Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product N4510U, 16TB Thecus
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Thec us N8900 series/N 120 00 seri es/N16 000 series N5550/ N6850/ N88 50/N1 0850 N7700PRO V2/ N88 00PRO V2 N4510U/N 751 0 User’s Ma nual.
2 Copyright a nd Trade mark No tice Thecus and ot her na mes of T hecus pro duct s ar e registered tradema rks of Thec us Technology Corp. Microso ft, Windows, a nd the Windows logo are regist ered trademarks of M icrosof t Co rporat ion. Apple, iT unes and Apple O S X are reg istere d trademarks of Apple Co mpute rs, Inc.
3 Safety Warn i ngs For your safety, please r ead and fo llow the fo ll o wing safe ty warn ings: Read this manual thoroug hly before a t temp t ing to se t up yo u r Thecu s IP storage. Your Thecus IP stora ge i s a comp l icated e l ectron ic de vice.
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6 Part III - S etting up V irtual Servers ( HTTPS) ....... ..... ..... .... ..... ..... . ...16 1 Firewall Softwa re Con figuratio n .............. ......... ......... ........... .......... ... 161 Replacing Damag ed Hard Drives ......... ......... .
7 Chapter 1: I ntroduct i on Overview Thank yo u for c h oosi ng the Thec us IP Storage Server. The Thec us IP storage i s an easy-to- use s torage serve r that a ll ows a dedicated appro ach to stor ing a n d distribu ting data o n a network.
8 Thecus IP s torage suppo rts mu l tiple R A ID vol u mes on one sys t em. So, you c an create RA I D 0 for y our no n-critical da t a, a nd cre at e RAID 1 ,5,6,50 or 60 (depe n d on mode l ) for m ission-cri tic al data. Create the R AID levels depe nding o n your needs.
9 Package C onte nts N8900/N1 2 000/N 1 6000 S eries/N 8800PRO V 2/N 4510U-R The Thec u s IP s torage should contain the fo llowing co m mon i tems: System U n it x1 QIG (Q uick Insta l latio .
10 Front Pan el N8900 series: Front Pa ne l Item Descri p tio n 1.Power Bu tton Power on/off N8900 2.Power LED Solid gree n: Syste m is power on. 3.Syst em error LED Solid RED: Syst em error . 4.Mute button Mute th e syste m fan alar m.
11 N12000 s eries: The Thec u s N12 0 00 serie s fron t panel has the d evice’s co n trols, i ndicato rs, and hard disk trays: Front Pa ne l Item Descri p tio n 1.Power Bu tton Power on/off N12000 2.Power LED Solid gree n: Syste m is power on.
12 N16000 s eries: The Thec u s N16 0 00 serie s fron t panel has the d evice’s co n trols, i ndicato rs, and hard disk trays: Front Pa ne l Item Descri p tio n 1.Power Bu tton Power on/off N16000 2.Power LED Solid gree n: Syste m is power on.
13 N6850: The The cu s N 6850’s front pan el h as th e de vice’s cont ro l s, ind i cators, and hard disk trays: Front Pa nel Item Descript ion 1. Pow er Button Power on/off N 6850 2. USB Port U SB 2. 0 por t for compa ti ble USB de vices, such a s di g ital cameras, USB d isks, a n d USB pr int ers.
14 N8850: The The cu s N 8850’s front pan el h as th e de vice’s cont ro l s, ind i cators, and hard disk trays: Front Pa nel Item Descript ion 1. Pow er Button Power on/off N 8 850 2. USB Port U SB 2. 0 por t for compa ti ble USB de vices, such a s di g ital cameras, USB d isks, a n d USB pr inters.
15 N10850: The Thec u s N10 8 50’s fro nt panel ha s the dev i ce’s co ntrols, indica t ors, a n d hard disk trays: Front Pa nel Item Descript ion 1. Pow er Button Power on/off N 1 0850 2. USB Port U SB 2. 0 por t for compa ti ble USB de vices, such a s di g ital cameras, USB d isks, a n d USB pr inters.
16 N7700PRO V2: The Thec u s N77 0 0PRO V 2 fron t panel has the d evice’s co n trols, i ndicators, and hard disk trays: Front Pa ne l Item Descri p tio n 1.Powe r LED Solid blue: System i s power on . 2.Syst em L ED Solid ora nge: sy stem i s being upgrad ed or sy stem startu p; dat a currentl y i nacce ssible 3.
17 N8800PRO V2: The Thec u s N88 0 0PRO V 2 fron t panel has the d evice’s co n trols, i ndicators, and hard disk trays: Front Pa ne l Item Descri p tio n 1.Power Bu tton Power on/off N8800 PRO V2 2.Power LED Solid gree n: Syste m is power on.
18 N5550: The Thec u s N55 5 0 fron t pane l has t he device’ s c ont rols, in dica t ors, a n d hard d i sk trays: Front Pa ne l Item Descri p tio n 1.Syst em L ED Blinkin g ora nge: System i s being u pg r ade d or ;i s starti ng u p; data curr ently inacc essibl e 2.
19 N4510U: The Thec u s N45 1 0U fro nt pa nel has t he dev ice’s con t rols, i ndicators, and hard disk trays: Front Pa ne l Item Descri p tio n 1. L CD Dis p lay Displays t he curr ent sy stem s tatus and warni ng m essag e s. Displays h ostna me, WAN/ LAN1/L AN2 IP addres s es, R AID statu s, and curr ent tim e.
20 N7510: The Thec u s N75 1 0 fron t pane l has t h e device’ s c ont rols, i ndica t ors, a n d hard d i sk trays: Front Pa ne l Item Descri p tio n 1.Powe r LED Solid blue: System i s power on . 2.Syst em L ED Solid ora nge: sy stem i s being upgrad ed or sy stem startu p; dat a currentl y i nacce ssible 3.
21 Rear Pa nel N8900 Back Pane l Item Descri p tio n 1.Power Conne ctor C onne c t th e inclu ded pow e r cor d s to th e se co nnector s 2.Seri al Port This port is f or external UPS d e vic e 3.eSATA Port eSATA p or t for high- s pe ed stora ge ex pansion 4.
22 5.USB Port USB 3.0 por t for co mpatibl e USB devi ces. 6.WAN/ LAN1 Port WAN/LAN 1 port for c onnectin g to an Eth ernet network throu gh a switch or router 7.LAN2 Port LAN2 port for connectin g to an Ethern et network throu g h a switch or router 8.
23 N6850: The N68 50 rear panel fea tu res po rts a n d con n ectors. Back Pane l Item Descri p tio n 1.Power Conne ctor C onne c t th e inclu ded pow e r cor d s to th e se co nnector s 2.Seri al Port This port is f or external UPS d e vic e 3.
24 N8850: The N88 50 rear panel fea tu res po rts a n d con n ectors. Back Panel Item Descri p tio n 1.Power Conne ctor C onne c t th e inclu ded pow e r cor d s to th e se co nnector s 2.Seri al Port This port is f or external UPS d e vic e 3.
25 N10850: The N10 850 rear pa nel feat ures port s and co nn ectors. Back Panel Item Descri p tio n 1.Power Conne ctor C onne c t th e inclu ded pow e r cor ds to these co nnector s 2.Seri al Port This port is f or external UPS d e vic e 3.eSATA Port eSATA p or t for high- s pe ed stora ge ex pansion 4.
26 N7700PRO V2: The N77 00PRO V 2 rear pa nel features ports a nd connec t ors. Back Pane l Item Descri p tio n 1.LAN2 Port LAN2 por t for conn ecting to a lo cal Ethern et network throu gh a switch or router. 2.WAN/ LAN1 Port WAN/LAN 1 port for c onnectin g to an Eth ernet network throu gh a switch or router.
27 N8800PRO V2: The N88 00PRO V 2 rear pa nel features ports a nd connec t ors. Back Pane l Item Descri p tio n 1.Power Conne ctor C onne c t th e inclu ded pow e r cor d s to th e se co nnector s 2.Power Swi tc h Switch for power su pply 3.eSATA Port eSATA p or t for high- s pe ed stora ge ex pansion 4.
28 N5550: The N55 50 rear panel fea tu res po rts a n d con n ectors. Back Pane l Item Descri p tio n 1.Power Conne ctor C onne c t th e inclu ded pow e r cor ds to th e se co nnector s 2. WAN /LAN1 P ort W AN/L AN1 port for conn e cting to an E thern e t network through a switch or router 3.
29 N4510U-R: Back Panel Item Descri p tio n 1.Power Conne ctor C onne c t th e inclu ded pow e r cor d s to th e se co nnector s 2. WAN /LAN1 P ort W AN/L AN1 port for conn e cting to an E thern e t network through a switch or router 3. LAN2 Por t LAN2 port for con nectin g to an Ethern et network throu g h a switch or router 4.
30 N7510: The N75 10 rear panel fea tu res po rts a n d con n ectors. Back Pane l Item Descri p tio n 1.Power Conne ctor C onne c t th e inclu ded pow e r cor d s to th e se co nnector s 2. WAN /LAN1 P ort W AN/L AN1 port for conn e cting to an E thern e t network through a switch or router 3.
31 Chapter 2: Ha rdware Inst allation Overview Your The cus IP storage i s desig ned for ea sy inst al latio n . To he l p you ge t star ted, the follow ing chap ter w ill help you qu i ckly get yo ur Thecus IP storage u p and running. P lease read i t c are fully to prev ent damaging yo ur unit du r ing i n stallat ion.
32 ▲ N 4 510U WAN/LAN 1 port ▲ N 7 510 WAN/LAN 1 port 2. Connect the prov ided po wer cord int o the u niversa l power socket o n the back pa nel. Pl ug the ot her end of the co rd into a su rge pro tector soc ket .
33 N5550 power socket N4510U po w er socket 3. Press the pow er b utt on on the Fro nt Pa nel to boo t u p the Thec us I P s t orage. ▲ N 1 2000 serie s /N160 00 series/N 8 900 series p ower.
34 ▲ N 7 700PRO V 2 / N7510 power button ▲ N 8 800PRO V 2 power button ▲ N 4 510U power button.
35 Chapter 3: F i rst T ime Setup Overview Once the hardwa re i s i nsta lled, p hysically connec t ed to yo u r network, and pow ered on, yo u can configure the Thec u s I P storage s o t h at i t is acce ssible to your networ k users. T here are t wo way s to set up yo ur Thecus IP storage: using the The c us Setup Wi zard or the LC D disp lay .
36 6. Name your T hecus IP storage and co nfigure the net wor k IP address. I f your switch or ro uter is co n figured as a DHCP Server, configuring the Thecus IP storage to automa tically obta i n an IP add ress is recomm ended. Yo u ma y also use a stat ic IP addr ess and enter the DN S Server addres s man ually.
37 8. Fi nished ! Acce ss the T hecus IP st orage Web Ad ministra tor Inter f ace by pressing the Start Browser b utto n. You can also co nfig ure ano ther Th ecus IP storage at this point b y cl icking the Setup Ot her Devi c e butto n . Pres s Exit to ex i t the w i zard.
38 Display Mode During norma l operat i on, the LC D wil l be in Dis play Mode . Display Mode Item Descri p tio n Host N ame Current h ost nam e of th e syste m. WAN/L AN1 Current WAN/L AN1 IP setting . LAN2 Current L AN2 IP s etting. Link Ag gre g ation Current L ink Aggr egation statu s Syst em Fan1 Current system f an1 statu s.
39 OLED Op eratio n (Does n ot apply to the N7700PRO V2/N880 0PRO V2/N5550/N45 10U/N7510) OLED O peration The Thecus I P storage is equipped with an OLED on the front for easy stat us display and se t up. There a re four button s o n the front pa n el t o con t rol the OL ED func tions.
40 2. In Display Mode , press the E nter ( ). 3. The LCD will disp l ay “ USB Copy? ” 4. Press Ente r ( ) and the Thec us IP stora ge w i ll s tart copy i ng USB disks connect ed to the front USB port. The LCD will dis play the USB copy progre ss and resu lts.
41 Chapter 4 : Storag e M anageme nt > Share Folder . To find ou t about conf igur ing Folder Acce ss Co n trol Lists, see Chapte r 4: S torag e Managem ent > Share Folder> Folder Access C ontrol List ( A CL) .
42 Chapter 4: Sy stem A dmini strati on Overview The Thec u s IP s torage p rovi de s an ea sily acces sible Web Adm inistration Interfac e . W ith it, you can conf i gure a nd m onito r the Thec u s IP storage anyw h ere on the ne t work. Web Admi nistrat ion Inter face Make sure your network is connected to the Interne t.
43 Following t he d i sclaimer pa ge, you wi ll see t he W e b Adm inistratio n Interfa ce . From here, you can con f igure and mon itor virtua ll y ev ery a spect of the Th ec us IP storage fro m anyw here on the n etwo rk.
44 Menu Bar The Menu Bar i s where y ou w ill find all of t h e informat i on scr eens a n d sys t em settings of Thec us IP storag e. The va rious settin gs are place d in the follow in g groups o n the me nu bar: Menu Bar Item Descri p tio n Syst em Infor mation Current system status of th e Th ecus IP storage.
45 Message Bar You can g et quick infor m ation abou t your sys t em s t atus by moving your mo use over the se icon s. Messa g e Bar Item Status Descri p tio n RAID Info rma tion. Display t he sta t us of crea t ed RA ID volume. C lick to go to R AID i nformat ion page as short cut.
46 System I nformati on Informat ion prov i des vi ewing on curre nt Produ ct info, Sys tem Stat us, Ser vice Status a n d Logs. The me nu bar a llows you to see various aspec t s of the Thecu s IP storag e. From here, yo u ca n disco ver the stat us of the T hecus IP storag e, a nd al so other de tails.
47 Syst em Fan 1 S peed Displays current Sy stem f an (l eft 1) st a tus Syst em Fan 2 S peed Displays current Sy stem f an (l eft 2) st a tus Syst em Fan 3 S peed Displays current Sy stem f an (l eft.
48 See the fo l lowing table for a detailed descrip tion of each item: System L ogs Item Descri p tio n All Provide s all log inf orm ation in cluding system mes s ag es, warni ng mess ages and err or message s . INFO Records i nforma t ion abou t sys tem me ssage s.
49 Sy slog Management Generates syste m l og to be stored locall y or rem otel y, it al so can be chose to act as syslog ser v er for a ll other devi ces. These messag es are stored o n your N AS i n: Nsy n c > log> messag es. Informat ion ca n be obtai n ed i n two ways: l oca l ly and remo t ely.
50 Configura t ion wi th syslog client and ta rget to sto re remotel y: See the fo l lowing table for a detailed descrip tion of each i tem: Time Item De scriptio n Syslog D aemon Enable/Dis ab l e syslo g daemo n.
51 It is di vi ded into 4 sectio n s. E a ch sectio n can be modified to mon itor speci f ic items by us ing the drop down lis t from the “M onitors” t ab, s imply c lick on t he items yo u would like t o mo n itor.
52 For the on -lin e u sers lis t , sys tem mon itor wi ll display t he on-l ine user s and t he share fold er they have visited. System M onitor Item Des cr ipti on Save La yout Saving sel ected mon itoring i tems. Layo ut w ill re m ain the same for f utu re v i sits.
53 System M anageme nt The Syst em Manag e ment men u gives you a wealth o f sett i ngs that you ca n use to co nfigure yo u r T h ecus IP storage syste m adm i nistrat ion a n d f unctions. Y ou ca n set up sys t em t ime, sys t em not ificatio n s, a nd ev en upgrade firmware f rom th is menu.
54 Notifica tio n Config uratio n Item Descri p tio n Beep No tification Enable or disable t he s yst em buzzer t hat bee p s w hen a proble m occurs. Email N otificatio n Enable or disable email n otificatio ns of sys tem pro blems. Auth entication Type Select th e SMTP Serv er accoun t authenti c ati on typ e .
55 Schedule Power On/Off Using the Thecus IP st orag e Sy stem Manage men t, you ca n save energ y and money by schedu l ing the Thec us I P storage to turn itself on an d off du ri n g cer tain time s of the day. From the men u , choo se the S c hedul e Power On/O ff item and the Schedul e Power On /Off screen appears.
56 A dmi nistrator Passw ord From the men u, choo se the Admi n ist r ator Password item and t he Chang e Administrat or Pas sword scree n appears. E nte r a new pas sword in t he New Password bo x and c onfi r m your new password in the C on firm P assword box.
57 Factory Default From the men u, choo se the Fact ory Default item and t he Re set to Fac tory Default scree n appears. Press Appl y to reset Thecus IP storag e to factory de fault settings. Rebo ot & Shu t do wn From the m enu, c h oose Reboot & S hutdown item, a nd t he S hutd own/Reb oot System screen appears.
58 Click Yes t o reboot the system. Once the syste m has r ebooted, yo u will be re turned to t h e Fi le System Che c k prompt. Ther e you wi ll see the ava ilable RAID volume s to run the file system c heck. Check the desired RAID volum es and clic k N ext to proceed w ith the fil e system check.
59 Wake-Up On LAN (WOL) The Thecus IP storage has the ab i lity to be aw oke n from sleep mode via WAN/LAN1 or LAN2 por t. From the men u, choose t he W OL item, and the Wake-up On LAN s creen appear s.
60 fields. W i th the SNMP mana gement sof t ware, you ca n get o ther sys t em’s bas ic informa t ion. From the menu, c h oose the SNM P ite m, and the SNMP Suppo rt screen app ears.
61 System Ne twork Use the S y stem Netwo r k me nu to make net wo rk config uration s ettings to a n on board ne twork por t or additio nal NIC as well a s DHCP and l ink agg regation. Networking From the Syst em Netwo rk menu, choo se Net wor king , and t he Networking Configurati on screen app ears.
62 Network C o nfig uratio n (NIC port) Link s peed Di s play a s sociat ed NIC p ort li nk s p ee d. Link s tatus Display asso c iat ed NIC port link statu s. MAC a dd res s MAC a dd res s of the ne twork int erface. Jumbo F ram e Suppor t Ena ble or disable Ju mbo Fra me Su pport of associat e interf ac e on y our Thecus IP storag e .
63 DHCP/RADVD Server Configurat i on A DHCP/R ADVD server can be configured to ass ign IP addres ses (IPv4) or Prefix (IPv6) to d evices connec t ed to t he as socia ted NI C port.
64 The assoc i ated sc reen shot wi l l appear a ft er t he “+” is cl i cked. Select from available ne t work por t then move over to selec ted bo x. Click “Link” t o co n firm t he se l ectio n. The new l y created tab wi l l appear f or more settings required to comple te the li nk aggrega tio n configura t ion.
65 Jumbo F ram e Suppor t Ena ble or d is able Jumbo Frame Support of the a ssocia ted i nte rfa ce on your Thecus IP storag e . Link Type Se lect fro m drop d own li st for desire d mo de. IPv4/IPv 6 Click to ena b le IPv4/ IPv6 for TC P/IP. The default is IP v4 enable d .
66 Storage Ma nag ement The S torag e menu d isplays the sta tus of s t orage devices installed in t he Thec u s IP storage. It inc ludes storag e co nfigura t ion opt i ons s uch as RA ID and disk setting s, folder conf i gurat ion, iSC SI a nd ISO Mo unt.
67 Disk No. Indicates disk loca tion. Capacity Sho ws the SAT A hard disk c apacity . Model Display s the SATA h a rd disk mo del na me. Link D isplays t he har d disk i nterface a nd link s peed Firmwar e Show s the SAT A ha r d disk fi rmware v ersion.
68 transf er it to the res e rve d disk ar ea (spar e area), and mark this sector a s remap ped. If thi s attribut e valu e remain s at zero, i t indica tes that the quali ty of the corres ponding sur face area is low. Test Typ e Set shor t or l ong tim e to t est.
69 RAID I nfo rmatio n Item D escri p tio n Master R AID The RAID vol ume currently designat ed as th e Master RAID volume . ID ID of the c urre nt RAID volu me. NOTE: A ll R AID ID s mu s t be uniq ue. RAID L ev el Shows th e current R AID co nfigur ation.
70 storag e vol ume. To crea te a RA ID volu me, fo llow the s t eps below : 1. On the R AID Inf ormatio n scree n, clicks cr eate. 2. On the R AID Con figuratio n scr een , set the RAID st orage spac.
71 4. If this RAID vo lume i s meant to be the Mas t er RAID volume, tick the Mas ter RAID che ck box. 5. Selected wh ether the R AID vol u me wi ll be en crypted or n ot. The RA ID volu me can p r otect da t a b y using RAI D V olume Encrypt i on function to prev ent t h e r i sk of data exposure.
72 We strong l y recom m ended copy i ng the RAID volume enc r yption key t o a safe place. Yo u can f i nd the encryp t ion ke y file from the U S B disk i n the followi n g format: (RAID v olume c reated date)_x xxxxx.k ey RAID vo lumes wi th encr yption enabled w ill be d isplayed wi th a key lock symbol n ext to volume ID na m e.
73 9. Press Submit to buil d the RA I D stora ge vo lume. 10. Press “Y es” fo r RAID vo l ume creatio n prepa ration. T hen click “F inish” to start up w ith R AID vol u me bu ilding.
74 RAID Lev el You can set the storag e vo lume as JB OD , RAID 0 , RAID 1 , RA ID 5, R AID 6, RAID 10, R A ID 50 or R AID 6 0 (depe nding o n model ) .
75 but no t data safety. R AID 0 r equires a mi ni mum of 2 disks. RAID 1 Offers d i sk mirroring. Provi des twic e the r ead rat e of a single d isk, but sam e writ e rate. R AID 1 re q uir e s a minimu m of 2 disks. RAID 5 Data s tripin g an d stri pe error correcti on i nfor mation p rovided.
76 Remove R A ID Click to re move the RA ID volu me. All u ser da t a and iSC SI crea ted in the s elec t ed RAID vo lume wi l l be de leted. To remov e a R AID vol ume, fol l ow the steps b elo w: 1.
77 WARNIN G Remove RAI D destroys all data in the sel ected RAID vol ume. The data w ill be unrecoverabl e..
78 Global Hot Spare Up to 5 R AID volumes can be created per system . The globa l h o t spare s upport can elimina te the redunda nt d isk usage in each RAID vo lume. Simply select an unused disk from the globa l ho t spare d i sk lis t then a pply to a ctiv a te.
79 Migrating a RA ID Once a R AID volume has be en crea t ed, you m ay want to move it to o ther physica l drives or c hange the R A ID array all t oge t her. To mi grate a RA ID 1 , R AI D 5, R A ID 6, RAID50 or RAID 60 vo lume, follow t he step s bel ow: 1.
80 Here is a l ist of l imitation with RA ID level migra tion functio n : 1. During R AID le vel migra t ion, i t is not permit t ed to rebo ot or shutdow n system.
81 Below is a table listing of possible RA I D migra t ion s chemes: To From RAID 0 RAID 5 RA I D 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 [.
82 RAID 6 X X [ 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 ………………… ……… …….
83 With t he ad ded s t ack target you can “E nable” or “ Disable” the stack target now or later depe nding on usage req uired. Next, inp ut the target IP add ress of t he stackab le device and clic k the Dis covery button. T h e system w i ll list ava i lable target vo lumes f rom th e inputted IP addre ss.
84 The Sta cked Ta rget name will becom e th e netwo rk share name an d will be displayed throug h n etwo rk ac cess s u ch a s SMB. Y ou may r efer t o the f i gure below to see t he resul t. Please n ote t he na ming l imitat ion. From the figure abo v e, t h e Stack ed Target na me is “pm m eeti ng”.
85 The Browseab le setting is the same me thod used for sett ing a sy stem share folder. It designa t es whe ther or no t this folder will be visible thro ugh web d i sk. Yo u may refer to the fig u re below fo r ref erence when Yes and No are selected.
86 With this newly at tached st a ck t a rget device, y ou will see the informat ion displayed and also h ave a ccess to severa l options to choo se from.
87 After yo ur change s have been made, click A pply to confirm an y mod ifications. Once changes are app li ed, the associated infor mation will be updated on the St ac k Target List windo w. D. Stack T arget A CL If the stack target P ublic set t ing set t o Y es , t hen t he ACL b utton will be gray ed o ut.
88 IS O Mount The ISO Moun t f ea ture is a very usefu l t ool from the T h ecus prod u cts. With i t, u sers can mou n t an I S O file a n d have the expo rt name disp l ay al l the de t ails from the mounted ISO fi l e. From the main men u, the ISO Mo unt feat ure is lo c ated und er “ Storage”.
89 To mo unt t he n ew I SO file, selec t one file from t he l ist of f i les an d i nput the desired mounting na m e into the “Mou nt as:” field. Click “ ADD” t o confirm t he co mple t ion o f the mo unting.
90 After co mpletion, t he page will display all mo unted I SO files. You can click “U n mo unt” to eli m inate a mounted ISO f i le. B. Using ISO The mounted ISO file w ill be located in t he share folder of the same name as the file. Please refer t he s cree n sho t below .
91 Share Folder From the Storage menu, choose Share Folde rs , and t h e Shar ed Fol der scre en appears. T h is scree n a llows you to crea te a nd conf igure fo lders on the The c us IP storage vo lume. Adding Folders On t he Folder screen, press the Add butto n and the Add F o lder scree n appear s .
92 Modify F olders On the Fold er sc ree n, press the Edi t butto n an d the Modi fy Fold e r scr een appears. T h is scree n a ll ows you to cha n ge folde r informa t ion. After en t ering t he informa t ion, pres s App ly to s ave your c hang e s. Mo dify Fold er Item Descri p tio n RAID ID RAID v olume wh e re t he fol de r wil l r eside.
93 NFS Share To allow N FS access t o the s h are fold er, e n able the NFS Se rvice , a n d then se t up hosts wi th access righ ts by cl i cking Add . NFS Sha re Item D escri p tio n Hostn a me Enter t he n ame or IP addr e ss of th e ho st Privi leg e Host ha s eith e r r e ad onl y or wri tea ble acc e ss to the f older.
94 share ( root:r oot). Guest s y s tem ro ot ac count will be mappe d to anonym ous user (n obody: no group) on NAS . All user on g uest system will be m app ed to ano nymo us user (n obody: no group) on NAS . Choos e th e one w hic h best f its yo ur nee d s.
95 Writable Provides Write acce s s to users or group s who are displaye d in this column . Recur sive Enable to inh erit th e acc ess ri ght for all its sub- fold e r s. To config u re folder access, follow the steps be l o w: 1. On t he ACL screen, all network group s a nd users are listed in the left h a nd column.
96 2. From the drop dow n se l ect the gro u p yo u would like t o sear ch for the user in. 3. Click Sear c h . iSCSI You may s pecif y the spa ce alloca ted for iSCSI.
97 iSCSI Ta r get To ad d iS C SI t arg et v olum e, click iSCSI with associated RAID volume from its dro p down lis t and sele ct the desired R AID volume. iSCSI Tar get Item D escri p tio n Add Click to allocat e s pace to iS CSI tar get from associate d RAID volume .
98 To allocat e s pace for an iSCS I target on the c u rrent RAID vo lume, fo ll ow the st eps below: 1. Under the iSCSI T arget List , selec t iSCSI Tar get then click Add . The Creat e iSCSI Volum e screen appea rs. Create iSCSI V olume Item Descri ption iSCSI T arget Vol ume Enable or Dis ab l e th e iSCSI Tar get Volu me.
99 Iqn_Mont h Select th e curre nt mo nth from the drop d own . Auth entication You may c hoose CHAP authen tication or ch oose N on e. Userna me Enter a us ernam e .
100 Modify i SCSI V olume To modi fy iSCSI target on the c u rren t RAID volu me, follow the s t eps below: 1. Under the i SCSI Targ et List , click Modify .
101 You will the n see the di alog box disp l ayed below. Drag the E xpand Capa city bar t o the size you wa nt. T hen press E xpand t o co n firm t he opera tion. Delete V o lume To delete volume on t he curren t RAID volum e, fo l low the st eps below : 1.
102 2. Press Y E S . All da t a i n the vol u me wi ll be rem oved. iSCSI T hin -Provisioning If i SCSI T hin-Prov isioning is sel ect ed w hen creat ing a n i SCSI target volume, vi rt u al memory is assigned to the target, allowing th e physica l memo ry t o reach max i mu m capacity a n d add ing new d is ks on l y whe n need e d.
103 If creati ng an iSCSI targe t volume under “I n stant A llocatio n”, phys ical memo ry i s assign to the targ et , bei n g limi ted by the ava ilab l e memor y. For the i SCSI target volume created u nder “ t hin-pro visio ning”, vir t ual memory is assig ned to the volume, w h ich can go u p to 1 6384GB (16T B).
104 The ac cessib l e I nitiator w ill be listed as show n in the screen s h ot d is p layed be l ow. The listed “Initiator iqn” can be mod ified or deleted by se l ect in g the desired iqn and pressing Modify o r Dele t e.
105 iSCSI C RC/Che cksum To enab le this op tion, the initiator can co nnect with “Data digest” and “ Header digest”. Max Conn e ctions The max imum n umber of iSCSI co nnections.
106 fabric fa ilures, a n d i n a comp letely OS indepe n dent f ashio n (i.e. be l ow th e h os t OS storage st ack). High-Availabilit y (N8900, N12000 series/N16000 series only) HA keep s your da t .
107 2 nd un i t: H ost name: PM S (17 2 .16.66. 24 ) with JB OD RAID volume. This unit w i ll be setup as t h e Seco n dary server. Setting up the P r imary unit fo r HA. Let’s u se the Primary u nit from o ur exampl e PMA (1 7 2.16.6 6.25): i. Login in to web UI of syste m 17 2.
108 ii. Click on “E n ab le” radio bu tton, then t he sett i ng page wi ll appear. iii. Choose the server role of the system, for thi s example, we will have this unit as ‘Primary Server”. So “Primary Server” i s chec ked. iv. Choo se the “ Auto Fa ilbac k” o pt ion, the d efaul t is disabled.
109 vi. Fill in t he “Seco ndary Server” h os tname i n forma tion. For t his exam pl e, w e will use “PM S” for the seconda r y serv er hostname. Please ma ke sure the associa ted Seco n dary ser ver w ith the “PM S ” host name h as bee n setup.
110 ix. Advance op tions can be set u p by pre ssing the a ssociated b utt o n . Heart Beats Co nfigu ration Item D escri p tio n Keep ali ve tim e The keep a liv e directiv e sets th e int erval betw een hea rtbeat packet s . It is specifie d accor ding to th e Heart beat tim e synt a x.
111 x. Click “Apply”, the Prima ry serv er wil l prompt the mes sage below a nd wait for the “ Standby” s erver settings to be compl et ed. Setting up the S econdary unit f or HA. Th e secondary u nit for our example is PMS ( 172.16.6 6.24): xi.
112 After the S econdary serve r has comm unicated w ith Primary Ser ver success fully, then the s tate w i ll cha nged to: Click “Yes” to rebo ot bo th Primary and Secondar y server. If the com municatio n has fai l ed then you wi ll see an er ror message a s below.
113 At t his t i me, the vir tual IP addres s w ill b e mapped t o t h e PMS sy stem beca use it i s in an act ive state. HA Ready: After bo th P rimary and Secondary sy st ems has rebo oted, the HA link status and t he HA RAID vo lume ca n be se en from t he HA s tatus pag e.
114 HA Recovery: If one of the HA member i s down a nd need to be recovered, simp ly g o t o the RAID manage ment pag e a nd the “H A Recover y” icon will be availab l e. Click o n t he “HA R ec over y” icon, then the system will p rompt a box to inquire about the Act ive server h eartbea t link IP add ress .
115 User an d Group A uthe nticati on The Thec u s IP s torage has bu ilt-in u ser databas e that allows ad ministrators t o manage user a ccess using di fferen t group pol i cies. From the User a nd Group Authenticati on men u , you ca n create, modify, and delete users, and assig n the m to group s that yo u desig n ate.
116 ADS Su pport Select D isabl e to di sable a uthenti cation through W in dows Acti ve Directory Serv er. ADS S e rver N am e Sp ecifie s the ADS s erv e r na me ( e.
117 Loc al User Configuration From the Account s menu, choo se the User ite m, and t he Local Use r Configurati on scree n appear s. This screen a llows you t o Add , Edit , an d Rem ove local users. Local U s er Confi g ura tion Item De scriptio n Add Press the Add butt on to add a u s er to the list of local users.
118 Edit Users 1. Select an exis ting user f rom the Local User C onfiguratio n scree n . 2. Click on t he Edit b utton, and the Lo c al User Setting scre en appears. 3. From here, you can en ter a new passw ord a n d re- enter to co nfirm, or u se the << or > > b uttons t o have t his u ser join or leave a gro up.
119 Loc al Group Configuration From the Account s menu, choo se the Group item, and t he Lo c al Gr o up Configurati on scree n appear s. This screen a l low s you to Add , Edit , and Rem ove local groups. Local G roup Co nfigurati on Item De scriptio n Add Press the Add butt on to add a u ser t o th e list of local groups .
120 5. S elect u sers to be in th is gro u p f rom t he Users List by adding them to the Member s List u s ing th e << button. 6. Cl ick the Apply b u tton to save your c h anges. Edit Groups 1. On the Local Group Con figuration screen, select a gro up n ame from the list.
121 Batch Users and Groups Creat ion The Thecus IP stora ge ca n a lso ad d u sers a nd gr oups i n ba tch mode. This e nables you to convenie ntly add numerou s users and g ro ups au tomatica l ly by i mporti n g a simple co mma-sepa ra ted pla in text (*.
1 22 User Quota The Thec u s IP s torage suppor t local o r AD u sers with storage quo ta limitat ions in each RAID volum e of t h e sys tem. To e n able t his func t ion, s imply cl ick “ Enable”, then app ly. Next, ea ch user c an be s etup a global storag e quota si ze for each RAID vo l ume.
123 LDAP Support The LDAP i s the o ther way to a uthen ticate log in user s who has jo ined LD AP server, fill in the LDAP s erver i nforma t ion and get LD AP authe n tica tion star t ed. Please make sur e tha t the LDAP server has a S amba sam and a POSIX Obj ectClas s accou nt.
124 Samba Servi ce Used for l etting the opera tin g sy st em of U NIX series and SMB/CIF S of Microsof t Windows opera ting system (Server Message Block / Commo n I nter net File S ystem) do the link in netwo r k protocol. Enable or D isable SMB/CIFS protoco l fo r Windows, Apple, UNI X driv e mapp ing.
125 Protoco l. You ca n cha nge any of these i tems and press Apply t o con firm yo ur settings. A descript i on of eac h item fol lows: Apple Ne tw ork Co nfigurat ion Item D escri p tio n AFP S erv er Enable or dis ab l e Apple File S ervice to use the Thecus IP s torag e with MA C OS-b ased s yst ems.
126 A descript i on of eac h item fol lows: NFS Ser ver Sett ing Item D escri p tio n NFS Enable or Disa b le N FS support . Apply Cli ck A ppl y to s ave your chang e s. FTP The Thec u s IP s torage can act as an F T P server, enabling use rs to down load a nd upload fi les with their favo rite FTP progra ms.
127 encodin g as your OS h ere in or der to pro perly view the files and directori es on th e serv er. Availa b le o p tion s ar e BIG5 , HZ, GB2312 , GB1 8030, I SO, EU C-JP, S HIFT-JIS and UTF-8. Allow Anony mous FTP Access Uploa d/Down loa d : All ow ano nymo us FTP us ers to u pload or downlo ad f iles to/fro m public f olders .
128 WebService From the Netwo r k Servi ce menu, choo s e t h e WebServi ce i tem, a n d the WebServic e Support s c reen appea rs. This screen d isplays the ser vice suppor t parameters of the s ystem. You can change a ny of these i tems a nd p ress Apply t o confirm your se ttings.
129 Bonjour Setting Bonjour, i s App l e Inc.' s trade name for its implemen tation o f Zeroco nf, a service discovery p rotocol. Bonjo u r loca t es dev i ces s uch as printer s, as w ell as o ther computers, an d the serv i ces that t hose devi ces o ffer on a local netwo rk u sing multicast Do mai n Name Sys tem servic e reco rds.
130 Item Descri p tio n SSH Serv ic e Ena b le or disable S SH s ervice. Port The p ort nu mber is d efaul t 22. SFTP Enable or d isable S FTP protocol under SS H servi ce.
131 UPnP Port Management One of the mo st conven t way to a llow users to a ccess required services such as F TP, SSH, web d i sk a n d http e tc. from Internet en v ironme n t is se tting UPnP po rt manage ment. To set up this UPnP port forward ing feature, ple ase be su r e tha t the ro u ter h as “UPnP Serv i ce” E nabled.
132 And clic k “Add Ru le” to add more po rt mapp i ng f rom Intern et to a cc ess des i red services o r press “R efresh” to ge t most upda t ed l ist. A descript i on for eac h i tem as follow ing: UPnP Port Mana geme nt Item Descri p tio n Start p ort Specifi c por t nu mber start s with.
133 iTunes® Server With the built-in iTunes server capabil i ty, T hecus IP st orage enable s d igital mus i c to be shar ed a nd played a n yw here on the ne twork! From the Netwo r k men u , choo se t he iTune s item, an d the iTunes Configurati on scre en appear s.
134 Auto Module Installatio n Choose t he Auto Mo d ule Install atio n item a nd the avai lable system Modul e screen appear s. The default for this module list is located o nline.
135 Auto Mo dule So urce List Item Descri p tio n Install e d Status of m odule Nam e Modul e nam e Versio n The ver sion of th e release d mo d ul e Descri ption The descripti on of the mo dule Locat.
136 Rsyn c T arge t Server When it comes to back ing up your data, i t ’s very impor t ant to h ave flex i bility. Data guard provides y ou with many options, i ncludi ng full backup for all shares, cus tom backup for selected shares a nd iSCSI vo lume backup.
137 1. Enab le Rsyn c Targ et Serv er 2. Add a u sername a nd passw ord (they can b e differe nt tha n your N A S’s usernam e and pas sword) 3. Select Apply Now Rsync i s turned on your N AS, which means it can be used as a targe t for Rsync backup, in other words, o nl y t he back u p NAS needs to be ac tivated i n this way.
138 re-start th e real- tim e oper ation. Restore Restore t he asso ciate d task Log Click to view the a ssociat ed ta s k in pro c ess d etail s. Restore N AS Conf igur a tion Click to restor e syste m co nfigur ation from select ed destina tion to sour ce uni t.
139 Full Back up The “Full b ackup” will have all shar e s from source bac kup to destina tion. It coul d also c reat e sh ares au tomatic ally from destina tion if it is not e xistent . This only applies if the t arget serv er is th e same mo del as th e sourc e .
140 -Fill out a ll the necessa ry deta i ls a nd choose your parame ters Add R sync Backup Ta sk Item D escri p tio n Task Na me T his is how this task wi ll appear in t he task l ist. Backup T ype Real time: It will back up folders/f i les fro m sourc e to target on t he fly.
141 configura tion w ith assoc iat ed folders/f iles. Log Lo c atio n Choose t he fold er to sav e the log details w hile the task is executed. Speed L imit Input the bandw i dth co ntrol for da ta backup ope ration. Timeou t Limit Setup the tim eo u t w h en trying to b u ild up a co nnectio n i n betwee n the sou rce and the target system.
142 server. You c a n also c lick on “S el ect A l l” from top right cor n er check box. 3. Click “ Nex t” a nd mo re setting appears. T h ese are the a s t he set t ings f or “F ull backup” 4. Cli ck “F i nish” a n d the data gua rd t ask w ill app ear in the l i st as s h own b elow.
143 From t he tas k list, you can now see the n ewly ad ded “c ustombac k01”. This ba ckup is setup a s “sched u le”. iSCSI Backup If the so urce unit co ntains iSCS I vo l ume, it ca n be backed up to t he t arg et unit as a single f ile.
144 3. C lick “Nex t” and m ore set t ings w ill appear. It is sligh t ly diffe ring fro m “Fu l l backup” and “C usto m backup”. Only “S c hedu le” backup is suppor ted wi th less options. 4. Cli ck “F i nish” a n d the data gua rd t ask w ill app ear in the l i st as s h own b elow.
145 The iSCSI backup can see the result as be low. T he t ask “iSCS I_pmtest” h as backup to target 172. 16.66.1 11 and share folder NA S_ P ublic wi th file “i S CSI_pm test”. Restore To restore a backup from t he backup task, s impl y select a task f rom th e task list then click “Restore ” fro m the f unc ti on bar.
146 The brand new so urce unit o n ly has a 1 RAID vo l ume ‘R AID”. 1. Wh en addi n g a new backup tas k wit h “Full bac kup” or “C u stom bac ku p” and enabling t he opt i on “Back u p.
147 3. C lick “Nex t” and a screen w ill appea r as s h own b el ow. It has the listed avai l able system configurat ion backup files. Sel ect the o ne you w ant an d click next. You also have the op t ion to dow nl oad the curren t syste m co nfiguratio n before restoring from t he back up file.
148 The cur rent s ystem has 2 RAID volumes, “RAID” and “RAIDa ”. S elec t the R AID volume from the ba ckup config uratio n volume list whic h is going to be mapped to th e RAID volume of the curre n t s yst em. S imply click on the right hand s ide of “RAIDa” a n d a d rop down list will appea r.
149 After inp utting the A CL ba ckup file a n d click i ng the “Nex t ” b utton, t he sys tem wil l show ano ther screen to list the mat ched folders in bet w een the backup file a nd this RAID vo lume. Jus t select the des ir ed fo lders for the ACL restore.
150 1. Write Files/ f olde rs to di sc a. Click the Add but t on and the NAS shar e li st app ears. b. Sel ect files/fold ers which you wo uld like to burn. All of the se l ected folders/fi les w ill be see n under the disc label name “N ew Disc”.
151 d. Sel ect the bur nin g speed from the dro p dow n list. e. Select whe ther d isc da ta verificat ion is req ui red or not. f. Click “Bur n ” to s t art disc b u rning. 2. Write imag e file to disc a. Click “B rowser” a nd t he N A S share lis t will appear t o locate the desir ed image file to burn.
152 3. Create imag e file from f iles/fo lders a. Click the Add but t on and the NAS shar e li st w i ll appea r. b. Sel ect the files/ folders which you wo uld like to burn. All of the se l ected folders/fi les will ap pear under the disc label name “N ew Disc”.
153 When you execu te this u tility for the fi rst time, it wil l ask yo u to crea t e a DB f ile. Click Yes . 1. Click Add to crea t e a Bac ku p ta sk. The Add N ew Task d ialog bo x w ill appear. Add New Ta sk Item Descri p tio n Task Specifi es a nam e for the c urr e nt t ask.
154 4. Click N e xt a nd in the Back up Type, Dest ination, and N ame pa ge, specify a backup loca ti o n using t he Bro wse bu tton. 5. Find and selec t the dr ive that spe ci fie s yo ur Thecus IP st orage as your backup des t ina tion and c l ick Nex t .
155 If a corr u pt prin t job is se nt to a printer, printing may sudd enly fa i l. If yo ur pr int jobs seem to be locke d up, press i ng the R em o v e All Doc ument s button to clear the pr int que ue may reso lve the iss ue. You can config u re Thecu s IP s t orage to act as a printer s erver.
156 2. Click the right mouse b u tton i n anywh ere o n the Printers f olde r and t hen select Add Print er . 3. Select Add a net work, wir eless or Bl uetoot h pri nter .
157 You can press T he printer that I want isn’t li sted to go i nto n ext pa ge w ithout waiting for Searching f or avail able p rinter s t o finish. 5. Click Select a shared print er by nam e . Type http://<T hecus_N AS>:631 /printe rs/usb -pr inter i n the box, where <Thec us_NAS_ IP> i s t he I P addr ess of The cus I P s t orage.
158 8. You can c hoose to set this printer as the defa ult pri nter b y check i ng t he Set as the defa ult printer box. Cl ick Next to co n tinue. 9. Done! C lick Finis h .
159 Uninterrupted Powe r Source From the External Dev ices me nu, choose the Uninterrup ted P o wer Source item and t he UPS Setting s creen ap pears. M ake any changes you w ish, and pre ss Apply to co nfirm change s. See the fo l lowing table for a detailed descrip tion of each item.
160 The Thec u s IP s torage a l so suppo rts eSATA ha rd disks w i th its e S ATA port. Before a ttachi ng an e SATA o r USB di sk driv e to Th ecus IP storage, you have t o partition a n d forma t it o n a desk t op co mputer or a no tebook firs t. The attac hed device w ill be loca ted a t 1 92.
161 Part I - Setup a Dyn DNS Account 1. Go to http://ww w.dyndn s.org from yo ur home PC. 2. Click on t he Sign Up N ow link. 3. Check the Chec k boxes, se l ect a user name ( i.e.: N 12000 ), enter your email address ( i.e.: xxx @ex a mple.co m), che ck Enabl e Wil dcard , and create a password (i.
162 Replacin g Damag ed Har d Driv es If you are u sing RAID 1, RAI D 5, RAID 6, RAID 50 or RAI D 60 yo u can easily rep l ace a dama ged ha rd dr i ve in the Thec us IP storage whi le k eep ing yo ur data s ecure with the syste m’s a utomat ic data recovery.
163 Chapter 6: T ro ubleshootin g Forgot My N etwork IP Ad dress If you fo rge t your ne t work IP add r ess and have n o p hysical ac c ess to the syste m, you can fi nd out t he IP address by either looking directly onto the Thecus IP storage OLED pa n el, or by using the se tup wizard to re trieve the IP o f your Thecus IP storage.
164 Problems w ith Tim e and D ate Set tin gs The adm i nistrator is ab l e to se lect an NTP Server to keep Thecus IP storage time synchro nized. H owever, if Thec u s IP storag e can n ot acce ss the I n ternet, y ou may encoun ter a probl em w hen set t ing t he Time a n d Time Zone.
165 Chapter 7: Up dates for FW v2 .03.01 Changes for FW v2.0 3.01 - Added JBOD dev i ce i nfo to Ge ne ral in the Sy stem Informati on ca t egory - Modifed the Statu s l a yout in the System I nformat.
166 A dde d Hardwa re In f ormatio n From the Syst em Inf ormatio n categor y , choos e the Ha rdware Informati on item and t he syst em w ill display the rela t ed HW details for the a sso ciated mo del . Below is a n examp l e o f the infor mation for a T hecus N 8900.
167 Disks In format ion Item Descri p tio n Disk No. Indicates disk loca tion. Capacity Sho ws the SAT A hard disk c apacity . Model Display s the SATA h a rd disk mo del na me. Firmwar e Show s the SAT A ha r d disk fi rmware v ersion. Bad Bl oc k s ca n Yes to star t scan B ad Blo ck.
168 a nd tr ansf ers d ata t o a s p ecial reserve d area (spar e area). This pro cess is al so know n as r e map p in g and " realloc ated" sector s are c alle d rema ps. This i s w hy, on a modern hard disks, you can not see " b ad blocks" whil e testin g the surfa ce - all bad blocks are hi dden in r ea lloc ated se ctor s.
169 The JBOD dev ice w ill have a unique ID th at ra nges f ro m 1 to 10 . T h e d i sk n o. lead ID will ind i cate the different J BOD de vices. The screen s hot be l ow show a JBOD device wi th ID 4, s o J4- 6 is i ndicated u n der t he JB OD de vice d i sk list wi th 6 s lots.
170 The loca l backup has 6 di f feren t select ion you can c hoose from. Local Data bac k up Item Descri p tio n Import T his is associa ted with e xt e rnal d evic es w hich are a dded t o th e system such as USB disk. You ca n se l ect a fol der fro m an e xt e rnal device a nd import it to the N AS a s a sh a r e fold e r.
171 1. Import: click on “ I mpor t ” and a screen wi ll app ear as below . If there is a n exter n al dev i ce i nstalled on sy stem suc h as USB disk, then it will be listed i n the So urce pa n e. Click on t he assoc i ated ex t ernal device and the contain fold ers will be l isted.
172 In here, we have s el ecte d the “ Intel Graphi…” a nd “N10850” fo l ders from the externa l device a nd imported t hem to the NAS u n der t he RAID 6 0volume. Next, pl ease se l ect th e pa th from the drop dow n list t o s ave the log.
173 Read the no tes a n d ch eck t he “A ccept” box for confirma t ion. If a share n ame already ex i sts fo r the i mport, then the import will be re name a utomat ically to “existing share n ame -1”.
174 3 different options ca n be selected, folder to fold er, folder to externa l device or externa l device t o folder. Fo l der to Fo lder Fo l der to e xt erna l devi ce E xter nal dev ice to Folder.
175 Let’s ta k e “Fo lder t o Externa l device” a s an example. I n t he source pa ne, select the desired RAID vol ume a nd its a ssociated f olde r list will appear; same method in the target pa n e for t he assoc iat ed ex t erna l devic e.
176 Choosing t he s ync type, “ Incremen tal” or ‘Sync”, and select t h e log path fro m the drop me n u list. Read the notes a n d che ck the “A ccept” box for co nfi rma ti on. Now , you will see in the da ta guard task lis t that you hav e created a task.
177 3. Realtim e Backup : cl ick on “Rea ltime Back up” and t his scre en wi ll appear. 2 differen t optio n s can be sele cted fro m, folder t o folder, folder to external device.
178 Realtime Bac kup Item Descri p tio n Task N ame Inp ut the task na me, len gth limit e d to 4 ~12 char acter s. Sync Ty pe Select “ In crem e ntal ” or “Synchroniz e ”. Backu p Sym b olic Li nk Choos e to b acku p sy mbol ic li nk whi c h i s inclu ded in t he sou rce.
179 Now , you can se e in the data g u ard task li st tha t your created t ask is l isted. The task sta tus wil l say “Proce ssing” until l the “ S top” butto n is pressed. 4. Schedule Bac kup : click on “Sched ule Back u p” an d this scree n will.
180 Read the notes a n d che ck the “A ccept” box for co nfi rma ti on. Now , you will see in the da ta guard task lis t that you hav e created a task.
181 5. iSCSI Back up: click o n “iSC SI Backup” and screen app ear as be low. It ca n be back u p to t wo differe n t s t orage pool, iSCSI to folder, i SCSI to externa l device. Let’s t ake example to have “iSCSI to Folder” ba ckup, from e x isted iSCSI volume “iSCSI_is c siv502” t o vo lume RAID folder “a n dy_ l ocal”.
182 Reading t he no t e and c heck o n “Accep t ” for conf i rmatio n. Now , fro m the data g uard task list w ill h ave c reated ta sk li sted. To s tart t he iSCSI volume ba ckup, select the task and cl ick “S tart” from task bar. Once “Start” cl ick, the associat ed iSCSI volum e will not allow to I/O duri ng backup process ing.
183 States cha n ge to “F inish” after task complete. From the R AID vo lume fold er ‘a ndy_ local’, it has backup iSCSI volum e file stored. This backu p iSCS I volume file is needed w hile it requ i red i mport to s t orage. N ext topic wi ll describe abou t this.
184 Next, prov ide whe re the task log w ill store. Reading t he no t e and c heck o n “Accep t ” for conf i rmatio n..
185 Now , from the da ta guard t ask l ist wi l l have c rea ted task l isted. Volume Expansion Man agement The user g u ide p l ease ref ers to URL be l ow.
186 A pp endix A : Customer Suppo rt If your Thecus IP storage is no t work i ng prop erl y , we e ncourage you to che ck o ut Chapter 6: Troublesh o oting , l ocated in t his manua l. You ca n also t ry to ensure that you are us ing the lat est firmwa re version for your Thecus IP storage.
187 A pp endix B: RA ID Basics Overview A Redunda nt Array of I ndepende nt Disks (RA I D) is an array of several h ard dis ks that pro vide data s ecurity and h i gh perfor mance . A R AID s y stem a ccesses several hard disks s imulta neo usly, which impro ves I/O perfo rmance ove r a sing l e h a rd disk.
188 This is exce llent for comp l ete da t a sec u rity. RAID 5 RAID 5 of f ers data security a n d it is bes t su ited fo r network s tha t perform m a ny small I/O t ransac t ions a t the sa me time, as we ll as applica tions t hat req uire da ta security such as of fice auto mation a nd o nline cu stomer se rv ice.
189 Stripe S ize The leng t h of the data segmen ts being written a cross multip le hard d isks. Da t a is written in stripe s a cros s the multiple h ard dis ks of a RAID. Since multiple disks are accessed at the same ti me, disk strip ing e nhances per formance.
190 A pp endix C : Ho w t o open the to p cover N8900 series:.
191 N12000 seri es : N16000 seri es :.
192 A pp endix D: A ctive Directory Basics Overview With W i ndows 20 00, Mi crosoft introd uced Act ive Direc tory (AD S), w hich is a large database/ i nforma t ion s tore. Pr ior to A ctive D irec tory the W indows OS co uld not store add itional informa t ion in its do main da taba se.
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