Administrator Guide
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE......................................................................................................................... 4
ABOUT THIS GUIDE ..................................................................................................... 4
WHO SHOULD USE THIS GUIDE............................................................................... 4
WHERE TO FIND INFORMATION ............................................................................ 4
WARRANTY & LIABILITY LIMITATIONS ............................................................. 4
ABOUT STORAGEFLEX 3945N NAS RAID............................................................... 8
CONNECTING APPLIANCES TO THE NETWORK.............................................. 10
CONNECTING THE APPLIANCE TO YOUR NETWORK ................................... 10
CONFIGURING THE APPLIANCE FOR YOUR NETWORK............................... 10
LOCATING THE APPLIANCE ON YOUR NETWORK......................................... 11
CONFIGURING NEW APPLIANCES........................................................................ 13
SEARCHING YOUR NETWORK FOR LOCAL APPLIANCES ............................ 14
SEARCHING FOR REMOTE APPLIANCES ........................................................... 15
LOGGING ON TO A NEWLY INSTALLED APPLIANCE..................................... 16
ENTERING THE SERIAL NUMBER......................................................................... 17
NAMING THE APPLIANCE ....................................................................................... 18
CONFIGURING NETWORK (OPTIONAL).............................................................. 19
VERIFYING THE DATE AND TIME ........................................................................ 20
ASSIGNING A PASSWORD ........................................................................................ 21
MANAGING APPLIANCE SETTINGS...................................................................... 23
MANAGING GROUPS LOCALLY............................................................................. 27
MANAGING SHARES.................................................................................................. 29
MANAGING FOLDERS ............................................................................................... 32
CHECKING THE STATUS OF THE APPLIANCE.................................................. 34
CHECKING USER CONNECTIONS TO THE APPLIANCE ................................. 35
VIEWING SETTINGS OF THE APPLIANCE .......................................................... 36
VIEWING LOGS OF THE APPLIANCE .................................................................. 37
MONITORING HARDWARE STATUS OF THE APPLIANCE............................. 38
CHANGING ADMINISTRATIVE PASSWORD FOR THE APPLIANCE ........... 40
CHANGING THE DATE AND TIME......................................................................... 41
SHUTTING DOWN APPLIANCE .............................................................................. 42
CONFIGURING ADVANCED SETTINGS ................................................................ 43
APPLIANCE NAME ..................................................................................................... 44
NETWORK DOMAIN................................................................................................... 44
DNS SEARCH ORDER................................................................................................. 44
