Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product N12000 Origin Storage
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Thecu s N8900 serie s / N12000 series / N16000 serie s N5550/N6850/N8850/N 10850 N7700PRO V2 / N7710 serie s N8800PRO V 2 / N8810U ser ies N4510U series /N7510 User’s Manual.
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Safety W arning s For you r sa fety , pl ease read and fol l ow th e foll owi ng sa fety wa rni ng s: Read this manual thor oughly before a ttempting to set up your Thecus IP storag e . Your Thecus I P storag e i s a complicated elec tronic device. DO NOT attempt to r epair it unde r any c i rcums tances .
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US B and e SATA St orag e Expans ion .................................................... 176 Remote Administration ...................................................................... 176 Par t I - Setup a DynDN S Account ..........................
C hapter 1: Intr oduct ion Overview Thank yo u for choosing the Thecus IP Sto rage Ser ver. Th e Thecu s IP stor age i s an easy - to - use storage server that a llows a dedicated appro ach to storing and distributing data on a ne twork.
Thecu s IP sto rage suppor ts multipl e RAI D volumes o n one s ystem. So, yo u can creat e RAI D 0 f or you r non - critical data, and create RAID 1, 5 ,6,50 or 60 (depend on mod el) for mi ssi on - cri tical data . Crea te th e RA ID l evels d epen di ng on y our needs .
Package Contents N8900/N12 000/N16000 Ser ies/N8800PRO V2 / N8810U series / N4510U -R /N4510U PRO -R The T hecus IP stor age should co ntain the following co mmon item s: System Un it x1 QIG (.
Front Pa nel N8900 series: Front Pane l Item Description 1. Powe r Bu tton • Power o n/off N 8900 2 .Powe r LED • Solid gre en: System is power on . 3.System error LED • Solid RE D: Sy stem err or. 4.Mu te button • Mute t he system fan alarm .
N12000 series: The Th ecus N 12000 se ries front p anel has the d evice ’s contro ls, indicat ors, and hard disk tra ys: Front Pane l Item Description 1. Powe r Bu tton • Power o n/off N 12000 2 .Powe r LED • Solid gre en: System is power on . 3.
N16000 series: The Th ecus N 16000 se ries front p anel has the d evice ’s contro ls, indicat ors, and hard disk tra ys: Front Pane l Item Description 1. Powe r Bu tton • Power o n/off N 16000 2 .Powe r LED • Solid gre en: System is power on . 3.
N6850: The Th ecus N 6850 ’s fr ont p anel h as the devi ce’s cont rol s, indi cators, an d hard disk trays: Front Pa nel Item Descr iption 1. Power Butt on • Power on/off N6850 2. USB Port • USB 2 .0 port for compatible USB de vices, suc h as digital cameras, USB disks, and USB print ers .
N8850: The Th ecus N 8850 ’s fr ont p anel h as the devi ce’s cont rol s, indi cators, an d hard disk tr ays: Front Pa nel Item Descr iption 1. Power Butt on • Power on/o ff N 8 850 2. USB Port • USB 2 .0 port for compatible USB de vices, suc h as digital cameras, USB disks, and USB printers .
N10850: The Th ecus N 10850 ’s front panel has the device’ s controls, indicator s, and hard disk trays: Front Pa nel Item Descr iption 1. Pow er Bu tton • Power on/o ff N 10850 2. USB Port • USB 2 .0 port for compatible USB de vices, suc h as digital cameras, USB disks, and USB printers .
N7700 PRO V2 / N7 710 series : The Th ecus N7700 PRO V 2 / N7710 series front pane l has the device’s contro ls, indicators, and hard disk trays: Front Pane l Item Description 1.Power LED • Solid bl ue: System is power on . 2.System LED • Solid ora nge: system is being upgraded o r system startup; data currently inaccessibl e 3.
N 8800 PRO V2 / N 8810U series : The Th ecus N8800 PRO V2 / N8810U series front panel has th e device ’s con trols, indicator s, and ha rd disk trays: Front Pane l Item Description 1. Powe r Bu tton • Power on/ off N8800 PRO V2 / N8810U ser ies 2 .
N5 550: The Th ecus N 5 55 0 front panel has the device’ s controls, indicators , and hard disk trays: Front Pane l Item Descripti on 1.System LED • Blinkin g ora nge: System is being upgraded or ;is starting up; data currently inaccessi ble 2. WAN/LAN1 LED • Solid gre en: Network lin k • Bli nking gree n: Network a ctivity 3.
N4510U: The Th ecus N4510U front panel has the dev ice’s controls, indicators , and hard disk trays: Front Pane l Item Description 1. LCD Display • Displays the current syst em status and warning me ssages. • Displays hostname , WAN/LAN1/LAN2 IP addresses, RAID status, and curr ent t ime.
N4510U PRO: The Th ecus N4510U PRO f ront pan el h as the de vice’s cont rols, i ndicat ors, and hard disk trays: Front Pane l Item Description 1. LCD Display • Displays the current syst em status and warning me ssages. • Displays hostname , WAN/LAN1 IP addresses, RAID stat us, and curr ent t ime.
N7 510 : The Th ecus N7 510 front panel has the device’ s controls, indicator s, and hard disk trays: Front Pane l Item D escription 1.Power LED • Solid bl ue: System is power on . 2.System LED • Solid ora nge: system is being upgraded o r system startup; data currently inaccessibl e 3.
Rear Panel N8900 Back Panel Item Description 1. Powe r Con nector • Conn ect the in cluded power c ords to the se conn ectors 2. Seria l Port • This port is for external UP S device 3. eSATA Port • eSAT A port f or high - speed storage expa nsion 4.
5. USB Port • USB 3 .0 port for compatib le USB devices . 6. WAN/LAN1 Port • WAN/ LAN1 por t for con necting to an Ether net ne twork through a switch or router 7.LAN2 Po rt • LAN 2 port for con necting to a n Ether net n etwork th rough a sw itch or router 8.
N16000: The N16000 r ear pa nel featur es po rts an d c onn ectors . Back Panel Item Des cription 1. Powe r Con nector • Conn ect the in cluded power c ords to the se conn ectors 2. Seria l Port • This port is for external UP S device 3. eSATA Port • eSAT A port f or high - speed storage expa nsion 4.
N16000V/N16000PRO : N16000V/N16000PRO rear pa nel featu res p orts and conne ctors . Back Panel Item Description 1. Powe r Con nector • Conn ect the in cluded power c ords to the se conn ectors 2. Seria l Port • This port is for ex ternal UPS device 3.
N6850: The N6850 r ear pa nel featu res p orts an d c onne ctors . Back Panel Item Description 1. Powe r Con nector • Conn ect the in cluded power c ords to the se conn ectors 2. Seria l Port • This p o rt is for ex ternal UPS device 3. eSATA Port • eSAT A port f or high - speed storage expa nsion 4.
N8850: The N8850 r ear pa nel featu res p orts an d c onne ctors . Back Panel Item Description 1. Powe r Con nector • Connec t the inclu ded power cords to thes e c onn ector s 2. Seria l Port • This port is for external UP S device 3. eSATA Port • eSAT A port f or high - speed storage expa nsion 4.
N10850: The N10850 r ear pa nel featur es po rts an d c onn ectors . Back Panel Item Description 1. Powe r Con nector • Connec t the inc luded pow er cords to these c onne ctors 2. Seria l Port • This port is for external UP S device 3. eSATA Port • eSAT A port f or high - speed storage expa nsion 4.
N7700PRO V2 : The N7700 PR O V2 r ear panel feat ures p orts and conne cto rs. Back Panel Item Description 1.LAN2 Po rt • LAN2 port for con nectin g to a loc al Eth ernet n etwork throu gh a switch or router. 2. WAN/LAN1 Port • WAN/ LAN1 por t for con necting to an Ether net ne twork through a switch or router.
N7710 series : The N77 10 seri es rea r p anel featu res p orts a nd conne cto rs. Back Panel Item Description 1. Powe r Con nector • Conn ect the in cluded power c ords to the se conn ectors 2. WAN/LAN1 Port • WAN/LAN1 por t for conn ecting to an Eth ernet networ k through a switch or router 3.
N8800PRO V2 : The N8800 PR O V2 r ear panel feat ures p orts and conne cto rs. Back Panel Item Description 1. Power Co n nector • Conn ect the in cluded power c ords to the se conn ectors 2. Powe r Switc h • Switch for power su pply 3. eSATA Port • eSAT A port f or high - speed storage expa nsion 4.
N8810U series : The N8810U series rea r p anel featu res p orts and con ne ctors. Back Panel Item Description 1. Powe r Con nector • Conn ect the in cluded power c ords to the se conn ectors 2. WAN/LAN1 Port • WAN/ LAN1 por t for con necting to an Ether net ne twork through a switch or router 3.
N 5550: The N 5550 r ear pa nel feat ures p orts a nd conne ctors . Back Panel Item Description 1. Powe r Con nector • Conn ect the in cluded power c ords to the se conn ectors 2. WAN/LAN1 Por t • WAN/ LAN1 por t for con necting to an Ether net ne twork through a switch or router 3.
N4510U - R: Back Panel Item Description 1. Powe r Con nector • Conn ect the in cluded power c ords to the se conn ectors 2. WAN/LAN1 Port • WAN/ LAN1 por t for con necting to an Ether net ne twork through a switch or router 3. LAN2 Po rt • LAN 2 port for con necting to a n Ether net n etwork th rough a sw itch or router 4.
N4510U PRO - R: Back Panel Item Description 1. Powe r Con nector • Conn ect the in cluded power c ords to the se conn ectors 2. WAN/LAN1 Port • WA N/LA N1 port for conn ecting to a n Eth ernet networ k through a switch or router 3. LAN2 Po rt • LAN 2 port for con necting to a n Ether net n etwork th rough a sw itch or router 4.
N 7510: The N 751 0 rear pan el fe atu res po rts an d con nec tors . B ack Panel Item Description 1. Powe r Con nector • Conn ect the in cluded power c ords to the se conn ectors 2. WAN/LAN1 Port • WAN/ LAN1 por t for con necting to an Ether net ne twork through a switch or router 3.
Chapter 2: Hard w are Inst allatio n Overview Your T hecus IP st orage i s desi gn ed for easy in stall ation . To hel p you get start ed, the fo llowin g cha pte r wil l help yo u quic kly get y our Thecu s IP storag e up and running. Please re ad it caref ully to pre vent damaging yo ur unit durin g installat i on.
▲ N 4510U /N 4510U PRO WAN/LA N1 p ort ▲ N7510 WAN/L AN1 p ort 2. Conn ect th e pr ovid ed pow er co rd i nto t he un iver sal powe r soc ket on t h e back pane l.
N5550 power socket N4510U /N4510U PRO po wer socket 3. Press the power butto n on the Front Panel to boot up the Thecus IP st orage . ▲ N12000 ser ies/N16000 series/N8900 series pow er butto.
▲ N 7700PRO V2 / N7710 series / N7510 power button ▲ N 8800PRO V2/N8810U series power b utton ▲ N 4510U pow er button ▲ N 4510U PRO power b utt on 40.
Chapter 3: First Time Setup Overview Once the hardware is installed, physica ll y co nnecte d to you r net wor k, and pow ered on, yo u can configure the Th ecus IP storag e so t hat i t is acce ssibl e to yo ur netw ork users . The re ar e tw o ways to s et up your Thecu s IP storage : using the Thecus Setup Wiz ard or the LCD di splay .
6. Nam e y our Th ecus IP st orag e an d c onfi gure t he netw ork I P add ress . If your swi tch or rout er is c onfi gu red as a DHC P Se rver , con fig urin g the Thecus IP storag e to a utoma tica lly obt ai n an IP add ress is re comm ended . Y ou may al so use a stati c IP a dd ress a nd en ter the D NS S erve r addr ess ma nua ll y.
8. Fi nish ed! Access t he Th ecus IP storag e Web Ad mi nistra tor Int erfac e b y pressing the Start Bro ws er button. Y ou can also configur e ano ther Th ecus IP s to rag e at thi s point by clicking the Setup Other Dev ice button. Press Exit to exit the wizard.
Display Mod e Duri ng n ormal operat io n, th e LCD wil l b e in Display M ode . Displa y Mode Item Description Host Name Cur rent h ost nam e of the syste m. WAN/LAN1 Curren t WAN/LAN 1 IP settin g. LAN 2 Curren t LAN2 IP s etting. Link Aggr egation Cur rent Lin k Aggrega tion status System Fan 1 Current s ystem fa n 1 statu s .
OLED Operati on ( Does not apply to the N7700P RO V2/N 8800 PRO V2 / N7710 ser ies / N8810U series / N5550/N 4510U series/N 7510 ) OLE D Operation The Th ecus IP st orag e is equipped with an OL E D on the front fo r easy status display and set up. There are four butto ns on the fro nt pa nel to c ontro l the OLE D functions.
3. Th e LC D will d isp lay “ USB Copy? ” 4. Press Enter ( ↵ ) and the Thecu s IP sto rage will star t copying USB disks connecte d to the front USB por t.
To find out abo ut configuring Fo lder Access Contr ol Lists, s ee Chapter 4: Storage Manag eme nt > Shar e Folder > Folder Access Co ntrol L ist (ACL ) . Step 5: Start Services Finally, you c an start to setup the different serv ices of Thecu s IP sto rag e for t he users on y our n etwo rk.
Chapter 4: S ystem Admi nistrati on Overview The Th ecus IP stora ge p rovi des an easi l y acces si ble Web A dministrati on Interface . With it, you can configure and mo nitor the Thec us IP s tor age anywhere on th e net work. Web Admini stration Int erface Make sure y our net wo rk i s conn ected t o the Inte rnet.
Foll owi ng the disc laim er page , you wi ll see th e Web Adm inistr at ion I nterf ace . From h ere, you can c onfi gu re and moni tor vi rtua ll y every a spe ct of t he Thec us IP storag e fr om any wher e on the n etwo rk.
Menu Bar The Menu Ba r is where y ou will find a ll of the i nfor mation scre ens and sy stem settings of Th ecus IP st orag e . The various settings are place d in the following group s on the me nu bar: Menu Bar Item Description Sys tem Inf ormation Current system status of t he Thecus IP sto rage .
Me ssage Bar You c an get quick i nfor mati on ab out you r syst em stat us by moving you r mou se over t h ese i cons. Me ssage Bar Item Status Description RA ID In fo rma ti on . Display the s tatus of cr eated RAID vo l ume. Click to go to RAID inform ation page as short cut.
System Informatio n Informa tion pro vi des viewi ng on cur rent P roduct info , System Status , Servi ce Status and Lo gs . The m enu b ar al low s yo u to s ee va riou s asp ects of th e Thecu s IP sto rag e . From here, y ou ca n di scover t he st atus of the Thecus IP storag e , and al so other d etai ls.
System F an 1 Speed Displays current System fa n (left 1) stat us System F an 2 Speed Displays current System fa n (left 2) stat us Sy stem Fan 3 Speed Displays current System fa n (left 3) stat us (D.
Log Level ALL: Pr ovides a ll log in forma tion inc ludin g system , wa rnin g, and error message s. INFO: Shows informat ion about system m essages. WARN: Shows only warnin g messages. ERROR: Shows only er ror messages. Export Rec ords Expor t all logs to an ex terna l file.
User A cc ess Log The U ser Access Log Suppo rt se cti on all ows a dmi ni strat ors to select th e desi red proto cols t o rec ord user acti vi ty for. User Ac cess Log User Ac cess Log Item Descr iption User ac cess l og Enabl e or d isa bl e the Us er Ac cess Log servi ce.
To exp o rt det ai ls from th e User Acces s Log as a si ngl e file f rom ta rget fol der, admi ni strat ors must fi rst sel ect th e desi red num ber of record s f rom th e d ropdow n list and also selec t the “Auto ex port” option. Please choose the number of logs export and click “ Apply” to activate these settings.
Other than the def ined items sent upo n registration, there are also two additional items: “HDD Inf o” and “Time Zone”. These two optional items can a lso be sent to Thec us anonymous ly for analys is and sta t i stics purpo ses. To send these items, simply chec k the desired checkboxes to help Thecus improve its pr oducts and servi ces.
Configuration w ith syslog client and targ et to sto re lo cally : Configurati on w ith syslog client and tar get to stor e remot ely : See t he fol l owing tabl e for a d etai led descri pti on of each it em: Time Item Description Sys log Daemon Enable/Disable syslo g daemon .
S ys te m Monitor Th e sy stem monito r is ca pable to mo nit or syste m statu s includ ing CPU/memory utilization, fa n/temper ature status, network throughput and on - line us er list in var ious proto cols. To moni tor s ystem sta tu s, simp ly cli ck on “ Syst em M oni tor ” from the t ree me nu and the sc reen will appear a s bel ow.
For th e on - line us ers lis t, sys tem m on ito r will d isp lay the o n - line users and the share fol der they have visited. System Mon itor Item Descr iption Save Layout Saving selecte d monitoring items. L ayout will remai n the same fo r future vi sits.
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System Management T he System Managem ent menu gi ves you a w ealth of settings that you can use to configur e you r Thecus IP storag e sy stem adm inis tra tio n and funct i ons. You can set up system t im e, syst em notifica tions, and eve n upgra de firmware fro m this menu.
Notif icati on Configur ation Item Description Beep Notif ica tion Enable or disa ble the syste m b uzz e r that beeps wh en a problem occurs. Email N otifica tion Ena ble or disab le ema il notif icat ions of system proble ms. Auth entica tion Ty pe Select th e SMT P Ser ver accou nt authen tication ty pe.
Schedule Powe r On/Off Using the Thecus IP sto rage Sy stem Man agem ent , you can s ave en erg y an d money by scheduling the Thecus IP storag e t o turn itself on and off dur ing certain times of the day. From the menu, choose the Sc hedule Power On/Off i tem an d the Sche dul e Power O n/Off scre en ap pears.
A dministrator Password From th e menu, choose the Admi nistrat or P assword item and the Cha nge Admini strato r Pas sword screen appea rs. Enter a new p assw ord i n t he New Passwo rd box and c onfi rm yo ur new password in the Confirm Pa ssw ord box.
Factory Default From th e m enu, choos e th e Factory Default i tem and the Reset to Factory Default screen a ppea rs. Pres s App ly t o res et Thecu s IP st orage to factory d efault settings. Reboot & Shutdown From the men u, ch oose Reboot & Shutd own item, an d th e Shutdown /Reboot System s cre en app ears .
Cli ck Yes to reb oot th e syst em. Once t h e sys tem h as r eboot ed, y ou wi ll be ret urn ed t o the File Syst em Chec k pr om pt. The re yo u will se e the av aila ble RAI D volum es to run th e fil e syst em ch eck . Check the d esi red RA ID volu mes an d cl ick Nex t to p roc eed wi th the fi l e system check.
Wa ke - Up On LAN (WOL) The Th ecus IP st orage has the ability to be awok en from sleep mode via WAN/LAN1 or LAN 2 port . From the menu, choose the WOL item, and th e Wake - up On L AN scr een a ppea rs .
fields. With the SN MP management so ftware , you can get othe r syst em ’s basic in formati on. From the menu, c hoose the SNMP item, and the SNMP Supp ort scre en ap pears .
System Network Use th e Sy stem Network me nu to make network configur ation se tt ing s to an on board networ k port or additional NIC as we ll as DHCP and link aggr egation . N etworking From the System N etwork menu, c hoose Networkin g , and th e Net work ing Configuration screen a ppear s.
Network Con figur ation ( NIC po rt) Link speed Display associated NIC port link speed . Link s tatus Display associ ated NIC port link stat us. MAC a ddress MAC a ddress of the netw ork interf ace. Jumbo Fra me Support Enable or dis able Jumbo Fr ame Support of associate interfac e on you r Thecus IP storag e .
DHCP /RADVD Server Configuration A DHC P /RADVD serv er can be con fig ured t o a ssi gn IP a ddres ses ( IP v4 ) or Prefix (IPv6) to devices connected to the associat ed NIC port.
The a ssoci ated scr een s hot w ill appea r aft er the “+” is cl i cked. Sel ect from avail able networ k port then mov e o ver to sel ected b ox. Cli ck “ Link ” to c onfi rm t he sel ecti on. Th e new ly cr eated tab will app ear for more setting s requi red to c om pl ete the l ink aggre gation configuration.
Jumbo Fra me Support Enable or dis able Jumb o Fra me Su pport of the associate d interfa ce on yo ur Thecus IP storag e . Link Typ e Select from dr op down list for desired mode. IPv4/ IPv6 Click to ena ble IPv4/ IPv6 for TCP /IP. The def ault is IPv 4 enabled.
Storage Management The Storage m en u di splay s the status of storage devices installed in the The cus I P storag e . It includes storage conf iguration options s uch as RAID and disk settings, fold er confi gura ti on, iS CSI and ISO Moun t . Disks Inf ormatio n (Refer Chapter 7 f or FW v2.
Disk No. Ind icates dis k locati on. Capacity Shows the SATA hard di sk capacity. Model Displays th e SATA hard disk model na me. Link Displays th e hard disk interfac e and link speed Firmware Shows t he SAT A hard disk fi rmware version. Statu s Ind icates th e statu s of th e disk.
transfer it to the reserved disk area (spare area), and mark this sector a s remap ped. I f this attribute v alue remains at z ero, it indica tes th at the qu ality of th e corres pond ing su rfa ce area is low. Test Type S et shor t or long tim e to test.
RAID I nformati on Item Description Master RAID The RAI D volume cu rrently designa ted as the Ma ster RAI D volum e. ID ID of the curr ent RAI D volu me. NOTE : All RAI D IDs must be unique. RAID Lev el Shows t he cur rent R AID co nfi gurati on. Statu s Indicates statu s of the RAID.
storage vo lume. To create a RAID vo lu me, fol l ow th e steps bel ow: 1. On the RA ID Info rmat ion sc reen, cli cks creat e. 2. On the RAID Co nfigu ratio n scr een, s et th e RAID sto rage sp ace .
4. If this RAI D vol ume is me ant to be the Master RAID volume, tick the Master RAID checkb ox. 5. Sel ected wh eth er th e RA ID vol ume wi ll be en crypt ed or n ot. The RA ID vol um e can protect data by using RAID Vo lume Encryption function to pr event the ri sk of da ta exp osur e.
We strongl y recomm ended copyin g the RAI D volume encryption key to a saf e pla ce . You ca n find the enc ryp tion key fi le f rom th e USB disk in th e follow in g format : (RAID volume created date)_xxxxxx.key RAID volume s with encrypt io n ena ble d wil l be displayed wi th a key l ock symbol next to v olu me ID name.
9. Pre ss Sub mit to bui ld the RAID stora ge volume. 10. Pre ss “ Y es ” for R AI D vol um e creati on p repa rati on. T hen c lick “ Fin ish ” to start up with RAI D volume building.
RAID Level You can set the sto rage v olu me as JBO D , RAI D 0 , RAID 1 , RAID 5 , RA ID 6 , RAID 10, RA ID 50 or RAID 60 (dep end ing on model) . Level Model JBOD RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 6 RAI D 1.
Level Description JBOD The s torage v olume is a s ingle HD D with no RA ID support. JBOD requires a m inimum of 1 disk. RAID 0 Provides data striping bu t no redun dancy. Improves performan ce but not d ata saf ety. RAID 0 requ ires a min imum of 2 disk s.
Remove RAI D Cli ck to r emov e the R AID volu me. Al l user dat a and i SCSI created in the sel ected RAID volume w ill be del eted . To rem ove a RAI D vo lume, fo llow t he st eps below : 1. On the RAID List scree n , select the RAID volume by clicking on its radio button, and click RAID Info rmat ion to open th e RAID Co nfigu rat ion screen.
WARNING Remo v e RAID destroys a ll data in the selecte d RA ID vo lu me . The data will be unrecov erable. 86.
Globa l Hot Spar e U p to 5 RAID volume s can be c reat ed p er system. The global hot spar e support can eli mina te th e redund ant dis k usag e in each RAID volu me. Si mpl y select an un u sed dis k f rom the global hot spare disk list then apply to ac tivate.
Migrating a RAID Once a RA ID vol ume h as be en creat ed, you m ay want to move it to other physical dri ves or chan ge th e RAI D arra y al l tog ether . To migrate a RA ID 1, RAID 5 , RAID 6 , RAID50 or R AID 60 vol ume, fol low t he step s b elow : 1.
He re is a list o f limit atio n with RA I D le vel m igr at ion fu nc tio n : 1. During RAID leve l migration, it is not permi tted to reboot or shutdown system.
Be low is a t able li sting of possi ble R AID mig ration schemes: To From R AI D 0 R AI D 5 R AI D 6 R AI D 1 [RAI D 1] HDDx 2 to [RA ID 5] HDDx3 [RAI D 1] HDDx 2 to [RA ID 5] HDDx4 [RAI D 1] HDDx 2 .
R AI D 6 X X [RAI D 6] HDDx 4 to [RA ID 6] HDDx5 [RAI D 6] HDDx 4 to [RA ID 6] HDDx6 [RAI D 6] HDDx 4 to [RA ID 6] HDDx7 [RAI D 6] HDDx 4 to [RA ID 6] HDDx 8 ………………………… …… .
With the added stack targe t you c an “ Enab le ” or “ Disa ble ” the stack t arget now or la ter depen di ng on u sag e requ ired . Next, input the target IP address of the s tackable device and click the Discovery button. Th e sys tem w ill lis t ava ila b le t ar get vo lume s from the input ted IP address.
The St ack e d Target nam e wil l b ecome t he n etw ork sha re n ame and will be di spl ayed thr ough network acc ess such as SMB. You may ref er to the fig ure b elow to see the resul t. Pleas e not e the nam ing lim itatio n. From th e fi gu re abov e, t he Stacked T arget na me is “ pm me eti ng ” .
The Brows eabl e s etting is th e sa me meth od us ed fo r setting a syst em s hare fold er. It des igna tes whe the r or n ot th is f olde r wil l be v is ib le through web di sk. You may refe r to the figu re bel ow fo r refe ren ce wh en Yes and No ar e sel ected.
With this newly attache d stack target device, you will see the informa tion displayed and also have a cc ess to sever al opti ons to choo se from . In gen eral , i f the attached stack targe t d evic.
After your change s have been m ade , cli ck Apply to c on fir m any modif ic at ion s . Once c hange s are appli ed, the associated informa tion will be updated o n th e Stack Target List wi ndow . D. Stac k T arget ACL If the stack targe t Pub lic setting set to Yes , then the ACL button wi ll be gray ed out.
ISO Mount The I SO Mount fe ature is a v ery us eful tool from the Th ecus pr oducts . Wit h it, u sers can mount a n ISO file a nd hav e th e export name display all th e detai ls from th e moun ted ISO fi le. From the main me nu , the IS O Mount fe ature is loc ated under “ S torag e ” .
To mou nt th e n ew ISO fi le, sel ect one fi l e from t he li st of file s and input th e d esi red mounting na me into th e “ Moun t a s: ” fie ld.
After compl eti on, the pag e will d isp lay all mo unte d ISO file s . You c an cl ick “ Unmoun t ” to eliminate a mo unted I SO f ile. B. Us ing I SO The mou nted ISO fi l e will be l ocated i n the s hare fol der of t he sa me nam e a s the fi l e .
Share Folder From th e Sto rage men u, ch oos e Sha re Folders , and the Share d Fo lder sc reen appear s. Thi s sc re en all ows you to creat e an d con fig ure f olders on th e Thecus I P storag e vol um e. Adding Folde rs O n the Folder screen , pre ss the A dd button and the Add Folder screen appear s.
Modify Folders On th e Fol der scre en, p ress th e Ed it button and the Modi fy Folder s creen appea rs. Thi s scre en all ows you to chan ge fol der i nform ati on. Af ter ent erin g the in format ion , press Appl y to save your c hange s. Modify Folde r Item Description RAID ID RAID volu me where th e folder will resi de .
NFS Sh are To al low NF S acce ss to t he sh are folder , e nab le t he NFS S ervice , and th en set up hosts w ith access ri ghts b y cli cking Ad d . NFS Share Item Description Hostname Enter th e name or IP a ddress of the hos t Privile ge Host h as eithe r read on ly or w riteab le acces s to the folder.
share (root:root ). • Gu est sys tem root ac coun t will be mapped to an onymous user (no bod y:nog roup) on NAS. • All u ser on guest s ystem will be m apped to an onym ous user (no bod y:nog roup) on NAS. Choose the on e which best fits your needs.
Writabl e Provides Writ e access to u sers or groups who are dis played in this col umn. Recursive Ena ble to inh erit the ac ces s righ t for all its sub - f olders. To con fig ure fol der acce ss, fol l ow th e step s bel ow: 1. On the ACL screen, all netwo rk gr oups and u sers are l ist ed i n th e left ha nd colu mn.
2. From the drop down se lect the group you would like to se arch for the user in. 3. Cli ck Search . Snapshot SMB an d ent erp rise T he cus IP sto rage s yste ms a re now capa bl e o f sav ing 16 Snapshot vers ions of files and folders. For Snapshot to function, a “BTRFS” file syst em is requ ired.
Takin g a Sna pshot Click o n the “Snaps hot” button. The manage m ent scree n will then appe ar as below for the assoc iated folder. To manually take a Snapshot, si mply click “Take Snapshot” and the Snapsh ot history will be liste d. It can store up to 16 vers ions.
and select the des ired Snapshot interva l. Op tions i nclude Dai ly, Weekl y, or Monthly. Since files and f olders are limited to 16 Snapshots versions, the “Automatically remov e ol dest Sn apshot ” opt ion a llow s for th e r emoval of th e old est ve rsi on aut omat ical ly o nce t he lim it is r eac hed .
Snapshot R em ov al To re move a Sna pshot , s impl y sel ect th e desi red versi on f rom l ist and cl ick “Remove”. NOTE To acc ess t he Sn aps hot fold er, a u ser r equi res t he releva nt authentication rights. NOTE If the Snaps hot folder is use d f or iSCSI purposes, it can on ly b e re sto red f rom t he W ebU I (i.
iSCSI You ma y speci fy t he spa ce al loca ted fo r iS CSI. See t he tab le b elow t o th e all owed iS CSI targ et number per s ystem : Model N8900 V N6850 N5550 N4510U seri es N7510 N8 8 00PRO N120.
Advanced There a re 3 opt ion s (i SCSI CRC/Che cksum, Max Conne ctions, Er ror R ecover y Lev el) These currently al low the Admin to Enable/Dis able t he Thecus IP sto rag e associ ated wi th t he iSCSI se tting. Del ete Click this to dele te the iSCSI Target .
Create iSCSI Volume Item Description iSCS I Target V olume Enable or Disab le the iSC SI T arget V olume . Target Name Name of th e iSCSI Ta rget. This na me will be used by th e Stackabl e NAS func tion to iden tify this export sh are. iqn_ Year Select the cu rrent y ear from th e dropdown.
LUN ID Specif ic Logic un it ID number . iSCSI Bl ock si ze The iSC SI block siz e can be set under sy stem adva nce option , defau lt is 512 Byte s. [ 4K ] bloc k siz e while mor e than 2TB ca pacity w ill be conf igured in Windows XP. [ 512 Bytes ] block size f or application like VMw are etc.
2. Modify yo ur setting s . Pre ss ok to change. Expan d V olume The iSCSI volume is now abl e to expand its capacity fr om unused space (Insta nt All ocation mode on ly) .
Yo u will the n se e th e di alog b ox displayed below . Dra g the Expa nd Ca paci ty b ar t o the si ze you wa nt. Th en p ress Expand t o con firm t he op erati on. Delete Volume To del ete volume on the curr ent RAID volume, fol low the st eps b elow : 1.
2. Pr ess YE S . A ll da ta in the volum e w ill be remo ve d. iSCSI Thin - Prov isioning If i SC SI T hi n - Provi sioni ng i s sel ected wh en crea ti ng an iSCSI targ et vol ume, vi rtu al memo ry is a ssi gned to t he targ et, al l owin g th e physi cal memory t o rea ch maxi mum capacity and adding ne w disks only whe n needed.
If c reati ng an iSCSI target vo lume under “ Instan t All ocati on ” , physi cal m emory i s assign to the ta rget, being limited by the available memory. For the iS CSI ta rget volu me crea t ed under “ thin - provi sion ing ”, vi rt ual mem ory i s assi gned to t he volume, which can go up to 16384GB (16TB).
To enable this option, the i nitiato r can co nnect with “ Data digest ” and “ Head er digest ” . Max Conn ectio ns The maximum number of iSCSI conne ctions .
Let ’ s s ee an examp le wi th two Th ecus Uni ts. 1 st unit: Host name : PMA (172.16 .66.25) wi th JBO D RAID volu me . Th is uni t will be setup as the Pri mary serv er . 2 nd unit: H ost name: PMS (172.16.66.24) wit h JBOD RA ID vol u me . Thi s unit will be setup as the Sec onda ry se rver .
Set ting up t he Prim ary un it f or HA . Let’s use the Pri m ary unit from o ur examp le PMA (172.16.66.25 ): i. Login in to web UI of system 172.16.66.25 . T hen go to “ High Availability ” HA configuration page under the Storage cat egory . ii.
iv. Choose t he “ Auto Failback ” o ption, the default is disabled. For more details about auto failback, please re fer t o the descriptio n bel ow .
1. Pl ease select th e netw ork i nterf ace f rom t he drop down list of phy sical connect ive avail able . It can be either on board LAN ports or add iti ona l add - in NIC, even 10G. 2. Input “ Indicate ” IP addre ss. Th is “ind icat e IP ” i s used for the sy stem to ping out then c heck whether the s ys tem is st ill a live .
ix. Advan c e options can be setup by press ing the associated butto n . Heart Beats Confi gurat ion Item Description Keep alive time The keep alive direct ive sets the in terval betwe en hea rtbeat packets. It is specif ied according t o the Heartbea t t ime syntax.
Set ting up t he Secondary unit for H A . The secon dary unit for o ur exampl e is PMS ( 172.16.66.24 ): xi. Logi n i n to th e we b U I o f th e system 172.16.66.24 then go to “ Hig h Availability ” HA co nfiguration page under the Storag e ca teg ory.
After the S econ dary serve r has commu ni cated wi t h Pri mary S erve r succe ssfully, t hen the state will change d to : Cli ck “ Yes ” to r eboot b ot h Pri mary and Se condary serv er. If the communication h as faile d the n yo u wil l se e an e rro r mess age a s bel ow.
At this time, the virtual IP addre ss will be mapped to the PMS system b ecaus e it is in an active state. HA Rea dy: After both Pri mary and S e c ondary system s has r eboot ed , the HA link sta tus and the HA RA ID vol um e can b e se en fro m th e HA status page.
HA Rec overy : If one of the HA member is down and need to b e recov ered , s imply go to the RAID management page and t he “ HA Rec overy ” i con will be available. Cli ck on the “ HA Rec over y ” icon , then the s ystem will prompt a box t o i nqui re abou t the Acti ve serv er h eartb eat l ink IP address .
If the other HA memb er is running sm oothly, please ch oose “ Recov ery HA ” t o compl ete HA re cove ry. Or s elect “ No, continue ” to let both HA members h as they are .
Item Description Work G roup / Domain Name Specifies t he SMB/CIFS Work Group / ADS Dom ain Name (e.g. MYGROUP ). ADS Support Select Dis able t o disable a uthen tication throu gh Win dows A ctive Directory Serv er. ADS Server Name Specifies th e ADS serv er name (e.
Local User Configuration From th e Accounts menu, cho ose the Us er item, and the Local User Configuration screen appea rs. Thi s screen allow s you to Add , Edit , and Remov e local user s . Local User Confi gurati on Item Description Add Press the Add button to add a user to the list of local u sers.
Edit Us ers 1. Sel ect an e xis ting user f rom the Loc al Use r Con figur ation scre en. 2. Click o n the Edit button, and the Local User S etting screen app ears. 3. From h ere, you can enter a new pas sword and re - en ter to con firm , or u se the << or >> buttons to have this user jo i n or leave a g roup.
Local Group Configuration From th e Accounts menu, c hoose the Grou p item, and the Loca l Group Configuration sc reen a ppear s. This scr een al lows you t o Ad d , E dit , an d Remove local grou p s. Local Group Conf igura tion Item Description Add Press the Add button to add a user to the list of local g roups.
5. Sel ect u sers to b e in thi s grou p fr om th e Us ers List by adding them to the Membe rs List using the << butto n . 6. Cl ick t he App ly button to save your cha nges. Edit Gro ups 1. On the Local Group Confi gurati on screen , sel ect a g roup name f rom t he list .
Batch U ser s and Group s Creatio n The Thecu s IP storage can a lso add users and g roups i n bat ch mode. Th i s enables you to co nvenient ly add numero us users and groups a utomatica lly by importing a simpl e com ma - separated plain text (*.txt) f ile.
User Quota The Th ecus IP st orag e support local or AD users with stor age quota limitation s i n each R AID vol ume of th e syst em. To enabl e this fu ncti on, sim ply click “ En abl e ”, then apply. Next, each user can b e setup a global storag e q uota si ze f or eac h RA ID volu me.
LDAP Support The L DAP is the o ther way t o authe nticate log in users who has jo i ned LDAP server , fill in the LDA P ser ver i nformation and get L DAP authentication sta rted. Pleas e make sure that the L DAP s erve r has a Samba sam and a POSIX Object Cl ass account .
Samb a S ervic e Used for letting the o perating system of UNIX series and SMB/CIFS of Micro soft Win dows op erati ng syst em (Se rve r Mes sage Block / Com mon Inte rnet F il e System ).D o th e li nk i n netwo rk prot oc ol. En able or Di sab le SM B/CIFS proto col for Windows, Apple, Unix drive mapping.
UNIX E xten sion The default is enable fo r Samba usage, w ith situation using Mac OSX with smb connec tion may ha ve permiss ion issue . Whe n it happene d, please setup “ UN IX Ext ensi on ” di sa bl e to ge t i ssue s olved . Samb a Rec ycle Bin The Th ecus IP s torag e is su ppo rted rec ycle b in via SMB/C IFS p rotoc ol.
There a re 2 mor e sett in g coul d h elp t o man age t he recy cl e bi n for d eleted fold ers/fi les. 1. Setup the “ Day ” t o rem ove del eted fol ders/ fil es wh ich has re sid ed in recycl e bin perm anent ly . Left d efaul t val ue “0” if desired to c lean up recycle bin manually.
asteris k (*) to u se the defau lt settin g. Time Machine Click the e na ble check ed box if you would like y ou r MA C syste m to use the Thecus IP storage as MAC time machine backup. Time Machine backup folder Select f rom the drop dow n list to d esignate th e folder for time machine backup destinat ion .
Secu rity FTP Enable or disa ble Security FTP , be sure the c lient FTP softw are has also security FT P setting en abled. Port Specif ies the por t number of an in coming conn ection on a non - standard po rt. Exter nal IP Inpu t the public I P address of t he ro uter wh e n the Thecus secure FTP server has been enabled.
Item Description TFTP Enable s T FTP Serv ice on the Thecus IP storage . IP Check ed WAN/LAN1 or LAN2 to enable p ort use Port Specif ies the por t number of an in coming conn ection on a non - standard po rt. Share F older Select th e file st ored folder , it cannot be empty.
Bo njour Setting Bonj our, i s Ap pl e Inc.'s tra de nam e fo r it s im plemen tat ion of Zer oconf, a se rvice discove ry prot ocol . Bonjou r locat es devi ces such as p rin ters, as w ell as other computers, a nd the services that those devices offer on a local network using mul ti cast Dom ai n Nam e Syste m ser vice reco rds.
Item Description SSH Service Enable or disa ble SSH service . Port The port nu mber is default 22 . SFTP Enable or di sable SFTP p rotoco l u nder SSH serv ice.
UPnP Port Managem ent One of the most conv en t way to all ow user s to a cces s r equi red se rvi ces s uch as FTP, SSH, web disk and http etc . from Internet env ironment is setting UPnP port mana gemen t. To set u p th is U PnP p ort forwa rdi ng f eature, pl ease b e sur e tha t the rou ter ha s “ UPnP Servi ce ” En able d.
And cl ick “ Add Rule ” to add more port mapping fr om Internet to access desire d servi ces o r pre ss “ Refresh ” to get mos t updated list. A des crip ti on for ea ch i tem as foll owi ng : UPnP Por t Manage ment Item Description Start por t Specif ic port number st arts with .
iTunes® Ser ver With the built -i n iTunes se rver ca pabi li ty, Thecu s IP storage enab les d igita l mus ic to be shared a nd played anywhere on the network! From th e Network men u, choose the iTunes item , and t he iT unes Configuration sc reen a ppea rs.
A uto Modul e Installa tion C hoos e th e Auto M odul e In stallat ion i tem and the availab le s yste m Mod ule scre en app ears. The default for thi s module list is locate d online.
Auto Modul e Sourc e List Item Description Ins talled Statu s of modu le Name Modul e name Version The v ersion of the released modu le Descrip tion The descr iption of the module Locati on The m odule is eith e r loca ted on - line or disk Docum ent The a vailable documen tation of the modu le Action To ins tall or delet e mod ule .
R s ync Tar get Serv er When it come s to backing up your data, it’s ve ry important to have flexibility. Data guard pro vid es you w ith ma ny op tions , inclu ding ful l backup for al l share s , cu stom backup fo r sel ected sha res a nd i SCS I vol ume ba ckup.
1. Ena bl e Rsync Target S erver 2. Add a user name and password (they can be different than your NAS’s userna me an d pa ssw ord) 3. Sel ect Apply Now Rsyn c is turned on your NA S, which means it can be use d as a target for Rsy nc backup, in othe r words, only the backup NAS needs to be activate d in this way.
re- start the re al - time oper ation. Restore Restore t he associated task Log Click to view the associated task in proce ss detail s. Restore N AS C onfigu ration Click to restor e sys tem con figuration f rom selected destina tion to s ource unit. More deta ils will desc ribe i n sections.
destina tion. It cou ld also create sh ares a utomatic ally from destina tion if it is not existen t . Th is only appl ies if the target server is the same mod el as the source. Cus tom Backup The “ Custom backup ” allo w s user to choose desi red shares backu p to destination .
- Fil l ou t all the n ecessa ry det ai ls an d choos e yo ur pa ramet ers Add Rsync B acku p Task Item Description Task Name Thi s is how thi s task will appear in th e task li st . Backup Typ e Real ti me: It will backup folders/f iles from source to tar get on the fly.
Speed Limit Input the bandw idth control for data backup o peration. Timeou t Limit Setup the timeout wh en try ing to build up a con nect ion in betwe en th e sou rce and the ta rget syst em. Enable Schedul e If backup is s et a s “ Schedule ”, p lease input t he r ela ted period and time.
3. Cli ck “ Next ” and mor e setting appear s . T hes e ar e the as the settings for “ Full backup ” 4. Cli ck “ Fin ish ” and the data guard task will appea r in the list a s shown b elow . From the task list, yo u c an now see the newly adde d “ cu stomba ck01 ” .
iSCSI Backup If the source unit co ntain s iSCSI volume, i t can be b ack ed up to the target unit a s a sin g le f ile. The p roc edu re is th e sam e as for t he pr eviou s “ Full backu p ” and “ Custom b ackup ” , s elec t “ iSCSI backup ” from data gu ard wi zard .
4. Cli ck “ Fin ish ” and the data guard task will appea r in the list as shown b el ow. From the task list, yo u can now see the new ly added “ iscsi back ” . Th is back up i s setup as “ sc hedule ” . The iSCSI backup ca n see the result as be low.
Res tore NAS Co nfigurati on Thi s is a u seful fe ature if the system configuration ne eds to be restore d to a bran d new unit. L et’s go thru the following example to see how it works .
2. Click on “ Restore NAS Configuration ” and the scr ee n show n below will appear . Input the ta rget se rve r’s IP ad dress wher e the system c on figuration ha s bee n back ed up, and n eces sary authentication in fo.
4. After cli ck ing “ Next ” , a screen will appear a s shown bel ow. L isted on the left hand side , you wi ll see th e configuration backup de tails which contain the 3 RA ID vol um es. On the right hand sid e, you wil l se e a list of s ing le “RAID” volume.
The c urrent sy stem has 2 RAID volumes , “ R A ID ” and “ RAIDa ” . S elect the R AID volu me from t he backup co nfiguration volume li st which is go ing to be mappe d to the RA ID v olu me of the cur rent syst em. S imp ly cli ck on the right hand sid e of “ RA IDa ” and a drop do wn lis t will ap pear.
After inputting the ACL backup f ile and click ing the “ Next ” button, th e sys te m wil l show another screen to list th e ma tched fold ers in betwe en th e backup file and th is RAID volu me. Ju st s elec t th e desi red f old ers fo r th e ACL rest ore.
1. Write Files/f olders to disc a. Cli ck the Add button and the NAS share list appear s. b. Sel ect fi l es/fol ders which you woul d li ke to burn. A ll of the se lect ed fo lder s/ files wil l be seen und er the di sc l abel name “ N ew D isc ” .
d. Sel ect the burning speed from t he drop down li st . e. S elect wheth er di sc da ta veri fi cation is requi red or not. f. Cli ck “ Burn ” to start disc burning. 2. Wr ite ima ge f ile t o dis c a. C lick “ Brow ser ” and t he NAS share l ist will appear to loca te the desir ed ima ge file to burn .
3. Creat e im age fi le fr om fi l es/fol ders a. Cli ck the Add button and the NAS sha re li st will appear . b. Sel ect th e fil es/f olders which you woul d li ke to burn. A ll of the select ed fo lder s/ files wi ll appear und er the disc label name “ N ew D isc ” .
Disab le US B Copy Simp ly s ele ct “ D isa ble ” for the USB C opy Servi ce opti on an d th e USB C opy butto n or LCM/OLED USB C op y item will bec ome i na ctive. Usi ng USB Copy Enab le t he USB C opy se rvice a nd select one of t he 3 op tion s available : “ USB to NAS ” , “ NAS to USB ”, and “ Copy al l USB files to NAS ” .
Cli ck on “ Add ” an d sel ect “ Sou rce P ath ” and “ T arget Path ” fro m th e drop - down li st. Add S ource: Add T arget : Save th e c ompl eted tas k: To “ Edi t ” o r “ Remo ve.
If you sel ect “ C opy all USB files to NAS ”, th en pl ease ch oo se th e targ et p ath f rom the dr op - down li st. All file s and fold er s o n th e US B dev ice wil l b e cop ied o ver to the NAS .
Thecus Backup Util ity The T hecus Ba ckup Ut ility is on yo ur Ins tal lation CD. Whe n you click on the CD, the Backup Utility will be installed under Program Groups > Th ecus > T hecus Backu p Uti lity . If i t is not insta lled, you can copy the file ( Thecus Ba ckup Utility.
2. When t he Wel come to M i crosoft Wi ndows X P screen ap pea rs, cl i ck Perfo rm Additio nal T ask s . 3. Cli ck Browse this C D . 4. In Windows Explorer , navigate to Val ueAdd > Msft > Ntbackup . 5. Doubl e - cli ck Ntbackup.msi to install the backup utility.
Printer I nforma tion Item Description Manufacturer Display s the n ame of the USB p rinter m anuf actur er. Model Display s the mod el of th e USB printer .
9. Cli ck Finish . Windows Vista To set u p th e P rin ter Serv er i n Wi ndow s Vis ta, f oll ow the st eps b el ow: 1. Open P rinter Fo lder from the Control Panel . 2. Click the right mous e button in anywher e on the Pr int ers fol der a nd th en select Add Prin ter .
4. Sel ect The p rinter t hat I want isn’t list ed . You can p ress The prin ter that I want isn’t listed to go into next page wit hout wa itin g fo r Searc hing for availa ble p rinte rs to f inish.
7. Windows will attempt to connect to the printer . 8. You can choose to set this printer as the default printer by checking the Set as the d efault printe r box.
U ninterrupted Power Source From th e Ex ternal Dev ices menu, choo se the U ninte rrupted Po wer So urce item and the UPS Se tting screen appe ars. Make any change s you wish, a nd press Apply to confir m changes .
Se e the follo wing t able for a detai l ed desc rip tion of eac h i tem. UPS Setti ng Item Description UPS M onitorin g Ena ble or disab le UPS m onitor ing. Remote UP S Mon itorin g Ena ble or disab le Rem ote UPS monitoring. Remote UPS IP Inp ut the IP addres s of th e NAS tha t the UPS devic e is c onnec ted to via U SB or RS 232 .
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Part I - Setu p a DynDNS Account 1. Go to http://www.dynd ns.org from y our home PC. 2. Click o n the Sign Up Now link. 3. Check the Che ck box es, sel ect a u ser name (i .e.: N 1200 0 ), ent er you r emai l address (i .e.: x xx@example.com), check Enab le W ildca rd , an d c reate a passwor d (i.
Replacing Damaged H ard Drives If you are us ing RAI D 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, R AID 50 or RA ID 6 0 you can easi ly rep lac e a dam aged h ard dri ve i n th e Thecu s IP s tor age whi le keep in g your d ata s ecure w it h the sy stem’s au tomat ic da ta reco very.
Chapter 6 : T roubl eshoo ting Forgot My Ne twork IP Addr ess If you f org et you r net work IP addr ess and hav e no ph ysical access t o the sy stem, you can find out the IP address by either looking direc tly onto the Th ecus IP st orag e OLED p an el, or b y usi ng the s etup wiz ard t o ret ri eve the IP of y our Thecus I P storag e .
Probl ems with Time a nd Date Settings The administrato r is able t o sel ect a n NT P Ser ver to ke ep Th ecus IP stora ge ti me sync hronized. Ho wev er, i f The cus IP sto rage cannot access the I nter net, you may encounter a problem when setting the Time and Time Z one.
Chapter 7 : U pd a t e s f or FW v 2.03.01 Changes f or FW v 2 .03 .01 - Add ed JBO D d evice i nfo t o Ge neral i n the Sy stem Information cat eg ory - Modi f ed the Statu s layout in the System Inf.
Ad d ed Hardwa re Information From th e System Information c ateg ory , choo se th e Hardwa re In formation it em and the sys tem will d isp lay the related HW details for the associated model. Below is an exam pl e of the i nformat ion for a Thecus N8900.
Disks In forma tion Item Description Disk No. Ind icates dis k locati on. Ca pacity Shows the SATA hard di sk capacity. Model Displays th e SATA hard disk model na me. Firmware Show s the SA TA har d disk firm ware v ersion. Bad Block scan Yes to start scan Bad Block.
and transfers data to a special rese rved area (spare area). This process is al so known as remappi ng and "reallocate d" sectors are cal led remaps. This is why, on a modern hard d isks, yo u cannot see "ba d blocks" wh ile testing the s urfa ce - all bad blocks are h idden in rea llocated sect ors.
The JB OD d evi ce wil l h ave a unique I D that range s from 1 to 10. T he disk no. l ead ID wi ll in di cate the di ffe ren t JB OD d evices . Th e scr een sh ot b elow show a JBOD devi ce with ID 4, so J4 - 6 is indicate d under t he JBOD d evi ce disk list w ith 6 slot s .
The loc al back up has 6 dif ferent sel ecti on you can choose from . Local Data backup Item Description Impo rt This is associat ed with external device s whi ch are added to the system such as USB disk. You can sele ct a fold er fro m an external device and import it to the NAS as a share folder.
1. Impo rt : cl ick on “ Imp ort ” and a sc reen will appe ar as below. If ther e i s an e xtern al devi ce i nstall ed on sy stem su ch as U SB di sk , then it will be listed in the Source p ane. Cli ck on th e associated external dev ice and the contain fold ers wi ll be list ed.
In here , we hav e sel ected the “ Intel Graph i …” and “ N10850 ” fol ders f rom th e extern al devi ce and import ed them to the NA S und er the RAID60 v ol ume .
Read the note s and check the “ Acc ept ” box for confi rmat ion. If a share name already exists for the import, then the import will be rename automatically to “ exist ing sha re name -1” .
F ol der to F old er Fol der t o ext ern al devi ce External devi ce to Fol der 191.
Let ’ s ta ke “ F ol der t o Ext ernal devi ce ” a s an exa mpl e. In the source pane , sel ect the desi red R AID volu me an d i ts asso ciat ed fo lde r lis t will appear ; s ame me thod i n t he target pa ne for the a sso ciat ed ext ernal devi ce.
Choo si ng the sync type , “ Inc remen tal ” or ‘ Sync ” , and sel ect the log path from the drop menu list. Read the note s and che ck the “ Accep t ” box for conf irmat ion . Now, you w ill s ee in the data guard ta sk list that you have cr eated a task .
3. Realtim e Back up : clic k o n “ R eal tim e Backu p ” and t his sc reen will appear. 2 di fferent opti ons can be s elect ed fr om , f old er to f old er, fol der t o ext ern al devi ce. Let ’ s t ake “ F ol der to F old er ” backu p fo r exam ple.
Realtime Bac kup Item Description Task Name Inp ut the ta sk nam e, length limited to 4~12 characters . Sync Typ e Select “ Incrementa l ” or “ Synchro nize ” . Back up Symbolic Link Choos e to back up sy mbolic link wh ich is incl uded i n the sourc e.
Now, y ou can see i n the da ta guard task list that yo ur creat ed ta sk i s listed. The task sta tus will say “ P roces sin g ” un till the “ Stop ” button i s press ed . 4. Schedule B acku p: clic k o n “ Sch edul e Backu p ” and this scre en w ill .
Read the note s and che ck the “ Accep t ” box for confi rmat ion . Now, you w ill s ee in the data guard ta sk list that you have cr eated a task .
5. iSCSI Bac kup : cli ck on “ i SCSI Backup ” and screen app ear as bel ow. It c an be backup to two different storage poo l , iSCSI to fol der, iSCSI t o ext ernal devi ce. Let ’ s t ake e xampl e to h ave “ i SCS I to Fol der ” backu p, from existed iSCSI volume “ iSCSI_iscsiv502 ” to vol ume R AID fol der “ and y _lo ca l ” .
Reading the no te and chec k on “ Accep t ” fo r co nfi rmati on. Now, from the data guard task list will have c reated ta sk listed. To start the iSCSI volume back up, select the task and click “ St art ” from task bar. Once “ Sta rt ” cli ck, the asso ciated iSCSI vo lume will not allow to I/O dur ing backup processing.
States c hange to “ Fin ish ” after task complete. From the RA ID v ol ume f old er ‘ andy_local ’ , it h as backup iSCSI volume fi le stor ed . Thi s back up i SCSI v olum e fil e i s needed whi le i t requi red i mp ort to sto rage. Next topic will descr i be about this.
Next, prov ide where the task log will store . Reading the note and check on “ Accep t ” fo r con fi rmati on. 201.
Now, from the da ta guard task list will have create d task listed. Volume Expans ion Manag ement The us er g ui de pl ease r efer s to URL bel ow. http:/ /www .
Appendix A : Cu stomer Suppor t If y ou r Th ecus IP stora ge i s not w orki ng p roperl y, w e encou rag e you t o c heck ou t Chapter 6 : Troublesh ooting , located in th is manual. Yo u can also try to ensure that yo u are using the l atest fi rmwar e ver sion for you r Thecu s IP sto rage.
Appendix B: R AID Basics Overview A Redundant Arr ay of Independent Disks (R AID) i s an a rray o f sev eral ha rd di sks tha t provi de da ta s ecu rity an d hi gh perform an ce. A RA ID sy stem acc esses sev eral hard disk s sim ult aneousl y, whi ch i mp roves I/ O per forma nce o ver a s in gle h ard di sk.
Thi s i s excell ent for com pl ete dat a secu rit y. RAID 5 RAID 5 offers da ta security and i t is best s uited for networks that perf orm many small I/O tran sacti ons at the sam e ti m e, as w el l as ap pli cati ons t hat req ui re da ta securi ty such as offi ce au tomati on an d onli ne cust omer se rvice.
Stripe Siz e The length of the data segments being written ac ross multiple hard disks . Data is wr itten in s tr ipes acr oss the mult ip le h ar d disk s of a RAID . S inc e m ultipl e dis ks a re access ed at th e sam e tim e, di sk st rip ing en han ces pe rforma nce .
Appendix C : H ow to o pe n the top co ver N8900 series: 207.
N12000 series: N16000 series: 208.
Appendix D : A cti ve Direc tory Basics Overview With Windows 2000, Micro soft introduce d Active Directory (ADS), which is a large database /information store. Prior to Active Directory the Windows OS could not store a dditional information in its domain datab ase.
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