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NETGEAR RNRX4410 - ReadyNAS 2100 NAS Server User Manual

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NETGEAR, Inc.
350 East Plumeria Drive
San Jose, CA 95134 USA
need Agile #
v1.0
May 2009

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  • Page 1 ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual NETGEAR, Inc. 350 East Plumeria Drive San Jose, CA 95134 USA need Agile # v1.0 May 2009...

  • Page 2: Technical Support

    In the interest of improving internal design, operational function, and/or reliability, NETGEAR reserves the right to make changes to the products described in this document without notice. NETGEAR does not assume any liability that may occur due to the use or application of the product(s) or circuit layout(s) described herein.
  • Page 3 Product and Publication Details Model Number: 2100 Publication Date: May 2009 Product Family: Network Storage Product Name: ReadyNAS 2100 Network Attached Storage System Home or Business Product: Business Language: English Publication Part Number: need Agile # Publication Version Number: v1.0, May 2009...
  • Page 4 v1.0, May 2009...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Initial Setup ........................1-7 Default IP Address, Login Name, and Password .............1-8 The RAIDar Setup Utility ....................1-8 The FrontView Management Console ................1-9 NETGEAR ReadyNAS Community ................1-10 Chapter 2 Setting Up and Managing Your ReadyNAS 2100 Customizing Network Settings ..................2-1 Ethernet Interfaces ....................2-2 Global Network Settings ...................2-6...
  • Page 6 Standard File Protocols ..................2-10 Streaming Services ....................2-12 Discovery Services ....................2-14 Understanding Volume Management ................2-15 Overview of RAID Levels and X-RAID2 ..............2-15 Volume Management for Flex-RAID ..............2-17 Volume Management for X-RAID2 .................2-20 Working with iSCSI Target Volumes ...............2-21 Working with USB Volumes ...................2-22 Setting Up Printers .......................2-24 Print Shares over CIFS/SMB .................2-25 IPP Printing ......................2-25...
  • Page 7 Networked DVD Players and UPnP AV Media Adapters ..........3-20 Remote Access ......................3-20 Remote FTP Access ....................3-21 Remote HTTP Access ....................3-22 Chapter 4 Securing Your Data Configuring Backup Jobs ....................4-1 Adding a New Backup Job ..................4-1 Viewing the Backup Schedule ..................4-7 Programming the Backup Button ................4-8 Viewing the Backup Log ...................4-8 Editing a Backup Job ....................4-9...
  • Page 8 Using the System Diagnostic Menu ................6-8 Use the OS REINSTALL Option to Re-install the Firmware ........6-8 Configuring RAID ......................6-10 Shutdown ........................6-10 Appendix A Share Access from MAC and Linux Systems MAC OS X ........................A-1 AFP over Bonjour ....................A-2 AFP over AppleTalk ....................

  • Page 9: About This Manual

    About This Manual The NETGEAR® ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual describes how to configure and troubleshoot a ReadyNAS 2100 system. The information in this manual is intended for readers with intermediate computer and networking skills. Conventions and Formats The conventions, formats, and scope of this manual are described in the following paragraphs: •...

  • Page 10: User Manual Revision History

    ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual User Manual Revision History Version Publication Part Number Description Number Date need Agile # May 2009 First publication About This Manual v1.0, May 2009...

  • Page 11: Getting Acquainted

    Windows, Macintosh, and Linux systems. ReadyNAS offers extensible robust high- availability data protection. Its fail-safe features include dual redundant Gigabit Ethernet ports, support for RAID 0, 1, 5, plus hot spare, and NETGEAR’s proprietary X-RAID2 for automatic volume expansion. You can also allocate iSCSI target volumes on ReadyNAS 2100, ReadyNAS NVX, and the ReadyNAS Pro series.

  • Page 12: What Are The Benefits Of X-Raid And X-Raid2

    ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual for abnormal situations or part failures and e-mails system alerts to the network administrator. In addition, the Frontview Add-on SDK provides developers the tools for uniquely extending ReadyNAS capabilities. For a full list of what is new compared with existing ReadyNAS systems, ReadyNAS Specifications on ReadyNAS.com.

  • Page 13: X-Raid2 Is Even More Flexible

    ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual The X-RAID Data Volume X-RAID has one data volume. This volume uses the capacity of the smallest disk from each disk. For instance, if you had one 80 GB disk and two 250 GB disks, only 80 GB from each disk is used in the volume.

  • Page 14: Introducing The Status Displays, Ports, And Drive Bay

    ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual Introducing the Status Displays, Ports, and Drive Bay This section introduces the ReadyNAS display, ports, and drive bay. Front Panel Figure 1-1 1. Drive bay. 2. Control Panel. Disk Tray Release and Tray Latch Figure 1-2 The disk tray features a push switch activated pop-out release and a recessed disk tray latch lock.

  • Page 15: Control Panel

    ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual Control Panel Figure 1-3 The function of each Control Panel item is described in the following table: Table 1-1. LED Descriptions Item Activity Description Push button Backup: Push to initiate FrontView scheduled backup jobs. 1. Backup Diagnostics: Toggles between boot menu options (see SYS Button.
  • Page 16 ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual Table 1-1. LED Descriptions (continued) Item Activity Description On (Green) The LAN port is operating at 1,000 Mbps. LAN1 On (Amber) The LAN port is operating at 100 Mbps. LAN2 Blinking Data communications activity. Ethernet The LAN port is operating at 10 Mbps. Ports.

  • Page 17: Rear Panel

    Initial Setup Follow the instructions in the NETGEAR Installation Guide that came with your unit to install it. An electronic copy of the installation guide is on the product CD, on the NETGEAR web site, and on http://readynas.com. The initial setup estimated completion time is 20 minutes.

  • Page 18: Default Ip Address, Login Name, And Password

    ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual Default IP Address, Login Name, and Password The default IP configuration is set to DHCP; if the unit does not get an IP address, it defaults to 192.168.168.168. The default administrator user name is admin with the default password being netgear1 (case sensitive).

  • Page 19: The Frontview Management Console

    ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual The FrontView Management Console The FrontView management console operates in two modes: Setup Wizard mode, and Advanced Control mode. When the unit is in its factory default state, FrontView is in Setup Wizard mode. Figure 1-6 Use the wizard to perform the initial configuration of the unit.

  • Page 20: Netgear Readynas Community

    NETGEAR ReadyNAS Community NETGEAR ReadyNAS Community web site is http://readynas.com. Find previews and reviews of new features, tutorials, and information you won’t get anywhere else. Well, maybe you will, but not easily and not in one happy place like this. Do give us feedback on the ReadyNAS Community Forum and let us know if you would like to see topics not covered here.

  • Page 21: Setting Up And Managing Your Readynas 2100

    ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual Chapter 2 Setting Up and Managing Your ReadyNAS 2100 Setting up and managing the ReadyNAS 2100 Network Attached Storage System in your network is described in this chapter. This chapter contains the following sections: • “Customizing Network Settings” •...

  • Page 22: Ethernet Interfaces

    IP Assignment. Select either Use values from a DHCP server or Use values below. – If you elect to assign the IP address using Use values from a DHCP server, NETGEAR advises that you set the lease time on the DHCP server/router to a value of at least a day.
  • Page 23 Speed/Duplex Mode (Only applies to 10/100 connections). If you have a managed switch that works best if the devices are forced to a particular speed or duplex mode, you can select the setting you want. NETGEAR advises that you keep the setting in an Auto-negotiation mode otherwise.
  • Page 24 ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual Network teaming provides a way to aggregate the two network interfaces into a single logical teamed, or bonded, interface. The teamed interface allows for fail-over support and can provide for enhanced aggregate performance over a single interface. Figure 2-5 The following bonding options are available.
  • Page 25 ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual VLAN Settings (Virtual Local Area Network) In this section, you can specify whether to allow devices residing on different segments of a LAN to appear in the same segment or, conversely, to allow devices on the same switch to behave as through they belong to a different LAN.

  • Page 26: Global Network Settings

    ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual Global Network Settings Figure 2-8 Hostname The Hostname you specify is used to advertise the ReadyNAS 2100 on your network. You can use the hostname to address the ReadyNAS 2100 in place of the IP address when accessing the ReadyNAS 2100 from Windows, or over OS X using SMB.

  • Page 27: Wins

    ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual Static option, you can manually specify the IP addresses of the DNS servers and the domain name here. WINS The WINS option allows you to specify the IP address of the WINS (Windows Internet Naming Service) server. A WINS server is typically a Windows server on the network that allows the ReadyNAS 2100 or other devices on the network to be browsed from other subnets.

  • Page 28: Route: A Manual Routing Table

    ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual Select the Enable DHCP service check box if you want the ReadyNAS 2100 device to act as a DHCP server. This is convenient in networks where DHCP service is not already available. Note: These options are available only if this device is not already using a DHCP address. Enabling DHCP service on a network already utilizing another DHCP server will result in conflicts.
  • Page 29 ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual this password is kept in a safe place. Anyone who obtains this password can change or erase the data on the ReadyNAS. Figure 2-12 Note: In User or Domain security mode, you can use the admin account to log in to a Windows share, and perform maintenance on any file or folder in that share.

  • Page 30: Selecting Services For Share Access

    ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual Selecting Services for Share Access Figure 2-13 The Services screen allows you to manage various services for share access. This in effect controls the type of clients you wish to allow access to the ReadyNAS 2100. Three types of services are available: Standard File Protocols, Streaming Services, and Discovery Services.
  • Page 31 ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual • AFP (Apple File Protocol). Mac OS 9 and OS X works best using this protocol as it handles an extensive character set. However, in mixed PC and Mac environments, it is advisable to use CIFS/SMB, unless enhanced character set support is necessary on the Mac.The ReadyNAS 2100 supports AFP 3.1.

  • Page 32: Streaming Services

    ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual Streaming Services The built-in streaming services on the ReadyNAS 2100 allow you to stream multi-media content directly from the ReadyNAS, without the need to have your PC or Mac powered on. Figure 2-14 • SqueezeCenter provides music streaming to the popular Squeezebox music players from Slim Devices.
  • Page 33 ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual • iTunes Streaming Server enables iTunes clients to stream media files straight from the ReadyNAS 2100. After enabling the iTunes Streaming Server, click link to access the Firefly media server configuration options. Figure 2-16 • UPnP AV provides media streaming service to stand-alone networked home media adapters and networked DVD players that support the UPnP AV protocol or are Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) standard compliant.

  • Page 34: Discovery Services

    ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual • Home Media Streaming Server provides streaming of videos, music, and pictures to popular networked DVD players. Figure 2-18 The streaming players often utilize the streaming client developed by Syabas. Similar to UPnP AV, this service is used to stream videos, music, and pictures from the reserved media share to these adapters.

  • Page 35: Understanding Volume Management

    Figure 2-20 The ReadyNAS 2100 family offers two RAID volume technologies: Flex-RAID, utilizing the industry-standard RAID levels 0, 1, and 5; and X-RAID2, NETGEAR-patented expandable RAID technology. Your system comes preconfigured with X-RAID2. However, you can switch between the two modes through a factory default reset process described in “Configuring RAID”...
  • Page 36 ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual RAID 0 RAID 0 (striped disks) distributes data across several disks in a way that gives improved speed and full capacity, but all data on all disks will be lost if any one disk fails RAID 1 RAID 1 (mirrored disks) could be described as a backup solution, using two or more disks that each store the same data so that data is not lost as long as one disk survives.

  • Page 37: Volume Management For Flex-Raid

    ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual Advantages of X-RAID2 and Flex-RAID There are advantages to both technologies. • Flex-RAID: – The default volume can be deleted and re-created, with or without snapshot reserved space. – Hot spare disk is supported. – Full volume management is available. You can create RAID level 0, 1, or 5 volumes, specify the volume size, delete a disk from a volume, assign a hot spare, and so on.
  • Page 38 ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual Figure 2-21 You are asked to confirm your intention by typing DELETE VOLUME. Figure 2-22 Adding a Volume After deleting the volume, Add Volume tab displays listing the available configurable space on the hard disks. All the disks are selected by default. You can elect to specify a hot spare disk if you wish.
  • Page 39 ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual 3. Specify the reserve space for a snapshot. Next, select the percentage of the volume you wish to allocate for snapshots. You can specify 0 if you wish to disable snapshot capability, or you can specify a percentage in 5 percent increments from 5 to 50 percent. The percentage represents the amount of data you think changes while the snapshot is active.

  • Page 40: Volume Management For X-Raid2

    An additional disk failure would render this volume unusable. Note: The Remove operation is a maintenance feature. NETGEAR recommends that you do not use it in a live environment. Its function is equivalent to hot-removing the disk or simulating a disk failure.

  • Page 41: Working With Iscsi Target Volumes

    ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual After you receive your e-mail, the ReadyNAS 2100 will have been expanded with the capacity from your new disk(s). Replacing All Your Disks for More Capacity When you need more disk space and 2 TB disks are available at an attractive price, you can expand your volume capacity by replacing the existing disks.

  • Page 42: Working With Usb Volumes

    ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual To configure an iSCSI target volume on the ReadyNAS, go to Volumes > Volume Settings > iSCSI. Figure 2-25 Enable iSCSI support, click the Create iSCSI Target button, and enter the desired name of the target and the capacity you wish to reserve for this target device. Maximum capacity is slightly less than the full free space on the ReadyNAS or 2 TB, whichever is less.
  • Page 43 ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual increasing device number; for example, USB_HDD_2. If the device contains multiple partitions, the partitions are listed beneath the main device entry. Figure 2-26 Partitions on the storage devices must be one of the following file system formats: FAT32, NTFS, Ext2, or Ext3.

  • Page 44: Setting Up Printers

    ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual USB Flash Device Option Toward the lower portion of the USB Storage screen is the USB Flash Device Option section (see Figure 2-26 on page 2-23). There, you can elect to copy the content of a USB flash device automatically on connection to a specified share.

  • Page 45: Print Shares Over Cifs/Smb

    ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual Print Shares over CIFS/SMB The ReadyNAS 2100 can act as a print server for up to two USB printers for your Windows or Mac clients. To set up a printer in Windows: 1. Click Browse in RAIDar or simply enter \\hostname in the Windows Explorer address bar to list all data and printer shares on the ReadyNAS 2100.

  • Page 46: Adjusting System Settings

    ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual to handle this. Simply select the USB Printers tab or click Refresh to display the printers and the jobs queued up for any “stuck” printers. Figure 2-30 Select the radio button next to the print job and click Delete Print Job to remove a job (or all jobs) from the print queue.

  • Page 47: Clock, System Time, And Ntp Options

    ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual Clock, System Time, and NTP Options An accurate time setting on the Clock screen is required to ensure proper file timestamps. You can access the Clock screen by selecting System > Clock from the main menu. The Select Timezone section and the Select Current Time section of the Clock screen allow you to set the Timezone, and the Date and Time.
  • Page 48 ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual Settings This ReadyNAS 2100 device has been preconfigured with mandatory and optional alerts for various system device warnings and failures. The Settings tab allows you to control the settings for the optional alerts. Figure 2-33 You should keep all alerts enabled; however, you might choose to disable an alert if you are aware of a problem and wish to temporarily disable it.
  • Page 49 5. Click Apply to save your settings. When you have saved the SNMP settings on the ReadyNAS 2100, you can import the NETGEAR SNMP MIB to your SNMP client application. The NETGEAR MIB can be obtained from the included Installation CD or downloaded from the NETGEAR Support site at http://www.netgear.com/support.

  • Page 50: Language Settings

    ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual If you were unable to receive the test message from the Alerts Settings tab, it might have been blocked by the firewall. In that case, specify an appropriate SMTP server in this tab. Figure 2-35 Internet Service Providers (ISPs) for home might also block untrusted MTAs. Furthermore, they might allow you to specify their SMTP server but requires that you enter a user login and password to send out e-mail—this is common with most DSL services.

  • Page 51: Updating Readynas 2100

    The ReadyNAS 2100 device offers the option of upgrading the operating firmware either automatically using the Remote Update option or by manually loading an update image downloaded from the NETGEAR Support website. Setting Up and Managing Your ReadyNAS 2100 2-31...
  • Page 52 The preferred and quicker method if the ReadyNAS 2100 has Internet access is the Remote update option. Select Update from the main menu and then select the Remote tab. Click Check for Updates to check for updates on the NETGEAR update server. Figure 2-38 If you wish to continue, click Perform System Update.
  • Page 53 ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual Click Browse to select the update file and then click Upload and verify image. The process takes several minutes after which you are requested to reboot the system and proceed with the upgrade. Warning: Do not click the browser Refresh button during the update process. Configuring Automatic Update Settings If you do have a reliable Internet connection, you can enable the automatic update check and download options in the Settings tab.

  • Page 54: Configuration Backup

    ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual Configuration Backup Backup and restore ReadyNAS configurations to preserve settings to safeguard the configurations or to replicate settings onto other ReadyNAS devices. Figure 2-43 Click Backup then Select which category of configuration files to backup, then click the “Download configuration archive”...

  • Page 55: Managing User Access

    Chapter 3 Managing User Access Setting up and managing the ReadyNAS 2100 Network Attached Storage System in your network is described in this chapter. This chapter contains the following sections: • “Understanding Disk Share Security Access Modes” • “Setting Up User and Group Accounts” •...

  • Page 56: User Security Mode

    ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual Select the most appropriate option based on the required level of security and your current network authentication scheme. • User. A more appropriate selection for the medium-size office or workgroup environment is the User security mode. This mode allows you to set up user and group accounts to allow for more specific share access restrictions.
  • Page 57 ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual In User security mode, you specify a workgroup name, and create user and group accounts. You have control over how much disk space is allocated for each user or group. Each user is given a home share on the ReadyNAS 2100 device that the user can use to keep private data such as backups of the user’s PC.

  • Page 58: Domain Security Mode

    ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual Domain Security Mode If you choose the Domain security mode option, you need to create a trusted relationship with the domain controller or the active directory server (ADS) that will act as the authentication server for the ReadyNAS 2100 device.

  • Page 59: Setting Up User And Group Accounts

    The FrontView management system might slow down to an unusable state. Note: NETGEAR does not recommend the use of the ReadyNAS 2100 in a domain environment with more than 10,000 users at this time. Click Apply to join the domain. If Auto-detection is successful, users and groups from the domain now have login access to the shares on this device.
  • Page 60 ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual GID, of the group that you are adding. You can leave this field blank and let the system automatically assign this value unless you wish to match your GID to your NFS clients. Figure 3-4 After adding your groups, you can view or change your groups by clicking the alphabetical index tab, or click All to list all groups.

  • Page 61: Managing Users

    ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual Please note the following: • Spaces around commas are ignored. • The name field is required. • Quota is set to default if not specified. • GID is automatically generated if not specified. • Empty fields are replaced with account defaults. •...
  • Page 62 ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual • User ID • Select a group from the Group pull-down menu. • Password • Disk quota. 3. Click Apply to save your settings. Only the user name and password fields are required; however, you should specify a user e-mail address if you intend to set up disk quotas.

  • Page 63: Setting Accounts Preferences

    ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual In this example, user fred has a password set to hello123, belongs to the default group, receives no e-mail notification, has a UID assigned automatically, and has a default quota. barney,23stone,,barney@bedrock.com In this example, user barney has a password set to 23stone, belongs to the default group, receives e-mail notification sent to barney@bedrock.com, has a UID assigned automatically, and has a default quota.

  • Page 64: Managing Your Shares

    ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual Figure 3-10 In Share and Domain security mode, the Password tab does not appear. Note: User passwords in Domain mode must be set on the domain or ADS server. Managing Your Shares Shares enable you to organize the information stored on a volume, and administer who has access to that information.

  • Page 65: Managing Shares

    ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual 1. From the main menu, select Volumes > Volume Settings. If more than one volume is configured, click on the volume you wish to add the share. 2. Select Add Shares. Enter the share name and description. Figure 3-12 Note: Enabling Public Access means the Guest account has access to the share.
  • Page 66 ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual share for each of the services. Move the mouse pointer over the access icons to view the access settings. Figure 3-14 The settings are as follows: • Disabled. Access to this share is disabled. • Read-only Access. Access to this share is read-only. •...
  • Page 67 ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual Setting Share Access Access the CIFS Share Access Restrictions screen by clicking on the file system icon. Figure 3-15 Share Access Restriction. If you wish to limit share access to particular users and/or groups, you can enter their names in the Read-only users, Read-only groups, Write-enabled users, and Write-enabled group fields.
  • Page 68 ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual If you wish to specify some users and groups for read-only access and some for read/write access, and disallow all other users and groups, enter the following: • Default: Disabled • Hosts allowed access: 192.168.2.101, 192.168.2.102 •...
  • Page 69 ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual Figure 3-17 You can specify how long to keep the files in the Recycle Bin and how large the Recycle Bin can get before files get permanently erased. Advanced CIFS Permission. The Advanced CIFS Permission section offers options for setting the default permission of new files and folders created through CIFS.

  • Page 70: Web Browser

    ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual Figure 3-19 Advanced Share Permission. The Advanced Share Permission section offers the options to override the default ownership and permission of the share folder on the embedded file system and to permeate these settings to all files and folders residing on the selected share. The Set ownership and permission for existing files and folders option performs a one-time change.
  • Page 71 ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual Log in with a valid user name and password. Figure 3-21 If the Share access is read-only, only the file manager displays. Figure 3-22 Note: Files created under the Web file manager can be deleted only under this file manager.

  • Page 72: Ftp/Ftps

    ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual Figure 3-23 One useful application for a Web share is to set up an internal company website. You can copy HTML files to the Web share using Windows, Mac, NFS, or HTTP. When you set HTTP access to read-only, html files, including index.htm and index.html, can be viewed using any web browser.

  • Page 73: Rsync

    ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual Rsync Access to the share through rsync is identical regardless of the security mode. If you specified a user or password in the rsync share access tab, you will need to specify this when accessing the rsync share.

  • Page 74: Networked Dvd Players And Upnp Av Media Adapters

    ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual Networked DVD Players and UPnP AV Media Adapters Networked DVD players and UPnP AV Media adapters detect the ReadyNAS if either the Home Media Streaming Server or the UPnP AV services are enabled at the bottom of the Streaming Services page.

  • Page 75: Remote Ftp Access

    ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual Remote FTP Access 1. Go to Services > Standard File Protocols and enable FTP. Figure 3-27 • Port: The TCP/IP port that the FTP service will be using. The default is 21, this port will need to be forwarded through the router. Refer to the port forwarding instructions provided with your router.

  • Page 76: Remote Http Access

    ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual 2. Configure the FTP share access options. Figure 3-28 Change the Share Access Restrictions to allow FTP access to the share according to the user permissions you require. Remote HTTP Access 1. Go to Services > Standard File Protocols and enable FTP. Figure 3-29 Note: HTTPS cannot be disabled - Frontview requires it.
  • Page 77 ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual • HTTP – Redirect default web access to this share: Advanced configuration option allowing hosting of user created HTTP web page on the ReadyNAS. – Login authentication on this share: Configures the above mentioned share for whether or not authentication is required if users are browsing to the user created web content •...
  • Page 78 ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual Change the Share Access Restrictions to allow HTTP access to the share according to the user permissions you require. 3. Enable WebDAV support: WebDAV is an HTTP connection method that can allow drag and drop file transfers similar to what users may experience with their standard Windows or Mac OSX computer.

  • Page 79: Securing Your Data

    Chapter 4 Securing Your Data This chapter explains how to back up the data from your ReadyNAS. • “Configuring Backup Jobs” • “Snapshots” • “Backing Up the ReadyNAS to a USB Drive” • “Back Up to the Web with the ReadyNAS Vault Service” Configuring Backup Jobs The Backup Manager integrated with the ReadyNAS 2100 allows the ReadyNAS 2100 to act as a powerful backup appliance.
  • Page 80 ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual To create a new backup job, select Add a New Backup Job and follow the 4-step procedure. Figure 4-1 Step 1 – Select Backup Source A USB device appears as a share, so if you want to back up a USB device, select a share name. If you want to back up data from a remote source, select from one of the following: •...
  • Page 81 ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual • Remote Rsync server. Select this if you wish to perform backups from a rsync server. Rsync was originally available for Linux and other flavors of UNIX, but has lately become popular under Windows and Mac for its efficient use of incremental file transfers. This is the preferred backup method between two ReadyNAS devices.
  • Page 82 ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual • Examples of an NFS path: myserver:/mypath 192.168.0.101:/mypath/myfolder • Examples of a Rsync path: myserver::mymodule/mypath 192.168.0.101::mymodule/mypath • Examples of a local path: myfolder media/Videos My Folder My Documents/My Pictures With a remote source, you might need to enter a login and password to access the share. If you are accessing a password-protected share on a remote ReadyNAS 2100 server configured for Share security mode, enter the name of the share name for login.
  • Page 83 ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual Figure 4-2 The remote backup destination can be any of the items on the list, including a Remote Windows PC/ReadyNAS 2100 system, Remote Website, a Remote FTP site, a Remote NFS Server, a Remote Rsync server, a ReadyNAS Share, or a USB Device (Front, Back Top or Bottom). Note that you can select rsync for a remote ReadyNAS 2100 if it is configured to serve data over rsync.
  • Page 84 ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual Figure 4-3 Step 4 – Choose Backup Options In this last step, you can set up how you want backups to be performed. To set up a backup schedule: 1. Schedule a full backup. Select when you want full backups to be performed. You can elect to do this just the first time, every week, every 2 weeks, every 3 weeks, every 4 weeks, or every time this backup job is invoked.

  • Page 85: Viewing The Backup Schedule

    ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual destination as doing so can delete your source files for good. It is safer to not select this option unless your device is running low on space. Do experiment with a test share to make sure you understand this option.

  • Page 86: Programming The Backup Button

    ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual To manage your backup jobs: 1. Click the Job number icon to modify the selected backup job. 2. Enable or disable job scheduling by selecting/clearing the Enable check box. Disabling the job does not delete the job, but removes it from the automatic scheduling queue. 3.

  • Page 87: Editing A Backup Job

    ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual The log format might differ depending on the backup source and destination type that was selected, but you can see when the job was started and finished, and whether it was completed successfully or with errors. Editing a Backup Job To edit a backup job, you can either click the 3-digit job number button in the Backup Jobs screen, or you can click the Edit Backup Job link while viewing that job log.
  • Page 88 ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual Taking and Scheduling Snapshots To take or schedule a snapshot: 1. Click the Snapshot tab The Snapshot screen will display. You can specify how often a snapshot should be taken. Snapshots can be scheduled in intervals from once every 4 hours to once a week.
  • Page 89 ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual Figure 4-9 You can also specify how long a snapshot should last. If you will be using snapshots for backups, you can schedule the snapshot to last slightly longer than the expected duration of the backup. Having an active snapshot can affect the write performance to the ReadyNAS 2100, so deactivating it when it is not needed might be advantageous in write- intensive environments.
  • Page 90 ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual Disk space utilization field on the Volume screen shows how much space has been reserved for snapshots. Figure 4-11 After the snapshot is taken, if changes on the volume exceed this reserved space, the snapshot is invalidated and can no longer be used.

  • Page 91: Backing Up The Readynas To A Usb Drive

    ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual Resizing the snapshot space will occur offline and can take a while depending on your data volume size and the number of files in your volume. Expanding the snapshot space reduces your data volume size, and reducing the snapshot space expands it. Note: Because of the way snapshots work, you will encounter a drop in write performance when a snapshot is active.
  • Page 92 ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual To enable the ReadyNAS Vault service, click the link on the ReadyNAS Vault tab page in FrontView or follow the instructions at this link. Figure 4-13 4-14 Securing Your Data v1.0, May 2009...

  • Page 93: Optimizing Performance

    Chapter 5 Optimizing Performance This chapter discuses how to optimize ReadyNAS performance • “Performance” • “Power Management” Performance If you wish to tweak the system performance, select Performance from the main menu. Note that some of the settings suggest that you utilize an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) before enabling that option: •...

  • Page 94: Adding A Ups For Performance

    ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual • Select Enable disk write cache if you want to allow disk write requests to be acknowledged by the disk before data is written out to the platter. This can give a big boost to write performance, with a drawback that there is a slight chance that unwritten data in the write cache will be lost in the event of a power failure.

  • Page 95: Power Management

    Figure 5-3 Note: Enabling disk spin-down disables journal mode. Once enabled, if you decide to disable disk spin-down, you need to manually re-enable journal mode if desired. NETGEAR recommends UPS if you utilize this option. Optimizing Performance v1.0, May 2009...

  • Page 96: Power Timer

    You can power-on this device remotely by sending it a “WOL Magic Packet” if the WOL service is enabled. Note: The ReadyNAS 2100 supports Wake-On-LAN on the first Ethernet interface (LAN 1) only. 1. Please refer to the Release Notes for RAIDiator 4 on the NETGEAR Support site for more information. Optimizing Performance v1.0, May 2009...

  • Page 97: Managing Levels Of Service

    Chapter 6 Managing Levels of Service This chapter includes topics on system status, alerts, replacing failed disks, and scheduling. • “Viewing System Status” • “Control Panel Status and Diagnostic Information” • “Using the System Diagnostic Menu” Viewing System Status The Status menu contains links to the Health screen and Logs screen that provide system status information.

  • Page 98: Logs

    ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual Figure 6-2 To recalibrate the fan, click Recalibrate. Logs Select Status > Logs to access the Clear Logs screen. The Clear Logs screen provides information about the status of management tasks, including a timestamp. Figure 6-3 The Download All Logs link is available in case you need to analyze low-level log information.

  • Page 99: Control Panel Status And Diagnostic Information

    ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual Control Panel Status and Diagnostic Information Figure 6-4 The function of each Control Panel item is described in the following table: Table 6-1. LED Descriptions Item Activity Description Push button Backup: Push to initiate FrontView scheduled backup jobs. 1.
  • Page 100 ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual Table 6-1. LED Descriptions (continued) Item Activity Description Reset: Press once to do a warm boot of the ReadyNAS 2100. 5. SYS Diagnostics: To enter the diagnostic boot menu, press and hold while powering the Reset unit on, and keep pressing until all LEDs except the Disk ACT are on Button.

  • Page 101: Replacing A Failed Disk

    ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual Replacing a Failed Disk Note: Be sure to check the Hardware Compatibility list on the NETGEAR support site for a list of disks that have been qualified for the ReadyNAS 2100 to assure that you use a suitable disk.
  • Page 102 ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual 2. If necessary, unlock the tray lock by moving it to the right, then press the release of the failed disk. The latch pops out. Figure 6-6 3. Pull out the disk tray, remove the screws, and replace the failed disk. Figure 6-7 4.

  • Page 103: Resynchronizing The Volume

    ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual 5. If you want to prevent easy removal of the disk from the drive bay, set the tray lock: Figure 6-8 • To the left is locked. • To the right is unlocked. 6. Slide the disk tray back in to the unit and secure the latch. Resynchronizing the Volume If you had to power off to replace the failed disk, turn on the power on the ReadyNAS.

  • Page 104: Using The System Diagnostic Menu

    ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual Using the System Diagnostic Menu The recessed reset switch allows you to perform six functions (see the table “Control Panel Status and Diagnostic Information” on page 6-3): 1. Normal: Bypass the diagnostic menu and perform a normal boot. 2.
  • Page 105 ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual 1. Power off the device. 2. While using a paper clip or push pin to press in the reset switch, power on the unit, wait for the reset menu on the front to display, then release the reset switch. Figure 6-9 The LEDs will indicate the reset menu is active.

  • Page 106: Configuring Raid

    ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual Configuring RAID You can switch between the X-RAID2 Expandable Volume mode and the RAID 0/1/5 Flexible Volume mode only if you want to change the default configuration. It is not necessary to perform this procedure every time you boot up the system. The device remains in the selected mode until explicitly changed.
  • Page 107 ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual the next boot. Both these options can take several minutes to several hours depending on the size of your volume and the number of files in the volume. You do not need to select these options unless you suspect there might be data or quota integrity problems.
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  • Page 109: Share Access From Mac And Linux Systems

    ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual Appendix A Share Access from MAC and Linux Systems This appendix presents examples of how shares on the ReadyNAS device can be accessed by the various MAC operating systems. MAC OS X To access the same share over AFP with OS X, select Network from the Finder Go > Network menu.

  • Page 110: Afp Over Bonjour

    ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual AFP over Bonjour To access the AFP share advertised over Bonjour on Mac OS X, select Network from the Finder Go menu to see a listing of available networks. Figure A-2 Open the My Network folder to display the ReadyNAS hostname. Figure A-3 Enter the user name and password you wish to use to connect to the ReadyNAS.

  • Page 111: Afp Over Appletalk

    ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual Figure A-4 From the Volumes field, select the share you want to access and click OK. AFP over AppleTalk If you chose to advertise your AFP service over AppleTalk, a listing of available networks is displayed. Figure A-5 Open the My Network folder to display the ReadyNAS hostname.
  • Page 112 ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual Figure A-6 Select Guest and click Connect. Then, select the share you want to connect to and click OK. Figure A-7 In Share security mode, you need to specify only the user name and password—if you have set up a password for your share.

  • Page 113: Mac

    ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual MAC OS 9 To access the same share under Mac OS 9, select Connect to Server from the Finder menu, choose the NAS device entry from the AppleTalk section, and click Connect. Figure A-8 When you are prompted to log in, enter the share name and password if the ReadyNAS is configured for Share security mode, otherwise enter a valid user account and password otherwise, and click Connect.
  • Page 114 ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual Figure A-10 You should see the same files in the share that you do in Windows Explorer. Figure A-11 Share Access from MAC and Linux Systems v1.0, May 2009...

  • Page 115: Accessing Shares From Linux/Unix

    ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual Accessing Shares from Linux/Unix To access this share from a Linux or Unix client where backup is the share name, you will need to mount the share over NFS by entering: mount <ipaddr>:/<backup /backup> Running the ls command in the mounted path displays the share content. Figure A-12 Note: The ReadyNAS does not support NIS as it is unable to correlate NIS information with CIFS logins.
  • Page 116 ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual Share Access from MAC and Linux Systems v1.0, May 2009...

  • Page 117: Index

    Index Numerics programming 4-8 Backup Jobs 1100 backup adding new 4-1 USB 4-13 configuring 4-1 editing 4-9 options 4-6 scheduling 4-5, 4-7 accessing shares Backup Log 4-8 FTP/FTPS 3-18 Linux/Unix A-7 Backup Manager 4-1 MAC OS X A-1 Bonjour over MAC OS 9 A-5 2-14 Rsync 3-19 AFP A-2...
  • Page 118 ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual Discovery Services 2-10 accounts, creating 3-3 UPnP 2-15 managing 3-5 discovery services Bonjour 2-14 Disk Spin-Down 5-3 health DLNA 2-13 status of ReadyNAS 6-1 DNS Settings 2-6 Home Media Streaming Server 2-14 domain home share security mode 3-4 accounts/preference, creating 3-3 security options 3-2 user 3-3...
  • Page 119 ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual Logs 6-2 ports explanation of WAN and LAN 1-5, 6-3 Power Management 5-3 Power Timer 5-4 MAC address print queues host name use 2-6 managing 2-25 MAC OS 9 Printers accessing shares A-5 setting up 2-24 MAC OS X USB 2-25 accessing shares A-1...
  • Page 120 ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual access restriction, domain mode 3-13 HTTP 2-31 adding 3-11 WebDAV 2-31 advanced CIFS permission 3-13 updating display option, domain mode 3-13 remote method 2-32 fine-tuning 3-11 updating ReadyNAS 2-31 managing 3-10 UPnP 2-15 selecting services 2-10 setting access in Domain Mode 3-13 UPnP AV 2-13 Shutdown 6-10...
  • Page 121 ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual Web browser accessing shares 3-16 WINS workgroup name 3-3 setup 3-3 X-RAID 2-17 adding a second disk 2-20 adding more disks 2-20 RAID Level X 2-16 redundancy overhead 1-3 using hot-swap trays 2-20 volume management 2-20 Index-5 v1.0, May 2009...
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