Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product N4200PRO Thecus
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Thec us N0503 N4200 serie s N5500 1U460 0 N7700 serie s N8800 serie s 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 storing a nd 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: A ppli cation Server> Pr int er Infor mation .
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 x2 (Acron ics back up CD (exc .
10 Front Pan el N0503: The Thec us N 0503’s front pa n el h as the dev ice’s controls, indicators, and hard dis k trays: Front Pa nel Item Descri ption Power LED Solid blue: syst em i s power .
11 Solid blue: Dev ice is power ed on LCD Dis play Displays current sy stem stat us a nd me ssages ( Updat e tim e: 60 secon ds). Down Bu tton ▼ Pus h t o scr oll D OWN w hen usin g th e.
12 N5500: The Thec us N55 00 front pa nel has the devi ce’s c ontrols, indica tors, and hard dis k trays: Front Pa nel Item Descri ption 1.Syst em LED Blinking orange: system is be in g u pgraded or sys tem startu p ; data curr e ntl y inacc essibl e 2.
13 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; d ata currentl y inac cessi ble 3.
14 1U4600: The T hecus 1U460 0 fron t pa nel has the dev ice’s controls, indica tors, and hard d isk trays: Escape Button PWR LED Down Bu tton L AN2 LED Power B utton Busy LED WAN/LAN 1 LE D Reset B.
15 N8800 series: The Th ecu s N8800 series front panel has t he device’s co ntrols, indica tors, and hard disk trays: Front Pa nel Item Descri ption 1.Power Button Power on/of f N88 00 2.Power LED Solid gree n: Sys tem is power on. 3.Reboot Button Press to system r e boot 4.
16 Hard Disk Trays 1U4600/N7700 s eries/N8800series: Each of mentioned above models hard disk trays ha s a lock, a latc h, and two LED indicators: Hard Dis k Trays Item Descri ption 1.HDD Power LED Solid blue: har d disk i s pow er ed on 2.HDD Access/Er ror L ED Blinking green: syste m is a cces sing da ta on t he h ard disk 3.
17 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 : 1. Open fron t door of the N05 03. 2. For 3.5” HDD a. Get the hard drive rails and install th em to yo ur SATA hard disk(s).
18 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 2.0 por t for comp atibl e USB dev ices, s uch a s di gital cam eras, USB disks, an.
19 N5500: The N55 00 rear pa nel fea tures por ts and co nnectors. 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 rout er 2.LAN2 Port LAN2 port for conn ecting to an Eth ernet network throu gh a swi tch or router 3.
20 N7700 series: The N77 00 rear pa nel fea tures por ts and co nnectors. Back Pane l Item De scriptio n 1.LAN2 Port LAN2 port for conn ecting to an Eth ernet network throu gh a swi tch or router 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 3.
21 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.
22 N8800 series: The N88 00 rear pa nel 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 pow er su pply 3.eSATA Port eSATA port f or high- s pe ed stora ge ex pansion 4.
23 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 st arted, the following chapter will 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.
24 3. Open t he front doo r then p ress the power b utto n boot up the N05 03. To con nect the N4 200 seri es prod uct to you r netwo rk, follow t he 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 N4 200.
25 To con nect the N5 500 to you r networ k, follow the steps b elow: 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 N5 500. 2. Connect the provided po wer co rd into the universal power socket on the back panel.
26 2. Connect the provided po wer co rd into the universal power socke t o n the b ack panel. Plug th e other end of t he cord into a surge protec tor socket. Press the power supp ly switc h to tu rn o n the po wer supp ly. 3. Press the po wer b utton on the Fron t Panel to boo t u p the 1U46 00.
27 3. Press the po wer b utton on the Fron t Panel to bo ot u p t he N7700. To con nect the N8 800 seri es prod ucts to yo ur netwo rk, follow 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 N8 800.
28 3. Press the po wer b utton on the Fron t Panel to bo ot u p t he N8800..
29 Chapter 3: F irst T ime Setup Overview Once the hardwar e is inst a lled, ph ysi cally co nnected to yo ur n etwork, 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 .
30 6. Name yo ur T hecus IP s torag e an d co n figure the networ k IP addres s. If yo ur switch or ro u ter is co nfigured as a D HCP Server, config uring t he Thecus IP storage to a utoma tically o btai n a n IP addres s is reco mmended. You may a l so use a s tatic IP addr ess and enter t he DNS Serve r address ma nual ly.
31 LCD Op eratio n (N5500/1U4 600/N7700 ser ies/N88 00 series) The mentio ned models above a re equipped with an LCD on the fro nt for easy sta tus display a nd setup.
32 CPU F an Current C PU f an stat us 2009/0 5/22 12: 00 Curr ent system ti me. Disk Info Current s tatus of disk slot h as be en ins talled RAID Current R AID statu s. The Thec us IP stora ge w ill r o tate the se messag es eve ry o ne-t wo seco nds on the LCD displa y.
33 LCD Op eratio n (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.
34 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. T here are four b uttons on t he fron t panel to co ntrol the OL E D funct ions.
35 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 .
36 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.
37 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 i t, you ca n co nfigure a n d mon itor t he Thec us I P s torage a n ywhere on the ne twork. Web Admi nistrat ion Inter face Make s ure your n etwork i s connected to t he Interne t.
38 Following by discla im page, y ou w i ll see the Web Administratio n Inter face . F rom here, you can c o nfigure and monitor v irtually every as pect of the Thecus IP storage from a nywhere on the net wor k.
39 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 C urr ent sy stem status of th e Th ecus IP stor age.
40 Message Bar 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 Statu s 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 cut.
41 System I nformati on Informat ion prov ides viewi ng on c urrent Prod uct info, System Status, Service Status a nd Logs. The m enu ba r al lows yo u to see var ious a spects o f the T hecu s IP st orage. From here, you can d iscover the sta tus of the T hecus IP stora ge, and also other de tails.
42 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 as be en u p and run ning.
43 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 sys tem me ssages.
44 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.
45 See the fo llowing table for a detailed descrip tion o f each item: Time Item Descri ption Date Sets th e syst em d ate. Time Sets th e syst em ti me. Time Zon e Sets th e syst em ti me zon e. Act as NTP S erver Select E nab le to sy nchro nize wi th th e NTP server.
46 Notifica tio n Confi gurat ion Item De scriptio n Beep No tifi cation Enable or disable t he sy stem beeper t hat bee ps whe n a proble m occurs. Email N otificati on Enable or disable email notifi cations of sys tem pro blems. SMTP S erver Sp ecifie s the hostna me/IP a ddre ss of th e S MTP s erver.
47 See the fo llowing table for a detailed descrip ti o n of eac h item. UPS Set tin g Item Descri ption UPS Monitorin g Enable or di sable UPS mo nitorin g. Manuf acturer Choos e the U PS manufa cturer from th e drop downs . Model Choos e the UP S mo del numb er from the dropdo wns.
48 Example - Mond ay: On: 8:00; O ff: 16:00 System w ill tu rn on at 8:00 AM on Monda y, a nd o ff at 16 :00 on Monda y. Sys tem w ill turn on for the rest of t he week.
49 Wake- up On LAN C onfig uratio n Item D escri ption WOL Serv ic e Enab le or Disable WOL serv ice Apply Click Ap ply to s ave c hang es. SNMP Support From the men u, choose the SNM P item a nd the SNMP Sup port sc reen appear s. You co ul d e nable t he SNMP f unction and filled in t he related informa ti o n in eac h fields.
50 Confirm P assw ord Type th e new p asswor d a gain to confi rm. Apply Pre ss this to s ave your c hanges . ˙ Config Mgmt From the men u, choose the Confi g Mgmt item and the Syst em C onfigurati on Download /Upload scree n app ears. From here, you ca n do wnload or upload stored system configura tions.
51 ˙ File Sy stem check The File System Check allows yo u to perf or m a check o n t he integr ity of your dis ks’ file system. Under the me nu, click File sy stem C heck and the File Sy stem Check prompt ap pears. To perfor m a file system c heck, c lick Apply .
52 Once you click Next , you wi ll see the following scree n: Click Start to beg in the file system c heck. C lick Reboo t to rebo ot t he system. When the f il e sys tem check i s run, t he system wi ll show 20 l ines of i n forma ti o n until it is comp lete.
53 System Ne twork Use th e System Network menu to make netwo rk config uration setting s as we ll a s service suppo rt set tings. WA N/L AN1 WAN/LAN1 Config uration From the System Network menu, choose W AN/LA N1 , and the WA N/LAN1 Configurati on scree n appear s.
54 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.
55 LAN2 Conf iguratio n Item D escri ption MAC Ad dres s Displays t he MAC a ddress o f th e LAN2 int erface. Jumbo Fram e Su pport Enable or di sable Ju mbo Fram e Su pport on t he L AN2 interfa ce. IP Specifi es the IP a ddress of th e LAN2 i nterfa c e.
56 Samba Servi ce Used for letting t he operat ing syste m of UNI X se ries and SMB /CIF S of Microso ft Windows opera tin g sy stem ( Server Me ssage Block / Co mmon I nternet Fi le System).Do the link in networ k pro tocol. Enab le or Disab le SMB/CI FS protoco l for Windows, Apple, U nix driv e mappi ng.
57 A FP ( Apple Network Setup) From the System Network men u, choose t he AFP item, a nd the AFP Supp ort screen appea rs. T his scree n display s the con figu rati o n items for the Ap ple Filing Protoco l. You ca n change a ny of these items and press Apply to confirm your settings.
58 FTP Thecus IP storage can ac t as a FTP server, enabl ing users to dow nl oad a nd upload files with their fa vorite FTP progra ms. Fro m the Sy stem Netw ork me nu, c hoose the F T P it em, and the FTP screen appear s . Y ou can chang e any of these items a nd press Appl y to co nfirm yo ur sett ings.
59 HTT P/ Web Disk From the System Network menu, choose the HTTP/ Web Disk item, and the Web Di sk (HTTP ) Suppo rt scree n appears. T his scree n disp lays the service suppor t parameters o f the system. Yo u can change a ny of the se items and pres s Apply to co n firm you r set tings.
60 Nsyn c T a rget From the Sy stem Network menu, choose the Nsync Targ et i tem, and the Nsync Setting scre en app ears. Enable or Disable yo u r Nsync Ta rget Server. P ress Appl y to confirm your settings. If the Thec us Nsy nc fea tu re has chose to use Rsync to replica te data be tween two systems.
61 A descript ion of eac h item follows: FTP Item D escri ption TFTP Ena ble TFT P Servi ce on t he Th e cus I P stor age . IP Check ed WAN/ LAN1 or LAN 2 to ena ble por t u se Port Sp ecifie s the port num ber of an i ncomi ng co nnection on a non-st andar d port.
62 Disks In for mation Item De scriptio n Disk No. Indicates disk l ocation. Capacity Shows th e SATA ha r d disk c apacity . 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.
63 Count read/wri te/veri fica tion error , it mark s this s ector a s "reall ocat ed" and tr ansfer s data t o a s pecial reserv ed are a (s pare a rea). This proc ess i s also kno wn as re mappin g and "realloca ted" sectors are call ed re maps .
64 RAID Informa tio n Item De scriptio n Master R AID The RAID volu me currently desi gnate d as th e Mast er RAID volume . ID ID of the curre nt RAID vol ume . NOTE: All R AID I Ds mu s t be un ique . RAID L evel Shows th e curr ent RA ID co nfigur ation.
65 To crea te a RAID volume, fo l low the s teps below : 1. On the R AID Inform atio n screen, c lick cr eate . 2. On the R AID Con figuration scree n, set the RA ID storage space a s JBOD , RAID 0 , RAID 1 , RAI D 5 , RAID 6 , or RAID 10 — see Appe ndix B : RAID Basics for a detai led descr iption of eac h.
66 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. T he RAID volume ca n not be mou nt ed if the USB d isk with ke y can not be found i n any sys tem USB port wh en the volume is accessed.
67 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. ． ZFS fil e system is onl y accessibl e by CIFS/SMB, not fo r AFP and NFS use rs.
68 With a R AID 1, R AID 5, or RAID 6 volume, you ca n also add a spare disk afte r the RAID is crea t ed. See Chap ter 6: Tips and T ricks > Adding a Spa re Disk fo r details.
69 Edit RAI D On the R AID Inform atio n screen, press the Edi t button to go to the RAID Informati on scree n. Using Edit RAID , you can select R AID ID a nd the Spare Disk.
70 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.
71 4. On the R AID Inform atio n screen, a nd cl ick Edi t to open the RAID Configurati on scree n. 5. On the R AID Configu ration scree n, click Expand . 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 tog ether.
72 With RAID leve l migra tion function, it h a s two differe nt type “On line ” and “Off line” alone with limita ti o n as listed b elow. 1. During R A ID level m igration, it is n ot a llowed reboo t or shutdow n system. 2. Off line R AID level migra tion, all servic es will stop and da ta is inac cessib le.
73 5. The other comb ination to ma ke a s “ On l ine” can have read / w rite work a s norma l. Below is a table l isting of po ssible RAID migra tion s chemes: To From RAID 0 RAID 5 RA ID 6 RAID 0.
74 [RAID 1] HDD x6 t o [RAID 0] HDD x8 [RAID 1] HDD x7 t o [RAID 0] HDD x8 [RAID 1] HDD x7 t o [RAID 5] HDD x8 RAID 5 X [ONLINE] [RAID 5] HDD x3 t o [RAID 5] HDD x4 [RAID 5] HDD x3 t o [RAID 5] HDD x5.
75 Space Allocat ion iSCSI Ta rget You may specify the space al located for iSCSI or targe t USB vo lumes (targe t USB is available in model N 5500 and 1U460 0). T he i SCSI volume can be created from 5 to 25 volume s per sy stem d epend on Thecus IP sto rage’s mode l .
76 Allocating Sp ace f or iSCS I Volume To allocate space for a n iSCSI vol ume on the c urrent RAID volume, fol low 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.
77 LUN ID Specific Logic unit ID n umber. Userna me Enter a us ernam e. Passwor d Enter a pas swor d. Passwor d Confirm R eenter t he cho sen p asswor d 2. Designate the perce ntage to be al located from the All ocation d rag bar. 3. Enable t he iSCSI Ta rget Se rvice by selecti ng E nable .
78 2. Modif y your set ting. Press ok to change. 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, s imply s elect t he iSCS I vol ume yo u li ke to e xpand and click the Expand button: You will then see the dia log box displa yed below .
79 Delete V olume To delete volume on the current R AID vol ume, fo llow the steps b elow: 1. Under the Volume Allocation List , click Delete . The Spac e Allo cation scree n appea rs.
80 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.
81 Now you can star t to crea te iSCS I targe ts to join the newly- created iSCSI thin-provi sion volu me. Basica lly, the iSCSI tar get under i SCSI thin-provis ioning has exactly same settings scr een as the st a ndard iSCSI target vol ume c rea tion.
82 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 i SCSI ta rge t vol ume under thin-provi sioning 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)).
83 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/D isable to operate Thecus IP storage associa ted w ith iSC SI se tting. The details as listed in following scree nshot.
84 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. Share Folder From the Storage menu, choose Sh are Folde r , and t he Folde r scree n appears.
85 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 e n tering the informa 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.
86 Modify F olders On the Folder scree n, press the Edit butto n and the Modify Fold er s creen appear s. This screen allows you to change f old er informat ion. After enter ing the information, 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 fo lder wi ll r esid e.
87 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 .
88 Guest syste m root a ccount will hav e full access to thi s share ( root:r oot). Guest system roo t ac coun t w ill b e ma ppe d to anonym ous user (n obody:n og rou p) o n 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 .
89 The Thec us IP stora ge snap shot is s uppor ted total 1 6 versio ns . Once c hecked “Automat ically re move o ldest snaps hot”, the o ldest w ill be re moved to le t newest t o added on top.
90 ACL settin g Item D escri ption Deny Deni es access to us ers or grou ps who ar e di splay ed in this colu mn. Read Onl y Provide s Read O nly access to user s or grou ps w ho ar e displ aye d in this colu mn. Writable Provide s Write access to users or groups wh o a r e dis played in this column .
91 The ACL screen also allows y o u t o searc h f or a particu lar user. To do t his, fo llow the steps be low: 1. In the b lank, enter the name of the user yo u wo ul d l ike to fi nd. 2. From t he drop dow n selec t the group you wo u ld l ike t o searc h for the us er in.
92 Stackab le NA S The Th ecu s IP s torage’s capacity can b e expa nded even further u si ng the s tackable function. With i t, us ers ca n expa nd th e ca pacity o f their netwo rk s torage sy stems up to 5 other s tack target vo lumes which a re located in d iffere nt sys tems.
93 Next, inp ut the ta rget IP add ress o f the stackab le dev ice and click th e Dis cove ry button. Th e system w i ll list ava i lable targe t vol umes fro m the inputted IP addres s. Once IP w ith vol ume have be en se t, you ma y ne ed to inpu t a valid user name and password t o valida te your a ccess rig hts.
94 From the figure above, the Export share name is “p mmeeting” . The figures below show the result befo re and after via M icroso ft Network Access with se ttings have been comp l eted. The Brows eable se tting w ill be same method o f sett ing for sy ste m share folder.
95 The Public setting will be set same as wha t the setting for t he syste m s hare folder associa ted with t he ACL per missio n setup. I f Pub lic is se t t o Yes , all users w ill be able to access it, and ACL b utton w ill be g rayed out. If Public is s et to No , the A CL button wi ll be ava ilable on the Stack T arget List window.
96 With this newly a ttached stack targe t de vice, y o u will see the informa tion displayed and also se vera l opt ions yo u can choo se. In general, if attac hed sta ck targe t device has been use .
97 ACL sett ings will be exactl y the sa me as sy stem fo lder tha t you ma y have se tup previous ly. 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.
98 From the m a in menu, the ISO M ount feature is located under “ S torag e”. Pl ease refer the figure be low for refere nce. Select on the ISO moun t fu nction a nd you wi ll h ave the scr een shot app ear as following. A. Add a ISO file From the figure abo ve, sel ect ISO fi le from drop down share list.
99 To mount n ew ISO file, select from listed ISO file and inp ut desired mou nting n a me into “Moun t a s:” fi eld. Click “ADD” with co nfirmat ion t o comp lete mounti ng ISO file. Or w ithout “Moun t a s” ISO file e xport name in put, syste m w ill automa ti c to give the export na me by I SO file nam e.
100 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 with name g iving. Pl ease refer the screen shot be low. ISO file “image” has mou nted as folder “I mage” you could see.
101 A descript ion of eac h item follows: ADS/ NT Su pport Item De scriptio n Work Gr oup / Dom ain Nam e Specifi es the SMB/ CIFS Work G rou p / ADS D omain N ame (e. g. MYGR OUP). ADS/NT Su pport Sele ct Dis able to disa ble auth e nti cation throu gh Win dows Activ e Directory Serv e r or Win d ows NT.
102 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. loca l Admin istrator ID Adminis trator Admin istr.
103 3. Enter a Us er ID n umber. If left bla nk, the s yste m will automa t ically a ssign one. 4. Enter a pas sword i n the Password box a nd re-e nter the password in the Confirm box. 5. Select wh ich gro up the user will belo ng to. Grou p Members is a list o f groups this user be longs t o.
104 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.
105 Local G rou p Co nfigurati on Item Descri ption Add Press th e Add butt on to add a user t o th e list of local groups. Edit Press th e Edit bu tton to modify a s elect ed grou p from the sys tem. Remov e Pre ss th e Remo ve button to del ete a select ed group from the system .
106 Edit Groups 1. On the L ocal Gro up Configu ration scree n, sel ect a group na me from the list. 2. Press the Edit bu tton to mod i fy the members in a group. 3. To add a user in to a gro up, select t he user fro m the Us ers List , and pres s the << b utton to move th e user i nt o the Memb ers List .
107 Batch Create Use rs and Groups The Thec us IP stora ge can also add users a nd gro ups in batch mode. T his enab les you to con venie ntly add numero us users a nd gr oups a ut oma tically by import ing a simple co mma-separa t ed pla in text (*. txt) file.
108 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.
109 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.
110 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 without waiting for Searching for ava ilable printer s to finish.
111 6. S elect o r insta ll a printer and the n press OK . 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 ef a ult printer b y chec king the Set as the defa ult p rinter bo x.
112 9. Done! C lick Finish . iTunes® Server With the built-in iT unes ser ver capa bility, The cus I P storag e enables d i gital m usic to be shared a nd played anywh ere o n the netwo rk! From the N etwork me nu, choo se the iTun es ite m, and t he iTune s Configurati o n screen appea rs.
113 Module Ma nagem ent Module I nstallatio n From the Module Ma nagemen t men u, cho ose the Module Installati on item an d the Module M anag ement scre en appea rs. Fro m here, you can ins tall separat e software module s t o extend t he fun ctionality o f yo ur Thecus IP storage.
114 Auto Mo d ule So urce List Item D escri ption Install ed Status of m od ul e 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.
115 Backup There are a number of ways to back up data w ith the T hecus IP s torage. Nsyn c You can backup a share folder to ano ther T hecus IP storag e (Nsyn c Targe t) or an y FTP server for sa fe keep in g as long as you have a ppropriate ac cess rig ht on tha t target.
116 Add N sync Ta sk Item Descri ption Task N ame T he nam e of y our N sync 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.
1 17 Setting up an Nsy nc Target o n an Thecus I P storag e Nsync D evice On the Nsy nc ta rget server, the ad ministra tor of that server has to set up a user accou nt wi th a fo lder named “ n sync” a nd gran t write acc ess. 1. On the Nsy nc ser ver, add a user for N sy nc source (ex.
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119 T hecus Backup Utility The Th ecu s Backup Utility is on your Insta llation CD. When yo u click on the CD, the Backup Utility w ill be instal led under Program Groups > Thecus > Thecus Backup Uti lity . If it is not installed, you can co py the file ( Thecus Ba c kup Utili ty.
120 Windows XP Data Backup If you use Windo ws XP Pro fessio nal, you can also use the Windows Backup Util it y (Ntback up.exe) to backup your files. If you use Windo ws XP Ho me Edit ion, follow the se steps to install the utility: 1. Insert the Windo ws XP CD into a dr ive and double-c lick the CD icon in My Comput er .
121 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 u sing their web browsers.
122 5. Buttons on t he folder page allow you t o c rea te a n ew f o lder, upload files and delete fi les in the folder. 6. To create a new folder within the curren t folder, press the New folder butto n. When the scree n appears enter a name f or the f o lder.
123 (d elete) Deletes selecte d fil es or fol ders. (R enam e) Renam e a dir ectory or f ile. (dow nloa d) D ownload a file to current f older of your com puter . (uplo a d) Upload f ile from yo ur co mputer t o curr e nt web disk fo lder. (Ad min) Chang e pa ssword and confirm n ew passw ord.
124 Windows XP Publishing Wizard There are many wa ys for a local u ser to upl oad pictures into their photo album. Users of Windows XP can upload the ir pict ures using the Windo ws XP Pub lishi ng Wizard. 1. Cl ick on t he XP P ublishing Wizard icon o n top right cor ner.
125 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. On the left pa ne, there w ill be an i con labe led “ Publi sh this f older to the Web ”. 5. Click on t his icon and Web P ubli shing Wi zard w ill start.
126 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. 9. Login into T hecus IP storage with yo u r local u ser nam e and pas sword. 10. Create your alb um by en tering a n album name and click ing on t he Create Album b utton.
127 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.
128 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. 15. Cli ck on the user’ s ico n t o go to t hat user’s a lbum. 16. You will see the user’s album list.
129 17. Finished! Yo u will see the pict ures just selec ted in the album. 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.
130 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. E a ch n ame is limite d to 2 0 ch aracter s and e ac h descri ption is limite d to 25 5 ch aract ers. Delete Delete th e sele cted albums or photos .
131 EXIF In for matio n While view ing pict ures, you can a lso have Th ecu s IP storage displa y the EXIF informa tion for eac h photo . Simply c lick the EXIF b utto n to d isplay E XIF inf ormation. To hide this i nformat ion, click the EXIF bu tton aga in.
132 Mapping a Clien t PC to the Thecus I P S torage You can map shar e folders on The cus IP s torage so tha t y o u can acces s the m as if they w ere drive s o n yo u r computer. Yo u can con nect to the shared network folders on Thec us IP storage as fo ll ows: Windows 1.
133 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.
134 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 i SC SI Initiator pro pertie s window w ill appea r. 8. S elect t he Discovery tab.
135 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 .
136 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.
137 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.
138 Chapter 6: T ip s and T ricks USB and eSATA S torage Ex pans ion The Thecus IP storage suppor ts external USB hard di sks throug h its U SB ports. Once a USB hard disk has succes sfully mounted, t he e ntire vol ume will be linked automat ically to the defau lt USB HDD folde r.
139 Part I - Setup a Dyn D NS Account 1. Go to http://w ww.dyndn s.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.
140 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 syste m’s automat ic data r ecovery.
141 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.
142 Problems w ith Tim e an d Date S ettin gs The adm inistrator is ab le to select a n NTP Server 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.
143 A ppendi x A : Customer Suppor t 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.
144 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.
145 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 lic a tions that require da t a security such as of fice a ut o mation a nd onli ne customer service.
146 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 .
147 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.
148 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.
149 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.
150 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.
151 these co nditions, a nd tell ing the u ser how to vie w a copy of this L icense. (Exception: if the Program itself is interac tive bu t does not nor mally print such an a nnou ncement, your wo rk based o n the Progra m is no t requ ired to print an a nnou ncement.
152 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.
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If you have not bought Thecus N4200PRO yet, this is a good time to familiarize yourself with the basic data on the product. First of all view first pages of the manual, you can find above. You should find there the most important technical data Thecus N4200PRO - thus you can check whether the hardware meets your expectations. When delving into next pages of the user manual, Thecus N4200PRO you will learn all the available features of the product, as well as information on its operation. The information that you get Thecus N4200PRO will certainly help you make a decision on the purchase.
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However, one of the most important roles played by the user manual is to help in solving problems with Thecus N4200PRO. Almost always you will find there Troubleshooting, which are the most frequently occurring failures and malfunctions of the device Thecus N4200PRO along with tips on how to solve them. Even if you fail to solve the problem, the manual will show you a further procedure – contact to the customer service center or the nearest service center
