Lenovo EMC PX4-300D Manuals

Table of Contents

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    Table of Contents

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  Setting Up Your Px4-300d Network Storage

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    Setup Overview
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    Set Up My Px4-300d Network Storage if It's Not Discovered
    • 13

      Discovering With LenovoEMC Storage Manager
    • 13

      Discovering the Px4-300d Without the Internet
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    Setup Page
  • 15

    Network Connection
    • 15

      Connecting the Px4-300d Network Storage to Your Network
  • 16

    Connecting the Px4-300d
    • 16

      Network Settings
    • 17

      Enabling Jumbo Frames for Each Nic
    • 17

      Manually Configuring Network Settings
    • 18

      Bonding NICs
    • 18

      VLAN Settings
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    Naming Your Px4-300d Network Storage
    • 20

      Setting Up Active Directory
  • 21

    Configuring Your Px4-300d Network Storage to Use Active Directory
    • 22

      Enabling Active Directory Trusted Domains
  • 23

    Customizing the Access to Features On Your Px4-300d Network Storage
    • 23

      Enabling the Display of Features
    • 23

      Enabling Access Permissions to Features
    • 24

      Non-Administrator User Log in
  • 25

    Obtaining Alerts about Your Px4-300d Network Storage
  • 26

    Tracing Events On Your Px4-300d Network Storage
    • 26

      Downloading the Complete Event Log File
  • 27

    Obtaining System Status for Your Px4-300d Network Storage
    • 27

      Space Usage
    • 27

      Control Panel
    • 27

      Device Information
  • 28

    Using Your Px4-300d Network Storage in Various Time Zones
  • 29

    Setting the Display Language for Your Px4-300d Network Storage
  • 30

    Printing Documents
  • 31

    Setting Up Personal Cloud, Security, and File Sharing

• 32

  Sharing Files

  • 33

    Sharing Overview
    • 33

      Interfaces for Sharing
  • 34

    Shares
    • 34

      What Are Shares and How Do I Organize Content With Them
    • 34

      Adding Shares
    • 35

      Managing Shares
      • 36

        Enabling Nfs Secured Access
      • 36

        Making a Share an Active Folder
      • 36

        Using Share Volumes
    • 37

      Deleting Shares
  • 38

    Using Protocols to Share Files
    • 38

      What Are Protocols and How Do I Use Them to Share Files
    • 38

      AFP File Sharing for Macs
    • 38

      Bluetooth File Sharing
    • 39

      FTP File Sharing
    • 39

      NFS File Sharing
    • 40

      Rsync: Synchronizing Files With Another Storage Device or Other Computers
    • 40

      Tftp
    • 40

      Monitoring Your Device With an SNMP Management Tool
    • 41

      Managing File Sharing With Web Access (Http/https)
    • 41

      WebDAV: Managing Files Using HTTP or HTTPS
    • 42

      Windows DFS: Creating a Distributed Windows File System
    • 42

      Windows File Sharing
  • 43

    Sharing Content Through the Home Page
    • 43

      Sharing Your Content With the World
    • 43

      Adding a Custom Home Page
  • 45

    Automatically Sending Content to Multiple People at Once
    • 45

      How to Set Up an Email Distribution Active Folder
  • 46

    Sharing Content Using Social Media: Overview
  • 47

    Managing Your Content
  • 48

    Transferring Content to and From Your Px4-300d Network Storage With Copy Jobs
    • 48

      Copy Jobs Limitations
  • 49

    Getting Content From a USB External Storage Device
    • 49

      Safely Removing External Storage
  • 50

    One-touch Transferring of Content From a USB Device
    • 50

      Setting QuikTransfer

• 51

  ISCSI: Creating IP-Based Storage Area Networks (SAN)

  • 52

    ISCSI Overview
  • 53

    Adding ISCSI Drives
    • 53

      Enabling ISCSI Drives
    • 53

      Connecting to ISCSI Drives
  • 54

    Managing ISCSI Drives
    • 54

      Adding CHAP User Access to an ISCSI Drive
  • 55

    Deleting ISCSI Drives

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  Storage Pool Management

  • 57

    Understanding How Your Content Is Stored
    • 57

      Storage Pools
    • 57

      Volumes
  • 58

    Adding and Managing Storage Pools
    • 58

      To Add a Data Storage Pool
  • 59

    Improving Performance With a Cache Storage Pool
    • 59

      To Add a Cache Storage Pool
    • 59

      Assigning a Cache Pool to a Volume
  • 61

    Volumes
    • 61

      Snapshots
      • 62

        Exposing/Unexposing the Snapshot
      • 62

        Restoring a Snapshot
      • 62

        Deleting a Snapshot
      • 62

        Displaying Shares in the Snapshot
      • 62

        Make the Snapshot Read-only
      • 62

        Changing Expose Mode
    • 63

      Adding and Managing Volumes
  • 65

    Deleting a Storage Pool
  • 66

    Changing RAID Protection Types

• 67

  Drive Management

  • 68

    Managing Drives
    • 68

      Setting Write Caching
    • 68

      Applying Global Drive Management Settings
    • 69

      Drive Status

• 70

  Backing Up and Restoring Your Content

  • 71

    Backup and Restore Overview
    • 71

      Backup of Data Through RAID Protection
  • 72

    Backing Up to and Restoring From Your Px4-300d Network Storage
    • 72

      Backing Up Macs With Time Machine
    • 72

      One-touch Transferring of Content From a USB Device
    • 73

      Copy Jobs Overview
  • 74

    Backing Up Your Px4-300d Network Storage
    • 74

      Copy Jobs
      • 75

        From: Settings
      • 76

        To: Settings
      • 76

        Setting a Schedule
    • 77

      Backing Up With Mozy Backup
    • 78

      Restoring Files With Mozy Backup
    • 78

      Registering With Avamar for Backup and Restore
    • 79

      Backing Up With Amazon S3
    • 79

      Restoring Files With Amazon S3
    • 79

      Backing Up With LenovoEMC Personal Cloud
    • 79

      Restoring Files With Personal Cloud

• 80

  Securing Your Px4-300d Network Storage and Contents

  • 81

    What Is Security and Do I Need It
  • 82

    Enabling Security and Creating an Administrator User
    • 82

      Disabling Security
  • 83

    Limiting Access to Your Content By Creating Users
  • 84

    Users
    • 84

      Users and Groups Overview
    • 84

      Adding Users
    • 85

      Managing Users
    • 86

      Deleting Users
  • 87

    Groups
    • 87

      Groups Overview
    • 87

      Adding Groups
    • 87

      Managing Groups
    • 88

      Deleting Groups
  • 89

    Using Active Directory Domain to Manage Users and Groups
    • 89

      Active Directory Users and Groups Overview
    • 89

      Managing Users and Groups With Active Directory
    • 90

      Deleting Active Directory Users and Groups
  • 91

    Managing Your Px4-300d Network Storage With Local and Active Directory Users
  • 92

    Creating Share Permissions for Ad Users and Local Users

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  Remote Access: Accessing Your Px4-300d Network Storage From Anywhere in the World

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    Remote Access Overview
  • 95

    Enabling Remote Access
    • 95

      Basic Option: Completing the Enable Remote Access Process
    • 95

      Premium Option: Completing the Enable Remote Access Process
  • 97

    Accessing Your Px4-300d Network Storage Remotely

• 98

  Personal Cloud: Accessing Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud From Anywhere in the World

  • 99

    What Is LenovoEMC Personal Cloud
    • 99

      LenovoEMC Personal Cloud Key Terms
  • 100

    Is My Content Secure
  • 101

    LenovoEMC Personal Cloud Setup Overview
  • 102

    Creating LenovoEMC Personal Cloud
  • 103

    Configuring Router Port Forwarding for Personal Cloud
    • 103

      Router Port Forwarding
  • 104

    Configuring Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud
    • 104

      Enabling Internet Access to the Px4-300d
    • 104

      Changing Personal Cloud Settings
  • 105

    Inviting People Onto Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud
  • 106

    Joining a Trusted Device to LenovoEMC Personal Cloud
  • 107

    Managing Trusted Devices On a Personal Cloud
    • 107

      Disconnecting Trusted Devices
    • 107

      Deleting Trusted Devices
  • 108

    Using Copy Jobs With a LenovoEMC Personal Cloud
  • 109

    Disabling or Deleting Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud
  • 110

    Accessing Content Using Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud
  • 111

    Informing Users What to Do With LenovoEMC Personal Cloud

• 112

  Sharing Content Using Social Media

  • 113

    Sharing Content Using Social Media: Overview
  • 114

    Facebook
  • 115

    Flickr
  • 116

    YouTube
  • 117

    Share Content Through LenovoEMC Personal Cloud

• 118

  Media Management

  • 119

    Media Management Overview
    • 119

      Scanning for Media Content
  • 120

    Media Services Capabilities and Limitations
  • 121

    Sharing Media Content Over the Internet
    • 121

      Enabling Internet Access From the Media Server Page
  • 122

    Media Aggregation
    • 122

      Enabling Media Aggregation
  • 123

    Social Media Sharing
  • 124

    Streaming Music, Movies, and Pictures
    • 124

      Example: Setting Up ITunes
    • 124

      Example: Setting Up Xbox 360
  • 125

    Photos
    • 125

      Photos Overview
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      Streaming Pictures
    • 125

      Creating a Slideshow On the Device Home Page
    • 125

      Automatically Resizing Your Photos
    • 126

      Getting Pictures From Your Camera
  • 127

    Music
    • 127

      Music Overview
    • 127

      Streaming Music
  • 128

    Torrents
    • 128

      Torrent Overview
    • 128

      Enabling Torrent Downloads
    • 128

      Deleting Torrent Jobs
    • 128

      Configuring Your Router for Torrent Downloads
    • 129

      Torrent Active Folders
      • 129

        Configuring a Torrent Active Folder
  • 131

    Videos
    • 131

      Video Capabilities Overview
    • 131

      Streaming Movies
    • 131

      Video Surveillance
      • 132

        Name
      • 132

        Space
      • 132

        Model
      • 132

        Action

• 135

  Adding Applications to Your Px4-300d Network Storage

  • 136

    Application Overview
  • 137

    Application Installation
  • 138

    Application Manager
    • 138

      Starting or Stopping an Application
    • 138

      Adding Applications
    • 138

      Removing Applications

• 139

  Upgrading Your Px4-300d Network Storage

  • 140

    Software Updates
    • 140

      Auto-update Process: Installing a Device Software Update
    • 140

      Manual Update Process: Installing a Device Software Update

• 142

  Backing Up and Recovering Your Px4-300d Network Storage Settings

  • 143

    Backing Up Your Px4-300d Network Storage Settings
    • 143

      Backing Up Device Configuration
    • 143

      Restoring a Configuration Backup

• 144

  Hardware Management

  • 145

    About the Px4-300d Network Storage Components
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      Front Panel
    • 146

      Drive Bay Access
    • 147

      Rear Panel
    • 147

      Default Settings
  • 148

    Energy Saving
    • 148

      Power Down Drives
    • 148

      Brightness
    • 148

      Wake On LAN
    • 148

      Creating a Power Schedule
  • 149

    Factory Reset
  • 150

    UPS Management
  • 151

    Troubleshooting Routers
    • 151

      Enabling the DMZ
    • 152

      Configuring Port Forwarding On Double NAT Networks
    • 152

      Bridging the Secondary Router
    • 152

      Bridging the Primary Router

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  Additional Support

  • 155

    How to Get Help
  • 156

    Support

• 157

  Legal

  • 158

    Safety Information
  • 159

    Open Source
  • 160

    Warranty Information
    • 160

      Limited Warranty Notice
    • 160

      Limited Warranty for Iomega Products
  • 161

    Regulatory Information
    • 161

      Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement
    • 161

      Canadian Verification
    • 162

      European Union - Compliance to the Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive
    • 162

      Important WEEE Information
    • 162

      European Union RoHS
    • 162

      India RoHS
    • 162

      Lithium Battery - California Perchlorate Information
    • 163

      Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Cable and Cord Notice
    • 163

      Recycling and Environmental Information
    • 163

      Export Classification Notice
  • 164

    Copyright and Trademark Information