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XInsight 1.0
Software Manual
Applicable Models:
XCubeFAS Series
XCubeNAS Series
XCubeSAN Series
QSAN Technology, Inc.
www.QSAN.com

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  • Page 1 XInsight 1.0 Software Manual Applicable Models: XCubeFAS Series XCubeNAS Series XCubeSAN Series QSAN Technology, Inc. www.QSAN.com...
  • Page 2 Copyright © Copyright 2020 QSAN Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted without written permission from QSAN Technology, Inc. January 2020 This edition applies to QSAN XInsight (a central management system). QSAN believes the information in this publication is accurate as of its publication date.
  • Page 3: Notices

    Notices This XInsight software manual is applicable to all XCubeFAS, XCubeNAS, and XCbueSAN models. Information contained in this manual has been reviewed for accuracy. But it could include typographical errors or technical inaccuracies. Changes are made to the document periodically. These changes will be incorporated in new editions of the publication. QSAN may make improvements or changes in the products.
  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Storage Capacity ....................17 4.1.5. Backup Tasks ..................... 17 4.1.6. Storage Usage ....................17 Devices Tab ......................18 5.1. Devices Overview ......................18 5.2. View Devices ........................19 5.3. Configure Devices ......................19 © Copyright 2020 QSAN Technology, Inc. All Right Reserved.
  • Page 5 5.3.1. Add a Device ....................... 19 5.3.2. Register the Device .................... 20 5.3.3. Delete the Device ....................20 Notifications Tab ....................21 6.1. Notifications Overview ..................... 21 6.2. Search Messages ......................22 Tasks Tab ......................23 7.1. Tasks Overview ......................... 23 7.2.
  • Page 6 Figure 5-1 Devices in Graphical Mode .................... 18 Figure 5-2 Devices in Row Mode ..................... 19 Figure 6-1 Notifications ........................21 Figure 7-1 Tasks ..........................23 Figure 8-1 Accounts ......................... 24 © Copyright 2020 QSAN Technology, Inc. All Right Reserved.
  • Page 7 Tables Table 1-1 Operation System Compatibility ..................4 Contents...
  • Page 8: Preface

    (Service hours: 09:30 - 18:00, Monday - Friday, UTC+8) Via Skype Chat, Skype ID: qsan.support  (Service hours: 09:30 - 02:00, Monday - Friday, UTC+8, Summer time: 09:30 - 01:00) Via Email: support@qsan.com  © Copyright 2020 QSAN Technology, Inc. All Right Reserved.
  • Page 9: Information, Tip And Caution

    Information, Tip and Caution This manual uses the following symbols to draw attention to important safety and operational information. INFORMATION: INFORMATION provides useful knowledge, definition, or terminology for reference. TIP: TIP provides helpful suggestions for performing tasks more effectively. CAUTION: CAUTION indicates that failure to take a specified action could result in damage to the system.
  • Page 10 Indicates that you have a choice between two or more options or arguments. / Slash Indicates all options or arguments. underline Indicates the default value. Example: [ a | b ] viii © Copyright 2020 QSAN Technology, Inc. All Right Reserved.
  • Page 11: Xinsight Overview

    XInsight Overview The XInsight is a central management system for all QSAN products. It provides QSAN products to be centralized management and remote control solution for IT administrator in every industry for storage devices. It is a single point solution to discover, map, monitor, easy deployment, and manage devices in user’s network.
  • Page 12: Xinsight 1.0 Functionality List

    Display storage capacity information and backup tasks.  Monitor storage usage in a period of time.  Devices Graphically display the device status of each connected device.  Also provide bar display the device status.  © Copyright 2020 QSAN Technology, Inc. All Right Reserved.
  • Page 13 Including CPU, memory, storage usage, hardware monitoring, and so on.  Notifications Collect all notifications of every connected device.  Filter event level for information, warning, and error.  Search all messages by keyword.  Tasks Collect all tasks of every connected device. ...
  • Page 14: Getting Started

    Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Microsoft Windows 7 Microsoft Windows 8 Microsoft Windows 10 The following is the installation steps. © Copyright 2020 QSAN Technology, Inc. All Right Reserved.
  • Page 15: Figure 2-1 Xinsight Setup Wizard Step 1

    1. Run XInsight_installer_X.X.X.msi , click the Next button. Figure 2-1 XInsight Setup Wizard Step 1 2. Check the License Agreement, and then click the Next button. Figure 2-2 XInsight Setup Wizard Step 2 Getting Started...
  • Page 16: Figure 2-3 Xinsight Setup Wizard Step 3

    3. Change the location if needed, and then click the Next button. Figure 2-3 XInsight Setup Wizard Step 3 4. Click the Install button. Figure 2-4 XInsight Setup Wizard Step 4 © Copyright 2020 QSAN Technology, Inc. All Right Reserved.
  • Page 17: Starting Xinsight Agent

    5. Done, click the Finish button. Figure 2-5 XInsight Setup Wizard Step 5 The XInsight contains the following items: XInsight: It’s a Windows based program. Uninstall: Uninstall the XInsight program. 2.3. Starting XInsight Agent Double click the icon to run the XInsight agent, and you will see the overview page. Figure 2-6 XInsight Icon 2.3.1.
  • Page 18: Figure 2-7 Xinsight Overview

    IP to enter the XInsight client. Connections The block displays the users who log in to the XInsight agent and their IPs. Logs The block shows the XInsight event logs. © Copyright 2020 QSAN Technology, Inc. All Right Reserved.
  • Page 19: Network Function Menu

    2.3.2. Network Function Menu Select the Network function menu to show the general setting of the network. Figure 2-8 XInsight Network Host IP Configurations The listing IP addresses are provided by the host network interface. You can select a Host IP to be the web server IP address.
  • Page 20: About Function Menu

    Clicke the first Export button and select a path to save the configuration file. Click the second Export button to export the system diagnosis report. 2.3.4. About Function Menu Select the About function menu to show the software information. © Copyright 2020 QSAN Technology, Inc. All Right Reserved.
  • Page 21: Figure 2-10 Xinsight About

    Figure 2-10 XInsight About Getting Started...
  • Page 22: Management And Monitoring

    Figure 3-1 Login Page of XInsight To access the web user interface, you have to enter a username and password. Username: <Login Account>, default administrator account is admin.  © Copyright 2020 QSAN Technology, Inc. All Right Reserved.
  • Page 23: Xinsight Client Web Ui Overview

    Password: <Your Password>, default administrator password is 1234.  INFORMATION: Supported web browsers: Google Chrome 45 or later.  Mozilla Firefox 45 or later.  Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 or later.  Apple Safari 8 or later.  3.2. XInsight Client Web UI Overview When the password has been verified, the dashboard is displayed as shown in the following.
  • Page 24: Xinsight Client Web Ui Navigation

    The XInsight client web UI includes several tools to help you navigate around the interface efficiently. At the top right corner, there are three icons and one login name. Language Logout Help Login Account Figure 3-3 Upper Right Corner Icons © Copyright 2020 QSAN Technology, Inc. All Right Reserved.
  • Page 25 The options are available in these icons. Language Click the icon at the upper right corner to list the drop down options to change the language in the web UI. Help Click the icon at the upper right corner to popup the help information. Logout Click the icon at the upper right corner to log out.
  • Page 26: Dashboard Tab

    Select the Dashboard tab to show a summary of the overall system. It’s divided into six blocks in the details pane. There are device status, notifications, connected devices, storage capacity, backup tasks, and storage usage. Figure 4-1 Dashboard © Copyright 2020 QSAN Technology, Inc. All Right Reserved.
  • Page 27: Device Status

    4.1.1. Device Status The Device Status pane displays a summary of the health of all managed systems. There are three types of status: Good, Abnormal, and Error. Clicking on the link will jump into the details. 4.1.2. Notifications The Notifications pane displays a summary of the event logs of all managed systems. There are three types of notifications: Information, Warning, and Error.
  • Page 28: Devices Tab

    They can be changed by clicking the icon at the upper right corner to switch to the row mode. And click the icon to switch back to the graphical mode. Figure 5-1 Devices in Graphical Mode © Copyright 2020 QSAN Technology, Inc. All Right Reserved.
  • Page 29: View Devices

    Figure 5-2 Devices in Row Mode Click the ALL drop-down arrow at the upper right corner to view ALL, FAS, NAS, SAN, not support, or not authentication devices. 5.2. View Devices Except the storage usage, CPU, memory information, total quantity of notifications and tasks, you can also click the icon to view the system information and click the icon to...
  • Page 30: Register The Device

    6. Click the Register button to register the device. 5.3.2. Register the Device If the device is not register yet, click the icon to register the device. 5.3.3. Delete the Device Click the icon to delete the device. © Copyright 2020 QSAN Technology, Inc. All Right Reserved.
  • Page 31: Notifications Tab

    Notifications Tab The Notifications function tab displays all event messages of all managed storage systems. 6.1. Notifications Overview Select the Notifications tab to show event messages. Figure 6-1 Notifications The upper panes show the quantity of three-level event messages. There are some options available in this tab.
  • Page 32: Search Messages

    It will pop up a dialog box where you can enter the combined conditions including system, IP address, start date, and end date, etc. © Copyright 2020 QSAN Technology, Inc. All Right Reserved.
  • Page 33: Tasks Tab

    Tasks Tab The Tasks function tab displays the summary and details of the storage tasks. 7.1. Tasks Overview Select the Tasks tab to show storage tasks. Figure 7-1 Tasks The upper panes show the quantity of snapshots, replications, and cloud backup tasks. There is an option available in this tab.
  • Page 34: Accounts Tab

    5. Check Assign Admin if you want to the account as an administrator. 6. Click the Select Devices button to assign the managed devices to the user. When selected, click the OK button. © Copyright 2020 QSAN Technology, Inc. All Right Reserved.
  • Page 35: List The Users

    7. Click the Apply button to take effect. 8.2.2. List the Users If the icon appears after the account, it means that the account is a root and cannot be deleted. Click the icon to view the monitor derives. 8.2.3. Edit the User Click the icon before the account to edit the user.
  • Page 36: Support And Other Resources

     Product-specific reports and logs  Add-on products or components installed  Third-party products or components installed  9.2. Accessing Product Updates To download product updates, please visit QSAN website: https://www.qsan.com/download_center © Copyright 2020 QSAN Technology, Inc. All Right Reserved.
  • Page 37: Documentation Feedback

    9.3. Documentation Feedback QSAN is committed to providing documentation that meets and exceeds your expectations. To help us improve the documentation, email any errors, suggestions, or comments to docsfeedback@qsan.com. When submitting your feedback, include the document title, part number, revision, and publication date located on the front cover of the document.
  • Page 38: Appendix

    PRODUCT TO THE RESELLER WHERE YOU PURCHASED IT FOR A REFUND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESELLER'S APPLICABLE RETURN POLICY. General QSAN Technology, Inc. ("QSAN") is willing to grant you (“User”) a license of software, firmware and/or other product sold, manufactured or offered by QSAN (“the Product”) pursuant to this EULA.
  • Page 39 the extent that such activity is expressly permitted by applicable law notwithstanding this limitation; (d) adapt, modify, alter, translate or create any derivative works of the Licensed Software; (e) remove, alter or obscure any copyright notice or other proprietary rights notice on the Product;...
  • Page 40 This EULA shall be governed by and constructed according to the laws of R.O.C. Any  disputes arising from or in connection with this EULA, User agree to submit to the jurisdiction of Taiwan Shilin district court as first instance trial. © Copyright 2020 QSAN Technology, Inc. All Right Reserved.

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