Thecus N4100 Pro manual

Thecus N4100PRO User’s Manual[...]

Copyright and T rademark Notice Thecus and other name s of Thecus product s are registered trademarks of Thecus Technology Corp. Microsoft, Windows, and the Windows logo are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Appl e, iTunes and Apple OS X are registered trademarks of Apple Computers, Inc. All other trademarks and brand names are the pr[...]

Safety W arnings For your safety, please read and fo l low the foll owing safety warnings: Read this manual t horoughly bef ore a ttempting to set up your N41 00PRO. Your N4100PRO is a co mplicated electron ic device. DO NOT attempt to repair it under any circumstances. In the ca se of malfunction, tu rn off the pow er immediately and have it repai[...]

T able of Content s Copyright and Trad emark Notice ................................................... 2 About This Manual ......................................................................... 2 Limited Warranty........................................................................... 2 Safety Warnings ........................................[...]

Product Info rmation ..................................................................... 23 System/Service Status ................................................................. 24 Logs .......................................................................................... 24 System Management ................................................[...]

User and Group Authentication............................................................ 72 ADS/NT Su pport .......................................................................... 72 Local User Conf iguratio n ............................................................... 74 Add User s ..........................................................[...]

Forgot My Network IP Address .......................................................... 109 Can't Map a Network Drive in Windows XP ........................................ 109 Restoring Factor y Defaults ................................................................ 109 Problems with Time and Da te Settings .................................[...]

Chapter 1: Introduction Overview Thank you for choosing the Thecus N4100P RO IP Storage Server. The Thecus N4100PRO is an easy-to-use storage server that allows a dedicated approach to storing and distributing data on a n etwork. Data reliability i s ensured with RAID features that provide data security and recovery—over ten Terabyte of storage i[...]

Backup Server Don’t leave precious data to chance. With advanced backup capabiliti es, you can easily upload mission critical files to the N4100 PRO, and even automate your backup tasks for true peace-of-mind. To find out how to backup yo ur files with the N4100PRO, re fer to Chapter 4: Backup > Nsync . Printer Server With the N4100PRO’s Pri[...]

Package Contents Your N4100PRO package should co ntain the following items: z N4100PRO Unit x1 z Power Cord x1 z QIG (Quick Installation Guide) x1 z CD-Title x2 (DriveCl one5 Pro CD & Universal CD) z Ethernet Ca ble x1 z Screw Kit & Key-Luc k x1 z HDD Compatibility list Card x1 z Multiple Langu ages Warranty Card x1 Please check to see if y[...]

Front Panel The N4100PRO’s front panel displays the unit ’s array of status LED’s a nd is also where you’ll find the power butto ns. See th e table below for a detailed explanation of each: Item Description HDD Trays • There are four hard disk drive (HDD) trays. Each tray supports a 3.5-inch SATA HDD. The trays have locks for added physic[...]

Item Description Lock • The tra y lock let s you phy sically s ecure t he HDD wit h accessory keys. Latch • Use the latch to open and remove or close and secure the tray. HDD Power LED • Solid blue: HDD is powered on Access/Error LED • Blinking yellow: data is being access ed • Blinking red: hard disk error Rear Panel The rear panel of th[...]

Chapter 2: Hardware Inst allation Overview Your N4100PRO is designed for easy inst allation. To help you get started, the following chapter will help you quickly ge t your N4100PRO up and running. Please read it carefully to prevent damaging yo ur unit during installation. Before You Begin Before you begin, be sure to ta ke the following precaution[...]

Cable Connections Make the following connecti ons on the Thecus N4100PRO and then power up the unit: 1. Connect an Ethernet cable from your network to the WAN port on the back panel of the N4100PRO. 2. Connect the provided p ower cord into the universal power socket o n the back panel. Plug the other end of th e cord into a surge protected socket. [...]

Chapter 3: First T ime Setup Overview Once the hardware is installed, ph ysically connected to your network, and powered on, you can configure the N4100PRO so that it is accessible to your network users. There are two ways to set up your N4100PRO: using the Thecus Setup Wizar d or the LCD display . Follow the st eps below for initial sof tware setu[...]

4. Select the N4100PRO that you like to configure. 5. Login with the administrator account and password. The default account and password are both “ admin ”. 6. Name your N4100PRO and configure the ne twork IP address. I f your switch or router is configured as a DHCP Server, configuring the N4100PRO to automatically obtain an IP address is rec[...]

8. Finished! Access the N4100PRO Web Administrator Inte rface by pressing the Start Browser button. You ca n also configure another N4100PRO at this point by clicking the Setup Other Device button. Press Exit to exit the wizard. NOTE The Thec us Set up Wiz ard is desig ned fo r insta llat ion on sy stem s run ning Windows XP/2000 or Mac OSX or late[...]

The following table illustrates th e keys on the front con trol panel: LCD Controls Icon Function Description ▲ Up But ton Select th e previo us conf iguration setting s informat ion. ▼ Down Button Select the next configuration settings information ↵ Enter Enter for the USB copy confirmation message. ESC Escape Escape and return to the previo[...]

Step 1: Network Setup From the Web Administration Interf ace, you can configure the network settings of the N4100PRO for your network. You can access the Netwo rk menu from the menu bar. For details on how to configure your network settings, refer to Ch apter 4: System Management > Network Management . Step 2: RAID Creation Next, administrators [...]

iTunes Server Media Server Downloa d Manag er Printer Server 20[...]

Chapter 4: System Administration Overview The N4100PRO provides an easily accessible Web Administrati on Interface . With it, you can configure and monitor the N4100PRO anywhere on th e network. Web Administration Interface Make sure your network is connected to the Internet. To access the N4100PRO Web Administration Interface : 1. Type the N4100PR[...]

Menu Bar Item Description System Information Current system status of the N4100PRO. System Management Various N4100PRO system settings and i nformation. System Network Informati on and settings for network connections, as well as various services of the N4100PRO. Storage Information and settings for storage devices installed into the N4100PRO. User[...]

Temperature. Green: Systematic temperature is normal. Red: Systematic temperature is unusual . Click to go to System Status page as short cut. Network. Green: Connection to network is normal. Red: abnormal connectio n to the network Logout Click to logout Web Ad ministration Interface. Language Selection The N4100PRO supports multiple languages, in[...]

Product Information Item Description Manufacturer Displays the name of t he system manufacture r. Product No. Shows the mode l number of the system. Firmware version Shows the current firmware version. Up time Displays the total run time of the system. System/Service Status From the Status menu, choose the System item, System Status and Service Sta[...]

See the following table for a detailed description of each item: System Logs Item Description All Provide s all log informat ion inc luding s ystem mes sages, war ning messages and error messages. INFO Records information about system messages. WARN Shows only warning messages. ERROR Shows only error messages. Download All Log F ile Export al l log[...]

System Management The System Management menu gives you a wealth of sett ings that you can us e to configure your N4100PRO’s system administra tion functions. You can set up system time, system notificati ons, and even upgrade fi rmware from this menu. Time: Setting system time From the time menu, choose the Time item and the Time screen appears. [...]

Notification Configuration Item Description Beep Notification Enable or disable the system beeper that beeps when a probl em occurs. Email Notification Enable or disable email notifications of system problems. SMTP Server Specifies the hostname/IP address of the SMTP server. Port Specifies the port to send outgoing notification emails. Auth Type Se[...]

Follow the steps below to upgrade your firmware: 1. Use the Brow se button to find the fi rmware file. 2. Press Apply . 3. The beeper beeps and the Busy LED b links until the upgrade is complete. • Downgr adin g firm ware i s not pe rmitt ed. • The beeper only beeps if it is enab led in th e Syst em Not ificat ion menu . • Check Thecus websit[...]

Shutdown the system when the battery charge is less than Amount of UPS battery remaining before system should auto-shutdown. Apply Press Apply to save your changes. Schedule Power On/Off Using the N4100PRO’s System Management, you can save energy and money by scheduling the N4100PRO to turn itself on and off during certain times of the day. From [...]

System will turn off at 8:00 AM on Monday. System w ill turn off at 16:00 PM on Monday, if it was on. If the system was al ready off at 16:00 PM on Mo nday, system will stay off. Wake-Up On LAN (WOL) The N4100PRO has the ability to be awok en fro m sleep mode via WAN port. From the menu, choose the WOL item, and the Wake-up On LAN screen appears. F[...]

New Password Type in a new administrator password. Confirm Password Type the new password again to confi rm. Apply Press this to save your changes. ˙ Config Mgmt From the menu, choose the Config Mgmt item and the System Configur ation Download /Upload screen appears. From here, you can d ownload or upload stored system configurations. See the foll[...]

˙ Reboot & Shut down Resetting to factory defaults will no t erase the data stored in the hard disks, but WILL revert all the settings to t he factory default values. WARNING From the menu, choose Reboot & Shutdo wn item, and the Shutdown/Reboot System screen appears. Press Reboot to restart the system or Shutdown to turn the system off. ?[...]

on. Check the RAID volu mes and click Next to proceed with the file system check. Click Reboot to reboot without running the check. Once you click Next , yo u will see the following screen: Click Start to begin the file sy stem check. Click Reboot to reboot the system. When the file system check is run, the system will show 20 lin es of information[...]

The system must be re normally after file syste booted before the N4100PRO can function m check complete. NOTE System Network Use the System Network menu to make netwo rk configurati on settings as well as service support settings. WAN Configuration From the System Network menu, choose WAN , and the WAN Configuration screen appears. This screen dis[...]

WAN Configuration Item Description Host name Host name that identifies the N4100PRO on the network. Domain name Specifies the domain name of the N4100PR O. WINS Server To set a server name fo r NetBIOS computer. MAC Address MAC address of the network in terface. Jumbo Frame Support Enabl e or disable Jumbo Frame Support of the WAN interface on your[...]

LAN Configuration Item Description MAC Address Displays the MAC address of the LA N interface. Jumbo Frame Support Enable or disable Ju mbo Frame Support on the LAN i nterface. IP Specifies the IP address of the LAN interface. Netmask Specifies the Network Mask of the LAN interface. Before enabling Ju mbo Frame Support, p lease make sure your netwo[...]

S a m b a S e r v i c e Used for letting the operating system of UNIX series and SMB/CIFS of Microsoft Windows operating system (Server Messa ge Block / Common Internet File System).Do the lin k in network protocol. En able or Disable SMB/CIFS protocol for Windows, Apple, Unix drive mapping. File Access Cache File Access Cache is default En able . [...]

Protocol. You can chang e any of these items and press Apply to confirm your settings. A description of each item follows: Apple Network Configuration Item Description AFP Server Enable or disable Apple File S ervice to use the N4100PRO with MAC OS-based systems. Zone Specifies Zo ne for Ap plet T alk service . If your AppleTalk network uses extend[...]

Apply Click Apply to save your changes. FTP N4100PRO can act as a FTP server, enabling us ers to download and upload files with their favorite FTP programs. From the System Network menu, choose the FTP item, and the FTP screen appears. You can change any of these item s and press Apply to confir m your settings. A description of each item follows: [...]

Media Server With the built-i n Media Server capability, the N4100PRO provides media streaming service to stand-alone networked home media adapters that support the UPnP AV protocol or are Digital Liv ing Network Allian ce (DLNA) standard compliant. With the N4100PRO’s built-in media server capability, you can shar e digital media such as music, [...]

Connecting DMAs to the Media Server Next, it’s time to con nect your Dig ital Media Adapter (DMA) to the m edia server: 1. Connect your DMA to your Medi a Server a. Configure your DMA to use a Dy namic IP address. The IP address wi ll be assigned by the router. b. Some DMAs are wireless enabled. You can connect the DM A to a wireless router. For [...]

NOTE • Di sable HTTP support and E nable Secure HTTP su secure access. pport to guarantee UPnP This device supports UPnP Media server, whic h allows users to play media files with UPnP client (ex. DMA devices). Ena ble or disable Universal Plug and Play protocol. UPnP helps to find the IP address of the N4100 PRO. Nsync Target From the System Net[...]

Bonjour Setting Bonjour, is Apple Inc.'s trade name for its implementation of Zeroconf, a service discovery protocol. Bonjour locates devices such as printers, as well as other computers, and the services that those devices offer o n a local network usi ng multicast Domain Name Syst em service records. This def initive guide walks you through [...]

Firmware Shows the SATA hard disk firmware version. Status Indicates the status of the disk. Can read OK , Warning , or Failed . Bad Block scan Yes to start scan Bad Block. Total Capacity Shows the total SATA hard disk capacity. Disk Power Management The administrator can set the disk to power down after a period of inactivit y. S.M.A.R.T. Informat[...]

hidden in reallocated sectors. However, the more sectors that a re reallocated, the more a decrease (up to 10% or more) can be noticed in disk read/write speeds. Current Pending Sector Current count of unstable sectors (waiting for remapping). The raw value of this attribute indicates the total number of sectors waiting for remapping. Later, when s[...]

RAID Information Item Description ID ID of the current RAID volume. RAID Level Shows the current RAID configuration. Status Indicates status of the RAID. Can read either Healthy , Degraded , or Damaged . Disks Used Hard disks used to form the current RAID volume. Total Capacity Total capacity of the current RAID. Data Capacity Indicates the used ca[...]

3. Specify a RAID ID. 4. Specify a stripe size — 64K is the de fault setting. 5. Specify the percentage all ocated for user data by drag the horizontal bar. The remaining space will be made av ailable for iSCSI. 6. Selected the file syst em you like to hav e for this RAID volume. The selection is available from ext3 and XFS. 7. Press Create to bu[...]

Creating RAID destroys a ll data in the cur rent RAID volume. Th e data is unrecoverable. WARNING Building a RAID volume may take time, dep ending on the size of hard drives and RAID mode. In general, while the RAID volume building process is up to “RAID Building” th en the data volume is capab le to be accessed . NOTE With a RAID 1, RAID 5, RA[...]

Remove RAID Click to remove th e RAID volume. All user dat a and iSCSI has been created in selected RAID volume will be removed. To remove a RAID volume, f ollow the steps below: 49[...]

1. On the RAID List screen, select the RA ID volume by clicking on its radio button, and cl ick RAID Info rmation to open the RAID Configur ation screen. 2. On the RAID Configuration screen, click Remove RAI D . 3. The confirmation screen appear, you will have t o input “Yes” with exact ly wording case to complete “ Re move RAID ” operati o[...]

Migrating a RAID Once a RAID volume has been created, yo u m ay want to move i t to other physical dr i v e s o r c h a ng e t h e RA I D a r r a y a l l t og e t h e r. T o mi g r a t e a R A ID 0 , RA I D 1, R A I D 5 or RAID 6 volume, follo w the steps below : 1. From the RAID Configurat ion screen, click Migrate RAID. 2. A list of possible RAID[...]

Migrating a RAID volume cou ld take several hours to comp lete NOTE With RAID level migrati on function, it has two differen t type “On line” an d “Off line” alone with limitation as l isted below. 1. During RAID lev el migration, it is not allowed reboot or shutdown sy stem. 2. Off line RAID level migrat ion, all services w ill stop and da[...]

Below is a table listing of possible RAID migration schemes: To From RA ID 0 RA ID 5 RA ID 6 RA ID 0 [OFFLINE] [RAID 0] HDDx2 to [RAID 0] HDDx3 [RAID 0] HDDx2 to [RAID 0] HDDx4 [RAID 0] HDDx3 to [RAID 0] HDDx4 [OFFLINE] [RAID 0] HDDx2 to [RAID 5] HDDx3 [RAID 0] HDDx2 to [RAID 5] HDDx4 [RAID 0] HDDx3 to [RAID 5] HDDx4 X RA ID 1 [OFFLINE] [RAID 1] HD[...]

Allocating Space for iSCSI Volume To allocate space for an iSCSI v olume on the current RAID volume, follow the steps below: 1. Under the Volume Allocation List , click iSCSI Target . The Create iSCSI Volume screen appears. Create iSCSI Volume Item Description RAID ID ID of current RAID volume. Allocat ion Percent age and a mount of spac e allocat [...]

Month Select the current month from the dropdown. Username Enter a username. Password Enter a password. Password Confirm Reenter the chosen password 2. Designate the percentage to be allocated from the Allocation drag bar. 3. Enable the i SCSI Target Service by selecting Enable . 4. Choose to enable CHAP authentication or choose None . 5. Enter a T[...]

2. Modify your setting . Press ok to change. Delete Volume To delete volume on t he current RAID volume, follow the steps below: 1. Under the Volume Allocation List , click Delete . The Space Allocation screen appe ars. 56[...]

2. Press YES . All data in the volu me will be removed. Advance Option There are 2 options is current ly allow Admin to Enable/D isable to operate N4100PRO associated with iSCSI sett ing. The details as lis ted in follow ing screenshot. Wit h the option changed, it w ill need to reboot system to act ivate. iSCSI Block Size Select the block size w i[...]

Adding Folders On the Folder screen, press the Add button and the Add Fol der screen appears. This screen allows you to add a f older. After entering th e information, press Apply to create new folder. 58[...]

Add Folder Item Description Folder Name Enter the name of the folder. Descrip tion Provid e a desc ription the fo lder. Browseable Enable or disable users from browsing the folder contents. If Yes is selected, then the share folder will be browseable. Public Admit or d eny pub lic acce ss to th is folder. I f Yes is se lected , then users do not ne[...]

setting will only apply while access via SMB/CIFS and web disk. Public Admit or den y public a ccess to this fo lder . Share Limit Enter the maximum size of the folder. The folder will not grow beyond this limit. You can enter a 0 to turn off the share folder limit. Remove Folders To remove a folder, press the Remo ve button from the specified fold[...]

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 fol der. Guest System Support There are two selections availabl e: • Unix / Linux System • AIX (Allow source port > 1024) Choose the one which best fits your needs. IO Mapping There are three selecti ons[...]

Folder and sub-folders Access Contr ol List (ACL) On the Folder screen, press the ACL button, and the ACL setting screen appears. This screen allows you to configure access to the specific folder and sub-folders for users and groups. Select a user or a group from the left hand column and the n choose Deny , Read Only , or Writab le to configure the[...]

3. Continue selectin g groups and users an d assigning them access levels using the column buttons. 4. To remove a group or user from an access level column, press the Remove but ton in that colu mn. 5. When you are finished, press Appl y to confirm your ACL setti ngs. If one user has belong the prio rity D eny > R e ed to more than one group bu[...]

The system will your search, ente list up to 1,000 users from the chosen category. To narrow r a search term in the blank provided. NOTE Stackable NAS The N4100PRO’s capacity can be expand ed even further using the stackable function. With i t, users can expand the capacity of thei r network storage systems up to 5 other stack t arget volumes whi[...]

Next, input the target IP address of the stacka ble device and click the Discovery button. The system will list available target vol umes from the inputted IP ad dress. Once IP with volume h ave been set, you may need to input a va lid user name and password to validate your access rights. If there is no user name and password needed to access targ[...]

From the figure above, the Export share name is “pmmeeting”. The figures below show the result before and after via Mi crosoft Network Access with se ttings have been completed. Stack target with export share name “pmmeeting” No Stack Target The Browseable setting will be same method of set ting for system share folder. It designates whethe[...]

The Public setting will be set same as wh at the setting for t he system share f older associated with the ACL permission setup. If Public is set to Yes , all users will be able to access it, and ACL button will be grayed out. If Public is set to No , the ACL button will be availab le on the Stack Target List wi ndow. Click Apply to save your chang[...]

With this newly att ached stack target device, you will see the in formation displayed and also several options you can choose. In general, if attached stack target device has been used by another N5200PRO/1U4500/N5500/N4100PRO/N7700/N8800 as stack target volume, then the Format item will be display and syst em will recognize it straigh t away and [...]

ACL settings will be exactly th e same as system folder that you may have setup previously. E. Reconnect a Stack Tar get The enabled stack target devices may be di sconnected by situations such as power outages or network disconnects. W hen this happens, the Reconnect button will available. To attempt to reconnect the stack target, click Reconnect [...]

From the main menu, the ISO Mount feature is located under “Storage”. Please refer the figure below for reference. Select on the ISO mount funct ion and you will have th e screen shot appear as following. A. Add a ISO file From the figure above, select ISO fi le from drop down share list. After selection, system will bring up Mount table for fu[...]

To mount new ISO file, select fr om listed ISO file and inpu t desired mounting n ame into “Mount as:” field. C lick “ADD” with confirmation t o complete mounting ISO file. Or without “Mount as ” ISO file export name inp ut, system will automat ic to give the export name by ISO file name. If left “Mount as:” blink then system will c[...]

You could click “Un mount” to elimin ate mounted ISO file. B. Using ISO The mounted ISO file will be located same share folder with name giving. Please refer the screen shot below. ISO file “image” has m ounted as fo lder “Image” you could see. T he ISO file “Thec us 01” without assign mou nting name, system automaticall y has folde[...]

A description of each item follows: ADS/NT Support Item Description Work Group / Domain Name Specifies the SM B/CIFS Work Group / ADS Doma in Name (e.g. N4100PRO). ADS/NT Support Select Disable to disable authenti cation through Windows Active Directory Server or Windows NT. Authentication Method Select ADS for Windows Active Directory Server, or s[...]

AD Domain Example Item Information Work Group / Domain Name domain ADS Support Enable ADS Server Name Computer1 ADS/NT Realm Domain.local Administrator ID Administrator Administrator Password *********** NOTE • The DNS server spec ified in the WAN configuration page shou ld be able to correctly resolve the ADS server name . • The time zone sett[...]

2. On the Local User Setting screen, enter a name in the User Name box. 3. Enter a User ID number. If l eft blank, t he system will auto matically assign one. 4. Enter a password in the Password box and re-enter the password in the Confirm box. 5. Select which group the u ser will belong to . Group Members is a list of groups this user belongs to. [...]

Remove Users 1. Select an existing user from t he Local User Configuration screen. 2. Click on Remove button and the user is deleted from the system. Local Group Configuration From the Accounts me nu, choose the Group item, and the Local Group Configuration screen appears. This screen allows you to Add , Edit , and Remove local groups. 76[...]

Local Group Configuration Item Description Add Press the Add button to add a user to the list of local groups. Edit Press the Edit button to modify a selected group from the system. Remove Press the Remove button to delete a selected grou p from the system. Add Groups 1. On the Local Group Configurati on screen, click on the Ad d button. 2. The Loc[...]

1. On the Local Group Configuration screen, sel ect a group name from the list. 2. Press the Edit button to modify the members in a group. 3. To add a user into a group, sel ect the user from the User s List , and press the << button to move the user into the M embers List . 4. To remove a user from a group, sele ct the user from Members List[...]

From the Accounts me nu, click Batch M gmt and the B atch Create Users and Groups dialogue will appear. To import your list of users and grou ps, follow these steps: 5. Click Browse… to locate your comma-separated text file. The informat ion in th e text file shou ld follow th is format: [USERNAME], [PASSWORD], [GROUP] 6. Click Open . 7. Click Im[...]

Printer Information Item Description Manufacturer Displays the name of the USB printer manufacturer. Model Displays the mod el of the USB printer . Status Displays the status of the USB printer. Remove document from Queue Click to remove all documents from printer queue Restart Printer service Click to restart printer service If a corrupt print job[...]

NOTE • Not all USB printers are sup supported printers. • Note that if a multi-fun N4100PRO, usually onl features, such as scann ported. Please ch eck Thecus websit e for a list of ction (all-in-one) printer is attached to t he y the printing and fax functions will work. Other ing, will probably not function. Windows Vista To set up the Printer[...]

3. Select Add a network, wireless or Bluetoot h printer . 4. Select The printer that I want isn’t listed . You can press The printer that I want isn’t listed to go i nto next page wi thout waiting for Searching for available printers to fi nish. 5. Click Select a shared printer by name . 82[...]

Type http://<Thecus_NAS>:631/printers/usb-printer in the box, where <Thecus_NAS_IP> is the IP address of the N4100PRO. Click Next . 6. Select or install a prin ter and then press OK . If your printer model is not listed, please con tact your printer manufact urer for help. 7. Windows will attempt t o connect to th e printer. 8. You can [...]

9. Done! Click Finish . iTunes® Server With the buil t-in iTunes server capability , the N4100PRO e nables digital music to be shared and played anywhe re on the network! From the Network menu, choose the iTunes item, and the iTunes Configuration screen appears. You may enable or disa ble the iTunes Service from here. Once enabled, enter correct i[...]

Module Management Module Installation From the Modul e Management menu, choose the Module Installation item and the Module Management screen appears. From here , you can install separate software modules to extend the functionality of your N4100PRO. System Module The system module i s officially provided by Th ecus for new features added. User Modu[...]

Item Description Add Click to add a Nsync task Edit Click to Ed it an Nsync task. Restore Restore share folder from an Nsync target. Del Click to d elete an Nsync task. Bac kup fi les on Ns ync ta rget is a lso deleted. Task name The name of your Nsync task. Server The IP addre ss of your target server Share folder The share fol der you would want [...]

Add Nsync Task Item Description Task Name The name of your Nsync task. Target Server Manufacturer Select whether the target is a Thecus Product (e.g. N4100PRO) or FTP server. Nsync Mode Synchronize mode or Incremental mode . Target Server IP Address The IP address of your target server. Source Folder The share folder you want to backup. Authorized [...]

1. On the Nsync server, add a user for Nsync source (ex. nsyncsource1). For instructions on how to add a user on the N4100PRO, see Chapter 4: User and Groups Authenti cation> Local User Configuration > Add Users . 2. On the Nsync server, grant that user (ex. nsyncsource1) write access to the nsync folder. For instru ctions on how to set up a [...]

1. Click Add to create a Backup task. The Add N ew Task dialog box appears. Add New Task Item Description Task Specifies a name for the current task. Source Click to specify the source folder/file location. Incremental Click to specify whether the backup will be i ncremental. If unchecked, the backup will be a full backup. Destinat ion Cl ick to sp[...]

5. Find and select the drive that spec ifies your N4 100PRO as your backup destination and click Ne xt . 6. Click Next to display the wizard’s final page a nd click Finis h to start ba cking up. Apple OS X Backup Utilities Mac OS X does not incl ude any backup so ftware. However, there are a num ber of backup solutions available fo r the Mac OS X[...]

Chapter 5: Using the N4100PRO Overview Once the N4100PRO is setup and operating, users on the network may manage all varieties of digital music, photos, or files by simply using their web br owsers. To manage your personal files or access public files on the N4100PRO, just enter its I P address into your browser (default IP address is http://192.16[...]

6. To create a new folder within the curre nt folder, press the New folder button. When the screen appears enter a name fo r the folder. Press OK to create the folder. 7. T o u p l o a d a f i l e f r o m y o u r c o m p u t e r t o the current folder, press the New file (upload) button. When the screen appears, pr ess Browse and locate the file to[...]

(Admin) Change password and confirm new password. (logout) To logout of the web disk interface. Show the files and folde rs in the d i rectory. Search files in the directory. (You can only input some word string.) Name Displays the names of folders and files. Size Shows the size of folders and files. Type Displays the type of folders and files. Mod[...]

Windows XP Publishing Wizard There are many ways for a local user to upload pictures into their photo album. Users of Windows XP c an upload their pi ctures using the Windows X P Publishi ng Wizard. 1. Click on the XP Publishing Wizard icon on top right corn er. 2. The XP Web Publishing Wizard Client screen appears. Click on the link to install the[...]

4. Once the register f ile is inst alled, use the Window s file manager to browse the folder that contain s the picture you want to publish. On t he left pane, there will be an icon labeled “ Publish this folder to the Web ”. 5. Click on this icon and Web Publishing Wizard will start. 6. Select th e pictures you want to publis h to the Photo We[...]

7. Your PC will start to conne ct to the Photo Web Server. 8. Select N4100PRO Photo Gallery Wizard to publish yo ur pictures to the N4100PRO. 9. Login into the N4100PRO with your local user name and password. 10. Create your album by entering an a lbum name and cli cking on the Cre ate Album button. 96[...]

11. Select the album you w ant to upload your pi ctures to. 12. Confirm the target album. 13. Windows will show y ou that the picture upload is in progress. 97[...]

14. When th e upload is finished, the Wizard will ask you whether if you wan t to go to the website. Click Finish to go to your Photo Web Server. 15. Click on the user’s icon to go to tha t user’s album. 16. You will see the user’s album list. Click on Album . 98[...]

17. Finished! You will see the pictures just sele cted in the album. Managing Albums and Photos Icon Function Description Make Cover Make selected photo your cover picture. Back Return to the previ ous screen. Add Add a new album or photos. Modify Edit the name and description of the sel ected album or photo. Each name is limited to 20 characters a[...]

Creating Albums To create a photo album, follow the steps below: 1. Click the Add button to create a new album. 2. Enter a name f or the album, and ente r a description if you wish . Then, click on the Create Album b utton. Password Protecting Albums If you would like to put a password on a particular album, follow these steps: 1. Select the album [...]

Slide Shows Slide shows are a great way to enjoy pi ctures stored on your N4100PRO. You can click on the Start Slide Show icon on the top righ t hand corner to start t he slide show. To stop the slide show, click on the Stop Slide Show icon on the top right hand corner. Mapping a Client PC to the N4100PRO You can map share folders on the N4100PRO s[...]

1. Choose Go > Connect to Server… 2. Enter the network address for the server in the Server Address text box. When connecting using SM B/CIFS protocol, type: smb://192.168.1.100/Folder1 When connecting using AFP protocol, type: afp://192.168.1.100/Folder1 Click Connect . 3. When MAC OS X is trying to connect N4100PRO, it will ask for a User Na[...]

3. You w ill now in stall the iSC SI Initia tor using the Setup Wizard. Click Next to continue. 4. Leave th e default selections and click Next . 5. Read the license agreement. T o continue with the inst allation, click I Agree and then click Next . 6. The iSC SI Initiator w ill now install au tomatically. C lick Finish once completed. 103[...]

7. Start the iSCSI In itiator by double-click ing its icon on the desktop. The iSCSI Initiator properties window w ill appear. 8. elect the Discovery tab. Under Target Po rtal s , click Add . S . Enter the IP address of the N410 PRO. Click OK . 9 0 10. On the iSCSI Initiator Properties window, sel ect the Targets tab. With the iSCSI target highlig [...]

11. If you have not enabled CHAP, click OK to continue. If you have enabled CHAP, click Advanced . Under Advanced Settings, check the CHAP lo gin in forma tion ch eckb ox and ente r you r usern ame a nd password. Click OK . 12. Right click My Computer on the desktop and select Manage . 105[...]

13. Click on Disk Management and you will see a new hard di sk listed. 4. Initializ e the new ha rd disk and you will then be able to use the iSC SI target as a local drive. Windows Vista ecause Windows Vista has th e Microsoft iSCSI Initiator pre- installed, you will not ave to install this piece of software. Instead, start the iSCSI Init iator an[...]

Chapter 6: T ip s and T ricks SB Storage Expansion he N4100PRO supports external USB hard di sks through its three USB ports. Once USB hard disk has been successfully mo unte d, users can access the files on the SB hard disk under the USB HDD folder. The N4100PRO supports up to 6 USB xternal storage devices. All file names on the USB disk volume ar[...]

Replacing Damaged Hard Drives If you are using RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, or RAID 10, yo u can easily replace a damaged hard drive in the Thecus N4100PRO while keeping yo ur data secure with e system’s automatic data recov ery. To replace a hard disk drive in the N4100PRO: 4100PRO until it snaps into place. You can also lock it wi t h a key if desir[...]

Chapter 7: T roubleshooting orgot My Network IP Address you forget your netw ork IP address an d have no physical access to the system, ou can find out the IP addr ess by either looking direct ly onto the N4100PRO’s LCD anel, or by using the setup wizard to retrieve the IP of your N4100 PRO. 1. Start the Setup Wiz ard, and it will automatically d[...]

4. Set the Date , Time , and Ti me Zone . addition, if the N4100PRO is able to access the Internet and you want to keep the TP Server clock.isc.org by default, please make sure the DNS Server is correctly ntered etwork WAN r ) 5. Click Apply . In N e , thereby allowin > DNS Serve g the NTP Serv er name to correctly resolve. (See N > 110[...]

Chapter 8: Revision updated (FW 3.00.03 to 3.00.05) What’s New There are additional features implemente d into the new 3.00.04 version firmware. RAID Expansion for iSCSI Target Volume First, the iSCSI volu me is now able to expand its capacity from unused space. From the volume list, simply select the iSCS I volume you lik e to expand and click t[...]

iSCSI Thin-Provisioning An advanced thin-provisi oning for iSCSI feature is avai lable in th is firmware releas e. With this function, the iSCSI capacity ca n be more flexi ble and more efficiently serve more users. The idea for iSCSI th in-provisioning is shar ing the availabl e physical capacity to a number of iSCSI target volu mes and also setup[...]

Now you can start to create iSCSI targ ets to join the ne wly-created iSCSI thin-prov ision volume. Basically, t he iSCSI target under iSCSI th in-provision ing has exactly same settings screen as the standard iSCSI target volume creation. The only difference is the “Virtual Size” of capaci ty. Unlike creating stan dard iSCSI target volu mes, t[...]

The screen shot for iSCSI target volume creation under thin -provi sioning; the physical capacity 333.8GB. The screen shot to setup an iSCSI target volume under thin-provisioning of 1700GB. iSCSI target volume creation. The ma ximum virtual size is 14300GB (16000GB – 1700GB(1 st iSCSI target volume)). 114[...]

This screenshot lists iSC SI target volumes created under th in-provisioning. The 2 nd iSCSI target volume under thin-pro visioning has been created wi th a capacity of 14300GB. This message appears if there is no more room for new iSCSI target creation. iSCSI LUN ID NOTE 1. Each RAID volume can only create one iSCSI thin-provision volume. 2. Each [...]

Error Corrections None 116[...]

Chapter 9: Revision up dated up to FW 3.01.00 What’s New There are additional features implemente d into the new 3.00.08 version firmware. Updated Login User Interface There is a brand new design for the admi n login UI. NOTE The previous chapters hav e screenshots of the origina l user interface. Please note that all changes a re visual only. Th[...]

Disclaimer Page Added The following discla imer page has been added to this fi rmware release. Please click the check box if you do not want to have th is page display ed during the next login. 118[...]

Updated Main User Interface The look and icons of the main user interf ace have been updated. Additionally , it has added “My Favorite” as shortc ut to let us er can create often used items on main screen area. The figure below has displa yed 12 default favorite func tions. Administrator can add or remove favorite functio n as short cut by righ[...]

Add On-Line Register Service From main menu tree, there is a new “On- line Register” opti on added with this firmware release. This on-line regist er service can periodically update the user wh en new firmware and software modules are released by Thecus. To enable this serv ice, simply check the “Enable” ch eck box. By enablin g this servic[...]

Added Rsync Backup Feature Thecus Nsync now provides backup features to other T hecus NAS with V PN protection or legacy FTP server with the added Rsync option. Using “Rsync” to back up data to other Thecus NAS devices uses the exact same procedure as the original Nsyn c method. The only thin g that needs to be done is to enable the sync target[...]

Added 2 nd Gateway for Clients of DHCP Server Route The adding of a 2 nd gateway has been phased in to serve clients that use their Thecus NAS as a DHCP server to have anot her route to balance traf fic bandwidth. If the IP sharing mode setting is set to “Enable” un der WAN port, then this 2 nd gateway cannot be configured. NOTE 122[...]

Appendix A: Product S pecifications Hardware Specifications Product Model N4100PRO Core Processors / Memory Processor AMD LX800 500Mhz Memory 256MB DDR400 SODIMM Network Interfaces WAN Gigabit RJ-45 connector LAN Gigabit RJ-45 connector Storage HDD Bays 4 x 3.5” SATA II HDD, hot-swappable HDD Support SATA II HDDs up to 1000GB I/O Interfaces USB P[...]

RAID level migration RAID expansion Folder Management Share folder level permission Public folder Quota Management Share folder quota control Backup Thecus Backup Utility (Windows XP/2000 and MAC OS X) Thecus Nsync System Management Web GUI Multilingu al support (English, Fren ch, German, Italian, Tradition al Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese,[...]

Appendix B: Customer Support If your N4100PRO is not working properl y, we encourage you to check out Chapter 7: Troublesho oting , located in this manual. You can also try to ensu re that you are using the latest firmwar e version for your N410 0PRO. Thecus is committed to providing free firmware upgrades to our customers. Our newest firmware is a[...]

Appendix C: RAID Basics Overview A Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) is a n array of several hard di sks that provide data security and high perf ormance. A RAI D system accesses several hard disks simultaneous ly, which improves I/O performanc e over a single hard disk. Data security is enhanc ed by a RAID, si nce data loss due to a hard[...]

RAID 5 RAID 5 offers data secu rity and it is best s uited for networks that perform many small I/O transactions at the same time, as well as applications that require data security such as offi ce automation and online customer service. Use it also for applications with high read re quests but low write requests. RAID 5 includes disk striping at t[...]

Disk Usage When all 7 disks are of the same size, and use d in RAID, N4100PRO disk usage percentage is listed below: RAID Level Percentage Used RAID 0 100% RAID 1 1/n x 100% RAID 5 (n-1)/n x 100% RAID 6 (n-2)/n x 100% RAID 10 50% JBOD 100% n ： HDD number 128[...]

Appendix D: Active Directory Basics Overview With Windows 2000, Microsoft intro duced Ac tive Directory (ADS), which is a large database/information store. Prior to Active Directory the Wi ndows OS could not store additional inform ation in its domain database. Active Directory also solved the problem of locating resources; which previously relied [...]

Appendix E: Licensing Information Overview This product included copyrighted third-pa rty software licensed under the terms of GNU General Public License. Please see THE GNU General Public License for extra terms and conditions of th is license. Source Code Availability Thecus Technology Corp. has exposed th e full source code of the GPL licensed s[...]

CGIC License Terms Basic License CGIC, copyright 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 200 0, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 by Thomas Boutell and Boutell.Com, Inc. Permission is granted t o use CGIC in any application , commercial or noncommercia l, at no cost. HOWEVER, this copyright para graph must appear on a "cre dits" page accessible in the pu blic onlin[...]

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