PRONAS BN-4500, Installation Reference Manual

Page 1: ...Installation Reference Guide Revision 1 1 P N PW0020000000071 IDE NAS SUBSYSTEM ...

Page 2: ...s electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior written consent Trademarks All products and trade names used in this document are trademarks or regis tered trademarks of their respective holders Changes The material in this documents is for information only and is subject to change without notice ...

Page 3: ... However there is not guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause interference to radio or television equipment 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 1 Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna 2 Move the equipm...

Page 4: ...erview 5 1 Necessary Equipment for Installation 5 2 Installing Hard Disk Drives 5 3 ConnectingNAS Subsystem to YourNetwork 5 4 IP Setting 6 Configuring theNAS subsystem 6 1 Quick Setup 6 2 Menu 6 3 Manage Users 6 4 Service 6 5 Backup Restore 6 6 System 6 7 Interface 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 8 9 11 11 23 24 25 29 29 35 ...

Page 5: ... ports offers high performance NAS platform Based on Unix based embedded OS design it can boot without HDD FDD or CD ROM to guarantee reliability and quick boot The BN 4500 system is managed and configured by browser based software including pre configure disk capacity users setting volume management quick installed on popular net work platform Multi protocol support etc It also offers fault toler...

Page 6: ...ue you need to unpack the subsystem and verify that the contents of the shipping carton are all there and in good condition Before removing the subsystem from the shipping carton you should visually inspect the physical condition of the shipping carton Exterior damage to the shipping carton may indicate that the contents of the carton are damaged If any damage is found do not remove the components...

Page 7: ...nel Power LED Access LED LED will blink when the hard drive is being accessed Power LED Green LED indicates power is on HDD access LED 4 The Rear Panel Voltage Selector 115V 230V LAN2 LAN1 AC inlet Reserve Power Switch ...

Page 8: ...ou will also need the following capabilities on your workstation Windows 95 98 NT SP5 2000 XP with network access Internet Explorer v4 01 or later TCP IP Enabled 10 100 Mbps Ethernet Network Interface Card 5 2 installing Hard Disk Drives 1 Un screw from rear and need to un screw three 3 mounting screws one each side Then remove Fan module 2 Fan Module 2 1 1 ...

Page 9: ...5 2 Un screw from the back of the rear cover and sliding the rear cover off 2 1 Rear Cover 2 1 ...

Page 10: ...6 3 Take off Disk cage Disk cage 4 Stow hard disk into Disk cage and install the mounting screws on each side to secure the drive hard drive ...

Page 11: ...ble to the power connector on the hard drive 7 Connect the 40 pin 80 conduction ATA 100 cable to the IDE connector on the hard drive Power supply Power cable 40 pin 80 conduction ATA 100 cable 8 Put back rear cover and fix it 9 Put back Fan module and fix it ...

Page 12: ...e 2 Plug the power cord or power connector located at the rear of the NAS subsystem Important Configure the Voltage Selector according to the type of voltage you are using Failure to do so may cause severe damage to the subsystem The power supplies installed in the subsystem is capable of operating in 115V or 230V voltage 3 Turn on the power Note The factory default setting is 230V voltage for pow...

Page 13: ...p 2 Normally BN 4500 is configured IP address 172 16 1 2 and subnet mask 255 255 0 0 by factory default Please change your workstation setting to connect BN 4500 as below Note You can use the browser to reconfigure the new IP address Example http 172 16 1 1 nas ...

Page 14: ... Enable the service Windows UNIX Apple DHCP that you want to use in the Service menu when first time logon The factory default will disable all services Important Please set correct IP address Netmask Hostname Default router and Nameserver before use Please remember your password if you using Volume Password ...

Page 15: ... to the setup utility 6 1 Quick Setup This Quick Setup Guide is intended as a shortcut so that experienced users can get their NAS subsystem started as quickly as possible 1 Start web browser Type http 172 16 1 1 nas and system will prompt you to enter the username and password The default username will be admin and password will be proware Please change the default pass word when you login succes...

Page 16: ...w the following message Before configuring the NAS subsystem make sure the subsystem is able to detect all the hard drives in the subsystem This is to ensure that the hard drives are functioning normally click Format 3 To select which RAID level and Stripe Size you want to create ...

Page 17: ...13 4 Select OK to format NAS and subsystem will now initialize for the set tings to become effective ...

Page 18: ...n finished click Apply 5 After the subsystem completes initialization the screen will appear as shown below Select OK to running quick setup It will walk you through setting ethernet assigning Hostname Routing Table Nameserver Time zone Network time and service ...

Page 19: ...15 7 A warning that Clients will disconnect after change apply will appear click OK 8 The setting becomes effective and will appear in your web browser window Example address change to 192 168 152 70 ...

Page 20: ...fault username will be admin and password will be proware Please change the default password when you login successful Enter an easily remembered pass word and or write it down Example address change to 192 168 152 70 9 Please change your workstation TCP IP setting as shown below Example address change to 192 168 152 71 ...

Page 21: ... in the Network Neighborhood or Windows Explorer When creating a unit name be sure it is unique It should not have the same name as any other de vice on your network When finished click Apply 12 A warning that Clients will disconnect after change apply will appear click OK ...

Page 22: ...18 14 If you want to setting Nameserver please check with your network administrator 13 If you want to setting routing table please check with your network administrator ...

Page 23: ...19 15 Setting Time Zone Fill in the fields as directed When completed click Apply 16 Setting Network Time When completed click Apply ...

Page 24: ...20 18 Example Here is windows click Apply 17 Enable the service Windows UNIX Apple DHCP that you want to use The factory default will disable all services ...

Page 25: ... be workgroup There are three methods of validation select volume password user or PDC Validation methods Description Administrator created a limited password to manage public folder User should be created on BN 4500 NAS subsystem before entering the public folder According to domain controller setting to manage public folder Validation method Volume password User PDC ...

Page 26: ...22 20 When the quick setup is done your unit is now ready to use ...

Page 27: ...23 6 2 Menu ...

Page 28: ...menu you can change or view user information 2 To create users click the add user button Enter the user s login name and password You can also select user Validation method for checking passwords for the Windows 95 98 NT 2000 XP system ...

Page 29: ...ll disable all services Example Here is windows Unix and Apple click Apply 2 In the windows server screen assigning workgroup and selecting valida tion methods If you haven t changed your PC or laptop s workgroup name the default name will be workgroup There are three methods of validation select volume password user or PDC ...

Page 30: ...26 3 In the windows menu you can view volume connection and logged infor mation as below ...

Page 31: ...27 4 In the Unix server screen assigning an IP address 5 In the Unix menu you can view logged information as below ...

Page 32: ...28 6 In the Apple menu you can view volume information as below 7 In the DHCP menu you can view information as below ...

Page 33: ...29 6 5 Backup Restore 1 The configuration setting on your BN 4500 can be backed up or restored using this backup restore tab on the Tools menu 6 6 System ...

Page 34: ... BN 4500 NAS make sure all users are logged out Your setting and configuration information will be saved 2 Ask users to save their data and log out Then click Reboot When the reboot is done you will be asked to enter your password ...

Page 35: ...31 3 Setting Network Time When completed click Apply 4 Setting Time Zone Fill in the fields as directed When completed click Apply ...

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Page 37: ...00 will sent mail to event notifier 6 The NAS subsystem allows you to upgrade the firmware on line Ask us ers to backup their data and log out The clients will be disconnected Before upgrading firmware please first setting default routing table and Nameserver To upgrade the firmware please follow the steps as directed ...

Page 38: ...34 7 To select the language that you want to use The default will dependent on your browser encoding ...

Page 39: ...35 6 7 Interface 1 Setting IP and Netmask for 1st Ethernet Click Apply ...

Page 40: ...work Neighborhood or Windows Explorer When creating a unit name be sure it is unique It should not have the same name as any other de vice on your network When finished click Apply 2 If you want to using second LAN Please continue setting IP and Netmask for 2nd Ethernet Click Apply ...

Page 41: ...with your network administrator When you want to upgrade firmware please setting default Nameserver 4 If you want to setting routing table please check with your network administrator When you want to upgrade firmware please setting default routing table ...

Page 42: ...38 6 Refer to section 6 1 page 11 for instructions on running the quick setup utility ...

Page 43: ...rough a mecha nism that substitutes a globally registered IP Address into the source IP Address part of a message leaving the private network and restores the private IP Address into the destina tion part of a reply message entering the private network This function supports software backup The features are supported by our NAS including 1 Select default setting 2 Delect all datas on disk Please r...

Page 44: ...2 A 2 Query 1 In the Query menu you can search user information 2 Example search all user account ...

Page 45: ...cting a user you will enter user modify delect screen In this screen you can modify or delect this user information A 3 NAT 1 In the Service menu enable the NAT service The factory default will disable all services ...

Page 46: ...net interface that you want to use and click Apply A 4 Agent Backup Agent 1 Our NAS supports software backup function Before using software backup agent Veritas please assigning media server name Tell password and Vol 1 password first ...

Page 47: ...5 A 5 Write Default 1 You can select default setting or delect all disk datas ...