Iomega Ix2-200 - StorCenter Network Storage NAS Server, User Manual

Page 1: ...Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 User Guide D31581301 ...

Page 2: ...Permissions Enabling NFS Secured Access Making a Share an Active Folder Deleting Shares Shares Properties Email Distribution Active Folders How to Set Up an Email Distribution Active Folder Configuring an Email Distribution Active Folder Facebook Active Folders How to Set Up a Facebook Active Folder Configuring a Facebook Active Folder Flickr Active Folders How to Set Up a Flickr Active Folder Con...

Page 3: ...s Managing torrent downloads Adding torrent jobs Deleting torrent jobs Configuring your router for torrent downloads Port information used to configure your router Copy Jobs QuikTransfer Button Managing Copy Jobs Adding Copy Jobs Adding and Modifying Copy Jobs From Settings To Settings Setting a Schedule Modifying Copy Jobs Deleting Copy Jobs Mozy Backup Enabling Mozy Account Information Selecting...

Page 4: ...are update Home Page Settings Deleting a Slideshow Configuration Backup and Restore Backing up Device Configuration Restoring a Configuration Backup Network Settings Manually Configuring Your Network Enabling Jumbo Frames for Each NIC Manually Configuring the Network Remote Access Overview Enabling Remote Access Basic option Completing the enable remote access process Premium option Completing the...

Page 5: ... User Information Changing Access Permissions Setting Quotas Deleting Users Resetting the administrator password Groups Overview How access rights are granted using groups in Workgroup mode Managing Groups Add or Modify a Group Removing a User from the Group Changing Access Permissions Deleting Groups Active Directory Users and Groups Overview Managing Users and Groups with Active Directory Import...

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Page 7: ...r basichowto information Up to dateIomega softwareanddrivers Advancedonlinesupport options suchas 1 on 1 livechat andemail Electroniccopies of Iomega product manuals Informationontelephonesupport options Informationonadvancedtechnicalserviceoptions suchas data recovery Warrantyinformationandproduct returninstructions Support options availablemayvarydepending onyour regionandlanguageof choice Iomeg...

Page 8: ...rror performanceis degraded Power Indicator IlluminatedwhentheIomega StorCenter ix2 200 is running Flashes whentheIomega StorCenter ix2 200 is starting upor shutting down 2 Power Button Usethepower buttonto power theIomega StorCenter ix2 200 onandoff CAUTION To power off theIomega StorCenter ix2 200 press but do not holddownthepower button It is not recommendedto holddownthepower buttonto shut dow...

Page 9: ...ur network 4 Gigabit Ethernet High speedethernet connector that willautomaticallydetect your network speed 10 100 1000Base T 5 Power Connector Plug thepower cordinto this connector 6 DriveSled TheIomega StorCenter ix2 200 has two user serviceabledrivebays Default Settings IPAddress If no DHCPserver is foundonyour network theIomega StorCenter ix2 200 willget a self assignedIPaddress inthe169 254 x ...

Page 10: ...ly 4 Start your computer wait for theoperating systemto load andtheninsert theCD 5 For best results usea computer that is connectedto thesamerouter hub or switchas thedevice If thesoftwaredoesn t runautomatically doubleclick ontheCDicon thendouble click theStart icon 6 InstalltheIomega StorageManager software Oncetheinstallationcompletes theIomega StorageManager iconwillappear intheSystemTray Wind...

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Page 12: ...o theelectronics or enclosureof this product must beexpresslyapprovedbyIomega otherwise theuser s authorityto operatethis product might bevoidedbytheFCC CanadianVerification This Class Bdigitalapparatus meets allrequirements of theCanadianInterference Causing Equipment Regulations ICES 003 Class B CE EuropeanCommunity This Iomega product conforms to thefollowing EuropeanDirective s andStandard s A...

Page 13: ...alk onthepower cordor allowanything to rest onit 6 Openings inthedeviceareprovidedfor fans andair ventilationandshouldnot beblockedor covered Makesurethedevicehas ampleventilation at least 6 inches or 127 mm infront andbehindtheunit Do not placethedevicenear or ona radiator or heat register 7 Under anyof thefollowing conditions unplug thedevicefromthewalloutlet andcontact technicalsupport Thepower...

Page 14: ...gurationcannot bechangedandyour setuprequires thedoubleNAT youmust performtheport forwarding steps twice Ontheprimaryrouter set theport forwarding to thecascadedrouter s externalIPaddress Onthecascadedrouter set theport forwarding to theIomega StorCenter ix2 200 s IPaddress Bridging the Secondary Router Makesurethat theprimaryrouter usuallytheoneconnectedto or acting as theDSL Cablemodem is theonl...

Page 15: ...figuring DHCPsettings 3 Navigateto theIPaddress settings interfacepageonyour Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 For moreinformation check theNetwork Settings section of this manual 4 Enter a newIPaddress that is outsideof your router s DHCPrange For example if your router is distributing IPaddresses intherangeof 192 168 14 2 192 168 14 50 youwillwant to assigntheIomega StorCenter ix2 200 a number between19...

Page 16: ...S OR LOSSES INCLUDINGLOSS OF DATA USE OR PROFITS EVENIF IOMEGA HAS BEENADVISEDOF THE POSSIBILITYOF SUCH DAMAGES In no event shallIomega s liabilityexceedtheoriginalpurchasepriceof thedriveor themedia disk Somejurisdictions do not allowtheexclusionor limitationof incidentalor consequentialdamages so theabovelimitationor exclusionmaynot applyto you Obtaining WarrantyService Youmust notifyIomega with...

Page 17: ...ps deviceShares to computers andprovides localaccess to your content It provides access to Shares throughyour computer s filemanagement program suchas Windows Explorer or MacFinder allowing youto drag anddropmanyfiles betweenyour computer andtheIomega StorCenter ix2 200 Installing theIomega StorageManager is optional HomePage serves as a web accessibleinterfaceto your Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 The...

Page 18: ...Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 Therearea number of ways to access thefeatures of theIomega StorCenter ix2 200 Console Youcanselect oneof thepredefinedcategories usetheAll Features pagethat lists everyfeaturealphabetically or searchfor a featurebykeyword Whensecurityis enabled onlyanadministrator user canaccess the Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 Console HowdoI set up theIomega StorCenter ix2 200 enablesecuri...

Page 19: ...mePageor theIomega StorageManager Onthis page you canconfiguresomebasicdevicefeatures byclicking theappropriatelink Thecurrent setting of thefeaturedisplays abovethelink Youcanalso configureall features shownontheSetuppagebyaccessing thespecificfeatures directly 19 Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 ...

Page 20: ...arnhowto modifyyour Shareinformation refer to Managing Shares Access Permissions Access Permissions sectioncontains a list of users who currentlyhaveaccess to that Share Access Permissions displays whentheIomega StorCenter ix2 200 is secured otherwisethesectionis not includedintheShare Bydefault user Everyonehas readandwriteaccess to that Share whichmeans that allusers haveopenaccess to that share...

Page 21: ...t panelists thefiles andfolders ina Shareandallows youto deletecontent or uploada fileto theShare To deletemultiplefiles simultaneously holdtheCtrlkeyonyour keyboardandselect eachfile or drag your mouseover thefilenames Sharecontent canbe sorted andyoucanswitchbetweena list viewanda thumbnailviewof thefiles Whenyouarelooking at content ina list viewandyouhover your mouse over animage a thumbnailvi...

Page 22: ...ividualfiles andfolders 3 To limit access to this Shareto a specificset of users click the andchooseoneor moreusers fromthepop upwindow If youhavecreated groups youcanalso limit access for theminthis way 4 IntheAccess Permissions section check Read Write or bothto set access to this Sharefor eachuser To removea user leavebothReadandWrite uncheckedfor that user If yougrant ReadandWritepermissions t...

Page 23: ...res 2 To deleteanexisting Share click to expandtheShare 3 IntheInformationsection click Deleteto deletetheShare 4 IntheDeleteShareconfirmationpop upwindow click Yes 5 If youdo not wishto deletetheShare click Cancel to returnto theShares page 23 Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 ...

Page 24: ...ares pageicons identifies a SharewithMedia Sharing enabled identifies a securedShare identifies a Shareas anEmailDistributionActiveFolder identifies a Shareas a Facebook ActiveFolder identifies a Shareas a Flickr ActiveFolder identifies a Shareas a Photo Resizing ActiveFolder identifies a Shareas a Torrent ActiveFolder identifies a Shareas a YouTubeActiveFolder 24 Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 ...

Page 25: ...s andActiveFolders Configuring an Email Distribution ActiveFolder 1 FromtheIomega StorCenter ix2 200 Console click Shares 2 Select a Shareto useas anEmailDistributionActiveFolder andclick to expandtheActiveFolder section 3 Check Enable 4 Select Email Distribution fromthedrop downmenu 5 Includeanemailaddress intheSender Email Address text box Distributionis sent fromthis emailaddress 6 Youcanaddmul...

Page 26: ...to theFacebook websiteto openanaccount Configuring a FacebookActiveFolder 1 FromtheIomega StorCenter ix2 200 Console click Shares 2 Select a Shareto useas a Facebook ActiveFolder andclick to expandtheActiveFolder section 3 Check Enable 4 Select Facebookfromthedrop downmenu 5 Click ConfigureFacebookaccount access to configureyour Facebook account Youwillbetakento a Facebook pageto configureyour acc...

Page 27: ...ging Shares andActiveFolders If youdo not havea Flickr account go to theFlickr websiteto openanaccount Configuring a Flickr ActiveFolder 1 FromtheIomega StorCenter ix2 200 Console click Shares 2 Select a Shareto useas a Flickr ActiveFolder andclick to expandtheActiveFolder section 3 Check Enable 4 Select Flickr fromthedrop downmenu 5 Click ConfigureFlickr account access to configureyour Flickr acc...

Page 28: ...rmationonmanaging Shares andActiveFolders Configuring a PhotoResizeActiveFolder 1 FromtheIomega StorCenter ix2 200 Console click Shares 2 Select a Shareto useas a Photo ResizeActiveFolder andclick to expandtheActiveFolder section 3 Check Enable 4 Select PhotoResizefromthedrop downmenu 5 Youcanset a sizefor your pictures Select 640x480 800x600 1024x768 or enter a CustomResolutionfor resizing images...

Page 29: ...hares fromtheIomega StorCenter ix2 200 Console select a Share andexpandtheActiveFolders sectionto enableandconfigureit Refer to Managing Shares for moreinformationonmanaging Shares andActiveFolders Configuring a Torrent ActiveFolder 1 FromtheIomega StorCenter ix2 200 Console click Shares 2 Select a Shareto useas a Torrent ActiveFolder andclick to expandtheActiveFolder section 3 Check Enable 4 Sele...

Page 30: ...bleandconfigureit Refer to Managing Shares for moreinformationonmanaging Shares andActiveFolders If youdo not havea YouTubeaccount go to theYouTubewebsiteto openanaccount Configuring a YouTubeActiveFolder 1 FromtheIomega StorCenter ix2 200 Console click Shares 2 Select a Shareto useas a YouTubeActiveFolder andclick to expandtheActiveFolder section 3 Check Enable 4 Select YouTubefromthedrop downmen...

Page 31: ...ctualdata None Turns off data protectionandleaves your data vulnerableto data loss 4 Select a valuefor disk writecaching Writecaching is a mechanismthat attempts to separatethefast processing speedof theIomega StorCenter ix2 200 fromtherelativelyslowmechanics of actuallywriting data to drive Withwritecaching disabled everywriteto drivewillcausetheIomega StorCenter ix2 200 to wait whilethedata is w...

Page 32: ...ter ix2 200 that devicecontent is accessiblefromthe Shares page Safely removing external storage Click to safelyremovetheexternalstorage A confirmationdialog willdisplay Click Yes to removetheexternalstorage Whentheexternalstoragehas beenremovedfromtheExternal Storagetable it is safeto removeandyoumayunplug it fromtheIomega StorCenter ix2 200 Whentheexternalstorageis safelyremoved its associatedSh...

Page 33: ...ecret andthenenter it againintheconfirmbox 6 Click Apply to saveyour changes Connecting to iSCSI Drives Youcanconnect iSCSI drives onyour Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 to your computer using theIomega StorageManager or theMicrosoft softwareinitiator If youareusing another typeof softwareor hardwareinitiator youmust usethenativetools providedwithyour initiator to connect your iSCSI drives Attempting to...

Page 34: ... 200 haveavailablespaceinyour StoragePools andhavealreadycreatedmultiplevolumes To useanexisting emptyvolume select iSCSI VolumeNameandenter a namefor theiSCSI driveandvolume To useanexisting sharedvolume select Shared Volume select theexisting volume andenter a namefor theiSCSI drive 3 Enter a sizefor theiSCSI drive 4 Click Createto createtheiSCSI drive Changing Access Permissions 1 ExpandAccess ...

Page 35: ...eleteanexisting iSCSI drive click theiSCSI nameto expandtheiSCSI drive 3 IntheiSCSI Informationsection click Deleteto deletetheiSCSI drive 4 IntheDeleteiSCSI driveconfirmationpop upwindow click Yes 5 If youdo not wishto deletetheiSCSI drive click Cancel to returnto theiSCSI page 35 Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 ...

Page 36: ...Protocols TheProtocols pagelists theprotocols supportedbytheIomega StorCenter ix2 200 36 Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 ...

Page 37: ...ple File Sharing TheAppleFiling Protocol AFP enables Applefilesharing whichis thepreferredmethodfor Macusers to access Shares AFPis onbydefault To enableAFP click theswitchon 37 Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 ...

Page 38: ...ed check theEnablesecurity checkbox to requireBluetoothusers to supplya uniquePINthat theyhavedefined beforeallowing themto transfer files to thedestinationShareontheIomega StorCenter ix2 200 If youhaveenabledsecurity youmust definea uniquePINnumber whichwillbesuppliedbydevices attempting to uploaddata using Bluetooth 3 To set thedestinationShare click 4 Click Apply to saveyour settings To changea...

Page 39: ...cols page click theswitchto turnonFTP FileTransfer Protocol andallowaccess to your Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 WhenyouturnFTPon you cansendfiles to your Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 using FTP 39 Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 ...

Page 40: ...st select Allowfull access for client users other than root root_squash To haveallusers mapas themselves including root select Allowall client users full access Onceenabled addNFS access rules for eachsecureSharefromtheManaging Shares page NFS provides another protocolfor sharing storagedata withLinux hosts WhenNFS is enabled youcanconfigurerules for host basedaccess to secureShares Rules canbeadd...

Page 41: ...200 as anrsyncserver youcanoptionallyset upa user account ontheIomega StorCenter ix2 200 for securersync CopyJobs Configuring rsync server settings 1 To enablersyncserver click theswitchon 2 Onceturnedon supplya port that thersyncServer uses 3 To createa secureuser account check Configuresecurersync credentials Theusernameis preset as rsync Enter a passwordandconfirmit for the rsyncusername Whenyo...

Page 42: ...P settings 1 To enableSNMP click theswitchon 2 Enter a uniqueusernameandpasswordto definethecommunity 3 Confirmyour password 4 Enter theIPaddress of thehost intheTrap Receivers text box To grant access to multiplereceivers list allof theminthetext box separating each entrywitha space 5 Click Apply to saveyour settings To changeanySNMPsettings click Click MIB fileto viewor downloada copyof theMIB M...

Page 43: ... page click theswitchto turnonTFTP TrivialFileTransfer Protocol andallowaccess to your Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 Whenyouturn TFTPon youcansendfiles to your Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 using FTP 43 Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 ...

Page 44: ...solidates allthefolders inyour network andmakes themavailablethrougha singleentrypoint Anexampleof a DFS root is DeviceName DFSRootName DFS link A folder under theDFS root Configuring Windows DFS settings 1 To enableWindows DFS click theswitchon 2 Enter a DFS root name TheDFS root nameis thestarting point of a DFS namespace After entering a DFS root name youaddDFS links whichmapto folders onother ...

Page 45: ...vicename WebDAV Foldername Refer to your operating system s documentationto learnhowto access files throughWebDAV Configuring WebDAV settings 1 To enableWebDAV click theswitchon 2 To enableWebDAVfor HTTP check EnableWebDAVOver HTTP 3 To enableWebDAVfor HTTPS check EnableWebDAVOver HTTPS 4 Click Apply to saveyour settings Configuring WebDAV with Remote Access For remoteaccess withWebDAV youmust man...

Page 46: ...le Sharing Windows FileSharing allows youto work inWorkgroupmode using Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 Consoleto createusers andmanageaccess To enable Windows FileSharing click theswitchon 46 Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 ...

Page 47: ...mega StorCenter ix2 200 to thedestinationSharewhentheQuikTransfer buttononthe Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 is pressed Setting QuikTransfer 1 Select a destinationfolder for thedefault QuikTransfer CopyJobbyclicking andselecting a folder inthefilebrowser Thefilebrowser provides a wayto select a Shareandallits folders or just someof thefolders under a Share 2 Click Apply to saveyour setting 47 Iomega St...

Page 48: ...dspeedsets therateat whichfiles aredownloadedto your device 4 Typea valuefor MaximumUpload Speed This is themaximumuploadspeedfor files being uploadedbyother users fromyour device Theuploadspeedcanaffect deviceperformance as it sets thespeedat whichother users uploada fileunpromptedfromyour device It is recommendedthat youchoosea valuethat does not strainthe performanceof your deviceandimpact othe...

Page 49: ...g a Torrent ActiveFolder refer to Torrent ActiveFolders 3 Copythedownloadedtorrent fileto theTorrent ActiveFolder Share Thetorrent fileimmediatelystarts to downloadto theShare Anadministrator user canmonitor its downloadprogress ontheTorrent Download page Allusers canmonitor thedownloadprogress throughthecontent viewer onthe Torrent Share 49 Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 ...

Page 50: ...Deleting torrent jobs 1 OntheTorrent Downloadpage select a torrent youwant to delete 2 Click the under theActioncolumnto deletethetorrent 3 Click Yes to deletethetorrent 50 Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 ...

Page 51: ...dedthat yourefer to your router s documentationto learnhowto set thesevalues Port information used to configure your router Thefollowing informationmayberequiredto manuallyconfigureyour router Forward theport toyour Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 IP address identified in thetable DeviceIP Address 192 168 1 1 Port name HTTP Port number Set to thesameport valueset ontheTorrent Download page Protocol TCP ...

Page 52: ...bis next scheduledto run Whendefining a CopyJob youcancopydata fromor to anyof thefollowing AnyNAS deviceautomaticallydiscoveredonthesamesubnet as your Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 AnyNAS devicethat youmanuallyaddto thesubnet using theIomega StorageManager Anyexternalstoragedevice suchas a USBdevice connectedto your Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 Whenselecting what data to copyonthesourcestoragedevice you...

Page 53: ...formationsectionincludes thenameof theCopyJob dateandtimeit last ran andits next scheduledtime FromtheCopyJobs list youcanperformthefollowing actions Click to start a CopyJob Click to stopa CopyJob Click to deletea CopyJob ExpandtheCopyJobInformationsectionandmodify theCopyJobsettings Click theSchedulesectionto viewtheCopyJobs schedule 53 Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 ...

Page 54: ... tocopy section IntheCopydialog box select allShares or a folder and select oneof thefollowing options for theCopyJobfromthedrop downmenu Theselected folder and its contents copies thecontents of theselectedfolder If thedestinationis a folder a newfolder willbecreatedfor eachsourcefolder If thedestinationis TopLevel a newtop levelfolder is createdonthedestinationdevicefor eachsourcefolder Only the...

Page 55: ... 3 Select thedays youwant theCopyJobto run or select All Days to runtheCopyJobeveryday 4 Click to select a start time Click Doneto saveyour timeselection 5 Click Apply to saveyour changes ThenewCopyJobdisplays ontheCopyJobs page 55 Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 ...

Page 56: ...1 Inthelist ontheCopyJobs page findtheCopyJobfromthelist youwant to modifyandclick it to expandtheInformationsection 2 Refer to Adding a Copy Job for informationabout revising theCopyJobfields 56 Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 ...

Page 57: ...ons columnof thetableto deletetheCopyJob TheDeleteCopyJobpop upwindowopens 2 If youaresurethat youwant to deletetheCopyJob click Yes If youdo not wishto deletetheCopyJob click Cancel to returnto theCopyJobs page 57 Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 ...

Page 58: ...ers Scheduled Backup to set upa scheduledbackup 5 If youarecreating a scheduledbackup select thedays youwant thebackupto run 6 Enter thestart or stoptimes for thebackup or click to select thetimes 7 To prevent performancedegradationonyour Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 select a speedlimit for thebackup 8 To schedulethetimethat thebackupwillrunat theselectedspeed enter start andstoptimes 9 Click Apply t...

Page 59: ...andselecting a different Shareinthepop upwindow If youhavebeenusing TimeMachineto back upyour computer to Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 besureto copyallyour existing backupfolders fromyour originaldestinationShareto thenewdestinationSharebeforechanging thedestinationShare If youdo not copyyour existing backups youwilllosethem Manually Creating Backup Folders for Macs Youcancreatebackupfolders for anyM...

Page 60: ...extra software Youcancreatea PersonalCloudonyour Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 andaddmembers to that PersonalCloud or youcanusea subscription serviceas a backupfor your content Whether youcreateyour ownPersonalCloudfromyour Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 or youusea subscriptionservice the PersonalCloudis accessiblefromanywhereyouhaveaninternet connection 60 Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 ...

Page 61: ...200 inwhichto copyfiles that arethenbackedupto AmazonS3 4 Click Apply to saveyour changes Backing up Files to the Amazon S3 Cloud After youcopyfiles to theShareyouselectedonyour Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 thefiles areautomaticallybackedupto theAmazonS3 cloudservice File uploads arelimitedto 5 GBinsize If youdeletefiles fromtheselectedShareonyour Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 theyarenot automaticallydel...

Page 62: ...訊息 這些電子郵件訊息均有相同的 1 MB附件 如果備份所有電子郵件 則會備份相同的附件 100 次 因此需要 100 MB儲存空間 利用 Avamar 及刪除重複資料功能 實際只會儲存一個附件複本 因此可將 100 MB的儲存空間有效地減少為 1 MB 新增備份的 Avamar 伺服器 1 在 Avamar 頁面上 點按以開啟開關 Avamar 設定 快顯視窗就會開啟 2 在 Avamar 設定 快顯視窗中 輸入下列資訊並點按 套用 以儲存設定 伺服器位址 Avamar 伺服器 IP位址或主機名稱 用戶端網域 Avamar 伺服器的已註冊網域名稱 62 Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 ...

Page 63: ... that photos addedto that Shareareautomaticallyuploadedto your Facebook account To configurea Shareas a Facebook ActiveFolder access theShares feature select a Share andexpandtheActiveFolders sectionto enableandconfigureit For moreinformation refer to FacebookActiveFolders HowdoI managea Share 63 Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 ...

Page 64: ...er so that photos addedto that Shareareautomaticallyuploadedto your Flickr account To configurea Shareas a Flickr ActiveFolder access theShares feature select a Share andexpandtheActiveFolders sectionto enableandconfigureit For moreinformation refer to Flickr ActiveFolders HowdoI managea Share 64 Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 ...

Page 65: ...heaccess codeandPersonalCloudnameyoureceivedwhenyouwereinvitedto jointheother PersonalCloud Joining an Iomega Personal Cloud To joinyour computer to someoneelse s PersonalCloud youusetheIomega StorageManager installedonyour computer Refer to your emailinviteandtheIomega StorageManager onlinehelpfor details Youcanonlyconnect your Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 to onePersonalCloudat anygiventime so youha...

Page 66: ...ter If youhavecontent onyour Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 that youdo not want to sharewithmembers of your PersonalCloud youmaywant to secureyour Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 beforecreating your PersonalCloud Refer to Security Settings for moreinformationonsetting upsecurity 1 OntheIomega PersonalCloudpage expandtheConfiguresection 2 Click theMy Personal Cloud buttonto opentheportalthat lets youcreateyou...

Page 67: ...count 1 To adda member to thePersonalCloud click Add a member intheMembershipsection 2 Enter themember s descriptionandemailaddress andclick Apply 3 Continuerepeating thesesteps for as manymembers as youwishto add 4 Click theswitchto enabledto connect members onthePersonalCloud andclick Yes intheconfirmationpop upwindow Inviting members to join your Personal Cloud After youadda member that member ...

Page 68: ...rsonalCloud 2 IntheJoinPersonalClouddialog box enter theJoinPersonalCloudnameandaccess codeyoureceivedintheemailthenclick Apply After applying this information youareautomaticallyconnectedto thePersonalCloud After youjoinanother PersonalCloud theMembershipsectionof theIomega PersonalCloudpagedisplays theother members of thePersonalCloud Disconnecting and deleting a Personal Cloud A PersonalCloudme...

Page 69: ...mthePersonalCloud disablethemember byclicking theswitchto Disabled andclick Yes intheconfirmationpop upwindow Themember is not deletedandcanbereenabledat a later time Deleting Members To deletea member fromthePersonalCloud click next to themember s name Themember is deletedandcanonlybeaddedagainbysending an invitationto that member HowdoI createa Personal Cloud account add members toa Personal Clo...

Page 70: ...As youadda member Iomega deviceto your PersonalCloud a CopyJobs icondisplays next to that member deviceintheMembershiptable If youclick that CopyJobs button theCopyJobs pageopens to helpyouconfigurea CopyJobbetweenyour Iomega storagedeviceandanother member s Iomega storagedevice For moreinformationonsetting upCopyJobs refer to Adding Copy Jobs HowdoI createa Personal Cloud account join a Personal ...

Page 71: ... Shareas a YouTubeActiveFolder so that videos addedto that Shareareautomaticallyuploadedto your YouTubeaccount To configurea Shareas a YouTubeActiveFolder access theShares feature select a Share andexpandtheActiveFolders sectionto enableandconfigureit For moreinformation refer to YouTubeActiveFolders HowdoI managea Share 71 Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 ...

Page 72: ...mePageor theIomega StorageManager Onthis page you canconfiguresomebasicdevicefeatures byclicking theappropriatelink Thecurrent setting of thefeaturedisplays abovethelink Youcanalso configureall features shownontheSetuppagebyaccessing thespecificfeatures directly 72 Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 ...

Page 73: ...beset for thedevice Internet TimeServer Bydefault Automatically synchronizewith an internet timeserver andUsethedefault timeserver areselected To specifya timeserver select Specify thetimeserver andtypetheURL of theinternet timeserver youwishto useinthetext box that displays Manual Select Manually set dateand time To set thecurrent dateandtime click theappropriateiconfor calendar andclock settings...

Page 74: ...willnot needto check this option If checked enter thefollowing additionalinformationto identifyyour SMTPserver Email Server SMTP enter theaddress of your SMTPserver Sender Email Address enter anemailaddress for theIomega StorCenter ix2 200 to useas theFromaddress whenit creates messages Email Login enter theusernameusedto log into theemailaccount youenteredabove Email Password enter thepasswordfor...

Page 75: ...meshouldbeallowedto elapsebeforetheIomega StorCenter ix2 200 powers downthe drives Drives automaticallypower back upwhentheIomega StorCenter ix2 200 accesses them Youmaynoticea slight delaywhenthedrives areaccessed Brightness To adjust thebrightness of thelights ontheIomega StorCenter ix2 200 set theIndicator Brightness to High Medium or Low 75 Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 ...

Page 76: ...securitybenefit bypermanentlyerasing alldata onthedrives to prevent recoveryof existing or deleteddata users andpasswords Thesecuredeleteoperationrenders alldata irrecoverable Youcanusethefactoryreset featureonlyto erasethedrives internalto theIomega StorCenter ix2 200 Youcannot usethis featureto reset anyexternalstoragedevices that maybeconnected 1 Chooseoneof thefollowing options Preserveusers a...

Page 77: ...ent to theIomega StorCenter ix2 200 saying thewriteis complete The systemcanthenproceedwithout having to wait for thedata to actuallyget writtento drive whichwilloccur inthebackground Whilewritecaching does improveperformance therearesomerisks Becausethesystemwillrespondthat thedata has beenwrittento drivewheninfact it has onlybeenwrittento cache shouldtheIomega StorCenter ix2 200 losepower anydat...

Page 78: ... 200 Click thelink followtheinstructions onthedownloadsitepage anddownloadthesoftwareupdateto your localcomputer 5 Oncedownloaded click Browseto select theupdate andthenclick Upload to continue Whentheupdateis uploadedto theIomega StorCenter ix2 200 theStatus columnwillsayReady toapply 6 Click Apply all pending updates to applytheupdateor updates Thesoftwareupdates willbeappliedto your Iomega Stor...

Page 79: ...s theuser sees allof theShares ontheIomega StorCenter ix2 200 but can onlyaccess themif theyhaveAccess Permission 4 Check Display slideshows to displaypictureslideshows that areinfolders ontheIomega StorCenter ix2 200 Click Manageslideshows to configureany slideshows youwant to display Theslideshowlocationcanbeanyfolder attachedto theIomega StorCenter ix2 200 including a USBdriveor DFS location 5 ...

Page 80: ...repage click Restoreconfiguration to select a savedconfigurationbackup 2 IntheRestoreConfigurationdialog box click Browseto locatea previouslysavedconfigurationbackupstoredonyour computer or USBdevice 3 Select oneof thefollowing options Restoresettings overwrites anyexisting settings suchas deviceidentificationandSharenames Whenyouselect this option existing data ontheIomega StorCenter ix2 200 is ...

Page 81: ...onfor a NIC andselecting a jumbo frame sizefromtheJumboFramedrop downmenu Validjumbo framesizes are4 000 or 9 000 bytes If youdo not want jumbo framesupport select Nonefrom theJumboFramedrop downmenu Jumbo framesupport is usefulfor transferring largefiles suchas multimedia files over a network Jumbo framesupport increases transfer speedbyplacing largefiles infewer data packets It also reduces thed...

Page 82: ...erfacecard NIC thedevicecouldauto assignanIPaddress or youcanuncheck theAutomatically acquirenetworkaddress DHCP checkbox foundintheInformation sectionof a NIC 6 Thefollowing aresettings youcanchangeintheInformation section IP Address thestaticIPaddress of theIomega StorCenter ix2 200 AnunusedIPaddress fromwithintherangeusedbytheLANshouldbe used If youaregoing to useRemoteAccess it is recommendedt...

Page 83: ...t to your Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 Most routers refer to this as port forwarding or applicationaccess andit is recommended that yourefer to your router s documentationto learnhowto set thesevalues Thefollowing informationis neededto manuallyconfigureyour router DeviceIP Address 192 168 1 1 Port Name HTTPS Port number 443 Protocol TCP Choosea subscription servicelevel Basic or Premium TheBasicopti...

Page 84: ... a uniquesub domainnameinthefirst text box Domain Name Select a domainnamefromthepull downlist It is recommendedthat youchoosea domainnamethat youcaneasilyremember andwillhelpyouidentifyyour Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 Thewebaddress is createdbycombining thesub domainanddomainname This willultimatelybetheaddress that willberegisteredandyou canuseto access your Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 remotely Emai...

Page 85: ...ssing your Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 froma remotelocationwillnot provideallthesamefunctionalityprovidedbya computer inyour localnetwork Thefollowing proceduredescribes howto access your Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 remotely Opena webbrowser andtypeyour Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 uniquewebaddress whichcanbefoundontheRemoteAccess page TheHomepageof the Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 displays Administrator us...

Page 86: ...ing Youcan beginstreaming your media after themedia server has restarted Sharing media content over the internet Themedia server cansharemedia content onyour Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 withanyoneontheinternet TheIomega StorCenter ix2 200 Consoleprovides two ways to enableinternet access If youareusing theRemoteAccess feature youcanenableinternet access ontheMedia Server page Refer to Enabling inter...

Page 87: ...evideo camera is no longer connectedto thenetwork but a recording scheduleis set for it Youshoulddeletethis video camera if it is no longer onthe network or fix thenetwork connectionso it canrecordas scheduled Thevideo camera is connectedto thenetwork andis currentlyrecording Thereis no schedulefor this recording sinceit was startedmanually Therecording must thereforebestoppedmanually Thevideo cam...

Page 88: ...eo camera recordings Therecordedvideo files aresavedto this folder andtheIomega StorCenter ix2 200 automaticallyorganizes your savedvideo recordings into folders byvideo camera name Withineachvideo camera namefolder areother folders that organizeyour video camera s recordings bydate For example if youset thedestinationShareto Media Videos andthenameof your camera is HomeDoor a recording madeonJuly...

Page 89: ...mega StorCenter ix2 200 thepictures arecopiedto theconfigureddestinationfolder 1 OnthePictureTransfer page click theswitchon 2 Optionally youcanalso check RemoveCopied Pictures FromCamera to automaticallydeletethepictures fromyour camera oncetheyhavebeen safelycopiedto your Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 3 Click to opentheSelect Folder pop upwindow andselect a Shareas thedestinationfor your pictures 89...

Page 90: ...tains for eachprinter thename model status andnumber of documents waiting To attacha printer simplyplug a supportedprinter s USBcableto a USBport ontheIomega StorCenter ix2 200 Onceattached theprinter willappear inthe table Whenthecableis unplugged theprinter willberemovedfromthetable 90 Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 ...

Page 91: ...torCenter ix2 200 besureyouhaveaccess to thephysicaldeviceto turnit on It is recommendedthat youalways usethepower buttonto shut downthedevice Device Information TheDeviceInformationsectiondisplays various hardware software andstatus details Status TheStatus Informationsectiondisplays changes to or issues withyour Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 If anissuerequires user actionto resolve suchas a warning ...

Page 92: ...a StorCenter ix2 200 that requires your attention but your devicewillcontinueto operatenormally for now ERROR Identifies anurgent problemwithyour Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 that mayresult indata loss andrequires your immediateattention Youcansort thedisplayedlist byDate User or Event byclicking thecolumnheaders Downloading the complete event log file Click Download to downloada comma separatedevent...

Page 93: ...bytheIomega StorCenter ix2 200 Consoleis basedonthepreferences configuredinyour browser Youcanchangethelanguageusedin this programbymodifying your browser s preferredlanguagesettings Select anyof thesupportedlanguages to usefor emailnotification Click Apply to saveyour changes 93 Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 ...

Page 94: ...arnmoreinformationabout your Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 TheSupport pageprovides access to a varietyof content for learning moreabout using andsupporting your Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 Refer to theIomega support sitefor more information 94 Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 ...

Page 95: ...00 to jointheActiveDirectorydomain ActiveDirectory select this modeif youalreadyhaveanexisting user organization suchas ActiveDirectory that youwant to incorporateinto theIomega StorCenter ix2 200 3 Providethefollowing connectivityinformation Domain Name theactualnameyouusedfor your ActiveDirectorydomain for example sohoad com Domain Controller theactualnameor IPaddress of your ActiveDirectoryServ...

Page 96: ...e Thebatterystatus of thebackupunit is also indicated displaying howmuchof a chargeis left inthebattery To monitor thebatterystatus of your UPS unit connect your Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 to it witha USB cable If theIomega StorCenter ix2 200 is running fromtheUPS battery it automaticallyshuts downto preservedata as thebatterychargegets low 96 Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 ...

Page 97: ...access to specificusers Securityadds anextra layer of protectionto your Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 beyondwhatever formof securityyouhaveonyour localnetwork Without security alldata onyour Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 canbeaccessedbyanyoneonyour localnetwork To secureyour Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 First enablesecurity andcreateanadministrator user Creategroups andusers Secureanyexisting or newShares Ho...

Page 98: ...nored Inaddition you maybeaskedto accept a signedcertificatefor theIomega StorCenter ix2 200 whichyoushouldaccept If youchangethedevicename at a later date thesewarnings mayappear again Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 administrators do not haveaccess to allShares bydefault Access rights to Shares must begrantedexplicitlyto administrators as withother users 3 Click Apply to saveyour changes 4 Clickhereto...

Page 99: ...dministrator or non administrator credentials Whensecurityis enabled a non administrator user does not haveaccess to theDashboardor Settings tab Onlyanadministrator user canaccess thosetabs 3 If youentereda UsernameandPassword click Log In to access theIomega StorCenter ix2 200 withyour credentials Your devicenameandcurrently logged inusernamedisplays intheupper right corner of theIomega StorCente...

Page 100: ...econtent Additionaladministrator users canbeaddedto provideother users withtheabilityto configuretheIomega StorCenter ix2 200 Thetabledisplays theUsernames andDescriptiveNameof eachuser Click ina rowof thetableto viewor modify details about a user Refer to ManageUsers for details about adding andmodifying a user HowdoI Add or modify users Deleteusers createShares for users 100 Iomega StorCenter ix...

Page 101: ...keto allowthis user to managetheIomega StorCenter ix2 200 Anadministrator does not inherentlyhaveaccess to allShares Access to Shares must begrantedexplicitlyto administrators as withother users Add a secured Sharefor this user check this box if youwouldliketo createa securedSharefor this user ThecreatedSharewillhavethe newuser s nameandwillgiveaccess onlyto that user 2 Click Create Changing Acces...

Page 102: ...StorCenter ix2 200 Console click Users 2 To deleteanexisting user click theusernameto expandtheuser 3 IntheUser Informationsection click Deleteto deletetheuser 4 IntheDeleteUser pop upwindow click Yes to deletethat user 102 Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 ...

Page 103: ...tings willhaveto bereset 1 To reset theIomega StorCenter ix2 200 press thesmallrecessedbuttonontheback TheIomega StorCenter ix2 200 willrestart andalladministrator users willrevert to non administrator users 2 Whenyour Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 devicefinishes restarting opentheIomega StorCenter ix2 200 Console TheDeviceSetupsteps willappear again Createanadministrator user Youcanusethesamenameas a...

Page 104: ...addusers to thegroup click Add users How access rights are granted using groups in Workgroup mode Whengroups aredefinedinWorkgroupmode a user s access rights arethemost rights grantedto theuser andallgroups to whichtheuser belongs For example assume3 Shares exist SF1 SF2 andSF3 two users UserA andUserB andthreegroups Group1 Group2 Group3 Whencreated UserA was grantedno rights to access anyShareand...

Page 105: ...ns to a Share click Add access permissions 4 FromtheAdd Access Permissions pop upwindow select a Shareor Shares for thegroupto access If iSCSI is enabled select iSCSI drives for the groupto access Select thecheckbox inthetitlebar to select alltheShares listed If iSCSI is enabled select thecheckbox inthetitlebar to also select alltheiSCSI drives listed 5 Click Apply to saveyour changes 6 Inthetable...

Page 106: ...ick Groups 2 To deleteanexisting group click to expandthegroup 3 IntheInformationsection click Deleteto deletethegroup 4 IntheDeleteGroup confirmationpop upwindow click Yes 5 If youdo not wishto deletethegroup click Cancel to returnto theGroups page 106 Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 ...

Page 107: ...ers andGroups pageis visiblewhenyouenableActiveDirectoryontheIomega StorCenter ix2 200 For more informationonenabling ActiveDirectoryontheIomega StorCenter ix2 200 refer to DeviceIdentification For informationoncreating anadministrator user refer to Security HowdoI enablesecurity changeActiveDirectorysettings manageActiveDirectoryusers andgroups deleteusers andgroups fromActiveDirectory 107 Iomega...

Page 108: ...ow select a Shareor Shares for theuser or groupto access If iSCSI is enabled select iSCSI drives for theuser or groupto access Select thecheckbox inthetitlebar to select alltheShares listed If iSCSI is enabled select thecheckbox inthetitlebar to also select alltheiSCSI drives listed 4 Click Apply to saveyour changes 5 Inthetablelisting theShares check Read or Writefor eachShare If iSCSI is enabled...

Page 109: ...andthat user or group 3 IntheInformationsection click Delete Deleting a user or groupdoes not deleteanyShares to whichtheuser or grouphas access Click thecheckbox to select if youwant to Deleteall Shares that only this user can access 4 Intheconfirmationpop upwindow click Yes 5 If youdo not wishto deletea user or group click Noto returnto theGroups page 109 Iomega StorCenter ix2 200 ...