Saving Configuration Settings; Resetting Display Preferences; Working With Firewalls - D-Link DSN-1100 X Stack User Manual

8.1 Saving Configuration Settings

After you define the settings for your xStack Storage, it is strongly recommended that you
use the xStack Storage Management Center to save the settings in a configuration file and
store the file in a safe location. Thereafter, you should save your configuration every time
you change it to ensure you have a copy of your latest xStack Storage configuration. You can
then use the configuration file to restore the xStack Storage system to the latest
configuration in case:
You change the configuration and decide to roll-back to a previous configuration.
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You want to use particular configuration settings after upgrading the xStack Storage
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system software.
The xStack Storage system gets swapped out.
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The xStack Storage system settings get corrupt.
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You want to replicate the settings on other xStack Storage systems.
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Backing up and restoring an xStack Storage system configuration is as simple as clicking a
button in the Settings tab of the Volume View. For more information, see sections 5.2.3 and
5.2.4.

8.2 Resetting Display Preferences

Like any window, the xStack Storage Management Center window can be moved and resized
to suit user preferences. If the window's default preferences have been changed, you can
reset them to their default settings by clicking Reset Display Preferences on the View
menu.

8.3 Working with Firewalls

A firewall's main purpose is to block incoming unsolicited connection attempts to your
network. If the xStack Storage is used within an environment that uses a firewall, there will
be times when the xStack Storage's outbound connections will need to traverse the firewall.
The xStack Storage's incoming indication ports are ephemeral, with the system randomly
selecting the first available open port that is not being used by another TCP application. To
permit outbound connections from the xStack Storage, you must either disable the firewall
or create or revise a source-based firewall rule (not a port-based rule) so that items coming
from the xStack Storage system are allowed to traverse the firewall.
A firewall can also interfere when upgrading the xStack Storage software. Software upgrades
on the xStack Storage are FTP connections, where the host computer acts as a server and
the software acts as the client. In these roles, the host listens for an xStack Storage's
software upgrade request on an FTP socket and then makes an incoming connection to the
xStack Storage system. The firewall must permit this incoming socket for the upgrade to
succeed.
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