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  • Page 1 Thecus N2800 N4800 Series User’s Manual...

  • Page 2: About This Manual

    About This Manual All information in this manual has been carefully verified to ensure its correctness. In case of an error, please provide us with your feedback. Thecus Technology Corporation reserves the right to modify the contents of this manual without notice.

  • Page 3: Safety Warnings

    Do NOT expose Thecus IP storage to dampness, dust, or corrosive liquids. Do NOT place Thecus IP storage on any uneven surfaces. DO NOT place Thecus IP storage in direct sunlight or expose it to other heat sources. DO NOT use chemicals or aerosols to clean Thecus IP storage. Unplug the power cord and all connected cables before cleaning.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Before You Begin ................. 14 Cable Connections ................14 Chapter 3: First Time Setup ............16 Overview ..................... 16 Thecus Setup Wizard ................16 OLED Operation ................... 18 USB Copy ..................... 19 Typical Setup Procedure ..............19 Chapter 4: System Administration ..........21 Overview .....................
  • Page 5 Rsync Target Server ..............102 Data Guard (Remote Backup) ............103 ACL Backup and Restore ............... 115 Data Burn ................... 116 Thecus Backup Utility ..............119 Windows XP Data Backup ............. 120 Apple OS X Backup Utilities ............121 External Devices ................121 Printers ..................
  • Page 6 Replacing a Hard Drive ..............129 RAID Auto-Rebuild ............... 129 Chapter 6: Troubleshooting ............130 Forgot My Network IP Address ............130 Can't Map a Network Drive in Windows XP ........130 Restoring Factory Defaults ..............130 Problems with Time and Date Settings ..........131 Chapter 7: Updates for FW v2.03.01 ..........

  • Page 7: Chapter 1: Introduction

    Thecus IP storage, securing the continuity of data in the event of hardware failure. The Thecus IP storage allows data consolidation and sharing between Windows (SMB/CIFS), UNIX/Linux, and Apple OS X environments.

  • Page 8: Superior Power Management

    >RAID Information. iSCSI Capability Thecus IP storage is not only a file server, but it also supports iSCSI initiators. Your server can access Thecus IP storage as a direct-attached-storage over the LAN or Internet. There is no easier way to expand the capacity of your current application servers.

  • Page 9: Package Contents

    Package Contents N2800 The Thecus IP storage should contain the following common items: System Unit x1  QIG (Quick Installation Guide) x1  CD-Title (Acronis backup CD & Universal CD & TwonkyMedia CD)  Ethernet Cable x1  Accessory bag x1 ...

  • Page 10: Front Panel

    Front Panel N2800: The Thecus N2800’s front panel has the device’s controls, indicators, and hard disk trays: Front Panel Item Description 1. Power Button  Powers the N2800 on/off. 2. USB Port  USB 3.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as digital cameras, USB disks, and USB printers.
  • Page 11 N4800 Series: The Thecus N4800 Series front panel has the device’s controls, indicators, and hard disk trays: Front Panel Item Description N4800 Series 1.Power Button  Power on/off 2.OLED  Displays current system status and messages  OLED screen saver will be enabled after screen is left idle for more than 3 mins ...

  • Page 12: Rear Panel

    Rear Panel N2800: The N2800 rear panel features ports and connectors. Back Panel Item Description 1. eSATA Port  eSATA port for high-speed external storage expansion. 2. USB Port  USB 2.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as digital cameras, USB disks, and USB printers.
  • Page 13 N4800 Series: The N4800 Series rear panel features ports and connectors. Back Panel Item Description  Power For connect the power adaptor Connector  WAN/LAN1 WAN/LAN1 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a Port switch or router  LAN2 Port LAN2 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router...

  • Page 14: Chapter 2: Hardware Installation

    Chapter 2: Hardware Installation Overview Your Thecus IP storage is designed for easy installation. To help you get started, the following chapter will help you quickly get your Thecus IP storage up and running. Please read it carefully to prevent damaging your unit during installation.
  • Page 15 3. Press the power button on the Front Panel to boot up the Thecus IP storage. ▲ ▲...

  • Page 16: Chapter 3: First Time Setup

    Once the hardware is installed, physically connected to your network, and powered on, you can configure the Thecus IP storage so that it is accessible to your network users. There are two ways to set up your Thecus IP storage: using the Thecus Setup Wizard or the LCD display.
  • Page 17 6. Name your Thecus IP storage and configure the network IP address. If your switch or router is configured as a DHCP Server, configuring the Thecus IP storage to automatically obtain an IP address is recommended. You may also use a static IP address and enter the DNS Server address manually.

  • Page 18: Oled Operation

    The Thecus Setup Wizard is designed for installation on systems running Windows NOTE XP/2000/vista/7 or Mac OSX or later. Users with other operating systems will need to install the Thecus Setup Wizard on a host machine with one of these operating systems before using the unit. OLED Operation...

  • Page 19: Usb Copy

    1. Plug your USB device into an available USB port on the Rear Panel. 2. Press the “USB Copy Button”. 3. The N2800 will start copying USB disks connected to the rear USB port. The LCD will display the USB copy progress and result.
  • Page 20 Basics. Step 3: Create Local Users or Setup Authentication Once the RAID is ready, you can begin to create local users for Thecus IP storage, or choose to setup authentication protocols such as Active Directory (AD). For more on managing users, go to Chapter 4: User and Group Authentication.

  • Page 21: Chapter 4: System Administration

    Interface. With it, you can configure and monitor the Thecus IP storage anywhere on the network. Web Administration Interface Make sure your network is connected to the Internet. To access Thecus IP storage Web Administration Interface: 1. Type the Thecus IP storage IP address into your browser. (Default IP address is http://192.168.1.100)

  • Page 22: My Favorite

    Following the disclaimer page, you will see the Web Administration Interface. From here, you can configure and monitor virtually every aspect of the Thecus IP storage from anywhere on the network. My Favorite The user interface with “My Favorite” shortcut allows the user to designate often used items and have them display on the main screen area.

  • Page 23: Menu Bar

    Menu Bar The Menu Bar is where you will find all of the information screens and system settings of Thecus IP storage. The various settings are placed in the following groups on the menu bar: Menu Bar Item Description System Information Current system status of the Thecus IP storage.

  • Page 24: Logout

    Display system temperature, click to go to Temperature System Status page as shot cut. Logout Click to logout Web Administration Interface. Language Selection The Thecus IP storage supports multiple Languages, including: English  Japanese  Traditional Chinese ...

  • Page 25: System Information

    Information provides viewing on current Product info, System Status, Service Status and Logs. The menu bar allows you to see various aspects of the Thecus IP storage. From here, you can discover the status of the Thecus IP storage, and also other details.

  • Page 26: Logs

    Up Time Shows how long the system has been up and running. Service Status Item Description AFP Status The status of the Apple Filing Protocol server. NFS Status The status of the Network File Service Server. SMB/CIFS Status The status of the SMB/CIFS server. FTP Status The status of the FTP server.

  • Page 27: On-Line Register

    Thecus. To enable this service, simply check the “Enable” check box. By enabling this service, the items in bold will be sent to Thecus via the Internet. Other than the defined items sent upon registration, there are also two additional items: “HDD Info”...

  • Page 28: Syslog Management

    Syslog Management Generates system log to be stored locally or remotely, it also can be chose to act as syslog server for all other devices. These messages are stored on your NAS in: Nsync > log> messages. Information can be obtained in two ways: locally and remotely. Configuration with syslog server: Configuration with syslog client and target to store locally: Configuration with syslog client and target to store remotely:...

  • Page 29: System Monitor

    “error”, “Information” and “warning”. If client has been selected then “Local” or “Remotely” can be choose. Target Choose Local, all system logs will be stored in an associated syslog folder filled in from next filed. And the syslog folder will have file “messages”...
  • Page 30 If graphic mode is chosen, 3 minutes of information is displayed on the x-axis. A resume of the information is displayed by dragging the mouse over the graphic at a specific time. See example below: For the on-line users list, system monitor will display the on-line users and the share folder they have visited.

  • Page 31: System Management

    System Management The System Management menu gives you a wealth of settings that you can use to configure your Thecus IP storage system administration and functions. You can set up system time, system notifications, and even upgrade firmware from this menu.

  • Page 32: Notification Configuration

    If an NTP server is selected, please make sure your Thecus IP storage has been WARNING setup to access the NTP server. Notification configuration From the menu, choose the Notification item, and the Notification Configuration screen appears. This screen lets you have Thecus IP storage notify you in case of any system malfunction.

  • Page 33: Schedule Power On/Off

    Schedule Power On/Off Using the Thecus IP storage System Management, you can save energy and money by scheduling the Thecus IP storage to turn itself on and off during certain times of the day. From the menu, choose the Schedule Power On/Off item and the Schedule Power On/Off screen appears.

  • Page 34: Administrator Password

    System will turn on at 8:00 AM on Monday, and will not shut down unless powered down manually. You may also choose two on times or two off times on a particular day, and the system will act accordingly. Example - Monday: Off: 8:00; Off: 16:00 System will turn off at 8:00 AM on Monday.

  • Page 35: Factory Default

    Factory Default From the menu, choose the Factory Default item and the Reset to Factory Default screen appears. Press Apply to reset Thecus IP storage to factory default settings. Resetting to factory defaults will not erase the data stored in the hard disks, but WARNING WILL revert all the settings to the factory default values.
  • Page 36 To perform a file system check, click Apply. Once clicked, the following prompt will appear: Click Yes to reboot the system. Once the system has rebooted, you will be returned to the File System Check prompt. There you will see the available RAID volumes to run the file system check. Check the desired RAID volumes and click Next to proceed with the file system check.

  • Page 37: Wake-Up On Lan (Wol)

    The system must be rebooted before Thecus IP storage can function NOTE normally after file system check completes. Wake-Up On LAN (WOL) The Thecus IP storage has the ability to be awoken from sleep mode via WAN/LAN1 or LAN2 port.

  • Page 38: Snmp Support

    From the menu, choose the WOL item, and the Wake-up On LAN screen appears. From here, you can Enable or Disable. Wake-up On LAN Configuration Item Description WAN/LAN1 Enable or Disable WOL service from WAN/LAN1 LAN2 Enable or Disable WOL service from LAN2 Apply Click Apply to save changes.

  • Page 39: System Network

    System Network Use the System Network menu to make network configuration settings to an on board network port or additional NIC as well as DHCP and link aggregation. Networking From the System Network menu, choose Networking, and the Networking Configuration screen appears. This screen displays the network parameters of the global setting and available network connection.

  • Page 40: Dhcp/Radvd

    Therefore, the screen shown above is an example of a Thecus N16000 with 3 on board GbE NIC and an additionally Intel PRO/1000 PT quad port NIC, for a total of 7 NIC ports. Network Configuration (Global parameter)

  • Page 41: Linking Aggregation

    The IP address of associated NIC should not be in the range of the Start IP WARNING address and End IP address (IPv4). Linking Aggregation The Thecus IP storage supports link aggregation from either on board network port or additional NIC. Simply click on “+” as shown in the screen shot below.
  • Page 42 The associated screen shot will appear after the “+” is clicked. Select from available network port then move over to selected box. Click “Link” to confirm the selection. The newly created tab will appear for more settings required to complete the link aggregation configuration.
  • Page 43 Gateway for associated link aggregation Default gateway It can be chosen from the drop down list of default gateway being used for the Thecus IP storage. Now under the networking, a “Link1” tab will appear from the network title bar.

  • Page 44: Additional Lan

    PCI-e slot in the Thecus IP storage. Storage Management The Storage menu displays the status of storage devices installed in the Thecus IP storage. It includes storage configuration options such as RAID and disk settings, folder configuration, iSCSI and ISO Mount.
  • Page 45 A blank line indicates that a hard disk is not currently installed in that particular disk slot. • The screen shot below is just an example from a Thecus IP Storage. The disk NOTE slots number can range from 8, 12 to 16 slots depending on the model of Thecus IP storage.

  • Page 46: Bad Block Scan

    S.M.A.R.T. Information Item Description Tray Number Tray the hard disk is installed in. Model Model name of the installed hard disk. Power ON Hours Count of hours in power-on state. The raw value of this attribute shows total count of hours (or minutes, or seconds, depending on manufacturer) in power-on state.

  • Page 47: Raid Information

    From the Storage menu, choose the RAID Management item and the RAID Management screen appears. This screen lists the RAID volumes currently residing in the Thecus IP storage. From this screen, you can get information about the status of your RAID volumes, as well as the capacities allocated for data.
  • Page 48 Using Create RAID, you can select stripe size, choose which disks are RAID disks or the Spare Disk. . RAID Configurations Item Description Disk No. Number assigned to the installed hard disks. Capacity (MB) Capacity of the installed hard disks. Model Model number of the installed hard disks.
  • Page 49 To create a RAID volume, follow the steps below: 1. On the RAID Information screen, clicks create. 2. On the RAID Configuration screen, set the RAID storage space as JBOD, RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6 or RAID 10 (depends on model)— see Appendix B: RAID Basics for a detailed description of each.
  • Page 50 4. If this RAID volume is meant to be the Master RAID volume, tick the Master RAID checkbox. NOTE In a multiple RAID configuration, one RAID volume must be designated as the Master RAID volume. The Master RAID volume will store all installed modules. If the Master RAID is changed to another location (i.e.
  • Page 51 We strongly recommended copying the RAID volume encryption key to a safe place. You can find the encryption key file from the USB disk in the following format: (RAID volume created date)_xxxxxx.key Please keep your USB disk in a safe place and also backup the encrypted WARNING key.
  • Page 52 Single volume size supported: ext3  8TB NOTE XFS  48TB ext4  36TB 9. Press Submit to build the RAID storage volume. 10. Press “Yes” for RAID volume creation preparation. Then click “Finish” to start up with RAID volume building.

  • Page 53: Edit Raid

    RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 6 RAID 10 Model    N2800       N4800 Series RAID configuration is usually required only when you first set up the device. A brief description of each RAID setting follows:...
  • Page 54 Remove RAID Click to remove the RAID volume. All user data and iSCSI created in the selected RAID volume will be deleted. To remove a RAID volume, follow the steps below: 1. On the RAID List screen, select the RAID volume by clicking on its radio button, and click RAID Information to open the RAID Configuration screen.
  • Page 55 2. On the RAID Configuration screen, click Remove RAID. 3. A confirmation screen will appear, you will have to click “Yes” to complete the “Remove RAID” operation. Remove RAID destroys all data in the selected RAID volume. The data will WARNING be unrecoverable.
  • Page 56 Expanding a RAID(Dose not apply to the N2800) To expand a RAID 1, RAID 5, or RAID 6 volume, follow the steps below: 1. Replace one of the hard drives in the RAID volume and allow it to automatically rebuild.
  • Page 57 2. For RAID migration from R1 to R5 or R1 to R6, all services will restart and “iSCSI” volume will be in read only mode but read/write of the “user data” will be possible during the operation. The migration scheme below is based on Thecus IP NOTE Storage product’s maximum possible combination.

  • Page 58: Nas Stacking

    [RAID 5] HDDx3 to [RAID 5] HDDx4 [RAID 5] HDDx3 to [RAID 6] HDDx4 NAS Stacking The Thecus IP storage’s capacity can be expanded even further using the stackable function. With it, users can expand the capacity of their network storage systems up to 5 other stack target volumes which are located in different systems.
  • Page 59 Next, input the target IP address of the stackable device and click the Discovery button. The system will list available target volumes from the inputted IP address. Once the volume IP has been set, you may need to input a valid user name and password to validate your access rights.
  • Page 60 From the figure above, the Stacked Target name is “pmmeeting”. The figures below show the result before and after via Microsoft Network Access when settings have been completed. No Stack Target Stack target with export share name “pmmeeting” The Browseable setting is the same method used for setting a system share folder. It designates whether or not this folder will be visible through web disk.
  • Page 61 The Public setting will be set the same way as the setting for the system share folder associated with the ACL permission is. If Public is set to Yes, all users will be able to access it, and ACL button will be grayed out. If Public is set to No, the ACL button will be available in the Stack Target List window.
  • Page 62 With this newly attached stack target device, you will see the information displayed and also have access to several options to choose from. In general, if the attached stack target device has been used by another Thecus NAS as stack target volume, then the Format item will be display and system will recognize it straight away and display its capacity.
  • Page 63 The ACL settings will be exactly the same as the system folder that you may have setup previously. E. Reconnect a Stack Target This is used to enable stack target devices that may have been disconnected due to a power outage or a disconnected network. When this happens, the Reconnect button will become available.

  • Page 64: Iso Mount

    ISO Mount The ISO Mount feature is a very useful tool from the Thecus products. With it, users can mount an ISO file and have the export name display all the details from the mounted ISO file. From the main menu, the ISO Mount feature is located under “Storage”. Please refer the figure below for reference.
  • Page 65 To mount the new ISO file, select one file from the list of files and input the desired mounting name into the “Mount as:” field. Click “ADD” to confirm the completion of the mounting. If nothing is input in the “Mount as” ISO file export name field, the system will automatically give an export name to the ISO file.

  • Page 66: Share Folder

    The mounted ISO file will be located in the share folder of the same name as the file. Please refer the screen shot below. Here, the ISO file “Thecus 01” wasn’t assigned a mounting name, so the system automatically created a folder “Thecus 01”.

  • Page 67: Modify Folders

    On the Folder screen, press the Add button and the Add Folder screen appears. This screen allows you to add a folder. After entering the information, press Apply to create new folder. Add Folder Item Description RAID ID RAID volume where the new folder will reside. Folder Name Enter the name of the folder.

  • Page 68: Remove Folders

    Modify Folder Item Description RAID ID RAID volume where the folder will reside. Folder Name Enter the name of the folder. Description Provide a description the folder. Browseable Enable or disable users from browsing the folder contents. This setting will only apply while access via SMB/CIFS and web disk. Public Admit or deny public access to this folder.
  • Page 69 NFS Share To allow NFS access to the share folder, enable the NFS Service, and then set up hosts with access rights by clicking Add. NFS Share Item Description Hostname Enter the name or IP address of the host Privilege Host has either read only or writeable access to the folder.

  • Page 70: Folder And Sub-Folders Access Control List (Acl)

    share (root:root).  Guest system root account will be mapped to anonymous user (nobody:nogroup) on NAS.  All user on guest system will be mapped to anonymous user (nobody:nogroup) on NAS. Choose the one which best fits your needs. Sync / Async Choose to determine the data “Sync”...
  • Page 71 Writable Provides Write access to users or groups who are displayed in this column. Recursive Enable to inherit the access right for all its sub-folders. To configure folder access, follow the steps below: 1. On the ACL screen, all network groups and users are listed in the left hand column.

  • Page 72: Iscsi

    The system will list up to 1,000 users from the chosen category. To narrow NOTE your search, enter a search term in the blank provided. iSCSI You may specify the space allocated for iSCSI. See the table below to the allowed iSCSI target number per system: Model N2800 N4800 Series Allowed iSCSI volume...
  • Page 73 Click this to modify the iSCSI Target. There are 3 options (iSCSI CRC/Checksum, Max Advanced Connections, Error Recovery Level) These currently allow the Admin to Enable/Disable the Thecus IP storage associated with the iSCSI setting. Delete Click this to delete the iSCSI Target.
  • Page 74 Create iSCSI Volume Item Description iSCSI Target Volume Enable or Disable the iSCSI Target Volume. Target Name Name of the iSCSI Target. This name will be used by the Stackable NAS function to identify this export share. iqn_Year Select the current year from the dropdown. Iqn_Month Select the current month from the dropdown.
  • Page 75 LUN ID Specific Logic unit ID number. iSCSI Block size The iSCSI block size can be set under system advance option, default is 512 Bytes. [ 4K ] block size while more than 2TB capacity will be configured in Windows XP. [ 512 Bytes ] block size for application like VMware etc.
  • Page 76 2. Modify your settings. Press ok to change. Expand Volume The iSCSI volume is now able to expand its capacity from unused space (Instant Allocation mode only). From the volume list, simply select the iSCSI volume you like to expand and click the Expand button: You will then see the dialog box displayed below.

  • Page 77: Iscsi Thin-Provisioning

    The iSCSI expand is only capable while iSCSI NOTE target volume is crested by “Instant Allocation”. iSCSI target created by “Thin Provisioning” has virtual space assigned during the initial stage, so it has no expandable capability. Delete Volume To delete volume on the current RAID volume, follow the steps below: 1.

  • Page 78: Lun Acl

    Next, allocate capacity for the iSCSI thin-provision volume by dragging the Allocation bar to the desired size. After the size has been determined, click OK to confirm. Now you will see the iSCSI thin-provisioning volume is available from the list. Please refer to the screenshot below.
  • Page 79 From the LUN ACL setting screen click “Add”: Next, input “Initiator iqn” and setup iSCSI target volume access privileges from the available list. Apply by clicking the OK button. The accessible Initiator will be listed as shown in the screen shot displayed below.

  • Page 80: Advance Option

    Modify or Delete. Advance Option There are 3 available options for the user to operate Thecus IP storage associated with iSCSI setting. The details are listed in the following screenshot. If the options are modified, the system will need to reboot for the changes to take place.

  • Page 81: User And Group Authentication

    If you have a Windows Active Directory Server (ADS) or Windows NT server to handle the domain security in your network, you can simply enable the ADS/NT support feature; the Thecus IP storage will connect with the ADS/NT server and get all the information of the domain users and groups automatically. From the Accounts menu, choose Authentication item and the ADS/NT Support screen appears.
  • Page 82 Specifies the ADS server name (e.g. adservername). ADS Realm Specifies the ADS realm (e.g. example.com). Administrator ID Enter the administrators ID of Windows Active Directory, which is required for Thecus IP storage to join domain. Administrator Enter the ADS Administrator password. Password Apply To save your settings.

  • Page 83: Local User Configuration

    • The DNS server specified in the WAN/LAN1 configuration page should be able to correctly resolve the ADS server name. • The time zone setting between Thecus IP storage and ADS should be identical. • The system time difference between Thecus IP storage and ADS should be less than five minutes.
  • Page 84 3. Enter a User ID number or leave blank to use the system default value. 4. Enter a password in the Password box and re-enter the password in the Confirm box. 5. Select which group the user will belong to. Group Members is a list of groups this user belongs to.

  • Page 85: Local Group Configuration

    Remove Users 1. Select an existing user from the Local User Configuration screen. 2. Click on Remove button and the user is deleted from the system. Local Group Configuration From the Accounts menu, choose the Group item, and the Local Group Configuration screen appears.
  • Page 86 Local Group Configuration Item Description Press the Add button to add a user to the list of local groups. Edit Press the Edit button to modify a selected group from the system. Remove Press the Remove button to delete a selected group from the system.
  • Page 87 it Groups 1. On the Local Group Configuration screen, select a group name from the list. 2. Press the Edit button to modify the members in a group. 3. To add a user into a group, select the user from the Users List, and press the <<...

  • Page 88: Batch Users And Groups Creation

    Batch Users and Groups Creation The Thecus IP storage can also add users and groups in batch mode. This enables you to conveniently add numerous users and groups automatically by importing a simple comma-separated plain text (*.txt) file. From the Accounts menu, click Batch Input and the Batch User and Group Cration dialogue will appear.

  • Page 89: User Quota

    User Quota The Thecus IP storage support local or AD users with storage quota limitations in each RAID volume of the system. To enable this function, simply click “Enable”, then apply. Next, each user can be setup a global storage quota size for each RAID volume.

  • Page 90: Ldap Support

    Use the Network Service menu to make network service support settings. Samba / CIFS This option allows the Admin to Enable/Disable the Thecus IP storage to operate with Samba / CIFS protocol. After changing the settings, the system will need to...

  • Page 91: Afp (Apple Network Setup)

    SMB/CIFS protocol. On the other hand, no more anonymous login is allowed. Samba Native mode The Thecus IP storage is supporting Samba mode options. In the ADS environment with “Native” mode selected, the Thecus IP storage is capable to become the local master position. UNIX Extension This is enabled by default for Samba usage.

  • Page 92: Nfs Setup

    From the System Network menu, choose the NFS item, and the NFS Support screen appears. The Thecus IP storage can act as an NFS server, enabling users to download and upload files with their favorite NFS clients. Press Apply to confirm...

  • Page 93: Ftp

    Apply Click Apply to save your changes. The Thecus IP storage can act as an FTP server, enabling users to download and upload files with their favorite FTP programs. From the System Network menu, choose the FTP item, and the FTP screen appears. You can change any of these items and press Apply to confirm your settings.

  • Page 94: Tftp

    You may set the maximum bandwidth allocated for file downloads. Selections include Unlimited, 1 ~ 32 MB/s. To access the share folder on the Thecus IP storage, use the appropriate user login and password set up on the Users page. Access control to each share folder is set up on the ACL page (Storage Management >...

  • Page 95: Webservice

    UPnP This device supports UPnP Media server, which allows users to play media files with UPnP client (ex. DMA devices). Enable or disable Universal Plug and Play protocol. UPnP helps to find the IP address of Thecus IP storage.

  • Page 96: Bonjour Setting

    Bonjour Setting Bonjour, is Apple Inc.'s trade name for its implementation of Zeroconf, a service discovery protocol. Bonjour locates devices such as printers, as well as other computers, and the services that those devices offer on a local network using multicast Domain Name System service records.

  • Page 97: Ssh

    The device is now SSH protocol supported. It allows user to use SSH and have console to manipulate as needed. The SSH default login user name is “root” with full privilege and password is admin’s password. The default admin password is “admin”...

  • Page 98: Upnp Port Management

    UPnP Port Management One of the most convent way to allow users to access required services such as FTP, SSH, web disk and http etc. from Internet environment is setting UPnP port management. To set up this UPnP port forwarding feature, please be sure that the router has “UPnP Service”...

  • Page 99: Application Server

    The Thecus IP storage supports build-in application such as iTunes server. The Thecus IP storage provides activation of the iTunes Server on the device. You will be able to play music files on this device with your iTunes client software directly.

  • Page 100: Itunes® Server

    Specify tag encoding for MP3 files stored in Thecus IP storage. All ID3 tags will be sent out in UTF-8 format. Once the iTunes service is enabled, Thecus IP storage will make all music located in the Music folder available for iTunes-equipped computers on the network.

  • Page 101: Auto Module Installation

    Choose the Auto Module Installation item and the available system Module screen appears. The default for this module list is located online. So if the Thecus IP storage is capable to connect to Internet, then it will automatically link to the Thecus official website and list the available modules.

  • Page 102: Backup

    After clicking on “Action” to install a module, the module will become available under the list of Module Installation. Please go to Module installation and click “Enable” to activate the module. Backup There are a number of ways to back up data with the Thecus IP storage. Rsync Target Server...

  • Page 103: Data Guard (Remote Backup)

    When it comes to backing up your data, it’s very important to have flexibility. Data guard provides you with many options, including full backup for all shares, custom backup for selected shares and iSCSI volume backup. Being based on the Linux operating system, it is also much more stable and experiences much less frequent data loss during transfer than other remote backup systems.
  • Page 104 Remote Data backup Item Description Add new task. Edit Edit select task. Remove Remove select task Start If associated task has been setup in schedule and like to start at once, click on to start task right away. Stop Stop the associated running task. The other scenario is if a task has been setup in real-time then clicking “Stop”...

  • Page 105: Full Backup

    Remote Data backup Item Description Full Backup The “Full backup” will have all shares from source backup to destination. It could also create shares automatically from destination if it is not existent. This only applies if the target server is the same model as the source. Custom Backup The “Custom backup”...
  • Page 106 After the settings are complete, please click on “Connection Test”. The source unit will try to connect with the associated target system. If a connection can be built up successfully then “Connection passed” will be prompted, otherwise “Failed” will appear. Click “Next”...
  • Page 107 -Fill out all the necessary details and choose your parameters Add Rsync Backup Task Item Description Task Name This is how this task will appear in the task list. Backup Type Real time: It will backup folders/files from source to target on the fly.
  • Page 108 The custom backup setting is similar to the full backup. The only differences are explained below: 1. Inputs the share folder name of target sever where the source is going to backup. The sub-folder can be left as blank. 2. Select the source share folder(s) which are desired to be backed up to the target server.
  • Page 109 4. Click “Finish” and the data guard task will appear in the list as shown below. From the task list, you can now see the newly added “customback01”. This backup is setup as “schedule”. iSCSI Backup If the source unit contains iSCSI volume, it can be backed up to the target unit as a single file.
  • Page 110 2. Select the iSCSI target volume which you wish to back up to the target server. 3. Click “Next” and more settings will appear. It is slightly differing from “Full backup” and “Custom backup”. Only “Schedule” backup is supported with less options.
  • Page 111 4. Click “Finish” and the data guard task will appear in the list as shown below. From the task list, you can now see the newly added “iscsiback”. This backup is setup as “schedule”. • The source folder name will use iSCSI_+target volume name. So here NOTE it is displayed as “iSCSI_pmtest”.
  • Page 112 • To restore task with backup type set as “Real time”, first you need to NOTE stop the task then you can proceed with the restore operation. Restore NAS Configuration This is a useful feature if the system configuration needs to be restored to a brand new unit.
  • Page 113 2. Click on “Restore NAS Configuration” and the screen shown below will appear. Input the target server’s IP address where the system configuration has been backed up, and necessary authentication info. Confirm by doing a “Connection Test” to make sure the communication between the source and the target server works.
  • Page 114 4. After clicking “Next”, a screen will appear as shown below. Listed on the left hand side, you will see the configuration backup details which contain the 3 RAID volumes. On the right hand side, you will see a list of single “RAID” volume.

  • Page 115: Acl Backup And Restore

    The current system has 2 RAID volumes, “RAID” and “RAIDa”. Select the RAID volume from the backup configuration volume list which is going to be mapped to the RAID volume of the current system. Simply click on the right hand side of “RAIDa”...

  • Page 116: Data Burn

    After inputting the ACL backup file and clicking the “Next” button, the system will show another screen to list the matched folders in between the backup file and this RAID volume. Just select the desired folders for the ACL restore. •...
  • Page 117 1. Write Files/folders to disc a. Click the Add button and the NAS share list appears. b. Select files/folders which you would like to burn. All of the selected folders/files will be seen under the disc label name “New Disc”. The disc label name can be changed by clicking on it and press “Edit”...
  • Page 118 d. Select the burning speed from the drop down list. e. Select whether disc data verification is required or not. Click “Burn” to start disc burning. 2. Write image file to disc a. Click “Browser” and the NAS share list will appear to locate the desired image file to burn.

  • Page 119: Thecus Backup Utility

    Thecus Backup Utility The Thecus Backup Utility is on your Installation CD. When you click on the CD, the Backup Utility will be installed under Program Groups > Thecus > Thecus Backup Utility. If it is not installed, you can copy the file (Thecus Backup Utility.exe) to a convenient location on your hard disk and double click to execute...

  • Page 120: Windows Xp Data Backup

    3. To check the log for that task, click on the Log icon for that task. NOTE Thecus Backup Utility also supports MAC OS X. Just copy the Thecus Backup Utility.dmg to your MAC OS X machine and double click to execute it.

  • Page 121: Apple Os X Backup Utilities

    4. Click Next and in the Backup Type, Destination, and Name page, specify a backup location using the Browse button. 5. Find and select the drive that specifies your Thecus IP storage as your backup destination and click Next. 6. Click Next to display the wizard’s final page and click Finish to start backing up.

  • Page 122: Windows Xp Sp2

    Remove All Documents button to clear the print queue may resolve the issue. You can configure Thecus IP storage to act as a printer server. That way, all PCs connected to the network can utilize the same printer.
  • Page 123 2. Click the right mouse button in anywhere on the Printers folder and then select Add Printer. 3. Select Add a network, wireless or Bluetooth printer. 4. Select The printer that I want isn’t listed.
  • Page 124 5. Click Select a shared printer by name. Type http://<Thecus_NAS>:631/printers/usb-printer in the box, where <Thecus_NAS_IP> is the IP address of Thecus IP storage. Click Next. 6. Select or install a printer and then press OK. 7. Windows will attempt to connect to the printer.
  • Page 125 8. You can choose to set this printer as the default printer by checking the Set as the default printer box. Click Next to continue. 9. Done! Click Finish.

  • Page 126: Uninterrupted Power Source

    Chapter 5: Tips and Tricks USB and eSATA Storage Expansion The Thecus IP storage supports external USB hard disks through its USB ports. Once a USB hard disk is successfully mounted, the entire volume will be linked automatically to the default USB HDD folder. The Thecus IP storage supports USB...

  • Page 127: Remote Administration

    The Thecus IP storage also supports eSATA hard disks with its eSATA port. Before attaching an eSATA or USB disk drive to Thecus IP storage, you have to partition and format it on a desktop computer or a notebook first. The attached device will be located at \\192.168.1.100\usbhdd\sd(x)1 where 192.168.1.100...

  • Page 128: Part I - Setup A Dyndns Account

    2. For Enable Virtual Server?, select Yes 3. Setup the HTTPS Server a. Well-Known Applications: Select User Defined b. Local IP: Enter 192.168.1.100 c. Port Range: 443 (the default HTTPS port setting on the Thecus IP storage) d. Protocol: select TCP e. Click Add.

  • Page 129: Replacing Damaged Hard Drives

    5. The LED will blink green when the HDD is accessed. RAID Auto-Rebuild When using RAID 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 or 60 on the Thecus IP storage, you can use the auto-rebuild function when an error is detected. 1. When a hard disk fails the system beeps and/or an email notification is sent to the specified receivers.

  • Page 130: Chapter 6: Troubleshooting

    1. Start the Setup Wizard, and it will automatically detect all Thecus IP storage products on your network. 2. You should be able to find the IP address of the Thecus IP storage which you have forgotten in the Device Discovery screen.

  • Page 131: Problems With Time And Date Settings

    4. Set the Date, Time, and Time Zone. 5. Click Apply. In addition, if the Thecus IP storage is able to access the Internet and you want to keep the NTP Server clock.isc.org by default, please make sure the DNS Server is correctly entered, thereby allowing the NTP Server name to correctly resolve.

  • Page 132: Chapter 7: Updates For Fw V2.03.01

    Added Hardware Information From the System Information category, choose the Hardware Information item and the system will display the related HW details for the associated model. Below is an example of the information for a Thecus N4800.

  • Page 133: Disk Information

    Information screen appears. From here, you can see various installed hard disks. The disk slot position will appear if the mouse is moved over the installed disk. • The screen shot below is just an example from a Thecus IP Storage. The disk NOTE slots number can range from 8, 12 to 16 slots depending on the model of Thecus IP storage.
  • Page 134 Disks Information Item Description Disk No. Indicates disk location. Capacity Shows the SATA hard disk capacity. Model Displays the SATA hard disk model name. Firmware Shows the SATA hard disk firmware version. Bad Block scan Yes to start scan Bad Block. S.M.A.R.T.
  • Page 135 You may also perform a disk SMART test (doesn’t apply to SAS HDD); simply click “Test” to start the SMART test. The result is only for reference and the system will not take any action from its results. S.M.A.R.T. Information Item Description Tray Number...

  • Page 136: Data Guard (Local Backup)

    The bad block scan can be terminated by clicking on “Stop Detect Bad Block”. Data Guard (Local Backup) The Thecus product provides complete backup solution between Thecus NAS systems as well as between folders of local systems. For remote data guard backup, please refer to chapter 4, Data Guard (Remote backup).
  • Page 137 Remote Data backup Item Description Add a new task. Edit Edit selected task. Remove Remove selected task. Start Click on start to start a scheduled scan task right away. Stop Stop the associated running task. Also can be used if a task has been setup as real-time, clicking “Stop”...
  • Page 138 Local Data backup Item Description Import This is associated with external devices which are added to the system such as USB disk. You can select a folder from an external device and import it to the NAS as a share folder. Copy Copy folder to folder or NAS folder to external device or external device to NAS folder.
  • Page 139 Click on the associated external device and the contain folders will be listed. Select the folders that are going to be imported to the NAS and select the available RAID volume which is listed in Target pane. In here, we have selected the “Intel Graphi…” and “N10850” folders from the external device and imported them to the NAS under the RAID60volume.
  • Page 140 Next, please select the path from the drop down list to save the log. Also, give the access permission whether these selected folders will be “Public” or not after the import. Read the notes and check the “Accept” box for confirmation. If a share name already exists for the import, then the import will be rename automatically to “existing share name -1”.
  • Page 141 For esample, if the NAS RAID volume “RAID60” already has a folder named “Intel_Graphics_V614105398_XP”, the import folder will then be rename to: “Intel_Graphics_V614105398_XP-1”. Now, you will see in the data guard task list that you have created a task . And that the system has created 2 new share folders from the task just created.
  • Page 142 Folder to Folder Folder to external device External device to Folder...
  • Page 143 Let’s take “Folder to External device” as an example. In the source pane, select the desired RAID volume and its associated folder list will appear; same method in the target pane for the associated external device. Select a folder from the source pane which is going to be copy over, then select in target pane it’s destination.
  • Page 144 Choosing the sync type, “Incremental” or ‘Sync”, and select the log path from the drop menu list. Read the notes and check the “Accept” box for confirmation. Now, you will see in the data guard task list that you have created a task.
  • Page 145 3. Realtime Backup: click on “Realtime Backup” and this screen will appear. 2 different options can be selected from, folder to folder, folder to external device. Let’s take “Folder to Folder” backup for example. Select from the source pane the folder “NAS_Public”, then select its destination in the target panefolder “R6andy”.
  • Page 146 Realtime Backup Item Description Task Name Input the task name, length limited to 4~12 characters. Sync Type Select “Incremental” or “Synchronize”. Backup Symbolic Link Choose to backup symbolic link which is included in the source. Filter The filter can be set to be executed only in certain circumstances. If none of them has been selected, it will do the real time backup from the source to the destination in full.
  • Page 147 Now, you can see in the data guard task list that your created task is listed. The task status will say “Processing” untill the “Stop” button is pressed. 4. Schedule Backup: click on “Schedule Backup” and this screen will. 2 different choices can be selected from, folder to folder, folder to external device.
  • Page 148 Read the notes and check the “Accept” box for confirmation. Now, you will see in the data guard task list that you have created a task.
  • Page 149 5. iSCSI Backup: click on “iSCSI Backup” and screen appear as below. It can be backup to two different storage pool, iSCSI to folder, iSCSI to external device. Let’s take example to have “iSCSI to Folder” backup, from existed iSCSI volume “iSCSI_iscsiv502”...
  • Page 150 Reading the note and check on “Accept” for confirmation. Now, from the data guard task list will have created task listed. To start the iSCSI volume backup, select the task and click “Start” from task bar. Once “Start” click, the associated iSCSI volume will not allow to I/O during backup processing.
  • Page 151 6. iSCSI Import: click on “iSCSI Import” and screen appear as below. It can be imported from two different storage pools, folder to iSCSI or external device to iSCSI. It is depend on where iSCSI volume has backup to. Let’s take example to import “RAID folder to iSCSI” which is the iSCSI volume we have backup earlier to RAID volume folder andy_local than import to volume RAID.

  • Page 152: Volume Expansion Management

    Next, provide where the task log will store. Reading the note and check on “Accept” for confirmation. Now, from the data guard task list will have created task listed. Volume Expansion Management The user guide please refers to URL below. http://www.thecus.com/download/manual/AllinOne_64bit/Volume_Expansion_v1.0.pdf...

  • Page 153: Appendix A: Customer Support

    Appendix A: Customer Support If your Thecus IP storage is not working properly, we encourage you to check out Chapter 6: Troubleshooting, located in this manual. You can also try to ensure that you are using the latest firmware version for your Thecus IP storage. Thecus is committed to providing free firmware upgrades to our customers.

  • Page 154: Appendix B: Raid Basics

    RAID Levels The Thecus IP storage supports standard RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 and JBOD. You choose a RAID level when you create a system volume. The factors for selecting a RAID level are: ...
  • Page 155 This is excellent for complete data security. RAID 5 RAID 5 offers data security and it is best suited for networks that perform many small I/O transactions at the same time, as well as applications that require data security such as office automation and online customer service. Use it also for applications with high read requests but low write requests.

  • Page 156: Stripe Size

    The stripes can vary in size. Disk Usage When all disks are of the same size, and used in RAID, Thecus IP storage disk usage percentage is listed below: RAID Level...

  • Page 157: Appendix C: Active Directory Basics

    Microsoft calls Active Directory a "namespace" where names can be resolved. ADS Benefits ADS lets Thecus IP storage integrate itself with the existing ADS in an office environment. This means the Thecus IP storage is able to recognize your office users and passwords on the ADS server.

  • Page 158: Appendix D: Licensing Information

    Source Code Availability Thecus Technology Corp. has exposed the full source code of the GPL licensed software. For more information on how you can obtain our source code, please visit our web site, http://www.thecus.com.

  • Page 159: Cgic License Terms

    CGIC License Terms Basic License CGIC, copyright 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 by Thomas Boutell and Boutell.Com, Inc. Permission is granted to use CGIC in any application, commercial or noncommercial, at no cost. HOWEVER, this copyright paragraph must appear on a "credits"...
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  • Page 163 permitted only in or among countries not thus excluded. In such case, this License incorporates the limitation as if written in the body of this License. 9. The Free Software Foundation may publish revised and/or new versions of the General Public License from time to time. Such new versions will be similar in spirit to the present version, but may differ in detail to address new problems or concerns.

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