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Origin Storage Thecus N7510 manual

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    7 Chapter 1: I ntroduct ion Overview Thank yo u for choosing the T hecus IP Storage S erver. Th e Thecus IP s torage is an easy-to- use stora ge serve r that a llows a ded icated appro ach to stori ng and distribu ting data on a ne twork. Data reliab ility is ensur ed wit h RAID feat ures that provide data security and recove ry—ov er multipl e T[...]

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    8 Print er Server With the Thecus I P stora ge’s Pr inter Serve r, you can ea sily sha re an IPP printer w ith other PCs co n nected to your networ k. To set up the Pri nter Ser ver, refer to Chapter 4: E xternal Devic e> Printer Inform ation . Multiple RAID Thecus IP storage support s multiple R A ID vol umes on one syste m. So, you can creat[...]

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    9 Package C onte nts The Thec us IP sto rage sho uld con tain the fo llowing co mmon ite ms:  System U nit x1  QIG (Q uick Insta ll a ti o n Guide) x1  CD-Title x3 (Acron ics back up CD , Two nky medi a server CD & U ni versa l CD)  Etherne t Cable x1  Accessory bag x1  HDD Compa t ibility list Card x 1  Multiple La nguages[...]

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    10 Front Pan el N2200XXX: The T hecus N22 00XXX’s front pa nel has the dev ice’s co n trols, indicators, and hard disk trays: Front Pa nel Item Descri ption Power Button  Powers th e N2200 XXX o n/off . USB P ort  USB 2.0 port for comp atibl e USB devic es, such as digit al ca mera s, USB disks, and US B print ers. USB Copy Butt on  C [...]

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    11 N3200XXX: The T hecus N32 00XXX’s front pa nel has the dev ice’s co n trols, indicators, and hard disk trays: Front Pa nel Item Descri ption Power LED  Solid blue: Syst em is power ed on WAN/L AN1 LED  Solid gree n: N etwork link  Blinking oran ge: Ne twork a ctivi ty LAN2 LED  Solid gree n: Ne twork link  Blinking oran ge: N [...]

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    12 N0503: The Thec us N 0503’s front pa n el h as the dev ice’s controls, indicators, and hard d i sk trays: Front Pa nel Item Descri ption Power LED  Solid blue: Syst em is power ed on WAN/L AN1 LED  Solid gree n: N etwork link  Blinking oran ge: Ne twork a ctivi ty LAN2 LED  Solid gree n: Ne twork link  Blinking oran ge: N etwo[...]

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    13 Up Butto n ▲  Pus h t o scr oll UP wh e n u sing th e LCD dis play. Enter Button   Pus h t o confir m informa tion e ntere d into th e L CD disp lay . Escap e Button ESC  Pus h t o leav e th e curren t LCD menu . N4200 series: The T hecus N 4200seri es fro n t pa nel has the d ev ice’s co ntrols, indicator s, a nd ha rd disk tray[...]

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    15 N7700 Series : The Th ecu s N7700 series front panel has t he device’s co ntrols, indica tors, and hard disk trays: Front Pa nel Item Descri ption 1.Powe r LED  Solid blue: Syst em is power on. 2.Syst em LED  Solid ora nge: sy s tem i s b eing upgra ded or sy stem s tartu p ; dat a currentl y inac cessi ble 3.WAN/ LAN1 L ED  Solid gre[...]

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    16 1U4200XXX: The Thec us 1U42 00XXX fro nt pa nel has th e dev ice’s co n trols, indicators, a n d hard disk trays: Up Button Ente r Button L oca tor Button Powe r Button Reset Button Down Butt on Escap e B utton PW R LED Busy LED Erro r LED LAN LE D MUTE B utton USB Port Front Pa nel Item Descri ption LCD Dis play  Displays t he curr e nt sy[...]

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    17 1U4600: The T hecus 1U460 0 fron t pa nel has the dev ice’s controls, ind icators, and hard d isk trays: Escape Button PWR LED Down Button LAN2 LED Powe r Button Busy LED WAN/LAN 1 LE D Reset Button Up Button USB Port LCD Display Ente r Button Busy LED Front Pa nel Item Descri ption WAN/L AN1 LED  Solid gree n: net work link  Blinking gr[...]

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    18 N8200XXX/N8800 s eries: The Thec us N82 00XXX/N88 00 serie s front pan el has the dev ice’s con trols, indicators, and hard disk trays: Front Pa nel Item Descri ption 1.Power Button  Power on/of f N8 200 XXX/N88 00 2.Power LED  Solid gree n: Sys tem is power on. 3.Reboot Button  Press to system r e boot 4.Syst em fan alarm LED  Sol[...]

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    20 N4200 series/N5200XXX/N5500 : Each of the N5500’s hard disk tray s has a lock, a latch, and two L ED indica tors: Hard Dis k Trays Item Descri ption 1.HDD Power LED  Solid blue: H ard di sk is p owere d on ( No functi on on N4 200 seri es ) 2.HDD Access/Er ror L ED  Blinking green: Syste m is a cces sing data on t he h ard di sk  Soli[...]

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    21 N0503: The N05 03 support s both 2.5” and 3.5” Ser ial ATA ( SATA) hard disks. To insta ll a hard disk into the N 0503, follow the steps be low : 3. Open fron t door of the N05 03. 4. For 3.5” HDD a. Get the hard drive rails and place the m on e ither side o f the hard drive, fit ting into the appropr iate groo ves. b. Holding the h ard d [...]

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    22 Rear Pane l N2200XXX: The N22 00XXX rea r pane l features ports an d conne ctors. Back Panel Item De scriptio n eSATA Port  e SAT A por t for hi gh-sp eed external stora ge exp an sion . USB P ort  USB 2.0 por t for comp atibl e USB devi ces, su ch as di gital camera s, USB disks, and US B print ers. WAN/L AN1 Por t  W AN/L AN1 p ort f [...]

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    23 N3200XXX/N0503: The N32 00XXX/N0 503 rea r panel fea tures ports and connector s. Back Panel Item De scriptio n eSATA Port  e SAT A por t for hi gh-sp eed storag e expan sion USB P ort  USB 2.0 por t for comp atibl e USB devi ces, such as di gital cam eras, USB disks, and US B print ers WAN/L AN1 Por t  W AN/L AN1 p ort f or con nectin [...]

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    24 N4200 series: The N 42 00 rear pa nel fea tures por ts and co nnectors. Back Panel Item De scriptio n Power Conn ector  F or con nect th e power adaptor WAN/L AN1 Por t  W AN/L AN1 port f or con nectin g to a n Eth ernet n etwo rk throug h a switch or rout er LAN2 Port  LAN2 port for conne ctin g to an Ethern et network through a swi tc[...]

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    25 Back Panel Item De scriptio n 1.WAN/ LAN1 Port  WAN/L AN1 p ort for conne cting to an Ethern et n etwor k thr ough a switch or a r outer. 2.LAN2 Port  LAN2 por t f or conn ecting to a l ocal Ethern et n etwork throu gh a switch or rout e r. 3.Seri al Port  This port is f or a n ext ernal UPS d evice . 4.eSATA Port  eSATA port f or hi[...]

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    26 N7700 series: The N77 00 rear pan el fea tures por ts and co nnectors. Back Pane l Item De scriptio n 1.LAN2 Port  LAN2 por t f or conn ecting to a l ocal Ethern et n etwork throu gh a switch or rout er. 2.WAN/ LAN1 Port  WAN/L AN1 p ort for conne cting to an Ethern et n etwor k thr ough a switch or rout er. 3.Seri al Port  This port is[...]

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    27 1U4200XXXR: Locat or LE D 1U4200 Bac k Pane l Item De scriptio n eSATA Port  e SAT A por t for hi gh-sp eed storag e expan sion . USB P orts  USB 2 .0 ports f or c ompati ble USB devices, such a s di gital camer as, USB d isks , and U SB prin te rs. WAN/L AN1 Por t  W AN/L AN1 p ort f or con nectin g to a n Eth ernet n etwor k through a[...]

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    28 1U4600R: The rear panel of the 1U46 00R houses mos t of the USB and Etherne t connection s, as w ell a s the e SATA port, s ystem fan, a nd po wer conne ctor. S ee t he t able b elow for descript ions of ea ch: Power Conne ctor Power Connector Power S witch Power Switch US B Ports (A Typ e) L AN2 Port Power LED Power LED System Fan e SATA Port S[...]

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    29 N8200XXX: The N82 00XXX rea r pane l features ports an d co nn ector s. 4 7 1 2 3 8 5 6 Back Panel Item De scriptio n 1.Power C onne ctor  C onne ct th e inclu ded power cor ds to th ese con necto rs. 2.Power Swi tch  Powers th e N8200 XXX o n/off . 3.eSATA Port  eSATA port f or high- s pe ed stora ge ex pansion . 4.USB Port  USB 2.0[...]

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    30 N8800 series: The N88 00 rear pan el fea tures por ts and co nnectors. Back Pane l Item De scriptio n 1.Power C onne ctor  C onne ct th e inclu ded power cor ds to th ese conn e ctor s 2.Power Swi tch  Switch for power sup ply 3.eSATA Por t  eSATA port f or high- s pe ed stora ge ex pansion 4.USB Port  USB 2.0 port for compa tible US[...]

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    31 Chapter 2: Ha rdware In st allation Overview Your T hecus IP sto rage is desig ned for easy i nstal lation. To he lp you get s tarted, the following chapter w ill help yo u quick ly get yo ur Thecus IP storage up and runn ing. Please read it care fully to pre vent da mag in g yo ur unit d uring ins tallatio n. Before You B egin Before yo u begin[...]

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    32 3. Press the po wer b utton to boot up the N2 200XX X. To con nect the N3 200XXX/N 0503 to your network, fol low the s teps below: 1. Con nect an Et hernet cab le from your netwo rk to th e WAN/LAN 1 port on the back pa nel of the N 3200X XX/N05 03. 2. Connect the provided pow er cord i nt o the power socket on the back panel. Plug the o ther e [...]

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    33 3. Open t he front doo r then p ress the power b utto n to boot up the N3200X XX/N0503. To con nect N4200 series N AS to yo ur netwo rk, f ollow the steps below : 1. Connect an Ether net cabl e from your network to the W AN/LAN 1 po rt o n t he back pa nel of the N 4200. 2. Connect the provided po wer co rd into the universal power socket on the[...]

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    34 3. Press the po wer b utton on the Fron t Panel to bo ot u p t he N4200. To con nect the N5 200XXX/N 5500 to your network, fol low the steps below : 1. Connect an Ether net cabl e from your network to the W AN/LAN 1 po rt o n t he back pa nel of the N 5200X XX/N55 00. 2. Connect the provided po wer co rd into the universal power socket on the ba[...]

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    35 To con nect the 1U4 200XXX/ 1U4600 to your netwo rk, follow the steps be low: 1. Connect an Ether net cabl e from your network to the W AN/LAN 1 po rt o n t he back pa nel of the 1 U42 00XXX/1 U4600. 2. Connect the provided po wer co rd into the universal power socket on the back panel. Pl ug the ot her e nd of t he cord into a surge pro tected [...]

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    36 To con nect N7700 series N AS to yo ur netwo rk, f ollow the steps below : 1. Connect an E thernet cable from yo ur net wor k to the W AN/LAN1 port on the back pa nel of the N7 700. 2. Connect the provided po wer co rd into the universal power socket on the back panel. Pl ug the ot her e nd of t he cord into a surge pro tected so cket. Pre ss t [...]

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    37 To con nect N8200X XX/N88 00 series NAS to your netwo rk, fol low the step s below : 1. Connect an Ether net cab le fro m your network to the W AN/LAN 1 po rt o n t he back pa nel of the N 8200X XX/N88 00. 2. Connect the provided po wer co rd into the universal power socket on the back panel. Pl ug the ot her e nd of t he cord into a surge prote[...]

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    38 Chapter 3: F irst T ime Setup Overview Once the hardwar e is inst a lled, ph ysi cally co nnected to yo ur network, and powered on, you can co n figure the Thec us IP storag e so that it is acces sible to yo ur n etwo rk users. T here are two way s to se t up your Thecus IP storage: u sing t he Thecus Setup Wizard or the LCD d isplay . Fo llow t[...]

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    39 5. Login wit h the adm inistra tor acco unt and pas sword. The defau lt acco unt and password are bot h “ admin ”. 6. Name yo ur T hecus IP s torag e an d co n figure the networ k IP addres s. If yo ur switch or ro u ter is co nfigured as a D HCP Server, config uring t he Thecus IP storage to a utoma tically o btai n a n IP addres s is reco [...]

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    40 8. Fi nished ! Access the Thec us IP storage Web Ad ministrator Interface by pressing the Start Brows er b utton. Y ou ca n a lso configur e ano ther Thec us IP storage at th is po int by c licking the Setup Other Devi c e bu tt o n. Press Exit to ex it the w izard. LCD Op eratio n (N520 0XXX/N550 0/1U42 00XXX/1U4 600/N77 00 s eries/N8 200XXX/N8[...]

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    41 Display Mode During norma l opera tion, th e LCD wil l be in Dis play Mode . Display Mo de Item Descri ption Host N ame Current h ost nam e of th e syste m. WAN/L AN1 Curr ent WAN/L AN1 IP s etting . LAN2 Current LAN 2 IP s etting. Link Aggre gation Current L ink A ggre gatio n statu s Syst em Fan1 Current s yst em fan1 statu s. Syst em Fan2 Cur[...]

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    42 LCD Op eratio n (N3200XXX/N0503) LCD Controls Use the Down ( ▼ ), Up ( ▲ ), Enter (  ) and Esc ape ( ESC ) k eys to opera t e LCD to view sys tem infor mation and USB copy. The fol lowing table illustra tes the keys on t he fro nt control pa nel: LCD Control s Icon Functio n Descri ption ▼ Down Bu tton Select th e previ ous co nfi gurat[...]

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    43 4. Press Ente r (  ) and theN320 0XXX/N 0503 wi ll start cop ying U SB disks connect ed to the front USB port. The LCD will dis play the USB copy progre ss and resu lts. OLED Op eratio n (N4200 se ries) OLED O peration The N 4200 series is equipped with an OL ED on the fron t fo r ea sy st a tus displa y and setup. T here are four b uttons on[...]

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    44 Typical S etup Pr ocedure From the Web Adm inistrat ion Interfac e, yo u can begin to se tup yo ur Thecu s IP storage fo r use on yo u r network. Se tting u p t he Thecus IP s torage t ypical ly fo llows the five steps o utlined below. For more o n how to use t he Web Ad minis tration Interface, s ee Chapter 4: Web Administ ration Interfa ce . S[...]

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    45 SMB/CIF S Apple F ile Proto col (AFP ) Network F ile System (NFS ) File Transfer Prot ocol (F TP) iTunes Serv er Printer Server Photo Serv er[...]

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    46 Chapter 4: Sy stem A dm inistration Overview The Thec us IP stora ge pro vides a n easily a ccessible Web A dmini stratio n Interfac e . With it, you can co nfigure a nd mon itor t he T hecus IP storage a nywhere on the ne twork. Web Admi nistrat ion Inter face Make s ure your n etwork i s connected to t he Interne t. To acces s Thec us IP stora[...]

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    48 Adminis trators can add or remove favor ite f uncti ons to My Favo rites b y r ight clic king the mo use on th e menu tree. The other wa y adm inistra tors can add favori te f unctions i s by clicki ng the “ Add Favorite” i con i n each func tion scree n. Please refer f igure below in red circuit ico n. To return to the favor it e screen, si[...]

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    49 Menu Bar The Menu Bar is w here yo u will find all of the informat ion screen s and s ystem settings of Thecus IP storage. The va rious set tings are p laced i n the fo ll ow ing groups o n the me nu bar: Menu Bar Item Descri ption Syst em Infor mati on Current s yst em stat us of th e Th ecus IP storage. Syst em Man agem ent Variou s The cus IP[...]

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    50 Message Ba r You can g et informa tion abo ut syste m sta tus quickl y by mov in g mouse o ver. Messa ge Ba r Item Status Descri ption RAID Info rmatio n. Display the statu s of created RAID volume. Cl ick to go to R AID infor mation page as s hort cu t. Disks Infor mation. Display the status of disk s installed in the system. C lick to go to Di[...]

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    51 ‧ My Fav orite Add/Re move t he curren t page fro m the Ho me p age. ‧ Shutd own Choose Shutdo wn or Reboot from t he dropdo wn men u t o shutdow n or reboo t your N AS. ‧ Logout Click to log o u t of Web Admi nistrat ion Interface. System I nformati on Informat ion prov ides viewi ng on c urrent Prod uct info, System Status, Service Statu[...]

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    52 System Status Item D escri ption CPU Loa din g (%) Displays curr ent CP U workl oad of the Thecu s IP s torage . CPU F an S peed Displays c urr ent CP U fan s tatus. Syst em Fan S pee d Displays t he current s tat us of th e sys tem fan . Up Tim e Shows how l ong th e sy stem h a s be en u p and run ning. Service Status Item Descript ion AFP Sta[...]

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    53 See the fo llowing table for a detailed descrip ti o n of eac h item: System L ogs Item Descri ption All Provide s all l og inform ation i ncl uding syste m m essag es, war ning mess ages an d error mess age s. INFO Records informa ti o n about system me ssages. WARN Show s only warnin g me ssag es. ERROR Show s only error messag es. Downloa d A[...]

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    54 Other tha n the de fined i tems sen t upon regi stration, there ar e also two additio nal items: “HDD Info” and “Time Zone”. These two o pti ona l items ca n also be sent to Thecus ano nymo usly for a nalysis a nd sta tistics purposes. To send these ite ms, simply c heck the desired ch eckboxe s to help Th ecus improve its pro ducts and [...]

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    55 System M anageme nt The System Managem ent menu gives you a wealth of settings that you can u se to configure yo u r Thecu s IP s torage sys tem adm inistra ti o n function s. You ca n set up system time, syste m not ifications, and even upgrade f irmware f rom this men u. Date and Time: System Date a nd settings From the Date and time me nu, c [...]

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    56 Notif ication configuration From the men u, choose the Notificati o n item, and the Notific ation Configurati on sc ree n appears. Th is sc reen lets you ha ve T hecus IP storage notify you in case of a ny syste m malfu nction. Pres s A pply to confirm a ll setting s. See following table for a detailed descrip tion of each item. Notifica tio n C[...]

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    57 Firmware Upgrade From the menu, choose the Firmw are Upgrad e it em and the Firmwa re Upgrade screen appea rs. Follow the steps b elow to u pgrade yo ur firmwar e: 1. U se the B rowse b utton to fi nd the fir mware fi le. 2. Press App ly . 3. The beeper beeps and the Busy LED b links until the upgrad e is comp l ete. Schedule Power On/Off Using [...]

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    58 Example - Mond ay: On: 8:00; O ff: 16:00 System will t urn on at 8 :00 AM on Monda y, and of f at 16:0 0 on Monday. System will turn on for the rest of t he week. If yo u choose an on time, bu t do n o t assig n a n o ff time, the sys tem will turn on and remain on until a scheduled of f t ime is reached , o r if the unit i s shutdown ma nually.[...]

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    59 See the fo llowing table for a detailed descrip ti o n of eac h item. Change Adm inistra tor a nd L CD E ntry Pa sswor d Item D escri ption New P asswor d Type in a n ew ad ministr a tor p asswor d. Confirm P assw ord Type th e new p asswor d a gain to confi rm. Apply Pre ss this to s ave your c han ges. Config Mgmt From the men u, choose the Co[...]

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    60 F actory default From the men u, choose the Fact ory Default ite m and the Reset to F actory Default s creen app ears. Pr ess Apply to rese t Thecus IP storage to fac tory defa ult settings. Rebo ot & Shu tdo wn From the men u, choose R eboot & S hutdow n item, an d the Sh utdown /Reboot System scree n a ppears. Press Re b oot to restar [...]

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    61 Once the system has rebo oted, yo u will be retur ned to the File Sy stem Che ck prompt. There you will see t he ava ilable RAID volumes to run the file sys tem c heck on except ZFS vo lume, ZFS has no need to perform f il e sy stem check. C heck the desired RA ID volu mes and click Next to pro ceed wit h the fi le system c heck. Cl ick Reboot t[...]

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    63 From the men u, choose the SNM P item, a nd the S NMP Suppo rt scre en appears. From here, you ca n Enabl e or Disab le . UI Login Config uration Adjusts UI Login Co nfigurat ion se ttings. Yo u can enab le/disab le the Web Disk and Photo Serve r fu nctions, accord ing to your needs. For the 3X series, u sers need to install t he photo server mo[...]

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    64 WAN/L AN1 Conf iguratio n Item De scriptio n Host na me Ho st nam e that identif ies the Th ecus I P stor age on t h e network . Domain n a me Specifies the d omai n n ame of Thecu s IP s torag e. WINS Serv er To set a serve r name for Ne tBIOS comp uter. MAC Ad dres s MAC a ddres s of th e networ k int erfac e. Jumbo Fram e Su pport Ena ble or [...]

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    65 LAN2 LAN2 Configurati on The Thec us IP stora ge suppor ts two Gigabi t Etherne t ports for higher service availabi lity. To con figure t hese por ts, choose LAN2 from the System Network menu, a nd the L AN2 Con figuratio n scree n appears. Pres s Apply to sa ve your changes. LAN2 Conf iguratio n Item D escri ption MAC Ad dres s Displays t he MA[...]

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    66 DHCP Ser ver Conf iguration A DHCP server can be co nfigured t o ass ign IP addresses t o d evices connected t o t he LAN2 por t. To co nfigure th ese ports, choose LAN2 from t he System Netwo rk menu. DHCP Confi gurati on Item Descri ption DHCP S erver Enable or d isa ble the D HCP serv er to au tomati call y assi gn IP address t o PCs conn ect[...]

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    67 Disks In for mation Item De scriptio n Disk No. Indicates disk l ocation. Capacity Show s the SAT A hard disk ca pacity . Model Displays t he SATA h ard disk mo del na me. Firmwar e Show s the SAT A hard disk firmw a re v ersion . Status Indicat es the s tat us of th e di sk. Can r e ad OK , Warnin g , or Faile d . Bad Bl ock s can Yes to star t[...]

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    68 S.M. A.R.T. Informa tion Item Descri ption Tray Number Tray the hard d isk i s inst alled i n. Model Model name of t he in stalled h ard disk. Power ON Hours Count of hour s in po wer-o n st ate. Th e raw val ue of th is attrib ute shows total cou nt of hours (or minut es, or s econd s, de pendin g on manuf acturer) i n power-on state. Temper at[...]

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    69 RAID Information From the S t orage menu, choose the RAID item and t he RAID Informati on screen appears. This screen lists the RAID volumes curre ntly r esid ing on the Thecus IP st orage. From this scree n, yo u c an get infor mation abou t the statu s of your RA ID volumes, as we ll as the cap acities allocated for da t a, a nd iSC SI. There [...]

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    70 Strip e Size This sets th e stri pe size t o m aximi ze perfor mance of seque ntial fil es in a s torage volum e. Keep the 64K setting unl ess you require a speci al file stora ge lay out in the st orage vol ume . A larger strip e size is better f or lar ge f iles. Data Percen tag e The p erce ntag e of the RAID volu me that will b e used to sto[...]

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    71 Once the C reate bu tton has bee n pressed with the Encryption checkbox enabled, t he follow ing message pop-up will app ear f or confirmat ion. After the R A ID vol ume has bee n creat ed, yo u may re move this USB dis k until the nex t time the system boo ts. T he RAID volume ca n not be mou nt ed if the USB d isk with ke y can not be found i [...]

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    72 8. Selected th e file system yo u like t o h ave for this RAI D v olume. The selection is available from ex t3, XF S and ZFS. 9. Press Cr eate to b uild the R AID storag e volu me. NOTE ． Select ZFS fi l e syst em whi l e snapshot is needed. It i s onl y one ZFS fi l e syste m allo wed to be c reated per s ystem. ． ZFS fil e system is onl y [...]

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    74 Remove R AID Click to re move the RAID volume. All user da ta a nd iSCSI has bee n created i n selected RAID vo lume w ill be remo ved. To remov e a RAID volume, follow t he steps b elo w: 1. On the R AID List sc reen, se lect t he RAID vo lume by clicki ng on its radio button, a nd click R AID Inf ormatio n to ope n the R AID Config uration scr[...]

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    75 Expanding a R AID To expa nd a RAID 1, RAID 5, or RA ID 6 vol ume, fol low the step s below : 1. Replace o ne of th e ha rd dr ives in t he RAID vo lume a nd allow it to automat ically reb uild. 2. Once reb uilt, you can co ntinue to r eplace a ny re maining d isks in t he RAID array. 3. When you are do ne replaci ng hard d rives, log on to Web [...]

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    76 Migrating a RAID Once a R AID vol ume has bee n creat ed, yo u may want to mo ve it to other p hysical drives or cha nge the RAID arra y a l l together. To mi grate a RA ID 0, R A ID 1, R A ID 5 or RAID 6 volume, follow t he steps be low: 1. From the RAID Co nfigura tion scree n, click Mig rate RAID. 2. A list of po ssible RA ID migra tion co nf[...]

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    77 With R AID level mi gration function, the limi tatio n as listed be low. 1. During R A ID level m igration, it is n ot a llowed reboo t or shutdow n system. 2. The RAID migra ti on from R1 to R5 o r R1 to R6 , t he all serv ices will restart and vo lumes “i SCSI” is read only b ut “user data” is capa ble read / write during o peration. N[...]

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    78 Below is a table l isting of p ossible RAID migra tion s chemes: To From RAID 0 RA ID 5 RAID 6 RAID 1 [RAID 1] HDD x2 t o [RAID 5] HDD x3 [RAID 1] HDD x2 t o [RAID 5] HDD x4 [RAID 1] HDD x2 t o [RAID 5] HDD x5 [RAID 1] HDD x2 t o [RAID 5] HDD x6 [RAID 1] HDD x2 t o [RAID 5] HDD x7 [RAID 1] HDD x2 t o [RAID 5] HDD x8 ………………… ……?[...]

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    79 RAID 6 X X [ ONLINE ] [RAID 6] HDD x4 t o [RAID 6] HDD x5 [RAID 6] HDD x4 t o [RAID 6] HDD x6 [RAID 6] HDD x4 t o [RAID 6] HDD x7 [RAID 6] HDD x4 t o [RAID 6] HDD x8 ………………… ……… …….. HDD x16 [RAID 6] HDD x5 t o [RAID 6] HDD x6 [RAID 6] HDD x5 t o [RAID 6] HDD x7 [RAID 6] HDD x5 t o [RAID 6] HDD x8 ………………… ?[...]

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    80 Volum e Alloca tio n List Item De scriptio n Modify Click this to modify the alloc ated space. Delete Click thi s to delet e the al locate d sp ace. iSCSI T arget C lick to alloc ate s pace to i SCSI volum e. Type Ty pe of vol ume. Can b e either USB or iS CSI. Nam e Nam e assign ed to th e vol ume. Capacity Capacity of the all ocate d space . A[...]

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    82 8. When iS C SI target v o lume has been creat ed, the LUN I D is configurab le from 1 to 2 54 with a defau lt o f the next avai lable num ber i n a sce nding numeri cal order. T he LUN ID is unique and ca n no t be dupl icated exc ept for LUN ID 0. 9. If you’ve enabled CHAP authe ntication, enter a usernam e and a password . Confirm your chos[...]

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    83 Expand Volum e The iSCSI volume is now ab le to expa nd its cap acity fro m u nu sed spa c e. Fro m the volume list, simply sele ct the iSCSI volume you like to expand and click t he Expand button: You will then see the dialog box displa yed below . Drag the Expand Capacity bar to the size you want. Then pre ss Expand to co nfirm t he operat ion[...]

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    84 2. Press Y ES . All da ta i n the volum e will be removed. iSCSI T hin -Provisioning With this function, the iSCSI capa city can be more flexible and more efficient ly serve more users. The idea for iSC SI thin-prov isioning is shar in g the avai lable phys ical cap acity to a number of iSCSI target vo lumes an d also se tup vir tual capa city t[...]

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    85 Next, set up the p hysical capa city for iSCSI thin-pro vision vol ume by d ragging the Allocatio n bar to the desir ed size. After the s ize h as been determi ned, c lick OK t o confirm. Now you will see the iSCSI thin-provi sioning volume i s ava i lable from the list. Plea se refer to the s creenshot below.[...]

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    86 Now you can star t to crea te iSCS I targe ts to join the newly- created iSCSI thin-provi sion v olu me. B a sically, the iSCSI target under iS C SI thin-provis ioning has exactly same settings screen as the st a ndard iSCSI target vol ume c rea tion. The only differe nce is the “ Virtual S ize” of capa city. Unlike creat ing sta ndard iS C [...]

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    87 The scre en shot for iSCSI target volume crea tion under th in-provisio ning; t he physica l c apa city 3 33.8GB. The screen sh o t t o setup an iSCSI t a rget volume under thin-pro visioning of 1700GB. iSCSI targe t vol ume crea ti o n. The max imum v irtual size is 1430 0GB (1600 0GB – 1700GB( 1 st iSC SI target volum e)). This s creens hot [...]

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    88 This messag e appear s if t here is no more ro om fo r new iSCSI target crea tion. A dva nce Opt ion There are 2 op tions is curren tly a llow Admin to Enable/Disab le t o operate T hecus IP storage associa ted w ith iSC SI se tting. The details as listed in following scree nshot. With the option cha nged, it will need to reboot system to ac tiv[...]

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    89 iSCSI Block Size Select the b lock s ize with 4K while the iSC SI volume size is ov er 2TB. iSCSI C RC/Checksum To enab le this opt ion, the initiator ca n co nnect w ith “Data dig est” and “Head er digest” e nabled. Stackab le NA S The Th ecu s IP s torage’s capacity can b e expa n ded even further u si ng the s tackable function. Wit[...]

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    90 A. Add a Stack Targ et Volum e From t he f igure above, c lick Add to acces s the stackable target devi ce configura tion page. Pleas e refer to the f igure be low: With t he added s tack target yo u co u ld “Enab le” or “Disab le” now or l ater per usage needed. Next, inp ut the ta rget IP add ress o f the stackab le dev ice and click t[...]

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    91 The Expo rt share name wi ll becom e the netwo rk share na me and d isplayed through n etwork acc ess su ch as SM B. You may r efer the fig ures be low to see the result. Plea se note the nam ing limi tation. From t he figure above, the Export share name is “ pmm eeting” . The figures below show the result befo re and after via M icroso ft N[...]

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    93 Click App ly to sa ve your changes. B. Activate a Stack T arget After yo ur setting s have been app lied, the system wi ll bring you back to Stac k Target List window as s hown below . There is o ne stack target de vice has be en attached into thi s stack ma ster. With t his newly a ttached stack target device, you will see the informatio n d is[...]

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    94 After the for m at is comp l ete, the stack target vo l ume w ill be crea ted s uccessfully. You w ill see the volu me’s ca pacity and status in the Sta ck Targ et List s creen. C. Edi t a Stack Targ e t To make a ny change s to st ac k t arge ts, click Edit f or the correspond ing stack t arge t, and sys tem will bri ng up t he follow ing dia[...]

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    95 E. Recon nect a Stack Target The enabled s tack target dev ices may be d isco nnected by situations s uch a s power outages o r networ k disco nnects. When t hi s hap p ens, the Rec onnect button w ill available. To atte mpt to reco nnect the stack target, c lick Re conne ct . IS O Mount The ISO Mo unt featur e is ver y use ful tool from T hecus[...]

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    96 A. Add a ISO file From the figure abo ve, sel ect ISO fi le from drop down share list. After sele ction, sys tem wi ll bring up Mount table for f urther s etting scre en. To mount n ew ISO file, select from l isted ISO file and inp ut des ired m ount in g n ame into “Moun t a s:” fi eld. Click “ADD” with co nfirmat ion t o comp lete moun[...]

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    97 After yo u hav e comp l eted to add ISO th en th e p age will displa yed a ll mo u nted I SO files, You co ul d c lick “Un mount” to e limina te mou nt ed ISO file. B. Using ISO The mou nted ISO file will be located sa me shar e folder wi th name giving. Pl ease refer the screen shot be low. ISO file “image” has mounted as f old er “Im[...]

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    98 Share Folder From the Storage menu, choose Sh are Folde r , and t he Folde r scree n appears. This scree n allows you to create a nd config ure f olders o n the Thec us IP storage volume.[...]

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    99 Adding Folders On the Fold er scree n , press the Add button a nd the Add Fol der scree n appears. This sc reen allows you to add a fol der. A fter enteri ng the i nforma tion, press Apply to create new folde r. Add F older Item De scriptio n RAID ID RAID volum e wh ere the n ew fol d er w ill reside. Folder Name Ente r t he n ame of the fol der[...]

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    100 Modify F olders On the Folder scree n, press the Edit button and th e Modify Folder scree n appears. This screen allows you t o ch a nge folder informa tio n. Afte r en tering the informat ion, press Appl y to s ave your c hang es. Mo dify Fold er Item Descri ption RAID ID RAID v olum e wh ere the fol d er wil l re side. Folder Name Enter t he [...]

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    101 NFS Share To allow NFS acces s to the share fo lder, enab le the NF S Serv ice , and then se t up hosts wi th access rights b y clicking Add . NFS Sha re Item De scriptio n Hostn ame Enter t he na me or I P a ddress of th e host Privi lege Host has eith er r ead onl y or w ritea ble acc ess to the f olde r . Guest System Support There are two s[...]

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    102  Guest syste m root a ccount will hav e full access to thi s share ( root:r oot).  Guest system roo t accoun t w ill b e ma ppe d to anonym ous user (n obody:n og rou p) on NAS .  All user on guest system wil l be map ped t o ano nymo us user (n obody:n og rou p) on NAS . Choos e the on e whic h best f its yo ur ne eds. Apply Click to [...]

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    103 The Thec us IP sto rage snap shot is s uppor ted total 1 6 versio ns . Once c hecked “Automat ically remove oldes t snapshot”, the oldest will be remo ved to l et n ewes t t o added on top. Oth erwise, if the chec k box is u nchecked a nd snaps hot ver sions ar e up to 16 then sys tem wil l appear wa rning message and won’t execute the ta[...]

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    104 ACL settin g Item D escri ption Deny Deni es access to us ers or grou ps who are displ aye d in this c olu mn. Read Onl y Provide s Read Onl y access to users or group s who are displaye d in this colu mn. Writable Provide s Write access to users or groups who are d isplay ed in this column . Recur sive Enable to inh erit th e acc ess righ t fo[...]

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    105 The ACL screen also allows y o u t o searc h f or a particu lar user. To do this, f o llow the steps be low: 1. In the b lank, enter the name of th e u ser you wo u ld like to find. 2. From t he drop down select the group you wo ul d like t o search for the u ser in. 3. Click Sear ch . NOTE The system wi ll li st up to 1,000 users from the chos[...]

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    106 User an d Group A uthe nticati on The Thec us IP stora ge has built- in user da tabase that allows ad ministra tors to manage user acces s us in g di fferen t group pol icies. Fro m the U ser and Group Authenticati on me nu , you ca n cr eate, modi fy, and de l ete u sers, a nd as sign them to group s that yo u desig nate. A D S/NT Support If y[...]

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    107 To join a n AD doma in, you can re fer the f igure and use t he e xample below to co n figure the Thec us IP storag e for associa ted filed i nput: AD Doma in Exam ple Item Info rmat ion Work Gr oup / Dom ain Nam e domain ADS Su pport Enable ADS S erver Na m e Compute r1 ADS/NT Re alm Domain. loca l Admin istrator ID Adminis trator Admin istrat[...]

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    109 Edit Users 1. Select an existing user fro m the L ocal User Config uration s creen. 2. Click on t he Edit b utton, a nd Local User Setti ng screen app ears. 3. From here, yo u can en ter a new password and re- enter to confirm, or use the << o r >> butto ns to have this user join o r leave a gro up. Cl ick the Apply button to save y[...]

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    110 Remove U sers 1. Select an existing user fro m the L ocal User Config uration s creen. 2. Click on Rem o ve bu tton a nd the user is de let ed from t he system. Loc al Group Configuration From the Account s menu, c hoose the Group it em, and the Local Gr oup Configurati on s creen ap pears. T his screen al low s you to A dd , Edit , a nd Rem ov[...]

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    111 Add Group s 1. On the L ocal Gro up Configu ration scree n, click on t he Add b utton. 2. T he Local Group Setting screen appears. 3. E nter a Gr oup Name . 4. E nter a Group ID number. If left blank, the sys tem will automa tically assign one. 5. S elect u sers to b e in this gro up fro m the Us ers List by adding them to the Member s List u s[...]

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    112 Remove G roups 1. On the L ocal Gro up Configu ration scree n, sel ect a group na me from the list. 2. Press Remov e to delete t he group from the system. Batch Create Use rs and Groups The Thec us IP stora ge can also add users a nd gro ups in batch mode. T his enab les you to con venie ntly add numero us users a nd gr oups a ut oma tically by[...]

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    113 Quota The User Quota system provid es a way of l imitin g users’ avai lable storage capac ity. Setting a user quota gives a give n user a g iven amo unt of spac e on E ACH RAID partition. For e xamp le, i f there are 3 RAID partitions and a u ser has a user quota o f 300MB, the user can store 300MB of data o n EA CH RAID par tition, or a tota[...]

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    114 Network S ervice Setup and manag e protoco ls such as Samba/C IF S, FTP, a nd HTTP/We b Disk, a nd other netwo rk ser vices. Samba / CIFS There are 5 o ptio ns i s curren tly a llow Admin to Enable/Disab le t o operate T hecus IP storage associated wit h Samba / CIFS protoco l. With th e option changed , it will n eed to reboot system to activa[...]

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    115 In general, Windo ws has de fault to invisible all o f hidden fo lders/f il es. So p l ease enable this optio n to view “. recyc le” folder. Samba An onymo us Login Authenti cation To enab le this opt ion, no ma tter t here is s hare f older has b een crea ted in p ublic access. The user accoun t and pa ssword is neede d from system to acce[...]

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    116 NFS Setup From the Network Service men u, choose the NFS item, a nd the NFS Supp ort screen appear s. T he T hecus IP storage can a ct a s an NF S se rver, e nabling users to download and upload files with th e favorite NFS clients. Press A pply to confirm y our settings. A descript ion of eac h item follows: NFS Ser v er Set tin g Item De scri[...]

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    117 publi c folder s. No acc ess: Bl ock anony mous FTP u ser ac cess. Auto R ename If checke d, the sy s tem wi ll auto ma tically renam e fil es that ar e upload ed wit h a dupl icat e fil e name. Th e r enaming s chem e is [filena me]. # , wher e # r epre sents an int eger. Upload B an dwidth You may set t he maximu m ban dwid th alloc ated t o [...]

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    118 A descript ion of eac h item follows: We b Service Item Descri ption HTTP ( WebDisk ) S upport Enable or di sable WebDi sk su pport. En ter t he port nu mber if this op tion is ena bled. Th e por t nu mber is defa ult 80. HTTPs ( Secur e We bDisk) Support Enable or disable secure WebDi sk support . Enter the port if this option is e nabl ed. UP[...]

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    119 Applicati on Serv er Thecus IP storage support iTunes server funct ionality, Module Installat ion, and Auto Module In stallat ion. The i Tunes ser ver func tion allows you to p lay musi c files fro m your N AS thro ugh iT unes o n your compu ter. T he follow ing sec tion show s yo u how . iTunes® Server With the built- in iTunes s erver capabi[...]

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    120 Auto Module Installatio n Or choose th e Auto Modul e Inst allati on item and the availabl e s ystem M odule screen appears. The defa ult to get module list is “On-line” so if Thecu s IP storage is capable to co n nect to Interne t then i t will a ut o matica lly link to Thecus o fficial website then lis t available mo dules. Please re fer [...]

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    121 Auto Mo d ule So urce List Item D escri ption Install ed Status of m odule Nam e Mod ule n ame Versio n The ver sion of rel eased v ersion Descri ption T he descri ption of mo dule Locati on The mo dul e is eith er get ting o n-lin e or di sk Docu ment The availa ble do cument ation of mo d ule Action To install mo d ule or delet ed p.s. If mod[...]

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    124 device, ma ke sure there is a folder named “ nsync”, and the Au th ID ha s writab le permiss ion in tha t folder. Designating The cus IP sto rage as an N syn c Target The Thecus IP storage can act as an Nsync server , en ab ling another Nsync- equipped Thecus NA S at a remo t e loca tion ba ckup their files to this T hecus IP s torage. From[...]

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    125 Rsyn c T a rget (For the 3x series) When it comes to backing u p your data, it ’ s very important to have flexibility. Rsync Backup prov ides you w ith many options, including loca l or remote backup, bac kup schedu ling, differe nt syncroniza tion set tings, and password pro tection. Being based on the Linux operating system, it is also much[...]

  • Page 126

    126 *Now Rsy nc is t urned o n on your NA S, whic h mea ns it ca n be used a s a targe t for Rsync bac kup, i n other wo rds, only the back up NAS needs to be activated in this way. Rsyn c (F or 3x s eries) Step 2 – Setti ng up your b ackup task and s chedule on you r source NAS -Log i n to your other N A S (your source N AS) t hrough t he UI in [...]

  • Page 127

    127 that yo u wish to backup. 4. Input your targ et’s I P address a nd p ort num ber - T his is the N AS w hich you are go ing to u se as a ba ckup, po rt numb er i s optional. 5. Input your desti nation f older and creat e a b ackup folde r – Your destinatio n path i s the na me of an existing folder on your N AS where yo u w ish to back up yo[...]

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    128 When you execute this utility for the first t ime, it will ask you whe th er to create a DB file. Clic k Yes . 1. Click Add to crea te a Bac kup task. The Add New Task d ialog b ox appears. Add New Ta s k Item Descri ption Task Specifi es a na me f or the curr ent t ask. Source C lick to spe cify the sourc e fold er/fil e locatio n. Incr ementa[...]

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    130 Printe r Info rmation Item D escri ption Manuf acturer Di splays t he nam e of th e U SB pri nter manufa ctur er. Model Di splays the model of th e U SB prin ter. Status Display s the status of t he USB printer. Remov e docu ment from Qu e ue Click to remov e all docum ents fr om pri nter queu e. Restart Print er servi ce Click to restar t prin[...]

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    131 8. Your Windows system will ask you if you wan t to set this pr inter as “D efau lt Printer”. Select Yes and all yo ur print jobs will be s ubmi tt ed to this printer by default. Click Next . 9. Click Finish . NOTE • Not a ll USB pri nters a re suppor ted. Please check Thecus w ebsite f or a li st of supported pri nters. • Note t hat i [...]

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    132 Windows Vista To set up the Pri nter Ser ver in Windows Vi sta, f ollow the st eps below: 1. Open Print er Fold er from the Contr ol Pan el . 2. Cl ick the right mo use b utton in a nywhere o n the Printers folder a nd then select Add Printer . 3. S elect Add a net work, wir eless or Bluetoot h printer .[...]

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    133 4. S elect T he printe r that I w ant is n’t listed . You can press The printer that I want isn’t li sted to go into next page witho ut waiting for Searching for avai lable printer s to finish. 5. Click Select a shared print er by nam e . Type http://< Thecus_NA S>:631/pr inters/us b -pri nter in the box, where <Thecus _NAS_IP> [...]

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    134 If you r prin ter model is no t lis ted, pl ease co ntact your printer manufacturer for help. 7. Windows w ill attemp t to con nect to the pr inter. 8. Y ou can c hoose to set th is p rinter as the d efa ult printer by chec king the Set as the defa ult p rinter bo x. Click Next to co ntinue. 9. Done! C lick Finish .[...]

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    136 Chapter 5: Using The cus I P S tor age Overview Once the Thecus IP storage is se tup and o perati ng, users on the ne twork may manage all variet ies of dig ital mus ic, photos, o r files b y simply using their web browsers. To ma nage yo ur p ersonal files or ac cess p ublic files on the Thecus IP storage, j ust e nt er i ts IP add ress in to [...]

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    137 1. In the Login page, type in the U ser ID and passwo rd that were previousl y set for you i n the Accou nts me nu. See Chapter 4:User and Group Authentic ation > Lo cal User Configurati on . 2. The Web Di sk pag e appea rs showi ng folders c urren tly availab le to yo u, this is contro lled via t he Acces s Contr ol List ( ACL) . 3. Click o[...]

  • Page 138

    138 Folder Pa ge Butt on Button Descri ption List al l dire ctory tr ees p er login user’ s priv ile ge. Browsing select ed directory of i ts fold ers an d fil es. Go ba ck to th e we b disk directory lay e r. Re-loa d the curr e nt list . Search f iles in the curre nt w eb disk direct ory. (Must in put t he comple te file n am e.) (new fi le/Dir[...]

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    139 Photo Ser ver ( Does not a ppl y to the 3X series’ photo s er ver ) Using th e Pho to Server, users can view an d share photos, an d eve n create their own albums rig ht on t he Thecu s IP s torage. You w ill see yo u r ow n photo ga llery and a ll publ ic pho to album s on the network. To manage a ny p icture f iles, you mu st fi rst se lect[...]

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    1 40 3. W indows XP w ill a sk w hether you w ant to run or save this file. C l ick Sav e to save the reg ister file. 4. On ce the register f ile is i nstalled, use the Window s file ma nager to brow se the folder that co ntains t he picture yo u wa nt to publis h. On the left pa ne, there w ill be an i con labe led “ Publi sh this f older to the[...]

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    141 6. S elect the pictures you want t o publish t o t he Ph oto Web Server by placing a check ma rk on the top left hand co rner of the pi cture. C li ck Next . 7. Your PC w ill start to conn ect to t he Photo Web Server. 8. Select Thecu s IP storag e Phot o Gallery Wi zard to publish yo u r pi ctures to Thec us IP storage. 9. Login into T hecus I[...]

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    142 10. Create your alb um by en tering a n album name and click ing on t he Create Album b utton. 11. Select the alb um you wa nt to up load yo ur pictur es to. 12. Co nfi rm the targe t album. 13. Windows w i ll show you tha t the p icture upload is in prog ress.[...]

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    144 16. You will see the user’s album list. Clic k on Albu m . 17. Finished! Yo u will see the pict ures just selec ted in the album.[...]

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    145 Managing A lbu ms and Photos Icon Functio n D escri ptio n Make Cover Make select ed ph oto your c over pictur e. Back Return to the pr evious s cree n. Add Add a n e w al bum or photos . Modify Edit th e nam e an d descri ption of th e selec ted al bum o r photo. E a ch n ame is limite d to 2 0 ch aracter s and e ac h descri ption is limite d [...]

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    146 Creating Albums To crea te a pho to album, follow the steps be low : 1. Click the A dd butto n to crea te a new a l bum. 2. Enter a name fo r the a lbum, and en ter a descr iptio n if you w i sh. Then, c lick on the C reate Alb um but ton. Password Prot ecting A lbums If you wou ld like to p u t a pas sword on a particu lar alb um, fol low thes[...]

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    147 Slide Shows Slide shows a r e a great way to enjo y pictures s tored o n your Th ecus IP s torage. You can click on the Start Slide S how icon o n t he t op ri ght hand corner to start the slide show . To stop t he slide s how, click o n the St op Slid e Show i con on the top rig ht hand corner. Mapping a Clien t PC to the Thecus I P S torage Y[...]

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    148 A pp le OS X On an Apple comp uter, yo u can con nect to s hared co mputers a nd serv ers usi ng a network add ress. 1. Choose Go > Conne ct to S erver… 2. Enter the network add r ess for the serve r in t he Server Address text box. When con necting using SM B/CIFS p rotocol, type : smb://1 92.168.1 .100/Fold er1 When con necting using AFP[...]

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    149 Windows 20 00/XP 1. First, down load the iSCSI I nitiator from the Micr osoft websi te ( http://www. microsof t.com ). You ca n find th is so ftware by e ntering iSCSI Initiat or into th e searc h box on their hom epa ge. 2. Once the download is comp lete, install the i SCSI Initiat or by double-clicki ng the EXE file. You may be presented with[...]

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    150 6. T he iSCSI Initiator will now insta ll automa tic a lly. Cli ck Finis h once completed. 7. Start the iSCSI Initiator by double-c licking its icon on th e desktop. The iS C SI Initiator pro pertie s window w ill appea r. 8. S elect t he Discovery tab. U nder Targ et Po rtals , click Add . 9. Enter the IP address of T hecus IP storage. Click O[...]

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    151 10. On the iSCSI Initiator Prop erties wi ndow, se lect t he Target s tab. With the i SCSI target h ighlig hted, cl ick Log On . T he Log O n to Target d ia logue will appear. 11. If you have no t enabled C H AP, cl ick OK to co ntinue. If you h ave enabled C HAP, click Adva nced . Un d er Advanced Settings, check the CHAP login i nformation ch[...]

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    152 12. Right click My C omput er o n the desktop a n d se lect Manag e . 13. Cli ck on Disk Ma nagemen t and you will see a new hard disk listed. 14. Initialize t he new h ard d isk and y ou w ill the n be able to use the i SCSI t a rget as a local d rive.[...]

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    153 Windows Vist a Because Windows Vista has the Micro soft iSCSI Initiator pre- installed, yo u will no t have to install thi s piece o f software. Ins tead, sta rt the iSCS I Initia tor and fo llow steps 8-14 to map the Thec us IP storag e as a n i SCSI drive. Chapter 6: T ip s and T ricks USB and eSATA S torage Ex pans ion The Thecus IP storage [...]

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    154 Part I - Setup a Dyn D NS Account 1. Go to http://ww w.dyndns. org fro m your home PC. 2. Click on t he Sign Up Now link. 3. Check the Ch eck boxes, se lect a user na me (i.e. : N 8800), e nter your ema il address ( i.e.: xxx @exampl e.com), c heck Enable Wild card , and crea te a password (i.e.: x xxx). 4. Wait for a n emai l from www .dyndn s[...]

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    155 Replacin g Damag ed Har d Driv es If yo u are using R AID 1, R AID 5, or RA ID 6 you can eas ily re place a damage d har d drive in the Thecus IP storage whi le keeping your data secure with the system’ s automat ic data r ecovery. Hard Drive Damage When a hard driv e is damag ed a nd data in the R AID vol ume, the s ystem L CD wi ll display [...]