Lenovo Iomega StorCenter ix12-300r, User Manual

Page 1: ...Iomega StorCenter ix12 300r with LifeLine 4 0 User Guide ...

Page 2: ... and LifeLine are registered trademarks or trademarks of LenovoEMC Ltd in the United States other countries or both Windows is a trademark of the Microsoft group of companies Mac is a trademark of Apple Inc registered in the United States and other countries Linux is the registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the U S and other countries Certain other product names brand names and company names ...

Page 3: ...10 Customizing the Access to Features on Your Iomega StorCenter ix12 300r 11 Enabling the Display of Features 11 Enabling Access Permissions to Features 11 Non Administrator User Log In 12 Obtaining Alerts About Your Iomega StorCenter ix12 300r 13 Tracing Events on Your Iomega StorCenter ix12 300r 14 Downloading the complete event log file 14 Obtaining System Status for Your Iomega StorCenter ix12...

Page 4: ...Distributed Windows File System 30 Windows File Sharing 30 Sharing Content through the Home Page 31 Sharing Your Content with the World 31 Adding a Custom Home Page 31 Automatically Sending Content to Multiple People at Once 33 How to Set Up an Email Distribution Active Folder 33 Sharing Content Using Social Media Overview 34 Managing Your Content 35 Transferring Content to and from Your Iomega St...

Page 5: ... 49 Displaying Shares in the Snapshot 49 Make the Snapshot Read only 49 Changing Expose Mode 49 Adding and Managing Volumes 50 Deleting a Storage Pool 52 Changing RAID Protection Types 53 Drive Management 54 Managing Drives 55 Setting Write Caching 55 Applying Global Drive Management Settings 55 Drive Status 56 Backing up and Restoring Your Content 57 Backup and Restore Overview 58 Backup of Data ...

Page 6: ... Content by Creating Users 69 Users 70 Users and Groups Overview 70 Adding Users 70 Managing Users 71 Deleting Users 72 Groups 73 Groups Overview 73 Adding Groups 73 Managing Groups 73 Deleting Groups 74 Using Active Directory Domain to Manage Users and Groups 75 Active Directory Users and Groups Overview 75 Managing Users and Groups with Active Directory 75 Deleting Active Directory Users and Gro...

Page 7: ...he ix12 300r 90 Changing Personal Cloud Settings 90 Inviting People onto Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 91 Joining a Trusted Device to LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 92 Managing Trusted Devices on a Personal Cloud 93 Disconnecting Trusted Devices 93 Deleting Trusted Devices 93 Using Copy Jobs with a LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 94 Disabling or Deleting Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 95 Accessing Content Using...

Page 8: ...sizing Your Photos 111 Getting Pictures from Your Camera 112 Getting Pictures from Your Camera 112 Music 113 Music Overview 113 Streaming Music 113 Torrents 114 Torrent Overview 114 Enabling Torrent Downloads 114 Deleting torrent jobs 114 Configuring Your Router for Torrent Downloads 114 Torrent Active Folders 115 Configuring a Torrent Active Folder 115 Videos 117 Video Capabilities Overview 117 S...

Page 9: ...r Iomega StorCenter ix12 300r Settings 129 Backing up Device Configuration 129 Restoring a Configuration Backup 129 Hardware Management 130 Energy Saving 131 Power Down Drives 131 Wake On LAN 131 Creating A Power Schedule 131 Factory Reset 132 UPS Management 133 Troubleshooting Routers 134 Enabling the DMZ 134 Configuring Port Forwarding on Double NAT Networks 135 Bridging the Secondary Router 135...

Page 10: ...nformity 144 Important WEEE Information 145 European Union RoHS 145 India RoHS 145 Lithium Battery California Perchlorate Information 145 Polyvinyl Chloride PVC Cable and Cord Notice 145 Recycling and environmental information 145 Export classification notice 146 Copyright and Trademark Information 147 x ...

Page 11: ...Setting up Your Iomega StorCenter ix12 300r Setting up Your Iomega StorCenter ix12 300r 1 CHAPTER 1 ...

Page 12: ...etwork to simplify access to content on your ix12 300r from your computer It also allows you to add your computer as a trusted device to a LenovoEMC Personal Cloud Refer to LenovoEMC Storage Manager online help for additional information Twonky Media Server consolidates all media files on devices on your network and presents them in a unified view From LenovoEMC Setup you can optionally create a P...

Page 13: ... You should see your ix12 300r listed under Other Devices You can then double click the device icon to access the ix12 300r Management Console Windows XP If you have not enabled UPnP Discovery click Start Help and Support In the Help and Support browser search for UPnP and follow the steps from Install the UPnP framework After UPnP is enabled open Windows Explorer and in the Folders view expand My...

Page 14: ...torage Manager On this page you can configure some basic device features by clicking the appropriate link The current setting of the feature displays above the link You can also configure all features shown on the Setup page by accessing the specific features directly Setting up Your Iomega StorCenter ix12 300r 4 Setup Page ...

Page 15: ...frame support increases transfer speed by placing large files in fewer data packets It also reduces the demand on the device hardware by having the CPU process more data in fewer data packets Jumbo frame support should only be enabled if you are sure your network is jumbo frame compatible and all network devices have been configured to support jumbo frames It is recommended that you confirm all ne...

Page 16: ...VLAN Virtual LAN refer to VLAN Settings Bonding NICs For information on bonding multiple network interface cards NICs refer to Bonding NICs Bonding NICs Bonding network interface cards NICs is a way to provide redundancy for your ix12 300r on the network If one NIC should fail your ix12 300r will remain accessible on the network if that NIC is bonded to others Depending on the bonding mode selecte...

Page 17: ... by connecting the corresponding physical NIC to the trunk port of an L2 L3 switch VLAN is configured for each NIC but it is not supported on bonded NICs If a NIC is bonded you must unbind it first to configure it for a VLAN Adding a VLAN 1 To add a VLAN expand the VLAN Settings section of a NIC 2 Click Add VLAN 3 Enter a VLAN ID value between 2 and 4094 You can enter up to 4 VLAN IDs for each NIC...

Page 18: ...the device If you leave this field blank the default device name is used Workgroup Name Enter a workgroup name for the ix12 300r device if you need to change the default name The workgroup name identifies a group of computers that share information with each other Change the workgroup name only if you explicitly define a workgroup on your network Most users won t need to change the workgroup name ...

Page 19: ...ddress of your Active Directory Server for example ad server sohoad com or 10 14 50 12 Netbios Name An optional value that is automatically set to the first part of the Domain Name For example if you Domain Name is testdomain emc com the Netbios Name is testdomain You can edit this name or leave it blank Organizational Unit an optional predefined subset of directory objects within an Active Direct...

Page 20: ...to features on your ix12 300r including accessing folders and documents in Shares and joining any Personal Cloud of which the device is a member Now that you have enabled access to all trusted domains you can add users and groups from those trusted domains to your ix12 300r For more information refer to Managing Users and Groups with Active Directory Setting up Your Iomega StorCenter ix12 300r 10 ...

Page 21: ...witch to Off You can set the display of applications on the Feature Selection page provided an application has that capability For more information on installing features refer to the Application Manager Enabling Access Permissions to Features You can configure access permissions for non administrator users with certain features Expand the feature on the Feature Selection page to determine if it s...

Page 22: ...users access a ix12 300r they first see the Login screen where they enter their login credentials After logging in the ix12 300r Management Console displays with those features to which a non admin user has access Setting up Your Iomega StorCenter ix12 300r 12 Customizing the Access to Features on Your Iomega StorCenter ix12 300r ...

Page 23: ...network blocks SMTP traffic requiring additional credentials such as a corporate firewall Most users will not need to check this option If checked enter the following additional information to identify your SMTP server Email Server SMTP enter the address of your SMTP server Sender Email Address enter an email address for the ix12 300r to use as the From address when it creates messages Email Login...

Page 24: ...res your attention but your device will continue to operate normally for now ERROR Identifies an urgent problem with your ix12 300r device that may result in data loss and requires your immediate attention You can sort the displayed list by Date User or Event by clicking the column headers Downloading the complete event log file Click Download to download a comma separated event log file A new pag...

Page 25: ...ss to the physical device to turn it on It is recommended that you always use the power button to shut down the device Device Information The Device Information section displays various hardware software and status details Status The Status Information section displays changes to or issues with your ix12 300r If an issue requires user action to resolve such as a warning or error message the ix12 3...

Page 26: ...ain controller 1 To change time zones select a Time Zone from the drop down menu and then select how time will be set for the ix12 300r Internet Time Server By default Automatically synchronize with an internet time server and Use the default time server are selected To specify a time server select Specify the time server and type the URL of the internet time server you wish to use in the text box...

Page 27: ...e used in email notification messages The language used by the ix12 300r Management Console is based on the preferences configured in your browser You can change the language used in this program by modifying your browser s preferred language settings Click Apply to save your changes Setting up Your Iomega StorCenter ix12 300r Setting the Display Language for Your Iomega StorCenter ix12 300r 17 ...

Page 28: ...or each printer the name model status and number of documents waiting To attach a printer simply plug a supported printer s USB cable to a USB port on the ix12 300r Once attached the printer will appear in the table When the cable is unplugged the printer will be removed from the table For best results use a printer without multi function features for example scanner copier fax modem Setting up Yo...

Page 29: ... to Personal Cloud users For more information about Personal Cloud refer to the Personal Cloud overview You can enable security so you can secure Shares create users and allow selected features to be enabled With security enabled you can create users and set access privileges for those users to limit data access on secured Shares For more information on security refer to What Is Security and Do I ...

Page 30: ...Sharing Files Sharing Files 20 CHAPTER 2 ...

Page 31: ...s and provides local access to your content It provides access to Shares through your computer s file management program such as Windows Explorer or Mac Finder allowing you to drag and drop many files between your computer and your ix12 300r device Installing LenovoEMC Storage Manager is optional Home Page The Home page serves as a web accessible interface to your ix12 300r device The Home page co...

Page 32: ... open the Content Viewer To learn how to modify your Share information refer to Managing Shares on next page Access Permissions The Access Permissions section contains a list of users who currently have access to that Share Access Permissions displays when the ix12 300r is secured otherwise the section is not shown If Everyone has access to a Share it means content on the Share can be viewed by an...

Page 33: ...ons to a Share If your ix12 300r is secured all existing administrator users have read and write permissions to a Share New Shares created on a secured device will be secured by default so they will be accessible only by administrator users unless additional access permissions are set A security icon displays in the Share s properties if that Share is secured 2 Check Allow users to change file lev...

Page 34: ...hare to allow you to associate this Share with a specific feature that will happen automatically when files are copied to the Share For example you can enable a Share as a social media active folder to upload a file to a social media site Refer to Sharing Content with Social Media Overview You can only set one Active Folder option per Share 2 Expand the Active Folder section and check Enable Selec...

Page 35: ... Information section 2 Enter a new size for the volume 3 Click OK 4 In the Information section click Apply to save your changes Deleting Shares To delete a Share 1 From the ix12 300r Management Console click Shares 2 To delete an existing Share click to expand the Share 3 In the Information section click Delete to delete the Share 4 In the Delete Share confirmation pop up window click Yes 5 If you...

Page 36: ...orCenter ix12 300r See Backing up Macs with Time Machine for detailed instructions AFP is on by default If AFP has been disabled click the switch on to re enable it Bluetooth File Sharing Once a Bluetooth adapter is detected files can be uploaded from a Bluetooth device to a configurable destination Share on the ix12 300r Configuring Bluetooth settings 1 To enable Bluetooth click the switch on 2 O...

Page 37: ...client computers To have all users map as themselves but root maps as guest select Allow full access for client users other than root root_squash To have all users map as themselves including root select Allow all client users full access If the ix12 300r is using Active Directory mode you see the following NFS version 4 security settings System security This uses Linux system security Kerberos se...

Page 38: ...t as rsync You can change this to a more meaningful user account name Enter a password and confirm it for the rsync user account name When you create a secure rsync user account on the ix12 300r you allow other devices to securely copy to or from it 4 By default rsync uses TCP port 873 for accepting requests You can change this value to a different port number if desired 5 Click Apply to save your...

Page 39: ...ase of various device object types which a manager can change Examples of MIB objects are deviceName the name of the LenovoEMC storage device diskName the name of drives on the LenovoEMC storage device conTable a table for the connected client count raidStatus a description of the RAID status Values are Normal Rebuilding Degraded RebuildFS and Faulted The MIB file is available for downloading by e...

Page 40: ... System organizes Shares and files on a network such that they appear to be all in one directory tree on a single ix12 300r even if the Shares reside on many devices Windows DFS terms There are several terms to understand with Windows DFS Namespace A virtual Share containing other folders that are located on different devices throughout a network DFS root An object that consolidates all the folder...

Page 41: ...ows you want to display The slideshow location can be any folder attached to the ix12 300r including a USB drive or DFS location 7 Click Apply to save your changes or click Cancel to discard your changes Deleting a Slideshow To delete a slideshow from the list of available slideshows click After you delete a slideshow you can configure a different one Custom Home Page Content For information on cu...

Page 42: ...permanently disabled 5 Select the Share name and click Apply 6 Click Apply to save your settings When you apply a custom home page for your ix12 300r the icon for opening the ix12 300r Management Console is no longer visible To return to the ix12 300r Management Console you must explicitly enter the URL to the management console in your browser IP address manage management html Sharing Files Shari...

Page 43: ... sends a maximum of six emails in a 24 hour period Refer to Managing Shares on page 23 for more information on managing Shares and Active Folders Configuring an Email Distribution Active Folder 1 From the ix12 300r Management Console click Shares 2 Select a Share to use as an Email Distribution Active Folder and click to expand the Active Folder section 3 Check Enable 4 Select Email Distribution f...

Page 44: ...his is useful if you want to allow users to add files to your social media sites For example if your ix12 300r has a Flickr Active Folder you can grant Personal Cloud users access to that Active Folder In this manner when photos are added to the Flickr Active Folder either by you or by Personal Cloud users those photos are uploaded automatically to your Flickr account Note that an Active Folder ca...

Page 45: ...The right pane lists the files and folders in a Share and allows you to delete content or upload a file to the Share To delete multiple files simultaneously hold the Ctrl key on your keyboard and select each file or drag your mouse over the filenames Share content can be sorted and you can switch between a list view and a thumbnail view of the files When you are looking at content in a list view a...

Page 46: ...led to run When defining a Copy Job you can copy data from or to any of the following Any NAS device automatically discovered on the same subnet as your ix12 300r Any NAS device that you manually add to the subnet using the LenovoEMC Storage Manager Any external storage device such as a USB device connected to your ix12 300r A Windows computer that is automatically discovered on the same subnet as...

Page 47: ...nnect external storage to your ix12 300r that device content is accessible from the Shares page Safely removing external storage Click to safely remove the external storage A confirmation dialog will display Click Yes to remove the external storage When the external storage has been removed from the External Storage table it is safe to remove and you may unplug it from the ix12 300r When the exter...

Page 48: ...iSCSI Creating IP Based Storage Area Networks SAN iSCSI Creating IP Based Storage Area Networks SAN 38 CHAPTER 3 ...

Page 49: ...s in your enterprise business iSCSI is useful for transmitting large blocks of data over a network at a high speed Only one client computer can connect to an iSCSI drive at a time so iSCSI drives are not for shared data If your business is clustering clients then a cluster can access iSCSI drives Also you must create a list of users who can access an iSCSI drive These are not users who have access...

Page 50: ...orrect device 5 Enter an initiator secret password for Device Secret and then enter it again in the confirm box 6 Click Apply to save your changes Connecting to iSCSI Drives You can connect iSCSI drives on your ix12 300r to your computer using LenovoEMC Storage Manager or the Microsoft software initiator If you are using another type of software or hardware initiator you must use the native tools ...

Page 51: ... users does not enable security and does not require any login to allow access to an iSCSI drive 1 On the iSCSI page expand an iSCSI drive and expand iSCSI CHAP Users to add user access to an iSCSI drive 2 Click Add a CHAP user and enter a CHAP username and password 3 Click Create Continue adding as many users as needed to access the drive 4 To delete a user expand the user section and click Delet...

Page 52: ...SI name to expand the iSCSI drive 3 In the iSCSI Information section click Delete to delete the iSCSI drive 4 Click Yes in the confirmation pop up window 5 If you do not wish to delete the iSCSI drive click Cancel to return to the iSCSI page iSCSI Creating IP Based Storage Area Networks SAN Deleting iSCSI Drives 42 ...

Page 53: ...Storage Pool Management Storage Pool Management 43 CHAPTER 4 ...

Page 54: ...be prepared to backup your data and remove any unsupported drives or configurations Storage Pools A Storage Pool is a grouping of drives with a certain storage size and an assigned data protection A Storage Pool has a minimum of one drive By default your ix12 300r has one Storage Pool Storage Pool Data Protection For each Storage Pool you can select its type of protection Protection type determine...

Page 55: ... 10 Uses half of the storage space for protection leaving half for actual data Protects data in the event of a single drive failure Parity RAID 5 Uses the space corresponding to one drive size for protection leaving remaining space for storing actual data Double Parity RAID 6 Combines six or more drives in a way that protects data against loss of any two drives 4 Select the checkbox of the drive o...

Page 56: ... of a single drive failure Parity RAID 5 Uses the space corresponding to one drive size for protection leaving remaining space for storing actual data Double Parity RAID 6 Combines six or more drives in a way that protects data against loss of any two drives 4 Select the checkbox of the solid state drive or drives you want to add to the cache pool You can only designate SSDs as cache pool drives i...

Page 57: ...nt through a drive removal or device reboot All disk reads are cached Write back This is the fastest policy but is less safe All writes go to the cache pool initially and then are written to disk later Write back caches are persistent across drive removal or device reboot All disk reads are cached Write around This is a safe policy Writes are not written to the cache pool They are written to direc...

Page 58: ...eate a Snapshot dialog box specify the following and click Apply Enter a size for the snapshot as a percentage of the source volume Choose whether to expose or unexpose the snapshot If you unexpose the snapshot no content on the snapshot is available for access If the snapshot is exposed you can view the contents of the snapshot With either unexposed or exposed snapshots you can restore files from...

Page 59: ...taken Click to restore a snapshot After you click this button you are prompted to confirm the restore Click Yes After you click Yes an additional confirmation displays The message indicates that the source volume will be briefly unavailable and the snapshot will be deleted Check the checkbox and click OK Deleting a Snapshot Click to delete a snapshot When prompted to confirm the deletion click Yes...

Page 60: ...ssed using the 256 bit Advanced Encryption Standard AES protocol To apply encryption to a volume click the Enable encryption checkbox There are two options for encryption allowing the system to generate a passphrase or creating one yourself The passphrase is not a 256 bit encryption key Generate and save passphrase on the system Select this option to allow the system to store a passphrase for the ...

Page 61: ...phrase click Reset passphrase with master key then enter a new passphrase and verify it 5 If you are adding a volume in a cache pool there is an option to associate the volume with a cache pool Check Use a SSD cache for this Volume 6 Click Create to save your changes 7 Click Cancel to discard any changes Storage PoolManagement Volumes 51 ...

Page 62: ... The Delete Storage Pool window displays 4 Select Check this box if you want to delete the Storage Pools 5 Click Yes to delete the Storage Pool 6 Click No to cancel the operation and retain the Storage Pool Deleting a Storage Pool deletes all Shares and data contained within the Storage Pool Storage PoolManagement 52 Deleting a Storage Pool ...

Page 63: ...figuration with three or more disks Migrating from RAID 5 configuration with three or more disks to a RAID 6 configuration with six or more disks Migrating from JBOD with one disk to RAID 1 with two disks To change the RAID type expand the Information section of a Storage Pool on the Drive Management page and choose a value from the Protection drop down menu Mirror RAID 1 Mirror Stripe RAID 10 Par...

Page 64: ...Drive Management Drive Management 54 CHAPTER 5 ...

Page 65: ...cause cache memory is volatile If you lose power the contents of the cache are lost Therefore if there were any pending writes in the cache that were not written to the drive they will be lost forever Using a UPS Uninterrupted Power Supply can mitigate the risk associated with write caching which is why it is recommended to only enable this feature when a UPS is connected Applying Global Drive Man...

Page 66: ...Storage Pools Name The name of the Storage Pool Protection The type of protection assigned to the Storage Pool Capacity The total amount of storage in the Storage Pool Allocated Available Allocated is the space allocated to share volumes and iSCSI volumes Available is the difference between capacity and used Drive Status An image on the Drive Management page provides information on the drive statu...

Page 67: ...Backing up and Restoring Your Content Backing up and Restoring Your Content 57 CHAPTER 6 ...

Page 68: ...n pre configured technology that redundantly stores data across the drives This technology known as RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks enables a series of drives to act together as a single storage system RAID configurations that provide data redundancy preserve data integrity on the system if a drive fails and is replaced While RAID technology provides fault tolerance it is not a true back...

Page 69: ...ter the initial backup Time Machine backs up files every hour Time Machine uses a single destination drive for backups If you have previously set up another drive for Time Machine backups and want to change to use the ix12 300r network device click Select Disk then choose the desired Share on your ix12 300r Copy Jobs Overview You can back up content to and from your Iomega StorCenter ix12 300r usi...

Page 70: ...g a Copy Job you can copy data from or to any of the following Any NAS device automatically discovered on the same subnet as your ix12 300r Any NAS device that you manually add to the subnet using the LenovoEMC Storage Manager Any external storage device such as a USB device connected to your ix12 300r A Windows computer that is automatically discovered on the same subnet as your ix12 300r When se...

Page 71: ... device you are currently accessing for example it could be a separate NAS device on your network From the Protocol drop down menu choose one of the following Windows File Sharing The default value in the menu is Windows File Sharing and in most cases you should accept the default value For more information refer to Windows File Sharing on page 30 rsync The rsync protocol can provide faster copyin...

Page 72: ...ollowing Windows File Sharing The default value in the menu is Windows File Sharing and in most cases you should accept the default value For more information refer to Windows File Sharing on page 30 rsync The rsync protocol can provide faster copying but may not be available on all devices If you are able to select the rsync protocol and you want the rsync Copy Job to be secure select the Use sec...

Page 73: ...rses the back up Copy Job Modify the From and To settings to copy files from the backup location to the original source location specify what to restore set overwrite settings and choose the protocol for the Copy Job Refer to From Settings on page 61 for detailed information on Copy Job settings Backing up with Mozy Backup The Mozy online backup service allows you to create a Mozy account connect ...

Page 74: ...e of the folders under a Share 3 Click Apply to save your changes The Restore section displays a table with the status of a restore either one in progress or one that has failed To delete the restore task click and confirm the deletion When the restore finishes the table status clears Registering with Avamar for Backup and Restore Avamar is backup and recovery server software that uses deduplicati...

Page 75: ...File uploads are limited to 5 GB in size If you delete files from the selected Share on your ix12 300r they are not automatically deleted from the cloud service You can manually delete those files from the cloud service by clicking a command on the Amazon S3 page Restoring Files with Amazon S3 When you want to restore files from the Amazon S3 cloud service to your Iomega StorCenter ix12 300r you c...

Page 76: ...Securing Your Iomega StorCenter ix12 300r and Contents Securing Your Iomega StorCenter ix12 300r and Contents 66 CHAPTER 7 ...

Page 77: ...ess to specific users Security adds an extra layer of protection to your ix12 300r beyond whatever form of security you have on your local network Without security all data on your ix12 300r can be accessed by anyone on your local network To secure your ix12 300r First enable security and create an administrator user Create users Create groups Secure any existing or new Shares Secure any existing ...

Page 78: ...curity is turned on browser communications with the ix12 300r are encrypted Therefore each computer that attempts to access the ix12 300r may encounter a security warning which can be safely ignored In addition you may be asked to accept a signed certificate for the ix12 300r which you should accept If you change the device name at a later date these warnings may appear again 4 If you have your ow...

Page 79: ... also create additional administrator users who can manage the ix12 300r through the ix12 300r Management Console Administrator users can change various settings on the ix12 300r including adding and deleting Shares If you create groups you can also limit access to your ix12 300r by group so you don t have to specify access for each individual user Securing Your Iomega StorCenter ix12 300r and Con...

Page 80: ...ximum of 32 characters and spaces are not allowed The following are not valid usernames root daemon bin sys sync mail proxy www data backup operator sshd postfix nobody unuser guest and rsync Descriptive Name add a descriptive name to identify the user For example if you created a user with a Username of jsmith you may want to add the Descriptive Name Joe Smith Password create a password for the u...

Page 81: ...lid usernames root daemon bin sys sync mail proxy www data backup operator sshd postfix nobody unuser guest and rsync Descriptive Name add a descriptive name to identify the user For example if you created a user with a Username of jsmith you may want to add the Descriptive Name Joe Smith Password create a password for the user The password should be between 8 and 12 characters and spaces are not ...

Page 82: ...he amount of space allocated to one or more users by applying quotas If your ix12 300r has multiple Storage Pools and you define a quota for users that quota is applied to all Storage Pools 1 Click Quota Settings to enable quotas and set a default quota for each user 2 In the Quota Settings pop up window check Enable quotas to turn on quotas for each user 3 If desired enter a Default Quota This qu...

Page 83: ...two users UserA and UserB and three groups Group1 Group2 Group3 When created UserA was not granted access rights to any Share and UserB was granted Read rights to SF3 Group1 has Read Write rights to SF1 Group2 has Read Write rights to SF2 and Group3 has Read Write rights to SF3 If UserA is added to Group1 UserB is added to Group2 and Group1 is added to Group3 the table below shows the resulting ac...

Page 84: ...r Write for each Share If iSCSI is enabled check Read or Write for each iSCSI drive The group can have full access by checking both Read and Write To grant only read access check only Read NOTE A group must have read access at a minimum A group cannot have only write access 7 Uncheck Read to remove all access to a Share and remove the Share from the table If iSCSI is enabled uncheck Read to remove...

Page 85: ... Groups from Active Directory is searchable and you can sort by name descriptive name or type You can filter the list of users and groups by selecting a specific user or group from the domain tree 3 Select the checkbox next to a user or group to import that user or group to your Iomega StorCenter ix12 300r from your Active Directory domain Select the checkbox in the title bar to select all the use...

Page 86: ...ttings dialog click Enable quotas to turn on quotas for each user Quotas can be set for each user individually or set as a default value 3 Enter a Default Quota in gigabytes When you set a default quota this becomes the quota size for all new users 4 Check Set default quota for all users to globally set the same quota size to all users You may overwrite this default value for individual users by s...

Page 87: ...e you can switch your ix12 300r to AD mode 1 On the Device Identification page select Active Directory 2 Configure your AD settings See Configuring your ix12 300r for Active Directory for more information 3 Click Apply After changing to AD mode you are required to log back in to the ix12 300r Your ix12 300r is now configured to allow both local administrators and AD administrators to log in Loggin...

Page 88: ...kgroup Mode from Active Directory You can switch your ix12 300r from AD mode to Workgroup 1 On the Device Identification page select Workgroup 2 Click Apply After changing to Workgroup mode if there are any administrator users on your ix12 300r you are required to log back in to the ix12 300r You must log in as a local user and you do not have the choice to select an AD domain Also the Users and G...

Page 89: ...Remote Access Accessing Your Iomega StorCenter ix12 300r From Anywhere in the World Remote Access Accessing Your Iomega StorCenter ix12 300r From Anywhere in the World 79 CHAPTER 8 ...

Page 90: ...12 300r attempts to automatically configure your router However if it cannot a warning displays and you must manually configure your router to forward a specific port to your ix12 300r Most routers refer to this as port forwarding or application access and it is recommended that you refer to your router s documentation to learn how to set these values The following information is needed to manuall...

Page 91: ... a web address for your ix12 300r and define an email address Sub domain Name Enter a unique sub domain name in the first text box Domain Name Select a domain name from the drop down list It is recommended that you choose a domain name that you can easily remember and will help you identify your ix12 300r The web address is created by combining the sub domain and domain name This will ultimately b...

Page 92: ...in name If the domain name you selected is already in use you will need to define a new one and click Apply again 3 If your domain name is valid a new browser window opens and you will be redirected to the TZO site where you can register your web address and purchase your registration at special rates The Remote Access page provides your account information under the TZO logo Remote Access Accessi...

Page 93: ...a remote location will not provide all the same functionality provided by a computer in your local network The following procedure describes how to access your ix12 300r remotely Open a web browser and type your ix12 300r unique web address which can be found on the Remote Access page The Home page of the ix12 300r displays Administrator users can log in Non administrator users can access only the...

Page 94: ...Personal Cloud Accessing Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud From Anywhere in the World Personal Cloud Accessing Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud From Anywhere in the World 84 CHAPTER 9 ...

Page 95: ... username and password for your ix12 300r You can also use the LenovoEMC Link which is an application that runs on mobile devices by entering the Personal Cloud name and then a valid username and password For more information on the LenovoEMC Link refer to its documentation My Personal Cloud When you are the administrator of your ix12 300r you can create a Personal Cloud through the ix12 300r Mana...

Page 96: ...nal Cloud Your Iomega StorCenter ix12 300r provides an easy way to send email invitations and instructions to the people you select as Personal Cloud users In this way your content is never exposed and remains private It is visible only to the individuals you invite to be Personal Cloud users Content of the Personal Cloud is determined by you as the Personal Cloud owner Refer to the help topic lin...

Page 97: ...starts with providing a name for your Personal Cloud and an email address associated with it After creating the Personal Cloud you can use the Personal Cloud Quick Setup wizard to perform common tasks associated with the LenovoEMC Personal Cloud adding Shares inviting people to join the Personal Cloud and setting up Copy Jobs through the Personal Cloud PersonalCloud Accessing Your LenovoEMC Person...

Page 98: ... not create a Personal Cloud using the initial LenovoEMC Ltd Setup portal If you have already created a Personal Cloud you do not have to follow this procedure 1 On the LenovoEMC Personal Cloud page expand the Configure section 2 Click the My Personal Cloud button to open the portal that lets you create your Personal Cloud After you click the My Personal Cloud button a new website containing the p...

Page 99: ...h the Personal Cloud is configured and any remote network from which trusted devices are accessing the Personal Cloud The following steps are generic router settings If you have never logged into your router before you must consult the manufacturer s documentation to find specific details such as default IP address default administrator account and password 1 Log in to your router by entering its ...

Page 100: ...anging Personal Cloud Settings 1 In the Configure section of the Personal Cloud page click Settings 2 In the Personal Cloud Settings dialog box configure the following Administration Email Address This is the sender email address used on the email invitations Port Number Your router forwards this specific port for your Personal Cloud This value is automatically filled in and you do not have to cha...

Page 101: ...up dialog box or the LenovoEMC Personal Cloud page click Invite Users You can also send an invitation to join a Personal Cloud when you are adding users Refer to Adding Users on page 70 for more information 2 In the Invite Users dialog box select the name of an existing user or click Create New User to add a new user If security has not been enabled you are prompted to enable security and create a...

Page 102: ...nal Cloud page select the Other Personal Cloud command to join another LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 2 In the Add Trusted Device to Personal Cloud dialog box enter the Personal Cloud name username and password you received in the email invitation 3 Enter a descriptive name for your trusted device in the Description field 4 Click Apply After applying this information you are automatically connected to t...

Page 103: ...g the switch to Disabled and click Yes in the confirmation pop up window The trusted device is not deleted and can be reenabled at a later time Deleting Trusted Devices To delete a trusted device from the Personal Cloud click next to the device s name The trusted device is deleted and can only be added again by a user with trusted device privileges 1 On the Personal Cloud page expand the Trusted D...

Page 104: ...ys next to that device in the trusted device table Clicking the Copy Jobs button opens the Copy Jobs page to help you configure a Copy Job between the Iomega StorCenter ix12 300r that is hosting the Personal Cloud and a trusted device For more information on setting up Copy Jobs refer to Adding Copy Jobs PersonalCloud Accessing Your LenovoEMC PersonalCloud From Anywhere in the World Using Copy Job...

Page 105: ...sonal Cloud and eliminate any account information with it delete it If you delete your Personal Cloud and later decide you want to recreate it you must start the creation process again and re invite all users When you delete a Personal Cloud you lose your ownership of its name To disable a Personal Cloud click Disable To delete a Personal Cloud click Settings and then click Delete in the Personal ...

Page 106: ...f the Cloud or access can be restricted to a specific set of users by setting access permissions to Shares Access permissions control whether users are only allowed to read files in Shares or if they can also write upload files to Shares PersonalCloud Accessing Your LenovoEMC PersonalCloud From Anywhere in the World Accessing Content Using Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 96 ...

Page 107: ... upload and download content and stream content Optionally they can install LenovoEMC Storage Manager on their computers and then join their computers as trusted devices to the Personal Cloud When users join their computer as a trusted device to the Personal Cloud they are making their machine and its files available to other users of the Personal Cloud A large virtual network is created PersonalC...

Page 108: ...Sharing Content Using Social Media Sharing Content Using Social Media 98 CHAPTER 10 ...

Page 109: ...ful if you want to allow users to add files to your social media sites For example if your ix12 300r has a Flickr Active Folder you can grant Personal Cloud users access to that Active Folder In this manner when photos are added to the Flickr Active Folder either by you or by Personal Cloud users those photos are uploaded automatically to your Flickr account Note that an Active Folder can only be ...

Page 110: ...Active Folder section 3 Check Enable 4 Select Facebook from the drop down menu 5 Click Configure Facebook account access to configure your Facebook account You will be taken to a Facebook page to configure your account Follow the instructions provided by Facebook 6 Check Delete files after upload to delete images or movies from the Share once they are transferred to your Facebook account 7 Images ...

Page 111: ...Select a Share to use as a Flickr Active Folder and click to expand the Active Folder section 3 Check Enable 4 Select Flickr from the drop down menu 5 Click Configure Flickr account access to configure your Flickr account You are taken to a Flickr page to configure your account Follow the instructions provided by Flickr 6 Check Delete files after upload to delete images from the Share once they ar...

Page 112: ...tive Folder From the ix12 300r Management Console click Shares 1 Select a Share to use as a YouTube Active Folder and click to expand the Active Folder section 2 Check Enable 3 Select YouTube from the drop down menu 4 Check Delete files after upload to delete videos from the Share once they are transferred to your YouTube account 5 Click Apply to save your changes Once configured all videos added ...

Page 113: ...You can share your multimedia content with friends and family through a LenovoEMC Personal Cloud Refer to the LenovoEMC Personal Cloud section for more information Sharing Content Using SocialMedia 103 Share Content through LenovoEMC Personal Cloud ...

Page 114: ...Media Management Media Management 104 CHAPTER 11 ...

Page 115: ...secured For information on enabling a folder as a media folder refer to Managing Shares on page 23 Scanning for media content The Media Server automatically scans for media content on a regular basis However you can click Scan now at any time to force the media server to perform an immediate scan for media content This is especially useful after you have created new folders with media sharing enab...

Page 116: ...unning the LenovoEMC Link can access media content on your ix12 300r When you enable internet access to your media content all media content is available to any user on the internet regardless of any security you may have applied to a media file All your pictures movies and music are available to anyone accessing your ix12 300r You should be sure you want to make all your media content this access...

Page 117: ...ly to save your changes 4 In the confirmation dialog box check Check this box to continue 5 Click OK to save your selection or click Cancel To access media content internet users enter a non secure IP address in their browser along with the port number 50599 used to access the media server for example http 72 xx xxx 104 50599 where x is the IP value for your network When a user enters this IP addr...

Page 118: ...re linked from various computers and can be played back from one view All aggregated media files remain on their original device and can only be played while that device is powered on and connected to the network Copy Files This enables media aggregation and automatically copies all media content from computers both networked and local to your ix12 300r All your movies music and pictures from vari...

Page 119: ...can share media content such as movies and pictures using social media sites like Facebook Flickr or YouTube Refer to the Sharing Content Using Social Media section for more information Media Management 109 Social Media Sharing ...

Page 120: ... It is recommended that you refer to your media player documentation for instructions on how to add a network device Example Setting up iTunes 1 Locate the source directory of your iTunes media content 2 Drag or copy your existing media content to a Share that has media sharing enabled 3 When you open the iTunes Library iTunes will display all of the media content from the ix12 300r Example Settin...

Page 121: ...em Creating a Slideshow on the Device Home Page Your ix12 300r can display a slideshow on its home page On the Home Page Settings feature page check Display slideshows to display picture slideshows from folders on the ix12 300r Click Manage slideshows to configure any slideshows you want to display The slideshow location can be any folder attached to the ix12 300r including a USB drive or DFS loca...

Page 122: ...r page click the switch on 2 Optionally if you want to automatically delete the pictures from your camera once they have been safely copied to your LenovoEMC storage device check Remove Copied Pictures From Camera to automatically delete the pictures from your camera once they have been safely copied to your ix12 300r 3 Click to open the Select Folder pop up window and select a Share as the destin...

Page 123: ...these specific folders is then accessible to any user on your network with a media player For information on enabling a folder as a media folder refer to Managing Shares on page 23 Scanning for Music The Media Server automatically scans for media content on a regular basis However you can click Scan now at any time to force the media server to perform an immediate scan for media content This is es...

Page 124: ...prompted from your device The upload speed can affect device performance so it is recommended that you choose a value that does not strain the performance of your device and impact other work on it The maximum upload speed you can enter is 1GB s 5 Set a Port value used by torrent peers to upload files from your ix12 300r The port value should be a number between 6881 and 6999 and your router must ...

Page 125: ...nabling Torrent Downloads on previous page for more information on configuring your Torrent downloads 6 Click Apply to save your changes 7 Click View Content to see the files in this Share Adding Torrent Files to Your ix12 300r 1 Open the Shares page 2 Expand the Share that is enabled as a Torrent Active Folder Any Share can be enabled as a Torrent Active Folder For information on enabling a Torre...

Page 126: ... Delete a torrent job Click to delete the torrent download Media Management Torrents 116 ...

Page 127: ... new folders with media sharing enabled and copied a large amount of media content to them Video Surveillance Video Surveillance Overview The Video Surveillance page lets you add and configure cameras connected to your Iomega StorCenter ix12 300r view live video and see video alerts The page has three primary links Add Video Camera Manually adds a video camera to your ix12 300r if it is not automa...

Page 128: ...ce is currently used by the video files in the destination folder for this video camera Model This column lists the model information for this video camera Action For each video camera you can perform the following actions Click either to manually start recording or to stop recording These buttons are available only for video cameras that are currently connected and accessible on the network Use t...

Page 129: ...s offline on the Video Surveillance page Delete the camera and add it again using the updated HTTP port value RTSP Port 3 Select a Destination Folder for the video camera recordings Recorded video files are saved to this folder and the ix12 300r automatically organizes your saved video recordings into folders by video camera name Within each video camera folder are sub folders that organize the re...

Page 130: ... the days and time periods you want your video camera to record 1 Select Schedule Recording to enable the recording scheduler 2 Select the days you want to record or All Days for the entire week 3 Choose the Start and Stop times for your recording 4 Click Apply to save your changes Once your video camera is set click in the Action column to begin recording To stop recording click For a live view f...

Page 131: ...Adding Applications to Your Iomega StorCenter ix12 300r Adding Applications to Your Iomega StorCenter ix12 300r 121 CHAPTER 12 ...

Page 132: ...d applications on your ix12 300r using the Application Manager page For each application installed you may have the option to uninstall start and stop the application Adding Applications to Your Iomega StorCenter ix12 300r 122 Application Overview ...

Page 133: ...nagement Console you open the feature page of the application To install the application click the install link The application is downloaded to the ix12 300r and you can start the application from the Application Manager page You can also download applications from www LifeLineApps com Adding Applications to Your Iomega StorCenter ix12 300r Application Installation 123 ...

Page 134: ...t using the LenovoEMC SDK can be installed on your ix12 300r Starting or stopping an application When available click in the Action column to stop an application Click to start it again Adding applications 1 Click the Add application link The Add application window displays 2 Enter the path and name of the application file or click Browse and select the application file located on your computer 3 ...

Page 135: ...Upgrading Your Iomega StorCenter ix12 300r Upgrading Your Iomega StorCenter ix12 300r 125 CHAPTER 13 ...

Page 136: ... sure no critical files are being accessed Manual update process installing a device software update 1 In the table listing the current software installed on your ix12 300r click in the Action column to check for updates 2 If an update is available the Status column will state that a software update is available with a link Download the update file to your local computer 3 To retrieve the update c...

Page 137: ...The ix12 300r will be temporarily inaccessible during the software update Be sure no critical files are being accessed Upgrading Your Iomega StorCenter ix12 300r Software Updates 127 ...

Page 138: ...Backing up and Recovering Your Iomega StorCenter ix12 300r Settings Backing up and Recovering Your Iomega StorCenter ix12 300r Settings 128 CHAPTER 14 ...

Page 139: ... select a saved configuration backup 2 In the Restore Configuration dialog box click Browse to locate a previously saved configuration backup stored on your computer or USB device 3 Select one of the following options Restore settings overwrites any existing settings such as device identification and Share names When you select this option existing data on the ix12 300r is not deleted and the conf...

Page 140: ...Hardware Management Hardware Management 130 CHAPTER 15 ...

Page 141: ...d the Wake On LAN signal to your device 1 Check the Wake On LAN checkbox to enable Wake On LAN 2 Click Apply to save your changes Creating A Power Schedule You can create a power schedule to turn your ix12 300r on and off Power off and Power on functions can be scheduled as one time events or recurring events When you create a power schedule you can set the day and time to power down the device In...

Page 142: ... You cannot use this feature to reset any external storage devices that may be connected 1 Choose one of the following options Quickly delete all data Securely delete all data 2 From the After Reset drop down menu choose to Restart or Power off the ix12 300r after the factory reset completes 3 Click Apply 4 In the pop up confirmation click Yes to perform the factory reset After the factory reset c...

Page 143: ...is listed on this page The battery status of the backup unit is also indicated displaying how much of a charge is left in the battery To monitor the battery status of your UPS unit connect your ix12 300r to it with a USB cable If the ix12 300r is running from the UPS battery it automatically shuts down to preserve data as the battery charge gets low Hardware Management 133 UPS Management ...

Page 144: ...the Secondary Router Use the primary router s DMZ Port forward the primary router to the secondary router Put the secondary router in bridging mode Put the primary router in bridging mode Enabling the DMZ Most routers have a feature called DMZ or Default Server DMZ stands for Demilitarized Zone Data Management Zone Demarcation Done or Perimeter Network The DMZ allows you to enter an IP address tha...

Page 145: ...ary router bridging may also require special configuration information and settings on the secondary router If you configured your ix12 300r using DHCP you may not be able to reconnect to it via Remote Access after a reboot DHCP automatically receives an IP address from the server whenever the ix12 300r restarts This is a very simple way to configure the ix12 300r but can cause problems with your ...

Page 146: ...igning the ix12 300r an IP address that is not in use by another device 5 Enter a subnet mask The subnet mask describes the size of your network For most networks this is 255 255 255 0 which allows for 256 network devices If you are on a larger network or are using the self assigned APIPA range 169 254 x x you must use a 255 255 0 0 or larger subnet mask 6 For best results enter the IP address es ...

Page 147: ...Additional Support AdditionalSupport 137 ...

Page 148: ... to date LenovoEMC software Advanced online support options such as 1 on 1 live chat and email Electronic copies of product manuals Information on telephone support options Information on advanced technical service options such as data recovery Warranty information and product return instructions Support options available may vary depending on your region and language of choice LenovoEMC s specifi...

Page 149: ... site where you can get more information about your ix12 300r The Support page provides access to content for learning more about using and supporting your ix12 300r Refer to the LenovoEMC Support site for more information AdditionalSupport Support 139 ...

Page 150: ...Legal Legal 140 ...

Page 151: ...ake sure the ix12 300r has ample ventilation at least 6 inches or 127 mm in front and behind the unit Do not walk on the power cord or allow anything to rest on it There is a danger of explosion if the coin cell lithium battery is incorrectly replaced Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the equipment manufacturer Dispose of used batteries according to local state regional ...

Page 152: ... is available for download from the LenovoEMC web site at http support lenovoemc com To locate the download page for open source code select your network storage product and your operating system Scroll down the page to the search field and enter open source In addition you can also obtain a copy of the applicable open source code on CD by sending a money order or check for 10 USD to LenovoEMC Ltd...

Page 153: ...Warranty Information Legal 143 Warranty Information ...

Page 154: ...ence will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect...

Page 155: ...ion about Lenovo progress on RoHS go to http www lenovo com social_responsibility us en RoHS_Communication pdf India RoHS RoHS compliant as per E Waste Management Handling Rules 2011 Lithium Battery California Perchlorate Information This product contains a CR coin cell lithium battery which contains perchlorate material special handling may apply See www dtsc ca gov hazardouswaste perchlorate Pol...

Page 156: ...ject to the United States Export Administration Regulations EAR and has an Export Classification Control Number ECCN of 5A992 c It can be re exported except to any of the embargoed countries in the EAR E1 country list Legal Regulatory Information 146 ...

Page 157: ...Copyright and Trademark Information 2013 LenovoEMC Ltd All rights reserved Legal 147 Copyright and Trademark Information ...