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TERRA NASBOX 5 G2

User’s Manual

Summary of Contents for NASBOX 5 G2

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Page 2: ...operty of their respective owners Specifications are subject to change without notice Copyright 2013 WORTMANN AG All rights reserved About This Manual All information in this manual has been carefully verified to ensure its correctness In case of an error please provide us with your feedback WORTMANN AG reserves the right to modify the contents of this manual without notice Product name TERRA NASB...

Page 3: ...idity of 20 85 Using TERRA NASBOX 5 G2 under extreme environmental conditions could damage the unit Ensure that the TERRA NASBOX 5 G2 is provided with the correct supply voltage AC 100V 240V 50 60 Hz 3A Plugging the TERRA NASBOX 5 G2 to an incorrect power source could damage the unit Do NOT expose TERRA NASBOX 5 G2 to dampness dust or corrosive liquids Do NOT place TERRA NASBOX 5 G2 on any uneven ...

Page 4: ...inistration 18 Overview 18 Web Administration Interface 18 My Favorite 19 Logout 21 Language Selection 21 System Information 22 System Information 22 System Service Status Refer Chapter 7 for FW v2 03 01 and after 22 Logs 23 On line Register 23 Syslog Management 24 System Monitor 25 System Management 28 Time Setting system time 28 Notification configuration 28 Firmware Upgrade 29 Schedule Power On...

Page 5: ...ing 91 SSH 91 DDNS 92 UPnP Port Management 92 Application Server 94 iTunes Server 94 Module Installation 94 Auto Module Installation 95 Backup 96 Rsync Target Server 96 Data Guard Remote Backup 97 ACL Backup and Restore 109 Data Burn 110 TERRA Backup Utility 113 Windows XP Data Backup 114 Apple OS X Backup Utilities 115 External Devices 115 Printers 115 Uninterrupted Power Source 120 Chapter 5 Tip...

Page 6: ...26 Disk Information 127 Data Guard Local Backup 130 Volume Expansion Management 146 Appendix A Customer Support 147 Appendix B RAID Basics 148 Overview 148 Benefits 148 Improved Performance 148 Data Security 148 RAID Levels 148 Appendix C Active Directory Basics 151 Overview 151 What is Active Directory 151 ADS Benefits 151 Appendix D Licensing Information 152 Overview 152 CGIC License Terms 153 G...

Page 7: ...erver First and foremost the TERRA NASBOX 5 G2 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 With the easy to use web based interface users on your network can access these files in a snap To learn about the Web User Interface go to Chapter 4 Using the TERRA NASBOX 5 G2 Web Adm...

Page 8: ...attached storage 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 flexibility to users To set up an iSCSI volume refer to Chapter 4 Storage Management iSCSI Superior Power Management TERRA NASBOX 5 G2 supports schedule power on off With this feature administrat...

Page 9: ...ommon items l System Unit x1 l QIG Quick Installation Guide x1 l CD Title TERRA NASBOX 5 G2 CD TwonkyMedia CD l Ethernet Cable x1 l Accessory bag x1 l Power cord x1 Please check to see if your package is complete If you find that some items are missing contact your dealer ...

Page 10: ...Syetem Warning 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 TERRA NASBOX 5 G2 and Power LED Solid blue System is power on 9 Up Button Push to scroll up when using the LCD display 10 Down Button Push to enter the USB copy operation screen 11 Enter Butt...

Page 11: ... 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 USB Port USB 2 0 port for compatible USB devices 6 eSATA Port eSATA port for high speed storage expansion 7 Line in For Audio in 8 Line out For Audio out 9 Mic input Microphone input 10 System Fan System fan that exha...

Page 12: ...llation to prevent static discharge from damaging the sensitive electronic components on the TERRA NASBOX 5 G2 3 Be careful not to use magnetized screwdrivers around the TERRA NASBOX 5 G2 s electronic components Cable Connections To connect the TERRA NASBOX 5 G2 product to your network follow the steps below 1 Connect an Ethernet cable from your network to the WAN LAN1 port on the back panel of th...

Page 13: ...13 TERRA NASBOX 5 G2 power button ...

Page 14: ...ure 5 Login with the administrator account and password The default account and password are both admin 6 Name your TERRA NASBOX 5 G2 and configure the network IP address If your switch or router is configured as a DHCP Server configuring the TERRA NASBOX 5 G2 to automatically obtain an IP address is recommended You may also use a static IP address and enter the DNS Server address manually 7 Chang...

Page 15: ...setting Link Aggregation Current Link Aggregation status System Fan1 Current system fan1 status System Fan2 Current system fan2 status CPU Fan Current CPU fan status 2009 05 22 12 00 Current system time Disk Info Current status of disk slot has been installed RAID Current RAID status The TERRA NASBOX 5 G2 will rotate these messages every one two seconds on the LCD display USB Copy The USB Copy fun...

Page 16: ...tion Interface Step 1 Network Setup From the Web Administration Interface you can configure the network settings of the TERRA NASBOX 5 G2 for your network You can access the Network menu from the menu bar For details on how to configure your network settings refer to Chapter 4 System Network Step 2 RAID Creation Next administrators can configure their preferred RAID setting and build their RAID vo...

Page 17: ...cess to each using Folder Access Control Lists More information on managing folders see Chapter 4 Storage Management Share Folder To find out about configuring Folder Access Control Lists see Chapter 4 Storage Management Share Folder Folder Access Control List ACL Step 5 Start Services Finally you can start to setup the different services of TERRA NASBOX 5 G2 for the users on your network You can ...

Page 18: ...168 1 100 2 Login to the system using the administrator user name and password The factory defaults are User Name admin Password admin If you changed your password in the setup wizard use the new password Once you are logged in as an administrator the disclaimer page will appear as below Please click the check box if you do not want to have this page displayed during the next login NOTE Your compu...

Page 19: ...used 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 mouse on the menu tree Another way the administrators can add favorite functions is by clicking the Add Favorite icon in each function screen See the figure below with the red circled icon To return to...

Page 20: ...of the TERRA NASBOX 5 G2 Storage Information and settings for storage devices installed into the TERRA NASBOX 5 G2 User and Group Authentication Allows configuration of users and groups Network Service Application Server Printer Server and iTunes Server set up of the TERRA NASBOX 5 G2 Module Management System and user Module installation of the TERRA NASBOX 5 G2 Backup Category of Backup Features ...

Page 21: ...ck to 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 page as shot cut Logout Click to logout Web Administration Interface Language Selection The TERRA NASBOX 5 G2 supports multiple Languages including English Japanese Traditional Chinese Simplified Chi...

Page 22: ...the TERRA NASBOX 5 G2 CPU Fan Speed Displays current CPU fan status System Fan 1 Speed Displays current System fan left 1 status System Fan 2 Speed Displays current System fan left 2 status System Fan 3 Speed Displays current System fan left 3 status Depend on model System Fan 4 Speed Displays current System fan left 4 status Depend on model CPU Temperature Displays current CPU Temperature System ...

Page 23: ... number of lines to display per page Sort Ascending Shows logs by date in ascending order Sort Descending Shows logs by date in descending order Use the forward and backward buttons to browse the log pages Re loading logs On line Register From the System Information menu choose the Online Registration item and the System Online Registration screen appears The online registration service can period...

Page 24: ... also can be chose to act as syslog server for all other devices These messages are stored on your NAS in Nsync log messages Information can be obtained in two ways locally and remotely Configuration with syslog server Configuration with syslog client and target to store locally ...

Page 25: ...g folder filled in from next filed And the syslog folder will have file messages to store all system logs If Remotely has been selected a syslog server is needed and an IP address is required Syslog folder Select from a drop down share list all of the system logs will be stored on it This syslog folder is applied to syslog server or syslog client with local selected Log Level The user can choose f...

Page 26: ... each section you can also choose to display the information graphically by selecting Graphic or by plain text mode by selecting Details If graphic mode is chosen 3 minutes of information is displayed on the x axis A resume of the information is displayed by dragging the mouse over the graphic at a specific time See example below NOTE Only 2 sections can be set in graphic mode at the same time ...

Page 27: ...or future visits Reset Layout Set back to default monitoring settings and layout History Click on this check box and system monitor will write the monitoring history to a designate path in the RAID volume Lock Layout All of the monitoring items are fixed and cannot be changed Click again to unlock it If the History has been enabled click on and system monitor will display the history with differen...

Page 28: ... 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 synchronization Sync with external NTP Server Select YES to allow TERRA NASBOX 5 G2 to synchronize with an NTP server of your choice Press Apply to change Notification configuration From the menu cho...

Page 29: ...out Sender 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 From the menu choose the Firmware Upgrade item and the Firmware Upgrade screen appears Follow the steps below to upgrade your firmware 1 Use the Browse button to find the firmware file 2 Press...

Page 30: ...y and off at 16 00 on Monday System will turn on for the rest of the week If you choose an on time but do not assign an off time the system will turn on and remain on until a scheduled off time is reached or if the unit is shutdown manually Example Monday On 8 00 System will turn on at 8 00 AM on Monday and will not shut down unless powered down manually You may also choose two on times or two off...

Page 31: ...tor password Confirm Password Type the new password again to confirm Apply Press this to save your changes Config Mgmt From the menu choose the Config Mgmt item and the System Configuration Download Upload screen appears From here you can download or upload stored system configurations See the following table for a detailed description of each item System Configuration Download Upload Item Descrip...

Page 32: ...boot to restart the system or Shutdown to turn the system off File System Check The File System Check allows you to perform a check on the integrity of your disks file system Under the menu click File system Check and the File System Check prompt appears To perform a file system check click Apply Once clicked the following prompt will appear WARNING Resetting to factory defaults will not erase the...

Page 33: ...red 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 system check Click Reboot to reboot the system When the file system check is running the system will show 20 lines of information until it is complete Once complete the results will be shown at the...

Page 34: ...Configuration Item 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 menu choose the SNMP item and the SNMP Support screen appears You could enable the SNMP function and filled in the related information in each NOTE The system must be rebooted before TERRA IP storage can function no...

Page 35: ...sic 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 the Web Disk Photo Server and modules functions according to your needs ...

Page 36: ...llowing table Network Configuration Global parameter Item Description Host name Host name that identifies the TERRA NASBOX 5 G2 on the network Domain name Specifies the domain name of TERRA NASBOX 5 G2 WINS Server To set a server name for NetBIOS computer DNS Mode Select the DNS server is coming from DHCP server or manual input A total of 3 DNS servers can be input If the DNS setting is chosen fro...

Page 37: ... choose DHCP RADVD and the DHCP RADVD Configuration screen appears This screen displays available NIC status If each NIC has been set up to a static IP then each NIC can be configured to act as DHCP RADVD server DHCP RADVD Server Configuration A DHCP RADVD server can be configured to assign IP addresses IPv4 or Prefix IPv6 to devices connected to the associated NIC port WARNING Most faster Etherne...

Page 38: ...ks Information Refer Chapter 7 for FW v2 03 01 and after From the Storage menu choose the Disk Information item and the Disk Information screen appears From here you can see various installed SATA SAS hard disks A blank line indicates that a hard disk is not currently installed in that particular disk slot Disks Information Item Description Disk No Indicates disk location Capacity Shows the SATA h...

Page 39: ...ite verification error it marks this sector as reallocated and transfers data to a special reserved area spare area This process is also known as remapping and reallocated sectors are called remaps This is why on a modern hard disks you cannot see bad blocks while testing the surface all bad blocks are hidden in reallocated sectors However the more sectors that are reallocated the more a decrease ...

Page 40: ...ment item and the RAID Management screen appears This screen lists the RAID volumes currently residing in the TERRA NASBOX 5 G2 From this screen you can get information about the status of your RAID volumes as well as the capacities allocated for data RAID Information Item Description NOTE If the Reallocated Sector Count 32 or Current Pending Sector of a hard disk drive 0 the status of the disk wi...

Page 41: ...ions Item Description Disk No Number assigned to the installed hard disks Capacity MB Capacity of the installed hard disks Model Model number of the installed hard disks Status Status of the installed hard disks Used If this is checked current hard disk is aalready part of a RAID volume Spare If this is checked current hard disk is designated as a spare for a RAID volume Master RAID Check a box to...

Page 42: ...reated and followed by a password input for identification Also an external writable USB disk plugged into any USB port on the system is required to save the password you have entered while the RAID volume is being created See the screenshot below for details NOTE In a multiple RAID configuration one RAID volume must be designated as the Master RAID volume The Master RAID volume will store all ins...

Page 43: ...ypted volume plug the USB disk containing the encryption key and into any system USB port We strongly recommended copying the RAID volume encryption key to a safe place You can find the encryption key file from the USB disk in the following format RAID volume created date _xxxxxx key RAID volumes with encryption enabled will be displayed with a key lock symbol next to volume ID name NOTE With RAID...

Page 44: ...he file system you would like to have for this RAID volume The selection is available from ext3 XFS and ext4 9 Press Submit to build the RAID storage volume NOTE Single volume size supported ext3 à 8TB XFS à 48TB ext4 à 36TB NOTE We recommend using the Quick RAID setting only if the hard disks are brand new or if no existing partitions are contained ...

Page 45: ...ing NOTE Building a RAID volume may be time consuming depending on the size of hard drives and RAID mode In general if the RAID volume building process is up to RAID Building then the data volume is accessible WARNING Creating RAID destroys all data in the current RAID volume The data will be unrecoverable ...

Page 46: ... order to provide protection against double disk failure Two different algorithms are employed to achieve this purpose RAID 6 requires a minimum of 4 disks RAID 6 can sustain two failed disks 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 0 RAID 10 ...

Page 47: ... RAID volume follow the steps below 1 On the RAID List screen select the RAID volume by clicking on its radio button and click RAID Information to open the RAID Configuration screen 2 On the RAID Configuration screen click Remove RAID 3 A confirmation screen will appear you will have to click Yes to complete the Remove RAID operation ...

Page 48: ...48 WARNING Remove RAID destroys all data in the selected RAID volume The data will be unrecoverable ...

Page 49: ...1 RAID 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 the RAID array 3 When you are done replacing hard drives log on to Web Management Navigate to Storage RAID to open the RAID Configuration screen 4 On the RAID Information screen click Edit to ope...

Page 50: ... array 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 RAID 2 A list of possible RAID migration configurations will be listed Select the desired migration scheme and click Apply 3 The system will begin migrating the RAID volume ...

Page 51: ...me will be in read only mode but read write of the user data will be possible during the operation NOTE n Migrating a RAID volume could take several hours to complete n The RAID migration feature is available only when it is configurable NOTE The migration scheme below is based on TERRA IP Storage product s maximum possible combination For other model which supports less HDD please refer to the we...

Page 52: ...RAID 5 X RAID 5 HDDx3 to RAID 5 HDDx4 RAID 5 HDDx3 to RAID 5 HDDx5 RAID 5 HDDx4 to RAID 5 HDDx5 RAID 5 HDDx3 to RAID 6 HDDx5 RAID 6 X X RAID 6 HDDx4 to RAID 6 HDDx5 NAS Stacking The TERRA NASBOX 5 G2 s capacity can be expanded even further using the stackable function With it users can expand the capacity of their network storage systems up to 5 other stack target volumes which are located in diff...

Page 53: ...k target now or later depending on usage required Next input the target IP address of the stackable device and click the Discovery button The system will list available target volumes from the inputted IP address Once the volume IP has been set you may need to input a valid user name and password to validate your access rights If there is no user name and password needed to access target volume th...

Page 54: ...ugh network access such as SMB You may refer to the figure below to see the result Please note the naming limitation From the figure above the Stacked Target name is pmmeeting The figures below show the result before and after via Microsoft Network Access when settings have been completed ...

Page 55: ...ence when Yes and No are selected The Public setting will be set the same way as the setting for the 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 available in the Stack Target List window Stack target with export share name pmmeeting No Stack Targ...

Page 56: ...rget device you will see the information displayed and also have access to several options to choose from In general if the attached stack target device has been used by another TERRA NAS as stack target volume then the Format item will be display and system will recognize it straight away and display its capacity Otherwise the Format item will be available and the Capacity and Status items will s...

Page 57: ... window After your changes have been made click Apply to confirm any modifications Once changes are applied the associated information will be updated on the Stack Target List window D Stack Target ACL If the stack target Public setting set to Yes then the ACL button will be grayed out However if Public setting is set to No then the ACL button will be available for you to setup user access permiss...

Page 58: ...stack target click Reconnect ISO Mount The ISO Mount feature is a very useful tool from the TERRA products With it users can mount an ISO file and have the export name display all the details from the mounted ISO file From the main menu the ISO Mount feature is located under Storage Please refer the figure below for reference Select the ISO Image Mounting function and the ISO Image Mounting window...

Page 59: ... mount the new ISO file select one file from the list of files and input the desired 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 name field the system will automatically give an export name to the ISO file The mounting name will then be defined by the ISO file name ...

Page 60: ...ount to eliminate a mounted ISO file B Using ISO The mounted ISO file will be located in the share folder of the same name as the file Please refer the screen shot below Here the ISO file TERRA 01 wasn t assigned a mounting name so the system automatically created a folder TERRA 01 ...

Page 61: ... appears This screen allows you to create and configure folders on the TERRA NASBOX 5 G2 volume Adding Folders On the Folder screen press the Add button and the Add Folder screen appears This screen allows you to add a folder After entering the information press Apply to create new folder ...

Page 62: ...Folder screen press the Edit button and the Modify Folder screen appears This screen allows you to change folder information After entering the information press Apply to save your changes Modify Folder Item Description RAID ID RAID volume where the folder will reside Folder Name Enter the name of the folder Description Provide a description the folder Browseable Enable or disable users from brows...

Page 63: ...S access to the share folder enable the NFS Service and then set up hosts with access rights by clicking Add WARNING All the data stored in the folder will be deleted once the folder is deleted The data will not be recoverable ...

Page 64: ...er nobody nogroup on NAS All user on guest system will be mapped to anonymous user nobody nogroup on NAS Choose the one which best fits your needs Sync Async Choose to determine the data Sync at once or Async in arranged batch Apply Click to save your changes Folder and sub folders Access Control List ACL On the Folder screen press the ACL button and the ACL setting screen appears This screen allo...

Page 65: ...the access right for all its sub folders To configure folder access follow the steps below 1 On the ACL screen all network groups and users are listed in the left hand column Select a group or user from this list 2 With the group or user selected press one of the buttons from the three access level columns at the top The group or user then appears in that column and has that level of access to the...

Page 66: ...evel ACL setting The ACL screen also allows you to search for a particular user To do this follow the steps below 1 In the blank enter the name of the user you would like to find 2 From the drop down select the group you would like to search for the user in 3 Click Search NOTE If one user has belonged to more than one group with different privilege then the priority of the privilege will be as fol...

Page 67: ...SI Target Item Description Add Click to allocate space to iSCSI target from associated RAID volume Modify Click this to modify the iSCSI Target Advanced There are 3 options iSCSI CRC Checksum Max Connections Error Recovery Level These currently allow the Admin to Enable Disable the TERRA NASBOX 5 G2 associated with the iSCSI setting Delete Click this to delete the iSCSI Target NOTE The system will...

Page 68: ...w 1 Under the iSCSI Target List select iSCSI Target then click Add The Create iSCSI Volume screen appears Create iSCSI Volume Item Description iSCSI Target Volume Enable or Disable the iSCSI Target Volume Target Name Name of the iSCSI Target This name will be used by the Stackable NAS function to identify this export share ...

Page 69: ...e while more than 2TB capacity will be configured in Windows XP 512 Bytes block size for application like VMware etc 2 Enable the iSCSI Target Volume by selecting Enable 3 Enter a Target Name This will be used by the Stackable NAS function to identify this export share 4 Choose the current year from the Year dropdown 5 Choose the current month from the Month dropdown 6 Choose to enable CHAP authen...

Page 70: ... 1 Under the iSCSI Target List click Modify The Modify iSCSI Volume screen appears 2 Modify your settings Press ok to change Expand Volume 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 and click the Expand button ...

Page 71: ...e volume on the current RAID volume follow the steps below 1 Under the Volume Allocation List click Delete The Space Allocation screen appears NOTE The iSCSI expand is only capable while iSCSI target volume is crested by Instant Allocation iSCSI target created by Thin Provisioning has virtual space assigned during the initial stage so it has no expandable capability ...

Page 72: ...aximum 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 provision volume by dragging the Allocation bar to the desired size After the size has been determined click OK to confirm Now you will see the iSCSI thin provisioning volume is available from the list ...

Page 73: ...to 16384GB 16TB LUN ACL After iSCSI target has been created you are one step away from using the iSCSI volume Under LUN ACL you need to add Initiator iqn and setup ACL access privileges to determine the accessibility Please refer the screen shot below for where Initiator iqn can be found From the LUN ACL setting screen click Add Next input Initiator iqn and setup iSCSI target volume access privile...

Page 74: ...d or deleted by selecting the desired iqn and pressing Modify or Delete Advance Option There are 3 available options for the user to operate TERRA NASBOX 5 G2 associated with iSCSI setting The details are listed in the following screenshot If the options are modified the system will need to reboot for the changes to take place ...

Page 75: ...s connections from the failed session to be restarted on a new session by sending a iSCSI Login Request with a zero TSIHRestart all iSCSI connections on any failure ERL 1 Digest Failure Recovery ERL 1 only applies to traditional iSCSI For iSCSI SCTP which has its own CRC32C and both types of iSER so far handling header and data checksum recovery can be disabled ERL 2 Connection Recovery ERL 2 allo...

Page 76: ... 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 of these items and press Apply to confirm your settings A description of each item follows ADS NT Support Item Description Work Group Domain Name Specifies the SMB CIFS Work Group ADS Domain Name e g MYGROUP ADS ...

Page 77: ...uration From the Accounts menu choose the User item and the Local User Configuration screen appears This screen allows you to Add Edit and Remove local users NOTE The DNS server specified in the WAN LAN1 configuration page should be able to correctly resolve the ADS server name The time zone setting between TERRA IP storage and ADS should be identical The system time difference between TERRA IP st...

Page 78: ...er Setting screen appears 2 On the Local User Setting screen enter a name in the User Name box 3 Enter a User ID number or leave blank to use the system default value 4 Enter a password in the Password box and re enter the password in the Confirm box 5 Select which group the user will belong to Group Members is a list of groups this user belongs to Group List is a list of groups this user does not...

Page 79: ...you can enter a new password and re enter to confirm or use the or buttons to have this user join or leave a group Click the Apply button to save your changes Remove Users 1 Select an existing user from the Local User Configuration screen 2 Click on Remove button and the user is deleted from the system NOTE All users are automatically assigned to the users group ...

Page 80: ...d Press 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 Remove button to delete a selected group from the system Add Groups 1 On the Local Group Configuration screen click on the Add button 2 The Local Group Setting screen appears 3 Enter a Group Name 4 Enter a Group ID number If left blank the system w...

Page 81: ...ss the Edit button to modify the members in a group 3 To add a user into a group select the user from the Users List and press the button to move the user into the Members List 4 To remove a user from a group select the user from Members List and press the button 5 Click the Apply button to save your changes Remove Groups 1 On the Local Group Configuration screen select a group name from the list ...

Page 82: ... comma separated plain text txt file From the Accounts menu click Batch Input and the Batch User and Group Cration dialogue will appear To import your list of users and groups follow these steps 1 Click the Browse icon to locate your comma separated text file The information in the text file should follow this format USERNAME PASSWORD GROUP 2 Click Open 3 Click Import to begin the user list import...

Page 83: ...volume 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 backup feature allow system users and groups to be backed up to another location and be restored if needed Please note when restoring previous backup users and groups the current users and groups li...

Page 84: ...ress Base Domain Input base domain information 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 checkbox to ensure LDAP server has a Samba sam and a POSIX account or it may not work properly for LDAP client authentication Network Service Use the Network Service menu to make network service su...

Page 85: ...m to access under SMB CIFS protocol On the other hand no more anonymous login is allowed Samba is Native mode The TERRA NASBOX 5 G2 is supported Samba mode options In the ADS environment with Native mode selected then TERRA NASBOX 5 G2 is capable to become local master position Optimize Block Size This function controls the behavior of Samba when reporting available disk space This function was ad...

Page 86: ...ecycle Bin The TERRA NASBOX 5 G2 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_Recycle_ Associated RDID Volume share folder For example the system has created 2 RAID volumes with ID RAIDpm and RAID Then it will have 2 recycle bin folder appear as _NAS_Recycle_RAID and _NAS_R...

Page 87: ... press Apply to confirm your settings A description of each item follows Apple Network Configuration Item Description AFP Server Enable or disable Apple File Service to use the TERRA NASBOX 5 G2 with MAC OS based systems MAC CHARSET Specifies the code page from the drop down list Zone Specifies Zone for Applet Talk service If your AppleTalk network uses extended networks and is assigned with multi...

Page 88: ...bling users 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 Item Description NFS Enable or Disable NFS support Apply Click Apply to save your changes FTP The TERRA NASBOX 5 G2 can act as an FTP server enabling users to download and upload files with their favorite FTP programs From the System Ne...

Page 89: ...ders Download Allow anonymous FTP users to download files from public folders No access Block anonymous FTP user access Auto Rename If checked the system will automatically rename files that are uploaded with a duplicate file name The renaming scheme is filename where represents an integer Upload Bandwidth You may set the maximum bandwidth allocated for file uploads Selections include Unlimited 1 ...

Page 90: ...ort 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 ID ex Apply from VeriSign Or using system default by select System Certificate File Upload Certificate File if choose Certificate type User Certificate Key File Upload Certificate Key File if choose ...

Page 91: ...chnologies used to create Bonjour enabled applications and devices SSH The device is now SSH protocol supported It allows user to use SSH and have console to manipulate as needed The SSH default login user name is root with full privilege and password is admin s password The default admin password is admin so once the admin password has changed then SSH login need to change the password too A desc...

Page 92: ...orts the DDNS providers DyDNS org Dynamic DNS DyDNS org Custom DNS DyDNS org Static DNS www zoneedit com www no ip com A description for each item as following DDNS Item Description DDNS Service Enable or disable DDNS service Register Choose the service provider from the drop down list User name Input user name with DDNS registry Password Input password with DDNS registry Domain name Input domain ...

Page 93: ...updated list A description for each item as following UPnP Port Management Item Description Start port Specific port number starts with End port Specific port number ended Protocol Choose the protocol for port forwarding needed Description Specific the port services if applicable Apply Click Apply to confirm the changes Cancel Click Cancel to abort the changes WARNING Some of the routers do not al...

Page 94: ...save your changes See the following table for a detailed description of each field iTunes Configuration Item Description iTunes Service Enable or disable the iTunes Service iTunes Server Name Name used to identify TERRA NASBOX 5 G2 to iTunes clients Password Enter a password to control access to your iTunes music Rescan Interval Rescan interval in seconds MP3 Tag Encode Specify tag encoding for MP...

Page 95: ...it will automatically link to the TERRA official website and list the 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 modules zip which included all the modules available when the system was shipped Please refer the screenshot below NOTE The on line modules list from the TERRA website w...

Page 96: ...on of the module Action To install or delete module p s If the module list from on line then no delete option will be available Rescan Click to rescan from both on line and disk After clicking on Action to install a module the module will become available under the list of Module Installation Please go to Module installation and click Enable to activate the module Backup There are a number of ways...

Page 97: ... backup NAS Log in to your target backup NAS through the UI in your web browser Go to Rsync Target Server under Backup in the menu of the UI 1 Enable Rsync Target Server 2 Add a username and password they can be different than your NAS s username and password 3 Select Apply Now Rsync is turned on your NAS which means it can be used as a target for Rsync backup in other words only the backup NAS ne...

Page 98: ...en setup in real time then clicking Stop can terminate the running process Simple click Start to re start the real time operation Restore Restore the associated task Log Click to view the associated task in process details Restore NAS Configuration Click to restore system configuration from selected destination to source unit More details will describe in sections The data backup setup wizard appe...

Page 99: ...llows user to choose desired shares backup to destination iSCSI Backup The iSCSI backup can backup iSCSI volume as single file to destination Full Backup Click on full backup and the setup screen appear as below Fill in the remote 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 ser...

Page 100: ...ick on Connection Test The source unit will try to connect with the associated target system If a connection can be built up successfully then Connection passed will be prompted otherwise Failed will appear Click Next and more setting will appear ...

Page 101: ...something that is useful over a slow connection Backup NAS Config Enabling this will back up the source unit system configurations to the designed path on the target system Resume Partial File Handle Sparse File Try to handle sparse file efficiently so they take up less space on the destination Keep ACL Setting It will backup not just data itself but also ACL configuration with associated folders ...

Page 102: ...ame of target sever where the source is going to backup The sub folder can be left as blank 2 Select the source share folder s which are desired to be backed up to the target server You can also click on Select All from top right corner check box 3 Click Next and more setting appears These are the as the settings for Full backup ...

Page 103: ...up as schedule iSCSI Backup If the source unit contains iSCSI volume it can be backed up to the target unit as a single file The procedure is the same as for the previous Full backup and Custom backup select iSCSI 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 ...

Page 104: ...SCSI target volume which you wish to back up to the target server 3 Click Next and more settings will appear It is slightly differing from Full backup and Custom backup Only Schedule backup is supported with less options ...

Page 105: ...16 66 131 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 task will start to have the associated files folders from the target server restored to the source NOTE The source folder name will use iSCSI_ target volume name So here it is displayed as iSCSI_pm...

Page 106: ...onfigurations 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 shows below the source unit system configurations are then backed up to the designed path on the target system every time the task is executed NOTE To restore task with backup type set as Real time ...

Page 107: ...tication 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 available system configuration backup files Select the one you want and click next You also have the option to download the current system configuration before restoring from the backup file ...

Page 108: ...nt numbers 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 as share folder etc will all restore to the current unit in the RAID volume RAID 6 In other circumstances if the current unit contains 2 RAID volumes then it can be chosen from the left hand sid...

Page 109: ...ill be 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 location and restored if needed Let s look at the example bellow to see how it works We have one system with a RAID volume RAID select Backup to backup this RAID volume s ACL to other location Th...

Page 110: ...les folders 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 share folder level it does not apply to its sub layer The ACL backup restore can be used among ext3 ext4 XFS file system ZFS can only be used with other RAID volume with ZFS file system created ...

Page 111: ... disc 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 removed by clicking on them and then pressing remove or remove all for all selected items c Select from the installed USB or SATA for N6850 N8850 N10850 burning devices Please click the detect disc button to check the status once the disc is inserted ...

Page 112: ...he NAS 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 button to check the status once the disc is inserted d Select the burning speed from the drop down list e Select whether disc data verification is required or not f Click Burn to start disc burning ...

Page 113: ... have the share list appear d Input the ISO file name for burned image file e Click Burn to start the ISO file burning TERRA Backup Utility The TERRA Backup Utility is on your Installation CD When you click on the CD the Backup Utility will be installed under Program Groups TERRA TERRA Backup Utility If it is not installed you can copy the file TERRA Backup Utility exe to a convenient location on ...

Page 114: ...ck on the Log icon for that task Windows XP Data Backup If you use Windows XP Professional you can also use the Windows Backup Utility Ntbackup exe to back up your files If you use Windows XP Home Edition follow these steps to install the utility 1 Insert the Windows XP CD into a drive and double click the CD icon in My Computer 2 When the Welcome to Microsoft Windows XP screen appears click Perfo...

Page 115: ... choose from go to VersionTracker or MacUpdate and search on backup External Devices The TERRA NASBOX 5 G2 supports printer server and UPS via USB interface The integrated Print Server allows you to share a single USB printer with all users on the network For the UPS TERRA NASBOX 5 G2 support via USB Series and Network interface The following section shows you how Printers From the External Device...

Page 116: ... Select the A network printer or a printer attached to another computer option 6 Select Connect to a printer on the Internet or on a home or office network and enter http TERRA NASBOX 5 G2 IP_ADDRESS 631 printers usb printer into the URL field 7 Your Windows system will ask you to install drivers for your printer Select the correct driver for your printer 8 Your Windows system will ask you if you ...

Page 117: ...117 2 Click the right mouse button in anywhere on the Printers folder and then select Add Printer 3 Select Add a network wireless or Bluetooth printer 4 Select The printer that I want isn t listed ...

Page 118: ...rching for available printers to finish 5 Click Select a shared printer by name Type http TERRA_NAS 631 printers usb printer in the box where TERRA_NAS_IP is the IP address of TERRA NASBOX 5 G2 Click Next 6 Select or install a printer and then press OK 7 Windows will attempt to connect to the printer ...

Page 119: ...119 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 ...

Page 120: ...the UPS model number from the dropdowns Battery Status Current status of the UPS battery Power Current status of the power being supplied to the UPS Seconds between power failure and first notification Delay between power failure and first notification in seconds Seconds between subsequent power failure notifications Delay between subsequent notifications in seconds Shutdown the system when the ba...

Page 121: ...Remote Administration You can set up your TERRA NASBOX 5 G2 for remote administration With remote administration you can access your TERRA NASBOX 5 G2 over the Internet even if your TERRA NASBOX 5 G2 is behind a router This is especially useful if you are traveling and suddenly need a file from your TERRA NASBOX 5 G2 Setting up remote administration is a three part process and will require the fol...

Page 122: ... Navigate to NAT Setting Virtual Server 2 For Enable Virtual Server select Yes 3 Setup the HTTPS Server a Well Known Applications Select User Defined b Local IP Enter 192 168 1 100 c Port Range 443 the default HTTPS port setting on the TERRA NASBOX 5 G2 d Protocol select TCP e Click Add f Click Apply 4 Test the HTTPS connection from another computer on the Internet a From a remote computer open yo...

Page 123: ... it from the tray 3 Slide a new hard disk into the tray and fasten the screws 4 Insert the hard disk tray back into the TERRA NASBOX 5 G2 until it snaps into place You can also lock it with a key if desired 5 The LED will blink green when the HDD is accessed RAID Auto Rebuild When using RAID 1 5 6 10 50 or 60 on the TERRA NASBOX 5 G2 you can use the auto rebuild function when an error is detected ...

Page 124: ...different user name and password first disconnect any existing mappings to this network share 2 The mapped network drive could not be created because the following error has occurred Multiple connections to a server or shared resource by the same user using more than one user name are not allowed Disconnect all previous connections to the server or shared resource and try again To check out existi...

Page 125: ...e If this happens 1 Login to the Web Administration Interface 2 Navigate to System Management Time 3 Under NTP Server select No 4 Set the Date Time and Time Zone 5 Click Apply In addition if the TERRA NASBOX 5 G2 is able to access the Internet and you want to keep the NTP Server clock isc org by default please make sure the DNS Server is correctly entered thereby allowing the NTP Server name to co...

Page 126: ...cloud backup Amazon S3 support Added Volume Expansion Management in the Storage category Status From the System Information menu choose the Status item System Service Status and HW Status screens appear These screens provide basic system and service status information Added Hardware Information From the System Information category choose the Hardware Information item and the system will display th...

Page 127: ...ed disk Disks Information Item Description Disk No Indicates disk location Capacity Shows the SATA hard disk capacity Model Displays the SATA hard disk model name Firmware Shows the SATA hard disk firmware version NOTE The screen shot below is just an example from a TERRA IP Storage The disk slots number can range from 8 12 to 16 slots depending on the model of TERRA IP storage Also it will list t...

Page 128: ...or seconds depending on manufacturer in power on state Temperature Celsius The current temperature of the hard disk in degrees Celsius Reallocated Sector Count Count of reallocated sectors When the hard drive finds a read write verification error it marks this sector as reallocated and transfers data to a special reserved area spare area This process is also known as remapping and reallocated sect...

Page 129: ...ction from its results The bad block scan can be terminated by clicking on Stop Detect Bad Block For TERRA product N8900 N12000 N16000 series which support JBOD device the attached JBOD device and his associated disks will also list under the Disk Information page Please see below for a screen shot of a N8900 with a TERRA D16000 attached and installed disks list on The JBOD device will have a uniq...

Page 130: ...rt to start a scheduled scan task right away Stop Stop the associated running task Also can be used if a task has been setup as real time clicking Stop can terminate the running process Simply click Start to re start the real time operation Restore Restore the associated task Log Click to view the associated task process details Restore NAS Configuration Click to restore the system configurations ...

Page 131: ...external 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 the source will sync to the destination immediately Schedule Backup The task will be executed on schedule between the source and the target iSCSI Backup The iSCSI volume will be backup to the des...

Page 132: ...vice 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 imported to the NAS and select the available RAID volume which is listed in Target pane ...

Page 133: ...0 folders 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 selected folders will be Public or not after the import ...

Page 134: ...y has a folder named Intel_Graphics_V614105398_XP the import folder will then be rename to Intel_Graphics_V614105398_XP 1 Now you will see in the data guard task list that you have created a task And that the system has created 2 new share folders from the task just created 2 Copy click on Copy and this screen appears 3 different options can be selected folder to folder folder to external device o...

Page 135: ...135 Folder to Folder Folder to external device External device to Folder ...

Page 136: ...source pane select the desired RAID volume and its associated folder list will appear same method in the target pane for the associated external device Select a folder from the source pane which is going to be copy over then select in target pane it s destination ...

Page 137: ... the sync type Incremental or Sync and select the log path from the drop menu list 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 ...

Page 138: ...erent 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 in the target panefolder R6andy Next fill in the task name and related settings ...

Page 139: ...ecute real 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 the associated file format will do the real time backup Exclude File Type The excluded file format won t be included in the real time backup For document file format doc xls pdf docx xlsx txt p...

Page 140: ...ext fill in the task name and related settings Schedule Backup Item 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 it will use the task name as folder name then copy the source under it Or it will copy the source to the same level as the destination Sync Type Select Incremental or Synchronize Log Location Sele...

Page 141: ...141 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 ...

Page 142: ...nal device 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 iscsi volume has existed in this system with name iSCSI_ iscsi target volume name Next provide the task name and where the task log will store ...

Page 143: ...he data 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 during backup processing And the task status will change to Processing ...

Page 144: ...Next topic will describe about this 6 iSCSI Import 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 depend on where iSCSI volume has backup to Let s take example to import RAID folder to iSCSI which is the iSCSI volume we have backup earlier to RAID volume folder andy_local than import to volume R...

Page 145: ...145 Next provide where the task log will store Reading the note and check on Accept for confirmation ...

Page 146: ...w from the data guard task list will have created task listed Volume Expansion Management The user guide please refers to URL below http www TERRA com download manual AllinOne_64bit Volume_Expansion_v1 0 pdf ...

Page 147: ... you to check out Chapter 6 Troubleshooting located in this manual You can also try to ensure that you are using the latest firmware version for your TERRA NASBOX 5 G2 TERRA is committed to providing free firmware upgrades to our customers Our newest firmware is available on our Download Center ...

Page 148: ...he data and parity stored on its other hard disk drives RAID Levels The TERRA NASBOX 5 G2 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 factors for selecting a RAID level are Your requirements for performance Your need for data security Number of hard disk drives in the system capacity of hard disk drives in the system The follo...

Page 149: ... RAID 10 RAID 10 is implemented as a striped array whose segments are RAID 1 arrays RAID 10 has the same fault tolerance as RAID level 1 RAID 10 has the same overhead for fault tolerance as mirroring alone High I O rates are achieved by striping RAID 1 segments Under certain circumstances RAID 10 array can sustain up to 2 simultaneous drive failures Excellent solution for applications that would h...

Page 150: ...are accessed at the same time disk striping enhances performance The stripes can vary in size Disk Usage When all disks are of the same size and used in RAID TERRA NASBOX 5 G2 disk usage percentage is listed below RAID Level Percentage Used RAID 0 100 RAID 1 1 n x 100 RAID 5 n 1 n x 100 RAID 6 n 2 n x 100 RAID 10 50 RAID 50 n 1 n x 100 RAID 60 n 2 n x 100 JBOD 100 n HDD number ...

Page 151: ... lets TERRA NASBOX 5 G2 integrate itself with the existing ADS in an office environment This means the TERRA NASBOX 5 G2 is able to recognize your office users and passwords on the ADS server Other major benefits ADS support provides include 1 Easy integration of TERRA NASBOX 5 G2 into the existing office IT infrastructure The TERRA NASBOX 5 G2 acts as a member of the ADS This feature significantl...

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