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iv Getting Started G ETTING S T ARTED Congratulations on purchasi ng y our new high performance Si mple Share Office Storage Server. SimpleShare makes it po ssible for you to easily add high performan ce storage to you r home or small business network. SimpleShare is ideal for sharing d ata files, digital photos, and music with other users on yo ur[...]

v Getting Started W HAT ’ S I NCLUDED W ITH S IMPLE S HARE The following items are includ ed in the SimpleShare pa ckage. If any items a re missing or damaged, please contact your SimpleShare reseller or re tailer for replacements. • SimpleShare Office Storage Server • 12 Volt DC Power Adapter • Vertical Stands (2) • CAT5e Ethernet Cable [...]

vi Getting Started F EATURES AND B ENEFIT S • Easy setup—no device d rivers or configuratio n required (no n etwork experience required) • Web-based interface for setting up advanced features from networked computers • Automatically adjusts to 10Mbps or 100Mbps Ethernet speeds • Supports file sharing be tween Windows, Mac and Unix/L inux [...]

vii Getting Started S IMPLE S HARE I NSTALLATION CD The SimpleShare Installa tion CD contains the NASFinde r configuration utility an d user documentation for your SimpleShare Office Storage Server. The C D is configured to a utomatically run NasFinde r when it is inserte d into your CD-R OM drve. However, you can directly access the directories a [...]

viii Getting Started A BOUT T HIS G UIDE This user guide p rovides instructions for setting up and operating the SimpleTech DirectPath SimpleShare Office Storage ServerH Streaming Media Kit in the HP ProLiant DL380 G3 server. Th is guide also provi des information on evaluatin g SimpleShare Office Sto rage Server performance. Using This Guide The f[...]

ix Getting Started Safety Icons This guide contains the safet y instructions that must be observed in order to avoid personal injury or da mage to your equipment . The safety instructions have been classified accordin g to the seriousness of th e risk. All safety instruct ions must be read car efully and fully understood before installing the Simp [...]

x Getting Started E MISSION AND I MMUNITY C HARACTERISTICS FCC Declaration of Conformity This equipment has been tested and foun d to comply with the limi ts for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to p rovide reasonable p rotecti on against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in[...]

xi T ABLE OF C ONTENTS Getting Started iv What’s Included With SimpleShare v Features and Benefits vi Registering Simp leShare vi Installing SimpleShare 1 System Requirements and Re commendations 1 Requirements 1 Recommendations 1 Installing Simple Share Server 2 Setting Up SimpleShare for the First Time 3 Expanding SimpleShare’s Capabilities 1[...]

xii Managing SimpleShare 18 Running SimpleShare Administrator 19 Setting the SimpleShare Network Name 20 Setting the Admini stration Username and Password 21 Setting the Date an d Time Manually 22 Acquiring the Da te and Time From Y our Browser 24 Synchronizing the Date an d Time with an NTP Server 25 Upgrading SimpleSh are Firmware 27 Setting Up E[...]

xiii Erasing a Disk Pool 43 Erasing a Disk Drive 44 Enabling Disk Powe r Management 46 Viewing Disk Drive He alth Informati on 47 Running Disk Drive Self-Tests 49 Removing External Drives 51 Viewing Foreign Disk Informat ion 53 Claiming Foreign Disk for Simple Share 54 Claiming a Forei gn Disk as FAT32 56 Claiming a Blank Disk fo r SimpleShare 58 C[...]

xiv Changing the Encryp tion Password 88 Disabling Pool Encryption 90 Mounting Encrypted Poo ls 92 DHCP Client Network Setup 94 DHCP Server Network Setup 95 Static IP Network Setup 97 Enabling the Prin t Server 98 Disabling the Print Se rver 100 Installing Printer Drivers on Wind ows Computers 101 Specifications 103 Product Support 104 SimpleTech T[...]

1 Installing SimpleShare I NST ALLING S IMPLE S HARE Installing SimpleSh are is easy. This guide assumes the user has a basic un derstanding of Personal Computers and networks . S YSTEM R EQUIREMENT S AND R ECOMMENDATIONS R EQUIREMENT S • Windows XP (Home and Pro fessional), Windows 2000 (Professional and Server, Wind ows 2000 (Professional and S[...]

2 Installing SimpleShare I NST A LLING S IMPLE S HARE S ERVER 1 Connect the provided Etherne t cable to the Network connector on SimpleShare’s rear panel. Connect the other end of the cable to your switch, router or directly to your computer. 2 Connect the low voltage conn ector on the AC power adapter to SimpleShare’ s DC-IN jack. Connect the [...]

3 Installing SimpleShare S ETTING U P S IMPLE S HARE FOR THE F IRST T IME Once the SimpleShare server is co nnected and powere d on, you can begin using it to share files and data with othe r network users immediately. However, if SimpleSh are is installed on a co mp lex network configuration th at routes traffic to various netwo rk segments (subne[...]

4 Installing SimpleShare 2 On the Welcome to NASFi nder page, click to start the Simp leShare Discovery an d search your ne twork for connected SimpleShare servers. Next[...]

5 Installing SimpleShare SimpleShare Discovery di splays the network name, IP address and con nection status of detected SimpleShare servers. 3 If there are multiple Simp leShare servers installed on your network, choose the one you want to configu re and then click to continue. “Available” This icon indic ates NASFinder has detected and is abl[...]

6 Installing SimpleShare 4 In the login prompt, enter Simple Share’s administration username and password. If you are configuring SimpleShare for the first time , enter the factory default username admin and pa ssword simple . If you want the system to remember yo ur password, select Remember my password , then click to continue. You are now read[...]

7 Installing SimpleShare The Server Name Setup page allo ws you to change SimpleShare ’s network name. 5 In Machine Name , enter a new name for SimpleShare or choose to keep the current name. 6 Click to continue. Choose a name that is easy to remember. For ex ample, you can use the owner’s last nam e, a description of the data SimpleShare will [...]

8 Installing SimpleShare The Administration Securi ty Setup page allows you to chan ge the administration username and password required to access SimpleShare config uration data. 7 Enter a new username an d password for accessing SimpleShare. If you are lo gging onto SimpleShare fo r the first time, enter th e default userna me “admin” and pas[...]

9 Installing SimpleShare Share Management makes it easy to access your shared folders in Window s. Share Management assi gns a drive letter to SimpleShare folders, allowin g them to be accessed f rom My Computer. 9 Choose a drive letter from the Map to Local Drive list next to the share you want to map. For each sha re you don't want mapped to[...]

10 Expanding SimpleShare’ s Capabilities E XP ANDING S IMPLE S HARE ’ S C AP ABILITIES C ONNECTING A USB P RINTER 1 Connect one end of a US B cable to the USB port on th e printer. Conn ect the other end of the cable to one of the USB ports o n SimpleSh are. 2 Connect AC power and po wer on the printer according to the instructions provid ed by[...]

11 Expanding SimpleShare’ s Capabilities C ONNECTING A USB D RIVE 1 Connect one end of a US B cable to the USB port on th e disk drive. Connect the other end of the cable to one of the USB ports on SimpleShare. 2 Connect AC power and po wer on the disk drive according to the instructions provide d by the manufacturer. 3 Run SimpleShare Admi nistr[...]

12 Accessing Shares A CCESSING S HARES You can access the sha res (shared fo lders) on SimpleSha re from the Web b rowser on a Windows, Macin tosh, Linux or Unix computer. This section contain s detailed instructions for acc essing SimpleShare data Windows an d Macintosh computers. If you are operating in a Linux or Unix environment, refer to docum[...]

13 Accessing Shares A CCESSING S IMPLE S HARE F ROM W INDOWS 1 In the Address box of your Web browser, type simpleshare _name (where simpleshar e_name is the network name of your SimpleSh are server), and then press the key. 2 In the login prompt, enter your user pa ssword for accessing the shared folder s on SimpleShare. If you want the system t[...]

14 Accessing Shares Internet Explorer appears di splaying the SimpleShare’ s root directory and the shared folders available on SimpleShare. You are now read y to save file s to or retrieve files from SimpleShare. To make it easier to access Si mpleShare shared folders in the future, you can assign a drive letter to a sh are, allowing you to acce[...]

15 Accessing Shares 4 In the Tools menu, click Map Network Driv e . 5 Open the Dr ive list and select a drive letter to assign to the shared folder you want to map to your computer (or accept the ne xt available drive letter displayed in t he list). 6 In Folder , type simpleshare_nameshare_name (where SimpleShare_na me is the network name of you[...]

16 Accessing Shares A CCESSING S IMPLE S HARE F ROM M AC OS X 1 Open the Go menu in Finder and click Connect to Server . 2 In the Connect to Server window, select your SimpleShare from the servers liste d in the left pane. If Workgroup names are l isted, check the Workgrou p in which your SimpleShare is a member. If you can't locate your Simpl[...]

17 Accessing Shares 4 In the SMB Mount d ialog box, select th e share you want to access from the drop-down list, then click . 5 In the SMB/CIFS Filesystem Au thentication dialog, enter your SimpleShare administration use rname and password. If you are loggi ng onto SimpleSha re for the first time, enter the default username “admin” and passwor[...]

18 Managing SimpleShare M ANAGING S IMPLE S HARE This section provides detail ed instructions on managi ng your SimpleShare Office Storage Server. The procedu res provided in this section are divided in to the followin g: • Administration • Share Managemen t • Basic Disk Management • Foreign and Blank Disk Mana gement • Disk Pool Manageme[...]

19 Managing SimpleShare Administration A DMINISTRATION R UNNING S IMPLE S HARE A DMINISTRATOR 1 In the Address box of your Web browser, type http://simple share_name (where simpleshare_na me is the network name of your SimpleShare server), and the n press the key. 2 In the login dialo g box, enter the administration username and pa ssword for acces[...]

20 Managing SimpleShare Administration S ETTING THE S IMPLE S HARE N ETWORK N AME The name you choo se for SimpleShar e is very important. Th is name not only gives SimpleShare a unique iden tity on the network, but is required in o rder to access Simple Share data. When choosing a name, p ick one that is easy to re member. For example, you can use[...]

21 Managing SimpleShare Administration S ETTING THE A DMINISTRATION U SERNAME AND P ASSWORD The Administration Securi ty Setup page allows you to specify a username and password p air to guard against unautho rized access to SimpleShare's Web-base d configura tion utility. To en able security, you ma y choose to specify a username, a password [...]

22 Managing SimpleShare Administration S ETTING THE D ATE AND T IME M ANUALLY 1 In the Administr ation menu, click Basic . 2 Click the Set Time Manually hyperlink.[...]

23 Managing SimpleShare Administration 3 On the Setting The Time pa ge, e nter the curre nt date and time. 4 Open the clock mod e list and select the appropriate clock mode (AM, PM or 24-Hour), and then click . 5 On the Apply screen, click . 6 On the Administratio n - Basic page, select the re gion, country and city in which SimpleShare is located.[...]

24 Managing SimpleShare Administration A CQUIRING THE D ATE AND T IME F ROM Y OUR B ROWSER 1 In the Administr ation menu, click Basic . 2 Click Set SimpleTech NAS Time To Match . 3 On the Apply screen, click . 4 On the Administratio n - Basic page, select the re gion, country and city in which SimpleShare is located. 5 Click . You may need to adjus[...]

25 Managing SimpleShare Administration S YNCHRONIZING THE D ATE AND T IME WITH AN NTP S ERVER If Internet acces s is available through your ne twork, you can configure SimpleShare to pe riodically synchronize it s calendar an d clock with a public Network Time Protocol (NTP) server on the Internet. Specifying an NT P server and clicking the b utton[...]

26 Managing SimpleShare Administration 1 In the Administr ation menu, click Basic . 2 In the uppe rmost NTP Servers text box, enter the IP address of the primary NTP pub lic time server you want to access. In the two remainin g text boxes, enter the IP addresses of your first and secon d alternate NTP servers. 3 Select the region, country and city [...]

27 Managing SimpleShare Administration U PGRADING S IMPLE S HARE F IRMWARE 1 Save the update fi le to a location accessible to your computer. 2 In the Administr ation menu, click Firmware . 3 In New Firmware , enter the path to the update file or click to locate the file. 4 Click . 5 In the confirmation dialog, click . 6 After the upgrade process c[...]

28 Managing SimpleShare Administration S ETTING U P E MAIL A LERT N OTIFICATION Email Notification allows Si mpleShare to inform network users of system error conditions th rough e-mail messages. 1 In the Administr ation menu, click Alerts/Logg ing . 2 Select Email Notification Enabled . 3 In Error Handling SMTP Server , enter the IP address or hos[...]

29 Managing SimpleShare Administration S ETTING U P P OPUP A LERT N OTIFICATION Email Notification allows Si mpleShare to inform network users of system error conditions th rough onscreen messages. 1 In the Administr ation menu, click Alerts/Logg ing . 2 Select Pop-Up Notification Enabled . 3 In Error Handling Pop Up Machines , enter the network na[...]

30 Managing SimpleShare Administration A DDING S IMPLE S HARE TO AN E XISTING W ORKGROUP 1 In the Administr ation menu, click Windows Setup . 2 Select Workgroup Me mber Mode , then in Workgroup Name , type the name of the workgro up to which you are making SimpleShare a member. 3 Select the shar e access method to be enabled on SimpleShare. • To [...]

31 Managing SimpleShare Administration A DDING S IMPLE S HARE TO AN E XISTING D OMAIN 1 In the Administr ation menu, click Windows Setup . 2 Select Domain Member Mode , then in Domain Name type the name of the domain to wh ich you are making SimpleShare a member. 3 Click . 4 In Domain Authentication dialog, e nter the username and password you use [...]

32 Managing SimpleShare Administration R ESTORING F ACTORY S ETTING 1 In the Administr ation menu, click Basic . 2 Click . 3 In the confirmation dial og, click to continue. 4 On the Apply screen, click . Restore Defaults OK Continue[...]

33 Managing SimpleShare Administration R EST ARTING S IMPLE S HARE 1 In the Administr ation menu, click Basic . 2 Click . Reboot[...]

34 Managing SimpleShare Share S HARE M ANAGEMENT S ETTING F ILE S YSTEM S UPPORT ON S IMPLE S HARE 1 In the Share Management menu, click Basic . 2 Locate the shared fold er you want to setup, and the n select file system(s) supp orted on the share . • To enable CIFS supp ort on SimpleShare fo r Windows and Mac co mputers, select Enabled from the [...]

35 Managing SimpleShare Share C REATING A S HARE Share Authentication on ly provides passwor d protection on sh ares when accessed from Window s computers. To enable share authentication, Si mpleShare must be configu red as a member of a Windows workgroup. 1 In the Share Management menu, click . 2 In New Share Name , enter a descriptive name for th[...]

36 Managing SimpleShare Share 5 To enable authenti cation (password security) on the new share, select Enable Share Authentication . 6 In Share Password , ente r a password for accessing the share. 7 In Confirm Passwor d , re-enter the password to confirm it was entered correctly. 8 Click . Passwords can be up to eight charac ters long and may cont[...]

37 Managing SimpleShare Share D ELETING A S HARE 1 In the Share Management menu, click Basic . 2 In Disk Pool Mapp ings , click next to the share you want to delete. 3 In the warning dialog, click . 4 In the verification dialog, click . Delete OK OK[...]

38 Managing SimpleShare Share R ENAMING A S HARE 1 In the Share Management menu, click Basic . 2 Click Rename Share . 3 Select the share you want to rename from the Old Share Name list. 4 Enter the new share name in New Share Name . 5 Click . Rename Share[...]

39 Managing SimpleShare Share E NABLING S ECURITY ON AN E XISTING S HARE Share Authenticati on only pro vides password protection fo r shares when a ccessed from Windows machines. To ena ble share authentication, Si mpleShare must be configu red as a member of a Windows workgroup. 1 In the Share Management menu, click Share Access . 2 From the Shar[...]

40 Managing SimpleShare Share D ISABLING S ECURITY ON AN E XISTIN G S HARE 1 In the Share Management menu, click Share Access . 2 From the Share Name list, choose the share you want to modify. 3 Deselect Enable Share Authentication . 4 Click . 5 In the confirmation dialog, click . Apply OK[...]

41 Managing SimpleShare Basic Disk B ASIC D ISK M ANAGEMENT SimpleShare’s is equipped with eithe r an 160 MB or 250 MB inte rnal IDE hard disk drive , depending o n the model you purcha sed. However, SimpleShare’s stora ge capacity can be easily increa sed by attaching an ex ternal disk drive. The disk space on SimpleShare is divided into st or[...]

42 Managing SimpleShare Basic Disk R ENAMING A D ISK D RIVE 1 In the Disk Management menu click Basic . 2 Select Show Disk Details . 3 Click . 4 Select the disk you want to rename from the Old Disk Name list. 5 In New Disk Name , enter the new name of the disk. 6 Click . 7 In the confirmation dialog, click . The Show Disk Details checkbox is loca t[...]

43 Managing SimpleShare Basic Disk E RASING A D ISK P OOL 1 Erase all shares from the dis k pool you want to delete . For instructions, see “Deleting a Share” on page 37 . 2 In the Disk Management menu, click Basic . 3 Click Erase Disk . 4 In Disks Available on the Wipe Pool page, select the disk drive you want to wipe (erase). 5 In Confirmatio[...]

44 Managing SimpleShare Basic Disk E RASING A D ISK D RIVE Erasing disks destroys the existi ng data on the disks. Do not use this function unle ss you wish to destroy the data on a disk. Exercise extreme cau tion when us ing this function, as t he data on disks that are erased using this function may not be recoverable. 1 In the Disk Management me[...]

45 Managing SimpleShare Basic Disk 4 In Disks Available , selec t each disk you want to erase. 5 In Safety Confirmation , type Yes, destroy everything on this disk. 6 Click or , dependin g on the type of erase process you want to pe rform. 7 In the confirmation dialog, click . Quick Erase performs a s imple erase of the primary file system structur[...]

46 Managing SimpleShare Basic Disk E NABLING D ISK P OWER M ANAGEMENT Disk power management allo ws the internal SimpleSha re disk drive to be automatically po wered off during perio ds when it is not being accessed. 1 On the Disk Management menu, click Disk Power Management . 2 Choose Specify Timeout to enable automatic power management. 3 Enter t[...]

47 Managing SimpleShare Basic Disk V IEWING D ISK D RIVE H EALTH I NFORMATION SimpleShare’s internal disk drive support s SMART (Self-Monitoring Anal ysis and Reporting Technolo gy) for monitoring drive he alth. SMART monitors the operation of the disk drive for signs of impe nding failure. Health is information is reported to SimpleShare and can[...]

48 Managing SimpleShare Basic Disk 4 Click to the Disk Mana gement - Basic page. Continue[...]

49 Managing SimpleShare Basic Disk R UNNING D ISK D RIVE S ELF -T EST S SimpleShare's internal disk drive supports self-tests as part of its health monitoring system. These self-tests check the operation of the d isk drive inspect internal comp onents and calibration of the disk drive atte mpting to detect failures or potential failure s. Thes[...]

50 Managing SimpleShare Basic Disk 4 Choose Run Short Test or , dependin g on the type of self-test you want to perform. 5 If you want SimpleShare Ad ministrator to display an onscreen message whe n the se lf-test completes, select Notify Test Results . 6 Click to begin the testing disk driv e. 7 In the confirmation dialog, click . 8 Click to retur[...]

51 Managing SimpleShare Basic Disk R EMOVING E XTERNAL D RIVES Disconnecting an external USB drive wi thout performing a safe removal causes an alert notificatio n to appear across the top of the SimpleShare Admin istrator window indicating that the disk was removed unexpectedly. 1 In the Disk Management menu, click Basic . 2 Click below the extern[...]

52 Managing SimpleShare Foreign and F OREIGN AND B LANK D ISK M ANAGEMENT When a USB drive formatted with the FAT or NTFS file system is connec ted to SimpleShare recognizes the drive as a “Foreign Disk,” and immediately makes it available to users on the network. The share name fo r foreign disks is set by SimpleShare, base on the file system [...]

53 Managing SimpleShare Foreign and V IEWING F OREIGN D ISK I NFORMATION 1 In the Disk Management menu, click Foreign Disk . 2 To view detailed disk information, select Show F oreign Disk Details .[...]

54 Managing SimpleShare Foreign and C LAIMING F OREIGN D ISK FOR S IMPLE S HARE Claiming a disk places the disk under the exclusive co ntrol of SimpleShare and allo ws you to manage the disk usin g SimpleShare Administrator. On ce SimpleShare claims a disk it is no longer readable by Windows or Mac OS computer s and any data that existed on the dri[...]

55 Managing SimpleShare Foreign and 4 In New Disk Name , enter a descriptive name for the disk being claimed. 5 Make sure Claim as FAT32 Disk is not selected. 6 In Safety Confirmation , type Yes, destroy everything on this disk. 7 Click . 8 In the confirmation dialog, click . “Claim as FAT32 Disk” is intended for disks that ma y be attached to [...]

56 Managing SimpleShare Foreign and C LAIMING A F OREIGN D ISK AS FAT 3 2 SimpleShare allows yo u to claim a blank disk and format it with the FAT32 file system. Th ough SimpleShare recognizes the drive as a foreig n disk, this feature is u seful the if you plan to use the drive on Windows or Ma c computers as well as SimpleShare. “Foreign and Bl[...]

57 Managing SimpleShare Foreign and 3 In New Disk Name , enter a descriptive name for the disk being claimed. 4 Select Claim as FAT32 Disk . 5 Select file system(s) to b e supported on the disk. • To enable CIFS support on the share for Windows and Mac computers, select CIFS Access . • To enable NFS support on the share for Uni x/Linux computer[...]

58 Managing SimpleShare Foreign and C LAIMING A B LANK D ISK FOR S IMPLE S HARE Claiming a disk places the disk under the exclusive co ntrol of SimpleShare and allo ws you to manage the disk usin g SimpleShare Administrator. On ce SimpleShare claims a disk it is no longer readable by Windows or Mac OS computer s and any data that existed on the dri[...]

59 Managing SimpleShare Foreign and 4 In New Disk Name , enter a descriptive name for the disk being claimed. 5 Make sure Claim as FAT32 Disk is not selected. 6 Click . 7 In the confirmation dialog, click . “Claim as FAT32 Disk” is intended for disks that ma y be attached to Windows or Mac OS computers in addition to SimpleShare. To enable all [...]

60 Managing SimpleShare Foreign and C LAIMING A B LANK D ISK AS FAT 3 2 SimpleShare allows yo u to claim a blank disk and format it with the FAT32 file system. Th ough SimpleShare recognizes the drive as a foreig n disk, this feature is u seful the if you plan to use the drive on Windows or Ma c computers as well as SimpleShare. “Foreign and Blan[...]

61 Managing SimpleShare Foreign and 4 In New Disk Name , enter a descriptive name for the disk being claimed. 5 Select Claim as FAT32 Disk . 6 Select file system(s) to b e supported on the disk. • To enable CIFS support on the share for Windows and Mac computers, select CIFS Access . • To enable NFS support on the share for Uni x/Linux computer[...]

62 Managing SimpleShare Foreign and C HECKING F OREIGN D ISK F ILE S YSTEM I NTEGRITY 1 On the Disk Management menu, click Foreign Disks . 2 In Disk Partition Mapping s , click the button of the disk you wa nt to repair. SimpleShare displays the results of the file system integrity check . The Check and Repair option is only available for foreign d[...]

63 Managing SimpleShare Foreign and 3 After reviewing the results of the integrity check, click to return to the Fore ign Dis k Managemen t - Basic page. Continue[...]

64 Managing SimpleShare Disk Pool D ISK P OOL M ANAGEMENT C REATING A B ASIC P OOL One method of u sing additional drive s added to Simple Share is to simply use th e additional disk to create n ew shares. This is the easiest metho d and only require s claiming the new disk, crea ting one or more po ols on the disk and finally creating share(s ) wi[...]

65 Managing SimpleShare Disk Pool 4 To set the capacity of the ne w pool manually, comp lete the following steps: • In Pool Mapping Preference select Manual Configuration . • In Disk Assignment select the Use checkbox for each disk being used to create the pool. • In Space Allocation , enter the size (in gigabytes) of the basic pool . The poo[...]

66 Managing SimpleShare Disk Pool 6 In the confirmation dialog, click the . 7 On the Create Disk Pool Re sult page, click to view information on th e new disk pool or click to create a share in the new pool. To avoid losing data, do not reset or power off the SimpleShare server, or click any browser menus or buttons while the disk pool is being cre[...]

67 Managing SimpleShare Disk Pool C REATING A M IRROR P OOL Mirror pools are pools that use equal amounts of space on two or more disks. Mirror pool s allow you to create multiple copies o f important data. Each disk drive use d in a mirror pool contains a copy of the same data file s. The primary disk or “Base ” contai ns the original file. Wh[...]

68 Managing SimpleShare Disk Pool 4 To have SimpleShare de termine which drive will store the Base and which drive will store the Mirror, in Pool Mapping Preference select Auto Configuration , then do one of the following to se t the capa city of the p ool: • To set the size of the Mirror equal to the amount of available space on the Base, sele c[...]

69 Managing SimpleShare Disk Pool 5 To configure the pool ma nually, select Manual Configuration . 6 In Disk Assignm ent , select the drive to sto re the Base pool and the dr ive to store the Mirror pool. 7 In Space Allocation , enter the size (in gigabytes) of the Base pool. The pool si ze can be set by entering the capacity in the text box or usi[...]

70 Managing SimpleShare Disk Pool 9 In the confirmation dialog, click the . 10 On the Create Disk Pool Re sult page, click to view information on th e disk poll you just crea ted or click to create a share in th e pool. To avoid losing data, do not reset or power off the SimpleShare server, or click any browser menus or buttons while the disk pool [...]

71 Managing SimpleShare Disk Pool C REATING A S TRIPED P OOL The main reason for creating a st riped pool is to increase perf ormance. Two or more disks are re quired to create a striped pool . Striped pools al ternate (or in terleave) the data a ccessed in the po ol. They do no t provide for m ultiple copies of data stored i n a pool and do no t p[...]

72 Managing SimpleShare Disk Pool 5 To configure th e pool parameters a utomatically, in Pool Mapping Preference select Auto Configuration , then do one of the following to se t the capa city of the each stripe in the pool: • To create the largest pool possible, ba sed on the amount of avai lable disk space on each disk, select Maximize Size , th[...]

73 Managing SimpleShare Disk Pool 6 To configure the pool p arameters manually, in Pool Mapping Preference select Manual Configuration , then do one of the following to set the capacity of the each stripe in the pool: • In Disk Assignment , select the disk to contain Stripe 0, Stripe 1 and Stripe 3 (if three drives are connected to SimpleSha re).[...]

74 Managing SimpleShare Disk Pool 8 In the confirmation dialog, click . 9 On the Create Disk Pool Re sult page, click to view information on th e new disk pool or click to create a share in the pool. To avoid losing data, do not reset or power off the SimpleShare server, or click any browser menus or buttons while the disk pool is being created. If[...]

75 Managing SimpleShare Disk Pool D ELETING (W IPING ) A P OOL 1 In the Disk Management menu, click Basic . 2 In Disk Pool Mapp ings , click the button to the right of the po ol you want to delete. Before you can delete a disk pool you must remove all shares residing within the pool (Deleting a Share). Erasing a disk pool destroys all data sa ved t[...]

76 Managing SimpleShare Disk Pool 3 In the confirmation dialog, click . 4 Click or , dependin g on the type of erase process you want to pe rform. Quick Erase erases data from the di sk pool. However, data can be recovered using special data recovery utilities. Full Erase overwrites th e entire disk pool with random data, making data recovery impos[...]

77 Managing SimpleShare Disk Pool R ENAMING A P OOL 1 In the Disk Management menu click Basic . 1 Click . 2 Select the pool to be rename d from the Old Pool Name list. 3 Enter the new descriptive name in New Pool Name . 4 Click . 5 In the confirmation dialog, click . The Rename Pool button is located at the bottom of the Disk Management page. It ma[...]

78 Managing SimpleShare Disk Pool R ESIZING A P OOL 1 In the Disk Management menu, click Resize Pool . 2 From the Pool Name list, choose the d isk pool you want to resize. 3 In Space Allocation , enter the desired size (in gigabytes) of the pool be ing resized. The pool size can be set by entering the capaci ty in the text box or using the slider c[...]

79 Managing SimpleShare Disk Pool 5 In the confirmation dialog, click the . 6 On the Resize Pool Result page, click . To avoid losing data, do not reset or power off the SimpleShare server, or click any bro wser menus or buttons while the disk pool is being created. OK Continue[...]

80 Managing SimpleShare Disk Pool A DDING A M IRROR TO AN E XISTING P OOL 1 In the Disk Management menu, click Add Mirrors/Spares . 2 From the Pool Name list, choose the pool you want to mirror. 3 In Number of Additional Mirrors , enter the number of mirrors to be created. 4 In Disk Assignment , select the checkbox for the drive(s) on which the mir[...]

81 Managing SimpleShare Disk Pool 6 In the confirmation dialog, click . 7 On the Add Mirrors/Spares Result page, click . To avoid losing data, do not reset or power off the SimpleShare server, or click any browser menus or buttons while the disk pool is being created. OK Continue[...]

82 Managing SimpleShare Disk Pool 8 In the Administr ation menu, click Basic . 9 Click Reboot to restart SimpleShare and apply your changes. 1 In the Disk Management menu, click Basic to check the rebuild status of the new mi rror pool. To add a mirror to an existing pool, SimpleShare must rebuild the disk array, which takes an extensive amount of [...]

83 Managing SimpleShare Disk Pool R EMOVING A M IRROR OR S P ARE 1 In the Disk Management menu, click Remove Mirrors/Spares . 2 From the Pool Name list, choose the pool you want to modify. 3 In Available Mirrors/Spares , select the mirror(s) or spare(s) to be removed from the mirror pool. 4 Click . Make sure the checkboxes for disks that are to rem[...]

84 Managing SimpleShare Disk Pool 5 On the Remove Mirrors/Spa res Result page, click . Continue[...]

85 Managing SimpleShare Disk Pool C REATING AN E NCRYPTED P OOL Encrypted po ols provide security for th e data stored in the poo l. Encrypted pools must be remounte d whenever SimpleShare is rebooted, powered off or rese t to factory defaults. Instru ctions for mounting an en crypted pool are provided in “Mounting Encrypted Pools” on pa ge 92 [...]

86 Managing SimpleShare Disk Pool 6 To set the capacity of the ne w pool manually, comp lete the following steps: • In Pool Mapping Preference , select Manual Configuration . • In Disk Assignment , select the Use checkbox for each disk being used to create the pool. • In Space Allocation , enter the size (in gigabytes) of the pool. The po ol [...]

87 Managing SimpleShare Disk Pool 8 In the confirmation dialog, click . 9 On the Create Disk Pool Re sult page, click to view information on th e new disk pool or click to create a share in the pool. To avoid losing data, do not reset or power off the SimpleShare server, or click any browser menus or buttons while the disk pool is being created. OK[...]

88 Managing SimpleShare Disk Pool C HANGING THE E NCRYPTION P ASSWORD 1 In the Disk Management menu, click Basic . 2 In Disk Pool Mapp ings , click the button next to th e pool whose encryption pa ssword you want to change. Sf Change Encryp tion[...]

89 Managing SimpleShare Disk Pool 3 From the Encrypted Pool Na me list, choose the pool whose encryption passw ord you want to change. 4 In Encrypt Pool , select Enable Pool Encryption . 5 In New Password , enter th e new encryption password . In Confir m Password , re-enter the password to verify it was entered correctly. 6 Click . Passwords shoul[...]

90 Managing SimpleShare Disk Pool D ISABLING P OOL E NCRYPTION 1 In the Disk Management menu, click Basic . 2 In Disk Pool Mapp ings , click the button next to th e pool whose encryption pa ssword you want to change. Sf Change Encryp tion[...]

91 Managing SimpleShare Disk Pool 3 From the Encrypted Pool Na me list, choose the pool you want to modify. 4 In Encrypt Pool , make sure Enable Pool Encryption is selected. 5 In New Password , delete the encryption password, making sure the text box is empty. In Confirm Password , delete the encryption pas sword, making sure the text box is empty.[...]

92 Managing SimpleShare Disk Pool M OUNTING E NCRYPTED P OOLS The password(s) for any encrypte d pools must be re-e ntered after resetting, rebooting or po wer cycling Simple Share. If the passwords are not re-e ntered after one of these events t he pools and any shar es within the pools wil l not be visible ove r the network. 1 In the Disk Managem[...]

93 Managing SimpleShare Disk Pool 3 In Encrypted Pool Names , enter the password for the encrypted pool. 4 Click Mount Pools . 5 In the confirmation dialog, click . If an incorrect password was supplied SimpleShare will provide a notification that it was unable to mount the pools and list which pools had an incorrect password supplied. If multiple [...]

94 Managing SimpleShare Network N ETWORK M ANAGEMENT DHCP C LIENT N ETWORK S ETUP DHCP client is the default IP addressin g protocol set on Simp leShare. In this mode, SimpleSh are receives its IP addre ss and subnet mask, alon g with other networking configu ration informat ion, fro m the DHCP server on the network. Since most home gateways and ro[...]

95 Managing SimpleShare Network DHCP S ERVER N ETWO RK S ETUP The DHCP Server IP add ressing option allows you t o configure SimpleShare as the DHCP server on the netw ork. In this mode, computers and other netw ork devices are automa tically provided IP addresses and other network co nfiguration information b y SimpleShare. Configuri ng SimpleShar[...]

96 Managing SimpleShare Network 1 Click the Networking menu. 2 Select DHCP Server from the LAN Protoc ol list. 3 In LAN IP Address , enter a static IP address for SimpleShare. Make sure the IP address you specify is on the same LAN seg ment as the computer run ning SimpleShare Administrator. 4 Set the following IP addr esses, as necessary, to confi[...]

97 Managing SimpleShare Network S TA T I C IP N ETWORK S ETUP The Static LAN protocol option allows you to assign a fixed I P address to SimpleSha re. Choosing this o ption provides considerable flexibility, ho wever, keep in mind that ever y computer on the network conn ecting to SimpleShare must also have be configured with a static (fixe d) IP a[...]

98 Managing SimpleShare Printer P RINTER M ANAGEMENT To set up network a USB, you must enable first e nable print server services on SimpleShare, and the n install the printer d river on each networked compu ter accessing the printer throug h SimpleShare. E NABLING THE P RINT S ERVER 1 Make sure your USB printer is connecte d to SimpleShare and pow[...]

99 Managing SimpleShare Printer 5 In the confirmation dialog, click . 6 In the Administr ation menu, click Basic . 7 Click to restart SimpleShare an d apply your changes. OK Reboot[...]

100 Managing SimpleShare Printer D ISABLING THE P RINT S ERVER 1 Click the Printers menu. 2 Select No Printer Pool from the Printer Pool Name list. 3 Click . 4 In the warning dialog , click . 5 In the confirmation dialog, click . Apply OK OK[...]

101 Managing SimpleShare Printer I NST A LLING P RINTER D RIVERS ON W INDOWS C OMPUTERS 1 In the Address line of your brows er, enter <SimpleShare name> to op en the SimpleShare root directory (where <SimpleSha re name> is the network name of your SimpleShare se rver). 2 Right-click on the printe r icon, and then click Co nnect to sta[...]

102 Managing SimpleShare Printer 3 If you are running Windows XP, t he Connect to Printer dialog appears. Click to start the Add Prin ter Wizard. 4 Select the manufacturer and mo del of your printer from those listed or if you have the printer installation disk, click and follow the onscreen instructions. 5 Click . OK Have Disk OK[...]

103 Specifications S PECIFICATIONS Network Standards IEEE 802.3 100 BASE-TX; IEEE 802.3u 10 BASE-T (RJ-45 network interface) File System Support NFS, SMB/CIFS USB Standards USB 2.0/1.1 (two USB A host conne ctors for external USB di sk drives and printers ) Internal Storage 1 IDE disk drive, conforming to ATA-6 up to 133MB/s; 160 and 250 Gigabyte d[...]

104 Product Support P RODUCT S UPPORT S IMPLE T ECH T ECHNICAL S UPPORT The SimpleTech Te chnical Support cente r provides custom er suppor t Mond ay through Friday from 6:30 am until 5:30 pm Pacific Standard Time, for the duratio n of the warranty period on this prod uct. Customers can contact SimpleTe ch Technical Support through our Web site, by[...]

105 Certification and W arranty C ERTIFICATION AND W ARRANTY FCC C OMPLIANCE This equipment has been tested and fo und to comply with the limits for a Cl ass B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of th e FCC Rules. These limits are des igned to provid e reasonable protecti on. This equipment gene rates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy a[...]

106 Certification and W arranty L IMITED W ARRANTY SimpleTech Inc. SimpleShare home office servers (Product) are warranted against defects in materi al and workmanship, and will o perated in substantial conformance with their respective specifications under normal use and service for a period of TBD (TBD) years fr om the date of shipment. SimpleSha[...]