Step 1: Network Setup
From the Web Administration Interface, you can configure the network settings of
the N8800 for your network. You can access the Network menu from the menu bar.
For details on how to configure your network settings, refer to
Chapter 4:
System Network
.
Step 2: RAID Creation
Next, administrators can configure their preferred RAID setting and build their RAID
volume. You can access RAID settings from the menu bar of the Web Administration
Interface by navigating to Storage Management > RAID Configuration.
For more information on configuring RAID, see
Chapter 4: System Management >
RAID Configuration
.
Don’t know which RAID level to use? Find out more about the different RAID levels
from
Appendix C: RAID Basics
.
Step 3: Create Local Users or Setup Authentication
Once the RAID is ready, you can begin to create local users for the N8800, or choose
to setup authentication protocols such as Active Directory (AD).
For more on managing users, go to Chapter 4:
User and Group Authentication.
For more information on configuring Active Directory, see
Chapter 4: User and Group Authentication >
ADS/NT
Support
.
T
For information about the benefits of Active Directory, see
Appendix D: Active
Directory Basics
.
Step 4: Create Folders and Set Up ACLs
Once users are introduced into your network, you can begin to create various folders
on the N8800 and control user access to each using Folder Access Control Lists.
More information on managing folders, see
Chapter 4: Storage Management >
Share Folder
.
To find out about configuring Folder Access Control Lists, see Chapter 4: Storage
Management > Share Folder>
Folder Access Control List (ACL)
.
Step 5: Start Services
Finally, you can start to setup the different services of the N8800 for the users on
your network. You can find out more about each of these services by clicking below:
SMB/CIFS
Apple File Protocol (AFP)
Network File System (NFS)
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
iTunes Server
Media Server
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