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NAS Server 4xxx/8xxx
User Guide
Version 5.31
Part Number: 5019.16014

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  • Page 1 NAS Server 4xxx/8xxx User Guide Version 5.31 Part Number: 5019.16014...
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  • Page 3 Electronic Emission Notice Federal Communications Commission (FCC) This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.

  • Page 4: Safety Information

    Safety Information To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, install the unit in a temperature-controlled indoor area free of conductive contaminants. Do not place the unit near liquids or in an excessively humid environment. Do not allow liquids or foreign objects to enter the unit. All servicing of this equipment must be performed by qualified service personnel.
  • Page 5 Safety Notices: The computer may provided with CD drives comply with appropriate safety standards including IEC 60825 CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT KLASSE 1 LASER PRODUKT Caution: This unit is provided real-time clock circuit. There is a danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced.
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  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    Table of Content Chapter 1 Introduction ......1 1.1 Features ................1 1.2 Conventions ..............1 Chapter 2 Installing and Starting NAS system ...........3 2.1 Installing the NAS system controller & MR-423I mobile rack..................3 2.2 Installing the Mini-Tower Model ........11 2.3 Installing the 1U rack-mount Model ......13 2.4 Installing the 2U rack-mount Model ......17 2.5 Installing the 9-Bay Tower Model........18 2.6 Installing the 4U Rack-mount Model ......20...
  • Page 8 4.6 NetWare Network Settings..........53 4.7 Web Data Access Settings .........54 4.8 FTP Data Access Settings ..........55 4.9 SNMP Settings............56 4.10 Email Settings ............58 4.11 SSL Settings .............59 Chapter 5 Storage Management ..... 61 5.1 Volume Usage and Status ..........61 5.2 Creating a Volume ............65 5.3 Deleting a Volume............67 5.4 Expanding a RAID-5 Volume ........68 5.5 SmartExtend –...
  • Page 9 7.6 Archiving Data to CD/DVD Discs ......104 Chapter 8 User Access...... 107 8.1 Workgroup or Domain Mode........107 8.2 Accessing from Windows ..........109 8.3 Accessing from Web Browsers .........111 8.4 Accessing from MacOS..........114 8.5 Accessing from FTP Clients........116 8.6 Accessing from NFS Clients ........117 Chapter 9 Backup and Recovery ....
  • Page 10 Appendix A Specification....167 Hardware Specification for the 5.25” NAS Controller ..167 Hardware Specification for 8400M NAS Main board ..170 Hardware Specification for MR-423I Hotswap HDD module ..................174 Hardware Specification for 1U Rack mount Model ..175 Hardware Specification for the Mini-Tower Model ..177 Hardware Specification for the 9-bay Tower Model..177 Hardware Specification for the 4U Rack Mount Model ...178 Hardware Specification for the 2U Rack Mount Model ...178...

  • Page 11: Chapter 1 Introduction

    Features Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Features The NAS system is a premier NAS product featuring tera-bytes of massive storage capacity and full-range data protection to provide a cost-effective, highly reliable and high-performance storage system for the fast growing network storage demand. •...
  • Page 12 Conventions replaced by user-defined text in context Bold Menu item Monospaced font Text which users should type in Underline Cross-reference Chapter 1...

  • Page 13: Chapter 2 Installing And Starting Nas System

    Installing the NAS system controller & MR-423I mobile rack Chapter 2 Installing and Starting NAS system This chapter covers the installation procedure of different form factors of NAS system as well as the MR-423I Mobile Rack. Instruction on how to startup the NAS system by setting up the basic configuration through the Admin Home page or provided software tool –...
  • Page 14 Installing the NAS system controller & MR-423I mobile rack • One I C cable Connecting the cables on the NAS system controller Refer to the following diagram to connect all the cables provided along with the package. Chapter 2...
  • Page 15 Installing the NAS system controller & MR-423I mobile rack Chapter 2...
  • Page 16 Installing the NAS system controller & MR-423I mobile rack Install NAS system controller with MR-423I mobile rack You can get the benefits from the full-range data protection with hot-swappable hard disks by installing the MR-423I mobile racks with the NAS system controller. The MR-423I can be configured to operate in two modes by configuring the jumper (J11) at the rear side of the mobile rack: Master and Slave Mode...
  • Page 17 Installing the NAS system controller & MR-423I mobile rack • Configuring the jumper on your hard disk using Cable Select (CS) before install to the hard disk tray of the MR- 423I mobile rack. (Refer to your hard disk’s user manual for the instruction) •...
  • Page 18 Installing the NAS system controller & MR-423I mobile rack MR-423I Mobile Rack J 11 (All Master Mode) Channel Channel Channel Channel (Master) (Master) (Master) (Master) Connector Rear View (All Master Mode) Chapter 2...
  • Page 19 Installing the NAS system controller & MR-423I mobile rack MR-423I Mobile RACK J 11 (Master & Slave Mode) Channel 2 Channel 2 Channel 1 Channel 1 (Slave) (Master) (Slave) (Master) Connector J 11 (Master & Slave Mode) Channel 4 Channel 4 Channel 3 Channel 3 (Slave)
  • Page 20 Installing the NAS system controller & MR-423I mobile rack Install NAS system controller without MR-423I mobile rack You will not have the benefits of the full-range data protection with hot-swappable hard disks if the MR-423I mobile rack is not installed in your system. The following conditions are required for the NAS system controller installed to your server chassis: •...

  • Page 21: Installing The Mini-Tower Model

    Installing the Mini-Tower Model 2.2 Installing the Mini-Tower Model In the tower model, NAS system controller and the MR-423I mobile rack (no HDD installed) are pre-installed before shipping. Package Contents A mini-tower system comes with the following items: • Mini-tower chassis •...
  • Page 22 Installing the Mini-Tower Model • NAS system user guide • NAS system utilities CD Tower installation Pull out a HDD tray from the MR-423I mobile rack. Configuring the jumper on your hard disk using Cable Select (CS) before installing to the hard disk tray. (Refer to your hard disk’s user manual for the instruction) Secure and mount a hard disk onto the HDD tray using four screws under the tray.

  • Page 23: Installing The 1U Rack-Mount Model

    Installing the 1U rack-mount Model 2.3 Installing the 1U rack-mount Model Package Contents A 1U rack-mount system comes with the following items: • 1U rack-mount server • DVD combo drive (optional) • 28” rack mount sliding rail kit • Screws for HDD mounting •...
  • Page 24 Installing the 1U rack-mount Model Figure 1 Pull the hard disk drive tray out. Attached the HDD to the hot swap hard disk tray with the screws provided shown in Figure 2. Figure 2 Chapter 2...
  • Page 25 Installing the 1U rack-mount Model Slide the hot swap hard disk tray slowly into the chassis, push the outer rim of the tray as shown in Figure 3 until the lever retract slowly toward the tray. Then, push the level down as far as it can go to connect the hot swap hard disk tray to the chassis.
  • Page 26 Installing the 1U rack-mount Model Connect your NAS system to the network by attach a LAN cable from the LAN port located at the back of your NAS system.(At least one network connection is required) Plug the power cord into the power connector on you NAS system.

  • Page 27: Installing The 2U Rack-Mount Model

    Installing the 2U rack-mount Model 2.4 Installing the 2U rack-mount Model Package Contents A 2U rack-mount system comes with the following items: • 2U rack-mount server • DVD combo drive (optional) • 28” rack mount sliding rail kit • Screws for HDD mounting •...

  • Page 28: Installing The 9-Bay Tower Model

    Installing the 9-Bay Tower Model 2.5 Installing the 9-Bay Tower Model In the tower model, NAS system controller and the MR-423I mobile rack (no HDD installed) are pre-installed before shipping. Package Contents A 9-Bay tower system comes with the following items: •...
  • Page 29 Installing the 9-Bay Tower Model Tower installation Pull out a HDD tray from the MR-423I mobile rack. Configuring the jumper on your hard disk using Cable Select (CS) before installing to the hard disk tray. (Refer to your hard disk’s user manual for the instruction) Secure and mount a hard disk onto the HDD tray using four screws under the tray.

  • Page 30: Installing The 4U Rack-Mount Model

    Installing the 4U Rack-mount Model 2.6 Installing the 4U Rack-mount Model In the 4U rack model, NAS system controller and the MR-423I mobile rack (no HDD installed) are pre-installed before shipping. Package Contents A 4U rack mount system comes with the following items: •...
  • Page 31 Installing the 4U Rack-mount Model Insert the HDD tray back in the HDD module. Make sure the lever of the HDD module is properly in place. Repeat Step 1 to Step 3 if necessary for the other HDD tray. Install the provide rack mounting handles at both side of the NAS system.
  • Page 32 Installing the 4U Rack-mount Model Take the sliding rail apart by sliding out the center slide. Push down the hook to separate them. Pull the center slide all the way until it reaches the end. Now install the center slide to the rack-mount chassis. Find the screw holes on both sides of the rack-mount chassis, which are used for mounting the center slide.
  • Page 33 Installing the 4U Rack-mount Model Next, attach the two L-shaped mounting brackets on to a sliding rail. Use the M4 screws to secure the L- shaped bracket on to the sliding rail. Attach the sliding rail onto a rack-mount cabinet. Secure the sliding rail onto the rack-mount cabinet via the screw holes on the L-shaped brackets.
  • Page 34 Installing the 4U Rack-mount Model After properly attaching both sliding rails to the rack- mount cabinet, you may slide the rack-mount chassis (mounting) in to the cabinet. Chapter 2...

  • Page 35: Pci Adaptor Installation

    PCI adaptor installation 2.7 PCI adaptor installation For controller: Turn off your NAS system and unplug it from the wall Open the server case Remove the screws from both sides of the NAS system controller unit. Put the controller unit in a position that you can insert the PCI adaptor into the on-board PCI slot When the PCI adaptor is installed, secure it as shown...
  • Page 36 PCI adaptor installation For 2U rack mount server: Turn off your NAS system and unplug it from the wall Open the server case Loosen the screws and remove the riser card support bracket Place the adapter, component-side down, and press the adaptor firmly into one of the PCI slot on the riser card Tighten the screw for the adaptor...

  • Page 37: Setting The Ip Addresses

    Setting the IP Addresses 2.8 Setting the IP Addresses LCD console flow chart LCD menu console flow chart System Ready Enter LAN 1 mask : LAN 1 gateway : LAN 1 IP: Configure LAN 1? Configure LAN 1 255.255.0.0 192.168.1.254 192.168.1.1 Yes / No IP/Gateway/Mask...
  • Page 38 Setting the IP Addresses Configuring the IP addresses using the LCD console After NAS system is boot up, the LCD console shows System Ready. Press the right button. System Ready The IP address of LAN1 is shown. Press the middle button to configure LAN1 IP address.
  • Page 39 Setting the IP Addresses Configure LAN 1? Yes/No Move the cursor to the correct position using the left or right button. Then press the middle button to change that number. LAN1 IP: 192.168.170.171 After you edit the last digit of the IP address, press the right button and configure the Subnet Mask address.
  • Page 40 Setting the IP Addresses Exit LAN 1 Menu? Save/Edit/Abort Repeat the above process to configure the other LAN port. Configuring the IP addresses using NAStart You can use the provided utility NAStart to perform the initial setup of your newly arrived NAS system. The utility designed to perform a quick set up and put your NAS system online in just a few minutes.
  • Page 41 Setting the IP Addresses Or, you can specify IP settings manually. Click Next button to go to the next page. Change the admin password if necessary. Click the Finish button to save the settings. Note that server may need to reboot for certain parameters changes to take effect.

  • Page 42: Accessing The Administration Home Page

    Accessing the Administration Home Page 2.9 Accessing the Administration Home Page You can configure the detail settings of your NAS system in the administration home page. To access the administration home page of NAS system, type the URL name of your NAS system in the address field of the web browser: http://192.168.1.1 /admin/ , or...

  • Page 43: Detection Of Chassis Intrusion

    Detection of Chassis Intrusion 2.10 Detection of Chassis Intrusion Model 4400/8400 supports the detection of chassis intrusion and door intrusion. When the chassis is opened or chassis door is opened, the system will send email alerts or SNMP traps. To enable the function, please go to the Event Configuration menu on the administration page.
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  • Page 45: Chapter 3 Server Configuration

    Server Information and Settings Chapter 3 Server Configuration This chapter describes how to name the server, specify the server date and time, upgrade the OS firmware, shut down the system and use UPS with the NAS system. 3.1 Server Information and Settings Click Server from the administration homepage.
  • Page 46 Server Information and Settings for the United States CP850-DOSLatin1: Latin characters for West European CP932-Shift JIS: for Japanese CP936-Chinese GB: for Simplified Chinese CP949-Unified Hangul: for Korean CP950-Chinese Big5: for Traditional Chinese Mac Roman: Latin characters for Macintosh Configure from LCD Indicates whether users can configure the server from the LCD console...
  • Page 47 Server Information and Settings PCI Slot Display the type of the add-on adaptor installed in the system Chapter 3...

  • Page 48: Upgrading The Firmware

    Upgrading the Firmware 3.2 Upgrading the Firmware Updating OS firmware will accommodate new functions or bug-fixes. Once you get new releases of an OS firmware image, you can upgrade the OS firmware by using the web browser. The process is simple and fast. Once you get the image file of the new OS firmware from your vendor, open the Administration Homepage of the NAS system and select the Server Upgrade menu.

  • Page 49: Shutting Down The Server

    Shutting Down the Server 3.3 Shutting Down the Server Shutdown, reboot and startup actions The NAS system can be shut down by pressing the power button twice at the front of the server case. The whole shutdown process might take seconds to minutes until data are all safely saved to the hard disks.
  • Page 50 Shutting Down the Server the time of powering on or shutting down. Remember to click the Apply button to submit the changes. Chapter 3...

  • Page 51: Enabling Ups Support

    Enabling UPS Support 3.4 Enabling UPS Support The NAS system supports UPS and basic power management functions. It sends alerts when there are power events like utility power failure or low battery capacity. When power events occur, the NAS system can shut down itself automatically to prevent potential data loss.

  • Page 52: Modifying The Administrator's Password

    Modifying the Administrator’s Password 3.5 Modifying the Administrator’s Password Admin is a built-in user account for the administrator. It is like the root account in UNIX or the administrator account in Windows 2000 or XP. Using this account, users have access to the administration homepage and all the storage resources.

  • Page 53: Chapter 4 Network Configuration

    Network Information Chapter 4 Network Configuration This chapter details concepts and procedures for configuring the NAS system and establishing the system that can communicate among various OS platforms. Management protocol and email notification setting are also covered in this chapter. 4.1 Network Information The Network Information screen is the summary of the current network settings of the NAS system.
  • Page 54 Network Information determine what subnet an IP address belongs to. Gateway A node on a network that work as a point of entry to another network Speed/Mode 10/100/1000 Mbps and full/half Duplex Network Teaming Mode Display the current network teaming mode. Obtain TCP/IP settings Display the IP settings is either from...

  • Page 55: Tcp/Ip Settings

    TCP/IP Settings 4.2 TCP/IP Settings TCP/IP handles network communications between network nodes that are connected to the network. It is important to setting up correct TCP/IP setting that for NAS system to function properly. Network Teaming Mode The NAS system provides two on-board 10/100 or Gigabit Ethernet ports (LAN1 &...
  • Page 56 TCP/IP Settings on your NAS system to perform maintenance task on the server with no need to go to the server physically. Jumbo Frame Support The NAS server can support jumbo frames on Gigabit Ethernet ports, using packet sizes to 9K bytes instead of the standard Ethernet's 1500 bytes.

  • Page 57: Windows Settings

    Windows Settings 4.3 Windows Settings NAS system using SMB/CIFS protocol- short for Server Message Block/Common Internet File System, a protocol used by Microsoft to share files, directories and devices with the Windows client. You can configure the Windows Network Settings using the following operating mode: Workgroup Mode: NAS system becomes a member of a workgroup and communicates with the clients using its internal...
  • Page 58 Windows Settings which have been idle for 5 minutes if this option is enabled. Click Apply to save the setting. Chapter 4...

  • Page 59: Unix/Linux Settings

    UNIX/Linux Settings 4.4 UNIX/Linux Settings NAS system can export shares to UNIX/Linux client via NFS protocol. UNIX/Linux client then can mount the shares and gain access to the content of the shares. UNIX/Linux client uses UNIX user identification, typically consisting of User Identifier (UID) and Group Identifier (GID), for access control.
  • Page 60 UNIX/Linux Settings Number Read (R) Write (W) Execute (X) Example: If the permission of a file is set to 777, this file has read, write and execute permissions for the owner, the group and for other users. Configuring UNIX/Linux Network Settings Click the Enable UNIX/Linux Network (NFS Protocol) checkbox to enable access for NFS client.
  • Page 61 UNIX/Linux Settings If the NIS support is enabled, the NAS system can auto-map NIS users with local/domain users. It matches user names and assigns the UID/GID of the matched NIS users to local/domain users. The user auto-mapping function provides better and tighter integration between NFS clients and other network operating systems.

  • Page 62: Macintosh Settings

    Macintosh Settings 4.5 Macintosh Settings NAS system supports two kinds of protocols used for Mac OS clients – AppleTalk and TCP/IP (Open Transport). Also, NAS system provides two kinds of security polices for Macintosh Network AFP client. Local account authentication: Authenticate user using NAS system’s internal user database.

  • Page 63: Netware Network Settings

    NetWare Network Settings 4.6 NetWare Network Settings NAS system operates in a manner similar to a Novell NetWare 3.12 file server. Setting up your NAS system and shared among Novell NetWare clients. A share can be mapped to the NAS system using NetWare clients.

  • Page 64: Web Data Access Settings

    Web Data Access Settings 4.7 Web Data Access Settings This section shows the parameters that you can set up for user to access NAS system user’s home page. You can configure the user access constraint, authentication policy and default setting by defining the Access Control, Security Policy and Default User Page settings.

  • Page 65: Ftp Data Access Settings

    FTP Data Access Settings 4.8 FTP Data Access Settings NAS system supports File Transfer Protocol (FTP) that allows users to transfer files via the Internet. By properly configuring the FTP settings, you can effectively control how users access the content in your NAS system via FTP. Configuring FTP Data Access Click the Enable FTP Data Access checkbox to enable FTP data accessing.

  • Page 66: Snmp Settings

    SNMP Settings 4.9 SNMP Settings Simple network management protocol (SNMP) provides the ability to monitor and gives status information of the SNMP agent to the SNMP management console. NAS system behaves as an SNMP agent that answers requests from management console and sends trap information to it. The following options should be configured to using SNMP protocol: Community: A name serves as a simple authentication.
  • Page 67 SNMP Settings Select Yes from the pull down menu if you want the corresponding management console to receive trap message. Select Read Only from the pull down menu if you want the corresponding management console has read only privilege. Repeat Step 2 to Step 5 if more than one management console is available.

  • Page 68: Email Settings

    Email Settings 4.10 Email Settings You can configure email notification to notify you when there is an event occurred to the NAS system. Enter the information of the SMTP server on your network in this menu; you can configure what kind of event should trigger the email notification process in the Event Configuration Advance menu.

  • Page 69: Ssl Settings

    SSL Settings 4.11 SSL Settings The NAS system enables secure web access by supporting SSL 3.0, both for the user homepage and the administration homepage. To use SSL 3.0, the NAS system will generate a server certificate for authentication and data encryption. By default, the server certificate is issued to the NAS system designated by its IP address.
  • Page 70 SSL Settings This page is left blank intentionally Chapter 4...

  • Page 71: Chapter 5 Storage Management

    Volume Usage and Status Chapter 5 Storage Management This chapter describes how to create a single-disk volume or a RAID volume. It also outlines the steps of deleting a volume, expanding a RAID-5 volume and assigning hot-spare disks. After a volume is created, please refer to the next chapter for more information about sharing data and assigning permissions.
  • Page 72 Volume Usage and Status Ready The volume is mounted and ready for data access. Not Ready The volume is not mounted successfully. It is not accessible. Degraded One of the volume members is defective. Data are still intact and accessible, but the volume is no longer protected by RAID.
  • Page 73 Volume Usage and Status Rebuild (xx%) Rebuilding a RAID. The progress is shown in percentage. Expand (xx%) Expanding a RAID. The progress is shown in percentage. Scan (xx%) Scanning hard disks for bad sectors. The progress is shown in percentage. Hot-Spare Disks A hot-spare disk will be used to rebuild a RAID automatically whenever a RAID volume is degraded because of a bad or...
  • Page 74 Volume Usage and Status On-line The hard disk is a member of a mounted volume which is ready for data access. No init The hard disk is not initialized yet. A no-init disk must be a free disk, which can be used to create a volume or be assigned as a hot-spare disk.

  • Page 75: Creating A Volume

    Creating a Volume 5.2 Creating a Volume The first thing for the administrator to do with the storage is to create a volume on the hard disks. Then he or she can share the storage for user access and set security control. To create a volume, first go to the Volume Create page.
  • Page 76 Creating a Volume Write-Once Volume: When setting a Write-Once volume, you are not allowed to erase or change what you have written on this volume. This setting CANNOT be reverted in any situation, please think it twice before you enable it. Chapter 5...

  • Page 77: Deleting A Volume

    Deleting a Volume 5.3 Deleting a Volume To delete a volume, go to the Volume Delete page. Select the volume to be deleted and click the Delete button. Please be very careful because all data in the volume will be destroyed and the RAID configuration will be erased also.

  • Page 78: Expanding A Raid-5 Volume

    Expanding a RAID-5 Volume 5.4 Expanding a RAID-5 Volume RAID-5 volume expansion makes it possible to enlarge volume capacity without rebooting the NAS system. Volume capacity grows on the fly. Moreover, you do not have to change any share permissions, security controls and quota settings after volume expansion.

  • Page 79: Smartextend - Add More Nas Capacity

    SmartExtend – Add More NAS Capacity 5.5 SmartExtend – Add More NAS Capacity The SmartExtend feature can add NAS capacity over LAN. A SmartExtend initiator can connect up to 10 SmartExtend target volumes via the Giga- or Fast-Ethernet ports. A target volume can provide up to 2TB of capacity, so it can increase NAS capacity by as much as 20TB! Please note that the SmartExtend initiator is an optional feature...
  • Page 80 SmartExtend – Add More NAS Capacity target volume. And the initiator must provide a user account for authentication when it tries to connect to the target volume. Connected/ Indicates the status of a Disconnected SmartExtend target volume. If connected, a SmartExtend initiator can access data in the SmartExtend target volume.
  • Page 81 SmartExtend – Add More NAS Capacity on the SmartExtend initiator system After getting the license key, go to the Server*License page to enter the license key and activate the feature. Go to the Server General page. Change the SmartExtend mode to NAS with SmartExtend Initiator. on the SmartExtend target system Go to the Server General page, change the SmartExtend mode to SmartExtend Target.
  • Page 82 SmartExtend – Add More NAS Capacity (b) On the page, it will list all the target volumes found on the SmartExtend target system. Choose the target volume to connect to. (c) Specify the username and password for authentication. It must be a member of the group specified in Step 6.(b) (d) Click the Finish button.

  • Page 83: Volume/Disk Scan

    Volume/Disk Scan 5.6 Volume/Disk Scan Volume/Disk scan is especially useful for disk diagnostics and repairs lost or cross linked clusters in Volume/Disk. All readable data will be placed in new clusters and defective cluster will mark as bad in the file system. All the newly added devices will be scanned before usage to ensure the data integrity in the NAS Server.

  • Page 84: Assigning Hot-Spare Disks

    Assigning Hot-spare Disks 5.7 Assigning Hot-spare Disks The hot-spare disks are global, which means they are not bound to any specific RAID volumes. Whenever a RAID volume goes degraded because of a bad hard disk, a hot-spare disk will be taken immediately to recover that RAID volume. To assign hot-spare disks, please go to the Volume Create page.

  • Page 85: Migrating Data Volumes

    Migrating Data Volumes 5.8 Migrating Data Volumes Migrating a data volume is to duplicate a volume block by block. It helps administrators migrate or duplicate data between volumes of different RAID types or capacity. During data migration, both the source volume and the target volume will be un-mounted, not available for client access.

  • Page 86: Aggregate Volumes Under A Share

    Aggregate Volumes under a Share 5.9 Aggregate Volumes under a Share An aggregation share is a virtual share which groups multiple volumes. It provides access to multiple volumes from one single share, with each volume appearing as a single folder under the share.

  • Page 87: Hot-Swapping

    Hot-swapping 5.10 Hot-swapping You may have to change hard disks in some situations, such as hard disk failure, degraded RAID or general maintenance. The NAS system supports HDD hot-swapping if used with MR-423I hot-swappable HDD module. Below are the instructions of replacing hard disks when using the HDD module.
  • Page 88 Hot-swapping When a RAID volume is degraded and there is no available hot-spare disk for rebuilding, the RAID volume will stay in the degraded state. In this state, you can hot-unplug the failed hard disk and plug in a good one in the same HDD tray. The RAID volume will rebuild automatically with the new hard disk.

  • Page 89: Chapter 6 Security Control

    Security Information Chapter 6 Security Control This chapter covers how to setting up the security control of the files, folders and shares stored in NAS system. Managing Access Control List (ACL) file level security, file ownership and user quota are also covered in this chapter. You can configure the following types of security control on the NAS system: Create, edit and delete user accounts in the local user...
  • Page 90 Security Information Accounts Local User/Group, Domain User/Group, Trust Domain User/Group and Unix/Linux Host Entry. Local User/Group Total number of local user/group. A local user or group is an account that can be granted permissions and rights from NAS system. Domain Total number of domain user/group.

  • Page 91: Creating The Local User And Local Group Accounts

    Creating the Local User and Local Group Accounts 6.2 Creating the Local User and Local Group Accounts A local user or group is an account that can be granted permissions and rights from your NAS system. You can add local user to a local group. Groups are indicated by a * sign at the suffix of the name.
  • Page 92 Creating the Local User and Local Group Accounts Go to Security Account Local Account menu. Select a user. Click the Property button. If you want to change the password, enter a new password and confirm. If you want to disable this user account, click the Disable user account checkbox.
  • Page 93 Creating the Local User and Local Group Accounts It is suggested that administrators use Microsoft Excel to maintain the account file, then save it as .CSV files, in which fields are delimited by commas. Thus, the advance features of Microsoft Excel, like filling in a series of numbers or items, easy copy and paste, can be used.

  • Page 94: Caching Windows Domain User Accounts

    Caching Windows Domain User Accounts 6.3 Caching Windows Domain User Accounts Domain users and groups are managed by your network administrator. Windows network use a domain controller to store the information of all the domain users and groups. When the Windows Network is set to using Domain Mode in your NAS system, you need to cache domain account in the NAS system’s local user database.
  • Page 95 Caching Windows Domain User Accounts Synchronize user database This function synchronizes the domain accounts cached in the NAS user database with the native domain controller. New domain accounts in the domain controller will be added to the NAS user database, while the non-existent domain accounts will be removed from the NAS user database.

  • Page 96: Creating Unix/Linux Host

    Creating UNIX/Linux Host 6.4 Creating UNIX/Linux Host For NAS system, NFS client’s mount privileges are granted specifically to UNIX/Linux host created by the administrator. If a UNIX/Linux host is granted access right to a share in the NAS system, user of the UNIX/Linux host can have access to the share.

  • Page 97: Creating Share And Assigning Share Permissions

    Creating Share and Assigning Share Permissions 6.5 Creating Share and Assigning Share Permissions You can share a specific folder in any volume created in the NAS system with others on the network. When you create a share, you can assign the permission to the share that other users will be allowed or denied when they access the share over the network.
  • Page 98 Creating Share and Assigning Share Permissions To assign share permission of a share for local account and domain account: Go to Security Share menu. Locate the share and click to assign or modify share permission to this share. Highlight the users or groups from the left hand windows.
  • Page 99 Creating Share and Assigning Share Permissions To assign share permission of a share for UNIX/Linux Host: Go to Security Share menu. Locate the share and click to assign share permission to this share. Click the UNIX/Linux Host tab. Assign the UID, GID and Permission of this share. It will overwrite the ownership and permission of the mount point once the share is mounted by the NFS client.

  • Page 100: Configuring File And Folder Security And Acl

    Configuring File and Folder Security and ACL 6.6 Configuring File and Folder Security and Access Control Lists (ACL) are associated with each file and folder, as well as the list of users and groups permitted to use that file or folder. When a user is granted access to the file or folder, an ACL node is created and added to the ACL for the file or folder.
  • Page 101 Configuring File and Folder Security and ACL created, Admins and Admin will be granted Full Control permission and Everyone will be granted Read/Write permission to the volume. After you set permissions on a volume, all the new files and folders created under the volume inherit these permissions. If you do not want them to inherit permissions, uncheck the Inherit from parent folder when you set up the permissions for the files and folder.
  • Page 102 Configuring File and Folder Security and ACL Full Control (FC) – Account is allowed to read both read and write and change permission to the file or folder. Set file/folder permission in Windows Network NAS system provides a simple, efficient way to set up and maintain file/folder security in Windows Network.
  • Page 103 Configuring File and Folder Security and ACL Full Control Full Control Modify Modify Modify Read & Execute Read & Execute (MO) List Folder Contents Read Read Write Write Full Control Full Control Modify Modify Full Control Read & Execute Read & Execute (FC) List Folder Contents Read...

  • Page 104: Managing Quotas

    Managing Quotas 6.7 Managing Quotas Configuring user quota: NAS system supports two types of quotas: user quota and folder quota. User quota monitors the disk space usage of each user. It is based on file ownership, and is independent to which volume that the file and folder located.
  • Page 105 Managing Quotas the NAS system to effectively control the proper consumption of the storage resources. Note that is it prohibited to set folder quota to the Volume root or “System folder” and its sub-folders. Folder Name The path and folder name that the folder quota has been applied.
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  • Page 107: Chapter 7 Disc Sharing And Data Archiving

    Start to Use the Disc Server Function Chapter 7 Disc Sharing and Data Archiving Disc Server creates and manages CD and DVD disc images for easy and fast disc sharing. It relieves the efforts of handling huge amount of discs. Thousands of discs can be kept online for user access.

  • Page 108: Creating Disc Images

    Creating Disc Images 7.2 Creating Disc Images Using the local optical device to duplicate disc images The simplest and fastest way to create a disc image is to use the CD or DVD device of NAS server to duplicate the inserted discs.
  • Page 109 Creating Disc Images When disc images are copied to a disc image folder, the NAS server will not recognize them immediately. Administrators must command the NAS server to discover disc images manually or set up the NAS server to discover disc image regularly. To discover disc images manually, please open the Disc Server Disc Images administration page and click the Re- scan images hyperlink to the right of the page.

  • Page 110: Managing Discs

    Managing Discs 7.3 Managing Discs Once the disc image is created in the NAS server, it can be seen on the Disc Server All Disc Images menu of the administration page. If the disc images are not created or duplicated by the NAS server or by the remote mirroring software, administrators will have to re-scan the disc image folders for disc images manually.

  • Page 111: Sharing Discs

    Sharing Discs 7.4 Sharing Discs Administrators can choose to share a single disc, multiple discs or a disc image folder. If a single disc is shared, its content will be shown when users open the network share. If multiple discs are shared, the discs will appear as individual folders under the network share.
  • Page 112 Sharing Discs To share a disc image folder: To share a disc image folder, go to the Disc Server Disc Images Disc Image Folder menu of the administration page. Click the Create hyperlink in the Share column. Specify the share name and click Apply. Use the Share Permissions tab or the Unix/Linux Setting tab if you want to restrict user access.

  • Page 113: Burning Disc Images

    Burning Disc Images 7.5 Burning Disc Images To burn an existing disc image, select Disc Recording from the Disc Server menu on the administration page. To do disc recording, the CD function must be configured as Loader/Writer. To change the CD function, please click the hyperlink in the Function column of the Device List table.

  • Page 114: Archiving Data To Cd/Dvd Discs

    Archiving Data to CD/DVD Discs 7.6 Archiving Data to CD/DVD Discs Data archiving is to move or copy regularly NAS data to CD/DVD discs . Administrators can set file filters, mostly based on file date/time, to specify what to burn. One of the applications is to move obsolete data out of the NAS server so that disk space can be freed for future uses.
  • Page 115 Archiving Data to CD/DVD Discs Setting Up Data Archiving Tasks On the Disc Server Data Archiving Tasks page, you can create tasks to archive data manually or scheduled. Task Name Specifies the name of the data archiving task, for management purposes Source Folders Specify the data to be archived.
  • Page 116 Archiving Data to CD/DVD Discs will clear the archive bits of the source files which are archived, if not deleted. Advanced You can set constraints so that the Settings – Skip archiving task is activated only when Archiving (Do one of the following conditions is archiving only met.

  • Page 117: Chapter 8 User Access

    Workgroup or Domain Mode Chapter 8 User Access The NAS system fits into the network environment as soon as it is properly configured. This chapter describes how to get the NAS system ready for user access from various network OS. Before reading on, please make sure that the NAS system is configured with an IP address and a volume is created successfully.
  • Page 118 Workgroup or Domain Mode For example, the NAS system can authenticate Windows users by querying the domain controller, while at the same time check the MacOS users with local user accounts. The administrator can set the SMB/CIFS protocol to the domain mode and configure the AFP protocol to apply Local account authentication.

  • Page 119: Accessing From Windows

    Accessing from Windows 8.2 Accessing from Windows There are some configuration jobs to do before Windows users can access the NAS system. Please enter the administration homepage first. Please configure the NAS system to operate either in the workgroup mode or the domain mode. Go to the Network Windows menu and select either Workgroup Mode or Domain Mode.
  • Page 120 Accessing from Windows Windows users can also map a network drive to \\nasserver\volume01 or use the net use command in the Command Prompt window. The command will be like: net use n: \\nasserver\volume01 Chapter 8...

  • Page 121: Accessing From Web Browsers

    Accessing from Web Browsers 8.3 Accessing from Web Browsers In addition to the administration homepage, the NAS system provides the user homepage for normal users to access data in the server. With a web browser, users can download files, create folders, upload files and modify ACL. To enable user access from web, please follow the steps.
  • Page 122 Accessing from Web Browsers In the top right corner of the user page are the tool-bar icons, which provide access to various functions like creating folder or uploading files. Below the tool-bar are the server name and the login user. Lower on the page is a file browsing area. Tool-bar icons Admin Page: switches to the administration home page.
  • Page 123 Accessing from Web Browsers File Browsing When the user page is opened, the file-browsing window shows all the shares in the server. All the folders and files are presented as hyperlinks. If a folder is clicked, it will show its content in the same window.

  • Page 124: Accessing From Macos

    Accessing from MacOS 8.4 Accessing from MacOS After setting the NAS system to operate in the workgroup mode or the domain mode, follow the steps below to configure for MacOS user access. Enable the Macintosh Network support (the AFP protocol). Open the administration page and enter the Network Macintosh menu.
  • Page 125 Accessing from MacOS You can either type the IP address of NASServer in the Address field. And click Connect to put it on Desktop. Or you can click AppleTalk in the middle left window pane to find the zone and the server.

  • Page 126: Accessing From Ftp Clients

    Accessing from FTP Clients 8.5 Accessing from FTP Clients You can set an FTP home directory in the NAS system for user access. Login authentication is done by checking the ACL of the FTP home directory. During an FTP session, the server always checks ACL when it receives any FTP requests, such as ls, put, get, etc.

  • Page 127: Accessing From Nfs Clients

    Accessing from NFS Clients 8.6 Accessing from NFS Clients The security control of the NAS system for NFS clients follows the traditional UNIX-style trust-host mechanism and UID/GID checking. Follow the steps below to enable NFS support and export the volume for NFS clients to mount. Enable the UNIX/Linux Network support (the NFS protocol).
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  • Page 129: Chapter 9 Backup And Recovery

    Snapshot – Fast Point-In-Time Copies Chapter 9 Backup and Recovery 9.1 Snapshot – Fast Point-In-Time Copies Snapshots are read-only copies of file-systems at a specific point in time. Snapshot distinguishes itself in its speed. Creating a snapshot is not involved with copying user data, thus usually taking less than a second.
  • Page 130 Snapshot – Fast Point-In-Time Copies snapshot is deleted. Activity indicates whether the snapshot is being deleted or rolled back. Configuring Snapshot Settings Show the .snap With the .snap folders enabled, end- folder users can access snapshot data without intervention of MIS people, retrieving previous versions of files from the .snap folders.
  • Page 131 Snapshot – Fast Point-In-Time Copies October 10, 2004. Another method is to set schedules to create snapshots regularly. Moreover, the NAS server will create snapshots automatically when doing tape backup, SmartSync and CD/DVD-burning tasks. Then it reads in source data from the automatically created snapshots, instead of the current active file-system, to prevent the open-file issue.
  • Page 132 Snapshot – Fast Point-In-Time Copies There are four types of schedules – hourly, daily, weekly and monthly. Each volume can have up to 8 schedules of any types. Chapter 9...

  • Page 133: Loading And Writing Cd/Dvd Discs

    Loading and Writing CD/DVD Discs 9.2 Loading and Writing CD/DVD Discs Connecting a CD or DVD writer to the NAS system, you will be able to load data from CD/DVD discs or burn files on writeable CD/DVD discs. The CD and DVD burning feature turns the NAS system into a device that publishes data, beyond the powerful data storage function.
  • Page 134 Loading and Writing CD/DVD Discs Select a Source Device where you insert the disc to be loaded. Above the Source Device item you will see a device list for your reference. Specify the destination. Click the Select Path hyperlink and select a target path. Choose whether to overwrite the existing files.
  • Page 135 Loading and Writing CD/DVD Discs Writing CD/DVD Discs The NAS system supports CD or DVD burning. It can use ISO- 9660 CD format to write data to CD or DVD discs. Supported devices are CD-RW, DVD-RW and DVD+RW writers. Dual-layer DVD writing is also supported.
  • Page 136 Loading and Writing CD/DVD Discs Click Apply to start burning CD or DVD discs. When it is writing to disc, you can see the progress by clicking the hyperlink in the Status column of the Device List. A separate browser window will pop up. The progress is indicated by the progress bar, the Processed Folders item, the Processed Files item and the Size Processed item.

  • Page 137: Tape Backup And Restore

    Tape Backup and Restore 9.3 Tape Backup and Restore The NAS system builds in backup software for data protection. The backup software features full or incremental backup, scheduled tasks and multi-volume backup. The administrator is able to define backup policy by incorporating one or more backup tasks.
  • Page 138 Tape Backup and Restore Input the tape label for identifying tapes. It will append backup start date/time to the tape label when running a backup task. Specify whether it will be a full or incremental backup task. A full backup task copies all selected folders and files into tapes.
  • Page 139 Tape Backup and Restore Specify the Tape Drive for restoring. Specify a backup set to restore by selecting a backup index. The backup indexes are required to restore data from tape. When the backup indexes are missing, you have to import them from tapes for further restoring operation.
  • Page 140 Tape Backup and Restore Choose the target location. It can restore data to either the original location or an alternative location. If the original location is selected, it will restore data to the location where they are originally backed up. Please note that if the original volume is missing, it will not restore anything.
  • Page 141 Tape Backup and Restore After a backup or restoring task finishes, it will keep summary logs in the system folder. On the lower Summary page are the logs. They keep records of the statistics and errors of the backup/restoring tasks ever executed. Click a hyperlink in the Tape Label column to see its details.

  • Page 142: Using A Tape Library

    Using a Tape Library 9.4 Using a Tape Library First, set up the tape library so that it can be controlled by software. Please refer to the tape library’s instruction manuals for details. Then, connect the tape library to the NAS server with a SCSI cable.
  • Page 143 Using a Tape Library The NAS server will initialize the tape library at start-up and lock the door. To insert or remove tapes from the tape library with no cartridge access ports (CAP), please unlock the door first. Then follow the tape library's instruction manuals to insert or remove tapes.
  • Page 144 Using a Tape Library Scanning a tape for backup indexes If the backup index files are missing, the NAS server will not be able to restore the data. In this case, please insert the tapes and scan them for backup indexes. The NAS server will copy the backup indexes from the tapes.
  • Page 145 Using a Tape Library to a tape, the tape is moved to the save set. After the retention period is passed, the tape expires and is moved to the scratch set for recycling. The retention period is the number of days for which the tape must be kept in the save set after it is last written.
  • Page 146 Using a Tape Library Select backup media. If you have defined any media pool, just select one. If not, you can choose the tapes to use for this backup task. Choose to make full backups or incremental backups. A full backup will copy all source data. An incremental backup will only copy those data with archive bits set.
  • Page 147 Using a Tape Library a) Select the tape drive. Usually it is set to Auto, allowing the NAS server to choose any available tape drive to do the backups. b) Select backup media. Please define a media pool on the Backup Tape Library Media Pool menu if there is no media pool.
  • Page 148 Using a Tape Library Next, choose the destination: the original location or alternative location. If the original location is selected, it will restore the files to exactly where they are backed up. If the original volume is missing, it will not restore anything. If the original folders are missing, it will create the folders automatically.

  • Page 149: Smartsync - Nas-To-Nas Data Replication

    SmartSync – NAS-to-NAS Data Replication 9.5 SmartSync – NAS-to-NAS Data Replication The NAS systems are integrated with the SmartSync function for NAS-to-NAS data replication. Two or more NAS systems are required, one as the SmartSync server, others as the SmartSync clients.
  • Page 150 SmartSync – NAS-to-NAS Data Replication On the NAS system which acts as the SmartSync client, set up a SmartSync task, which defines the schedule settings and the source folder. To set up a SmartSync task, please go to the Backup SmartSync Task menu on the Administration Page.
  • Page 151 SmartSync – NAS-to-NAS Data Replication remapped by a firewall or a NAT device, you must specify the remapped port number here. Step 2 is to choose a sync point of “Mirror” mode in the SmartSync server. Please also provide a user account with the privilege to replicate data to the sync point.
  • Page 152 SmartSync – NAS-to-NAS Data Replication The GFS media rotation mechanism is the policy of managing backup versions. The policy is described as below. Basically it will check for obsolete versions and delete them when a new backup version is created. X, Y, Z are user-defined numbers. a.
  • Page 153 SmartSync – NAS-to-NAS Data Replication There are four steps to take when adding a SmartSync task. Step 1 is to specify the IP address of the SmartSync server. Step 2 is to choose a sync point of “Backup” mode in the SmartSync server.
  • Page 154 SmartSync – NAS-to-NAS Data Replication Step 3 is to complete the task settings. On the page you should provide the task name, select which backup version to restore, specify the target folder and configure the SmartSync options and the overwrite options. The overwrite options specify whether to overwrite the target with the files of the same names.
  • Page 155 SmartSync – NAS-to-NAS Data Replication On the NAS system which acts as the SmartSync client, set up a SmartSync task, which defines the schedule settings and the target folder. To set up a SmartSync task, please go to the Backup SmartSync Task menu on the Administration Page.
  • Page 156 SmartSync – NAS-to-NAS Data Replication Step 3 is to complete the task settings. On the page you should provide the task name, select the target folder to receive data, specify the schedule and configure the SmartSync options. Step 4 is for confirmation, showing the brief information of the task settings.

  • Page 157: Backup And Restore System Profiles

    Backup and Restore System Profiles 9.6 Backup and Restore System Profiles To recover from system failures, it requires restoring data and system configurations. Tape backup and SmartSync are for restoring data, while system profiles are used for recovering system configurations. System profiles are the backups of all system configurations, user database and security information.
  • Page 158 Backup and Restore System Profiles • Server, network and backup settings – includes all settings in the Server, Network, Backup and Event Configuration menus. Please note that the admin password will not be restored during the recovery. • User accounts and quota settings – includes local accounts, current domain accounts and trust domain accounts, together with their quota settings.

  • Page 159: Chapter 10 Event Logs And System Status

    Backup and Restore System Profiles Chapter 10 Event Logs and System Status This chapter covers the Event Notification and System Status pages. You can collect information about the system, hardware and security event of you NAS system. NAS system records three kinds of logs: •...

  • Page 160: Thermal Settings

    Thermal Settings press any button on the LCD front-panel or click the Mute Buzzer icon on the Administration Page. * You can configure what kind of events should initiate the notification process in Event Configuration Advance menu. 10.1 Thermal Settings User can also define the thermal scheme of the NAS system so that NAS system can give off warning message or shutting down when the system or CPU temperature is over a pre-...

  • Page 161: Checking The Event Logs

    Checking the Event Logs 10.2 Checking the Event Logs You can view a summary of all the events occurred on your NAS system: Web Reminder, System Log, Device Log & Security Log. The severity of each event will be determined by NAS system and displayed in different colors: •...
  • Page 162 Checking the Event Logs Select the number of most recent events show on a screen. Select the severity level for the events you want to see. Click Refresh or button to refresh the screen. Click Clear or button to clear the log. Viewing Security Log In the Event Security Log menu, you can: Select the number of most recent events show on a screen.

  • Page 163: Viewing System Status

    Viewing System Status 10.3 Viewing System Status System Status displays a comprehensive view of the system fan status, thermal status and system voltage. You can use this information to quickly find out the problem of your NAS system and take appropriate action. In Status Environment page, you can monitor the CPU fan status, CPU and System temperature plus the System Voltages.
  • Page 164 Viewing System Status • Protocol – the protocol used for the network connection: SMB, NFS, AFP or FTP. • Connected Time – the date / time that the connection is established. • Open Files – total number of the open files. •...

  • Page 165: Saving System Settings And Status As Html Files155

    Saving System Settings and Status as HTML Files 10.4 Saving System Settings and Status as HTML Files For maintenance or technical support purpose, it is helpful and sometimes necessary to have an overview of all system settings, current system status and, event better, all event logs. It also helps a lot if a server itself can send out these files by email.

  • Page 166: Share Access Counts

    Share Access Counts 10.5 Share Access Counts On the Status Access Counts menu page it displays how many times the shares have been accessed. The count is added by one whenever a connection to the share is established by Windows clients, NFS clients, MacOS clients and NetWare clients.

  • Page 167: Chapter 11 Virus Protection

    Information Chapter 11 Virus Protection Most storage systems are vulnerable to virus attacks. An infected file in you NAS system can be exchanged among the clients system in the network and resulting in corrupted data or causing productivity loss. The integrated Trend Micro antivirus software in NAS system is the best-of-breed security product that delivers the reliable antivirus protection to prevent virus from spreading before they get to you.
  • Page 168 Information where virus infected files are located and quarantine The real-time scan history display the date time that the virus is found, virus name, action taken and the full path name of the infected file. And, the scan task summary display the start time of each manual or scheduled scan task.

  • Page 169: Real-Time, Manual And Schedule Scanning

    Real-time, Manual and Schedule Scanning 11.2 Real-time, Manual and Schedule Scanning The embedded antivirus utility provides several options for virus protection, including real-time, manual and scheduled scanning to offer comprehensive antivirus and content security solutions for enterprise customers. Note: Antivirus requires the system folder to operate. Please go to the Server Maintenance page and specify the volume where the system folder...
  • Page 170 Real-time, Manual and Schedule Scanning The manual and scheduled scanning function can scan any folders for infected files. The scan results will be listed as a scan task summary on the Information page. Go to Virus Scan Setting page to configure the scan settings required.

  • Page 171: Configuring Scan Settings

    Configuring Scan Settings 11.3 Configuring Scan Settings All virus scan has two options that need to be configure. File Type to Scan – you can limit scanning to specific file types. Action When Virus Found – three actions (quarantine, clean, delete) can be chose from when virus is found.
  • Page 172 Configuring Scan Settings Click the desire action when virus was found. Click Apply to save the settings. Chapter 11...

  • Page 173: Updating Virus Pattern File

    Updating Virus Pattern File 11.4 Updating Virus Pattern File Virus pattern update can be performed either manually or according to the schedule. It is required to perform a manual update immediately when the antivirus function is activated for the first time. Configuring a manual update To download virus patterns from Internet, select Trend Micro update server on internet.
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  • Page 175: Chapter 12 Activating Optional Features

    Activating Optional Features Chapter 12 Activating Optional Features Optional software features of the NAS systems are disabled by default. You have to get a license key from your vendor and activate the optional features before you can use them. 12.1 Activating Optional Features To activate the optional features, please follow the steps.

  • Page 176: Enable Trials

    Enable Trials 12.2 Enable Trials Administrators can have trials of the optional features. Each trial spans 30 days. During the trial period, the optional features are full-functional. Click the Activate Trials hyperlink to enable the trial. It activates all the optional features. Up to 5 trials can be used. The used trial count is displayed on the same page.

  • Page 177: Appendix A Specification

    Hardware Specification for the 5.25” NAS Controller Appendix A Specification Hardware Specification for the 5.25” NAS Controller Dimension 41x148x287mm (H x W x D) Input Power Standard ATX power connector 4100C/8100C: 3.3V: 3A 5V: 4A 12V: 0.5A 8200C: 3.3V: 4A 5V: 4A 12V: 1A Operating Temperature...
  • Page 178 Hardware Specification for the 5.25” NAS Controller Yellow 10M link no link activity – – activity HD Access Green Power – – Power/Fault Yellow Fault – – Note: Only available on Model 8200C. Jumpers and DIP switch JP1: (reset to default) Pin Number Function Pin 1...
  • Page 179 Hardware Specification for the 5.25” NAS Controller Short Pin 2/3 => reset system configuration to factory default J3: (power switch & reset switch) Pin Number Function Pin 1 PowerSwitch# Pin 2 Pin 3 ResetSwitch# Pin 4 Pin 1/2: connected to the system power switch. Pin 3/4: connected to the system reset switch.

  • Page 180: Hardware Specification For 8400M Nas Main Board

    Hardware Specification for 8400M NAS Main board Hardware Specification for 8400M NAS Main board Dimension Micro-ATX Form Factor 24.4cm(L) 24.4cm(W) Input Power Standard 400W ATX power connector 8400M: 3.3V: 8.8A 5V: 20A 12Vmax: 21.2A 12Vpeak: 28A Operating 0 – 40 degree Celsius Temperature Operating Humidity 10 –...
  • Page 181 Hardware Specification for 8400M NAS Main board Jumpers and DIP switch CPU Fan connector Front Panel connector J13: System Fan #4 connector J14: System Fan #2 connector J15: System Fan #1 connector J16: System Fan #3 connector Appendix A Specification...
  • Page 182 Hardware Specification for 8400M NAS Main board J20: Pin Number Function Pin 1-2 Reset Pin 3-4 Case Intrusion Pin 5-6 SCSI LED J23: 4 12 Pin Number Function Pin 1-2 Sys Fan 1 Disable Pin 3-4 Sys Fan 2 Disable Pin 5-6 Sys Fan 3 Disable Pin 7-8...
  • Page 183 Hardware Specification for 8400M NAS Main board DIP 1 DIP 2 Operation Mode Clear Password Manufacturing Mode Network Recovery Mode Normal DIP 3 Status Backplane not installed Backplane installed Appendix A Specification...

  • Page 184: Hardware Specification For Mr-423I Hotswap Hdd Module

    Hardware Specification for MR-423I Hotswap HDD module Hardware Specification for MR-423I Hotswap HDD module Dimension 130x150x220mm (H x W x D) Input Power Standard ATX power connector. Power ratings depend on HDD. Operating Temperature 0 – 40 degree Celsius Operating Humidity 10 –...

  • Page 185: Hardware Specification For 1U Rack Mount Model

    Hardware Specification for 1U Rack mount Model Hardware Specification for 1U Rack mount Model Dimension 43.5x436x710mm (H x W x D) Input Power Standard ATX power connector. Power ratings depend on HDD. Operating 0 – 40 degree Celsius Temperature Operating Humidity 10 –...
  • Page 186 Hardware Specification for 1U Rack mount Model Fast rebuilding, expanding or disk-scanning Amber On HDD is ready for being hot- unplugged Amber Fan error. Amber Blinks Disk faulty. Slowly Blinking interval is about 2 seconds. Green/Amber IDE cable Interleaves connect error No power Hard disk is absent...

  • Page 187: Hardware Specification For The Mini-Tower Model

    Hardware Specification for the Mini-Tower Model Hardware Specification for the Mini-Tower Model Dimension 261x178x363mm (H x W x D) Input Power 90 – 260V Current Output for +5V Maximum Current Output for +12V Peak Current Output for +12V Output Wattage 370W Hardware Specification for the 9-bay Tower Model...

  • Page 188: Hardware Specification For The 4U Rack Mount Model

    Hardware Specification for the 4U Rack Mount Model Hardware Specification for the 4U Rack Mount Model Dimension 175x490x530mm (H x W x D) Input Power 90 – 260V Current Output for +5V Maximum Current Output for +12V Peak Current Output for +12V Output Wattage 370W...
  • Page 189 Hardware Specification for the 2U Rack Mount Model 2: Fault LED 5: HDD Access LED 3: LAN1 LED 6: HDD ready LED LED 6 (HD Access) LED 5 (HDD Power) Meaning Green Blinks Powering up Red On during Green On HDD is being access accessed...
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  • Page 191: Appendix B Utility For Nas System

    Hardware Specification for the 2U Rack Mount Model Appendix B Utility for NAS system NAStart is a powerful software that discover and dminister NAS Servers on the network, and remotely loads disc images into the NAS Server. You can either duplicate a whole CD or build an image from a group of files.

  • Page 192: Installation

    Installation Installation System Requirement • IBM PC or compatible with 80486 processor or higher • At least 8 MB of free memory (16 MB is recommended) • Minimum 5MB of free hard disk space • VGA or higher resolution monitor •...

  • Page 193: Discovering Nas System

    Discovering NAS system Discovering NAS system When startups, NAStart automatically discover all the NAS systems on the network and display a list of server under the node Local Server. NAStart will automatically refresh the server list at a specified interval. The default interval is 10 minutes. NAStart can also locate NAS servers by IP addresses.

  • Page 194: Importing And Exporting System Settings

    Importing and Exporting System Settings Workgroup mode or Domain mode. Note that this is the server name as it appears on the network which is irrelevant to the network protocol used. Click Next button to go to the next page. 10.
  • Page 195 Importing and Exporting System Settings Select the type of system settings you want to import into the target server. The detail content of the system settings are displayed in the preview text box beside each selection. Click OK. NAS Server will reboot automatically. Appendix B Utility for NAS system...

  • Page 196: Browsing & Administering Servers

    Browsing & Administering Servers Browsing & Administering Servers Browsing Servers Below is the main window of NAStart. Upon execution, NAStart brings up Windows Explorer for you to drag & drop files into My Container for later image building. You can disable this option by choosing Tool->NAStart Options and un-checking the option - "Open Windows Explorer when NAStart starts".
  • Page 197 Browsing & Administering Servers on the tree view pane, its content will be displayed in the list view pane. The status bar indicates NAStart status & information. The left of the status bar shows function hint or item properties. To the right it displays the PC date and time.
  • Page 198 Browsing & Administering Servers It displays all the disc images, path name, size, status and file system. Tool Bar Functions The tool-bar provides an easy access to the main functions of NAStart. The following explains what the tool-bar icons represent. Refresh: manually updates the directory content of My Computer or NAS Network.
  • Page 199 Browsing & Administering Servers Tree View Mode: expands or shrink the directory tree in the tree view pane (to the left). List View Mode: changes the view mode of items in the list view pane (to the right). Save Container: saves data in My Container into a container file.

  • Page 200: Mirroring Cd/Dvd Remotely

    Mirroring CD/DVD Remotely Mirroring CD/DVD Remotely This chapter describes how to copy a CD from a PC CD-ROM drive to a NAS Server. Please follow the steps below. 1. To mirror a CD or a DVD remotely into a NAS Server, first click the "Mirror CD"...
  • Page 201 Mirroring CD/DVD Remotely 3. Change the volume label of the CD/DVD image if necessary. If you want to change the volume label, click the 2. User Define radio button and enter the volume label in the input-box. Then click the Update button. Click the Next button afterwards.
  • Page 202 Mirroring CD/DVD Remotely 4. Specify the date/time to run the task. Then press Next. 5. Set the Mirror CD options if necessary. Appendix B Utility for NAS system...
  • Page 203 Mirroring CD/DVD Remotely 6. Click OK to start the task. The Task Manager will show the progress. Appendix B Utility for NAS system...

  • Page 204: Archiving Files As A Cd/Dvd Image

    Archiving Files As a CD/DVD Image Archiving Files As a CD/DVD Image This chapter describes how to build CD image from My Container into a NAS Server. Please follow the steps below. The first thing to build a CD/DVD image is to collect files. Open Windows Explorer and drag &...
  • Page 205 Archiving Files As a CD/DVD Image Choose one or more servers as the destination. Select a server in the Target & File Path list-box, select Smart mode for redundancy check of the CD image or select Force mode to allow a second copy of the same CD image.
  • Page 206 Archiving Files As a CD/DVD Image Name the CD/DVD image to be created. Enter the name in the Volume label input-box and click the Update button. Press Next afterwards. Appendix B Utility for NAS system...
  • Page 207 Archiving Files As a CD/DVD Image Specify the date/time to run the task. Then press OK. The Task Manager will show the progress. Appendix B Utility for NAS system...

  • Page 208: Burning Disc Images

    Burning Disc Images Burning Disc Images If the NAS server is equipped with CD or DVD writer, it can burn any existing disc image in it. Select a NAS server from the NAS Servers tree view pane of the NAStart main window. Select a disc image in the NAS server and right-click on it.

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