Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product N8800+ Origin Storage
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Thec us N3200 XXX/N05 03 N4200 serie s N5200 XXX/N55 00 1U420 0XXX/1U 4600 N7700 serie s N2200 XXX N8200 XXX/N88 00 series User’s Ma nual.
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3 Safety Warnings For your safety, please rea d and fo llow the fo l lowing safety w arnings: Read this manual thoroug hly before a ttemp ting to se t up yo ur Thecus IP storage. Your The cus IP s torage is a complicated elec tronic devi ce. DO N OT attemp t to repa ir it under any circumsta nces.
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7 Chapter 1: I ntroduct ion Overview Thank yo u for choosing the T hecus IP Storage S erver. Th e Thecus IP s torage is an easy-to- use stora ge serve r that a llows a ded icated appro ach to stori ng and distribu ting data on a ne twork.
8 Print er Server With the Thecus I P stora ge’s Pr inter Serve r, you can ea sily sha re an IPP printer w ith other PCs co n nected to your networ k. To set up the Pri nter Ser ver, refer to Chapter 4: E xternal Devic e> Printer Inform ation . Multiple RAID Thecus IP storage support s multiple R A ID vol umes on one syste m.
9 Package C onte nts The Thec us IP sto rage sho uld con tain the fo llowing co mmon ite ms: System U nit x1 QIG (Q uick Insta ll a ti o n Guide) x1 CD-Title x3 (Acron ics back up CD , Two.
10 Front Pan el N2200XXX: The T hecus N22 00XXX’s front pa nel has the dev ice’s co n trols, indicators, and hard disk trays: Front Pa nel Item Descri ption Power Button Powers th e N2200 XXX o n/off . USB P ort USB 2.0 port for comp atibl e USB devic es, such as digit al ca mera s, USB disks, and US B print ers.
11 N3200XXX: The T hecus N32 00XXX’s front pa nel has the dev ice’s co n trols, indicators, and hard disk trays: Front Pa nel Item Descri ption Power LED Solid blue: Syst em is power ed on WAN.
12 N0503: The Thec us N 0503’s front pa n el h as the dev ice’s controls, indicators, and hard d i sk trays: Front Pa nel Item Descri ption Power LED Solid blue: Syst em is power ed on WAN/L A.
13 Up Butto n ▲ Pus h t o scr oll UP wh e n u sing th e LCD dis play. Enter Button Pus h t o confir m informa tion e ntere d into th e L CD disp lay .
14 N5200XXX/N5500: The Thec us N55 00 front pa nel has the devi ce’s c ontrols, indica tors, and hard disk trays: Front Pa nel Item Descri ption 1.Syst em LED Blinking orange: Sy stem is b eing u p gra ded or ;is st arting u p; data curr e ntl y inacc essibl e 2.
15 N7700 Series : The Th ecu s N7700 series front panel has t he device’s co ntrols, indica tors, and hard disk trays: Front Pa nel Item Descri ption 1.Powe r LED Solid blue: Syst em is power on. 2.Syst em LED Solid ora nge: sy s tem i s b eing upgra ded or sy stem s tartu p ; dat a currentl y inac cessi ble 3.
16 1U4200XXX: The Thec us 1U42 00XXX fro nt pa nel has th e dev ice’s co n trols, indicators, a n d hard disk trays: Up Button Ente r Button L oca tor Button Powe r Button Reset Button Down Butt on .
17 1U4600: The T hecus 1U460 0 fron t pa nel has the dev ice’s controls, ind icators, and hard d isk trays: Escape Button PWR LED Down Button LAN2 LED Powe r Button Busy LED WAN/LAN 1 LE D Reset But.
18 N8200XXX/N8800 s eries: The Thec us N82 00XXX/N88 00 serie s front pan el has the dev ice’s con trols, indicators, and hard disk trays: Front Pa nel Item Descri ption 1.Power Button Power on/of f N8 200 XXX/N88 00 2.Power LED Solid gree n: Sys tem is power on.
19 Hard Disk Trays 1U4200XXX/N2200 XXX/N 82 00XXX: Each of abov e men tioned models’ ha rd d isk tray s has a lock, a la tch, and two LED indicators: Hard Dis k Trays Item Descri ption 1.
20 N4200 series/N5200XXX/N5500 : Each of the N5500’s hard disk tray s has a lock, a latch, and two L ED indica tors: Hard Dis k Trays Item Descri ption 1.HDD Power LED Solid blue: H ard di sk is p owere d on ( No functi on on N4 200 seri es ) 2.
21 N0503: The N05 03 support s both 2.5” and 3.5” Ser ial ATA ( SATA) hard disks. To insta ll a hard disk into the N 0503, follow the steps be low : 3. Open fron t door of the N05 03. 4. For 3.5” HDD a. Get the hard drive rails and place the m on e ither side o f the hard drive, fit ting into the appropr iate groo ves.
22 Rear Pane l N2200XXX: The N22 00XXX rea r pane l features ports an d conne ctors. Back Panel Item De scriptio n eSATA Port e SAT A por t for hi gh-sp eed external stora ge exp an sion . USB P ort USB 2.0 por t for comp atibl e USB devi ces, su ch as di gital camera s, USB disks, and US B print ers.
23 N3200XXX/N0503: The N32 00XXX/N0 503 rea r panel fea tures ports and connector s. Back Panel Item De scriptio n eSATA Port e SAT A por t for hi gh-sp eed storag e expan sion USB P ort USB 2.
24 N4200 series: The N 42 00 rear pa nel fea tures por ts and co nnectors. Back Panel Item De scriptio n Power Conn ector F or con nect th e power adaptor WAN/L AN1 Por t W AN/L AN1 port f or .
25 Back Panel Item De scriptio n 1.WAN/ LAN1 Port WAN/L AN1 p ort for conne cting to an Ethern et n etwor k thr ough a switch or a r outer. 2.LAN2 Port LAN2 por t f or conn ecting to a l ocal Ethern et n etwork throu gh a switch or rout e r. 3.
26 N7700 series: The N77 00 rear pan el fea tures por ts and co nnectors. Back Pane l Item De scriptio n 1.LAN2 Port LAN2 por t f or conn ecting to a l ocal Ethern et n etwork throu gh a switch or rout er. 2.WAN/ LAN1 Port WAN/L AN1 p ort for conne cting to an Ethern et n etwor k thr ough a switch or rout er.
27 1U4200XXXR: Locat or LE D 1U4200 Bac k Pane l Item De scriptio n eSATA Port e SAT A por t for hi gh-sp eed storag e expan sion . USB P orts USB 2 .0 ports f or c ompati ble USB devices, such a s di gital camer as, USB d isks , and U SB prin te rs.
28 1U4600R: The rear panel of the 1U46 00R houses mos t of the USB and Etherne t connection s, as w ell a s the e SATA port, s ystem fan, a nd po wer conne ctor.
29 N8200XXX: The N82 00XXX rea r pane l features ports an d co nn ector s. 4 7 1 2 3 8 5 6 Back Panel Item De scriptio n 1.Power C onne ctor C onne ct th e inclu ded power cor ds to th ese con necto rs. 2.Power Swi tch Powers th e N8200 XXX o n/off .
30 N8800 series: The N88 00 rear pan el fea tures por ts and co nnectors. Back Pane l Item De scriptio n 1.Power C onne ctor C onne ct th e inclu ded power cor ds to th ese conn e ctor s 2.Power Swi tch Switch for power sup ply 3.eSATA Por t eSATA port f or high- s pe ed stora ge ex pansion 4.
31 Chapter 2: Ha rdware In st allation Overview Your T hecus IP sto rage is desig ned for easy i nstal lation. To he lp you get s tarted, the following chapter w ill help yo u quick ly get yo ur Thecus IP storage up and runn ing. Please read it care fully to pre vent da mag in g yo ur unit d uring ins tallatio n.
32 3. Press the po wer b utton to boot up the N2 200XX X. To con nect the N3 200XXX/N 0503 to your network, fol low the s teps below: 1. Con nect an Et hernet cab le from your netwo rk to th e WAN/LAN 1 port on the back pa nel of the N 3200X XX/N05 03.
33 3. Open t he front doo r then p ress the power b utto n to boot up the N3200X XX/N0503. To con nect N4200 series N AS to yo ur netwo rk, f ollow the steps below : 1. Connect an Ether net cabl e from your network to the W AN/LAN 1 po rt o n t he back pa nel of the N 4200.
34 3. Press the po wer b utton on the Fron t Panel to bo ot u p t he N4200. To con nect the N5 200XXX/N 5500 to your network, fol low the steps below : 1. Connect an Ether net cabl e from your network to the W AN/LAN 1 po rt o n t he back pa nel of the N 5200X XX/N55 00.
35 To con nect the 1U4 200XXX/ 1U4600 to your netwo rk, follow the steps be low: 1. Connect an Ether net cabl e from your network to the W AN/LAN 1 po rt o n t he back pa nel of the 1 U42 00XXX/1 U4600. 2. Connect the provided po wer co rd into the universal power socket on the back panel.
36 To con nect N7700 series N AS to yo ur netwo rk, f ollow the steps below : 1. Connect an E thernet cable from yo ur net wor k to the W AN/LAN1 port on the back pa nel of the N7 700. 2. Connect the provided po wer co rd into the universal power socket on the back panel.
37 To con nect N8200X XX/N88 00 series NAS to your netwo rk, fol low the step s below : 1. Connect an Ether net cab le fro m your network to the W AN/LAN 1 po rt o n t he back pa nel of the N 8200X XX/N88 00. 2. Connect the provided po wer co rd into the universal power socket on the back panel.
38 Chapter 3: F irst T ime Setup Overview Once the hardwar e is inst a lled, ph ysi cally co nnected to yo ur network, and powered on, you can co n figure the Thec us IP storag e so that it is acces sible to yo ur n etwo rk users. T here are two way s to se t up your Thecus IP storage: u sing t he Thecus Setup Wizard or the LCD d isplay .
39 5. Login wit h the adm inistra tor acco unt and pas sword. The defau lt acco unt and password are bot h “ admin ”. 6. Name yo ur T hecus IP s torag e an d co n figure the networ k IP addres s.
40 8. Fi nished ! Access the Thec us IP storage Web Ad ministrator Interface by pressing the Start Brows er b utton. Y ou ca n a lso configur e ano ther Thec us IP storage at th is po int by c licking the Setup Other Devi c e bu tt o n. Press Exit to ex it the w izard.
41 Display Mode During norma l opera tion, th e LCD wil l be in Dis play Mode . Display Mo de Item Descri ption Host N ame Current h ost nam e of th e syste m. WAN/L AN1 Curr ent WAN/L AN1 IP s etting . LAN2 Current LAN 2 IP s etting. Link Aggre gation Current L ink A ggre gatio n statu s Syst em Fan1 Current s yst em fan1 statu s.
42 LCD Op eratio n (N3200XXX/N0503) LCD Controls Use the Down ( ▼ ), Up ( ▲ ), Enter ( ) and Esc ape ( ESC ) k eys to opera t e LCD to view sys tem infor mation and USB copy.
43 4. Press Ente r ( ) and theN320 0XXX/N 0503 wi ll start cop ying U SB disks connect ed to the front USB port. The LCD will dis play the USB copy progre ss and resu lts. OLED Op eratio n (N4200 se ries) OLED O peration The N 4200 series is equipped with an OL ED on the fron t fo r ea sy st a tus displa y and setup.
44 Typical S etup Pr ocedure From the Web Adm inistrat ion Interfac e, yo u can begin to se tup yo ur Thecu s IP storage fo r use on yo u r network. Se tting u p t he Thecus IP s torage t ypical ly fo llows the five steps o utlined below. For more o n how to use t he Web Ad minis tration Interface, s ee Chapter 4: Web Administ ration Interfa ce .
45 SMB/CIF S Apple F ile Proto col (AFP ) Network F ile System (NFS ) File Transfer Prot ocol (F TP) iTunes Serv er Printer Server Photo Serv er.
46 Chapter 4: Sy stem A dm inistration Overview The Thec us IP stora ge pro vides a n easily a ccessible Web A dmini stratio n Interfac e . With it, you can co nfigure a nd mon itor t he T hecus IP storage a nywhere on the ne twork. Web Admi nistrat ion Inter face Make s ure your n etwork i s connected to t he Interne t.
47 2. Login to t he syste m using the admi nistrator use r name a nd passwo rd. The factory defa ults are: User Name: admin Password: admin ※ If you changed yo u r passw ord in t he setup w izard, use the n ew password. Once you are logged in as an adm inistrator discl aimer page w ill app ear as be low.
48 Adminis trators can add or remove favor ite f uncti ons to My Favo rites b y r ight clic king the mo use on th e menu tree. The other wa y adm inistra tors can add favori te f unctions i s by clicki ng the “ Add Favorite” i con i n each func tion scree n.
49 Menu Bar The Menu Bar is w here yo u will find all of the informat ion screen s and s ystem settings of Thecus IP storage. The va rious set tings are p laced i n the fo ll ow ing groups o n the me nu bar: Menu Bar Item Descri ption Syst em Infor mati on Current s yst em stat us of th e Th ecus IP storage.
50 Message Ba r You can g et informa tion abo ut syste m sta tus quickl y by mov in g mouse o ver. Messa ge Ba r Item Status Descri ption RAID Info rmatio n. Display the statu s of created RAID volume. Cl ick to go to R AID infor mation page as s hort cu t.
51 ‧ My Fav orite Add/Re move t he curren t page fro m the Ho me p age. ‧ Shutd own Choose Shutdo wn or Reboot from t he dropdo wn men u t o shutdow n or reboo t your N AS.
52 System Status Item D escri ption CPU Loa din g (%) Displays curr ent CP U workl oad of the Thecu s IP s torage . CPU F an S peed Displays c urr ent CP U fan s tatus. Syst em Fan S pee d Displays t he current s tat us of th e sys tem fan . Up Tim e Shows how l ong th e sy stem h a s be en u p and run ning.
53 See the fo llowing table for a detailed descrip ti o n of eac h item: System L ogs Item Descri ption All Provide s all l og inform ation i ncl uding syste m m essag es, war ning mess ages an d error mess age s. INFO Records informa ti o n about system me ssages.
54 Other tha n the de fined i tems sen t upon regi stration, there ar e also two additio nal items: “HDD Info” and “Time Zone”. These two o pti ona l items ca n also be sent to Thecus ano nymo usly for a nalysis a nd sta tistics purposes.
55 System M anageme nt The System Managem ent menu gives you a wealth of settings that you can u se to configure yo u r Thecu s IP s torage sys tem adm inistra ti o n function s. You ca n set up system time, syste m not ifications, and even upgrade f irmware f rom this men u.
56 Notif ication configuration From the men u, choose the Notificati o n item, and the Notific ation Configurati on sc ree n appears. Th is sc reen lets you ha ve T hecus IP storage notify you in case of a ny syste m malfu nction. Pres s A pply to confirm a ll setting s.
57 Firmware Upgrade From the menu, choose the Firmw are Upgrad e it em and the Firmwa re Upgrade screen appea rs. Follow the steps b elow to u pgrade yo ur firmwar e: 1. U se the B rowse b utton to fi nd the fir mware fi le. 2. Press App ly . 3. The beeper beeps and the Busy LED b links until the upgrad e is comp l ete.
58 Example - Mond ay: On: 8:00; O ff: 16:00 System will t urn on at 8 :00 AM on Monda y, and of f at 16:0 0 on Monday. System will turn on for the rest of t he week. If yo u choose an on time, bu t do n o t assig n a n o ff time, the sys tem will turn on and remain on until a scheduled of f t ime is reached , o r if the unit i s shutdown ma nually.
59 See the fo llowing table for a detailed descrip ti o n of eac h item. Change Adm inistra tor a nd L CD E ntry Pa sswor d Item D escri ption New P asswor d Type in a n ew ad ministr a tor p asswor d. Confirm P assw ord Type th e new p asswor d a gain to confi rm.
60 F actory default From the men u, choose the Fact ory Default ite m and the Reset to F actory Default s creen app ears. Pr ess Apply to rese t Thecus IP storage to fac tory defa ult settings. Rebo ot & Shu tdo wn From the men u, choose R eboot & S hutdow n item, an d the Sh utdown /Reboot System scree n a ppears.
61 Once the system has rebo oted, yo u will be retur ned to the File Sy stem Che ck prompt. There you will see t he ava ilable RAID volumes to run the file sys tem c heck on except ZFS vo lume, ZFS has no need to perform f il e sy stem check. C heck the desired RA ID volu mes and click Next to pro ceed wit h the fi le system c heck.
62 Wake-Up On LAN (WOL) The Thecus IP storage has the a bili ty t o be awoken from sleep mode via W AN/LAN 1 port. From t he menu, choose th e WOL item, a nd the Wake-up O n LAN screen appear s.
63 From the men u, choose the SNM P item, a nd the S NMP Suppo rt scre en appears. From here, you ca n Enabl e or Disab le . UI Login Config uration Adjusts UI Login Co nfigurat ion se ttings. Yo u can enab le/disab le the Web Disk and Photo Serve r fu nctions, accord ing to your needs.
64 WAN/L AN1 Conf iguratio n Item De scriptio n Host na me Ho st nam e that identif ies the Th ecus I P stor age on t h e network . Domain n a me Specifies the d omai n n ame of Thecu s IP s torag e. WINS Serv er To set a serve r name for Ne tBIOS comp uter.
65 LAN2 LAN2 Configurati on The Thec us IP stora ge suppor ts two Gigabi t Etherne t ports for higher service availabi lity. To con figure t hese por ts, choose LAN2 from the System Network menu, a nd the L AN2 Con figuratio n scree n appears. Pres s Apply to sa ve your changes.
66 DHCP Ser ver Conf iguration A DHCP server can be co nfigured t o ass ign IP addresses t o d evices connected t o t he LAN2 por t. To co nfigure th ese ports, choose LAN2 from t he System Netwo rk menu.
67 Disks In for mation Item De scriptio n Disk No. Indicates disk l ocation. Capacity Show s the SAT A hard disk ca pacity . Model Displays t he SATA h ard disk mo del na me. Firmwar e Show s the SAT A hard disk firmw a re v ersion . Status Indicat es the s tat us of th e di sk.
68 S.M. A.R.T. Informa tion Item Descri ption Tray Number Tray the hard d isk i s inst alled i n. Model Model name of t he in stalled h ard disk. Power ON Hours Count of hour s in po wer-o n st ate. Th e raw val ue of th is attrib ute shows total cou nt of hours (or minut es, or s econd s, de pendin g on manuf acturer) i n power-on state.
69 RAID Information From the S t orage menu, choose the RAID item and t he RAID Informati on screen appears. This screen lists the RAID volumes curre ntly r esid ing on the Thecus IP st orage. From this scree n, yo u c an get infor mation abou t the statu s of your RA ID volumes, as we ll as the cap acities allocated for da t a, a nd iSC SI.
70 Strip e Size This sets th e stri pe size t o m aximi ze perfor mance of seque ntial fil es in a s torage volum e. Keep the 64K setting unl ess you require a speci al file stora ge lay out in the st orage vol ume . A larger strip e size is better f or lar ge f iles.
71 Once the C reate bu tton has bee n pressed with the Encryption checkbox enabled, t he follow ing message pop-up will app ear f or confirmat ion. After the R A ID vol ume has bee n creat ed, yo u may re move this USB dis k until the nex t time the system boo ts.
72 8. Selected th e file system yo u like t o h ave for this RAI D v olume. The selection is available from ex t3, XF S and ZFS. 9. Press Cr eate to b uild the R AID storag e volu me. NOTE ． Select ZFS fi l e syst em whi l e snapshot is needed. It i s onl y one ZFS fi l e syste m allo wed to be c reated per s ystem.
73 With a R AID 1, R AID 5, or RAID 6 volume, you ca n also add a spare di sk afte r the RAID is crea t ed. See Chap ter 6: Tips and T ricks > Adding a Spa re Disk fo r details.
74 Remove R AID Click to re move the RAID volume. All user da ta a nd iSCSI has bee n created i n selected RAID vo lume w ill be remo ved. To remov e a RAID volume, follow t he steps b elo w: 1.
75 Expanding a R AID To expa nd a RAID 1, RAID 5, or RA ID 6 vol ume, fol low the step s below : 1. Replace o ne of th e ha rd dr ives in t he RAID vo lume a nd allow it to automat ically reb uild. 2. Once reb uilt, you can co ntinue to r eplace a ny re maining d isks in t he RAID array.
76 Migrating a RAID Once a R AID vol ume has bee n creat ed, yo u may want to mo ve it to other p hysical drives or cha nge the RAID arra y a l l together. To mi grate a RA ID 0, R A ID 1, R A ID 5 or RAID 6 volume, follow t he steps be low: 1. From the RAID Co nfigura tion scree n, click Mig rate RAID.
77 With R AID level mi gration function, the limi tatio n as listed be low. 1. During R A ID level m igration, it is n ot a llowed reboo t or shutdow n system. 2. The RAID migra ti on from R1 to R5 o r R1 to R6 , t he all serv ices will restart and vo lumes “i SCSI” is read only b ut “user data” is capa ble read / write during o peration.
78 Below is a table l isting of p ossible RAID migra tion s chemes: To From RAID 0 RA ID 5 RAID 6 RAID 1 [RAID 1] HDD x2 t o [RAID 5] HDD x3 [RAID 1] HDD x2 t o [RAID 5] HDD x4 [RAID 1] HDD x2 t o [RA.
79 RAID 6 X X [ ONLINE ] [RAID 6] HDD x4 t o [RAID 6] HDD x5 [RAID 6] HDD x4 t o [RAID 6] HDD x6 [RAID 6] HDD x4 t o [RAID 6] HDD x7 [RAID 6] HDD x4 t o [RAID 6] HDD x8 ………………… ……… …….
80 Volum e Alloca tio n List Item De scriptio n Modify Click this to modify the alloc ated space. Delete Click thi s to delet e the al locate d sp ace. iSCSI T arget C lick to alloc ate s pace to i SCSI volum e. Type Ty pe of vol ume. Can b e either USB or iS CSI.
81 To allocate space for a n iSCSI v olu me on the cur rent R AID volume, follow the steps below: 1. Under th e Volum e Allocation List , select iSCS I Target th en click A dd . The Creat e iSCSI Volum e scree n appears. Create iSCS I Volum e Item Descri ption RAID ID ID of current RAID v olume .
82 8. When iS C SI target v o lume has been creat ed, the LUN I D is configurab le from 1 to 2 54 with a defau lt o f the next avai lable num ber i n a sce nding numeri cal order. T he LUN ID is unique and ca n no t be dupl icated exc ept for LUN ID 0.
83 Expand Volum e The iSCSI volume is now ab le to expa nd its cap acity fro m u nu sed spa c e. Fro m the volume list, simply sele ct the iSCSI volume you like to expand and click t he Expand button: You will then see the dialog box displa yed below .
84 2. Press Y ES . All da ta i n the volum e will be removed. iSCSI T hin -Provisioning With this function, the iSCSI capa city can be more flexible and more efficient ly serve more users.
85 Next, set up the p hysical capa city for iSCSI thin-pro vision vol ume by d ragging the Allocatio n bar to the desir ed size. After the s ize h as been determi ned, c lick OK t o confirm. Now you will see the iSCSI thin-provi sioning volume i s ava i lable from the list.
86 Now you can star t to crea te iSCS I targe ts to join the newly- created iSCSI thin-provi sion v olu me. B a sically, the iSCSI target under iS C SI thin-provis ioning has exactly same settings screen as the st a ndard iSCSI target vol ume c rea tion.
87 The scre en shot for iSCSI target volume crea tion under th in-provisio ning; t he physica l c apa city 3 33.8GB. The screen sh o t t o setup an iSCSI t a rget volume under thin-pro visioning of 1700GB. iSCSI targe t vol ume crea ti o n. The max imum v irtual size is 1430 0GB (1600 0GB – 1700GB( 1 st iSC SI target volum e)).
88 This messag e appear s if t here is no more ro om fo r new iSCSI target crea tion. A dva nce Opt ion There are 2 op tions is curren tly a llow Admin to Enable/Disab le t o operate T hecus IP storage associa ted w ith iSC SI se tting. The details as listed in following scree nshot.
89 iSCSI Block Size Select the b lock s ize with 4K while the iSC SI volume size is ov er 2TB. iSCSI C RC/Checksum To enab le this opt ion, the initiator ca n co nnect w ith “Data dig est” and “Head er digest” e nabled. Stackab le NA S The Th ecu s IP s torage’s capacity can b e expa n ded even further u si ng the s tackable function.
90 A. Add a Stack Targ et Volum e From t he f igure above, c lick Add to acces s the stackable target devi ce configura tion page. Pleas e refer to the f igure be low: With t he added s tack target yo u co u ld “Enab le” or “Disab le” now or l ater per usage needed.
91 The Expo rt share name wi ll becom e the netwo rk share na me and d isplayed through n etwork acc ess su ch as SM B. You may r efer the fig ures be low to see the result. Plea se note the nam ing limi tation. From t he figure above, the Export share name is “ pmm eeting” .
92 The Brows eable se tting w ill be same method o f setti ng for sy ste m share folder. It designat es whether or not this folder will be visi b le through web disk.
93 Click App ly to sa ve your changes. B. Activate a Stack T arget After yo ur setting s have been app lied, the system wi ll bring you back to Stac k Target List window as s hown below . There is o ne stack target de vice has be en attached into thi s stack ma ster.
94 After the for m at is comp l ete, the stack target vo l ume w ill be crea ted s uccessfully. You w ill see the volu me’s ca pacity and status in the Sta ck Targ et List s creen.
95 E. Recon nect a Stack Target The enabled s tack target dev ices may be d isco nnected by situations s uch a s power outages o r networ k disco nnects. When t hi s hap p ens, the Rec onnect button w ill available. To atte mpt to reco nnect the stack target, c lick Re conne ct .
96 A. Add a ISO file From the figure abo ve, sel ect ISO fi le from drop down share list. After sele ction, sys tem wi ll bring up Mount table for f urther s etting scre en. To mount n ew ISO file, select from l isted ISO file and inp ut des ired m ount in g n ame into “Moun t a s:” fi eld.
97 After yo u hav e comp l eted to add ISO th en th e p age will displa yed a ll mo u nted I SO files, You co ul d c lick “Un mount” to e limina te mou nt ed ISO file. B. Using ISO The mou nted ISO file will be located sa me shar e folder wi th name giving.
98 Share Folder From the Storage menu, choose Sh are Folde r , and t he Folde r scree n appears. This scree n allows you to create a nd config ure f olders o n the Thec us IP storage volume.
99 Adding Folders On the Fold er scree n , press the Add button a nd the Add Fol der scree n appears. This sc reen allows you to add a fol der. A fter enteri ng the i nforma tion, press Apply to create new folde r. Add F older Item De scriptio n RAID ID RAID volum e wh ere the n ew fol d er w ill reside.
100 Modify F olders On the Folder scree n, press the Edit button and th e Modify Folder scree n appears. This screen allows you t o ch a nge folder informa tio n. Afte r en tering the informat ion, press Appl y to s ave your c hang es. Mo dify Fold er Item Descri ption RAID ID RAID v olum e wh ere the fol d er wil l re side.
101 NFS Share To allow NFS acces s to the share fo lder, enab le the NF S Serv ice , and then se t up hosts wi th access rights b y clicking Add . NFS Sha re Item De scriptio n Hostn ame Enter t he na me or I P a ddress of th e host Privi lege Host has eith er r ead onl y or w ritea ble acc ess to the f olde r .
102 Guest syste m root a ccount will hav e full access to thi s share ( root:r oot). Guest system roo t accoun t w ill b e ma ppe d to anonym ous user (n obody:n og rou p) on NAS . All user on guest system wil l be map ped t o ano nymo us user (n obody:n og rou p) on NAS .
103 The Thec us IP sto rage snap shot is s uppor ted total 1 6 versio ns . Once c hecked “Automat ically remove oldes t snapshot”, the oldest will be remo ved to l et n ewes t t o added on top.
104 ACL settin g Item D escri ption Deny Deni es access to us ers or grou ps who are displ aye d in this c olu mn. Read Onl y Provide s Read Onl y access to users or group s who are displaye d in this colu mn. Writable Provide s Write access to users or groups who are d isplay ed in this column .
105 The ACL screen also allows y o u t o searc h f or a particu lar user. To do this, f o llow the steps be low: 1. In the b lank, enter the name of th e u ser you wo u ld like to find. 2. From t he drop down select the group you wo ul d like t o search for the u ser in.
106 User an d Group A uthe nticati on The Thec us IP stora ge has built- in user da tabase that allows ad ministra tors to manage user acces s us in g di fferen t group pol icies. Fro m the U ser and Group Authenticati on me nu , you ca n cr eate, modi fy, and de l ete u sers, a nd as sign them to group s that yo u desig nate.
107 To join a n AD doma in, you can re fer the f igure and use t he e xample below to co n figure the Thec us IP storag e for associa ted filed i nput: AD Doma in Exam ple Item Info rmat ion Work Gr oup / Dom ain Nam e domain ADS Su pport Enable ADS S erver Na m e Compute r1 ADS/NT Re alm Domain.
108 Loc al User Configuration From the Account s menu, c hoose the User item, and the Local Use r Configurati on screen app ears. T his screen al low s you to A dd , Edit , a nd Rem ove local users. Local U ser C onfigu ration Item Descri ption Add Press th e Add butt on to add a user t o th e list of local us ers.
109 Edit Users 1. Select an existing user fro m the L ocal User Config uration s creen. 2. Click on t he Edit b utton, a nd Local User Setti ng screen app ears. 3. From here, yo u can en ter a new password and re- enter to confirm, or use the << o r >> butto ns to have this user join o r leave a gro up.
110 Remove U sers 1. Select an existing user fro m the L ocal User Config uration s creen. 2. Click on Rem o ve bu tton a nd the user is de let ed from t he system. Loc al Group Configuration From the Account s menu, c hoose the Group it em, and the Local Gr oup Configurati on s creen ap pears.
111 Add Group s 1. On the L ocal Gro up Configu ration scree n, click on t he Add b utton. 2. T he Local Group Setting screen appears. 3. E nter a Gr oup Name . 4. E nter a Group ID number. If left blank, the sys tem will automa tically assign one. 5.
112 Remove G roups 1. On the L ocal Gro up Configu ration scree n, sel ect a group na me from the list. 2. Press Remov e to delete t he group from the system. Batch Create Use rs and Groups The Thec us IP stora ge can also add users a nd gro ups in batch mode.
113 Quota The User Quota system provid es a way of l imitin g users’ avai lable storage capac ity. Setting a user quota gives a give n user a g iven amo unt of spac e on E ACH RAID partition.
114 Network S ervice Setup and manag e protoco ls such as Samba/C IF S, FTP, a nd HTTP/We b Disk, a nd other netwo rk ser vices. Samba / CIFS There are 5 o ptio ns i s curren tly a llow Admin to Enable/Disab le t o operate T hecus IP storage associated wit h Samba / CIFS protoco l.
115 In general, Windo ws has de fault to invisible all o f hidden fo lders/f il es. So p l ease enable this optio n to view “. recyc le” folder. Samba An onymo us Login Authenti cation To enab le this opt ion, no ma tter t here is s hare f older has b een crea ted in p ublic access.
116 NFS Setup From the Network Service men u, choose the NFS item, a nd the NFS Supp ort screen appear s. T he T hecus IP storage can a ct a s an NF S se rver, e nabling users to download and upload files with th e favorite NFS clients. Press A pply to confirm y our settings.
117 publi c folder s. No acc ess: Bl ock anony mous FTP u ser ac cess. Auto R ename If checke d, the sy s tem wi ll auto ma tically renam e fil es that ar e upload ed wit h a dupl icat e fil e name. Th e r enaming s chem e is [filena me]. # , wher e # r epre sents an int eger.
118 A descript ion of eac h item follows: We b Service Item Descri ption HTTP ( WebDisk ) S upport Enable or di sable WebDi sk su pport. En ter t he port nu mber if this op tion is ena bled. Th e por t nu mber is defa ult 80. HTTPs ( Secur e We bDisk) Support Enable or disable secure WebDi sk support .
119 Applicati on Serv er Thecus IP storage support iTunes server funct ionality, Module Installat ion, and Auto Module In stallat ion. The i Tunes ser ver func tion allows you to p lay musi c files fro m your N AS thro ugh iT unes o n your compu ter. T he follow ing sec tion show s yo u how .
120 Auto Module Installatio n Or choose th e Auto Modul e Inst allati on item and the availabl e s ystem M odule screen appears. The defa ult to get module list is “On-line” so if Thecu s IP storage is capable to co n nect to Interne t then i t will a ut o matica lly link to Thecus o fficial website then lis t available mo dules.
121 Auto Mo d ule So urce List Item D escri ption Install ed Status of m odule Nam e Mod ule n ame Versio n The ver sion of rel eased v ersion Descri ption T he descri ption of mo dule Locati on The mo dul e is eith er get ting o n-lin e or di sk Docu ment The availa ble do cument ation of mo d ule Action To install mo d ule or delet ed p.
122 If the files on yo ur Thec us IP storage are lost for any rea so n, you ca n res tore those files from the targe t Thecu s IP s torage. To backup f iles reg ularly, yo u can se t up a schedu led task to run o nly once, da ily, week ly, or mon thly.
123 Item Descri ption Task N ame The na me of your Nsync t ask . Targ et Server Manuf acturer Select r e plic ation to metho d, it ha s 3 o p tions can cho ose fro m. NAS: T o oth er The cus IP s tora ge with sec urity tunnel bui ld up. Legacy FT P: To the 3 rd pa rty FT P s erv er or Thecus IP storag e while it has a cted as FT P serv er.
124 device, ma ke sure there is a folder named “ nsync”, and the Au th ID ha s writab le permiss ion in tha t folder. Designating The cus IP sto rage as an N syn c Target The Thecus IP storage can act as an Nsync server , en ab ling another Nsync- equipped Thecus NA S at a remo t e loca tion ba ckup their files to this T hecus IP s torage.
125 Rsyn c T a rget (For the 3x series) When it comes to backing u p your data, it ’ s very important to have flexibility. Rsync Backup prov ides you w ith many options, including loca l or remote backup, bac kup schedu ling, differe nt syncroniza tion set tings, and password pro tection.
126 *Now Rsy nc is t urned o n on your NA S, whic h mea ns it ca n be used a s a targe t for Rsync bac kup, i n other wo rds, only the back up NAS needs to be activated in this way.
127 that yo u wish to backup. 4. Input your targ et’s I P address a nd p ort num ber - T his is the N AS w hich you are go ing to u se as a ba ckup, po rt numb er i s optional.
128 When you execute this utility for the first t ime, it will ask you whe th er to create a DB file. Clic k Yes . 1. Click Add to crea te a Bac kup task. The Add New Task d ialog b ox appears. Add New Ta s k Item Descri ption Task Specifi es a na me f or the curr ent t ask.
129 5. Double-c lick Ntba ckup.msi to insta ll the ba cku p utility. Once ins talled, yo u can u se the Windows Ba ckup Ut ility by following the steps below: 1. Click Sta rt , and po i nt to All Pr ograms > Acces sories > System Tool s > Backup to start the wizard.
130 Printe r Info rmation Item D escri ption Manuf acturer Di splays t he nam e of th e U SB pri nter manufa ctur er. Model Di splays the model of th e U SB prin ter. Status Display s the status of t he USB printer. Remov e docu ment from Qu e ue Click to remov e all docum ents fr om pri nter queu e.
131 8. Your Windows system will ask you if you wan t to set this pr inter as “D efau lt Printer”. Select Yes and all yo ur print jobs will be s ubmi tt ed to this printer by default. Click Next . 9. Click Finish . NOTE • Not a ll USB pri nters a re suppor ted.
132 Windows Vista To set up the Pri nter Ser ver in Windows Vi sta, f ollow the st eps below: 1. Open Print er Fold er from the Contr ol Pan el . 2. Cl ick the right mo use b utton in a nywhere o n the Printers folder a nd then select Add Printer . 3.
133 4. S elect T he printe r that I w ant is n’t listed . You can press The printer that I want isn’t li sted to go into next page witho ut waiting for Searching for avai lable printer s to finish.
134 If you r prin ter model is no t lis ted, pl ease co ntact your printer manufacturer for help. 7. Windows w ill attemp t to con nect to the pr inter. 8. Y ou can c hoose to set th is p rinter as the d efa ult printer by chec king the Set as the defa ult p rinter bo x.
135 UPS Setting The Thec us IP stora ge can also sup port vario us uninter ruptible power s upply u nit via eithe r “Serial” or “ U SB” interface (d epe nd on model) t o p rovid e extra data security a nd acce ssibility in the cas e of a power failure.
136 Chapter 5: Using The cus I P S tor age Overview Once the Thecus IP storage is se tup and o perati ng, users on the ne twork may manage all variet ies of dig ital mus ic, photos, o r files b y simply using their web browsers.
137 1. In the Login page, type in the U ser ID and passwo rd that were previousl y set for you i n the Accou nts me nu. See Chapter 4:User and Group Authentic ation > Lo cal User Configurati on . 2. The Web Di sk pag e appea rs showi ng folders c urren tly availab le to yo u, this is contro lled via t he Acces s Contr ol List ( ACL) .
138 Folder Pa ge Butt on Button Descri ption List al l dire ctory tr ees p er login user’ s priv ile ge. Browsing select ed directory of i ts fold ers an d fil es. Go ba ck to th e we b disk directory lay e r. Re-loa d the curr e nt list . Search f iles in the curre nt w eb disk direct ory.
139 Photo Ser ver ( Does not a ppl y to the 3X series’ photo s er ver ) Using th e Pho to Server, users can view an d share photos, an d eve n create their own albums rig ht on t he Thecu s IP s torage. You w ill see yo u r ow n photo ga llery and a ll publ ic pho to album s on the network.
1 40 3. W indows XP w ill a sk w hether you w ant to run or save this file. C l ick Sav e to save the reg ister file. 4. On ce the register f ile is i nstalled, use the Window s file ma nager to brow se the folder that co ntains t he picture yo u wa nt to publis h.
141 6. S elect the pictures you want t o publish t o t he Ph oto Web Server by placing a check ma rk on the top left hand co rner of the pi cture. C li ck Next . 7. Your PC w ill start to conn ect to t he Photo Web Server. 8. Select Thecu s IP storag e Phot o Gallery Wi zard to publish yo u r pi ctures to Thec us IP storage.
142 10. Create your alb um by en tering a n album name and click ing on t he Create Album b utton. 11. Select the alb um you wa nt to up load yo ur pictur es to. 12. Co nfi rm the targe t album. 13. Windows w i ll show you tha t the p icture upload is in prog ress.
143 14. W hen the upload i s finishe d, th e Wizard will ask yo u wheth er if yo u wa nt to go to the website. C lick Fi nish to go to your P hoto Web Server.
144 16. You will see the user’s album list. Clic k on Albu m . 17. Finished! Yo u will see the pict ures just selec ted in the album..
145 Managing A lbu ms and Photos Icon Functio n D escri ptio n Make Cover Make select ed ph oto your c over pictur e. Back Return to the pr evious s cree n. Add Add a n e w al bum or photos . Modify Edit th e nam e an d descri ption of th e selec ted al bum o r photo.
146 Creating Albums To crea te a pho to album, follow the steps be low : 1. Click the A dd butto n to crea te a new a l bum. 2. Enter a name fo r the a lbum, and en ter a descr iptio n if you w i sh.
147 Slide Shows Slide shows a r e a great way to enjo y pictures s tored o n your Th ecus IP s torage. You can click on the Start Slide S how icon o n t he t op ri ght hand corner to start the slide show . To stop t he slide s how, click o n the St op Slid e Show i con on the top rig ht hand corner.
148 A pp le OS X On an Apple comp uter, yo u can con nect to s hared co mputers a nd serv ers usi ng a network add ress. 1. Choose Go > Conne ct to S erver… 2. Enter the network add r ess for the serve r in t he Server Address text box. When con necting using SM B/CIFS p rotocol, type : smb://1 92.
149 Windows 20 00/XP 1. First, down load the iSCSI I nitiator from the Micr osoft websi te ( http://www. microsof t.com ). You ca n find th is so ftware by e ntering iSCSI Initiat or into th e searc h box on their hom epa ge. 2. Once the download is comp lete, install the i SCSI Initiat or by double-clicki ng the EXE file.
150 6. T he iSCSI Initiator will now insta ll automa tic a lly. Cli ck Finis h once completed. 7. Start the iSCSI Initiator by double-c licking its icon on th e desktop. The iS C SI Initiator pro pertie s window w ill appea r. 8. S elect t he Discovery tab.
151 10. On the iSCSI Initiator Prop erties wi ndow, se lect t he Target s tab. With the i SCSI target h ighlig hted, cl ick Log On . T he Log O n to Target d ia logue will appear. 11. If you have no t enabled C H AP, cl ick OK to co ntinue. If you h ave enabled C HAP, click Adva nced .
152 12. Right click My C omput er o n the desktop a n d se lect Manag e . 13. Cli ck on Disk Ma nagemen t and you will see a new hard disk listed. 14. Initialize t he new h ard d isk and y ou w ill the n be able to use the i SCSI t a rget as a local d rive.
153 Windows Vist a Because Windows Vista has the Micro soft iSCSI Initiator pre- installed, yo u will no t have to install thi s piece o f software. Ins tead, sta rt the iSCS I Initia tor and fo llow steps 8-14 to map the Thec us IP storag e as a n i SCSI drive.
154 Part I - Setup a Dyn D NS Account 1. Go to http://ww w.dyndns. org fro m your home PC. 2. Click on t he Sign Up Now link. 3. Check the Ch eck boxes, se lect a user na me (i.e. : N 8800), e nter your ema il address ( i.e.: xxx @exampl e.com), c heck Enable Wild card , and crea te a password (i.
155 Replacin g Damag ed Har d Driv es If yo u are using R AID 1, R AID 5, or RA ID 6 you can eas ily re place a damage d har d drive in the Thecus IP storage whi le keeping your data secure with the system’ s automat ic data r ecovery.
156 Chapter 7: T roubl esh ooting Forgot My N etwork IP Ad dress If you fo rget your networ k IP addres s and have no phys ical access to the s ystem, you can find out t he IP address by ei th er looking directly onto Thecus IP storage LCD panel, or by using the set up wizard to retr ieve the IP o f your Thecus IP storage.
157 Problems w ith Tim e and D ate Set tin gs The adm inistrator is able to select a n NTP Ser ver to keep The cus IP s torage time synchro nized. However, if Thecus IP s torage ca n not acc ess the Intern et, you may encoun ter a problem w hen s etting t he Time a nd Time Zone.
158 A ppendix A : Customer Su pport If your Th ecus IP s torage is not wo rking pro perl y, we encou rage yo u to chec k out Chapter 7: T roubl eshooting , locate d in this m anual. Yo u can a lso try to ensur e that yo u ar e using the l atest firmwa re vers ion for your Thecus I P storage.
159 A p pendix B: RA I D Basics Overview A Redunda nt Array of Indep enden t Disks (RA ID) is an array of severa l hard d isks that prov ide data security a nd hig h perfor mance . A RAID system acc esses s evera l hard disks simu ltaneousl y, w hich i mpro ves I / O performa nce ove r a single hard disk.
160 This is exce llent for comple te data security. RAID 5 RAID 5 of fers data secur ity and it is best su ited fo r network s that per form ma ny small I/O transac ti o ns at t he same t ime, as we ll as app lications that req uire data security such as of fice a ut o mation a nd onli ne customer service.
161 Disk Usage When all disks are of th e same size, and used in RAI D, Thecus IP st orage disk u sage percentage is listed below: RAID Le vel Perc enta ge U sed RAID 0 100% RAID 1 1/n x 10 0% RAID 5 .
162 A p pendix C: A ctive Directory B asics Overview With Windo ws 20 00, Micro soft intro duced A ctive Dire ctory (AD S), w hi ch is a large database/ informa tion store. P rior to Active Direc tory the Windows OS could not store add itional informa tion in its doma in databa se.
163 A p pendix D: L icensing Infor mat ion Overview This pro duct included copyrig hted third-pa rty so ftware li cen sed u nder the ter ms of GNU Ge neral Publ ic Licens e. Please s ee TH E GNU General Pub lic Lice nse for e xtra terms a nd condit ions of this lice nse.
164 CGIC Lic ense Terms Basic Li cense CGIC, cop yright 1996, 19 97, 199 8, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2 002, 2003, 2004 by Thomas Bo u tell and Boutel l.Com, I nc. Permissio n i s granted to use CGIC in any app li cat ion, commerc ial or n onco mmerc ial, at no cos t.
165 they have is no t the origi nal, so t hat any prob l ems introduced b y other s will not reflect on the or iginal aut hors' repu tations. Finally, any free progra m is threatened co nstantly by soft war e pa tents.
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167 4. You may not copy, modify, sublicens e, or d istribute the Program except a s expressly p rovided under this License. Any attempt otherw ise to copy, modify, sublicen se or dis tribute t he Progra m is void, a nd w ill automat ically terminate your rig hts under this Lice nse.
168 9. The Free Software Fo u ndat ion may p ublish rev ised and/or new ver sio ns of the General Pub lic L icense from time to time. Such new version s will be similar in spirit to the present version, but may differ in deta il to address new problems or concerns.
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