AC&NC JetStor NAS 724UX, User Manual

Page 1: ...JetStor NAS 724UX JetStor NAS 724UX 10G User Manual Version 8 51 October 2014 ...

Page 2: ...from Advanced Computer Network Corporation Trademarks All products and trade names used in this manual are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies Firmware Versions JetStor NAS 724UX FW 1 4 0 JetStor NAS 724UX 10G FW 1 4 0 Login Information LAN1 IP Address 192 168 1 234 User Name admin Password 00000000 Advanced Computer Network Corporation 5001 Baum Blvd Ste 680 Pittsbur...

Page 3: ...this manual it assumes that you are familiar with computer skills such as hardware storage concepts and network technology It also assumes you have basic knowledge of Redundant Array of Independent Disks RAID Storage Area Network SAN Network Attached Storage NAS Internet SCSI iSCSI Serial attached SCSI SAS Serial ATA SATA technology CAUTION Do not attempt to service change disassemble or upgrade t...

Page 4: ...ns fields and labels Example Click OK button Italic Indicates a variable which is a placeholder for actual text provided by the user or system Example copy source file target file square brackets Indicates optional values Example a b indicates that you can choose a b or nothing braces Indicates required or expected values Example a b indicates that you must choose either a or b vertical bar Indica...

Page 5: ...e operation of the equipment is not compromised 3 Mechanical Loading Mounting of the equipment in the rack should be such that a hazardous condition is not achieved due to uneven mechanical loading 4 Circuit Overloading Consideration should be given to the connection of the equipment to the supply circuit and the effect that overloading of the circuits might have on overcurrent protection and supp...

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Page 7: ...OVERVIEW 11 PRODUCT OVERVIEW 11 Model Comparison 11 Package Contents 12 HARDWARE 12 Front View 12 Disk Drive Assembly 13 Rear View 14 RAID CONCEPTS 16 RAID Levels 16 NAS CONCEPTS 17 FIBRE CHANNEL CONCEPTS 17 ISCSI CONCEPTS 18 Chapter 2 INSTALLATION 20 INSTALLATION OVERVIEW 20 Drive Slot Numbering 21 System Installation and Deployment 21 Power on the System 23 Power off the System 23 Chapter 3 QUIC...

Page 8: ...ITOR 34 S M A R T 35 Physical disk 35 Snapshot 36 Hardware monitor 38 Event log 39 UPS 40 Connection 41 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 42 System 42 Time 43 Account 44 Mail Setting 49 Messenger 50 SNMP 50 System Log Server 51 UPS 52 NETWORK CONFIGURATION 53 Network Setting 53 DNS Setting 57 IP Filter Setting 58 STORAGE CONFIGURATION 58 Physical Disk 58 Pool 60 ZFS 64 Thin provisioning 66 Deduplication 67 Com...

Page 9: ...3 iSCSI Entity 83 iSCSI Node 84 Rsync Service 85 Rsync Server Setting 86 Rsync Target 86 Backup Service 87 Replication 87 Amazon S3 88 AntiVirus Service 90 AntiVirus Service 90 AntiVirus Scan Filter 90 AntiVirus Task 90 AntiVirus Update 91 AntiVirus Report 92 APPLICATION 92 MAINTENANCE 92 Diagnostic 92 Tools 93 ARP 93 Download 93 Download MIB File 93 Download System 94 Reset to Factory Default 94 ...

Page 10: ...Explorer 99 NFS AND LINUX 100 Redhat Linux 5 100 Redhat Linux 6 101 Open Solaris 10 11 101 NFS AND VSHPERE5 101 AFP AND MAC OS X 102 Apple Time Machine Support 103 FTP 103 Method 1 Using Command Line Shell 104 Method 2 Using FTP Client Application 104 WEBDAV 105 Method 1 Windows 7 Using Map Network Drive Wizard 105 Method 2 Using 3rd Party WebDAV Client Application 109 Chapter 6 ADVANCED OPERATION...

Page 11: ...rovides a flexible intelligent network attached storage NAS solution for virtualized server environments and the growing demand for data storage JetStor storage systems can provide non stop service with a high degree of fault tolerance by using JetStor technology and advanced array management features Model Comparison NAS 724UX 7 x GbE ports per controller 4U 24 bays with 3 5 HDD trays NAS 724UX 1...

Page 12: ...s for console black color phone jack to DB9 female and the other is for UPS gray color phone jack to DB9 male Rail kit x1 set Keys screws for drives and rail kit x1 packet Hardware This section provides basic information about the hardware components 4U24bays Front View There is a power switch button at the right front handle Number Description 1 Power button and power LED Blue Power ON Off Power ...

Page 13: ... activity data I O or management OFF There is no host interface activity Disk Drive Assembly Remove a drive tray Then install a HDD The front of each disk tray has four components This table provides details about the front components of a disk tray Number Description 1 Status LED Green The hard drive is inserted and working normally Amber The hard drive has failed Blinking amber The hard drive da...

Page 14: ...ble describes the rear modules Number Description 1 Controller 1 CTRL 1 2 Dummy 3 Power Switch ON O OFF 4 Fan Module FAN1 FAN2 5 Fan Module FAN3 FAN4 6 Power Supply Unit PSU1 7 Power Supply Unit PSU2 8 Power Supply Unit PSU3 9 Fan Module FAN A 10 Fan Module FAN B 11 SAS JBOD expansion port JetStor NAS 724UX Chassis 10 9 6 1 7 11 4 ...

Page 15: ...controllers Green This is the Master controller Off This is the Slave controller Dirty cache LED Orange Data on the cache waiting for flush to disks Off No data on the cache 3 No function now Button is reserved for BBM 4 Management port 5 Console port 6 RS 232 port for UPS 7 SAS JBOD expansion port 8 Empty slot 9 USB port is used to save debugging information LED 10GbE Link LED 724UX 10G Orange As...

Page 16: ...r to form one large logical drive This RAID drive obtains performance capacity and reliability than a single drive The operating system detects the RAID drive as a single storage device RAID Levels There are various RAID levels with different degrees of data protection data availability and performance A description of supported RAID levels follow Type Description Min No of Drives RAID 0 Disk stri...

Page 17: ... Storage Area Network which provides only block based storage and leaves file system concerns on the client side SAN protocols are SCSI Fibre Channel iSCSI ATA over Ethernet AoE or HyperSCSI One way to loosely conceptualize the difference between a NAS and a SAN is that a NAS appears to the client OS operating system as a file server the client can map network drives to shares on that server where...

Page 18: ... iSCSI provides high performance SANs over standard IP networks like LAN WAN or the Internet IP SANs are true SANs Storage Area Networks which allow several servers to attach to an infinite number of storage volumes by using iSCSI over TCP IP networks IP SANs can scale the storage capacity with any type and brand of storage system In addition it can be used by any type of network Ethernet Fast Eth...

Page 19: ...requests or initiates any iSCSI communication It requests all SCSI operations like read or write An initiator is usually located on the host side either an iSCSI HBA or iSCSI SW initiator The target is the storage device itself or an appliance which controls and serves volumes or virtual volumes The target is the device which performs SCSI command or bridge to an attached storage device iSCSI devi...

Page 20: ...etwork cables 724UX 10G Fibre Channel cables or AOCs Active Optic Cable Prepare a storage system configuration plan by the network administrator The plan should include network information for all network ports If using static IP addresses please prepare a list of the static IP addresses the subnet mask and the default gateway Switches 724UX Gigabit switches recommended Or Gigabit switches with VL...

Page 21: ...ion Use care when inserting or removing a system into or out of a rack to prevent the accidental tipping or the rack causing damage or personal injury Install the disk drives Connect the management port cable and data port cables on the network plan the topology examples are on the following Using the following instructions to install and deploy the storage system At the rear check that the Master...

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Page 23: ...g process which takes a few minutes CAUTION Be aware that in the first few seconds after power on the system the Controller Health LED is in RED This is normal because the system is still booting The Controller Health LED will turn Green in a few seconds Power off the System If it becomes necessary to power down the system it is recommended using a normal controlled shutdown form through either th...

Page 24: ...ement port IP and model name To access the LCM options use the ENT Enter button ESC Escape button up and down to scroll through the functions This table describes the function of each item Function Description System Info Display system information including firmware version and amount of RAM Alarm Mute Mutes an alarm after an error occurs View IP Setting Display current IP address subnet mask and...

Page 25: ... Main L1 L2 L3 L4 L5 IP Addr JetStor Model System Info Firmware Version n n n RAM Size nnnn MB Alarm Mute Yes No View IP Setting IP Config Static IP DHCP BOOTP IP Address 192 168 001 234 IP Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 IP Gateway xxx xxx xxx xxx Change IP Config DHCP Yes No BOOTP Yes No Static IP IP Address Adjust IP address Subnet Mask Adjust Subnet mask IP Gateway Adjust Gateway IP Apply IP Setting...

Page 26: ...1 IP is 192 168 1 234 255 255 255 0 please configure your computer IP address at the same subnet of the system e g 192 168 1 1 255 255 255 0 And then enter the IP address into your browser to display the authentication screen http IP Address e g http 192 168 1 234 To access the Web UI you have to enter a user name and password The initial defaults for administrator login are User Name admin Passwo...

Page 27: ...ed Computer Network Corp All Rights Reserved 27 JetStor NAS 724UX 724UX 10G User Manual Enter the new password of admin and retype click Apply button to continue When the new password has been verified the home page is displayed ...

Page 28: ...r Network Corp All Rights Reserved 28 JetStor NAS 724UX 724UX 10G User Manual Choose the functions from the Menu Bar on the top side of the window to make any configuration changes Menu Bar Options Logout Button Display and Operation Area ...

Page 29: ... can skip this step Setup Wizard Tool This tool guides you through the process of setting up basic array information configuring network settings and the creation of a pool on the storage system Please make sure that it has some free hard drives installed in the system The following is the procedure 1 Click Configuration Setup wizard 2 Enter a System name and set up the Time and date if necessary ...

Page 30: ...vel Check Set up home directory if the pool sets up the home directory at the same the time Enter a ZFS name and choose a ZFS type At last select physical disks and then click Next button 5 Select spare disks if necessary and then click Next button 6 Enter Mail from address and Mail to address 1 check Message type if necessary and then click Next button ...

Page 31: ...ter Network Corp All Rights Reserved 31 JetStor NAS 724UX 724UX 10G User Manual 7 Finally check the configurations in confirm page If everything is fine then click Apply button ZFS file systems are created and it is available to use now ...

Page 32: ...tus Monitor S M A R T Physical disk Snapshot Filter Hardware monitor Voltage Temperature Power supply Cooling Event log Event log Service log UPS Connection File service iSCSI service Configuration Setup wizard Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 System configuration System Time Account Mail setting Messenger SNMP System log server UPS Network configuration Network settings DNS settings IP f...

Page 33: ...system Reset to factory default Reset to factory default Firmware upgrade Firmware upgrade Import and export Import Export Reboot Reboot Shutdown Shutdown Dashboard The Dashboard menu option displays a whole picture of the system The tables include Disk throughput Network flow Device information System status Temperature Power supply Cooling Service status Event log and Pool status ...

Page 34: ...User Manual The refresh interval can be changed in the right top corner Choose an interval by seconds and then click Refresh Now button It will be active right now Monitor The Monitor menu option is for accessing the S M A R T Physical disk Snapshot Hardware monitor Event log UPS and Connection options ...

Page 35: ...e gives users precautions to back up hard drive or replace the hard drive This is much better than hard drive crash when it is writing data or rebuilding a failed hard drive The numbers displayed are real time value The number in parenthesis is the threshold value The threshold values from different hard drive vendors are different please refer to hard drive vendors specification for details S M A...

Page 36: ...roup It contains RAID group and pool information but the original RAID group and pool can t be found Either you put this disk at its original slot or set this disk as a free disk SMARTCTL The S M A R T status of the hard drive Unknown The S M A R T of the hard drive is unknown No error The S M A R T of the hard drive has no error Has error The S M A R T of the hard drive has error Usage The usage ...

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Page 38: ...snapshot name Used MB The amount of snapshot space that has been used Refer GB The refer capacity of the file system or volume Created time The time the snapshot is created The options is available in this tab Filter Drop down menu to select the file systems or volumes Hardware monitor The Hardware monitor option provides the status of system voltage temperature power supply and cooling ...

Page 39: ...d Event log The Event log option provides event messages and service logs In Event log tab check INFO WARNING or ERROR to display those particular events The options are available on this tab Clear Click Clear button to clear all event logs Download Click Download button to save the whole event log as a text file with file name LOG SystemName Date Time log Search Enter a keyword and then click Sea...

Page 40: ...iSCSI to display those particular events The options are available on this tab Download Click Download button to save the whole event log as a text file with file name LOG SystemName Date Time log Search Enter a keyword and then click Search button to search the event logs which contents the keyword UPS The UPS option provides the status of the UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply This table shows the...

Page 41: ...Running Unable to detect UPS Communication lost UPS reboot in progress UPS shutdown in progress Batteries failed Please change them NOW Battery level Current power percentage of battery level The system will shut down either Shutdown battery level or Shutdown delay s reaches the condition User should set these values carefully Connection The Connection option provides the all connections of file s...

Page 42: ...ata sets the support for immediate data between the initiator and the target Both must be set to the same setting The default value is Yes MaxOutR2T MaxDataOutR2T Maximum Data Outstanding Ready to Transfer determines the maximum number of outstanding ready to transfer per task The default value is 1 MaxDataBurstLen MaxDataBurstLen Maximum Data Burst Length determines the maximum SCSI data payload ...

Page 43: ...ter data protection it is recommended to check Auto Shutdown Web management timeout When the auto logout option is enabled you will be logged out of the admin interface after the time specified There are Disable default 5 minutes 30 minutes and 1 hour options When the login lock is enabled the system allows only one user to login to the web UI at a time There are Disable default and Enable options...

Page 44: ...time server Time zone setup To change time zone settings When it is done click Apply button Account The Account option is used to setup users and groups in the system It is for accessing the User account Group account and Import Export account option tabs The User account tab provides the function to manage local user accounts such as add delete edit change password or view the status of the users...

Page 45: ...to be deleted Search Enter a keyword to search The options are available in the Modify column Change password Change the user s password Edit Edit the user Delete Delete the user Please be aware that before you can create local accounts a storage pool with home directory function enabled must be created first Otherwise you will not be able to create local account and all functions will be grey out...

Page 46: ... TIP The password is required to be at least 12 and up to 16 alphanumeric characters This is because of UnifiedAUTH mechanism that will integrate with iSCSI CHAP account iSCSI CHAP account requires that the password needs to be 12 to 16 characters If the system is using Active Directory or LDAP as directory service you may see the domain users as below Please be aware that no modification add dele...

Page 47: ...ly by selecting the drop down list This table shows the column descriptions Column Name Description GID Group ID user assigned range 1000 60000 Group name The group name User The number of users that belong to this group Description Group s description The options are available in this tab Add Add a group account Search Enter a keyword to search The options are available in the Modify column Edit ...

Page 48: ...system will assign an ID automatically User assigned ID has a range 1000 60000 If the system is using Active Directory or LDAP as directory service you may see the domain groups as below Please be aware that no modification add delete edit can be made to domain groups This can only be done on the AD server or LDAP server The syntax to represent a domain user is Domain name group name The Import Ex...

Page 49: ...he password will be replaced with a dummy password 1234 When the same account name case sensitive exists during importin it will not overwrite the existing account information unless overwrite duplicated account is checked When overwriting an user account UID remains unchanged When overwriting a group account GID remains unchanged and the original group members remain plus adding any new group mem...

Page 50: ...ot MSN The options are available in this tab Messenger You must enable the Messenger service in Windows Start Control Panel Administrative Tools Services Messenger It allows up to three Messenger addresses You can choose the alert levels which you would like to receive The default setting only includes WARNING and ERROR event logs When it is done click Apply button SNMP The SNMP option is used to ...

Page 51: ...m Net SNMP http net snmp sourceforge net When it is done click Apply button System Log Server The System log server option is used to setup alerts via the syslog protocol The options are available in this tab Server IP hostname Fill in the necessary fields for syslog service The default port is 514 You can choose the alert levels which you would like to receive The default setting only includes WA...

Page 52: ...ns Description UPS Type Select UPS Type None No UPS or other vendors Smart UPS SNMP APC Smart UPS with network function IP address The IP address of the network UPS Community The SNMP community of the network UPS Shutdown battery level When the battery level goes down and lower than the configured threshold the system will auto shutdown This function will be disabled if the configured threshold is...

Page 53: ... ports per controller 724UX 10G 2 x 10GbE ports SFP 7 x GbE ports per controller Each port must be assigned its own IP address They need to be configured in multi homed mode or a present link aggregation trunking mode When multiple LAN ports are set up in link aggregation or trunking mode all the LAN ports share the same IP address Every LAN port can be managed by Web UI and JetCentral which is a ...

Page 54: ...ed address IPv6 IP IPv6 address Gateway6 Gateway that uses IPv6 address Jumbo frame Jumbo frame size MAC Address MAC address The options are available in this tab Edit Set IPv4 address IPv6 address VLAN ID Default gateway and Jumbo frame Create link aggregation Set link aggregation or multi homed The options are available on Edit icon IPv4 There are three options DHCP BOOTP or specify a Static IP ...

Page 55: ...up VLAN ID and priority if necessary Jumbo frame Enable or disable jumbo frame on the port The option is available on Create link aggregation icon Link aggregation Select the aggregation mode Assign an IP address by DHCP BOOTP or specify a Static IP address At last select the network interfaces which you want to bond together ...

Page 56: ...d and duplex settings Utilizes all slave network interfaces in the active aggregator group according to the 802 3ad specification Transmit Load Balancing The bonding driver mode that does not require any special network switch support The outgoing network packet traffic is distributed according to the current load computed relative to the speed on each network interface slave Incoming traffic is r...

Page 57: ...n Name Service setting It is used to change DNS IP addresses The options are available on this tab Primary DNS The IP address of DNS server can be entered or changed here The DNS settings will be applied to all network ports which mean you ONLY need to select one of the network ports and start DNS setting Secondary DNS Optional DNS search path It is a list of domains to try when the system tries t...

Page 58: ... filter function is enabled all rules will be applied The options are available on IP filter setting tab Status The IP filter function enables or disables The IP filter rule tab provides the function to set IP filter rules The options are available on this tab Add IP filter rule Define filter policy IP ranges port ranges and protocol Storage Configuration The Storage configuration menu option is f...

Page 59: ...errors the hard drive has unrecoverable read errors Reserved the disk is one of the member disks of a RAID group It contains RAID group and pool information but the original RAID group and pool can t be found Either you put this disk at its original slot or set this disk as a free disk SMARTCTL The SMART of the hard drive Unknown the SMART of the hard drive is unknown NoError the SMART of the hard...

Page 60: ...eate expand and set home directory delete or view the status of the pools This table shows the column descriptions Column Name Description Name Pool name Total GB Total capacity of this pool Used GB Used capacity of this pool Free GB Free capacity of this pool Capacity The percentage or the capacity Dedup This option is only visible when it supports deduplication The status of the deduplication St...

Page 61: ... there is no defect in the hard drive Export encrypt key Export encrypt key file This icon is only visible when it supports pool encrypt and is enabled Delete Delete the pool The pool can be deleted when there is no file system or volume in it except UserHome directory A storage pool can be made of up to 512 RAID sets which can use different RAID levels File systems for file sharing and volumes fo...

Page 62: ...therwise it cannot be used except entering the encrypt key on every reboot 7 Select disks from below and then click Next button 8 At the confirmation message click Apply button Take an example of set the disk properties and dedicated spare disk 1 Dedicated spare disk is applied to specific storage pool Make sure you have free hard drives for this Click Edit icon in Modify field 2 Enable or disable...

Page 63: ...tab Select the SSD drive s you want to use for read cache or write cache Only qualified SSD drives will be listed for user selection Others will be filtered out 3 Click Apply button 4 Repeat step 1 3 to set the write cache The write cache can be set as RAID 0 or RAID 1 TIP Only SSD drives can be used as SSD cache which includes read cache L2ARC and write cache ZIL ZFS Intent Log TIP All the file s...

Page 64: ... snapshot auto snapshot or view the status of the ZFS This table shows the column descriptions Column Name Description Name The name of the file system or volume Type File system or volume Quota GB The Quota of the file system or volume Reserved GB Reserved capacity of the file system or volume Used GB Used capacity of the file system or volume Block size The block size of ZFS Dedup This option is...

Page 65: ... creating a file system or a volume 1 Click the Create button 2 Enter a Name for the file system or volume 3 Use the drop down list to select a Pool 4 Select Type Property Compression type Sync and Number of data copies 5 Use the drop down list to select a Block size 6 Enter the Size for the file system or volume 7 Enter a Snapshot limit for snapshot usage 8 Click Apply button TIP Type has two opt...

Page 66: ... as default Disabled All write commands become asynchronous It will ignore the synchronous transaction demands of applications such as database or NFS Standard The default value It depends on the applications Always All write commands become synchronous even if the application issues asynchronous transactions The Sync option will be grey out if volume is selected instead of file system This is bec...

Page 67: ...oth file system and volume Dedup function can be turned ON and OFF on the fly during I O Deduplication size limit dedup performance is highly dependent on the size of memory When the size limit has reached deduplication function on all storage pools will be disabled automatically and grey out Memory size Deduplication size limit 4GB 87GB 8GB 137GB 16GB 371GB TIP Starting from FW 1 0 3 there will b...

Page 68: ... with shares 1 For example create a file system of 20MB with compression turned ON 2 Map the share in Windows as a network drive And check the drive property 3 Copy several bitmap files that are over the size of 20MB 4 Check the network drive property again The actual space taken is less than 20MB which means Compression is functioning ...

Page 69: ...le system and view the status of each file system There are Explorer and Share tabs Explorer The Explorer tab provides a simple file explorer to create edit search and delete the folders of the file systems It also browses the whole storage pool structure The options are available in this tab Forward Forward to the previous folder Create folder Create a folder on the file system ...

Page 70: ... the drop down list represent the network mask value It stands for the total number of binary 1 in the network mask For example a network mask of 255 255 0 0 in binary form will become 11111111 11111111 0 0 So number 16 will stand for a network mask of 255 255 0 0 Simply provide a valid IP address within your destination range IPv6 Same meaning as IPv4 above Instead it accepts IPv6 address only Ho...

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Page 72: ...ation check for you It s up to user s discretion to provide the correct rules Take an example of editing the folder for WebDAV 1 Click the Edit icon of the folder 2 Click WebDAV tab 3 Click the check box to share the folder by WebDAV protocol 4 Select the permission of the Users and groups Check the radio box of Access right for Read only or Read Write And then select the users 5 Click Apply butto...

Page 73: ... use wildcard 3 Click Apply button 4 The results will be displayed in the Search results area Take an example of creating a folder 1 In a file system click the Create folder button 2 Enter a folder name 3 Click Apply button Share The Share tab of the operation area provides to remove the share or view the status of the shares This table shows the column descriptions ...

Page 74: ...N option provides functions to manage iSCSI volumes such as attach detach or view the status of logical unit numbers for each volume This table shows the column descriptions Column Name Description Target The number of the target LUN The number of the LUN assigned Permission The permission level Read Write Read only ZFS name The name of the volume assigned to this LUN The option is available in th...

Page 75: ... clone delete or view the status of the snapshots Snapshot can only be applied to the whole file system or volume Snapshot cannot be applied to specific shared folders This table shows the column descriptions Column Name Description Name The snapshot name Used MB The amount of snapshot space that has been used Refer GB The refer capacity of the file system or volume Created time The time the snaps...

Page 76: ...tton Snapshot Schedule The Snapshot schedule tab provides the functions to set schedule snapshots This table shows the column descriptions Column Name Description Name The snapshot name Schedule type Disabled or Scheduled Description Schedule details The option is available in this tab Create Set the snapshot schedule on a file system or a volume The options are available in the Modify column Edit...

Page 77: ...arameters Service Configuration The Service configuration menu option is for accessing the Directory service CIFS NFS AFP FTP WebDAV iSCSI Rsync Backup and AntiVirus options Directory Services The Directory services option provides three directory services Default is Standalone which supports local account only The others are Active Directory service for Microsoft Windows domain networks and LDAP ...

Page 78: ...lt setting When it is done click Apply button Active Directory Active Directory service supports Windows Server 2003 and 2008 Active Directory to manage the accounts The maximum number of AD users and groups is 65536 Enter the settings of Active Directory above When it is done click Apply button If the information is correct the AD accounts will be added in System configuration Account User accoun...

Page 79: ...name DN indicates where in the LDAP directory you wish to load users and groups It is the top level of the LDAP directory tree to be used when searching for resources Suppose that all user accounts and groups are located in the Users folder under your domain In LDAP form it is cn Users dc your domain Let s say your domain is aaa bbb com The Base DN you should put in is cn Users dc aaa dc bbb dc co...

Page 80: ... UDP 138 nmbd This table shows the row descriptions Row Name Description CIFS Service Enable or Disable Server description Default is Welcome to CIFS server Maximum length is 256 characters Workgroup Default is Workgroup Maximum length is 16 characters WINS server1 IP address WINS Server IP Address Default is empty If it s empty the name resolution priority is DNS only Otherwise the name resolutio...

Page 81: ...v4 protocol please make sure NFSv4 domain is provided in order to have ID mapping function working correctly When it is done click Apply button AFP Service The AFP Apple Filing Protocol option is used to setup AFP protocol The AFP is a network protocol that offers file sharing services for Mac computers Starting this service will open the following ports on the JetStor unified storage system TCP 5...

Page 82: ...ctions per IP address default is 32 range is 1 32 Login attempts The maximum number of attempts before client is disconnected default is 3 range is 3 32 Timeout The maximum client idle time in seconds before client is disconnected default is 60 sec valid values are 30 60 300 600 1800 3600 Minimum passive port The minimum passive port default is 49152 range is 1024 65535 Maximum passive port The ma...

Page 83: ...e row descriptions Row Name Description WebDAV service Enable or Disable WebDAV port number The port number of WebDAV WebDAVS port number The port number of WebDAVS When it is done click Apply button iSCSI Service The iSCSI Internet SCSI option is used to setup iSCSI entity name for block based access iSCSI is a protocol standard that allows the consolidation of storage data iSCSI allows the syste...

Page 84: ...od of the iSCSI node CHAP Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol is a strong authentication method used in point to point for user login It s a type of authentication in which the authentication server sends the client a key to be used for encrypting the username and password CHAP enables the username and password to transmit in an encrypted form for protection If you want to use CHAP authent...

Page 85: ...al Change the network portal of the iSCSI node Check or uncheck the ports to enable or disable the network portals When it s done click Apply button Rsync Service The Rsync option is used to setup rsync server service It is a file synchronization and file transfer program for Unix like systems that minimizes network data transfer by using a form of delta encoding called the rsync algorithm Startin...

Page 86: ... rsync service in KB s default is 0 no limit User name The username of rsync service Password The password of rsync service When it is done click Apply button Rsync Target This tab can setup rsync server setting This table shows the column descriptions Column Name Description Module name The name of the rsync target Pool The name of the pool File system The name of the file system Path The path of...

Page 87: ...nd Rsync client services Both Amazon S3 and replication services are applied to the whole file system or volume which is the right next level to the storage pool These services cannot be applied to a specific shared folder but Rsync service can Replication The Replication tab is used to setup the replication service It support local cloning and remote replication to other JetStor unified storage a...

Page 88: ...n this tab Create Add a replication task The options are available in the Modify column Start Start the task Stop Stop the task Schedule Schedule the task Delete Delete the task Take an example of adding a task 1 Click Create button 2 Enter the Task name and select a file system or volume to replicate Then click Next button 3 Select Local system or Remote system Remote replication needs to enter t...

Page 89: ...hedule Disabled or scheduled Created time The created time of the task The option is available in this tab Create Add a backup task to Amazon S3 service The options are available in the Modify column Edit Edit the task Start Start the task Stop Stop the task Schedule Schedule the task Delete Delete the task Take an example of adding a task 1 Click Create button 2 Enter the Task name select a Local...

Page 90: ...ine which is an American global computer security software company AntiVirus Service This tab can enable or disable antivirus service Check Enable or Disable radio button and then click Apply button AntiVirus Scan Filter This tab manages what files exclude to be scanned Click Add button of the Exclude file type add a text for file extension then click Add button These file extension will be skippe...

Page 91: ...r scheduled Created time The created time of the task The options are available in this tab Create Add an antivirus task Start Start the task Stop Stop the task Schedule Schedule the task Delete Delete the task AntiVirus Update This tab manages the update of virus pattern files Click Enable radio button to enable Auto update enter a number for how many days the update execute automatically Click A...

Page 92: ...The Application menu option is for accessing the Generic Video editing TV broadcasting and Surveillance options Each mode is optimized for the specified application The default is Generic mode Maintenance The Maintenance menu option is for accessing the Diagnostic Download Reset to factory default Firmware upgrade Import and export Reboot and Shutdown options Diagnostic Diagnostic option provides ...

Page 93: ...trace route to diag out what happen between the host and the system ARP The ARP Address Resolution Protocol tab provides table mapping IP address to MAC address Download Download option provides two services There are Download MIB file and Download system information Download MIB File The Download MIB file tab provides to download MIB file for SNMP usage ...

Page 94: ...ations back to the factory default settings Select the options which all local accounts are reserved or not and then click Reset device button It will perform the following major tasks LAN1 IP Address 192 168 1 234 User Name admin Password 00000000 Set default directory service to Standalone Clear all access right settings for shares Clear all snapshot replication backup tasks Clear all user group...

Page 95: ... checksum file md5sum txt and firmware file bin or flash to the root of USB drive 2 In the root of USB drive create a pure text file named AutoRun ini with the following content upgrade upgrade_md5file md5sum txt 3 Insert USB drive to the USB port shown below in different models 4 The system will detect USB drive and the firmware If the setting is correct firmware upgrading will start automaticall...

Page 96: ...e Please prepare configuration file in local hard drive then click Browse to select the file Click Import button Export The Export tab provides to export the configuration file Reboot The Reboot option is used to reboot the system Shutdown The Shutdown option is used to shut down the system Before powering off the system it is highly recommended to execute Shutdown function to flush the data from ...

Page 97: ...ed settings in Sharing of Chapter 4 CIFS and Windows There are several ways to access a network share in Microsoft Windows operating systems It all follows Windows UNC Universal Naming Convention format Syntax NAS system name share name IP address of NAS share name NAS system name can be found from menu bar System Configuration System IP address of NAS is the IP address of one of the network ports...

Page 98: ...ing for account and password Please put in your account and password When the authentication is clear the share is ready for you to use as follows Method 2 The Command Line Input from Start Button Click Start button to bring up the start menu In the command line input put in the share path and press Enter The rest is the same as described in Option 1 ...

Page 99: ...w to map a network share from JetStor unified storage to a drive letter The network share will be automatically mapped the next time you boot your Windows 1 Open a Windows Explorer from Start button or by pressing Start key E Go to Tools and select Map network drive 2 Select the drive letter you like Put in the share path in Folder Make sure you check Reconnect at logon Click Finish ...

Page 100: ...lished the system will automatically try to establish the connection using version 3 protocols Before using the NFS shares please make sure the NFS settings of the shares are properly configured Redhat Linux 5 When mounting a file system in Redhat Linux 5 Redhat Linux 5 uses NFS version 3 by default Use the following syntax to mount an NFS share Please make sure you add the keyword nfs share befor...

Page 101: ... example mount 192 168 8 180 SQL_DB2 mnt nas Open Solaris 10 11 Open Solaris 10 11 will use NFS version 4 as default Use the following syntax to mount an NFS share mount F nfs o rw IP address of NAS share name mount point For example mount F nfs o rw 192 168 8 180 SQL_DB2 mnt nas NFS and vShpere5 If you want to use JetStor Unified Storage as vSphere 5 storage through NFS connection please make sur...

Page 102: ... 10G User Manual AFP and Mac OS X In Finder go to Go and select Connect to Server Put in the network port IP address that you want to access Click Connect It will bring up a window requesting account and password Please put in your account and password Click Connect IP address of NAS NFS share name ...

Page 103: ...t It s very easy and straight forward to use Apple Time Machine with JetStor unified storage Simply follow the same instructions above to create AFP shares on the Mac machine and do the steps below 1 Go to Time Machine function 2 Turn on Time Machine Click Select Disk 3 Select the share and put in account and password again 4 Start Time Machine operation FTP FTP is the basic file transfer tool pro...

Page 104: ...w and use FTP command ftp Enter your account and password The share is available for you to access In Redhat Linux it looks like the screenshot below Method 2 Using FTP Client Application There are a lot of FTP client tools in Windows platform such as WSFTP FileZilla In Linux X Window environment there are gFTP WXftp and LLNL XFTP For example using FileZilla in Windows looks like the screenshot be...

Page 105: ...nd using 3rd party WebDAV client applications 32bit Redhat Linux 5 and 6 64bit Redhat Linux 6 If you are using Windows XP or Vista you may need to install a Windows update KB907306 If you are using Windows 7 please make sure WebClient service is enabled through Component Services For more related information please check WebDAV client interoperability at http svnbook red bean com en 1 6 svn webdav...

Page 106: ...p All Rights Reserved 106 JetStor NAS 724UX 724UX 10G User Manual From Network and Sharing Center in the Control Panel go to Tools and select Map Network Drive From the Computer icon on Desktop right click on Computer icon and select Map Network Drive ...

Page 107: ...d 107 JetStor NAS 724UX 724UX 10G User Manual When the wizard appears click Connect to a Web site that you can use to store your documents and pictures Follow the instructions and click Next button Select Choose a custom network location and then click Next button again ...

Page 108: ...nual In Internet or network address input put in the WebDAV share in the following syntax http IP address 50000 WebDAV share Please make sure you put in the port number 50000 Put in the required account and password information You may name the network location Here we simply use the default as 192 168 122 112 ...

Page 109: ...d Computer Network Corp All Rights Reserved 109 JetStor NAS 724UX 724UX 10G User Manual You may access the web folder now Method 2 Using 3rd Party WebDAV Client Application Recommended tools include WebDrive NetDrive or Bitkinex ...

Page 110: ...t no parity 1 stop bit and no flow control Terminal type vt100 The initial defaults for administrator login are User name admin Password 00000000 Secure Shell Remote Access SSH secure shell software is required for remote login The SSH client software is available at the following web site SSH Tectia Client http www ssh com PuTTY http www chiark greenend org uk The default management IP address is...

Page 111: ...Print diagnostic message reboot Reboot system shutdown Shut down system exit Exit help Help description console The options are available on the console UI info Print the system information console info System Product 724UX Name JetStor NAS 724UX Version 1 2 3 Network LAN0 MAC 00 13 78 xx xx xx Addr 192 168 x x Mask 255 255 0 0 LAN1 MAC 00 13 78 xx xx xx Addr 169 254 x x Mask 255 255 0 0 LAN2 MAC ...

Page 112: ...s 8888 dump_sysinfo Connect a USB flash via USB port at the rear of the system use this command to dump the system information to USB device If there is no USB device found it will display the warning message console dump_sysinfo No USB found please insert USB diag Print the diagnostic messages reboot Reboot the system shutdown Shutdown the system exit Exit the console UI help Display the help des...

Page 113: ...h one is a logical unit GUI Graphic User Interface RO Set the volume to be Read Only DS Dedicated Spare disks The spare disks are only used by one specific RG Others could not use these dedicated spare disks for any rebuilding purpose DG DeGraded mode Not all of the array s member disks are functioning but the array is able to respond to application read and write requests to its virtual disks SCS...

Page 114: ...s an extension of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol HTTP that facilitates collaboration between users in editing and managing documents and files stored on World Wide Web servers Deduplication Data deduplication is a specialized data compression technique for eliminating duplicate copies of repeating data Thin Provisioning Thin provisioning is the act of using virtualization technology to give the a...

Page 115: ... Standalone 98 Download Download MIB File 114 Download System 114 Drive Slot Numbering 34 E Event log 58 F FC Fibre Channel 28 FCC Statement 4 Fibre Channel Concepts 28 Firmware Upgrade via USB 115 FTP File Transfer Protocol 101 G GUI Graphic User Interface 46 H Hardware monitor 57 I Import and Export Export 116 Import 116 iSCSI iSCSI Entity 103 iSCSI Note 104 iSCSI Internet SCSI 29 103 iSCSI Conc...

Page 116: ...101 iSCSI Service 103 NFS Service 101 WebDAV Service 103 Service Configuration Directory Services 97 Setup Wizard 49 Share Explorer 89 Share 93 Snapshot 55 Snapshot 95 Snapshot Schedule 96 SSH Secure Shell 137 Storage Configuration 78 LUN 94 Physical Disk 78 Pool 79 Share 89 Snapshot 95 ZFS 84 System Configuration Account 63 Mail Setting 68 Messenger 69 SNMP 69 System 61 System Log Server 70 Time ...

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