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Micronet MaxNAS Micronet Smar tNAS Owner’ s Guide May 2010 Storage you can rely on www .MicroNet.com.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 2 T able of Contents T able of Contents ................................................................................................................................................ 2 FCC Compliance Statement ..............
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 3 5. System Control Functions ...................................................................................................................... 36 5.1 Remote Notification Configuration ....................................
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 4 F ederal Communications Commission Radio F requency Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital de vice, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 5 Limitations of W ar ranty and Liability MicroNet T echnology has tested the hardware described in this manual and review ed its contents.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 6 W elcome From MicroNet T echnology Thank you f or choosing Micronet MaxNAS/SmartNAS. Our systems are designed for speed, reliability , compatibility , and per formance. W e think you will find the system easy to install, and a productive addition to y our computer system.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 7 Chapter 1- Getting Star ted Thank you f or purchasing The Micronet MaxNAS/Smar tNAS storage solution. With speed, high capacity , ease of use, and support for numerous applications, MaxNAS is the ideal solution for all of your data storage needs.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 8 3. Unpacking the MaxNAS Please unpack your MaxNAS in a static free environment, carefully making sure not to damage or discard any of the packing material. If the RAID subsystem appears damaged, or if any items of the contents listed below are missing or damaged, please contact your dealer or distributor immediately .
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 9 Master Power Switch Fan Exhaust V ents (DO NOT BLOCK!) LAN 2 RJ45 Connector 6. The MaxNAS inter face components The following figures illustrate the connector locations for the RAID subsystems.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 10 7. Visual and Audible Indicators The MaxNAS has an LCD panel, LEDs, and a buzzer to inform the user of the overall health and function of the unit. The following chart describes the various conditions indicated: Indicator Normal Status Problem Indication Firmware LED Glows amber at boot or firmware update.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 11 Step 4. Connect an Ethernet cable from your netw ork to LAN1 (DHCP environment) or LAN2 (static IP) por t on the back panel.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 12 2-Connecting the MaxNAS 2.1 Wizard Installation and Usage IMPORT ANT! The setup wizard uses TCP port 10000 and UDP ports 1 1000-1 1001 For communication. If you are using a software rewall, please make sure to unblock those ports in order for the wizard to get access to the MaxNAS.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 13 2.1.3.3 Y ou ma y change the password by entering a new “New P assword” field, and re-enter the passw ord (case sensitive) in the “Confirm Passw ord” field. Click End to conclude the wizard session. 2.2 Launching the IP Storage Administration GUI, DHCP Environment Windows hosts can access the MaxNAS via WINS.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 14 3. LCD Operation The MaxNAS is equipped with an LCD on the front f or easy status display and setup. There are four buttons on the front panel to control the L CD functions: Up (▲), Down (▼), Enter ( ↵ ) and Escape (ESC) ke ys.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 15 4 . Adding Exter nal Disks The MaxNAS has tw o rear USB por ts, one front USB por t, and one eSA T A por t for attaching external stor age devices such as the F antom Drives G-F orce Megadisk lines of products, formatted in F A T32 or NTFS.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 16 Chapter 3- Administering the MaxNAS This chapter describes the menu and control structure for your MaxNAS. The RAID subsystem configuration utility is f irmware-based and its operation is independent of host computer type or operating system.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 17 The Main Menu Conf igur ation T ree 1. Status 1.1 System Status Information 1.2 USB Printer 1.3 Monitored UPS Status 1.4 W ake-on-LAN Configuration 1.5 Scheduled Power-On Configuration 1.6 Product Information (About) 2. Storage Configuration 2.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 18 1. Status Displa ys 1.1 System Status The Status window contains the basic system functionality indicators including current CPU load, uptime, disk information and health, and running ser vices. T o view the System Status, select “System” from the Status Menu.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 19 1.4 Attached UPS Monitor Status The MaxNAS will monitor and respond to UPS status messages from a compatible attached UPS (for a list of compatible devices, please see appendix D.) T o access the UPS monitoring control , select Status -> UPS.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 20 2. Storage Conf iguration The storage configur ation menu contains the following submenus: • Disks (Informational) • RAID • Folder (Share) • File System Check • iSCSI stacked target host control • ISO disk image mounting ser vice • nSync T ask Configur ation • Advanced Options 2.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 21 as a single RAID5 v olume (See Chapter 5, Under standing RAID , for more information on RAID and RAID lev els.) The f ollowing is a description of each inf ormation element: Item Description Select Used to select the current RAID volume.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 22 2.2.2 Expanding NAS v olumes T o expand the network accessible space of a RAIDset to take o ver unused space, select the desired RAIDSet and click RAID Config on the RAID information screen (see abov e, section 2.2.) The RAID Conf iguration page will appear .
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 23 3-Administering the MaxNAS 2.2.5 Delete RAIDSet T o Delete a RAIDset, Select the desired RAIDSet and click RAID Config on the RAID information screen (see abov e, section 2.2.) The RAID Configuration page will appear . Click on Remove RAID and confir m the operation in the following confirmation dialog.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 24 2.3 F older (Share) Conf iguration The Folder Screen, accessible through Storage -> Folder , allo ws you to create and configure folders on the RAID storage v olume. The interface windows contains the following elements: RAID ID The RAIDset housing the share folder Folder name Displays the name of the Share folder .
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 25 2.3.2 Editing Folders (Shares) Share proper ties can be modified by clicking the Edit button corresponding to the share. The Edit Folder Interface Contains controls for the following elements: RAID ID Select the RAIDSet to use for the share from the pulldown list Folder name Enter the name of the Folder .
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 26 3-Administering the MaxNAS 2.3.4 Access Control Lists Folder permissions are controlled via ACLs (Access Control Lists.) T o access and edit A CLs, click ACL corresponding to the folder required. The A ccess control screen will appear .
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 27 2.5 Stackable iSCSI Host Ser vice The MaxNAS can aggregate up to 5 iSCSI targets and offer all netw orking ser vices to those targets, regardless of where the storage is located physically .
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 28 Please refer to section 2.5.1 of this chapter for more inf ormation. 2.5.4 Delete a Stackable shared iSCSI mount T o delete an stackable shared iSCSI mount, click Delete corresponding to the desired iSCSI mount. A confirmation dialog box will appear .
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 29 2.7 nSync Backup Ser vice nSync is an FTP compatible synchronization method that allows backup and restoration of a share folder to another MaxNAS T arget or any FTP server . When using nSync betw een two MaxNAS units, the synchronization also suppor ts secure encryption.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 30 2.7.4 Running an nSync backup task A task will launch automatically as scheduled, but may also be launched manually by checking the checkbox next to the task name to run and clicking Start in the action section.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 31 3.1.2 Domain Suffix The Domain Name refers to y our DNS netw ork suffix. This value is necessar y for proper DNS or Activ e Direc tory network participation. Consult your netw ork administr ator for more information regarding this value.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 32 3.2 LAN2 Conf iguration The LAN Configur ation screen for the LAN2 Interface allows for the following controls: Jumbo Frame Suppor t IP Address Netmask DHCP Ser v er When you are ready to commit changes click Apply . 3.2.1 MA C Address A unique Media Access Control (MA C) address.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 33 3.3.1 SMB/CIFS The Server Message Block netw ork protocol is the most widely used netw ork protocol. It is used by all variants of the Microsoft W indows operating system, Apple Macintosh OS X, and most Unix and Linux variants include suppor t for it ev en if using a different networking protocol.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 34 IP based netw ork to manipulate files on another computer on that network regardless of which operating systems are involv ed (if the computers per mit FTP access.) There are many existing FTP client and server programs, and many of these are free.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 35 • ADS Ser v er Name: Specifies the AD domain controller or NT PDC. • ADS Realm: Specif ies the fully qualified ADS realm (Domain). • Administrator ID/password: Domain administr ator credentials- required for permission to join an Activ e Direc tory .
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 36 4.3.1 Creating Users T o create a new user , click Add in the User Configuration screen. In the following screen (see illustration right) enter the new username, password i.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 37 5.1 Remote Notification Conf igur ation The MaxNAS features an SMTP manager and can send email notifications for various subsystem conditions in addition to the audible buzzer . The following table discuss each attribute’ s descriptions.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 38 5.4 Sav e/Reco v er System Setting When all configuration options for the MaxNAS are entered and the unit is functioning correctly , it is recommended that you sa ve y our system settings to a settings file for safek eeping.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 39 3-Administering the MaxNAS 5.8 Change Administrator Passw ord T o change the administr ator passw ord or the LCD access password na vigate to “System” -> “ Administrator Passw ord” and the A dministr ation passw ord screen appears.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 40 Chapter 4- Connecting Users Once the MaxNAS has been configured with storage, shares, users, groups, and permissions it is ready to accept user connections. The MaxNAS suppor ts SMB/CIFS netw ork ser vices as w ell as W ebdisk/Secure W ebdisk user connections.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 41 1.2 Mapping a Netw ork Drive (OS-X) The simplest method to locate and connect your MaxNAS to an OS-X w orkstation is by using the Finder Netw ork browser .
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 42 2. Using W ebdisk The MaxNAS provides a W ebDisk function that allows you to access the system o v er the Internet from any browser . IMPORT ANT : Make sure that WebDisk Support or Secure WebDisk Support is enabled in the Service Support screen in the system’s Network menu.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 43 2.2 T he W ebdisk control interface The w ebdisk inter face consists of the follo wing elements: Name Displays the names of folders and files. Size Shows the size of folders and files. T ype Displays the type of folders and files.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 44 3. Using iSCSI iSCSI allows tw o devices to negotiate and then exchange SCSI commands using IP netw orks. iSCSI takes a popular high-performance local storage bus and emulates it ov er wide-area netw orks, creating a stor age area netw ork (SAN).
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 45 3.1 .4 On the iSCSI Initiator Proper ties window , select the T ar gets tab. W ith the iSCSI target highlighted, click Log On . The Log On to T arget dialogue will appear . T o enable a persistent connection, check the “ Automatically restore this connection” checkbox.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 46 3.1.6 Right-click on the iSCSI v olume. If it’ s not initialized a red “No Entr y” logo will cover the disk icon. Right click on the disk and select “Initialize Disk. ” Follo w the on-screen instructions. 3.1.7 Right click the initialized v olume (The area right of the disk icon.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 47 3.2.4 Select the MaxNAS IQN from the target list and click Log On . The iSCSI connection screen will appear . If you enabled CHAP , enter y our CHAP user name and passw ord in the CHAP security area (ss illustrated). Click Connect to complete the operation.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 48 4 . File Backup With nSync Y ou can backup a share folder to another MaxNAS or MicroNet PlatinumRAID (Nsync target) or any FTP server . When using Nsync betw een Nsync devices, you ha v e the option to transmit files securely .
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 49 4.3 Setting Up an Nsync T arget on Another Device If you selected “Other Device” when setting up your Nsync task, the MaxNAS will use the FTP protocol to back up the share folder . On the exter nal storage device, make sure there is a folder named “nsync” , and the Auth ID has writable permission in that folder .
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 50 5.2 Windo ws Vista T o set up the Printer Ser ver in Windows Vista, follow the steps belo w: 5.2.1 Open Printer Folder from the Control Panel . 5.2.2 Click . 5.2.3 Select Add a networ k, wireless or Bluetooth printer . 5.2.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 51 5.2.5 Click Select a shared printer by name . In the address entry box, type http://<MaxNAS>:631/printers/usb- printer in the box, where <MaxNAS> is the IP address or Netbios name of the MaxNAS. Click Next . 5.2.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 52 Chapter 5- Understanding RAID The MaxNAS controller subsystem is a high-performance SA T A drive bus disk array controller . When properly configured, the RAID subsystem can provide non-stop service with a high degree of fault tolerance through the use of RAID technology and advanced array management features.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 53 RAID 1 (Disk Mirr oring) RAID 1, also known as “disk mirroring” , distributes duplicate data simultaneously to pairs of disk driv es. Pr os: RAID 1 offers extr emel y high data reliability as all the data is redundant. If one drive f ails, all data (and softwar e applications) are preser ved on the oth er dr ive.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 54 RAID 6 Also known as dual parity , RAID 6 is similar to RAID 5, but offers double the fault tolerance by performing two parity computations on ov erlapping subsets of the data. RAID 6 offers fault tolerance greater that RAID 1 or RAID 5 but only consumes the capacity of 2 disk driv es for distributed parity data.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 55 Daily Use Tips • Read this User’ s Guide carefully . Follow the correct procedure when setting up the device. • Additional application sof tware may hav e been included with your drive. Please review the documentation included with this software for inf ormation on the oper ation and support of this software.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 56 Resetting the MaxNAS Should the MaxNAS become inaccessible (blinking fault light, forgotten passw ord) or if directed by MicroNet support, please f ollow the below procedure to reset the MaxNAS to factor y default: 1. If the unit is func tioning, ping the MaxNAS from the host to obtain its IP address.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 57 Frequently Ask ed Questions Q: I F orgot the Login or Passw ord A: If y ou forget y our network IP address or y our password, you can reset the MaxNAS to its default settings. Please see “Resetting your MaxNAS” in the troubleshooting sec tion.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 58 Q: What is the warranty period for MaxNAS? A: MaxNAS standard warranty is One-year limited. Optional extended warranty and ov ernight exchange programs are a vailable, consult your MicroNet dealer or visit www .MicroNet.com for additional inf ormation.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 59 Appendix A: Getting Help If you e xperience problems with your MaxNAS, please contact your Authorized MicroNet Reseller f or assistance. If the reseller is unable to resolve y our issue, please contact MicroNet’ s Help Desk for assistance.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 60 Appendix B: RAID Lev el Comparison T able RAID Level Description Min. Drives Max. Drives Capacity Data Reliability Data T ransfer Rate I/O Request Rates Span Also known as disk spanning. Data is distributed sequentially to all drives.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 61 Appendix C: Activ e Director y With Windows 2000, Microsoft introduced A ctive Directory (ADS), which is a large database/ information store. Prior to A c tiv e Director y the Windo ws OS could not store additional information in its domain database.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 62 Appendix D: Suppor ted UPS List The MaxNAS can support UPS communication with the following UPS communication protocols: SEC protocol Generic RUPS model Generic RUPS 2000 (.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 63 Brand Series Model Notes Fenton T echnologies PowerPal P-series PowerPal L-series PowerOn PowerPure Fairstone L525/L625/L750 Fideltronik Ares 700 and larger Other Ares mode.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 64 Brand Series Model Notes Orvaldi various not 400 or 600 Powercom Powercom SMK-800A UL T -1000 TrustT rust 425/625 BNT -1000AP Advice Partner/King Pr750 BNT -2000AP PowerGua.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 65 Appendix E: Glossar y Activ e Director y an implementation of LD AP director y ser vices by Microsoft for use in Windo ws environments. A c tiv e Director y allows administrators to assign enterprise wide policies, deploy programs to many computers, and apply critical updates to an entire organization.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 66 Disk Array A Disk Arr a y is a logical disk comprised of multiple physical hard disks. The number of hard disks in an disk array is dictated by the type of the array and the number of spares that may be assigned to it.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 67 by any RAID array as a backup. In the event a hard disk in a RAID array fails, this backup is automatically mobilized by the RAID controller to step in place of the failed hard disk. The data in the failed hard disk is “reconstruc ted” and written into the new hard disk.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 68 be obtained by simply ev aluating the XOR of the N b y tes. Parity allows one error in a group (of bytes) to be corrected. Par tition The space contributed to each arr a y on a physical driv e is referred to as a par tition.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 69 of the disks fails, its contents can be retrieved from the duplicate disk. Fur ther more, a RAID 1 array can also improv e the throughput of read oper ations by allo wing separate reads to be performed concur rently on the tw o disks.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 70 Secondar y Storage Mass storage devices such as hard disks, magneto-optical disks, floppy disks and tapes are frequently referred to as secondary stor age. Secure Sock ets Lay er (SSL) is a cr yptographic protocol which provide secure communications on the Internet.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 71 the fav oured replication model is the HUB and SPOKE, and thus the WINS design is not central but distributed, each WINS ser ver holds a full copy of e very other related WINS system records.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 72 Appendix F: Product Specif ications System Architecture CPU: Ultra Low V oltage Intel® 1.5GHz Celeron® M Processor System RAM: 512MB DDR NVRAM: On-board non v olatile mem.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 73 System F eatures RAID lev el 0, 1, 5, 6, 10 and Span configurations Multiple RAID and LUN suppor t Automatically and transparently rebuilds hot spare driv es Hot swappable disk driv es Disk S.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 74 Appendix G: Licence and Copyright This product included copyrighted third-party sof tware licensed under the terms of GNU General Public License. Please see THE GNU General Public License for e xtra ter ms and conditions of this license.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 75 GNU General Public License V ersion 2, June 1991 Copyright © 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 51 Franklin St, Fif th Floor , Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute v erbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is not allow ed.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 76 contents constitute a work based on the Program (independent of ha ving been made by running the Program). Whether that is true depends on what the Program does.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 77 code or executable f orm with such an offer , in accord with Subsection b abov e.) The source code for a w ork means the preferred form of the work for making modifications to it.
MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 78 9. The Free Software Foundation ma y publish revised and/or new versions of the General Public License from time to time. Such new versions will be similar in spirit to the present v ersion, but may differ in detail to address new problems or concerns.
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