Thecus 4500R manuel d'utilisation

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    Thecus 1U4500R 1U4500S User’s Manual[...]

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    2 Copyright and T rademark Notice Thecus and other name s of Thecus products 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. A ll other trademarks and brand names are the [...]

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    3 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 1U450 0. Your 1U4500 is a complicated 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 repaired [...]

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

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    5 Power Mana gement ............................................................................ 25 Storage Management .......................................................................... 26 Disks Inform ation ............................................................................... 26 S.M.A.R.T. In formation ...........................[...]

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    6 Overview ............................................................................................. 61 Login Page........................................................................................... 61 Using WebDisk .................................................................................... 61 Mapping a Client PC to the 1U4500..[...]

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    7 Overview ............................................................................................. 83 What is Active Dire ctory? .................................................................... 83 ADS Benefits........................................................................................ 83 Appendix E: UPS C ompatibility List ...[...]

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    8 Chapter 1: Introduction Overview Thank you for choosing the Thecus 1U 4500 1U Rackmount Storage Server. The Thecus 1U4500 is an easy-to-use storage se rver that allows a dedicated approach to storing and distributing data on a ne twork. Data reliabili ty is ensured with RAID features that provi de data securi ty and recovery—over one Terabyte o[...]

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    Redundant Pow er Supply (1U4500R) The redundant power supply included with the 1U4500R ensures maxim um uptime in the event of a fa ilure of one of the po wer s uppl ies. This is recommended for systems that requi re a high degree of fault tolerance. Package Contents Your 1U4500 package should co ntain the followin g items:  QIG  CD-Title [...]

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    Hard Disk Trays Each of the 1U4500’s hard disk tra ys has a lock, a latch, and two LED indicators: Hard Disk Trays Item Description Lock • Use the lock to physically secure the hard disk to the unit Latch • Use to open and remove or close and secure the tray HDD Power LED • Solid blue: hard dis k is powered on HDD Access/Error LED • Blink[...]

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    Chapter 2: Hardware Inst allation Overview Your 1U4500 is designed for easy in stallation. To h elp you get started, th e fol lowing chapter will help you quickly get your 1U4500 up and ru nning. Pl ease 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[...]

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    2. Connect the provided p ower cord into the universal power socket o n the ba ck panel. Plug the other end of the cord into a surge pro tector socket. Press the power su pply switch to turn on the power supply. If you are ins talling the 1U 4500R, be sure t o connect bo th power cables . If you do not, the system will assume one power su ppl y has[...]

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    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 1U4500 so that it is accessible to your network users. T here are two ways to set up your 1U4500: using the Thecus Setup Wizard or the LCD display . Follow the steps below for initial soft ware setup. T[...]

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    6. Name your 1U4500 and configure the netw ork IP address. If your switch or router is configured as a DH CP Server, configuri ng t he 1U4500 to automatically obtain an IP address is recommend ed. You may also use a static IP address and enter the DNS Server address manually. 7. Change the default administrator password. 8. Finished! Access the 1U4[...]

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    The Thecus Setup Wizard is designed for installation on systems running Windows XP/2000 or Mac OSX or later. Users with other operating systems will need to install the Thecus Setup Wizard on a host machine with one of th ese operating systems before usin g the unit. NOTE LCD Operation The 1U4 500 is equipped with an LCD on the fro nt for easy stat[...]

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    The 1U4500 will rotate these messages every one-two seconds on the LCD display. USB Copy The USB Copy function enable s you to copy files stored on USB devices suc h as USB disks and digit al cameras to the 1U4500 with a press of a bu tton. To use USB copy, follow the s teps below: 1. Plug your USB devi ce into an ava ilable USB port on the Front P[...]

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    17 Step 1: Network Setup From the Web Administration Interf ace, you can configure the network settings of the 1U4500 for your networ k. Yo u can access the Network menu fro m the menu bar. For details on ho w to configure your net work settings, refer to Chapter 4: System Management > Network Management . Step 2: RAID Creation Next, administrat[...]

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    18 File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Printer Server[...]

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    Chapter 4: System Management Overview The 1U4500 pro vides an easily accessible Web Administ ration Interfac e . With it, you can configure a nd monitor the 1U450 0 any where on the network. Web Administration Interface Make sure your network is connec ted to the Internet. To acce ss the 1U 4500 Web Administration Interface : 1. Type the 1U4500’s[...]

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    1U4500. Network Information and settings for network connections, as well as various services of the 1U4 500. Accounts Allows configuration of users and groups. System Various 1U4500 system settings and in formation. Language Choose your preferred language here. Moving your cursor ove r any of these i tems will display the dropdown menu sel ections[...]

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    Status Menu The Status Menu o n the menu bar allo ws you to see various aspe cts of the 1U4500. From here, you can disco ver the st atus of the 1 U4500, and even find out other details like firmware version and up time. Product Information Once you login, you will first see the basi c Product Information screen providing Manufacturer , Product No. [...]

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    Item Description AFP Status The status of the Apple Filing Protocol server. NFS Status The status of the Network File Service Server. SMB/CIFS Status The status of the SMB/CIFS server. FTP Status The status of the FTP ser ver. Media Server The status of the Media Server Nsync Status The status of the Nsync server. UPnP Status The status of the UPnP[...]

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    Status Displays the st atus 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 is sent to a printe r, prin ting may sudden ly fail. If you r print jobs seem to be locked up, pressing the Remove All Documents b utton to clear [...]

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    Wake-Up On Lan (WOL) The 1U4500 has the ability to be awoken from sleep mode via WAN port. From the Status menu, choose the WOL item, and the Wake-up On Lan Configuration screen appears. From here, you can En able o r Disable . Wake-up On Lan Configuration Item Description WOL Servic Enable or Disable WOL service Apply Click Apply to save changes. [...]

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    Power M anagement Using the 1U4500’s Power Management, you can s ave energy and money by scheduling the 1U 4500 to turn itself on and off during certain times of the day. 25 From the Status menu, choose the Power Mgmt item and the Schedule Power On/O ff screen appears. To designate a schedule for the 1U4500 to turn on and off, first enable the fe[...]

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    Storage Management The Storage Menu displays the status of storage devices installed in the 1U4500, and includes storage co nfiguration options such as RAID and disk settings, folder configuration, and Nsync settings. Disks Information From the Storage menu, choose the Disks item and the Disks Information screen appears. From here, you can see vari[...]

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    S.M.A.R.T. Information Item Description Tray Numb er Tray the hard disk is ins talled in. Model Model name of the installed hard di sk. Power ON Hours Count of hours in power-on state. The raw value of this attribute shows total count of hours (or minutes, or seconds, depending on manufacturer) in power-on state. Temperature Celsius The current tem[...]

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    To configure your RAID settings, press the RA ID Config button to go to the RAID Configuration screen. RAID Information Item Description Select Used to select the current RAID volume. Master RAID The RAID volume currently designated as the Master RAID volume. ID ID of the current RAID volume. NOTE: All RAID IDs must be unique. RAID Level Shows the [...]

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    RAID 6 Two independent parity computations must be used in order to provide protection against double disk fail ure. Two different algorithms are employed to achi eve this purpose. RAID 6 requires a minimum of 4 disks. RAID 6 can sustain two failed disks. RAID 10 RAID 10 has high reliability and hi gh performance. RAID 10 is implemented as a stripe[...]

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    4. If this RAID volume is meant to be the Master RAID volume, ti ck the Master RAID check box. In a mu ltip le RAI D conf iguration, one RAID volume must be designated as th e Master RAID volu me. The Mast er RAID volume will store all installed modules. If t he Master RAID is changed t o another location (i.e. assigning HDD 2 to b e the Master RAI[...]

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    Migrating a RAID Once a RAID volume has been created , you may want to move i t to other physical drives or cha nge the RAID array all together. To migrate a RAID 0, RAID 1, or RAID 5 volume, follow the steps below: 1. From the RA ID Configuration screen, click Migrate RAID. 2. A list of possible RAID migration configurations will be listed. Select[...]

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    Space Allocation You may specify the space allocated for both Target USB and iSCSI vo lumes. To do this, under the Storage menu, cli ck RAID and the RAID List window appears. Select the RAID volume you wish to reallocate by clicking on its radio button, and cl ick Space Allocat ion . The RAID In formation and Volume Allocation List windows will app[...]

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    3. Click OK to create the Target USB volume. Allocating Space for iS CSI Volume To allocate space for an iSC SI volume 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 vo lume. Unused [...]

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    34 4. Choose to enable CHAP authenticati on or cho ose None . 5. Enter a Target Name . This will be u sed by the Stack able NAS function to identify this export share. 6. Choose the current year from the Year dropd own. 7. Choose the current month from the Mon th dropdown. 8. If you’ve enabled CHAP authenti cation, enter a username and a password[...]

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    Folder Management From the Storage menu, choose Folder , and the Folder screen appears. This screen allows you to create and configure folders on the 1U4500 volume. Folder Item Description Folder name Displays the name of the folder. Description Provides a description of the folder. NFS Share Press NFS Share to configure which hosts on the network [...]

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    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 pub lic acce ss to t [...]

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    NFS Share To allow NFS access to the share folder, enable the NFS Service , and then set up hosts with access rights by clicking Add . NFS Share Item Description Hostname Enter the name or IP address of the host Privilege Host has either read only or writeable access to the folder. Guest System Support There are two selections availabl e: • Unix [...]

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    Folder Access Control List (ACL) On the Folder screen, press the ACL button, and the Access Control List screen appears. This screen allows you to configure access to the specific folder for users and groups. Select a user or a group from the left hand col umn and then choose Deny , Read Only , or Writable to confi gure their access level. Press th[...]

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    2. From the drop down select the group you would like to search for the user in. 3. Click Search . The system will list up to 1,000 users from the chosen category. To narrow your search, enter a s earch term in the b lank provided. NOTE File System Check The File System Check all ows you to perform a check on the integrity of your disks’ file sys[...]

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    Click Start to begin the file sy stem check. Click Back to return to the previ ous screen. Click Reboot to reboot the system. When the file system c heck is run, the sys tem will show 20 l ines of information until it is complete. Once complete, the resu lts will be s hown at the bottom. The system must be rebooted before the 1U4500 can function no[...]

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    Network Management Use the Netwo rk menu to make network configuration settings as well as service support settings. WAN Configuration From the Netwo rk menu, choose WAN , and the WAN Configuration scree n appears. This screen displays the network parameters of the WAN connection. You may change any of th ese items and press Apply to confir m your [...]

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    Most Fast Ethernet (10/100) Switches/Routers do not support Jumbo Frame and you will not be able to connect to your 1U4500 after Jumbo Frame is turned on. If this happens, turn off the 1U4500. Then, power on the 1U4500 and immediately press and hold the Reset button on the back of the unit for 10 seconds. Th is will reset your network settings, pas[...]

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    WLAN Configuration When a compatible wireless USB don gle is installed on the 1U 4500, the 1U4500 will become an access point, and the Network dropdown menu will contain a WLA N menu item. From the Network menu, choose WLAN , and the WLAN Con figuration screen appears. This screen displays the wireless network parameters of the system. You can chan[...]

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    The IP Segment of WLA N, WAN and LA N should not overlap . NOTE NOTE Users should obey the international RF regulatory rules as they s et up the wireless RF channel on the 1U4500. The RF ope rating channels for different regions have been specified as fo llowing. Thecus has no responsibility for users attempt ing to violate the international RF reg[...]

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    Apple Network Configuration Item Description AFP Server Enable or disable Apple File Service to use the 1U4500 with MAC OS-based systems. Zone Specifies Zo ne for Applet T alk service . If your AppleTalk network uses extended networks and is assigned with multiple zones, assign a zone name to the 1U4500. If you do not want to assign a network zone,[...]

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    Local User Configuration Item Description Add Press the Add button to add a user to the list of local users. Modify Press the Modify button to modify a local user. Delete Press the Delete button to delete a selected user from the system. Adding Users 1. Click on the Add button on Local User Configuration screen, and Local User Setting screen appear[...]

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    Modifying Users 1. Select an existing user from the Local User Configuration screen. 2. Click on the Modify bu tton, and Local User Setting screen appears. 3. From here, you can enter a new password a nd re-enter to confirm, or use the << or >> buttons to have this u ser join or leave a group. Click the Apply button to save your c hange[...]

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    5. Select users to be in thi s group from the Users List by adding them to the Members List using the << button. 6. Click the Apply button to save your changes. Modifying Groups 1. On the Local Group Configuration screen, select a group name from the list. 2. Press the Modify button to modify the members in a group. 3. To add a user into a gr[...]

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    ADS/NT Configuration If you have a Windows Active Directory Server (ADS) or Windows NT server to handle th e domain security in your net work, you can simply enable the ADS/NT support feature; the 1U4500 will connect with the ADS/NT server and get all the inform ation of the domain users and groups automatically. From the Accounts menu, choose Auth[...]

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    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 *********** Confirm Password *********** • The Administrator Password field is for the passw ord of ADS (Active Directory Server) not 1U4500. • The time z[...]

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    System Settings The System menu give s you a wealth of set tings that you ca n use to configure your 1U4500’s system administration f unctions. You ca n set up sys tem notifications, view s ystem logs, and even upgrade firmware from this menu. System Notifications From the System menu, choose the Notification item, and the Notific ation Configura[...]

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    System Logs Item Description Trunc ate All Log F ile Clear a ll log f iles. |<< < > >>| Use the forward ( > >>| ) and backward ( |<< < ) buttons to browse the log pages. INFO Provides all log in format ion inc luding w arning message s and error messages. WARN Shows all warning messages and error messages. ERROR [...]

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    System Configuration Backup and Restore From the System menu, choose the Config Mgmt item and the Sys tem Configuration Download /Upload screen appears. From here, you can download or upl oad stored system configurations. See the following table for a detailed description of each item. System Configuration Download/Upload Item Description Download [...]

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    Upgrading System Firmware From the System menu, choose the Firmware Upgrade item and the Firmware Upgrade screen appears. Follow the steps below to upgrade your firmware: 1. Use the Browse button to find the firmware file. 2. Press Apply . 3. The beeper beeps and the Busy LED blinks until th e upgrade is complete. • The beeper only beeps if it is[...]

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    Reboot and Shutdown System From the System menu, choose Reboot & Shutdown item, and the Shutdown/Reboot Sy stem screen appears. Press Reboot to restart the system or Shutdown to turn the syst em off. Logout To logout of the Web Admi nistration Interface, navi gate to System > Logout . 55[...]

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    Chapter 5: Additional Feature Setup Overview The 1U4500 can also act as an FTP Serv er, allowing employees and clients to transfer files u sing their favorit e FTP programs. The in tegrated Print Server allows you to share a single USB printer will all users on the netw ork. The following section shows you how. FTP Server 1U4500 can act as a FTP se[...]

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    Printer Server You can configure the 1U4500 to act as a printer server. That way, all PCs connected to the network can uti lize the same printer. Windows XP SP2 To set up the Printer Server in Wi ndows XP SP2, follow the steps below : 1. Connect the USB printe r to one of the USB ports (preferably the rear USB ports; front USB ports can be used for[...]

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    Windows Vista To set up the Printer Server in Win dows Vista, follow th e steps below: 1. Open Printer Folder from the Control Panel . 2. Click the right mouse b utton in anywhere on t he Printers folder and then select Add Printer . 3. Select Add a network, wireless o r Bluetooth printer . 58[...]

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    4. Select The printer that I want isn’t listed . You can press Th e printer that I want isn’t listed to go into nex t page without waiti ng for Searching for available printers to fi nish. 5. Click Select a shared printer by name . Type http://<Thecus_NAS>:631/printers/usb-printer in the box, where <Thecus_NAS_IP> is the IP address [...]

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    If your printer model is not list ed, please contact your print er manufacturer for help. 7. Windows will attempt t o connect to th e printer. 8. You can choose to set this printer as the defaul t printer by checking the Set as the default printer box. Cli ck Next to contin ue. 9. Done! Click Finish . 60[...]

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    Chapter 6: Using the 1U4500 Overview Once the 1U4500 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 pub lic files on the 1U4500, just enter its IP address into your browser (default IP address is http://192.168.1.10[...]

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    62 7. To upload a fil e from your computer to the current fol der, press the New file (upload) button. When the scree n appears, press Browse and locate the file to upload. P ress OK and the file is uploaded t o the current folder. 8. To delete a file or folde r, select t he file or folder’ s check box. Pr ess the Delete selected it ems button. Y[...]

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    4. When MAC OS X has co nnected to the 1U4500 successfully, an icon representing the f older will appear on th e MAC OS X desktop. You can access the folder by double clickin g on the icon. Mapping the 1U4500 as an iSCSI Drive With the 1U4500, you are able to map it as a n iSCSI drive. With iSCSI, you can remotely access the 1U4500 at great speeds,[...]

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    4. Leave the default selection s and click Next . 5. Read the license agreement. To continue with the installation, click I Agree and then click Next . 6. The iSCSI Init iator will now in stall automat ically. Click Finish once completed. 7. Start the iSCSI Init iator by double-click ing its icon on the desktop. T he iSCSI Initiator propert ies win[...]

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    8. Select the Discovery tab. Under Target Po rtal s , click Add . 9. Enter the IP address of the 1U4500 . Click OK . 10. On the iSCSI Initiator Properties window, s elect the Targets tab. With the iSCSI target highlighted, click Log On . The Log On to Target dialogue will appear. 65[...]

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    11. If you have not enabled CHAP, click OK to continue. If you have enable d CHAP, click Advanced . Under Advanced Settings, check the CHAP lo gin inf ormat ion checkbox and enter your username and password. Click OK . 12. Right click My Computer on the desktop and select Manage . 66[...]

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    13. Click on Disk Management and you will see a new hard disk listed. 14. Initialize t he new hard disk and you will th en be able to use the iSCSI target as a local drive. Windows Vista Because Windows Vista has th e Microsoft iSCSI Initiator pre- installed, you will not have to install th is piece of software. In stead, start the iSCSI In itiator[...]

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    also deleted. Adding an Nsync Task From the Nsync Inform atio n screen, click Add to display the Add Nsync Task screen. Add Nsync Task Item Description Task Name The name of your Nsync t ask. Manufacturer Select whether the target is a Thecus Product (e.g. 1U450 0) or FTP server. Target Server IP Address The IP address of your target server. Source[...]

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    Designating 1U4500 as an Nsync Target The 1U4500 can act as an Nsync se rver, enabling another Nsync-equi pped Thecus NAS at a remote location backup their files to this 1U4500 . From the Network menu, choose the Nsync Target item, and the Nsync Target Ser ver Setting screen appears. Nsync Target Server Setting Item Description Nsync Target Server [...]

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    70 Windows XP Data Backup If you use Windows XP Prof essional, you can also use the Window s Backup Utility (Ntbackup.exe) to backup your files. If you use Windows XP Home Ed ition, follow th ese steps to install th e utility: 1. Insert the Windows XP CD into a drive and dou ble-click the CD icon in My Computer . 2. When the Welcome to Microsoft Wi[...]

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    Chapter 7: T ip s and T ricks USB and eSATA Storage Expansion The 1U4500 supports external USB hard di sks through its three USB ports. Once a USB hard disk has successfully mounted , the entire volume will be copied automatically to the default USB HDD folder. The 1U4500 supports up to 6 USB external storage devices. All file names on the USB disk[...]

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    Remote Administration You can set up your 1U 4500 for remo te administration . With remote administration, you can access your 1U 4500 over the Inte rnet, even if your 1U4500 is behind a router. This is especi ally useful if you are traveling and suddenly need a file from your 1U4500. Setting up remote administrat ion is a three-part process, and w[...]

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    73 b. You should see the login page of 1U4500. Firewall Software Configuration If you are using a software firewall (i .e. Norton Internet Secu rity) and are having trouble connecting to the 1U4500, you can try the following steps: 1. Double click th e NIS icon on system tray, and the n configure the Personal Firewall . 2. On the Programs page, fin[...]

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    74 Chapter 8: T roubleshooting Forgot My Password If you forget your pass word, you can re set the unit to use the default password. To do this, press the reset bu tton on the front panel after system i s booted, and 1U4500 will be reset. WAN IP address will become 192.168.1.100 and admin password will be admin . Forgot My Network IP Address If you[...]

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    Restoring Factory Defaults From the System menu, choose the Factory Default item and the R ese t to Factory De fault screen appears. Press A pply to reset the 1U4500 to factory default settings. WARNING Resetting to factory defaults will not erase the data disks, but WILL revert all the s ettings to the factor stored in the hard y default values. P[...]

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    76 Appendix A: Product S pecifications Hardware Specifications Product Model 1U4500R 1U4500S Core Processors / Memory Processor Intel® Celeron™ M 1.5GHz Memory 512MB standard Network Interfaces LAN 1 Gigabit RJ-45 connector LAN 2 Gigabit RJ-45 connector Storage HDD Bays 4 x 3.5” SATA II HDD, hot-swappabl e HDD Support SATA II HDDs up to 1000GB[...]

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    77 Software Specifications Network File Protocols Micr osoft Networks (CIFS/SMB) Apple Filing Prot ocol (AFP 3.1) Network File System (NFS v3) File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Secure Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTPs) Authentication Local User Account Microsoft NT Domain Co ntroller (PDC)* Microsoft Active Director[...]

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    78 Printer Server USB Printer (IPP support) Supported USB Devices USB Printer External HDD/flash disk USB IEEE 802.11 b/g dongle w/AP mode support** Setup Utility Windows 20 00/XP/2003 MAC OS X *PDC/AD support: Works as a client member in a Microsoft NT 4.0 domain/ Active Directory domain, allowing the 1U4500 to utilize the domain users and groups [...]

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    Appendix B: Customer Support If your 1U4500 is not working pro perly, we encourage you to check out Chapter 8: Troubleshooting , lo cated in this manual. You can also try to ensure that you are using the latest firmware version fo r your 1U4500. Thecus is com mitted to providing free firmware upgrades to our customers. Our newest firmware is availa[...]

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    80 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 simultaneously, which improves I/O performance over a single h ard disk. Data securi ty is enhanced by a RA ID, since data loss due to a ha[...]

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    81 RAID 1 RAID 1 mirrors all data from one hard di sk drive to a second one hard disk drive, thus providing complete data redundancy . However, the cost of data storage capacity is doubled. This is excellent for complet e data security. RAID 5 RAID 5 offers data secu rity and it is best s uited for networks that perform many small I/O transactions [...]

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    Disk Usage When all 5 disks are of the same size , and used in RAID, 1U4500 disk usa ge percentage is listed below: RAID Level Percentage Used RAID 0 100% RAID 1 20% RAID 5 80% RAID 6 60% RAID 10 50% JBOD 100% NOTE RAID 10 allows only 4 disks and one as spare disk. 82[...]

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    83 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 information in its domain database. Active Directory also solved the problem of locating resources; wh ich previously reli[...]

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    84 Appendix E: UPS Comp atibility List Brand Series Model Notes Ablerex MS-RT ActivePower 1400VA AEC MiniGuard UPS 700 M2501 cable Back-UPS Pro Matrix-UPS Smart-UPS Back-UPS 940-0095A/C cables, 940-0020B/C cables, 940-0023A cable Back-UPS Office 940-0119A cable Masterswitch Not a UPS - 940- 0020 cable APC Back-UPS RS 500 custom non- USB cable Regul[...]

  • Page 85

    85 Brand Series Model Notes PowerRite MAX Fiskars PowerServer 10, 30 All models with alarm interface MP110/210 MS-T MS Gamatronic µPS3/1 Gemini UPS625/UPS1000 R3000 XR HP R5500 XR INELT Monolith 1000LT Infosec iPEL 350, 500, 750, 1000 Ippon (various) Liebert UPStation GXT2 contact-closure cable Masterguard (various) HF Line 1..4 boards, /2 5..8 bo[...]

  • Page 86

    Brand Series Model Notes TrustTrust 425/625 BNT-1000AP Advice Partner/King Pr750 Powercom BNT-2000AP PowerGuard PG-600 PowerKinetics 9001 PowerTech Comp1000 DTR cable power Power Walker Line-Interactive VI1000 Powerware 3110, 3115, 5119, 5125, 5119 RM, PW5115 PW5125PW9120, PW9125, 9120, 9150, 9305 Powerwell PM525A/-625A/-800A/-1000A/ - 1250A RPF525[...]

  • Page 87

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

  • Page 88

    88 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 grant ed to use CGIC in any application, commercial or noncommercial, at no cost. HOW EVER, th is copyright paragraph must appear on a "credits" page accessible in t he public onli[...]

  • Page 89

    89 Also, for each author's protection and our s, we want to ma ke certain that everyone understands that there is no warran ty for this free software . If the software is modified by someone else an d passed on, we want its recipients to know that what th ey have is not the orig in al, so that any problems in troduced by others will not reflec[...]

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    90 c) If the modified program normally re ads commands interactively when run, you must cause i t, when started runni ng for such interacti ve use in the most ordinary way, to p rint or display an announcement including an appropriate copyright notice and a notice that there is no warranty (or else, saying that you provide a warranty) and that user[...]

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    91 operating system on which the executable runs, unle ss that compo nent itself accompanies the executable. If distribution of executable or object co de is made by offering access to copy from a designated place, the n offering equivalent access to copy the source code from the same place counts as di stribution of the source code, e ven though t[...]

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    92 This section is inten ded to make thoroughly clear w hat is believed to be a consequence of the rest of this License. 8. If the distribution and/or use of the Program is restri cted in certain countries either by patents or by copyrighted in terfaces, the original copyright holder who places the Program under this License m ay add an explicit ge[...]