page Click on to modify the settings or click on to delete this link aggregation If any ports are s...

Page 75: ...and after From the Storage m enu choose the Disk I nform ation item and the Disk I nform ation screen appears From here you can see various installed SATA SAS hard disks A blank line indicates that a...

Page 76: ...on state The raw value of this attribute shows total count of hours or minutes or seconds depending on manufacturer in power on state Temperature Celsius The current temperature of the hard disk in d...

Page 77: ...from its result The testing result will display Click to start as default until the system reboots RAID Information From the Storage m enu choose the RAI D Managem ent item and the RAI D Managem ent...

Page 78: ...e size choose which disks are RAID disks or the Spare Disk RAI D Configurations I tem Description Disk No Number assigned to the installed hard disks Capacity MB Capacity of the installed hard disks M...

Page 79: ...n set the RAID storage space as JBOD RAI D 0 RAI D 1 RAI D 5 RAI D 6 RAI D 1 0 RAI D 5 0 or RAI D 6 0 depends on m odel see Appendix B RAI D Basics for a detailed description of each 3 Specify a RAID...

Page 80: ...pop up will appear for confirmation After the RAID volume has been created you may remove the USB disk until the next time the system boots The RAID volume cannot be mounted if the USB disk with the...

Page 81: ...to enhance RAID creation time 7 Specify a stripe size 64K is the default setting 8 Selected the file system you would like to have for this RAID volume The selection is available from ext3 XFS and ext...

Page 82: ...bm it to build the RAID storage volume 10 Press Yes for RAID volume creation preparation Then click Finish to start up with RAID volume building NOTE Single volume size supported ext3 8TB XFS 48TB ext...

Page 83: ...series N8810U series N5550 N4510U series N7510 RAID configuration is usually required only when you first set up the device A brief description of each RAID setting follows RAI D Levels NOTE Building...

Page 84: ...s RAID 10 RAID 10 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...

Page 85: ...olume follow the steps below 1 On the RAID List screen select the RAID volume by clicking on its radio button and click RAI D I nform ation to open the RAI D Configuration screen 2 On the RAI D Config...

Page 86: ...W ARNI NG Remove RAID destroys all data in the selected RAID volume The data will be unrecoverable 86...

Page 87: ...5 or RAID 6 volume follow the steps below 1 Replace one of the hard drives in the RAID volume and allow it to automatically rebuild 2 Once rebuilt you can continue to replace any remaining disks in th...

Page 88: ...ay all together To migrate a RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 6 RAID50 or RAID 60 volume follow the steps below 1 From the RAID Configuration screen click Migrate RAI D 2 A list of possible RAID migration configura...

Page 89: ...will be in read only mode but read write of the user data will be possible during the operation NOTE Migrating a RAID volume could take several hours to complete The RAID migration feature is availabl...

Page 90: ...6 RAID 1 HDDx3 to RAID 6 HDDx7 RAID 1 HDDx3 to RAID 6 HDDx8 HDDx16 RAID 1 HDDx4 to RAID 6 HDDx5 RAID 1 HDDx4 to RAID 6 HDDx6 RAID 1 HDDx4 to RAID 6 HDDx7 RAID 1 HDDx4 to RAID 6 HDDx8 HDDx16 RAID 1 HDD...

Page 91: ...acity 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 in different...

Page 92: ...ess of the stackable device and click the Discovery button The system will list available target volumes from the inputted IP address Once the volume IP has been set you may need to input a valid user...

Page 93: ...m ay refer to the figure below to see the result Please note the naming limitation From the figure above the Stacked Target nam e is pmmeeting The figures below show the result before and after via Mi...

Page 94: ...he system share folder associated with the ACL permission is If Public is set to Yes all users will be able to access it and ACL button will be grayed out If Public is set to No the ACL button will be...

Page 95: ...display its capacity Otherwise the Form at item will be available and the Capacity and Status items will show as N A and Unknown file system respectively Next click Form at to proceed with formatting...

Page 96: ...lic setting is set to No then the ACL button will be available for you to setup user access permissions for the stack target The ACL settings will be exactly the same as the system folder that you may...

Page 97: ...From the main menu the ISO Mount feature is located under Storage Please refer the figure below for reference Select the I SO I m age Mounting function and the ISO Image Mounting window will appear a...

Page 98: ...ed mounting name into the Mount as field Click ADD to confirm the completion of the mounting If nothing is input in the Mount as ISO file export nam e field the system will automatically give an expor...

Page 99: ...o eliminate a mounted ISO file B Using I SO The mounted ISO file will be located in the share folder of the same nam e as the file Please refer the screen shot below Here the ISO file Thecus 01 wasn t...

Page 100: ...ume where the new folder will reside Folder Name Enter the name of the folder Description Provide a description the folder Browseable Enable or disable users from browsing the folder contents If Yes i...

Page 101: ...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 folder Rem ove Folders To remove a folder press the Rem ove...

Page 102: ...ostname Enter the name or IP address of the host Privilege Host has either read only or writeable access to the folder OS Support There are two selections available Unix Linux System AIX Allow source...

Page 103: ...ontrol List ACL On the Folder screen press the ACL button and the ACL setting screen appears This screen allows you to configure access to the specific folder and sub folders for users and groups Sele...

Page 104: ...gning them access levels using the column buttons 4 To remove a group or user from an access level column press the Rem ove button in that column 5 When you are finished press Apply to confirm your AC...

Page 105: ...sions of files and folders For Snapshot to function a BTRFS file system is required Any folder using a BTRFS file system is capable of being included in the Snapshot function In the Share Folder subm...

Page 106: ...tory will be listed It can store up to 16 versions To locate where the Snapshot files or folders are stored please browse to System_IP Snapshot Please note that you will need to have the relevant fold...

Page 107: ...and click Restore Once the restore confirmation has been made the selected Snapshot will overwrite the current associated file or folder The other way to restore a recorded Snapshot version is manuall...

Page 108: ...from list and click Remove NOTE To access the Snapshot folder a user requires the relevant authentication rights NOTE If the Snapshot folder is used for iSCSI purposes it can only be restored from th...

Page 109: ...V2 N8800PRO V2 N7710 series N8810U series N10850 N8850 N8900 N12000 N16000 Allowed iSCSI volume 15 25 50 iSCSI Target To add iSCSI target volume click iSCSI with associated RAID volume from its drop...

Page 110: ...the Thecus IP storage associated with the iSCSI setting Delete Click this to delete the iSCSI Target Allocating Space for iSCSI Volum e To allocate space for an iSCSI target on the current RAID volum...

Page 111: ...HAP With this level of security the target and the initiator authenticate each other Username Enter a username Password Enter a password Password Confirm Reenter the chosen password RAID ID ID of curr...

Page 112: ...r I nstant Allocation 9 Enter a LUN Nam e 10 Designate the percentage to be allocated from the Allocation drag bar 11 When iSCSI target volume has been created the LUN ID is configurable from 0 to 254...

Page 113: ...ok to change Expand Volum e The iSCSI volume is now able to expand its capacity from unused space Instant Allocation mode only From the volume list simply select the iSCSI volume you like to expand an...

Page 114: ...e Expand Capacity bar to the size you want Then press Expand to confirm the operation Delete Volum e To delete volume on the current RAID volume follow the steps below 1 Under the Volum e Allocation L...

Page 115: ...um capacity and adding new disks only when needed To setup iSCSI thin provisioning simply select Thin Provision mode from the Create LUN setting screen Next allocate capacity for the iSCSI thin provis...

Page 116: ...nder thin provisioning virtual memory is assigned to the volume which can go up to 16384GB 16TB Advance Option There are 3 available options for the user to operate Thecus IP storage associated with i...

Page 117: ...sum recovery can be disabled ERL 2 Connection Recovery ERL 2 allows for both single and multiple com munication path sessions within a iSCSI Nexus and hence the SCSI Nexus to actively perform reallige...

Page 118: ...rimary server 2nd unit Host nam e PMS 172 16 66 24 with JBOD RAID volume This unit will be setup as the Secondary server W ARNI NG Please be notified that if the system has been used as a standalone s...

Page 119: ...configuration page under the Storage category ii Click on Enable radio button then the setting page will appear iii Choose the server role of the system for this example we will have this unit as Prim...

Page 120: ...n auto failback is on After the original active server is damaged and then returned to a healthy state the original standby server will go back into standby m ode and the original active server will b...

Page 121: ...AN LAN1 for the connection interface and virtual IP 172 16 66 87 The secondary server IP address is 172 16 66 24 has m entioned earlier viii Choose the network interface for heartbeat in between the s...

Page 122: ...t in Pacemaker and should no longer be used Warning time The warn time directive is used to specify how quickly Heartbeat should issue a late heartbeat warning Initial dead time The initial dead param...

Page 123: ...et as the Secondary Server So Secondary Server is checked After please fill in the associated Primary Server IP address xiv Click Detect and the Secondary unit will start to check for the Primary serv...

Page 124: ...ry server w ill take over to play the role as Active 1 Primary server RAID is damaged 2 Loss of the primary server s data port connection 3 Primary server goes down for any other reason When the prima...

Page 125: ...le played If both servers are displayed as standby please wait for the systems to synchronize with each other From the HA Primary server PMA 172 16 66 25 it will denote the role of Active and for the...

Page 126: ...system will prompt a box to inquire about the Active server heartbeat link IP address After inputting the IP address and pressing Apply the unit will be recovered fully Another circumstance where HA...

Page 127: ...the ADS NT server and get all the information of the domain users and groups automatically From the Accounts menu choose Authentication item and the ADS NT Support screen appears You can change any o...

Page 128: ...in an AD domain you can refer to the figure here and use the example below to configure the Thecus IP storage for associated filed input AD Dom ain Exam ple I tem I nform ation Work Group Domain Name...

Page 129: ...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 Nam e box 3 Enter a User I D nu...

Page 130: ...n 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 button to save your changes Rem ove Users 1 Select an existing user from th...

Page 131: ...ess the Add button to add a user to the list of local groups Edit Press the Edit button to modify a selected group from the system Remove Press the Rem ove button to delete a selected group from the s...

Page 132: ...Edit button to modify the m embers in a group 3 To add a user into a group select the user from the Users List and press the button to m ove the user into the Mem bers List 4 To remove a user from a g...

Page 133: ...separated plain text txt file From the Accounts m enu click Batch I nput and the Batch User and Group Cration dialogue will appear To import your list of users and groups follow these steps 1 Click th...

Page 134: ...me Simply click on Quota Size for each user and input the desired capacity After the setup is complete please click on Apply to activate the user quota size User and Group Backup The user and group ba...

Page 135: ...ase Domain Input base domain inform ation ex dc tuned dc com dc tw Manager Input manager s name Password Input manager s password Apply Click Apply to save your changes Check ObjectClass Click this ch...

Page 136: ...access under SMB CIFS protocol On the other hand no m ore anonym ous login is allowed Sam ba is Native m ode The Thecus IP storage is supported Samba mode options In the ADS environment with Native mo...

Page 137: ...le Bin The Thecus IP storage is supported recycle bin via SMB CIFS protocol Simply enable the Recycle Bin function and Recycle Folder Display then all of deleted files folders will reside in the _NAS_...

Page 138: ...Apply to confirm your settings A description of each item follows Apple Netw ork Configuration I tem Description AFP Server Enable or disable Apple File Service to use the Thecus IP storage with MAC...

Page 139: ...sers to download and upload files with their favorite NFS clients Press Apply to confirm your settings A description of each item follows NFS Server Setting I tem Description NFS Enable or Disable NFS...

Page 140: ...nload Allow anonym ous FTP users to download files from public folders No access Block anonym ous FTP user access Auto Rename If checked the system will automatically rename files that are uploaded wi...

Page 141: ...rt number is default 80 HTTPs Secure WebDisk Support Enable or disable secure WebDisk support Enter the port if this option is enabled Certificate Type Select User if there is available Certification...

Page 142: ...h Bonjour zero configuration networking with a complete description of the protocols and technologies used to create Bonjour enabled applications and devices SSH The device is now SSH protocol support...

Page 143: ...rvice of the NAS whenever the NAS restarts or the IP address is changed the NAS will notify the DDNS provider immediately to record the new IP address When the user tries to connect to the NAS by the...

Page 144: ...port management To set up this UPnP port forwarding feature please be sure that the router has UPnP Service Enabled The following is an example from one of the router manufacture with UPnP Configurati...

Page 145: ...ion Specific the port services if applicable Apply Click Apply to confirm the changes Cancel Click Cancel to abort the changes Application Server The Thecus IP storage supports build in application su...

Page 146: ...us IP storage to iTunes clients Password Enter a password to control access to your iTunes m usic Rescan Interval Rescan interval in seconds MP3 Tag Encode Specify tag encoding for MP3 files stored in...

Page 147: ...available modules Please refer the screen shot below Another way to have auto module installed is to use the universal CD shipped with system It contains a file m odules zip which included all the mo...

Page 148: ...the list of Module Installation Please go to Module installation and click Enable to activate the module Backup There are a number of ways to back up data with the Thecus IP storage Dual DOM N12000 se...

Page 149: ...much m ore stable and experiences much less frequent data loss during transfer than other rem ote backup systems For this tutorial you will need to use Rsync Target Server Step 1 and Data Guard Step 2...

Page 150: ...the UI in your web browser Go to Data Guard under Backup in the menu of the UI From the Data Guard function list choose Add Rem ote Data backup I tem Description Add Add new task Edit Edit select tas...

Page 151: ...ck to restore system configuration from selected destination to source unit More details will describe in sections The data backup setup wizard appears as below click on Remote Backup Then 3 different...

Page 152: ...as below Fill in the rem ote target IP Destination and port need to be changed only if this port is already in use If encryption is required then enable it Please make sure the associated target serve...

Page 153: ...rget and keep all old files adding files on your target as they are added on your source but NOT deleting files on your target as they are deleted on your source Compress With this option compress the...

Page 154: ...list as shown below From the task list you can now see the newly added task fullback01 The backup is setup as real time From the status field Processing can be read as the back up is performed on the...

Page 155: ...ppears These are the as the settings for Full backup 4 Click Finish and the data guard task will appear in the list as shown below From the task list you can now see the newly added customback01 This...

Page 156: ...CSI backup from data guard wizard 1 Inputs the share folder name of the target sever where the source is going to backup The sub folder can be left as blank 2 Select the iSCSI target volume which you...

Page 157: ...131 and share folder NAS_Public with file iSCSI_pmtest Restore To restore a backup from the backup task simply select a task from the task list then click Restore from the function bar The restore tas...

Page 158: ...urations to the target server The brand new source unit only has a 1 RAID volume RAID 1 When adding a new backup task with Full backup or Custom backup and enabling the option Backup NAS Config as sho...

Page 159: ...ion info Confirm by doing a Connection Test to make sure the communication between the source and the target server works 3 Click Next and a screen will appear as shown below It has the listed availab...

Page 160: ...mbers of RAID volume than the current system 3 vs 1 It can be kept as the RAID volume mapping arranged by the system then carry on to click Finish This means that all 3 RAID volumes configuration such...

Page 161: ...e restored to volume RAIDa of the current system ACL Backup and Restore The ACL backup and restore feature enables the system ACL Access Control List to be backed up on the RAID volume based to other...

Page 162: ...olders to and from image file and physical optical disk The 3 different modes are Write Files folders to disc Write image to disk and Write files folders to image NOTE The ACL backup will only back to...

Page 163: ...label name New Disc The disc label name can be changed by clicking on it and press Edit from menu bar The selected folders files also can be rem oved by clicking on them and then pressing remove or r...

Page 164: ...S share list will appear to locate the desired image file to burn b Select the ISO file c Select from the installed USB or SATA for N6850 N8850 N10850 burning devices Please click the detect disc butt...

Page 165: ...ut the path where the ISO file is going to be stored you can press the Browse button to have the share list appear d Input the ISO file name for burned image file e Click Burn to start the ISO file bu...

Page 166: ...Transfer Options Item Description Sync Makes your source match your target completely deleting and adding files on your target as they are deleted and added on your source Incremental Makes your sourc...

Page 167: ...Add and select Source Path and Target Path from the drop down list Add Source Add Target Save the completed task To Edit or Remove a USB Copy task select the task item and click on the associated func...

Page 168: ...SB device will be copied over to the NAS NOTE If Sync m ode has been selected the target side redundant folders files will be deleted after a comparison has been conducted of the source NOTE Once the...

Page 169: ...ination folder file location Excluded extensions Files with these file name extensions will be skipped and not backed up to the destination Comments If you wish enter a comm ent here for your records...

Page 170: ...wizard s final page and click Finish to start backing up Apple OS X Backup Utilities Mac OS X does not include any backup software However there are a number of backup solutions available for the Mac...

Page 171: ...SP2 To set up the Printer Server in Windows XP SP2 follow the steps below 1 Connect the USB printer to one of the USB ports preferably the rear USB ports front USB ports can be used for external HDD e...

Page 172: ...k the right mouse button in anywhere on the Printers folder and then select Add Printer 3 Select Add a netw ork w ireless or Bluetooth printer NOTE Note that if a multi function all in one printer is...

Page 173: ...go into next page without waiting for Searching for available printers to finish 5 Click Select a shared printer by nam e Type http Thecus_NAS 631 printers usb printer in the box where Thecus_NAS_IP...

Page 174: ...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 box Click Next to continue 9 Done Click Finish 17...

Page 175: ...ninterrupted Power Source From the External Devices menu choose the Uninterrupted Pow er Source item and the UPS Setting screen appears Make any changes you wish and press Apply to confirm changes 175...

Page 176: ...the entire volume will be linked automatically to the default USB HDD folder The Thecus IP storage supports USB external storage devices All file names on the USB disk volume are case sensitive The T...

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Page 178: ...ate to NAT Setting Virtual Server 2 For Enable Virtual Server select Yes 3 Setup the HTTPS Server a W ell Know n Applications Select User Defined b Local I P Enter 192 168 1 100 c Port Range 443 the d...

Page 179: ...rom the tray 3 Slide a new hard disk into the tray and fasten the screws 4 Insert the hard disk tray back into the Thecus IP storage until it snaps into place You can also lock it with a key if desire...

Page 180: ...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 has occurred Multiple connections to a...

Page 181: ...t advance and useful feature on the Thecus IP storage depend on models is the implemented Dual DOM Under normal circumstances there is no need to have this feature involved But som e unpredictable pro...

Page 182: ...device to join RAI D Managem ent Added cloud backup Am azon S3 support Added Volum e Expansion Managem ent in the Storage category General The Thecus N8900 N12000 N16000 series are supporting the add...

Page 183: ...the Storage m enu choose the Disk I nform ation item and the Disk I nform ation screen appears From here you can see various installed hard disks The disk slot position will appear if the mouse is mo...

Page 184: ...click Test to start the SMART test The result is only for reference and the system will not take any action from its results S M A R T I nform ation I tem Description Tray Number Tray the hard disk i...

Page 185: ...ero it indicates that the quality of the corresponding surface area is low Test Type Set short or long time to test Test Result Result of the test Test Time Total time of the test Bad Block Scan On th...

Page 186: ...ta backup I tem Description Add Add a new task Edit Edit selected task Remove Remove selected task Start Click on start to start a scheduled scan task right away Stop Stop the associated running task...

Page 187: ...nal device or external device to NAS folder This backup is within folder level Realtime Backup The task will be executed on the fly between the source and the target In other word any changes made at...

Page 188: ...installed on system such as USB disk then it will be listed in the Source pane Click on the associated external device and the contain folders will be listed Select the folders that are going to be i...

Page 189: ...ders from the external device and imported them to the NAS under the RAID60volume Next please select the path from the drop down list to save the log Also give the access permission whether these sele...

Page 190: ...a folder named Intel_Graphics_V614105398_XP the import folder will then be renam e to Intel_Graphics_V614105398_XP 1 Now you will see in the data guard task list that you have created a task And that...

Page 191: ...Folder to Folder Folder to external device External device to Folder 191...

Page 192: ...e pane select the desired RAID volume and its associated folder list will appear sam e method in the target pane for the associated external device Select a folder from the source pane which is going...

Page 193: ...ync type Increm ental or Sync and select the log path from the drop m enu list Read the notes and check the Accept box for confirmation Now you will see in the data guard task list that you have creat...

Page 194: ...t options can be selected from folder to folder folder to external device Let s take Folder to Folder backup for example Select from the source pane the folder NAS_Public then select its destination i...

Page 195: ...al time backup If xx 1 and xxx 2 then only size in between xx and xxx will execute real time backup If xx blank and xxx 2 then only file size xxx will execute real time backup Include File Type Only t...

Page 196: ...ll in the task name and related settings Schedule Backup I tem Description Task Name Input the task name length limited to 4 12 characters Create Sub folder If you choose to create a sub folder then i...

Page 197: ...Read the notes and check the Accept box for confirmation Now you will see in the data guard task list that you have created a task 197...

Page 198: ...evice Let s take example to have iSCSI to Folder backup from existed iSCSI volume iSCSI_iscsiv502 to volume RAID folder andy_local The source pane listed iSCSI_iscsiv502 and iSCSI_iscsiv50 where are i...

Page 199: ...ta guard task list will have created task listed To start the iSCSI volume backup select the task and click Start from task bar Once Start click the associated iSCSI volume will not allow to I O durin...

Page 200: ...opic will describe about this 6 iSCSI I m port click on iSCSI Import and screen appear as below It can be imported from two different storage pools folder to iSCSI or external device to iSCSI It is de...

Page 201: ...Next provide where the task log will store Reading the note and check on Accept for confirmation 201...

Page 202: ...m the data guard task list will have created task listed Volume Expansion Management The user guide please refers to URL below http www thecus com download manual AllinOne_64bit Volume_Expansion_v1 0...

Page 203: ...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 to...

Page 204: ...a and parity stored on its other hard disk drives RAID Levels The Thecus IP storage supports standard RAID levels 0 1 5 6 10 50 60 and JBOD You choose a RAID level when you create a system volume The...

Page 205: ...0 RAID 10 is implemented as a striped array whose segm ents are RAID 1 arrays RAID 10 has the sam e fault tolerance as RAID level 1 RAID 10 has the sam e overhead for fault tolerance as mirroring alo...

Page 206: ...cessed at the sam e 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 list...

Page 207: ...Appendix C How to open the top cover N8900 series 207...

Page 208: ...N12000 series N16000 series 208...

Page 209: ...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 major be...

Page 210: ...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 apac...

Page 211: ...and to any other program whose authors 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 program s t...

Page 212: ...is not restricted and the output from the Program is covered only if its contents constitute a work based on the Program independent of having been m ade by running the Program Whether that is true d...

Page 213: ...erms of Sections 1 and 2 above provided that you also do one of the following a Accompany it with the complete corresponding machine readable source code which must be distributed under the term s of...

Page 214: ...radict the conditions of this License they do not excuse you from the conditions of this License If you cannot distribute so as to satisfy simultaneously your obligations under this License and any ot...

Page 215: ...the two goals of preserving the free status of all derivatives of our free software and of promoting the sharing and reuse of software generally NO WARRANTY 11 BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF...

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