System Management
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ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 5.3
2.
Select the check boxes for the features that you want to use:
•
Enable disk spin-down
. Allow the hard disk drive to spin-down when inactive, based
on the number of minutes you specify.
•
Enable Power Timer
. Schedule when the ReadyNAS system is on and off.
•
Enable Wake On LAN
. This setting allows you to turn on the ReadyNAS system over
the LAN.
3.
If you selected the Enable Power Timer check box, click the configure icon.
4.
Click a box to switch between On and Day Off or Night Off.
5.
Click the
Apply
button.
Your settings are saved. The Power screen refreshes showing a high-level view of your
Power Timer schedule.
Manually Shut Down the System
Use Dashboard to gracefully shut down your ReadyNAS storage system. When you reboot
your system, you must close the Dashboard browser window and use RAIDar to reconnect to
Dashboard.
To gracefully shut down your system:
1.
Click the
Power
icon in the upper-right corner of the Dashboard screen.
2.
Choose an option:
•
Shut Down
. Choose this option to gracefully power down your system.
•
Restart
. Choose this option to gracefully power down your system and restart it.
A dialog box displays asking you to confirm your shut down or restart command.
3.
(Optional) Select the
Perform volume scan on next boot
check box.
You do not need to select this option unless you suspect data integrity problems. This
scan can take more than an hour depending on your disk capacity and content.
