QNAP TVS-471 manual

1 QNAP Turbo NA S Software User Manual (Version: 4.2) This manu al is applic able to t he following Turbo N AS models : TS -128, TS -131, TS- 228, TS-231, TS -231+, TS-251 , TS-2 51+, HS-251 , HS-251+ , TS-251C, TS- 253 Pro, TS -253A, TS-269L , TS-269 Pr o, TS -431, TS -431U, TS-4 31+, TS-451, TS- 451+, TS -451S, TS-451U, TS -453S Pro, TS -453 P ro[...]

2 Table of Conte nts Notice ................................................................................................................................................................ . 5 Legal Notice and Disclaimer ....................................................................................................................... 6 R egula[...]

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5 Notice  Legal Notice and Discl aimer  Regulatory N otice  Document Annotatio n  Safety Infor mation an d Precautio ns[...]

6 Legal Notice and Disclaimer Thank you f or choosin g QNAP pro ducts! T his user m anual provi des det ailed instructi ons of using the T urbo NAS (network -att ached stora ge). Ple ase read caref ully and start to enjoy t he powerful fu nctions of the Turbo N AS!  The Turbo N AS is her eafter ref erred to a s the NAS.  This manu al pr[...]

7 Back up t he syste m periodic ally to avoi d any pote ntial dat a loss. QNAP disclaims any responsibility of all so rts of dat a loss or rec overy. Should yo u return any c omponent s of the NAS packa ge for refun d or mainte nance, make sure they are car efully packed for s hipping. A ny for m of dam ages due to i mproper pa ckaging will not be [...]

8 Regulatory Notice FCC Not ic e QNAP NAS compl y with di fferent FCC compl iance classes. Pl ease refer the Appendi x for detail s. Once the class of the d evice is determi ned, refer to th e followin g corresponding statement. FCC Cl ass A Noti ce This device complies with Par t 15 o f the FC C Rules. O peration is subject to t he followi ng two [...]

9 does cause harmful i nterference t o radio or televisio n receptio n, which can be deter mined by turning th e equipme nt off and on, the user is encour aged to try t o correct t he int erference by one or more o f the fol lowing me asures:  Reorient or r elocate t he recei ving ante nna.  Increase t he separati on betw een the equi p[...]

10 Document Annotation Annotations in this document  War ni ng: This in dicates the i nstructio ns must be strictly followed. F ailure to d o so co uld result in i njury to hu man body or death.  Caut io n: This in dicates the action may lead to disk cleara nce or loss OR failur e to follow the instructi ons co uld result in data da mag[...]

11 Safety Information and Precautions 1. The NAS can operat e normally i n the temperature of 0 º C – 40 º C and rel ative humi dity of 0% – 95 %. Ensure the envi ronment i s well -ventilated. 2. The p ower cord and d evices connected to th e NAS mu st provide correct supply vol tage (100W, 90 – 264V). 3. Do n ot place the NAS i n direct su[...]

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13 Getting Started New NAS us ers are a dvised to foll ow the b elow steps t o complet e their NA S inst allation. For users who alr eady own a QNAP NA S and wou ld like to move the data to a ne w QNAP NAS, refer to Mi grating fro m Old NAS for detailed in structions. For New NAS User s: 1. Hardware I nstallatio n 2. Software In stallation 3. Getti[...]

14 Hardware Installation After unpackin g the NAS, fi rst follow th ese instructions to in stall your hardwar e: 1. Instal l the hard dri ves. Before doi ng so, ensure the hard drives (HDDs) that you use a re compatibl e with the NAS. Go to the Hard Di sk Drive Compati bility Li st secti on for more detail s. 2. Connect the QNAP NAS to the same net[...]

15 Hard Disk Drive Compati bility List This product works with 2.5- inch an d 3.5-inch SATA h ard disk dri ves and/or soli d -state drives (SSD) from major hard dri ve brands. F or a full list of compatible dri ves, check the c ompatibili ty list on the QNAP websi te ( http:// www.qnap.com/compati bility ). Not e: If you enco unter a "Devi ce [...]

16 Checking System Status LED Di spl ay & Sy ste m Sta tus Ove rvi ew LED Colo r LED St atu s Des cri pti on System Status Red/G reen Flashes gre en and red alternat ely every 0.5 se c 1) The hard di sk drive on t he NAS is being formatted. 2) The NAS is b eing initi alized. 3) The syste m firmware is being updated. 4) RAID rebuil ding is in pr[...]

17 LED Colo r LED St atu s Des cri pti on every 2 se c Green The NAS is r eady. Off All the hard disk drive s on the NA S are in standby mo de. Power 1 Green Flashes gre en The NAS is b ooting up. Green The NAS is o n and re ady. LAN Orang e Orange The disk d ata is bei ng accesse d from the network. Flashes ora nge The NAS is c onnected to the net[...]

18 *The 10 GbE network expa nsion functio n is only supported by the TS -470 Pro , TS-670 Pro, TS -870 Pro, TS-870 U-RP, T S-879 Pr o, TS-10 79 Pro, TS -879U- RP, TS-12 70U- RP, TS -1279U -RP, TS- EC879 U-RP, an d TS- EC1279 U-RP. **TS-210 , TS-212, T S-219, T S-439 U-SP/RP, TS -809 Pr o, TS-8 09U-R P do not support eS ATA port. 1 This feature is o[...]

19 Software Installation After install ing the NAS hardwar e, proceed to so ftware install ation. There are th ree approach es for software instal lation: 1. Smart Install ation Guide 2. Cl oud Installati on 3. CD Install ation 4. HDM I Installati on Online inst allation an d cloud i nstallation are availa ble for all new NAS mo dels, while CD inst[...]

20 Smart Installa tion Guide Follow the steps in this secti on to complete onli ne installati on for your NAS: 1. Go to ht tp://start.qnap .com . 2. Choose the number of HDD ba ys and the m odel of your NAS an d cli ck "Start Now". 3. Cli ck "Hardware" and follow the on -screen i nstructi ons to get hardware ready. 4. Scroll dow[...]

21 Cloud Installati on Follow the st eps in t his sectio n to compl ete clou d installati on for your NAS : 1. Connect your NAS to the Internet, and on your PC, g o to " sta rt.qnap.c om " and s croll down unt il the "Install firmware" section. Cl ick "Cloud Inst allation" an d in the "Start Cloud Instal lation&qu[...]

22 CD Installation Follow the st eps in t his sectio n to compl ete CD i nstallatio n for your NAS: 1. Instal l the QNAP Qfi nder from the pr oduct CD-R OM. 2. Ru n the QNAP Qfi nder. If the QNAP Qfi nder is bl ocked by your firewal l, unblock the util ity. 3. The buil t-i n Qfinder Setup Wizard will guide you along th e way to compl ete firmware i[...]

23 HDMI Installation Follow the st eps in t his sectio n to compl ete the H DMI instal lation for y our NAS : 1. Conn ect the NAS to an HDMI di splay. 2. Foll ow the onscreen i nstructions to compl ete the fi rmware install ation. 3. Ch oose to instal l HD Stati on or log in to QTS with QTS accoun t usernam e and password (QTS is the operating syst[...]

24 Getting Utilities QNAP has prepared a number of pra ctical an d useful utilitie s to e nhance yo ur NAS ex perience. After setti ng up the N AS, choo se from the f ollowing t wo meth ods to inst all the utiliti es: Method 1: Down loading from the QNAP website Visit htt p://www.q nap.com/ and go to "QT S 4.2" > "F or Home" [...]

25 Connecting to NAS Shared Folders After install ing the hardware and softwa re, it i s time to connect t o the shared fol ders on the NA S. Refer to these li nks for the connecti on setup:  Connecti ng to NAS s hared fold ers in Win dows  Connecti ng to NAS s hared fold ers in Ma c or Linux[...]

26 Windows There are t wo metho ds for co nnecting t o shared fol ders of th e NAS when usin g Window s: Method 1: C onnect to the sha red folders of the NAS by us ing th e QN AP Qfinder 1. Laun ch QNAP Qfi nder. Select your NAS and then cli ck "Tool" > "Map Net work Drive". 2. Sel ect a shared fol der on the NAS to b e mappe[...]

27 Mac or Linux Mac Us ers There are t wo metho ds to connect shared fol ders on a NAS: Method 1: Using QNAP Qfinder 1. Laun ch QNAP Qfi nder, select your NAS, an d go to "Conn ect" > "Open i n File Explorer". 2. Ente r your login ID and password. 3. Sel ect the folder you wa nt to mount and click "OK". 4. The fol d[...]

28 Connecting to NAS by Web Bro wser To connect to the NA S by a we b browser, follow t hese steps : 1. Ente r http://NAS IP:80 80 i n the web browser. Or if usi n g QNAP Qfinder, simply doubl e click on the NAS to open th e login page. Not e: The defa ult NAS IP is 169.2 54.100.1 00:8080. If the NAS has bee n configure d to use DHCP, y ou can us e[...]

29 Migrating from Old NAS Users can migrate the ir existi ng N AS to an other NAS model with all th e data and configuratio n retaine d by simpl y installi ng all the hard drives of the ori ginal (so urce) NAS o n the new ( destination) NAS accor ding to its original hard drive order a nd restart th e NAS. Due to differi ng har dware desi gns, the [...]

30 TVS-x63, T S-563, TS -x63 U, TS -x69, TS -x70, T VS-x71, TS -x79, TS -x80, T VS-x80, TS -x80U TS -x39, TS -509, TS -809, SS -x39, TS -x59, TS -x59U 3.8 4.0.x 4.1.x and later TS -x10, TS -x12, T S-x19, TS -x20, TS -x21, HS - 210 3.8.x and older 4.0.2 Yes TS -x39, TS -509, T S-809, SS -x39, TS -x59, T S-x59U, TS -x69, TS -x69U, T S-x70, TS -x70U, [...]

31 4.1.x and later TS -x69, TS -x69U, T S-x70, TS -x70U, TV S-x71, TVS -x71U, TS -x79, TS -x79U, T S-x80, TS -x80U, TV S-ECx8 0 4.1.x and later HS -251/251 +, T S-x51/x51 +, TS -x53, SS - x53 4.1.2 and later TS -x31+ 4.1.1 TVS-x71, T VS-x63 , TS-563, TS -x63U, TS -x53, T S-x51/x5 1+, x31+ 4.1.1 No 4.1.2/4.1 .3 and later TS -x80, TV S-x80, TV S-x71 [...]

32 .3 and later TVS- x71, T VS-x63 , TS-563, TS -x63U, TS -x53, T S-x51/x5 1+ .3 and later NAS Mo de ls t hat D O N OT Sup po rt Syst e m M ig rati on NAS models that do n ot support direct mi gration are listed in t he belo w table. For th ese NAS models, first i nitialize the desti nation NAS and copy yo ur data fro m the so urce NAS to the desti[...]

33 migration or th e data may be i naccessible. For a co mpatibility li st, go to http://www .qnap.com/compati bility .  SS -x39 and SS-46 9 Pro series onl y support 2.5 -in ch hard disk dri ves.  Encrypted disk vol umes cannot b e migrated to a NAS that does not support file system encryption. Fil e system encrypti on is not supported [...]

34 4 to 6-drive RA ID 6, 4-drive or 6-dri ve RAID 10. 8-bay NAS 1 to 8-drive si ngle disk volume, JB OD, RAID 0, 2-drive RA ID 1, 3 to 8-drive RA ID 5, 4 to 8-drive RA ID 6, 4-drive, 6-dri ve, or 8-dr ive RAID 10. Mig rati ng you r NAS Follow the st eps bel ow to perf orm syste m migratio n: 1. Turn o ff the source NAS and unpl ug the hard drives. [...]

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36 QTS Basics and De sktop QTS is a u ser-friendl y NAS o peratin g system desi gned to e nhance ev ery as pect of yo ur NAS experience. With ba sic metho ds such a s drag - and - drop or poi nt and cli ck, you can complete most NAS operatio ns. Check t he following links t o learn more about Q TS:  Introduci ng QTS  Using QTS D esktop[...]

37 Introducing QTS Built on a Linux foundati on, QTS i s shaped fro m an optimi zed ker nel to deliv er high- performance services th at satisfy n eeds for fil e storage, managem ent, back up, multimedi a applicatio ns, surveilla nce, and more. The int uitive, multi -window and multi-t asking QT S GUI make it incre dibly easy t o manage y our NAS, [...]

38  Intuitive GU I with Mul ti- Windows, Multi-T asking, M ulti-Ap plication, Multi -Devi ce acces s support  Cross platf orm data storage, ba ckup and s haring ce nter  Revolutionary music, photo and home vi deo center  Personal clo ud storage  Free and l arge capacit y for Dropbox -style data sync  Hundreds of [...]

39 Using QTS Desktop After you fini sh the basic setup an d logi n to the NAS, the deskt op will appear. Each main desktop feature is in troduced in the f ollowing sections. Topics cover ed in thi s chapter:  QTS Deskto p  2-step Verif ication QTS De skto p NO. Name Description 1 Show Desktop Minimizes/restor es all open wi ndows. 2 Mai[...]

40 Desktop, wil l be lau nched once you cli ck a third -party appli cation. Click the icon from the menu to laun ch the selected appl ication. 3 Search Enter a feature sp ecific keywo rd in the search b ar to sea rch for the desired function an d its correspondi ng online help . Click the re sult in the search bar to launch the functi on or open i [...]

41 mouse cursor cl ose to the buttons. o Show the li nk bar on the d esktop: Uncheck th is option to hi de the link bar (No. 13, No. 14 an d No. 15.) o Show the Dashboard bu tton: Un check thi s option to hide the Dashboard butt on (NO. 10). o Show the NAS ti me on the deskt op: Uncheck thi s option to not di splay the NAS time i n the bottom -righ[...]

42 be opened in Tab Mode, Win dow Mode, or Fram eless Mode. Onl y Tab Mode is avail able if you l og into the NAS using a mobile devi ce. o Tab Mode: In thi s mode, th e window wil l be opened to fi t the entire NAS Desktop and only one appli cati on window can be displ ayed at a time. o Window mode: In this mode, th e appli cation window can be re[...]

43 1. Instal l the auth enticator App on your mobil e devi ce: For Androi d and iOS devices, in stall th e Google Authenti cator App from thei r respecti ve App stores. For Wi ndows Phone, i nstall th e Authenticator from i ts Store. 2. The syst em times of y our mobil e device and NAS must be synchr onized. It is recommend ed to use the time pr ov[...]

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45 System Sett ings Go to "Co ntrol Pa nel" > "Syste m Setting s" to set u p your NAS . For details o n the sett ings, refer to the follo wing link s:  General Setti ngs  Storage M anager  Network  Thunderbolt Manage ment  Security  Hardware  Power  Notificatio n  Firmware[...]

46 Ge neral Settings Go to "Co ntrol Panel" > "Syste m Settings" > "Gener al Setting s" to confi gure basic setting s of the NAS. Topics cover ed in thi s ch apter:  System A dministratio n  Time  Daylight Savi ng Time  Codepage  Password Str ength  Login Scree n Syst e m A dmi[...]

47 connectio n (SSL) o nly" is enable d, users c an only connect to t he web ad min istratio n page by HTTPS.  Disa bl e an d hid e t he hom e/ mul ti med ia fea ture s suc h as P ho to Sta tio n, M usi c Sta tio n, S urve ill an ce Sta tion , D ow nlo ad Sta tio n, i Tun es se rv er, and D LNA me di a ser ver: Multimedi a features, incl[...]

48 Select the l anguage t he NAS u ses to dis play files and directorie s. Not e: All of the file s an d directories on the NA S use Uni code enco ding. If your FTP clie nts or PC OS does not s upport U nicode, select the l anguage w hich is the same as the OS language in or der to properly vie w files and directori es on t he NAS. Pass wo rd St re[...]

49 Storage Manager Based on QNAP's Flexibl e Volume Architect ure , the St orage Man ager provide s a secur e, flexible a nd comprehe nsive appr oach to m anage data o n your NA S and offer s a num ber of great featur es such a s storage pools, multi ple RAID groups, t hin -provisione d volumes, space reclamatio n, and onli ne capacity exp ans[...]

50 Each layer is designe d to cover an aspect of the stor age system , and all four layers combined can achieve total prote ction for y our stor age syste m. This archite cture supp orts four di stinct typ es of volu mes ad apted by QNAP over the years, and each vol ume ty pe supports different sto rage feat ures: Feat ur es Leg acy vol ume Sta tic[...]

51 For specific setup of t he Stor age Manager, please re fer to the foll owing li nks:  Dashboard  Storage  iSCSI  Virtual Disk Note:  To expand storage spa ce wit h an expansion un it connected vi a a USB cabl e, you must create a separate static vol ume or storag e pool on the expan sion unit . Expanding an ex i sti[...]

52 Dashboard The Storage Manag er dashboard provides an o verview for IT adm inistrators to easily moni tor and manage storage al locations. Over vie w There are three secti ons on the pag e: Disk, Volu me/LUN and Sto rage Pool . They are d escribed bel ow:  Disk: The physi cal hard disk drives and thei r associat ed storage hosts (i ncluding[...]

53 This page is desi gned for users t o moni tor storage utiliz ation of their NAS. Wi th volume and sto rage pool usage info rmation present ed on this page, users can manag e their storage system mor e effectively and sp ot potenti al issues based on tr ends over a peri od of time (from t he last hou r to the last year.) Select to view the storag[...]

54 Storage Manage volu mes, stor age pools, hard disk drives, sna pshots, en crypt and decrypt fil e systems, a nd confi gure cache accel eration with Stor age Mana ger. For details o n the fe atures, ref er to the foll owin g links:  Disks  Storage Spa ce  Cache Acceler ation  Snapshot V ault Not e: Some of t he features li[...]

55 Disks This page i s designed for user s to monit or and m anage hard disk driv es installe d on the NA S and its con nected ex pansion e nclosures, and users can quickly i solate and identify hard drives for rel evant m aintenanc e tasks. Mana gi ng NAS H ost s Click a NA S under "N AS Host" i n the sy stem compo nent panel t o check i[...]

56 Acti on Des cri pti on Disk Info Click this button to c heck det ails of a di sk, includi ng the mode l, model number, seri al numb er, capacity, firmware version, ATA versio n and ATA standard. Disk Healt h Click this button to c heck disk S.M.A.R.T i nformatio n. More details about S.M.A.R.T inf ormatio n will be pr ovided i n the next table. [...]

57 component panel) type (data, fr ee, error, s pare, cach e, or none) and statu s. Click "Refr esh" to refres h the list. You can als o perform sequenti al read and IOP S read te sts (under "Performan ce test"), schedule w eekly se quential re ad tests, and c heck the test res ults to g auge the p erformanc e of the test ed dis[...]

58 You can en able the fo llowing Di sk Healt h settings i n the Glob al Setti ng dialog win dow (t he "setting" ic on next to "?" on top r ight side of the scr een):  Activate Pr edictive S MART Migr ation: Wit h Predictive SMART M igratio n, a w arning message wil l pop up w hen an S.M.A. R.T error is detecte d on a h ar[...]

59 Update fir mware (un der "Action") Click this button t o update fir mware for t he cho sen enclosure. Rename en closure (u nder "Action") Click this button to r ename t he chosen e nclosure. RAID Gro up Click this button a nd select a RAID group to chec k its details, inclu ding cap acity, RAID group nam e, RAID ty pe and dis[...]

60 Storage Space The Storage Space features Stor age Pool s and Vol umes. Thi s page li sts availa ble storage pools and t he volume s, iSCSI LUNs, and s napshots fr om remote NAS o n each of t hese storage pool s. It dis plays thes e storage e ntities’ c apacity an d/or usage t o give a complete view of st orage allo cation. U sers can cre ate o[...]

61 Storage Pools A storage pool is desi gned to ag gregate ph ysical har d disk drives into a larg e storage sp ace and to provi de enhance d RAID protection for it . You c an perform the followi ng actions to manage stor age pools :  Creating N ew Stor age Pools  Removin g Storage Po ols  Safely Det aching Stor age Pools  E[...]

62 3. Select the enclosure unit, hard disk drive( s), RAID ty pe and hot spare disk and click "Create". 4. Set the perc entage of storage spool space t hat is r eserved to store sn apshots. 5. Please note t hat all data on t he s elected h ard disk driv e(s) will be erased. Click "OK" if you are cert ain about this. 6. A new sto[...]

63 4. Select to cre ate and add a new R AID group. Select "A dding ne w hard driv e(s) to an existing RAI D group" (the optio n "Create new RAID gr oups" will be cov ered in th e following s ection), ch oose an exi sting RAID group from the dro p -down list and cli ck "Next". 5. Select the hard drive (s) to ex pand the[...]

64 With this f unction, RA ID grou p capacity ca n be expand e d by r eplaci ng hard disk drives in an array one by one. This o ption is supporte d for the foll owing RAI D types: RAID 1, RA ID 5, RAID 6 and R AID 10. Follow t hese step s to expan d a RAID group : 1. Go to "Stor age Mana ger" > "ST ORAGE" > " Storag e[...]

65  When the s napshot re serve is set to a val ue greater t han 0 %, this reserve d space will be dedicated ent irely to snapshots. T he free s pace in a st orage pool will be lo wer after th e value is set and the sn apshots will only use the space re served. When t he space us ed for snapshots ex ceeds t he snaps hot reserve, t he syste m [...]

66 Volumes A volume is formatt ed by the fil e syst em to stor e share folders and files. Users can manage, m onitor, create, or delete a l ogical vol ume on this page. The fol lowing topics are covered in this chapter:  Creating New Volumes  Removing Volumes  Expanding Volumes  Availabl e Volume operati ons  Configuri[...]

67 2. Configure t he mode f or the vol ume from st atic sin gle, thick m ultiple, an d thin multi ple according t o your ne eds. 3. Configure t he volu me capacity, alert thres hold, vol ume alias, Byt es per in ode, encry ption and shared f older sett ings and click "Next". 4. Click "Fi nish". 5. A new vol ume will be created. [...]

68 After you g o to "Stor age Man ager" > "ST ORAGE" > " Storage Spac e", click "A ctions" a nd choose to c onfigure t he thres hold and ca che setti ngs, check t he file system of a volume, rename vol ume alias, recl aim vol ume space , create a new share f older, for mat a volu me, or manage sn apshot[...]

69 Users can t ake a snap shot, manag e snapshots (revert , delete, and clone a snapshot, set up snapshot schedules, o r rest ore sna pshot files f or LUNs or volumes), or replicat e volumes/LU Ns betw een differen t remote s ervers u sing sna pshot techn ology. Not e:  Snapshot R eplica (or volumes/L UNs replic ation betw een remot e server [...]

70  Clone a sn apshot: T his action all ows you t o clone a snapshot i nto a ne w volume or LUN. To clone a snapshot, f irst select a snapshot, click " Clone", enter an alias f or the ne w volume, and select th e folders to share afte r cloning. If the sna pshot cl oned is a L UN snapshot, y ou can map it to an iS CSI target . ?[...]

71 Not e: The AES v olum e-based encryptio n is applic able only to specific NAS models. Pl ease refer to th e product compari son table for d etails. Data encryptio n on QNAP NAS Users can manage e ncrypted disk volume s on t he NAS. Each e ncrypte d disk vol ume is locked by a particular key. The e ncrypted v olume can be unlo cked usin g the fol[...]

72 4. Confirm t he settin gs and cli ck "Finish". 5. Note that all the dat a on the se lected drive s will be DELETED! Pl ease b ack up the data before creati ng the en crypted vol ume. Click "Yes" after data b ackup. 6. Double click the n ewly-cr eated vol ume to bring up t he Volume Managem ent page. 7. Click "Actio ns&qu[...]

73 To verify th at a disk v olume is encrypte d, log into t he NAS a s an admi nistrator. Go to "Storage Manager" > " STORAGE" > "Storag e Space". T he encrypt ed disk vo lume will b e shown on t his page, wit h a lock i con under "St atus". T he lock wil l be show n as opened if the encrypted v olume i[...]

74 RAID Groups Users can expand a RA ID group, add ha rd drive(s) to a RAID group, migrate a RA ID group, con figu re a spare drive, enabl e a bitmap and r ecover a RAID gr oup for a chosen v olu me, while the data contai ned in the RA ID group remai ns intact. In thi s chapter, the foll owing topics are covered:  RAID Group Introducti on [...]

75 data protecti on. A minimum of 3 hard disk s are req uired to cr eate a RAID 5 group. The tot al capa city of the R AID 5 gro up is e qual to the size of the disk with the sm allest c apacity in t he arr ay ti mes the n umber of ( hard disk – 1) . It is recomm ended (t hough not r equired) t hat only hard drives o f the s ame brand and c apaci[...]

76 times (the number of hard disk s in the array/2). It is re comme nded that only hard disk drives of the sa me bran d and capacity are use d to create a RAID 10 group. RAID 10 is suit able for hig h volu me transactio n applications, such as a d atabase, t hat require high perfor mance and f ault tolerance. A maximum of 2 failed disks fro m 2 dif[...]

77 5. After the d escriptio n displ ays "You can repl ace this driv e", plug i n the ne w hard disk drive to the drive slot. Rep eat the sa me proces s for all h ard drives to be replaced . Click "Expand C apacity" to continue. 6. Click "Ye s". 7. The chosen RAID gro up is exp anded. Addi ng Ha rd Di sk D riv es With t[...]

78 4. Select the hard di sk drive(s ) to be conf igured as sp are drive and click "A pply". 5. Please note t hat all data on t he selected h ard disk driv e(s) will be erased. Click "Yes" if you are cert ain about this. 6. The chosen disk drive s are adde d as spare drive. Enab li ng/ Dis abl in g Bi tma p This functi on can re [...]

79 RAID grou p Min ima l n um ber of ha rd dis ks re qu ire d f or r ec ove ry RAID 1 1 RAID 5 Number of disks - 1 RAID 6 Number of disks - 2 RAID 10 Number of disks / 2; (1 hard driv e per RAI D 1) Follow these steps to recover a f ailed RAID group: 1. Go to "Stor age Mana ger" > "ST ORAGE" > " Storag e Space". [...]

80 Cache Acceleration Based on S SD technol ogy, the Cache Accel eratio n feature is designed to boost ac cess performance of the NAS. On this p age, you can both monitor SS D perfor mance and manage cache acceler ation f or yo ur NAS. Thi s chapter c overs th e followin g topics:  Feature Re quirements  Creating S SD Volume s  Re[...]

81 6. An SSD ca che volume will be creat ed. Not e: If SSD Cac he is enabl ed with t he Read - Write type, t he SSD MUST NO T be remove d while it is being use d, as this will cause data loss. Remo vi ng S SD Vol um es Follow the st eps bel ow to rem ove a SSD volu me: 1. Click "Rem ove". 2. Please note t hat all data on t he selected h a[...]

82 cache is sup ported by your ap plications.[...]

83 Snapshot Vaul t Snapshot V ault stores snapshot s created re motely fro m remote NAS vi a Snapshot R eplica in Backup Stati on. It al so lets yo u manage and restore remote s napshots. Not e:  If this is t he first ti me you use t his feat ure, please configure Snapshot Replica i n Backup Stati on on the source N AS first.  Snapshots[...]

84 1. Navigate to Snapshot Vault i n Storage Manager. 2. Select a sn apshot re plication in t he list an d click "Re move". 3. The snapsh ot replicati on is rem oved. Cloning Snapshot s 1. Navigate to Snapshot Vault i n Storage Manager. 2. Select a s napshot o n the left panel and cli ck "Clo ne". 3. Enter a nam e for the volume[...]

85 iSCSI Manage t he iSCSI sto rage, creat e advance d ACLs and back up LUN s with th e iSCSI manageme nt feature s. For details o n the fe atures, please refer to the foll owing link s:  iSCSI Stor age  LUN Back up[...]

86 iSCSI Storage The NAS supports a built- in iSCSI (Internet Sm all Comput er System Interfac e) service for s erver clustering and virtualized environm ents. Users can enabl e or disabl e the iSCSI service, chan ge the port of the iSCSI portal , enable/di sable the iSNS service, and l ist and manage al l iSCSI targets and LUNs on th is page. The [...]

87 VAAI Block Zeroi ng Supported Supported VAAI Hardware Assi sted Locking Supported Supported VAAI Thin Provi sioning and Space Reclai m Supported Not Supported Thin Provisi oning Supported Supported Space Reclamati on Supported (wi th VAAI or from Windows 2012 or 8) Not Supported Microsoft ODX Supported Not Supported LUN Backup Not Supported Y et[...]

88 Follow the steps bel ow to confi gure the iSCSI ta rget service on th e NAS. 1. If no i SCSI targets ha ve been created yet, the Quick Confi gurati on Wizard will automatic ally be launched and pr ompt users to creat e iSCSI targets and LUNs. 2. Sel ect "iSCSI Target wi th a mapped LUN" (more on "i SCSI target only" and "[...]

89 4. Ente r the target name and ali as. Choose to cli ck "CRC/Checksum" to select "Data Di gest" and/o r "Header Digest". Th en Cli ck "Next". 5. Ente r the username and password f or "Use CHAP au thenticati on" and/or "Mutual CHAP" and click "Next". Check "U se CHAP authen[...]

90 Disabled The LUN is in active and i s invisible to the initiators. Refer to the tabl e below for acti ons (the "Acti on" button) avai labl e to manage iSCSI targets an d LUNs: Action Description Deactivate Deactivate a ready or connect ed target. Note t hat the connecti on from the initiators will be removed. Activate Activate an offli[...]

91 After creati ng the iSCSI targets and LUN on the NAS, the iSC SI initi ator installed on the comput er (Windows PC, Mac, or Linu x) can be used to connect to the i SCSI target and LUN and th e disk volumes can be used as the virtu al dri ves on the computer. Expanding iSCSI LUN cap acity The NAS supports capacit y expansion for iSCSI LUNs. T o d[...]

92 To use this featur e, click "Add a Policy". Enter th e policy name and th e i nitiator IQN, assign th e access right for each LUN creat ed on the NAS a nd click "Appl y". For descripti ons on each fi eld, refer to the tabl e below: Field Description Read-only The connected in itiator can onl y read the data from the LUN. Read[...]

93  Multiple s napshots ca n only be t aken on bl ock -b ased LUNs, and only o ne snapsh ot can be taken for f ile- based LUNs i f you us e the LUN B ackup fe ature.  Applicatio n consiste nt snapshot s for iSC SI LUN are only availa ble when t he Snaps hot Agent is u sed and for VMware an d VSS -awa re applicatio ns runni ng on a Windo[...]

94 Connecting to iSCSI Targets by Microsof t iSCSI Initiator on W indows Before you start to u se the iS CSI target s ervice, make sure y ou have cr ea te d an iS CSI target with a LUN o n the NA S and inst alled the correct iSCS I initiator f or your OS. ISC SI i nit iat or o n Win dow s: Microsoft i SCSI Soft ware Initiat or is an offic ial appli[...]

95 Connecting to iSCSI Targets by Xtend SAN iSCSI Initiator on Mac OS This sectio n shows yo u how to use Xten d SAN iSCSI I nitiator o n Mac OS to add the i SCSI target (QNAP NAS) as an extra p artition. Before you st art to use t he iSCSI tar get servi ce, make sure y ou have c reated an i SCSI targe t with a LUN o n the N AS and in stalled t he [...]

96 Connecting to iSCSI Targets by Open -iSCSI In itiator on Ubuntu Linux This sectio n shows yo u how to use the Lin ux Open -i SCSI Ini tiator on Ubuntu to a dd the iS CSI target as an extra parti tion. Befor e you star t using th e iSCSI targ et service, make sur e you ha ve created an iSCSI t arget with a LUN o n the NAS and install ed the corre[...]

97 You shoul d be able to see the lo gin messa ge as below : Login sessi on [iface: d efault, targ et: iqn.2 004 -04.co m:NAS:iS CSI.ForUb untu.B9281 B, port al: 10.8.12.31,3 260] [ O K ] Check the device st atus wit h dmesg. # dmesg | t ail Enter the foll owing c omman d to create a partitio n, /dev/s db is the device na me. # fdisk /de v/sdb Form[...]

98 LUN Backup The NAS su pports backing up iS CSI LUNs to differe nt storage lo cations ( Windows, Linux, or local shared fol ders), restori ng the LUN s to the N AS, or creati ng a L UN snaps hot and map ping it to an iS CSI target. In this chapter, th ese topi cs are covered:  Backing up i SCSI LUNs  Restoring i SCSI LUNs  Creat[...]

99 "Next". (U se Compres sion : When t his option i s enabled, more CP U resource s of the NA S will be use d but the size of t he backup L UN can be reduced. T he backu p time m ay vary depending on the siz e of the iS CSI LUN. ) 6. Specify the backup sc hedule, cho ose the backup perio d (Now, Ho urly, Daily, Weekly, o r Monthly) an d c[...]

100 Refer to t he table bel ow for acti ons (the " Action" but ton) avail able to man age restore jobs. Acti on Des cri pti on Edit Edit the jo b settings. Delete Delete the job. Start Start the job immedia tely. Stop Stop the r unning jo b. View Logs View the jo b status an d logs. Not e: For Step 5 above:  Overwrite exi sting L UN[...]

101 9. Go to "Stor age Mana ger" > "iSC SI Storage" , and the snapshot LUN will be shown i n the iSCSI Target List. U se iSCSI initi ator softw are to co nnect to t he iSCSI t ar get and access the point - in -time data on t he snaps hot LUN. Not e: The so urce LUN and snapshot LUN ca nnot be mo unted on the same NAS or cert [...]

102 Virtual Disk You can use thi s functi on to add iSCSI targets o f other NAS or storag e servers to th e NAS as vi rtual disks for storage capaci ty expansi on. The NAS su pports up to 8 vi rtual di sks. Supported fil e systems: Format: Ext3, Ext4, FA T, NTFS , and HFS+. Mount: Ext3 , Ext4, FAT, NTFS, and HFS+. Note:  The NAS supports a vi[...]

103 Action Des cri pti on Edit Click this button to e dit a virt ual disk n ame or the aut henticatio n information of an iSC SI target. Connect Click this button to c onnect t o an iS CSI target. Disconnect Click this button to d iscon nect an iS CSI target. Format Click this button to fo rmat a vir tual disk as EXT3, EXT 4, FAT 32, NTFS, or HFS+ [...]

104 Network Go to "Co ntrol Panel" > "Syste m Settings" > "Networ k" to co nfigure t he NAS netw ork settings. In this cha pter, the fo llowing to pics are cov ered:  TCP/IP  Wi - Fi  IPv6  Service Bindi ng  Proxy  DDNS Servi ce TCP/ IP (i) IP Address Configure t he TCP/IP sett[...]

105 of Et hernet 1 will be sho wn in LAN 1 only and the IP of Ethernet 2 will b e sho wn in LAN 2 only. To use port tr unking f or a dual LAN connect ion, see se ction (iii). * TS-110 , TS-119, T S-210, TS-219 , TS-219 P, TS-11 9P+, T S-219P+, TS-112 , and TS -212 only have o ne LAN port and do not support dual LAN confi gur ation or port trunki ng[...]

106 disabled. If t he NAS su pports two Gigabit LAN ports and only on e network i nterface i s configure d to enable VLAN, you can also c onnect to t he NAS via the ot her net work inte rface. Not e: The VLAN feature is only su pported by x8 6 -base d NAS mo dels. DHC P S er ver A DHCP (Dy namic Ho st Confi guration Proto col) server assigns IP add[...]

107  Contact yo ur ISP or network a dministrat or for the IP address of the pri mary and t he secondary DN S server s. When t he NAS play s the role as a termin al and nee ds to perform ind ependent connectio n (BT dow nload, etc ) enter at l east one DNS server IP for proper URL con nection. Ot herwise, t he function m ay not w ork properl y[...]

108 Balance-rr (Round- Robin ) Round-R obin mode i s good f or general purpose load bala ncing bet ween two Et hernet int erfaces. This mode tr ansmits packets in sequenti al order from the firs t availa ble slave thr ough the l ast. Balance-rr provides load balan cing and f ault tolerance. Supports static trunking. Make sure static tr unking is en[...]

109 Ba lance-tlb (Adaptive Transmit Lo ad Balancing) Balance-t lb uses ch annel bon ding that d oes not require any special swit ch. The o utgoing tr affic is distributed according to the c urrent load on each Ethernet i nterface (c ompute d relative to t he speed.) Inco ming traffic i s received by the current Ethernet i nterface. If the receivi n[...]

110 Ico n / Op tio n Na me Des cri pti on Rescan Rescan Search for Wi-Fi net works i n range. Secured network The Wi- Fi network r equires a network key. Connect Connect to a Wi -Fi network. If a se curity ke y is required, yo u will be prompted t o enter th e key. Edit Edit the co nnection i nformatio n. You can select to automatically connect to [...]

111 You can ch oose to con nect to an ad hoc ne twork in which you c an connect to any wir eless devices wit hout the need for an access poi n t. To s et up, foll ow these s teps: 1. Enter the n etwork na me (SSID) of the wire less netw ork and se lect the s ecurity ty pe. o No authentic ation (Op en): No security key r equired. o WEP: Ent er up to[...]

112  SSH  Qsync for Wi ndows  Netbak Repl icator To use this f unction, select t he option " Enable IP v6" and click "Apply" . The NAS will res tart. After the sy stem re starts, go to the IPv6 page. The s ettings o f the IPv6 i nterfac e will be shown. Click t he "E dit" butto n to edit the settings:[...]

113 DD NS Ser vi ce To allow re mote acce ss to the N AS using a domain nam e instead of a dynami c IP addr ess, enable the D DNS serv ice. The NAS su pports t he DDNS provi ders: htt p://www .dyndns.co m , http://u pdate.ods. org , http://w ww.dhs.org , http ://www. dyns.cx , http:/ /www.3322 .org , http:/ /www.no -ip.com , http://w ww.Selfhost. d[...]

114 Thunderbolt Management Go to "Co ntrol Panel" > "Syste m Settings" > "Thun derbolt Man agement" t o configur e the NAS Thunderbolt settin gs. On this pa ge, you can configure T hunder bolt Bridge Ad dresses, t he Thun derbolt int erface, and monitor ban dwidth u sage.  Thun de rb olt bri dge a ddr es s:[...]

115 applicable m odels, please refer to t he pro duct compariso n table on t he QNAP we bsite.[...]

116 Security Go to "Co ntrol Panel" > "Syste m Settings" > "Sec urity" to confi gure relev ant security settings for your N AS. Sec uri ty Level Specify the I P addres s or networ k domain f rom which connectio ns to the NA S are allo wed or denied. Whe n the con nection of a host serv er is denie d, all the prot[...]

117 Secure Sock et Layer ( SSL) is a protocol for encrypte d communi cation bet ween we b servers and browsers for secu re data transfer. You c an upload an SS L certific ate issu ed by truste d providers. Aft er uploa ding an SSL certificat e, users can connect t o the ad ministrati on interface of t he NAS by SSL and th ere will not be any alert [...]

118 Hardware Go to "Co ntrol Panel" > "Syste m Settings" > "Har dware" to co nfigure t he NAS har dware functions. Gen er al  Enab le co nfi gur atio n r ese t s wit ch: When t his is ena bled, you can press t he reset button for 3 seconds t o reset t he administr ator p assword and t he system settin gs to[...]

119 o Adv anc ed syst e m r es et: You will hear two beeps after c ontinuously pressing t he reset butt on. The NA S will reset all system set tings to default (si milar to th e system reset in "A dministrati on" > "R estore to Factory D efault") e xcept all t he NAS data will be reserve d. Settin gs such as user s, user grou[...]

120 Smart Fan C onfigurati on:  Enab le sm art fa n (r ec omm e nde d) : Select to use the default smart f an setti ngs or t o manually defi ne the s ettings. When the sy stem default setti ngs are sele cted, t he fan rotation spe ed will be automatic ally adjuste d when t he NAS tem perature, CP U temperatur e, and har d drive te mperature m[...]

121 Power You can rest art or shut down t he NA S, s pecify th e behav ior of the NAS after a po wer recover y, and set the schedule f or autom atic syste m power on /off/rest art on this page. EuP Mo de Co nfig ur atio n EuP (also Energy- using Pr oducts) i s a European Union ( EU) directi ve desig ned to i mprove the energy effi ciency of el ectr[...]

122 Wak e- on -LA N (W OL) Enable this option to allow users to power on the NAS re motely by Wake o n LAN. If t he power cable is un plugged w hen the NA S is tur ned off, Wake on LAN will not funct io n even if t he power su pply is reco nnecte d afterwards. To wake up the NAS when it i s in sleep mode or powered down, press the NAS po wer butto [...]

123 Notification Go to "Co ntrol Panel" > "Syste m Settings" > "Notifi cation" to c onfigur e NAS notifi cations. E-m ail The NAS su pports em ail alerts to inform th e administr ator of sys tem errors and warnin gs. To receive alert s by em ail, confi gure the S MTP server.  Select an e mail accou nt: sp e[...]

124 Configure t he SMSC server setti ngs to se nd SMS me ssages to specified phone num bers fro m the NAS. F ollow these steps to set up a S MSC ser ver : 1. Choose an SMS servi ce provider. The def ault SMS s ervice provi der is Clickatell. Y ou can add your ow n SMS se rvice provi der by sele cting "Add SMS Provi der" from the dro p - d[...]

125 Android server mecha nisms.[...]

126 Firmware Update Go to "Co ntrol Panel" > "Syste m Settings" > "Firm ware Updat e" to u pdate the fir mware version of t he N AS. Live Up dat e Select "Aut omatically check if a newer ver sion is av ailable wh en log ging into the NAS web administr ation interfa ce" to allow t he NAS to automatic all[...]

12 7 4. Click "Brow se" to sele ct the fir mware im age for t he system update. Click "Upd ate System" to update th e firm ware. The syste m update may take seconds, min utes or lo nger to co mplete de pending o n the network co nnection status. Th e NAS will i nform yo u when t he syste m update ha s complete d. Not e:  I[...]

128 Backup/Restore Go to "Co ntrol Panel" > "Syste m Settings" > "Backu p/Restore" t o back up, restore your NAS or restore y our NAS t o factory default set tings. Back up /Re st ore S etti ng s  Back up S yste m Se tti ngs : To back up all the s ettings, i ncluding the user a ccounts, server name , networ[...]

129  Rest or e Fa cto ry Def au lts & Fo rm at all Vol um es : Restore s yste m settings to default an d form ats all di sk vol ume s .  Rese t Set tin gs: Restore system settings t o default without erasing user data.  Rei niti aliz e N AS: Er ase s a ll da ta and rei nitialize s the NAS. Caut io n: The ad ministrat or's[...]

130 External Device Go to "Co ntrol Panel" > "Syste m Settings" > "Exter nal Stora ge" to config ure exter nal storage devices, U SB printer s and UPS systems. For details o n these feat ures, refer t o the f ollowing li nks:  External St orage  USB Printer  UPS[...]

1 31 External Storage The NAS su pports USB and eSATA storage d evices for backup and data storag e. Conn ect the external st orage devi ce to a USB or an eSA TA port of the NAS and its d etails will be shown o n this page. In this cha pter, the f ollowi ng topics are covere d:  Storage Infor mation  Format  Eject  Encryptio[...]

132 Not e: We recom mend form atting disk v olumes lar ger tha n 2TB usin g EXT4, NT FS, or HFS+. Ejec t "Eject" offer s two different o ptions. "Disc onnect di sk partitio n" allows yo u to rem ove a si ngle disk partitio n or a disk dri ve in a multi -driv e enclos ure. "Remove device" allows yo u to disconnect exter[...]

133 1. To change t he encry ption passwor d or do wnload an encrypti on key fil e, click " Encryption Manageme nt". 2. Select " Manage encry ption key". Click "Nex t". 3. Select to c hange the encryptio n passwor d or downl oad the e ncryptio n key file t o the loc al PC. Dat a Sh ar ing Select "Dat a sharin g&quo[...]

134 USB Printer The NAS su pports net work pri nting sharing servic e over local networks and the Internet i n Windows, Mac, and Li nux (Ubu ntu) environ ments. U p to 3 USB p rinters are supporte d. To share a U SB printe r, connect the printer to a USB port on the NAS . The pri nter will be automatically detecte d and its i nformation displ ayed.[...]

135  Bonj ou r pr in ter sup p ort: Select t his option to broa dcast printin g service to Mac use rs via Bonjour. When n aming yo ur printer, t he name can only cont ain "a -z", "A- Z", "0-9", dot (.), co mma (,) an d dash ( - ). Maxi mu m Pri nt er J obs an d Bl ac kli st  Maxi mu m pri nt er jo bs per pr[...]

136 Windows 7 Follow these steps to set up your printer connectio n: 1. Go to Devic es and Pri nters. 2. Click "A dd a printer". 3. In the Ad d printer wizard, click " Add a network, wir eless or Bl uetooth printer". 4. While Wi ndows is se arching for available n etwork pri nters, click "The pri nter th at I want isn'[...]

13 7 Mac OS 10.6 If you are u sing Mac OS 10.6, f ollow these steps to configure t he NAS pri nter functi on: 1. First make sure th at Bonjour is enabled o n the NAS in "Exter nal Device" > "USB Pri nter" > "Setting s". You c an change t he Service Name t o better re present t he printer . 2. On your M ac, go to [...]

138 Mac OS 10.5 If you are u sing Mac OS X 10.5, fol low th ese ste ps to confi gure the NAS printer f unction: 1. Go to "Net work Servi ces" > "Wi n/Mac/ MFS" > "Mi crosoft Net workin g". Enter a workgrou p name for t he NAS. Y ou will n eed this in formatio n later. 2. Go to "Pri nt & Fax" o n you[...]

139 Mac OS 10.4 If you are u sing Mac OS 10.4, f ollow these steps to configure t he NAS pri nter func tion: 1. On the tool bar, click " Go/Utilitie s". 2. Click "Print er Setup Utility". 3. Click "A dd". 4. Hold the " alt" key an d click "More Pr inter s". 5. In the po p up window , select " A[...]

140 Linux (Ubuntu 1 0.10) If you are u sing Linux (Ubunt u 10.10), follo w these steps to c onfigure t he NAS pri nter function: 1. Click the "Sy stem" t ab, choo se "Admini stration". T hen select "Printi ng". 2. Click "A dd". 3. Click "Net work Print er", and th en select " Internet Pri nting[...]

141 UPS By enabli ng UPS (Uni nterrupti ble Power S upply) s upport, you can prote ct your N AS from abnormal sy stem shu tdown cau sed by pow er disruptio n. There are two o ptions provi ded on the "UPS" page for t he NAS d uring a po wer failure: 1) turn off the serv er after t he AC pow er fails, or 2) e nter the auto- protecti on mode[...]

142 3. Select "APC UPS wit h SNMP ma nagement" f rom the "Pr otocol" drop down menu. 4. Enter the IP address of the SNM P- based UPS. 5. Choose bet ween whet her t he NAS should sh ut down or enter auto - protecti on mode after the AC po wer fails. S pecify the ti me in min utes that t he NAS should wait before exe cuting the op[...]

143 Not e: To allo w the UPS device to s end SNMP alerts to t he NAS i n the eve nt of power l oss, you may h ave to ente r the NAS IP address i n the UPS c onfigurati on page. Beha vi or o f t he UP S Fe atu re of the NA S There are t hree phase s during a power outag e:  Phase 1: Po wer loss s tarts until t he end of t he waiti ng time. [...]

144 System Status Go to "Co ntrol Panel" > "Syste m Settings" > "Syste m Status" to check the statu s of yo ur NAS. Syst e m I nfor mat io n View the su mmary of system infor mation s uch as the server nam e, CPU, m emory, fir mware and system up time on this p age. Not e: CPU and m emory infor mation is only ava[...]

145 Reso ur ce Mo nit or You can vie w the CP U usage, disk usage, and bandwi dth transfer statisti cs of the NAS .  CPU Usage: Shows t he CPU usage of the NAS.  Memory Us age: Show s the me mory usage of the NAS by real -time dynamic gr aph.  Disk Usage: Shows t he disk spa ce usage o f each di sk volume and its sh ared folders. [...]

146 System Logs Go to "Co ntrol Panel" > "Syste m Settings" > "Syste m Logs" to config ure the lo gs setting s of your NAS. Syst e m Ev ent Lo gs The NAS ca n store 10,00 0 rece nt event lo gs, inclu ding warni ngs, errors, and infor mation. If the NAS doe s not fu nction corre ctly, refer t o the ev ent logs for[...]

14 7 Not e: For AFP a nd SSH con nections, t he system can only re cord lo gin and logo ut events. Onli ne Use rs The infor mation of online users co nnected t o the NAS by network ing services is shown here. Tip : Right click o n a recor d to disconn ect the IP connectio n and block the IP. Sysl og Cli ent Ma na ge men t Syslog is a standard f or [...]

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149 Privilege Settings Go to "Co ntrol Panel" > "Privile ge Syste ms" to config ure privile ge settin gs, disk q uotas and domain securi ty on th e NAS. For setup details, ref er to the foll owin g links:  Users  User Grou ps  Share Folders  Quota  Domain Se curity[...]

150 Users The NAS cr eates the f ollowing users by def ault:  admin: The administr ator "admi n" has full access to system adm inistration and all sh ared folders. It cannot be deleted.  guest: This i s a built -in u ser and will not be displaye d on the "U ser Mana gement" p age. A guest doe s not belo ng to a ny us[...]

151  Creating a User  Creating Multiple User s  Importing/ Exporting Users  Home Fold ers Cre ati ng a Us er To create a user on t he NAS, foll ow the st eps belo w: 1. Go to "Co ntrol Panel" > "Privile ge Settin gs" > "User s". 2. Click "Creat e" > "Cr eate a User".[...]

152 Imp or ting u ser s Before im porting user s to t he NAS, mak e sure yo u have b acked up the ori ginal us ers' settin gs by exporti ng the us ers. Follo w these ste ps to i mport users to the NA S: 1. Go to "Co ntrol Panel" > "Privile ge Settin gs" > "User s". 2. Click "Creat e" > "I m[...]

153 4. Open the C SV file wit h Notep ad and save it in UTF -8 encodin g if it contain s double - byte characters. BIN (E xpo rt ed from t he NA S) The BIN fil e is export ed from a QNAP NAS . It cont ains infor mation i ncluding us ername, password, quota, an d user gro up. The quot a setting can only be export ed when t he quot a function is e na[...]

154 User Groups A user group is a coll ection of users wit h the same access right s to files or folders. The NAS creates t he following user gro ups by defa ult:  administr ators: All t he memb ers in this group hav e administra tion right s o f the NAS. This group cann ot be delet ed.  everyone: All the re gistered u sers belon g to t[...]

155 Shared Folders Go to "Co ntrol Panel" > "Privile ge Settin gs" > "Shar ed Folders" to confi gure share d folders of your NAS. This chapter covers t he followi ng topics:  Shared Fold ers  Folder Encry ption  ISO Shared Folders  Folder Aggre gation Sha re d Fo ld ers You can create mul [...]

156 TS -4 59U -RP+/SP+, TS-459 Pro+, TS-459 Pr o II, TS-559 P ro+, TS -559 Pro II, TS- 659 P ro+, TS-659 Pr o II, TS-85 9 Pro+, TS - 859U -RP, TS- 859U - RP+, TS-809 Pro, TS-80 9U-RP, TS-x70 , TS -879 Pro, TS- 1079 Pro, TS- 879U -RP, TS- EC879U- RP, TS - 1279U -RP, TS- EC1279U- RP, TVS-471, T VS - 671, TVS-87 1, TVS- 871U -RP, TVS-127 1U-R P, TVS-4[...]

15 7 note that th e Recycle Bin optio n is only av ailable after you en able Network R ecycle Bin in "Control Panel" > "Net work Servi ces" > "Net work Rec ycle Bin". o Ena ble Sync on t his shared f older: En able this o ption if yo u want to sync the contents in this sh ared folder. Refer to Qsync Centra l Stat[...]

158 2. Go to "Privile ge S etting s" > " Shared F olders" > "S hared Folder s" tab. Select a r oot fo lder, for example Dept, a nd click " Folder Per missions". T he shared fol der na me and its first-level subfolder s are sho wn o n the left. The users with confi gured acces s rights are shown in th e [...]

159 o Apply chang es to files and subfol ders: Ap ply permissi ons setti ngs exce pt owner protection a nd root fold er write pr otection settings to all the fi les and subfolders within the selecte d folder. T hese setti ngs incl ude new users, deleted users, modified permissions, and folder o wner. T he option s "Only t he owner c an delete [...]

160 Microsoft Netwo rking Host Acce ss Contro l NAS folder s can be ac cessed via Samba ( Windows) by default. Y ou can spe cify auth orized IP addresses a nd hosts by followi ng these ste ps: 1. Click "Fold er Permissi ons". 2. Select " Microsoft Net working host access" from the drop -dow n menu o n top of t he page. 3. Specif[...]

161 Encr ypt in g a nd loc ki ng a sha re d fold er To encrypt a nd lock a shared fol der, follow these step s: 1. Enable fold er encrypti on: o When yo u create a fol der, tick " Encryp tion" un der "Folder E ncryptio n", enter a password and choose to save a n encryptio n key. o To encrypt a n existi ng folder, click "Edi[...]

162  NAS also offer s volu me- based encry ption. See Volu me Encryp tion for more d etails.  The default s hared fol ders can not be encry pted. ISO Sh are d F old er s You can mount ISO im age files o n the NAS as ISO shares . The NAS supports mountin g up to 256 ISO shar es. TS -110, TS -119, T S-120, TS -121, TS -210, TS- 219, TS -2[...]

163 You can aggr egate t he share d folders on Microsoft network as a port al folder o n the NAS a nd let NAS us ers access t he folder s through y our NA S. Up to 10 folders ca n be linked to a port al folder. To use this f unction, fol low th ese steps: 1. Enable fold er aggregati on. 2. Click "Creat e a Port al Folder". 3. Enter the p [...]

164 Permissio ns" is ena bled, click "F older Per missions" under the "S hared Fol ders" tab to configure subfolder permissi on settin gs. See Shar ed Folders" > "Folder P ermissi on of thi s section for d etails. Wind ow s ACL Use "Win dows ACL" t o config ure the su bfolder and file level permiss io[...]

165 Quota To efficiently allocate storage space, yo u can specify quotas t hat can be u sed by ea ch user. When this i s enable d and a user has reach ed the quota, the u ser ca nnot uploa d any more data to the NA S. By def ault, no li mitations are set for t he users. You c an modify t he follo wing options:  Enable quot a for all u sers ?[...]

166 Domain Security The NAS supports user authenti cation by l ocal access right manag ement, Microsoft Acti ve Directory (Windows Serv er 2003/2008/20 12), and Ligh tweight Directory Access P rotocol (LDAP) directory. By joining the NAS to an Acti ve Director y or a LDAP di rectory, the AD or L DAP users can ac cess the NAS using th eir own accoun[...]

167 Joining NAS to Ac tive Director y (Windows Serve r 2003/2008/2 012) Active Dire ctory is a directory used in Windows e nvironments to centrally store, sh are, and manage a net work's i nformation and resou rces. It is a hierarchi cal data centr e whi ch centrally holds infor mation for users, user grou ps, a nd the co mputers for secure ac[...]

168 3. Enter the d omain n ame of t he domain name servi ce (DNS.) The NetB IOS name will be automatically generat ed whe n you enter t he dom ain name. Specify t he DNS serv er IP for domain resol ution. T he IP must be the s ame as the DNS serv er of yo ur Active Director y. Click "Next" . 4. Select a domain contr oller from t he drop -[...]

169 4. In "Local Se curity Set ting" sele ct "Send L M & NTLMv2 – use NT LMv2 sessi on sec urity if negotiate d" from the l ist. Then click "OK". Verifying the se ttings To verify th at the NA S has succ essfully joi ned the Active Dir ectory, go to "Privile ge Settin gs" > "Users" and &quo[...]

170 Connecting NAS to an LDAP Direc tory LDAP (Lig htweight Dir ectory Ac cess Proto col) is a dire ctory th at can stor e the infor mation of every user and group in a centraliz ed server . Administr ators ca n use LDAP to m anage u sers in the LDAP directory and allow t hem to co nnect to multiple NAS with the same logi n details. This feature is[...]

171 4. Click "A pply" to save t he sett ings. Upon suc cessful co nfiguratio n, the NAS will be able t o connect to t he LDAP server. 5. Configure L DAP authe ntication options. o If Microsoft N etworki ng has bee n enabled (Network S ervices > Win/Ma c/NFS > Microsoft N etworking ) when app lying the L DAP set ti ngs, specify the u[...]

172 B. Sam ba sch e ma To import t he a Sam ba schema t o the LDAP server, ple ase refer t o the do cumentati on or FAQ of the LDAP server. A samba.s chema file i s require d and can be f ound in t he directory examples/L DAP in t he Samba so urce distrib ution. Ex ample for o pen -l dap in the Lin ux server where the LDAP serv er is run ning (it c[...]

173 Domain Controller The Turbo NAS can now act as a d omain controll er for Windows. IT adm ini strators can easil y configure the Turbo NAS as the centerpi ece of domai n directory s ervices for th eir organiz ation to store user account i nformation, manage us er authenti cation and enforce securi ty for a Win dows domain. Note: Thi s function i[...]

17 4 After a domai n controller is enabl ed, only th e domain users can c onnect to Mi crosoft Networkin g shared folders. Pl ease be sure to grant sha red fol der permissions to do main users and g roups. Not e: The NAS can only act as eith er a domain controller or LDAP server. If the opt ion "Enable Dom ain Contr oller" is gr ayed out,[...]

175 3. Select the option "Ov erwrite existing users" to o verwrite ex isting do main user s (or l eave this option unchecked if yo u want to i mport domain users withou t ov erwriti ng exist on es.) Click "Brow se" and s elect a CSV file whic h contain s the user i nformati on in the foll owin g format (ac count, pass word, des [...]

17 6 Properties the first log in, acco unt expiratio n date, des cription an d email. Ed it Group Membershi p Choose whi ch domain group(s) t he domai n user belo ngs to. Edit User Profile Specify the profile pat h, login scri pt, and hom e folder of an domain user account. For user profil es:  Profile path: Speci fy the shared fol der where [...]

177 Editing group m embers To edit domai n members withi n a group, foll ow the steps below: 1. Go to "Cont rol Panel " > "Privil ege Settings" > "Domai n Controll er" > "Groups" tab . 2. Cli ck the "Edit Group M embershi p" button und er "Action". 3. Sel ect and check domai n use[...]

178 p DNS The Domain Name System, or DNS, can help th e domain controller locate se rvices and devi ces within the domain (or vi ce versa) usi ng service and resour ce records. Tw o DNS zones a re created by default (the domain created when you first set up the NAS as the d omain cont roller and the zone wit h a name starting wit h _msdcs.) System [...]

179 3. Cli ck "Yes". Back up /Re st ore The domain controller status can be bac ked u p or restored usi ng the ba ckup/restore functi on. Onl y the first domain controller needs to be backed up. In an AD envi ronment where m ore than one do main controller presents, there are some restri ctions and limi tations associated wit h the resto [...]

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181 Network Serv ices Go to "Co ntrol Panel" > "Networ k Service s" to confi gure netw ork servic es on th e NAS. For setup details, ref er to the foll owin g links:  Win/Mac/NF S  FTP  Telnet/SS H  SNMP Setti ngs  Service Dis covery  Network_R ecycle_Bi n  Qsync Centr al Station[...]

182 Win/Mac/NFS Go to "Co ntrol Panel" > "Networ k Service s" > "Win /Mac/NFS" t o confi gure networki ng services. In this cha pter, the fo llowing to pics are cov ered:  Microsoft N etworking  Apple Netw orking  NFS Servi ce Mic roso ft Net wo rki ng To allow access to t he NAS on Micr osoft W[...]

183 AD Dom ai n M em be r Use Microsoft Active Dire ctory (AD ) to aut henticate users. To use this o ption, e nable Active Directory authentic ation in "Privil ege Setti ngs" > "Domain Se curity" a nd join t he NAS to an Active Dire ctory. LDA P Dom ain A uth en tica tio n Use an LDAP directory to authentic ate the users. To[...]

184  Aut oma tic all y re gis ter in DN S: When t his optio n is enable d and the N AS is join ed to an Active Dire ctory, t he NAS will automati cally re gister itself i n the dom ain DNS serv er. This will cr eate a DNS host entry for the N AS in t he DNS serv er. If the N AS IP c hanges, the NAS will automati cally update t he IP in th e D[...]

185 mou nt -t nfs <N AS IP >:/ <Sh ar ed Fo lder N ame > <D ire cto ry t o Mo un t> For example , if the IP address of your N AS is 192.168. 0.1 and y ou want t o link th e shared folder "publ ic" under t he / mnt/pu b directory , use this c omman d: mou nt -t nfs 19 2.1 68 .0.1 :/p ubli c /m nt /pu b Not e: You m ust lo[...]

186 FTP Go to "Co ntrol Panel" > "Networ k Service s" > "FTP" t o Confi gure the FTP server. FTP Se rvi ce When yo u enable the FTP service, y ou ca n specify the port nu mber an d the maxi mum number of u sers that are allowe d to connec t to the N AS by FTP at the s ame time. To use the FTP service of the NAS, [...]

187  Con nec tio n: Enter th e maximu m number o f allowed FT P con nectio ns f or the NAS and a single acco unt and c heck "Enabl e FTP tran sfer limit ation" to s pecify t he maxim um uploa d and downlo ad rates. Not e: The m aximum nu mber of FTP connectio ns varies based on th e size of RA M installe d on the NAS:  If the [...]

188 Telnet/SSH Enable this option to connect to t he NAS by Tel net or S SH encry pted co nnection (o nly the "admin" acco unt can r emotely l ogin.) Use Telnet or S SH conne ction clie nts, for exa mple, putty for co nnectin g. Make sure t he specifi ed ports have bee n opened o n the router or firewall. To use SFTP (SSH Fil e Transfer P[...]

189 SNMP Settings Enable SNMP ( Simpl e Network Managem ent Proto col) on t he NAS and enter the tr ap addres s of the SNMP managem ent statio ns (SNMP manager) - for ex ample, a PC with SNM P softwar e installed. When an ev ent, w arning, or err or occ urs on the N AS, it will r eport a real -tim e alert to SNMP m anageme nt statio ns. The fields [...]

190 between t he managem ent statio n and the NAS. The community string is in cluded in ev ery pack et that i s transmitted between t he SNMP manager an d the SN MP agent. SNMP V3 The NAS su pports SNMP version 3. Specify th e authenti cation and privacy set tings if available.[...]

191 Service Discovery Go to "Co ntrol Panel" > "Networ k Service s" > "Servi ce Discov ery" to configure t he UPnP discovery service a nd Bonjour . UPn P Di sc ove ry Se rvi ce When a UP nP device i s added to t he net work, t he UPnP discovery proto col allow s the devic e to advertis e its servi ces to th e net[...]

192 Network Recycle Bin The Network Recycle Bin retain s files delet ed on th e NAS. Wit hin each s hared folder, a dedicated f older with the name @R ecycle i s create d after the i nitial QTS i nstallati on. Specify the num ber of days (1-180 ) to ret ain files a nd the da ily ti me. You can also s pecify the file extensions t o be excl uded from[...]

193 Caut io n: All of th e fil e s in net wo rk r ec ycl e b ins wil l b e p erm ane ntl y d ele te d whe n fi le s ar e d ele te d i n "@ Re cycl e" on the n et wor k sh ar e o r w hen yo u cli ck "Emp t y Al l N etw or k Rec ycle Bi ns" . The Net work Rec ycle Bin f eature is n ot s upported for USB/eSA TA extern al storage de[...]

194 Qsync Central Station Qsync Centr al Station 2.0 is a clo ud -based file synchr onization s ervice o n the NAS. Si mply add files to yo ur local Qsync fo lder, and the y will be available o n your N AS and all its connecte d devices. In this cha pter, the fo llowing to pics are cov ered:  Before you Start  Starting Qsync Client ?[...]

195 o Go to "Co ntrol Panel" > "Privile ge Settin gs" > "User s" > cli ck "Create" ( or go to "Qsyn c Central Stati on 2.0" > "Users" > " Create a U ser".) o Only NAS administr ators can cre ate acco unts. 2. Dow nl oadi ng Qs ync Clie nt Follow the in struction s [...]

196 2. For mobile devices ( Qfile), co py or move files into t he local Qsync fol der. 3. For the NAS , copy or move file s to the Qsy nc folder using File St ation. Not e:  If files are " dragged and drop ped" to the lo cal Qsy nc folder, th ey will be moved ( and not copied) t o that fol der if th e files and th e local Qsync fol [...]

19 7 You can sh are a folde r with a user group. If a ny member from the group share s the files i n the folder, ot her me mbers can r eceive t he file. 1. Create user accounts in the NAS for each gr oup mem ber. 2. Ensure that a Qsync Client is i nstalled o n each mem ber’s devi ce. 3. Right click o n the fol der you w ant to s hare in the lo ca[...]

198 3. Click "Setti ngs" on t he botto m-r ight side of the scr een. 4. Scroll down and look f or "Auto upload from photo gallery" and cli ck on "Set up now". 5. Select a N AS to upload photos a nd vi deos to. 6. Select the f older. 7. Select " Use default se tting" ( /Qsync/ Camera Uplo ads) or sele ct "[...]

199 b. View files by the we b browser: Br owse fil es in the Q sync folder using File Station. 2. Control synchroniz ation progr ess: a. Pause synci ng / Resu me syncin g: Click t o pause or re sume sy ncing. b. Sync with NA S now: Force Q sync to scan again and r efresh the s ynchro nization li st. 3. Informatio n for synci ng and sh aring: a. Sha[...]

200 i. Set up E- mail: Set up an email acco unt for s haring file li nks. Yo u can use t he NAS SMTP server settin gs (for administr ators o nly), your P C’s mail ser ver setti ngs, or configure a new SMTP server. e. Proxy: i. Set up Proxy : Use a proxy serv er for the Qsync clie nt device . f. Advanced: i. Debug lo g: The syste m will recor d al[...]

201 from the menu bar, "M ore Action" > "Pr evious Versions". Or just click the "S how Rig ht Panel" > "ver sion" to show t he versio n list. Rest ori ng pre vi ous ve rsio ns In the ver sion history page, select the v ersion yo u want to r estore and click "R estore".  Click "Dow n[...]

202 versions will be drop ped. Only th e equiv alent numb er of latest v ersions as of the ne w settings will be kept.  The deletio n will only take effe ct after y ou click "A pply" or "Appl y All".  The maxim um numb er of versi ons supporte d for Ver sion Control is 64. Mana gi ng or Mo nit ori ng Qsyn c Sta tus v[...]

203 Administrat ors can no w apply pr e- config ured settin gs to devi ces that con nect to th e NAS for the first ti me, restrict users’ ri ght on mo difications t o all or cert ain prefere nce settin gs of their client utilitie s, edit s ettings f or individu al Qsync client devi ces online , or set a management password (a master password for [...]

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205 Business Application s The followi ng NAS fu nctions ar e designed to meet bu siness nee ds. For setup details, ref er to the foll owin g links:  Antivirus  Backup_St ation  File_Statio n  iSCSI Servi ce  LDAP Server  SQL Server  NTP Servic e  RADIUS Server  Syslog Serv er  TFTP Server[...]

206 Antivirus Configure a ntivirus fe atures o n this page. Over vie w  Antivirus: U se the ant ivirus to scan the NAS manually or on rec urring sche dules. It will delete, qu arantine, or report files i nfected by viruses, malware, T rojans, and oth er malicious t hreats. To use this f eature, sele ct "Ena ble antiviru s" and cli c[...]

207 The NAS su pports manual and sch eduled sc anning of all or specifi c shared f olders. Up to 64 schedules can be cre ated an d up to 5 sca n jobs ca n run conc urrently. To cr eate a sc an job, follow the se steps. 1. Go to "Ap plications" > "Antivir us" > "Sc an Jobs". C li ck "A dd a Sc an Job". 2[...]

208 Butt on Na me Des cri pti on Run Run the s can job now . Stop Stop the sc an job. Edit Edit the sc an job setti ngs. View last run log Open the la st virus s can su mmary. Delete Delete the scan job. Rep or ts View or dow nload the reports of t he latest scan jobs on the NAS. Butt on Na me Des cri pti on Download Download th e virus sc an repor[...]

209 Restore Selected Files Restore Sel ected Files Restore m ultiple files on the li st. Delete Selected Files Delete Sele cted Files Delete mult iple files o n the list. T he files c ann ot be recovered. Delete All Files Delete All Files Delete all of the file s on the list. The file s cannot be recovered.[...]

210 Backup Station Configure the NAS a s a backup serve r, remote repli cation, cloud backup and exte rnal backup with the Backup Stati on. For details o n the fe atures, please refer to the foll owing link s:  Backup Server  Remote Rep lication  Snapshot R eplica  Cloud Back up  External Ba ckup Not e: Snapshots a nd [...]

211 Backup Server Rsyn c Se rver Enable Rsy nc server t o config ure the NA S as a ba ckup server for data backup fro m a remot e Rsync server or NAS server. T he default port number for re mote re plicatio n vi a Rsyn c i s 873 . Specify the maximum downloa d rate for bandwidt h control. 0 means unlimite d.  Enab le b acku p f ro m a re mot [...]

212 You can ch eck and manage back up jobs fr om other NAS that use the curr ent NAS as a target desti nation for their backup. To check back up jobs, cli ck the "I ncoming Li st" tab and the details (including the jo b name, so urce NAS, destinatio n NAS, job sc hedule a n d job status) of t he backup jobs will b e shown i n the list. Y [...]

213  Date Modifi ed: Last m odified date of this Ti me Machin e backup.  Delete: Del ete the selected Tim e Ma chine b ackup.[...]

214 Remote Replication This chapter covers the foll owing topics:  NAS to NAS and R sync  RTRR  Downloadi ng Replication Job Logs NAS to NA S and Rs ync The NAS data can be backed up to a r emote NAS o r Rsync server usi ng Rsync remote replication. If the backup desti nation is a NAS, g o to "Main Men u" > "Back[...]

215 o Delete extra fil es on remote desti nation: Sel ect this opti on to synchronize the source data with the destin ation data (one- way synchroni zation.) Extra fil es on the destin ation will be del eted. Source data will remain uncha nged. o Handle sparse fi les efficiently: A spars e file i s a type of computer fi le that contains l arge bloc[...]

216 Real-ti me Remote Replicati on (RTRR) provides real -time or sch eduled data repli cation and one -way and two-way data synch ronization betwe en two locati ons (such as a lo cal NAS and a rem ote NAS, local NAS and an FTP server, o r local NAS and an ext ernal drive, or repl ication betwe en two loca l folders.) In real -ti me mode, the source[...]

217 Acti on remo te fol der loca l fold er/ ex ter nal dri ve loca l fo ld er Backup   Synchronizat ion    Restoration   Two synchroni zation options are avai labl e: one-way syn chroniz ation and two-way synchroniz ation. o For one-way synchr onizati on, you can choose to:  Synchro ni ze data from a [...]

218 o Daily: Speci fy the time wh en a dail y backup should be exec uted (f or exampl e: 02:02 every day.) o Weekly: Select a day of the week and the ti me when a we ekly backup s hould be executed . o Monthly: Sel ect a day of the mont h and the ti me when a mont hly backup shoul d be executed. o Occurs once at: Sp ecify the date an d ti me the sc[...]

219 o File date/ti me: Specify the date and time of the fil es to be repli cated. 10. Click "Next". 11. Confirm the setti ngs and click "Ne xt". 12. Click "Fini sh" to exit the wiz ard. Icon Name Description Enable and Start Enable connecti on to a remote serv er. Start a repli cation job. Stop Stop connection to a rem[...]

220 Snapshot Replica The Snapshot Repl ica all ows you to repli cate the volume/LUNs between di fferent remote server s using snapshot technol ogy, whi ch provides a flexib le and effici ent backup servi ce for IT professi onals. To use this functi on, please enabl e the SSH ser ver ("Control Panel" > "Netw ork Services" >[...]

221 o Compress fil es during transmi ssion: Enabl e this option to all ow file compressi on during the data transfer process. Th is opti on is recommended f or a low bandwi dth environm ents or remote replication over WAN. 9. Cli ck "OK". If you select the "Execut e backup immedi ately" option, th e replication task will start a[...]

222 Cloud Backup Ama zon S 3 Amazon S3 (Simple Stor age Servic e) is an onli ne storag e web se rvice offere d by AWS (Amazon Web Service s.) It provi des a simpl e web servi ce interf ace that can be used to store and retrieve data fro m anywhere on the w eb. With A mazon S3, you can u pload dat a f rom your NAS to Amazon S3 or dow nload the d ata[...]

223 External Back up The followi ng topics a re covered i n this ch apter:  External Driv e  USB One To uch Copy Exte rn al D ri ve The NAS su pports re al-ti me and sche duled dat a backup be tween inter nal disks vol ume s on the NAS an d external USB/eSA TA stor age device s. To use this f eature, f ollow thes e steps. Not e: If an e[...]

224  The External Drive fe ature su pports u p to 32 jobs an d each jo b supports up to 16 folder pairs. 6. Choose bet ween real -tim e and sche duled back up. Real -ti me backup co pie s files that are new, chang ed, and re named fro m the sour ce folder t o the t arget folder a s soon as t he changes are made after t he first -ti me back up[...]

225 12. Click "Fi nish" to exit t he wiz ard. 13. The back up job and t he status will be sho wn on the l ist. Butt on Na me Des cri pti on Start Start a back up job. Stop Stop a back up job. Edit Edit the b ackup job. View / Downloa d View the jo b status an d logs. Download th e backu p job logs. Delete Delete a back up job. This butto [...]

226 Smart Import ( Beta) When a USB device ( such as a c amera) is connecte d to the fro nt USB p ort, all of the photo s and videos on the dev ice will be automati cally i mported to t he NAS without pre ssin g the "Copy" butto n. Impor ted files wil l be st ored in "S martImport," a newly -create d folder, under the default ba[...]

22 7 The NAS su pports i nstant data co py backup from USB d evices to the NAS or vi ce ver sa using the one tou ch copy button. T o use this f unction, fol low thes e steps: 1. Make sure a hard drive is installe d and form atted on th e NAS. 2. Configure t he behavio r of the Co py button i n "Back up Station" > "USB One T ouch C[...]

228 File Station File Station i s an online file management center. Wit h the File Sta tion, you can ac cess the NAS acros s the Internet, manag e files usin g a web browser, qui ckly find files, pl ay media fil es, set file and fol der permissions, and easily shar e your files and fol ders on the NAS. Topics covered in this chapt er:  Starti[...]

229 1 Left Panel Hide/Show the left pan el . 2 Search Bar Search fil es by their name, fil e type (musi c, video, or photo) or wi th advanced search . 3 Browsing Mode Switch between di fferent browsi ng modes (from l eft to right: Thu mbnail browsing mode/l ist browsing mode/detail browsing mode.) 4 Create Create a fold er/shared fold er or share s[...]

230  Set to show/hi de files and folders on th e local PC.  Set to show/hi de hidden fil es. 14 Help Review the onl ine help and check th e About informati on. 15 Right Panel Show/Hide the ri ght panel . Tip : If you ar e using Google C hrome, yo u can drag & drop files fro m your P C to File Station. Ho wever, som e computer s may [...]

231  Volume: Every sha red folder and f older on the NAS is li sted here. Dependin g on your NAS mod el, the default shared folders are different and can i nclude "Download", "homes" , "Mul timedia", "Public", "Recordi ngs", " USB" and "Web" . You can cli ck "+" n[...]

232 Open Enter the chosen sub folder. Download Compress and downl oad th e subfolder. Rename Rename the subfol der. Move Move the subfol der to another l ocation on the NAS . Delete Delete the subfol der. Cut/Paste Cut a subfol der and paste it to anothe r shared fold er. Add to Transcod e (Beta) Create transcod e tasks for the fi les withi n the s[...]

233 Copy/Paste Copy a subfol der and paste it to anoth er shared fol der. Share Share selected fil es/folders via emai l, social network, by sha red lin ks, or to other NAS us ers. Refer to th e Shari ng files secti on for more details. View in Office Online Open Office fil es stored on th e NAS using Office Online. The docum ent will be first upl [...]

234 have already b een transcoded i nto these re soluti ons. Cancel/Delete Transcoding Cancel/Delete tran scode task. Transcode Informati on Bring up th e Transcode Task wi ndow for you to revi ew transcode ta sks. Extract Extract the compr essed fil e. Compress(Zi p) Compress the fil e. Mount ISO Mount the iso i mage as a shar ed folder on the l e[...]

235 "Control Pa nel" > "Ne twork Servi ce" > " Service Dis covery" > " Bonjour".  Only MP4 vi deo files can be directly stre amed if y our NAS doe s not supp ort On -the -fly Transcodin g. You c an consi der transcodi ng them into differ ent media f ormats if t hey are desira ble. Playing media[...]

236 8 Play/Pause (photo s) Play/Pause phot os as slideshow. 9 Seek Bar Control the pl ayback progress. 10 Show/Hide Previ ew Bar Hide/show the pr eview bar. 11 Last Item/Next It em Play the last/ next item on the p review bar. 12 Preview Bar Preview the items in queue. 13 Subtitle Manage subti tles of the vi deo. 14 Resolution Change resolu tion an[...]

23 7 Not e: To sear ch across all fo lders o n the N AS, click th e drop down list in " Location" and select " … ". Setting file/fold er level permission You can set fil e or folder level pe rmissions on t he NAS usi ng File Stati on. Right click on a file/fol der and select "Prop erties". If "Advanced Fol der P[...]

238 To share fil es on the NAS usi ng File Stati on, right click on the fil es/folders and sel ect "Share". Th ere are four sharin g methods:  Via email : Enter the requi red fields (in cluding mail server from NAS or local computer, sende r, recipient, subject, me ssage, domai n name/IP an d link name), cho ose to incl ude SSL (htt[...]

239 4. Speci fy the email (optional ) and phone number (opti onal) for the user. 5. Choose to send an emai l notificati on to the newly -created user (opti onal), fill out the message details (inclu ding mail server (fr om NAS or loca l computer), send er, reci pient, subject, message, domain name/IP an d link name) an d choose to in clude SSL (htt[...]

240  To share link s by em ail, the e mail server settings m ust be pro perly co nfigured in "System Setti ngs" > "Notifi cation" > "SMTP Serv er".  Up to 1000 s haring li nks are s upported.  For best performance, use one of t he followi ng brows ers: IE 9 +, Firefox 3.6 +, Safari 5+, or Chro m[...]

241 LDAP Server The LDAP ser ver of t he NAS allo ws the ad ministrator to create users to access mult iple NAS servers wit h the sam e userna me and p assword. Con fig urin g LDA P Ser ver Follow these instructi ons to co nfigure the LDAP s erver. 1. Enable LDAP S erver: Login to th e NAS as "a dmin". Go t o "Applic ations" >[...]

242 join anot her NAS to t he LDAP domain, lo gin to the NA S and go to "Privil ege Setti ngs" > "Domain Se curity", se lect "LDAP authenti cation" and set "LDAP server of a remote N AS" as the server type. En ter the DN S name or IP addres s of the re mote NAS, t he name of the previo usly-cr eated LDAP d[...]

243 SQL Server You can en able an SQ L Serv er to be a website database. Not e: For legacy A RM mo dels (TS -x21, TS- x20, TS- x19, TS -x12 and TS -x10 ), MySQL will still be use d as the default SQL server. If y ou are using a legacy ARM mo del, you ca n still install Mari aDB from t he App Ce nter. Enab le TC P/I P Net wor kin g You can en able t[...]

244 Not e:  To use this f eature o n the TS -x39/ 509/809 series NAS, please up date the sy stem firmware with the i mage file enclo sed in the product CD or downl oad the lat est syste m firmware fro m htt p://www. qnap.com .  Do not delet e the ph pMyAdmin f older. You can rename t he folder but the li nk on th e MySQL serv er page wi[...]

245 NTP Service A NTP Server allows t he PCs, serv ers and other net work devic es to sy nchronize t heir time with the sa me refere nce: the N AS. It is useful (an d sometime s require d) to keep th e time synchronize d for all devices i n some envir onments. Sett in g up N TP Ser ve r To set up t he NTP Ser ver, first g o to "Contr ol Panel&[...]

246 RADIUS Server The NAS ca n be config ured as a R ADIUS (Re mote Auth entication Dial In Us er Service) server to provi de centralize d authentic ation, aut horizatio n, accounti ng mana gement for c omputers to connect and use a network service. To use this f eature, fo llow these st eps: 1. Enable RAD IUS Serve r on the NA S in "RADI US S[...]

24 7 Not e: The RA DIUS serv er only su pports PAP, E AP -TLS/P AP, and EAP -TT LS/PAP authenticati on for loc al NAS user accounts .[...]

248 Syslog Server Configure t he NAS as a Syslog ser ver, cre ate Syslo g filters and view av ailable Sy slog messages o n this p age. Ser ver S ettin gs  Ser ver S ettin gs: To confi gure the N AS as a Sys log server and allo w it to receiv e Sysl og messages fr om client s, enable Sy slog Server. S elect the protocols ( TCP and/or UDP) t he[...]

249 feature, co nfigure th e SMTP s erver setti ngs in "Sy stem Setti ngs" > "Notifi catio n" > "SMTP Server" . Next, enable e mail notificati on and sele ct the sev erity level in "Applicatio ns" > "Sysl og Server" > "Server Settings". Click "Ap ply" to s ave the set[...]

250 Edit Edit filter se ttings Delete Delete Delete filter s Sysl og Vi ewe r Use the Sysl og viewer to vie w the available Syslog messages o n the NAS. Select t o view the latest logs or the lo gs in a part icular arc hived file. Log files c an be acces sed on th e directory configure d in "Syslo g Server" > "S erver Set tings&qu[...]

251 TFTP Server Configure t he NAS as a TFTP (Trivi al File Tr ansfer Prot ocol) serve r for confi guration manageme nt of netw ork devices and remo te netw ork bootin g of comput ers for sy stem imaging or re covery. TFTP is a file transfer protocol with the fun ctionality of a very basic form of FTP. TFTP doe s not provide user authenticati on an[...]

252 details, please refer t o the DHCP Serv er cha pter[...]

253 Virtualization QNAP busi ness-cl ass Turbo N AS is a virt ualizatio n-r eady stor age soluti on design ed to optimize yo ur virt ualizatio n operation s. In additi on to t he support for VMware v Sphere, Microsoft Hyper-V and Citrix X enServer, t his stor age soluti on includes t he cutti ng edge VAAI for iSCSI, V AAI for NAS and ODX ( Offloade[...]

254  Har dwa re -a ssis ted L ock ing : Enables granular l ocking of b lock stora ge devices rather than locking the entir e LUN in SCSI. This feature permits the V Mware vS phere environme nt to scale up for mor e virtual machi nes and more ESXi host s without performa nce penalty and boosts efficiency when a si ngle dat astore is sh ared by[...]

255 A 10GbE (10 Gigabit Ethernet) network i s essential for busin esses tha t dem and high bandwidth f or virtuali zation an d fast backup and restor ation efficie ncy for an ever -gro wing amount of d ata. QNA P's 10G bE Turbo NAS series is an affordable and reli able stor age solution for deployin g a 10G bE environ ment. For det ail on 10G [...]

256 VPN Client The NAS provides t he VPN clie nt service which can co nnect to a VPN server vi a PPTP or OpenVPN. T he NAS also supports saving multi ple VPN settings to easily swit ch bet ween different co nnectio ns. Topics cover ed in thi s chapter:  Before you Start  Connect a VPN Server via PPTP  Connect a VPN Server via O pe[...]

25 7 The Point- to -Poi nt Tunnel ing Proto col (PPT P) is a com monly -u sed method for imple mentin g VPN and is support ed by mo st client s, includin g Window s, Mac OS X , Linux, a nd mobile devices. 1. Go to "Co ntrol Panel" > "VPN Cli ent". 2. Click "A dd" > "PPTP" t o conne ct a VPN s erver. 3. [...]

258 4. Choose "U se the foll owing IP address" and change t he Defa ult gateway t o the IP address of the NAS t hat is o perating th e VPN Clie nt servic e (in this c ase, it is 1 92.168.1.14 ) the n click "OK" . Con nec t a V PN serv er vi a Op enV PN The NAS als o support s OpenVPN , whi ch is a n open -source sol ution for VP[...]

2 59 VPN Server The NAS su pports Virt ual Private Network ( VPN) servi ce for use rs to acces s the NAS a nd resources o n a privat e network fr om t he Internet. Set your NA S as a VPN server on this page. In this c hapte, the fol lowing topics are covere d:  VPN Server Setup  Third Party VPN Clie nt Setup a nd Conne ction  VPN [...]

260 o OpenVPN: OpenVPN i s an ope n source VPN solution w hich utiliz es SSL en cryptio n for secure co nnection. To connect to t he Op enVPN server, OpenVPN client must be installed o n your PC. Click "Do wnload Co nfiguration Fil e" to download t he VPN clie nt settings, c ertificate/k ey and i nstallation g uide from t he NAS a nd uplo[...]

261 5. Enter your username and passw ord which i s added fro m the NAS for VPN ac cess. Clic k "Connect". PPTP on Mac OS X 10.7 1. Choose "A pple men u" > "Sy stem Prefere nces", and click "Net work". 2. Click "A dd (+)" at t he bottom of the li st, and cho ose "VPN" as the interf ace. [...]

262 5. Put "ca.crt" and "ope nvpn.ovpn" i nto the c onfiguratio n folder under the OpenVPN configuratio n subdire ctory. 6. Run OpenVPN. OpenVPN on Mac 1. Download th e disk im age of Ope nVPN clien t from htt p://code. google.co m/p/tunnel blick/ 2. Launch Tu nnelblick. 3. Download th e OpenVP N configur ation file an d certifi[...]

263 Web Server Go to "Co ntrol Panel" > "Applicati ons" > " Web Server" to confi gure t he web serv er and virtual host. Web Se rv er The NAS ca n host we b sites incl uding thos e that use Joomla!, P HP and MyS QL/SQLite to establish a n interactiv e website . To use t he We b Server, foll ow thes e steps. 1. En[...]

264  If the Web S erver is d isabled, all re levant ap plications i ncluding M usic Statio n, Photo Station, Ha ppy Get, o r QAirplay will beco me unav ailable.  To use PHP mail( ), go to "S ystem Setti ngs" > " Notificati on" > "SMT P Server" and configure t he SMTP server setti ngs. Web DAV WebDAV ([...]

265 8. You can loc ate the we b folder i n the "N etwo rk Locatio n" sectio n in "Co mputer". 9. You can co nnect to t he folder t hough t his link via HTTP/ WebDAV. Mac OS X Follow these steps to connect to y our NAS via Web DAV on Mac OS X. Client Oper ating Syst em: Mac OS X Snow Leopar d (10.6.1) 1. Open "Find er" [...]

266 Virtual Host A virtual h ost is a we b server t echnique t hat provi des the c apability to host mor e than o ne domain (w ebsite) on one physi cal host an d offers a c ost -effe ctive sol ution for per sonal an d small busi nesses wit h such nee d. You ca n host up to 3 2 website s on the N A S with t his feature. Befo re yo u S tar t In this [...]

267 4. Specify the protocol ( HTTP or H TTPS) for connectio n. If you select HTT PS, make sure the option "En able Secure Conne ctio n (SSL)" i n Web Serv er has been ena bled. 5. Specify the port nu mber for c onnection. 6. Click "A pply". 7. Continue t o enter t he infor mation for th e rest of t he sites yo u want to host on [...]

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269 Other Applicat ions Various ap plications are provide d by QNAP to enha nce your u ser experie nces. For d etails on these appli cations, ref er to the f ollowing li nks:  App_Center  DLNA Media Server  Download_St ation  HybridDesk Station  iTunes Server  Multimedi a Management  Music_Stati on  m[...]

27 0 App Center The App Center i s a platform for th e distribu tion of NAS apps. Users can search f or, install , remove and update apps d eveloped by QNA P and thi rd-p arty developers to exp and servi ces and add ne w features to th e NAS. Sta rti ng A pp Ce nter The App Center can be laun ched from the App Center shortcut on the Mai n Menu or t[...]

271 5 Sort Sort apps by cat egory, name or release date. Left Panel  Public Apps: Li st apps that are set to be accessi ble by the publi c. To set an App as a pub lic App, please go to "My Ap ps", check "Show on logi n screen" at the bott om of th e App icon box and th at App will show up in the l ogin screen. Please not e[...]

27 2 the App Ce nter. To update an App, click "Updat e" and click "OK" to confirm. Alternati vely, you c an cli ck "Update All" on the menu bar to install all updates and "Refresh" t o check for the l atest updates. The button will turn to "Open" to signify that th e update i s complet e. To remove [...]

273 DLNA Media Server The NAS supports two types of DLNA Media Ser vers: QNAP DL NA Media Se rver and Twonky Me dia DLNA Server. QNAP DLNA Medi a Server is developed by QNAP, and T wonky Medi a DLNA Server i s a third -party media server. To al low DLNA medi a pl ayers to access and pl ay the NAS mul timedia content via QNA P DLNA Media Se rver, en[...]

274 To allow DLNA pl ayers to access and play NAS mu ltimedi a content via Twonky M edia DLNA Serv er, enable it and click the link (ht tp://NAS IP:9000 /) to enter the Twonk yMedia DLNA Media Serv er configurati on page. Go to "TwonkyM edia Setti ngs" > "Basic S etup" to co nfigu re basic server setti ngs. The Qmulti media o[...]

275 Download Station Download Stati on is a web- based downl oad tool that allows you to dow nload fil es from the Internet through BT, PT, Magn et Link, HTTP/H TTPS, FTP/F TPS, Xunlei , FlashGet, qqdl as well as Bai du Cloud downloads and subs cribe to RSS f eeds. With the BT Search functi on, you can easil y find BT seeds to download and make you[...]

276 Dependin g on your NAS mod el, Download S tation may be enabl ed by default an d can be launched from the Desktop o r the Mai n Menu. If not, i nstall and enable it in the App Cent er (for QTS 4.1 or later versions onl y.) Launch Down load Stati on from the Mai n Menu/Deskt op shortcut, or di rectly l og into Download Stat ion by goin g to: htt[...]

277 Left Panel  Tasks: List all BT tasks based on their downl oad status (All , Downloading, Paus ed, Complete d, Active and Inacti ve.) Right click on a task to st art it, pause, set pri ority and rem ove a BT task (and it s data) and edit downl oads.  BT Search: Li st all BT seeds sea rched usin g the BT Search Ba r. Righ t click a se[...]

27 8 o Global maximum concurrent downl oads: Speci fy the maximum n umber of concu rrent BT downloads (the ma ximum numb er of concurrent down loads for x86 -b ased NAS mod els is 30, and 10 for ARM-ba sed NAS mod els.) o Global maximum upload rat e (KB/s): Enter the maximum u pload rate for BT downl oad. 0 means unli mited. o Global maximum downlo[...]

279 1. Drag and d rop BT/PT fi les from th e local PC to Download Stati on or click "+" bu tton to add BT/ PT files or multi ple URLs (HTTP/FTP/Magn et li nk.) 2. You can search for BT files using the BT search functi on to add downl oad tasks. 3. In "RSS " on the left pan el, you can add RSS feeds. D ownload Stati on will load [...]

280 Subscribing to and managing RSS feeds You can subscri be to RSS feeds usi ng the Downl oad Station and down load the tor rent files in the feeds: 1. Cli ck "+" next to "RSS" on the left panel to add an RSS fe ed. 2. Ente r the URL and the label. 3. To down load a to rrent file from an RSS feed, select th e file and cli ck th[...]

281 Tip on slow BT download rate s or downlo ad errors : 1. The t orrent file has expired, the pe ers have stopp ed sharing thi s file, or there i s error in th e file. 2. The NAS has been confi gu red to use a fi xed IP but th e DNS server is not confi gured or it ha s failed. 3. Set the maximum n umber of simu ltaneous down loads as 3 -5 for th e[...]

282 HybridDesk Station HybridDesk Station is a platfor m where n umerous home and offi ce apps can be inst alled to enhance yo ur entertai nment and productivit y needs. This chapter covers t he followi ng topics:  Setting up Hy bridDes k Station  Using Hy bridDesk Sta tion  Importing M edia Cont ents to yo ur NAS  Configuri[...]

283  MCE remot e controlle r  USB keybo ard or mo use  Qremote: Q NAP rem ote app, designed excl usively for the Hy bridDesk St ation. Not e: If you want to use Chr ome, you must use t he Qre mote mouse fu nction or use a USB mouse t hat is con nected to t he NAS. 2. Inst all ing th e H ybri dD esk S tati on o Go to "Ap plica[...]

284 After install ation, cho ose your preferred lan guage on t he TV scr een. Then, yo u will s ee the HybridDesk Station p ortal as sh own here. 4. Enjo yin g the Hy brid De sk Sta tio n: A t t he Hybr id De sk S ta tion po rt al, si mpl y cho ose th e appli ca tion yo u wan t t o u se t o st ar t en jo ying th e se rv ice . Enjoy the c omfort of [...]

285 3. Choose "U SBDisk". 4. Select the photo yo u want to vie w. Imp orti ng Me di a Co n te nts t o y our N AS Use one of t he sever al types o f network protocols ( Samba, AFP , FTP, and N FS) to s ave the media conte nt files in the "Multi media" or " Qmultime dia" share d folder, or c opy them from an external USB[...]

286 Enter the l ocal NAS a dministratio n web pa ge to view t he NAS f unctions and settin gs. Con fig urin g Hybr id De sk Sta tio n Configure t he Hybri dDesk St ation by choo sing "Set ti ngs" at the Hy bridDesk Station port al and Hybrid Desk St ation in QT S.  HybridDesk Station p ortal: o App: Appli cations c an be enabled or [...]

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288 RM -I R0 01 RM -I R00 2 MCE XBM C HD Sta tio n Power Power 1 N/A Power 1 Power 1 Power menu Mute 2 OK Mute 12 Mute 13 Mute Number 0,1,2,3, 4,5,6,7, 8,9 3 OK 0,1,2,3, 4,5,6,7, 8,9 18 0,1,2, 3,4,5, 6,7,8, 9 Vol+, Vol - 4 OK Vol+, Vol - 9 Vol+, Vol - 12 Vol+, Vol - List/ Icon 5 N/A View mode Search 6 N/A TV Out 8 N/A Settings 7 N/A Settin gs[...]

289 Shortcu t Red - (Home) 9 OK Red - (Home) 3 Home Green (Video) 10 OK Green (Video) 4 Video menu Yellow (Music) 11 OK Yellow (Music) 22 Music menu Blue (Picture) 12 OK Blue (Picture ) 23 Photo menu Video Menu Bookma rk 13 N/A Favor ite Repeate r 14 N/A Repe ater Guide 16 N/A Help Record 15 N/A CH - 17 Previou s Previou s 32 Skip back CH+ 18 Next [...]

290 Options 29 N/A Menu 8 More Playb ack menu OK 25 OK OK 3 OK 7 OK OK Up 23 OK Up 2 Up 7 Up Up Down 26 OK Down 5 Down 7 Down Down Right 27 OK Right 6 Right 7 Right Right Left 24 OK Left 4 Left 7 Left Left Video Play Move backwar d 30 OK Move backwar d 16 Move back ward Move forward 31 OK Move forward 31 Move forwa rd Play 32 OK Play 15 Play Slow 3[...]

291 OK Enter 34 Confir m Switch 16:9 / 4:3 27 Addi tio nal Re fer en ce :  How to use Surveill ance Station ( Local Dis play) in HD Statio n .[...]

292 iTunes Server Using this s ervice MP3 files in t he Qmulti media/M ultimedia f older of th e NAS can be shared with iTune s. Comput ers on the LAN with i Tunes i nstalled will be abl e to find, browse, an d play the s hared musi c files. To use the iT unes Ser ver, e nable this fe ature a nd then uplo ad music file s to th e Qmultime dia/Multi [...]

293 Multimedia Management The Medi a Library servi ce scans for photos, m usic, and vi deos fro m designat ed me dia folders and indexe s them for usage in multime dia applicatio ns. Thu mbnails for t he me dia files will be automati cally ge nerated to e nhance yo ur user ex perience a s you brow se t hrough t hem in their corres pondin g applicat[...]

294 The media li brary is enabl ed by default. In s ome cases, t h e media li brary needs to be di sabled (when multimedi a applications are not i nstalled on the NAS.) To disabl e the medi a library, click "Deacti vate Media Library". If the media li brary is not enabl ed, services li ke Photo Stati on Video Station, and Music Stat ion, [...]

295 Music Station Music Stati on (4.0) helps you creat e a personal music center on th e cloud. Thi s web -bas ed applicati on is designed f or users to play mu sic fil es on the NAS or a me dia server, li sten to thousand s of Internet radio stations, and shar e your music wi th your friends and f amilies. Your musi c collection stored on the NAS [...]

296 Collection", thi s shared folder is l ocated under the "/hom e" folder.) Th e newly upl oaded music files can be found under "Recentl y Added" on th e left panel; 3) Swi tch to the fol der view bro wsin g mode and drag & d rop musi c files to a preferred fol der. Note that wi th the first and thi rd method, you can [...]

29 7 9 Help Show Help, Qui ck Start and About. 10 Right Panel Show/Hide the left pan el . Player N o Name Description 1 Seek Bar Control the pl ayback progress. 2 Previous Item Play the previ ous item. 3 Play/Pause Play/Pause. 4 Next Item Play the next it em. 5 Shuffle Shuffle on/off. 6 Repeat No repeat, repeat on ce, or rep eat all. 7 Streaming Mo[...]

298 section for detai ls.) All imported contents are s aved in the "/Mul timedia" sha red folder named with date.  Now Playi ng: Songs in the "Now Pl aying" li st can be reordered by d rag & drop, and songs can be removed from the li st.  Private Collecti on: Personal music files in the "/home" folder a[...]

299 1 Lyrics Add lyri cs to a song and brows e them here. 2 Information Edit and browse mu sic detail s here. 3 Sharing Drag music fil es to the area und er "Songs" to sh are them via a l ink (including three methods: email , social sharing and lin k.) 4 Email Share the lin k via email. Speci fy the subject and message body of the message[...]

300 You can also sha re a li st of songs as y ou do with the pl aylist. To do s o, click "Shari ng" on the right panel, drag & drop s ongs under "S ongs" on the right panel from the middl e and use the "Email", "Social Sh aring", or "Link" button to share thi s list of songs. Note that t he diff[...]

301  To rate a music fi le, find it in the detail browsin g mode/al bum list browsing mode/cover flow browsing mode and rate it.  To classify a musi c fil e, click the music fil e and "Info" on th e right panel to modi fy its data.  To batch rate or modi fy musi c fil es, click the mul ti-select button on th e Mai n Menu[...]

302 myQNAPcloud Service myQNAPcl oud provid es host n ame registr ati on, m apping of a dynamic N AS IP to a domain name, an d auto port m apping for UPnP ro uters on t he local netw ork. Use th e myQNAP cloud wizard to re gister a unique ho st name for t he NAS, c onfigure aut omatic port f orwar ding on the UPnP r outer, and publis h NAS se rvice[...]

303 It is recomm ended to use the wizard the fir st time yo u use myQNAPclo ud. Follow these steps: 1. Click "Get St arted" t o us e the wiz ard. 2. Click "St art". 3. Fill out your myQNAP cloud ID (QID) a nd passwor d. Click "Next" (or cl ick "Cre ate myQNAPcl oud accoun t" to sig n up a myQN APclou d accoun[...]

304 By enabli ng the my QNAPclou d DDNS servi ce, you can conn ect to t he network services o n your NAS by using yo ur specifie d internet address. To change yo ur myQNAP clou d DDNS domain nam e, click th e "here" li nk on the page. Yo ur recent DDN S inform ation will be shown here and yo u can clic k the "Up date" butto n to[...]

305 6. Enter the e mail addre ss. Click "S end". Not e: To use t his functio n, the e mail server set tings m ust be pro perly config ured in "System Setti ngs" > " Notificati on" > "SMTP Server". Clou dLi nk CloudLink is an innov ative servic e provide d by QNAP for remote access to y our NAS over the [...]

306 Not e: A myQNAP cloud SSL cer tificate can only be used on NA S with QTS 4.2 or a bove. Pur ch asi ng m y QNA Pcl oud S SL cer tifi cat es 1. Sign into th e myQNAP cloud we bsite with y our myQ NAPclou d account an d go to "SSL Certificate" on the left side. 2. Read and agr ee to th e terms an d conditio ns. 3. Choose the number of ce[...]

307 The myQNAP cloud portal ( www. myqnapclo ud.com ) is an i ntegrate d web interf ace that all ows you to:  Manage and c onfigure yo ur myQNAP cloud acco unt  Access NAS servers  Use publis hed service s from oth er NAS  Open link s shared wit h you  Be notifie d of myQNA Pcloud activ ities You must c onfigure y our [...]

308  View and a ccess publis hed and priva te serv ices (for private servi ces, che ck the abo ve Cloud Portal sectio n for more details)  Review a nd refresh device det ails or unr egister th e device Not e:  Once you unregister y our devic e from myQNAPclo ud, all of t he service s will be sto pped.  You must i nstall t he[...]

309 The portal will not ify you of myQNAP cloud activiti es. Exa mples of s uch activitie s are:  Your frien ds have add ed your devi ce as a favori te  Your frien ds have creat ed a share d link for yo u.  Your frien ds have sh ared their device with you. To check my QNAPcl oud activiti es, follow t hese ste ps: 1. Log into the m[...]

310 Photo Station Photo Station (5.0) i s an onli ne photo albu m used to organi ze photos and vi deos on the NAS a nd to share them wi th friends and fami ly across the Internet. With Photo Stati on, users can drag & drop photos into virtual albums, spari ng them from having to tediously move/copy fil es around and helping to save storage spac[...]

311 1. Import ph otos and vi deos to a shared folder on the NAS. Th ere are three ways to upload photos and videos to the NAS: 1) Install Qfinder on you r PC or Mac, set up a network dri ve and upl oad files to your prefe rred shared folders. F or details on s etting up a network drive, che ck the Connecting to NAS Sha red Fold ers cha pter; 2) Cli[...]

312 N o Name Description 1 Gallery/Man ag e Switch between Gal lery mode and Manage mod e. 2 Advanced Search Bar Search for photos and vi deos by title, date take n, file size, resol ution, camera brand, col or label, rati ng, description or tag . 3 Multi-Select Select multi ple items at the same ti me. 4 Network Media Player Locate compatibl e dev[...]

313  Bonjour mu st be ena bled when using multi -zone stre aming. Y ou can e nable Bonjo ur in "Control Pa nel" > "Ne twor k Servi ce" > "Ser vice Discov ery" > "Bo njour".  Only MP4 vi deo files can be directly stre amed if y our NAS doe s not supp ort On -the -fly Transcodin g. You can [...]

314 currently runni ng in the backg round. 6 Settings Configure Photo Stati on setting s, launch th e Quick Start, or show the Photo Station onl ine help. Ther e are four setti ngs:  Content Fil ter: Select shared folders as the c ontent source of the Photo Station. To add n ew shared f olders as the cont ent source, g o to " Multimedi a[...]

315 14 Slideshow Play selected i tems as a sli deshow and cli ck the down arrow t o choose the slid eshow speed, effect and ba ckground mu si c. 15 Import Import videos or phot os. 16 Download Download the sel ected photo or vi deo. You can also select the r esolution of the photo to downl oad (i f it is a video, then t he resoluti on chosen is for[...]

316  Smart Albu m: List all smart al bums. Smart al bums will onl y show photos or vi deos that match specific condi tions chosen by u sers, such as t oday i n history, random, t ag and all files and can save you effort i n managing ph otos. You can also ri ght click on "Smart Al bum" (the category header) to expand /collapse the sm[...]

317 1. Swi tch to the fol der view in Man age mode, righ t click on a folder an d you wil l see two smart album opti ons: "Create a Smart Al b um" and "Conve rt subfolder to Sma rt Album". Sel ect "Create a Smart Albu m" to turn that folder int o a collective smart albu m. Select "Conv ert subfolder to S mart Albu[...]

318 As you create an album, you can cho ose to share i t with other NAS us ers (cho ose whether all NAS users can edit th e album, or onl y the alb um creator/admi nistrator can edi t the alb um) or the public (show this al bum on the QTS l ogin pag e - pl ease note that thi s option is only avai lable for admini strators) or not to share at al l ([...]

319 must be install ed.) Streaming to (N etwork Media Player) Stream videos to co mpati ble devices in di fferent rooms over you r home network. Share Share the photo or video on social networks, via emai l or link. Download Download the phot o or vi deo. For photos, ther e are four siz es: small, medium, l arge and original ; for videos, you can c[...]

320 N o Name Description 1 Face Detection Enable Face D etection to show tagg ed faces. Yo u can also manuall y add a face tag. Please refe r to the Ad di ng face tags to photos secti on for more detail s. 2 Download Download the phot o or vi deo. For photos, ther e are four sizes: small , medium, large and o riginal; for videos, you can choose to [...]

321 10 Last Item/Ne xt Ite m Play the last/ next item. 11 Play/Pause Play the photo/vi deo as slideshow. 12 Seek Bar Control the pl ayback progress. 13 Hide/Sho w Preview B ar Hide/show the P review Bar. 14 Rewind/Forw ard Rewind/Forward th e Preview Bar. 15 Preview Bar Preview the photo s and choose whi ch photos or videos to preview next. 16 CC ([...]

322 3 Music Switch between di fferent pl aylists defined in the Music Stati on (from the "Playli st", personal playlist and shared playlist on the l eft panel.) Pl ease refer to the chapter on Musi c Stati on for more details. 4 Play/Pause Play/Pause the sl ideshow. 5 Last/Next Sli de Go to the last/ next slid e. 6 Background Musi c Turn [...]

323  As the face d etectio n function c an affect sy stem perf ormance, avoid usin g it duri ng peak NAS u sage perio ds. Med ia L ib rary an d Pri vacy S e tti ngs Photo and vid eo files in Photo Station ar e listed and displayed accordin g to shared fol der privil eges and media fol ders settings in the Medi a Library . F or shared folder p[...]

324 Station Manager The Station Manager i s an integr ated contr ol panel f or all QNAP Statio ns and they can be enabled or disabled h ere. Enab li ng Pho to Sta tion Check "En able Photo Station" a nd click th e below li nks to dir ectly lo gin to the application. Check "S how the photos of S haring Ma nagement on t he logi n scree[...]

325 Check "En able File Statio n" and click the below li nks to directly l ogin into th e applic ation. File Station ca n only be lau nched after it i s en abled in the Station Manager. For more File Station details ple ase refer to the F ile Station ch apter Enab li ng Dow nl oad S tati on Check " Enable Downl oad St ation" and[...]

326 Transcode Management Transcoding i s the process of conv erting vi deo files int o an universal format (*.MP4) that is compatibl e with the broadest range of m edia playe rs such as mobil e devices and Sma rt TVs. Converted fil es with a range of resol utions can be us ed across different network envi ronments for a better viewin g experience. [...]

32 7 Priority Adjust the order each ta sk is executed. Remove Remove the select ed task from the list. Note: Thi s feature is onl y availabl e for specific NAS model s. Please check th e product pag e (software specifi cation) on the QNAP websit e ( w ww.qnap.com ) to see if thi s feature is avail able for your model. Back gro un d T ran sc odi ng [...]

328 Video Station Video Stati on (2.3) is a vi deo management tool used to organi ze videos on the NAS and to share them with friends and famil y across the Intern et. With Video Station, you can cl assify videos i n to home videos, m ovies, TV show s or music vi deos for personal collections. Sma rt coll ections can be set to automaticall y sort v[...]

329 drop videos to a pr eferred fold er. With the first and thi rd approach, you can ch oose which fol der on the NAS that y ou want to upl oad videos to. Tip s on fil e u plo ad :  The maxim um size of an ima ge file is 2 GB.  The maxim um size of multipl e files t hat can be u ploaded at o ne time is 2 GB. 2. Laun ch Video Stati on fr[...]

330 7 Refresh Refresh the current pag e. 8 Settings Set video classi fication, content filters, or social network binding; configure subtitl es searching settin gs and miscellan eous settings.  Video Classi fication: Add, rem ove and rescan f olders to be cl assi fied and classify fol ders into the foll owing categories (Home Videos, Movi es,[...]

331 Media Stre aming Add -On must first be installe d in the Ap p Center.  Bonjour mu st be ena bled when using multi -zone stre aming. Y ou can e nable Bonjo ur in "Control Pa nel" > "Ne twor k Servi ce" > "Ser vice Discov ery" > "Bo njour".  Only MP4 vi deo files can be directly stre am[...]

332  The "/home" folder can onl y be accessed by its owner and NA S administr ators. Priv ate or personal vi deos sh ould only be stored i n your "/ho me" folder.  For media f older confi guration, re fer to t he Multim edia Man agement cha pter. For us er setup and c onfigurati on, refer t o the User sectio n in the[...]

333 the drop down menu. Cli ck "Create", speci fy the name of th e collecti on displayed on the page seen as r ecipient s open the link. Copy an d paste the URL li nk in the dial og window to your pr eferred appli cations. Not e: Multiple vid eo files c an be cl assified at t he same ti me. To do s o, select t he video files, click "[...]

334 and use the "Emai l", "Social Sharing", or "Li nk" button to shar e the videos. Then, your friends can log into Video Stati on with the link provided to the m to watch vi deos from shar ed collectio ns. To check the sharing hi story of a select ed collecti on, click on the coll ection and then on "Shari ng His[...]

335 Movie Informati on Review movie i nformation (such a s genre, di rector, cast, etc) of the selected video. Add Tag Tag the vid eo . Rating Rate the video . Color Label Color-label the video . Not e:  The movie i nformatio n option i s only avail able after t he video s electe d is classifie d as "Movies". Cl ick the vi deo prope[...]

336 2 Stop Stop playback. 3 Seek Bar Control the pl ayback progress. 4 Mute/Volume Mute/Unmute and adj ust the v olume. 5 Resolution Change resolu tion and transcodi ng settin gs. 6 Subtitles Manage subti tles of the vi deo. 7 Streaming to Stream videos to co mpati ble devices in di fferent rooms over you r home network. 8 Full Screen Switch to the[...]

33 7 You can imp ort, display an d adjust subti tles files for movies.  To import and di splay sub title files: a. Save the subti tles fil e in the same directory as t he video fil e, with an i den tical fil ename (for example, a vid eo with the fil ename "video.avi " must have subti tle files named "video.eng. srt" or &qu[...]

338 Videos stored in the shared fold ers are only vi sible after they are d etected and s canned by the Media Library. To set the Media Library to scan for videos manu ally or by sche dule go t o "Control Panel " > "Multimedi a Management" > "Medi a Library". F or more detai ls on media fol der settin gs, please [...]

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340 Mobile Apps QNAP has i ntroduce d a list of mobile app s to help u sers access their N AS with th eir mobil e devices. Th e followin g are a list o f benefit s that QNAP mobile apps can bring you:  Automatic ally update photos fr om your ph ones o n your trip: When on v acation, photo s on your mo bile devic e can be a utomatic ally uploa[...]

341 Qma nag er Qmanager is a powerful manageme nt platfo rm with a si mple to use and int uitive in terface that makes monitori ng and m anaging yo ur NAS fro m mobile devices amazingly e asy. Monitor syste m inform ation, s uch as CPU u s age, me mory usage , syste m event info, online users, back up status, downlo ad progress, and file tr ansfers[...]

342 Qremote i s QNAP’s re mote contr ol for HD Statio n. Use Qre mote to co ntrol HD St ation from your mobile devices. Dow nl oad Qmu sic Qmusic helps you enjoy the music coll ection on your NAS via yo ur mo bile device s at anyti me, anywhere. Create and send links to share y our favori te musi c with frie nds and f amily usin g social network [...]

343 Dow nl oad Qge t Qget allow s you to manage all of the do wnload t asks on y our NAS using your mobile devices at anytime, anywhere . Use Qget to add an d monitor yo ur downlo ad tasks i n D ownload Station. T he Qget buil t-in browser hel ps you t o add tasks from di rect dow nload links or from magnet li nks. Qget ca n also se arch across mul[...]

344 Vcam can t urn your mobile devi ce into a network c amera, allowi ng you to record any moment ar ound you t o your NAS. Vcam pro vides a gre at way to d eploy a ho me surve illa nce system wit hout purch asing expe nsive IP c ameras. Dow nl oad[...]

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346 Computer Utilit ies QNAP const antly dev elops ne w ways for users to improve t heir NAS ex perience, and provides th e followi ng utilities t o improve productiv ity:  Qfinder  myQNAPcl oud conne ct  Qsync 2.0  NetBak  Qget  vSphere Clie nt plu g- in  Qsnap Qfi nder Qfinder is a utility, available for [...]

34 7 NetBak Re plicator also support s backing up to a re mote serv er via FTP a nd WebDA V through the Inter net. Download User M anual Qge t QGet is a powerful utility for d ownload m anageme nt. The soft ware is av ailable for Wi ndows and Mac co mputers, allowin g the manage ment of B T, HTTP, and FTP d ownload ta sks of Download St ation on mu[...]

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349 NAS Add-ons The followi ng NAS Add -ons ( QPKG) are reco mmended to help yo u explore other NAS possibilitie s: Storage a nd Backup  Backup Versi oning – Beta  Gmail Back up -B eta Virtualizatio n  Container Station – Beta  Virtualizatio n Statio n - Beta Productivity  Notes Stati on - B eta  Qsirch – B[...]

350 you search it i n the A pp Center.  For more A pps, please vi sit the QNAP site ( http://w ww.qnap.co m/go/qpk g.html ). Back up V ersi oni ng – Be ta Backup Versi oning ena bles versio n control o ption in RT RR backup jobs. Whe n creating a RTRR back up job, t he option "ver sion co ntrol" is available an d allow s preservi [...]

351 Notes Stati on ena bles you to cr eate digital noteb ooks on t he privat e cloud pr ovided by the NAS. You ca n also easily l everage t he files, p hotos, mu sic and vi deos store d on the NAS t o enrich your notes. Wit h Notes Station, digital me mos are safely k ept for i nstant ac ces s. Notes Stati on provide s a str aightforward i nterface[...]

352 L2TP (Layer T wo T unnelin g Protocol) i s a com bination of t he Point - to -Point Tu nneling Protocol (PPTP ) an d Layer 2 For warding (L2F.) Co mpared to PP TP, whic h only est ablishes a single tunn el between the two e nd points, L2TP sup ports the u se of m ultiple tu nnels. IPse c is of ten used to secur e L2TP packets by pr oviding co n[...]

353 Signage St ation provi des digit al signage di splay functi onalities and allo ws content t o be managed wit h access permissi ons. Users c an use iArti st Lite to design t he digital signage content a nd upload to the NAS, and use Si gnage St ation to display t he digital signage media content on the web browser fro m the NA S. Diag no sti c T[...]

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355 Use the LCD Panel This feature is only pr ovided by t he NAS m odels wit h LCD panel s. You can us e the LCD panel to perf orm disk configur ation and vi ew sy stem infor mation. When the N AS has st arted u p, you will b e able to vi ew the N AS name and IP addres s: N A S 5 F 4 D E 3 1 6 9 . 2 5 4 . 1 0 0 . 1 0 0 For first-ti me instal lation[...]

356 the NAS will execute RAID syn chronizati on and th e progress will be sho wn on "Stor age Manager" > " Volume M anageme nt" page. The sy nchroni zation rate i s around 30 -60 M B/s (varies de pending o n the har d drive models , syste m resourc e usage, e tc.) Not e: If a mem ber drive o f the RAI D configur ation was l o[...]

35 7 TCP/ IP In TCP/IP, yo u can vi ew the foll owing opti ons: 1. LAN IP Addr ess 2. LAN Subnet Mask 3. LAN Gateway 4. LAN PRI. D NS 5. LAN SEC. D NS 6. Enter Netw ork Settin gs o Network S ettings – DHCP o Network S ettings – Static I P* o Network S ettings – BACK 7. Back to Main Menu * In Ne two rk Se tti ngs – Sta tic IP, you c an con f[...]

358 RAID 5 (S) RAID 5 re -synchron izing RAID 5 (U) RAID 5 is un mounted RAID 5 (X) RAID 5 no n-activat ed Syst e m This sectio n shows t he syste m temper ature and th e rotation speed of t he syste m fan. C P U T e m p : 5 0 ° C S y s T e m p : 5 5 ° C S y s F a n : 8 6 5 R P M Shu t d ow n Use this o ption to tur n off the N AS. Press " S[...]

359 S y s t e m E r r o r ! P l s . C h e c k L o g s Syst e m Me ssa ge Des cri pti on Sys. Fan F ailed The syste m fan has fa iled. Sys. Overhe at The syste m has over heated. HDD Over heat A hard drive has overheat ed. CPU Over heat The CPU h as overheat ed. Network Lost Both LAN 1 and LAN 2 are disco nnected in f ailover or l oad balancing mode[...]

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