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  • Page 1 GNS-4001 4-Bay Gigabit Network Storage User Manual Ver1.0...
  • Page 2 Electronic Emission Notice Federal Communications Commission (FCC) This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.
  • Page 3 Safety Information To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, install the unit in a temperature-controlled indoor area free of conductive contaminants. Do not place the unit near liquids or in an excessively humid environment. Do not allow liquids or foreign objects to enter the unit. All servicing of this equipment must be performed by qualified service personnel.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents INTRODUCTION ...........................7 1.1 Features ................................7 INSTALLING AND STARTING NAS SYSTEM ....................8 First & Quick Installation ........................... 8 Tower installation ............................9 Setting the IP Addresses .......................... 10 Configuring the IP addresses using NAStool ................... 13 Accessing the Administration Home Page ....................14 SERVER CONFIGURATION ........................
  • Page 5 5.8 Hot-swapping ..............................38 5.9 iSCSI ................................. 38 SECURITY CONTROL........................... 40 6.1 Security Information ............................40 6.2 Creating the Local User and Local Group Accounts ..................41 6.3 Caching Windows Domain User Accounts ....................... 43 6.4 Creating UNIX/Linux Host ..........................44 6.5 Creating Share and Assigning Share Permissions ...................
  • Page 6 10.5 Share Access Counts ............................85 VIRUS PROTECTION ........................... 87 11.1 Information ..............................87 11.2 Real-time, Manual and Schedule Scanning ....................87 11.3 Configuring Scan Settings ..........................89 11.4 Updating Virus Pattern File ........................... 90 APPENDIX A: PRODUCT SPECIFICATION ..................... 91 APPENDIX B: HARDWARE SETTING ....................

  • Page 7: Introduction

    1. Introduction 1.1 Features The NAS server is a premier NAS product featuring tera-bytes of massive storage capacity and full-range data protection to provide a cost-effective, highly reliable and high-performance storage system for the fast growing network storage demand. • Deliver storage capacity over tera-bytes •...

  • Page 8: Installing And Starting Nas System

    NAS server by setting up the basic configuration through the Admin Home page or provided software tool – NAStool is also outlined in this chapter. The GNS-4001 4-Bay Gigabit Network Storage (no HDD installed) are pre-installed before shipping. 2.1 First & Quick Installation Installation Hard Disk (Fig.

  • Page 9: Tower Installation

    2.2 Tower installation Pull out a HDD tray from the GNS-4001 mobile rack. Secure and mount a hard disk onto the HDD tray using four screws under the tray. Insert the HDD tray back in the mobile rack. Make sure the lever of the mobile rack is properly in place.

  • Page 10: Setting The Ip Addresses

    2.3 Setting the IP Addresses LCD console flow chart...
  • Page 11 Configuring the IP addresses using the LCD console 1. After NAS server is boot up, the LCD console shows System Ready. Press the right button. System Ready 2. The IP address of LAN1 is shown. Press the middle button to configure LAN1 IP address. Note that symbol at the right hand upper corner indicates that the IP address can be configured using the LCD console.
  • Page 12 5. After you edit the last digit of the IP address, press the right button and configure the Subnet Mask address. 6. Repeat Steps 4 to Steps 5 to configure the Subnet Mask and Gateway address. 7. After you edit the last digit of the Gateway address, press the right button. Move the cursor to Save and save the setting or Edit to repeat the above process or Abort to quit the configuration process without saving.

  • Page 13: Configuring The Ip Addresses Using Nastool

    2.4 Configuring the IP addresses using NAStool You can use the provided utility NAStool to perform the initial setup of your newly arrived NAS server. The utility designed to perform a quick set up and put your NAS server online in just a few minutes. During startup, NAStool begins to discover all the NAS server on the network.

  • Page 14: Accessing The Administration Home Page

    2.5 Accessing the Administration Home Page You can configure the detail settings of your NAS server in the administration home page. To access the administration home page of NAS server, type the URL name of your NAS server in the address field of the web browser: http://192.168.1.254 /admin/ or run the utility NAStool provided in the CD-ROM, right-click on a NAS server on the left-hand tree-view pane.

  • Page 15: Server Configuration

    3. Server Configuration This chapter describes how to name the server, specify the server date and time, upgrade the OS firmware, shut down the system and use UPS with the NAS server. 3.1 Server Information and Settings Click Server from the administration homepage. You will see the Information page describing the summary information of the NAS server.

  • Page 16: Upgrading The Firmware

    3.2 Upgrading the Firmware Updating OS firmware will accommodate new functions or bug-fixes. Once you get new releases of an OS firmware image, you can upgrade the OS firmware by using the web browser. The process is simple and fast. Once you get the image file of the new OS firmware from your vendor, open the Administration Homepage of the NAS server and select the Server→Upgrade menu.

  • Page 17: Shutting Down The Server

    3.3 Shutting Down the Server Shutdown, reboot and startup actions The NAS server can be shut down by pressing the power button twice at the front of the server case. The whole shutdown process might take seconds to minutes until data are all safely saved to the hard disks. To shut down the server from the Administration Homepage, select Shutdown from the Server menu and click the Reboot or Shutdown button.

  • Page 18: Enabling Ups Support

    3.4 Enabling UPS Support The NAS server supports UPS and basic power management functions. It sends alerts when there are power events like utility power failure or low battery capacity. When power events occur, the NAS server can shut down itself automatically to prevent potential data loss.

  • Page 19: Modifying The Administrator's Password

    3.5 Modifying the Administrator’s Password Admin is a built-in user account for the administrator. It is like the root account in UNIX or the administrator account in Windows 2000 or XP. Using this account, users have access to the administration homepage and all the storage resources.

  • Page 20: Network Configuration

    4. Network Configuration This chapter details concepts and procedures for configuring the NAS server and establishing the system that can communicate among various OS platforms. Management protocol and email notification setting are also covered in this chapter. 4.1 Network Information The Network Information screen is the summary of the current network settings of the NAS server.

  • Page 21: Tcp/Ip Settings

    NTP Time Server IP Address The IP address of the NTP (Network Time Protocol) server, which is used to synchronize system time automatically over the net. The system time will be synchronized with the NTP server every 24 hours. SMTP Server Address IP address or server name of the SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) server used in sending and receiving e-mail.
  • Page 22 destination addresses using both LAN1 and LAN2. If the traffic of one of the LAN port starts to get congested, requests are then forwarded to the other LAN port with more capacity until the traffic of both LAN ports start to get balance. Note that only the LAN1 Ethernet port receives incoming traffic. Load Balancing also incorporates Fault Tolerance protection.

  • Page 23: Windows Settings

    4.3 Windows Settings NAS server using SMB/CIFS protocol- short for Server Message Block/Common Internet File System, a protocol used by Microsoft to share files, directories and devices with the Windows client. You can configure the Windows Network Settings using the following operating mode: Workgroup Mode: NAS server becomes a member of a workgroup and communicates with the clients using its internal user database for authentication and do not require other authentication server present in the network.

  • Page 24: Unix/Linux Settings

    4.4 UNIX/Linux Settings NAS server can export shares to UNIX/Linux client via NFS protocol. UNIX/Linux client then can mount the shares and gain access to the content of the shares. UNIX/Linux client uses UNIX user identification, typically consisting of User Identifier (UID) and Group Identifier (GID), for access control.
  • Page 25 represent that the UID/GID is equal to the default UID/GID configured above. 7. Click Apply to save the settings Configuring NIS settings The NIS (network information services), formerly known as Yellow Pages, is a UNIX standard for centralizing the management of UNIX resources. The NAS server supports the retrieval of user accounts and their UID/GID from a NIS server.

  • Page 26: Macintosh Settings

    4.5 Macintosh Settings NAS server supports two kinds of protocols used for Mac OS clients –TCP/IP (Open Transport) and Both AppleTalk and TCP/IP. Also, NAS server provides two kinds of security polices for Macintosh Network AFP client. Local account authentication: Authenticate user using NAS server’s internal user database. Local and domain authentication: If Windows Network is enabled, you can enable both local and domain authentication for AFP client.

  • Page 27: Web Data Access Settings

    4.6 Web Data Access Settings This section shows the parameters that you can set up for user to access NAS system user’s home page. You can configure the user access constraint, authentication policy and default setting by defining the Access Control, Security Policy and Default User Page settings. Configuring Web Data Access 1.

  • Page 28: Ftp Data Access Settings

    4.7 FTP Data Access Settings NAS system supports File Transfer Protocol (FTP) that allows users to transfer files via the Internet. By properly configuring the FTP settings, you can effectively control how users access the content in your NAS server via FTP. Configuring FTP Data Access 1.

  • Page 29: Snmp Settings

    4.8 SNMP Settings Simple network management protocol (SNMP) provides the ability to monitor and gives status information of the SNMP agent to the SNMP management console. NAS server behaves as an SNMP agent that answers requests from management console and sends trap information to it. The following options should be configured to using SNMP protocol: Community: A name serves as a simple authentication.

  • Page 30: Email Settings

    4.9 Email Settings You can configure email notification to notify you when there is an event occurred to the NAS server. Enter the information of the SMTP server on your network in this menu; you can configure what kind of event should trigger the email notification process in the Event→Configuration→Advance menu. Configuring Email Settings 1.
  • Page 31 https://192.168.1.10/ for the user homepage, or https://192.168.1.10/admin/ for the administration homepage. If the server certificate with the server name is chosen, please open https://[server_name] instead.

  • Page 32: Storage Management

    5. Storage Management This chapter describes how to create a single-disk volume or a RAID volume. It also outlines the steps of deleting a volume, expanding a RAID-5 volume and assigning hot-spare disks. After a volume is created, please refer to the next chapter for more information about sharing data and assigning permissions.
  • Page 33 There might be data loss, but it is possible to recover some data. Please copy data to a safe place immediately when a volume is in this state. Inaccessible Two or more volume members are missing. The volume is not mounted and data cannot be accessed.

  • Page 34: Creating A Volume

    Model Name shows the model or the manufacturer of the hard disk. Capacity shows the unformatted capacity of the hard disk. Status indicates the disk status or disk activity, being one of the following. On-line The hard disk is a member of a mounted volume which is ready for data access.

  • Page 35: Deleting A Volume

    for both performance and fault tolerance. A RAID volume can still work when a hard disk fails. RAID level 5 uses three or more hard disks. Building a RAID-5 volume may take hours depending on capacity. RAID 6 (striped disks with dual parity) combines four or more RAID 6 disks in a way that protects data against loss of any two disks.

  • Page 36: Expanding A Raid-5 Volume

    5.4 Expanding a RAID-5 Volume RAID-5 volume expansion makes it possible to enlarge volume capacity without rebooting the NAS server. Volume capacity grows on the fly. Moreover, you do not have to change any share permissions, security controls and quota settings after volume expansion. Storage management becomes much easier.

  • Page 37: Assigning Hot-Spare Disks

    5.6 Assigning Hot-spare Disks The hot-spare disks are global, which means they are not bound to any specific RAID volumes. Whenever a RAID volume goes degraded because of a bad hard disk, a hot-spare disk will be taken immediately to recover that RAID volume. To assign hot-spare disks, please go to the Volume→Create page.

  • Page 38: Hot-Swapping

    GNS-4001hot-swappable HDD module. Below are the instructions of replacing hard disks when using the HDD module. When using GNS-4001 hot-swappable HDD module: 1. Identify which hard disk fails. The amber LED of the HDD tray will blink to indicate hard disk failure.
  • Page 39 1. Click “iSCSI” tab and Click “Add” to create a iSCSI target on the NAS. 2. Enter the iSCSI target information for configuration Target User Name The name for the target. iSCSI Target Lun Select to create an iSCSI target with a mapped LUN and enter the size of LUN Comment The comment for the target.

  • Page 40: Security Control

    6. Security Control This chapter covers how to setting up the security control of the files, folders and shares stored in NAS server. Managing Access Control List (ACL) file level security, file ownership and user quota are also covered in this chapter. You can configure the following types of security control on the NAS server: 1.

  • Page 41: Creating The Local User And Local Group Accounts

    Status: Domain Mode or Workgroup Mode Display either the workgroup name or domain name Workgroup/Domain Name Display the username for retrieving the domain user list in the Domain Login Account domain. ACL Security Control Display the status of the ACL Security Control. Status: Enabled or Disabled User Quota Control Display the status of the User Quota Control.
  • Page 42 To create a local group: 1. Go to Security→Account→Local Account menu. 2. Click the Add Group button. 3. Type in the group name. 4. If you want to grant the administrator privilege to this group, click the Grand administrator privilege check box. 5.

  • Page 43: Caching Windows Domain User Accounts

    1. Go to Security→Account→Local Account menu. 2. Click the Mass Import button. 3. Select a file to import. 4. Click the Apply button. 5. If there are any errors, it will be displayed in the pop-up window after clicking the Last Import hyperlink.

  • Page 44: Creating Unix/Linux Host

    Synchronize user database This function synchronizes the domain accounts cached in the NAS user database with the native domain controller. New domain accounts in the domain controller will be added to the NAS user database, while the non-existent domain accounts will be removed from the NAS user database. Due to the limitation of system resource, the user database synchronization will be skipped if there are more than 10,240 domain accounts in the domain controller.

  • Page 45: Creating Share And Assigning Share Permissions

    6.5 Creating Share and Assigning Share Permissions You can share a specific folder in any volume created in the NAS server with others on the network. When you create a share, you can assign the permission to the share that other users will be allowed or denied when they access the share over the network.
  • Page 46 4. Select the appropriate permission from the pull down menu at the bottom. 6. You can modify the permission of the users or groups in the privileged list by first highlight the users or groups and then select the appropriate permission from the pull down menu at the bottom of the share permission item.

  • Page 47: Configuring File And Folder Security And Acl

    and click You can assign the following share permission to UNIX/Linux Hosts on NAS system: Read Only (RO) –The host is allowed to read the share. Read Write (RW) –The host is allowed to read and write to the share. 6.6 Configuring File and Folder Security and ACL Access Control Lists (ACL) are associated with each file and folder, as well as the list of users and groups permitted to use that file or folder.
  • Page 48 There are two built-in user accounts: Admin and Guest. And two built-in group accounts: Admins and Everyone. Every user of NAS server including local and Domain user is the member of the Everyone group. By default, when a volume is created, Admins and Admin and Everyone will be granted Full Control permission.

  • Page 49: Managing Quotas

    To set, view, change or remove file/folder permission in Windows Network: 1. Locate the file or folder you want to set permission 2. Right-click the file or folder, click Properties → Security 3. Change permission from an existing groups or users, click the Allow or Deny checkbox 4.
  • Page 50 file and folder located. Below are the descriptions of the parameters when setting up user quotas. User Name User name in the local user database. The user ID set in the user mapping table in Network → UNIX/Linux menu. The group ID set in the user mapping table in Network→ UNIX/Linux menu.
  • Page 51 6. You can click the Recalculate to obtain the most updated information of the total amount of disk space in use on each folder. To set all quotas to the same value, please specify the quota value in the Set all quotas to xx MB input field.

  • Page 52: Disc Sharing And Data Archiving

    7. Disc Sharing and Data Archiving Disc Server creates and manages CD and DVD disc images for easy and fast disc sharing. It relieves the efforts of handling huge amount of discs. Thousands of discs can be kept online for user access. To protect those disc images, all NAS servers are equipped with a robust RAID sub-system, which features hot-spare disks and strong data protection.

  • Page 53: Managing Discs

    immediately. Administrators must command the NAS server to discover disc images manually or set up the NAS server to discover disc image regularly. To discover disc images manually, please open the Disc Server→Disc Images administration page and click the Rescan images hyperlink to the right of the page. To set up the NAS server to discover disc images regularly, please open the Disc Server→...

  • Page 54: Sharing Discs

    7.3 Sharing Discs Administrators can choose to share a single disc, multiple discs or a disc image folder. If a single disc is shared, its content will be shown when users open the network share. If multiple discs are shared, the discs will appear as individual folders under the network share.

  • Page 55: Burning Disc Images

    7.4 Burning Disc Images To burn an existing disc image, select Disc Recording from the Disc Server menu on the administration page. To do disc recording, the CD function must be configured as Loader/Writer. To change the CD function, please click the hyperlink in the Function column of the Device List table. Next, select a disc image by clicking the Select a Disc hyperlink.
  • Page 56 not . Click the View hyperlink under the Discs column of the Summary Logs table to view the list of disc images. For those disc images not burnt yet, you can choose to burn them. Setting Up Data Archiving Tasks On the Disc Server→Data Archiving→Tasks page, you can create tasks to archive data manually or scheduled.
  • Page 57 archiving task. Delete source files after the archiving is completed – if Options checked, the NAS server will delete the source files to free up disk space after data are successfully archived as disc imagesor burned to discs. Burn Disc – if checked, it will archive data to CD or DVD discs.

  • Page 58: User Access

    8. User Access The NAS server fits into the network environment as soon as it is properly configured. This chapter describes how to get the NAS server ready for user access from various network OS. Before reading on, please make sure that the NAS server is configured with an IP address and a volume is created successfully.

  • Page 59: Accessing From Web Browsers

    Next, tick some domain account to be cached in NAS server. 4. Share the volume to network users. Go to the Security→File/Folder menu. Find the volume01 entry and click Create in the Sharing column (or click Modify if the volume has been shared). On the Property page, check the Windows Network (SMB/CIFS) checkbox and click Apply.
  • Page 60 In the top right corner of the user page are the tool-bar icons, which provide access to various functions like creating folder or uploading files. Below the tool-bar are the server name and the login user. Lower on the page is a file browsing area. Tool-bar icons Admin Page: switches to the administration home page.

  • Page 61: Accessing From Macos

    8.4 Accessing from MacOS After setting the NAS server to operate in the workgroup mode or the domain mode, follow the steps below to configure for MacOS user access. 1. Enable the Macintosh Network support (the AFP protocol). Open the administration page and enter the Network→Macintosh menu. Check the Enable Macintosh Network check-box and specify the security policy and the AppleTalk zone.

  • Page 62: Accessing From Ftp Clients

    8.5 Accessing from FTP Clients You can set an FTP home directory in the NAS server for user access. Login authentication is done by checking the ACL of the FTP home directory. During an FTP session, the server always checks ACL when it receives any FTP requests, such as ls, put, get, etc.
  • Page 63 After the volume is exported, use one of the NFS clients in the privileged host list to mount the volume. Please login as the root and use the following command to mount volume01 under the /mnt directory. mount 192.168.170.172:/volume01 /mnt Once mounted, the /mnt directory will link to volume01 and inherit the same UID, GID and permission as you specify in the configuration steps.

  • Page 64: Backup And Recovery

    9. Backup and Recovery 9.1 Loading and Writing CD/DVD Discs Connecting a CD or DVD writer to the NAS server, you will be able to load data from CD/DVD discs or burn files on writeable CD/DVD discs. The CD and DVD burning feature turns the NAS server into a device that publishes data, beyond the powerful data storage function.
  • Page 65 When it is copying disc, you can see the progress by clicking the hyperlink in the Status column of the Device List. A separate browser window will pop up. The progress is indicated by the progress bar, the Processed Folders item, the Processed Files item and the Size Processed item. Writing CD/DVD Discs The NAS server supports CD or DVD burning.

  • Page 66: Tape Backup And Restore

    When it is writing to disc, you can see the progress by clicking the hyperlink in the Status column of the Device List. A separate browser window will pop up. The progress is indicated by the progress bar, the Processed Folders item, the Processed Files item and the Size Processed item. You can also check the Task Phase to see what the CD/DVD writer is doing.
  • Page 67 schedule can specified at any weekday or a day of a month. 6. Specify whether to overwrite the tape. If yes, the backup task will rewind the tape to the beginning and overwrite it with backup files. If not, it will append the backup to the tape, not overwriting any existing data on tape.

  • Page 68: Using A Tape Library

    location means any user-defined path. Please use the Select Path hyperlink to specify the path. It will restore files and the full directory hierarchy under the specified path. 7. Specify whether to restore the ACL settings together with the files. 8.
  • Page 69 Inserting and removing tape cartridges The NAS server will initialize the tape library at start-up and lock the door. To insert or remove tapes from the tape library with no cartridge access ports (CAP), please unlock the door first. Then follow the tape library's instruction manuals to insert or remove tapes.
  • Page 70 Scanning a tape for backup indexes If the backup index files are missing, the NAS server will not be able to restore the data. In this case, please insert the tapes and scan them for backup indexes. The NAS server will copy the backup indexes from the tapes.
  • Page 71 1. Specify the task name. The created backup set will be named after the task name, appended by date/time. 2. Choose a tape library and the tape drive. Usually the tape drive is set to Auto, allowing the NAS server to choose any available tape drive to do the backups. 3.
  • Page 72 3. Specify what to backup by selecting source folders. 4. Add backup schedules by clicking the Add a Schedule hyperlink. a) Select the tape drive. Usually it is set to Auto, allowing the NAS server to choose any available tape drive to do the backups. b) Select backup media.

  • Page 73: Smartsync - Nas-To-Nas Data Replication

    column. Click a hyperlink to watch task progress and details. It shows Idle with no hyperlinks if there is no running task. After a backup or restoring task finishes, it will keep summary logs in the system folder. On the Summary page you will see the summary logs.
  • Page 74 Administration Page. Click the Add Task button. There are four steps to take when adding a SmartSync task. Step 1 is to specify the IP address of the SmartSync server. Please enter the IP address of the NAS server where you create the sync point. Step 2 is to choose a sync point of “Mirror”...
  • Page 75 The GFS media rotation mechanism is the policy of managing backup versions. The policy is described as below. Basically it will check for obsolete versions and delete them when a new backup version is created. X, Y, Z are user-defined numbers. a.
  • Page 76 overwrite options. The overwrite options specify whether to overwrite the target with the files of the same names. Step 4 is for confirmation, showing the brief information of the task settings. Distributing File Updates to Multiple Sites Two or more NAS server are required, one as the SmartSync server, others as the SmartSync clients. It will replicate data from the SmartSync server to the SmartSync client.

  • Page 77: Backup And Restore System Profiles

    Step 3 is to complete the task settings. On the page you should provide the task name, select the target folder to receive data, specify the schedule and configure the SmartSync options. Step 4 is for confirmation, showing the brief information of the task settings. The SmartSync Options When setting up a SmartSync task, you will see the following SmartSync options.

  • Page 78: Backup Usb Device

    system configurations using one of the system profiles. Go to the Backup→System Profiles→ Restore page. Select a system profile and choose which part of the system settings to restore. Then click the Apply button. A system profile can also be created by the NAStool software. To recover from a system profile saved by NAStool, click the An external file item and find the system profile.
  • Page 79 Enable USB Backup Plug in the device and check the 'Enable USB Backup'. You will see the menu for selecting the source folder and the target folder. Click 'Select Path' by Source Folder to select the entire drive or individual folder in device you want to backup.

  • Page 80: Event Logs And System Status

    10. Event Logs and System Status This chapter covers the Event Notification and System Status pages. You can collect information about the system, hardware and security event of you NAS server. NAS server records three kinds of logs: • System Log •...

  • Page 81: Thermal Settings

    10.1 Thermal Settings User can also define the thermal scheme of the NAS server so that NAS server can give off warning message or shutting down when the system or CPU temperature is over a predefined threshold temperature. Configuring thermal settings: 1.
  • Page 82 • Warning = Yellow • Error = Red Viewing Web Reminder Web Reminder is the warning message that appear at the first screen of the administrator home page to alert administrator that one or multiple critical events of your NAS server has been found. Administrator can, therefore be aware of the status of the NAS server immediately when entering the administrator home page.

  • Page 84: Viewing System Status

    10.3 Viewing System Status System Status displays a comprehensive view of the system fan status, thermal status and system voltage. You can use this information to quickly find out the problem of your NAS server and take appropriate action. In Status→Environment page, you can monitor the CPU fan status, CPU and System temperature plus the System Voltages.

  • Page 85: Saving System Settings And Status As Html Files

    10.4 Saving System Settings and Status as HTML Files For maintenance or technical support purpose, it is helpful and sometimes necessary to have an overview of all system settings, current system status and, event better, all event logs. It also helps a lot if a server itself can send out these files by email.
  • Page 86 clients, NFS clients, MacOS clients. There are several share types. Normal Share – indicates a shared folder in any data volume. System Share – indicates the MIRROR share which holds all CD/DVD volumes. Disc Share – indicates a share of a single CD/DVD volume. Group Share –...

  • Page 87: Virus Protection

    11. Virus Protection Most storage systems are vulnerable to virus attacks. An infected file in you NAS server can be exchanged among the clients system in the network and resulting in corrupted data or causing productivity loss. The integrated Trend Micro antivirus software in NAS server is the best-of-breed security product that delivers the reliable antivirus protection to prevent virus from spreading before they get to you.
  • Page 88 Note: Antivirus requires the system folder to operate. Please go to the Server → Maintenance page and specify the volume where the system folder resides. Note: For the first-time operation, please go to the Virus Scan→ Update page to obtain the most updated virus pattern file. Otherwise, the antivirus function cannot work.

  • Page 89: Configuring Scan Settings

    2. Click the Manual tab to go to the manual scanning page. 3. Click the Select Folders hyperlink to specify the folders you want to perform the manual scan. 4. Click Apply to save the settings. Configuring Schedule Scanning 1. Click the Enable Scheduled Scan For Infected Files checkbox to enable scheduled scanning. 2.

  • Page 90: Updating Virus Pattern File

    11.4 Updating Virus Pattern File Virus pattern update can be performed either manually or according to the schedule. It is required to perform a manual update immediately when the antivirus function is activated for the first time. Configuring a manual update 1.

  • Page 91: Appendix A: Product Specification

    12. Appendix A: Product Specification GNS-4001 Specification Dimension 415mmx190mmx260mm Form Factor Tower Input Power 350W single power supply 80 plus compliance Chipset Intel 965GME CM550 (Intel® Celeron 2.0G) Memory 2x DDR2 533/667 SO-DIMM Socket, Up to 4GB 2x RJ45, Gigabit Ethernet...

  • Page 92: Appendix B: Hardware Setting

    Appendix D Utility for NAS system NAStool is a powerful software that discover and administer NAS Servers on the network, and remotely loads disc images into the NAS Server. You can either duplicate a whole CD or build an image from a group of files. Sharing and publishing data was never been so easy. Use NAStool to display and modify the setting you have created.

  • Page 93: Discovering Nas System

    Follow the instructions in the setup wizard to install NAStool. It will create shortcuts on Desktop and in the Programs folder of the Start menu. Discovering NAS system When startups, NAStool automatically discover all the NAS systems on the network and display a list of server under the node Local Server.
  • Page 94 Importing and Exporting System Settings This section describes how to export the system settings of a NAS Server into a file. This file can be read into another NAS Server on the network by using the import feature. Import System Settings and Export System Settings form a combined process of replicate system settings from one configured NAS Server to another NAS Server.

  • Page 95: Browsing & Administering Servers

    Browsing & Administering Servers Browsing Servers Below is the main window of NAStool. Upon execution, NAStool brings up Windows Explorer for you to drag & drop files into My Container for later image building. You can disable this option by choosing Tool->...
  • Page 96 Disc Image: represents a mirrored CD/DVD image. The following are some examples of browsing the servers. Example 1. Content of a disc image folder It displays all the disc images, path name, size, status and file system.

  • Page 97: Tool Bar Functions

    Tool Bar Functions The tool-bar provides an easy access to the main functions of NAStool. The following explains what the tool-bar icons represent. Refresh: manually updates the directory content of My Computer or NAS Network. Up Directory: moves the cursor one level up. Tree View Mode: expands or shrink the directory tree in the tree view pane (to the left).

  • Page 98: Mirroring Cd/Dvd Remotely

    Mirroring CD/DVD Remotely This chapter describes how to copy a CD from a PC CD-ROM drive to a NAS Server. Please follow the steps below. 1. To mirror a CD or a DVD remotely into a NAS Server, first click the "Mirror CD"...
  • Page 99 4. Specify the date/time to run the task. Then press Next. 5. Set the Mirror CD options if necessary. 6. Click OK to start the task. The Task Manager will show the progress.

  • Page 100: Archiving Files As A Cd/Dvd Image

    Archiving Files As a CD/DVD Image This chapter describes how to build CD image from My Container into a NAS Server. Please follow the steps below. 1. The first thing to build a CD/DVD image is to collect files. Open Windows Explorer and drag & drop files into My Container. 2.
  • Page 101 4. Name the CD/DVD image to be created. Enter the name in the Volume label input-box and click the Update button. Press Next afterwards. 5. Specify the date/time to run the task. Then press OK. 6. The Task Manager will show the progress.

  • Page 102: Burning Disc Images

    Burning Disc Images If the NAS server is equipped with CD or DVD writer, it can burn any existing disc image in it. Select a NAS server NAStool from the NAS Servers tree view pane of the main window. Select a disc image in the NAS server and right-click on it.

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