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Summary of Contents for iXsystems FreeNAS
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
It includes pointers to additional resources should you wish to customize your configuration or to learn more about the features provided by FreeNAS®. By following the instructions in this Guide, you should be up and running in about 15 minutes. -
Page 3: Parts List
Eight (8) additional hard drive screws. SettiNG uP your FreeNAS® MiNi To connect to your FreeNAS Mini appliance in order to set it up you will need the following: a USB keyboard (or keyboard with USB adapter) a VGA display (or display with a VGA adapter) -
Page 4: Installing Hard Drives
FreeNAS® Mini. If you ordered a driveless FreeNAS® Mini, your drive trays will be in the FreeNAS® Mini device, filled with dummy drives secured by two screws each. -
Page 5: Back Panel Layout And Led Indicators
BAck PANeL LAyout AND LeD iNDicAtorS 1 Serial Port 5 uSB 2.0 Port 2 iPMi Lan Port* 6 vGA Port 3 uiD Switch 4 Gigabit LAN Ports** * there are two LeDs on each LAN port. Please refer to the table below for the LAN port LeD indications. -
Page 6: Get An Ip Address
You may now unplug the USB keyboard and monitor from the back of the FreeNAS mini, as they are not used for the rest of the configuration process. You are now ready to configure your FreeNAS® device. -
Page 7: Freenas® Software Setup
1. Log in for the first time Direct your web browser to the IP address displayed at the console of your FreeNAS Mini. You will need to log in to the FreeNAS Web User Interface with a username and password. The default password is “abcd1234”. -
Page 8: Volume Configuration
3. volume configuration The Wizard will next present some choices for pre-designed volume configurations. Choose a name for your volume and a standard volume configuration if you wish, then click “Next” to continue. If you have a custom configuration you want to use, you may quit the Wizard and perform Volume configuration by hand, then click the “Wizard”... -
Page 9: Shares And Permissions
Next, you will need to set up at least one share in order to store files on your FreeNAS Mini over the network. On this screen, choose a name for the share. Windows shares are supported by all modern Windows versions, Mac OS X, most popular Linux distributions, and FreeBSD, so we recommend Windows shares if you’re not sure what type to pick. - Page 10 If you instead want to assign a particular owner of the share, click the “Ownership” button. On the Permissions screen, enter the name of the user you want to own the share and what group you want to share it with. If those aren’t pre-existing system users and groups, click “Create User”...
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Page 11: Miscellaneous Settings
FreeNAS Web Interface. The rest of the settings concern sending emails to alert you of issues with your FreeNAS Mini, such as failed disks or available updates. Enter an email into “Root Email”, the address you’d like FreeNAS to send the alerts from into “From Email”, and the hostname or IP... -
Page 12: Finish Configuration
CIFS (windows share) service, so it would already be working. We’ll use Windows as an example. Open an Explorer window in a Windows computer on the same network as your FreeNAS Mini. In the address bar at the top, enter \\ followed by the hostname of your FreeNAS Mini Appliance (“freenas”... -
Page 13: Additional Resources
Figure 10: Enter \\ followed by the hostname or IP address of your FreeNAS Mini appliance in the Windows Explorer progress bar. Once you connect, you can use the share like a normal folder. ADDitioNAL reSourceS This Quick Start Guide is intended to get you started using your FreeNAS Mini as soon as possible. -
Page 14: Freenas® Mini Front Panel Layout
FreeNAS® MiNi FroNt PANeL LAyout 2 3 45 67 1 4 x hot swap, tool-less drive bays 2 drive inserted (blue) 3 drive activity (green) 4 unit identity 5 network link/activity 6 HDD access indicator 7 power indicator 8 power button 9 2 x uSB 2.0... - Page 16 © 2014 iXsystems Inc. All rights reserved. FreeNAS® and the FreeNAS® logo are registered trademarks of iXsystems. FreeBSD® is a registered trademark of the FreeBSD Foundation used with permission.
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