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  • Page 1 LevelOne FNS-7000A 4-bay Tower NAS w/2 Gigabit Ethernet User`s Manual...
  • Page 2 CAUTION 1. Back up your system periodically to avoid any potential data loss. 2. Should you return any components of FNS-7000A package for refund or maintenance, make sure they are carefully packed for shipping. Any form of damages due to improper packaging will not be compensated.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Chapter 1 Overview of FNS-7000A ............5 Introduction ................... 5 Package Contents ................5 System Overview ................6 Chapter 2 Installation of FNS-7000A ............ 7 Network Configuration ..............7 Chapter 3 Administration of FNS-7000A ..........8 Accessing Administration Page ............8 Server Administration ..............
  • Page 4 Restart/ Shut down Server ............. 78 Reset Administrator Password and Network Settings ......78 Disk Failure or Malfunction .............. 79 Power Outage or Abnormal Shutdown ..........79 Appendix A LCD Panel ................. 80 Appendix B Web File Manager ............83 Appendix C Quick Install Wizard ............

  • Page 5: Chapter 1 Overview Of Fns-7000A

    Chapter 1 Overview of LevelOne FNS-7000A Introduction Thank you for choosing FNS-7000A as your Network Attached Storage (NAS). This product has the following key features: • Desktop design • VIA Eden 733 MHz/ 256MB DDR RAM • Supports 4 x 3.5’’ IDE HDD •...

  • Page 6: System Overview

    System Overview Front View LCD Panel Setting Switch A Setting Switch B 4 LED indicators: Power, Error, Network, and Disk Access Rear View Configuration Reset Switch Power Switch RJ-45 Gigabit Ethernet Port 1 RJ-45 Gigabit Ethernet Port 2 USB UPS connector Power Connector...

  • Page 7: Chapter 2 Installation Of Fns-7000A

    Chapter 2 Installation of FNS-7000A Network Configuration By factory default, FNS-7000A will search the network via DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) to detect IP address settings automatically. If your network does not support DHCP protocol, FNS-7000A will use the default settings as below: IP Address: 192.168.0.1...

  • Page 8: Chapter 3 Administration Of Fns-7000A

    Explorer 5.0 or later, and Netscape Navigator 4.5 or later. Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 is recommended. Accessing Administration Page 1. Launch the web browser. Enter the IP address of FNS-7000A to access the administration page. The IP address can also be obtained on the LCD display of FNS-7000A (see Appendix A).
  • Page 9 4. Enter the user name and password. The default administrator name and password are: User name: administrator Password: admin The first time you login FNS-7000A, Quick Configuration page will be shown. Please refer to the Quick Configuration section for more details.

  • Page 10: Server Administration

    Server Administration There are eight main sections in server administration, which are listed below: Quick Configuration Server Name Date & Time System Settings Language Setting View System Settings TCP/IP Configuration Microsoft Networking Network Apple Networking Settings NFS Service Netware Service Web Service FTP Service View Network Settings...

  • Page 11: Quick Configuration

    Quick Configuration You can configure FNS-7000A step by step in Quick Configuration section. Enter the server name. Change the administrator password or select to use the original password.
  • Page 12 Enter the date, time and select the time zone for the server. Select the language the server uses for file names. Enter the IP address, subnet mask and default gateway for the server.
  • Page 13 Select the network file services to provide on the server. Configure disk volume on this server.
  • Page 14 Configure the method of user authentication.
  • Page 15 Manage users and user groups of this server.
  • Page 16 10. Manage network shares on this server. 11. Finish. It may take several to tens of minutes to complete Quick Configuration, depending on your system settings.

  • Page 17: System Settings

    • Server Name Enter the name of FNS-7000A. The server name can be 14 characters long at maximum, which can contain alphabets, numbers and hyphens (-). The server does not accept names containing empty characters, period (.), or...
  • Page 18 • Date & Time Set the date, time, and time zone according to your location. If the settings are incorrect, the following problems may occur: When using a web browser to access or save a file, the display time of the action will be incorrect.
  • Page 19 • Language Setting FNS-7000A will use the language specified in this section to create and display files and directories. Select the correct language to avoid the following problems: Unable to create files or directories in special characters. ii. Unable to display file or directory name in special characters.

  • Page 20: Network Settings

    Network Settings TCP/IP Configuration • Obtain IP address settings automatically via DHCP If your network supports DHCP, FNS-7000A will automatically use DHCP protocol to retrieve the IP address and related information. • Use static IP address To use fixed IP address for network connection, enter the following...
  • Page 21 You can also configure the following settings: Enable DHCP server If there is no DHCP server on your network, you can enable this option to provide IP address settings to the clients. Start IP address The first IP address to be dynamically allocated for DHCP service. End IP address The last IP address to be dynamically allocated for DHCP service.
  • Page 22 Configuration of Network Interfaces Fail Over The system supports the configuration of multiple network interfaces, which enables you to perform Fail Over or Load Balance functions. Fail over ensures server availability to the network. If the primary port is disconnected due to a hardware or cable problem, the secondary port will replace its network identity.
  • Page 23 Server Description: Describe FNS-7000A, e.g. administrator name, department, or location of the server, for users to identify the server. Users using FNS-7000A on the Microsoft Windows operating systems must enable Microsoft Network Services. Workgroup: Specify the workgroup FNS-7000A belongs to. The workgroup is a computer group unit in Microsoft Windows network for network sharing.
  • Page 24 If the local network has a WINS server installed, specify the IP address. FNS- 7000A will automatically register its name and IP address with WINS service. If you do not want to enable WINS server support, or you do not have a WINS server on your network, enter 0.0.0.0 in the field for WINS server IP address.
  • Page 25 If your AppleTalk network uses extended networks, and is assigned with multiple zones, assign a zone name to FNS-7000A. If you do not want to assign a network zone, enter an asterisk (*) to use the default setting. 4. NFS Service To use FNS-7000A on Unix/ Linux operating system computer or server, enable NFS service.
  • Page 26 5. NetWare Service To use Novell Netware service, enable this option and enter the server name for Netware network. The server will then operate in a manner similar to a Novell NetWare 3.12 file server. To configure more options for Netware service, enable Netware service and click Advanced.
  • Page 27 6. Web Service To access files on FNS-7000A via web browser, enable Web File Manager. If FNS-7000A is connected to the Internet and uses a valid IP address, you can access files on the server by web browser from anywhere.
  • Page 28 8. View Network Settings You can view current network settings and status in this section.

  • Page 29: Disk Configuration

    Disk Configuration Your FNS-7000A can accommodate four disks at maximum. You can set the disk volume to the following configurations: Single Disk Volume You can select to use a standalone disk. In case of disk crash, all data will be lost.
  • Page 30 RAID 0 Striping Disk Volume Striping disk combines two or more disks into one larger disk. It offers the fastest disk access but it does not have any protection of your data if the striped array fails. The disk capacity equals the number of disks in the array times the size of the smallest disk.
  • Page 31 By factory default, FNS-7000A is preset to one large RAID 0 disk (applicable for servers with two or more disk volumes). To use other disk configurations, the settings can be changed during the first Quick Configuration access. You can also administer your disk volume in the following ways:...
  • Page 32 iii. Examine Disk Volume Disk Volume Operation Report This page shows the current status and information of disk volume operation.
  • Page 33 iv. Format Disk Volume View Disk & Volume Status...
  • Page 34 vi. Snapshot Settings Snapshot enables users to create a copy of disk volume as backup source. The creation of snapshot will not modify the disk volume while any changes made to the disk volume will not affect any formerly taken snapshots. •...
  • Page 35 • Advanced Snapshot Settings To set up when to warn about every snapshot's use status, set the Snapshot Warning Threshold value and click OK. The default threshold to log a warning message is when a snapshot is 90% full. Click Basic or Cancel to return to the Basic Snapshot Settings page.
  • Page 36 Select Create Now or define the time interval, i.e. repeat hourly, weekly or monthly for the snapshot schedule. To modify a current schedule, check the appropriate box and click Edit. To remove it, click Delete. To view the updated status of the schedule, click Refresh.
  • Page 37 Restoring data from snapshots To restore the disk volume to the status of a particular point of time, go to Restore of Snapshot Settings. Check the box of the snapshot to which the disk volume will be restored and click OK. To view the updated restoring status, click Refresh.
  • Page 38 Viewing Snapshot Status To view the list of snapshots created for a disk volume and their status, click View in the Snapshot Settings section. Other functions: a. To create a snapshot, click New to add a new snapshot. b. To remove a snapshot, select an entry and click Delete. c.
  • Page 39 Using Snapshot with Remote Replication To ensure the completeness and continuity of the backup data, check the box “Take a snapshot before performing the backup job”. When this option is selected, a snapshot of the disk volume will be taken automatically for tape backup or remote replication.

  • Page 40: User Management

    User Management The files on FNS-7000A can be shared among multiple users. For easier management and better control of users’ access right, you have to organize users, user groups and their access right control. • Users The system has created the following users by default:...
  • Page 41 User name The user name must not exceed 32 characters. It is case-insensitive and can contain double-byte characters, such as Chinese, Japanese, and Korean except: " / \ [ ] : ; | = , + * ? < > ` ' Password The password must be 6~16 characters long.
  • Page 42 • User Groups User group is a collection of users with the same access right to files or folders. FNS-7000A has created the following user groups by default: Administrators All members of administrators group have the right to perform system management.
  • Page 43 • Quota To allocate disk volume efficiently, you can specify the quota that can be used by each user. When quota is set, users are not allowed to further use disk space once they have reached their quota limit. By default, no limitations are set for users.

  • Page 44: Network Share Management

    Network Share Management The primary purpose of network storage is file sharing. In a standard operation environment, you can create different network share folders for various types of files, or provide different file access rights to users or user groups. By factory default, a “public”...
  • Page 45 • Create To create a network share, enter the following information: Network share name The share name must not exceed 12 characters and cannot contain the following characters: " . + = / \ : | * ? < > ; [ ] % Disk volume This area shows the disk volume status.
  • Page 46 • Access Control Once the network share is created, you can assign access rights to users or user groups: Deny access Access to the network share will be denied when this option is selected. Read only Users can read the files only on the network share when read only is assigned.
  • Page 47 • Property and Delete To edit the property of an existing network share, select a share and click Property. You can then edit the content of that share. You can also select to delete an existing network share. Click OK to confirm the deletion or Cancel to abort.

  • Page 48: System Tools

    System Tools System Tools enable you to optimize the maintenance and management of FNS- 7000A. 3.9.1 SNMP Settings Enable SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) service and complete all necessary settings to manage network components of the server by SNMP. When enabling SNMP Trap Notification, a message will be sent to a specified trap host when an error occurs.

  • Page 49: Alert Notification

    3.9.2 Alert Notification Enter the e-mail address of administrator and SMTP server IP address. In case of warning or malfunction, an email will be sent to the administrator automatically. 3.9.3 Restart/ Shutdown Select to restart or shut down FNS-7000A.

  • Page 50: Hardware Settings

    3.9.4 Hardware Settings You can enable or disable the hardware functions of FNS-7000A. Enable LCD panel setting function To enable users to configure TCP/IP settings via the LCD panel. ii. Enable configuration reset switch By enabling this option, you can press the reset button for a few seconds to reset the administrator password and system settings to default.

  • Page 51: Ups

    3.9.5 If your UPS device provides USB interface, you can enable UPS (uninterruptible power supply) support to protect your system from abnormal system shutdown caused by power outage. In case of utility power failure, the system will shut down automatically by probing the power status of the connected UPS unit. Enable UPS support To activate the UPS support, you can select this option.

  • Page 52: System Update

    3.9.6 System Update To update the firmware version of FNS-7000A, make sure you have obtained the correct version of image file. It is suggested to back up all existing data on FNS- 7000A before updating the image. The current settings will remain unchanged after the system is upgraded.

  • Page 53: Change Logo

    3.9.7 Change Logo You can choose a personal picture to display on the login page of FNS-7000A. The size of the picture cannot exceed 20K bytes.

  • Page 54: Remote Replication

    Remote Replication enables you to replicate local files to remote folders on another server. The files will be compressed before the replication process in order to save time for data transfer. Using Remote Replication Login FNS-7000A, go to Remote Replication in System Tools.
  • Page 55 Click New to enter the following page. Complete all settings and click OK to save or Cancel to quit Note: To use remote replication, enable Microsoft Networking service, make sure the destination network share and directory have been created, and the user name and password are valid to login the destination folder.
  • Page 56 Edit Select the job to be edited. Click Edit. Modify the settings. Click OK to save or Cancel to quit. iii. Delete Select the job to be deleted. Click Delete.

  • Page 57: Virus Scan

    Make sure virus scan agent and software are installed on the same computer which performs virus scanning before activating the agent. Follow the steps below to install Virus Scan Agent: 1. Run Install Virus Scan Agent in FNS-7000A companion CD. 2. Click Next to continue Virus Scan Agent Setup.
  • Page 58 3. Click Finish to complete. 4. A screen will pop up to show the system information the first time you have successfully installed the virus scan agent.
  • Page 59 The description of the fields is as below: Fields Description Server Name Name of the network share under the protection of virus scan agent IP Address The IP address of the network share Status Connection status of the host network share with the virus scan agent: Disconnect: Not connected to the network •...
  • Page 60 Enabling Virus Scan Support Go to Virus Scan of System Tools. To enable virus scan support, check the box Enable Virus Scan Support. Enter the IP address of the virus scan server and click Apply. Viewing Details of Infected Files To view the details of infected files of the network share, go to Event Logs of Statistics &...

  • Page 61: 3.9.10 Backup/ Restore/ Reset Settings

    3.9.10 Backup/ Restore/ Reset Settings To backup the setting(s), select the appropriate option(s) and click Backup. To restore a backup settings file, click Browse to select the file and click Restore. To reset the setting(s) to factory default(s), select the appropriate option and click Reset.

  • Page 62: 3.9.11 Backup Agent

    3.9.11 Backup Agent Backup agent enables FNS-7000A to support particular backup programs. In addition to being compatible with more tape drives and tape library, backup agent also supports backup and restoration among multiple servers on different...
  • Page 63 Install Back Agent. Contact technical support for information of backup agent program. 2. Install Backup Agent a. Enter FNS-7000A administration page. Go to System Tools and select Backup Agent. b. Click Browse to select Backup Agent program. c. Click Install Agent. When the installation is completed, the name of...
  • Page 64 3. Configure and enable Backup Agent a. Click Enable Backup Agent. b. Enter the password for Backup Agent. c. Click Apply. The status will be shown as Running.
  • Page 65 Auto Boot/ Shutdown This function enables FNS-7000A to specify the schedule when the system will boot and shut down automatically. Note that after changing the settings, it will take a minute to take effect. It is recommended not to set the schedules too...

  • Page 66: 3.10 Statistics & Logs

    3.10 Statistics & Logs You can view the event logs of all currently online users on FNS-7000A for system monitoring. • Active Users This page shows all users that are currently logged on to the system. • Event Logs FNS-7000A can store thousands of recent event logs, including warning, error and information messages.

  • Page 67: Chapter 4 Accessing Fns-7000A

    Appendix C. • You may also search for FNS-7000A within the Network Neighborhood. Locate the workgroup and find the name of your FNS-7000A. When the server is found, double-click on the server name to connect. • You may also use “Search for Computers” function to look for your FNS- 7000A in Windows.
  • Page 68 Once the connection to FNS-7000A is successful, all listing on your available network share will be displayed. Select an appropriate network share folder and select Map Network Drive by right clicking on the item. To make the share folder available for your next start-up, check the Reconnect at logon box on the popup window and click OK to map the folder as your network drive.

  • Page 69: Using Apple Mac Os

    Using Apple MAC OS If you are an Apple MAC user, you can access FNS-7000A by the following ways: Using Network Browser Choose “Network Browser” in Apple menu. In “Network Browser”, choose AppleTalk. A list of computers on the AppleTalk network will appear. Select FNS-7000A.
  • Page 70 Enter the login name and password, or use “Guest” to enter. Click Connect. When FNS-7000A is connected, all network shares will be shown.
  • Page 71 Choose a network share to connect. The network share will appear on the desktop.
  • Page 72 Using Chooser Select Chooser on Apple menu bar. Click on AppleShare. The name of FNS-7000A will appear on the right side of the window.
  • Page 73 Use the mouse to highlight FNS-7000A and click OK. Enter the correct login name and password or use “Guest” to login, and then click Connect.
  • Page 74 All available network shares will be listed. Select a network share and click OK. Close the Chooser program. Double click on the icon on the desktop to access the files.

  • Page 75: Using Unix/ Linux Os

    If you link FNS-7000A to the Internet and use a public IP address, you can access the files on the server anywhere. For more information, please refer to...

  • Page 76: Using File Transfer Protocol (Ftp)

    Using File Transfer Protocol (FTP) In addition to working with multiple operating systems, FNS-7000A also supports connection via FTP. Enter the correct user name and password to connect the server or access the public share folders as guest. 1. Follow the steps below to use FTP service (based on Windows 2000 as example): 2.
  • Page 77 3. Enter user name and password. 4. The share folder will be shown. You can then manage the folder by dragging and dropping files to it, as well as rename or delete the files.

  • Page 78: Chapter 5 Fns-7000A-Maintenance

    Chapter 5 FNS-7000A-Maintenance FNS-7000A is specially designed to run 24 x 7 and be ready at all times against system crash caused by power outage. This section provides a general overview on system maintenance. Restart/ Shut down Server Follow the steps below to restart or shut down FNS-7000A.

  • Page 79: Disk Failure Or Malfunction

    Power Outage or Abnormal Shutdown In case of power outage or improper shutdown of FNS-7000A, the system will resume to the state before it is shut down. If your server does not function properly after restart, please do the following: 1.

  • Page 80: Appendix Alcd Panel

    Appendix A LCD Panel Displayed Information When FNS-7000A is turned on, the server name, IP address, date, and time will be shown. Server name Date Power Button A Error NAS-Disk 12/28 Network 61.235.61.33 02:22 Button B Network IP address Time Check disk information and firmware version Press button B to view disk information, i.e.
  • Page 81 System Setting Function Press button A for two seconds to enter configuration page. NAS7000A 4.1.3 (1227) Press button B to select an item: NETWORK SETTINGS, POWER DOWN, REBOOT SYSTEM, and EXIT. PRESS 2 SECONDS FOR CONFIG. PAGE Network Settings Enter NETWORK SETTINGS configuration page and press button B to select one of the following options.
  • Page 82 POWER DOWN Press button B to select POWER DOWN and press button A to confirm shutting down FNS-7000A. SELECT: 2. POWER DOWN REBOOT SYSTEM Press button B to select REBOOT SYSTEM and press button A to confirm restarting the system.

  • Page 83: Appendix B Web File Manager

    Web File Manager Using Web File Manager Launch the web browser and go to FNS-7000A home page. Select Web File Manager and enter the correct login name and password. You may also enter “guest” in the login name field with no password to access the network shares on FNS-7000As as an anonymous guest.
  • Page 84 You can organize network share folders of FNS-7000A. With Web File Manager, you can upload, rename, or delete files and folders in the network shares. • View files online Click on a file displayed on the web page. The information of the file will be displayed.
  • Page 85 • Upload file Open the folder to upload file to. Click Browse to select the file. iii. Click Upload. • Download file Select a file to download. Right click the mouse and select “Save As” to save the file. • Logout To exit Web File Manager, click (Logout).
  • Page 86 • Viewing Files Named in Chinese To view files named in Chinese, you may have to configure the browser settings. Take Internet Explorer as an example, follow the steps below to configure the settings. 1. Click on Tools in IE browser. 2.
  • Page 87 Web File Manager Icons Icon Description Up-return to the parent folder Refresh-reload the current page Home-return to network share list home page Create folder Rename file or folder Delete file or folder Select all Cancel selection Logout Full access network share folder Read-only network share folder Malfunction network share folder...

  • Page 88: Appendix C Quick Install Wizard

    Appendix C Quick Install Wizard Quick Install Wizard enables you to search for all available FNS-7000As within the local network, and view the server name, IP address, and workgroup etc. You can also configure the disk name, date and time, etc. via Quick Install Wizard. Screenshot Indicates Windows...
  • Page 89 Operation Configure FNS-7000A Select a FNS-7000A displayed on Quick Install Wizard and click Configure. Enter the administrator password. Upon successful login, the following screen will appear. Enter the configuration values and click OK.
  • Page 90 IP address, subnet mask and gateway for the server. For further configuration of the system, please login the administration page of FNS-7000A via web browser. Note: You may have to restart FNS-7000A after changing the network configuration.
  • Page 91 View FNS-7000A details Select a FNS-7000A available on Quick Install Wizard and click Details. The following screen will be shown:...
  • Page 92 Search for all available FNS-7000A again To refresh the search results, click Refresh to display all available servers within the network. Help Click Help to view the instructions of Quick Install Wizard.
  • Page 93 Enter the home page of FNS-7000A Double click on FNS-7000A to enter the administration page.

  • Page 94: Appendix D Netbak Replicator

    Appendix D NetBak Replicator NetBak Replicator is a program installed in user’s system (Windows only) for data backup. You can upload any files or folders to server and back up the data. Main Functions Backup • File Filter You can select particular file types to be excluded from backup. The system will filter all files belonging to these file types when backing up data.
  • Page 95 Installing Netbak Replicator Run Install NetBak Replicator in the companion CD. Follow the steps to install NetBak Replicator. Then click Finish. Upon successful installation, a shortcut icon will be shown on the Desktop.
  • Page 96 Using NetBak Replicator 1. Create a share folder for backup in NAS. 2. Run NetBak Replicator. Click . All NAS and their share folders within the network will be displayed.
  • Page 97 3. Select the server and share folder, or enter the IP address of NAS for data backup. Then click OK. Note: Only authorized users can access the share folders. Double click the folder. The system will prompt for user name and password to authenticate the access privilege of the users.
  • Page 98 4. You can start the backup procedure upon successful connection to the NAS. • Backup Select files and folders for backup. File Filter Click File Filter to select file format to be skipped from backup. Then click OK.
  • Page 99 Schedule Click Schedule on NetBak Replicator main page. Then check the box “Enable Backup Schedule” and select the frequency and time for backup. Click OK to confirm.
  • Page 100 Monitor Select the files and folders for monitoring. Then click Monitor.
  • Page 101 • Restore a. Restore to original position: Select the location that the data will be restored to. b. Select new restore position: Click to select the directory to restore data to or select a previously chosen location from the drop-down menu. c.
  • Page 102 d. Option: Select recovery option and error option.
  • Page 103 • a. Clear All: Click this button to clear all logs. b. Option: Select the type of logs to be recorded― “Record all logs” or “Record error logs only”.

  • Page 104: Appendix E Configuring Ad Authentication

    Appendix E Configuring AD Authentication Adding NAS to Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Domain Go to TCP/IP Configuration in Network Settings. Enter the IP address of Windows server 2003 as the primary DNS server of NAS, e.g. 172.17.27.80.
  • Page 105 Go to Microsoft Networking of Network Settings. Enable AD Domain Member, and enter the domain name and the user name with administrator access right to that domain.
  • Page 106 When the following message appears after applying the settings in step 2, check the DNS IP, domain name, domain user name, and the password. When the following message appears after applying the settings in step 2, check the time zone settings. Make sure the difference of your time and that of AD server is less than 5 minutes.
  • Page 107 If you would like a copy of the GPL or other open source code in this software on a physical CD medium, LevelOne (Digital Data Communications) offers to mail this CD to you upon request, for a price of US$9.99 plus the cost of shipping.

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