XtendLan XL-NAS-2800SS, User Manual

Page 1: ...XL NAS 2800SS 2U 8bays SAS SATA NAS System User Manual Revision 1 0 ...

Page 2: ... Rear View 12 2 2 3 Disk Tray 13 2 2 3 1 Disk Drive Status Indicator 13 2 2 3 2 Lock Indicator 14 2 2 4 LCD Panel 14 2 2 5 LCD Menu Diagram 15 2 3 Getting Started with the NAS System 16 2 3 1 NAS Hardware Setup 16 2 3 2 Installing Hard Drives 16 2 3 3 Connecting to NAS Management GUI 18 2 3 4 Quick Setup 20 2 4 Overview of the NAS Setup Phases 24 Chapter 3 proNAS Manager 25 3 1 Storage Share 25 3 ...

Page 3: ...lete Share Folder 55 3 2 Network 56 3 2 1 Device Configuration 56 3 2 1 1 Configure Network Trunking 58 3 2 1 2 Cancel Network Trunking 61 3 2 2 ADS NIS 62 3 2 2 1 Join NAS to Windows AD Domain 63 3 2 2 2 Join NAS to NIS Domain 66 3 2 3 DHCP Internet Gateway 67 3 2 4 P2P 68 3 2 4 1 Status 69 3 2 4 2 Server 70 3 2 4 3 Options 71 3 2 4 4 Shares 72 3 2 4 5 Example of Download from Link and Torrent 73...

Page 4: ...ccount 108 3 4 2 Group 109 3 4 2 1 Create Group 110 3 4 2 2 Delete Group 111 3 4 2 3 Edit Group 112 3 5 Data Backup 113 3 5 1 Backup List 113 3 5 1 1 Create Backup Plan 114 3 5 1 2 Create Immediate Backup 118 3 5 1 3 Delete Backup Plan 119 3 5 1 4 Edit Backup Plan 119 3 5 1 5 Delete a Backup Log 120 3 5 1 6 Restore a Backup 120 3 5 2 Schedule 121 3 5 2 1 Setup Scheduled Backup Task 122 3 5 2 2 Edi...

Page 5: ...nformation and tips that the user must give attention to in going through with the subsystem operation IMPORTANT These are the important information that the user must remember WARNING These are the warnings that the user must follow to avoid unnecessary errors and bodily injury during hardware and software operation of the subsystem CAUTION These are the cautions that user must be aware of to pre...

Page 6: ... it not to exceed the allowed ambient temperature Before plugging in any power cords cables and connectors make sure that the power switches are turned off Disconnect first any power connection if the power supply module is being removed from the enclosure Outlets must be accessible to the equipment All external connections should be made using shielded cables and as much as possible should not be...

Page 7: ...d storage to the network It comes with 8 drive trays accommodating 3 5 SAS SATA drives while SCA II single connector architecture enables true hot swap capability Built in Intel Celeron 1 6G CPU or above up to 4GB DDR2 667MHz SDRAM and two Gigabit Ethernet ports offers high performance NAS platform Linux based embedded OS design within Disk on Module for guarantee reliability and boot quickly The ...

Page 8: ...orts RAID levels 0 1 5 6 10 and Linear JBOD Smart function LCD panel for RAID setting status Option Supports hot spare and automatic hot rebuild Linux based embedded OS design Provides file access services to multiple users over the LAN the intranet and or the internet Multi protocol support TCP IP DHCP Apple Talk Mac zone SMB NFS CIFS AFP over TCP IP ...

Page 9: ...master browser ƒ Share level security ƒ User ID security for NFS General ƒ Supports Volume as iSCSI Target ƒ File Server Independent ƒ Localized language support ƒ With Quick Setup function ƒ Supports trunking load balance fail over LACP 802 3ad ƒ Support UPS management ƒ Supports USB print server ƒ Support BT download ƒ Support U Share System Management ƒ Windows and Macintosh Client Discover Uti...

Page 10: ...npacking the NAS System The package contains the following items System unit Two power cords Two Ethernet LAN cables Installation Reference Guide If any of these items are missing or damaged please contact your dealer or sales representative for assistance ...

Page 11: ... The illustrations below identify the various parts of the NAS system 2 2 1 Front View Power LED LED is green when the NAS system in on Fan1 Fan2 Fault LED LED is red when Fan1 or Fan2 fails Power On Off Switch Use this switch to power on or power off the NAS system ...

Page 12: ... Input Socket This is where the power cord is connected Power On Fail LED Shows the status of the power supply A green LED means power supply works fine LED is off when power supply is not working or failed Mute Alarm Use this button to mute the power supply alarm buzzer The buzzer will alarm when a power supply fails COM1 The NAS system has one serial port ...

Page 13: ...ve s power is on and everything is functioning normally When the light is RED a disk error or failure has happened that requires the user s attention When disk is in rebuilding status the LED is blinking RED The other status indicator light is the hard disk drive access light Access LED will light up blue if the SAS HD is installed Access LED will not light up if the SATA HD is installed When the ...

Page 14: ...le for easy carrier removal Drive Carrier is Unlocked Drive Carrier is locked 2 2 4 LCD Panel Parts Function Power LED Green LED indicates power is on Up and Down Arrow buttons Use the Up or Down arrow keys to go through the information on the LCD screen This is also used to move between each menu Select button This is used to enter the option you have selected Exit button EXIT Press this button t...

Page 15: ...Menu Diagram Disk Status Information S 001 means slot number 1 O means disk drive in slot is Online or detected X means no disk drive in slot or disk drive not detected R means the disk drive is rebuilding F means the disk drive is failed ...

Page 16: ...4 The Power LED on the front panel will turn green 2 3 2 Installing Hard Drives This section describes the location of the hard drives in the NAS system and gives instructions on installing a hard drive The system supports hot swapping allowing you to install or replace a hard drive while the system is running a Make sure the lock indicator is in unlocked position To pull out a disk tray press the...

Page 17: ...ting screws on the bottom part to secure the drive in the disk tray d Slide the tray into a slot and push the Lock Indicator Button e Press the handle until you hear the latch click into place The HDD status LED will turn green if subsystem is on ...

Page 18: ...1 3000 3 The proNAS Login Page will be displayed 4 Enter the Login Name account and Password Refer to the default settings in the table below Entity Default Value LAN0 eth0 IP address 172 16 0 1 TCP port 3000 Net Mask 255 255 0 0 Hostname NAS Login Name admin Password 00000000 NAS Default Settings NOTE When the system initially has no NAS configuration Unit is new and drives have just been used an...

Page 19: ...own in item 5 no existing NAS configuration or NAS system has been configured already after login the proNAS Manager GUI will be displayed NOTE Enable Timeout is enabled by default When there is no activity in the proNAS Manager GUI admin will be automatically logged out after 15 minutes To disable timeout remove check mark in Enable Timeout NOTE The Language options supports English Chinese Japan...

Page 20: ...t Home share capacity which can be changed It also shows default share named share which can be renamed and whose size can be changed 3 Network Adapter This is for configuring the primary Ethernet interface LAN0 eth0 network settings After changing the settings admin need to login using the new IP address 4 Service This is for enabling the basic file sharing Services provided by proNAS Windows Sam...

Page 21: ...e Host Name box b Enter the new IP address c Edit the Subnet Mask and Gateway The configuration options in Network Adaptor š Host Name The Host Name is the NetBIOS name of NAS system This name should be unique š IP This is the IP address of primary Ethernet port LAN0 eth0 used for NAS management or share folder access If not set it will use the default IP 172 16 0 1 š Subnet Mask The Subnet Mask u...

Page 22: ...NAS System User Manual 22 4 Configure the Service options a Enable the Services provided by proNAS as needed 5 Click the Execute button ...

Page 23: ...d Select Yes to reboot the NAS and free some memory used by the system 8 A message will be displayed Click OK 9 The NAS will restart Wait for about 3 to 4 minutes then login again If IP address was changed in Network Adapter settings re login to proNAS administration page using the new IP address ...

Page 24: ...asic steps are z Create RAID Disk from Hard Disk Drives z Join RAID Disk to Volume Group s Storage Pool z Setup the Network Environment z Enable Services for Windows clients Linux UNIX clients and MAC clients z Create and Setup Logical Volume and Share Folder z Create Accounts or Groups or Join ADS NIS Domain and assign Share Folder Permission ...

Page 25: ...Disk Information Click the Storage Share icon then select RAID Disk Information tab The RAID Configuration and Disk Information window will be displayed NOTE The Storage Share Æ RAID function is normally used when creating a customized RAID configuration This can be used when the Quick Setup has not been done yet or Quick Setup has already been done but the RAID will be expanded using new disk dri...

Page 26: ...failed RAID Configuration Options Create New RAID Use to create a RAID disk using the hard disk drives Edit RAID Used to edit an existing RAID disk Disk Information Screen Disk Slot The hard disk drive slot number Size GB The capacity size of the hard disk drive Model The hard disk drive model name Status The current status of the hard disk drive Status can be RAID_MEMBER UN_USED or SPARE Disk Inf...

Page 27: ...l create the Raid storage device without initialization RAID Level Select the RAID Level you want for the RAID configuration Available options depending on number of disk drives are JBOD 0 1 5 6 and 10 Stripe Set the size of the stripe block size or chunk size written to each disk drive Default is 64KB Other options are 128KB 256KB 512KB and 1024KB NOTE A large stripe size produces better read per...

Page 28: ...Manual 28 3 A message will be displayed A warning message is also displayed Click OK to close the warning message 4 The RAID disk will be initialized Verify in the Status information the current initialization process ...

Page 29: ...ool 6 Select the RAID logical disk that will be added to storage pool Click OK when done NOTE NASVG which is a Volume Group that holds the NAS configurations will be created when at least one disk RAID disk is joined to Storage Pool At the same time the default Home volume is also created The Home volume holds the individual share folders of all user accounts The default Home volume size is 512MB ...

Page 30: ... A warning message will be displayed Select Yes to proceed 8 A message will be displayed 9 When warning message is displayed select Yes to reboot the NAS system to free some memory used by the system 10 The NAS system will reboot ...

Page 31: ...ume The NASVG and the default Home volume are created NOTE After NASVG is initialized the Storage Information screen will show a pie chart with amount of Free Size and Used Size Volumes can be created from the NASVG 12 After the RAID disk is joined to NASVG the RAID status in Disk Information will show IN_USED ...

Page 32: ... 3 1 1 2 Set a Spare Disk Steps to Set a Spare Disk 1 Select the hard disk drive to be made a spare disk and click Set Spare 2 The selected hard disk drive will become a Spare Disk The Status in Disk Information will show SPARE ...

Page 33: ... disk to the NASVG Create Volume Used to create a new Volume A Volume is storage space which is shared by several Share Folders several Share Folders can be created under a single Volume Volume List Screen There are two types of view provided to display the Volume information Detail View and Grid View Detail View has Delete Extend and iSCSI buttons Name The Volume name Size MB The total Volume cap...

Page 34: ...2 A dialog box will be displayed Select a RAID logical disk an unused newly created RAID disk to be joined to the Storage Pool of NASVG Click OK when done 3 The RAID logical disk will be joined to the NASVG NOTE If a new RAID logical disk has not been created yet create first the RAID disk using the available free physical disk drives NOTE An un used physical disk drive can be used to join to the ...

Page 35: ...lick Create Volume 2 In the Create New Volume dialog box enter the Volume Name and Size in MB The Free NASVG capacity will show the available capacity that can be used Click OK when done NOTE The volume name does not allow space in between characters 3 A message will be displayed ...

Page 36: ...NAS System User Manual 36 4 The new Volume will be created ...

Page 37: ...ke sure the data in the volume and all its share folders are no longer needed or a backup has been made before deleting the volume 1 Click the Delete button of the Volume to be deleted 2 A warning message will be displayed Click Yes to proceed with deletion 3 A message window will be displayed 4 The Volume will be deleted ...

Page 38: ...d a Volume 1 Click the Extend button of the Volume to be extended 2 A dialog box will be displayed Enter the additional capacity that will be added to the Volume in the Size MB box Click OK when done 3 A message will be displayed 4 The total Volume capacity will be increased ...

Page 39: ...ite cache tick the option Enable write cache To enable authentication tick the Enable box in CHAP Authentication then enter an Account name Enter the password in Password box and Password Confirm box Click OK when done NOTE When CHAP Authentication is used the same Account and Password must also be used in iSCSI initiator to successfully connect to the NAS iSCSI device Password length must be 12 t...

Page 40: ...NAS System User Manual 40 4 Another warning message will be displayed Select Yes to proceed 5 A message will be displayed 6 The iSCSI Volume is ready ...

Page 41: ...ct to iSCSI Target Volume from host computer with iSCSI Initiator Log on to target device Use the CHAP account and password if set in iSCSI Configuration 8 After successful connection the iSCSI device will be shown in Disk Drives list ...

Page 42: ...onfiguration in a Volume 1 Select the Volume with iSCSI Configuration and click the iSCSI button Remove the check mark on the iSCSI Enable box Click OK when done 2 A warning message will be displayed Select Yes to proceed 3 A message will be displayed 4 The iSCSI function of the Volume will be disabled ...

Page 43: ...tored as basic NAS volume all the data in the volume previously configured as iSCSI Target are deleted NOTE The iSCSI Configuration must be disabled first before the Volume can be restored as basic NAS volume See previous Section on how to disable iSCSI configuration 1 Select the Volume with iSCSI Configuration and click the iSCSI button Click the Restore to Volume button 2 A warning message will ...

Page 44: ...NAS System User Manual 44 3 A message will be displayed 4 The iSCSI Configuration will be removed and the volume is restored as basic NAS volume ...

Page 45: ...ba Shows the status if Samba CIFS protocol is enabled Yes or not No in the share folder UNIX Linux NFS Shows the status if NFS protocol is enabled Yes or not No in the share folder Mac AppleTalk Shows the status if AppleTalk protocol is enabled Yes or not No in the share folder Rsync Shows the status if Rsync is enabled Yes or not No in the share folder Share Security Options Create Share Folder U...

Page 46: ...Configure the necessary options Share Configuration Options Share Name Enter the share folder name NOTE The share folder name does not allow space in between characters Volume Select the Volume where the share folder will be created Owner Set the owner of the share folder By default admin owns all share folders Public When enabled checked the share folder is accessible to all users ...

Page 47: ...e or not Default is disabled Files Begin with Dots This controls whether files that begin with a dot will become hidden files Default is disabled Max connection This option limits the number of simultaneous connections at a certain time A value of zero default means an unlimited number of connections will be possible in this share 4 Select Unix Linux NFS option in Protocol Setting window The NFS p...

Page 48: ...ck Use this option to enable or disable subtree checking A subtree check happens if a subdirectory of a filesystem is exported but the whole filesystem isn t then whenever a NFS request arrives the server must check not only that the accessed file is in the appropriate filesystem which is easy but also that it is in the exported tree which is harder 5 Select Mac Appletalk option in Protocol Settin...

Page 49: ...ent can connect to this share folder and upload or download files via Rsync Read Only When checked all files within this share will be read only to any Rsync client Anonymous When checked anonymous connections will be accepted Maximum connections This specifies the maximum number of Rsync client that can connect to this share at a certain time username password Use this option to edit Rsync accoun...

Page 50: ...NAS System User Manual 50 7 Click Save when done Then Share Folder will be created ...

Page 51: ... accounts that will be given access permission to the share folder then click The accounts will appear on the right screen Set the Write and Quota MB options as needed NOTE Use the to remove an account from share folder privilege Select the account then click The account will be removed from the right column Account Privilege Options Write By default this option is checked and the account is given...

Page 52: ... screen Set the Write and Quota MB options as needed NOTE Use the to remove a group from share folder privilege Select the group then click The group will be removed from the right column Group Privilege Options Write By default this option is checked and the group is given Read and Write permission to the share folder To assign Read Only permission remove the check mark ...

Page 53: ...low connections from your private network 192 168 100 and all other connection will be refused Note To remove an IP address from share folder privilege select the IP address then click IP Privilege Setup Options Read This option allows Read access from the specified IP address or address range Write This option allows Write access from the specified IP address or address range IP Privilege Edit Op...

Page 54: ...r Manual 54 3 1 3 3 Edit Share Folder Steps to Edit Share Folder 1 Select the share folder name then click Edit Share Folder 2 Change the necessary options Click Save when done NOTE The Share Name cannot be modified ...

Page 55: ...older name then click Edit Share Folder 2 Click Delete A warning message will be displayed Select Yes to proceed The share folder will be deleted WARNING Be careful when using the Delete button Make sure your data in the share is no longer needed or a backup has been made before deleting the share folder ...

Page 56: ... the server s FQDN For example MYDOMAIN LOCAL DNS Server Enter the DNS Server IP address DNS server is responsible for mapping the machine name and IP address WINS Server Enter the WINS Server IP address WINS Server is responsible for the setting NetBIOS name resolution Edit Hosts Table Use this button to edit machine name and IP address mapping in the Hosts table This is optional Edit LmHost Tabl...

Page 57: ...ddress Shows the MAC address of network device Enable on Boot If enabled this adapter will be active when proNAS starts up Dynamic IP BOOTP DHCP If checked this specifies that this network device will dynamically obtain an IP address from a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP server or from a Bootstrap Protocol BOOTP server Default Gateway If checked the default gateway will be enabled in thi...

Page 58: ...ections may become unstable 1 In Network Æ Device Configuration screen click Create Trunking 2 The Create Trunking Dialog window will be displayed Configure the necessary options Create Trunking Configuration Options Target Device Shows the network device names that can be included in Trunking To select press the Ctrl key and at the same time click the network device names Mode Select the Trunking...

Page 59: ...ch destination MAC address This mode provides load balance and fault tolerance Dynamic Link Aggregation 802 3ad policy Combines multiple physical network links into a single logical link for increased performance Transmits and receives on all slaves in the active aggregator Pre requisite the network switch must support IEEE 802 3ad Load Balance ALB Adaptive Load Balancing policy The receive load b...

Page 60: ...m User Manual 60 4 The Trunking function is configured The member network devices will be shown as deactivated and cannot be configured A new network device name bond0 which is the Trunking device will be shown ...

Page 61: ...nction 1 Find the device name bond0 then click Cancel Trunking 2 A warning message will be displayed Click Yes to proceed 3 The Trunking function will be cancelled The network device eth0 will be automatically configured and get the IP address previously assigned to the Trunking device ...

Page 62: ...omain accounts can be imported and integrated into the NAS NOTE Some network settings required in configuring the Windows Domain Authentication option must have been configured in Network ÎDevice Configuration such as Domain Workgroup name DNS Suffix and DNS Server ...

Page 63: ... AD Domain 1 Select Network Æ Device Configuration Enter the Domain Name and DNS Suffix A DNS Server IP can also be entered if necessary Refer to Section 3 2 1 for the Device Configuration options 2 A warning message will be displayed Select Yes to apply new settings 3 Select Network Æ ADS NIS tab ...

Page 64: ...ion Use this option to enable or disable Windows Domain Authentication Host Name Indicates the NetBIOS name of NAS as configured in Network Æ Device Configuration tab Domain Workgroup Shows the domain workgroup name as configured in Network Æ Device Configuration tab DNS Suffix Shows the DNS Suffix as configured in Network Æ Device Configuration tab Domain Server IP Shows the IP address of the dom...

Page 65: ...le only on WindowsNT4 with SP4 and Windows 2000 or later Default is disabled Enable Client Channel This controls whether the client offers or even demands the use of the netlogon schannel Default is auto means it offers the schannel but does not enforce it Reset Use this button to undo or clear any changes made Save Use this button to save the changes made 5 Click Save when done NOTE When NAS is s...

Page 66: ...Authentication Options Enable NIS Authentication Use this option to enable or disable NIS Domain Authentication NIS Domain Enter the NIS domain name NIS Server Enter the IP Address of NIS server Reset Use this button to undo or clear any changes made Save Use this button to save the changes made NOTE When NAS is successfully joined to the NIS domain the domain user accounts will appear in Account ...

Page 67: ...ing and NAT DHCP Internet Gateway Options IP range starting from Means the starting address of range of private IP addresses for DHCP IP range ending with Means the ending address of range of private IP address for DHCP Private Net The network device connected to the private network WAN The network device connected to the Internet WAN NOTE This function must be configured in System Î Service tab S...

Page 68: ...peer to peer file sharing protocol NOTE Enable the P2P Service System Î Service Also setup the P2P Service Download file location System Î P2P Î Edit Î Quick Setup Refer to Section 3 3 2 Service NOTE DNS settings must be configured first before starting P2P service ...

Page 69: ...download Use this button to add download item Then select either download link or torrent file Remove Use this button to remove a selected download item Pause Use this to pause the downloading of selected item Resume Use this to resume downloading of selected item Refresh use this to refresh current download status ...

Page 70: ...This screen allows connection to and disconnection from server Options Connect Use this button to connect to a selected server Disconnect Use this button to disconnect to a selected server Refresh Use this to refresh current connection status ...

Page 71: ... connections Maximum download rate Use this option to set the maximum download transfer rate Maximum upload number Use this option to set the maximum number of upload connections Maximum upload rate Use this option to set the maximum upload transfer rate Reset Use this button undo any changes made and load previously saved setting Apply Use this button to save changes made ...

Page 72: ...NAS System User Manual 72 3 2 4 4 Shares This screen displays the list of files downloaded or being downloaded in the target share ...

Page 73: ...NAS System User Manual 73 3 2 4 5 Example of Download from Link and Torrent 1 Click New download 2 To download using link enter the download link or paste the link in the box provided Click OK ...

Page 74: ...NAS System User Manual 74 3 To download from another link enter the link or paste the link in the box then click OK 4 Two items will be displayed under Download ...

Page 75: ...NAS System User Manual 75 5 To download using torrent click New download then select Torrent option Click select torrent file 6 Select the torrent file Click Open ...

Page 76: ... 7 The download item will be added in the Download list 8 To remove an item select the item and click Remove 9 To pause downloading select an item and click Pause 10 To resume downloading select a paused item then click Resume ...

Page 77: ...s 3 3 1 System Information The System Information screen shows the following Host Name Indicates the NetBIOS name of NAS as configured in Network Æ Device Configuration Domain Workgroup Shows the domain workgroup name as configured in Network Æ Device Configuration Version Shows the NAS firmware version Time Shows the NAS system time and time zone Model Shows the NAS system model CPU Shows the NAS...

Page 78: ...e automatically logged out after 15 minutes To disable timeout remove check mark in Enable Timeout Device Shows the device information such as Slot number system fan CPU fan CPU temperature and motherboard temperature Status Shows the current status of each device such as slot temperature CPU fan speed in RPM and CPU and motherboard temperature reading The System Information screen also shows the ...

Page 79: ...users need this to access the NAS share folders FTP Provides users with access to NAS using FTP Telnet Provides users with remote access to NAS using Telnet Rsync Provides Rsync process or system to which Rsync client connects SSH Provides remote access to NAS using SSH with more secure level iTunes Enable music files in the NAS share to be directly accessed by iTunes programs in the network P2P P...

Page 80: ...d by computers on the network Service Options Enable Allows you to enable disable the selected service NOTE You cannot enable a selected service if VG does not exist NASVG is not yet initialized Name Shows the service name Start on Boot Allows the service to auto start when the NAS starts Configuration This contains basic configuration options which can be set by clicking the Edit button Edit Clic...

Page 81: ... FTP port used by the NAS is 21 Max connection Specify the maximum number of allowed connections Default is 5 Telnet Option Port Use this option to set the Telnet port number Default Telnet port used by the NAS is 23 Max connection Specify the maximum number of allowed connections Default is 5 ...

Page 82: ...e SFTP in SSH SFTP Secure FTP provides secure file transfer iTunes Option Set Share as iTunes Library Select the share folder name that will be used as iTunes library from the list P2P Option Target Share Select the share folder name or USB device that will be used as download location ...

Page 83: ...SL option DHCP Options IP range starting from Means the starting address of range of private IP addresses for DHCP IP range ending with Means the ending address of range of private IP addresses for DHCP Private Net The network device connected to the private network For example eth0 WAN The network device connected to the Internet WAN For example eth1 ...

Page 84: ... Share Select the share folder where DLNA service will be enabled Please select LAN device Select the network device for use with DLNA service Photo Options Target Share Select the share folder that will be used as target location of photo images ...

Page 85: ...cting Photo service in System Æ Service tab Click Edit and select the target share Enable the Photo service by selecting the Enable check box on the left of the service name 2 Open web browser and type http xxx xxx xxx xxx photo where xxx xxx xxx xxx is the NAS IP address The LinPHA Photo Archive page will be displayed ...

Page 86: ...NAS System User Manual 86 3 Click the login link in the upper right side then login as admin and enter admin s password 4 The Photo Archive home page will be displayed ...

Page 87: ...t be saved in the NAS share designated as target location of Photo service and must be inside a subfolder For example share1 Photo Samples where share1 is the share name Photo is the folder created by Photo service and Samples is the subfolder containing photos or images 6 Select the admin tab to configure settings and options ...

Page 88: ...NAS System User Manual 88 7 Select my settings to configure account details 8 Select search tab for search options 9 Click the logout link to logout ...

Page 89: ...server press the Update Now button To enable automatic update of system time from NTP server check the Auto Update option Update Now Use this button to manually update the system time and synchronize from NTP server Auto Update Check this option to enable automatic update of system time from NTP server Add Use this button to add an NTP server Enter the NTP server IP address in the box provided the...

Page 90: ... this option to select the type of UPS whether UPS smart or Dumb UPS UPS Vendor Use this option to select the UPS vendor Currently only APC and Beam Tech UPS models are supported Cable Model Use this option to select the UPS cable type Options are simple smart ether and usb Shutdown Delay Min Use this option to set the delay time in minutes before UPS shutdown Reset Use this button to undo or clea...

Page 91: ...sed on schedule Reboot Reboot Use the button to immediately reboot the NAS If needed you can also enable Do Filesystem Check option to perform filesystem check after reboot Shutdown Use this button to immediately shutdown the NAS When a warning message is displayed select Yes to shutdown the system ...

Page 92: ...h care Resetting the NAS to default configuration will delete the current NAS settings and erase all existing data Schedule Use the options here to boot shutdown or reboot the NAS based on schedule Boot Boot Use the button to enable or disable scheduled boot of NAS Set the time hour and minutes in the up down arrow boxes Select the day or days when the scheduled boot will happen ...

Page 93: ...t the day or days when the scheduled shutdown will happen Schedule Reboot Schedule Reboot Use the button to enable or disable scheduled reboot of NAS Set the time hour and minutes in the up down arrow boxes Select the day or days when the scheduled reboot will happen Reset Use this button to undo or clear any changes made Apply Use this button to save the changes made ...

Page 94: ...or manually from local directory 3 3 5 1 Remote Upgrade Remote To upgrade remotely press the Check Updates button The available NAS firmware version will be listed Select the firmware version then click the Upgrade button The NAS firmware version will be updated NAS will restart to load the updates ...

Page 95: ...ade locally the NAS firmware must have been downloaded from vendor s FTP site and saved into local directory Click the Upgrade button select the NAS upgrade file tar file and click Open The NAS firmware version will be updated NAS will restart to load the updates ...

Page 96: ...and All Type Shows the type of log Use the down arrow to select the type of log to display Options are All System Storage Share and Account Level Shows the log level Use the down arrow to select the level of log to display Options are All DEBUG INFO WARN and ERROR Message Shows information about the log Export Use this button to save the log file to local directory The log file must be given zip o...

Page 97: ...vent Option Use this function to enable event notification via email Event Option Enable Check the event that will be included in list of events that will be monitored Once the selected event happened the email recipient s will receive a notification mail ...

Page 98: ...the email account Sender Address Use this option to specify the sender s email address Recipients Options Add Use this button to add a recipient email address in the list of recipients Type in the text box the recipient email address Remove Use this button to remove an email address from the list of recipients Select first the email address then click Remove Apply and test Use this button to save ...

Page 99: ... System User Manual 99 3 3 8 System Tools NAS provides various system tools which help the administrator monitor the system Connection Use this button to display information about client active connections ...

Page 100: ...NAS System User Manual 100 netstat Use this button to display network connections and statistics information ps Use this button to display current running processes ...

Page 101: ...ser Manual 101 top Use this button to display current running processes and system usage information df Use this button to display disk free information or the amount of available disk space in mounted file systems ...

Page 102: ...NAS System User Manual 102 dmesg Use this button to display NAS boot up messages ...

Page 103: ...Manual 103 ping Use this option to test whether a particular host is reachable or to check connectivity to a particular IP address Options IP Enter the host IP address Counter Enter the number of echo requests to send ...

Page 104: ...UID Shows the user account ID number Full Name Shows the user account full name Type Shows the type of account which can be local Windows or NIS Quota MB Shows the quota of user account s home folder Usage MB Shows the user account s current usage of home folder Enable Use this option to enable or disable an account When an account is disabled the account is prohibited to access the NAS Create Acc...

Page 105: ...unt name does not allow space in between characters Duplicate account name is also not allowed Names used by the system such as root nobody mail adm etc are reserved names and cannot be used as account name Type Displays the type Shows Account for user account Full Name Use this option to enter user account full name UID Use this option to manually assign a UID for the account Use a valid UID star...

Page 106: ... to create an Account without an existing VG a warning message will be displayed 3 4 1 2 Delete Account Steps to Delete Account 1 In the Account list check the Delete option for the account to be deleted 2 Click the Delete button 3 A warning message will be displayed Select Yes to proceed The account will be deleted ...

Page 107: ...ccount 1 Double click the Account name in the Account List 2 Edit the necessary options NOTE Only the Full Name Quota Password and Password Confirm can be changed Account Name cannot be changed 3 Click OK when done The account will be updated with the changes made ...

Page 108: ... Account Steps to Import Account 1 Click Import button 2 An input box will displayed Type the account information using the following format UID Name Password FullName Quota Click OK when done 3 The new accounts will appear in the Account list ...

Page 109: ... account members Create Account Use this button to create a user account Create Group Use this button to create a group account Delete Use this button to delete the selected user account or group account Import Use this option to import large number of accounts instead of adding an account one by one The administrator can type multiple user accounts in the Import Account input box Refresh Use this...

Page 110: ... adm etc are reserved names and cannot be used as account name Type Displays the account type shows Group for group account GID Use this option to manually assign a GID for the group Use a valid GID starting from 500 If this option is not set GID is 0 the system will automatically assign GID starting from 500 3 Select the account that will become member of the group from the Account List Then clic...

Page 111: ... 3 4 2 2 Delete Group Steps to Delete Group 1 In the Group list check the Delete option for the group to be deleted 2 Click the Delete button 3 A warning message will be displayed Select Yes to proceed The group will be deleted ...

Page 112: ... Edit Group Steps to Edit Group 1 Double click the Group name in the Group List 2 Edit the necessary options NOTE Only the Group Name and Group Members can be changed 3 Click OK when done The group will be updated with the changes made ...

Page 113: ...NAS System User Manual 113 3 5 Data Backup The administrator can backup NAS data to remote destination or to local disk drive 3 5 1 Backup List ...

Page 114: ...NAS System User Manual 114 3 5 1 1 Create Backup Plan Steps to Create a Backup Plan 1 Click the Create button The screen below will be shown 2 Configure the necessary options ...

Page 115: ...r Options Destination Select the destination option for the backup Options can be Local Disk or Remote Local Disk is an un used disk drive Remote is a remote CIFS Samba share or NFS file system Local Disk Remote NOTE When a local disk is selected as backup destination the disk status in Storage Share Î RAID screen will be shown as BACKUP Protocol Select the type of protocol to be used for backup O...

Page 116: ...f the remote Rsync server Remote Path Type here the share name on the remote Rsync server Account Type here the account name that will be required by the Rsync server for authentication Password Type here the password of the account Mode Select the mode of file transfer whether to upload to Rsync server or to download from Rsync server More Options Specify here the Rsync options to be used For mor...

Page 117: ...s Select Use this option to select a completed backup then delete or restore the backup Name Show the backup name Status Shows the status of the particular backup Status can be Incomplete or Complete Log Use this option to view the detailed information about the completed backup Click the button Confirm Use this button to restore a selected backup Delete Use this button to delete the selected back...

Page 118: ...reate Immediate Backup Steps to Create Immediate Backup 1 Select the particular backup plan from the Backup List Click the Backup button 2 A message will be displayed The backup is completed and a backup name will be added to the log list ...

Page 119: ...it button 3 Click the Delete button 4 A warning message will be displayed Select Yes to delete the backup plan 3 5 1 4 Edit Backup Plan Steps to Edit a Backup Plan 1 Select the particular backup plan from the Backup List 2 Click the Edit button 3 Change the necessary options Click Save when done NOTE A backup plan cannot be modified if a backup log exists ...

Page 120: ...lete button A warning message will be displayed 3 The backup will be deleted from backup destination and removed from log list 3 5 1 6 Restore a Backup Steps to Restore a Backup 1 Select check the particular backup from the log List 2 Click the Confirm button A warning message will be displayed Select Yes to restore backup 3 The original data will be restored ...

Page 121: ...this option to display available backup tasks on the current time Selected Use this button to edit a scheduled backup task Select first the scheduled backup task then click this button New Used this button to create a new scheduled backup task NOTE It is not allowed to have duplicated or overlapping backup time Only one backup process can be running at a time A scheduled backup is set to run withi...

Page 122: ... Schedule Setting Options Backup List Select the backup plan from the list Time Set the hour and minutes when the backup will be run Day Select the day or days when the backup will be run OK Use this button to save the backup settings The backup schedule will be automatically enabled Cancel Use this button to clear or undo any changes made 3 The backup task will appear in the schedule ...

Page 123: ...heduled Backup Task Steps to Edit Scheduled Backup Task 1 Move the scroll bar then locate the scheduled backup task to be changed or click Now to see current scheduled backup 2 Select the backup task to edit The backup task will be highlighted ...

Page 124: ...s NOTE It is not allowed to have duplicated or overlapping backup time Only one backup process can be running at a time A scheduled backup is set to run within 30 minutes time frame Scheduling another backup within a scheduled time is not allowed 4 Click OK to save the changes made ...