SMC Networks TigerStore SMCNAS04, User Manual

Page 1: ...USER GUIDE SMCNAS04 SMCNAS24 TigerStore SMB Network Attached Storage Server...

Page 2: ...SMCNAS04 SMCNAS24 User s Guide March 2007...

Page 3: ...TRADEMARKS all brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies NOTE the information in this manual is subject to change without notice...

Page 4: ...he right to revise or update its products software or documentation without obligation to notify any individual or entity Important Notice Please have your proof of purchase receipt to get warranty su...

Page 5: ...aging or physical misuse or abuse the data on a disk drive may be inaccessible through normal operations However the data may be recoverable through extraordinary means offered through a specialized d...

Page 6: ...power set the Voltage Switch on the rear of your system to the voltage matching your area voltage rating 100 127 200 240 Vac Device could be damaged when the Voltage Switch is at the wrong position z...

Page 7: ...es installed NOTE Please follow SMCNAS04 SMCNAS24 User s Guide to do software hardware installations and start SMCNAS04 storage system management z SMCNAS24 NAS system with 4 hard disk drives installe...

Page 8: ...p 11 Step 1 Install the Hard Disks 11 Step 2 Connect to the Network 14 Step 3 Connect to Power 15 Step 4 Configure Your Storage System 16 Chapter 3 Configuring Your Storage System 17 3 1 Installing th...

Page 9: ...m Management 63 Chapter 4 MAPPING SHARED FOLDER 65 4 1 The Input Limitation 66 Administrator Name 66 Administrator Password 66 Host Name 66 Workgroup Name 67 CIFS User Name 67 CIFS Group Name 67 NFS C...

Page 10: ...figurations providing up to 3 TB terabytes of shared network storage Supporting industry standard protocols you can easily add your storage device into your existing network In addition network manage...

Page 11: ...1 1 Package Contents Includes the following z SMCNAS04 SMCNAS24 Storage System with Key z Power Cord z RJ 45 Ethernet Cable z Utility Disc z Quick Installation Guide z Warranty Card 2...

Page 12: ...ft Windows UNIX Linux future option Macintosh future option Network Protocol TCP IP HTTP FTP SMB CIFS NFS future option RAID Migration future option RAID Expansion future option File Backup under Micr...

Page 13: ...wer Button Turns the power on and off Power Indicator Shows the current power status POWER ON Glows blue when the power is on o STANDBY Glows red when the system is in Standby mode power cord is conne...

Page 14: ...ate RAID function is implemented RAID Blinks blue to indicate RAID function is rebuilding the hard disk drive q DIAG Glows red to indicate RAID function is inactive or malfunctioning r Hard Disk Drive...

Page 15: ...Front Components Compartment Door Open Ref Component Description n Hard Disk Tray Door Handle Opens the hard disk tray 6...

Page 16: ...Right Side Components Ref Component Description n Door Lock Locks the hard disk drive compartment door for security 7...

Page 17: ...Left Side Components Ref Component Description n USB Port Connects a USB device such as a USB disk printer or USB UPS 8...

Page 18: ...tting p Ventilation Opening Maintain proper operating temperature Do not cover or block the openings q Reset Switch Allows you to reset the system to the factory default username password and HDCP r R...

Page 19: ...Chapter 2 Setting Up Step 1 Install the Hard Disks 1 Insert the key and turn clockwise n to unlock and open the door o 2 Slide the latch toward the right to release the handle 11...

Page 20: ...cond lowest level tray and so forth 3 Pull the handle to slide the hard disk tray forward Then pull the hard disk tray out of the device 4 Unfasten four screws from each side of the hard disk tray and...

Page 21: ...hard disk in the tray 6 Keeping the handle in its full open state slide the hard disk tray all the way into the device until the hinge of the handle is inside the device Then close the handle The lat...

Page 22: ...nd perform Storage System Management is powered off and connected to the network hub 2 Make sure that the network hub is powered off 3 Connect one end of the Ethernet cable to any of the four network...

Page 23: ...Step 3 Connect to Power 1 Make sure that your storage system is turned off 2 Before connecting to power set the Voltage Switch to the voltage matching your local standard setting 15...

Page 24: ...cord to your storage system and the other end to a standard electrical outlet 4 Power on your network hub 5 Power on your computer Step 4 Configure Your Storage System See the next chapter for softwar...

Page 25: ...to install at least one hard disk lowest level tray before your storage system can provide services SMCNAS04 SMCNAS24 A network consists of your storage device computer for Storage System Management...

Page 26: ...e contents of the Utility disc to your computer 2 Double click jre 6 windows i586 exe to install JAVA Runtime Environment JRE 6 on your computer Click on the link to download thru your browser http ja...

Page 27: ...button o on your storage device at the same time You can only release the Reset switch after the blue RAID indicator blinks may take 15 20 seconds 5 Wait for a while approximately 3 5 minutes until th...

Page 28: ...6 The following screen appears Change the RAID configuration by clicking the radio button of the available RAID configuration on the CHANGE TO column under RAID Profiles then click CHANGE 20...

Page 29: ...7 The following screen appears 21...

Page 30: ...very html again and the following screen appears Wait for approximately five minutes 9 When the following screen appears click Click to Upgrade under the Upgrade column It will show Will start soon to...

Page 31: ...ksum z Extracting Firmware z Installing OS z Installing Kernel z Installing Media Server z Installing KHTTPD z Installing Samba z Installing Configurator z Installing NASUtils 11 When the upgrade proc...

Page 32: ...igure NAS under the Configuration URL column to log in Storage System Management Proceed to the next section on performing Storage System Management NOTE About the function of Click to Map under the M...

Page 33: ...ASDiscoveryUtility NASDiscovery html where x is the drive that you have copied NASDiscoveryUtility on your computer when the following screen appears click Click to Configure NAS under the Configurati...

Page 34: ...e network for storage systems This might take a few minutes The following screen appears 2 Enter the default User name admin and the default Password smcadmin then select the desired language 3 Click...

Page 35: ...eware version MAC and IP address subnet mask gateway IP address and disk mode system utilization data utilization and current connections shared folders users and login time System utilization show cu...

Page 36: ...or IP address administrator name and password On the My NAS page click System setting and the following screen appears NOTE Be careful when changing the Storage System Name Inform your clients of any...

Page 37: ...or IP address of the Network Time Protocol server from which the storage system should adjust its time You can use an NTP server name only if it is resolvable recognizable Administrator name Password...

Page 38: ...Network Setting Allow you to configure the network settings that include the workgroup name MAC address and FTP server settings 1 Click Network setting and the following screen would appear 30...

Page 39: ...you have to specify an IP address subnet mask gateway IP address and DNS server Enable FTP server Allow your storage device to perform as an FTP server and suggests to download data transfer tool at h...

Page 40: ...rm quota management Users 1 Click the Users Groups button on the Storage System Management homepage The following screen appears 2 Add the users After the user is added you can assign the user to shar...

Page 41: ...3 Click Add and the following screen appear allowing you to specify the type of user Windows Mac OS X or Linux Other Mac future option you want to add 33...

Page 42: ...the requested user information For Windows Mac OS X user CIFS To change this Do this User name Password Confirm password In the User name field enter the user name In the Password and Confirm password...

Page 43: ...the user who typically accesses the computer or any other description to identify the computer The IP address or computer name field identifies the Host system enter the IP address or computer name of...

Page 44: ...ers into groups makes it easier to give several users access to the same shared folder at once 1 Click Groups on the Users Groups page The following screen appears NOTE Only Windows users can be inclu...

Page 45: ...2 Click Add and the following screen appear Enter a group name and add all or selected users to this group You can also remove all or selected users from a group 3 Click Apply 37...

Page 46: ...TE Before enabling disabling Quota Management make sure that iTunes is not enabled no USB device is mounted and there is no existing Samba connection to your storage device see later section for detai...

Page 47: ...Size of guest on the SATA disk Administrator password It is for the set quota of the specific user on the SATA disk field select No Limit or Quota Size and enters the quota size MB In the Administrat...

Page 48: ...f all currently configured and shared folders and allow you to add shared folders change which users can access them or remove them 1 Click the Shared Folders button on the Storage System Management h...

Page 49: ...r 1 Click Add to create shared folder and the following screen appears 2 Enter the name of the new shared folder and click Next 3 Select the users groups who you want to authorize add or remove user 4...

Page 50: ...want to modify Click Assign Access and the following screen appear 2 Enter the Shared folder name 3 You can Add specify as Read Only or Read Write users groups to as well as Remove existing users gro...

Page 51: ...rmation appears click OK for the changes to take effect 3 6 Disk Page Allow you to view information about the installed hard disk s slot model serial number size RAID type and disk status shows the RA...

Page 52: ...em configuration options such as setting up email alerts upgrading the firmware UPS uninterruptible power supply iTunes media printer server USB backup viewing information about system events and shut...

Page 53: ...when the upper operating temperature has been reached and when power level of the USB UPS is not adequate To have a good use of this feature you must have to access an SMTP email server either within...

Page 54: ...llowing screen appears 2 Enter the information about your SMTP email server sender s email address and up to two email addresses that should receive the notification NOTE If your SMTP email server has...

Page 55: ...d page and the following screen appears For additional security you must enter your administrator password in order to upgrade the firmware 2 Click Browse and select the firmware file Upgrade x x x xx...

Page 56: ...4 Click Apply 5 When the message of confirmation appears click OK to confirm 6 The upload percentage will be displayed 7 System will reboot automatically after upgrade is done 48...

Page 57: ...ystem to function as an iTunes server for accessing digital music and video files from an iTunes client computer 1 Click iTunes Server on the Advanced page and the following screen appears 2 Click the...

Page 58: ...media server by specifying the scan path selecting the media file type s start scanning and afterwards display the results of the scan as well as delete and backup media database 1 Click Media Server...

Page 59: ...then click Set Types Media Scan Control Click Start Scan to start scanning Media Scan Details Previous Scan Displays the result of the latest scan by showing the total number of image files audio file...

Page 60: ...s a printer server when a USB printer is connected 1 Connect a printer to any USB port on your storage system 2 Click Printer Server on the Advanced page and the following screen appears NOTE To be ab...

Page 61: ...he storage system s IP 631 printers PrinterServer UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply Allow your storage system to use a USB UPS as temporary backup power 1 Connect a USB UPS to any USB port on your stor...

Page 62: ...he Power status amount of backup power available will be shown 4 Click Apply NOTE A warning message will appear if there is no USB UPS connected to your storage system 5 When the message of confirmati...

Page 63: ...text box enter the password 3 Click Apply 4 If you want to change the default Criteria of backup available space in the Criteria of backup available space textbox enter the value MB to change the all...

Page 64: ...vents that have occurred on the storage system Reviewing this list can help you identify and resolve any problems that you might encounter 1 Click System log on the Advanced page and the following scr...

Page 65: ...an shut the storage system down remotely by using Storage System Management To use Storage System Management 1 Click Shut Down on the Advanced page and the following screen appears allowing you to shu...

Page 66: ...appears the indication of that the system is shutting down CAUTION Always shutdown the system in accordance with the instructions above An improper shutdown may affect the functionality of storage sy...

Page 67: ...use Storage System Management 1 Click Reboot on the Advanced page and the following screen appears allowing you to reboot the storage system CAUTION Make sure no one is backing up a disk or using a s...

Page 68: ...ge appears the indication of that the system is rebooting CAUTION Always reboot the system in accordance with the instructions above An improper reboot may affect the functionality of storage system i...

Page 69: ...to zero disk again User can click the Back to Zero Disk of Advanced page 1 Click Back to Zero Disk on the Advanced page and the following screen appears allowing you to back to software installation s...

Page 70: ...RAID Profile on the Configuration URL column Please refer to software installation STEP 3 1 5 5 The following screen appears Select the preferred RAID configuration by clicking the CHANGE TO drop down...

Page 71: ...3 8 Logging Out of Storage System Management 1 To log out of the Storage System Management system without shutting it down click the Logout button 63...

Page 72: ...he message of confirmation appears click OK 3 The following screen appears You can allow it to stay in the background and perform other computer task To use the Storage System Management later click L...

Page 73: ...reen appears click Click to Map under the MAP Shares column to map shared folders 2 Then the following screen appears NAS Samba Share User could select which shared folder to connect Share Name User c...

Page 74: ...yphens underlines _ and dots First character must be a letter uppercase and lowercase A Z Administrator password 9 Maximum number of characters 8 9 Rules Any printable ASCII characters but not Host na...

Page 75: ...A Z 9 User name cannot be uppercase and lowercase root backupuser nobody ftp anonymous CIFS group name 9 Maximum number of characters 15 9 Rules Can include only letters uppercase and lowercase A Z n...

Page 76: ...s uppercase and lowercase A Z numbers 0 9 hyphens underlines _ and dots First character must be a letter uppercase and lowercase A Z 9 Share name cannot be uppercase and lowercase com1 com9 lpt1 lpt9...

Page 77: ...value of xxx is between 0 and 255 NTP server name 9 Maximum number of characters 64 9 Rules Can include only letters uppercase and lowercase A Z numbers 0 9 hyphens underlines _ and dots SMTP user na...

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