Origin Storage N2200-2000 manual

Thecus N2200 Combo NAS FW v3.00.08 User Manual[...]

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3 Safety W a rning s For your safety , please read and fol low the foll owing safety warnin gs: Read thi s manual thoroughly befor e attemptin g to set up your N2200. Your N2200 i s a compl icated electroni c devi ce. DO NOT attempt t o repai r it under any ci rcumstanc es. In the ca se of mal function, turn off th e powe r immedia tely and have i [...]

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8 Chapter 1: Intr oduction Overview Thank you for cho osing the Thecus N2200 IP St orage Serv er. The Th ecus N2200 is an easy-to-u se storage server that al lows a ded icated approach to storin g and distribu ting dat a on a network. Data reli ability is ensured wi th RAID fea tures that provide data security an d recovery. Gigabi t Ethernet ports[...]

9 Media Server With t he built-in Medi a Server capabi lit y, the N2200 provi des media str eaming service to stand -alone n etworked hom e medi a adapters that support the UPnP A V protocol or a re Digit al Living Network Alli ance (DLNA) standa rd compl iant. To set up th e Media S erver, refer t o Chapter 4: S ystem Ne twork >Me dia Server. B[...]

10 Please check to see i f your packag e is compl ete. If you fin d that some it ems are missing , contact your d ealer. Front Panel The Th ecus N2200’s f ront panel has the device’s control s, i ndicators, and hard di sk trays: Power LED Power Button LCD USB Cop y Button USB Port HDD Tray Front Door HDD 2 HDD 1[...]

11 Front Panel Item Description Power LED • Solid blue: system is ready • Blinking Blue: system is re-build Power Button • Power on/off N2200 • Displays current system status and messages HDD 1 LED • Blinking Yellow: HDD activity • Blinking Red: HDD failure HDD 2 LED • Blinking Yellow: HDD activity • Blinking Red: HDD failure WAN LE[...]

12 or router Reset Button • Resets the N2200 • Immediately press the Reset button on the back. This will reset your network setting, password. USB Port • USB 2 .0 port for compatible USB devices, s uch as digital cameras, USB disks, and USB printers DC IN • For connect the power adaptor[...]

13 Chapter 2: Har dw are Inst allation Overview Your N2200 is designed for easy installation. To help you get start ed, the following chapter wil l help you qu ickl y get you r N2200 up an d runn ing . Pl ease read i t care fully to prevent dam agin g your unit during install ation. Before You Begin Before you b egin, be su re to take th e foll owi[...]

14 Cable Connections To connect th e N2200 t o your netwo rk, foll ow the steps below: 1. Connect an Eth ernet ca ble from you r network t o the LAN port on th e ba ck panel of the N2200. 2. Connect th e provided p ower cord i nto the powe r socket on the back pa nel. 3. Press th e powe r button boot up the N2200 .[...]

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16 Chapter 3: First Time Setup Overview Once th e hardw are i s install ed, ph ysicall y connected to your network, a nd powered on, you can configu re the N2200 s o that it is acc essible to your netw ork users. The re is one way to set up your N2200: using the Thecus S mart Utility . Fol low the steps below for in itial software setup. Thecus Sma[...]

17 5. Please select your in stallati on mode, One Click Install ation or Manu al Installation . 6. After your in stalled HDDs are det ected, s elect your d esired RA ID l evel. Press Next to cont inu e. 7. The N2200 wi ll automatically creat e several folders. Sel ect your desir ed folder and map it to you r local PC/ NB as a Netw ork Device.[...]

18 8. Complete the N2200 Sm art Utili ty Wizard. A. You can access the N2200 Web Admi nistrator i nterface b y clicki ng th e Start Brower butt on. The def aul t password is “ admi n ”. You can also setu p a backup task at this poi nt by cli cking the Setup backup task button. B. Press Exit to exit the wind ows utilit y. C. Press t he Setup b a[...]

19 Single Ta sk Quick B ackup: P erform a si ngle ba ckup by selecti ng t he source and desti nation. Manually Backup and T ask List : Show all task informati on and opt ions.[...]

20 USB Copy The USB Copy fu nction enabl es you to copy files stored on US B devi ces s uch as USB disks and di gital cameras to the N220 0 with a press of a button. To us e USB copy, follow th e steps below: 1. Plug your USB device i nto an avai lable USB port on the Front Panel. 2. Press the “ US B Copy But ton”. 3. The N2200 w ill start copy[...]

21 Step 4: Create Folders and Set Up ACLs Once users a re int roduced i nto your network , you can b egin to create va ri ous folders on the N2200 and contr ol user acces s to each u sin g Folder Access Cont rol Lists. For more in formation on managi ng folders, see Chapter 4: Sto rage Man agement > Share Folde r . To find o u t about configurin[...]

22 Chapter 4: S ystem Administra tion Overview The N22 00 provides an easily accessible Web A dministration Interface . With it, you can confi gure and moni tor the N2200 any where on the n etwork. Web Administrati on Interface Make sure your network is connect ed to the Int ernet. To acc ess the N2 200 Web Administrati on Interf ace : 1. Type the [...]

23 Menu Bar Item Description System Information Current sy st em status of the N2200. System Management Various N2200 system settings and information. System Network Information and settings for network connections, as well as various services of the N2200 . Storage Information and settings for storage de vices i nstalled into the N2200. User and G[...]

24 Temperature. Green: Syst ematic tem perature i s normal. Red: Systemat ic temp erature is unu sual. Click to go to S ystem St atus pag e as short cut . Network. Green: Conne ction to netwo rk is normal . Red: abnorma l connecti on to the netw ork Logout Click to l ogout Web Ad mini stration Interface. Languag e Selection The N2200 sup ports mu l[...]

25 Product Info rmation Item Description Manufacture r Displays th e name of the s ystem manu facturer. Product No. Shows the mod el nu mber of the system. Firmware ve rsion Shows the cur rent firmwa re versi on. Up tim e Displays the total run time of the sy stem. System/Service Status From the St atus menu , choose the Syst em ite m, System Stat [...]

26 See the fol lowing table for a detail ed descripti on of each i tem: System Logs Item Description All Provides all log information including system messages, warning messages and error messages. INFO Records i nformation abou t system me ssages. WARN Shows only warning messages. ERROR Shows only error messages. Download All Log File Export all l[...]

27 System Managemen t The System M anagem ent menu gives you a weal th of settin gs that you can use to configure your N2200’s system admi ni stration function s. You can set up syst em time, system n otifi cations, and even up grade fi rmware from th is menu. Time: Setting S y s tem Time From the Time menu, c hoose the Time item and th e Time sc[...]

28 Notification Configuration From the m enu, choose the Notification item, and the Notific ation Configuration screen ap pears. Thi s screen l ets you have th e N2200 noti fy you in case of any sy stem mal functi on. Press Apply to confirm al l setti ngs. See foll owing table for a detai led d escription of each item. Notification Configuration It[...]

29 Schedule Power On/Off Using the N2200’s Syst em Manag ement, you c an save energy an d mo ney by schedulin g the N2200 t o turn it self on and off during certai n times of the day . From the m enu, choose the Schedule Power O n/Off item an d the S chedule Power On/Off screen appears. To desi gnate a schedul e for the N2200 to turn on and off, [...]

30 Example - M onday: O ff: 8:00; Off: 16:00 System will turn off at 8 :00 AM on M onday. Sys tem will turn off at 16:0 0 PM on Monday, i f i t was o n . If th e system wa s al ready o ff at 16:00 PM on Monday, system will stay off. UPS Setting The N2200 can also supp ort various un interrupti ble power suppl y uni ts via either “USB” in terfac[...]

31 Utility Administrator Passwor d From the m enu, choose the Administr ator Pa ssword i tem and the Chan ge Administrato r Password screen appe ars. Enter a n ew passwo rd in th e New Password b ox and con firm your new pa ssword in t he Confirm Passw ord box. Press Apply to confi rm password chan ges. See the fol lowing table for a detail ed desc[...]

32 Factory default From the m enu, choose the Factory D efault item an d the Reset to Factor y Default screen app ears. Press Appl y t o reset th e N22 00 t o fa ctory de fault setti ngs. Reboot & Shutdown From the m enu, choose Reboot & Shut down i tem, and the Shutdow n/Reboot System s c reen app ears . Press R eboot t o re start the sy s[...]

33 Once the syst em has re booted, you wi ll be returned to the Fi le Syste m Check prompt. Che ck the desi red RAID vol umes and cl ick Next to p roceed wi th the fil e system chec k. Click Re boot to rebo ot with out running the check. Once you cl ick Next , yo u will see the followi ng screen: Click Start t o begin the file system ch eck. Cli ck[...]

34 System Network Use the System Netw ork me n u to make netwo rk confi gurati on setti ngs as well as service supp ort setti ngs. LAN Configuration From the System Network menu, cho ose LAN , and t he LAN Configuratio n screen app ears. Th is scr een di splays th e network p arameters of the LAN c onnection. You may change any of th ese items and [...]

35 LAN Configuration Item Description Host name Host name that identifies the N2200 on the network. Domain name Specifies the domain name of the N2200. WINS Server To set a serve r name fo r NetBIOS c omputer. MAC Address MAC address of the network interface. IP Sharing Mode When enabl ed, PCs co nnecte d to the LAN port will be able to acce ss t h[...]

36 Samba Service Used for lett ing t he operatin g system of UN IX series and SM B/CIFS of Microsoft Windows op erating syst em (Serve r Message Bl ock / Common Internet F ile System).Do the li nk in network prot ocol. Enable or Disabl e SMB/CIFS protocol for Windows, App le, Uni x drive mappi ng. Samba Recycl e Bin The N2200 i s supp orted recycle[...]

37 A descripti on of each i tem foll ows: NFS Server Setting Item Description NFS Enable or Disable NFS support . Apply Click Apply to save your changes. FTP N2200 can a ct as a FTP server, enabl i ng users to downl oad and upl oad files with their favori te FTP progr ams. From the System Network menu , choos e the FTP item, and the FTP scree n app[...]

38 Access download files to/from public folders. Download: Allow anonymous FTP users to download files from public folders. Upload only: Allow anonymous FTP users to upload files from public folders. No access: Block anonymous FTP user access. Auto Rename If checked, the system will automatically rename files that are uploaded with a duplicate file[...]

39 Shared Media Folders Select the folder(s) that contains media files to be shared. Rescan Click the Rescan button to have the N2200 for new conte nts in the selected media folder. Shared Media Folders Once the Medi a Server software is i nstalled, you can start addi ng fold ers that contain the media th at you woul d like to shar e. To create a m[...]

40 A descripti on of each i tem foll ows: Web Service Item Description HTTP (WebDisk) Support Enable or disable WebDisk support. Enter the port number if this option is enabled. The port number is default 80. HTTPs (Secure WebDisk) Support Enable or disabl e secure WebDisk support. Enter the port if this option is enabled. UPnP This devi ce support[...]

41 Bonjour Setting Bonjour is App le Inc.'s t rade name for its i mplementati on of Zeroconf, a servi ce discovery prot ocol. Bonjou r locates devi ces such a s printers, as w ell as other computers, an d the ser vices that th ose device s offer on a l ocal network usin g multi cast Domain Name System servi ce records . Storage Managem ent The[...]

42 Disks Information Item Description Disk No. Indicates disk locat ion. Capacity Shows the SATA hard disk capacity. Model Displays the SATA hard disk model name. Firmware Shows the SATA hard disk firmware version. Status Indicates the status of the disk. Can read OK , Warning , or Failed . Bad Block Scan Click Yet to start to begin scanning for ba[...]

43 shows total count of h o urs (or minutes, or seco nds, depending on manufacturer) in power-on state. Temperature Celsius The current temperature of the hard disk in degrees Celsius Reallocated Sector Count Count of reallocated sectors. When the hard drive finds a read/write/verification error, it marks this sector as "reallocated " and[...]

44 the capaciti es allocated for data. Th ere is also a graph which represents how th e RAID volum e is current ly allocated. RAID Information Item Description ID ID of the current RAID volume. NOTE: All RAID IDs must be unique. RAID Level Shows the current RAID configurati on. Status Indicates status of the RAID. Can read either Healthy , Degraded[...]

45 a spe cial file storag e l ayout in the storage volume. A larger stripe size is better for large files. Data Percentage The percentag e of the RAID volume that will be used to store data. Create Press this button to configure a file system and create the RAID storage volume. To create a RA ID volum e, foll ow the steps bel ow: 1. On the RAID Inf[...]

46 Edit RAID On the RAID Informat ion screen, press the Edit bu tton to go to the RAI D Informatio n screen. Using Edit RAID , you c an select RA ID ID and t he Spare Di sk. . Remove RAID Click to rem ove the RAI D volume. Al l user data has been created i n select ed RAID volume will be removed . To remove a R AID volu me, foll ow the steps b elow[...]

47 Adding Folders On the Folder screen, pre ss the Add butt on and t he Add Folder screen app ears. This screen allows you to ad d a fo l der. After entering the informati on, pr e ss Apply to create n ew folder. Add Folder Item Description RAID ID RAID volume where the new folde r will reside. Folder Name Enter the name of the folder. Description [...]

48 Modify Folder Item Description RAID ID RAID vol ume where the folder will reside. Folder Name Enter the name of the folder. Description Provide a descri ption the folder. Browseable Enable or disable users from browsing the folder co ntents. This setting will only apply while access via SMB/CIFS and web disk. Public Admit or deny public access t[...]

49 NFS Share To allow NFS access to t he share fol der, enabl e the NFS Serv ice , and th en set up hosts wi th access right s by clickin g Add . NFS Share Item Description Hostname Enter the name or IP address of the host Privilege Host has either read only or writeable access to the folder. Guest System Support There are two selections available [...]

50 user (nobody:nogroup) on NAS. Choose the one which best fits your needs. Apply Click to save your changes. Folder and Sub-Fo l der A ccess Control List (ACL) On the Fol der screen, press the ACL bu tton, and th e ACL setting screen appears . Thi s screen al lows you to configure acc ess to the specific fol der and sub-folders fo r users an d gro[...]

51 3. Contin ue selecti ng groups an d users and assigning them acc e ss levels using the colu mn butt ons. 4. To remove a group or use r from an access lev el col umn, press the Remove butt on in th at column . 5. When you ar e fini shed, press Apply to confirm your ACL setti ngs. To setup sub-f olders ACL, cl ick on the symb ol to extract su b fo[...]

52 ISO Mount The ISO Moun t feature i s very useful tool i ncluded with Thecus p roducts . With it , users can moun t an IS O file and have the expo rt name di splay all details from mounted ISO file. From th e mai n menu, the ISO Mount featu re i s locat ed und er Sto rage . Pl ease refer the figu re below for refe rence. Select the ISO Mo unt f u[...]

53 To mount a new ISO fi le, select one f rom the li sted ISO fil es and i nput the desired mounti ng name in to t he “Mou nt as:” fi eld. Cli ck Add to compl ete moun ting th e ISO file. If you do not ente r a “Mount a s” ISO fil e export name, th e system will automati cally assign the export nam e as the ISO file na me.[...]

54 After you have compl eted addin g the ISO ima ge, then the pag e will display all mounted ISO files: You can cl ick Unmount to remove th e mounted ISO fil e. B. Using ISO s The mounted ISO fil e will be located in a share folder with the assigned ISO image name. Please refer the screen shot below. ISO fil e “i mage” h as bee n mounted in t h[...]

55 User and Group A uthentication The N2200 h as built -in user databas e that all ows administrat ors to man age user access usi ng different g roup poli cies. From th e User and Gro up Auth entication menu, you can create, m odify, an d delete users, and assig n them t o grou ps that you designat e. Local User Configuration From the Accou nts me [...]

56 Edit Users 1. Select an exi sting u ser from the Loc al User Co nfiguration screen. 2. Click on the Ed it button , and Local User Setti ng screen ap pears. 3. From he re, you can ent er a new password and re-ent er to confi rm, or use th e << or >> but tons to h ave this use r join or l eave a group. Cli ck the Apply button to sav e [...]

57 Remove Users 1. Select an exi sting u ser from the Loc al User Co nfiguration screen. 2. Click on Remo ve butto n and the use r is deleted from the syst em. Local Group Configuration From the Accou nts me nu, choose th e Group item, an d the Loc al Group Configuration screen appears. This s cr een allows you to Add , Edit , and Remove local grou[...]

58 Add Groups 1. On the Lo cal Group Configur ation scre en, click on th e Add button . 2. The Loc al Group Sett ing scre en appears. 3. Enter a Group Name . 4. Enter a Grou p ID num ber. If l eft bla nk, th e system will automati cally assign one. 5. Sel ect users to be i n this grou p from the Us ers List by addi ng th em to the Members Li st usi[...]

59 Remove Groups 1. On the Loca l Group Co nfiguration screen, sel ect a group name from the list. 2. Press Remove t o delet e the group from the sy stem. Batch Create Users and Groups The N2200 can also add users and group s in batch mode. Thi s enabl es you to conveni ently add num erous users and groups a utomati cally by imp orting a simp le co[...]

60 Application Server The N2200 sup ports a P rinter Serv er and i Tunes Server. The i ntegrated Pri nter Server all ows you to sh are a singl e USB pri nter will all users on th e networ k. By activati ng the iTunes Serv er on the N220 0, you wi ll be abl e to directly pl ay music files on th is device wi th your i Tunes cl ient software. Th e fol[...]

61 If a corrupt prin t j ob i s sent t o a print er, prin ting may suddenl y fai l. If your prin t jobs seem to be l ocked up, p ressing the Remove All Document s button to clear the print q ueue may resolve the issue. You can confi gure the N2 200 to act as a pri nter server. That way , all PCs c onnected to the netwo rk can utili ze the sam e pri[...]

62 2. Cli ck the right m ouse button i n anywh ere on the Printers f older and th en select Add Pr inter . 3. Select Add a network, w ireless or B luetooth print er . 4. Sel ect The printer t hat I want isn’t listed .[...]

63 You can p ress The p rinter th at I want isn’t listed t o go i nto next pa ge wi thout waiti ng for Searching for available p rinters t o fini sh. 5. Click Select a shared printer by n ame . Type h ttp://<The cus_N AS>:631/pr inters/usb -printer i n t he box, w here <Thecus_NA S_IP> i s the IP address of the N220 0. Cli ck Next . 6[...]

64 8. You can cho ose t o s et th is pr i nter as the default pr i nter by checki ng the Set as the defa ult printer box. Cli ck Next to cont inue. 9. Done! Cli ck Finish . iTunes® Server With t he built-in i Tunes server capab ility, th e N2200 enabl es digit al music to be shared and pl ayed anyw here on th e network! From the Network menu, cho [...]

65 See the fol lowing table for detail ed descripti ons of each fiel d: iTunes Configuration Item Description iTunes Enable or disable the iTunes Service. Server Name Name used to identify the N2200 to iTunes clients. Password Enter password to control access to your iTunes music. Rescan Interval Rescan interval in seconds. MP3 Tag Encode Specify t[...]

66 Backup There are a nu mber of w ays to back up data wit h the N2200. Nsync You can backup a share folder to an other N220 0 (Nsync Target) or any FTP server for s a fe keeping as l ong as you have appropriate access r i ght on th at target. When using Nsync between tw o N2200 s, you have th e option to trans mit fil es securely between them . If[...]

67 Add Nsync Task Item Description Task Name The name of your Nsync task. Target Server Manufacturer Select whether the target is a Thec us Prod uct (e.g. N 2200) or FTP server. Nsync Mode Synchronize mode or Incremental mode . Target Server IP Address The IP address of your target server. Source Folder The share folder you want to backup. Authoriz[...]

68 Password on Target Server The password for the username on the target server. Test Connection Click to check the connection to the Target Server. Schedule Enable or Disable schedule backup of your share folders. Time The time when t he Nsync task will run. Type Select whether to run the Nsync task daily, weekly, or monthly. Daily : input the tim[...]

69 Chapter 5: Usin g the N2200 Overview Once the N22 00 is setu p and operati ng, users on the network ma y mana ge all varieties of di gital music, photos, or fil es by simply usin g their web br owsers. To manage your p ersonal fi les or ac cess publ ic files on the N2 200, just enter i ts IP address into your br owser (default IP add ress is htt[...]

70 6. To c reate a new f older wi thin the current folder, press the N ew fol der b utton. When t he screen appea rs ent er a name for the fol der. Press OK to create the folder. 7. To upl oad a file from your compu ter to the current folder, press the New fil e (upload) button. When t he screen appears, pr ess Browse and locate th e file to upload[...]

71 (uplo ad) Upload file from your computer to current web disk folder. (Admi n) Change password and confirm new password. (logout) T o logout of the web disk interface. Show the files and folde rs in the directory. Search files in the directory. (You can only input word strings.) Name Displays the names of folders and files. Size Shows the size of[...]

72 Windows XP Publishing Wiza rd There are man y ways for a l ocal user to upload pictures int o their photo al bum. Users of Wi ndows XP ca n upl oad their pictu res using th e Windows XP P ubli shing Wizard. 1. Cli ck on the XP Pub lishing Wiz ard i con on top rig ht corner. 2. The XP Web Pub lishin g W izard Client screen appears. Cli ck on th e[...]

73 4. Once th e register fi le is i nstalled, use the Wind ows file manag er to browse the folder th at contain s the pictu re you want to publish. On th e left pan e, there will be an i con labeled “ Publi sh this fol der to th e Web ”. 5. Click on thi s icon an d Web Publis hing Wiza rd will start. 6. Sel ect the pictu res you want to publi s[...]

74 7. Your PC will start to con nect to the Ph oto W eb Server. 8. Select N2200 Phot o Galler y Wiz ard t o pu blish your pictu res to the N2 200. 9. Login in to the N2200 wi th your local user name and password . 10. Create your al bum by e ntering an album na me and clicking on th e Create Album button.[...]

75 11. Select the alb um you wan t to upl oad your pict ures to. 12. Confirm the ta rget albu m. 13. Windows will show you that th e picture upl oad is in progres s. 14. When the upl oad is finished, the Wi zard will ask you whether if you want to go to the websi te. Cli ck Finish to go t o your Photo Web Serv er.[...]

76 15. Cli ck on the user’s i con to go to that user’s al bum. 16. You wi ll see the user’ s al bum list. Cli ck on Album . 17. Fi nished! You will see the pi ctures just sel ected in the al bum.[...]

77 Managing Albums and Photos Icon Func tio n Description Make Cover Make selected photo your cover picture. Back Return to the previous screen. Add Add a new album or photos. Modify Edit the name and description of the selected album or photo. Each name is limited to 20 characters and each description is limited to 255 characters. Delete Delete th[...]

78 Creating Albums To create a ph oto albu m, foll ow the steps bel ow: 1. Click the Add b utton to create a new albu m. 2. Enter a name for t he album, and enter a description if you wi sh. Then, click on the Create Album b utton. Password Protecting Albums If you woul d like to put a passwo rd on a parti cular al bum, follow th ese steps: 1. Sele[...]

79 Slide Shows Slid e shows are a great w ay to enjoy pi ctures st ored on your N2200 . You can cli ck on th e Start Slide Show i con on t he top right hand corner to start t he slide show. To stop th e slide show, cli ck on the Stop Slide Show icon on th e top ri ght han d corner. Mapping a Client PC to t he N2200 You can map share fold ers on th [...]

80 1. Choose Go > Co nnect to Server… 2. Enter the n etwork addr ess for the se rver i n the Server Addre ss text bo x. When connecti ng usi ng SMB/CIFS pr otocol, typ e: smb://192. 168.1.100 /Folder1 When connecti ng usi ng AFP protocol , type: afp://192. 168.1.100 /Folder1 Click Connec t . 3. When MAC OS X i s trying to conn ect N2200, it wi[...]

81 Chapter 6: Tip s and T ricks USB Storage Expan si on The N220 0 supp orts ext ernal U SB hard disks th rough i ts four U SB po rts. Once a USB hard disk ha s successful ly mount ed, the enti re volume will be linked au tomaticall y to the defaul t USB HDD folder. The N2200 su pports up to 6 US B extern al storage devices. Al l file names on the [...]

82 RAID Auto-Rebuild When usin g RAID 1 on t he N2200, you can use the auto-rebuil d function when an error is detect ed. 1. When a hard disk f ai l s the system b eeps and/or an e mail notification i s sent to specifi ed recipient s. 2. Check the LCD t o see w hich di sk has fail ed. 3. Follow the st eps menti oned above t o replace th e failed ha[...]

83 Chapter 7: T roublesh ooting Forgot My Network IP Ad dress If you forg et your netw ork IP addr ess and have no physical access to the sy stem, you can use the Smart _Utilit y to retrieve the IP of your N22 00. 1. Start the S mart Utility, and it wil l automatically detect al l Thecus IP stor age products on your netwo rk. Resetting NAS IP Addre[...]

84 Problems with Time and Date Setti ngs The admin istrator is abl e to select an N TP Serv er to keep the N2200’s time synchroni zed. However, if the N2200 can not acces s the Internet, you may encounter a p roblem wh en settin g the Tim e and Time Zone. If th is hap pens: 1. Login to the W eb Admin istration Interface. 2. Navigat e to System Ma[...]

85 Appendix A : Produ ct Specifications Hardware Specification s Product Mod el N2200 Network Inte rfaces LAN Gigabit RJ-45 connector Storage HDD Bays 2 x 3.5” or 2 x 2.5” SAT A HDD, hot-s wappable I/O Interface s USB Ports 4 x USB type A ports ( Host mode) , System Info rmation LCD Control Panel HDD1 Powe r, Activit y/Fail HDD2 Powe r, Activit[...]

86 Publi c folder Backup Thecus Backu p Utili ty (Windows XP/20 00 and MAC OS X)- Sma rt_Utility Thecus Nsync System Manag ement Web GUI Multilin gual supp ort (English, French, German, Italia n, Tradition al Chinese, Simp lified Chin ese, Japanese, Ko rean, Span ish , Russian an d Polish) NTP support Schedul ed Power On/Of f Event Notifi cati on E[...]

87 Appendix B: Customer Su pport If your N2200 is not workin g properly, we encourage you to check out Chapter 7: Troubleshoot ing , loca ted in t his manual . You can al so try to ensu re that you are using the latest fi rmware version for you r N220 0. Thecus i s commi tted to p rovidi ng free firmwar e upgrades to our cust omers. Our n ewest fir[...]

88 Appendix C: RAID Basics Overview A Redundan t Array of In dependent Disks (RA ID) is an array o f several hard di sks that provid e data securi ty and hi gh performan ce. A RAID syst em acces ses several hard d isks simul taneousl y, whi ch i mproves I/O performan ce o ver a singl e hard di sk. Data securi ty is enhanced by a RAID, si nce dat a [...]

89 JBOD Although a concatenati on of disks (al so call ed JBOD, or "Just a Bunch o f Disks") is not one of th e numb ered R AID levels, it i s a popular method fo r combining multiple physical disk d rives i nto a singl e virtua l o n e. As the n ame implies, di sks ar e merely concatenated t ogether, end to begi nni ng, so they appear to[...]

90 Appendix D: UPS Com p atibilit y List Brand Series Model Notes Ablerex MS-RT ActivePower 1400VA AEC MiniGuard UPS 700 M 2 501 cable Back-UPS Pro Matrix-UPS Smart-UPS Back-UPS 940-0095A/C cables, 940-0 020B/C cables, 940-0023A cable Back-UPS Office 940-0119A cable Masterswitch Not a UP S - 940-0020 cable APC Back-UPS RS 500 custo m non -USB cable[...]

91 Brand Series Model Notes Ares 700 and larger Fideltronik Other Ares models PowerRite MAX Fiskars PowerServer 1 0, 30 All models with alarm i n terface MP110/210 MS-T MS Gamatronic µPS3/1 Gemini UPS625/UPS1000 R3000 XR HP R5500 XR INELT Monolith 1000LT Infosec iPEL 350, 500, 750, 1000 Ippon (various) Liebert UPStation GXT2 contact -closure cable[...]

92 Brand Series Model Notes TrustTrust 425/625 BNT-1000AP Advice Partner/King Pr 750 Powercom BNT-2000AP PowerGuard PG-600 PowerKinetics 9001 PowerTech C omp1000 DTR ca b le power Power Walker Line-Inter active VI1000 Powerware 3110, 3115, 5119, 51 2 5, 5119 RM, PW5 115 PW5125PW9120, PW 9 125, 9120, 9150, 9305 Powerwell PM525A/-625A/-800A/-1 000A/-[...]

93 Appendix E: Li censing In formation Overview This product incl uded copyright ed third-party software li censed under the terms of GNU General Public Li cense. Please s ee THE GN U General Publi c License for extra terms and con dition s of this li cense. Source Code Availabi l ity Thecus Techn ology Corp . has expos ed the full source code of t[...]

94 CGIC License Terms Basic License CGIC, copy right 19 96, 1997, 1998, 19 99, 2000 , 2001, 2002, 2003 , 200 4 by Thomas Boutel l an d Boutell.Com, Inc. Permissi on is grant ed to use C GIC in any appli cation, commerci al or non commerci al, at no cost. H OWEVER, t his copyrig ht paragraph must appea r on a "cred its" pag e accessibl e i[...]

95 they have i s not the orig inal, so that any problems in troduced by oth ers will not reflect on the origin al authors' repu tati ons. Finall y, an y free progra m is threatened consta ntl y by softwar e pat ents. W e wi sh to avoid the d anger tha t redistrib utors of a f ree p rogram will indi vidually obtain pat ent licenses, i n effect [...]

96 these condi tions, and t elling t he user how to view a copy of this Li cense. (Exception : if the Progr am itsel f is interacti ve but does not n ormall y print such an ann ouncement, your work ba sed on the Prog ram is not requi red to print an announcement. ) These requi rements app ly to the modi fied wo rk as a whole. If identi fiabl e sect[...]

97 4. You may not copy, modi fy, subli cense, or distri bute the Program except as expressly provi ded un der thi s Li cense. Any attem pt otherw ise to c opy, modify, subli cense or distribu te the Program i s void, an d will au tomaticall y terminat e your righ ts under thi s License. H owever, parti es who have received c opies, or rights, from [...]

98 9. The Free Softwa re Foun dati on may publi sh revised and/or n ew versions o f the General Publ ic License f rom ti me to time. Su ch new versi ons will be simil ar in spirit to th e pres ent v ersi on, bu t may di ffer in detail t o address new probl ems o r concerns. Each v ersion i s given a di stinguishin g version number. If the Program s[...]