Allnet ALL-NAS1000, User Manual

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Page 2: ...se of an error please provide us with your feedback ALLNET GmbH reserves the right to modify the contents of this manual without notice Product name ALLNET ALL NAS1000 Manual Version 1 1 Release Date JULY 2012 Limited Warranty ALLNET GmbH guarantees all components of ALLNET ALL NAS1000 are thoroughly tested before they leave the factory and should function normally under general usage In case of a...

Page 3: ...e humidity of 20 85 Using the ALL NAS1000 under extreme environmental conditions could damage the unit Ensure that the ALL NAS1000 is provided with the correct supply voltage AC 100V 240V 50 60 Hz 3A Plugging the ALL NAS1000 to an incorrect power source could damage the unit Do NOT expose the ALL NAS1000 to dampness dust or corrosive liquids Do NOT place the ALL NAS1000 on any uneven surfaces DO N...

Page 4: ...ypical Setup Procedure 17 Chapter 4 System Administration 19 Overview 19 Web Administration Interface 19 My Favorite 20 Logout 23 Language Selection 23 System Information 24 System Information 24 System Service Status 24 Logs 25 Syslog Management 25 System Monitor 26 System Management 29 Time Setting system time 29 Notification configuration 30 Firmware Upgrade 30 Schedule Power On Off 31 Administ...

Page 5: ...ebService 91 UPnP 92 Bonjour Setting 92 SSH 92 DDNS 93 UPnP Port Management 94 Application Server 95 iTunes Server 96 Module Installation 96 Backup 97 Rsync Target Server 97 Data Guard 98 ACL Backup and Restore 109 Data Burn 111 ALLNET Backup Utility 113 Windows XP Data Backup 114 Apple OS X Backup Utilities 115 External Devices 115 Printers 115 Uninterrupted Power Source 120 Chapter 5 Tips and Tr...

Page 6: ...126 Appendix A Customer Support 127 Appendix B RAID Basics 128 Overview 128 Benefits 128 Improved Performance 128 Data Security 128 RAID Levels 128 Appendix C Active Directory Basics 131 Overview 131 What is Active Directory 131 ADS Benefits 131 Appendix D Licensing Information 132 Overview 132 Source Code Availability 132 CGIC License Terms 132 GNU General Public License 132 ...

Page 7: ...irst and foremost the ALLNET IP storage allows you to store and share files over an IP network With a Network Attached Storage NAS device you can centralize your files and share them easily over your network With the easy to use web based interface users on your network can access these files in a snap To learn about the Web User Interface go to Chapter 4 Using the ALLNET IP Storage Web Administra...

Page 8: ...d storage over the LAN or Internet There is no easier way to expand the capacity of your current application servers All the storage needs can be centrally managed and deployed This brings ultimate flexibility to users To set up an iSCSI volume refer to Chapter 4 Storage Management iSCSI Superior Power Management ALLNET IP storage supports schedule power on off With this feature administrator can ...

Page 9: ...lowing common items System Unit x1 QIG Quick Installation Guide x1 CD Title x 2 Universal CD TwonkyMedia CD Ethernet Cable x1 Accessory bag x1 Power cord x1 Please check to see if your package is complete If you find that some items are missing contact your dealer ...

Page 10: ...and USB printers 4 LAN2 LED Solid white LAN2 Cable link Blinking Network activity 5 LAN1 LED Solid white LAN1 Cable link Blinking Network activity 6 USB LED Solid white USB busy Solid Red USB error 7 System LED Solid white System is power on 8 OLED Displays system status and information 9 System Error LED Blinking RED System error 10 Down Button Push to enter USB copy operation screen 11 Up Button...

Page 11: ...r 3 LAN2 Port LAN2 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router 4 USB Port USB 2 0 port for compatible USB devices such as USB disks and USB printers 5 USB Port USB 2 0 port for compatible USB devices 6 eSATA Port eSATA port for high speed storage expansion 7 Line in For Audio in 8 Line out For Audio out 9 Mic input Microphone input 10 System Fan System fan that exhausts h...

Page 12: ...wear an anti static wrist strap during installation to prevent static discharge from damaging the sensitive electronic components on the ALLNET IP storage 3 Be careful not to use magnetized screwdrivers around the ALLNET IP storage s electronic components Cable Connections To connect the ALLNET IP storage product to your network follow the steps below 1 Connect an Ethernet cable from your network ...

Page 13: ...13 3 Press the power button on the Front Panel to boot up the ALLNET IP storage ALL NAS1000 power button ...

Page 14: ... makes configuring ALLNET IP storage a snap To configure the ALLNET IP storage using the Setup Wizard perform the following steps 1 Insert the installation CD into your CD ROM drive the host PC must be connected to the network 2 The Setup Wizard should launch automatically If not please browse your CD ROM drive and double click on Setup exe 3 The Setup Wizard will start and automatically detect al...

Page 15: ...are both admin 6 Name your ALLNET IP storage and configure the network IP address If your switch or router is configured as a DHCP Server configuring the ALLNET IP storage to automatically obtain an IP address is recommended You may also use a static IP address and enter the DNS Server address manually 7 Change the default administrator password ...

Page 16: ...are four buttons on the front panel to control the OLED functions OLED Controls Use the Up Down Enter and Escape ESC keys to select various configuration settings and menu options for ALLNET IP storage configuration The following table illustrates the keys on the front control panel OLED Controls NOTE The ALLNET Setup Wizard is designed for installation on systems running Windows XP 2000 vista 7 o...

Page 17: ...ion enables you to copy files stored on USB devices such as USB disks and digital cameras to the ALLNET IP storage with a press of a button To use USB copy follow the steps below 1 Plug your USB device into an available USB port on the Front Panel 2 In Display Mode press the Enter 3 The LCD will display USB Copy 4 Press Enter and the ALLNET IP storage will start copying USB disks connected to the ...

Page 18: ...or more information on configuring Active Directory see Chapter 4 User and Group Authentication ADS Support For information about the benefits of Active Directory see Appendix C 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 ALLNET IP storage and control user access to each using Folder Access...

Page 19: ...1 Type the ALLNET IP storage IP address into your browser Default IP address is http 192 168 1 100 2 Login to the system using the administrator user name and password The factory defaults are User Name admin Password admin If you changed your password in the setup wizard use the new password NOTE Your computer s network IP address must be on the same subnet as the ALLNET IP storage If the ALLNET ...

Page 20: ...ALLNET IP storage from anywhere on the network My Favorite The user interface with My Favorite shortcut is allowed user to designate often used items and have them display on the main screen area The figure below displays system favorite functions Administrators can add or remove favorite functions to My Favorites by right clicking the mouse on the menu tree The other way administrators can add fa...

Page 21: ...The various settings are placed in the following groups on the menu bar Menu Bar Item Description System Information Current system status of the ALLNET IP storage System Management Various ALLNET IP storage system settings and information System Network Information and settings for network connections as well as various services of the ALLNET IP storage Storage Information and settings for storag...

Page 22: ...LLNET IP storage Module Management System and user Module to install of the ALLNET IP storage Backup Category of Backup Features set up of the ALLNET IP storage Moving your cursor over any of these items will display the dropdown menu selections for each group In the following sections you will find detailed explanations of each function and how to configure your ALLNET IP storage ...

Page 23: ... go to System Status page as short cut Network Green Connection to network is normal Red abnormal connection to the network Temperature Display system temperature click to go to System Status page as shot cut Logout Click to logout Web Administration Interface Language Selection The ALLNET IP storage supports multiple Languages including English Japanese Traditional Chinese Simplified Chinese Fren...

Page 24: ...e System Information menu choose the Status item System Status and Service Status screens appear These screens provide basic system and service status information System Status Item Description CPU Activity Displays current CPU workload of the ALLNET IP storage CPU Fan Speed Displays current CPU fan status System Fan 1 Speed Displays current System fan left 1 status CPU Temperature Displays curren...

Page 25: ...em messages WARN Shows only warning messages ERROR Shows only error messages Download All Log File Export all logs to an external file Truncate All Log File Clear all log files The number of lines per page Specify desired number of lines to display per page Sort Ascending Shows logs by date in ascending order Sort Descending Shows logs by date in descending order Use the forward and backward butto...

Page 26: ...Local then the all system log will be stored in associated syslog folder filled in from next filed And the syslog folder will have file messages to store all system logs If Remotely has selected then syslog server is needed and IP address is required Syslog folder Select from drop down share list then all of system logs will stored on it This syslog folder is applied to syslog server or syslog cli...

Page 27: ...sing drop down list from Monitors tab Click on items you like to monitor It is also capable to choose from Graphic to display graphically or Details in plain text mode If graphic mode has choose it could also displayed for past 3 minute s information by using click on X axis See example below NOTE The system monitor with graphic mode can only have 2 sections been con current use at same time ...

Page 28: ...t will keep while visiting next time Reset Layout Set back to default setting with monitoring items History Click on this check box and system monitor data will write to designate path of RAID volume Lock Layout All of monitoring items is fixed and cannot change Click again to unlock it If the History has been enabled click on it will display system monitor with different duration for selection ...

Page 29: ...Date Time and Time Zone You can also elect to synchronize the system time on ALLNET IP storage with an NTP Network Time Protocol Server See the following table for a detailed description of each item Time Item Description Date Sets the system date Time Sets the system time Time Zone Sets the system time zone NTP Service Select Enable to synchronize with the NTP server Select Disable to close the N...

Page 30: ...pe SMTP Server Specifies the hostname IP address of the SMTP server Port Specifies the port to send outgoing notification emails SMTP Account ID Set the SMTP Server Email account ID Account Password Enter a new password Log Level Select the log level to send the e mail out Sender s E mail Address Set email address to send email Receiver s E mail Address 1 2 3 4 Add one or more recipient s email ad...

Page 31: ...ature by checking the Enable Schedule Power On Off checkbox Then simply choose an on and off time for each day of the week that you would like to designate a schedule by using the various dropdowns Finally click Apply to save your changes Example Monday On 8 00 Off 16 00 System will turn on at 8 00 AM on Monday and off at 16 00 on Monday System will turn on for the rest of the week NOTE The beeper...

Page 32: ...trator Password screen appears Enter a new password in the New Password box and confirm your new password in the Confirm Password box Press Apply to confirm password changes There is also password for enter OLED setting you could setup here Enter a new password in the New Password box and confirm your new password in the Confirm Password box Press Apply to confirm password changes See the followin...

Page 33: ...art the system or Shutdown to turn the system off File System Check The File System Check allows you to perform a check on the integrity of your disks file system Under the menu click File system Check and the File System Check prompt appears NOTE Backing up your system configuration is a great way to ensure that you can revert to a working configuration when you are experimenting with new system ...

Page 34: ...system has rebooted you will be returned to the File System Check prompt There you will see the available RAID volumes to run the file system check Check the desired RAID volumes and click Next to proceed with the file system check Click Reboot to reboot without running the check Once you click Next you will see the following screen ...

Page 35: ...l show 20 lines of information until it is complete Once complete the results will be shown at the bottom Wake Up On LAN WOL The ALLNET IP storage has the ability to be awoken from sleep mode via WAN LAN1 or LAN2 port NOTE The system must be rebooted before ALLNET IP storage can function normally after file system check complete ...

Page 36: ...Support From the menu choose the SNMP item and the SNMP Support screen appears You could enable the SNMP function and filled in the related information in each fields With the SNMP management software could get system basic information From the menu choose the SNMP item and the SNMP Support screen appears From here you can Enable or Disable UI Login Function Adjusts UI Login Configuration settings...

Page 37: ...s are coming from embedded of system and additionally added from reserved PCI e slot with associated compatible list Therefore the screen shows above is example from ALLNET IP Storage with 3 GbE NIC on board and installed additional Intel PRO 1000 PT quad port NIC it makes total 7 NIC ports for the system Network Configuration Global parameter Item Description Host name Host name that identifies t...

Page 38: ...Prefix length for IPv6 Gateway Gateway for associate NIC Default gateway It can be choose from drop down list of default gateway been used for the ALLNET IP storage DHCP RADVD From the System Network menu choose DHCP RADVD and the DHCP RADVD Configuration screen appears This screen displays available NIC status And for each NIC it can be configured to act as DHCP RADVD server if it is static IP be...

Page 39: ...ighest IP address of the DHCP range Default Gateway IPv4 Specifies gateway for the DHCP server service DNS Server 1 2 3 IPv4 Displayed the DNS server IP address Prefix IPv6 Specifies prefix Prefix Length IPv6 Specifies prefix length Linking Aggregation The ALLNET IP storage supports link aggregation from either on board network port or additional NIC Simple click on as screen shot indicate below T...

Page 40: ...rface on your ALLNET IP storage Link Type Select from drop down list for desired mode IPv4 IPv6 Click to enable IPv4 IPv6 for TCP IP The default is IPv4 enabled Mode It has to be static IP with link aggregation been used IP IP address of link aggregation Netmask Prefix Length Input netmask for IPv4 and Prefix length for IPv6 Gateway Gateway for associate link aggregation Default gateway It can be ...

Page 41: ...al LAN Other than on board LAN port ALLNET IP storage supports additional NIC to be added in its available PCI e slot For the details of additional NIC support list please visit ALLNET website Once the additional NIC has installed into ALLNET IP storage the Additional LANx is appeared under Networking category Click the associated NIC to setup the details Here is example to have Intel PRO 1000 PT ...

Page 42: ...rs From here you can see various items about installed SATA SAS hard disks Blank lines indicate that hard disk is not currently installed in that particular disk slot Disks Information Item Description Disk No Indicates disk location Capacity Shows the SATA hard disk capacity Model Displays the SATA hard disk model name Link Displays the hard disk interface and link speed Firmware Shows the SATA h...

Page 43: ...ks this sector as reallocated and transfers data to a special reserved area spare area This process is also known as remapping and reallocated sectors are called remaps This is why on a modern hard disks you can not see bad blocks while testing the surface all bad blocks are hidden in reallocated sectors However the more sectors that are reallocated the more a decrease up to 10 or more can be noti...

Page 44: ...ted for data RAID Information Item Description Master RAID The RAID volume currently designated as the Master RAID volume ID ID of the current RAID volume NOTE All RAID IDs must be unique RAID Level Shows the current RAID configuration Status Indicates status of the RAID Can read either Healthy Degraded or Damaged Disks Used Hard disks used to form the current RAID volume Total Capacity Total capa...

Page 45: ...ignated as a spare for a RAID volume Master RAID Check a box to designate this as the Master RAID volume See the NOTE below for more information Stripe Size This sets the stripe size to maximize performance of sequential files in a storage volume Keep the 64K setting unless you require a special file storage layout in the storage volume A larger stripe size is better for large files Data Percentag...

Page 46: ...into any USB port on the system is required to save the password you have entered while the RAID volume is being created See the screenshot below for details NOTE In a multiple RAID configuration one RAID volume must be designated as the Master RAID volume The Master RAID volume will store all installed modules If the Master RAID is changed to another location i e assigning volume 2 to be the Mast...

Page 47: ... volume plug the USB disk containing the encryption key and into any system USB port We are strongly recommended copying the RAID volume encryption key to a safe place You can find the encryption key file from the USB disk in the following format RAID volume created date _xxxxxx key RAID volumes with encryption enabled will be displayed with a key lock symbol next to volume ID name NOTE With RAID ...

Page 48: ...d the file system you like to have for this RAID volume The selection is available from ext3 XFS and ext4 9 Press Submit to build the RAID storage volume NOTE Single volume size supported ext3 8TB XFS 48TB ext4 36TB NOTE We recommend is Quick RAID setting is going to be used only if hard disk is brand new or it has no existed partitions contained ...

Page 49: ...ng NOTE Building a RAID volume may take time depending on the size of hard drives and RAID mode In general while the RAID volume building process is up to RAID Building then the data volume is capable to be accessed WARNING Creating RAID destroys all data in the current RAID volume The data is unrecoverable ...

Page 50: ... different algorithms are employed to achieve this purpose RAID 6 requires a minimum of 4 disks RAID 6 can sustain two failed disks RAID 10 RAID 10 has high reliability and high performance RAID 10 is implemented as a striped array whose segments are RAID 1 arrays It has the fault tolerance of RAID 1 and the performance of RAID 0 RAID 10 requires 4 disks RAID 10 can sustain two failed disks RAID 5...

Page 51: ...olume follow the steps below 1 On the RAID List screen select the RAID volume by clicking on its radio button and click RAID Information to open the RAID Configuration screen 2 On the RAID Configuration screen click Remove RAID 3 The confirmation screen appear you will have to input Yes with exactly wording case to complete Remove RAID operation ...

Page 52: ...52 WARNING Remove RAID destroys all data in the current RAID volume The data is unrecoverable ...

Page 53: ...ID 6 RAID 50 or RAID 60 volume follow the steps below 1 Replace one of the hard drives in the RAID volume and allow it to automatically rebuild 2 Once rebuilt you can continue to replace any remaining disks in the RAID array 3 When you are done replacing hard drives log on to Web Management Navigate to Storage RAID to open the RAID Configuration screen 4 On the RAID Information screen and click Ed...

Page 54: ... array all together To migrate a RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 6 RAID50 or RAID 60 volume follow the steps below 1 From the RAID Configuration screen click Migrate RAID 2 A list of possible RAID migration configurations will be listed Select the desired migration scheme and click Apply 3 The system will begin migrating the RAID volume ...

Page 55: ...start and volumes iSCSI is read only but user data is capable read write during operation NOTE Migrating a RAID volume could take several hours to complete The RAID migration feature is available while it is configurable NOTE The migration scheme below is based on ALLNET IP Storage products in maximum possible combination The other model which has less HDD supported can refer web UI while RAID mig...

Page 56: ...stems These can be stacked through single network access like SMB or AFP acting as a share folder type From the main menu the stackable feature is located under Storage Please refer the figure below for reference A Add a Stack Target Volume From the figure above click Add to access the stackable target device configuration page Please refer to the figure below With the added stack target you could...

Page 57: ...e been set you may need to input a valid user name and password to validate your access rights If there is no user name and password needed to access target volume then leave it blank Once IP with volume have been set you may need to input a valid user name and password to validate your access rights If there is no user name and password needed to access target volume then leave it blank ...

Page 58: ...om the figure above the Stacked Target name is pmmeeting The figures below show the result before and after via Microsoft Network Access with settings have been completed The Browseable setting will be same method of setting for system share folder It designates whether or not this folder will be visible through web disk You may refer the figures below for reference when Yes and No are selected ...

Page 59: ...o access it and ACL button will be grayed out If Public is set to No the ACL button will be available on the Stack Target List window Click Apply to save your changes B Activate a Stack Target After your settings have been applied the system will bring you back to Stack Target List window as shown below There is one stack target device has been attached into this stack master ...

Page 60: ...d display its capacity Otherwise the Format item will be available and the Capacity and Status items will show as N A and Unknown file system respectively Next click Format to proceed with formatting After the format is complete the stack target volume will be created successfully You will see the volume s capacity and status in the Stack Target List screen C Edit a Stack Target To make any change...

Page 61: ...ut However if Public setting is set to No then the ACL button will be available for you to setup user access permissions for the stack target ACL settings will be exactly the same as system folder that you may have setup previously E Reconnect a Stack Target The enabled stack target devices may be disconnected by situations such as power outages or network disconnects When this happens the Reconne...

Page 62: ...Please refer the figure below for reference Select on the ISO mount function and you will have the screen shot appear as following A Add a ISO file From the figure above select ISO file from drop down share list After selection system will bring up Mount table for further setting screen To mount new ISO file select from listed ISO file and input desired mounting name into Mount as field Click ADD ...

Page 63: ...are folder with name giving Please refer the screen shot below ISO file image has mounted as folder Image you could see The ISO file ALLNET 01 without assign mounting name system automatically has folder ALLNET 01 created Share Folder From the Storage menu choose Share Folder and the Folder screen appears This screen allows you to create and configure folders on the ALLNET IP storage volume Adding...

Page 64: ...Folder screen press the Edit button and the Modify Folder screen appears This screen allows you to change folder information After entering the information press Apply to save your changes Modify Folder Item Description RAID ID RAID volume where the folder will reside Folder Name Enter the name of the folder Description Provide a description the folder Browseable Enable or disable users from brows...

Page 65: ...65 WARNING All the data stored in the folder will be deleted once the folder is deleted The data will not be recoverable ...

Page 66: ...ost Privilege Host has either read only or writeable access to the folder OS Support There are two selections available Unix Linux System AIX Allow source port 1024 Choose the one which best fits your needs ID Mapping There are three selections available Guest system root account will have full access to this share root root Guest system root account will be mapped to anonymous user nobody nogroup...

Page 67: ...appears This screen allows you to configure access to the specific folder and sub folders for users and groups Select a user or a group from the left hand column and then choose Deny Read Only or Writable to configure their access level Press the Apply button to confirm your settings ACL setting Item Description Deny Denies access to users or groups who are displayed in this column Read Only Provi...

Page 68: ... remove a group or user from an access level column press the Remove button in that column 5 When you are finished press Apply to confirm your ACL settings To setup sub folders ACL click on symbol to extract sub folders list as screen shot shows below You may carry on with same steps as share level ACL setting The ACL screen also allows you to search for a particular user To do this follow the ste...

Page 69: ... may specify the space allocated for iSCSI The iSCSI target is allowed per system as table blow NOTE The system will list up to 1 000 users from the chosen category To narrow your search enter a search term in the blank provided ...

Page 70: ... iSCSI Target Advanced There are 3 options iSCSI CRC Checksum Max Connections Error Recovery Level is currently allow Admin to Enable Disable to operate ALLNET IP storage associated with iSCSI setting Delete Click this to delete the iSCSI Target Allocating Space for iSCSI Volume To allocate space for an iSCSI target on the current RAID volume follow the steps below 1 Under the iSCSI Target List se...

Page 71: ...CHAP With this level of security the target and the initiator authenticate each other Username Enter a username Password Enter a password Password Confirm Reenter the chosen password RAID ID ID of current RAID volume LUN Allocation Two modes can be choose from Thin provision iSCSI thin provisioning is sharing the available physical capacity to multiple iSCSI target volumes creation And allowed vir...

Page 72: ...ion or Instant Allocation 9 Enter a LUN Name 10 Designate the percentage to be allocated from the Allocation drag bar 11 When iSCSI target volume has been created the LUN ID is configurable from 0 to 254 with a default of the next available number in ascending numerical order The LUN ID is unique and can not be duplicated 12 Choose 4K block size to have iSCSI target volume over 2TB barrier or 512 ...

Page 73: ...ts capacity from unused space Instant Allocation mode only From the volume list simply select the iSCSI volume you like to expand and click the Expand button You will then see the dialog box displayed below Drag the Expand Capacity bar to the size you want Then press Expand to confirm the operation ...

Page 74: ...ion to create iSCSI target volume it could maximum physical iSCSI target volume capacity usage and allowed virtually assign space to have more disks added while it needed To setup iSCSI thin provisioning simply select Thin Provisioning mode from Create LUN setting screen NOTE The iSCSI expand is only capable while iSCSI target volume is crested by Instant Allocation Created by Thin Provisioning ha...

Page 75: ...like creating Instant Allocation iSCSI target volumes which capacity has been physically allocated With the iSCSI target volume creation under thin provisioning can virtually be up to 16384GB 16TB LUN ACL After iSCSI target has been created one more step away to complete iSCSI volume can be used Under LUN ACL it needs to add Initiator iqn and setup ACL access privilege to determine the accessibili...

Page 76: ...N ACL setting screen click Add Next input Initiator iqn and setup iSCSI target volume access privilege from available list then apply with OK button The accessible Initiator will listed as screen shot displayed below ...

Page 77: ... 3 options is currently allow Admin to Enable Disable to operate ALLNET IP storage associated with iSCSI setting The details as listed in following screenshot With the option changed it will need to reboot system to activate iSCSI CRC Checksum To enable this option the initiator can connect with Data digest and Header digest enabled ...

Page 78: ...and hence the SCSI Nexus to actively perform realligence retry on iSCSI ITTs from failed iSCSI connections ERL 2 allows iSCSI fabrics to take advantage of recovery in all regards of transport level fabric failures and in a completely OS independent fashion i e below the host OS storage stack User and Group Authentication The ALLNET IP storage has built in user database that allows administrators t...

Page 79: ...g adservername ADS Realm Specifies the ADS realm e g example com Administrator ID Enter the administrators ID of Windows Active Directory which is required for ALLNET IP storage to join domain Administrator Password Enter the ADS Administrator password Apply To save your settings To join an AD domain you can refer the figure and use the example below to configure the ALLNET IP storage for associat...

Page 80: ...delete a selected user from the system Add Users 1 Click on the Add button on Local User Configuration screen and Local User Setting screen appears 2 On the Local User Setting screen enter a name in the User Name box 3 Enter a User ID number or left to use system default value NOTE The DNS server specified in the WAN LAN1 configuration page should be able to correctly resolve the ADS server name T...

Page 81: ...s to have this user join or leave a group 6 Press the Apply button and the user is created Edit Users 1 Select an existing user from the Local User Configuration screen 2 Click on the Edit button and Local User Setting screen appears 3 From here you can enter a new password and re enter to confirm or use the or buttons to have this user join or leave a group Click the Apply button to save your cha...

Page 82: ...ts menu choose the Group item and the Local Group Configuration screen appears This screen allows you to Add Edit and Remove local groups Local Group Configuration Item Description Add Press the Add button to add a user to the list of local groups Edit Press the Edit button to modify a selected group from the system Remove Press the Remove button to delete a selected group from the system ...

Page 83: ...them to the Members List using the button 6 Click the Apply button to save your changes Edit Groups 1 On the Local Group Configuration screen select a group name from the list 2 Press the Edit button to modify the members in a group 3 To add a user into a group select the user from the Users List and press the button to move the user into the Members List 4 To remove a user from a group select the...

Page 84: ...eniently add numerous users and groups automatically by importing a simple comma separated plain text txt file From the Accounts menu click Batch Mgmt and the Batch Create Users and Groups dialogue will appear To import your list of users and groups follow these steps 1 Click Browse to locate your comma separated text file The information in the text file should follow this format USERNAME PASSWOR...

Page 85: ... each RAID volume of system Simply to enable this function by clicking Enable then apply it Next each user can be setup global quota size for each RAID volume Simply click on Quota Size for each user and input desired capacity After setup complete please click on Apply to activate user quota size ...

Page 86: ...tore previous backup users and groups the current users and groups list will be replaced from this restore file s contents LDAP Support The LDAP is the other way to authenticate login users who has joined LDAP server filled in the LDAP server information and get LDAP authentication started Please be sure that LDAP server must be have both Samba sam and POSIX ObjectClass account ...

Page 87: ... Click Apply to save your changes Check ObjectClass Click this checkbox to ensure LDAP server having Samba sam and POSIX account or it may not working properly for LDAP client authentication Network Service Use the Network Service menu to make network service support settings Samba CIFS There are options is currently allow Admin to Enable Disable to operate ALLNET IP storage associated with Samba ...

Page 88: ...ccess The user account and password is needed from system to access under SMB CIFS protocol On the other hand no more anonymous login is allowed Samba Native mode The ALLNET IP storage is supported Samba mode options In the ADS environment with Native mode selected then ALLNET IP storage is capable to become local master position UNIX Extension The default is enable for Samba usage with situation ...

Page 89: ...AC time machine Time Machine backup folder Select from drop down list to designate the folder for time machine backup destination NFS Setup From the System Network menu choose the NFS item and the NFS Support screen appears The ALLNET IP storage can act as an NFS server enabling users to download and upload files with the favorite NFS clients Press Apply to confirm your settings A description of e...

Page 90: ... anonymous FTP users to upload or download files to from public folders Download Allow anonymous FTP users to download files from public folders No access Block anonymous FTP user access Auto Rename If checked the system will automatically rename files that are uploaded with a duplicate file name The renaming scheme is filename where represents an integer Upload Bandwidth You may set the maximum b...

Page 91: ...rvice From the Network Service menu choose the WebService item and the WebService Support screen appears This screen displays the service support parameters of the system You can change any of these items and press Apply to confirm your settings A description of each item follows Web Service Item Description HTTP WebDisk Support Enable or disable WebDisk support Enter the port number if this optio...

Page 92: ... helps to find the IP address of ALLNET IP storage Bonjour Setting Bonjour is Apple Inc s trade name for its implementation of Zeroconf a service discovery protocol Bonjour locates devices such as printers as well as other computers and the services that those devices offer on a local network using multicast Domain Name System service records This definitive guide walks you through Bonjour zero co...

Page 93: ... can enable the DDNS service to solve the problem After enabling the DDNS service of the NAS whenever the NAS restarts or the IP address is changed the NAS will notify the DDNS provider immediately to record the new IP address When the user tries to connect to the NAS by the host name the DDNS will transfer the recorded IP address to the user The NAS supports the DDNS providers DyDNS org Dynamic D...

Page 94: ... is setting UPnP port management To set up this UPnP port forwarding feature please be sure that the router has UPnP Service Enabled The following is example from one of router manufacture with UPnP Configuration page After the router has enabled UPnP Service then you will have information come from associated router to UPnP port management screen as below ...

Page 95: ...ded Description Specific the port services if applicable Apply Click Apply to confirm the changes Cancel Click Cancel to abort the changes Application Server The ALLNET IP storage supports build in application such as iTunes server The ALLNET IP storage provides activating the iTunes Server on the device You will be able to play music files on this device with your iTunes client software directly ...

Page 96: ... the iTunes Service iTunes Server Name Name used to identify ALLNET IP storage to iTunes clients Password Enter password to control access to your iTunes music Rescan Interval Rescan interval in seconds MP3 Tag Encode Specify tag encoding for MP3 files stored in ALLNET IP storage All ID3 tags will be sent out in UTF 8 format Once the iTunes service is enabled ALLNET IP storage will make all music ...

Page 97: ...ed on the Linux operating system it is also much more stable and experiences much less frequent data loss during transfer than other remote backup systems For this tutorial you will need to use Rsync Target Server Step 1 and Data Guard Step 2 3 under Backup for this client server backup feature It also can be named for function Remote Replication Step 1 Enabling Rsync on your target backup NAS Log...

Page 98: ...Guard under Backup in the menu of the UI From the Data Guard function list choose Add Remote Data backup Item Description Add Add new task Edit Edit select task Remove Remove select task Start If associated task has been setup in schedule and like to start at once click on to start task right away Stop Stop the associated running task The other scenario is if task has been setup real time then cli...

Page 99: ...s details Restore NAS Configuration Click to restore system configuration from selected destination to source unit More details will describe in sections The data backup setup wizard appears as below click on Remote Backup Then 3 different selections appears and can be chosen from Remote Data backup Item Description ...

Page 100: ...n appear as below Fill in the remote target IP Destination and port no need to change only if this port has been used If encryption is required then enable it Please be sure the associated target server is also has encryption enabled Carry on inputting valid remote target server account name and password The earlier section has introduced Remote Target Server and here are fields to fill in After s...

Page 101: ...r source Incremental Mode Makes your source match your target and keep all old files adding files on your target as they are added on your source but NOT deleting files on your target as they are deleted on your source Compress With this option compresses the file data as it is sent to the destination machine which reduces the amount of data being transmitted something that is useful over a slow c...

Page 102: ...e setup click Finish completing setting And the data guard task list will appear as below From the task list it has newly added task fullback01 And it has setup backup type for real time So from the status it has denoted Processing to have source to target on fly Custom Backup The custom backup setting is similar with full backup The only different as below 1 Inputs the share folder name of target...

Page 103: ...103 3 Click Next and more setting is appeared It is same as Full backup 4 Click Finish and data guard task list will appear as below ...

Page 104: ...ould also backup to target as single file Same procedure likes previous Full backup and Custom backup select iSCSI backup from data guard wizard 1 Inputs the share folder name of target sever where the source is going to backup The sub folder can be left as blank or input desired naming 2 Select iSCSI target volume which desired to backup to target server ...

Page 105: ...iffering from Full backup and Custom backup It only supports backup type with schedule and less options 4 Click Finish and data guard task list will appear as below From the task list it has newly added task iscsiback01 And it has setup backup type for schedule ...

Page 106: ...e NAS Configuration This is useful feature while the system configuration needs to restore to brand new unit Let s take example to go through how it works The original source system has 3 RAID volume RAID RAID10 and RAID20 and has backup system configuration to target server NOTE The source folder name will use iSCSI_ target volume name So here it has displayed iSCSI_pmtest which pmtest is iSCSI t...

Page 107: ...en it will backup source unit system configuration to designed path on target system while task executed every time 2 Click on Restore NAS Configuration and screen shows as below Input target server IP address where is system configuration has been backup and necessary authentication info Confirm by Connection Test to make sure the communication between source and target server ...

Page 108: ...ck to previous page to recall this example we have taken 5 Since the backup configuration has different numbers of RAID volume against current system 3 vs 1 So it can be kept as RAID volume mapping arranged by system then carry on to click Finish It means all 3 RAID volumes configuration such as share folder etc will all restore to current unit in RAID volume RAID 6 In the other circumstance if cu...

Page 109: ...ill restore to volume RAIDa of current system ACL Backup and Restore The ACL backup and restore feature are allowed system ACL Access Control List been backup on RAID volume based to other location and restore it while needed Let s take example to see how it works There is system with RAID volume RAID select Backup to backup this RAID volume s ACL to other location The current RAID volume RAID has...

Page 110: ...olders for ACL restore NOTE The ACL backup will only backing the share folder level no apply to its sub layer The ACL backup restore can be used among ext3 ext4 XFS file system but ZFS can only be used with other RAID volume with ZFS file system created while backup restore If recursive has been checked during ACL restoration it will apply all of its sub folder with same permission ...

Page 111: ...des are Write Files folders to disc Write image to disk and Write files folders to image 1 Write Files folders to disc a Click Add button and the NAS share list appear b Select files folders which like to burn All of selected folders files will under the disc label name New Disc The disc label name can be changed by click on it and press Edit from menu bar The selected ...

Page 112: ...ect whether disc data verification is required or not f Click Burn to start disc burning 2 Write image file to disc a Click Browser and NAS share list appear to locate desired image file to burn b Select the ISO file c Select from installed USB or SATA for N6850 N8850 N10850 burning devices And it could click detect disc to check the status once the disc has inserted d Select burning speed from dr...

Page 113: ...ut ISO file name for burned image file e Click Burn to start ISO file burning ALLNET Backup Utility The ALLNET Backup Utility is on your Installation CD When you click on the CD the Backup Utility will be installed under Program Groups ALLNET ALLNET Backup Utility If it is not installed you can copy the file ALLNET Backup Utility exe to a convenient location on your hard disk and double click to e...

Page 114: ...ck on the Log icon for that task Windows XP Data Backup If you use Windows XP Professional you can also use the Windows Backup Utility Ntbackup exe to backup your files If you use Windows XP Home Edition follow these steps to install the utility 1 Insert the Windows XP CD into a drive and double click the CD icon in My Computer 2 When the Welcome to Microsoft Windows XP screen appears click Perfor...

Page 115: ... choose from go to VersionTracker or MacUpdate and search on backup External Devices The ALLNET IP storage supports printer server and UPS via USB interface The integrated Print Server allows you to share a single USB printer will all users on the network For the UPS ALLNET IP storage support via USB Series and Network interface The following section shows you how Printers From the External Device...

Page 116: ...inter 4 The Add Printer Wizard appears on your screen Click Next 5 Select the A network printer or a printer attached to another computer option 6 Select Connect to a printer on the Internet or on a home or office network and enter http ALLNET IP storage IP_ADDRESS 631 printers usb printer into the URL field 7 Your Windows system will ask you to install drivers for your printer Select correct driv...

Page 117: ...r Server in Windows Vista follow the steps below 1 Open Printer Folder from the Control Panel 2 Click the right mouse button in anywhere on the Printers folder and then select Add Printer 3 Select Add a network wireless or Bluetooth printer ...

Page 118: ... that I want isn t listed to go into next page without waiting for Searching for available printers to finish 5 Click Select a shared printer by name Type http ALLNET_NAS 631 printers usb printer in the box where ALLNET_NAS_IP is the IP address of ALLNET IP storage Click Next ...

Page 119: ...a printer and then press OK 7 Windows will attempt to connect to the printer 8 You can choose to set this printer as the default printer by checking the Set as the default printer box Click Next to continue 9 Done Click Finish ...

Page 120: ...Description UPS Monitoring Enable or disable UPS monitoring Remote UPS Monitoring Enable or disable Remote UPS monitoring Remote UPS IP Input the IP address of the NAS that the UPS device is connected to via USB or RS232 Input the IP address of your network UPS Manufacturer Choose the UPS manufacturer from the dropdowns Model Choose the UPS model number from the dropdowns Battery Status Current st...

Page 121: ...st notification in seconds Seconds between subsequent power failure notifications Delay between subsequent notifications in seconds Shutdown the system when the battery charge is less than Amount of UPS battery remaining before system should auto shutdown Apply Press Apply to save your changes ...

Page 122: ...d sd x 1 where 192 168 1 100 means the IP address of ALLNET IP storage and sd x 1 stands for the first partition on the eSATA or USB disk drive Remote Administration You can set up your ALLNET IP storage for remote administration With remote administration you can access your ALLNET IP storage over the Internet even if your ALLNET IP storage is behind a router This is especially useful if you are ...

Page 123: ...S 1 Navigate to NAT Setting Virtual Server 2 For Enable Virtual Server select Yes 3 Setup the HTTPS Server a Well Known Applications Select User Defined b Local IP Enter 192 168 1 100 c Port Range 443 the default HTTPS port setting on the ALLNET IP storage d Protocol select TCP e Click Add f Click Apply 4 Test the HTTPS connection from another computer on the Internet a From a remote computer open...

Page 124: ... from the tray 3 Slide a new hard disk into the tray and fasten the screws 4 Insert the hard disk tray back into ALLNET IP storage until it snaps into place You can also lock it with a key if desired 5 The LED blinks green when the HDD is accessed RAID Auto Rebuild When using RAID 1 5 6 10 50 or 60 on ALLNET IP storage you can use the auto rebuild function when an error is detected 1 When a hard d...

Page 125: ...s currently mapped using a different user name and password To connect using a different user name and password first disconnect any existing mappings to this network share 2 The mapped network drive could not be created because the following error has occurred Multiple connections to a server or shared resource by the same user using more than one user name are not allowed Disconnect all previous...

Page 126: ...Zone If this happens 1 Login to the Web Administration Interface 2 Navigate to System Management Time 3 Under NTP Server select No 4 Set the Date Time and Time Zone 5 Click Apply In addition if ALLNET IP storage is able to access the Internet and you want to keep the NTP Server clock isc org by default please make sure the DNS Server is correctly entered thereby allowing the NTP Server name to cor...

Page 127: ... your ALLNET IP storage ALLNET is committed to providing free firmware upgrades to our customers Our newest firmware is available on our Download Center www allnet de If you are still experiencing problems with your ALLNET IP storage or require a Return Merchandise Authorization RMA feel free to contact technical support via e mail support allnet de For Sales Information you can e mail us at sales...

Page 128: ...he data and parity stored on its other hard disk drives RAID Levels The ALLNET IP storage supports standard RAID levels 0 1 5 6 10 50 60 and JBOD You choose a RAID level when you create a system volume The factors for selecting a RAID level are Your requirements for performance Your need for data security Number of hard disk drives in the system capacity of hard disk drives in the system The follo...

Page 129: ... RAID 10 RAID 10 is implemented as a striped array whose segments are RAID 1 arrays RAID 10 has the same fault tolerance as RAID level 1 RAID 10 has the same overhead for fault tolerance as mirroring alone High I O rates are achieved by striping RAID 1 segments Under certain circumstances RAID 10 array can sustain up to 2 simultaneous drive failures Excellent solution for applications that would h...

Page 130: ...are accessed at the same time disk striping enhances performance The stripes can vary in size Disk Usage When all disks are of the same size and used in RAID ALLNET IP storage disk usage percentage is listed below RAID Level Percentage Used RAID 0 100 RAID 1 1 n x 100 RAID 5 n 1 n x 100 RAID 6 n 2 n x 100 RAID 10 50 RAID 50 n 1 n x 100 RAID 60 n 2 n x 100 JBOD 100 n HDD number ...

Page 131: ... lets ALLNET IP storage integrate itself with the existing ADS in an office environment This means the ALLNET IP storage is able to recognize your office users and passwords on the ADS server Other major benefits ADS support provides include 1 Easy integration of ALLNET IP storage into the existing office IT infrastructure The ALLNET IP storage acts as a member of the ADS This feature significantl...

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