Thecus N8800PRO manual

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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 attempting to set up your N88 00. Your N8800 is a complicated electronic device. DO NOT attempt to repair it under any circumstance s. In the case of malfuncti on, turn off the power immediately and have it repaired at a q[...]

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

System Information............................................................................. 26 Product System Logs ... Time: S Notifica Firmwa UPS Se Schedul Wake-U SNMP S Utility .. WAN Co LAN .... LAN Con DHCP S Samba Samba S File Acce Samba R Samba A AFP (Ap NFS Set Media M Share M Connec Disks In S.M.A.R. Bad Bloc RAID In Create RAID Le Edi[...]

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Part III Hard Dr Replacin RAID Au RAID Ex RAID Vo iSCSI T iSCSI L Updated Updated Disclaim Updated Add On- Added R Added R Added 2 Added D Improve Data Se RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 6 RAID 10 JBOD .. - Setting up Vi rtual Server s (HTTPS)............................................. 116 Firewall Software Config uration ..............................[...]

Appendix F: Licensing Information ............................................ 145 Overview ........................................................................................... 145 Source Code Availability .................................................................... 145 CGIC License Terms .............................................[...]

Chapter 1: Introduction Overview Thank you for choosing the Thecus N8800 IP Storage Server. The Thecus N8800 is an easy-to-use storage server that allo ws a dedicated approach to storing and distributing data on a ne twork. Data reliability i s ensured with RAID f eatures that provide data security and recovery—over ten Terabyte of storage is ava[...]

Backup Server Don’t le ave precious data to chance. With advan ced backup capabilities, y ou can easily upload mission critical files to t he N8800, and e ven automate yo ur backup tasks for true peace-of-mind. To find out how to backup your file s with the N8800, refer to Chapter 4: Backup > Nsync . Printer Server With the N8800’s Printer S[...]

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 your package is co mpl ete. If you find tha t some items are missing, contact your d ealer. 11[...]

Front Panel The Thecus N8800’s front panel has the device ’s controls, indicators, and hard disk trays: Front Panel Item Description 1.Power Button • Power on/off N8800 2.Power LED • Solid green: System is power on. 3.Reboot Button • Press to system reboot 4.System fan alarm LED • Solid red: system fan failure notification 5. Mute butto[...]

Hard Disk Trays Each of the N8800’s har d disk trays has a lock, a latch, a nd two LED indicators: Hard Disk Trays Item Description 1.HDD Power L ED • Solid blue: hard disk is powered on 2.HDD Access/Error LED • Blinking green: system is accessing data on the hard disk 3.Lock • Use the lock to physically secure the hard disk to the unit 4.L[...]

USB printers 5.Serial Port • This port is for external UPS device 6.WAN Port • WAN port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router 7.LAN Port • WAN port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or rou ter 14[...]

Chapter 2: Hardware Inst allation Overview Your N8800 i s designed for easy installation. To help you get started, t he following chapter w ill help you quickly get your N8800 up and running. Please read it carefully to prevent damaging your un it during inst allation. Before You Begin Before you be gin, be sure to ta ke the followi ng precautions:[...]

Cable Connections To connect the N8800 to your ne twork, follow th e steps below: 1. Connect an Eth ernet cable from your network to the WAN port on the back panel of the N8800. 2. Connect t he provided power cord into the uni versal power socket on the back panel. Plug the other end of the cor d into a surge protector socket. Press the power suppl[...]

Checking S ystem Status After making connections on the N 8800 and powering up , check whether the syste m status is no rmal or has trouble by observing indicators on the front pa nel and hard disk trays. Sys tem Status Normal The system status is normal if: 1. The Power LED on the Front Panel glows green. 2. The HDD Power LED o n each HDD tray glo[...]

Chapter 3: First T ime Setup Overview Once the hardware is installed, ph y sically connected to your network, and powered on, you can configure the N8800 so that it is accessible to your network users. There are tw o ways to set up your N8800: using the Thecus Setup Wizard or the LCD display . Follow the ste ps bel ow for initial softw are setup. T[...]

6. Name your N8800 and config ure the network IP address. I f your switch or router is configured as a DHCP Server, configuring the N8800 to automatically obtain an IP address is recommended. You may also use a static IP address and enter th e DNS Server address manuall y. 7. Change the default administrator password. 8. Finished! Access the N8800 [...]

LCD Operation The N8800 is equipped with an LCD on the fro nt for ea sy status display and setup. There are four buttons on the front panel to control the LCD functions. LCD Controls Use the Up ( ▲ ), Down ( ▼ ), Ent er ( ↵ ) and Escape ( ESC ) keys to select various configuration settings and menu op tions for N8800 configuration. The follow[...]

2009/05/22 12:00 Current system time. Disk Info Current status of disk slot has been installed RAID C urrent RAID status. The N8800 will rotate these messages every one -two seconds on the LCD display. USB Copy The USB Copy function enables you to copy files stored on USB devices such as USB disks and digital cameras to the N8 800 by press b utto n[...]

Step 1: Network Setup From the Web Administration I nterface, you can con figure the network setti ngs of the N8800 for your network. You can access the Network menu from the menu bar. For details on how to c onfigure yo ur network settings, refe r to Chapter 4: System Network . Step 2: RAID Cr eation Next, administrators can confi gure their pr ef[...]

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Chapter 4: System Administratio n Overview The N8800 provides an easily accessible Web Administration Inter face . With it, you can co nfigure and monitor the N8800 anywhere on the network. Web Administration Interface Make sure y our network is co nnected to the In ternet. To access the N8800 Web Administration Interface : 1. Type the N8800’s IP[...]

Menu Bar Item Description System Information Current system status of the N8800. System Management Various N8800 system settings and i nformation. System Network Information and settings for network connections, as well as various services of the N8800. Storage Information and settings for storage devices installed into the N8800. User and Group Au[...]

Temperature. Green: Sy stematic temperature is normal. Red: Systematic tem perature is unus u al. Click to go to S ystem Status page a s short cut. Networ k. Gree n: Connectio n to n e twork i s normal. Red: abnormal connectio n to the network Logout Click to logout Web Ad ministration Interface. Language Selection The N8800 supports multip le lang[...]

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[...]

Logs Fro m the System Informatio n menu, choose the Logs item and the System Logs screen appears. This screen shows a histor y of system usage and important eve nts such as disk status, networ k information, an d system booting. See the follow ing table for a detailed description of each item: See the following table for a detailed description of e[...]

System Management The System Management menu gives you a wealth of sett ings that you can us e to configure your N8800’s system administrati on functions. You ca n set up system time, system notifi cations, a nd eve n upgrade firmware from thi s 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 firmware file. 2. Press Ap ply . 3. The beeper beeps and the Busy LED b links until the upgrade is complete. UPS Setting The N8800 can also support various uninterr uptibl e power supply units via either “Serial” or “USB” int erface, providing extra data [...]

See the following table for a detailed description of each item. UPS Setting Item Description UPS Monitoring Enable or disable UPS monitoring. Manufacturer Choose the UPS manufacturer from the dropdowns. Model Choose the UPS model number from the dropdowns. Battery Status Current status of the UPS battery Power Current status of the power being sup[...]

Example - Monday: On: 8:00; Off: 16:00 System will turn on at 8:00 AM on Monday, and off at 16:0 0 on Monday. System w ill turn on for the rest of the week. If you choose an on time, but do not assign an off time, the system will t urn on and remain on until a schedu led off time is reached, or if th e unit is shu tdown manually. Example - Monday: [...]

From the menu, choose the SNMP item, and the SNMP Support screen appears. From here, you can Enable or Disable . Ut ility ˙ Administrator password From the menu, choose the Administrator Password item and the Change Admin istrat or Passw ord screen appears. Enter a new password in the New Password box and confirm your new pa ssword in the Confirm [...]

Con firm Password Type the new password agai n to confirm. 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 configu rations. See the following t able for a detailed description of each i[...]

˙ Reboot & Shu tdown 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. ˙ File Syst em check The File System Ch eck allows you to perform a check on the integrity of your disks’ file system. Under th e menu, click File syste[...]

Once the system has rebooted, you will be returned t o the File System Check pro mpt. There you will see th e available RAID volumes t o run the file system check on except ZFS volume, ZFS has no need to perform file system check. Check the desired RAID volumes and click Next to proceed with the f ile system check. Click Reboot to reboot without r [...]

The system must be re after file system check co booted before the N8800 can function normally mplete. 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 displa[...]

WAN Configuration Item Description Host name Host name that identifies the N8800 on the network. Domain name S pecifies the domain name of the N8800. WINS Server To set a server name for NetBIOS comput er. 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 N8800[...]

WARNING Most Fast Ethernet (10/100) Switch es/Routers do not sup port Jumbo Frame and y ou will not be able to conne ct to your N8800 afte r Jumbo Fram e is turned on. If this happens, turn off the N8800. Then, insert USB disk w ith factory re set utili ty included and pow er on the N8800. Till the system power on complete then it w ill bring your [...]

NOTE The IP Segment of WA N and LAN should not overlap. WARNING The IP address of the LAN int erface shou ld not be in the range of the Start IP address and End IP addre ss. Samba / CIFS There are 4 options is curre ntly allow Admin to Enable /Disable to operate N8800 associated with Samba / CIFS pro tocol. With the option changed, it will need to [...]

Samba Anonym ous Login Authentic ation To enable this option, no matter there is share folder has been created in public access. The user account a nd password is nee ded from system to access under SMB/CIFS protocol. On the othe r hand, no more anonymous log in is allowed. NOTE • In some environments, due to security concerns , you may wish to d[...]

A description of each item follows: NFS Server Sett ing Item Description NFS Enable or Disable NFS support. Apply Click Apply to save your changes. FTP N8800 can act as a FTP server, ena bling users 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 c[...]

Security FTP Enable or disable Securi ty 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 cli ent or operating system does not support Unicode (e.g. Windows® 95/98/ME or MA C OS9/8), select the same encoding as your OS[...]

A description of ea ch field follows: Media Manage r Settings Item Description Media Server Enable or disable the Media Server servi ce. Shared Media Folders Select the folder(s) that contains media files to be shared. Rescan Click the Rescan button to have the N8800 for new contents in th e selected media fol der. Share Media Folders Once the Medi[...]

4. Setup the DMA (These steps wi ll be different if you use a different DMA) a. From the Server List screen, select “ N8800: Media Server ” as the server. b. Go to My Media c. Click on the Up/Down Arrow buttons to select Music Jukebox , Photo Albums , or Vi deo Clips d. Start enjoying the contents stored in your N8800. HTTP/ Web Disk From the S[...]

UPnP This device supports UPnP Media server, whic h allows users to play media files with UPnP client (ex. DMA devices). Ena ble or d isable Universal Plug and Play protocol. UPnP helps to find the IP address o f the N8800. Nsync Target From the System Network menu, choose t he Nsync Target item, and the Nsync Setting screen appears. Enable or Disa[...]

through Bonjour zero-c onfiguration networki ng with a com plete description of the protocols and technologies used to create Bon jour enabled applications and devices. Storage Management The Storage menu displays the status o f stor age devices installed in the N8800, and includes storage co nfiguration options such as RAID and disk settings, fold[...]

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. Information On the Disks Information screen, the status of each disk will be displayed in the Status column. Clicking on an OK o[...]

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 some of these sectors are rea d successfully, the value is decreased[...]

RAID Information Item Description Master RAID The RA ID volume currently designated as the Maste r RAID volume. ID ID of the current RAID volume. NOTE: All RAID IDs must be unique. RAID Level Shows the current RAID configuration. Status Indicates status of the RAID. Can read either Healthy , De graded , or Damaged . Disks Used Hard disks used to fo[...]

2. On the RAID Configuration screen, set the RAID storage sp ace as JBOD , RAID 0 , RAID 1 , RAID 5 , RAID 6 , or RAID 1 0 — see Appendix C: RAID Basics for a detailed description of each. 3. Specify a RAID ID . 4. If this RAID volume is meant t o be the Master RAID volume, tick the Mast er RAID checkbox. NOTE In a mu ltiple R AID configu rati on[...]

With a RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, or RAID 10 volume, you can also add a spare disk after the RAID is created. See Chapter 6: Tips and Tricks > Adding a Spare Disk for details. For more information on RAID, see Appendix C: RAID Basics . RAID Level You can set the storage volume as JBOD , RAID 0 , RAID 1 , RAID 5, RAID 6 or RAID 10 . RAID configurati[...]

RAID 5 requires a minimum of 3 disks. RAID 5 can sustain one failed disk. RAID 6 Two independent parity computations must be used in order to provide protection against double disk fail ure. Two different algorithms are employed t o achieve this purpose. RAID 6 requi res a minimum of 4 disks. RAID 6 can sustain two failed d isks . RAID 10 RAID 10 h[...]

Remove RAID Click to remove the RAID volume. All user data and iSCSI has been created in s elected RAID volume will be removed. To remove a RAID volume, f ollow the steps below: 1. On the RAID List screen, select the RAID volume by clicking on its radio button, and cl ick RAID Info rmation to open the RAID Configur ation scre en. 2. On the RAID Con[...]

Remove RAID destroys a unrecoverable. ll data in the current RAID volume. The data is WARNING Expanding a RAID To expand a RAID 1, RA ID 5, RAID 6, or RAID 10 vol ume, follow the steps below: 1. Replace one of the hard drives in the RAID volume and allo w it to automatically rebuild. 2. Once rebuilt, y ou can continue to repl ace an y remaining dis[...]

Migrating a RAID Once a RAID volume has been created, yo u m ay want to move i t to other physical drives or ch ange the RAID array all together. To migrate a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAI 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 migration configu rations will be li[...]

NOTE Migrating a RAID volume cou ld take several hours to comp lete 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 level m igration, it is n ot allowed reboot or shu tdown system. 2. Off line RAID level migrat ion, all services w ill stop and d[...]

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] HDDx2 to [RAID 0] HDDx5 [RAID 0] HDDx2 to [RAID 0] HDDx6 [RAID 0] HDDx2 to [RAID 0] HDDx7 [RAID 0] HDDx3 to [RAID 0] HDDx4 [RAID 0] HDDx3 to [RAID 0] HDDx5 [RAID 0][...]

RA ID 5 X [ONLINE] [RAID 5] HDDx3 to [RAID 5] HDDx4 [RAID 5] HDDx3 to [RAID 5] HDDx5 [RAID 5] HDDx3 to [RAID 5] HDDx6 [RAID 5] HDDx3 to [RAID 5] HDDx7 [RAID 5] HDDx3 to [RAID 5] HDDx8 [RAID 5] HDDx4 to [RAID 5] HDDx5 [RAID 5] HD Dx4 to [R AI D 5] HD Dx6 [RAID 5] HDDx4 to [RAID 5] HDDx7 [RAID 5] HDDx4 to [RAID 5] HDDx8 [RAID 5] HDDx5 to [RAID 5] HDD[...]

Volume Allocation List Item Description Modify Click this to modify the al located space. Delete Click this to delete the allocated space. iSCSI Target Click to a ll ocate space to iSCSI volume. Type Type of volume. Can be either USB or iSCSI . Name Name assigned to the volume. Capacity Capacity of the allocated space. Allocating Space for iSCSI Vo[...]

Create iSCSI Volume Item Description RAID ID ID of current RAID volume. Allocat ion Percent age and a mount of spac e allocat ed to iSCSI vo lume. Unused Percentage and amount of unused spac e on current RAID volume. iSCSI Targ et Volume Enab le or Disa ble the iS CSI Targ et Volume. Target Name Name of the iSCSI Target. This name will be used by t[...]

2. Mod ify 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. 63[...]

2. Press YES . All data in the v olum e will be removed. Advance Option There are 2 options is curren tly allow Admin to Enable/Di sable to operate N8800 associated with iSCSI sett ing. The details as lis ted in follow ing screenshot. Wit h the opt ion changed, it w ill need to reboot system to act ivate. iSCSI Block Size Select the block size w it[...]

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. 65[...]

Add Folder Item Description RAID ID RAID volume where the new folder wil l reside. 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 de ny public acces s to thi[...]

Descrip tion Provide a d escript ion the f older . Browseable Enable or disable users from browsing the folder contents. This setting will only apply while access via SMB/CIFS and web disk. Public Admit o r deny public ac cess to this fo lder. Share Limit Enter the maximum size of the folder. The folder will not grow beyond t his limit. You can ent[...]

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[...]

Snapshot The N8800 is capable for 16 snapshot version control. To have snapshot to work on, the file system creation for RAI D volume has to be “ ZFS ”. Snap (Snapshot configuration) If added folder has located in the RA ID vol ume with “ZFS ” file system, the n the folder management screen with “Snap” button w ill be configurable. Snap[...]

These taken snapsh ot is only accessible th ough CIFS/SMB by manually type NAS IP addresssnapshot and invisible from normal a ccess. Also, the ta ken snapshot version is read only can n ot be deleted under CIFS/SMB access but on ly click the “Del” button s howing on th e scree n shot above. Folder and sub-folders Access Contr ol List (ACL) O[...]

2. With the group or user selected, press one of the buttons from the three access level columns at the top. The group or user then appears in that column and has th at level of access to the folder. 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 [...]

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 N8800’s capacity can be expanded e ven further using the stackable functi on. With it, users can e xpand the capacity of their network storage systems up to 5 other stack target volumes wh ich [...]

Next, input the target IP address of the stacka ble device and click the Discovery button. T he system will list available target volumes from the inputt ed IP address. 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 n ame and password needed to access tar[...]

From the figure above, the Export share name is “pmmeeting”. The figures below show the result before and after via Microsoft Netw ork Access with settings 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 whether[...]

The Public setting will be s et same as what the setting for the system share folder associa ted with the ACL perm ission 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 windo w. 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/N550 0/N8800/N8800/N8800 as sta ck target volume, then the Format item will be display and syst em will recognize it straight away and di[...]

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. When this ha ppe ns, the Reconnect button will available. To attempt to reconnect the stack target, click Reconnect[...]

From the main menu, the ISO Mount feature i s located under “Stora ge”. 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 [...]

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 withou t “ M o u n t a s ” I S O f i l e e x p o r t n a m e i n p u t , s y s t e m w i l l a u t o m a t i c t o g i v e t h e export name by ISO file name. If [...]

You could click “Un mount” to elimin ate mounted ISO file. B. Using ISO The mounted ISO file will be located same sha re 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 fold[...]

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. N8800). 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 sele[...]

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 should be a ble 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 numbe r. If left 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 gro ups this user belongs to. [...]

Remove Users 1. Select an existing user from the 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 l ocal groups. 84[...]

Local Group Configuration Item Description Add Pre ss the Add button to add a user to the l ist of loc al gro ups. Edit Press the Edit button to modify a selected group from the system. Remove P ress 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 Add button . 2. Th[...]

1. On the Local Group Configuration screen, select a group name fr om 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 fro m 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 , select the user from Members Lis[...]

From the Accounts me nu, c lick Batch M gmt and the Batch Create Users and Groups dialogue will appear. To import your list of users and groups, follow these steps: 6. 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] 7. Click Open . 8. Click Imp[...]

Printer Information Item Description Manufa cturer Displays the name of the USB printer manufacturer. Model Displays t he mode l of the USB p rinter. Status Displays the status of the USB printer. Remove document from Queue Click to remove all docu ments from printer queue Restart Printer service Click to restart printer service If a corrupt print [...]

NOTE • Not all USB printe supported printers. • N ote that if a multi usually only the print scanning, will probab rs are supported. Please ch eck Thecus websit e for a list of -function (all-in-one) printer is attached to the N8800, ing and fax functions will work. Other features, such as ly not function. Windows Vista To set up the Pri nter S[...]

3. Select Add a network, wireless or Bluetooth printer . 4. Select The printer that I want isn’t listed . You can press The printer t hat I want isn’t listed to go into next page witho ut waitin g for Searching for available printers to fi nish. 5. Click Select a shared printer by name . 90[...]

Type http://<Thecus_NAS>:631/printers/usb-printer in the box, where <Thecus_NAS_IP> is the IP address of the N8800. Click Next . 6. Select or install a prin ter and then press OK . If your printer model is not listed, please co ntact your printer man ufacturer for help. 7. Windows will attempt t o connect to th e printer. 8. You can cho[...]

9. Done! Click Finish . iTunes® Server With the built-in iTunes server capability , the N8800 enables digital music to be s hared and played anywhere 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 inform[...]

Module Management Module Installation From the Modul e Management menu, ch oose the Module Installation item and the Module Management screen appears. From here, yo u can inst all separate software modules to extend the functi onality of your N8800. System Module The system module i s officially provided by Th ecus for new features added. User Modu[...]

Below is a description of each fi eld: Nsync 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 S[...]

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. N880 0) 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 Us[...]

1. On the Nsync server, add a user for Nsync source (ex. nsyncsource1). For instructions on how to ad d a user on the N8800, see Chapter 4: User and Groups Authentication> 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 fol[...]

1. Click Add to create a Backup task. The Add N ew Task di alog 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. I f unchecked, the backup will be a full backup. Destinat ion Cl ick to [...]

5. Find and select the drive that sp ecifies your N8 800 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 N8800 Overview Once the N8800 is setup an d operating, users on th e network may manage all varieties of digital music, photos, or files by simply using their web browsers. To manage your personal files or access pub lic files on the N8800, just enter its IP address into your browser (default IP addr ess is http://192.168.1.100[...]

6. To create a new folder within the curre nt folder, press the New folder button. When the screen ap pears enter a name for 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 appe ars, pr ess Browse and locate the fi le [...]

(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 di rectory. (You can only input some word string.) Name Displays the names of folders and files. Size Shows the size of folders and files. Typ e Displays the type of folders and files. M[...]

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 Publi shing 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 th e l eft 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 the pictures you want to publish to t he Photo We[...]

7. Your PC will start to co nnect to the Pho to Web S erver. 8. Select N8800 Photo Ga llery Wiza rd to publish your pictures to the N8800. 9. Login into the N8800 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. 104[...]

11. Sel ect the album you want to upload your pictu res to. 12. Confi rm the target album. 13. Windows will show you that the pi cture upload is in progress. 105[...]

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 . 106[...]

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 t he previous screen. Add Add a new album or phot os. Modify Edit the name and description of the selected 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 butt on to create a new album. 2. Ent er a name fo r the alb um, and enter 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 pictures stored on your N8800. 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 t he Stop Slide Show icon on the top ri ght hand corner. Mapping a Client PC to the N8800 You can map share folders on the N8800 so tha t[...]

1. Choose Go > Connect to Server… 2. Enter the network addr ess for th e server in the Server Addres s text b ox. 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 N8800, it w ill ask for a User [...]

3. You w ill now in stall the iSC SI Init ia tor using the Setup Wizard. Click Next to continue. 4. Leave th e default selections and click Next . 5. Read the license ag reement. To contin ue with the installat ion, click I Agree and then click Next . 6. The iSC SI Initiator w ill now install au tomatically. Click Finish once completed. 111[...]

7. Start the iSCSI In itiator by double-click ing its icon on the desktop. The iSCSI Initiator properties wind ow will appear. 8. Select the Discovery tab. Under Tar get Por tals , click Add . 9. Enter the IP address of the N8800. Click OK . 10. On the iSCSI Initiator Properties window, sel ect the Targets tab. With the iSCSI target highlighted, cl[...]

11. If you have not enabled CHAP, click OK to continue. If you h ave enabled CHAP, click Advanced . Under Advanced Settings, check the CHAP lo gin in forma tion ch eckb ox an d en ter y our username and password. Click OK . 12. Right click My Computer on the desktop and select Manage . 113[...]

13. Click on Disk Management and you will see a new hard di sk listed. 14. 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 Because Windows Vista has the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator pre- installed, you will not have to install th is piece of software. In stead, start the iSCSI In itiato[...]

Chapter 6: T ip s and T ricks USB and eSATA Storage Expansion The N8800 supports exte rnal USB hard disks through its four USB ports. Once a USB hard disk has successfully mount ed, the entire volume w ill be linked aut omatically to the default USB HDD folder. The N8800 su pp orts up to 4 USB external storage devices. All file names on th e USB di[...]

Part I - Setup a DynDNS Acc ount 1. Go to http://www.dyndns.org from your home PC. 2. Click on the Sign Up Now link. 3. Check the Check boxes, select a user name (i.e.: N8800), enter your email address (i.e.: xxx@example.com), check E nable Wildcard , and create a password (i. e.: xxxx). 4. Wait for an email from www.d yndns.org. 5. Open the email [...]

Replacing Damaged Hard Drives If you are using RAID 1, RAID 5, or RAID 6 you can easily re place a damaged hard drive in the Thecus N88 00 whil e keeping your data secure wi th the s ystem’s automatic data recovery. Hard Drive Damage When a h ard drive is damaged and data in the RAID volume, the system LCD wi ll display warning message also the s[...]

Chapter 7: T roubleshooting Forgot My Network IP Address If you forget your net work IP address and have no physical access to the system, you can find out the IP addre ss by either looking directly onto the N8800’s LCD panel, or by using the setup wizard to ret rieve the IP of your N8800. 1. Start the Setup Wiz ard, and it will automatically det[...]

4. Set the Date , Time , and Ti me Zone . 5. Click Apply . In addition, if the N8 800 is able to access the Internet and you want to keep the NTP Server clock.isc.org by defa ul t, please make sure th e DNS Server is correctly entered, thereby allowing the NTP Serv er name to correctly resolve. (See Syst em Network > WAN > DNS Server ) Dual D[...]

Chapter 8: Revision up dated (FW 3.00.03 to 3.00.06) What’s New There are addi tional features implemented 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 [...]

RAID Volume Encryption With firmware v3.00.04 , you can protect yo ur data by usin g RAID Volume Encryption func tion to prevent the r isk of data exposure. T o activate this function , the Encr yption option needs to be enab led while the RAID is created and f ollowed by password input for identification. Also, a n external writable USB disk plugg[...]

RAID volumes with encryption en abled will be displayed with a key lock symbol next to volume ID name. NOTE 2. With RAID volume encryption enabled, RAID volume expansion will operated in off line mode. 1. With RAID volume encryption enabled , the system performance w ill goes down. iSCSI Thin-Provisioning An advanced thin-provisi oning for iSCSI fe[...]

Next, setup the physical capacity for iSCSI thin -provision volume by dragging the Allocation bar to the d esired size. After the size has been determined, click OK to confirm. Now you will see the iSCSI thin-provision ing volume is availa ble from the list. Please ref er to the screenshot below. 123[...]

Now you can start to cr eate 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 t he standard iSCSI target volume creation. The only difference is the “Virtual Size” of capaci ty. Unlike creating standard iSC SI targ et volumes,[...]

The screen shot for iSCSI targ et volume creation under th in-provisioning; the physical capacity 333.8GB. The screen shot to setup an iSCSI target volume under thin-provisioning of 1700GB. iSCSI target volu me creation. The maximum virtu al size is 14300GB (16000GB – 1700GB(1 st iSCSI target volume)). 125[...]

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 3. The notification will send out while the physical size of iSCSI thin-provision [...]

Error Corrections None 127[...]

Chapter 9: Revision updated up to FW 3.00.08 What’s New There are additional features impl emented into the new 3.00.08 versio n 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 follow ing disclaimer page has been added to this firmware release. Please click the check box if you do not wa n t to h a v e t h i s pa g e d is p layed during the next login. 129[...]

Updated Main User Interface The look and icons of the main user interface have been updated. 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[...]

Added Rsync Setting under Nsync Target The Thecu s Nsync feature has added a third wa y to use Rsync to replicate data between two systems. For the target side to allow source cross d ata, the Rsync target server needs to first select “E nable” and then assign a username and password for authentication. NOTE The Rsync target server username and[...]

enable the sync target server an d input a valid username and pas sword to grant access permission. 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 another route to bal ance traffic bandwidth. If the IP sharing mode setting is set[...]

Added Dual DOM for Auto Repair The unique Dual DOM fe ature can now perform “Auto Repai r”. The Thecus NAS will backup up to five versions of the sy stem configuration either by the de fault timing of 1:00am every day automatically or as scheduled by the user. This unique “Aut o Repair” will be triggered if the primary DOM has a booting iss[...]

Appendix A: Product S pecifications Hardware Specifications Product Model N8800 / N8800P RO / N8800PRO( SP) Network Interfaces WAN Gigabit RJ-45 connector LAN Gigabit RJ-45 connector Storage HDD Bays 8 x 3.5” SATA HDD, ho t-swappable eSATA 1 x eSATA connector for capacity e xpansion I/O Interfaces USB Ports 4 x USB type A ports (Host mode), Syste[...]

Hot spare Disk roaming RAID level migration RAID expansion iSCSI Target Supports: Microsoft iSCSI Initiator v 2.0.4 StarPort Initiator V3.5.2 MAC OS: globalSAN iSCSI initiator version 3.0 (1150) Linux: open-iscsi 2.0-865 Folder Management Share and sub-f olders level permission Public folder Quota Management Share folder quota control Backup Thecus[...]

Appendix B: Customer Support If your N8800 is not working properl y, we encourage you to check out Ch apter 7: Troubleshooti ng , located in this manual. Y ou can also try to e nsure that you are using the latest f irmware version for your N8800. Thecu s is committed to providing free firmware upgrades to our customers. Our newest firmware is avail[...]

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 secu rity is enhanc ed by a RAID, si nce data loss due to a har[...]

RAID 5 RAID 5 offers dat a security and it is best suited for networks t hat 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 application s with high read requests but low write requests. RAID 5 includes disk striping at t[...]

Disk Usage When all 7 disks are of the same size, and used in RAID, N8800 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 139[...]

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 co ul d not store additional inform ation in its domain database. Active Directory also solved the problem of locating resources; which previously relie[...]

Appendix E: UPS Comp atibility List Brand Series Model N ot es Ablerex MS-RT ActivePower 1400VA AEC Mi niGuard UPS 700 M2501 c able B ack-UPS Pro Matrix-UPS Smart-UPS Back-UPS 940-0 095A/C cables, 940-0020B/C cables, 940-0023A cabl e Back-UPS Office 940-0119A c able Masterswitch N ot a UPS - 940-0020 c ab le A PC Back-UPS RS 5 00 c ustom non-USB c [...]

Brand Series Model N ot es A res 7 00 and larger Fi del tronik Oth er Are s models P owerRite MAX F iskars PowerServer 10, 30 All mod el s w ith alarm in terface MP110/210 MS-T MS Gamatron ic µPS3/1 Gemini UPS 625/UPS1000 R3000 XR HP R5500 XR IN ELT Monolith 100 0LT Infosec iPEL 350, 500, 750, 1000 Ippon (various ) L iebert UPStation GXT2 contact-[...]

Brand Series Model N ot es Oneac EG/ON Series advanced interface Online P-Series OnLite AQUA 50 Orvaldi various not 400 or 600 SMK-800A ULT-1000 TrustTrust 425/625 BNT-1000AP Advice Partner/King Pr750 Powercom Powercom BNT-2000AP PowerGuard PG-600 PowerKinetics 9001 PowerTech Comp1000 DTR cable power Power Walker Line-Interactive VI1000 Powerware 3[...]

NOTE • The UPSes marked Blue have been tes ted and work well • If your UPS is not in the support list, b e sure that the UPS supports one of following protocols: o Safenet software o Phoenix Tec p rotoc ol o Generic RUPS 2000 (Megatec M2501 cable) o Generic R UPS model o SEC protocol 144[...]

Appendix F: 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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