Allnet ALL69000, User Manual

Page 1: ...ALLNET ALL69000 Power Storage Server FW v3 00 08 User s Manual ...

Page 2: ...of an error please provide us with your feedback ALLNET GmbH reserves the right to modify the contents of this manual without notice Product name ALLNET ALL69000 Manual Version 2 2 Release Date December 2009 Limited Warranty ALLNET GmbH guarantees all components of ALLNET ALL69000 are thoroughly tested before they leave the factory and should function normally under general usage In case of any sy...

Page 3: ...relative humidity of 20 85 Using the ALL69000 under extreme environmental conditions could damage the unit Ensure that the ALL69000 is provided with the correct supply voltage AC 100V 240V 50 60 Hz 3A Plugging the ALL69000 to an incorrect power source could damage the unit Do NOT expose the ALL69000 to dampness dust or corrosive liquids Do NOT place the ALL69000 on any uneven surfaces DO NOT place...

Page 4: ...stallation 15 Overview 15 Before You Begin 15 Hard Disk Installation 15 Cable Connections 16 Checking System Status 17 System Status Normal 17 System Trouble 17 Chapter 3 First Time Setup 18 Overview 18 ALLNET Setup Wizard 18 LCD Operation 20 LCD Controls 20 Display Mode 21 USB Copy 21 Management Mode 21 Typical Setup Procedure 22 Step 1 Network Setup 22 Step 2 RAID Creation 22 Step 3 Create Local...

Page 5: ...on 42 AFP Apple Network Setup 42 NFS Setup 42 FTP 43 Media Server 44 Media Manager Settings 44 Share Media Folders 45 Connecting DMAs to the Media Server 45 HTTP Web Disk 46 UPnP 47 Nsync Target 47 Bonjour Setting 47 Storage Management 48 Disks Information 48 S M A R T Information 49 Bad Block Scan 50 RAID Information 50 Create a RAID 51 RAID Level 53 Edit RAID 54 Remove RAID 55 Expanding a RAID 5...

Page 6: ...Device 94 Setting Up an Nsync Target on Another Device 95 Designating ALL69000 as an Nsync Target 95 ALLNET Backup Utility 95 Windows XP Data Backup 96 Apple OS X Backup Utilities 96 Chapter 5 Using the ALL69000 97 Overview 97 Login Page 97 Using WebDisk 97 Photo Server 99 Windows XP Publishing Wizard 100 Managing Albums and Photos 105 Creating Albums 106 Password Protecting Albums 106 Uploading P...

Page 7: ...9 Revision updated up to FW 3 00 08 126 What s New 126 Updated Login User Interface 126 Updated Photo Server User Interface 126 Disclaimer Page Added 127 Updated Main User Interface 128 Add On Line Register Service 128 Added Rsync Setting under Nsync Target 129 Added Rsync Backup Feature 129 Added 2 nd Gateway for Clients of DHCP Server Route 130 Added Dual DOM for Auto Repair 131 Appendix A Produ...

Page 8: ...8 Appendix F Licensing Information 143 Overview 143 Source Code Availability 143 CGIC License Terms 144 GNU General Public License 144 ...

Page 9: ...0 allows you to store and share files over an IP network With a Network Attached Storage NAS device you can centralize your files and share them easily over your network With the easy to use web based interface users on your network can access these files in a snap To learn about the Web User Interface go to Chapter 5 Using the ALL69000 Using WebDisk FTP Server With the built in FTP Server friends...

Page 10: ...er but it also supports iSCSI initiators Your server can access ALL69000 as a direct attached storage over the LAN or Internet There is no easier way to expand the capacity of your current application servers All the storage needs can be centrally managed and deployed This brings ultimate flexibility to users To set up an iSCSI volume refer to Chapter 4 Storage Management Space Allocation Allocati...

Page 11: ...11 HDD Compatibility list Card x1 Multiple Languages Warranty Card x1 Please check to see if your package is complete If you find that some items are missing contact your dealer ...

Page 12: ... failure notification 5 Mute button Mute the system fan alarm 6 USB Port USB 2 0 port for compatible USB devices such as USB disks USB printers and USB wireless dongles Note For supported USB wireless dongles please contact http esupport ALLNET com support 7 Up Button Push to scroll up when using the LCD display 8 Down Button Push to enter USB copy operation screen 9 Enter Button Push to enter LCD...

Page 13: ...ower LED Solid blue hard disk is powered on 2 HDD Access Error LED Blinking green system is accessing data on the hard disk 3 Lock Use the lock to physically secure the hard disk to the unit 4 Latch Use to open and remove or close and secure the tray 5 Handle Pull out HDD tray Rear Panel The ALL69000 rear panel features ports and connectors ...

Page 14: ...rt eSATA port for high speed storage expansion 4 USB Port USB 2 0 port for compatible USB devices such as USB disks and USB printers 5 Serial Port This port is for external UPS device 6 WAN Port WAN port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router 7 LAN Port WAN port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router ...

Page 15: ...omponents on the ALL69000 3 Be careful not to use magnetized screwdrivers around the ALL69000 s electronic components Hard Disk Installation The ALL69000 supports eight standard 3 5 SATA hard disks To install a hard disk into the ALL69000 follow the steps below 1 Remove a hard disk tray from the ALL69000 2 Slide the new SATA hard disk into the tray and fasten the screws 3 Insert the hard disk and ...

Page 16: ...twork to the WAN port on the back panel of the ALL69000 2 Connect the provided power cord into the universal power socket on the back panel Plug the other end of the cord into a surge protector socket Press the power supply switch to turn on the power supply 3 Press the power button on the Front Panel to boot up the ALL69000 ...

Page 17: ... normal if 1 The Power LED on the Front Panel glows green 2 The HDD Power LED on each HDD tray glows blue assuming all disks are installed 3 The default IP address of the WAN port is 192 168 1 100 on LCD System Trouble The system has trouble if 1 Disk Busy LED glows red If the system has trouble please refer to Chapter 7 Troubleshooting WARNING There are no user serviceable parts inside the ALL690...

Page 18: ...000 a snap To configure the ALL69000 using the Setup Wizard perform the following steps 1 Insert the installation CD into your CD ROM drive the host PC must be connected to the network 2 The Setup Wizard should launch automatically If not please browse your CD ROM drive and double click on Setup exe 3 The Setup Wizard will start and automatically detect all ALLNET storage devices on your network I...

Page 19: ...e your ALL69000 and configure the network IP address If your switch or router is configured as a DHCP Server configuring the ALL69000 to automatically obtain an IP address is recommended You may also use a static IP address and enter the DNS Server address manually 7 Change the default administrator password ...

Page 20: ...ions for ALL69000 configuration The following table illustrates the keys on the front control panel LCD Controls Icon Function Description Up Button Select the previous configuration settings option Down Button USB copy confirmation display Enter Enter the selected menu option sub menu or parameter setting ESC Escape Escape and return to the previous menu There are two modes of operation for the L...

Page 21: ... In Display Mode press the Down Button 3 The LCD will display USB Copy 4 Press Enter and the ALL69000 will start copying USB disks connected to the front USB port 5 All of data will be copied into system folder named USB copy Management Mode During setup and configuration the LCD will be in Management Mode To enter into Management Mode press Enter and an Enter Password prompt will show on the LCD ...

Page 22: ...fferent RAID levels from Appendix C RAID Basics Step 3 Create Local Users or Setup Authentication Once the RAID is ready you can begin to create local users for the ALL69000 or choose to setup authentication protocols such as Active Directory AD For more on managing users go to Chapter 4 User and Group Authentication For more information on configuring Active Directory see Chapter 4 User and Group...

Page 23: ...rent services of the ALL69000 for the users on your network You can find out more about each of these services by clicking below SMB CIFS Apple File Protocol AFP Network File System NFS File Transfer Protocol FTP iTunes Server Media Server Printer Server Photo Server ...

Page 24: ...r Name admin Password admin If you changed your password in the setup wizard use the new password Once you are logged in as an administrator you will see the Web Administration Interface From here you can configure and monitor virtually every aspect of the ALL69000 from anywhere on the network Menu Bar The Menu Bar is where you will find all of the information screens and system settings of the AL...

Page 25: ... Category of Backup Features set up of the ALL69000 Moving your cursor over any of these items will display the dropdown menu selections for each group In the following sections you will find detailed explanations of each function and how to configure your ALL69000 Message Bar You can get information about system status quickly by moving mouse over Message Bar Item Status Description RAID Informat...

Page 26: ...rench German Italian Korean Spanish Russia Polish On the menu bar click Language and the selection list appears This user interface will switch to selected language for the ALL69000 System Information Information provides viewing on current Product info System Status Service Status and Logs The menu bar allows you to see various aspects of the ALL69000 From here you can discover the status of the ...

Page 27: ...d Displays current CPU fan status System Fan Speed Displays the current status of the system fan Up Time Shows how long the system has been up and running Service Status Item Description AFP Status The status of the Apple Filing Protocol server NFS Status The status of the Network File Service Server SMB CIFS Status The status of the SMB CIFS server FTP Status The status of the FTP server Media Se...

Page 28: ...ror messages INFO Records information about system messages WARN Shows only warning messages ERROR Shows only error messages Download All Log File Export all logs to an external file Truncate All Log File Clear all log files The number of lines per page Specify desired number of lines to display per page Sort Ascending Shows logs by date in ascending order Sort Descending Shows logs by date in des...

Page 29: ...ption Date Sets the system date Time Sets the system time Time Zone Sets the system time zone Act as NTP Server Select Enable to synchronize with the NTP server Select Disable to close the NTP server synchronization Sync with external NTP Server Select YES to allow the ALL69000 to synchronize with an NTP server of your choice Press Apply to change Notification configuration From the menu choose th...

Page 30: ... the SMTP server Port Specifies the port to send outgoing notification emails Auth Type Select the SMTP Server account authentication type SMTP Account ID Set the SMTP Server Email account ID Account Password Enter a new password E mail From Set email address to send email Receiver s E mail Address 1 2 3 4 Add one or more recipient s email addresses to receive email notifications NOTE Consult with...

Page 31: ... either Serial or USB interface providing extra data security and accessibility in the case of a power failure From the Status menu choose the UPS item and the UPS Setting screen appears Make any changes you wish and press Apply to confirm changes NOTE The beeper only beeps if it is enabled in the System Notification menu Check ALLNET website for the latest firmware release and release notes Downg...

Page 32: ... when the battery charge is less than Amount of UPS battery remaining before system should auto shutdown Apply Press Apply to save your changes For a list of supported UPS units see Appendix E UPS Compatibility List Schedule Power On Off Using the ALL69000 s System Management you can save energy and money by scheduling the ALL69000 to turn itself on and off during certain times of the day From the...

Page 33: ... Example Monday On 8 00 System will turn on at 8 00 AM on Monday and will not shut down unless powered down manually You may also choose two on times or two off times on a particular day and the system will act accordingly Example Monday Off 8 00 Off 16 00 System will turn off at 8 00 AM on Monday System will turn off at 16 00 PM on Monday if it was on If the system was already off at 16 00 PM on ...

Page 34: ...ware could get system basic information From the menu choose the SNMP item and the SNMP Support screen appears From here you can Enable or Disable Utility Administrator password From the menu choose the Administrator Password item and the Change Administrator Password screen appears Enter a new password in the New Password box and confirm your new password in the Confirm Password box Press Apply t...

Page 35: ...oad or upload stored system configurations See the following table for a detailed description of each item System Configuration Download Upload Item Description Download Save and export the current system configuration Upload Import a saved configuration file to overwrite current system configuration NOTE Backing up your system configuration is a great way to ensure that you can revert to a workin...

Page 36: ... default settings Reboot Shutdown From the menu choose Reboot Shutdown item and the Shutdown Reboot System screen appears Press Reboot to restart the system or Shutdown to turn the system off File System check WARNING Resetting to factory defaults will not erase the data stored in the hard disks but WILL revert all the settings to the factory default values ...

Page 37: ...t will appear Click Yes to reboot the system Once the system has rebooted you will be returned to the File System Check prompt There you will see the available RAID volumes to run the file system check on except ZFS volume ZFS has no need to perform file system check Check the desired RAID volumes and click Next to proceed with the file system check Click Reboot to reboot without running the check...

Page 38: ...he system When the file system check is run the system will show 20 lines of information until it is complete Once complete the results will be shown at the bottom NOTE The system must be rebooted before the ALL69000 can function normally after file system check complete ...

Page 39: ... MAC Address MAC address of the network interface Jumbo Frame Support Enable or disable Jumbo Frame Support of the WAN interface on your ALL69000 IP Sharing Mode When enabled PCs connected to the LAN port will be able to access the WAN Link Aggregation Specifies whether WAN and LAN ports will be aggregated and act as one port Load Balance Ethernet traffic will flow alternative between two Ethernet...

Page 40: ...en If you are only using the WAN port we suggest that you disable IP Sharing Mode This will result in higher throughput A correct DNS setting is vital to networks services such as SMTP and NTP To use the Link Aggregation with 802 3ad selected feature please make sure the networking equipment on the other end of Ethernet cable also supports 802 3ad protocol WARNING Most Fast Ethernet 10 100 Switche...

Page 41: ...it will need to reboot system to activate Samba Service Used for letting the operating system of UNIX series and SMB CIFS of Microsoft Windows operating system Server Message Block Common Internet File System Do the link in network protocol Enable or Disable SMB CIFS protocol for Windows Apple Unix drive mapping File Access Cache File Access Cache is default Enable This option will help to increas...

Page 42: ...ly to confirm your settings A description of each item follows Apple Network Configuration Item Description AFP Server Enable or disable Apple File Service to use the ALL69000 with MAC OS based systems Zone Specifies Zone for Applet Talk service If your AppleTalk network uses extended networks and is assigned with multiple zones assign a zone name to the ALL69000 If you do not want to assign a net...

Page 43: ...LL69000 can act as a FTP server enabling users to download and upload files with their favorite FTP programs From the System Network menu choose the FTP item and the FTP screen appears You can change any of these items and press Apply to confirm your settings A description of each item follows FTP Item Description FTP Enable FTP Service on the ALL69000 ...

Page 44: ...e where represents an integer Upload Bandwidth You may set the maximum bandwidth allocated to file uploads Selections include Unlimited 1 2 4 8 16 and 32 MB s Download Bandwidth You may set the maximum bandwidth allocated to file downloads Selections include Unlimited 1 2 4 8 16 and 32 MB s To access the share folder on the ALL69000 use the appropriate user login and password set up on the Users p...

Page 45: ... folder that contains your media files and click its checkbox 3 The contents in the folder will be scanned for the Media Server The time required for scanning depends on the size of the folder Connecting DMAs to the Media Server Next it s time to connect your Digital Media Adapter DMA to the media server 1 Connect your DMA to your Media Server a Configure your DMA to use a Dynamic IP address The I...

Page 46: ...een appears This screen displays the service support parameters of the system You can change any of these items and press Apply to confirm your settings A description of each item follows Web Service Item Description HTTP WebDisk Support Enable or disable WebDisk support Enter the port number if this option is enabled The port number is default 80 HTTPs Secure WebDisk Support Enable or disable sec...

Page 47: ... Nsync Target Server Press Apply to confirm your settings Once Nsync Target has been enabled the other ALLNET NAS product is able to operate remote replication to this NAS system Bonjour Setting Bonjour is Apple Inc s trade name for its implementation of Zeroconf a service discovery protocol Bonjour locates devices such as printers as well as other computers and the services that those devices off...

Page 48: ...rom the Storage menu choose the Disks item and the Disks Information screen appears From here you can see various items about installed SATA hard disks Blank lines indicate that a SATA hard disk is not currently installed in that particular disk slot Disks Information Item Description Disk No Indicates disk location Capacity Shows the SATA hard disk capacity Model Displays the SATA hard disk model...

Page 49: ... depending on manufacturer in power on state Temperature Celsius The current temperature of the hard disk in degrees Celsius Reallocated Sector Count Count of reallocated sectors When the hard drive finds a read write verification error it marks this sector as reallocated and transfers data to a special reserved area spare area This process is also known as remapping and reallocated sectors are ca...

Page 50: ...reference and system will not take any action from its result The testing result will be stay till system reboot with Yet to start displayed as default RAID Information From the Storage menu choose the RAID item and the RAID Information screen appears This screen lists the RAID volumes currently residing on the ALL69000 From this screen you can get information about the status of your RAID volumes...

Page 51: ... RAID disks or the Spare Disk RAID Configurations Item Description Disk No Number assigned to the installed hard disks Capacity MB Capacity of the installed hard disks Model Model number of the installed hard disks Status Status of the installed hard disks Used If this is checked current hard disk is a part of a RAID volume Spare If this is checked current hard disk is designated as a spare for a ...

Page 52: ...e to build the RAID storage volume NOTE In a multiple RAID configuration one RAID volume must be designated as the Master RAID volume The Master RAID volume will store all installed modules If the Master RAID is changed to another location i e assigning volume 2 to be the Master RAID volume after volume 1 had been previously assigned then all modules must be reinstalled In addition all system fold...

Page 53: ...gle HDD with no RAID support JBOD requires a minimum of 1 disk RAID 0 Provides data striping but no redundancy Improves performance but not data safety RAID 0 requires a minimum of 2 disks RAID 1 Offers disk mirroring Provides twice the read rate of single disks but same write rate RAID 1 requires a minimum of 2 disks RAID 5 Data striping and stripe error correction information provided RAID 5 NOT...

Page 54: ... high reliability and high performance RAID 10 is implemented as a striped array whose segments are RAID 1 arrays It has the fault tolerance of RAID 1 and the performance of RAID 0 RAID 10 requires 4 disks RAID 10 can sustain two failed disks Edit RAID On the RAID Information screen press the Edit button to go to the RAID Information screen Using Edit RAID you can select RAID ID and the Spare Disk...

Page 55: ...olume follow the steps below 1 On the RAID List screen select the RAID volume by clicking on its radio button and click RAID Information to open the RAID Configuration screen 2 On the RAID Configuration screen click Remove RAID 3 The confirmation screen appear you will have to input Yes with exactly wording case to complete Remove RAID operation ...

Page 56: ... disks in the RAID array 3 When you are done replacing hard drives log on to Web Management Navigate to Storage RAID to open the RAID Configuration screen 4 On the RAID Information screen and click Edit to open the RAID Configuration screen 5 On the RAID Configuration screen click Expand WARNING Remove RAID destroys all data in the current RAID volume The data is unrecoverable NOTE RAID expansion ...

Page 57: ...RAID array all together To migrate a RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 or RAID 6 volume follow the steps below 1 From the RAID Configuration screen click Migrate RAID 2 A list of possible RAID migration configurations will be listed Select the desired migration scheme and click Apply 3 The system will begin migrating the RAID volume ...

Page 58: ...ion from R1 to R5 or R1 to R6 the all services will restart and volumes user data and iSCSI are read only during operation 4 To have ext3 and XFS file system created doing on line RAID level migration from R1 to R5 or R1 to R6 the all services will restart and volumes iSCSI is read only but user data is capable read write during operation 5 The other combination to make as On line can have read wr...

Page 59: ...RAID 1 HDDx3 to RAID 0 HDDx4 RAID 1 HDDx3 to RAID 0 HDDx5 RAID 1 HDDx3 to RAID 0 HDDx6 RAID 1 HDDx3 to RAID 0 HDDx7 RAID 1 HDDx3 to RAID 0 HDDx8 RAID 1 HDDx4 to RAID 0 HDDx5 RAID 1 HDDx4 to RAID 0 HDDx6 RAID 1 HDDx4 to RAID 0 HDDx7 RAID 1 HDDx4 to RAID 0 HDDx8 RAID 1 HDDx5 to RAID 0 HDDx6 RAID 1 HDDx5 to RAID 0 HDDx7 RAID 1 HDDx5 to RAID 0 HDDx8 RAID 1 HDDx6 to RAID 0 HDDx7 RAID 1 HDDx6 to RAID 0 ...

Page 60: ...7 RAID 6 HDDx4 to RAID 6 HDDx8 RAID 6 HDDx5 to RAID 6 HDDx6 RAID 6 HDDx5 to RAID 6 HDDx7 RAID 6 HDDx5 to RAID 6 HDDx8 RAID 6 HDDx6 to RAID 6 HDDx7 RAID 6 HDDx6 to RAID 6 HDDx8 RAID 6 HDDx7 to RAID 6 HDDx8 Space Allocation You may specify the space allocated for iSCSI volumes The iSCSI volume can be created up to 5 volumes per RAID volume To do this under the Storage menu click RAID and the RAID Li...

Page 61: ... volume Type Type of volume Can be either USB or iSCSI Name Name assigned to the volume Capacity Capacity of the allocated space Allocating Space for iSCSI Volume To allocate space for an iSCSI volume on the current RAID volume follow the steps below 1 Under the Volume Allocation List click iSCSI Target The Create iSCSI Volume screen appears Create iSCSI Volume ...

Page 62: ...assword Confirm Reenter the chosen password 2 Designate the percentage to be allocated from the Allocation drag bar 3 Enable the iSCSI Target Service by selecting Enable 4 Choose to enable CHAP authentication or choose None 5 Enter a Target Name This will be used by the Stackable NAS function to identify this export share 6 Choose the current year from the Year dropdown 7 Choose the current month ...

Page 63: ...2 Modify your setting Press ok to change Delete Volume To delete volume on the current RAID volume follow the steps below 1 Under the Volume Allocation List click Delete The Space Allocation screen appears ...

Page 64: ...t With the option changed it will need to reboot system to activate iSCSI Block Size Select the block size with 4K while the iSCSI volume size is over 2TB iSCSI CRC Checksum To enable this option the initiator can connect with Data digest and Header digest enabled Share Folder From the Storage menu choose Share Folder and the Folder screen appears This screen allows you to create and configure fol...

Page 65: ...65 Adding Folders On the Folder screen press the Add button and the Add Folder screen appears This screen allows you to add a folder After entering the information press Apply to create new folder ...

Page 66: ... a file to the folder but they cannot delete a file from the folder Share Folder Limit Enter the maximum size of the folder in Gigabytes GB The folder cannot grow beyond this limit You can enter a 0 to turn off the share folder limit This option did not apply while XFS file system selected Apply Press Apply to create the folder Modify Folders On the Folder screen press the Edit button and the Modi...

Page 67: ...ill not grow beyond this limit You can enter a 0 to turn off the share folder limit Remove Folders To remove a folder press the Remove button from the specified folder row The system will confirm folder deletion Press Yes to delete the folder permanently or No to go back to the folder list NFS Share To allow NFS access to the share folder enable the NFS Service and then set up hosts with access ri...

Page 68: ... AIX Allow source port 1024 Choose the one which best fits your needs IO Mapping There are three selections available Guest system root account will have full access to this share root root Guest system root account will be mapped to anonymous user nobody nogroup on NAS All user on guest system will be mapped to anonymous user nobody nogroup on NAS Choose the one which best fits your needs Apply C...

Page 69: ...le setup screen appear Checked the enable check box to activate the snapshot scheduled operation The ALL69000 snapshot is supported total 16 versions Once checked Automatically remove oldest snapshot the oldest will be removed to let newest to added on top Otherwise if the check box is unchecked and snapshot versions are up to 16 then system will appear warning message and won t execute the task t...

Page 70: ...Read Only or Writable to configure their access level Press the Apply button to confirm your settings ACL setting Item Description Deny Denies access to users or groups who are displayed in this column Read Only Provides Read Only access to users or groups who are displayed in this column Writable Provides Write access to users or groups who are displayed in this column Recursive Enable to inherit...

Page 71: ...o confirm your ACL settings To setup sub folders ACL click on symbol to extract sub folders list as screen shot shows below You may carry on with same steps as share level ACL setting The ACL screen also allows you to search for a particular user To do this follow the steps below 1 In the blank enter the name of the user you would like to find 2 From the drop down select the group you would like t...

Page 72: ...P acting as a share folder type From the main menu the stackable feature is located under Storage Please refer the figure below for reference A Add a Stack Target Volume From the figure above click Add to access the stackable target device configuration page Please refer to the figure below With the added stack target you could Enable or Disable now or later per usage needed NOTE The system will l...

Page 73: ...If there is no user name and password needed to access target volume then leave it blank Once IP with volume have been set you may need to input a valid user name and password to validate your access rights If there is no user name and password needed to access target volume then leave it blank The Export share name will become the network share name and displayed through network access such as SM...

Page 74: ...t designates whether or not this folder will be visible through web disk You may refer the figures below for reference when Yes and No are selected The Public setting will be set same as what the setting for the system share folder associated with the ACL permission setup If Public is set to Yes all users will be able to access it and ACL button will be grayed out If Public is set to No the ACL bu...

Page 75: ... will see the information displayed and also several options you can choose In general if attached stack target device has been used by another N5200PRO 1U4500 N5500 ALL69000 ALL69000 ALL69000 as stack target volume then the Format item will be display and system will recognize it straight away and display its capacity Otherwise the Format item will be available and the Capacity and Status items w...

Page 76: ...ur changes have been made click Apply to confirm any modifications Once changes are applied the associated information will be updated on the Stack Target List window D Stack Target ACL If the stack target Public setting set to Yes then the ACL button will be grayed out However if Public setting is set to No then the ACL button will be available for you to setup user access permissions for the sta...

Page 77: ... ISO Mount feature is very useful tool from ALLNET products With it users can mount an ISO file and having export name to display all details from mounted ISO file From the main menu the ISO Mount feature is located under Storage Please refer the figure below for reference Select on the ISO mount function and you will have the screen shot appear as following A Add a ISO file From the figure above ...

Page 78: ...m listed ISO file and input desired mounting name into Mount as field Click ADD with confirmation to complete mounting ISO file Or without Mount as ISO file export name input system will automatic to give the export name by ISO file name If left Mount as blink then system will create mount point by ISO file name ...

Page 79: ...en shot below ISO file image has mounted as folder Image you could see The ISO file ALLNET 01 without assign mounting name system automatically has folder ALLNET 01 created User and Group Authentication The ALL69000 has built in user database that allows administrators to manage user access using different group policies From the User and Group Authentication menu you can create modify and delete ...

Page 80: ...main Name Specifies the SMB CIFS Work Group ADS Domain Name e g ALL69000 ADS NT Support Select Disable to disable authentication through Windows Active Directory Server or Windows NT Authentication Method Select ADS for Windows Active Directory Server or select NT for Windows NT ADS NT Server Name Specifies the ADS NT server name e g adservername ADS NT Realm Specifies the ADS NT realm e g example...

Page 81: ... the Local User Configuration screen appears This screen allows you to Add Edit and Remove local users NOTE The DNS server specified in the WAN configuration page should be able to correctly resolve the ADS server name The time zone setting between ALL69000 and ADS should be identical The system time difference between ALL69000 and ADS should be less than five minutes The Administrator Password fi...

Page 82: ...etting screen appears 2 On the Local User Setting screen enter a name in the User Name box 3 Enter a User ID number If left blank the system will automatically assign one 4 Enter a password in the Password box and re enter the password in the Confirm box 5 Select which group the user will belong to Group Members is a list of groups this user belongs to Group List is a list of groups this user does...

Page 83: ... on the Edit button and Local User Setting screen appears 3 From here you can enter a new password and re enter to confirm or use the or buttons to have this user join or leave a group Click the Apply button to save your changes NOTE All users are automatically assigned to the users group ...

Page 84: ...tion screen appears This screen allows you to Add Edit and Remove local groups Local Group Configuration Item Description Add Press the Add button to add a user to the list of local groups Edit Press the Edit button to modify a selected group from the system Remove Press the Remove button to delete a selected group from the system Add Groups 1 On the Local Group Configuration screen click on the A...

Page 85: ...tion screen select a group name from the list 2 Press the Edit button to modify the members in a group 3 To add a user into a group select the user from the Users List and press the button to move the user into the Members List 4 To remove a user from a group select the user from Members List and press the button 5 Click the Apply button to save your changes Remove Groups 1 On the Local Group Conf...

Page 86: ...comma separated plain text txt file From the Accounts menu click Batch Mgmt and the Batch Create Users and Groups dialogue will appear To import your list of users and groups follow these steps 6 Click Browse to locate your comma separated text file The information in the text file should follow this format USERNAME PASSWORD GROUP 7 Click Open 8 Click Import to begin the user list import ...

Page 87: ...ck to remove all documents from printer queue Restart Printer service Click to restart printer service If a corrupt print job is sent to a printer printing may suddenly fail If your print jobs seem to be locked up pressing the Remove All Documents button to clear the print queue may resolve the issue You can configure the ALL69000 to act as a printer server That way all PCs connected to the networ...

Page 88: ...dows Vista To set up the Printer Server in Windows Vista follow the steps below 1 Open Printer Folder from the Control Panel 2 Click the right mouse button in anywhere on the Printers folder and then select Add Printer NOTE Not all USB printers are supported Please check ALLNET website for a list of supported printers Note that if a multi function all in one printer is attached to the ALL69000 usu...

Page 89: ... Bluetooth printer 4 Select The printer that I want isn t listed You can press The printer that I want isn t listed to go into next page without waiting for Searching for available printers to finish 5 Click Select a shared printer by name ...

Page 90: ...k Next 6 Select or install a printer and then press OK If your printer model is not listed please contact your printer manufacturer for help 7 Windows will attempt to connect to the printer 8 You can choose to set this printer as the default printer by checking the Set as the default printer box Click Next to continue ...

Page 91: ...es digital music to be shared and played anywhere on the network From the Network menu choose the iTunes item and the iTunes Configuration screen appears You may enable or disable the iTunes Service from here Once enabled enter correct information for each field and press Apply to save your changes ...

Page 92: ...tware modules to extend the functionality of your ALL69000 System Module The system module is officially provided by ALLNET for new features added User Module The user module is reserved for ALLNET fans to build up 3 rd party functions in the future Backup There are a number of ways to back up data with the ALL69000 Nsync You can backup a share folder to another ALL69000 Nsync Target or any FTP se...

Page 93: ...our Nsync task Server The IP address of your target server Share folder The share folder you would want to backup Last Time The time when the last Nsync task was executed Last Status The status of your last Nsync task Schedule Schedule backup of your share folders Action Administrator can run or stop an Nsync task by pressing the action button Bandwidth Setting Bandwidth control on Nsync tasks Add...

Page 94: ... to check the connection to the Target Server Schedule Enable or Disable schedule backup of your share folders Time The time when the Nsync task will run Type Select whether to run the Nsync task daily weekly or monthly Daily input the time of day to execute Nsync task Weekly input which day of the week to execute the task Monthly decide which day of the month to execute the task Add Press Add to ...

Page 95: ...menu choose the Nsync Target item and the Nsync Target Server screen appears Nsync Target Server Setting Item Description Nsync Target Server Enable or Disable Nsync Target support ALLNET Backup Utility The ALLNET Backup Utility is on your Installation CD When you click on the CD the Backup Utility will be installed under Program Groups ALLNET ALLNET Backup Utility If it is not installed you can c...

Page 96: ...ollowing the steps below 1 Click Start and point to All Programs Accessories System Tools Backup to start the wizard 2 Click Next to skip past the opening page Choose Backup files and settings from the second page and then click Next 3 Select which option you want to back up 4 Click Next and in the Backup Type Destination and Name page specify a back up location using the Browse button 5 Find and ...

Page 97: ...ebDisk function that allows you to access the system over the Internet from any browser 1 In the Login page type in the User ID and password that were previously set for you in the Accounts menu See Chapter 4 User and Group Authentication Local User Configuration 2 The WebDisk page appears showing folders made currently available to you via the Access Control List ACL 3 Click on a folder name to e...

Page 98: ...ers with access control you must first login with a local user account For more information on how to setup user rights to the folders please check Chapter 4 Storage Management Share Folder Folder Access Control List ACL Folder Page Button Button Description List all directory trees per login user s privilege Browsing selected directory of its folders and files Go back to the web disk directory la...

Page 99: ...fied Shows the time of most recent modification of folders and files owner Owner of the file There is also the way by using right click button to bring up contact windows as short cut to operate what you needed Photo Server Using the Photo Server users can view and share photos and even create their own albums right on the ALL69000 You will see your own Photo Gallery and all public Photo Albums on...

Page 100: ...P can upload their pictures using the Windows XP Publishing Wizard 1 Click on the XP Publishing Wizard icon on top right corner 2 The XP Web Publishing Wizard Client screen appears Click on the link to install the Publishing Wizard 3 Windows XP will ask whether you want to run or save this file Click Save to save the register file ...

Page 101: ...e picture you want to publish On the left pane there will be an icon labeled Publish this folder to the Web 5 Click on this icon and Web Publishing Wizard will start 6 Select the pictures you want to publish to the Photo Web Server by placing a check mark on the top left hand corner of the picture Click Next ...

Page 102: ...oto Web Server 8 Select ALL69000 Photo Gallery Wizard to publish your pictures to the ALL69000 9 Login into the ALL69000 with your local user name and password 10 Create your album by entering an album name and clicking on the Create Album button ...

Page 103: ...103 11 Select the album you want to upload your pictures to 12 Confirm the target album 13 Windows will show you that the picture upload is in progress ...

Page 104: ... finished the Wizard will ask you whether if you want to go to the website Click Finish to go to your Photo Web Server 15 Click on the user s icon to go to that user s album 16 You will see the user s album list Click on Album ...

Page 105: ...ers and each description is limited to 255 characters Delete Delete the selected albums or photos NOTE Only logged in users will see these icons To prevent system errors the ALL69000 sets the following limitations on photo files Each file upload is limited to a size of 8MB Files exceeding 8MB will NOT be uploaded and no error message will appear Only these photo file types will be uploaded jpg gif...

Page 106: ...album Uploading Pictures to Albums Uploading pictures to albums using the Web User Interface is easy 1 When the album is created click the album icon to enter the album Initially the album is empty 2 Click the Add button to upload pictures into the album The Upload Photos screen will appear Users can select and upload up to 8 pictures at a time 3 Once the picture is uploaded you can view it in the...

Page 107: ...he My Computer folder in Windows 2 In the menu bar select Tools and then Map Network Drive 3 The Map Network Drive window appears 4 Assign a drive letter for the share folder 5 Click the Browse button to find the folder over your network Alternatively you may enter the folder name you wish to connect to or enter its IP address i e 192 168 1 100 share 6 Click Finish When the Connect As window appea...

Page 108: ...he icon Mapping the ALL69000 as an iSCSI Drive With the ALL69000 you are able to map it as an iSCSI drive With iSCSI you can remotely access the ALL69000 at great speeds as if it were installed as a local drive in your computer To do this simply follow the steps below Windows 2000 XP 1 First download the iSCSI Initiator from the Microsoft website http www microsoft com You can find this software b...

Page 109: ...ement To continue with the installation click I Agree and then click Next 6 The iSCSI Initiator will now install automatically Click Finish once completed 7 Start the iSCSI Initiator by double clicking its icon on the desktop The iSCSI Initiator properties window will appear ...

Page 110: ...Add 9 Enter the IP address of the ALL69000 Click OK 10 On the iSCSI Initiator Properties window select the Targets tab With the iSCSI target highlighted click Log On The Log On to Target dialogue will appear 11 If you have not enabled CHAP click OK to continue ...

Page 111: ...you have enabled CHAP click Advanced Under Advanced Settings check the CHAP login information checkbox and enter your username and password Click OK 12 Right click My Computer on the desktop and select Manage ...

Page 112: ...disk and you will then be able to use the iSCSI target as a local drive Windows Vista Because Windows Vista has the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator pre installed you will not have to install this piece of software Instead start the iSCSI Initiator and follow steps 8 14 to map the ALL69000 as an iSCSI drive ...

Page 113: ... can add a spare disk after the initial RAID is setup To add a spare disk follow the steps below 1 On the RAID Configuration Screen tick the checkbox of the hard disk you wish to designate as a spare disk 2 Click Add Spare The disk will be configured as a spare disk The system automatically rebuilds the spare disk when one of the disks in the RAID set fails Remote Administration You can set up you...

Page 114: ...l Servers HTTPS 1 Navigate to NAT Setting Virtual Server 2 For Enable Virtual Server select Yes 3 Setup the HTTPS Server a Well Known Applications Select User Defined b Local IP Enter 192 168 1 100 c Port Range 443 the default HTTPS port setting on the ALL69000 d Protocol select TCP e Click Add f Click Apply 4 Test the HTTPS connection from another computer on the Internet a From a remote computer...

Page 115: ...m the tray 3 Slide a new hard disk into the tray and fasten the screws 4 Insert the hard disk tray back into the ALL69000 until it snaps into place You can also lock it with a key if desired 5 The LED blinks green when the HDD is accessed RAID Auto Rebuild When using RAID 1 5 6 or 10 on the ALL69000 you can use the auto rebuild function when an error is detected 1 When a hard disk fails the system...

Page 116: ...ted because the following error has occurred Multiple connections to a server or shared resource by the same user using more than one user name are not allowed Disconnect all previous connections to the server or shared resource and try again To check out existing network connections type net use under the DOS prompt You may refer the URL below for more network mapping information Restoring Factor...

Page 117: ...ed especially during system booting stage this will become the great feature to prevent system down time Practically while it happened system will try to recovery the DOM 1 from DOM 2 first If it is unachievable then system can boot from DOM 2 And all of this procedure can be operated by LCM NOTE The Dual DOM in DOM1 is default master and FW upgrading will only execute in DOM1 unlike DOM2 is Read ...

Page 118: ...Expansion for iSCSI Target Volume First the iSCSI volume is now able to expand its capacity from unused space From the volume list simply select the iSCSI volume you like to expand and click the Expand button You will then see the dialog box displayed below Drag the Expand Capacity bar to the size you want Then press Expand to confirm the operation ...

Page 119: ...tion checkbox enabled the following message pop up will appear for confirmation After the RAID volume has been created you may remove this USB disk until the next time the system boots The RAID volume can not be mounted if the USB disk with key can not be found in any system USB port when the volume is accessed To activate the encrypted volume plug the USB disk containing the encryption key and in...

Page 120: ...g is sharing the available physical capacity to a number of iSCSI target volumes and also setup virtual capacity to expand the physical size while it needed To setup iSCSI thin provisioning go to Space Allocation under the Storage category The iSCSI thin provisioning volume needs to be created first Simply click iSCSI Thin Provision Target You can refer the screen shot below NOTE 1 With RAID volum...

Page 121: ...SI thin provision volume by dragging the Allocation bar to the desired size After the size has been determined click OK to confirm Now you will see the iSCSI thin provisioning volume is available from the list Please refer to the screenshot below ...

Page 122: ...thin provision volume is 333 88GB You can refer the screenshot above 2 The iSCSI target volume under thin provisioning starts with 333 38GB in physical size and you may use drag the Virtual Size bar to select the desired virtual size The maximum virtual size is 16000GB 3 In this case if you make the iSCSI target volume 1700GB then the virtual size is available for the next iSCSI target volume unde...

Page 123: ...700GB iSCSI target volume creation The maximum virtual size is 14300GB 16000GB 1700GB 1 st iSCSI target volume This screenshot lists iSCSI target volumes created under thin provisioning The 2 nd iSCSI target volume under thin provisioning has been created with a capacity of 14300GB ...

Page 124: ...v3 00 04 it is configurable from 1 to 254 with a default of the next available number in ascending numerical order The LUN ID is unique and can not be duplicated except for LUN ID 0 NOTE 1 Each RAID volume can only create one iSCSI thin provision volume 2 Each thin provision volume can only create 5 iSCSI target volumes 3 The notification will send out while the physical size of iSCSI thin provisi...

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Page 126: ... Interface There is a brand new design for the admin login UI Updated Photo Server User Interface Same as the admin login user interface the photo server has a brand new art design from its previous version NOTE The previous chapters have screenshots of the original user interface Please note that all changes are visual only There are no functional changes ...

Page 127: ...127 Disclaimer Page Added The following disclaimer page has been added to this firmware release Please click the check box if you do not want to have this page displayed during the next login ...

Page 128: ...and software modules are released by ALLNET To enable this service simply check the Enable check box By enabling this service the items in bold will be sent to ALLNET via the Internet Other than the defined items sent upon registration there are also two additional items HDD Info and Time Zone These two optional items can also be sent to ALLNET anonymously for analysis and statistics purposes To s...

Page 129: ...re ALLNET Nsync now provides backup features to other ALLNET NAS with VPN protection or legacy FTP server with the added Rsync option Using Rsync to backup data to other ALLNET NAS devices uses the exact same procedure as the original Nsync method The only thing that needs to be done is to enable the sync target server and input a valid username and password to grant access permission NOTE The Rsy...

Page 130: ...ding of a 2 nd gateway has been phased in to serve clients that use their ALLNET NAS as a DHCP server to have another route to balance traffic bandwidth NOTE If the IP sharing mode setting is set to Enable under WAN port then this 2nd gateway cannot be configured ...

Page 131: ...guration either by the default timing of 1 00am every day automatically or as scheduled by the user This unique Auto Repair will be triggered if the primary DOM has a booting issue In this instance the 2 nd DOM will take over the boot function Then the system will automatically load the most recent system configuration backup image to repair the primary DOM ...

Page 132: ...le disk trays Environment Temperature 5 40 C Humidity 20 85 relative humidity non condensing Certifications CE FCC BSMI C Tick RoHS Compliant Software Specifications Network File Protocols Microsoft Networks CIFS SMB Apple Filing Protocol AFP 3 0 Network File System NFS v3 File Transfer Protocol FTP Hyper Text Transfer Protocol HTTP Secure Hyper Text Transfer Protocol HTTPs Authentication Local Us...

Page 133: ...ed Chinese Japanese Korean Spanish Russian and Polish NTP support Wake on LAN Scheduled Power On Off Event Notification Email notification Buzzer notification LCD UPS Support UPS monitoring via RS 232 or USB interface and system shutdown on low battery Printer Server USB Printer IPP support Supported USB Devices USB Printer External HDD flash disk USB IEEE 802 11 b g dongle w AP mode support Setup...

Page 134: ... committed to providing free firmware upgrades to our customers Our newest firmware is available on our Download Center http www allnet de downloadshtml If you are still experiencing problems with your ALL69000 or require a Return Merchandise Authorization RMA feel free to contact technical support via our Technical Support Website http www allnet de support html For Sales Information you can e ma...

Page 135: ...ls 0 1 5 6 10 and JBOD You choose a RAID level when you create a system volume The factors for selecting a RAID level are Your requirements for performance Your need for data security Number of hard disk drives in the system capacity of hard disk drives in the system The following is a description of each RAID level RAID 0 RAID 0 is best suited for applications that need high bandwidth but do not ...

Page 136: ...erance as RAID level 1 RAID 10 has the same overhead for fault tolerance as mirroring alone High I O rates are achieved by striping RAID 1 segments Under certain circumstances RAID 10 array can sustain up to 2 simultaneous drive failures Excellent solution for applications that would have otherwise gone with RAID 1 but need an additional performance boost JBOD Although a concatenation of disks als...

Page 137: ...137 RAID Level Percentage Used RAID 0 100 RAID 1 1 n x 100 RAID 5 n 1 n x 100 RAID 6 n 2 n x 100 RAID 10 50 JBOD 100 n HDD number ...

Page 138: ... resolved ADS Benefits ADS lets the ALL69000 integrate itself with the existing ADS in an office environment This means the ALL69000 is able to recognize your office users and passwords on the ADS server Other major benefits ADS support provides include 1 Easy integration of the ALL69000 into the existing office IT infrastructure The ALL69000 acts as a member of the ADS This feature significantly ...

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Page 142: ...00 ipE UPSonic LAN Saver 600 Power Guardian Victron IMV various Lite crack cable NOTE The UPSes marked Blue have been tested and work well If your UPS is not in the support list be sure that the UPS supports one of following protocols o SEC protocol o Generic RUPS model o Generic RUPS 2000 Megatec M2501 cable o PhoenixTec protocol o Safenet software ...

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