Iomega StorCenter px4-300r, User Manual

Page 1: ...Iomega StorCenter px4 300r User Guide D31603201 ...

Page 2: ...Access Permissions Enabling NFS Secured Access Making a Share an Active Folder Using Share Volumes Modifying a Share Volume 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 Act...

Page 3: ...nsfer Setting QuikTransfer Torrent Download Enabling Torrent Downloads 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 Delet...

Page 4: ...ware Updates Manual update process installing a device software 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 Bonding NICs Enabling Jumbo Frames for Each NIC VLAN Settings Manually Configuring the Network VLAN Settings Bonding NICs Remote Access Over...

Page 5: ...o log in User credentials Users Overview Manage Users Add and Modify Users Changing 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 Directo...

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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: ...ndhavea CopyJobconfigured Flashing Blue Data transfer inprogress PatternFlashing Blue Indicates anerror withthedata transfer LEDor systemsoftwarewillindicateerror 3 LCDDisplay Anintegrateduser friendlyLCDdisplay Scrollthroughthedisplayscreento viewthedevicename freedisk space IPaddress and dateandtime Youcaninitiatea QuikTransfer CopyJobfromtheLCDandviewor dismiss anyerrors or warnings ontheIomega...

Page 9: ...hat willautomaticallydetect your network speed 10 100 1000Base T 4 SerialConnector Theserialconnector is usedfor troubleshooting only Default Settings IPAddress If no DHCPserver is foundonyour network theIomega StorCenter px4 300r willget a self assignedIPaddress inthe169 254 x x range DeviceName Thedefault namefor your Iomega StorCenter px4 300r is px6 300d XXXXXX whereXXXXXXis a uniquestring of ...

Page 10: ...lly 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 Win...

Page 11: ...t andWindows areeither registeredtrademarks or trademarks of Microsoft CorporationintheUnitedStates and or other countries Mac Macintosh andAppleTalk areregisteredtrademarks or trademarks of AppleComputer Inc intheUnitedStates and or other countries Certainother product names brandnames andcompanynames maybetrademarks or designations of their respectiveowners 11 Iomega StorCenter px4 300r ...

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: ... walk 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 Thepow...

Page 14: ...rationcannot bechangedandyour setuprequires thedoubleNAT youmust performtheport forwarding steps twice Ontheprimaryrouter set theport forwarding to thecascadedrouter s externalIPaddress Onthecascadedrouter set theport forwarding to theIomega StorCenter px4 300r s IPaddress Bridging the Secondary Router Makesurethat theprimaryrouter usuallytheoneconnectedto or acting as theDSL Cablemodem is theonly...

Page 15: ...figuring DHCPsettings 3 Navigateto theIPaddress settings interfacepageonyour Iomega StorCenter px4 300r For moreinformation check theNetwork Settings sectionof 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 px4 300r a number between1...

Page 16: ... 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 withi...

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 px4 300r Installing theIomega StorageManager is optional HomePage serves as a web accessibleinterfaceto your Iomega StorCenter px4 300r T...

Page 18: ...mega StorCenter px4 300r Therearea number of ways to access thefeatures of theIomega StorCenter px4 300r Console Youcanselect oneof thepredefinedcategories usetheAll Features pagethat lists everyfeaturealphabetically or searchfor a featurebykeyword Whensecurityis enabled onlyanadministrator user canaccess the Iomega StorCenter px4 300r Console HowdoI set up theIomega StorCenter px4 300r enablesecu...

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 px4 300r ...

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 px4 300r is secured otherwisethesectionis not includedintheShare Bydefault user Everyonehas readandwriteaccess to that Share whichmeans that allusers haveopenaccess to that shar...

Page 21: ...ht 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 thumbnailv...

Page 22: ...ick 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 to Everyone thelist of users is also clearedsinceallusers Everyone has access to thi...

Page 23: ...rommorethanoneexisting volume select a volumefromtheVolumedrop downmenu 5 If youarecreating a newvolume enter a namefor thevolumeintheVolumetext box 6 Enter a sizefor thevolume Youcannot reducethis sizelater 7 Click OK 8 IntheInformationsection click Apply to saveyour changes Modifying a ShareVolume 1 Click Changevolumeallocation intheInformation section 2 Enter a newsizefor thevolume 3 Click OK 4...

Page 24: ...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 24 Iomega StorCenter px4 300r ...

Page 25: ...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 25 Iomega StorCenter px4 300r ...

Page 26: ...s andActiveFolders Configuring an Email Distribution ActiveFolder 1 FromtheIomega StorCenter px4 300r 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 Youcanaddmu...

Page 27: ...o theFacebook websiteto openanaccount Configuring a FacebookActiveFolder 1 FromtheIomega StorCenter px4 300r 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 28: ...ging Shares andActiveFolders If youdo not havea Flickr account go to theFlickr websiteto openanaccount Configuring a Flickr ActiveFolder 1 FromtheIomega StorCenter px4 300r 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 ac...

Page 29: ...rmationonmanaging Shares andActiveFolders Configuring a PhotoResizeActiveFolder 1 FromtheIomega StorCenter px4 300r 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 image...

Page 30: ...ares fromtheIomega StorCenter px4 300r Console select a Share andexpandtheActiveFolders sectionto enableandconfigureit Refer to Managing Shares for moreinformationonmanaging Shares andActiveFolders Configuring a Torrent ActiveFolder 1 FromtheIomega StorCenter px4 300r Console click Shares 2 Select a Shareto useas a Torrent ActiveFolder andclick to expandtheActiveFolder section 3 Check Enable 4 Sel...

Page 31: ...leandconfigureit Refer to Managing Shares for moreinformationonmanaging Shares andActiveFolders If youdo not havea YouTubeaccount go to theYouTubewebsiteto openanaccount Configuring a YouTubeActiveFolder 1 FromtheIomega StorCenter px4 300r Console click Shares 2 Select a Shareto useas a YouTubeActiveFolder andclick to expandtheActiveFolder section 3 Check Enable 4 Select YouTubefromthedrop downmen...

Page 32: ...illcausetheIomega StorCenter px4 300r to wait whilethedata is writtento drive whichcanslow performance Whenwritecaching is enabledandtheIomega StorCenter px4 300r sends a writerequest to thedrive insteadof writing directlyto the drive it writes thedata to cache whichis muchfaster andsends animmediateacknowledgement to theIomega StorCenter px4 300r saying thewrite is complete Thesystemcanthenprocee...

Page 33: ...add StoragePools modify StoragePools deleteStoragePools learn moreabout provisioning 33 Iomega StorCenter px4 300r ...

Page 34: ...er px4 300r 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 px4 300r Whentheexternalstorage is safelyremoved its associated...

Page 35: ...ret andthenenter it againintheconfirmbox 6 Click Apply to saveyour changes Connecting to iSCSI Drives Youcanconnect iSCSI drives onyour Iomega StorCenter px4 300r 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 36: ...is addedto a volume Inmost cases aniSCSI driveis automaticallyaddedto a volumewhenyoucreatetheiSCSI drive In other cases youmayhaveto select someoptions to addyour iSCSI driveto theappropriatevolume Ona newsysteminwhichthereareno existing volumes whenyoucreateaniSCSI drive a volumeis createdsimultaneouslyandtheiSCSI driveis assigned to that volume Ona newsysteminwhichthereareexisting volumes youca...

Page 37: ...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 37 Iomega StorCenter px4 300r ...

Page 38: ...Protocols TheProtocols pagelists theprotocols supportedbytheIomega StorCenter px4 300r 38 Iomega StorCenter px4 300r ...

Page 39: ...ple File Sharing TheAppleFiling Protocol AFP enables Applefilesharing whichis thepreferredmethodfor Macusers to access Shares AFPis onbydefault To enableAFP click theswitchon 39 Iomega StorCenter px4 300r ...

Page 40: ...d check theEnablesecurity checkbox to requireBluetoothusers to supplya uniquePINthat theyhavedefined beforeallowing themto transfer files to thedestinationShareontheIomega StorCenter px4 300r 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 41: ...ols page click theswitchto turnonFTP FileTransfer Protocol andallowaccess to your Iomega StorCenter px4 300r WhenyouturnFTPon youcansendfiles to your Iomega StorCenter px4 300r using FTP 41 Iomega StorCenter px4 300r ...

Page 42: ...est 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 canbead...

Page 43: ...0r as anrsyncserver youcanoptionallyset upa user account ontheIomega StorCenter px4 300r 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 44: ... 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 Ma...

Page 45: ...page click theswitchto turnonTFTP TrivialFileTransfer Protocol andallowaccess to your Iomega StorCenter px4 300r Whenyouturn TFTPon youcansendfiles to your Iomega StorCenter px4 300r using FTP 45 Iomega StorCenter px4 300r ...

Page 46: ...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 47: ...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 48: ...e Sharing Windows FileSharing allows youto work inWorkgroupmode using Iomega StorCenter px4 300r Consoleto createusers andmanageaccess To enable Windows FileSharing click theswitchon 48 Iomega StorCenter px4 300r ...

Page 49: ...ga StorCenter px4 300r to thedestinationSharewhentheQuikTransfer buttononthe Iomega StorCenter px4 300r 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 49 Iomega St...

Page 50: ...speedsets 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 other...

Page 51: ...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 51 Iomega StorCenter px4 300r ...

Page 52: ...Deleting torrent jobs 1 OntheTorrent Downloadpage select a torrent youwant to delete 2 Click the under theActioncolumnto deletethetorrent 3 Click Yes to deletethetorrent 52 Iomega StorCenter px4 300r ...

Page 53: ...edthat 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 px4 300r 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 54: ...CopyJob youcancopydata fromor to anyof thefollowing AnyNAS deviceautomaticallydiscoveredonthesamesubnet as your Iomega StorCenter px4 300r AnyNAS devicethat youmanuallyaddto thesubnet using theIomega StorageManager Anyexternalstoragedevice suchas a USBdevice connectedto your Iomega StorCenter px4 300r Whenselecting what data to copyonthesourcestoragedevice youcanchoosea specificfolder or allfolder...

Page 55: ...ormationsectionincludes 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 55 Iomega StorCenter px4 300r ...

Page 56: ...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 thec...

Page 57: ... 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 57 Iomega StorCenter px4 300r ...

Page 58: ...1 Inthelist ontheCopyJobs page findtheCopyJobfromthelist youwant to modifyandclick it to expandtheInformationsection 2 Refer to Adding a Copy Job for informationabout revising theCopyJobfields 58 Iomega StorCenter px4 300r ...

Page 59: ...ns columnof thetableto deletetheCopyJob TheDeleteCopyJobpop upwindowopens 2 If youaresurethat youwant to deletetheCopyJob click Yes If youdo not wishto deletetheCopyJob click Cancel to returnto theCopyJobs page 59 Iomega StorCenter px4 300r ...

Page 60: ...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 px4 300r select a speedlimit for thebackup 8 To schedulethetimethat thebackupwillrunat theselectedspeed enter start andstoptimes 9 Click Apply ...

Page 61: ...ndselecting a different Shareinthepop upwindow If youhavebeenusing TimeMachineto back upyour computer to Iomega StorCenter px4 300r besureto copyallyour existing backupfolders fromyour originaldestinationShare to thenewdestinationSharebeforechanging thedestinationShare If youdo not copyyour existing backups youwilllosethem Manually Creating Backup Folders for Macs Youcancreatebackupfolders for any...

Page 62: ...extra software Youcancreatea PersonalCloudonyour Iomega StorCenter px4 300r andaddmembers to that PersonalCloud or youcanusea subscriptionserviceas a backupfor your content Whether youcreateyour ownPersonalCloudfromyour Iomega StorCenter px4 300r or youusea subscriptionservice thePersonalCloudis accessiblefromanywhereyouhaveaninternet connection 62 Iomega StorCenter px4 300r ...

Page 63: ...00r 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 px4 300r thefiles areautomaticallybackedupto theAmazonS3 cloudservice Fileuploads arelimitedto 5 GBinsize If youdeletefiles fromtheselectedShareonyour Iomega StorCenter px4 300r theyarenot automaticallyde...

Page 64: ...quiring 100 MBof storagespace WithAvamar anddata deduplication onlyonecopyof theattachment is actuallystored so 100 MBof storageis effectivelyreducedto 1 MB Adding an Avamar Server for Backup 1 OntheAvamar page click theswitchon TheAvamar Settings pop upwindowopens 2 IntheAvamar Settings pop upwindow enter thefollowing informationandclick Apply to saveyour settings Server Address theAvamar server ...

Page 65: ...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 65 Iomega StorCenter px4 300r ...

Page 66: ...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 66 Iomega StorCenter px4 300r ...

Page 67: ...Usetheaccess 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 px4 300r to onePersonalCloudat anygiventime so ...

Page 68: ...ter If youhavecontent onyour Iomega StorCenter px4 300r that youdo not want to sharewithmembers of your PersonalCloud youmaywant to secureyour Iomega StorCenter px4 300r beforecreating your PersonalCloud Refer to Security Settings for moreinformationonsetting upsecurity 1 OntheIomega PersonalCloudpage expandtheConfiguresection 2 Click theMy Personal Cloud buttonto opentheportalthat lets youcreatey...

Page 69: ...ount 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 a...

Page 70: ...ersonalCloud 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 PersonalCloudm...

Page 71: ...thePersonalCloud 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 Clou...

Page 72: ...s 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 C...

Page 73: ... 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 73 Iomega StorCenter px4 300r ...

Page 74: ...mePageor theIomega StorageManager Onthis page you canconfiguresomebasicdevicefeatures byclicking theappropriatelink Thecurrent setting of thefeaturedisplays abovethelink Youcanalso configureall features shownontheSetuppagebyaccessing thespecificfeatures directly 74 Iomega StorCenter px4 300r ...

Page 75: ...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 76: ...illnot 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 px4 300r to useas theFromaddress whenit creates messages Email Login enter theusernameusedto log into theemailaccount youenteredabove Email Password enter thepasswordfor...

Page 77: ...softwaremayberequiredto sendthe WakeOnLANsignalto your device 1 Check theWakeOn LAN checkbox to enableWakeOnLAN 2 Click Apply to saveyour changes Creating A Power Schedule Youcancreatea power scheduleto turnyour Iomega StorCenter px4 300r onandoff Power off andPower onfunctions canbescheduledas one timeevents or recurring events Whenyoucreatea power schedule youcanset thedayandtimeto power downthe...

Page 78: ...securitybenefit bypermanentlyerasing alldata onthedrives to prevent recoveryof existing or deleteddata users andpasswords Thesecuredeleteoperationrenders alldata irrecoverable Youcanusethefactoryreset featureonlyto erasethedrives internalto theIomega StorCenter px4 300r Youcannot usethis featureto reset anyexternalstoragedevices that maybeconnected 1 Chooseoneof thefollowing options Preserveusers ...

Page 79: ...ment to theIomega StorCenter px4 300r saying thewriteis complete Thesystemcanthenproceedwithout 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 px4 300r losepower anyd...

Page 80: ...0r Click thelink followtheinstructions onthedownloadsitepage anddownloadthesoftwareupdateto your localcomputer 5 Oncedownloaded click Browseto select theupdate andthenclick Upload to continue Whentheupdateis uploadedto theIomega StorCenter px4 300r theStatus columnwillsayReady toapply 6 Click Apply all pending updates to applytheupdateor updates Thesoftwareupdates willbeappliedto your Iomega StorC...

Page 81: ... theuser sees allof theShares ontheIomega StorCenter px4 300r but can onlyaccess themif theyhaveAccess Permission 4 Check Display slideshows to displaypictureslideshows that areinfolders ontheIomega StorCenter px4 300r Click Manageslideshows to configure anyslideshows youwant to display Theslideshowlocationcanbeanyfolder attachedto theIomega StorCenter px4 300r including a USBdriveor DFS location ...

Page 82: ...page 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 px4 300r is n...

Page 83: ...electing 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 thedemandonthedevice...

Page 84: ...navailablefor a network interfacecard NIC thedevicecouldauto assignanIPaddress or youcanuncheck theAutomatically acquirenetworkaddress DHCP checkbox foundintheInformation sectionof a NIC 7 Thefollowing aresettings youcanchangeintheInformation section IP Address thestaticIPaddress of theIomega StorCenter px4 300r AnunusedIPaddress fromwithintherangeusedbytheLANshouldbe used If youaregoing to useRem...

Page 85: ... to your Iomega StorCenter px4 300r 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 86: ...a uniquesub domainnameinthefirst text box Domain Name Select a domainnamefromthepull downlist It is recommendedthat youchoosea domainnamethat youcaneasilyremember andwillhelpyouidentifyyour Iomega StorCenter px4 300r Thewebaddress is createdbycombining thesub domainanddomainname This willultimatelybetheaddress that willberegisteredandyou canuseto access your Iomega StorCenter px4 300r remotely Ema...

Page 87: ...ing your Iomega StorCenter px4 300r froma remotelocationwillnot provideallthesamefunctionalityprovidedbya computer inyour localnetwork Thefollowing proceduredescribes howto access your Iomega StorCenter px4 300r remotely Opena webbrowser andtypeyour Iomega StorCenter px4 300r uniquewebaddress whichcanbefoundontheRemoteAccess page TheHomepageof the Iomega StorCenter px4 300r displays Administrator ...

Page 88: ...g Youcan beginstreaming your media after themedia server has restarted Sharing media content over the internet Themedia server cansharemedia content onyour Iomega StorCenter px4 300r withanyoneontheinternet TheIomega StorCenter px4 300r Console provides two ways to enableinternet access If youareusing theRemoteAccess feature youcanenableinternet access ontheMedia Server page Refer to Enabling inte...

Page 89: ...Thevideo 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 c...

Page 90: ...o camera recordings Therecordedvideo files aresavedto this folder andtheIomega StorCenter px4 300r 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 91: ...ega StorCenter px4 300r thepictures arecopiedto theconfigureddestinationfolder 1 OnthePictureTransfer page click theswitchon 2 Optionally youcanalso check RemoveCopied Pictures FromCamera to automaticallydeletethepictures fromyour camera oncetheyhavebeen safelycopiedto your Iomega StorCenter px4 300r 3 Click to opentheSelect Folder pop upwindow andselect a Shareas thedestinationfor your pictures 9...

Page 92: ...ains for eachprinter thename model status andnumber of documents waiting To attacha printer simplyplug a supportedprinter s USBcableto a USBport ontheIomega StorCenter px4 300r Onceattached theprinter willappear inthe table Whenthecableis unplugged theprinter willberemovedfromthetable 92 Iomega StorCenter px4 300r ...

Page 93: ...orCenter px4 300r 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 px4 300r If anissuerequires user actionto resolve suchas a warning...

Page 94: ...a StorCenter px4 300r that requires your attention but your devicewillcontinueto operatenormally for now ERROR Identifies anurgent problemwithyour Iomega StorCenter px4 300r 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 separatedeve...

Page 95: ...edbytheIomega StorCenter px4 300r Consoleis basedonthepreferences configuredinyour browser Youcanchangethelanguageusedin this programbymodifying your browser s preferredlanguagesettings Select anyof thesupportedlanguages to useonthedisplayandfor emailnotification Click Apply to saveyour changes 95 Iomega StorCenter px4 300r ...

Page 96: ...rnmoreinformationabout your Iomega StorCenter px4 300r TheSupport pageprovides access to a varietyof content for learning moreabout using andsupporting your Iomega StorCenter px4 300r Refer to theIomega support sitefor more information 96 Iomega StorCenter px4 300r ...

Page 97: ...00r to jointheActiveDirectorydomain ActiveDirectory select this modeif youalreadyhaveanexisting user organization suchas ActiveDirectory that youwant to incorporateinto theIomega StorCenter px4 300r 3 Providethefollowing connectivityinformation Domain Name theactualnameyouusedfor your ActiveDirectorydomain for example sohoad com Domain Controller theactualnameor IPaddress of your ActiveDirectorySe...

Page 98: ...e Thebatterystatus of thebackupunit is also indicated displaying howmuchof a chargeis left inthebattery To monitor thebatterystatus of your UPS unit connect your Iomega StorCenter px4 300r to it witha USBcable If theIomega StorCenter px4 300r is running fromtheUPS battery it automaticallyshuts downto preservedata as thebatterychargegets low 98 Iomega StorCenter px4 300r ...

Page 99: ...ccess to specificusers Securityadds anextra layer of protectionto your Iomega StorCenter px4 300r beyondwhatever formof securityyouhaveonyour localnetwork Without security alldata onyour Iomega StorCenter px4 300r canbeaccessedbyanyoneonyour localnetwork To secureyour Iomega StorCenter px4 300r First enablesecurity andcreateanadministrator user Creategroups andusers Secureanyexisting or newShares ...

Page 100: ...nored Inaddition you maybeaskedto accept a signedcertificatefor theIomega StorCenter px4 300r whichyoushouldaccept If youchangethedevicename at a later date thesewarnings mayappear again Iomega StorCenter px4 300r administrators do not haveaccess to allShares bydefault Access rights to Shares must begrantedexplicitlyto administrators as withother users 3 Click Apply to saveyour changes 4 Clickhere...

Page 101: ...ministrator 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 px4 300r withyour credentials Your devicenameandcurrently logged inusernamedisplays intheupper right corner of theIomega StorCente...

Page 102: ...econtent Additionaladministrator users canbeaddedto provideother users withtheabilityto configuretheIomega StorCenter px4 300r 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 102 Iomega StorCenter p...

Page 103: ...nistrator 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 Access Permissions 1 ExpandAccess Permissions to changeShareaccess pe...

Page 104: ...torCenter px4 300r 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 104 Iomega StorCenter px4 300r ...

Page 105: ...ngs willhaveto bereset 1 To reset theIomega StorCenter px4 300r press thesmallrecessedbuttonontheback TheIomega StorCenter px4 300r willrestart andall administrator users willrevert to non administrator users 2 Whenyour Iomega StorCenter px4 300r devicefinishes restarting opentheIomega StorCenter px4 300r Console TheDeviceSetupsteps willappear again Createanadministrator user Youcanusethesamenamea...

Page 106: ... 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 anySharean...

Page 107: ...s 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 Inthetablel...

Page 108: ...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 108 Iomega StorCenter px4 300r ...

Page 109: ...rs andGroups pageis visiblewhenyouenableActiveDirectoryontheIomega StorCenter px4 300r For more informationonenabling ActiveDirectoryontheIomega StorCenter px4 300r refer to DeviceIdentification For informationoncreating anadministrator user refer to Security HowdoI enablesecurity changeActiveDirectorysettings manageActiveDirectoryusers andgroups deleteusers andgroups fromActiveDirectory 109 Iomeg...

Page 110: ...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 111: ...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 111 Iomega StorCenter px4 300r ...