Typical Setup Procedure - Thecus N8900 series User Manual

2. In Display Mode, press the Enter (
3. The LCD will display "USB Copy?"
4. Press Enter (
connected to the front USB port. The LCD will display the USB copy progress
and results.

Typical Setup Procedure

From the Web Administration Interface, you can begin to setup your Thecus IP
storage for use on your network. Setting up the Thecus IP storage typically follows
the five steps outlined below.
For more on how to use the Web Administration Interface, see
Chapter 4: Web Administration
Step 1: Network Setup
From the Web Administration Interface, you can configure the network settings of
the Thecus IP storage for your network. You can access the Network menu from
the menu bar.
For details on how to configure your network settings, refer to
Chapter 4: System Network
Step 2: RAID Creation
Next, administrators can configure their preferred RAID setting and build their
RAID volume. You can access RAID settings from the menu bar of the Web
Administration Interface by navigating to Storage Management > RAID
Management.
For more information on configuring RAID, see
Chapter 4: Storage >
Don't know which RAID level to use? Find out more about the different RAID levels
Appendix B: RAID
from
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:
For more information on configuring Active Directory, see
Chapter 4: User and Group Authentication >
For information about the benefits of Active Directory, see
Directory Basics.
Step 4: Create Folders and Set Up ACLs
Once users are introduced into your network, you can begin to create various
folders on the Thecus IP storage and control user access to each using Folder
Access Control Lists.
More information on managing folders, see
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RAID Management.
Basics.
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User and Group Authentication.
ADS Support.
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