Thecus N2560 Bedienungsanleitung

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Die Vorschriften verpflichten den Verkäufer zur Übertragung der Gebrauchsanleitung Thecus N2560 an den Erwerber, zusammen mit der Ware. Eine fehlende Anleitung oder falsche Informationen, die dem Verbraucher übertragen werden, bilden eine Grundlage für eine Reklamation aufgrund Unstimmigkeit des Geräts mit dem Vertrag. Rechtsmäßig lässt man das Anfügen einer Gebrauchsanleitung in anderer Form als Papierform zu, was letztens sehr oft genutzt wird, indem man eine grafische oder elektronische Anleitung von Thecus N2560, sowie Anleitungsvideos für Nutzer beifügt. Die Bedingung ist, dass ihre Form leserlich und verständlich ist.

Was ist eine Gebrauchsanleitung?

Das Wort kommt vom lateinischen „instructio”, d.h. ordnen. Demnach kann man in der Anleitung Thecus N2560 die Beschreibung der Etappen der Vorgehensweisen finden. Das Ziel der Anleitung ist die Belehrung, Vereinfachung des Starts, der Nutzung des Geräts oder auch der Ausführung bestimmter Tätigkeiten. Die Anleitung ist eine Sammlung von Informationen über ein Gegenstand/eine Dienstleistung, ein Hinweis.

Leider widmen nicht viele Nutzer ihre Zeit der Gebrauchsanleitung Thecus N2560. Eine gute Gebrauchsanleitung erlaubt nicht nur eine Reihe zusätzlicher Funktionen des gekauften Geräts kennenzulernen, sondern hilft dabei viele Fehler zu vermeiden.

Was sollte also eine ideale Gebrauchsanleitung beinhalten?

Die Gebrauchsanleitung Thecus N2560 sollte vor allem folgendes enthalten:
- Informationen über technische Daten des Geräts Thecus N2560
- Den Namen des Produzenten und das Produktionsjahr des Geräts Thecus N2560
- Grundsätze der Bedienung, Regulierung und Wartung des Geräts Thecus N2560
- Sicherheitszeichen und Zertifikate, die die Übereinstimmung mit entsprechenden Normen bestätigen

Warum lesen wir keine Gebrauchsanleitungen?

Der Grund dafür ist die fehlende Zeit und die Sicherheit, was die bestimmten Funktionen der gekauften Geräte angeht. Leider ist das Anschließen und Starten von Thecus N2560 zu wenig. Eine Anleitung beinhaltet eine Reihe von Hinweisen bezüglich bestimmter Funktionen, Sicherheitsgrundsätze, Wartungsarten (sogar das, welche Mittel man benutzen sollte), eventueller Fehler von Thecus N2560 und Lösungsarten für Probleme, die während der Nutzung auftreten könnten. Immerhin kann man in der Gebrauchsanleitung die Kontaktnummer zum Service Thecus finden, wenn die vorgeschlagenen Lösungen nicht wirksam sind. Aktuell erfreuen sich Anleitungen in Form von interessanten Animationen oder Videoanleitungen an Popularität, die den Nutzer besser ansprechen als eine Broschüre. Diese Art von Anleitung gibt garantiert, dass der Nutzer sich das ganze Video anschaut, ohne die spezifizierten und komplizierten technischen Beschreibungen von Thecus N2560 zu überspringen, wie es bei der Papierform passiert.

Warum sollte man Gebrauchsanleitungen lesen?

In der Gebrauchsanleitung finden wir vor allem die Antwort über den Bau sowie die Möglichkeiten des Geräts Thecus N2560, über die Nutzung bestimmter Accessoires und eine Reihe von Informationen, die erlauben, jegliche Funktionen und Bequemlichkeiten zu nutzen.

Nach dem gelungenen Kauf des Geräts, sollte man einige Zeit für das Kennenlernen jedes Teils der Anleitung von Thecus N2560 widmen. Aktuell sind sie genau vorbereitet oder übersetzt, damit sie nicht nur verständlich für die Nutzer sind, aber auch ihre grundliegende Hilfs-Informations-Funktion erfüllen.

Inhaltsverzeichnis der Gebrauchsanleitungen

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    U ser ’ s Manual N2520/N2560/N4 520/N4560 Series v 6.2[...]

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    ii Copyright and T r ademark No tice C opyright and T r ademark Notice  Thecus and other name s of Thecus produc ts are registered trademar ks o f Thecus T echnolog y Corp. Microsof t, Windows, and the Windows lo go are registered trademarks o f Microso ft Cor poration. Apple, i T unes and Apple OS X are registered trademar ks of A pple Computer[...]

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    iii Safet y Warnings Safety W arnings  F or your sa fety, please read and follow the following safet y w arnings: Read this manual thoroughly before attempting to set up your Thecus IP stora ge . ¾ Y our Thecus IP storage is a complicated elec tronic device. DO NOT at tempt to re - Thecus IP storage is a complicated elec tronic device. DO NOT a[...]

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    iv T able of Contents T able of C ontents  C opyright and T rademark Notice . ............................................... ii About This Manual. ...................................................................... i i Limited W arran t y . ........................................................................ i i Sa fet y W arnings. .....[...]

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    v T able of Contents 3.3.13 Reboot & Shutdow n. ................................................................................................ 20 3.3.14 F ile System Check. .................................................................................................... 20 3.3. 15 W ake -U p On LAN ( WOL). .................................[...]

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    vi T able of Contents 3.7.3 Module Ins tallation. .................................................................................................... 75 3.7.4 NA S Applicat ion. .......................................................................................................... 76 3.8 Backup . ................................................[...]

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    1 Chapter 1: I ntroduction Chapter 1: Intr oduc tion § Over view 1 .1 Thank you for choosing the Thecus IP Storage Ser ver . The Thecus IP storage is an easy-to -use storage ser ver that allows a dedica ted approach to stor ing and distr ibuting data on a net work . Data reliabil - it y is ensured with RAID features tha t provide data securit y an[...]

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    2 Chapter 1: I ntroduction F ront Panel 1 .3 N2520/N2560: • The Thecus N2520/N2560 ’ s front panel shows the de vice’ s indicators and hard disk inst all slots: Fr ont P anel Item Description 1. Syste m status Blinking white: Diag nostic mode kick-in Solid white : Diagnostic c ompleted 2. HDD1 LED Blinking white: HD D activity Red: HDD failu [...]

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    3 Chapter 1: I ntroduction N4520/N4560: • The Thecus N4520 /N4560 front p anel show s the de vice’ s indicator s, s ystem informa tion and hard disk tray s: Fr ont P anel Item Description 1. Power LED Solid blue: Power on 2. System statu s Blinking orange: Diagnostic mode k ick-in Solid orange: Diagnostic c ompleted 3. LAN LED Gr een : Net work[...]

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    4 Chapter 1: I ntroduction Rear Panel 1 .4 N2520/N2560: • The N252 0/N2560 rear pan el features por ts and connectors . Back Panel Item Description 1. System F an System fan that exhausts heat from the unit. 2. HD MI F or Video/Audio out 3. SPDIF For Audio out 4. LAN Po r t LAN por t for conne cting to an Etherne t net work through a switch or a [...]

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    5 Chapter 1: I ntroduction N4520/N4560: • The N4520/N4 560 rear pane l features por ts and connectors . Back Panel Item Des cription 1. System F an Sy stem fan that exhausts heat from the unit. 2. USB Por ts USB 2.0 por t for compatible USB de vices, such as digital cameras, USB disks, and USB pr inters. 3. LAN P or t L AN por t for connec ting t[...]

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    6 Chapter 2: Hardware I nstallation Chapter 2: Har dware Installation § O ver v iew 2. 1 Yo u r Thecus IP s torage is designed for easy installation. T o help you ge t st ar ted, the following chapter will help you quick ly ge t your Thecus IP stor age up and running. Please read it c arefully to pre vent damaging your unit during inst allation. B[...]

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    7 Chapter 2: Hardware I nstallation P ress the power button on the F ront P anel to boot up the Thecus IP storage . 3. N2520/N2560 pow er button S N4520/N4560 power button S[...]

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    8 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration Chapter 3: S yst em Administr ation § Over view 3 .1 The Thecus IP storage provides an easily acce ssible Web Administration I nter face. With it, you can configure and moni tor the Thecus IP s torage any where on the net work . W eb Admin istration Inter f ace 3. 2 Mak e sure your net work is connec ted to the[...]

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    9 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration My F av orite 3. 2.1 The user inter f ace wi th “My F avorite ” shor tcut allows the user to designate o ften used items and have them display on the main screen area. The figure below displays sys tem favor ite f unctions. Administr ator s can add or remove f avorite f unction s to My F avorite s by r ight [...]

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    10 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration Message Bar 3. 2.3 Y ou can ge t quick information about your sys tem status by moving your mouse over these icons. Me ssage Bar Item Status Description RAID I nformation. Display the status of created RA ID volume. Click to go to RAID information page a s shor t cut. Disks I nformation. Display the status of di[...]

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    11 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration Language S elec tion 3 .2.6 The Thecus IP stora ge suppor ts multiple Languages, including: English  Japanes e  T radi tional Chinese  Simplified Chinese  F rench  German  I talian  K orean  Spanish  Russian  Po li s h  P or t uguese  On the menu bar , click L anguage and t h[...]

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    12 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration Sy stem/ Ser vice Status 3.3 .2 F rom the System Management categor y,, choose the Status item, S ystem S er vice Status and HW S ta- tatus ite m, System Ser vice Status and HW Sta- item, System Ser vice Status an d HW Sta- Ser vice Status and HW Sta- and HW Sta- HW Sta- Sta - tus sc reens appear . These screens[...]

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    13 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration W ARN Shows o nly w arning me ssages. ERROR Shows only error mess ages. Download All L og Fil e Expor t all lo gs to an exter nal file. T runcate All Log F ile Clear all log fil es. The numbe r of lines per page Specify desired number of lin es to display per page. Sor t Ascending Shows logs by date in ascendi[...]

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    14 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration Syslog ser vice If S er ver has been selected then ass ociated syslog folder will be used to store all sys tem logs f rom other NAS devices which has assigned this system for s yslog ser ver as well as syslog of this ser ver unit. It can be seen from associated syslog fold er with files “ error ” , “ Info[...]

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    15 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration F or the on- line user s list, sy stem monitor will display the on-line users and the share folder they have visited . System Moni tor Item Description Save Layout Saving selec ted monitor ing items. Layout will remain the s ame for future visi ts. Reset Layout Set back to default monitoring se ttings and layout[...]

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    16 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration[...]

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    17 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration T ime : S etting system t ime 3.3 .7 F rom the Sys tem Management categor y , choose the Time item and the Time screen appear s. Set the desired Date, Time, and Time Zone . Y ou can also elect to synchronize the s ystem time on Thecus IP storage with an NTP ( Networ k Time P rotocol ) Ser ver . See the following[...]

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    18 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration Sch edule Power On /O  3. 3.9 Using the The cus IP stor age Sy stem Management, you c an save energy and money by sche duli ng the Thecus IP stora ge to tu rn itself on a nd off duri ng certain ti mes of the da y. F rom the System Management cate gor y , choose the S chedule Power On /O ff item and t he S c[...]

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    19 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration Admi nistrator Password 3.3 .1 0 F rom the Sy stem Management categor y , choose the Administra tor Password item and the C hange Administrator P assword screen appears. Enter a new pass word in the New Password box and con - firm your new password i n the Confi rm Passwo rd box. Pr ess Apply to confirm passw[...]

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    20 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration Resetting to factor y def aults will not erase the data s tored in the hard disks, but WILL rever t all the settings to the f actor y def ault values Reboot & Sh utdown 3.3 .1 3 F rom the System Management categor y , choose Reboot & Shutdown item, and the Shutdown/Re - boot System screen appears . Pre s[...]

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    21 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration Once you click Nex t, you will see the following screen: Click Star t to begin the file system check. Click Reboot to reboot the s ystem. When the file sy stem check is running, the sy stem w ill show 20 lines of infor mation until it is com - plete. Once complete, the results will be shown at the bo ttom. The[...]

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    22 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration W ak e -Up On LAN ( WOL) 3.3 .1 5 The Thecus IP stora ge has the abilit y to be awok en f rom sleep mo de via LAN por t . F rom the System Management c ategor y, choose the W OL item, and the W ak e -up On LA N screen ap - pears. From here , you c an Enable or Disable. SNMP Suppor t (N4520/N 4560 O nly) 3.3 .1 6[...]

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    23 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration Network ing 3.3. 18 F rom the System M anagement cate gor y , choo se Net work ing, and the Net work ing C onfigur ation screen appears. This screen displays the net work par ameters of the glob al s ettin g and ava ilable net work connec tion. Y ou may change any of these i tems and press Apply to c onfirm you[...]

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    24 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration Most f aster Ethernet (10/100) Switches/Routers do no t support Jumbo Fra me and will not be able to connect to your Thecus NAS af ter Jumbo Fra me is turned on. Storage Management 3. 4 The Storage m en u displays the status of storage dev ices ins talled in the Thecus IP storage. It includes storage con figura[...]

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    25 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration S.M.A.R.T . In formation • On the Disk I nformation screen, selec t a disk then click on “ Smar t ” to list t he S.M. A.R.T . info o f the associated disk . Y ou may also per for m a disk SMAR T test ; s imply click “ Te s t ” to star t the SMART test . The result is only for reference and the system w[...]

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    26 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration Current Pending Sector Current count of unstable s ectors (wai ting for remapping). The r aw value of this attr ibute indicates the total number of sectors waiting for remapping. Later , when some of these s ectors are read succ essfully, the value is de creased. If er rors still occur when reading sectors, the [...]

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    27 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration RAID Level Shows the current RAID configuration. Status Indicates s tatus of the RAID. Can read either Healthy , Degraded , or Damaged . Disks Us ed Hard disks use d to for m the current RAID volume. T otal Capacity T otal capacity of the curre nt R AID . Data Capacity Indicates the used capacity and total capa[...]

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    28 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration Specify a RAID ID . 3. If this RAID volume is meant to be the M aster R AID volume, tick the Master RAID che ck box. 4. In a multiple R AID conguration, one RA ID volume must be designated as th e Maste r RAID volume. The M aster R AID volum e will s tore all installed modules. I f the Master RAID is changed [...]

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    29 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration Once the C reate but ton has been pressed with the Encr y ption check box enabled, t he following message pop-up will appea r for con firmation. Af ter the RAID volume has been created , you may remove the USB disk un til the nex t time the system boots . The RAID volume cann ot be mounted if the USB disk with [...]

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    30 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration Selec ted the file s ystem you would lik e to have for this RAID volume. . 8. P ress Submit to build the RAID storage volume. 9. P ress “ Ye s ” for R AID volume creat ion preparation. Then click “ Finish ” to star t up with RAID 1 0. volume building.[...]

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    31 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration Building a RAID volume may be time consuming, depending on the size of hard drives and R AID mode. In general, if the R AID volume building process is up to “RAID Building ” , then the dat a volume is accessible. Creating R AID destroy s all d ata in the curre nt R AID volume. The da ta will be unrecoverable[...]

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    32 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration Creating R AID destroy s all d ata in the curre nt R AID volume. The da ta will be unrecoverable. Edit R AID • On the RAID Infor mation screen, press the Edit butt on to go t o the RAID Informat ion sc ree n. Using Edi t RA ID , you can s elect RAI D ID an d the Spa re Dis k .[...]

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    33 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration Remove R AID • Click to remove the R AID volume . All user data and iSCSI crea ted in the selec ted RAID volume wil l be deleted. To remove a RAID volume, follow the steps b elow : On the RAID List screen, select the RAID volume by clic k ing on its radio button, and cli ck RAID 1 . Infor mation to open the RA[...]

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    34 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration Migrating a RA ID (Dose not apply to the N2520/N2560 ) • Once a RAID volume has been created, you may want to move it to other physical dri ves or change the R AID array a ll tog ether . T o m igrat e a RAID 1, RAI D 5 or RAI D 6 volume, follow the steps below : F rom the R AID Configuration screen, click M i[...]

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    35 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration Migrating a R AID volume could tak e several hours to complete. • The RAID migration feature is available only when it is congurable. • Here is a list of limitation with RAID leve l migration function : During RAI D le vel m igration, it is not permitted to reboo t or shutdown system. 1 . Fo r RAID migrat[...]

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    36 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration NAS Stacking (N4520/N 4560 Only) 3.4 .3 The Thecus IP storage ’ s cap acity can b e expande d even fur ther using the stack able func tion. With i t, users c an expand the capacit y of their net work storage s ystems up to 5 other s tack t arget volumes which are loc ated in different s ystems. These can b e [...]

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    37 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration Nex t, input the target IP address of the s tack able de vice and click the Discover y button. The system will list available target volume s fro m the input ted IP addr ess. Once the volume IP has b een set , you may nee d to input a valid user name and p assword to validate your access r ight s . I f there is [...]

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    38 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration F rom the figure above, the Stack ed T arget name i s “ pmmeeting” . The figures below show the result before and after via M icr osof t N et work A ccess w hen set ting s have been completed . The Browseable setting is the same me thod us ed for setting a sys tem share folder . I t desig nates whether or [...]

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    39 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration The Public setting will be set the same way as the set ting for the system share folder associated with the ACL per mission is . If Pu blic is set to Y es, all users will be able to access it, and ACL button will be gray ed out. I f Publ ic is set to No , the A CL button will be available in the Stack T arge t L[...]

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    40 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration With this new ly att ached stack t arget dev ice, you will see the infor mation displayed and also have access to s everal op tions to choose from . In general, if the at tached stack target device has been used by an other Thecus NAS as stack target volume , then the F ormat item will be display and system w il[...]

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    41 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration D . Stack T arget ACL If the stack target Public setting set to Ye s , then the ACL button will be grayed out. However , if P ublic setting is se t to No , then the ACL button wil l be av ailable for you to setup user acce ss per mission s for the stack tar get. The ACL setting s wi ll be ex actly the sa me as t[...]

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    42 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration ISO Moun t (N4520/N4560 Only) 3.4.4 The ISO Mount feature is a ver y usef ul tool from the Thecus products. W ith it, users can mount an IS O file and hav e the expor t name display all the details from the mou nted ISO file . F rom the main menu, the ISO M ount feature i s located under “ Stor age ” . Ple[...]

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    43 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration T o mount the ne w ISO file, selec t one file from the lis t of file s and inp ut the desired mounting name into the “ Mount as: ” field. Click “ ADD ” t o confir m the completion o f the mounting. I f nothin g i s inp ut in the “ Moun t as ” ISO file expor t name field , the system will autom[...]

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    44 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration iSCSI (N4520/N4560 Only) 3. 4.5 Y ou may spec ify the spa ce allocated for iSCSI. Se e the table below to the allowed iSCSI target num- See t he table below to the allowed iSCSI target num- S ee the table below to the allowed iSCSI target num- iSCSI t arget num- num - ber per system : Model N4520/N4560 Allow ed [...]

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    45 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration T o allo cate spa ce for an i SCSI tar get on the cur rent RAID volume, follow t he steps below : Under the iSCSI T a rget List , selec t iSCSI T arg et then click Add . 1 . The Create iSCSI V olume scree n appears. Create i SCSI V olume Item Description iSCSI T arget Volume Enable or Disable the iSCSI T arget V[...]

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    46 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration Username Enter a username. Pa ss w or d Enter a password. Password Confirm Reenter the chosen password RAID ID ID of cur rent RAID volume. L UN Alloca tion T wo modes can be choose f rom : Thin-provision: iSCSI thin-provision ing sh ares the available physical c apacity to multiple iSCSI target volumes. It allo[...]

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    47 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration Modif y your set ting s . P ress ok to change. 2. Expand V olu me • The iSCSI vol ume is now able to expand it s capacity from unused space (Instant Allocation mode only). F rom the volume list , simply selec t the iSCSI volume you like to expand and click the Expand button:[...]

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    48 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration Y ou wil l then see the d ialog box displayed b elow . Drag the Expand Capa cit y bar to the size you want. Then press Expand to confirm the op eration. Delete V olu me • To delete volume on the cur rent RAID volume, follow the steps below : Under the Volume Allocation List, click D elete . 1 . The Sp ace All[...]

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    49 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration P ress YES. All data in the volu me wil l be removed . 2. iSCSI Thin-Pr ovisioning • If i SCSI Thin-Provisioning is selec ted when creating an iSCSI target volume, vir tual memor y is as- iS CSI t arget volume, v ir tual memor y is as- vir tual memor y is as - signed to the t arget, allowing the physical memor[...]

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    50 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration F rom the LU N ACL sett ing screen click “ Ad d ”: Nex t, input “ Initiator iqn ” and setup iSCSI target volume ac cess privilege s fro m the av ailable list . A pply by click ing the OK button. The ac cessible I nitiator will be listed as shown in the screen shot displaye d below .[...]

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    51 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration The listed “ Initiator iqn ” c an be modified or deleted by select ing the desired iqn and press ing Modify or D elete . Advance Option • There are 3 av ailable op tions for the user to operate Thecus IP storage associated with iSCSI setting . The det ails a re listed in the following screenshot . If the [...]

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    52 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration Error Recover y Level The Error R ecover y Level (ERL) is negot iated during a leading iSCSI connec tion login in t raditional iSCS I ( RFC 372 0 ) and iSE R ( RFC 504 6 ). ERL=0: Session Recov er y ERL=0 (Session Recovery) is trigger ed when failur es within a comma nd, within a connec - tion, and/or within T C[...]

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    53 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration Item D escription Work Group / Domain Name Specifies the SMB/CIFS Work Group / ADS Domain Name (e.g. M YGR OU P ). ADS Suppor t Selec t Disable to disable authentic ation through Windows Active Director y S er ver . ADS S er ver Name Spec ifies the ADS ser ver name (e.g. adser vername). ADS Realm Specifies th[...]

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    54 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration Local User Conguration Item Description Add Pr ess the Add button to add a user to the list of local users. Edit Pr ess the Edit button to modify a local us er . Remove P ress the Re move button to delete a selec ted user from the system. Add Users • Click on the Add butto n on Local User Config uration sc[...]

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    55 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration Edit Users • Selec t an existing user f rom the Local User Configurat ion screen. 1 . Click on the Edit button, and the L ocal User Setting screen appea rs. 2. F rom here, you can enter a ne w pass word and re - enter to confirm, or use the << or >> but - 3. tons to have this user join or leave a[...]

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    56 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration Local Group Conguratio n Item Description Add P ress the Add button to add a user to the list of lo cal groups. Edit Press the Edit button to modify a selec ted group from the system. Remove P ress the R emove button to delete a selec ted group from t he system. Add Groups • On the Local Group Configurati [...]

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    57 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration Remove Gro ups • On the Local Group Configurati on screen, select a group name from the list. 1 . P ress R emove to delete the group from the sy stem. 2. Batch Users and Groups Creation 3. 5.4 The Thecus IP s torage c an also add users and groups in batch mode. This enables you to convenient- Thec us IP s tor[...]

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    58 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration Share F older 3. 5.5 F rom the File Shar ing/ P r ivilege menu, choose Sh are F olders, and the Shared F older screen appear s. This screen allows you to create and con figure folders on the Thecus IP s torage volume. Adding F olders • On the Folder screen, press the Add but ton and t he Add Folder screen app[...]

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    59 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration you to change folder information. Af ter en tering the information, press Apply to save your changes. Modify Folder Item Description F older Name Enter the name of the folder . Public Admit or deny public access to this folder . Apply Pr ess Apply to create the folder . Remove F older s • To remove a folder , [...]

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    60 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration NFS Share (N4520/N4560 Only) • T o allow NFS acc ess to t he share folder , enable the NFS S er vice, and t hen se t up hosts wi th access rights b y click ing Add. NFS Sh are Item Description Hostname Enter the name or IP address of the host Privil ege Hos t has eit her read only or wr iteable access to the f[...]

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    61 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration Samb a Congurati on • On the F older screen, press the Samba but ton and the S amba Configuration s creen appear s. This screen allows you to setup samba c onfiguration for assoc iated folder . Af ter entering the informa tion, press Apply to ac tivate input settings. Samba Conguration Item Description[...]

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    62 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration A CL setting Item Description Deny Denies ac cess to us ers or grou ps who are displayed in this c olumn. Read Only P rovides R ead Only access to users or groups who are displayed in this c olumn. Writable Provides Write access to users or groups who are displayed in this column. Recursive Enable to inherit the[...]

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    63 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration The ACL can only be se t for share and sub- folders level, not for les. The ACL screen also allows you to s earch for a par ticular user . T o do this, follow the steps below : In the b lan k , enter the name of the user you would lik e to find. 1 . F rom the drop down select the grou p you would like to sea[...]

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    64 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration User and Group Back up 3. 5.7 The user and group b ackup feature allow sy stem user s and groups to be back ed up to an other location and be res tore d if needed. Ple ase no te, when resto rin g previous b ackup users and groups, the cur rent users and groups lis t will be replaced from t his r esto re fi le ?[...]

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    65 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration A de scription of each item follows: LDAP Suppor t Item Description LDAP Ser vice Enable or Disable LDAP ser vice . LDAP Ser ver IP Input LDAP ser ver IP address. Base D omain Input base domain information ex . dc=tuned, dc =com, dc= tw Manager Input manager ’ s name. Pa ss w or d I nput manager ’ s pass wor[...]

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    66 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration Network S er vice 3 .6 Use t he Net work Ser vic e menu to mak e net work ser vice suppor t settings. Samba / CIFS 3.6 .1 There are op tions allow Admin to Enable/Disable to operate Thecus IP storage ass ociated with Samba / CIFS protocol . With the option changed , it will need to reboot system to activate. Sam[...]

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    67 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration Simply enable the “Rec ycle Bin ” f unction and “Rec ycle F older Display ” then all of deleted files/ folders will reside in the “_N AS_Re cycle _(Associate d RDID V olume)” share folder . F or e xample, the sy stem has created 2 RAID volumes wi th ID “RAIDpm ” and ‘RAID” . Then it will hav[...]

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    68 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration AFP (Apple Network Se tup) 3.6 .2 F rom the System Net work menu, choose the A FP item, and the A FP Suppor t s creen app ears. This screen displays the c onfiguration items for the Apple Fi ling Protocol. Y ou can change any of these items and press Apply to confirm your set tings. A de scription of each item[...]

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    69 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration NFS Se tup (N4520/N4560 Only) 3.6 .3 F rom the System Net work menu, choose the NFS item, and the NFS Suppor t screen appears. The Thecus IP storage c an ac t as an NFS ser ver , enabling user s to download and upload files w ith their favor ite NFS clients. Pr ess Apply to con firm your settings. A de scripti[...]

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    70 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration Allow Anonymous F TP Acces s Upload/Dow nload: Allow anonymous F TP users to upload or download files to/ from public folders. Download: Allow anonymous FTP users to download files from public folders. No acce ss: Block anonymous FTP user access. Auto Rename If check ed, the system will automatically rename fi[...]

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    71 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration A de scription of each item follows: W eb S erv ice Item Description HT T P ( WebDisk) Suppor t Enable or disable WebDisk suppor t. Enter the por t number if this option is enabled. The por t number is de fault 80. HT T P s (Secure W ebDisk ) Suppor t Enable or disable secure WebDisk suppor t. Enter the por t if[...]

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    72 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration SSH 3 .6.9 The de vice is now SSH proto col suppor te d. It allo ws user to use SSH and hav e console to manipulate as needed . The SSH def aul t login user name is “ root ” with full privilege and passwor d is admin ’ s pass- needed . The SSH def aul t login user name is “ root ” with f ul l privilege[...]

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    73 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration A de scription for eac h item as following: DDNS Item Description DDNS Ser vic e Enable or disable DDN S service . Re gist er Choose the ser vice provider from the drop down list. User name Input user name with DDNS registr y . Pa ss w or d Input password with DDN S registr y . Domain name Input domain name with[...]

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    74 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration And click “ Ad d Rule ” to add more por t mapping from I nternet to acc ess desired s er vices or press “ Refr esh ” to get most updated li st. A de scription for eac h item as following: UPnP P or t Management Item Description Star t port Specific port numb er st ar ts with . End port Specific por t n[...]

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    75 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration Application Ser ver 3. 7 The Thecus IP storage supp or ts built-in application such as iTunes ser ver as well as a dd-on official or third -p ar t y app lications. iT unes® S er ver (Built in) 3. 7.1 With the built-in iT unes ser ver capabilit y , Thecus IP stor age enables digital music to be shared and played[...]

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    76 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration NAS Application 3 .7. 4 Click on NAS Applicat ion f rom the Application Ser ver c ategor y, it will lis t the current sy stem so ft ware and official application s tatus. Backu p 3. 8 The re ar e a num ber of ways to ba ck up data w ith the Thecus IP s torage . Rsync T arget Ser ver 3 .8.1 When it come s to back[...]

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    77 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration Enable Rs ync T arget S er ver 1 . Add a user name and p assword (the y c an be different than your NAS’ s username and 2. password) Selec t Appl y 3. Y ou will need this user name and p assword while the data is going to remotely back up to this Rsync targe t ser ver . Now Rsync is tur ned on your NAS, which[...]

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    78 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration Then 3 different selec tions appear and can be chosen from : Remote Data backup Item Description F ull Backup The “ F ull back up ” will have all shares from source backup to destination. I t could also create shares automatically f rom destination if it is not existent. This only appl ies if the target ser[...]

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    79 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration F ull B ackup • Click on full back up and the se tup screen appear as below. F ill in the remote target IP (De stination) and port (need to be change d only if this por t is already in use). If encr yp tion is required then enable it. Please mak e sure the associated target ser ver also has encr ypt ion enable[...]

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    80 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration -F ill out all the necessar y details and choose your parameters Add Rsync B ackup T ask Item Description T ask Name This is how this task will appear in the task list . Backup T ype Real time: I t w ill backup folder s/files from source to target on the fl y . On the other hand, any changes f rom the s ource [...]

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    81 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration F rom the task lis t, you can now s ee the ne wly added task “ fullb ack01 ” . The back up is se tup as “ real time ” . F rom the status field, “ P rocessing ” can be read as the back-up is per formed on the fly . Custom Backup • The custom b ackup se tting is similar to the full back up. The onl[...]

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    82 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration Click “ Nex t ” and more setting app ear s . Th ese ar e the as t he set tings for “ F ull backup ” 3. Click “ F inish ” and the data guard task will ap pear in the list as show n below. 4. F rom the task list , you can now se e the newly added “ customback01 ” . This backup is se tup as “ sche[...]

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    83 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration iSCSI Backup • If the source unit contain s iSCSI volume, it can be back ed up t o the t arget uni t as a single file. The proc edure is the same as for t he pre vious “ F ull b ackup ” and “ Custom back up ” , sele ct “ iSCSI back up ” from data guar d wizard. Inputs the share folder name of the [...]

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    84 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration 4. Click “ F inish ” and the data guard task will appea r in the list as sho wn below. F rom the task list , you can now see the newly added “ iscsiback ” . This backup is setup as “ schedule ” . The source folder name will use iSCSI_+target volume name. So here it is displayed as “ iSCSI_pmtest ?[...]

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    85 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration Restore NAS Conguration • This is a useful feature if the sy stem configuration ne eds to be re store d to a brand new unit . L e t ’s g o thru the following ex ample to see how it works . The original source system has 3 RAID volume , “ R AID ” , ‘ R AI D10 ” and “ RAID 20 ”, and has back ed[...]

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    86 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration Click “ Nex t ” and a screen wil l app ear as show n below . I t has the listed available sy stem 3. configuration backup file s . Select the one you want and click nex t. Y ou also have the option to downloa d the current s ystem c onfiguration before restor ing fr om the backup file. Af ter click ing ?[...]

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    87 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration T he backup configuration has different numbers of RAID volume than the curren t sy ste m (3 5. vs 1). I t can be k ept as the RAID volume mapping arranged by t he system , then car r y on to click “ F inish ” . This means that all 3 R AID volumes configuration such as share folder e tc. will all rest ore[...]

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    88 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration Data Guar d (Local Backup) 3.8 .3 The Thecus product provides c omplete backup solution bet ween Thecus NAS s ystems as well as bet ween folders of local s ystem s . Remote Data backup Item Description Add Add a new task. Edit Edit selec t ed task . Remove Remove selec t ed task . Star t C lick on star t to star[...]

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    89 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration Local Data backup Item Description Impor t This is associated with ex ternal device s which are added to the system such as USB disk. Yo u can sele ct a folder f rom an ex ternal de vice and impor t it to t he NAS as a share folder . Copy Copy folder to folder or NAS folder to ex ternal device or exter nal de vi[...]

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    90 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration impor t ed them to the NAS under the RAID60volume. Nex t, please selec t the path from the drop down list to save the log. Also , give the access permission whether these selecte d folders will be “ Public ” or no t af ter the impor t. Read the no tes and check the “ Accept ” box for confi r mation. I f[...]

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    91 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration N o w, you will see in the data guard task list that you have cr eated a t ask . And th at the sy stem ha s created 2 ne w share folders from the task jus t crea ted. Copy : click on “ Copy ” and this screen appea r s. 2. 3 di fferent op tions c an be s elected, folder to folder , folder to ex ternal dev ic[...]

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    92 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration F older to F older • F ol der t o exter nal devic e • External device to Folder •[...]

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    93 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration Let ’ s tak e “ Folder to E xter nal de vice ” as an e xample. I n the s ource pan e , s elect the d esired R AID volume and its associated folder list will appe ar ; same method i n the t arget pa ne for the associated ex ternal de vice. Selec t a folder f rom the so urce pan e which is going to be c opy [...]

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    94 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration Read the note s and check the “ Accept ” box for con firmation. N o w, you will see in the data guard task list that you have cr eated a t ask . Realtime Back up: click on “ Realti me Backup ” and this scree n wil l ap pear . 3. 2 di fferent options can be selec ted fr om , folder to folder , folder to[...]

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    95 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration Nex t, fill in the task name and related settings.[...]

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    96 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration Realtime Backup Item Description T ask Name Input the task name, length limited to 4 ~12 characters . Sync T ype Selec t “ I ncremental ” or “ Synchronize ” . Back up Symb olic Link Choose to back up symbolic link which is included in the source. Fil t e r Th e filter can be set to be exec ute d onl y i[...]

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    97 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration Schedule Back up: click on “ Schedule B ackup ” an d this screen w ill. 2 differen t choices can be 4. selec ted fro m , folder to folder , folder to ex ternal dev ice. Let ’ s use “ F older to Ex ternal device ” backup for our example. F rom the NAS volume RAID in the S ource pane select the folder ?[...]

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    98 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration Read the note s and check the “ Accept ” box for con firmation. N o w, you will see in the data guard task list that you have cr eated a t ask . iSCSI Back up: click on “ iSCSI Ba ck up ” and scr een appear as below . 5. It can be backup to t wo diffe rent storage pool, iSCSI to fold er , iSCSI to ex t[...]

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    99 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration Let ’ s take exam ple to have “ iSCSI to F older ” backup, from existed iSCSI volume “ iSCSI_iscsiv502 ” to volume RAID folder “ andy_local ” . The source pane lis ted “ iSCSI_iscs iv502 ” and “ iSCSI_is csiv50 ” where are iscsi volume has e xisted in this system with name “ iSCSI_+iscsi [...]

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    100 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration task list will have created task listed. T o st ar t the iSCSI volume back up , selec t the task and click “ St ar t ” from task bar . Once “ Start ” click , the associated iSCSI volume will not allow to I/O during backup processing . And the t ask s tatus w ill change to ‘ P rocessin g ” . States c[...]

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    101 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration iSCSI Import: click on “ iSCS I I mport ” and screen appear as below . 6. It can be impor ted from t wo different storage pools , folder to iSC SI or ex ternal dev ice to iSCSI. I t is depend on where iSCSI volume has b ackup to . Let ’ s t ake e xample to impor t “ RAID folder to iSCSI ” which is th[...]

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    102 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration Nex t, provide where the task log will store. Reading the note and check on “ Accept ” for confirma tion. Now , from the data guard task list will ha ve created task listed . A CL Backup and R estore 3.8 .4 The ACL b ackup and restore feature enables the system ACL (Access Control List) to be back ed up on[...]

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    103 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration F or the ACL res tore , it can be restored in the same system or used in an other unit. F or e xample, l e t ’s rest ore th e ACL backu p file to an other unit. This unit has a RAID volume “ RAIDpm ” with share folder s as listed on right ha nd screen shot. Af ter input ting the ACL back up f ile and cli[...]

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    104 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration Data Bu rn 3.8 .5 The data burn is featured to suppor t 3 different modes o f data burning for files/folders to and from image file and physical optical disk . The 3 different modes are “ Write F iles/folder s to disc ” , “ Write image to disk ” and “ Wri te files/ folders to image ” . Write F [...]

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    105 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration Selec t f rom the installed USB bur ning devic es. Ple ase click t h e “ detec t disc ” button to c. check the s tatus onc e the disc is inser ted. Selec t the burnin g speed from the drop down li st. d . Selec t whe ther disc data verifica tion is required or not. e. Click “ Burn ” to star t disc burn[...]

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    106 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration Selec t the ISO file. b . Selec t f rom the installed USB bur ning devic es. Ple ase click t h e “ detec t disc ” button to c. check the s tatus onc e the disc is inser ted. Selec t the burning speed from the drop down l ist. d . Selec t whe ther disc data verifica tion is required or not. e. Click “ Bu[...]

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    107 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration Input the path where the ISO file is going to be store d , you can press the “ Brow se ” c. button to have the share list appear . Inpu t the ISO file name for burned image file. d . Click “ Burn ” to start the ISO file burning. e. The data burn does not suppor t rewr iteable media i f it has been b[...]

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    108 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration W indo ws XP SP2 • T o set up the P r inter S er ver in Windows XP SP2, follow the steps below : Connect the USB printer to one of the USB por ts (preferably the rear USB por ts ; f ront USB 1 . por ts can be used for ex ternal HDD enclosures). Go to Star t > P rinters and F ax es. 2. Click on F ile > A[...]

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    109 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration Selec t Add a net work , wireless or Bluetooth pr inter . 3. Selec t The printer that I want isn ’t listed. 4. Y ou can press The printer that I w ant isn ’t lis ted to go into ne xt p age without waiting for Searching for av ailable printers to finish. Click Selec t a shared printer by name. 5.[...]

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    110 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration T yp e ht tp:// <Thecus_NAS>: 631/printers/usb -printer in the box , where <Thecus_NA S_IP> is the IP address of Thec us IP stor age . Click Nex t. Selec t or install a printer and then press OK . 6. Windows w ill attempt to connec t to the printer . 7. Y o u can ch oose to set th is prin ter as th [...]

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    111 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration Done! Click F inish. 9.[...]

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    112 Chapter 3: Sy stem Administration Uninterrupted P ower S ource 3.9 .2 F rom the Extern al Devices menu, choose the U ninterrup ted Power Source item and the UPS S etting screen appe ars. Mak e any changes you wish, and press Apply to confirm changes. See the following table for a detailed des cription of each item. UPS Setting Item Description[...]

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    113 Appendix A: Customer Suppor t Appendix A: C ustomer Suppor t  If you are still e xperiencing problems wi th your Thecus IP storage , o r require a R eturn M erchandise Authoriza tion (RMA), feel f ree to contac t te chnical suppor t via our T echnical Suppor t W ebsite: http: //w ww.thecus.com/sp _tech.ph p Customers in the US should send al[...]

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    114 Appendix B: RAID Bas ics Appendix B: RAID Basics  O ver v iew • A Redundant Ar ray of I ndependent Disks (R AID) is an ar ray of sever al hard disks tha t provide dat a securi ty and high per formance. A R AID s ystem acc esses se veral hard disks simultane ously , which improves I /O per for mance over a single hard disk . Data secur ity [...]

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    115 Appendix B: RAID Bas ics RAID 5 RAID 5 offers data se curity and i t is best suited for net works that per form many small I /O tr ansactions at the same time, as well as applications that require data securi ty such as office automation and on - line custo mer ser vice. Use it also for application s with hig h read requ ests but low write req[...]

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    116 Append ix B: RAID Basi cs listed bel ow : RA ID Leve l Per centage Used RAID 0 100% RAID 1 1/n x 100 % RAID 5 (n- 1)/ n x 10 0% RAID 6 (n-2)/n x 10 0% RA ID 10 50% JBOD 100 % n: HD D number[...]

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    117 Appendix C: Active Director y Basics Appendix C: A c tive Dir ec tor y Basics  O ver v iew • With Wind ows 2000, Microsof t introdu ced Active Director y (ADS), which is a large database/ information store. Prior to Ac tive Direc tor y t he Windows O S c ould not s tore a dditional infor mation in its domain database. Active Director y als[...]

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    118 Appendix D: Licensing Informat ion Appendix D: Lic ensing I nf ormation  O ver v iew • This product included c opyrighted third-par t y so ft ware licensed under the ter ms of GNU Gener al Pu blic Lic ense. Please see THE GNU Gener al Public License for ex tra ter ms and c onditions o f this license. Source Co de Av ailabilit y Thecus T ec[...]

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    119 Appendix D: Licensing Informat ion C GIC L icense T erms • Basic License CG IC, copyright 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 by Thomas Boutell and Boutell . Com, I nc. P er mission is granted to use CGIC in any application, commercial or noncommercial, at no co st. HOWE VER, this copyr ight paragraph must appear on a “ cre[...]

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    120 Appendix D : Licensing I nformation the recipients all the r ights that you have. Y ou must make sure that they, too, receive or can get the so urc e code . An d yo u mu st s how t hem t hes e term s so t hey know thei r rig hts . We protect your rights with two steps: (1) copyr ight the sof t ware, and (2) offer you this license which gives y[...]

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    121 Appendix D: Licensing Informat ion warr ant y pro tect ion in exchange for a fe e. 2. Y ou may modify your copy or copies of the P rogram or any por tion of it , thus forming a work based on the Program, and copy and distribute such modifications or wor k under the ter ms o f Sec - tion 1 above, provide d that you also meet all of these condit[...]

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    122 Appendix D: Licensing Informat ion ware interchange; or , b) Accom pany it with a writ ten offer , valid for at least three years, to give any third part y , for a charge no more than your cos t of physically per forming source distr ibution, a complete machine - readable copy of the cor responding source code, to be dis tributed under t he te[...]

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    123 Appendix D: Licensing Informat ion 7. If, as a cons equence of a cour t judgment or allegation of patent infr ingement or for any other reason (not limited to pa tent issues), c onditions are imposed on you (w hether by cour t order , agree - ment or other w ise) tha t contr adict the condi tions of this L icense, the y do not excuse you f rom [...]

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    124 Appendix D: Licensing Informat ion riv atives o f our free sof t ware and o f promot ing the shar ing and reuse of sof tw are generally . NO W ARRANT Y 11. BEC A USE THE PRO GRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHAR GE, THERE IS NO W ARRANT Y FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMIT TED BY APPLI CABLE LA W . EXCE PT WHEN O THER WISE ST A TED IN WRITING THE CO[...]