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LevelOne GNS-8000A User Manual

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  • Page 1 LevelOne GNS-8000A 4-bay NAS w/2 Gigabit Ethernet User`s Manual...
  • Page 2 FCC STATEMENT The DDC GNS-8000A has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    OVERVIEW OF GNS-8000A..................4 .........................4 ACKAGE ONTENTS ........................5 YSTEM VERVIEW ..............6 NDICATOR LIGHTS ON THE LEFT OF THE PANEL CHAPTER 2 INSTALLATION AND SET-UP OF GNS-8000A ...........7 ....................7 NSTALLING THE ARDWARE ....................8 UP BEFORE IRST PERATION CHAPTER 3 ADMINISTRATION OF GNS-8000A ..............9 ..................9...
  • Page 4 APPENDIX E: ACTIVE DIRECTORY USER GUIDE ..............66 APPENDIX F: QUICK INSTALL WIZARD..................70 APPENDIX G: NETBAK REPLICATOR..................74 APPENDIX H: VIRUS SCAN......................83 ......................83 NSTALLING IRUS GENT .......................86 NABLING IRUS UPPORT ....................86 IEWING ETAILS OF NFECTED ILES...

  • Page 5: Overview Of Gns-8000A

    Please back up the system periodically to avoid any potential data loss caused by improper operations or hardware failures. ii. It is recommended to use UPS with GNS-8000A to avoid abnormal system shutdown or data loss due to unpredicted power outage.

  • Page 6: System Overview

    1.2 System Overview GNS-8000A • Front View Setting LCD Panel Switch A 4 LED indicators: Power, Setting Error, Network, and Disk Switch B Access • Rear View Configuration Reset Switch ATX Redundant Power Supply Power Switch Power Connector RS232 Connector...

  • Page 7: Indicator Lights On The Left Of The Lcd Panel

    1.3 Indicator lights on the left of the LCD panel This light shines when power is on. This light indicates a system error which needs to be corrected. This light flashes when data is being transmitted through the network. This light flashes when data is being stored or retrieved from the disks.

  • Page 8: Installation And Set-Up Of Gns-8000A

    If you want to back up your files to the tape, please connect the tape drive to the SCSI port on the back of your GNS-8000A. Then turn on the tape drive. To use a UPS with your unit, please connect the UPS to the RS-232 port on the back of your GNS-8000A via a serial cable.

  • Page 9: Set-Up Before First Operation

    When all power cables have been properly connected, push the Power Switch on the back of the GNS-8000A. The LCD Panel will light up and the system is ready for set-up: Server Name Date NAS001122 05/22 192.168.0.1 02:48 IP Address Time At this time the hardware installation of your GNS-8000A is complete.

  • Page 10: Administration Of Gns-8000A

    “Enter”. The IP address can also be obtained on the LCD display of the GNS-8000A (see Appendix A). Use the Quick Installation Wizard (see Appendix F) and double-click on GNS- 8000A in the list that appears.
  • Page 11 The default login name and password are as follows: Login: administrator Password: admin If this is the first time you enter the Administration page, the Quick Configuration page appears automatically. Please refer to the Quick Configuration section for more details.

  • Page 12: Server Administration

    Server Administration...

  • Page 13: Quick Configuration

    • Server Name You must assign a unique name for your GNS-8000A for ease of identification within the local network. The server name can accommodate as much as 14 characters, which can be a combination of letters (A-Z or a-z), numbers (0-9) and hyphens (-).

  • Page 14: Network Settings

    According to your local network, you can choose the following two methods to configure the TCP/IP settings: Obtain IP address settings automatically via DHCP If your network supports DHCP, the GNS-8000A will automatically use the DHCP protocol to retrieve the IP (Internet Protocol) address and related information.

  • Page 15: Default Gateway

    AppleTalk network support. If your AppleTalk network uses extended networks, and is assigned with multiple zones, please assign a zone name to the GNS-8000A. If you do not want to assign a network zone, please enter an asterisk (*). Asterisk (*) is...

  • Page 16: View Network Settings

    • FTP Service If you wish to download files from or upload files to your GNS-8000A by using file transfer protocol (FTP), you must first activate the FTP service. •...
  • Page 17 Linear disks are generally used for storing large data and are not appropriate to use for file protection of important data. By factory default, the GNS-8000A has been pre-set into one large disk. If you wish to use other disk configurations, the settings can be changed during the first Quick Configuration access.

  • Page 18: User Management

    3.7 User Management The GNS-8000A can share its files with multiple users. It is important to plan and organize users and user groups’ accessibility to ease the administration work. • Users The factory default settings include the following users: Administrator By default, the administrator is a member of the administrators group and has access to the system administration.
  • Page 19 GNS-8000A. You can simply enable the PDC authentication feature; the GNS-8000A will connect with the NT domain and get all the information of the domain users and groups automatically.
  • Page 20 domain and retrieve user and group information. Once you have configured Disk On-line Server to use AD authentication, all AD domain users and groups will appear in lists of users and groups for which you can define access rights. Note: NetWare users cannot be authenticated via PDC and AD servers. To properly authenticate NetWare users, please go to User Management ·...

  • Page 21: Network Share Management

    3.8 Network Share Management The primary purpose of network storage is file sharing. In a standard operation environment, you can create different network share folders for various types of files, or provide different file access rights to users or user groups. By factory default, a “public”...

  • Page 22: System Tools

    GNS-8000A: • SNMP Settings In order to use Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) to manage the GNS-8000A's network components, the SNMP service must be started. • Alert Notification Configures administrator’s e-mail address and SMTP server IP address. In case of warning or malfunction, an email is automatically sent to the administrator.
  • Page 23 Performs system software updates. Make sure that the image file that you are about to update is the correct version and read through the instructions carefully. It is wise to back up all existing data on the GNS-8000A prior to performing system software update. The current settings will remain unchanged after the system is upgraded.
  • Page 24 Remote Replication When you want to replicate the local files to the remote folder on another GNS-8000A, the remote replication function allows you to perform this job with ease. You can perform immediate replication job or schedule a replication job to be executed at the specified time periodically. In order to reduce the network bandwidth usage as well as the time consumed, you can select to compress the files before transferring them over the network.
  • Page 25 OS. In addition, some cooperating companies have developed certain virtual tape library models with backup agents, which have enhanced the backup function of GNS-8000A and also turn GNS-8000A to a multi-functional virtual tape library.

  • Page 26: Statistics & Logs

    3.10 Statistics & Logs You can monitor the current logon user of the GNS-8000A and the system event logs for the purpose of user administration or system diagnostic reference. • Active Users Displays information on all online users. • Event Logs The GNS-8000A can store thousands of recent event logs, including warning, error and information messages.

  • Page 27: Chapter 4 Accessing Gns-8000A

    Under the Microsoft Windows operating system, you can access the GNS-8000A using the following steps: 1. Use the following methods to locate and connect the GNS-8000A within the local network: • Click on the Start button and select Run in the Windows menu bar.
  • Page 28 3. Once the network share is a part of your system disk drives, you can locate the network share in “My Computer” and access it as a regular hard disk drive.

  • Page 29: Using The Apple Mac Operating System

    If you are a Mac OS user, you can use the following two methods to access to your GNS-8000A: 1. Using Network Browser a. Choose “Network Browser” in the Apple menu. b. In the “Network Browser”, choose AppleTalk; a list of all computers on the AppleTalk network appears. Choose the GNS-8000A.
  • Page 30 Once the GNS-8000A is chosen, the system will request you to input the login name and password. Click then “Connect” or use “Guest” to enter. When the login name and password are confirmed, a popup window informs you that the connection is made with the GNS-8000A.
  • Page 31 2. Using the Chooser a. Select Chooser in the Apple menu bar. b. Click on AppleShare. The name of the GNS-8000A appears on the right side of the window.
  • Page 32 Use the mouse to highlight the GNS-8000A and then click on the “OK” button located at the bottom right-hand side of the screen. d. Enter the correct login name and password or use “Guest” to login, then click on “Connect”.
  • Page 33 e. All available network shares will be listed. Use the mouse to choose a network share and click on “OK”. You can then close the Chooser program. Double click on the icon on the desktop to access your files.

  • Page 34: Using The Unix/Linux Operating System

    If you link the GNS-8000A onto the Internet and use a public IP address, you can logon to access the files from anywhere in the world.

  • Page 35: Introduction To Backup Functions

    Chapter 5 Introduction to Backup Functions 5.1 Tape Backup Overview Users using servers with SCSI port are enabled to back up data to the server with Tape Backup. The system supports two types of backup: Full Backup: To back up all files in the backup source. Incremental Backup: To back up any modified or new files since the last backup only.
  • Page 36 “Tape Information” of Tools on System Tools page. ii. Select backup source from the drop-down menu. The system supports backup function for both disk volumes and GNS-8000A. iii. Select backup type: Full Backup or Incremental Backup. (Refer to the overview of this section.)
  • Page 37 After restoring, the hard disk will restore to the status of previous backup. Select restore destination from the drop-down menu. It can be either a disk volume or a GNS-8000A. ii. Select whether or not to overwrite existing files during restoring. If “Yes”...
  • Page 38 Enter a job name to identify this backup job. iii. Select the backup source from the drop-down menu. The system supports backup function for both disk volumes and GNS-8000A. iv. Select the backup type: Full Backup or Incremental Backup. (Refer to the overview of this section.)
  • Page 39 4. Tools This page provides various operations related to the tape drive including “Rewind Tape”, “Eject Tape”, “Erase Tape”, “Tape Information”, and “Cancel Current Task”. Select an option in the Tools section and click Apply to activate the setting. 5. Job Status To view the job status of Tape Backup, click Job Status and the following page will be shown.

  • Page 40: Remote Replication

    5.2 Remote Replication Overview Remote Replication enables you to replicate local files to remote folders on another server. The files will be compressed before the replication process in order to save time for data transfer. The system enables the choices for immediate and scheduled replication.
  • Page 41 Click New to enter the following page: ii. Enter all the necessary fields and select the appropriate settings for the remote replication job. iii. Click OK to apply or Cancel to cancel the settings. Note: To enable Remote Replication, make sure: (1) Microsoft Networking Service has been activated, (2) The specified destination network share and directory have been created, and...
  • Page 42 Edit Select an entry to edit. Click Edit. iii. Modify the appropriate fields. iv. Click OK to apply or Cancel to cancel the settings. Delete Select an entry to delete. Click Delete.

  • Page 43: Backup Agent

    Install Back Agent. Contact technical support for information of backup agent program. Step 2: Install Backup Agent 1. Enter GNS-8000A administration page. Go to System Tools and select Backup Agent. 2. Click Browse to select Backup Agent program. 3. Click Install Agent. When the installation is completed, the name of backup...
  • Page 45 Step 3: Configure and enable Backup Agent 1. Click Enable Backup Agent. 2. Enter the password for Backup Agent. 3. Click Apply. The status will be shown as Running.

  • Page 46: Chapter 6 Snapshot

    Chapter 6 Snapshot 6.1 What is Snapshot? Snapshot enables users to create a copy of disk volume instantaneously as a backup source. Taking a snapshot takes only a few seconds and there is no need to stop the file service in the process. The creation of snapshot will not modify the disk volume while any changes made to the disk volume will not affect any formerly taken snapshots.
  • Page 47 Advanced Snapshot Settings To set up when to warn about every snapshot's use status, set the Snapshot Warning Threshold value and click OK. The default threshold to log a warning message is when a snapshot is 90% full. Click Basic or Cancel to return to the Basic Snapshot Settings page.

  • Page 48: Creating A Snapshot Or A Schedule

    6.3 Creating a Snapshot or a Schedule In Snapshot Settings page, click Schedule to create, edit or delete a snapshot schedule. Users can schedule an hourly, weekly or monthly snapshot of the disk volume. To create a snapshot schedule, click New. Select Create Now or define the time interval, i.e.
  • Page 49 To modify a current schedule, tick the appropriate box and click Edit. To remove it, click Delete. To view the updated status of the schedule, click Refresh.

  • Page 50: Restoring Data From Snapshots

    6.4 Restoring Data from Snapshots To restore the disk volume to the status of a particular point of time, go to the Restore section of Snapshot Settings. Tick the box of the snapshot to which the disk volume will be restored and click OK. To view the updated restoring status, click Refresh.

  • Page 51: Viewing Snapshot Status

    6.5 Viewing Snapshot Status To view the list of snapshots created for a disk volume and their status, click View in the Snapshot Settings section. Users can click Create to add a new snapshot. To remove a snapshot, tick the appropriate box and click Delete. To view the details of a snapshot, tick the appropriate box and click Browse.

  • Page 52: Using Snapshot For Tape Backup And Remote Replication

    6.6 Using Snapshot for Tape Backup and Remote Replication When tape backup and remote replication are performed to backup disk volume, the process will take a number of hours. As the end time of backup may vary, the data backed up may lose its intactness. To ensure the completeness and continuity of the backup data, tick the box “Take a snapshot before performing the backup job”.
  • Page 53 Remote Replication In Remote Replication of System Tools, click New. Tick the box “Create a temporary snapshot for the replication” as shown below:...

  • Page 54: Gns-8000A - Maintenance

    Chapter 7 GNS-8000A - Maintenance The GNS-8000A has been specially designed to run on 24 hours, 7 days a week and to be ready at all times. It is also robust to protect against system crashes caused by power loss. This section provides a general maintenance overview.

  • Page 55: Disk Failure Or Malfunction

    GNS-8000A on your own. 7.4 Power Outage or Abnormal Shutdown In the event of power outage or abnormal shutdown of the GNS-8000A, the system should return to its original state prior to shutdown or power outage after restart.

  • Page 56: Appendix A: Lcd Panel

    DISK NUMBER: 4 SIZE: 38361.09MB Note: The disk number displayed on GNS-8000A is the number of external volume sets. Click on B again to show current CPU temperature and fan speed.
  • Page 57 System Setting Function Enter System Setting 1. Press the switch A for two seconds to enter System Setting. 2. Press the switch B for selection options. 3. Press the switch A to enter the selection options. Network Settings Enter Network Settings, press the switch B to choose DHCP or Static IP. 1.

  • Page 58: Appendix B: Web File Manager

    Appendix B: Web File Manager Using Web File Manager Start your web browser and enter your GNS-8000As home page. Select Web File Manager and enter the correct login name and password. You may also enter “guest” in the login name field with no password to access the network shares on the GNS-8000As as an anonymous guest.
  • Page 59 • How to View Files On-line Click on a file displayed on the web page. The file’s data are displayed on the browser. If your browser does not support the file format, the download window pops up automatically. Once the file is downloaded, you can open it on your computer.
  • Page 60 Web File Manager Icons Advanced File Manager Up - go back to the parent folder Refresh – reload the current page Home - go back to the network shares list home page Create Folder – create a new folder Rename – rename the selected file or folder Delete –...

  • Page 61: Appendix C: Java Web File Manager

    Appendix C: JAVA Web File Manager JAVA web file manager is developed to enable multiple files transfer simultaneously with the JAVA and http techniques. The user-friendly interface enables you to select the files for downloading and uploading by dragging them from and dropping to the list on the window.
  • Page 62 Copying Files (Available only for files located on GNS-8000A). Use one of the following two methods to copy file(s) among GNS-8000A folders: 1. First, select the file(s) you wish to copy, then, with the CTRL key pressed, drag the files you wish to copy to the destination folder.
  • Page 63 Moving Files (Available only for files located on GNS-8000A) Use one of the following two methods to move file(s) among GNS-8000A folders: 1. First, select the file(s) you wish to move, then drag the files you wish to move to the destination folder.

  • Page 64: Appendix D: Using Ftp

    Besides viewing the share folders on Web File Manager web page, you can also access the folders via the FTP function of Web File Manager. Follow the steps below to enter Web File Manager: 1. Enter the first page of GNS-8000A, click Web File Manager. 2. Click FTP.
  • Page 65 3. Enter the user name and the password to login to the FTP server. 4. Double click the share folder to access the files.
  • Page 66 5. All files in the share folder will be displayed. You copy, delete or rename the files in the share folder(s) easily and efficiently with general commands of Windows, e.g. drag and drop. Hence, using FTP reduces the time and effort consumed with managing the folders.

  • Page 67: Appendix E: Active Directory User Guide

    Appendix E: Active Directory User Guide Adding GNS-8000A to Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Domain Go to TCP/IP Configuration in Network Settings. Enter the IP address of Windows server 2003 as the primary DNS server of NAS, e.g. 172.17.27.80.
  • Page 68 Go to Microsoft Networking of Network Settings. Enable AD Domain Member, and enter the domain name and the user name with administrator access right to that domain.
  • Page 69 When the following message appears after applying the settings in step 2, check the DNS IP, domain name, domain user name, and the password. When the following message appears after applying the settings in step 2, check the time zone settings. Make sure the difference of your time and that of AD server is less than 5 minutes.
  • Page 70 Go to Access Control in Network Share Management to configure the access control right of AD users for all available network shares. Using AD users to access services To access services like FTP, Network Neighborhood, Apple Talk with an AD user account, add DomainName\ before the user name when logging in.

  • Page 71: Appendix F: Quick Install Wizard

    Appendix F: Quick Install Wizard Introduction The Quick Install Wizard enables you to list the GNS-8000A within your local network, and display basic information such as server names, workgroups and IP addresses. You may also set up the server name, date/time and basic network configuration of the Disk On-line Server via this program.
  • Page 72 Operation Help Setting up your GNS-8000A Select the GNS-8000A that you want to configure, and then click on the Configure button. An authentication window asking you to enter the administrator’s password appears as shown below: Click on OK after entering the password. If the name and password are...
  • Page 73 “Group Data” to display current settings and status as shown below: 3. Finding information on other GNS-8000A in the same network Click on “Refresh” in the Toolbar to find information on other GNS-8000A in the same network. 4. Displaying User Help File...
  • Page 74 5. To enter the home page of the GNS-8000A: Double click on the name of the GNS-8000A to enter the web page for advanced administration. Double click on the name of the GNS- 8000A to enter the web page for advanced administration.

  • Page 75: Appendix G: Netbak Replicator

    Appendix G: NetBak Replicator Overview NetBak Replicator is a software installed in user’s system (Windows only) for data backup. Users can upload any files or folders to server and back up the data. Main Functions Backup File Filter Users can select particular file types to be excluded from backup. The system will filter all files belonging to these file types when backing up the data.
  • Page 76 Installing NetBak Replicator 1. Click Start/Programs/ NetBak Replicator to run NetBak Replicator. 2. Follow the steps to install NetBak Replicator. Then click Finish. 3. Upon successful installation, a shortcut icon will be shown on the Desktop.
  • Page 77 Using NetBak Replicator 1. Click Start/Programs/ NetBak Replicator to run NetBak Replicator. 2. Click . Select the IP address of the server and the share folder. 3. Select an action to take: Backup, Restore or Log.
  • Page 78 Backup Select files or folders to be backed up.
  • Page 79 A. File Filter Click File Filter and select the file type to be excluded from backup. Click OK to confirm. B. Schedule Click Schedule and Enable Backup Schedule. Modify Frequency and Execute Time for NetBak schedule. Then click OK.
  • Page 80 C. Monitor Select folder(s) or file(s) to be monitored and then click Monitor.
  • Page 81 Restore A. Select Restore to original position or click to specify the directory for restoring.
  • Page 82 B. Click Option to select action to be taken when a restoring file has already existed in the target directory or when an error happens during file restoring. Click OK to confirm.
  • Page 83 Event A. Click Option to select type of logs to be recorded. B. To clear all logs, click Clear All.

  • Page 84: Appendix H: Virus Scan

    Appendix H: Virus Scan A network share may not be able to detect a virus without an automatic virus scan function when there is a transfer of infected files. The user computer may have been infected in this situation. To prevent virus infection of the user computers, the system provides a virus scan program to comprehend with available virus scan agent for the best data protection.
  • Page 85 3. Click Finish to complete the Setup. A screen will pop up to show the system information the first time you have successfully installed the virus scan agent.
  • Page 86 The description of the fields is as below: Fields Description Server Name Name of the network share under the protection of virus scan agent IP Address The IP address of the network share Status Connection status of the host network share with the virus scan agent: Disconnect: Not connected to the network •...

  • Page 87: Enabling Virus Scan Support

    Enabling Virus Scan Support Go to Virus Scan of System Tools. To enable virus scan support, tick the box Enable Virus Scan Support. Enter the IP address of the virus scan server and click Apply. Viewing Details of Infected Files To view the details of infected files of the network share, go to Event Logs of Statistics &...

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