Ingrasys FISC CDM, User Manual

Page 1: ...FISC CDM Network Ready CD Mirror Server User s Manual Version 1 03 Part Number 505115 0010 00...

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Page 4: ...hods of Measurement of Radio interference Characteristics of information Technology Equipment This device complies with CISPR Class B standard EN 50082 1 Electromagnetic compatibility Generic immunity...

Page 5: ...nit near liquids or in an excessively humid environment Do not allow liquids or foreign objects to enter the unit All servicing of this equipment must be performed by qualified service personnel Remov...

Page 6: ...M to operate correctly Chapter 4 Using FISC CDM on Client Workstations Explains how to enable client workstations to access your FISC CDM Appendix A Technical Specifications Describes the technical sp...

Page 7: ...TTP Hyper Text Transport Protocol IDE Integrated Drive Electronics IP Internet Protocol LED Light Emitting Diode MAC Media Access Control MB Mega Byte Mbps Mega Bit Per Second MHz Mega Hertz NCP NetWa...

Page 8: ...Menu 26 Please select Virtual Share 29 Virtual Share Menu 29 User Level Security add delete users 32 Configuration Menu 33 More IP Addresses 38 Statistics 40 Maintenance 41 Help 46 How to Configure U...

Page 9: ...Management for NetWare 80 Configuring Clients and Protocols for NetWare Clients 81 Using FISC CDM under NFS Clients 92 How to use FISC CDM under NFS Clients 92 Appendix A 95 Technical Specifications 9...

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Page 11: ...es Massive Hosts up to 640 CD images Single CD image size is up to 4 GB Multimedia Sustains over 20 MPEG I video playback without gaps and jitters Supports multimedia title formats like DVD Video Audi...

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Page 13: ...le Four IDE flat cables Four short screws for the FISC CDM controller Two screws for Network Connection Board Three jumpers This User s Manual If any of the components is damaged or missing please con...

Page 14: ...es to the IDE cables Please refer to page 8 Connecting CD ROM Drives For instructions on installing the FISC CDM into a third party 9 bay tower case please refer to the power and fan requirements stat...

Page 15: ...DC See Figure 2 2 Before connecting the power cord to FISC CDM be aware that Pin 4 5V of power cord connector is next to UTP connector Please refer to Appendix C Jumper Settings and Connectors 5 Conn...

Page 16: ...em mo ov va al l In addition to the on board 8MB of RAM the FISC CDM comes with two SIMM sockets which allow you to increase the total memory capacity Use standard 8MB 16MB or 32MB EDO SIMM modules t...

Page 17: ...ng a SIMM Module 1 Gently push the retaining latches outwards and carefully but firmly pull the module in the opposite direction of 2 in Figure 2 4 2 Remove the module from the socket Memory Upgrade P...

Page 18: ...nnect one end of the IDE cables to the FISC CDM IDE connectors The 4 IDE channel numbers are indicated besides the connectors on the main board of the FISC CDM Refer to Figure 2 5 IDE Connector Channe...

Page 19: ...h 1 Ch 3 Upper view of FISC CDM Side view of FISC CDM UTP Cable FISC CDM Controller IDE Cable LAN port Network connection board Power Supply Master Slave Master Slave Master Slave Master Slave Figure...

Page 20: ...n and instructions below 1 Connect the female end of the supplied power cable to the socket at the rear of the FISC CDM tower Refer to Figure 2 7 2 Connect the male end of the power cable to a conveni...

Page 21: ...r switching hub You can use a 10Mbps 100Mbps or auto sensing hub the FISC CDM will adjust itself automatically 2 Turn on the power The POWER FAULT and LAN LED indicators will be lit for a short time a...

Page 22: ...d IP address There are two ways to configure the IP address of FISC CDM through the ROM based IP Manager or by changing the TCP IP address of your PC R RO OM M b ba as se ed d I IP P M Ma an na ag ge...

Page 23: ...d install the NetBEUI protocol Now you can configure the IP address for the FISC CDM 1 Connect your FISC CDM to a Microsoft network where the NetBEUI protocol is activated and turn on the power 2 Sele...

Page 24: ...nager Server Setup Program 6 Double click svrsetup exe to run the Server Setup program The Found Servers on LAN window will pop up Available FISC CDM servers on your network and relating MAC addresses...

Page 25: ...a valid IP address the IP subnet mask and the gateway IP address from your network administrator for the FISC CDM and fill in the appropriate boxes in this setup window 10 After setting up the paramet...

Page 26: ...ust first ensure that the TCP IP protocol is installed on your system Please follow these instructions to install the TCP IP protocol on your system 1 Open the Windows Control Panel and double click t...

Page 27: ...need to change the IP address of your PC in order to configure the FISC CDM 1 Select a PC running Windows 95 98 or Windows NT that is physically connected to the same network segment as the FISC CDM...

Page 28: ...changes to the system settings Since the default IP address of FISC CDM is 192 168 1 1 this procedure will put the local PC and the FISC CDM on the same net You will be able to access FISC CDM via We...

Page 29: ...tting and Configuration Menu later in this chapter M Ma an na ag gi in ng g F FI IS SC C C CD DM M t th hr ro ou ug gh h W We eb b B Br ro ow ws se er rs s Netscape Navigator 2 0 or later or Microsoft...

Page 30: ...ly the right frame contains the CD ROM list All the functions in this page are self explanatory and easy to follow The administration menu contains the following sub menus 1 CD ROM List 2 Server Setti...

Page 31: ...and Y is the CD number inside the changer For example CD2001 is the first CD title inserted in the HD or the CD changer connected as the second drive slave of IDE Channel 1 and CD2002 is the second C...

Page 32: ...e The Server Setting Menu will appear in the right frame The Server Setting Menu contains the following items 1 Total Memory Size 2 Firmware Version 3 Ethernet Address 4 Date Time 5 Server Name 6 NCP...

Page 33: ...e default server name of the FISC CDM will be assigned based on this address Date Time These two fields show the current system date and time of the FISC CDM You can change the date and time by clicki...

Page 34: ...CDM Administration Page Please follow these instructions to set the Administration Password 1 Type in your preferred password in the New Administration Password box 2 Type the password again in the C...

Page 35: ...tries to write the image into FISC CDM This is the password specified here Network Connection Mode This field allows you to set the network speed of the FISC CDM The available options are Auto Sense 1...

Page 36: ...e Physical Share and the Virtual Share you defined as drive letters on your desktop Please select Physical Share device Here you can configure the Physical Share of each CD The CDs are presented by th...

Page 37: ...ields 1 Physical Share Enabled 2 Share name 3 Share Comment 4 Share password 5 Confirm password 6 Limited number of users 7 Lock the CD 8 User Level Security Permission Lists 9 CD Mirror Function only...

Page 38: ...Password Each CD is shared without password protection by default You can set up a password to protect the access of each CD Type the password in the Share Password box and again in the Confirm Passwo...

Page 39: ...ct Virtual Share Here you can configure the Virtual Share of groups of several CDs The Virtual Shares are presented as Root Share User Defined Share 1 User Defined Share 2 User Defined Share 3 etc Roo...

Page 40: ...4 Share Password 5 Confirm Password 6 Limited Number of Users 7 Select Enabled CDs 8 User Level Security Permission Lists User Defined Share Enabled Clicking the Enable check box activates the select...

Page 41: ...sers You can specify the maximum number of users who can access the Virtual Share Select enable CDs You can select and group the available CDs randomly into one Virtual Share Root Share User Defined S...

Page 42: ...age 47 User Level Security add delete users Maintain FISC CDM s internal user database here There are four protocols supporting User Level Security including SMB NCP NFS and HTTP Click one of them to...

Page 43: ...33 C Co on nf fi ig gu ur ra at ti io on n M Me en nu u Click the Configuration button in the left frame The Configuration Menu will appear in the right frame The configuration menu contains the foll...

Page 44: ...vel Security on page 47 for details SMB Server Message Block is the networking protocol used in Microsoft Windows IBM OS 2 or LAN Manager networks that allows files and printers to be shared across th...

Page 45: ...at are hosted under FSIC CD by clicking the Default Home Page radio button You can configure FISC CDM to be your Web Server by assigning any HTML file as the home page of your FISC CDM IP address by c...

Page 46: ...TCP IP setup submenu This menu allows you to configure the TCP IP settings of the FISC CDM In order to build up the communication with FISC CDM in a TCP IP network you must assign an appropriate IP ad...

Page 47: ...he Scope ID box The Scope ID box is usually left blank it is used only for communication based on NetBIOS over TCP IP In such a case all computers on all the TCP IP networks must have the same Scope I...

Page 48: ...ges FISC CDM can work as an instant Web server providing virtual host capability that hosts 8 different homepages at the same time How to configure the multiple IP addresses 1 Go to the Configuration...

Page 49: ...g you to the HTML homepage that you just assigned 6 Repeat the above procedures for the other 6 additional IP addresses FISC CDM then becomes a Web server that can host totally 8 different homepages a...

Page 50: ...n see certain statistical information related to network protocols including SMB NCP and NFS Click Run time event log to watch the system log FISC CDM will record system events after FISC CDM starts o...

Page 51: ...t of data and times of being read of each CD share By clicking Current mirroring list it displays all CD duplicating tasks that are currently going on M Ma ai in nt te en na an nc ce e Click the Maint...

Page 52: ...elow Reset configuration to factory default This option will load the factory default settings for the FISC CDM The FISC CDM will use the factory default configuration the next time you restart the FI...

Page 53: ...n the FISC CDM using this procedure before you turn off the power of FISC CDM Firmware Upgrade The firmware of FISC CDM can be upgraded through Web browsers supporting File Upload functions such as Ne...

Page 54: ...for more information To upgrade the firmware give the path where the new firmware image file is located and click the Upgrade button After the firmware upgrade process has been completed the FISC CDM...

Page 55: ...me Event Log to clear the log there Reset All CD Titles Statistics On the Statistics menu of the Administration Page there is an item CD Titles Access List that shows the statistics of user access to...

Page 56: ...the How to Configure and Create CD Images section for more details of hard drive maintenance H He el lp p Click on the Help button to open the Help screen This screen provides on line help for all th...

Page 57: ...rs will be prohibited from accessing FISC CDM Configure as User Level Security On the Administration page click Configuration to enter the Configuration Menu There are four protocols supporting user l...

Page 58: ...he domain name of the PDC server Although FISC CDM has to be in the same domain of the PDC server this is not the case with client PCs You can access FISC CDM from any client PC that resides in a diff...

Page 59: ...ser A user B and user C User A has logged on to PDC1 user B to PDC2 user C to PDC3 Since user A is in PDC1 s domain FISC CDM will ask PDC1 whether user A is legal when user A tries to access any CD sh...

Page 60: ...Security list box under NCP on the Configuration Menu Select Users of Bindery Server Please also specify the bindery server by filling in the Bindery Server field Click the Update button to confirm th...

Page 61: ...o requires one PDC server on your LAN They even share the same internal user database The difference is that FISC CDM will not check users domains when users try to access via Internet browsers Import...

Page 62: ...the screen Please click SMB Users NCP Users NFS Clients or HTTP Users to enter the Manage XXX Users or Clients menu XXX means SMB NCP NFS or HTTP 3 Click Add a new user on the Manage XXX Users Client...

Page 63: ...ou would like to add a new NCP user fill in the User Name field and click the Add button c If you would like to add a new NFS user fill in the Client IP Address field and click the Add button d If you...

Page 64: ...n the Administration page to enter the Configuration Menu 2 Under CIFS SMB NCP or HTTP you will see Auto Create Users check boxes Check the box under the protocol of which you want to enable the funct...

Page 65: ...the user s name in the user database automatically For accessing FISC CDM through CIFS SMB please refer to the section Using FISC CDM in Windows 95 98 in Chapter 4 Using FISC CDM on Client Workstatio...

Page 66: ...s here including SMB users NCP users NFS clients and HTTP users Click SMB Users to configure access rights of SMB users You will see a SMB user list here There are 3 fields Domain Name User Group Name...

Page 67: ...tted all computers will have access rights to the CD regardless of their IP addresses If you would like to assign exactly from which computer users can access FISC CDM please select the corresponding...

Page 68: ...ccess rights to user AAA please fill in the UID field with 123 FISC CDM will not check GID value in this case As for Access Rights ru will be 1 xu will be 1 other binary digits are 0 so Access Rights...

Page 69: ...Configuration and Management 59 of HTTP access right choose user AAA s Read and click the Update button...

Page 70: ...changer slot 3 You can host up to 480 CD images if the CD server is connected with 6 hard drives or 640 images with 8 hard drives There is no limitation on the size of hard drive The maximum size per...

Page 71: ...inistration Page On the page select a real CD ROM drive in the list box below Please select a Physical Share device Then click the Configure button to enter the Physical Control Menu If you select a r...

Page 72: ...hoose an available hard drive and slot automatically and checks if there is a duplicate CD image existing on the any of the hard drives If a duplicated image is found it will simply bypass mirroring t...

Page 73: ...irroring job has been successful How to Create CD images Here are the steps to create a CD image 1 Choose the CD drive as the Mirror Drive by enabling the Mirror CD check box on its Physical Share Men...

Page 74: ...al 64 On the Maintenance Menu click Hard Drive Maintenance The screen will appear as below Please choose a hard drive in the list box next to the Maintenance button Click the Maintain button to bring...

Page 75: ...r of empty slots Also included is a list of all CD images on the hard drive To delete a CD image please check the corresponding Delete check box and click the Submit button You can manually initialize...

Page 76: ...screen to proceed The hard drive will be initialized the next time the system restarts Note This can also be used as a quick way of deleting all CD images on a hard drive This concludes Chapter Three...

Page 77: ...t environments For technical support please consult your network administrator or FISC CDM dealer I In ns st ta al ll li in ng g S So of ft tw wa ar re e C Co om mp po on ne en nt ts s i in n W Wi in...

Page 78: ...pe dialog box will open 3 Choose the Client network component and click the Add button The following screen will appear 4 Under Manufacturers choose Microsoft Under Network Clients choose Clients for...

Page 79: ...em This is necessary for the above changes to take effect U Us si in ng g F FI IS SC C C CD DM M i in n W Wi in nd do ow ws s 9 95 5 9 98 8 Start Windows Explorer or Network Neighborhood The FISC CDM...

Page 80: ...to User Manual Chapter 3 Configuration and Management to configure them Mapping FISC Drives in Windows 95 98 To map the FISC CDM follow these steps 1 Start Windows Explorer from the Start Menu 2 Expa...

Page 81: ...n be mapped as drive letters Please refer to your Windows 95 98 User s Manual for more information on how to map network shared directories as drive letters I In ns st ta al ll li in ng g S So of ft t...

Page 82: ...rvices are enabled Computer Browser NetBIOS Interface Workstation 5 If the service is not enabled click the Add button to add the service 6 Your screen should look like the following 7 When you have f...

Page 83: ...C Co om mp po on ne en nt ts s i in n W Wi in nd do ow ws s f fo or r W Wo or rk kg gr ro ou up ps s Before you can use the FISC CDM under Windows for Workgroups you must ensure that you have the Win...

Page 84: ...DM workgroup name does not appear in this list click the Browse button to refresh the network status Double click the FISC CDM name each CD ROM now appears as a folder in the lower part of the Share D...

Page 85: ...e such as CD1 and press OK to map this share to a local client You can now access the FISC CDM drive as a normal drive letter Please refer to your Windows for Workgroups User s Manual for further info...

Page 86: ...nd enable NetBEUI or TCP IP protocol then use the NET USE command to access FISC CDM Example 1 Syntax net use logical drive letter FISC CDM s name share name To map the share name cd1 of a FISC CDM wi...

Page 87: ...the FISC CDM smbd8040007 To map the drive letter to a physical share cd1 of a FISC CDM with the default server name smbd8040007 type net use e smbd8040007 cd1 The above command maps the drive letter...

Page 88: ...C CDM is located NetWare Server Name The default NetWare server name of the FISC CDM is ANWXXXXXXXX where XXXXXXXX is the last 8 digits of the FISC CDM serial number This name can easily be changed vi...

Page 89: ...s the FISC CDM The following examples will illustrate how to use different user names to access the FISC CDM Example 1 If you are using ROOT default share name of virtual share device as the user name...

Page 90: ...ion server NetWare 3 x to authenticate the user and read which group he belongs to To restrict access to the FISC CDM from NetWare clients a set of built in users is already provided in the FISC CDM F...

Page 91: ...s for NetWare Configuring Clients and Protocols for NetWare Clients The following sections describe the configuration of Clients and Protocols for various platforms running Novell NetWare Windows 95 9...

Page 92: ...e Network The FISC CDM NCP server name ANWxxxxxxxx will be shown as follows 3 Double click the NCP name FISC CDM The system will prompt you to enter a user name and password as follows Important Use t...

Page 93: ...click Map Network Drive to map this resource to a local client Windows 95 98 with Client 32 for NetWare Configuring Your Client Ensure that the following Protocols and Clients are installed in the Ne...

Page 94: ...eps 1 Start the Windows Explorer from the Start Menu 2 Expand the Network Neighborhood icon and then expand the Entire Network and NetWare Servers The FISC CDM NCP will be located beneath the NetWare...

Page 95: ...ection tab The following screen appears 5 Check Bindery Connection Click OK to attach the FISC CDM 6 Once the FISC CDM has been successfully attached expand the SYS volume to display all available res...

Page 96: ...Client Configuring Your Client Ensure that the following Protocols and Services are installed in the Network Neighborhood Properties dialog box to enable you to access data from the FISC CDM NWLink IP...

Page 97: ...r Windows 95 98 in the previous section Windows NT 4 0 with IntraNetWare Client Configuring Your Client Ensure that the following Protocols and Services are installed in the Network Neighborhood Prope...

Page 98: ...sure the following Protocols and Networks are installed in the Network Setup before you access data from the FISC CDM Ensure that the following Protocols and Networks are installed in the Network Setu...

Page 99: ...uring Your Client Ensure that the following Protocols Networks and NetWare Tools are installed in the Network Setup and NetWare Client 32 dialog boxes for DOS Win 3 x to enable you to access data from...

Page 100: ...DM with the default NetWare server name anwd8040007 as drive letter F type map f anwd8040007 sys FISC CDM will prompt you to enter your user name and password Please type the virtual share root as the...

Page 101: ...Using FISC CDM on Client Workstations 91 volume and mapped to drive H of local machine while all the files will be shown under sys volume...

Page 102: ...llowing UNIX platforms Solaris x86 v2 6 Linux Slackware 3 5 core 2 0 35 SCO UNIX Internet Faststart 1 0 Digital UNIX OSF1 v4 0 How to use FISC CDM under NFS Clients a Enable NFS protocol support in th...

Page 103: ...IP address 192 132 253 123 on mnt directory on the client mount o ro FISC cd1 mnt the routing entry has been configured or mount o ro 192 132 253 123 cd1 mnt the routing entry has not been configured...

Page 104: ...cd5 everyone cd6 everyone cd7 everyone f To show FISC CDM server mount information showmount a FISC g To remove a mounted volume umount mnt h In the Statistics menu you can find the NFS connection lis...

Page 105: ...EEE 802 3 Ethernet 802 3u Fast Ethernet Network Transport TCP IP NetBEUI IPX SPX NetBIOS AppleTalk File Access SMB CIFS HTTP NCP NFS AFP TCP IP Suite ARP RARP BOOTP DHCP ICMP WINS Network Interface On...

Page 106: ...CD R Orange Book Video CD White Book CD Extra Blue Book Multi session CD Photo CD CD File System ISO 9660 High Sierra Rock Ridge Extension Joliet Hybrid CD Apple HFS UDF Operating Condition Temperatu...

Page 107: ...gram of Front Panel LED Color 1 LAN Green 2 FAULT Yellow 3 POWER Green Power Power LED indicates that the system power is ON The Power LED will flash when you turn on the power After all the CD ROM dr...

Page 108: ...FLASH OFF OFF POST ERROR Memory error ON ON OFF Flash Memory Part A error ON FLASH OFF Flash Memory Part B error OFF FLASH OFF RTC error OFF ON OFF Network error FLASH ON OFF CMD IDE error OFF ON ON S...

Page 109: ...setting If you turn off the power short Jumper 3 and then turn on the power again FISC CDM will be set to factory defaults The password is cleared The IP address is set to 192 168 1 1 NCP protocol is...

Page 110: ...J3 and turn on the power again If you short Jumper 8 the system will be reset Jumper 9 is for manufacturing diagnostic purpose Please DO NOT short jumper 9 C Co on nn ne ec ct to or rs s J1 I O Board...

Page 111: ...g Connectors 101 LED connector D1 D2 D3 PIN SIGNALS FUNCTION D1 POWERLED POWER LED D1 POWERLED D2 STATUS FAULT LED D2 STATUS D3 LANLED LAN LED D3 LANLED Extra LED connector J2 1 2 3 4 6 5 D1 POWER D3...

Page 112: ...ERLED POWER LED 2 POWERLED 3 STATUS FAULT LED 4 STATUS 5 LANLED LAN LED 6 LANLED FAN connector J6 1 2 PIN SIGNALS FUNCTION 1 GND GROUND 2 12V POWER 12V Power Connector J10 PIN SIGNALS FUNCTION 1 12V P...