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Summary of Contents for DNS-1200-5

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Page 2: ... User 31 Create Share Folder 36 My Favorites 38 Status 39 System Status 40 Hard Drive Status 41 Disk Management 42 Volume 43 iSCSI Target 53 Virtual Volume 56 Disk Diagnostic 58 Account Management 62 Admin Password 63 Users 64 Groups 78 Share Folders 81 System Management 88 Network 89 Time and Date 93 System Settings 94 Power Management 95 Email Alerts 97 Firmware Upgrade 98 Log Settings 99 Networ...

Page 3: ...nts Local Backup 123 Remote Backup 126 External Backup 133 Extension Pack 134 Extension Pack 135 Knowledge Base 136 What is RAID 136 Mapping a Drive 139 USB Print Server 142 iSCSI Drive Mapping 150 Hot swap Function 159 Storing non English Character Files 160 ...

Page 4: ...addition the ShareCenter Pro 1200 has a rich set of SMB features for the small and medium business minded user The included CD contains D Link s Easy Search Utility This utility allows you to locate the ShareCenter on the network and map drives to your computer Backup software is also included on the CD This software allows you to backup your iles from a computer to the ShareCenter manually by a s...

Page 5: ...0 should only be maintained by the authorized server manager or IT administrator The ShareCenter Pro 1200 should be locked using the Front Panel Key Only certiied staff who have the Key are allowed to unlock it If any of the above items are missing please contact your reseller System Requirements For best results the following minimum requirements are recommended on any system used to conigure and...

Page 6: ...ager Security Create users groups and iSCSI targets with password authentication Account management Manage users groups and Read Write permission iSNS Virtual Disks Thin provisioning DDNS Volume Snapshot Up to 64 iSCSI Targets SNMP D View 6 0 compatible CHAP Link Aggregation Fail over Fail back VLAN tag Support DFS Support AES Support FTP FXP w TLS SSL NFS ADS support Backup Remote backup Local ba...

Page 7: ... Messages Next Button Use this button to display the System Information HD Volume Information and Error Messages on the OLED Press the button once to alternate between the different Status screens Drive Trays Use the screws to fasten the SATA hard drives with the trays and insert to the ShareCenter Power Button Use this button to switch the device on or off To switch on the device press the button...

Page 8: ...onnect the supplied power cord to the receptacle USB Connector Two USB 2 0 Type A connectors The USB Host ports are for Print Servers USB memory disks or USB UPS monitoring Reset Button Press this button for more than 5 seconds to reset the unit to factory defaults Cooling Fan The cooling fan is used to cool the hard drives and feature speed control When the unit is irst powered on the fans rotate...

Page 9: ...ddress of the ShareCenter The hard drive slots information y y HardyDriveyVolumeyinformation This screen shows the following information The percentage of space used on the hard drives y y ErroryMessages This screen shows error messages when there is any system failure Press the ybutton once to alternate between the different Status screens LEDyIndicatoryLights On each hard drive tray there are 2 ...

Page 10: ...e using the ShareCenter or if a new hard disk is installed use the Easy Search utility located on the Installation CD and follow the instructions for setting up coniguring and formatting the new drive To install ShareCenter on your local network refer to the steps below 1 Put a 3 5 SATA hard drive into a drive tray and use screws to fasten the hard drive with the tray There are four holes for fast...

Page 11: ...8 D Link ShareCenter Pro 1200 User Manual Section 2 Installation 3 Insert the tray into a bay 4 Depress the blue button to lock it into place ...

Page 12: ...200 User Manual Section 2 Installation 5 Connect an Ethernet cable to the available Ethernet port This cable should connect the ShareCenter to your local network via a router or switch or directly to a computer for coniguration ...

Page 13: ...10 D Link ShareCenter Pro 1200 User Manual Section 2 Installation 6 Connect the supplied power adapter to the power receptacle ...

Page 14: ... locate the device on your network and make any needed changes Easy Search Utility Storage Device The Easy Search Utility displays any ShareCenter devices it detects on the network here Click Refresh to refresh the device list Click Coniguration to access the Web based coniguration of the ShareCenter Conigure the LAN Settings for the ShareCenter here Click Apply to save changes to the LAN Settings...

Page 15: ...12 D Link ShareCenter Pro 1200 User Manual Section 3 Coniguration To run the Easy Search Utility insert the ShareCenter CD into your CD ROM drive Click Easy Search Utility Getting Started ...

Page 16: ...direct it to the IP address listed for the device Make sure the browser is not conigured to use a proxy server Note The computer used to access the ShareCenter web based coniguration manager must be on the same subnet as the ShareCenter If your network is using a DHCP server and the computer receives IP settings from DHCP server the ShareCenter will automatically be in the same subnet ...

Page 17: ...tor and leave the password field blank Click Login Note The computer used to access the ShareCenter web based coniguration manager must be on the same subnet as the ShareCenter If your network is using a DHCP server and the computer receives IP settings from DHCP the ShareCenter will automatically be in the same subnet ...

Page 18: ...iSCSI Target Virtual Volume and perform Disk Diagnostic y y Accounty Management Allows the ShareCenter administrator to conigure Admin Password Users Groups and Share Folders y y SystemyManagement yContains Network Time and Date System Settings Power Management Email Alerts Firmware Upgrade and Logs y y NetworkyServices yContains File Sharing Dynamic DNS SNMP and Network Discovery Services y y App...

Page 19: ...ection 3 Coniguration When prompted to create a volume Click Next to continue Select the coniguration type of the volume Standard JBOD RAIDy0 RAID1 RAID5 or RAIDy6 Tick the corresponding check box to select the hard disk s in the array and spare ...

Page 20: ...ction of RAID 1 RAID 5 or RAID 6 Click the Enable radio button to encrypt the volumes Enter a password in the Password and ConirmyPassword ields TicktheAutoyUnlockycheckboxtoautomatically unlock the volume when the system starts Tick the USBy Key check box to save the password to a USB drive Click Apply to continue ...

Page 21: ... Pro 1200 User Manual Section 3 Coniguration A warning message appears before starting to create the volume Click Yes to continue The volume is being created The status bar displays the percentage of completion in real time ...

Page 22: ...19 D Link ShareCenter Pro 1200 User Manual Section 3 Coniguration Once the volume is created the Volume page opens to show the information ...

Page 23: ... Share Folder and My Favorite Click the Homepage icon to see the subcategories This window provides quick access to the Setup Wizard and the My Favorites section Users can add the most frequently used functions to My Favorites and quickly access these functions by clicking the icon or selecting from the My Favorites drop down list ...

Page 24: ...The ShareCenter has a System Wizard that allows you to quickly conigure some of the basic device settings Click the SystemyWizard icon to start the Setup Wizard When running the ShareCenter System Wizard the welcome screen details the ive steps of the wizard Click Next to continue ...

Page 25: ...22 D Link ShareCenter Pro 1200 User Manual Section 3 Coniguration This window can conigure the LAN 1 settings Click Next to continue ...

Page 26: ...23 D Link ShareCenter Pro 1200 User Manual Section 3 Coniguration This window can conigure the LAN 2 settings Click Next to continue ...

Page 27: ...r Pro 1200 User Manual Section 3 Coniguration Enter the host name of the ShareCenter Enter the primary and secondary DNS server address in the ields Use the drop down menu to select the LAN interface Click Next to continue ...

Page 28: ...25 D Link ShareCenter Pro 1200 User Manual Section 3 Coniguration This window can enable or disable various the ile sharing method Click Next to continue ...

Page 29: ...200 User Manual Section 3 Coniguration Click Next to continue Select the coniguration type of the volume Standard JBOD RAIDy0 RAID1 RAID5 or RAIDy6 Tick the corresponding check box to select the hard disk s in the array and spare ...

Page 30: ...le the auto rebuild function of RAID 1 RAID 5 or RAID 6 Click the Enable radio button to encrypt the volumes Enter a password in the Password and ConirmyPassword ields TicktheAutoyUnlockycheckboxtoautomatically unlock the volume when the system starts Tick the USBy Key check box to save the password to a USB drive ...

Page 31: ...28 D Link ShareCenter Pro 1200 User Manual Section 3 Coniguration This window displays the information you conigured in System Wizard Click Apply to continue ...

Page 32: ...ShareCenter Pro 1200 User Manual Section 3 Coniguration A warning message appears before starting to create the volume The volume is being created The status bar displays the percentage of completion in real time ...

Page 33: ...30 D Link ShareCenter Pro 1200 User Manual Section 3 Coniguration The ShareCenter is saving the settings After saving the settings the Homepage window will appear ...

Page 34: ...200 User Manual Section 3 Coniguration Create User The Create User wizard icon directly links to the Create User function Click the Create User icon in the Homepage window and the Create User window appears Click Next to continue ...

Page 35: ...al Section 3 Coniguration Enter a name in UseryName and a password in Password and ConirmyPassword Click Next to continue If setting a speciic storage quota for the user tick the Sety Quota check box and enter the storage quota in megabyte MB ...

Page 36: ...Pro 1200 User Manual Section 3 Coniguration Select a group from the list If there is no entry in the list you can go to Account Management User to update the information after a group has been created Click Next to continue ...

Page 37: ...1200 User Manual Section 3 Coniguration Select a share folder from the list If there is no entry in the list you can go to Accounty Management User to update the information after a share folder is created Click Next to continue ...

Page 38: ...35 D Link ShareCenter Pro 1200 User Manual Section 3 Coniguration Click Apply to save the settings This window displays the information that has been conigured ...

Page 39: ...ion 3 Coniguration Create Share Folder The Create Share Folder wizard icon directly links to the Create Share Folder function Click the Create Share Folder icon in the Homepage window and the Create Share Folder window appears Click Next to continue ...

Page 40: ...n Click the SelectyPath ield to choose the path of a folder Click Next to continue If setting a speciic storage quota for the share folder tick the SetyQuota check box and enter the storage quota in megabyte MB Click the radio buttons to conigure the folder options ...

Page 41: ...rites click an arrow key next to a folder icon to display all categories within the folder in the left window and drag the category to the My Favorites ield To delete a category in My Favorites drag the category in My Favorites ield to the left window Once the category is added to My Favorites click the icon to see the category in the list Click to directly link to the window of the category ...

Page 42: ...39 D Link ShareCenter Pro 1200 User Manual Section 3 Coniguration Status This folder contains the System Status and Hard Drive Status Click the folder to see the subcategories ...

Page 43: ...ame current irmware version and current temperature of the ShareCenter 01 Displays the local network settings of the ShareCenter 234156 Settings Displays the host name and DNS information of the ShareCenter 32 7 Time Displays the current date and time settings of the ShareCenter 8 6 Information Displays information for a connected USB printer memory disk or UPS Click the Unmount button to remove t...

Page 44: ...they are installed in You can view the S M A R T information for each hard disk installed in the ShareCenter if the hard disk supports the S M A R T feature 9 Status To see the S M A R T information of a hard disk select a hard disk and click the Details button ABCBDBEBF Information The S M A R T test results for the selected hard drive is displayed Click the Close button to go back to the Hard Dr...

Page 45: ...2 D Link ShareCenter Pro 1200 User Manual Section 3 Coniguration Disk Management This folder contains the Volume iSCSI Target Virtual Volume and Disk Diagnostic Click the folder to see the subcategories ...

Page 46: ...te a new volume LIMIKI Click this button to delete a volume NOKIPQRSTJHI Click to enlarge a volume by replacing one of the existing hard drives with a larger capacity hard drive or set a spare for a volume UVWHJKI Click to change the RAID level of a volume NOTJPQ Click to enlarge a volume by replacing one of the existing hard drive with a larger capacity hard drive XPMYZ Click to unlock an encrypt...

Page 47: ...ed in a striped fashion and geared towards maximum available space and performance CAUTION RAID 0 does not provide data redundancy klmjo RAID 1 requires a minimum of two hard drives and mirrors the hard drives for data redundancy klmjp RAID 5 requires a minimum of three hard drives and provides data striping with distributed parity klmjq RAID 6 requires a minimum of four hard drives and stripes da...

Page 48: ...this setting zyption Click the radio buttons to enable or disable encryption settings xz When encryption is enabled enter a password in the ield A minimum of 5 digits is required x z Password Retype the password in the ield uvwx x Tick the check box to automatically unlock the volume when the system starts Tick the check box to save the password to a USB drive Click Apply to continue ...

Page 49: ...oniguration A warning message appears before starting to create the volume Click Yes to continue The volume is being created The status bar displays the percentage of completion in real time Once the volume is created successfully the Volume window appears ...

Page 50: ... a Volume Click a volume and the Extend Spare button to see the following window Tick the check box to extend the volume Tick the check box to select the disk to be a spare disk Displays the conigured disk number Displays the size of the hard disk Click Apply to save the settings ...

Page 51: ...iguration Migrate a Volume Click a volume and the Migrate button to see the following window The windows allows you to change the RAID level of the volume Choose a RAID level and select the hard disks to be used in the migration Click OK to save the settings ...

Page 52: ... ShareCenter Pro 1200 User Manual Section 3 Coniguration Expand a Volume Click the Expand button to see the following window Click Yes to continue Follow the instruction in the State column to expand the volume ...

Page 53: ...indow appears and there are four tabs in the window This window displays the settings in the Change tab ª Password Tick the check box and enter the new password in NewyPassword and ConirmyPassword ields Tick the check box to automatically unlock the volume when the system starts µª Tick the check box to save the password to a USB drive Click Apply to save the settings ...

Page 54: ...the setting in the Save tab Click Save to save the password to local This window displays the settings in the Load tab º password from local Click the Browse button to locate the path of the password that is saved to the local computer Click the Load button to get the password from local ...

Page 55: ...52 D Link ShareCenter Pro 1200 User Manual Section 3 Coniguration This window displays the setting in the Mail tab Click Mail to send the password to administrator ...

Page 56: ...t link in the left window to conigure the iSCSI target iSCSI Manager Click the iSCSIyManager tab to see the following window ÀÁÂÃÂÄ Target Tick the check box to enable the iSCSI function ÀÁÂÅÂ Tick the check box to enable the Internet Storage Name Service function ÁÂÅÂÂÀÆver IP Enter the iSNS server IP address in the ield Click Apply to save the settings ...

Page 57: ...elect a target and click the button to remove the target from the list Click the Create button to see this window ÑÈÉÒÊÐÐÓÔÊËÉ Click the Yes radio button to reserve a certain amount of capacity on the target in advance Click No that enables thin provisioning to provide just enough storage space for immediate use ÕÊÖÉ Enter a name in the text box to identify the new iSCSI Target olume Use the drop ...

Page 58: ... ÚÛÜÝÞß If the iSCSI initiator supports Challenge HandshakeAuthentication Protocol click the Yes radio button Click the No radio button to disable àÜáß If enabling CHAP enter the CHAP username in the ield âÜããäåæç If enabling CHAP enter the CHAP password in the ield Click Apply to save the settings ...

Page 59: ...olumes are seen as multiple single volumes on the ShareCenter Up to 8 virtual volumes can be stacked The ShareCenter Pro acts as the storage stack master server Virtual Volumes can be used to store and backup data just like a local volume èéêëìê Click the button to add a virtual volume íîïì Select a target and click the button to change the settings ðêñêìê Select a target and click the button to r...

Page 60: ...Enter the port for the device ù ü Click the button to search for the iSCSI targets on the network argets Displays the available iSCSI targets ù ÿ ù Enter a name for the share folder to access ù ûü ûÿ Click the Yes radio button to enable the authentication function ù ù Enter the user name for authentication þ ÿ Enter the password for authentication Click Apply to save the settings ...

Page 61: ...he hard drive is grayed out if it does not support SMART Click to run a quick SMART test The test checks the electrical mechanical and read performance of the hard drive Click to run an extended SMART test This takes longer time but checks more thoroughly and complete than the quick test Click to conigure a scheduled test for the selected hard drive Click to stop a test Click to scan if there are ...

Page 62: ...ndow Use the drop down menu to select the frequency of the self test schedule ype Click the radio buttons to select the type of the test ime Use the drop down menu to select hour and minute of the day eekday Use the drop down menu to select which day of the week Use the drop down menu to select a date Click OK to save the settings ...

Page 63: ...60 D Link ShareCenter Pro 1200 User Manual Section 3 Coniguration Scan a Volume Click the Scan button to see this window Select a volume and click Scan to start to check the ile system ...

Page 64: ...Manual Section 3 Coniguration Format a Volume Click the Format button to see this window Select a volume and click Format to format the volume A warning message appears to double conirm if the formatting will proceed Click Yes to proceed ...

Page 65: ...62 D Link ShareCenter Pro 1200 User Manual Section 3 Coniguration Account Management This folder contains the Admin Password Users Groups and Share Folders Click the folder to see the subcategories ...

Page 66: ...gement window or the Admin Password link in the left window to conigure the Admin Password This window is used to change the administrator s password 012 Displays administrator s user name 31 45 6 Enter the original password 0 4 Password Enter a new password 7589 2 Password Retype the new password Click Apply to save the settings ...

Page 67: ... groups Click the button to create a new user A Select a user and click the button to conigure the user s information B C Select a user and click the button to remove the user from the list DEFG HI I Click the button to import a ile with a list of users J KL Click the button to create multiple users at one time M KL Enter the search keyword and click to search for the user Click to clear the searc...

Page 68: ...65 D Link ShareCenter Pro 1200 User Manual Section 3 Coniguration Create a User Click the Create button to see the welcome window Click Next to continue ...

Page 69: ...OPQ RSTP Enter the name of a user USOOVWQX Enter the password of the user YWZ QT Password Retype the password P _W S Tick the SetyQuota check box to limit the storage capacity in megabyte for the user The value of 0 means an unlimited quota size Click Next to continue ...

Page 70: ...e search keyword and click to search for the group Click to clear the search ield and all groups information appears fgg Tick the corresponding check box to add the user to the group hbia Displays number of pages You can enter a page number in the ield to jump to the speciic page Click First Page Previous Page Next Page or Last page to search for the group jakcale Click to update the group list Cl...

Page 71: ...ord and click to search for the folder Click to clear the search ield and all folders appear snot uvwx Tick the check box for read only access right snotyzp n Tick the check box for both read and write access rights nvx Tick the check box for no access right o n Displays number of pages You can enter a page number in the ield to jump to the speciic page Click First Page Previous Page Next Page or ...

Page 72: ...69 D Link ShareCenter Pro 1200 User Manual Section 3 Coniguration This window displays a summary of the configured information Click Previous to modify the settings Click Apply to save the settings ...

Page 73: ...70 D Link ShareCenter Pro 1200 User Manual Section 3 Coniguration Import Users Click the ImportyUsers button to see the welcome window Click Next to continue ...

Page 74: ...tion This window allows you to import a user list ile Click this button to see the example for listing the users in the ile write duplicate accounts Tick the check box to replace duplicate accounts Click the Browse button to locate the ile Click Next to continue ...

Page 75: ...window displays all the users in the ile If there are any error warnings in the State ield The user will not be able to go to the next window Click Next to continue The window displays the inal results of importing users to the ShareCenter Click Apply to save the settings ...

Page 76: ...73 D Link ShareCenter Pro 1200 User Manual Section 3 Coniguration Create Batch Users Click the CreateyBatch button to see the welcome window Click Next to continue ...

Page 77: ...r the start number of the users Enter the total number of the users ª Enter the password of the users ª Retype the password write duplicate Accounts Tick the check box to replace duplicate accounts Tick the SetyQuota check box to limit the storage capacity in megabyte for the user The value of 0 means an unlimited quota size Click Next to continue ...

Page 78: ...the search keyword and click to search for the group Click to clear the search ield and all groups information appears µ Tick the corresponding check box to add the users to the groups Displays number of pages You can enter a page number in the ield to jump to the speciic page Click First Page Previous Page Next Page or Last page to search for the group º Click to update the group list Click Next ...

Page 79: ...arch keyword and click to search for the folder Click to clear the search ield and all folders appear Â Ã ÄÅÆÇ Tick the check box for read only access right Â ÃÈÉ ÊË Tick the check box for both read and write access rights Ì ÅÇ Tick the check box for no access right Í Î Displays number of pages You can enter a page number in the ield to jump to the speciic page Click First Page Previous Page Next ...

Page 80: ...ser Manual Section 3 Coniguration This window displays a summary of the configured information Click Previous to modify the settings Click Apply to save the settings Depending on the amount of users the procedure may take a few hours ...

Page 81: ...w to create edit or delete a group ÑÒÓÔÕÓ Click the button to create a new group Ö ØÕ Select a group and click the button to conigure the group s information ÙÓÚÓÕÓ Select a group and click the button to remove the group from the list ÛÓÔÒÜÝ Enter the search keyword and click to search for the group Click to clear the search ield and all groups information appears ...

Page 82: ...79 D Link ShareCenter Pro 1200 User Manual Section 3 Coniguration Create a Group Click the Create button to see the welcome window Þßàáâ ãäåæ Enter a name of the group Click Next to continue ...

Page 83: ...earch keyword and click to search for the user Click to clear the search ield and all users information appears íîî Tick the corresponding check box to add the user to the group ïéðè Displays number of pages You can enter a page number in the ield to jump to the speciic page Click First Page Previous Page Next Page or Last page to search for the group ñèòêèóì Click to update the group list Click A...

Page 84: ...a folder and click the button to conigure the folder s information üöýöøö Select a folder and click the button to remove the folder from the list þö õÿ Enter the search keyword and click to search for the folder Click to clear the search ield and all folders information appears ö Displays number of pages You can enter a page number in the ield to jump to the speciic page Click First Page Previous ...

Page 85: ...82 D Link ShareCenter Pro 1200 User Manual Section 3 Coniguration Create a Share Folder Click the Create button to see the welcome window Click Next to continue ...

Page 86: ...button to add a new folder Double click a folder to select it Click Enable to enable the Opportunistic lock oplock mechanism Click Enable to the map archive function Click Enable to enable the recycle bin for this share folder Tick the SetyQuota check box to limit the storage capacity in megabyte for the share folder The value of 0 means an unlimited quota size Click Next to continue ...

Page 87: ... Section 3 Coniguration This window assigns the access rights of this folder Tick the radio button to grant all the users the same access right to the folder Tick the check box to grant access rights to the speciic users Click Next to continue ...

Page 88: ...3 Coniguration If Ally Users is selected in the previous window this window appears Tick the check box for read only access right 0123 Tick the check box for both read and write access rights Tick the check box for no access right Click Next to continue ...

Page 89: ...or the folder Click to clear the search field and all folders information appears 6 AB7C Tick the check box for read only access right 6 D EF Tick the check box for both read and write access rights G BC Tick the check box for no access right H6I Displays number of pages You can enter a page number in the ield to jump to the speciic page Click First Page Previous Page Next Page or Last page to sea...

Page 90: ...87 D Link ShareCenter Pro 1200 User Manual Section 3 Coniguration This window displays a summary of the configured information Click Previous to modify the settings Click Apply to save the settings ...

Page 91: ... Pro 1200 User Manual Section 3 Coniguration System Management This folder contains the Network Time and Date System Settings Power Management EmailAlerts Firmware Upgrade and Logs Click the folder to see the subcategories ...

Page 92: ...Q Enter a static IP address T RQS U _ Enter the subnet mask for the IP address a bZU Q Use the drop down menu to select the larger frame size than standard Ethernet frame size USQcUd Enter the gateway IP address for the ShareCenter eXf Enable or disable the VLAN eXf WK Enter a VLAN ID when VLAN is enabled NaZS gaRYPRh Enable or disable port bonding which is also known as port trunking ijSPaR Use t...

Page 93: ... Click the radio button to assign a static IP address to the ShareCenter wn xyyzq Enter a static IP address t rqs u Enter the subnet mask for the IP address zu q Use the drop down menu to select the larger frame size than standard Ethernet frame size usq u Enter the gateway IP address for the ShareCenter x Enable or disable the VLAN x wk Enter a VLAN ID when VLAN is enabled Click Apply to save the...

Page 94: ...lick the GlobalySettings tab to see the following window Enter the name of the ShareCenter y DNS Enter the main DNS address for the ShareCenter y DNS Enter the secondary DNS address for the ShareCenter Use the drop down menu to select the LAN interface Click Apply to save the settings ...

Page 95: ...ber of pages You can enter a page number in the ield to jump to the speciic page Click First Page Previous Page Next Page or Last page to search for the group Click to update the group list Click the Create button under the Route tab to see the window µ Address Enter an IP address of the routing path º Enter the subnet mask for the IP address ª Enter an integer cost metric for the route º Use the ...

Page 96: ...Æime Displays the current time of the ShareCenter Æime Zone Use the drop down menu to select the time zone of your area ÇÃÅ ÈÂÉÊ Computer Click the radio button to synchronize the ShareCenter s time with your computer ÇÃÅ ËÌÄÁÌÍÍÎ Click the radio button to set the time and date manually ÇÃÅ ÈÂÉÊ ÏÆÐ Server Click the radio button and select a NTP server to synchronize the ShareCenter s time with th...

Page 97: ... Click the Browse button to locate the path for the coniguration ile and click Load to load the ile ØÔÙÒÚÛÜ Coniguration Click Restore to reset the ShareCenter back to the factory default settings Ýeb Timeout Enter a period of time If the web is idle longer than the time it will be automatically logged out ÑÞßÜÔà áÓÔâãÔÒÜ Temperature Toggle between Celsius and Fahrenheit and enter a temperature On...

Page 98: ...beration Click Enable to enable the function ìurn Off Hard Drive Use the drop down menu to select an idle time after which the hard drives will enter into hibernation mode íîïè èéðñòåó Use the drop down menu to select an idle time after which the OLED will be turned off ôõö ø ùëæ Recovery Click Enable to have the power restored when encountering a power failure ìype Use the drop down menu to selec...

Page 99: ...o see the following window This function will be deactivated if the schedule is conigured at the same time as the irmware update úûüýþÿ ý Power On Off Click Enable to set a schedule for automatic system power on and off úûüýþÿ ý Schedule Off Use the drop down menus to select the time of system power on and off Click Apply to save the settings ...

Page 100: ...lect Anonymous If Login is selected in LoginyMethod enter the user name of the e mail account If Login is selected in LoginyMethod enter the password of the e mail account yption Select SSL TLS if the SMTP server requires authentication ver Enter the IP address of the SMTP server Enter the port number of the SMTP server Enter the sender s e mail address Enter the e mail address that the e mail ale...

Page 101: ...indow or the Firmware Upgrade link in the left window to update the irmware Version Displays the current irmware in the system Displays the date of the irmware Click the Browse button to locate the irmware You must save the irmware to the local hard drive of your computer before upgrading the irmware Click Apply to start updating the irmware ...

Page 102: ...on in the System Management window or the Log Settings link in the left window to conigure the log settings Log Settings Click the LogySettings tab to see the following window 012234 5 Click the radio buttons to enable various situations which will be recorded in the logs Click Apply to save the settings ...

Page 103: ...l computer B7C79DEF The numbers below represent different levels of severity 0 Emergency 1 Critical 2 Alert 3 Error 4 Warning 5 Notice 6 Info 7 Debug AE7 Gime Displays the time and date for the log H7 A 7 Displays detail information about the log IA 7 Displays number of pages You can enter a page number in the ield to jump to the speciic page Click First Page Previous Page Next Page or Last page t...

Page 104: ... D Link ShareCenter Pro 1200 User Manual Section 3 Coniguration Network Services This folder contains File Sharing Dynamic DNS SNMP and Network Discovery Services Click the folder to see the subcategories ...

Page 105: ...eySharing icon in the Network Services window or the File Sharing link in the left window to conigure the network services File Sharing Click the FileySharing tab to see the following window JKLM NOPQKRS Click the radio buttons to enable various network services Click Apply to save the settings ...

Page 106: ...Yd VW f V g Use the drop down menu to select the supported language for the FTP clients h TUVV iWdUV Use the drop down menu to select the maximum number of concurrent FTP connection h TUVV iWdUV per IP Use the drop down menu to select the maximum number of concurrent FTP per IP connection TUVV iWdUV jbY Time Use the drop down menu to select the time that the FTP server logs out the user after this...

Page 107: ...nt xryrtr Select amount path and click the button to remove the entry from the list zrsq Enter the search keyword and click to search for the speciic entry Click to clear the search ield and see all the entries s r Displays number of pages You can enter a page number in the ield to jump to the speciic page Click First Page Previous Page Next Page or Last page to search for the group r qr Click to ...

Page 108: ... the search keyword and click to search for the speciic entry Click to clear the search ield and see all the entries Displays number of pages You can enter a page number in the ield to jump to the speciic page Click First Page Previous Page Next Page or Last page to search for the group Click to update the group list Click Next to continue ...

Page 109: ...This window is use to conigure the permission of the NFS Use the drop down menu to assign NFS access rights Read or Read Write Select Rooty Squash and the system maps requests from uid gid 0 to the anonymous uid gid Enter the host name Click Apply to save the settings ...

Page 110: ...he workgroup in the ield Directory Click the radio button to choose the system to be in an Active Directory AD Enter the AD server account name µ Enter the AD server account password Enter a DNS IP address to analyze the domain name of the AD server orkgroup Etner the name of the workgroup which should be the same as the computers on the network º Enter the AD server domain name ver Name Enter the...

Page 111: ...Ã Ä Select a local share name and click the button to remove the entry from the list Å ÆÇ Enter the search keyword and click to search for the DFS share Click to clear the search ield and see all the entries È É Displays number of pages You can enter a page number in the ield to jump to the speciic page Click First Page Previous Page Next Page or Last page to search for the group Ê Ë ÌÇ Click to u...

Page 112: ...s window to add a new DFS share ÍÎÏÐ Enter an IP address a host name or a URL in the ield ÑÒÓÎÐÒ share folder Enter a remote share folder location manually or click the GetyHostyShareyFolder button to search for one ÔÎÕÖ ÏØÖÙÒ name Enter the local share name in the ield Click Apply to save the settings ...

Page 113: ...ver Address Use the drop down menu to select a dynamic DNS service provider åæçè áÝÞã Enter the host name éçãäÜÝÞã æä êãÛ Enter the username or key provided by the dynamic DNS service provider ëÝççìæäí æä êãÛ Enter the password or key provided by the dynamic DNS service provider îerify Password or Key Re type the password or key ïimeout Enter a time in hours for periodic updates from the dynamic D...

Page 114: ... to conigure the SNMP settings Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP is used to monitor the conditions of the network attached devices ñòóô Enable or Disable SNMP ñòóô õö øùúûü Enter the name of the SNMP community òöûúýþÿûúöù Enable or Disable trap support òöûúýþÿûúöù ô Enter the IP address that will receive the notiication Click Apply to save the settings ...

Page 115: ...work Services window or the Network Discovery Services link in the left window to conigure the settings y Click Enable to allow the ShareCenter to be discovered on a network via the UPnP discovery protocol TD Click Enable to allow the ShareCenter to be discovered by the network map under Windows Vista or Windows 7 Click Apply to save the settings ...

Page 116: ...113 D Link ShareCenter Pro 1200 User Manual Section 3 Coniguration Applications This folder contains the Web File Manager and Download Manager Click the folder to see the subcategories ...

Page 117: ...s This window is used to start a web server for users to upload and download iles through the web browser ver Click the radio buttons to enable or disable the server Enter the port number for the function Port 80 cannot be used as it is used for administration purposes Click the radio buttons to enable or disable the HTTPS connection Enter the port number for the HTTPS connection Click Apply to sa...

Page 118: ...is window is used to schedule downloading iles from FTP or HTTP sites Click to add a new download job Select an entry and click the button to edit Select an entry and click the button to remove the entry from the list Displays number of pages You can enter a page number in the ield to jump to the speciic page Click First Page Previous Page Next Page or Last page to search for the group Click to up...

Page 119: ...e is no password required for downloading iles 4516 7 01 Enter a user name for downloading 8 55 6 Enter a password for downloading ype Toggle between File or Folder to download the speciic ile or all iles in a speciic folder 49 Enter the FTP HTTP or local site address for the scheduled download Click the Test button to see if the URL can be connected 1 o Click the ield to show the available folder...

Page 120: ... menu to have repeated scheduled download time every day week or month Select None to disable the recurring download D B Click to select year and date for downloading Eime Use the drop down menu to select downloading time eekly Select a day of the week for recurring download FBGDHI Select the month for recurring download Click Apply to save the settings ...

Page 121: ...18 D Link ShareCenter Pro 1200 User Manual Section 3 Coniguration Backup This folder contains the Volume Snapshot Local Backup Remote Backup and External Backup Click the folder to see the subcategories ...

Page 122: ... also allows you to take a snapshot of a volume The ShareCenter supports up to 10 snapshot jobs and each job can have maximum 20 snapshots JKLMNL Click to add a new snapshot job OPQN Select an entry and click the button to edit RLSLNL Select an entry and click the button to remove the entry from the list Take snapshot Click the button to take a snapshot of a volume UVWX snapshot Click the button t...

Page 123: ...r to select it _Z ab Use the drop down menu to select the number of snapshots for this job cde Use the drop down menu to select manually schedule the job or schedule to take the snapshot on a daily weekly or monthly basis fime Use the drop down menus to select hour and minute of the day geekday Use the drop down menu to select the day of the week hib Use the drop down menu to select the day of the...

Page 124: ...ck the ShowySnapshot button to see the calendar jklmnokp Find the year and month of the snapshot on that day The date cell is highlighted when there are snapshots on that day Click the cell to view details of the volume s snapshot s Click Close to go back to the Volume Snapshot window ...

Page 125: ... Select an entry and click the button to remove the entry from the list uvwr Displays number of pages You can enter a page number in the ield to jump to the speciic page Click First Page Previous Page Next Page or Last page to search for the group xryzr Click to update the group list Click Close to go back to the previous window ...

Page 126: ...dow allows iles and folders to be backed up to local folders Click to add a new backup job Select an entry and click the button to edit Select an entry and click the button to remove the entry from the list Displays number of pages You can enter a page number in the ield to jump to the speciic page Click First Page Previous Page Next Page or Last page to search for the group Click to update the gr...

Page 127: ...ggle between File or Folder to download the speciic ile or all iles in a speciic folder Enter the path manually or click Local to locate the path Click the Test button to see if the path can be connected to o Click the ield to show the available folders Click the Create button to add a new folder Double click a folder to select it ª Backup Tick the check box to enable the incremental backup method...

Page 128: ...menu to enable a recurring backup This can be done on a daily weekly or monthly basis Select None to disable the recurring backup µ Click to select year and date for backup ime Use the drop down menu to select the time for backup eekly Select a day of the week for recurring backup µº Select the month for recurring backup Click Apply to save the settings ...

Page 129: ...mote backup Remote Backup Server Click the RemoteyBackupyServer tab to see the following window ÀÁ ÂÁÃÄÅÁ Backup Tick the check box to enable the function Æ ÇÇÈÄÉÊ Enter the password for backing up iles and folders from or to the ShareCenter This is the remote backup password The password for the remote NAS should be the same as the password of the ShareCenter Click Apply to save the settings ...

Page 130: ...to edit ÓÍÔÍÏÍ Select an entry and click the button to remove the entry from the list ÕÎÖ ØÙ Click the button to back up ÐÚÎÛÔÍÜÓÒÝÎÛÔÍ Schedule Click the button to enable or disable the schedule remote backup function ÞÎßÍ Displays number of pages You can enter a page number in the ield to jump to the speciic page Click First Page Previous Page Next Page or Last page to search for the group àÍáÌÍ...

Page 131: ... D Link ShareCenter Pro 1200 User Manual Section 3 Coniguration Click Create to see the window ãäåver Type Use the drop down menu to select between D Link NAS Server or Rsync Server Click Next to continue ...

Page 132: ...anual Section 3 Coniguration This window allows you to conigure the source settings æçè éêëì Enter the name of the remote backup job íçîïìð ñêòó Click the ield to select the source ile folder to be backed up remotely Click Next to continue ...

Page 133: ...gs ôõ ö øùúöûù Server Enter the IP address of the server õüýýþöÿ Enter the password of the destination server ÿyption Support Tick the check box to enable SSH encryption ùù ýû File Tick the check box to keep the existing ile the same not overwrite at the remote server and create another backup copy Click Next to continue ...

Page 134: ...131 D Link ShareCenter Pro 1200 User Manual Section 3 Coniguration This window is used to conigure the destination path Click the ield to select the destination path Click Next to continue ...

Page 135: ...nu to enable a recurring remote backup This can be done on a daily weekly or monthly basis Select Backupynow to start the backup Click to select year and date for backup ime Use the drop down menu to select the time for backup eekly Select a day of the week for recurring backup Select the month for recurring backup Click Apply to save the settings ...

Page 136: ... back up data to external devices Click the USB port that is connected to an external USB storage device Click the ield to show the available folders Click the Create button to add a new folder Double click a folder to select it Tick the IncrementalyBackup check box to enable the incremental backup method All backups after irst full backup will be on an incremental basis Only the changes since the...

Page 137: ...134 D Link ShareCenter Pro 1200 User Manual Section 3 Coniguration Extension Pack This folder contains the Extension Pack Click the folder to see the subcategories ...

Page 138: ...pply to add the ile to the Add ons list 334567 8 71 Displays a list of all add ons modules 9101 7 Displays if the module is currently activated Enabled or deactivated Disabled 910 1 915 Activate Deactivate the module 1 Remove the add on module from the list 72 Displays number of pages You can enter a page number in the ield to jump to the speciic page Click First Page Previous Page Next Page or La...

Page 139: ...er supports JBOD RAIDy0 RAIDy1 RAIDy5 RAIDy6 and Standalone RAID 0 provides data striping which spreads out blocks of data over all drives but does not provide data redundancy Although performance is improved the lack of fault tolerance means that if one drive fails all data in the array will be lost BCDE F RAID 1 provides mirroring over multiple disks with the same read write speed of a single di...

Page 140: ... be used to reconstruct data A RAID 5 array will be the size of all the combined disks capacity less the capacity of one disk e g If there are 4x 80GB disks in the array the arrays capacity will be 240GB 3x80GB Implementing RAID 5 on the ShareCenter allows it to continue operating even if one of the disks fails The diagram below indicates the operation of RAID 5 ...

Page 141: ...6 is an extension of RAID 5 It adds an additional parity block by using block level striping with two parity blocks distributed across all the member disks RAID 6 allows the array to continue operating even if two of the disks fail The diagram below indicates the operation of RAID 6 ...

Page 142: ...ase Mapping a Drive You can use the D Link Easy Search Utility to map drives to your computer Insert the ShareCenter CD into your CD ROM drive The Easy Search Utility will load and detect any ShareCenter devices that are on the local network Click Easy Search Utility ...

Page 143: ...pear in My Computer Highlight an available ShareCenter Available volumes will be displayed under Drive Mapping Highlight the volume you want to map Select an available drive letter from the drop down menu and click Connect If the ShareCenter you are working with does not show up in the device list click Refresh ...

Page 144: ...141 D Link ShareCenter Pro 1200 User Manual Section 4 Knowledge Base RSTUVWXYVZY the My Computer icon on your desktop Double click the mapped drive to access the iles and folders ...

Page 145: ...erver giving users the ability to share a printer on their local network Connect a USB printer to the USB port on the back of the ShareCenter It is important to ensure that any of the printer manufacturer s drivers are already installed on any computer you want to print from To add a printer ClickyStart and select PrintersyandyFaxes ...

Page 146: ...143 D Link ShareCenter Pro 1200 User Manual Section 4 Knowledge Base Select Addyayprinter The Windows Add Printer Wizard will launch Click Next to continue ...

Page 147: ...r Manual Section 4 Knowledge Base When prompted to choose a local or network printer select Ay networky printer y ory ay printeryattachedytoyanotherycomputer Click Nextyto continue Select Browseyforyayprinter and click Nexty to continue ...

Page 148: ...5 D Link ShareCenter Pro 1200 User Manual Section 4 Knowledge Base Select Double click DNS 1200 from the Shared Printers list to expand the tree Select the available USB printer and click Next to continue ...

Page 149: ... Base The following printer driver messages will appear Click Yesyto continue Click OK to continue and select a printer driver Select the appropriate printer driver from the list and clickyOK to complete the wizard If the driver is not in the list select HaveyDisk ...

Page 150: ...ink ShareCenter Pro 1200 User Manual Section 4 Knowledge Base Insert the print driver CD or browse to the appropriate directory Select the appropriate driver ile and click Open to continue Click OK to continue ...

Page 151: ...D Link ShareCenter Pro 1200 User Manual Section 4 Knowledge Base Verify the driver is correct and click OK to continue The wizard will install the printer drivers and return a completion screen Click Finish ...

Page 152: ...149 D Link ShareCenter Pro 1200 User Manual Section 4 Knowledge Base The printer should now appear as an available printer ...

Page 153: ...following to conigure the iSCSI settings 1 Click the listed ShareCenter Note If you cannot see the latest list click the Refresh button to update the status Note You will need to create iSCSI volume in the Disk Management iSCSI Target Click the iSCSI Targets tab to see the iSCSI target name in this section 2 The available iSCSI target names in the iSCSI Drive Mapping section appear ...

Page 154: ...active deff aghbi eff a Choose a target from the list and click the Connect Disconnect button to activate deactivate the Target If CHAP authentication has been enabled then a username and password will be required j f k fa Click the button to see the Management window The window allows you to add delete mount and unmount the partition The different parameters in the iSCSI Drive Mapping section are...

Page 155: ...ction 4 Knowledge Base Coniguring Targets 1 When attempting to connect a target for the irst time choose the target from the list 3 If the CHAP is enabled you will see this window appears requesting CHAP User and Password 2 Click the Connect button ...

Page 156: ...vailable space on the disk will be used to create the new partition To specify a size un tick the checkbox and type in the capacity size of the partition in megabytes in the Megabytes ield wroxnp lype Choose whether to format the new partition with NTFS or FAT32 by ticking the appropriate checkbox yoqzv vppvo Choose the drive letter that you want to allocate to the iSCSI partition from the drop do...

Page 157: ...stalled in the ShareCenter and Mount Unmount the disks installed in the ShareCenter The Disk Management section displays the following parameters Displays the ID number of the disk installed in the ShareCenter Displays the partition number of the disks partition olume Displays the drive letter that the partition is mapped to on the client machine Displays the File System that the partition was for...

Page 158: ...he maximum available space on the disk will be used to create the new partition To specify a size un tick the check box and type in the capacity of size of the partition in megabytes in the Megabytes ield ype Choose whether to format the new partition with NTFS or FAT32 by ticking the appropriate checkbox Choose the drive letter that you want to allocate to the iSCSI partition from the drop down m...

Page 159: ...156 D Link ShareCenter Pro 1200 User Manual Section 4 Knowledge Base Deleting an existing partition Right click an existing partition and click Delete ...

Page 160: ...rtition and click Mount The Drive Select window appears Mounting Disks When a partition is not mounted a star symbol will appear in the Volume column in the DiskyManagement list Carry out the following steps to mount a disk 2 Select the drive letter in the Device drop down list 3 Click the OK button ...

Page 161: ... Pro 1200 User Manual Section 4 Knowledge Base 4 The mounted disk is displayed in the DiskyManagement list 3 The newly mounted disk is displayed in the My Computer window and can be used as if it was a locally attached disk ...

Page 162: ...e it is only possible to hot swap 1 hard drive at a time without losing all data This is because a RAID 5 volume can only tolerate the loss of 1 hard drive and still continue to work After hot swapping a hard drive the volume must irst be rebuilt before another hard drive can be hot swapped otherwise this will also result in a loss of all data and the RAID volume will have crashed RAIDy6 In a RAID...

Page 163: ...tion 4 Knowledge Base Storing non English Character Files By default the ShareCenter will support Unicode which is an industry standard allowing computers to consistently represent and manipulate text expressed in most of the world s writing formats ...

Page 164: ...uctions may cause harmful interference to radio communication However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reor...

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