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- Page 1 Network Storage with LifeLine 4.1 User Guide...
- Page 2 © 2013 LenovoEMC, Ltd. All rights reserved. Lenovo and the Lenovo logo are registered trademarks of Lenovo in the United States, other countries, or both. The EMC logo is a registered trademark of EMC Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
CONTENTS Setting up Your px4-400r Network Storage Setup Overview Set up my px4-400r Network Storage if it's not discovered Discovering with LenovoEMC Storage Manager Discovering the px4-400r without the Internet Setup Page Network Connection Connecting the px4-400r to Your Network... - Page 4 How to Set Up an Email Distribution Active Folder Sharing Content Using Social Media: Overview Managing Your Content Transferring Content to and from Your px4-400r Network Storage with Copy Jobs Copy Jobs Limitations Getting Content from a USB External Storage Device...
- Page 5 Backing up and Restoring Your Content Backup and Restore Overview Backup of Data through RAID Protection Backing up to and Restoring from Your px4-400r Network Storage Backing up Macs with Time Machine One-touch Transferring of Content from a USB Device...
- Page 6 Managing Users and Groups with Active Directory Deleting Active Directory Users and Groups Managing Your px4-400r Network Storage with Local and Active Directory Users Managing Your px4-400r Network Storage with Local and Active Directory Users Personal Cloud: Accessing Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud From Anywhere in the...
- Page 7 Configuring Router Port Forwarding for Personal Cloud Router Port Forwarding Configuring Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud Enabling Internet Access to the px4-400r Changing Personal Cloud Settings Inviting People onto Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud Joining a Trusted Device to LenovoEMC Personal Cloud...
- Page 8 Software Updates Auto-update process: installing a device software update Manual update process: installing a device software update Backing up and Recovering Your px4-400r Network Storage Settings Backing Up Your px4-400r Network Storage Settings Backing up Device Configuration Restoring a Configuration Backup...
- Page 9 Default Settings Energy Saving Power Down Drives Brightness Wake On LAN Creating A Power Schedule Factory Reset UPS Management Troubleshooting Routers Enabling the DMZ Configuring Port Forwarding on Double NAT Networks Bridging the Secondary Router Bridging the Primary Router Additional Support How to Get Help Support Legal...
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Page 11: Setting Up Your Px4-400R Network Storage
CHAPTER 1 Setting up Your px4-400r Network Storage Setting up Your px4-400r Network Storage... -
Page 12: Setup Overview
LenovoEMC Storage Manager is a management tool that helps you discover your px4-400r on your network to simplify access to content on your px4-400r from your computer. It also allows you to add your computer as a trusted device to a LenovoEMC Personal Cloud. Refer to LenovoEMC Storage Manager online help for additional information. -
Page 13: Set Up My Px4-400R Network Storage If It's Not Discovered
Setting up Your px4-400r Network Storage Set up my px4-400r Network Storage if it's not discovered If your px4-400r is not discovered when you enter the URL identified in your Quick Start Guide, you have two ways of discovering it. -
Page 14: Setup Page
Setting up Your px4-400r Network Storage Setup Page The Setup page opens when you first access the px4-400r Network Storage from the Home Page or the LenovoEMC Storage Manager. On this page, you can configure some basic device features by clicking the appropriate link. -
Page 15: Network Connection
● Package contents may vary. Connecting the px4-400r If you have purchased more than one px4-400r, complete all steps on one device before setting up additional devices. Make sure at least one hard drive is installed in the px4-400r. Network Connection... - Page 16 Ensure the installation environment does not exceed the maximum ambient temperature specified for the px4-400r. Reduced Air Flow - Installation of the px4-400r in a rack should be such that the amount of air ●...
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Page 17: Network Settings
(NICs) are configured to support jumbo frames before enabling this feature. VLAN Each NIC in your px4-400r can be added to up to four Virtual LANs (VLAN). For more information on adding a NIC to a VLAN, refer to VLAN Settings. -
Page 18: Manually Configuring Network Settings
Information section of a NIC. You can change the following settings in the Information section: IP Address — the static IP address of the px4-400r. Use an available IP address in the range ● used by the LAN. -
Page 19: Bonding Nics
Bonding network interface cards (NICs) is a way to provide redundancy for your px4-400r on the network. If one NIC should fail, your px4-400r will remain accessible on the network if that NIC is bonded to others. Depending on the bonding mode selected, it can also increase bandwidth. See... -
Page 20: Naming Your Px4-400R Network Storage
Descriptive Name, and the Workgroup Name. Change any of these by editing the text fields. Click Apply to save your changes. Device Name: Enter a name for the px4-400r device. Use a name that will help you identify it on ●... -
Page 21: Configuring Your Px4-400R Network Storage To Use Active Directory
Configuring Your px4-400r Network Storage to Use Active Directory If you have an existing Active Directory user organization, you can incorporate it into the px4-400r Management Console. Your px4-400r can work in a high availability environment, which means it can work with multiple AD servers should one server fail or go offline. - Page 22 Setting up Your px4-400r Network Storage Now that you have enabled access to all trusted domains, you can add users and groups from those trusted domains to your px4-400r. For more information, refer to Managing Users and Groups with Active Directory.
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Page 23: Customizing The Access To Features On Your Px4-400R Network Storage
Enabling the Display of Features Open the Feature Selection page. All the features of your px4-400r display on the page with a status that indicates whether the feature is enabled or disabled. To enable a feature, expand the desired feature name, and click the switch to On. For example, to enable Amazon S3, expand the Amazon S3 feature, and click the switch to On. -
Page 24: Non-Administrator User Log In
Non-administrator users can log in to a px4-400r with feature access enabled. When these non-admin users access a px4-400r, they first see the Login screen where they enter their login credentials. After logging in, the px4-400r Management Console displays with those features to which a non-admin user has access. -
Page 25: Obtaining Alerts About Your Px4-400R Network Storage
Obtaining Alerts About Your px4-400r Network Storage You can configure your px4-400r to send email alerts when problems are detected. This is done through the email notification feature. Email notification provides a destination for emails sent by the px4-400r when problems are detected. -
Page 26: Tracing Events On Your Px4-400R Network Storage
Setting up Your px4-400r Network Storage Tracing Events on Your px4-400r Network Storage The Event Log page displays only the 1000 most recent events logged to the px4-400r. A complete event log, however, is available for download. The following icons indicate the severity of each status message: INFORMATION ●... -
Page 27: Obtaining System Status For Your Px4-400R Network Storage
● Shut down the px4-400r. Before shutting down the px4-400r, be sure you have access to the physical device to turn it on. It is recommended that you always use the power button to shut down the device. Device Information The Device Information section displays various hardware, software, and status details. -
Page 28: Using Your Px4-400R Network Storage In Various Time Zones
Zones You can set the date and time used on your px4-400r, so that it can appear to be in one time zone, when it actually may be in a different one. This can help your users have the correct date and time if they live and work in a location different from your px4-400r. -
Page 29: Setting The Display Language For Your Px4-400R Network Storage
The Languages page allows you to change the language used in email notification messages and on the display screen. The language used by the px4-400r Management Console is based on the preferences configured in your browser. You can change the language used in this program by modifying your browser's preferred language settings. -
Page 30: Printing Documents
Printing documents from your px4-400r Network Storage is simple after you have attached a compatible printer to the px4-400r. The Printers page displays a table of printers that are attached to the px4-400r. The table contains for each printer the name, model, status, and number of documents waiting. -
Page 31: Setting Up Personal Cloud, Security, And File Sharing
What Is Security and Do I Need It is recommended to set up file sharing so that content can be added to your px4-400r, and that content can be made available in a wide variety of ways, including content features such as Active Folders and media sharing. - Page 32 Setting up Your px4-400r Network Storage Setting up Personal Cloud, Security, and File Sharing...
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Page 33: Sharing Files
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Page 34: Sharing Overview
Sharing Files Sharing Overview Your px4-400r Network Storage is set up for storing, retrieving, and accessing files among users, client computers, and applications. File sharing is accomplished by creating Shares; setting up security, which includes creating users; setting up media services; and configuring Active Folders. -
Page 35: Shares
Shares. Shares can also be secured, which means access to content in them is limited to select users and groups. All Shares on the px4-400r are displayed on the Shares page. The Shares page displays a table that contains folders, connected drives, and any cloud storage to which your px4-400r is connected. The Properties column displays the features that are enabled for each Share. -
Page 36: Managing Shares
1. Expand Access Permissions to change user permissions to a Share. If your px4-400r is not secured, all Shares that you create are unsecured, and anyone with access to your network has read and write permissions to a Share. - Page 37 Sharing Files Enabling NFS Secured Access 1. To enable NFS, first click the switch on from the Protocols page. 2. On the Shares page, select a secure Share and expand the NFS section. You cannot apply a rule to an unsecured Share. 3.
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Page 38: Deleting Shares
If you do not wish to delete the Share, click Cancel to return to the Shares page. Do not delete the Application Data share if it appears on your px4-400r network device. It is required by applications that store data on the px4-400r. -
Page 39: Using Protocols To Share Files
Using Protocols to Share Files What Are Protocols and How Do I Use Them to Share Files? Your px4-400r Network Storage uses communication protocols to mount file systems and allow files to be transferred between client computers and the px4-400r. -
Page 40: Ftp File Sharing
On the Protocols page, click the switch to turn on TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol) and allow access to your px4-400r Network Storage. When you turn TFTP on, you can send files to your px4-400r using FTP. NFS File Sharing On the Protocols page, click the switch to turn on NFS (Network File System). -
Page 41: Rsync: Synchronizing Files With Another Storage Device Or Other Computers
Sharing Copy Job. For more information on Copy Jobs, refer to Backing Up Your px4-400r If you enable the px4-400r as an rsync server, you can optionally set up a user account on the px4-400r for secure rsync Copy Jobs. -
Page 42: Managing File Sharing With Web Access (Http/Https)
Shares page. When the Content Viewer is disabled, you cannot browse any Share content. If you disable the Web Access protocol, you also disable the display of the home page on your px4-400r. Refer to Sharing Your Content with the World for additional information on displaying the home page for your px4-400r. -
Page 43: Windows Dfs: Creating A Distributed Windows File System
Windows DFS: Creating a Distributed Windows File System Windows DFS (Distributed File System) organizes Shares and files on a network, such that they appear to be all in one directory tree on a single px4-400r, even if the Shares reside on many devices. Windows DFS terms There are several terms to understand with Windows DFS. -
Page 44: Sharing Content Through The Home Page
You add your custom html content to a Share on your px4-400r and then specify its location on the Home Page Settings page. Applying the Customized Home Page Click the Home Page Settings feature from the px4-400r Management Console. - Page 45 Sharing Files Specify the destination Share where the start page and your html content exists on your px4-400r by clicking and navigating to the Share. You cannot access the destination Share through the WebDAV interface. Access through WebDAV is permanently disabled.
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Page 46: Automatically Sending Content To Multiple People At Once
To configure a Share as an Email Active Folder, access Shares from the px4-400r Management Console, select or create a Share, and expand the Active Folders section to enable and configure email distribution. -
Page 47: Sharing Content Using Social Media: Overview
If you have an account with social media services such as Facebook, Flickr, or YouTube, you can share content on your px4-400r Network Storage with your friends and family using one or more of these social media sites. To share your content using social media sites, create Shares called... -
Page 48: Managing Your Content
Shares on your px4-400r. The Content Viewer is divided into two panes. The left pane lists the Shares on the px4-400r and allows you to delete or add a Share. If you select a Share that contains pictures, you can start a slideshow of the pictures in that Share. -
Page 49: Transferring Content To And From Your Px4-400R Network Storage With Copy Jobs
Using Copy Jobs, you can create a task that copies your photos on the USB drive to a Share on your px4-400r, and you can set that task to a schedule so the images automatically copy at a specific time. -
Page 50: Getting Content From A Usb External Storage Device
When the external storage has been removed from the External Storage table, it is safe to remove, and you may unplug it from the px4-400r. When the external storage is safely removed, its associated Share is removed as well. -
Page 51: One-Touch Transferring Of Content From A Usb Device
Sharing Files One-touch Transferring of Content from a USB Device One touch transfer of content is created on the QuikTransfer page. On the QuikTransfer page, you can set the default destination Share for any automatically created QuikTransfer Copy Jobs. QuikTransfer automatically copies all files from any USB external storage device plugged into your px4- 400r Network Storageto the destination Share when the QuikTransfer button is pressed. - Page 52 Sharing Files One-touch Transferring of Content from a USB Device...
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Page 53: Iscsi: Creating Ip-Based Storage Area Networks (San)
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Page 54: Iscsi Overview
Creating IP-Based Storage Area Networks (SAN) iSCSI Overview The iSCSI page allows you to create iSCSI drives on your px4-400r Network Storage and allows the LenovoEMC Storage Manager to communicate with those drives over a network. An iSCSI drive provides a single place for all your storage, which you can divide as needed to support all computers in your enterprise business. -
Page 55: Adding Iscsi Drives
Click Apply to save your changes. Connecting to iSCSI Drives You can connect iSCSI drives on your px4-400r to your computer using LenovoEMC Storage Manager or the Microsoft software initiator. If you are using another type of software or hardware initiator, you must use the native tools provided with your initiator to connect your iSCSI drives. -
Page 56: Managing Iscsi Drives
After you add an iSCSI drive, you create a list of CHAP users that have access to an iSCSI drive. These users are independent from the users you create on your px4-400r when you enable security. Adding iSCSI CHAP users does not enable security and does not require any login to allow access to an iSCSI drive. -
Page 57: Deleting Iscsi Drives
Creating IP-Based Storage Area Networks (SAN) Deleting iSCSI Drives To delete an iSCSI drive: From the px4-400r Management Console, click iSCSI. Click the iSCSI name to expand the iSCSI drive. In the iSCSI Information section, click Delete to delete the iSCSI drive. - Page 58 iSCSI: Creating IP-Based Storage Area Networks (SAN) Deleting iSCSI Drives...
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Page 59: Storage Pool Management
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Page 60: Understanding How Your Content Is Stored
Storage Pools A Storage Pool is a grouping of drives with a certain storage size and an assigned data protection. A Storage Pool has a minimum of one drive. By default, your px4-400r has one Storage Pool. Storage Pool Data Protection For each Storage Pool, you can select its type of protection. -
Page 61: Adding And Managing Storage Pools
Adding and Managing Storage Pools A Storage Pool is a grouping of drives with a certain storage size and an assigned data protection. A Storage Pool has a minimum of one drive. By default, your px4-400r Network Storage has one Storage Pool. -
Page 62: Improving Performance With A Cache Storage Pool
Network Storage. You create a cache Storage Pool and then associate a volume on a data Storage Pool to the cache pool. You can create only one cache Storage Pool on your px4-400r. To Add a Cache Storage Pool You first create a cache Storage Pool to begin improving performance. - Page 63 Storage Pool Management Enter a value in the Size (GB) field to specify the amount of cache space for the volume. This value cannot exceed the total size of the cache pool. Set Cache policy using one of the following values: Write-through.
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Page 64: Volumes
A snapshot is a backup of a source volume at a certain point in time. The snapshot can be taken while the px4-400r is actively writing to the source volume, which means you do not have to stop your px4-400r from writing to the volume. -
Page 65: Exposing/Unexposing The Snapshot
Storage Pool Management Specify when to take a snapshot, for example, every hour, four hours, or once a day. ● Enter a start time, or click to use the sliders. ● Select the days you want to take a snapshot, or select All Days to take a snapshot every day. ●... -
Page 66: Adding And Managing Volumes
Shares in Volumes All Shares on the px4-400r Network Storage are added to volumes, and the size of the Share is limited by the free space of the volume. When you create a Share, you can add it to a volume at the same time. This is the simplest method for adding a Share to a volume. - Page 67 Storage Pool Management your passphrase, you can reset it using the backed-up master key. Click Back up master key to back up the master key file. To reset the passphrase, click Reset passphrase with master key, then enter a new passphrase and verify it. If you are adding a volume in a cache pool, there is an option to associate the volume with a cache...
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Page 68: Deleting A Storage Pool
Storage Pool Management Deleting a Storage Pool On the Drive Management page, expand the Information section of the Storage Pool you want to delete. Click Delete. The Delete Storage Pool window displays. Select Check this box if you want to delete the Storage Pools. Click Yes to delete the Storage Pool. -
Page 69: Changing Raid Protection Types
Storage Pool Management Changing RAID Protection Types You can change the RAID protection of existing Storage Pools. You can also set the RAID protection type when you add drives to your px4-400r Network Storage and create new Storage Pools. Protection type can be changed only when the Storage Pool is in a normal (healthy) state. - Page 70 Storage Pool Management Changing RAID Protection Types...
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Page 71: Drive Management
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Page 72: Managing Drives
While write caching does improve performance, there are some risks. The system responds that the data is written to drive when in fact it has only been written to cache. Should the px4-400r lose power, any data not completely written to drive is lost forever. -
Page 73: Drive Status
Drive Status An image on the Drive Management page provides information on the drive status of your px4-400r. The image displays the physical layout of drives and the drive slot numbers. If a drive has a circled letter, it is a member of a Storage Pool. - Page 74 Drive Management Managing Drives...
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Page 75: Backing Up And Restoring Your Content
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Page 76: Backup And Restore Overview
While RAID technology provides fault tolerance, it is not a true backup. It is strongly recommended to always have another copy of your data that is not stored on the px4-400r. For more information, refer to Understanding How Your Content Is Stored on page 50. -
Page 77: Backing Up To And Restoring From Your Px4-400R Network Storage
Mount the Backup Share from the px4-400r network device. If you want to create a new Share for Time Machine backups, you can do so using the px4-400r Management Console. Mount the Share you want to use before proceeding to the next step. -
Page 78: Copy Jobs Overview
Using Copy Jobs, you can create a task that copies your photos on the USB drive to a Share on your px4-400r, and you can set that task to a schedule so the images automatically copy at a specific time. -
Page 79: Backing Up Your Px4-400R Network Storage
Using Copy Jobs, you can create a task that copies your photos on the USB drive to a Share on your px4-400r, and you can set that task to a schedule so the images automatically copy at a specific time. -
Page 80: From: Settings
If the destination is Top Level, a new top-level folder is created on the destination device for each source folder. Backing up Your px4-400r Network Storage... -
Page 81: To: Settings
6. By selecting Shares, you choose to copy All Shares, in which all files on the px4-400r are copied. Any files not contained in a folder are not copied. If the destination is a folder, a new folder will be created for each source folder. -
Page 82: Registering With Avamar For Backup And Restore
Avamar is backup and recovery server software that uses deduplication to eliminate redundant copies of data, reducing the required storage space. For example, your px4-400r Network Storage might have 100 email messages with the same 1 MB attachment. If all those emails are backed up, that same attachment is backed up 100 times, requiring 100 MB of storage space. -
Page 83: Backing Up With Amazon S3
Enter a valid access key, secret key, and bucket name from your Amazon S3 account information. You can create a bucket at account setup, or you can enter a new bucket for your px4-400r. Your content lives in this bucket on your Amazon S3 account. - Page 84 Backing up and Restoring Your Content Backing up Your px4-400r Network Storage...
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Page 85: Securing Your Px4-400R Network Storage And Contents
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Page 86: What Is Security And Do I Need It
400r to specific people, and when you secure Shares, you limit data access to specific users. Security adds an extra layer of protection to your px4-400r beyond whatever form of security you have on your local network. Without security, all data on your px4-400r can be accessed by anyone on your local network. -
Page 87: Enabling Security And Creating An Administrator User
With security turned on, only administrator users can view or change settings on the px4-400r, including creating or deleting users and Shares. When you create users, you limit access to your px4-400r to specific people, and when you secure Shares, you limit data access to specific users. -
Page 88: Limiting Access To Your Content By Creating Users
Management Console. Administrator users can change various settings on the px4-400r, including adding and deleting Shares. If you create groups, you can also limit access to your px4-400r by group so you don’t have to specify access for each individual user. -
Page 89: Users
Users Users and Groups Overview When security is enabled, the Users & Groups page displays all users and groups on the px4-400r Network Storage and enables administrators to add and modify users and groups. Non-administrator users can be added to limit access to Share content. Additional administrator users can be added to allow specific users to configure the px4-400r. - Page 90 Send a Personal Cloud invitation — click this link to invite a user to join your Personal Cloud ● on the px4-400r. This opens the Send a Personal Cloud Invitation dialog box where you create an invitation by entering a user's email address along with any additional comments. A user then receives the invitation, which contains the Personal Cloud name and username and password.
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Page 91: Managing Users
Quota Size — set a quota size by entering a value in gigabytes. To have no quota, leave this ● field blank. Administrator — check this box if you would like to allow this user to manage the px4-400r. ● An administrator does not inherently have access to all Shares. Access to Shares must be granted explicitly to administrators, as with other users. -
Page 92: Deleting Users
Setting Quotas You can limit the amount of space allocated to one or more users by applying quotas. If your px4-400r has multiple Storage Pools and you define a quota for users, that quota is applied to all Storage Pools. -
Page 93: Groups
400r Network Storage. Users can belong to more than one group. The Groups page enables administrators to create one or more groups, and grant each group rights to Shares on the px4-400r. Security must be enabled before you can create groups. -
Page 94: Managing Groups
9. If NFS is enabled, the GID field is visible. The GID value must be the same on both the Linux client and the px4-400r Network Storagefor the client to access files. To modify the GID, type a new GID value. -
Page 95: Using Active Directory Domain To Manage Users And Groups
You can poll the Active Directory controller at any time to check for new users and groups on the controller, so you can add them to your px4-400r. This keeps your px4-400r up to date with any group changes on the controller and indicates if any users on the controller were deleted or promoted. -
Page 96: Deleting Active Directory Users And Groups
7. If NFS is enabled, the GID field is visible. The GID value must be the same on both the Linux client and the px4-400r for the client to access files. To modify the GID, type a new GID value. -
Page 97: Managing Your Px4-400R Network Storage With Local And Active Directory Users
3. Click Apply. After changing to AD mode, you are required to log back in to the px4-400r. Your px4-400r is now configured to allow both local administrators and AD administrators to log in. Logging in to Your px4-400r When an administrator logs in to the px4-400r, the admin chooses between the device name or the AD domain name. - Page 98 After changing to Workgroup mode, if there are any administrator users on your px4-400r, you are required to log back in to the px4-400r. You must log in as a local user, and you do not have the choice to select an AD domain.
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Page 99: Personal Cloud: Accessing Your Lenovoemc Personal Cloud From Anywhere In The World
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Page 100: What Is Lenovoemc Personal Cloud
Copy Job operations, stream media from your px4-400r over the internet, and use remote desktop to access computers on the local network for your px4-400r. If you allow a user to join their trusted devices to the Cloud, those devices become part of the Cloud and can be accessed by other users on the Cloud. -
Page 101: Is My Content Secure
Enabling security allows you to share your px4-400r with the people you choose. For example, you have photos of your new baby you want to share with your sister, your brother, and your sister-in-law. To share your baby photos with these family members, create a Personal Cloud, and then invite your sister, your brother, and your sister-in-law to join your Personal Cloud. -
Page 102: Lenovoemc Personal Cloud Setup Overview
You can create LenovoEMC Personal Cloud in one of two ways: Follow the LenovoEMC Personal Cloud setup through Setup Portal ● Create the LenovoEMC Personal Cloud through the px4-400r Management Console ● Creating a LenovoEMC Personal Cloud starts with providing a name for your Personal Cloud and an email address associated with it. -
Page 103: Creating Lenovoemc Personal Cloud
LenovoEMC Storage Manager on their computer. If you have content on your px4-400r that you do not want to share with members of your Personal Cloud, you should put that content in secured Shares that are not accessible to anyone invited to your Personal Cloud. -
Page 104: Configuring Router Port Forwarding For Personal Cloud
Most routers refer to this as port forwarding, application access, or virtual server. It is recommended that you refer to your router's documentation for setting these values. -
Page 105: Configuring Your Lenovoemc Personal Cloud
You can grant internet users, including LenovoEMC Link users, secure access to the web interface and unrestricted access to media content on your px4-400r. LenovoEMC Link is an application that runs on mobile devices, and allows access to content on your px4-400r. Before enabling secure access, you must... -
Page 106: Inviting People Onto Your Lenovoemc Personal Cloud
Inviting People onto Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud When you invite people to join your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud, you are actually selecting from existing users on your px4-400r, or adding people as users on your px4-400r . In addition, you are optionally allowing them to join a trusted device to LenovoEMC Personal Cloud. -
Page 107: Joining A Trusted Device To Lenovoemc Personal Cloud
Personal Cloud: Accessing Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud From Anywhere in the World Joining a Trusted Device to LenovoEMC Personal Cloud You can join your px4-400r Network Storage to the Personal Cloud as a trusted device if you have been given permission by the person administering the Personal Cloud. -
Page 108: Managing Trusted Devices On A Personal Cloud
Personal Cloud: Accessing Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud From Anywhere in the World Managing Trusted Devices on a Personal Cloud As LenovoEMC Personal Cloudadministrator, you can manage trusted devices on your Personal Cloud. Trusted devices can be disconnected, or you can completely delete a trusted device from the Personal Cloud. -
Page 109: Using Copy Jobs With A Lenovoemc Personal Cloud
Clicking the Copy Jobs button opens the Copy Jobs page to help you configure a Copy Job between the px4-400r Network Storage that is hosting the Personal Cloud and a trusted device. For more information on setting up Copy Jobs, refer to Adding Copy Jobs. -
Page 110: Disabling Or Deleting Your Lenovoemc Personal Cloud
Personal Cloud: Accessing Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud From Anywhere in the World Disabling or Deleting Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud When you disable your Personal Cloud, you are eliminating access to your Personal Cloud without deleting the account information you created when you set up the Personal Cloud. Later, if you want to reenable your Personal Cloud, you can without reentering all the account information. -
Page 111: Accessing Content Using Your Lenovoemc Personal Cloud
Personal Cloud: Accessing Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud From Anywhere in the World Accessing Content Using Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud You can share content by inviting users to your Personal Cloud. The data in Shares can be made accessible to all users of the Cloud, or access can be restricted to a specific set of users by setting access permissions to Shares. -
Page 112: Informing Users What To Do With Lenovoemc Personal Cloud
After they access your px4-400r Network Storage, they can view Shares, upload and download content, and stream content. Optionally, they can install LenovoEMC Storage Manager on their computers, and then join their computers as trusted devices to the Personal Cloud. -
Page 113: Sharing Content Using Social Media
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Page 114: Sharing Content Using Social Media: Overview
If you have an account with social media services such as Facebook, Flickr, or YouTube, you can share content on your px4-400r Network Storage with your friends and family using one or more of these social media sites. To share your content using social media sites, create Shares called... -
Page 115: Facebook
If you do not have a Facebook account, go to the Facebook website to open an account. Configuring a Facebook Active Folder From the px4-400r Management Console, click Shares. Select a Share to use as a Facebook Active Folder, and click to expand the Active Folder section. -
Page 116: Flickr
If you do not have a Flickr account, go to the Flickr website to open an account. Configuring a Flickr Active Folder From the px4-400r Management Console, click Shares. Select a Share to use as a Flickr Active Folder, and click to expand the Active Folder section. -
Page 117: Youtube
If you do not have a YouTube account, go to the YouTube website to open an account. Configuring a YouTube Active Folder From the px4-400r Management Console, click Shares. Select a Share to use as a YouTube Active Folder, and click to expand the Active Folder section. -
Page 118: Share Content Through Lenovoemc Personal Cloud
Sharing Content Using Social Media Share Content through LenovoEMC Personal Cloud You can share your multimedia content with friends and family through a LenovoEMC Personal Cloud. Refer to the LenovoEMC Personal Cloud section for more information. Share Content through LenovoEMC Personal Cloud... -
Page 119: Media Management
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Page 120: Media Management Overview
Media Management Media Management Overview The px4-400r has a built-in media server that, when turned on, scans for media content in specific Shares that have media sharing enabled. Any media content contained in these specific Shares are accessible to any user on your network with a media player, even if the Share is secured. For information on enabling a... -
Page 121: Media Services Capabilities And Limitations
All your pictures, movies, and music are available to anyone accessing your px4-400r. You should be sure you want to make all your media content this accessible. -
Page 122: Sharing Media Content Over The Internet
50599 used to access the media server, for example, http://72.xx.xxx.104:50599, where "x" is the IP value for your network. When a user enters this IP address, the Twonky Server page on the px4-400r displays. Refer to the Support section of the Twonky Server page for information on using the server. -
Page 123: Media Aggregation
If you have multiple Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) servers in your network that have media content, you can combine all media content into one view by enabling aggregation on your px4-400r. When you enable aggregation, all media content on DLNA servers is available for playback using a DLNA player, such as Playstation®3, Windows Media Player®, or Xbox 360®. -
Page 124: Social Media Sharing
Media Management Social Media Sharing You can share media content, such as movies and pictures, using social media sites like Facebook, Flickr, or YouTube. Refer to the Sharing Content Using Social Media section for more information. Social Media Sharing... -
Page 125: Streaming Music, Movies, And Pictures
You can play back all your media files from your individual home computers by enabling media aggregation on your px4-400r. You can also connect USB mass storage devices (such as your iPod, mp3 player, or USB drive) to your px4-400r and directly stream files through the device, or access media files through a networked media player. -
Page 126: Photos
On the Home Page Settings feature page, check Display slideshows to display picture slideshows from folders on the px4-400r. Click Manage slideshows to configure any slideshows you want to display. The slideshow location can be any folder attached to the px4-400r, including a USB drive or DFS location. Automatically Resizing Your Photos A Photo Resize Active Folder automatically changes the size of photos in that Share to a set size. -
Page 127: Getting Pictures From Your Camera
The Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP) allows pictures to be automatically copied from a USB camera connected directly to the px4-400r. When Picture Transfer is turned on, and your camera is connected to your px4-400r, the pictures are copied to the configured destination folder. -
Page 128: Music
DLNA player running on a computer on the network. Streaming Music The px4-400r has a built-in media server that, when turned on, scans for music in specific folders that have media sharing enabled. Any music contained in these specific folders is then accessible to any user on your network with a media player. -
Page 129: Videos
● Streaming Movies The px4-400r Network Storage has a built-in media server that, when turned on, scans for movies in specific folders that have media sharing enabled. Any movies contained in these specific folders are accessible to any user on your network with a media player. For information on enabling a folder as a... - Page 130 Media Management Videos...
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Page 131: Adding Applications To Your Px4-400R Network Storage
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Page 132: Application Overview
Adding Applications to Your px4-400r Network Storage Application Overview You can install supported applications on your px4-400r using the Application Manager page. For each application installed you may have the option to uninstall, start, and stop the application. Application Overview... -
Page 133: Application Installation
Adding Applications to Your px4-400r Network Storage Application Installation Certain applications on your px4-400r must be installed before you can use them. When you click on an uninstalled application in the px4-400r Management Console, you open the feature page of the application. -
Page 134: Application Manager
Adding Applications to Your px4-400r Network Storage Application Manager The Application Manager page allows you to add applications to your px4-400r from an installation file located on your computer. For each application installed you may have the option to uninstall, start, and stop the application. -
Page 135: Upgrading Your Px4-400R Network Storage
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Page 136: Software Updates
If you want to remove the update without applying changes, click in the Action column. Do not shut down the px4-400r during the update process as this can damage the px4-400r. The px4-400r will be temporarily inaccessible during the software update. Be sure no critical files are being accessed. - Page 137 Upgrading Your px4-400r Network Storage The px4-400r will be temporarily inaccessible during the software update. Be sure no critical files are being accessed. Software Updates...
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Page 139: Backing Up And Recovering Your Px4-400R Network Storage Settings
CHAPTER 13 Backing up and Recovering Your px4-400r Network Storage Settings Backing up and Recovering Your px4-400r Network Storage Settings... -
Page 140: Backing Up Your Px4-400R Network Storage Settings
If you select this option, a confirmation dialog box displays and informs you that restoring the configuration will delete all data and overwrite any existing users or settings on the target px4-400r. Check Check this box to continue to confirm this dialog box or click Cancel to stop the configuration restore process. -
Page 141: Hardware Management
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Page 142: About The Px4-400R Components
Controls, Status Indicators, and Ports 1. Power Button — Press and release to power the px4-400r on or off. When the px4-400r is powered up, pressing the power button for less than 4 seconds will result in a graceful system shutdown. -
Page 143: Drive Bay Detail
5. USB 2.0 Connectors — Four USB 2.0 ports for connecting USB devices such as storage devices and printers. 6. Gigabit Ethernet Ports — Two high-speed Ethernet connectors that automatically detect your network speed (10/100/1000Base-T). 7. System ID LED — Flashes blue when the Blink Lights feature is enabled in the px4-400r About the px4-400r Components... -
Page 144: Default Settings
Default Settings IP Address — If no DHCP server is found on your network the px4-400r will get a self-assigned IP address in the 169.254.x.x range. Device Name — The default name for your px4-400r Network Storage is px4-400r. If there is more than one px4-400r on your network, a number is added to the name, such as px4-400r-1 px4-400r-2, and so on. -
Page 145: Energy Saving
Creating A Power Schedule You can create a power schedule to turn your px4-400r on and off. Power off and Power on functions can be scheduled as one-time events, or recurring events. When you create a power schedule, you can set the day and time to power down the device. -
Page 146: Factory Reset
Hardware Management Factory Reset Factory Reset returns the px4-400r to its original state. This feature is useful if you give your px4-400r to someone else. Factory Reset provides two options for returning your px4-400r to its original state: Quickly delete all data — permanently deletes all record of existing or deleted data, users, and ●... -
Page 147: Ups Management
Power Supply. If your px4-400r is connected to a UPS battery backup unit, it is listed on this page. The battery status of the backup unit is also indicated, displaying how much of a charge is left in the battery. To monitor the battery status of your UPS unit, connect your px4-400r to it with a USB cable. -
Page 148: Troubleshooting Routers
In this situation, you will most likely have two NAT (Network Address Translation) firewalls. One of the easiest ways to identify this issue is to log in to the router to which the px4-400r is connected. -
Page 149: Configuring Port Forwarding On Double Nat Networks
Primary router bridging may also require special configuration information and settings on the secondary router. If you configured your px4-400r using DHCP, you may not be able to reconnect to it via Remote Access after a reboot. DHCP automatically receives an IP address from the server whenever the px4-400r restarts. - Page 150 192.168.14.51 and 192.168.14.255. Make sure you are assigning the px4-400r an IP address that is not in use by another device. Enter a subnet mask. The subnet mask describes the size of your network. For most networks this is 255.255.255.0 which allows for 256 network devices.
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Page 151: Additional Support
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Page 152: How To Get Help
Additional Support How to Get Help LenovoEMC is committed to providing excellent customer support. To meet this goal, Lenovo Customer Support offers a variety of support options designed to meet the needs of a wide range of users. For complete information on the support options available for your product, visit the web support site at http://support.lenovoemc.com. -
Page 153: Support
Additional Support Support The Support feature opens the LenovoEMC web site where you can get more information about your px4- 400r. The Support page provides access to content for learning more about using and supporting your px4- 400r. Refer to the LenovoEMC Support site for more information. Support... - Page 154 Additional Support Support...
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Page 155: Legal
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Page 156: Safety Information
Openings in the px4-400r are provided for fans and air ventilation and should not be blocked or ● covered. Make sure the px4-400r has ample ventilation (at least 6 inches or 127 mm) in front and behind the unit. Do not walk on the power cord or allow anything to rest on it. -
Page 157: Open Source
Legal Open Source The software included in this product contains copyrighted software that is licensed under open source agreements. Components of this software covered under GPL or other open source licenses are fully documented as to license and redistribution requirements in the ReadMe file available with the source code. -
Page 158: Warranty Information
Web site, contact your local Lenovo office or reseller to obtain a printed version of the LLW. Warranty Period The warranty period for px4-400r Network Storage products is 3 years for product purchased in all regions. Applicable Types of Warranty Service (as described in the Lenovo Limited Warranty): 1. -
Page 159: Regulatory Information
Legal Regulatory Information This topic provides regulatory information for various countries. Manufacturer/Responsible Party LenovoEMC, Ltd., 4059 South 1900 West, Roy, UT 84067 EU Representative Lenovo, Einsteinova 21, 851 01 Bratislava, Slovakia Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement This equipment complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. -
Page 160: Important Weee Information
Legal Important WEEE Information The WEEE marking on Lenovo products applies to countries with WEEE and e-waste regulations (for example, European Directive 2002/96/EC, India E-Waste Management & Handling Rules, 2011). Appliances are labeled in accordance with local regulations concerning waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). -
Page 161: Export Classification Notice
Legal Export classification notice This product is subject to the United States Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and has an Export Classification Control Number (ECCN) of 5A992.c It can be re-exported except to any of the embargoed countries in the EAR E1 country list. Regulatory Information... -
Page 162: Copyright And Trademark Information
Legal Copyright and Trademark Information © 2013 LenovoEMC, Ltd. All rights reserved. Lenovo and the Lenovo logo are registered trademarks of Lenovo in the United States, other countries, or both. The EMC logo is a registered trademark of EMC Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.