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  • Page 1 ALL-NAS1000 User’s Manual...

  • Page 2: Copyright And Trademark Notice

    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. ALLNET GmbH reserves the right to modify the contents of this manual without notice.

  • Page 3: Safety Warnings

    Do NOT expose the ALL-NAS1000 to dampness, dust, or corrosive liquids. Do NOT place the ALL-NAS1000 on any uneven surfaces. DO NOT place the ALL-NAS1000 in direct sunlight or expose it to other heat sources. DO NOT use chemicals or aerosols to clean the ALL-NAS1000. Unplug the power cord and all connected cables before cleaning.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Overview .....................12 Before You Begin................. 12 Cable Connections ................12 Chapter 3: First Time Setup ............14 Overview .....................14 ALLNET Setup Wizard ................14 OLED Operatio ..................16 USB Copy.....................17 Typical Setup Procedure..............17 Chapter 4: System Administration ..........19 Overview .....................19 Web Administration Interface .............19...
  • Page 5 Module Installation ............... 96 Backup ....................97 Rsync Target Server ..............97 Data Guard.................. 98 ACL Backup and Restore...............109 Data Burn...................111 ALLNET Backup Utility ..............113 Windows XP Data Backup .............114 Apple OS X Backup Utilities............115 External Devices................115 Printers ..................115 Uninterrupted Power Source ............120 Chapter 5: Tips and Tricks ............
  • Page 6 Chapter 6: Troubleshooting ............. 125 Forgot My Network IP Address............125 Can't Map a Network Drive in Windows XP........125 Restoring Factory Defaults ..............125 Problems with Time and Date Settings..........126 Appendix A: Customer Support..........127 Appendix B: RAID Basics ............128 Overview ...................128 Benefits .....................128 Improved Performance..............128...

  • Page 7: File Server

    Chapter 1: Introduction Overview Thank you for choosing the ALLNET IP Storage Server. The ALLNET IP storage is an easy-to-use storage server that allows a dedicated approach to storing and distributing data on a network. Data reliability is ensured with RAID features that provide data security and recovery—over multiple Terabyte of storage are available...

  • Page 8: Superior Power Management

    >RAID Information. iSCSI Capability ALLNET IP storage is not only a file server, but it also supports iSCSI initiators. Your server can access ALLNET 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 The ALLNET IP storage should contain the following common items:  System Unit x1  QIG (Quick Installation Guide) x1  CD-Title x 2 (Universal CD & TwonkyMedia CD)  Ethernet Cable x1  Accessory bag x1 ...

  • Page 10: Front Panel

    Front Panel ALL-NAS1000: The ALLNET ALL-NAS1000 front panel has the device’s controls, indicators, and hard disk trays: Front Panel Item Description 1. Power Button Power on/off ALL-NAS1000  2. USB Port USB 2.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as digital ...

  • Page 11: Rear Panel

    Rear Panel ALL-NAS1000: The ALL-NAS1000 rear panel features ports and connectors. Back Panel Item Description 1.Power Connector  Connect the included power cords to these connectors 2. WAN/LAN1 Port  WAN/LAN1 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router 3.

  • Page 12: Chapter 2: Hardware Installation

    Chapter 2: Hardware Installation Overview Your ALLNET IP storage is designed for easy installation. To help you get started, the following chapter will help you quickly get your ALLNET IP storage up and running. Please read it carefully to prevent damaging your unit during installation.
  • Page 13 3. Press the power button on the Front Panel to boot up the ALLNET IP storage.  ALL-NAS1000 power button...

  • Page 14: Chapter 3: First Time Setup

    Once the hardware is installed, physically connected to your network, and powered on, you can configure the ALLNET IP storage so that it is accessible to your network users. There are two ways to set up your ALLNET IP storage: using the ALLNET Setup Wizard or the LCD display.
  • Page 15 5. Login with the administrator account and password. The default account and password are both “admin”. 6. Name your ALLNET IP storage and configure the network IP address. If your switch or router is configured as a DHCP Server, configuring the ALLNET IP storage to automatically obtain an IP address is recommended.

  • Page 16: Oled Operatio

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

  • Page 17: Usb Copy

    USB Copy The USB Copy function enables you to copy files stored on USB devices such as USB disks and digital cameras to the ALLNET IP storage with a press of a button. To use USB copy, follow the steps below: 1.
  • Page 18 Basics. Step 3: Create Local Users or Setup Authentication Once the RAID is ready, you can begin to create local users for ALLNET 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 19: Chapter 4: System Administration

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

  • Page 20: My Favorite

    Please click the check box if you do not want to have this page displayed during the next login. Following by disclaim page, you will see the Web Administration Interface. From here, you can configure and monitor virtually every aspect of the ALLNET IP storage from anywhere on the network. My Favorite The user interface with “My Favorite”...

  • Page 21: Menu Bar

    Menu Bar The Menu Bar is where you will find all of the information screens and system settings of ALLNET IP storage. The various settings are placed in the following groups on the menu bar: Menu Bar...
  • Page 22 User and Group Allows configuration of users and groups. Authentication Network Service Application Server Printer Server and iTunes Server to set up of the ALLNET IP storage. Module Management System and user Module to install of the ALLNET IP storage.

  • Page 23: 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 ALLNET IP storage supports multiple Languages, including: English  Japanese  Traditional Chinese ...

  • Page 24: 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 ALLNET IP storage. From here, you can discover the status of the ALLNET IP storage, and also other details.

  • Page 25: Logs

    UPnP Status The status of the UPnP service. SNMP The status of the SNMP service. Logs From the System Information menu, choose the System Logs item and the System Logs screen appears. This screen shows a history of system usage and important events such as disk status, network information, and system booting.

  • Page 26: System Monitor

    Configuration with syslog client and target to store remotely: See the following table for a detailed description of each item: Time Item Description Syslog Daemon Enable/Disable syslog daemon. Syslog service If Server has been selected then associated syslog folder will be used to store all system logs from other NAS devices which has assigned this system for syslog server as well as syslog of this server unit.
  • Page 27 To monitor system status, simply click on “System Monitor” from menu tree and screen appear as below. It has divided into 4 sections and each section can be choose the desired monitor items by using drop down list from “Monitors” tab. Click on items you like to monitor.
  • Page 28 For the on-line users list, system monitor will display the on-line access users and share folder has been visited. System Monitor Item Description Save Layout Saving selected monitoring items. It will keep while visiting next time. Reset Layout Set back to default setting with monitoring items. History Click on this check box and system monitor data will write to designate path of RAID volume.

  • Page 29: System Management

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

  • Page 30: Notification Configuration

    If an NTP server is selected, please make sure your ALLNET 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 ALLNET IP storage notify you in case of any system malfunction.

  • Page 31: Schedule Power On/Off

    From the menu, choose the Schedule Power On/Off item and the Schedule Power On/Off screen appears. To designate a schedule for the ALLNET IP storage to turn on and off, first enable the feature by checking the Enable Schedule Power On/Off checkbox.

  • Page 32: Administrator Password

    If you choose an on time, but do not assign an off time, the system will turn on and remain on until a scheduled off time is reached, or if the unit is shutdown manually. Example - Monday: On: 8:00 System will turn on at 8:00 AM on Monday, and will not shut down unless powered down manually.

  • Page 33: Factory Default

    Factory Default From the menu, choose the Factory Default item and the Reset to Factory Default screen appears. Press Apply to reset ALLNET 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 34 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 35: Wake-Up On Lan (Wol)

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

  • Page 36: 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 37: System Network

    The available system network ports are coming from embedded of system and additionally added from reserved PCI-e slot with associated compatible list. Therefore, the screen shows above is example from ALLNET IP Storage with 3 GbE NIC on board and installed additional Intel PRO/1000 PT quad port NIC, it makes total 7 NIC ports for the system.

  • Page 38: Dhcp/Radvd

    • A correct DNS setting is vital to networks services, such as SMTP and NTP. Most Fast Ethernet (10/100) Switches/Routers do not support Jumbo Frame and you will not WARNING be able to connect to your ALLNET NAS after Jumbo Frame is turned on. DHCP/RADVD From the System Network menu, choose DHCP/RADVD, and the DHCP/RADVD Configuration screen appears.

  • Page 39: Linking Aggregation

    End IP address (IPv4). Linking Aggregation The ALLNET IP storage supports link aggregation from either on board network port or additional NIC. Simple click on “+” as screen shot indicate below. The associated screen shot will appear after “+” clicked.
  • Page 40 Length Gateway Gateway for associate link aggregation Default gateway It can be choose from drop down list of default gateway been used for the ALLNET IP storage. Now under the networking, it will have “Link1” appear from network title bar.

  • Page 41: Additional Lan

    Additional LAN Other than on-board LAN port, ALLNET IP storage supports additional NIC to be added in its available PCI-e slot. For the details of additional NIC support list please visit ALLNET website.

  • Page 42: Storage Management

    Storage Management The Storage menu displays the status of storage devices installed in the ALLNET IP storage, and includes storage configuration options such as RAID and disk settings, folder configuration, iSCSI and ISO Mount. Disks Information From the Storage menu, choose the Disks item and the Disks Information screen appears.
  • Page 43 On the Disks Information screen, the status of each disk will be displayed in the Status column. Clicking on an OK or Warning link will display the S.M.A.R.T Information window for that particular disk. You may also perform disk SMART test, simply to click “Test” to start with. The result is only for reference and system will not take any action from its result.

  • Page 44: Raid Information

    From the Storage menu, choose the RAID item and the RAID Information screen appears. This screen lists the RAID volumes currently residing on the ALLNET 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 45 On the RAID Information screen, press the create button to go to the CREATE RAID screen. In addition to RAID disk information and status, this screen lets you make RAID configuration settings. Using Create RAID, you can select stripe size, choose which disks are RAID disks or the Spare Disk.
  • Page 46 3. Select a RAID level 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 47 Once the Create button has been pressed with the Encryption checkbox enabled, the following message pop-up will appear for confirmation. After the RAID volume has been created, you may remove this USB disk until the next time the system boots. The RAID volume can not be mounted if the USB disk with key can not be found in any system USB port when the volume is accessed.
  • Page 48 6. Quick RAID — Enabled the quick RAID setting is going to enhance RAID creation time. We recommend is “Quick RAID” setting is going to be used, only if hard disk NOTE is brand new or it has no existed partitions contained. 7.
  • Page 49 10. Press “Yes” for RAID volume creation preparation. Then click “Finish” to start up with RAID volume building. Building a RAID volume may take time, depending on the size of hard drives NOTE and RAID mode. In general, while the RAID volume building process is up to “RAID Building”...
  • Page 50 RAID Level You can set the storage volume as JBOD, RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10, RAID 50 or RAID 60. RAID configuration is usually required only when you first set up the device. A brief description of each RAID setting follows: RAID Levels Level...
  • Page 51 Remove RAID Click to remove the RAID volume. All user data and iSCSI has been created in selected RAID volume will be removed. 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 52 Remove RAID destroys all data in the current RAID volume. The data is WARNING unrecoverable.
  • Page 53 Global Hot Spare With up to 5 RAID volume can be created per system. The global hot spare support can eliminate the redundant of disk usage in each RAID volume. Simply select unset disk from global hot spare disk list then apply to activate. Expanding a RAID To expand a RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6 , RAID 50 or RAID 60 volume, follow the steps below:...
  • Page 54 Migrating a RAID Once a RAID volume has been created, you may want to move it to other physical drives or change the RAID array all together. To migrate a RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID50 or RAID 60 volume, follow the steps below: 1.
  • Page 55 2. The RAID migration from R1 to R5 or R1 to R6, the all services will restart and volumes “iSCSI” is read only but “user data” is capable read / write during operation. The migration scheme below is based on ALLNET NOTE IP Storage products in maximum possible combination.

  • Page 56: Nas Stacking

    NAS Stacking The ALLNET 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. These can be stacked through single network access like SMB or AFP acting as a share folder type.
  • Page 57 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 IP with volume have been set, you may need to input a valid user name and password to validate your access rights.
  • Page 58 The Stackd Target name will become the network share name and displayed through network access such as SMB. You may refer the figures below to see the result. Please note the naming limitation. From the figure above, the Stacked Target name is “pmmeeting”. The figures below show the result before and after via Microsoft Network Access with settings have been completed.
  • Page 59 The Public setting will be set same as what the setting for the system share folder associated with the ACL permission setup. 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 on the Stack Target List window.
  • Page 60 With this newly attached stack target device, you will see the information displayed and also several options you can choose. In general, if attached stack target device has been used by another ALLNET NAS as stack target volume, then the Format item will be display and system will recognize it straight away and display its capacity.
  • Page 61 After your changes have been made, click Apply to confirm any modifications. Once changes are applied, the associated information will be updated on the Stack Target List window. D. Stack Target ACL If the stack target Public setting set to Yes, then the ACL button will be grayed out. However, if Public setting is set to No, then the ACL button will be available for you to setup user access permissions for the stack target.

  • Page 62: Iso Mount

    ISO Mount The ISO Mount feature is very useful tool from ALLNET products. With it, users can mount an ISO file and having export name to display all details from mounted ISO file. From the main menu, the ISO Mount feature is located under “Storage”. Please refer the figure below for reference.

  • Page 63: Share Folder

    “ALLNET 01” created. Share Folder From the Storage menu, choose Share Folder, and the Folder screen appears. This screen allows you to create and configure folders on the ALLNET IP storage volume. Adding Folders On the Folder screen, press the Add button and the Add Folder screen appears.
  • Page 64 Add Folder Item Description RAID ID RAID volume where the new 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. If Yes is selected, then the share folder will be browseable.
  • Page 65 All the data stored in the folder will be deleted once the folder is deleted. WARNING The data will not be recoverable.
  • Page 66 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 67: Folder And Sub-Folders Access Control List (Acl)

    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” at once or “Async” in arranged batch. Apply Click to save your changes.
  • Page 68 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. Select a group or user from this list. 2.

  • Page 69: Iscsi

    3. Click Search. 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. The iSCSI target is allowed per system as table blow:...
  • Page 70 Click this to modify the iSCSI Target. There are 3 options (iSCSI CRC/Checksum, Max Advanced Connections, Error Recovery Level) is currently allow Admin to Enable/Disable to operate ALLNET IP storage associated with iSCSI setting. Delete Click this to delete the iSCSI Target.
  • Page 71 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 72 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 73 2. Modify your setting. 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 74: Iscsi Thin-Provisioning

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

  • Page 75: Lun Acl

    Next, allocate capacity for 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 76 From the LUN ACL setting screen click “Add”: Next, input “Initiator iqn” and setup iSCSI target volume access privilege from available list then apply with OK button. The accessible Initiator will listed as screen shot displayed below.

  • Page 77: Advance Option

    Advance Option There are 3 options is currently allow Admin to Enable/Disable to operate ALLNET IP storage associated with iSCSI setting. The details as listed in following screenshot. With the option changed, it will need to reboot system to activate.

  • Page 78: 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 ALLNET 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 79 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 ALLNET IP storage to join domain. Administrator Enter the ADS Administrator password. Password Apply To save your settings.

  • Page 80: 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 ALLNET IP storage and ADS should be identical. • The system time difference between ALLNET IP storage and ADS should be less than five minutes.
  • Page 81 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. Group List is a list of groups this user does not belong to.

  • Page 82: 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 83 Add Groups 1. On the Local Group Configuration screen, click on the Add button. 2. The Local Group Setting screen appears. 3. Enter a Group Name. 4. Enter a Group ID number. If left blank, the system will automatically assign one.

  • Page 84: Batch Create Users And Groups

    2. Press Remove to delete the group from the system. Batch Create Users and Groups The ALLNET 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.

  • Page 85: User Quota

    User Quota The ALLNET IP storage has supported local or AD users with its quota limitation in each RAID volume of system. Simply to enable this function by clicking “Enable” then apply it. Next, each user can be setup global quota size for each RAID volume. Simply click on “Quota Size”...

  • Page 86: User And Group Backup

    User and Group Backup The user and group backup feature is allowed system users and groups been backup to other location and restore it while needed. Please be noticed when restore previous backup users and groups, the current users and groups list will be replaced from this restore file’s contents. LDAP Support The LDAP is the other way to authenticate login users who has joined LDAP server, filled in the LDAP server information and get LDAP authentication started.

  • Page 87: Network Service

    Use the Network Service menu to make network service support settings. Samba / CIFS There are options is currently allow Admin to Enable/Disable to operate ALLNET IP storage associated with Samba / CIFS protocol. With the option changed, it will need to reboot system to activate.

  • Page 88: Afp (Apple Network Setup)

    SMB/CIFS protocol. On the other hand, no more anonymous login is allowed. Samba Native mode The ALLNET IP storage is supported Samba mode options. In the ADS environment with “Native” mode selected then ALLNET IP storage is capable to become local master position.

  • Page 89: Nfs Setup

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

  • Page 90: Tftp

    Selections include Unlimited, 1 ~ 32 MB/s. To access the share folder on ALLNET 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 91: Webservice

    A description of each item follows: TFTP Item Description TFTP Enable TFTP Service on the ALLNET IP storage. Checked WAN/LAN1 or LAN2 to enable port use Port Specifies the port number of an incoming connection on a non-standard port. Share Folder Select the file stored folder, it can not be empty.

  • Page 92: 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 ALLNET IP storage. Bonjour Setting Bonjour, is Apple Inc.'s trade name for its implementation of Zeroconf, a service...

  • Page 93: Ddns

    “admin” so once the admin password has changed then SSH login needed to change the password too. A description for each item as following: Item Description SSH Service Enable or disable SSH service. Port The port number is default 22. SFTP Enable or disable SFTP protocol under SSH service.

  • Page 94: Upnp Port Management

    UPnP Port Management One of most convenience way to allow user 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 95: Application Server

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

  • Page 96: Itunes® Server

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

  • Page 97: Backup

    Backup There are a number of ways to back up data with the ALLNET IP storage. Rsync Target Server 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.

  • Page 98: Data Guard

    1. Enable Rsync Target Server 2. Add a username and password (they can be different than your NAS’s username and password) 3. Select Apply • You will need this user name and password while the data is going to NOTE remotely backup to this rsync target server.
  • Page 99 re-start the real-time operation. Restore Restore the associated task Click to view associated task in process details. Restore NAS Configuration Click to restore system configuration from selected destination to source unit. More details will describe in sections. The data backup setup wizard appears as below, click on ‘Remote Backup”: Then 3 different selections appears and can be chosen from: Remote Data backup Item...
  • Page 100 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 existed. This is only apply if the target server is same model as source. Custom Backup The “Custom backup”...
  • Page 101 -Fill out all the necessary details and choose your parameters Add Rsync Backup Task Item Description Task Name This is how it will appear in the task list. Backup Type Real time: It will backup folders/files from source to target on fly. On the other hand, any changes on source will backup to target right away.
  • Page 102 configuration with associated folders/files. Choose the folder to save the log details while task is Log Location executed. Input the bandwidth control for data backup operation. Speed Limit Setup the timeout while try to build up connection in Timeout Limit between source and target system.
  • Page 103 3. Click “Next” and more setting is appeared. It is same as “Full backup” 4. Click “Finish” and data guard task list will appear as below.
  • Page 104 From the task list, it has newly added task “customback01”. And it has setup backup type for “schedule”. iSCSI Backup If source unit contain iSCSI volume, it could also backup to target as single file. Same procedure likes previous “Full backup” and ‘Custom backup”, select “iSCSI backup”...
  • Page 105 3. Click “Next” and more setting is appeared. It is slight differing from “Full backup and “Custom backup”. It only supports backup type with schedule and less options. 4. Click “Finish” and data guard task list will appear as below. From the task list, it has newly added task “iscsiback01”.
  • Page 106 • The source folder name will use iSCSI_+target volume name. So here NOTE it has displayed “iSCSI_pmtest” which pmtest is iSCSI target name while iSCSI target has created. The iSCSI backup can see the result as below. The task “iSCSI_pmtest” has backup to target 172.16.66.111 and share folder NAS_Public with file “iSCSI_pmtest”.
  • Page 107 The brand new source unit has only contain 1 RAID volume ‘RAID”. 1. When add new backup task for “Full backup” or “Custom backup” and enable option “Backup NAS Config” as shows below. Then it will backup source unit system configuration to designed path on target system while task executed every time.
  • Page 108 3. Click “Next” and screen appear as below. It has listed available system configuration backup file. Select it and click next. It has also option can download current system configuration before restore from backup file. 4. After click “Next”, screen appears as below. It has listed on left hand side with configuration backup details which contain 3 volumes.

  • Page 109: Acl Backup And Restore

    It has 2 RAID volumes “RAID” and “RAIDa” from current systems. Then select RAID volume from backup configuration volume list which it is going to map RAID volume of current system. Simply click on right hand pane of “RAIDa” and drop down list appear.
  • Page 110 After input the ACL backup file and click “Next” button, system will come out the screen to list matched folders in between backup file and this RAID volume. Just select the desired folders for ACL restore. • The ACL backup will only backing the share folder level, no apply to NOTE its sub-layer.

  • Page 111: Data Burn

    Data Burn The data burn is featured to support 3 different modes of data burning for files/folders to and from image file and physical optical disk. The 3 different modes are “Write Files/folders to disc”, “Write image to disk” and “Write files/folders to image”.
  • Page 112 folders/files also can remove by click on it then press “remove” or “remove all” for all selected items. c. Select from installed USB or SATA(for N6850/N8850/N10850) burning devices. And it could click “detect disc” to check the status once the disc has inserted. d.

  • Page 113: Allnet Backup Utility

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

  • Page 114: Windows Xp Data Backup

    You can schedule the task to run Monthly or Weekly. 3. To check the log for that task, click on the Log icon for that task. ALLNET Backup Utility also supports MAC OS X. Just copy the ALLNET Backup NOTE Utility.dmg to your MAC OS X machine and double click to execute it.

  • Page 115: Apple Os X Backup Utilities

    4. Click Next and in the Backup Type, Destination, and Name page, specify a back up location using the Browse button. 5. Find and select the drive that specifies your ALLNET IP storage as your backup destination and click Next.

  • Page 116: Windows Xp Sp2

    Remove All Documents button to clear the print queue may resolve the issue. You can configure ALLNET IP storage to act as a printer server. That way, all PCs connected to the network can utilize the same printer.

  • Page 117: Windows Vista

    Windows Vista To set up the Printer Server in Windows Vista, follow the steps below: 1. Open Printer Folder from the Control Panel. 2. Click the right mouse button in anywhere on the Printers folder and then select Add Printer. 3.
  • Page 118 You can press The printer that I want isn’t listed to go into next page without waiting for Searching for available printers to finish. 5. Click Select a shared printer by name. Type http://<ALLNET_NAS>:631/printers/usb-printer in the box, where <ALLNET_NAS_IP> is the IP address of ALLNET IP storage. Click Next.
  • Page 119 6. Select or install a printer and then press OK. 7. Windows will attempt to connect to the printer. 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.

  • Page 120: Uninterrupted Power Source

    Uninterrupted Power Source From the External Devices menu, choose the Uninterrupted Power Source item and the UPS Setting screen appears. Make any changes you wish, and press Apply to confirm changes. See the following table for a detailed description of each item. UPS Setting Item Description...
  • Page 121 Seconds between power failure and Delay between power failure and first notification first notification in seconds. Seconds between subsequent power Delay between subsequent notifications in failure notifications seconds. Shutdown the system when the Amount of UPS battery remaining before system battery charge is less than should auto-shutdown.

  • Page 122: Chapter 5: Tips And Tricks

    The ALLNET IP storage also supports eSATA hard disks with its eSATA port. Before attaching an eSATA or USB disk drive to ALLNET 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 123: Part I - Setup A Dyndns Account

    1. Go to http://www.dyndns.org from your home PC. 2. Click on the Sign Up Now link. 3. Check the Check boxes, select a user name (i.e.: ALL-NAS1000), enter your email address (i.e.: xxx@example.com), check Enable Wildcard, and create a password (i.e.: xxxx).

  • Page 124: Replacing Damaged Hard Drives

    5. The LED blinks green when the HDD is accessed. RAID Auto-Rebuild When using RAID 1, 5, 6,10, 50 or 60 on ALLNET 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 specified receivers.

  • Page 125: Chapter 6: Troubleshooting

    If you forget your network IP address and have no physical access to the system, you can find out the IP address by either looking directly onto ALLNET IP storage OLED panel, or by using the setup wizard to retrieve the IP of your ALLNET IP storage.

  • Page 126: Problems With Time And Date Settings

    4. Set the Date, Time, and Time Zone. 5. Click Apply. In addition, if ALLNET 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 127: Appendix A: Customer Support

    Appendix A: Customer Support If your ALLNET 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 ALLNET IP storage. ALLNET is committed to providing free firmware upgrades to our customers.

  • Page 128: Appendix B: Raid Basics

    RAID Levels The ALLNET 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: Your requirements for performance ...
  • Page 129 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 130: Stripe Size

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

  • Page 131: Appendix C: Active Directory Basics

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

  • Page 132: Appendix D: Licensing Information

    Source Code Availability ALLNET 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, www.allnet.de.
  • Page 133 certain responsibilities for you if you distribute copies of the software, or if you modify it. For example, if you distribute copies of such a program, whether gratis or for a fee, you must give the recipients all the rights that you have. You must make sure that they, too, receive or can get the source code.
  • Page 134 modifications or work under the terms of Section 1 above, provided that you also meet all of these conditions: a) You must cause the modified files to carry prominent notices stating that you changed the files and the date of any change. b) You must cause any work that you distribute or publish, that in whole or in part contains or is derived from the Program or any part thereof, to be licensed as a whole at no charge to all third parties under the terms of this...
  • Page 135 The source code for a work means the preferred form of the work for making modifications to it. For an executable work, complete source code means all the source code for all modules it contains, plus any associated interface definition files, plus the scripts used to control compilation and installation of the executable.
  • Page 136 made generous contributions to the wide range of software distributed through that system in reliance on consistent application of that system; it is up to the author/donor to decide if he or she is willing to distribute software through any other system and a licensee cannot impose that choice.

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