Lenovo PX12-450R, User Manual

Page 1: ...px12 450r Network Storage 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: ...ing Your px12 450r Network Storage to Use Active Directory 11 Enabling Active Directory Trusted Domains 12 Customizing the Access to Features on Your px12 450r Network Storage 13 Enabling the Display of Features 13 Enabling Access Permissions to Features 13 Non Administrator User Log In 14 Obtaining Alerts About Your px12 450r Network Storage 15 Tracing Events on Your px12 450r Network Storage 16 ...

Page 4: ...h Web Access http https 31 WebDAV Managing Files Using HTTP or HTTPS 32 Windows DFS Creating a Distributed Windows File System 32 Windows File Sharing 32 Sharing Content through the Home Page 33 Sharing Your Content with the World 33 Adding a Custom Home Page 33 Automatically Sending Content to Multiple People at Once 35 How to Set Up an Email Distribution Active Folder 35 Sharing Content Using So...

Page 5: ...Cache Pool to a Volume 48 Volumes 50 Snapshots 50 Exposing Unexposing the Snapshot 51 Restoring a Snapshot 51 Deleting a Snapshot 51 Displaying Shares in the Snapshot 51 Make the Snapshot Read only 51 Changing Expose Mode 51 Adding and Managing Volumes 52 Deleting a Storage Pool 54 Changing RAID Protection Types 55 Adding New Drives to Your px12 450r Network Storage 56 Drive Management 57 Managing...

Page 6: ... Storage and Contents 69 What Is Security and Do I Need It 70 Enabling Security and Creating an Administrator User 71 Disabling Security 71 Limiting Access to Your Content by Creating Users 72 Users 73 Users and Groups Overview 73 Adding Users 73 Managing Users 74 Deleting Users 75 Groups 76 Groups Overview 76 Adding Groups 76 Managing Groups 76 Deleting Groups 77 Using Active Directory Domain to ...

Page 7: ...nal Cloud 90 Managing Trusted Devices on a Personal Cloud 91 Disconnecting Trusted Devices 91 Deleting Trusted Devices 91 Using Copy Jobs with a LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 92 Disabling or Deleting Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 93 Accessing Content Using Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 94 Informing Users What to Do with LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 95 Sharing Content Using Social Media 96 Sharing Content U...

Page 8: ... 111 Music Overview 111 Streaming Music 111 Torrents 112 Torrent Overview 112 Enabling Torrent Downloads 112 Deleting torrent jobs 112 Configuring Your Router for Torrent Downloads 112 Torrent Active Folders 113 Configuring a Torrent Active Folder 113 Videos 115 Video Capabilities Overview 115 Streaming Movies 115 Video Surveillance 115 Name 116 Space 116 Model 116 Action 116 Adding Applications t...

Page 9: ...27 Hardware Management 128 About the px12 450r Network Storage Components 129 Front Panel 129 Drive Bay Detail 130 Rear Panel 131 Default Settings 131 Energy Saving 132 Power Down Drives 132 Wake On LAN 132 Creating A Power Schedule 132 Factory Reset 133 UPS Management 134 Adding New Drives to Your px12 450r Network Storage 135 Adding New NICs to Your px12 450r Network Storage 136 Troubleshooting ...

Page 10: ...ion Commission Interference Statement 147 Canadian Verification 147 European Union conformity 147 Important WEEE Information 148 European Union RoHS 148 India RoHS 148 Lithium Battery California Perchlorate Information 148 Polyvinyl Chloride PVC Cable and Cord Notice 148 Recycling and environmental information 148 Export classification notice 149 Copyright and Trademark Information 150 x ...

Page 11: ...Setting up Your px12 450r Network Storage Setting up Your px12 450r Network Storage 1 CHAPTER 1 ...

Page 12: ...etwork to simplify access to content on your px12 450r 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: ...k You should see your px12 450r listed under Other Devices You can then double click the device icon to access the px12 450r 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 M...

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 px12 450r Network Storage 4 Setup Page ...

Page 15: ...First check the package contents Verify that the box contains the following items 1 px12 450r models may vary 2 Power Cables 3 Quick Start Guide 4 Ethernet Cable 5 Rail Kit models may vary Package contents may vary Setting up Your px12 450r Network Storage Network Connection 5 ...

Page 16: ...on will appear in the System Tray Windows or Menu Bar Mac The LenovoEMC Storage Manager will automatically scan your network and connect to available Shares If you receive a message from your operating system s firewall alerting you of network activity be sure to unblock communications Mac Users Shares on the px12 450r will mount and appear on the Mac Desktop PC Users Shares on the px12 450r will ...

Page 17: ...er the IP addresses of the DNS Domain Name System servers DNS is used for translating the domain name to IP addresses 4 WINS Servers enter the IP addresses of the WINS server 5 From the Bonding Mode drop down menu choose one of the following Transmission Load Balance increases bandwidth by distributing the load across multiple NICs Link Aggregation increases bandwidth by distributing the load acro...

Page 18: ...re bonded to the selected NIC Unbonding NICs 1 To unbond a NIC uncheck the box next to the bonded NIC 2 Click Apply to save your settings Adding New NICs to Your px12 450r Network Storage You can add additional high performance 10GbE external Network Interface Cards NICs to your px12 450r This increases flexibility when connecting to a network or multiple networks When you add external NICs you ca...

Page 19: ...50r Network Storage can be configured to support VLANs 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 ...

Page 20: ...the device If you leave this field blank the default device name is used Workgroup Name Enter a workgroup name for the px12 450r 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 21: ...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 22: ...s to features on your px12 450r 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 px12 450r For more information refer to Managing Users and Groups with Active Directory Setting up Your px12 450r Network Storage 12 ...

Page 23: ...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 24: ...n users access a px12 450r they first see the Login screen where they enter their login credentials After logging in the px12 450r Management Console displays with those features to which a non admin user has access Setting up Your px12 450r Network Storage 14 Customizing the Access to Features on Your px12 450r Network Storage ...

Page 25: ... 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 px12 450r to use as the From address when it creates messages Email Logi...

Page 26: ...ires your attention but your device will continue to operate normally for now ERROR Identifies an urgent problem with your px12 450r 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 pa...

Page 27: ...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 px12 450r If an issue requires user action to resolve such as a warning or error message the px12 4...

Page 28: ...main 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 px12 450r 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 bo...

Page 29: ...ge used in email notification messages The language used by the px12 450r 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 px12 450r Network Storage Setting the Display Language for Your px12 450r Network Storage 19 ...

Page 30: ...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 px12 450r 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 31: ... 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 32: ...Sharing Files Sharing Files 22 CHAPTER 2 ...

Page 33: ... 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 px12 450r device Installing LenovoEMC Storage Manager is optional Home Page The Home page serves as a web accessible interface to your px12 450r device The Home page con...

Page 34: ... 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 px12 450r 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 35: ...ons to a Share If your px12 450r 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 36: ...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 37: ... 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 px12 450r 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 38: ... Network Storage 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 px12 450r Configuring Bluetooth settings 1 To enable Bluetooth click the switch on 2 Onc...

Page 39: ...ient 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 px12 450r is using Active Directory mode you see the following NFS version 4 security settings System security This uses Linux system security Kerberos secu...

Page 40: ...et 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 px12 450r 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 you...

Page 41: ...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 42: ... System organizes Shares and files on a network such that they appear to be all in one directory tree on a single px12 450r 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 43: ...ows you want to display The slideshow location can be any folder attached to the px12 450r 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 44: ...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 px12 450r the icon for opening the px12 450r Management Console is no longer visible To return to the px12 450r Management Console you must explicitly enter the URL to the management console in your browser IP address manage management html Sharing Files Shari...

Page 45: ... sends a maximum of six emails in a 24 hour period Refer to Managing Shares on page 25 for more information on managing Shares and Active Folders Configuring an Email Distribution Active Folder 1 From the px12 450r 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 46: ...is is useful if you want to allow users to add files to your social media sites For example if your px12 450r 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...

Page 47: ...he 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 an...

Page 48: ...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 px12 450r 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 px12 450r A Windows computer that is automatically discovered on the same subnet as...

Page 49: ...nect external storage to your px12 450r 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 px12 450r When the extern...

Page 50: ...iSCSI Creating IP Based Storage Area Networks SAN iSCSI Creating IP Based Storage Area Networks SAN 40 CHAPTER 3 ...

Page 51: ... 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 52: ...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 px12 450r 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 53: ... 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 54: ...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 44 ...

Page 55: ...Storage Pool Management Storage Pool Management 45 CHAPTER 4 ...

Page 56: ...e 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 px12 450r has one Storage Pool Storage Pool Data Protection For each Storage Pool you can select its type of protection Protection type determines...

Page 57: ...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 or...

Page 58: ...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 if...

Page 59: ...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 60: ...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 61: ...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 62: ...sed 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 v...

Page 63: ...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 53 ...

Page 64: ... 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 54 Deleting a Storage Pool ...

Page 65: ...ith 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 Parity RAID 5 D...

Page 66: ...r displays the new hard drives in the bays they are mounted in 6 To create a RAID Array you must install a minimum of two hard drives The same confirmation dialog box displays Click Yes to proceed You can create a Storage Pool using one hard drive if desired You will not have any RAID protection options and can only select None from the RAID dropdown list while configuring your Storage Pool 7 When...

Page 67: ...Drive Management Drive Management 57 CHAPTER 5 ...

Page 68: ...ause 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 Mana...

Page 69: ...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 70: ...Backing up and Restoring Your Content Backing up and Restoring Your Content 60 CHAPTER 6 ...

Page 71: ... 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 backu...

Page 72: ...After 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 px12 450r network device click Select Disk then choose the desired Share on your px12 450r Copy Jobs Overview You can back up content to and from your px12 450r Network Storage usi...

Page 73: ... 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 px12 450r 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 px12 450r A Windows computer that is automatically discovered on the same subnet as your px12 450r When sel...

Page 74: ...e 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 32 rsync The rsync protocol can provide faster copyi...

Page 75: ...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 32 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 se...

Page 76: ...verses 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 64 for detailed information on Copy Job settings Backing up with Mozy Backup The Mozy online backup service allows you to create a Mozy account connec...

Page 77: ...ome 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 deduplica...

Page 78: ...e File uploads are limited to 5 GB in size If you delete files from the selected Share on your px12 450r 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 px12 450r Network Storage you c...

Page 79: ...Securing Your px12 450r Network Storage and Contents Securing Your px12 450r Network Storage and Contents 69 CHAPTER 7 ...

Page 80: ...ess to specific users Security adds an extra layer of protection to your px12 450r beyond whatever form of security you have on your local network Without security all data on your px12 450r can be accessed by anyone on your local network To secure your px12 450r First enable security and create an administrator user Create users Create groups Secure any existing or new Shares Secure any existing ...

Page 81: ...ecurity is turned on browser communications with the px12 450r are encrypted Therefore each computer that attempts to access the px12 450r may encounter a security warning which can be safely ignored In addition you may be asked to accept a signed certificate for the px12 450r which you should accept If you change the device name at a later date these warnings may appear again 4 If you have your o...

Page 82: ... also create additional administrator users who can manage the px12 450r through the px12 450r Management Console Administrator users can change various settings on the px12 450r including adding and deleting Shares If you create groups you can also limit access to your px12 450r by group so you don t have to specify access for each individual user Securing Your px12 450r Network Storage and Conte...

Page 83: ...imum 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 us...

Page 84: ...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 85: ...the amount of space allocated to one or more users by applying quotas If your px12 450r 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 q...

Page 86: ...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 87: ... or 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 remo...

Page 88: ...d 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 px12 450r Network Storage from your Active Directory domain Select the checkbox in the title bar to select all the user...

Page 89: ...ettings 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 ...

Page 90: ... you can switch your px12 450r to AD mode 1 On the Device Identification page select Active Directory 2 Configure your AD settings See Configuring your px12 450r for Active Directory for more information 3 Click Apply After changing to AD mode you are required to log back in to the px12 450r Your px12 450r is now configured to allow both local administrators and AD administrators to log in Logging...

Page 91: ...orkgroup Mode from Active Directory You can switch your px12 450r 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 px12 450r you are required to log back in to the px12 450r You must log in as a local user and you do not have the choice to select an AD domain Also the Users and...

Page 92: ...Personal Cloud Accessing Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud From Anywhere in the World Personal Cloud Accessing Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud From Anywhere in the World 82 CHAPTER 8 ...

Page 93: ...sername and password for your px12 450r 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 px12 450r you can create a Personal Cloud through the px12 450r Manage...

Page 94: ...onal Cloud Your px12 450r Network Storage 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 link...

Page 95: ...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 96: ...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 po...

Page 97: ... 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 I...

Page 98: ...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 99: ...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 73 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 100: ...al 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 th...

Page 101: ...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 102: ...ays 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 px12 450r Network Storage 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 Jobs...

Page 103: ...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 104: ...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 94 ...

Page 105: ...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 PersonalCl...

Page 106: ...Sharing Content Using Social Media Sharing Content Using Social Media 96 CHAPTER 9 ...

Page 107: ...ul if you want to allow users to add files to your social media sites For example if your px12 450r 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 a...

Page 108: ... 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 109: ... 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 a...

Page 110: ...tive Folder From the px12 450r 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 111: ...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 101 Share Content through LenovoEMC Personal Cloud ...

Page 112: ...Media Management Media Management 102 CHAPTER 10 ...

Page 113: ...secured For information on enabling a folder as a media folder refer to Managing Shares on page 25 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 114: ...unning the LenovoEMC Link can access media content on your px12 450r 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 px12 450r You should be sure you want to make all your media content this access...

Page 115: ...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 116: ...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 px12 450r All your movies music and pictures from vari...

Page 117: ...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 107 Social Media Sharing ...

Page 118: ... 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 px12 450r Example Settin...

Page 119: ...em Creating a Slideshow on the Device Home Page Your px12 450r 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 px12 450r Click Manage slideshows to configure any slideshows you want to display The slideshow location can be any folder attached to the px12 450r including a USB drive or DFS loca...

Page 120: ...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 px12 450r 3 Click to open the Select Folder pop up window and select a Share as the destin...

Page 121: ...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 25 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 122: ...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 px12 450r The port value should be a number between 6881 and 6999 and your router must ...

Page 123: ...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 px12 450r 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 124: ... Delete a torrent job Click to delete the torrent download Media Management Torrents 114 ...

Page 125: ...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 px12 450r Network Storage view live video and see video alerts The page has three primary links Add Video Camera Manually adds a video camera to your px12 450r if it is not automatic...

Page 126: ...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 127: ...as 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 px12 450r automatically organizes your saved video recordings into folders by video camera name Within each video camera folder are sub folders that organize the r...

Page 128: ... 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 129: ...Adding Applications to Your px12 450r Network Storage Adding Applications to Your px12 450r Network Storage 119 CHAPTER 11 ...

Page 130: ...ed applications on your px12 450r 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 px12 450r Network Storage 120 Application Overview ...

Page 131: ...anagement Console you open the feature page of the application To install the application click the install link The application is downloaded to the px12 450r and you can start the application from the Application Manager page You can also download applications from www LifeLineApps com Adding Applications to Your px12 450r Network Storage Application Installation 121 ...

Page 132: ...lt using the LenovoEMC SDK can be installed on your px12 450r 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 133: ...Upgrading Your px12 450r Network Storage Upgrading Your px12 450r Network Storage 123 CHAPTER 12 ...

Page 134: ...e 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 px12 450r 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 ...

Page 135: ...The px12 450r will be temporarily inaccessible during the software update Be sure no critical files are being accessed Upgrading Your px12 450r Network Storage Software Updates 125 ...

Page 136: ...Backing up and Recovering Your px12 450r Network Storage Settings Backing up and Recovering Your px12 450r Network Storage Settings 126 CHAPTER 13 ...

Page 137: ...o 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 px12 450r is not deleted and the con...

Page 138: ...Hardware Management Hardware Management 128 CHAPTER 14 ...

Page 139: ...forced shutdown and could cause data loss if data transfers are in process 2 Power Status Indicator Solid blue unit is powered on no faults Flashing blue unit is initializing booting or shutting down Flashing amber indicates a system failure power supply fan failure or drive failure Use the px12 450r Management Console to view details 3 Drive bays The px12 450r Network Storage has 12 user servicea...

Page 140: ...site at www iomega com nasdisks before adding new drives 2 Drive Status Indicator Solid blue drive at speed no faults Flashing blue drive is in RAID rebuild mode Solid red drive failure 3 Drive Activity Indicator Flashing white activity in process for the drive s RAID set Off no activity to the drive s RAID set Hardware Management About the px12 450r Network Storage Components 130 ...

Page 141: ...in access if network settings are incorrect or you ve forgotten your password The reset button does not initiate a full factory reset To perform a full factory reset select Factory Reset from the System page in the px12 450r Management Console 5 USB 2 0 connectors Supports devices such as USB storage devices and printers 6 Gigabit Ethernet Ports High speed Ethernet connectors that automatically de...

Page 142: ...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 px12 450r 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 143: ... 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 px12 450r 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 144: ...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 px12 450r to it with a USB cable If the px12 450r is running from the UPS battery it automatically shuts down to preserve data as the battery charge gets low Hardware Management UPS Management 134 ...

Page 145: ...0r displays the new hard drives in the bays they are mounted in 6 To create a RAID Array you must install a minimum of two hard drives The same confirmation dialog box displays Click Yes to proceed You can create a Storage Pool using one hard drive if desired You will not have any RAID protection options and can only select None from the RAID dropdown list while configuring your Storage Pool 7 Whe...

Page 146: ...setting refer to Energy Saving To add external NICs follow this procedure 1 Shut down your px12 450r Network Storage and remote its cover 2 Locate a vacant expansion slot at the back of the px12 450r and remove the expansion slot cover Save the expansion slot cover screw 3 Insert the Ethernet card into the expansion slot and push the connector on the Ethernet card firmly into the slot until it is ...

Page 147: ...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 148: ...ternet connection inoperable Primary router bridging may also require special configuration information and settings on the secondary router If you configured your px12 450r 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 px12 450r restarts This is a very simple way to configure the px12 450r ...

Page 149: ... 168 14 255 Make sure you are assigning the px12 450r 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...

Page 150: ...Additional Support AdditionalSupport 140 ...

Page 151: ... 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 152: ... site where you can get more information about your px12 450r The Support page provides access to content for learning more about using and supporting your px12 450r Refer to the LenovoEMC Support site for more information AdditionalSupport Support 142 ...

Page 153: ...Legal Legal 143 ...

Page 154: ...ns and air ventilation and should not be blocked or covered Make sure the px12 450r 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...

Page 155: ... 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 156: ... information on this coverage please contact a local Lenovo service provider For a full explanation of the types of warranty service refer to the full warranty available at http www lenovo com warranty llw_02 NOTE Lenovo Network Storage products are manufactured solely to standard commercial grade levels of reliability and are not intended for use in any systems that require the products to confor...

Page 157: ...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 158: ...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 159: ...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 149 ...

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