Thecus Technology N8800 manuale d’uso

Thecus N8800 User’s Manual[...]

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 [...]

3 Safety W arnings For your safety, please read and fo l low the foll owing safety warnings: Read this manual t horoughly before attempting to set up your N8800. Your N8800 is a complicated electronic device. DO NOT attempt to repair it under any circumstance s. In the case of malfuncti o n, tur n off the power immediately an d have it repaired at [...]

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

5 Wake-Up On La n ( WOL) ...................................................................... 25 Power Mana gement ............................................................................ 27 Storage Management .......................................................................... 28 Disks Inform ation .....................................[...]

6 Change Administra tor Passw ord............................................................ 64 Reboot and Shut down S ystem .............................................................. 64 Logout .............................................................................................. 64 Chapter 5: Addition al Feature Setup ................[...]

7 RAID Auto-R ebuil d ............................................................................ 107 Chapter 8: Trou bleshooting ....................................................... 108 Forgot My Network IP Address .......................................................... 108 Can't Map a Network Drive in Windows XP ......................[...]

8 Chapter 1: Introduction Overview Thank you for choosing the Thecus N8800 IP Storage Server. The The cus N8800 is an easy-to-use storage server that a llows 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 one Terabyte of storage is [...]

9 Multiple RAID N8800 supports multiple RAID volumes on one system. So, you can cr eate RAID 0 for your non-cri tical data, and create RAID 5 for missi on-critical data. Create the RAID levels depend in g on your needs. To configure RAID modes on the N8800, refer to Chapter 4: System Managem ent > Storag e Manag ement > RAID List . Dual Mode [...]

Front Panel The Thecus N8800’s front panel ha s the de vice’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 powe r on. 3.Reboot Button • Press to system reboot 4.System fan alarm LED • Solid red: system fan failure notification 5. Mute but[...]

Hard Disk Trays Each of the N8800’s har d disk trays has a lock, a latch, a nd two LED indicators: 11 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 [...]

Chapter 2: Hardware Inst allation Overview Your N8800 is designed for easy insta llation. To help you get started, the following chapter will help you quickly get your N8800 up an d 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 precautions: 1. [...]

Cable Connections To connect the N8800 to your ne twork, follow th e st eps below: 1. Connect an Ethernet cable from your network to the WAN port on the back panel of the N8800. 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 protector socket. Press the power suppl[...]

Checking System Status After making connections on the N8800 and powering up , check whether the system status is normal or has trouble by observing indicators on the front panel and hard disk trays. System Status Normal The system status is normal if: 1. The Power LED on the Front Panel glows green. 2. The HDD Power LED on each HDD tray glows blue[...]

Chapter 3: First T ime Setup Overview Once the hardware is installed, ph ysical ly connected to your network, and powered on, you can configure the N8800 so that it is accessible to your network users. There are two ways to set up your N8800: using the Thecus Setup Wizard or the LCD display . Follow the st eps below for initial soft ware setup. The[...]

6. Name your N8800 and configure the networ k 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 the DNS Server address manually. 7. Change the default administrator password. 16[...]

8. Finished! Access the N8800 Web Administrator Interf ace by pressing the Start Browser button. You ca n also configure another N8800 at this point by clicking the Setup Other Device button. Press Exit to exit the wizard. NOTE The Thecus Setup Wizard is designed for installation on systems running Windows XP/2000 or Mac OSX or later. Users with ot[...]

System Fan2 Current system fan 2 status. CPU Fan Current CPU fan status 2006/06/16 12:00 Current system time. Disk Info Current status of disk slot has been installedh RAID Current RAID status. The N8800 will rotate these messages ever y o ne-two seconds on the LCD display. USB Copy The USB Copy function enables you to copy files stored on USB devi[...]

19 Step 1: Network Setup From the Web Administration Interf ace, you can configure the network settings 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 Management > Network Management . Step 2: RAID Creation Next, administrators[...]

20 File Transfer Protocol (FTP) iTunes Server Media Server Printer Server Downloa d Manag er Photo Server[...]

Chapter 4: System Management Overview The N8800 provides an easily accessible Web Administr ation Interface . With it, you can configure and monitor the N8800 anywhere on the network. Web Administration Interface Make sure your network is connected to the Internet. To access the N8 800 Web Administration Interface : 1. Type the N8800’s IP address[...]

Accounts Allows configuration of users and groups. System Various N8800 system settings and i nformation. Language Choose your preferred language here. Moving your cursor ove r any of these i tems will display the dropdown menu selections for each group. In the follow ing sections, you w ill find detaile d explanations of each fu nction, and how to[...]

Status Menu The Status Menu o n the menu bar all ows yo u to see various aspects of the N8800. From here, you can discover the st atus of the N8800, and even find o ut 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. , F[...]

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 rver. The status of the SMB/CIFS se FTP Status The status of the FTP server. Media Server The status of the Media Server Nsync Status The status of the Nsync server. UPnP Status The status of the UPnP[...]

If a corrupt print job is sent t o a printer, printing may su dden ly fail. If your prin t jobs seem to be locked up, pressing the Remove All Documents b utton to clear e print queue may resolve the issue. ver, refer to Chapt er 5: dditional Feature Setup > Printer Server . , ccessibility in the case of a power failure. rs. ble for a detailed de[...]

26 Wake-up On Lan Configuration Item Description WOL Servic e Enable or Disable WOL servic Apply Click Apply to save changes.[...]

Power Management Using the N8800’s Power Management, you can s ave energy and money by scheduling the N8800 to turn itself on and off during certain times of the day. 27 From the Status menu, choose the Power Mgmt item and the Schedule Power On/Off screen appears. To designate a schedule for the N8800 to turn on and off, first enable the feature [...]

Storage Management The Storage Menu displays the status of storag e devices installed in the N8800, 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[...]

S.M.A.R.T. Information Item Description Tray Numb er Tra y the hard disk is in stalle d 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 t[...]

30 RAID Information Item Description Select Used to select the current RAID volume. Master RAID The RAID 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 , Degraded[...]

RAID Levels Level Description JBOD The stor age volume is a single HDD wit h no RAID s upport. JB OD requires a minimum of 1 disk. RAID 0 Provides data striping but no redundancy. Improves 31[...]

performance but not data safety. RAID 0 requires a minimum of 2 disks. RAID 1 Offers disk mirroring. Provid es twice the read rate of single disks, but same write rate. RAID 1 requires a minimum of 2 disks. RAID 5 Data striping and stripe error correction information provided. RAID 5 requires a minimum of 3 disks. RAID 5 can sustain one failed disk[...]

1. On the RAID Information screen, click New . 2. On the RAID Configuration screen, set the RAID storage space as JBOD , RAID 0 , RAID 1 , RAID 5 , RAID 6 , or RAID 10 — see Appendix C: RAID Basics for a det ailed description of each. 3. Specify a RAID ID. 4. If this RAID volume is mean t to be the Master RAID volume, t ick the Master RAID check [...]

34 3. When you are done replacing hard drives, log on to Web Management. Navigate to Stora ge > RAID to open the RAID List screen. 4. On the RAID List screen, select the RAID volu me by clicking on its radio button, and cl ick RAID Co nfig to open the RAID Configur ation screen. 5. On the RAID Configuration screen, click Expand .[...]

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

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 volu me 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 ap[...]

37 Allocation Percentage and amount of space all ocated to Target USB volume. iSCSI Target Service Enable or Disable the iSCSI Target service. Authentication You may choose CHAP authentication or choose None. Target Name Name of the iSCSI Target. This name will be used by the Stackable NAS function to identify this export share. Year Select the cur[...]

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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 N8800 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 a[...]

Add Folder Item Description RAID ID RAID volume where the new folder wil l resi de. 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[...]

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 fol der. Guest System Support There are two selections availabl e: • Unix[...]

Clicking on “Snap ” then screen appears as followi ng. Snapshot Item Description Take Shot Click to take snapshot right away. Schedule Click to open snapshot schedule setup screen. Back Click to go back folder management screen. Clicking on schedule button then sc he dule setup screen appear. Checked the enable check box to acti vate the snapsh[...]

The N8800 snapshot is supported total 16 versions . Once checked “Automatically remove oldest snapshot”, the o ldest will be re moved to le t newest to added on top. Otherwise, if the chec k box is unchecked and snapshot versions are up to 16 the n system will appear warning message and won’t execute the task till available version count. The[...]

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[...]

3. Click Search . NOTE 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. File System Check The File System Check allows you to perform a check on the integrity of your disks’ file system. Under the Storage menu, click Filesystm Ch eck and the File Sys tem Che ck pr[...]

Click Start to begin the file sy st em check. Click Ba ck to return to the previous screen. Click Reboot to reboot the system. When the file system check is run, the syst em will show 20 lines of inf ormation until it is complete. On ce complete, the result s will be shown at the botto m. NOTE The system must be rebooted before the N8800 can functi[...]

File Access Cache File Access Cache is default En able . This option will help to increase t he performance while single cl ient access share folder in writi n g under SMB/CIFS protocol. Samba Recycle Bin The N7700 is supported recycle bin via SMB/ CI FS protocol. Simply enable it then all of deleted files/ f olders will resid e in the “.recycle?[...]

iSCSI Block Size Select the block size w ith 4K while the iSC SI volume size is ov er 2T B. iSCSI CRC/Checksum To enable this option, th e initiator can con n ect with “Data digest” and “Header digest” enabled. 48[...]

Network Management Use the Netwo rk menu to make network conf igurat ion 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 you[...]

Most Fast Ethernet (10/100) Switches/Routers do not support Jumbo Frame and you will not be able to connect to your N8800 after Jumbo Frame is turned on. If this happens, turn off the N8800. Then, power on the N8800 and immediately press and hold the Reset button on the back of the unit for 10 seconds. This will reset your network s ettings, passwo[...]

WLAN Configuration 51 When a compatible wireless USB don g le is installed on the N8800, the N8800 will become an access point, and the Network dropdown menu will contain a WLAN 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[...]

NOTE Users should obey the international RF regulatory rules as they s et up the wireless RF channel on the N8800. The RF operating channels for different regions have been specified as fo llowing. Thecus has no responsibility for users attempt ing to violate the international RF regulation. 11 N . America 14 Japan 13 Europe (ETSI) 2 Spain 4 France[...]

AFP (Apple Network Setup) From the Netwo rk menu, choose the AFP item, and the AFP Configuration screen appears. This screen displays the configuration it ems f or the Apple Filing Protocol. You can change any of the se items and press Apply to confirm your se ttings. A description of each item follow s: Apple Network Configuration Item Description[...]

Local User Configuration From the Accounts me nu, choose the Users item, and the Local User Configuration screen appears. This screen allows you to Add , Modify , and Delete local users. 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.[...]

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

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 yo ur 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 g[...]

ADS/NT Configuration If you have a Windows Active Directory Server (ADS) or Windows NT server to handle th e domain secu rity in your netw ork, you can simply enable the ADS/NT support feature; the N8800 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[...]

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 *********** NOTE • The DNS serv er spec ified in the WA N config urat ion page should be able to correctly resolv e the ADS ser[...]

System Settings The System menu give s you a wealth of set tings that you ca n use to configure your N8800’s system admi nistration func tions. You can set up system 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 Configurati[...]

System Logs From the System menu, choose the Logs item and the System Logs screen appears. This screen shows a history of sys tem usage and important events su ch as disk status, network information , and system booting. See the following table for a detailed description of each item: System Logs Item Description Trunc ate All Log F ile Clear a ll [...]

server shown below. Select Manually to allow the N8800 to synchronize with an NTP server of your choice. Select No to not have the N8800 to synchronize with an NTP server. WARNING If an NTP server is selected, ple ase make sure your N8800’s network has been setup to access the NTP server. 61[...]

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 [...]

Module F ile Location of the module f ile. Browse Click to browse the folder of your PC to locate the mo dule files. Install Click to install the listed module into your N8800 NOTE Modules can potentia lly harm y our system. Only your vendor, or publishers you can trust . install modules from Reset to Factory Default Settings From the System menu, [...]

Change Administrator Password From the System menu, choose the Administrator Password item and the Change Administrator Password screen appears. Enter a new password in the New Password box and confirm your new password in the Confirm Password box. Press Apply to confirm password changes. See the following table for a detailed description of each i[...]

Chapter 5: Additional Feature Setup Overview The N8800 can also act as an FTP Serv er, allowing employees and clients to transfer files u s in g their favorite FT P programs. The integrat ed P rint Server allow s you to share a single USB printer will all users on the netw ork. The following section shows you how. FTP Server N8800 can act as a FTP [...]

iTunes® Server With the built- in iTunes server capabil it y , the N8800 enables digital music to be shared and played anywhe re on the net 66 work! From the Netwo rk menu, choose the iTunes item, and the iTunes Configuration screen appears. You may enable or disable the iTunes Service from here. Once enabled, enter correct information for each fi[...]

Media Server With the built-in Medi a Server capability, the N8800 provides media streaming service to stand-alone networked home media adapters that support the UPnP AV protocol or are Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) standard compliant. With the N8800’s built-in media server capability, you can shar e digital media such as music, pictures[...]

68 b. Some DMAs are wireless enabled. You can co nnect the DMA to a wireless router. For instructions on how to connect your DMA to a wireless router, please refer to your DMA’s user manual. 2. Connect your DMA’s video outp ut to video input of yo ur TV set. 3. Turn on the TV and cha nge the video signal input to DMA. 4. Setup the DMA (These st[...]

Printer Server You can configure the N8800 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 [...]

Windows Vista To set up the Printer Server in Win dows Vista, follow the st eps 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 . 70[...]

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 [...]

If your printer model is not list ed, please contact your printer manufacturer for help. 7. Windows will attempt t o connect to the prin ter. 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 . 72[...]

Download Manager With the built-in Downl oad Manager, you can have the N8800 download HTTP, FTP, and BT files with out having full PC powered on. What’s more, you can even schedule your downloads for off-peak ho urs, ensu efficient use of ba ndwidth. To acces s the Download Manager, go to Network , choose the Download M anager option, and the Dow[...]

Adding an HTTP Task To add a new HTTP task to the Do wnload Manager, foll ow these steps: 1. Using the Task Type dropdown, select HTTP and click Add Task . 2. In the HTTP Task window, start by i nputting the target UR L in the Website URL box. This is the lin k to the download you want to queu e. 74[...]

3. Next, select t he destin ation fo lder from th e Destination Folder dropdown. This is where the dow nload will reside. 75 4. Select the maximum downlo ad bandwidth from the Max. Dow nload Bandwidth dropdown. 5. Press Apply to add th e task.[...]

6. Once added, your download will appear in the list of dow nload tasks. To start the download, simply click the Start icon ( ) and the download will begin. 7. The download st atu s will continuall y update in the Download Tasks window. To pause the download, click the Pause icon ( ). 76[...]

Adding an FTP Task To add a new F TP task to the Down load Manager, follow these steps: 1. Using the Task Type dropdown, select FTP and click Add Task . 2. In the FTP Task window, start by inputting th e target URL in the FTP File box. This is the link to the download you want to queu e. 77[...]

3. Next, select t he destin ation fo lder from th e Destination Folder dropdown. This is where the dow nload will reside. 78 4. The next step depends i f you are using an anonymous login for your F TP download. If you are loggin g in anonymously, select Anonymous Login and move on to step 5.[...]

If you are required to login with a user name and password, select Username and input your user name and password into the appropriate fields. 5. Select the maximum downlo ad bandwidth from the Max. Dow nload Bandwidth dropdown. 79 6. Press Apply to add th e task.[...]

7. Once added, your download will appear in the list of dow nload tasks. To start the download, simply click the Start icon ( ) and the download will begin. 8. The download st atu s will continuall y update in the Download Tasks window. To pause the download, click the Pause icon ( ). 80[...]

Adding a BT Task To add a new BT task to the Download Manage r, follow these steps: 1. Using the Task Type dropdown, select BT and click Add Task . 2. In the BT Task window, start by clicking Browse… a nd selecting the torrent file you wi sh to start. 81[...]

3. Next, select t he destin ation fo lder from th e Destination Folder dropdown. This is where the dow nload will reside. 82 4. Next, you can select the maxi mum an d minimum number of peers from selecting the counts from the appropriate dropdowns.[...]

5. Next, you can set the maximum downlo ad and upload bandwidths from the dropdowns below. 6. Press Apply to add th e task. 7. Once added, your download will appear in the list of dow nload tasks. To start the download, simply click the Start icon ( ) and the download will begin. 83[...]

8. The download st atus will cont inuall y update in the Down load Tasks wind ow. To pause the download, click the Pause icon ( ). Deleting Tasks To delete a task, simply f ollow the steps below: 1. Click the delet e icon ( ) beside the task that you wish to delete. The Delete Task dialogue box will appear. 2. Select Delete Task only if you wish to[...]

To schedule downloads, follow these steps: 1. Under Download Schedule , set Scheduler to Enable . 2. To schedule a daily download period, select Daily and select a start time and end time. To schedule a weekly download period, select Weekly and select a start day/time and end time/day. 3. Click Apply to save your changes. NOTE If the Download Sch e[...]

Chapter 6: 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 br owsers. To manage your personal files or access pub lic files on the N8800, just enter its IP address into your browser (default IP address is http://192.168.1.100[...]

Folder Page Buttons Button Description Up Goes to the previous folder level. New folder Creates a new folder. New file (upload) Uploads a file from your computer to the current folder. Delete Selected Items Deletes selected files and folders. 6. To create a new folder withi n the current folder, press the New folder button. When the screen appears [...]

2. The XP Web Publishing Wizard Client screen appears. Click on the link to install the Pu blishing Wizard. 3. Windows XP will ask w hether you want to run or save this file. Click Save to save the register file. . 4. Once the register file is installed, use t he Windows file manager to brow se the folder that contain s the picture you want to publ[...]

5. Click on this icon and Web Publishing Wizard will start. 6. Select the pictur es y ou want to publis h to the Photo Web Server by placing a check mark on the top left hand corner of the picture. Click Next . 7. Your PC will start to conne ct to the Photo Web Server. 8. Select N8800 Photo Gallery Wizard to publish your pi ctures to the N8800. 89[...]

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. 11. Select the album you w ant to upload your pi ctures to. 90[...]

12. Confirm the target album. 13. Windows will show y ou that the picture upload is in progress. 14. When the upload is finished, the Wiza rd will ask you whether if you want 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. 91[...]

16. You will see the user’s album list. C lick on Album . 17. Finished! You will see the pictures just sele cted in the al bum. 92[...]

Managing Albums and Photos Photo Icon Function Description Make Cover Make selected photo your cover picture. Back Return to the previous screen. Add Add a new album or photos. Modify Edit the name and description of the sel ected al bum or photo. Each name is limited to 20 characters and each description is limited to 255 characters. Delete Delete[...]

1. Select the album to be protected, click on the Edit bu tton, and th e Album Edit screen will appear. 2. The owner of the album can enter an album password to protect the album, so that only people with the correct pa ssword can view the album. Uploading Pictures to Albums Uploading pictures to albums usin g the Web User Interface is easy: 1. Whe[...]

To stop the slide show, click on the Stop Slide Show icon on the top right hand corner. Mapping a Client PC to the N8800 You can map share folders on the N8800 so that you can access them as if they were drives on your computer. Yo u can co nnect to the shared network folders on the N8800 as follows: Windows 1. Go to the My Computer folder in Windo[...]

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 connec t N8800, it will ask for a User Name and Password which has access to the folder. 4. When MAC OS X has connected to the N8800 successfully, an icon rep[...]

4. Leave the default selection s and click Next . 5. Read the license agreement . To continue with th e in stallation, click I Agree and then click Next . 6. The iSCSI Init iator will now in stall automatically . Click Finish once completed. 97[...]

7. Start the iSCSI In it iator by double-click in g it s icon on the desktop. The iSCSI Initiator propert ie s window will appear. 8. Select the Discovery tab. Under Target Po rtal s , click Add . 9. Enter the IP address of the N8800. Click OK . 98[...]

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. 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 ormation checkbox and enter your us[...]

12. Right click My Computer on the desktop and select Manage . 13. Click on Disk M anagement and you will see a new h ard 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. 100[...]

101 Windows Vista Because Windows Vista has th e Microsoft iSCSI Initiator pre-in stalled, you will not have to install th is piece of software. Inst ead, start the iSCSI Init iat or and follow steps 8-14 to map the N8800 as a n iSCSI drive. File Backup There are a number of ways to bac k up data with the N8800. Nsync You can backup a share folder [...]

Server Test Connection Click to check the connection to the Target Server. Schedule Schedule backup of your s hare folders. Time The time when the Nsync task will run. Type S elect whether to run the Nsync task daily, weekly, or monthly. Daily : input the time of day to execute Nsync task. Weekly : input which day of the week to execute the task. M[...]

Utility.exe ) to a convenient location on you r hard disk an d double click to execute it. NOTE If you can not find Thecus Backup Ut ility on your C from the Thecus website (htt p://www.thecus.co m D, please download it ). When you execute th is ut ilit y for the first t ime, it will ask you wheth er to create a DB file. Click Yes . 1. Click Add to[...]

104 Windows XP Data Backup If you use Windows XP Prof essional, you can also u se the Windows Backu p Utility (Ntbackup.exe) to backup your files. If you use Windows XP Home Ed it ion, follow th ese st eps to install the ut ility: 1. Insert the Windows XP CD into a drive and doub le-click the CD icon in My Computer . 2. When the Welcome to Microsof[...]

Chapter 7: T ip s and T ricks USB and eSATA Storage Expansion The N8800 supports external USB hard disk s through its four USB por ts. Once a USB hard disk has succ essfully mounted , the entire volume will be copied automatically to the default USB HDD folder. The N8800 supports up to 6 USB external storage devices. All file names on the USB disk [...]

106 Part I - Setup a DynDNS A ccount 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 yo ur email address (i.e.: xxx@example.com), check Enable Wildcard , a nd create a password (i.e.: xxxx ). 4. Wait for an email from www.d yndns.org. 5. Open the e[...]

107 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 N8800 wh ile keeping your data secure with the system’s automatic data recovery. Hard Drive Damage When a hard drive is damaged and data in the RAID volume, the system LCD will display warning message a[...]

Chapter 8: T roubleshooting Forgot My Network IP Address If you forget your netw ork IP address an d have no physical access to the system, you can find out the IP address by eith er looking directly onto the N8800’s LCD panel, or by using the setup wizard to retrieve the IP of your N8800. 1. Start the Setup Wizard, an d it will automatical ly de[...]

109 4. Set the Date , Time , and Ti me Zone . 5. Click Apply . In addition, if the N8800 is able to acce ss the Internet and yo u want to keep the NTP Server clock.isc.org by default, please make sure the DNS Server is correctly entered, thereby allowing the NTP Serv er name to correctly resolve. (See Network > WAN > DNS Server )[...]

110 Appendix A: Product S pecifications Hardware Specifications Product Model N8800 Network Interfaces WAN Gigabit RJ-45 connector LAN Gigabit RJ-45 connector Storage HDD Bays 8 x 3.5” SATA II HDD, hot-swappabl e HDD Support SATA II HDDs up to 1000GB eSATA 1 x eSATA connector for capacity e xpansion I/O Interfaces USB Ports 4 x USB type A ports ([...]

111 Auto rebuild Hot swappable 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 in it iator version 3.0 (1150) Linux: open-iscsi 2.0-865 Folder Management Share folder level permission Public folder Quota Management Share folder quot[...]

Appendix B: Customer Support If your N8800 is not working properl y, we encourage you to check out Chapter 8: Troubleshooti ng , located in thi s manual. You can al so try to ensure tha t you are using the latest firmwar e version for your N880 0. Thecus is committed to providing free firmware upgrades to our customers. Our newest firmware is avail[...]

113 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 ha rd disk. Data securi ty is enhanced by a RA ID, since data loss due to a h[...]

114 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 dat a security. RAID 5 RAID 5 offers data secu rity and it is best s uited for networks that perform many small I/O transaction[...]

Disk Usage When all 5 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 20% RAID 5 80% RAID 6 60% RAID 10 50% JBOD 100% NOTE RAID 10 allows only 4 disks and one as spare disk. 115[...]

116 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 prev iously re[...]

117 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 Regu[...]

118 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 b[...]

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/[...]

120 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 license[...]

121 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 t o use CGIC in any application, commercia l or noncommercial, at no cost. HOW EVER, th is copyright paragraph must appear on a "credits" page accessible in t he public o[...]

122 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 int roduced by others will not refle[...]

123 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 use[...]

124 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 [...]

125 This section is inten d ed t o make thoroughly clear wh at 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[...]