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  • Page 2: Copyright Notice

    (collectively called “Software Product”) are owned by Xtore – Extreme Storage (Xtore). Unless otherwise expressly licensed by Xtore in writing, any provision of the Software Product does not represent any license of any of the above rights.
  • Page 3 Copying of Setup Utility, Backup Utilities, and Embedded Software is prohibited by law, unless otherwise expressly provided under this Agreement, or specifically authorized in writing by Xtore. Under this license, you MAY: Make no more than one (1) copy of the Embedded Software in...
  • Page 4 Xtore. Copyright notice and other proprietary legends can be found on the original media. You MAY NOT: install the Embedded Software on any computer, workstation or other equipment other than your NP1040 server;...
  • Page 5 Agreement will result in automatic termination of this Agreement and will make available to Xtore all other legal remedies. Upon termination of this Agreement, the license granted herein will...

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Table of Contents Chapter 1 NASolution NFP Storage Manager Version 1.1 ------------------------- 4 Specifications ............4 Resources............... 6 NFP Utility CD ............…….. NFP Storage Manager User’s Manual………………………... Chapter 2 Setting up NP1040 NAS Server --- 10 Before you start.............
  • Page 7 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Volume Layout ..............81 RAID 5 Cache..............8 2 Disk Write Cache ............8 3 Home Setup..............8 4 Toolkit..............85 LED Management ............8 5 SNMP Configuration............8 6 UPS Management............8 8 Restore defaults .............
  • Page 8 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Problems about Setting Up NFP Storage Manager 141 Problems about Backing up/Restoring Data ..143 General Problems ..........145 AppendIx 1 What is RAID? ---------------------146 RAID 0 (striping) ..........147 RAID 1 (mirroring) ..........148 RAID 5..............

  • Page 9: Chapter 1 Nasolution Nfp Storage Manager

    With rapid expansions of networking and ever increasing number of Internet users, the requirements for storage space are also multiplying exponentially. NASolution NP1040 offers a stable and efficient storage solution with an easy-to-use interface. Even non-technical staff will have no trouble installing and configuring the server.

  • Page 10: Led Management 8

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Availability/ Reliability DOC/DOM/CF Support Boot From Any Drive (for Disk Version) IDE Hard Disk Hot Swapping & On -l i n e R e b u i l d i n g Power Supply Fail-over Support System Fan Fail-over Support H a r d w a r e (thermal, ECC, HDD, Fan…) Monitoring, Auto -n o t i f i c a t i o n s , a n d L o g g i n g...

  • Page 11: Resources

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Resources NFP Utility CD This CD provides three utility programs: NFP Setup Assistant, NFP Backup Utility, and NFP Data Replicator. NASolution NFP Setup Assistant NFP Setup Assistant is designed for the System Administrator and all Windows clients on the Local Area Network (LAN).
  • Page 12 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Manager to change personal information, and to connect all privileged shared folders on NP1040 NAS server as network drives. NFP Backup Utility NFP Backup Utility is specifically designed for the System Administrator. System Administrator can utilize this Windows-based backup program to backup data from the NP1040 NAS server to other storage devices on the LAN, or to restore data back onto the NP1040 NAS server.

  • Page 13: Ups Management 8

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual NFP Data Replicator NFP Data Replicator is designed for the use of all Windows clients on the LAN. Windows clients can use NFP Data Replicator to monitor file folders on computer, make immediate backup of specified file folders to NP1040 NAS server.

  • Page 14: Nfp Storage Manager User's Manual

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual NFP Storage Manager User’s Manual NFP Storage Manager User’s Manual contains a description of the product and step-by-step instructions on how to use NFP Storage Manager Version 1.1 to configure your NP1040 server. Please read this manual carefully before proceeding.

  • Page 15: Chapter 2 Setting Up Np1040 Nas Server

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Chapter 2 Setting up NP1040 NAS Server After connecting your NP1040 NAS server to a power source and LAN, power it up and use NFP Setup Assistant to locate the server and configure its IP address. Setup procedure for the NP1040 NAS server: 1.

  • Page 16: Setup

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Connect NP1040 server to LAN. Turn on the server. Make sure the client terminal used to configure NP1040 server is installed with Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher, and make sure this computer and NP1040 server can be connected through physical network medium (e.g.
  • Page 17 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Suppose you want to set up a server name NAS001 for the first time. By default the system obtains the network configuration information through the DHCP server. If the DHCP server does exist on the LAN, its IP Status will show DHCP.
  • Page 18 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual NP1040 server supports two network ports. NFP Setup Assistant will show only one of the network ports for system administrator to setup first. To continue setting up the other network port, system administrator must perform further setup in NFP Storage Manager.
  • Page 19 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Input System administrator password. The first time a password is requested, enter the default password; if none exists leave this field blank. Click Apply to confirm. The program will automatically invoke the browser and connect to the server’s IP address, then start the Quick Configuration option of NFP Storage Manager (see Chapter 3).
  • Page 20 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual If the search or configuration fails, please verify the following details before trying again: Make sure you have selected the correct server. Make sure the server is connected to the LAN. Please make sure that the network status displayed by the LAN LED on the panel of the server is normal.

  • Page 21: Chapter 3 Quick Configuration

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Chapter 3 Quick Configuration NASolution NP1040 provides a simple and easy-to-use approach to NAS administration called NFP Storage Manager. Use this program to configure the server, system and network parameters, including Windows, UNIX, Novell and Apple Macintosh network settings, as well as the hard disk configuration.

  • Page 22: Enter The Root Password

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Enter th e root password Since this is the first time using this NP1040 system, the system will prompt for changing the default root (system administrator) password. Make sure to keep a record of this password for future access to the NP1040 NAS server.

  • Page 23: Server Configuration

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Server Configuration Basic Server Config uration System administrator can change the default server name here and further configure the network settings. First you have a chance to change the preset server name. Please note that the server name must be unique, meaning that no other server in the network should have the same name.

  • Page 24: Lan Port

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual The domain name field does not accept the following characters. If you are using a DHCP server, do not use these characters on the DHCP server either: (, ), <, >, @, \, [, ], , , ;, :, “, space, enter (/n) and control characters. LAN Port Next, please setup the IP address of the first network port.

  • Page 25: Enter The System Date And Time

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Enter the system date and time Use a 24-hour format to enter the system date and time. Please enter the correct time zone. Chapter 3. Quick Configuration...

  • Page 26: Select A Language

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Select a language Please choose a display language for NFP Storage Manager, event notification emails, and the code page for Windows client terminals. In Display Language column, when selecting Browser Default Language, NFP Storage Manager will automatically display the same language as the IE browser of the client when system administrator or general user is connected to NFP Storage Manager.

  • Page 27: Enter A Recipient For Notification

    Enter a recipient for notification NASolution NP1040 can notify the system administrator of important events via e-mail. Enter a SMTP server and the primary e-mail address. When an important event occurs, such as a HDD failure, the system administrators will be informed via e -mail and can respond immediately, thus ensuring system safety and availability.

  • Page 28: Completing Quick Configuration

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Due to the excessive amount of junk mail pervading the Internet, many providers do not allow their SMTP servers to be used by outside users. We therefore strongly recommend using the SMTP server of your e-mail Domain (the primary and secondary e-mail address).

  • Page 29: Chapter 4 Using Nfp Storage Manager 1.1

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Chapter 4 Using NFP Storage Manager 1.1 After the Quick Configuration is complete, NASolution NP1040 will open the web-based NFP Storage Manager program, where the system administrator can further edit the settings of NP1040 NAS server.
  • Page 30 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Configuration : This page shows the current configuration of the server. change these settings under Server C o n f i g u r a t i o n . Chapter 4. Using NFP Storage Manager 1.1...
  • Page 31 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Status: This page shows the current operation status of the server, including ECC memory, temperature , network port (s), fans, power supplies, and hard disk space usage. If an error occurs on the server, such as a memory error, high temperature, network card malfunction, fan malfunction, power supply malfunction , or hard disk failure, the information on this...
  • Page 32 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Chapter 4. Using NFP Storage Manager 1.1...

  • Page 33: Server Configuration

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Server Configuration Basic Configuration General System administrator can change general server information such as server name and network settings. Please refer to the Server ConfigurationàBasic Server Configuration unit of Chapter 3 for setup methods. Chapter 4.
  • Page 34 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual LAN Port 1 System administrator can change the setup of the LAN port 1. For ways of setting up, please refer to Server ConfigurationàBasic Server Configurationà LAN Port 1 of Chapter 3. Chapter 4. Using NFP Storage Manager 1.1...
  • Page 35 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual LAN Port 2 If system detects more than one network card in NP1040 NAS server, this page will automatically display LAN Port N tab to enable setup. "N" represents the id number of the LAN port in the NAS server. System administrator can “trunk”...

  • Page 36: Date Setup

    DHCP please make sure if the subnet has any DHCP server available to use. Please use a switch with “Trunking/Fail-over” support to make sure the “Trunking/Fail-over” feature can be fully supported by NASolution NP1040. Date Setup System administrator can change the time, date and time zone of NP1040 NAS server.

  • Page 37: Language Setup

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Language Setup System administrator can change language of NFP Storage Manager, email notification, and code page used by the client. For ways of language setup, please refer to Server ConfigurationàBasic Server ConfigurationàSelect a language of Chapter 3. Chapter 4.

  • Page 38: Event Notification Setup

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Event Notification Setup System administrator can change setup of event notification. ways of setting up, please refer to Server ConfigurationàBasic Server ConfigurationàEnter a recipient for notification of Chapter 3. Security Setup In this section the administrator can define users and user groups to access certain files and folders on NP1040 NAS server.

  • Page 39: Shared Folder Setup

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Shared Folder Setup Shared Folder Use this option to add, modify or delete shared folders. The administrator can select whether folders can be exported via NFS to allow UNIX access only. The name of the shared folder cannot exceed 15 characters. The name can be formed by double-byte character languages, the same as the language of the NFP Storage Manager interface, such as Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese or Korean, etc.,...
  • Page 40 German, then the shared folder name can only be German and English. The same principle can be applied to other languages. NASolution NP1040 allows up to sixty-four (64) shared folders, not including the home folders of users group accounts. Default shared folders On each individual volume, NASolution NP1040 installs a shared folder called publicn, whereas n represents the disk volume.
  • Page 41 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Adding a shared folder To add a folder, click on Create. The New Shared Folder Setup page will appear. Enter a name and description for the folder. If the system includes more than one volume, select a volume under Folder Location.
  • Page 42 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Deleting a shared folder To delete a shared folder, select the desired folder (use Ctrl for multiple and Shift for continuous selection) in the list on the left windowpane, then click Remove. The default shared folders publicn cannot be deleted.
  • Page 43 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual with accounts on NP1040 NAS server) and Windows domain users/groups. Use your mouse to choose a folder in the Folder name list, the User privileges column will show all the users or groups entitled to access the selected folder. Chapter 4.
  • Page 44 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Apple and Windows clients can share the same folder. However, since Apple and Windows systems handle file associates in different ways, access to the files supported by both Apple and Windows systems such as “pdf” and “html” may be restricted.
  • Page 45 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual the User account column (use Ctrl for multiple and Shift for continuous selection), then click on No access, Read Only or Writeable. Please note, if this NP1040 NAS server is added to the Windows NT/2000 Domain, and (1) system administrator has previously added certain Windows PDC user account to Local account, or (2) there is an account in both NP1040 NAS server and Windows PDC with the...
  • Page 46 Apply. NASolution NP1040 does not support Windows NT/2000 ACL (Access Control List), i.e., users cannot click the right mouse button on a file and set the access privilege. The system administrator can use NFP Storage Manager’s...
  • Page 47 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual NFS Privileges Use this option to set NFS (Solaris, FreeBSD or Linux and other UNIX family clients) access privileges for shared folders. Enter the Shared Folder SetupàNFS Privileges page, and select the desired shared folder in the Folder name column. The NFS client’s privilege column below will show the hosts and subnets or net groups with access privileges and the type of permission granted.
  • Page 48 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual always assign the terminal root to a non-root ID. Adding NFS user privileges To add NFS user privilege settings, click on Create. A new page will appear. Enter the hostname, subnet (format: subnet/subnet mask, e.g. 192.168.1.0 / 255.255.255.0), or net group (only available if NP1040 NAS server joins the NIS domain).
  • Page 49 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual When setting user privileges for NFS hosts, subnets or net groups, try to avoid possible conflicts. For example, if host A belongs to net group AAA, do not set the access privilege of host A to read only, while setting AAA to writeable.

  • Page 50: Account Setup

    192.168.1.8:/volume1/public1 /user1 Account Setup NASolution NP1040 supports up to 512 user accounts (Including accounts on the local machine, Windows PDC, and NIS server). Three types of users can access a NAS server: Local users with accounts on the local machine.
  • Page 51 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Local Accounts System administrator can setup accounts for Windows, Apple and Novell users on NP1040 NAS server (the local machine). When these clients attempt to access NP1040 NAS server, they only need to enter their account name and password to gain access.
  • Page 52 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual German, then account names can only be German and English. The same principle can be applied to other languages. Password is case-sensitive and can consist of 0 to 12 displayable characters, including letters, numbers, and signs. The passwords for some clients, such as Win 95/98 clients and Novell clients, are not case-sensitive, while...
  • Page 53 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Adding user accounts To add a new local user, click Create. The New Account Setup dialog appears. Enter the account name, the full name of the user, an e-mail address, and a password. Under Default g roup, select whether the user will receive his or her own home folder.
  • Page 54 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual 1. Be careful when moving an account from users to guests group, for the home folder of that account with all its contents will be erased. 2. Account root can only belong to the users group, but there is no home folder to be used.
  • Page 55 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Windows Domain Accounts If a Windows NT or a Windows 2000 Domain exists in the network, system administrator only has to add NP1040 NAS server to the Windows domain, to take advantage of the PDC privilege settings and grant all accounts on the PDC access to NP1040 NAS server’s storage space.
  • Page 56 PDC to be created on NP1040 NAS server. Having different users sharing the same account name should also be avoided. NASolution NP1040 will read the Windows PDC account list every 15 minutes; any changes on the PDC will also appear on NP1040 NAS server.
  • Page 57 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual 1. Because the password formats between Windows system and NASolution NP1040 are different, when the account information in the NT Domain accounts tab are added to the local accounts, system will not be able to duplicate the user passwords on...
  • Page 58 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual UNIX NIS Accounts If the network already contains a UNIX NIS Domain, system administrator can simply add NP1040 NAS to the UNIX NIS domain, to retrieve access settings from the NIS server. Once system administrator adds NP1040 NAS server to a UNIX NIS Domain (see Network SetupàUnix NIS), a new tab entitled UNIX NIS Accounts will appear on this page, containing all the users retrieved from the NIS server.

  • Page 59: Group Setup

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Group Setup User Group Use this page to add, modify or delete user groups. Network Filer Plus allows up to 128 user groups (including user groups on the local machine, Windows PDC, and NIS server). The name of a group cannot exceed 15 characters.
  • Page 60 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual and English. The same principle cab be applied to other languages. Default user groups The system includes three default groups, admins (the group of administrators with root as the default member), users (normal users with their own home folders, with root as the default member), and guests (normal users without their own home folders, with guest as the default members).
  • Page 61 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual to select a group. The group name and members will appear on the right side. To rename a group, click directly on the group name column and change it; then click Apply. You can add or delete members on the Group members page.
  • Page 62 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Group members Use this page to add, modify, and delete group members. The Members field contains existing members. Users not belonging to this group are listed on the left Not members field. If this NAS server belongs to a Windows NT/2000 Domain and, (1) system administrator has previously moved Windows PDC users in the Account Setup page to the local accounts, or (2) both NAS server and Windows PDC have the account with the same name, those...

  • Page 63: User Quota Setup

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual the administrator. Deleting group members To remove a member from a group, select the name from the list of members ( u se Ctrl for multiple and Shift for continuous selection), then click Remove. If a user is connected to the server while the administrator is modifying the user’s security settings, these changes will not be activated immediately, but only after the user logs out and back in...
  • Page 64 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual User Quota System administrator can add, modify or delete user quota through this screen. Current [In Use / Quota] (MB) column indicates the quota and amounts of space used in each volume by the current account. The symbol "*"...
  • Page 65 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Please note if NP1040 NAS server is added to the Windows NT/2000 domain and, (1) system administrator has previously added certain Windows PDC user account to Local account in the Account Setup page, or (2) there is an account in both NAS server and Windows PDC with the same name, then this account will not be displayed in columns NT Domain Users or NIS Domain Users in the User Name List at the top of this page, and will only be listed in Local Users to...
  • Page 66 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual To change volume quota, please select a volume in Volume quota. Then select the account to be changed in the Current [In Use/Quota](MB) column, setup new quota in Setting New Quota and click Set>> button. Repeat these steps if quotas for more than one account require modification.

  • Page 67: Security Options

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Security Options System administrator can use this page to modify the preferences of newly created shared folders and user accounts. Default settings for newly created folders NFS exported as: writeable read-only New folders can be exported either with full read and write permissions, i.e.

  • Page 68: Network Setup

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Default settings for newly created accounts Default group: users guests Here you can choose to which group newly created users belong by default. If you want new accounts to automatically have a home folder, choose users, otherwise, choose guests. Default quota: _____MB unrestricted...

  • Page 69: Windows Domain/Workgroup Setup

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Windows Domain/Workgroup Setup It is up to the system administrator whether or not to open NP1040 NAS for access by Windows clients. Select Enable Windows network ing if you want to allow Windows clients, and then select a Workgroup or Domain for the server.
  • Page 70 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual or Server, under Computer Name, enter NP1040 NAS server name (that name Server ConfigurationàBasic Configuration). Press Add to complete the operation. Settings on Windows 2000 PDC From the Start menu, select ProgramsàAdministrative Tools, then Active Directory Users and Computers. If you choose to join a Windows 2000 PDC Domain, make sure the Domain mode is set to mixed mode.
  • Page 71 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Settings on the NAS server You must enter the Windows Domain and PDC hostname in the NFP Storage Manager’s Netwo rk SetupàWindows domain screen. If there is also one or more than one separate BDC (Backup Domain Controller), Network Filer Plus will make a record of this BDC to be the backup support for the Windows PDC.
  • Page 72 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual corresponds to a local user. Note that accounts with the same name on both PDC and NP1040 NAS server will be merged automatically. For example, if an account user1 exists on both the PDC and NP1040 NAS server but with different passwords, access is granted if either one of the two passwords is provided.
  • Page 73 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Notes on working with a Windows Domain: If an NAS server NAS001 owns an account NAS001 on the PDC and logs in to a Windows domain and out again, it is possible that the server cannot log back in.

  • Page 74: Unix Nis Domain Setup

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual WINS Server If there is a WINS server in the Windows network, please fill in the IP address of the WINS server. UNIX NIS Domain Setup System administrator can decide whether to make NP1040 NAS server available to NFS client.

  • Page 75: Apple Network

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Note: if system administrator has ever added NP1040 NAS server into a NIS Domain before, it will not be able to reboot if the NIS server is not available. Please make sure the NIS server is available before you restart/power on NP1040 NAS server.
  • Page 76 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual When there are more than one network ports in NP1040 NAS server, and the server is set up as having multiple subnets, this system only supports Apple client in a single subnet to read/write from the server through AppleTalk or TCP/IP protocol.

  • Page 77: Novell Network

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Novell Network Use this page to specify whether to support a Novell Network or not. When there are more than one network ports in NP1040 NAS server, and the server is set u p as having multiple subnets, this page will display multiple tabs such as Subnet 1, Subnet 2, etc., allowing system administrator to setup Novell environment within each subnet.

  • Page 78: Volume Management

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual 1. In the Netware Services network, the system will automatically add _NW to the original server name. 2. Novell clients cannot use the root account to access NP1040 NAS server. For system administrator root to access the server from Novell clients, please use the “supervisor”...

  • Page 79: Volume Setting

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Volume Setting System administrator can create/remove/repair volume through this page. The maximum number of volumes this system can support is 1.5 times of the total number of hard disks. Thus in a model with four hard disks, the system can create at the most six volumes, i.e.
  • Page 80 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Create New Volume To create a new volume, click Create button to enter into the Create Volume page. First, click Volume Type. This system supports six volume types: Simple, Span, RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 5 with hot spare. Next, determine which hard disk storage space will make up the volume.
  • Page 81 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Size to use is measured in the unit of GB or gigabyte. The smallest unit depends on the size of the hard disk. The current system will divide the hard disk space by 20 and take the nearest whole number as the smallest unit.
  • Page 82 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual RAID 1 RAID 1 will use half of the volume as one-t o-one data mirroring, i.e. duplicate the same set of data from A to B to ensure data security and integrity. Thus, the actual available space is only half of the total space.
  • Page 83 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Re- create volume If a volume is crashed due to any failed disk, the volume structure could be recovered by clicking the Re-create button. The re-creating function can only re-create the original structure of the crashed volume: share folders and users’...

  • Page 84: Repair Volume

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Repair volume This function can help repair volume types with data protection mechanism such as RAID 1, RAID 5 or RAID 5 with hot spare. When any segment in a volume is damaged, system administrator can use the repair functions in this system to search for other available hard disk space in the server to fill up the damaged segment.
  • Page 85 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual For example, assume volume2 is a volume of RAID 5, which is created from hard disks 1, 2 and 3, each with 10GB disk space. When disk 2 is damaged, the State column in Volume Setting page will display degrade indicating though this volume can still be accessed but it is supporting these tasks with less than normal working condition.

  • Page 86: Volume Layout

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Volume Layout This page shows the status of volume layout in NP1040 NAS server. Chapter 4. Using NFP Storage Manager 1.1...

  • Page 87: Raid 5 Cache

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual RAID 5 Cache In supporting RAID 5, save/retrieval activity requires data in multiple hard disk read/write to compute parity to maintain data security. To improve read/write performance, NASolution Network Filer Plus supports RAID 5 device-layer cache and data can be stored in memory temporarily, thus is much faster than hard disk read/write activity.

  • Page 88: Disk Write Cache

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Disk Write Cache System administrator can turn on or off all the hard disk write cache on this page. This setup will take effect only if the server hard disk supports cache memory. If hard disk Write Cache option is turned on, the system read/write performance will improve.

  • Page 89: Home Setup

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Home Set up When adding a new account into the Users group, the system will automatically create a home folder for this account. System administrator must specify the volume to store the home folder. But it is possible to save many accounts into certain volume, causing the volume to carry heavy load or have inadequate space.

  • Page 90: Toolkit

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Toolkit LED Management System administrator can control the LED indicators from here. The ID indicator is located on the front panel of your NP1040 NAS server. In the event of an emergency, system administrator needs only to click the Turn on ID button on this page to turn on the ID indicator.

  • Page 91: Snmp Configuration

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual to clear the LED indicator when he/she receives an email notice stating, “temperature restored to normal”. SNMP Configuration Use this option to enable SNMP access. To do this, select Enable SNMP access, and in the column System location enter the geographical location of NP1040 NAS server;...
  • Page 92 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Adding SNMP Access Privileges To add SNMP access privileges, click on Create. A new dialog will appear, where you can select a community name along with the host subnet format subnet/subnet mask, e.g. 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0) belonging to this community. Then select the Access privileges from SNMP: either read only, or writeable.

  • Page 93: Ups Management

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual UPS Management NASolution Network Filer Plus currently supports only APC Smart Series UPS, both via serial connection or SNMP. Control UPS by serial port Connect NP1040 NAS server’s power cords to UPS, and the APC RS-232 cable (part number 940-0024C or 940-0020B) to COM1 port of NP1040 NAS server.
  • Page 94 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual to the network. In NFP Storage Manager, go to ToolkitàUPS Management, and select Control UPS by SNMP, using the following settings: Probing interval and Delayed before shutdown The system will use the time interval set for Prob ing interval to check the status of the UPS.
  • Page 95 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual probe the If you have entered values for items 4 and 5, the system will UPS in the interval chosen above and, if irregularities in the battery status are detected, shut down after the delay value entered.

  • Page 96: Restore Defaults

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Restore defaults System administrator has the option to restore factory defaults for all settings, or remove all user settings in the system. Four options are available: Restore Server Configuration (basic, code page, notification): NFP Storage Manager’s Server Configuration will be reset to factory defaults.

  • Page 97: Shutdown/ Restart

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Shutdown/ Restart Use this page to Shutdown or Restart the server. You can also use the power switch on NP1040 NAS server. To preserve data integrity, never unplug the server before it has been properly shut down. System administrator can select the option Delay xxx minutes to shutdown/restart the server and the setup will be executed after the time specified.

  • Page 98: System Update

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual System Update Once you have obtained the OS upgrade, follow these steps to update your system: Copy the update file (assume its name as update.pat) from any client computer to any shared folder on NP1040 NAS server. Open NFP Storage Manager, and go to ToolkitàSystem Update section.

  • Page 99: File Browser

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual During the upgrade, the browser on the client terminal will loose the connection to the system. Close the browser and wait for the upgrade to complete before re-connecting to NFP Storage Manager. (The system will send an e-mail message informing the administrator that the server is back on line).

  • Page 100: Logout

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Logout For safety reasons, r emember to log out whenever you do not need NFP Storage Manager. Besides during the initial configurations, system administrators and other users have three other options to further configure the server in the future: Using a browser to connect to the server’s IP address.
  • Page 101 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual When adding NP1040 NAS server into a Windows or UNIX NIS Domain, Windows PDC or NIS server accounts are not able to modify their personal details through NFP Storage Manager. If these users need to change some personal details, such as the passwords or e-mail, please contact system administrator of the Windows PDC or NIS server.
  • Page 102 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Chapter 4. Using NFP Storage Manager 1.1...
  • Page 103 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Chapter 5 NFP Backup Utility: Backing up and restoring data on the server System administrator can use NASolution Network Filer Plus, through the network, to backup data from NP1040 NAS server onto other storage devices on the LAN, or vise versa; that is to restore data from the storage media back onto NP1040 NAS server.

  • Page 104: Chapter 5 Nfp Backup Utility: Backing Up And Restoring Data On The Server

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual System information: including server configuration, Security Option, Apple Network setup, Novell Network setup, SNMP setup, UPS setup, etc. User accounts and groups: including all user accounts, groups, quota setup, shared folders, Windows domain/workgroup setup, UNIX network setup.

  • Page 105: Backing Up Data

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Backing up data Go to NFP Backup Utility, and click on the Backup button to open the backup window. Enter the system administrator (root) password. Choose the path to store the backup file (*.bkp) by clicking on Browse.
  • Page 106 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual backed up NP1040 NAS server a few days ago, he/she can select the Advanced option for “incremental backup”. This allows backing up only the changed data of the past few days and could save time and the storage space. Below are 2 examples for the incremental backup: Example 1: System administrator has backed up all the data from the...

  • Page 107: Restoring Data Back Onto The Server

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual FAT/FAT32 does not support files larger than 4GB. When running NASolution Network Filer Plus on Win95/98 clients with FAT/FAT32, or backing up files from NP1040 NAS server to another devices running Win95/98 with FAT/FAT32, the system will automatically divide the backup file into several 4GB-size files, and name the extension of each file in the order of “.bkp”, “.001”, “.002”, etc.
  • Page 108 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Enter the system administrator (root) password. Browse for the correct path. If only the changed data was backed up in the past, restoring each “.bkp” file chronologically is necessary. As in the previous example, system administrator needs to restore “Data 0101.bkp”, followed by restoring “Data 0101_0105.bkp”.
  • Page 109 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual as a reference by the system; if the names of the shared folders are the same on both the NP1040 NAS server and the intended to be restored file “.bkp”, system will not skip this folder but instead combine the data of both folders.
  • Page 110 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Click Apply. The system starts the back up process. Click Report to review the backed up data after the back up process is finished. Note: Make sure the hard disk configuration or volume status has not been changed when restoring data back onto NP1040 NAS server;...
  • Page 111 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Error code 1: system error occurred. Error code 2: cannot integrate into the indicated Window domain while restoring data. Error code 3: NP1040 NAS server has already been added into another Windows domain while restoring data, this will lead to failure of re-integrating into the original Windows domain.

  • Page 112: Chapter 6 Nfp Data Replicator - Automatic Backup From Windows Clients To Np1040 Nas Server

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Chapter 6 NFP Data Replicator - Automatic backup from Windows clients to NP1040 NAS server Backup is one method necessary to ensure data completeness. But people are often too busy to neglect the importance of regular data backup.

  • Page 113: Before You Begin

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Before you begin Set up NFP Storage Manager Before you begin using the NFP Data Replicator, network administrator must setup NP1040 in the LAN, and create accounts for all users of NFP Data Replicator on the server. Please note when setting up: Network Setup Please Enable Windows networking in Network SetupàWindows...
  • Page 114 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual NFP Data Replicator allows user to backup files to any shared folder with full access right in NP1040 NAS server. But due to security consideration, we urge user to backup files to his/her own home folder in NP1040 NAS server to prevent other users from unintentional deletion, modification, and use of these files.

  • Page 115: Nfp Data Replicator Basic Requirements

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual login to Windows and will only ask user to key in his/her password. If the account the user used to login to Windows client station does not match the account in NAS server, the user cannot use NAS because mismatched identification.

  • Page 116: Setup Nfp Data Replicator

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Operating System : Windows 98/ME/NT/200 0 O p t i m a l S c r e e n R e s o l u t i o n : 8 0 0 * 6 0 0 or above The Windows client running NFP Data Replicator has to support Microsoft Networking over TCP/IP protocol, and can be connected to NP1040 NAS server through physical network...
  • Page 117 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual In the Server column, select the destination to store backup files. Click the Browse button to display the search page and select the server and shared folder where you wish to store your backup files. After the selection is complete, click OK to return to the previous page.
  • Page 118 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual unintentional deletion, modification, and use of these files. Select those file folders of this computer you wish to backup/monitor in the tree structure below. Please note: you can run other NFP Data Replicator functions only after you have setup NP1040 NAS server and file folders of this machine.
  • Page 119 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Because this is the first time you use NFP Data Replicator for backup, please select All Files from the What to upload column. If this version has a special representative meaning, user may select the option Create a tag after upload so that after the upload is complete this version can be created with a tag to allow for easy recovery in future restoration.
  • Page 120 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual 1.0 program files, he/she can create a tag for these files at the specific point in time. In case any problem is encountered while modifying version 2.0, t h e engineer can easily recover all 1.0 program files to his machine for further modification.
  • Page 121 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual cause overloaded network traffic. Due to consideration of performance and efficiency, after running the complete backup in the first instance user may choose not to run automatic monitoring, but choose to manually upload the changed files to NP1040 server. Or, after the user finished complete backup at the first instance, if due to certain reasons (e.g.
  • Page 122 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Files Filtering User may choose not to backup non-essential files (e.g. .tmp or temporary files created by Windows client) To setup not to backup by file type, click Filter on the right and add specific file extension or prefix to avoid b acking up of files with this extension/prefix.

  • Page 123: Recover Files From The Server To Windows Client

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Recover files from the server to Windows client Select the Restore tab. In the right column is the display of backup file directory in NP1040 NAS Server. NFP Data Replicator by default uploads Windows client files to the directory NP1040 server:...
  • Page 124 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Select at the bottom of the page the destination of the restored files. (Path of your own machine) Select files or file folders from the right -hand column, click the right mouse button, click Restore in the browse function or click the Restore button at the bottom of the window.

  • Page 125: Tag Management

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Tag Management NFP Data Replicator allows the user to create up to 20 tags. The purpose of the tag is to help user record version of specific point in time. For example, if a software engineer has already completed program version 1.0 and is prepared to start coding version 2.0, to this engineer version 1.0 is the version with special representative meaning.
  • Page 126 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual User can create new tag to uploaded files when uploading files in the Backup tab. Please note, when creating tag the most updated versions of files in backup directories in NAS server will be saved. The two examples will illustrate this point: During uploading of All Files , if you click OK after selecting Create a tag after upload , NFP Data Replicator...
  • Page 127 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Select Tag tab, click Create button, and then click OK after key in Tag Name and Comment. NFP Data Replicator will create a tag for the latest ve rsion of every file in the NAS server backup directory.
  • Page 128 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual NFP Data Replicator...

  • Page 129: User Preferences

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual User Preferences Upload Upload before monitor. When this option is clicked, each time Monitor is executed, the system will check to see if there are files that have not been backed up. If yes, it will automatically upload these files. This is to prevent client computer to change certain files when there NFP Data Replicator...
  • Page 130 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual is network disconnect or if user did not run monitor immediately after running the complete backup in the first instance. Upload before creating tag. If user clicks this option, before new tag is created, NFP Data Replicator will upload changed files from client to the server and then create tag after the upload.
  • Page 131 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual monitor, once a user is logged in, the system will first upload all the files that have not been uploaded before running the monitor function. Version Setup NFP Data Replicator can support up to 20 versions. User can choose to select the number of versions for files to be backed up.

  • Page 132: Chapter 7 Troubleshooting

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Chapter 7 Troubleshooting NP1040 NAS Server Installation Problems First-time Network Setup with NFP Setup Assistant fails Make sure you have selected the correct server. Make sure the server is connected to the LAN. Check the LAN LED on the server panel to see if the connection is normal.
  • Page 133 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Cannot use Internet Explorer to connect to NFP Storage Manager Check if the network settings of NP1040 NAS server are correct, and make sure that the IP of NP1040 server does not conflict with those of other servers in the LAN. Make sure the Windows client has correctly installed/set up TCP/IP.

  • Page 134: System Problems

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual or use a different terminal for the setup. System Problems Boot failure There are two possibilities that could cause a system reboot failure. If the system administrator has ever added NP 1040 NAS server into a NIS domain before, he/she will not be able to reboot the NP1040 server in case this NIS server is not available.

  • Page 135: Problems About The Hard Disks On Np1040

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual still checking the file system and booting has not completed yet. Wait until it finishes instead of improperly shutting down the server again. Booting is completed when the LED’s on the front panel of the server is back to normal.
  • Page 136 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual insert a disk with an operating system already installed. Furthermore, try to use the same hard disk drives to avoid compatibility problems. Before inserting the new disk, make sure its jumpers are correctly set. Hard disk rebuild failure The following reasons can cause a hard disk rebuilding operation to fail:...

  • Page 137: Problems About Windows Clients' Access To

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Problems about Windows Clients’ Access to the NP1040 NAS Server Cannot find NP1040 server in “Network Neighborhood” Make sure that NP1040 server has been turned on and connected to the LAN. Make sure system administrator has enabled Windows Networking on NP1040 NAS server.
  • Page 138 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Neighborhood” in the Windows client’s terminal. This is due to Windows limitation that it cannot real-time update “Network Neighborhood”. Make sure system administrator has enabled Windows Networking on NP1040 NAS server. Make sure this account has authorized access to the shared folder.
  • Page 139 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual When a Windows 2000 client unexpectedly cannot access privileged files, it is possible that the wrong account name was entered when logging on to the NAS server, and this client has been logged in as a guest instead. Please log out of the server and log in again.

  • Page 140: Problems About Novell Clients' Access To Np1040.135

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Problems about Novell Clients’ Access to NP1040 NAS Server Novell clients cannot use the root account to access NP1040 NAS server. For system administrator root to access the server from Novell clients, please use the “ s upervisor” account and the root password of the NAS server to log in (there’s no need to create this account on the NAS), or create another admins group account on the server.
  • Page 141 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual shared folder. Check if the account used for logging into the Novell client also has a same-name account on NP1040 NAS server or PDC, and check if the password is correct. Make sure system administrator does not set a password for the guest account when users log in as guest.

  • Page 142: Problems About Apple Clients' Access To Np1040

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual and save it as “net$log.dat”. map p:=\\NAS001_nw\public1 write login_name if login_name<>"SUPERVISOR" and login_name<>"SUPERVIS" and login_name<>"GUEST" then map h:=\\NAS001_nw\home As shown in the example, the login script will map the public1 folder on NAS001 as “p” drive and map users’ home folders on NAS001 as “h”...
  • Page 143 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Apple clients cannot access NP1040 NAS server with the root account. System administrator root to access the server from an Apple client, please create another admins group account on the server. Apple clients will not be able to save any single file larger than 4GB onto NP1040 NAS server.
  • Page 144 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual If all the above settings are correct, please reboot NP1040 NAS server. Cross marks appear when an Apple client is browsing an English web site When an Apple client, for example a Mac OS 9.0.2 client, is trying to browse an English web site and sees many “cross”marks appear, please close Smartview from the Control Panel.
  • Page 145 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual The same solution can be applied to the problem happening when the Windows client cannot directly execute files saved by the Apple client to NP1040 NAS server. HDD space is not released after an Apple client deletes a file on NP1040 NAS server When an Apple client deletes a file on NP1040 NAS server, the file is not actually deleted so the available HDD space shown on the Server...

  • Page 146: Problems About Nfs Clients' Access To Np1040

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Problems about NFS Clients’ Access to NP1040 NAS Server ……….. Problems about Setting the NFP Storage Manager NFP Storage Manager lost connection to client terminal If due to heavy network traffic NFP Storage Manager fails to respond or freezes while running setup, try clicking on another section, then on the original section again.
  • Page 147 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual The account was originally a Windows PDC account. System administrator did not setup a password when adding it to the local accounts. If the client platform is using a language different from the one used on NFP Storage Manager, then the client might be reading random codes when using the system.

  • Page 148: Problems About Backing Up/Restoring Data

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Network connection broken. Check network connection and try again. SMTP server unavailable. Confirm that the server is working properly. SMTP server rejected the message. Verify that the SMTP server does not filter out junk messages. Contact the system administrator or try using a different SMTP server.
  • Page 149 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual codes: Error code 1: system error occurred. Try to restart the server, if this fails: please contact the customer service department. Error code 2: cannot integrate into the indicated Window domain while restoring data. If the NAS server is integrated into the Windows domain while backing up, the Windows domain information will be backed up simultaneity.

  • Page 150: General Problems

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Error code 4: the storage space on the NAS server is not sufficient restore data, restoring files been discontinued. Error Code 5: the network is suddenly disconnected or the user clicks on “Cancel” to stop the operation when backing up/restoring the data.

  • Page 151: Appendix 1 What Is Raid

    RAID can also be configured to use part of the disk capacity for mirroring or redundant data, thus preserving the integrity of the system in case one of the disks in the array fails. NASolution NP1040 supports RAID levels 0, 1, 5 and 5 with hot spare, described below: RAID level...

  • Page 152: Raid 0 (Striping)

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual RAID level Functionality t r e a t s m u l t i p l e d i s k s a s o n e v i r t u a l disk to increase a c c e s s s p e e d .

  • Page 153: Raid 1 (Mirroring)

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual efficiently transferred while assuring good quality, for example, in a recording. RAID 0 offers no mirroring or redundancy options. If one disk in the array fails, the entire array is inoperable. RAID 0 is not fault-tolerant. RAID 1 (mirroring) In a RAID 1 array, disks are arranged in pairs.
  • Page 154 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual spare disk. Should any disk in the array break down, the spare disk will automatically go online and system will start to rebuild data immediately. In other words, you are providing two disks for safety, leaving you with n-2 disks storage capacity in an array of n disks.
  • Page 155 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Even though RAID greatly increases the l e vel of safety in your system, you should still make it a habit to backup data periodically. If you accidentally erase data, even a RAID array cannot restore it. RAID can only compensate for the failure of one disk, that is, if two disks fail simultaneously, data loss is inevitable.

  • Page 156: Appendix 2 Windows Access To Np1040

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Appendix 2 Windows access to NP1040 After installing NP1040 NAS server (we shall assume the default server name NAS001), the server name NAS001 will appear in Windows Network Neighborhood. Users with access to NAS001 who are members of the users group (see Security Setup section above) can access a folder named after their account and other folders to which they have access on NAS001.
  • Page 157 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Appendix 3 UNIX access to NP1040 One of the purposes for the NFS protocol is to have similar management methods of the remote file system and local file system. Therefore, they can both use the “mount” command to mount. mount /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s5 /home...
  • Page 158 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual complicated task. When the path of a NFS file system changes, or a new NFS file system is added, the administrator has to change the settings for each Unix client one by one. Using NIS (Network Information Service) is one solution because NIS saves all mount information in the NIS server.

  • Page 159: Appendix 3 Unix Access To Np1040

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual directory in the first column except for “ -hosts”. The example above has a special line “ /-auto_direct.” “/-“ is not a directory. The directories to be mounted are in the database “auto_direct.” Its format /etc/auto_direct #Mount point Mount options...
  • Page 160 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual sysadmin:x:1000:500:System Administrator:/home/sysadmin:/bin/tcsh justind:x:1001:500:Justin Deng:/home/justind:/bin/tcsh anneli:x:1002:500:Anne Li:/home/anneli:/bin/tcsh jiem:x:1003:500:Jiem Deng:/home/jiem:/bin/csh When the user sysadmin logs in to the Unix clients, he will enter his default home directory /home/sysadmin according to “/etc/passwd”. auto_home database, /home/sysadmin will automatically mounted to dogfood:/volume1/homes/sysadmin. With auto_home, the administrator can easily allocate hard disk space to users.
  • Page 161 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Appendix 4 Apple access to NP1040 NASolution Network Filer Plus supports two access protocols AppleTalk and TCP/IP. System administrator only has to configure the desired protocol in NFP Storage Manager, Network SetupàApple network . Suppose your NP1040 NAS server is called NAS001.

  • Page 162: Appendix 4 Apple Access To Np1040

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual system administrator root to access the server from an Apple client, please create another admins group account on the server . Apple clients are not able to save single files larger than 4GB onto NP1040 NAS server. When there is more than one network ports in NP1040 NAS server and the server is set up as having multiple subnets, this system only supports Apple client in s single subnet to...
  • Page 163 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Appendix 5 Novell access to the NP1040 A Windows client terminal must have Client Service for Netware or Novell Client for Windows installed before access to NP1040 NAS server’s Novell service (this server only offers Binding Service, and no NDS).

  • Page 164: Appendix 5 Novell Access To Np1040

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Novell clients cannot access NP1040 NAS server with the root account. If system administrator root wants to access the server from a Novell client, please use the “ supervisor” account and the root password on the NAS server to log in (there’s no need to create this account on the NAS), or create another admins group account in the server host.

  • Page 165: Appendix 6 Email Notification List

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Appendix 6 Email notification list Recipient Subject Email Content System T e s t M e s s a g e f r o m D e a r u s e r , Administrator %HOSTNAME% T h i s i s a t e s t m e s s a g e s e n t...
  • Page 166 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Recipient Subject Email Content System %HOSTNAME% D e a r u s e r , Administrator t e m p e r a t u r e h a s reached critical limit! The server %HOSTNAME%'s t e m p e r a t u r e i s r e a c h i n g c r i t i c a l l i m i t a n d i s g o i n g t o b e s h u t d o w n a u t o m a t i c a l ly.
  • Page 167 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Recipient Subject Email Content P l e a s e r e p l a c e t h e s y s t e m f a n a s s o o n a s p o s s i b l e . System %HOSTNAME%: D e a r u s e r ,...
  • Page 168 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Recipient Subject Email Content D i s k f a n s m i g h t n o t b e working properly. Please check the server i m m e d i a t e l y a n d p o w e r i t down if necessary! System %HOSTNAME%:...
  • Page 169 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Recipient Subject Email Content You can now configure the IP address of %HOSTNAME%. System D i s k % D I S K _ I D % o n D e a r u s e r , Administrator %HOSTNAME% has b e e n r e m o v e d...
  • Page 170 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Recipient Subject Email Content System R e b u i l d i n g o f d i s k D e a r u s e r , Administrator %DISK_ID% on %HOSTNAME% has R e b u i l d i n g o f d i s k f a i l e d %DISK_ID% on...
  • Page 171 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Recipient Subject Email Content f i l e s o r a d d m o r e d i s k capacity. P l e a s e r e s e r v e a t l e a s t 1 0 MB space on Volume 1 for n o r m a l s y s t e m o p e r a t i o n s , otherwise the system will not...
  • Page 172 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Recipient Subject Email Content System Volume %VOL_ID% D e a r u s e r , Administrator on %HOSTNAME% c a n n o t c o m p l e t e Volume %VOL_ID% on R A I D b u i l d i n g .
  • Page 173 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Recipient Subject Email Content System Volume %VOL_ID% D e a r u s e r , Administrator on %HOSTNAME% is i n n o r m a l w o r k i n g The volume %VOL_ID% on c o n d i t i o n .
  • Page 174 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Recipient Subject Email Content System %HOSTNAME% D e a r u s e r , Administrator update complete D e a r u s e r , %HOSTNAME% has s u c c e s s f u l l y c o m p l e t e d t h e system update at %TIME% on %DATE%.
  • Page 175 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Recipient Subject Email Content Administrator cannot detect the local UPS. UPS monitor daemon cannot detect your local UPS. P o s s i b l e c a u s e s a r e : 1 .
  • Page 176 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Recipient Subject Email Content System %HOSTNAME% D e a r u s e r , Administrator cannot detect the remote UPS. T h e U P S m o n i t o r d a e m o n cannot detect your remote UPS.
  • Page 177 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Recipient Subject Email Content recognize "Status OID," w h i c h you have s e t o n t h e "UPS Management" page. P o s s i b l e c a u s e s a r e : 1.
  • Page 178 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Recipient Subject Email Content System Server D e a r u s e r , A d m i n i strator %HOSTNAME%: Low battery of the local The battery of the local UPS UPS.
  • Page 179 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Recipient Subject Email Content System %HOSTNAME% D e a r u s e r , Administrator Server backup error, error code %E. An error occurred while b a c k i n g u p . Please delete the backup file immediately.
  • Page 180 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Recipient Subject Email Content '%USER_NAME%' Your full name: '%FULL_NAME%' Y o u r p a s s w o r d : '%PASSWD%' General %OLD_HOSTNAME Hi %USER_NAME%, U s e r s % has been renamed The server orig i n a l l y c a l l e d %OLD_HOSTNAME% has b e e n r e n a m e d t o...

  • Page 181: Appendix 7 System Default Configurat Ion

    NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Appendix 7 System Default Configuration Server properties S e r v e r N a m e L a s t s i x d i g i t s o f t h e s e r i a l n u m b e r S e v e r D a t e a d T i m e Pacific time zone Server Failu r e...
  • Page 182 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Novell Enable Novell Networking Networking 802.2 Ethernet Frame Type Auto Internal Network D e f a u l t N u m b e r External Network N u m b e r Advanced Novell Server Name for Novell “_NW”...
  • Page 183 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Maximum Windows clients (CIFS/SMB): 5 1 2 Concurrent U N IX clients (NFS): 5 1 2 C o n n e c t i o n s Novell clients (NCP): 5 1 2 Apple clients (AFP): 5 1 2 U s e r G r o u p s Admins P r e d e f i n e d g r o u p w i t h...
  • Page 184 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual Default newly V o l u m e 1 c r e a t e d s h a r e d f o l d e r l o cation Maximum Shared 6 4 ( D o e s n o t i n c l u d e u s e r s ’ h o m e f o l d e r s ) Folders External User Enable Microsoft...
  • Page 185 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual A c c o u n t N a m e C a s e i n s e n s i t i v e 15 characters The nam e of an account cannot exceed 15 characters.
  • Page 186 NFP Storage Manager 1.1 User’s Manual UPS Management Do not have UPS Probing Interval 2 0 s e c o n d s Delayed before 3 m i n u t e s s h u t d o w n System Default Configuration...

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