Origin Storage N2200 Plus manual

Thecus N0204 N2200 N2200PLUS User’s Manual[...]

2 Copyright an d T rademark No tice Thecus and oth er name s of Thecus product a re regi stered trad emarks of Thecus Technology Co rp. Mi crosoft, Wind ows, and the Wind ows logo are regist ered trademarks o f Microsoft Corporati on. Appl e, iTunes and Appl e OS X are r egistered trademarks of Ap ple Co mputers, Inc. All other trademarks and bran [...]

3 Safety W a rning s For your safety , please read and fol low the foll owing safety warnin gs: Read thi s manual thoroughly befor e attemptin g to set up your Thecus IP storage. Your Thecus IP storage i s a compl icated el ectronic device. DO N OT attem pt to repair i t under any c i rcumstance s. In the c as e of mal functi on, t urn off the powe[...]

4 T able of Conten t s Copyright and T rademark Notice .......... .................... .................. ... 2 About This Man u al ................ ...................... .................. ................. 2 Limited Warranty... .................. ...................... .................. .............. 2 Safety Warning s .................. .....[...]

5 Storage Ma nagement ......................... ............................................... ... 51 Disks Informat ion ................. .................. ...................... ................ 5 1 S.M.A.R.T. Inf ormati on ...................... .................. ....................... ... 52 Bad Block Scan .. ....................... .......[...]

6 Chapter 7: Tro u bleshooting ................... ..................... ................. 96 Forgot My Net work I P Address .............................................. .............. 96 Resetting N AS IP Add ress and Admin Pass word (N2200/ N2200 PLUS) 96 Can't Map a Network Drive in W indows XP ................................. ......... [...]

7 Chapter 1: Intr oduction Overview Thank you for choosi ng the Thecus IP S torage NA S Server. The Thecus IP storage i s an easy-to-u se storage server that al lows a ded icated approach to storin g and distribu ting dat a on a network. Data reli ability is ensured wi th RAID fea tures that provide data security an d recovery. Gigabi t Ethernet po[...]

8 With the Thecus IP stora ge’s Pri nter Server, y ou can ea sily sh are an IPP pri nter with other PCs con nected t o your netw ork. To set up th e Print er Server, refer to Chapter 4: Applicatio n Server> P rinter Info rmation . Superior Power Management Thecus IP storag e su pports schedul e powe r on/ off. With t his fe at ure, administrat[...]

9 Front Panel N0204: The Thecus N0204 miniNAS’s front panel has the USB copy button, in dicators, and USB port: Front Panel Item Description USB copy Button/LED • Copy USB storage contents to N02 04 miniNAS • Blinking Green: Copy activity • Solid Green: Copy Success • Solid Red : Copy Fail HDD 1 LED • Solid Red: HDD failed • Blinking [...]

10 N2200: The Th ecus N2200’s f ront panel has the device’s control s, i ndicators, and hard di sk trays: Front Panel Item Description Power LED • Solid blue: system is ready • Blinking Blue: system is re-build Power Button • Power on/off N2200 • Displays current system status and messages HDD 1 LED • Blinking Yellow: HDD activity •[...]

11 N2200PLUS: The Thecus N22 00PLUS’s front p anel ha s t he device’s control s, indicat ors, and hard disk trays: Front Panel Item Description Power LED • Solid blue: system is ready • Blinking Blue: system is re-build Power Button • Power on/off N2200PLUS • Displays current system status and messages HDD 1 LED • Blinking Yellow: HDD[...]

12 Rear Panel N0204: The Thecus N02 04 min iNAS’s rear panel featur es ports and conn ectors. HDD1 HDD2 LAN Port HDD Tray hook hitch Power socket Power Button USB 1.1 Port[...]

13 N2200: The N2200 r ear panel fe atures ports and connec tors. Back Panel Item Description System Fan • System fan that exhausts heat from the unit LAN Port • LAN port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router Reset Button • Resets the N2200 • Immediately press the Reset button on the back. This will reset your netw[...]

14 N2200PLUS: The N2200PLUS rear pa nel features p orts and c onnectors. Back Panel Item Description System Fan • System fan that exhausts heat from the unit WAN Port • WAN po rt f o r co nnecting to an Ethernet network through a sw it ch or router LAN Port • LAN port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router Reset Butt[...]

15 Chapter 2: Har dw are Inst allation Overview Your Thecus IP st orage is desi gned for easy i nstallati on. To h elp you get st arted, the followin g chapter wil l help you qu ickly get your Thecus IP sto rage up and runni ng. Please read i t carefull y to prevent d amagin g your uni t during in stallation. Before You Begin Before you b egin, be [...]

16 2. Install HDD on the tray, as the foll owin g chart: 3. Install the tray with HDD in to N0204 mi niNAS, please note th at the HD D-1 is i n left side and HDD-2 is i n righ t side. The trian gular symbol of tray must be correspon ding wi th the trian gular symbol of back panel. P ush the tray back. N2200/N2200PLUS: The N2200/N2200 PLUS supports [...]

17 b. Sli de th e HDD tray back i nto th e N2200/ N2200PL US unt il it snaps i nto place. 3. For 2.5” H DDs c. Remove an HD D tray an d in stall a 2.5” SATA ha rd di sk onto it. d. Sli de the HDD tray back i nto the N2200 un til it snaps into place. Cable Connections N0204: To connect th e N0204 mini NAS to your networ k, foll ow the steps belo[...]

18 N2200: To connect th e N2200 t o your netwo rk, foll ow the steps below: 1. Connect an Ethernet cable from y our networ k to the LAN port on the ba ck panel of the N2200. 2. Connect th e provided p ower cord i nto the powe r socket on the back pa nel. 3. Press th e power butt on boot u p the N2200 .[...]

19 N2200PLUS: To connect th e N2200PL US to your n etwork, fol low the steps b elow: 1. Connect an Ethernet cable from y our networ k to the WAN port on the bac k panel of the N2200PLUS . 2. Connect th e provided p ower cord i nto the powe r socket on the back pa nel. 3. Press the pow er button boot up the N2200PLU S.[...]

20 Chapter 3: First Time Setup Once th e hardw are i s install ed, ph ysicall y connected to your network, a nd powered on, you can c onfi gure the Thecu s IP storage s o th at it is acc essibl e to your netw ork users. There i s one way to set up y our Thecu s IP storage: usi ng the Thecus Smart Utility(N2200 /N0204 ) /Thecus S etup Wiz ard(N220 0[...]

21 5. Please select your in stallati on mode, One Click Install ation or Manu al Installation . 6. After your in stalled HDDs are det ected, s elect your d esired RA ID l evel. Press Next to cont inu e. 7. The N0204/N2200 wi ll automati cally create seve ral folders. Sel ect your desired fold er and map i t to your l ocal PC/NB as a Network De vice[...]

22 8. Complete the N0204/N2 200 Smart Uti lity Wi zard. A. You can ac cess the N 0204/N2 200 Web Adm inist rator interface by cli cking the Start Brower butto n. The default password is “ admin ”. You can also setup a b ackup task at t his point by clicki ng the Setup backup task b utton. B. Press Exit to exit the wind ows utilit y.[...]

23 C. Pr ess the Setup backup task button to config ure backup tasks on your N0204/N220 0. Single T ask Quick Backup : Perfo rm a si ngle backup by selecting the source and desti nation. NOTE The Thecus S mart Utility Wizard is des igned for in stallation on systems runnin g Windows XP /2000/7 or Mac OSX or l ate r. Users with other operating syste[...]

24 Manually Backup and T ask List : Show all task informati on and opt ions. Thecus Setup Wi zard (N2200PLUS) The hand y Thecu s Setup Wi zard makes configu ring N2200PLU S a snap. To configu re the N2200PLUS usin g the Setup Wi zard, perform the foll owing steps: 1. Insert the i nstall ation CD into you r CD-ROM d rive (the host PC must be connect[...]

25 3. The S etup Wiza rd will start an d automati cally dete ct all Thecus storage devices on you r network. If none are f ound, pl ease check your conn ecti on and refer to Ch apter 7: Trou bleshootin g for a ssistance. 4. Select the N2 200PLUS t hat you li ke to config ure. 5. Login wi th t he admi nistrator account and pa ssword. Th e defaul t a[...]

26 7. Change the d efault ad mini strator password. 8. Fi nished! Access th e N2200 PLUS Web Admi ni strator Interface by pr essing the Start Bro wser butt on. You can al so confi gure anothe r N2200PLUS at this poin t by cli cking the Setu p Oth er Dev ice b utton. Press Ex it to e xi t the wizard. USB Copy The USB Copy fu nction enabl es you to c[...]

27 3. The USB L ED show  Blinking Green: Copy activity.  Solid Green: Copy Success.  Solid Red: Copy Fail. N2200: 1. Plug your USB device i nto an avai lable USB p ort on the Front Panel. 2. Press the “ US B Copy But ton”. 3. The N2200 w ill start copyi ng USB d isks conn ected to th e f ront USB p ort. The LCD will display the USB cop[...]

28 Typical Setup Pro cedure From the Web Ad min istration Interfac e, you can begi n to setup your Thecus IP storage for use o n your network. Setting u p the Thecus IP storage typicall y follows the five steps outlin ed below. For more on ho w to use t he Web Admi ni stration Interface, see Chapter 4: Web Adm inistration Interface . Step 1: Networ[...]

29 Finall y, you c an start to setup the different services of the IP Storage for the users on your netwo rk. You c an fin d out more about each of these se rvices by cli cking below: SMB/CIFS Apple File Proto col ( AFP) Network Fi le System (NFS ) File Transfe r Protocol (FTP) iTunes Serv er Printer Server Photo Server[...]

30 Chapter 4: S ystem Administra tion Overview The Thecus IP storage p rovides an easil y accessi ble Web Administr ation Interface . With i t, you can config ure and monitor th e Thecu s IP storage an ywhere on the netwo rk. Web Administrati on Interface Make sure your network is connect ed to the Int ernet. To acc ess Thecus IP st orage Web Admin[...]

31 Followi ng by disclai m page, you will see th e Web Admi nistration Interface . From here, you can con figure an d monit or vi rtually every asp ect of the Thecu s IP storag e from anywh ere on the n etwork. My Favorite The user i nterface with “My Favori te” shortcut i s all owed user to desi gnate often used items and have th em displ ay o[...]

32 To return to the favorite screen, si mply cli ck “My Favorite” l ocated at the l eft hand corner of the main screen. Menu Bar The Menu B ar is where you will find all of the i nformation sc reens and system settings of Th ecus IP st orage. The various setti ngs are pl aced in th e following groups on the menu ba r: Menu Bar Item Description [...]

33 Message Bar You can get i nformation about system status qu ickly by movi ng mouse ov er. Message Bar Item Status Description RAID Informat ion. Display th e sta tus of created RAID vol ume. Cli ck to go to RAID informati on page as short cut. Disks Informat ion. Display th e status of di sks install ed in the system. Cli ck to go to D isk i nfo[...]

34 System Informatio n Information pr ovides viewi ng on cur rent Product i nfo, System Statu s, Ser vice Status and Logs. The m enu ba r al lows yo u to see variou s asp ects of the Thecu s IP storage. From here, you can disc over the sta tus of the Th ecus IP st orage, and also other detail s. Product Information Once you l ogin, you will first s[...]

35 Service Stat us Item Description AFP Status The status o f the Apple Filing Proto col server. NFS Status The status of the Netw ork Fi le Service Server . SMB/CIFS St atus The status o f the SMB/C IFS server . FTP Status The status o f the FTP se rver. Media Serve r The status o f the Medi a Server Nsync Statu s The statu s of the Nsync se rver.[...]

36 Sort Descending Shows logs by date in descending order. |<< < > >>| Use the forward ( > >>| ) and backward ( |<< < ) b uttons to browse the log pages. Refresh the logs. System Managemen t The System M anagem ent menu gives you a weal th of settin gs that you can use to configure your Thecus I P storage syst em[...]

37 Notification configuration From the m enu, choose the Notification item, and the Notific ation Configuration screen ap pears. Thi s screen l ets you have th e IP STORAGE noti fy you in case o f any syste m mal function. Press Apply to confirm al l settin gs. See followin g table for a d etailed descri ption of each item. Notification Configurati[...]

38 Schedule Power On/Off (N0204/N220 0) Using the Thecus IP stora ge System Manag ement , you can save energ y and m oney by sch edulin g the Thecus I P sto rage t o tu rn i tself o n and off duri ng c ertai n tim es of the day. From the m enu, choose the Schedule Power O n/Off item an d the S chedule Power On/Off screen appears. To design ate a sc[...]

39 System will turn on at 8:00 AM on Mo n day, and will not shu t down un less powered down manua lly. You may al so choose tw o on ti mes or two off ti mes on a parti cul ar day, and the system wil l act accordi ngly. Example - M onday: O ff: 8:00; Off: 16:00 System will turn off at 8 :00 AM on M onday. Sys tem will turn off at 16:0 0 PM on Monday[...]

40 Utility ˙ Administrato r pas sword From the m enu, choose the Administr ator Pa ssword i tem and the Chan ge Administrato r Password screen appe ars. Enter a n ew passwo rd in th e New Password b ox and con firm your new pa ssword in t he Confirm Passw ord box. Press Apply to confi rm password chan ges. See the fol lowing table for a detail ed [...]

41 ˙ F actory def ault From the m enu, choose the Factory D efault item an d the Reset to Factor y Default scr een appears . Press Apply t o reset th e IP STORAGE to facto ry defaul t settings. ˙ Rebo ot & Shut down From the m enu, choose Reboot & Shut down i tem, and the Shutdow n/Reboot System s c reen app ears . Press R eboot t o re st[...]

42 Once the syst em has re booted, you wi ll be returned to the Fi le Syste m Check prompt. Che ck the desi red RAID vol umes and cl ick Next to p roceed wi th the fil e system chec k. Click Re boot to rebo ot with out running the check. Once you cl ick Next , yo u will see the followi ng screen: Click Start t o begin the file system ch eck. Cli ck[...]

43 System Network Use the System Netw ork me n u to make netwo rk confi gurati on setti ngs as well as service supp ort setti ngs. WAN/LAN1 WAN/LAN1 Con figuration From the System Network menu, cho ose WAN/L AN1 , and the WAN/LAN 1 Configuration scre en appear s. Thi s scre en di splays the network parame ters of the WAN/LAN1 c onnection. You may c[...]

44 WAN/LAN1 Configuration Item Description Host name Host name that identifies the N2200PLU S on the network. Domain name Specifies the domain name of the N2200PLUS WINS Server To set a serve r name fo r NetBIOS c omputer. MAC Address MAC address of the network interface. Jumbo Frame Support Enable or disable Jumbo Frame Support of the WAN interfac[...]

45 LAN2 (Only for N2200PLUS) LAN2 Configurati on The Thecus IP storage s upports two Gigabi t Ethernet ports fo r high er service availabili ty. To config ure these po rts, choose LAN 2 from the S ystem Net work menu, and th e LAN2 C onfiguration screen ap pears. Pres s Apply to sa ve your changes. LAN2 Configuration Item Description MAC Address Di[...]

46 End IP Specifies the ending IP address of the DHCP range. DNS Server Displ ayed the DNS server IP address. Samba / CIFS There are 2 options is current ly allow Admi n t o E nable/Di sable to operate Thecus IP storage a ssociated with Samba / CIFS p rotocol . Wit h the opti on chan ged, i t will need to reboot syst em to acti vate. Samba Service [...]

47 A descripti on of each i tem foll ows: Apple Network Configuration Item Description AFP Server Enable or disable Apple File Service to use the I P STORAGE with MAC OS-based systems. MAC CHARSET Specifics the code page from drop down list Zone Specifies Zone for Applet Talk service. If your AppleTalk network uses exte nded net works and is assign[...]

48 A descripti on of each i tem foll ows: FTP Item Description FTP Enable FTP Service on the N2200 PLUS. Security FTP Enable or disable Security FTP, be sure the client FTP software has also security FTP setting enabled. Port Specifies the port number of an incoming connection on a non-standard port. FTP ENCODE If your FTP clie nt or o perating sy [...]

49 A descripti on of each i tem foll ows: Web Service Item Description HTTP (WebDisk) Support Enable or disable WebDisk support. Enter the port number if this option is enabled. The port number is default 80. HTTPs (Secure WebDisk) Support Enable or disabl e secure WebDisk support. Enter the port if this option is enabled. UPnP This devi ce support[...]

50 Bonjour Setting Bonjour, i s Apple Inc.'s trade nam e for it s implementati on of Zeroconf, a service discovery prot ocol. Bonjou r locates devi ces such a s printers, as w ell as other computers, an d the ser vices that th ose device s offer on a l ocal network usin g multi cast Domain Name System servi ce records . This definiti ve guide [...]

51 Share Folder Sel ect the file stored folder, it can not be empty. Folder Permission Select the folder permission Storage Managem ent The Sto rage m enu di splays th e status of storage devices insta lled in the Thecu s IP storage, and i nclud es storag e c onfigu ration options such as RA ID and disk setti ngs, folder confi guration , space allo[...]

52 S.M.A.R.T. Information On the Disk s Informat ion screen, the status of each disk wi ll be displ ayed in the Status col umn. Cli cking on an OK o r Warning l ink will display the S.M.A. R.T Informatio n wi ndow for that particul ar disk. You may al so perform d isk SMAR T test, simply to cli ck “Test” to start wi th. T h e resul t is onl y f[...]

53 Test Result Result of the test. Test Time Total time of the test. Bad Block Scan On the Disk s Informat ion screen, you may al so perfor m disk bad bl ock scan , simply to cl ick “Cli ck to start” to sta rt with . The result is only for referen ce and system wil l not take an y action fr om its resul t. The testin g result will be stay till [...]

54 Create a RAID On the RAID Informat ion screen, press the cr eate butt on to go to th e CREAT RAID screen . In additi on to RAID disk in formation an d status, this screen l ets you make RAID c onfigurat ion setting s. Using Create RA ID , you can select stripe size, c hoose whi ch di sks ar e RAID di sks or the Spare Di sk. RAID Configurations I[...]

55 RAID Level You can set t he storage vol ume as JBOD , RAID 0 , RA ID 1 . RAID config uration is usuall y required only wh en you first s et up the devi ce. A brief des cription of ea ch RAID setti ng foll ows: RAID Levels Level Descr i ption JBOD Th e sto rage volume is a single HDD with no RAID suppo rt. JBOD requires a minimum of 1 disk. RAID [...]

56 Edit RAID On the RAID Informat ion screen, press the Edit bu tton to go to the RAI D Informatio n screen. Using Edit RAID , you c an select RA ID ID and t he Spare Di sk. . Remove RAID Click to rem ove the RAI D volume. Al l user data has been created i n select ed RAID volume will be removed . To remove a R AID volu me, foll ow the steps b elow[...]

57 Space Allocation (N2200 Plus Only ) You may sp ecify the spa ce all ocated for Target USB volumes. To do thi s, under the Sto rage menu, cl ick RAI D and the R AID List win dow appears. Sel ect the RAID vol ume you wi sh to r eallocate by cli cking on i ts radio button, and click Space Allocation . The RAID Inform ation and Vol ume Allocation L [...]

58 Add Folder Item Description RAID ID RAID volume where the new folde r will reside. Folder Name Enter the name of the folder. Description Provide a description the fold er. Browseable Enable or disable users from browsing the fol der contents. If Yes is selected, then the share folder will be browseable. Public Admit o r deny publi c access to th[...]

59 setting will only apply while access via SMB/CIFS and web disk. Public Admit or deny public access to this folder. Remove Folders To remove a f older, press th e Remove but ton from th e specifi ed folder row. Th e system wil l confirm fol der deleti on. Press Yes to delete the folder perm anentl y or No to go back to the fol der li st. NFS Shar[...]

60 NFS Share Item Description Hostname Enter the name or IP address of the host Privilege Host has either read only or writeable access to the folder. Guest System Support There are two selections available : • Unix / Linux System • AIX (Allow source port > 1024) Choose the one which best fits your needs. IO Mapping There are three select io[...]

61 ACL setting Item Description Deny Denies access t o users or groups who are displayed in this column. Read Only Provides Read Only access to users or groups who are displayed i n this column. Writable Provides Writ e access t o users or groups who are disp layed in this column. Recursive Enable to inherit the access right for all its sub-folders[...]

62 The ACL screen also al lows you to search for a p articular user. To do thi s, fol low the steps below: 1. In the bl ank, enter the n ame of the u ser you woul d like to find. 2. From the drop d own select the g roup you w ould like to search for t he use r in. 3. Click Search . ISO Mount The ISO Mount featu re is very useful tool from Thecus pr[...]

63 A. Add a ISO f ile From the fig ure above, sel ect ISO fil e from drop down share li st. After sel ection, system will brin g up Mount ta ble for furth er setting screen.[...]

64 To mount n ew I SO fil e, select from li sted ISO fi le an d i nput desi red moun ting na me into “M ount as:” fiel d. Cli ck “ADD ” w ith confirma tion to c omplete moun ting ISO fil e. Or wi thout “Mount as” ISO file export name in put, system w ill au tomatic t o g ive the export nam e by ISO fi le name. If left “Moun t as:” b[...]

65 You coul d click “Unmoun t” to eli minate mount ed ISO file. B. Using ISO The mount ed ISO fil e will be l ocated same sha re folder wit h name gi ving. Please refer the scr een shot b elow. ISO fi le “image” has m ounted as f older “ Image” you c ould see. Th e ISO f ile “Thecus 01” with out assign mounting name, system au tomat[...]

66 Local User Configuration From the Accou nts me nu, choose th e User ite m, and the Loc al User Configuration screen a ppears. This sc r een allows you to A dd , Edit , and Remove local users. Local User Configuration Item Description Add Press the Add butto n to add a user to the list of local users. Edit Press the Edit b utton to modify a local[...]

67 Edit Users 1. Select an exi sting u ser from the Loc al User Co nfiguration screen. 2. Click on the Ed it button , and Local User Setti ng screen ap pears. 3. From h ere, y ou can ent er a new passwo rd and re -enter to confi rm, or use the << or >> but tons to h ave this use r join or l eave a group. Cli ck the Apply button to sav e[...]

68 Remove Users 1. Select an exi sting u ser from the Loc al User Co nfiguration screen. 2. Click on Remo ve butto n and the use r is deleted from the syst em. Local Group Configuration From the Accou nts me nu, choose th e Group item, an d the Loc al Group Configuration screen appears. This s cr een allows you to Add , Edit , and Remove local grou[...]

69 Add Groups 1. On the Lo cal Group Configur ation scre en, click on th e Add button . 2. The Loc al Group Sett ing scre en appears. 3. Enter a Group Name . 4. Enter a Grou p ID num ber. If l eft bla nk, th e system will automati cally assign one. 5. Sel ect users to be i n this grou p from the Us ers List by addi ng th em to the Members Li st usi[...]

70 Remove Groups 1. On the Loca l Group Co nfiguration screen, sel ect a group name from the list. 2. Press Remove t o delet e the group from the sy stem. Batch Create Users and Groups The Thecus IP storage c an al so add users and g roups in batch mode. T his enab les you to conveni entl y add numerou s users and g roups automati call y by importi[...]

71 Application Server The Thecus IP storage s upports pri nter server, and Tunes se rver. The i ntegrated Print Server a llows you to share a si ngl e USB printer will all users on the netw ork. The Th ecus I P storage provi des acti vati ng the iTunes Se rver on the devi ce. You will be able to pl ay music fi les on thi s device with your iTun es [...]

72 4. The Add Printe r Wizar d appears on your scr een. Cli ck Next . 5. Select the “ A network printer, or a printer attached to another computer ” option. 6. Select “ Conne ct to a p rinter on the Internet or on a hom e or offic e network ”, an d enter “ h ttp://Th ecus IP st orage IP_ADDRESS :631/prin ters/usb-p rinter ” i nto the UR[...]

73 2. Cli ck the right m ouse button i n anywh ere on the Printers f older and th en select Add Pr inter . 3. Sel ect Add a network, wireless or Bluetoo th printer . 4. Sel ect The printer t hat I want isn’t listed .[...]

74 You can p ress The p rinter th at I want isn’t listed t o go i nto next p age wi thout waiti ng for Searching for available p rinters t o fini sh. 5. Click Select a shared printer by n ame . Type http://<Th ecus_N AS>:631/p rinters/us b-printer i n the box, w here <Thecus_NA S_IP> i s the IP address of Thecus IP storage. Cl ick Nex[...]

75 8. You can cho ose t o s et th is pr i nter as the default pr i nter by checki ng the Set as the defa ult printer box. Cli ck Next to cont inue. 9. Done! Cli ck Finish . iTunes® Server With the built -in iTun es server capabi lity, The cus IP sto rage enab les di gital mu sic to be shared an d played a nywhere on the netwo rk! From the Network [...]

76 See the fol lowing table for detail ed descripti ons of each fiel d: iTunes Configuration Item Description iTunes Enable or disable the iTunes Service. Server Name Name used to identify Thecus IP storage to iTunes clients. Password Enter password to control access to your iTunes music. Rescan Interval Rescan interval in seconds. MP3 Tag Encode S[...]

77 The other way to have a uto modul e installed i s using uni versal CD shipped wi th system. It has c ontai ned file “modu les.zi p” whi ch included a ll modu les whil e system shipp ed. Please refer th e screenshot b elow. Auto Module Source List Item Description Installed Status of module Name Module name Version The version of released ver[...]

78 System Module The system m odul e is officiall y provided by Th ecus for new fe atures ad ded. The module will list once it has been ena bled from “ Module Install ation”. ‧ ‧ ‧ ‧ User Module The user modul e is res erved for The cus fans to build u p 3 rd party functi ons in th e future. Backup There are a nu mber of w ays to back u[...]

79 Action Administrator can r un o r st op an Ns ync task b y pressi ng the actio n button. Bandwidth Setting Bandwidth control on Nsync tasks. Add Nsync Task From the Nsy nc screen , cli ck Add to displ ay the Add Nsync Task scre en. Add Nsync Task Item Description Task Name The name of your Nsync task. Target Server Manufacturer Select replicatio[...]

80 Setting Up an Nsync T arget on an Thecus IP storage Nsy nc Device On the Nsync target serve r, the admi nistrator o f that server has t o set up a user account wit h a folder na med “nsync” and grant write access. 1. On the Nsync server, add a user for N sync source (ex. n syncsource1) . For instructi ons on h ow to a dd a user on t he Th ec[...]

81 Chapter 5: Usin g Thecus IP S t orage Overview Once the Thecu s IP stor age is setu p and operati ng, users on th e netw ork may manage al l vari eties of digital music, photos, or files by si mply usi ng their web browsers. To man age you r personal files or acc ess public fil es on the Th ecus IP storage, just enter its IP address i nto your b[...]

82 Using WebDisk The Thecus IP storage p rovides a W ebDisk funct ion that allows you to a ccess the system ov er the Interne t from any b rowser. 1. In the Logi n page, type in th e User ID and p assword that were pr eviously set for you i n the Account s menu. Se e Chapter 4:User and Group Authentication > Loca l U ser Configurati on . 2. The [...]

83 Folder Page Button Button Description List all directory tree s per login user’s privilege. Browsing selected directory of its folders and files. Go back to the web disk directo ry layer. Re-load the current list. Search files in the current web disk directory. (Must input the complete file name.) (new file/Directory) Creates a new folder or d[...]

84 Modified Sh o ws the ti me of mo st recent mod ification of folders and fil es. owner Own e r of the file. There is al so the way by usin g right cli ck button to bring u p contact win dows as short cut to opera te what you need ed. Photo Server Using th e Ph oto Se rver, users can vi ew an d share p hotos, an d even creat e th eir own albu ms r[...]

85 Windows XP Publishing Wiza rd There are man y ways for a l ocal user to upload pictures int o their photo al bum. Users of Wi ndows XP ca n upl oad their pictu res using th e Windows XP P ubli shing Wizard. 1. Cli ck on the XP Pub lishing Wiz ard i con on top rig ht corner. 2. The XP Web Pub lishin g W izard Client screen appears. Cli ck on th e[...]

86 5. Click on thi s icon an d Web Publis hing Wiza rd will start. 6. Sel ect the pictu res you want to publi sh t o the Photo W eb S erver by pl aci ng a check mark on the top l eft hand corn er of the pi cture. Cli ck Next . 7. Your PC will start to con nect to the Ph oto W eb Server. 8. Select Thecus IP stor age Photo Gallery Wizard to pu bli sh[...]

87 9. Login in to the Thecus IP storage wi th your l ocal user name a nd passwo rd. 10. Create your album by enterin g an al bum name and clicki ng on the Create Album button. 11. Select the al bum you w ant to upl oad your pi ctures to. 12. Confirm th e target alb um.[...]

88 13. Wind ows will show you that t he picture upl oad is in progress. 14. When the upload is fini shed, the Wizard will ask you whether if you wan t to go to the websi te. Cli ck Finish to go t o your Photo Web Serv er. 15. Cli ck on the user’s icon to go to th at user’s a lbum.[...]

89 16. You wi ll see the u ser’s al bum list. Cli ck on Album . 17. Fi nished! You wil l see the pi ctures just s elected in th e album .[...]

90 Managing Albums and Photos Icon Func tio n Description Make Cover Make selected photo your cover picture. Back Return to the previous screen. Add Add a new album or photos. Modify Edit the name and description of the selected album or photo. Each name is limited to 20 characters and each description is limited to 255 characters. Delete Delete th[...]

91 Creating Albums To create a ph oto albu m, foll ow the steps bel ow: 1. Click the Add b utton to create a new albu m. 2. Enter a name for t he album, and enter a description if you wi sh. Then, click on the Create Album b utton. Password Protecting Albums If you woul d like to put a passwo rd on a parti cular al bum, follow th ese steps: 1. Sele[...]

92 Slide Shows Slid e shows are a great w ay to enjoy pi ctures st ored on your Th ecus IP storag e. You can cli ck on th e Start Slide Show i con on t he top right hand corner to start t he slide show. To stop th e slide show, cli ck on the Stop Slide Show icon on th e top ri ght han d corner. Mapping a Client PC to t he Thecu s IP Storage You can[...]

93 A p ple OS X On an Appl e computer, you can conn ect to sha red compute rs and serv ers using a network add ress. 1. Choose Go > Co nnect to Server… 2. Enter the n etwork addr ess for the se rver i n the Server Addre ss text bo x. When connecti ng usi ng SMB/CIFS pr otocol, typ e: smb://192. 168.1.100 /Folder1 When connecti ng usi ng AFP pr[...]

94 Chapter 6: Tip s and T ricks USB Storage Expan si on The Thecus IP storage su pports external US B hard disks through i ts f our USB ports. Once a USB ha rd disk h as success fully mou nted, the enti re volume will be linked automati cally to the def aul t USB HDD folder. Before attachin g an USB disk drive t o Thecus IP storage, you have to par[...]

95 RAID Auto-Rebuild When u sing RAID 1 on th e Th ecus IP st orage, you can use t he auto-reb uild functi on when an erro r is detect ed. 1. When a hard disk f ai l s the system b eeps and/or an e mail notification i s sent to specifi ed recipient s. 2. Check the LCD ( LED) to see whi ch disk has fai led. 3. Follow the st eps menti oned above t o [...]

96 Chapter 7: T roublesh ooting Forgot My Network IP Ad dress If you forg et your netw ork IP addr ess and have no physical access to the sy stem, please usin g the smart utilit y or setup wiza rd to retrieve th e IP of your Thecus IP storage. 1. Start the S etup Wiza rd (Smart Utili ty) , and i t will automati cally detect all Thecus IP sto rage p[...]

97 Restoring Factory Defaults From the System menu , choose th e Factory D efault it em and the Re set to Factory Def ault screen appears. Pr ess Apply to re set Thecu s IP storag e factory default setti ngs. Problems with Time and Date Setti ngs The admin istrator is abl e to select an N TP Serv er to keep Th ecus IP sto rage time synchroni zed. H[...]

98 Appendix A : Cu stomer Suppor t If your Thecus IP storag e is not w orking p roperly, we encou rage you to check out Chapter 7: Tr oublesh ooting , locat ed in this manual . You can al so try to ensure that you are usi ng the l atest firmwa re versi on for y our Thecu s IP storag e. Thecus i s committed to p rovidi ng free firmwar e upgrades to [...]

99 Appendix B: RAID Basics Overview A Redundan t Array of In dependent Disks (RA ID) is an array o f several hard di sks that provid e data securi ty and hi gh performan ce. A RAID syst em acces ses several hard disks simul taneousl y, w hich improves I/O p erformance over a sin gle hard disk. Data securi ty is enhanced by a RAID, si nce dat a loss[...]

100 This i s excellent for com plete data secu rity. JBOD Although a concatenati on of disks (al so call ed JBOD, or "Just a Bunch o f Disks") is not one of th e numb ered R AID levels, it i s a popular method fo r combining multiple physical disk d rives i nto a singl e virtua l o n e. As the n ame implies, di sks ar e merely concatenate[...]

101 Appendix C: Licensing In formation Overview This product incl uded copyright ed third-party software li censed under the terms of GNU General Public Li cense. Please s ee THE GN U General Publi c License for extra terms and con dition s of this li cense. Source Code Availabi l ity Thecus Techn ology Corp . has expos ed the full source code of t[...]

102 CGIC License Terms Basic License CGIC, copy right 19 96, 1997, 1998, 19 99, 2000 , 2001, 2002, 2003 , 200 4 by Thomas Boutel l an d Boutell.Com, Inc. Permissi on is granted to use C GIC in any application, comm ercial or non commerci al, at no cost. H OWEVER, t his copyrig ht paragraph must appea r on a "cred its" pag e accessibl e in[...]

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105 4. You may not copy, modi fy, subli cense, or distri bute the Program except as expressly provi ded un der thi s Li cense. An y atte mpt oth erwise to copy, modify, subli cense or distribu te the Program i s void, an d will au tomaticall y terminat e your righ ts under thi s License. H owever, parti es who have received c opies, or rights, from[...]

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