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  • Page 1 USER GUIDE TigerStore™ SMCNAS04/ SMB Network Attached Storage Server SMCNAS24...
  • Page 2 SMCNAS04/SMCNAS24 User’s Guide Revision 1.8 February 2008...
  • Page 3 TRADEMARKS all brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. NOTE the information in this manual is subject to change without notice.
  • Page 4 Please have your proof of purchase receipt to get warranty support. All defective products shall be returned with a copy of proof of purchase. In no event shall SMC Networks, Inc. 's liability exceed the price paid for the product from direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages resulting from the use of the product, its accompanying software, or its documentation.
  • Page 5 SMC Networks, Inc. cannot be made liable for any damages or loss of data as a result of improper use or damage to the disk drives. The disk drives used in this product are covered under the...

  • Page 6: Safety Information

    When ejecting the USB device from your NAS system, make sure to disconnect from the Samba connection first. Your SMCNAS04/SMCNAS24 does not support any USB hub connected to the USB ports. When installing hard disk drives to your SMCANS04/SMCNAS24 SMC suggests using the same vendor and the same size hard disk.

  • Page 8: Model Information

    Model Information Before accessing SMCNAS04/SMCNAS24, please install the JAVA Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 first on your computer like shown in the QIG or chapter 3 of this manual, otherwise, the NASDiscovery.html tool will not work. You can also download it directly by, following the link to download it thru your computer, http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp...

  • Page 9: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Safety Information ............. v  Important Notes ..................v  Model Information ................vii  Table of Contents ................viii  Chapter 1  Introduction ..............1      Package Contents ................2     Specifications ..................3   Hardware ..................3  ...
  • Page 10   Users .................... 79   Groups ..................90   Quota Management ..............92     Shared Folders Page ................. 94   Add Shared Folder ............... 95   Assign Access ................96   Delete Shared Folder ..............97     Disk Page................... 98  ...

  • Page 12: Chapter 1 Introduction

    Chapter 1 Introduction Your SMCNAS04/SMCNAS24 is a great storage solution for small and medium business and home network environments. With this high-speed networked storage, network users can easily access and share music, pictures, and video files. Also, it has a program for discovering the storage system automatic assigned IP address.

  • Page 13: Package Contents

    1.1 Package Contents Includes the following: SMCNAS04/SMCNAS24 Storage System with Key Power Cord RJ-45 Ethernet Cable Utility Disc Quick Start Guide...

  • Page 14: Specifications

    1.2 Specifications NOTE: Specifications are subject to change without notice. Hardware Cabinet Form Factor Network Small Tower Automatic MDIX Ethernet Port Processor (10/100/1000 Mbps) LSI NAS401 Power Supply 100~127/200~240 V 50/60 Hz 128 W System Memory 128 MB of DDR2 SDRAM Dimension (H)230 x (W)187 x (D)288 mm Flash Memory...

  • Page 15: System View

    1.3 System View Front Components Component Description Power Button Turns the power on and off. Shows the current power status. Power Indicator POWER ON Glows blue when the power is on. STANDBY Glows red when the system is in Standby mode (power cord is connected to an electrical outlet but storage system is at Standby state).
  • Page 16 Component Description Network Indicator Shows the current network status. Glows green at 10/100 Mbps or blue at 1000 Mbps when system is connected to the network. Blinks green or blue to indicate system is trying to establish a network connection. Shows the current RAID status.

  • Page 17: Front Components (Compartment Door Open)

    Front Components (Compartment Door Open) Component Description Hard Disk Tray Opens the hard disk tray. Door Handle...

  • Page 18: Right-Side Components

    Right-Side Components Component Description Door Lock Locks the hard disk drive compartment door for security.

  • Page 19: Left-Side Components

    Left-Side Components Component Description Connects a USB device, such as a USB disk, printer, or USB Port USB-UPS.

  • Page 20: Rear Components

    Rear Components Component Description Power Connector Connects to the power cord. Voltage Switch Select the voltage matching your local standard setting. Ventilation Maintain proper operating temperature. Do not cover or Opening block the openings. Allows you to reset the system to the factory default Reset Switch username, password, and DHCP.

  • Page 22: Chapter 2 Setting Up

    Chapter 2 Setting Up Step 1. Install the Hard Disks 1. Insert the key and turn clockwise ( ) to unlock and open the door ( ). 2. Slide the latch toward the right to release the handle.
  • Page 23 NOTE: Install the first hard disk on the lowest level tray, the second hard disk on the second lowest level tray, and so forth. 3. Pull the handle to slide the hard disk tray forward. Then pull the hard disk tray out of the device.

  • Page 24: Step 2. Connect To The Network

    5. Fit the hard disk into the tray with the connectors pointing toward the rear. Then align and fasten four screws to secure the hard disk in place. 6. Keeping the handle in its full-open state, slide the hard disk tray all the way into the device until the hinge of the handle is inside the device.

  • Page 25: Step 3. Connect To Power

    2. Connect one end of the Ethernet cable to any of the four network connector ) on the back of your storage system and the other end to a router. Or you can connect both your computer and storage system (NAS) to one switch, and this switch is connected to the network which has a DHCP server.

  • Page 26: Step 4. Configure Your Storage System

    3. Connect one end of the power cord to your storage system and the other end to a standard electrical outlet. Step 4. Configure Your Storage System See the next chapter for the software configuration instructions.

  • Page 28: Chapter 3 Configuring Your Storage System

    Chapter 3 Configuring Your Storage System SMCNAS04 SMCNAS24 An SMCNAS04/SMCNAS24 network consists of an NAS server and several clients connected via network links.

  • Page 29: Installing The Storage System Management

    3.1 Installing the Storage System Management You need to install Storage System Management before you can perform any system configurations. IMPORTANT: If you are using the hard disk drive that has been installed with NAS middleware before, then follow the steps on the section “System Power-on Without Hard Disk Drive.” If you are using full new hard disk drives that have never installed NAS middleware before, then follow the steps on the section “System Power-on With Full New Hard Disk Drives.”...
  • Page 30 2. Click Install Java to install JAVA script on your computer and the following screen appears. (Please make sure your computer has internet connection to be able to access the online installation of JAVA.) NOTE: You can also click Install Non-JAVA based discovery tool to install non-JAVA based discovery tool.
  • Page 31 4. Click Finish when the following screen appears to exit installation.
  • Page 32 5. Click Setup NAS Discovery Utility. 6. The following screen appears. Click Next.
  • Page 33 7. Select the destination to install the NAS Discovery Utility and click Next. 8. The Select Start Menu Folder screen appears, click Next.
  • Page 34 9. Click the Create a desktop icon checkbox to enable it and click Next. 10. When the Ready to Install screen appears, click Install.
  • Page 35 11. The progress of installation will be shown onscreen. 12. When the following screen appears, click Finish to exit the installation process.
  • Page 36 JAVA-based 13. Click the NAS Discovery Utility shortcut icon on your desktop or you can launch the NAS Discovery Utility by clicking Start Programs NAS Discovery Utility NAS Discovery Utility. Click Yes when the following screen appears to allow ActiveX controls. NOTE: If the following screen appears, click Run to allow the digital signature verification.
  • Page 37 14. The following screen appears.
  • Page 38 Non-JAVA based 13. Click the NAS Discovery Utility shortcut icon on your desktop or you can launch the NAS Discovery Utility by clicking Start Programs LSI Corporation NAS Discovery Utility. 14. The following screen appears.

  • Page 39: For Apple Mac Os X (10.4.11 Or Above)

    For Apple Mac OS X (10.4.11 or above) 1. Insert the included utility disc into your computer and open the MAC AutoRun folder, and then click the AutoRun.app program. 2. The following screen appears. Click Setup NAS Discovery Utility.
  • Page 40 3. The Welcome to the NAS Discovery Utility Installer screen appears. Click Continue. 4. Select the destination to install the NAS Discovery Utility and click Continue.
  • Page 41 5. The Easy Install on “iDisk HD” screen appears, click Install. 6. The installer requires that you type the password of your Mac OS X Administrator account.
  • Page 42 7. The Installing NAS Discovery Utility screen appears and progress of installation will be shown. 8. When the following screen appears, click Close to exit the installation process.
  • Page 43 9. To get the latest font library, click MAC Software Update to update to the latest MAC Operation System version. 10. The system would start to check for software update.
  • Page 44 11. To set the Safari Cookies, click Safari Preferences. Then Security to accept Cookies “Only from sites you navigate to”.
  • Page 45 12. Click the NAS Discovery Utility icon in the hard drive installation directory or launch NAS Discovery Utility by clicking Applications NAS Discovery Utility. 13. Click Trust to allow digital signature verification if the following screen appears.
  • Page 46 14. The following screen appears. NOTE: The NAS Discovery Utility must use the Safari web browser when system is using the Mac OS X (10.4.11 or above). Use Mozilla Firefox to install SMCNAS and type in the SMCNAS IP in the Firefox address field.

  • Page 47: System Power-On Without Hard Disk Drive

    System Power-on Without Hard Disk Drive IMPORTANT: If you are using the hard disk drive that has been installed with NAS middleware before, then follow the steps on this section. You can also Reset your System to default by following this section. 15.
  • Page 48 17. After logging in the following screen appears. Install the hard disk drive into the lowest level tray (see chapter 2 portion on proper hard disk installation) and after around 30 seconds, click REFRESH (if no hard disk drive appears, click REFRESH again.)
  • Page 49 18. When the hard disk drive appears on screen, click CONFIGURE. 19. The following screen appears. Click OK.
  • Page 50 20. The following screen appears. Install another hard disk drive into the second lowest level tray and after around 30 seconds, click REFRESH (if no hard disk drive appears, click REFRESH again.)
  • Page 51 21. The following screen appears, then click Configure. NOTE: If you want to install more hard disk drive(s) (not new hard disk drive but hard disk drives that installed NAS firmware before) into the other slots, perform steps 20 and 21 again, otherwise go directly to step 22 after you click Configure.
  • Page 52 22. The following screen appears. NOTE: Whenever you install a hard disk drive, you can use the default RAID mode (if one hard disk drive only default is Single, if two hard disk drives it will be JBOD, all 4 hard drives will be RAID 5).
  • Page 53 23. If you use the default mode (JBOD if ≧ two hard disk drives or Single) without changing the RAID mode, click Upgrade and the following screen appears. Click OK to jump to step 29. 24. If you change the RAID mode, the following screen appears. Click OK.
  • Page 54 25. The system will reboot and the following screen appears, wait for approximately 3 ~ 5 minutes.
  • Page 55 26. After rebooting, log in by root again and no password is required.
  • Page 56 27. The following screen appears, click Upgrade. 28. When the confirmation message appears, click OK.
  • Page 57 29. System will start to format the hard disk drive. After formatting, the confirmation message will appear. Click OK. 30. The following screen appears.
  • Page 58 31. Click Browse to select and install the Full Install Image “AG_NAS_Vx.x.x-SMC.cpioo.bz2”. This file is stored under the default C:\Program Files\NAS Discovery Utility\Firmware directory, otherwise it can be found under the firmware folder of the directory where you previously installed the NAS Discovery utility.
  • Page 59 32. Then click Upgrade. The following screen appears. The system will start to install into the NAS hard disk drive.
  • Page 60 33. If the NAS Discovery Utility screen is not on your computer anymore, again click the NAS Discovery Utility shortcut icon on your desktop or you can launch the NAS Discovery Utility by clicking Start Programs Discovery Utility NAS Discovery Utility. 34.
  • Page 61 35. When the following screen appears, click the Click to Configure NAS under the Configuration URL column to log in to Storage System Management. Proceed to the next section for details on Storage System Management.

  • Page 62: System Power-On With Full New Hard Disk Drives

    System Power-on With Full New Hard Disk Drives IMPORTANT: If you are using full new hard disk drives that have never installed NAS middleware before, then follow the steps on this section. 1. When the discovery tool has discovered the NAS, it will show “Zero-Disk Mode”...
  • Page 63 3. After logging in the next screen will show how many hard disk drive(s) you installed. lf two hard disk drives are installed, the default RAID mode is RAID 1, if ≧ three hard disk drives are installed, the default RAID mode is RAID 5.
  • Page 64 4. If you use the default RAID mode, click Upgrade and the following screen appears. Click OK to jump to step 10. 5. If you change the RAID mode, the following screen appears. Click OK.
  • Page 65 6. The system will reboot and the following screen appears, wait for approximately 3 ~ 5 minutes.
  • Page 66 7. After rebooting it will display your new RAID mode, log in again.
  • Page 67 8. The following screen appears, click Upgrade. 9. When the confirmation message appears, click OK.
  • Page 68 10. System will start to format the hard disk drive. After formatting, the confirmation message will appear. Click OK. 11. The following screen appears.
  • Page 69 12. Click Browse to select and install the Full Install Image “AG_NAS_Vx.x.x-SMC.cpio.bz2”. This file is stored under the default C:\Program Files\NAS Discovery Utility\Firmware directory, otherwise it can be found under the firmware folder of the directory where you previously installed the NAS Discovery utility.
  • Page 70 13. Then click Upgrade. The following screen appears. The system will start to install into the NAS hard disk drive.
  • Page 71 14. If the NAS Discovery Utility screen is not on your computer anymore, again click the NAS Discovery Utility shortcut icon on your desktop or you can launch the NAS Discovery Utility by clicking Start Programs Discovery Utility NAS Discovery Utility. 15.
  • Page 72 16. When the following screen appears, click the Click to Configure NAS under the Configuration URL column to log in to Storage System Management. Proceed to the next section for details on Storage System Management.

  • Page 73: Starting Storage System Management

    3.2 Starting Storage System Management JAVA-based 1. Click the NAS Discovery Utility shortcut icon on your desktop or you can launch the JAVA-based NAS Discovery Utility by clicking Start Programs NAS Discovery Utility NAS Discovery Utility. NOTE: If the following screen appears, click Yes to allow ActiveX controls. NOTE: If the following screen appears, click Run to allow the digital signature verification.
  • Page 74 2. When the following screen appears, click the Click to Configure NAS on the Configuration URL column to log in the Storage System Management.
  • Page 75 Non-JAVA based 1. Click the NAS Discovery Utility shortcut icon on your desktop or you can launch the non-JAVA based NAS Discovery Utility by clicking Start Programs LSI Corporation NAS Discovery Utility. 2. When the following screen appears, click the Configure NAS Device on the Configuration URL column to log in the Storage System Management.
  • Page 76 3. The system automatically scans the network for storage systems. This might take a few minutes. The following screen appears. 4. Enter the default User name “admin” and the default Password “smcadmin” then select the desired language. 5. Click Log In. The Storage System Management homepage contains six tabs namely, My NAS, Users &...

  • Page 77: My Nas Page

    3.3 My NAS Page Displays a list of your storage system information (NAS name, Middleware and Flash version, MAC and IP address, Subnet mask, Gateway IP address, Disk Mode, System and Data utilization) and Current Connections (Shared folders, Users, and Login Time). System utilization: shows the current system data partition usage.

  • Page 78: System Setting

    System Setting Allow you to specify the storage system name, date, time, time zone, NTP server name or IP address, administrator name, and password. 1. On the My NAS page, click System setting and the following screen appear. NOTE: Be careful when changing the Storage System Name. Inform your clients of any change of this column for providing available functions, including shared folders or backups.
  • Page 79 To change this . . . Do this . . . Storage system name Enter the new name to use for the specific storage system. The name can be up to 15 characters long and can include letters, numbers, and hyphens. Date, Time, Time zone In the Date fields, enter or select the month, day, and year.

  • Page 80: Network Setting

    Network Setting Allow you to configure the network settings that include the workgroup name, MAC address, and FTP server settings. NOTE: The time between AD server and the SMCNAS Samba server must be in sync (use NTP). Please check chapter 5 for AD setup on how to do this. You only can choose the “workgroup”...
  • Page 81 1. Click Network setting and the following screen appear.
  • Page 82 To change this . . . Do this . . . Workgroup name Enter the new name for the specific workgroup. NOTE: Maximum number of characters is 15. Can include only letters (uppercase and lowercase A~Z), numbers (0~9), hyphens (–) and underlines (_).
  • Page 83 Enable FTP Server To enable FTP server, take note of the following: Transfer Mode Default is “passive” mode.
  • Page 84 Select “Passive” when you enable Firewall protection on your Windows Port Default is “21” unless specified. You can set one of the port range from 49152 to 65535. Code Page Default is “UTF-8”. For Japanese OS and you wish to upload/download file with Japanese filename, then select “Japanese.”...
  • Page 85 NOTE: If you use Filezilla v2.2.x (you are recommended to use Filezilla (shareware) as your FTP data transfer tool), DO NOT enable the Use multiple connections to transfer files setting. If you use Filezilla v3.0.x, set the Active mode and set NAS to passive to upload the file.
  • Page 86 Click File and the following screen appears.
  • Page 87 Click New Site. Select “Use active mode” on Passive transfer mode settings when using Windows OS with Firewall enabled and, select “Force” on Use UTF8 on server if available. Then click OK.
  • Page 88 When using the ActiveDirectory the user name for FTP is [Domain name]+[user name], e.g. Office-AD+Testuser. When using Workgroup mode, please just use local user name.
  • Page 89 If you choose the option Use this IP address, the following appears. 4. After making the necessary changes, click Apply. 5. When the confirmation message appears, click OK for the changes to take effect. WARNING: If you change the Static IP (Use this IP address) back to Dynamic IP (Get an IP address automatically), you need to shutdown the Storage System Management and restart it again.

  • Page 90: Users & Groups Page

    3.4 Users & Groups Page Displays a list of all currently configured users and lets you add, modify, and remove users. This area also allows you to add, modify, and remove groups as well as perform quota management. Users 1. Click the Users & Groups button on the Storage System Management homepage.
  • Page 91 Click “Add” and the following screen appears, allowing you to specify the type of user (Windows/Mac OS X or Linux/Other Mac) you want to add. 2. Add the users. After the user is added, you can assign the user to shared folders by clicking Shared Folders to assign/restrict access (see later section for further details).
  • Page 92 For Windows/Mac OS X Users 3. Click Next and the following screen appears. You must provide the requested user information.
  • Page 93 To change this . . . Do this . . . In the User name field, enter the user name. User name Password NOTE: Maximum number of characters is 24 Confirm password Can include only letters (uppercase and lowercase A~Z), numbers (0~9), hyphens (–), underlines (_), dots (.), and @ symbol.
  • Page 94 5. Click Remove and the following screen appear, allowing you to specify the type of user (Windows/Mac OS X) you want to remove.
  • Page 95 6. Click Edit and the following screen appears, allowing you to specify the type of user (Windows/Mac OS X) you want to edit. 7. Enter the pertinent information and click Apply.
  • Page 96 8. The follow screen appears. Note : When AD domain is selected, “Users” page would display domain users with prefix of “(Domain)”...
  • Page 97 For Linux/Other Mac OS Users 1. Click Next and the following screen appear. You must provide the requested user information. 2. Click Apply.
  • Page 98 3. Click Shared Folders and the following screen appears.
  • Page 99 4. Select the shared folder and click Assign Access. The following screen appears.
  • Page 100 5. Select the authorized user(s) and grant access right. Then click Apply. NOTE: If you grant shared folder access right to Linux user, the Linux user can “mount –t nfs –o tcp NASIP:/content/shared foldername PCmountfolder” at Linux PC (Fedora 5/6/7) to mount the file to NAS as well as read/write the file to NAS.

  • Page 101: Groups

    Groups Placing users into groups makes it easier to give several users access to the same shared folder at once. 6. Click Groups under the Users & Groups page. The following screen appears. NOTE: Only Windows users can be included in groups.
  • Page 102 7. Click Add and the following screen appear. Enter a group name and add all or selected users to this group. You can also remove all or selected users from a group. 8. Click Apply.

  • Page 103: Quota Management

    Quota Management Allows the administrator to limit (enlarge/shrink) user disk space. NOTE: Before enabling/disabling Quota Management, make sure that iTunes is not enabled, no USB device is mounted, and there is no existing Samba connection to your storage device (see later section for details). 1.
  • Page 104 To change this . . . Do this . . . Enable quota for all users Click the checkbox to set quota for all Windows users. Quota size on the SATA disk In the Quota size on the SATA disk field, enter Administrator password the quota size (MB).

  • Page 105: Shared Folders Page

    3.5 Shared Folders Page Displays a list of all currently configured and shared folders and allow you to add shared folders, change the right of access for users or remove them. 1. Click the Shared Folders button on the Storage System Management homepage.

  • Page 106: Add Shared Folder

    Add Shared Folder 2. Click Add to create a shared folder and the following screen appears. 3. Enter the name of the new shared folder and click Next. NOTE: Maximum number of characters is 64. Can include only letters (uppercase and lowercase A~Z), numbers (0~9), hyphens (–), underlines (_), and dots (.).

  • Page 107: Assign Access

    Assign Access 4. Select the shared folder whose user access you want to change (add or remove user). 5. Click Assign Access and the following screen appear.

  • Page 108: Delete Shared Folder

    6. You can Add (specify as Read-Only or Read/Write) users/groups to, as well as Remove existing users/groups from shared folders. Delete Shared Folder 7. Select the shared folder you want to remove. 8. Click Delete and the following screen appear. 9.

  • Page 109: Disk Page

    3.6 Disk Page Allow you to view information about the installed hard disk(s) slot, model, serial number, size, RAID type, and disk status (shows the RAID rebuilding percentage). 1. Click the Disk button on your Storage System Management homepage. The following screen appears.

  • Page 110: Advanced Page

    3.7 Advanced Page Provides access to advanced storage system configuration options such as setting up email alert, upgrading firmware, UPS (uninterruptible power supply), iTunes/media/printer server, USB backup, viewing information about system events, shutting down and reboot the system remotely. Alerts Allows you to set up the storage system to notify up to two people via email if any problem occurs namely, when hard disk space usage is full, or the upper operating temperature has been reached, or when USB-UPS’...
  • Page 111 1. Click the Advanced button on the Storage System Management homepage. The following screen appears. 2. Enter the information about your SMTP email server, sender’s email address, and up to two email addresses that should receive the notification.
  • Page 112 NOTE: If your SMTP email server has authentication, enable it and enter the User name and Password. The SMTP email server name’s maximum number of characters is 64. Can include only letters (uppercase and lowercase A~Z), numbers (0~9), hyphens (–), underlines (_) and dots (.).

  • Page 113: Firmware

    Firmware Allows you to upgrade your storage system to a newer firmware when available (check the support section of www.smc.com for the latest firmware). 1. Click Firmware on the Advanced page and the following screen appears. For additional security, you must enter your administrator password in order to upgrade the firmware.
  • Page 114 5. When the confirmation message appears, click OK to confirm. 6. The upload percentage will be displayed. 7. System will reboot automatically after upgrade has finished.

  • Page 115: Itunes Server

    iTunes Server Allow your storage system to function as an iTunes server for accessing digital music files from an iTunes client running either on a Windows Computer or Apple Computer with Mac OS X. 1. Click iTunes Server on the Advanced page and the following screen appears.
  • Page 116 2. Click the checkbox iTunes Server enabled. 3. Click Apply and the following screen appears. 4. Click Re-Scan to synchronize iTunes. NOTE: You need to do this every time there are new contents available. The administrator is allowed to change the iTunes server name.

  • Page 117: Media Server

    Media Server Allow your storage system to function as a media server by specifying the scan path, selecting the media file type(s), start scanning and afterwards display the results of the scan, as well as delete and backup media database. 1.
  • Page 118 To change this . . . Do this . . . Click Change Scan Paths if you want your Change Scan Paths computer to search for media files which differ from the one currently specified (see step 2). Media Scan Types Click on the checkbox of the file types on the list to be included, then click Set Types.

  • Page 119: Printer Server

    4. Click Apply. 5. When the confirmation message appears, click OK to confirm. Printer Server Allow your storage system to function as a printer server when a USB printer is connected. 1. Connect a printer to any USB port on your storage system. 2.
  • Page 120 3. Proceed to adding a new printer in Windows and the following screen appears. 4. Click Next and the following screen appears. Select A network printer, or a printer attached to another computer by clicking on the radio button.
  • Page 121 5. Click Next and the following screen appears. Select Connect to a printer on the Internet or on a home or office network by clicking on the radio button. 6. When setting up the USB printer on your computer, you need to check the SMCNAS system’s IP address (e.g., 192.168.1.25).

  • Page 122: Ups

    Allow your storage system to use a USB-UPS as temporary backup power. 1. Connect a USB-UPS to any USB port on your storage system. NOTE: When using the USB-UPS and the power level is not adequate (power level remaining reaches <= 3 % of normal charge), an email alert will be sent to inform you to shutdown the storage system immediately.
  • Page 123 3. Click the checkbox UPS enabled. The Power status (amount of backup power available) will be shown. 4. Click Apply. NOTE: A warning message will appear if no USB-UPS is connected to your storage system. 5. When the confirmation message appears, click OK to confirm.

  • Page 124: Usb Backup

    USB Backup Allow you to backup the contents of your USB storage device to your storage system. NOTE: USB backup supports both FAT32 and NTFS. 1. Click USB backup on the Advanced page and the following screen appears. 2. In the Administrator password text box, enter the password. NOTE: Maximum number of characters is 8.
  • Page 125 3. Click Apply. The backup contents of your USB storage device would be copied to your storage system on a newly created timestamp folder under /USBBackup/ and the following screen appears. 4. Click OK. NOTE: To access the copied content in the USBBackup folder you need to map a user to the USBBACKUP folder.
  • Page 126 6. Select the shared folder (e.g. USBBackup or sdb1) and click Assign Access. The following screen appears.
  • Page 127 7. Select the authorized user(s) and grant access right (Read-Only or Read/Write). Then click Apply.
  • Page 128 Eject USB Storage Device 1. To eject your USB storage device in case it is connected to your storage system, select the USB storage device from the Eject your USB dropdown list. NOTE: Before ejecting the USB device, disconnect the Samba connection first. 2.
  • Page 129 4. Click OK. 5. In the Criteria of backup available space textbox, enter the value (MB) to change the allocated disk space for backing up to your storage system. Otherwise do not change it, the default setting of 10 % is suggested. 6.

  • Page 130: Download Station

    Download Station Allows peer-to-peer (P2P) download (BitTorrent file transfer protocol) of computer files (filename.torrent) from remote location to your storage system. The download task, percent and speed of download, and seed is displayed. You can pause/resume or delete the download anytime. 1.
  • Page 131 3. Via Samba connection in “p2p” folder there is a “torrents” folder, place torrents file in it. 4. Click Yes to enable the download station. 5. Click Apply. 6. Wait for about 20 seconds, then open a new web browser by typing: http://your_nas_ip:4080.

  • Page 132: System Log

    System Log Display a list of events that have occurred on the storage system. Reviewing this list can help you identify and resolve any problems that you might encounter. 1. Click System log on the Advanced page and the following screen appears. The date and time of the event, the type of event (I stands for informational, E stands for error, W stands for warning, and C stands for critical error), and a brief description of the event are displayed.

  • Page 133: Shut Down

    When you click Erase All Logs it will erase all the log files in the system (under the “Event Log” shared folder). Shut Down To shut down the storage system, you can press the power button on the unit itself and hold it until the system status and disk activity LEDs start flashing, or you can shut the storage system down remotely by using Storage System Management.
  • Page 134 3. Click Shut Down and the following screen appears. Click OK to confirm. 4. A message appears indicating that the system is shutting down. CAUTION: Always shutdown the system in accordance with the instructions above. An improper shutdown may affect the functionality of storage system in the next startup.

  • Page 135: Reboot

    Reboot You can reboot the storage system remotely by using Storage System Management. To use Storage System Management: 1. Click Reboot on the Advanced page and the following screen appears, allowing you to reboot the storage system. CAUTION: Make sure no one is backing up a disk or using a shared folder before you reboot the storage system.
  • Page 136 3. Click Reboot and the following screen appear. Click OK to confirm. 4. A message appears indicating that the system is rebooting. CAUTION: Always reboot the system in accordance with the instructions above. An improper reboot may affect the functionality of storage system in the next startup.

  • Page 137: Logging Out Of Storage System Management

    3.8 Logging Out of Storage System Management 1. To log out from the Storage System Management without shutting it down, click the Logout button.
  • Page 138 2. When the confirmation message appears, click OK. 3. The following screen appears. You can allow it to stay in the background and perform other computer task. To use the Storage System Management later, click Log In.

  • Page 139: How To Reinstall Your Smcnas04/Smcnas24

    This can be controlled in the MyNas page. If your Flash Firmware shows a lower version then (v.2.0, please check the manual for Product Firmware v.1.5.8 that you can find on the SMC Website http://www.smc.com. It will show you how to reinstall your...
  • Page 140 2. Please make a Backup of all the Data you have stored on the SMCNAS04/SMCNAS24! 3. After this, please shutdown your SMCNAS04/SMCNAS24. 4. Once the unit has shutdown, please make sure the power is off. 5. Take out all disks and follow the instructions in the chapter “System Power-on Without Hard Disk”.

  • Page 142: Chapter 4 Map Shares

    Chapter 4 Map Shares Windows PC Your Storage System Management allows you to map shared folders. To map shared folders: 1. From the NAS Discovery tool, click the Click to Map under the MAP Shares column to map shared folders. For JAVA-based...
  • Page 143 For non-JAVA based...
  • Page 144 2. The following screen appears. Key in the appropriate information and click Map. NAS Samba Share: allows you to select which shared folder to connect User Name/Password: the shared folder of what you selected Note: When AD domain is selected, the user name must be [Domain name] \[user name] 3.

  • Page 145: For Apple Mac Os X

    4. Click Exit to exit mapping of shared folders. For Apple Mac OS X To map a Samba Share on an Apple Computer with Mac OS X, please follow the below steps to map a Share: 1. Click the Finder icon in the Dock of your Mac OS X desktop. 2.

  • Page 146: Chapter 5 Ad Support

    Chapter 5 AD support NOTE: The time between the ADS's and the Samba server must be in sync (use NTP). The easiest way to achieve this is to add the IP of the ActiveDomain server as the NTP time server. Then the SMCNAS will sync its time with the AD server. But make sure your AD Server does synchronize its time with a failed NTP server and runs the NTP Server service itself.
  • Page 147 At Router Portion DNS must be specified to the Windows 2003 server. At Windows XP Portion You must renew IP after the router’s DNS is changed (the purpose is get the DNS server) Join the domain of Windows 2003 server Login via AD user account At NAS Portion You must renew the IP after the router’s DNS is changed (the purpose is get the...
  • Page 148 Informações sobre Suporte Técnico em www.smc.com SWEDISH Information om Teknisk Support fi nns tillgängligt på www.smc.com INTERNET E-mail address: techsupport@smc.com Driver updates http://www.smc.com/index.cfm?action=tech_support_drivers_downloads World Wide Web http://www.smc.com/ SMCNAS04/ SMCNAS24 20 Mason • Irvine, CA 92618 • Phn: 949-679-8000 • www.smc.com...

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