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  • Page 1 ALLNET ALL6501 User’s Manual...

  • Page 2: Copyright And Trademark Notice

    0% – 80%. Using the ALL6501 under extreme environmental conditions could damage the unit. Ensure that the ALL6501 is provided with the correct supply voltage (AC 100V ~ 240V, 50/60 Hz, 3A). Plugging the ALL6501 to an incorrect power source could damage the unit.
  • Page 3 Do NOT place the ALL6501 on any uneven surfaces. DO NOT place the ALL6501 in direct sunlight or expose it to other heat sources. DO NOT use chemicals or aerosols to clean the ALL6501 . Unplug the power cord and all connected cables before cleaning.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Hard Disk Installation ..................11 Cable Connections ....................12 Chapter 3: First Time Setup ............... 13 Overview ......................13 Start ALLNET ALL6501 Setup Wizard..............13 Setup1. Insert the installation CD ................13 Setup2. Start the Windows Setup Wizard ..............13 Setup3. Device Discovery..................13 Setup4.
  • Page 5 Using Photo Gallery ..................... 58 Managing Albums and Photos .................58 Creating Albums ....................58 Password Protecting Albums ...................59 Uploading Pictures to Albums..................59 Windows XP Publishing Wizard ................59 EXIF Information....................64 Slide Shows......................64 Mapping a Client PC to the ALL6501 ..............65 Windows ......................65...
  • Page 6 Apple OS X......................65 File Backup......................66 ALLNET Backup Utility....................66 Windows XP Data Backup ..................66 Apple OS X Backup Utilities ..................67 Chapter 7: Tips and Tricks ................. 68 USB Storage Expansion ..................68 Remote Administration..................68 Part I - Setup a DynDNS Account ................68 Part II - Enable DDNS on the Router................68...

  • Page 7: Chapter 1: Introduction

    Product Highlights File Server First and foremost, the ALL6501 allows you to store and share files over an IP network. With a Network Attached Storage (NAS) device, you can centralize your files and share them easily over your network. With the easy-to-use web-based interface, users on your network can access these files in a snap.

  • Page 8: Photo Gallery

    Gallery. Web Cam Server With the ALL6501’s Web Cam server, you can schedule the ALL6501 to capture images from a connected USB webcam at designated intervals. To set up the Web Cam Server, refer to Chapter 5: Additional Feature Setup >...

  • Page 9: Front Panel

    Front Panel The ALLNET ALL6501’s front panel has the USB copy button, indicators, and USB port: USB copy Button/LED HDD1 LED HDD2 LED LAN LED Power LED USB 2.0 Port Front Panel Item Description USB copy • Copy USB storage contents to ALL6501 Button/LED •...

  • Page 10: Rear Panel

    Rear Panel The ALLNET ALL6501’s rear panel features ports and connectors. HDD1 HDD2 LAN Port USB 1.1 Port HDD Tray hook hitch Power Button Power socket Back Panel Item Description USB 1.1 Port • USB 1.1 port for compatible USB Printer LAN Port •...

  • Page 11: Chapter 2: Hardware Installation

    Overview Your ALL6501 is designed for easy installation. To help you get started, the following chapter will help you quickly get your ALL6501 up and running. Please read it carefully to prevent damaging your unit during installation. Before You Begin Before you begin, be sure to take the following precautions: 1.

  • Page 12: Cable Connections

    Plug the other end of the cord into a surge protector socket. 3. Press the Power button on the Rear end to boot up or shut down the ALL6501. NOTE 1. USB copy LED will be...

  • Page 13: Chapter 3: First Time Setup

    Overview Once the hardware is installed, physically connected to your network, and powered on, you can configure the ALL6501 so that it is accessible to your network users. Follow the steps below for initial software setup. Start ALLNET ALL6501 Setup Wizard The handy ALLNET Setup Wizard makes configuring ALL6501 a snap.

  • Page 14: Setup4. Install Mode

    Setup4. Install Mode If you select “One Click Installation” then the Setup Wizard will automatically to install FW and available RAID into your ALL6501 with default setting. You also can select “Manually Installation” to setup your ALL6501 by step by step.

  • Page 15: Setup6. Network Disk

    About more Folder Manager Information, please refer to Chapter4 System Manager -> Folder Manager Setup7. Complete You have finished the installation of ALL6501. You can access the ALL6501 Administrator Interface by pressing the Start Browser button. You can also configure another...
  • Page 16 ALL6501 at this point by clicking the Setup Other Device button. Or press Exit to exit the Setup Wizard and start to use ALL6501 on your PC/NB. The ALLNET Setup Wizard is designed for installation on systems running NOTE Windows XP/2000/Vista.

  • Page 17: Usb Copy

    Don’t know which RAID level to use? Find out more about the different RAID levels from Appendix C: RAID Basics. Step 3: Create Local Users or Setup Authentication Once the RAID is ready, you can begin to create local users for the ALL6501, or choose to setup authentication protocols.

  • Page 18: Step 4: Create Folders And Set Up Acls

    Folder Access Control List (ACL). Step 5: Start Services Finally, you can start to setup the different services of the ALL6501 for the users on your network. You can find out more about each of these services by clicking below: Windows Networking (SMB/CIFS) iTunes®...

  • Page 19: Chapter 4: System Management

    Make sure your network is connected to the Internet. To access the ALL6501 Web Administration Interface: 1. Type the ALL6501’s IP address into your browser. (Default IP address is set by DHCP, or system will assign IP address for it.) 2.

  • Page 20: Language Selection

    Status Menu The Status Menu on the menu bar allows you to see various aspects of the ALL6501. From here, you can discover the status of the ALL6501, and even find out other details like firmware version and up time.

  • Page 21: Product Information

    System item, and the System Status screen appears. These screens provide basic system status information. System Status Item Description CPU Loading (%) Displays current CPU workload of the ALL6501 . Up Time Shows how long the system has been running.

  • Page 22: Printer Status

    Printer Status From the Status menu, choose the Printer item, and the Printer Information screen appears. This screen provides the following information about the USB printer connected to the USB port. Printer Status Item Description Manufacturer Displays the name of the USB printer manufacturer. Model Displays the model of the USB printer.

  • Page 23: Storage Management

    Click to preview current web camera capture image. Apply Click Apply to save changes. Storage Management The Storage Menu displays the status of storage devices installed in the ALL6501, and includes storage configuration options such as RAID and disk settings, folder configuration settings. SATA Information...

  • Page 24: Raid Information

    RAID Information screen appears. This screen lists the RAID volume currently residing on the ALL6501. From this screen, you can get information about the status of your RAID volume, as well as the status, used percentage, and stripe size.
  • Page 25 RAID Levels Level Description JBOD The storage volume is a single HDD with no RAID support. JBOD requires a minimum of 1 disk. RAID 0 Provides data striping but no redundancy. Improves performance but not data safety. RAID 0 requires a minimum of 2 disks. RAID 1 Offers disk mirroring.

  • Page 26: Folder Management

    WARNIN is unrecoverable. Folder Management From the Storage menu, choose Folder, and the Folder screen appears. This screen allows you to create and configure folders on the ALL6501 volume. Folder Item Description Folder name Displays the name of the folder.
  • Page 27 Add Folder Item Description 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. Public Admit or deny public access to this folder.

  • Page 28: Network Management

    Access Control List Item Description Deny Denies access to users or groups who are displayed in this column. Read Only Provides Read Only access to users or groups who are displayed in this column. Writable Provides Write access to users or groups who are displayed in this column.
  • Page 29 Most Fast Ethernet (10/100Mbps) Switches/Routers do not support Jumbo Frame and you will not be able to connect to your ALL6501 after Jumbo Frame is turned on. If this happens, please reset your ALL6501 network settings and it will turn off Jumbo Frame Support. How to do? Please refer...

  • Page 30: Ddns Configuration

    Domain Name Enter your host name (i.e. ALL6501 .dyndns.org) Apply Click to save your changes. Typical DDNS Configuration Procedure To setup DDNS on your ALL6501, follow the steps below: 1. Go to http://www.dyndns.org from your home PC. 2. Click on the Sign up Now link.

  • Page 31: Apple Network

    Specifies Zone for Applet Talk service. If your AppleTalk network uses extended networks and is assigned with multiple zones, assign a zone name to the ALL6501. If you do not want to assign a network zone, enter an asterisk (*) to use the default setting.

  • Page 32: Local Groups Configuration

    Local User Configuration Item Description Press the Add button to add a user to the list of local users. Modify Press the Modify button to modify a local user. Delete Press the Delete button to delete a selected user from the system. Adding Users 1.

  • Page 33: System Settings

    From the System menu, choose the Notification item, and the Notification Configuration screen appears. This screen lets you have the ALL6501 notify you in case of any system malfunction. Press Apply to confirm all settings. See following table for a detailed description...

  • Page 34: System Logs

    NOTE Consult with your mail server administrator for email server information. Notification Configuration Item Description Email Notification Enable or disable email notifications of system problems. SMTP Server Specifies the hostname/IP address of the SMTP server. Port Specifies the port to send outgoing notification emails. Auth Type Select the SMTP Server account authentication type.

  • Page 35: Time And Date Settings

    Select Manually to allow the ALL6501 to synchronize with an NTP server of your choice. Select NO to not have the ALL6501 to synchronize with an NTP server. If an NTP server is selected, please make sure your ALL6501 WARNING network has been setup to access the NTP server.

  • Page 36: Module Management

    Browse Click to browse the folder of your PC to locate the module files. Install Click to install the listed module into your ALL6501 Reset to Factory Default Settings From the System menu, choose the Factory Default item and the Reset to Factory Default screen appears.

  • Page 37: Upgrading System Firmware

    4. Once the upgrade is complete, the system will pop a message; press OK to reboot the system. Check ALLNET website for the latest firmware release and release notes. • NOTE Downgrading firmware is not permitted.

  • Page 38: Reboot And Shutdown System

    Scheduled Power On/Off You may also designate a schedule for the ALL6501 to turn on and off. To do this, first enable the feature by checking the Enable Timer checkbox. Then, simply choose an on and off time for each day of the week that you would like to designate a schedule by using the various dropdowns.

  • Page 39: Chapter 5: Additional Feature Setup

    Selections include Unlimited, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16 MB/s. To access the share folder on the ALL6501, use the appropriate user login and password set up on the Users page (Accounts > Users). Access control to each share folder is set up on the ACL page (Storage >...

  • Page 40: Media Server

    Specify tag encoding for MP3 files stored in ALL6501. All ID3 tags will be sent out in UTF-8 format. Once the iTunes service is enabled, the ALL6501 will make all music located in the Music folder available for iTunes-equipped computers on the network.

  • Page 41: Connecting Dmas To The Media Server

    3. Turn on the TV and change the video signal input to DMA. 4. Setup the DMA (These steps will be different if you use a different DMA) a. From the Server List screen, select “ALL6501 :Mediabolic Server” as the server.

  • Page 42: Adding An Http Task

    Download Tasks Item Description Click to start the specified task. Click to pause the specified task. Click to delete the specified task. A prompt will appear asking you if you would like to delete the task itself, or the task and all related downloaded files. Task Name of the task.
  • Page 43 4. Select the maximum download bandwidth from the Max. Download Bandwidth dropdown. 5. Press Apply to add the task. 6. Once added, your download will appear in the list of download tasks. To start the download, simply click the Start icon ( ) and the download will begin.

  • Page 44: Adding An Ftp Task

    Adding an FTP Task To add a new FTP task to the Download Manager, follow these steps: 1. Using the Task Type dropdown, select FTP and click Add Task. 2. In the FTP Task window, start by inputting the target URL in the Download Link box. This is the link to the download you want to queue.
  • Page 45 4. The next step depends if you are using an anonymous login for your FTP download. If you are logging in anonymously, select Anonymous Login and move on to step 5. If you are required to login with a user name and password, select Username and input your user name and password into the appropriate fields.

  • Page 46: Adding A Bt Task

    6. Press Apply to add the task. 7. Once added, your download will appear in the list of download tasks. To start the download, simply click the Start icon ( ) and the download will begin. 8. The download status will continually update in the Download Tasks window. To pause the download, click the Pause icon ( Adding a BT Task To add a new BT task to the Download Manager, follow these steps:...
  • Page 47 2. In the BT Task window, start by clicking Browse… and selecting the torrent file you wish to start. 3. Next, select the destination folder from the Destination Folder dropdown. This is where the download will reside. 4. Next, you can select the maximum and minimum number of peers from selecting the counts from the appropriate dropdowns.
  • Page 48 5. Next, you can set the maximum download and upload bandwidths from the dropdowns below. 6. Press Apply to add the task. 7. Once added, your download will appear in the list of download tasks. To start the download, simply click the Start icon ( ) and the download will begin.

  • Page 49: Deleting Tasks

    Deleting Tasks To delete a task, simply follow the steps below: 1. Click the Delete icon ( ) beside the task that you wish to delete. The Delete Task dialogue box will appear. 2. Select Delete Task only if you wish to remove only the torrent file and all transient files, leaving the unfinished download files intact.

  • Page 50: Web Cam Server

    Web Cam Server With the Web Cam Server, you can schedule the ALL6501 to capture images with a connected USB webcam. To configure the Web Cam Server, go to Status, and choose the Web Camera option and the Web Camera window appears.

  • Page 51: Adding A Web Cam Schedule

    Use the drop down to select the desired recording interval. Click Apply to save your changes. Adding a Web Cam Schedule After finishing with the basic settings, we need to now configure the capture schedule. To do this, begin by activating the schedule function by selecting Enable in the Web Camera Schedule window.

  • Page 52: Printer Server

    Printer Server You can configure the ALL6501 to act as a printer server. That way, all PCs connected to the network can utilize the same printer. Windows XP SP2 To set up the Printer Server in Windows XP SP2, follow the steps below: 1.
  • Page 53 3. Select “Add a network, wireless or Bluetooth printer”. 4. Select “The printer that I want isn’t listed”. 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.
  • Page 54 Type: http://<ALLNET_NAS>:631/printers/usb-printer in the box, where <ALLNET_NAS_IP> is the IP address of the ALL6501. Click Next. 6. Select or install a printer and then press OK. If your printer model is not listed, please contact your printer manufacturer for help.

  • Page 55: Chapter 6: Using The All6501

    To manage your personal files or access public files on the ALL6501, just enter its IP address into your browser (IP address can be viewed by Setup Wizard), and you will be taken to the ALL6501 Login page.

  • Page 56: Using Webdisk

    Photos Click to use the Photo Gallery function Login Click to login to the ALL6501. Logout Click to return to the ALL6501 Login page. Change Click to change your login password. Password Using WebDisk 1. When any user clicks on the WebDisk icon, they will see all available public folders.

  • Page 57: Using Music Server

    2. Double click the Music folder to enter it. Then drag and drop music folders and files here. 3. The ALL6501 iTunes server will take some time to cache the ID3 tag of every file. Once the process is done, you will see all the music files from iTunes clients.

  • Page 58: Using Photo Gallery

    Using Photo Gallery Using the Photo Gallery, users can view and share photos, and even create their own albums right on the ALL6501. To manage your photo gallery or see other photo albums, click on the Photos icon from the left panel.

  • Page 59: Password Protecting Albums

    Password Protecting Albums If you would like to put a password on a particular album, follow these steps: 1. Select the album to be protected, click on the Edit button, and the Album Edit screen will appear. 2. The owner of the album can enter an album password to protect the album, so that only people with the correct password can view the album.
  • Page 60 3. Windows XP will ask whether you want to run or save this file. Click Run. 4. Once the Wizard is installed, use the Windows file manager to browse the folder that contains the picture you want to publish. On the left pane, there will be an icon labeled “Publish this folder to the Web”.
  • Page 61 Click Next. 7. Your PC will start to connect to the Photo Web Server. 8. Select ALL6501 Photo Gallery Wizard to publish your pictures to the ALL6501 . 9. Login into the ALL6501 with your local user name and password.
  • Page 62 10. Create your album by entering an album name and clicking on the Create Album button. 11. Select the album you want to upload your pictures to. 12. Confirm the target album. 13. Windows will show you that the picture upload is in progress.
  • Page 63 14. When the upload is finished, the Wizard will ask you whether if you want to go to the website. Click Finish to go to your Photo Web Server. 15. Click on the user’s icon to go to that user’s album. 16.

  • Page 64: Exif Information

    17. Finished! You will see the pictures just selected in the album. EXIF Information While viewing pictures, you can also have the ALL6501 display the EXIF information for each photo. Simply click the EXIF button to display EXIF information. To hide this information, click the EXIF button again.

  • Page 65: Mapping A Client Pc To The All6501

    Mapping a Client PC to the ALL6501 You can map share folders on the ALL6501 so that you can access them as if they were drives on your computer. You can connect to the shared network folders on the ALL6501 as...

  • Page 66: File Backup

    3. When MAC OS X is trying to connect ALL6501, it will ask for a User Name and Password which has access to the folder. 4. When MAC OS X has connected to the ALL6501 successfully, an icon representing the folder will appear on the MAC OS X desktop.

  • Page 67: 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 ALL6501 as your backup destination and click Next. 6. Click Next to display the wizard’s final page and click Finish to start backing up.

  • Page 68: Chapter 7: Tips And Tricks

    USB HDD folder. All file names on the USB disk volume are case sensitive. Before attaching an USB disk drive to ALL6501, you have to partition and format it on a desktop computer or a notebook first. The attached USB storage device will be located at...

  • Page 69: Part Iii - Setting Up Firewall Rules

    If you are using a software firewall (i.e. Norton Internet Security) and are having trouble connecting to the ALL6501, you can try the following steps: 1. Double click the NIS icon on system tray, and then configure the Personal Firewall.

  • Page 70: Replacing Damaged Hard Drives

    3. On the Networking page, manually add ALL6501 IP address to the Trusted list. Replacing Damaged Hard Drives If you are using RAID 1, you can easily replace a damaged hard drive in the ALLNET ALL6501 while keeping your data secure with the system’s automatic data recovery.
  • Page 71 Select “Run file system check” option and click Apply, the file system checks utility will be started and last 20 lines of the result will be displayed in your browser. When the file system check is finished, the result will be displayed in your browser. If the file system is corrupted beyond repair, you may have to remove NOTE RAID and recreate the file system.

  • Page 72: Chapter 8: Troubleshooting

    Setup Wizard to retrieve the IP of your ALL6501. 1. Start the Setup Wizard, and it will automatically detect ALL6501 on your network. 2. You should be able to find the IP address of the ALL6501 which you have forgotten in the Device Discovery screen.

  • Page 73: Can't Map A Network Drive In Windows Xp

    4. Set the Date, Time, and Time Zone. 5. Click Apply. In addition, if the ALL6501 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 74: Appendix A: Product Specifications

    NAS NAS) USB copy (From NAS to Copy NAS data to external USB disk external USB disk) NAS Remote Replication Via ALLNET Nsync Multimedia Support iTunes Server Supported File Types: AAC, MP3 w/ ID3 tag, WAV Photo Web Server...
  • Page 75 Utility Program MS Windows Setup Wizard, Support multilingual Support Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista, Mac OSX backup utility Email notification Send the system messages via Email to the system administrator Others ISO mount Supported Recycled Bin Supported **For supported USB dongles, please contact sales@ALLNET.de...

  • Page 76: Appendix B: Customer Support

    Our newest firmware is available on our Download Center: http://www.allnet.de/downloads.html If you are still experiencing problems with your ALL6501 , or require a Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA), feel free to contact technical support via our Technical Support Website: http://www.allnet.de/support.html...

  • Page 77: Appendix C: Raid Basics

    RAID Levels The ALLNET ALL6501 supports standard RAID levels 0, 1 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 78: Stripe Size

    RAID. Since multiple disks are accessed at the same time, disk striping enhances performance. The stripes can vary in size. Disk Usage When all 3 disks are of the same size, and used in RAID, ALL6501 disk usage percentage is listed below: RAID Level...

  • Page 79: Appendix D: Licensing Information

    General Public License. Please see THE GNU General Public License for extra terms and conditions of this license. 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, http://www.ALLNET.de Copyrights •...

  • Page 80: Cgic License Terms

    CGIC License Terms Basic License CGIC, copyright 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 by Thomas Boutell and Boutell.Com, Inc. Permission is granted to use CGIC in any application, commercial or noncommercial, at no cost. HOWEVER, this copyright paragraph must appear on a "credits" page accessible in the public online and offline documentation of the program.
  • Page 81 The precise terms and conditions for copying, distribution and modification follow. TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION 0. This License applies to any program or other work which contains a notice placed by the copyright holder saying it may be distributed under the terms of this General Public License.
  • Page 82 Thus, it is not the intent of this section to claim rights or contest your rights to work written entirely by you; rather, the intent is to exercise the right to control the distribution of derivative or collective works based on the Program. In addition, mere aggregation of another work not based on the Program with the Program (or with a work based on the Program) on a volume of a storage or distribution medium does not bring the other work under the scope of this License.
  • Page 83 7. If, as a consequence of a court judgment or allegation of patent infringement or for any other reason (not limited to patent issues), conditions are imposed on you (whether by court order, agreement or otherwise) that contradict the conditions of this License, they do not excuse you from the conditions of this License.
  • Page 84 SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS Thank you for choosing ALLNET!
  • Page 85 The safety advice in the documentation accompanying the products shall be obeyed. The conformity to the above directive is indicated by the CE sign on the device. The ALLNET ALL6501 to the European Directives 73/23/EEC and 89/336/EEC. This equipment meets the following conformance standards:...

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