Thermaltake Muse X-Duo RAID, User Manual

Page 1: ...Muse X Duo RAID User s Guide Revision 1 1 July 2007 ...

Page 2: ...TRADEMARKS All brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies NOTE The information in this manual is subject to change without notice ...

Page 3: ...ystem management If your Muse X Duo RAID system comes with hard disk drive s already installed skip the hardware software installations portions and go directly to Storage System Management Section 3 2 of Chapter 3 Your Muse X Duo RAID system does not support USB hub connects to USB port When installing hard disk drive to your Muse X Duo RAID system suggest using the same vendor and the same size ...

Page 4: ...ork 11 Step 3 Connect to Power 12 Step 4 Configure Your Storage System 12 Chapter 3 Configuring Your Storage System 13 3 1 Installing and Starting the Storage System Management 14 3 2 Starting Storage System Management 30 3 3 My NAS Page 33 System Setting 34 Network Setting 36 3 4 Users Groups Page 40 Users 40 Groups 45 Quota Management 47 3 5 Shared Folders Page 49 Add Shared Folder 50 Assign Acc...

Page 5: ...USB Backup 68 Download Station 71 System Log 72 Shut Down 73 Reboot 75 Back to Zero Disk 77 3 8 Logging Out of Storage System Management 80 Chapter 4 Map Shares 83 Chapter 5 Using One Touch Backup 85 5 1 Connecting a USB Device 85 5 2 Using the Card Reader 86 ...

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Page 7: ...hard disk storage With the ability of error detection and redundant storage system for recovering original data RAID system is an ideal configuration to safeguard valuable data with stream lining performance Additional features include RAID Mode RAID Degrade HW hardware Health Monitor UPS uninterruptible power supply Reset to Factory Default Setting One touch Backup Event Log Software shutdown by ...

Page 8: ...2 1 1 Package Contents Includes the following Muse X Duo RAID Storage System HDD Rail 2 Power Adapter Power Cord RJ 45 Ethernet Cable Set of Screws Utility Disc Quick Start Guide ...

Page 9: ...C 104 0 F Storage relative humidity 5 to 90 non condensing Software Network Client Support Microsoft Windows Mac 10 4 x Network Protocol TCP IP HTTP FTP SMB CIFS Application for NAS Management Data Sharing Protection Data Backup and Recovery future option Web User Interface Disk Configuration Single RAID 0 1 and JBOD Browser Internet Explorer 6 0 Firefox 2 0 Others English language support Real Ti...

Page 10: ...isk drive slots Compartment Cover Opening Slot Allows you to pull open the hard disk drive compartment cover Device Indicators Power Glows blue to indicate the power is on Glows green to indicate system is connected to network Network Blinks green to indicate system is trying to establish a network connection ...

Page 11: ...ate hard disk drive 2 is on standby HDD2 left slot Blinks blue to indicate read write functions of hard disk drive 2 Glows blue to indicate system is connected with USB storage device s or SD MMC MS card through Card Reader slot OTB Blinks blue upon pressing the One Touch Backup button to indicate read write function One Touch Backup Button Allows you to backup files from digital camera mass stora...

Page 12: ...ry default username password DHCP and IP RJ 45 Connector LAN Connects the LAN cable Green LED upper glows green when the system has an available connection to LAN Yellow LED lower blinks yellow when the system is accessing the LAN USB Ports Connect USB devices such as USB mass storage device or digital camera Ventilation Opening Maintain proper operating temperature Do not cover or block the openi...

Page 13: ...vice by pulling on the indented portion CAUTION Be gentle when pulling off the cover Pulling it vigorously could damage the cover hinges and device The compartment cover was designed as a flat surface for the protection and safety of data and hard disks It is not encouraged to open the compartment cover frequently ...

Page 14: ...posite side of the hard disk drive without HDD rail 3 Slide the hard disk drive all the way into the right slot NOTE Install the first hard disk drive on the right slot the second hard disk drive on the left slot This is important when implementing RAID 4 Repeat step 2 and 3 to install the second hard disk drive ...

Page 15: ...amaging the cover hinges and device Replacing it vigorously could damage the cover hinges and device The compartment cover was designed as a flat surface for the protection and safety of data and hard disks It is not encouraged to open the compartment cover frequently In the event that you would need to remove a hard disk drive pull on the plastic handle and slide the disk off the compartment ...

Page 16: ...10 NOTE If you have two hard disk drive installed remove the hard disk drive on the left slot first then remove the hard disk drive on the right slot ...

Page 17: ...ct one end of the Ethernet cable to the network connector LAN on the back of your storage system Muse X Duo RAID and the other end to a router Or you can connect both your computer and storage system Muse X Duo RAID to one switch and this switch is connected to the network which has a DHCP server ...

Page 18: ...C power cord to the AC adapter and the male end to an electrical outlet CAUTION When you disconnect the AC adapter disconnect from the electrical outlet first and then from the storage device A reverse procedure may damage the AC adapter or the storage device When unplugging the connector always hold the plug head Never pull on the cord Step 4 Configure Your Storage System See the next chapter for...

Page 19: ...ur Storage System You must install at least one hard disk right slot before your storage system can provide services An Muse X Duo RAID network consists of an Muse X Duo RAID server and several clients connected via network links ...

Page 20: ...tall Storage System Management before you can perform any system configurations NOTE Make sure that your storage device is powered off 1 Insert the included utility disc into your computer and the following screen appears if not click on the file AutoRun exe on the utility disc ...

Page 21: ...o install JAVA script on your computer and the following screen appears 3 After reading the license agreement click Accept and the following screen appears showing the progress of installation this may take a couple of minutes ...

Page 22: ...16 4 Click Finish when the following screen appears to exit installation 5 Click Setup NAS Discovery Utility ...

Page 23: ...17 6 The following screen appears Click Next 7 Select the destination to install the NAS Discovery Utility and click Next ...

Page 24: ...18 8 The Select Start Menu Folder screen appears click Next 9 Click the Create a desktop icon checkbox to enable it and click Next ...

Page 25: ...19 10 When the Ready to Install screen appears click Install 11 The progress of installation will be shown onscreen ...

Page 26: ...stallation process 13 Click the NAS Discovery Utility shortcut icon on your desktop or you can launch the NAS Discovery Utility by clicking Start Programs NAS Discovery Utility NAS Discovery Utility Click Yes when the following screen appears to allow ActiveX controls ...

Page 27: ...21 14 The following screen appears ...

Page 28: ...pressing it and press the Power switch to the On 1 position on your storage device at the same time DO NOT release the Reset switch until after the RAID indicator stops blinking blue turns on and off and on continuously and stays lighted solid blue total may take 15 20 seconds NOTE Perform step 15 again if RAID indicator continues blinking after waiting more than five minutes RAID Indicator ...

Page 29: ... minutes until the following screen appears Click on Click to Configure RAID Profile under the Configuration URL column NOTE If the next screen does not appear after the RAID indicator stays lighted solid blue press F5 or refresh the browser ...

Page 30: ...1 change the RAID configuration by clicking the radio button of the available RAID configuration on the CHANGE TO column under RAID Profiles then click CHANGE otherwise click on located on the top right corner of your screen and go to step 20 18 The following screen appears Click OK and system will reboot ...

Page 31: ...25 19 The following screen appears ...

Page 32: ...ore again click the NAS Discovery Utility shortcut icon on your desktop or you can launch the NAS Discovery Utility by clicking Start Programs NAS Discovery Utility NAS Discovery Utility When the following screen appears click the Click to Upgrade under the Upgrade column ...

Page 33: ...n will show various stages of the upgrade process total 45 minutes or more depending on the size of the hard disk Upload Done Verifying Checksum Extracting Firmware Installing OS Installing Kernel Installing Media Server Installing KHTTPD Installing Samba Installing Configurator Installing NASUtils ...

Page 34: ...28 22 When the upgrade process is done the following screen appears and the Upgrade column will show Upgrade Done Rebooting ...

Page 35: ...hen the following screen appears click the Click to Configure NAS under the Configuration URL column to log in to Storage System Management Proceed to the next section for details on Storage System Management ...

Page 36: ...n your desktop or you can launch the NAS Discovery Utility by clicking Start Programs NAS Discovery Utility NAS Discovery Utility NOTE If the following screen appears click Yes to allow ActiveX controls NOTE If the following screen appears click Run to allow the digital signature verification ...

Page 37: ...31 2 When the following screen appears click the Click to Configure NAS on the Configuration URL column to log in the Storage System Management ...

Page 38: ...ew minutes The following screen appears 4 Enter the default User name admin and the default Password password then select the desired language 5 Click Log In The Storage System Management homepage contains six tabs namely My NAS Users Groups Shared Folders Disk Advanced and Logout appears ...

Page 39: ...el and flash version MAC and IP address subnet mask gateway IP address disk mode system and data utilization and current connections shared folders users and login time System utility shows the current system data partition usage Data utility shows the current data partition usage ...

Page 40: ...date time time zone NTP server name or IP address administrator name and password 1 On the My NAS page click System setting and the following screen appear NOTE Be careful when changing the Storage System Name Inform your clients including shared folders or backups ...

Page 41: ...ver name s maximum number of characters is 64 Can include only letters uppercase and lowercase A Z numbers 0 9 hyphens underlines _ and dots The IP address maximum number of character is 15 including the three The format is xxx xxx xxx xxx and the value of xxx is between 0 and 255 Administrator name Password Confirm password In the Administrator name field enter the administrator name for logging ...

Page 42: ...36 Network Setting Allow you to configure the network settings that include the workgroup name MAC address and FTP server settings 1 Click Network setting and the following screen appear ...

Page 43: ...n your network the server can get its IP address from that DHCP server automatically Use this IP address IP address Subnet mask If you do not have a DHCP server you must specify an IP address subnet mask gateway IP address and DNS server NOTE Maximum number of characters is 15 including the three The format is xxx xxx xxx xxx and the value of xxx is between 0 and 255 Enable FTP server Allows your ...

Page 44: ...using Filezilla as your FTP data transfer tool DO NOT enable the Use multiple connections to transfer files setting Or if you are using another FTP data transfer tool make sure to only upload one file at a time per connection ...

Page 45: ... necessary changes click Apply 3 When the confirmation message appears click OK for the changes to take effect WARNING If you change the Static IP Use this IP address back to Dynamic IP Get an IP address automatically you need to shutdown the Storage System Management and restart it again ...

Page 46: ...add modify and remove groups as well as perform quota management Users 1 Click the Users Groups button on the Storage System Management homepage The following screen appears 2 Add the users After the user is added you can assign the user to shared folders by clicking Shared Folders to assign restrict access see later section for further details ...

Page 47: ...41 NOTE Windows users can be joined into groups as well as assign several users to a shared folder 3 Click Add and the following screen appear You must provide the requested user information ...

Page 48: ... letter uppercase and lowercase A Z Must not be any of the following uppercase or lowercase words such as root backupuser nobody ftp and anonymous In the Password and Confirm password fields enter the password for accessing any shared folders NOTE Maximum number of characters is 8 Can include any printable ASCII characters but not 4 Click Apply and the new user would be added Repeat the above step...

Page 49: ...43 5 Click Remove and the following screen appears allowing you to specify the type of user Windows Mac OS X you want to delete ...

Page 50: ...44 6 Click Edit and the following screen appears allowing you to specify the type of user Windows Mac OS X you want to edit ...

Page 51: ... users into groups makes it easier to give several users access to the same shared folder at once 1 Click Groups under the Users Groups page The following screen appears NOTE Only Windows users can be included in groups ...

Page 52: ...46 2 Click Add and the following screen appear Enter a group name and add all or selected users to this group You can also remove all or selected users from a group 3 Click Apply ...

Page 53: ...NOTE Before enabling disabling Quota Management make sure that iTunes is not enabled no USB device is mounted and there is no existing Samba connection to your storage device see later section for details 1 Click Quota management under the Users Groups page The following screen appears ...

Page 54: ...For setting the quota of the specific user on the SATA disk In the Set the Quota Size of guest on the SATA disk field select No Limit or Quota Size and enter the quota size MB In the Administrator password field enter the password for logging in to the Storage System Management The password is case sensitive NOTE Maximum number of characters is 8 Can include any printable ASCII characters but not ...

Page 55: ...st of all currently configured and shared folders and allow you to add shared folders change the right of access for users or remove them 1 Click the Shared Folders button on the Storage System Management homepage The following screen appears ...

Page 56: ... only letters uppercase and lowercase A Z numbers 0 9 hyphens underlines _ and dots First character must be a letter uppercase and lowercase A Z Must not be any of the following uppercase or lowercase words such as com1 com9 lpt1 lpt9 con nul prn aux homes spool usbdisk1 usbdisk2 usbprint1 or usbprint2 Assign Access 4 Select the shared folder whose user access you want to change add or remove user...

Page 57: ...s is 64 Can include only letters uppercase and lowercase A Z numbers 0 9 hyphens underlines _ and dots First character must be a letter uppercase and lowercase A Z Must not be any of the following uppercase or lowercase words such as com1 com9 lpt1 lpt9 con nul prn aux homes spool usbdisk1 usbdisk2 usbprint1 or usbprint2 ...

Page 58: ...hared folders Delete Shared Folder 8 Select the shared folder you want to remove 9 Click Delete and the following screen appears 10 Click OK to confirm deletion 11 After adding deleting or assigning access to shared folder click Apply 12 When the confirmation message appears click OK for the changes to take effect ...

Page 59: ...s slot model serial number size RAID type and disk status shows the RAID rebuilding percentage 1 Click the Disk button on your Storage System Management homepage The following screen appears 2 Click Refresh to update the status of the hard disk s installed in your storage system ...

Page 60: ...rts Allows you to set up the storage system to notify up to two people via email if any problem occurs namely when hard disk space usage is full or the upper operating temperature has been reached or when USB UPS power level is not adequate To take advantage of this feature you must have access to an SMTP email server either within your own network or through an Internet service provider NOTE In o...

Page 61: ...ed button on the Storage System Management homepage The following screen appears 2 Enter the information about your SMTP email server sender s email address and up to two email addresses that should receive the notification ...

Page 62: ...rd The SMTP email server name s maximum number of characters is 64 Can include only letters uppercase and lowercase A Z numbers 0 9 hyphens underlines _ and dots The sender s email address maximum number of characters is 128 3 Click Apply 4 When the confirmation message appears click OK to confirm ...

Page 63: ...ional security you must enter your administrator password in order to upgrade the firmware 2 Click Browse and select the firmware file Upgrade_x x x xxxx Vxx xx cpio bz2 e g D Upgrade_2 6 1 0118 V0 12 cpio bz2 from the displayed list you can place the Upgrade_2 6 1 0118 V0 12 cpio bz2 in any folder on the computer that you prefer 3 In the Administrator password text box enter the password 4 Click ...

Page 64: ...58 5 When the confirmation message appears click OK to confirm 6 The upload percentage will be displayed 7 System will reboot automatically after upgrade has finished ...

Page 65: ...es Server Allows your storage system to function as an iTunes server for accessing digital music files from an iTunes client computer 1 Click iTunes Server on the Advanced page and the following screen appears ...

Page 66: ...60 2 Click the checkbox iTunes Server enabled and the following screen appears Click Re Scan to synchronize iTunes 3 Click Apply ...

Page 67: ...s a media server by specifying the scan path selecting the media file type s start scanning and afterwards display the results of the scan as well as delete and backup media database 1 Click Media Server on the Advanced page and the following screen appears ...

Page 68: ...Scan Control Click Start Scan to start scanning Media Scan Details Previous Scan Displays the result of the latest scan by showing the total number of image files audio files video files rejected files and scan time Media Database Controls The Delete Database will delete the playlist NOTE After importing the contents into your Muse X Duo RAID via SAMBA connection click Start Scan again 2 Upon clic...

Page 69: ...nter Server Allow your storage system to function as a printer server when a USB printer is connected 1 Connect a printer to any USB port on your storage system 2 Click Printer Server on the Advanced page and the following screen appears 3 Click the checkbox Printer Server enabled ...

Page 70: ...ing screen appears NOTE A warning message will appear if no USB printer is connected to your storage system 5 Click Next and the following screen appears Select A network printer or a printer attached to another computer by clicking on the radio button ...

Page 71: ...up the USB printer on your computer you need to check your Muse X Duo RAID storage system s IP address e g 192 168 1 25 Then when installing the network printer you have to type the URL like as follows http 192 168 1 25 631 printers USB_Printer 8 Click Next to continue 9 When the confirmation message appears click OK to confirm http 192 168 1 25 631 printers USB_Printer ...

Page 72: ... any USB port on your storage system NOTE When using the USB UPS and the power level is not adequate power level remaining reaches 3 of normal charge an email alert will be sent to inform you to shutdown the storage system immediately 2 Click UPS on the Advanced page and the following screen appears ...

Page 73: ...enabled The Power status amount of backup power available will be shown 4 Click Apply NOTE A warning message will appear if no USB UPS is connected to your storage system 5 When the confirmation message appears click OK to confirm ...

Page 74: ...storage device to your storage system 1 Click USB backup on the Advanced page and the following screen appears 2 In the Administrator password text box enter the password NOTE Maximum number of characters is 8 Can include any printable ASCII characters but not ...

Page 75: ... storage system on a newly created timestamp folder under USBBackup and the following screen appears 4 Click OK 5 To eject your USB storage device in case it is connected to your storage system select the USB storage device from the Eject your USB dropdown list 6 Enter the password again ...

Page 76: ...p available space textbox enter the value MB to change the allocated disk space for backing up to your storage system Otherwise do not change it the default setting of 10 is suggested 10 Enter the password again 11 Click Apply NOTE When the total file size is over the limit the warning message The disk space is not enough appears ...

Page 77: ...he download task percent and speed of download and seed is displayed You can pause resume or delete the download anytime 1 Click Download Station on the Advanced page and the following screen appears 2 Click Browse and select the file filename torrent to download 3 Click Download NOTE Click Pause Resume to pause or resume the download or Delete to remove the download ...

Page 78: ... encounter 1 Click System log on the Advanced page and the following screen appears The date and time of the event the type of event I stands for informational E stands for error W stands for warning and C stands for critical error and a brief description of the event are displayed 2 If an event occurs while you are viewing this list click Refresh to update it ...

Page 79: ...by using Storage System Management To use Storage System Management 1 Click Shut Down on the Advanced page and the following screen appears allowing you to shutdown the storage system CAUTION Make sure no one is backing up a disk or using a shared folder before you shut down the storage system 2 Enter the Administrator password NOTE Maximum number of characters is 8 Can include any printable ASCII...

Page 80: ...ars Click OK to confirm 4 A message appears indicating that the system is shutting down CAUTION Always shutdown the system in accordance with the instructions above An improper shutdown may affect the functionality of storage system in the next startup ...

Page 81: ...boot on the Advanced page and the following screen appears allowing you to reboot the storage system CAUTION Make sure no one is backing up a disk or using a shared folder before you reboot the storage system 2 Enter the Administrator password NOTE Maximum number of characters is 8 Can include any printable ASCII characters but not ...

Page 82: ...ppear Click OK to confirm 4 A message appears indicating that the system is rebooting CAUTION Always reboot the system in accordance with the instructions above An improper reboot may affect the functionality of storage system in the next startup ...

Page 83: ...go back to zero disk configuration again You can use Storage System Management 1 Click Back to Zero Disk on the Advanced page and the following screen appears 2 Enter the Administrator password NOTE Maximum number of characters is 8 Can include any printable ASCII characters but not ...

Page 84: ...Zero Disk only if no hard disk is installed in the storage system An improper reboot may affect the functionality of storage system in the next startup 4 Wait for a while approximately 3 5 minutes until the following screen appears Click the Click to Configure RAID Profile under the Configuration URL column ...

Page 85: ...the RAID configuration by clicking the radio button of the available RAID configuration on the CHANGE TO column under RAID Profiles then click CHANGE WARNING An improper reboot may affect the functionality of storage system in the next startup ...

Page 86: ...80 3 8 Logging Out of Storage System Management 1 To log out from the Storage System Management without shutting it down click the Logout button ...

Page 87: ...hen the confirmation message appears click OK 3 The following screen appears You can allow it to stay in the background and perform other computer task To use the Storage System Management later click Log In ...

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Page 89: ...apter 4 Map Shares Your Storage System Management allows you to map shared folders To map shared folders 1 From the NAS Discovery tool click the Click to Map under the MAP Shares column to map shared folders ...

Page 90: ...rs Key in the appropriate information and click Map NAS Samba Share allows you to select which shared folder to connect User Name Password the shared folder of what you selected Share Name allows you to re name a preferred share name ...

Page 91: ...stantly by pressing the One Touch Backup button 5 1 Connecting a USB Device Your storage device has three USB ports To use the One Touch Backup function with a USB device 1 Make sure you have enabled the USB Backup feature on Storage System Management refer to chapter 3 for further details 2 Connect a USB device to any USB port on your storage device ...

Page 92: ...ge device has a Card Reader The Card Reader is a small drive for reading from and writing to removable memory cards or called memory cards The cards supported are MMC MultiMediaCard SD Secure Digital and MS Memory Stick cards Shown next are the appearance and size of each card type for your reference Type MMC Card SD Card MS Card Appearance Size 24 32 1 4 mm 24 32 2 1 mm 21 5 50 2 8 mm ...

Page 93: ...torage device 2 Align the card with its connector end pointing to the corresponding slot and its indentation facing up Slide the card into the slot until it reaches the end 3 Press the One Touch Backup button to start backing up the contents of your memory card to a newly created timestamp folder under Backup ...