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  • Page 1 Network Attached Storage RAID Server NAS-5400 User’s Manual...

  • Page 2: Safety Precautions

    Copyright Copyright 2004 by PLANET Technology Corp. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without the prior written permission of PLANET.
  • Page 3 All brand and product names mentioned in this manual are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Revision User’s Manual for PLANET Network Attached Storage RAID Server Model: NAS-5400 Rev: 1.0 (March, 2003) Part No. EM-NAS5KV1...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Chapter 2 Installation -----------------------------------------------------------------5 2.1 Hardware Installation Procedures -------------------------------------------------------------------------5 2.2 Installing Hard Drives to HDD Trays ----------------------------------------------------------------------5 2.3 Setting Up the NAS-5400 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7 2.4 Replace the hot-swap redundant power supply ----------------------------------------------------- 11 2.5 Turn off the NAS Server ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11...
  • Page 5 4.5.3 Cache Setup---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 77 4.5.4 Home Setup ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 79 4.6 Toolkit ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 80 4.6.1 LED Management --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 80 4.6.2 SNMP Configuration------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 81 4.6.3 UPS Management--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 82 4.6.4 Restore Defaults----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 86 4.6.5 Shutdown/ Restart -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 87 4.6.6 System Update------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 88 4.7 File Browser --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 90 4.8 Logout----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 91 Chapter 5 Using Backup Utility -------------------------------------------------- 92 5.1 Backing up data ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 92...
  • Page 6 Appendix 2 Windows Access to NAS Server ----------------------------- 136 Appendix 3 UNIX Access to NAS Server ----------------------------------- 137 Appendix 4 Mac Access to NAS Server------------------------------------- 140 Appendix 5 Third Party Backup Support----------------------------------- 141 CA BrightStor Enterprise Backup v10.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 141 CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup v9 for Windows ------------------------------------------------------ 142 Veritas BackupExec v8.6-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 142 Dantz Retrospect Backup v5.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 143...

  • Page 7: Chapter 1 Introduction

    PLANET provides a reliable and affordable solution, the NAS-5400. The staff with technical background or specialized training is not required, regardless of the operating systems installed in your network, the NAS-5400 has straightforward setup procedures and can be installed in any existing network environment with its simple and intuitive management interface.

  • Page 8: Physical Details

    1. Make sure the A/C power cable is in socket. 2. When the A/C switch of power supply is switched on, the NAS-5400 starts up. 3. Press POWER button once to shutdown the NAS-5400, and then press once again to switch it Attention: 1.

  • Page 9: Rear View

    LED definition: Color Function Green Indicating system status. 1. One flash per 0.5 second：the system is booting. 2. One flash per 1.0 second：the system is being shutdown. 3. One flash per 2.0 second：the system is rebuilding. 4. Always on：the system is ready. Indicating system alert.
  • Page 10 1. G. LAN: Gigabit Ethernet Port 2. LAN 1: 10/100M Ethernet Port 3. COM (for UPS): The NAS-5400 uses a DB-9 connector for its serial port connection. The pin assignments of this connector are as follows: Pin # Signal Name...

  • Page 11: Chapter 2 Installation

    NAS-5400. Note that All HDDs must be set to master mode. Step 2: Connect one end of an Ethernet cable to the LAN port located on the NAS-5400 rear panel and attach the other end to a hub or switch.
  • Page 12 To remove and relocate the front panel In order to install a new hard drive or replace failed one, you must remove the front panel first. Unlock Lock Figure 1 1. Turn the lock in front panel to Unlock position with the provided key. 2.

  • Page 13: Setting Up The Nas-5400

    5. When the HDD green LED flash rapidly, the drive is accessing by host. 2.3 Setting Up the NAS-5400 After connecting the NAS-5400 to a power cord and the LAN, power it up and follow the procedures below to set up the server.
  • Page 14 3. Click on the "NAS-5000 series Assistant" hyperlink to activate the program. If the above screen is not shown, you can start the installation as follows. Click on Start Menu/ Run. Enter “E:\UTILITY\Assistant\Windows\ NAS5000SeriesAssistant.exe” in the appeared box, where “E” is the letter of your CD-ROM drive. C.
  • Page 15 Suppose you want to set up a server called NAS-5400 for the first time. By default the system obtains the network configuration information through the DHCP server. If a DHCP server does exist on the LAN, its IP Status will show DHCP, referring that the NAS-5400 has correctly received IP from DHCP server.
  • Page 16 6. Click Apply to confirm the network settings. The program will automatically activate the browser and connect to the server’s IP address, then start the Quick Configuration. If the NAS-5000 series Assistant cannot locate your NAS-5400 or fails to setup, please verify followings before trying again.

  • Page 17: Replace The Hot-Swap Redundant Power Supply

    There are two ways to turn off the NAS-5400. 1. When the NAS-5400 is running, you can turn it off by pressing the power control button once. The NAS-5400 will shutdown automatically after around 20 seconds. Do not press the power button continuously for over 4 seconds, for this action will turn off the power immediately and may cause the server non-operational or corrupt the drives.

  • Page 18: Chapter 3 Quick Configuration

    Chapter 3 Quick Configuration The NAS server offers a simple and easy-to-use approach, which called NAS-5000 Series Manager, for administration. Use this manager to configure the server, system and network parameters, including Windows, UNIX, and Apple Macintosh network settings, as well as the hard disk configuration.
  • Page 19 obtain some useful information of every screen there. This system only supports Microsoft IE 5.0 browsers or above. Netscape or other browsers are not supported. Step 1: Enter the root password Since this is the first time using this system, the system will prompt for changing the default root (system administrator) password.
  • Page 20 System administrator can change the default server name here and further configure the network settings. Please note that the server name must be unique, meaning that no other server in the network should have the same name. The name is not case-sensitive and cannot exceed 15 characters.
  • Page 21 Next, please setup the IP address of the first network card. This page will show the setup information previously defined in PLANET NAS-5000 series Assistant, and system administrator can make additional change here. If the LAN includes a DHCP server, click “Get network configuration through DHCP”. Otherwise, choose “Use manual configuration”, and fill out the related settings.
  • Page 22 Use a 24-hour format to enter the system date and time, as well as the correct time zone. The NAS server will automatically adjust itself if daytime saving time (DST) is applicable to the selected time zone. There is no need for extra setup. To activate network time synchronization, please choose “Enable network time synchronization”, in the “Period”...
  • Page 23 You can perform all the language settings on this page. Please choose a display language for NAS-5000 Series Manager, event notification emails, and the code page for different kinds of client. In Display Language column, when selecting Browser Default Language, NAS-5000 Series Manager will automatically display the same language as the browser of the client when system administrator or general user is connected to NAS-5000 Series Manager.
  • Page 24 command prompt and press Enter to retrieve the correct code page information. Note: 1. Inconsistent codepage settings between the system and the clients will result in incorrect display on accessing the data. The system codepage must be the same with that of the clients.
  • Page 25 administrators will be informed via e-mail and can respond immediately, thus ensuring system safety. You have the option to send a test message after setup to make sure you have entered a valid configuration. Due to the excessive amount of junk mail pervading the Internet, many providers do not allow their SMTP servers to be used by outside users.
  • Page 26 Step 8: Completing Quick Configuration Once you have completed the Quick Configuration, the NAS server should operate properly on the LAN. Click “Finish” to apply all settings and activate NAS-5000 Series Manager.

  • Page 27: Chapter 4 Using Nas-5000 Series Manager

    Chapter 4 Using NAS-5000 Series Manager After the Quick Configuration is complete, the NAS server will open the web-based NAS-5000 Series Manager program, where the system administrator can further edit the settings of the server. Note: 1. NAS-5000 Series Manager does not include a Back option, but lists all of the configurable items on the left-hand side of the browser window.
  • Page 28 Configuration tab Shows the current configurations of the server. You can change these settings under Server Configuration.
  • Page 29 Status tab Shows the current operation status of the server, including network port (s) and hard disk usage. If an error occurs on the server, such as network card malfunction or hard disk failure, the information on this page will be immediately updated, and a notification message will be sent via e-mail to the system administrator.
  • Page 30 Moreover, when the hard disk is at “Damages in system area” or “With bad sectors” status, you can check the bad sector details of the hard disk by moving the mouse over the hard disk graphics on this page. When bad sectors occur on the hard disk, the NAS server provides a Dynamic Bad Sector Recovery (DBSR) mechanism by reserving a space on each partition of the hard disk for mapping bad sectors when bad sectors are used and recovering data in the future, so the file can be protected against access failure.
  • Page 31 The disk is newly added to NAS server. The NAS server is initialing the disk. The disk is failed and needs to be replaced. The NAS server is rebuilding the disk. The disk is removed. The system or swap partition fails. There are bad sectors in the disk.
  • Page 32 Patch record tab This page allows you to review the patched programs and version information for the server.

  • Page 33: Server Configuration

    4.2 Server Configuration 4.2.1 Basic Configuration General tab...
  • Page 34 System administrator can change the server name here and further configure the network settings. Please note that the server name must be unique, meaning that no other server in the network should have the same name. The name is not case-sensitive and cannot exceed 15 characters. The first character must be a letter;...
  • Page 35 If the LAN includes a DHCP server, click “Get network configuration through DHCP”. Otherwise, choose “Use manual configuration”, and fill out the related settings. Filling out the column with a red star sign on the right is mandatory, while filling out the column with the orange star is recommend by the system.
  • Page 37 There are three available LAN interfaces in NAS-5400. Thus you can team these ports in Trunking mode or Fail-over mode. “Trunking” is also known as "Link Aggregation"; it simulates two LAN ports belonging to the same team into one large-scale LAN port thus multiplying the overall network bandwidth. These LAN ports share the same IP.

  • Page 38: Date Setup

    Moreover, all LAN ports teamed together must be set in the same mode. For example, suppose the LAN port 1 and LAN port 2 is in Trunking mode already, and you configure the LAN port 3 in “Fail-over” mode, then all LAN ports will be switched to “Fail-over” mode. Or, if a network has more than two subnets, system administrator can setup each network card separately into different subnet IP address to achieve the "Load Balancing"...

  • Page 39: Language Setup

    Use a 24-hour format to enter the system date and time, as well as the correct time zone. The NAS server will automatically adjust itself if daytime saving time (DST) is applicable to the selected time zone. There is no need for extra setup. To activate network time synchronization, please choose “Enable network time synchronization”, in the “Period”...
  • Page 40 You can perform all the language settings on this page. Please choose a display language for NAS-5000 Series Manager, event notification emails, and the code page for different kinds of client. In Display Language column, when selecting Browser Default Language, NAS-5000 Series Manager will automatically display the same language as the browser of the client when system administrator or general user is connected to NAS-5000 Series Manager.

  • Page 41: Notification Setup

    command prompt and press Enter to retrieve the correct code page information. Note: 1. Inconsistent codepage settings between the system and the clients will result in incorrect display on accessing the data. The system codepage must be the same with that of the clients. 2.

  • Page 42: Security Setup

    safety. You have the option to send a test message after setup to make sure you have entered a valid configuration. Due to the excessive amount of junk mail pervading the Internet, many providers do not allow their SMTP servers to be used by outside users. We therefore strongly recommend using the SMTP server of your e-mail domain (the address 1, address 2).
  • Page 43 ! " # $ % ' ( ) * + , / : ; < = > ? @ [ ] \ ^ ` { } | ~! Besides, the first character cannot be minus sign, and space; the last character cannot be space. Note: NAS-5400 allows up to 64 shared folders, not including the home folders of “users” group accounts.
  • Page 44 Privileges” or “NFS Privileges” tabs to choose users and their access privileges. All files stored in the shared folder will have the same privileges. Default shared folders By default, NAS-5000 Series Manager will create a shared folder named “publicn” on each individual volume, whereas n represents the disk volume.
  • Page 45 2. Enter “Folder name” and “Comments” fields for the folder. 3. Select a proper location from “Location” drop down menu to place this folder. 4. Choose a permission style for this new shared folder in “Security” field. 5. Click on “OK” to complete the configuration, or click on “Next” to add another new shared folder.
  • Page 46 Click on an existing folder name to display the information pertaining to this folder in the right windowpane. To rename the folder or modify its description, make the necessary changes on the right and then click “Apply”. Deleting a shared folder To delete a shared folder, select the desired folder (use Ctrl for multiple and Shift for continuous selection) in the list on the left pane, then click “Remove”.
  • Page 47 Note: Mac and Windows clients can share the same folder. However, since Mac and Windows systems handle file associates in different ways, the access to the files supported by both Mac and Windows systems such as “pdf” and “html” may be restricted. For example, when a Windows client saves an html file to the NAS server, a Mac client cannot double-click this file on the server to open the file by automatically launching the web browser.
  • Page 48 Deleting User Privileges To delete user or group privileges, please follow the steps: Use the mouse to select a user or user group in the “User privileges” column (use Ctrl for multiple and Shift for continuous selection). Then click “Remove”. Press “Apply”...
  • Page 49 Use this option to set NFS (Solaris, FreeBSD or Linux and other UNIX family clients) access privileges for shared folders. Enter the Shared Folder SetupàNFS Privileges page, and select the desired shared folder in the Folder name column. The NFS client’s privilege column below will show the hosts and subnets or net groups with access privileges and the type of permission granted.
  • Page 50 Adding NFS user privileges To add NFS user privilege settings, click on “Create”. A new page will appear. Enter the “hostname”, “subnet mask” (e.g. 192.168.1.0 / 255.255.255.0), or “net group” (only available if the NAS server joins the NIS domain). Under “Map client’s root account to” column, choose a local user, and then set the “NFS client’s privilege”...

  • Page 51: Account Setup

    3. When a single host setting conflicts with a net group, the entity which first received its user privilege has priority. If the net group AAA has already been set to writeable, you cannot later set the single host A to read only. Deleting NFS User Privileges To delete the user privileges of a NFS client, select the desired item on “NFS client’s privilege”...
  • Page 52 The system administrator can setup accounts for Windows, and Mac users on the NAS server (the local machine). When these clients attempt to access the NAS server, they only need to enter their account name and password to gain access. The system administrator can add, modify and delete user accounts.
  • Page 53 clients on the NAS server, please limit the length of passwords to 8 characters or less. Default local accounts There are two preset accounts on the server: root and guest. 1. root: This is the default account for the system administrator and belongs to both the admins and users group.
  • Page 54 To add a new local user, click “Create”. The “New Account Setup” dialog appears. Enter the “account name”, the “full name” of the user, an e-mail address and a password. Under “Default group”, select whether the user will receive his/her own home folder. If yes, select the “users” group;...
  • Page 55 If the quota set by the administrator for a new account differs from the default quota granted to the user in the “Default Privilege Settings” page, the user quota on future created volumes will be based on that in the “Default Privilege Settings” page. Thus the administrator must change the quota manually.
  • Page 56 If a Windows domain exists in the network, the system administrator only has to add the NAS server to the Windows domain to take advantage of the Windows domain controller privilege settings and grant all accounts on the Windows domain access right to the NAS server’s storage space.
  • Page 57 By default, Windows domain accounts do not have home folders. If you wish to assign a home folder to this type of account, simply select the desired account on the left (use Ctrl for multiple and Shift for continuous selection), then click on “Add to local”. The selected accounts will appear in the list of local users.

  • Page 58: Group Setup

    If the network already contains a UNIX NIS domain, the system administrator can simply add the NAS server to the UNIX NIS domain to retrieve access settings from the NIS server. Once the system administrator adds the NAS server to a UNIX NIS domain (see Network SetupàUNIX NIS), a new tab entitled “UNIX NIS Accounts”...
  • Page 59 Use this page to add, modify or delete user groups. NAS server allows up to 2048 user groups (including user groups on the local machine, Windows domain and NIS server). Group name is not case sensitive. It can be up to 15 characters except for the following characters: ! "...
  • Page 60 the default member of this group. 3. guests: unlike the members of the “users” group, those of “guests” do not have their own home folders, instead, they can access the public folders on the NAS server. The account “guest” is the default member of this group. Note: Users can only belong to either the “users”...
  • Page 61 group, and select the members of the group in the “Not members” list (use Ctrl for multiple and Shift for continuous selection). Click on “Add” to add the selected members. Select “OK” to confirm the operation, or “Next” to add more groups. Deleting user groups To delete a group, select the group in the list (use Ctrl for multiple and Shift for continuous selection), and then click “Remove”.

  • Page 62: Quota Option

    Adding group members To add a new group member, select the target group from the list, and then select the members you wish to add in the “Not members” list (use Ctrl for multiple and Shift for continuous selection). Then click “Add”. Note that all users must belong either to the “users”...
  • Page 63 User quota tab You can modify user quota on this page. Please follow the steps below to modify user quota: 1. Select the user account you want to modify in the “User Name:” pull down menu. 2. Select the volume item to be changed in the “Current [In Use/Quota](MB):” list. 3.
  • Page 64 Note: The “Current [In Use／Quota] (MB)” list indicates the quota and the space used in each volume by the current account. The symbol "*" in this list means the account is assigned the maximum quota. Volume quota tab You can modify user quota in every volume on this page. Please follow the steps to modify volume quota: 1.

  • Page 65: Security Options

    “<<Cancel” button. 6. Click “Apply” to confirm. Note: Please note that the setting will be separated into different pages according to the number of accounts. If the account you are going to perform does not appear on the page, please select the page number at the bottom of the page to go to other page 4.3.5 Security Options The system administrator can use this page to modify the preferences of newly created shared...

  • Page 66: Using Access Control List (Acl)

    2. NFS exported as:○ writeable ○ read-only ○ no access This setting determines whether NFS users have by default full read and write permissions, i.e. writeable, can only read newly created folders, i.e. read-only, or no access right, i.e. no access. Default settings for newly created accounts 1.
  • Page 67 ● Delete Subfolders and Files ● Delete ● Read Permissions ● Change Permissions ● Take Ownership ● Traverse Folder / Execute File ● List Folder / Read Data ● Read Attributes ● Read Extended Attributes ● Create Files / Write Data ●...
  • Page 68 Traverse Folder / Execute File List Folder / Read Data Read Attributes Read Extended Attributes ● Create Files / Write Data ● Create Folders / Append Data ● Write Write Attributes ● Write Extended Attributes Delete Subfolders and Files Delete Read Permissions Change Permissions Take Ownership...
  • Page 69 Take Ownership Traverse Folder / Execute File ● List Folder / Read Data ● Read Attributes ● Read Extended Attributes ● Create Files / Write Data ● Create Folders / Append Data ● Write Attributes ● Write Extended Attributes ●▲ Delete Subfolders and Files Delete ●...
  • Page 70 ● Create Folders / Append Data ● Write Attributes ● Write Extended Attributes ●▲ Delete Subfolders and Files Delete Read Permissions Change Permissions Take Ownership ● Traverse Folder / Execute File ● List Folder / Read Data ● Read Attributes ●...
  • Page 71 ● Create Files / Write Data ● Create Folders / Append Data ● Write Attributes ● Write Extended Attributes ●▲ Delete Subfolders and Files Delete ● Read Permissions Change Permissions Take Ownership ● Traverse Folder / Execute File ● List Folder / Read Data ●...

  • Page 72: Network Setup

    Read Permissions Change Permissions Take Ownership 4.4 Network Setup Use this section to set the network types supported by the NAS server. The default setting allows for simultaneous use of Windows, UNIX, and Mac networks. You may change the defaults according to your needs.
  • Page 73 Please note that in the “Domain:” field, you can type a fully qualified domain name (up to 63 characters) or NetBIOS domain name (up to 15 bytes). Applying Windows domain Privilege Settings After the server has successfully joined in a Windows domain, a new tab will appear on the Security SetupàAccount Setup screen, called “Windows Domain Accounts”, containing a copy of all user accounts.

  • Page 74: Unix Network

    page you can setup how the user and group data of the NAS server will be synchronized with the Windows domain controller. Synchronize with schedule You can choose to synchronize data between the NAS server and the Windows domain controller every fixed period or at a certain time everyday.

  • Page 75: Apple Network

    The system administrator can decide whether to make the NAS server available for NFS client. If yes, please select “Enable UNIX Networking”. If there is a NIS server in the UNIX network, use this option to select whether the server should be part of a NIS domain.
  • Page 76 Use this option to select whether the server should use AppleTalk or TCP/IP, thus allowing or preventing Mac clients from accessing the NAS server. This system also supports "Zone", a logical group of devices in an AppleTalk network. When the system detects the first subnet that has an AppleTalk Zone, it will display these zones on this page.

  • Page 77: Internet Network

    available HDD space shown on the “Server Information/Status” page is not enlarged. To release the space, use “Empty Trash” on the Mac client. 4.4.4 Internet Network Internet Network tab The system administrator can make Internet related configurations on this page. Automatically browse Storage Manager with HTTPS HTTPS is a protocol encrypted with SSL that makes data transmission between clients and the server more secure.
  • Page 78 Enable FTP service FTP is a network protocol that allows user to transfer files between clients and server. For security reasons, “root” account and other accounts without password configured are not allowed to access NAS server via FTP. Enable SSH service SSH service is currently available only for the system vendor to do remote diagnosis.

  • Page 79: Volume Management

    Create volume 1. Click on “Create” button to create a new volume and select the “Volume Type” you want to create. There are six available options for NAS-5400 in “Volume Type” field. Simple The NAS server will create an independent volume on each available hard disk with its available capacity, and the volume does not have data redundant mechanism.
  • Page 80 Select this option to make the selected disks as a concatenated, single volume. RAID 0 A RAID 0 volume takes all hard disk for one large hard disk, and performs parallel and multiple read and write, thus it has better performance than Non-RAID volume. RAID 0 volume is applicable for severs with two hard disks, and the hard disks must be identical in size.
  • Page 81 7. Click “OK” to confirm and start creating the volume. After a volume is created, the default publicn shared folder will also be created. You can now create shared folders in this volume and grant access right to the client users. Note: 1.

  • Page 82: Check File System

    RAID 1 or RAID 5, the status of the volume will become “degrade.” When a volume becomes “degrade,” a “Repair” button will appear on the bottom of the page if there is available hard disk space on the hard disks that don’t compose the degraded volume, and you can follow the steps below to repair the volume: 1.

  • Page 83: Volume Layout

    process. Please click the “Check” button to start the file system check and recovery. The integrity of file system will decide whether the data on the NAS server is read correctly. Even though file system check is applied after any improper shutdown, it may still lead to data lost. Hence it is strongly recommended that The NAS server be shut down properly.
  • Page 84 Turn on disk write cache support System administrator can enable or disable the hard disk write cache here. This setup will take effect only if the server hard disk supports cache memory. If the hard disk write cache is enabled, the system read/write performance will improve, but it may result in data loss if any unanticipated power failure occurs.

  • Page 85: Home Setup

    Note: 1. You have to reboot the NAS server to make the RAID 5 Cache setting effective, and it will be applied only to the selected volume(s). 2. If the NAS server doesn’t have any RAID 5 volume when you apply the “Turn on RAID 5 cache support “option, the RAID cache support will be turned on automatically on all future created RAID 5 volumes.

  • Page 86: Toolkit

    click “Apply”. Note: 1. Administrator cannot move users’ home folders to other volumes when any user is accessing his/her own data online. 2. The setting will be separated into different pages according to the number of accounts. If the account you are going to perform does not appear on the page, please select the page number at the bottom of the page to go to other pages.

  • Page 87: Snmp Configuration

    4.6.2 SNMP Configuration Use this option to enable SNMP access. To do this, select “Enable SNMP access” and in the column “System location”, enter the geographical location of the NAS server; then click “Apply”. Each entry in “Access privileges” consists of three elements: 1.

  • Page 88: Ups Management

    To add SNMP access privileges, click on “Create”. A new screen will appear, where you can select a community name along with the host and Subnet /Mask (e.g. 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0) belonging to this community. Then select the “Access privileges from SNMP”: either “read only”, or “writeable”.
  • Page 89 The NAS server currently supports only APC Smart Series UPS, either via serial connection or SNMP. Control UPS by serial port Connect the power cable of NAS server to the UPS and connect APC RS-232 cable to COM port on rear panel of the server. In NAS-5000 Series Manager, go to ToolkitàUPS Management to configure “Probing interval”...
  • Page 90 When APC UPS expansion unit is used, please use the proper APC RS-232 cable to connect. If “advanced port” is selected, make sure that the 940-0024C cable is connected, and if “basic port” is selected, please connect the 940-0020B cable. Advanced port provides automatic response function so that the system will detect when it does not find any UPS.
  • Page 91 registered, each community containing one or more host names and IP addresses. These hosts can be trusted and can read information from the UPS. If you want to control the UPS via SNMP, you must register the NAS server in one of the communities listed, then enter the name of the community in the “UPS community”...

  • Page 92: Restore Defaults

    In “Start of event OID”, enter the critical event trap OID. Alternatively, use an SNMP program such as HP OpenView to browse through the MIB file and obtain the trap OID. The value 1.3.6.1.4.1.318.0.5 for example stands for A/C power failed, switching to battery. In the field “End of event OID”, enter the informational trap OID, e.g.

  • Page 93: Shutdown/ Restart

    The system administrator has the option to restore factory defaults for all settings, or remove all user settings in the system. Four options are available: 1. Restore Server Configuration (basic, code page, notification). 2. Remove shared folders, and files in home folders. 3.

  • Page 94: System Update

    Use this page to “Shutdown or Restart” the server. You can also use the power switch on the NAS server. To preserve data integrity, never unplug the server before it has been properly shut down. System administrator can select the option “Delay xxx minutes to shutdown/restart the server” and the setup will be executed after the time specified.
  • Page 95 Once you have obtained the OS upgrade, follow these steps to update your system: 1. Copy the update file (assume its name as “update.pat”) from any client computer to any shared folder in the NAS server. 2. Click “Browse” to select name and path of system update file. 3.

  • Page 96: File Browser

    4. During the upgrade, the browser on the client terminal will loose the connection to the system. Close the browser and wait for the upgrade to complete before re-connecting to NAS server. (The system will send an e-mail message informing the administrator that the server is back on line).

  • Page 97: Logout

    4.8 Logout For security reasons, remember to log out whenever you complete the management operation.

  • Page 98: Chapter 5 Using Backup Utility

    Chapter 5 Using Backup Utility PLANET NAS-5000 series Backup is a backup tool integrated in PLANET NAS-5000 series Assistant. The system administrator can use it to backup data from the NAS server to other storage devices on the LAN, or to restore previously backed up data back to the NAS server. There are four types of data available for the administrator to backup and restore: 1.
  • Page 99 2. Click on the “Backup” button to open the backup window.
  • Page 100 3. Enter the “System administrator password”. 4. Click the “Browse” button to choose the backup path. By default the backup file is named as “server_name-mmddhhss.bkp”, where mmddhhss stands for month-day-hour-minute of the backup time. The administrator can also specify the file name manually. 5.
  • Page 101 item is selected from the “What to backup:” list, user quota will not be Note: If the 2 , or 4 backed up. In the future when the backup data is restored back to the NAS server, user quota will be set as “unrestricted”, and administrator has to manually set the quota if needed. 6.
  • Page 102 7. Check the shared folders to be backed up and click the “Next” button for the backup to begin.

  • Page 103: Scheduling Backup

    Note: FAT/FAT32 does not support files larger than 4GB. When running PLANET NAS-5000 series Backup on Windows 98 clients with FAT/FAT32, or backing up files from the NAS server to another devices running Windows 98 with FAT/FAT32, the system will automatically divide the backup file into several 4GB-size files, and name the extension of each file in the order of “.bkp”, “.001”, “.002”, etc.

  • Page 104: Scheduling Multiple Backups

    fit the system predefined format, an additional “-mmddhhss” will be appended to the file name. 2. Choose “Schedule” from the “Select the action:” list and click the “Next” button to go to the schedule setup window. 3. Make proper selections from “Schedule Task”, “Start time” and “Schedule Task Daily” options. If you want to make further settings, click the “Advanced”...
  • Page 105 A schedule item "NAS-5000 series Backup—NAS-5400" on Schedule Task of Windows system’s Control Panel. ii. A configuration file "NAS-5400.bkc" on the directory where the Windows OS is installed. This profile will record the time to perform schedule backup and the backup item.

  • Page 106: Deleting Schedule

    5.2.3 Deleting Schedule If you want to delete predefined schedule, go to the schedule page, check the “Show multiple schedules” on the bottom. Press the “Delete” button to delete the schedule. If you have set up multiple schedules, you can only delete the last created schedule from the schedule setup page.
  • Page 107 2. Click the “Restore” button to run the restoration wizard.
  • Page 108 3. Enter the “System administrator (root) password”. 4. Browse for the backup file to restore form the “Restore from” item. If previously only changed data was backed up, restoring each “.bkp” file chronologically is necessary in order to restore the NAS server to a designated date.
  • Page 109 7. Select the items to restore and click “Next” to start to restore data. 8. If the backup file contains data of shared folders, you can further specify the path to restore these shared folders.
  • Page 110 By default the program will select all source data in the “Select the data to restore:” column and “Original location” in the “Select the destination:” column, however, you can change the setting as your need. After the change is made, click the “Add” or “Add in sub-folder” button to add the setting to the list below, then click “Next”...

  • Page 111: Third Party Backup Support

    Note: 1. When restoring data back onto the NAS server, please verify there is enough storage space on the server for data restoring; otherwise the restoring process will fail. 2. When backing up/restoring data, many temporary files will be generated in the first volume of the system, therefore the backing up/restoring cannot be performed if the free storage space in the first volume is less than 100MB.

  • Page 112: Chapter 6 Using Data Replicator

    Chapter 6 Using Data Replicator Backup is necessary for ensuring data completeness. But people are always too busy to backup regularly. In order to make users backup more efficiently and on a timely basis, PLANET NAS-5000 series Replicator can fully automate the backup process from Windows client to the NAS server.
  • Page 113 Please Enable Windows networking in Network SetupàWindows Domain of NAS-5000 Series Manager. 2. Account Setup...
  • Page 114 PLANET NAS-5000 series Replicator allows user to backup files to any shared folder with full access right in the NAS server. But due to security consideration, we urge user to backup files to his/her own home folder in the NAS server to prevent other users from unintentional deletion, modification, and use of these files.

  • Page 115: Planet Nas-5000 Series Replicator Basic Requirements

    Please make sure the NAS server and the Windows client running PLANET NAS-5000 series Replicator use the same encoding. A wrong setting may result in problems when accessing data 6.1.2 PLANET NAS-5000 series Replicator Basic Requirements 1. 5MB Hard Disk Space 2.

  • Page 116: Start Using Planet Nas-5000 Series Replicator

    Please click on the hyper link of “NAS-5000 series Replicator” to enter the file folder. Double click on the file “setup.exe” and install PLANET NAS-5000 series Replicator to your hard disk according to the instruction given on the screen. 6.3 Start Using PLANET NAS-5000 series Replicator 6.3.1 Backup Windows client data to the NAS server First-Time Use &...
  • Page 117 2. In the “Server” field, select the destination to store backup files. Click the “Browse” button to display the search page and select the NAS server and shared folder where you wish to store your backup files. After the selection is complete, click ”OK” to return to the previous page. The column at the top of the search page will list all shared folders a user have read/write access to.
  • Page 118 3. Select those file folders of this computer you wish to backup/monitor in the tree structure below. 4. Click the Upload button on the right side to display the dialogue window below: Because this is the first time you use PLANET NAS-5000 series Replicator for backup, please...
  • Page 119 select “All Files” from the “What to upload” column. If this version has a special representative meaning, user may select the option “Create a tag after upload” so that after the upload is complete, this version can be created with a tag to allow for easy restoration in the future.
  • Page 120 changes since a specific time. Files Filtering User may choose not to backup non-essential files (e.g. .tmp or temporary files created by Windows client) To setup not to backup by file type, click “Filter” on the right and add “extension” or “prefix” to avoid backing up of files with the extension/prefix.

  • Page 121: Recover Files From The Nas Server To Windows Client

    6.3.2 Recover files from the NAS server to Windows client 1. Select the “Restore” tab. In the right column is the display of backup file directory in the NAS Server. PLANET NAS-5000 series Replicator by default uploads Windows client files to the directory on the NAS server: \DR BACKUP-client computer name\the disk of the client computer.

  • Page 122: Tag Management

    2. Select at the bottom of the page the destination of the restored files. (Path of your own machine) 3. Select files or file folders from the right-hand column, click the right mouse button, click “Restore” in the browse function. Or click the “Restore” button at the bottom of the window. When restoring an individual file, you can only choose to restore by specific version, and when restoring more than one file or file folder, because of different versions for each file, you can only choose to restore the “Current Version”...
  • Page 123 The tag name is using the date and time of the tag is created by default. For example, "0111072228" means the tag is created on November 7, 2001 at 10:28 pm. User may change the tag name according to his/her preference. There are two ways a user can create a tag: 1.
  • Page 124 Select “Tag” tab, click “Create” button, and then click “OK” after key in “Tag Name” and “Comment”. PLANET NAS-5000 series Replicator will create a tag for the latest version of every file in the NAS server backup directory. If user enables “Upload files before adding new tag” in the “Preference”...

  • Page 125: User Preferences

    6.3.4 User Preferences Upload...
  • Page 126 1. Upload before monitoring. When this option is selected, each time “Monitor” is executed, the system will check to see if there are files that have not been backed up. If yes, it will automatically upload these files. This is to prevent client computer to change certain files when there is network disconnect or if user did not run monitor immediately after running the complete backup in the first instance.
  • Page 127 indicates its version number, that is, the first version of the backup file will be given the file extension "v00", the second "v01", and so on. This number will increase each time a new version of file is backed up. When all twenty versions are used up, you will see a file extension of "v20" and the file with the extension "v00"...

  • Page 128: Chapter 7 Trouble Shooting

    Chapter 7 Trouble Shooting Q: First-time Network Setup with PLANET NAS-5000 series Assistant fails. A: Please check the followings: 1. Make sure you have selected the correct server. 2. Make sure the server is connected to the LAN. Check the LAN LED on the server panel to see if the connection is normal.
  • Page 129 A: Please check the followings: 1. Check if the network settings of the NAS server are correct and make sure that the IP of the NAS server does not conflict with those of other servers on the LAN. 2. Make sure the Windows client has correctly installed/set up TCP/IP. 3.
  • Page 130 A: If the NAS server is improperly shut down when it is operating, the system will automatically check the file system when the server is restarted. The more data are saved on the server, the longer the system check will take. It probably takes from several minutes to several hours, and sometimes users tend to regard it as a boot failure.
  • Page 131 A: The following reasons can cause a hard disk rebuilding operation to fail: 1. The hard disk used to rebuild is damaged. Try using a brand-new hard disk. 2. The hard disk used to rebuild is too small to rebuild the original volume on it. 3.
  • Page 132 A: Please check the followings: 1. Make sure that the NAS server has been turned on and connected on the LAN. 2. Make sure the system administrator has enabled Windows Networking on the NAS server. 3. Make sure the Windows client has correctly installed a TCP/IP server. 4.
  • Page 133 6. If users have added the NAS server into a Windows domain, please check that the Windows domain controller is operating normally. The system administrator can try to re-join the NAS server to the Windows domain in NAS-5000 Series Manager. In addition, please check the client failed to access the NAS server has correctly logged onto the same Window domain.
  • Page 134 A: If the network of Mac client was set to "DHCP: 1. Please change to "Fixed IP" or 2. Change to "Fixed IP" first, and then change back to "DHCP" If the network of Mac client was set to "Fixed IP": 1.
  • Page 135 Q: HDD space is not released after an Mac client deletes a file on the NAS server A: When an Mac client deletes a file on the NAS server, the file is not actually deleted so the available HDD space shown on the Server Information/Status page is not enlarged. To release the space, use “Empty Trash”...
  • Page 136 Q: Local users cannot access NAS-5000 Series Manager. A: Possible reasons a user’s account on the local machine cannot connect to the NAS-5000 Series Manager may include: 1. The account was originally a Windows domain account. The system administrator did not setup a password when adding it to the local accounts.
  • Page 137 2. Cannot connect to host: xxxxxx (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx). This message indicates that the system could not connect to the SMTP server. This may be due to one of the following reasons: Network connection broken. Check the network connection and try again. ii.
  • Page 138 4. If the configured server still supports Network Time Protocol. Q: Failed to add the NAS server to the Windows domain. A: If the NAS server cannot be added into the native mode Windows 2000 domain, please check if the DNS setting of the domain controller is correct. The following hyperlink on the Microsoft web site is a reference for the DNS setting: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;260371.
  • Page 139 A: Please check: 1. If the network adapter is connected properly to the Windows client. 2. If the NAS server can be found by browsing the “Network Neighborhood” or “My Network Places”. If not, please solve this problem first, and then try PLANET NAS-5000 series Replicator again.

  • Page 140: Appendix 1 What Is Raid

    RAID can also be configured to use part of the disk capacity for mirroring or redundant data, thus preserving the integrity of the system in case one of the disks in the array fails. NAS-5400 supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 5 with Spare, described below: RAID level...

  • Page 141: Raid 0 (Striping)

    RAID 0 (striping) In a RAID 0 array, data is split and stored in different locations, but without fault tolerance. The server treats the array as one big disk, with a size of almost all individual disks combined. The parallel access to multiple disks allows for faster read and write, making the array faster than individual disks.

  • Page 142: Appendix 2 Windows Access To Nas Server

    Appendix 2 Windows Access to NAS Server After installing the NAS server (we shall assume the default server name NAS-5400), the server NAS-5400 will appear in Windows Network Neighborhood. Users who are members of the users group (see Security Setup section above) can access a folder named after their account and other folders to which they have access privileges.

  • Page 143: Appendix 3 Unix Access To Nas Server

    Appendix 3 UNIX Access to NAS Server One of the purposes for the NFS protocol is to have similar management methods of the remote file system and local file system. Therefore, they can both use the “mount” command to mount. mount /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s5 /home (local filesystem, Solaris) mount /dev/hda5 /home (local file system, Linux)
  • Page 144 /net -hosts /home auto_home -nosuid auto_direct The first column in the file is the path to automount, which means that when users at clients try to access this directory, the link will be enabled automatically. In the second column, the parameters are the paths for databases, which record the mount information about the directory in the first column except for “-hosts”.
  • Page 145 jiem:x:1003:500:Jiem Deng:/home/jiem:/bin/csh When the user “sysadmin” logs in to the UNIX clients, he will enter his default home directory /home/sysadmin according to “/etc/passwd”. Due to the auto_home database, /home/sysadmin will be automatically mounted to NAS5400:/volume1/homes/sysadmin. With auto_home, the administrator can easily allocate hard disk space to users. When the NAS server named “NAS5400”...

  • Page 146: Appendix 4 Mac Access To Nas Server

    Appendix 4 Mac Access to NAS Server This system software supports the two access protocols AppleTalk and TCP/IP. The system administrator only has to configure the desired protocol in NAS-5000 Series Manager, “Network Setup”à”Apple network”. Suppose you are running a NAS server called “NAS5400”. To allow access from a Mac client via AppleTalk, select “AppleShare”...

  • Page 147: Appendix 5 Third Party Backup Support

    Appendix 5 Third Party Backup Support CA BrightStor Enterprise Backup v10.0 Backup-able/Restore-able items All share/home folders. Authentication “root” can log in from CA BrightStor, browse all users' home folders, and perform fully backup/restore. Normal user who logs into the Windows client running CA BrightStor with the same account/password in NAS server can backup data in his/her home folder and other share folders he/she has permission to access.

  • Page 148: Ca Brightstor Arcserve Backup V9 For Windows

    1. The user name and password required during installing CA BrightStor Enterprise Backup (CAEB) v10.0 should be identical with the pair used to map the shared folder on the NAS server. 2. The Windows client should belong to the administrators group in order to install CA BrightStor Enterprise Backup (CAEB) v10.0.

  • Page 149: Dantz Retrospect Backup V5.6

    When using Veritas BackupExec v8.6 to backup data to the NAS server, please note that: 1. The user name and password required during installing Veritas BackupExec v8.6 should be identical with the pair used to map the shared folder on the NAS server. 2.

  • Page 150: Appendix 6 Using Planet Nas Assistant On Mac

    Appendix 6 Using PLANET NAS Assistant on Mac Using PLANET Filer Assistant on Mac OS 9 Before You Start 1. Connect the NAS server to the LAN and turn on the server. 2. Set the resolution of the client terminal screen to 1024*768 or higher. 3.

  • Page 151: Using Planet Filer Assistant On Mac Os 10

    Using PLANET Filer Assistant on Mac OS 10 1. Copy the file “NAS5000SeriesAssist.dmg.gz” to the Mac OS 10 client. 2. Double-click the file “NAS5000SeriesAssist.dmg.gz” to extract the file to “NAS5000SeriesAssist.dmg”. 3. Double-click the file “NAS5000SeriesAssist.dmg” to extract the file to the folder “NAS5000SeriesAssist”.

  • Page 152: Appendix 7 Specification

    Appendix 7 Specification Model NAS-5400 Form Factor 1U-height, rack-mount Processor Intel Pentium III 1GHz Memory 256MB Hard Disk Tray Four, ATA 66/100/133 IDE interface Scalability Up to 1TB RAID Level 0, 1, 5, 5+hot spare with on-line rebuild SYS: System/alarm...

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