Thecus N7700 manual

Thecus N7700 User’s Manual[...]

2 Copyright and T rademark Notice Thecus and other name s of Thecus products are registered trademarks of Thecus Technology Corp. Microsoft, Windows, and the Windows logo are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Appl e, iTunes and Apple OS X are registered trademarks of Apple Computers, Inc. A ll other trademarks and brand names are the [...]

3 Safety W arnings For your safety, please read and fo l low the foll owing safety warnings: Read this manual t horoughly bef ore attempting to set up your N77 00. Your N7700 is a complicated electronic device. DO NOT attempt to repair it under any circumstance s. In the case of malfuncti on, turn off the power immediately and have it repaired at a[...]

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

5 Wake-Up On La n ( WOL) ...................................................................... 26 Power Mana gement ............................................................................ 26 Storage Management .......................................................................... 27 Disks Inform ation .....................................[...]

6 Change Administra tor Passw ord............................................................ 58 Reboot and Shut down S ystem .............................................................. 58 Logout .............................................................................................. 58 Chapter 5: Addition al Feature Setup ................[...]

7 RAID Auto-R ebuil d ............................................................................ 100 Chapter 8: Trou bleshooting ....................................................... 101 Forgot My Network IP Address .......................................................... 101 Can't Map a Network Drive in Windows XP ......................[...]

8 Chapter 1: Introduction Overview Thank you for choosing the Thecus N7700 IP Storage Server. The The cus N7700 is an easy-to-use storage server that a llows a dedicated approach to storing and distributing data on a ne twork. Data reliability i s ensured with RAID f eatures that provide data security and recovery—over one Terabyte of storage is [...]

9 Multiple RAID N7700 supports multiple RAID volumes on one system. So, you can cr eate RAID 0 for your non-cri tical data, and create RAID 5 for missi on-critical data. Create the RAID levels depend ing on your needs. To configure RAID modes on the N7700, refer to Chapter 4: System Managem ent > Sto rage Mana gement > RAID List . Dual Mode S[...]

Front Panel The Thecus N7700’s front panel ha s the de vice’s controls, indicators, and hard disk trays: Front Panel Item Description 1.Power LED • Solid blue: System is powe r on. 2.System LED • Solid orange: system is being upgraded or system startup; data currently inaccessible 3.WAN LED • Solid green: network link • Blinking green: [...]

Hard Disk Trays Each of the N7700’s har d disk trays has a lock, a latch, a nd two LED indicators: 4 5 3 1 2 Hard Disk Trays Item Description 1.HDD Power L ED • Solid blue: hard disk is powered on 2.HDD Access/Error LED • Blinking green: system is accessing data on the hard disk 3.Lock • Use the lock to physically secure the hard disk to th[...]

12 Back Panel Item Description 1.LAN Port • LAN port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router 2.WAN Port • WAN port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router 3.Serial Port • This port is for external UPS device 4.eSATA Port • eSATA port for high-speed storage expansion 5.USB Port • USB 2.0 po[...]

Chapter 2: Hardware Inst allation Overview Your N7700 is designed for easy insta llation. To help you get started, the following chapter will help you quickly get your N7700 up an d running. Please read it carefully to prevent damaging yo ur unit during installation. Before You Begin Before you begin, be sure to ta ke the following precautions: 1. [...]

Cable Connections To connect the N7700 to your ne twork, follow th e steps below: 1. Connect an Ethernet cable from your network to the WAN po rt on the back panel of the N7700. 2. Connect the provided p ower cord into the universal power socket o n the back panel. Plug the other end of th e cord into a surge protector socket. Press the power suppl[...]

Checking System Status After making connections on the N7700 and powering up , check whether the system status is normal or has trouble by observing indicators on the front panel and hard disk trays. System Status Normal The system status is normal if: 1. The WAN and LAN L EDs glow green (assuming both are connected). 2. The Power LED on the Front [...]

Chapter 3: First T ime Setup Overview Once the hardware is installed, ph ysically connected to your network , and powered on, you can configure the N7700 so that it is accessible to your network users. There are two ways to set up your N7700: using the Thecus Setup Wizard or the LCD display . Follow the st eps below for initial sof tware setup. The[...]

6. Name your N7700 and configure the networ k IP address. I f your switch or router is configured as a DHCP Server, configuring the N7700 to automatically obtain an IP address is recommended. You may also use a static IP address and enter the DNS Server address manually. 7. Change the default administrator password. 17[...]

8. Finished! Access the N7700 Web Administrator Interf ace by pressing the Start Browser button. You ca n also configure another N7700 at this point by clicking the Setup Other Device button. Press Exit to exit the wizard. The Thecus Setup Wizard is designed for installation on systems running Windows XP/2000 or Mac OSX or later. Users with other o[...]

System Fan2 Current system fan 2 status. CPU Fan Current CPU fan status 2006/06/16 12:00 Current system time. Disk Info Current status of disk slot has been installedh RAID Current RAID status. The N7700 will rotate these messages ever y o ne-two seconds on the LCD display. USB Copy The USB Copy function enables you to copy files stored on USB devi[...]

20 Step 1: Network Setup From the Web Administration Interf ace, you can configure the network settings of the N7700 for your network. You can access the Network menu from the menu bar. For details on how to c onfigure yo ur network settings, refe r to Chapter 4: System Management > Network Management . Step 2: RAID Creation Next, administrators[...]

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

Chapter 4: System Management Overview The N7700 provides an easily accessible Web Administr ation Interface . With it, you can configure and monitor the N7700 anywhere on the network. Web Administration Interface Make sure your network is connected to the Internet. To access the N7 700 Web Administration Interface : 1. Type the N7700’s IP address[...]

Network Information and settings for network connections, as well as various services of the N7700. Accounts Allows configuration of users and groups. System Various N7700 system settings and i nformation. Language Choose your preferred language here. Moving your cursor ove r any of these i tems will display the dropdown menu selections for each gr[...]

Product Information Item Description Manufacturer Displays the name of the system manufacturer. Product No. Shows the model number of the system. Firmware version Shows the current firmware version. Up time Displays the total run time of the system. To access this screen again, navigate to Status > About . System/Service Status From the Status m[...]

System Information Item Description System Description Shows the system description that would also appear on the Login page. Printer Status From the Status menu, choose the Printer item, and the Printer Information screen appears. This screen provides the following information about the USB printer connected to the USB port. Printer Status Item De[...]

UPS Settings Item Description UPS Monitoring Enable or disable UPS monitoring. Manufacturer Choose the UPS manufacturer and model number from the dropdowns. Battery Status Current status of the UPS battery Power Current status of the power being supplied to the UPS Seconds between power failure and firs t noti fica tion Delay between power failure [...]

Finally, clic k Apply to s ave your changes. Example - Monday: On: 8:00; Off: 16:00 System will turn on a t 8: 00 AM on Monday, a nd off at 16:00 on Monday. S ystem will turn on for the rest of the week. If you choose an on ti me, but do not assign a n off time, the system wi ll turn on and remain on until a schedu led off time is reached, or if th[...]

NOTE When the Status shows Warning, it usually mea ns there are bad se ctors on the hard disk. It is shown only as a precaution and you should consider chang ing the drives. S.M.A.R.T. Information On the Disks Information screen, the status of each disk will be displayed in the Status column. Click ing on an OK or Warni ng lin k will display the S.[...]

RAID Information Item Description Select Used to select the current RAID volume. Master RAID The RAID volume currently designated as the Master RAID volume. ID ID of the current RAID volume. NOTE: All RAID IDs must be unique. RAID Level Shows the current RAID configuration. Status Indicates status of the RAID. Can read either Healthy , Degraded , o[...]

implemented as a striped array whose segments ar e RAID 1 arrays. It has the fault tolerance of RAID 1 and the performance of RAID 0. RAID 10 requires 4 disks. RAID 10 can sustai n two failed disks. 30 RAID Configuration WARNING If the administrator improper ly removes a hard disk that should not be remov ed whe n RAID statu s is D egrad ed, a ll d[...]

5. Tick the checkboxes under the “member” heading of the hard disks you wish to use to create a RAID. 6. Specify a stripe size — 64K is the de fault setting. 7. Specify the percentage allocated for user data. The remaining space will be made available for iSCSI target. 8. Selected the file syst em you like to have for th is RAID volume. NOTE [...]

2. A list of possible RAID migration conf igurations will be listed. Select the desired migration scheme and click OK. 3. The system will begin migrating th e RAID volume. NOTE Migrating a RAID volume cou ld take several hours to comp lete Below is a table listing of possible RAID migration schemes: To   From RAID 0 RAID 5 RAID 0 [RAID 0] HDD[...]

Deleting a RAID To delete a RAID volume, f ollow the steps below: 1. On the RAID List screen, select the RA ID volume by clicking on its radio button, and cl ick RAID Co nfig to open the RAID Configur ation screen. 2. On the RAID Configuration screen, click Remove RAI D . 3. The confirmation screen appear, you will have t o input “Yes” with exa[...]

The Create iSCSI Volume screen appears. Create iSCSI Volume Item Description RAID ID ID of current RAID vo lume. Unused Percentage and amount of unused spac e on current RAID volume. Allocation Percentage and amount of space all ocated to iSCSI volume. iSCSI Target Service Enable or Disable the iSCSI Target service. Authentication You may choose CH[...]

8. If you’ve enabled CHAP authentication, enter a username and a password . Confirm yo ur chosen passwor d be reentering it in the Password Confirm box. 9. Click OK to create the iSCSI volume. Stackable NAS The N7700’s capacity can be expanded ev en further using the stackable functio n. With it, users can e xpand the capacity of their network [...]

Folder Management From the Storage menu, choose Folder , and the Folder screen appears. This screen allows you to create and configure folders on the N7700 volume. Folder Item Description Folder name Displays the name of the folder. Description Provides a description of the folder. NFS Share Press NFS Share to configure which hosts on the network a[...]

Add Folder Item Description RAID ID RAID volume where the new folder wil l reside. Folder Name Enter the name of the folder. Descrip tion Provid e a desc ription the fo lder. Browseable Enable or disable users from browsing the folder contents. If Yes is selected, then the share folder will be browseable. Public Admit or de ny pub lic acce ss to t [...]

NFS Share To allow NFS access to the share folder, enable the NFS Service , and then set up hosts with access rights by clicking Add . NFS Share Item Description Hostname Enter the name or IP address of the host Privilege Host has either read only or writeable access to the fol der. Guest System Support There are two selections availabl e: • Unix[...]

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

The N7700 snapshot is supported total 16 versions . Once checked “Automatically remove oldest snapshot”, the o ldest will be re moved to le t newest to added on top. Otherwise, if the chec k box is unchecked and snapshot versions are up to 16 the n system will appear warning message and won’t execute the task till available version count. The[...]

in this c olumn . Writable Provid es Write acces s to user s or gro ups who ar e disp layed in this co lumn. Remove Removes the selected user or group from the column in order to reset their access privileges. Sync AD account Press this button when there is no list from ADS/PDC or more ADS user has been added but yet appe ar from list. Submit Submi[...]

Click Yes to reboot the system. Once the system has rebooted, you will be returned t o the File System Check prompt. There you will see the available RAID volumes to run the file system check on. Check the desi red RAID volumes and cli ck Next to proceed with the file system check. Click Reboot to reboot witho ut running the check . Once you click [...]

NOTE The system must be rebooted before the N7700 can function normally. Advance Option There are 5 items is currently allow Admin to Enable/Disable to operate N7700. The details as listed in following screenshot. W ith the option changed, it will need to reboot system to activate. File Access Cache File Access Cache is default En able . This optio[...]

Samba Recycle Bin The N7700 is supported recycle bin via SMB/ CI FS protocol. Simply enable it then all of deleted files/ folders will res ide in the “. recycle” folder with hidden attribution in each share. In general, Windows has default to invisibl e all of hidden folders/files. So please enable this option to vi ew “.recycle” folder. Sa[...]

iSCSI CRC/Checksum To enable this option, the initiator can con nect with “Data digest” and “Header digest” enabled. Network Management Use the Netwo rk menu to make network configuration settings as well as service support settings. WAN Configuration From the Netwo rk menu, choose WAN , and the WAN Configuration scree n appears. This scree[...]

act as one port. Failover : When one port fails, the other one will take over. Load Balance : Ethernet traffic will flow alternative between two age two Ethernet ports in parallel to increase throughput. Ethernet ports. 802.3ad : Link 46 et AN from the appears. Press Appl y save your changes. NOTE • Only use Jumbo Frame settings when op erating i[...]

DHCP Configuration Item Description DHCP Server lly assign IP Enable or disable the DHCP server to automati ca address to PCs connected to the LAN interface. Start IP Specifies the starting IP ad dress of the DHCP range. End IP Specifies the ending IP address of the DHCP range. DNS Server Displayed the DNS server IP address. NOTE The IP Segment of [...]

WEP KEY 2 WEP KEY 3 WEP KEY 4 When connecting, be sure to enter the same key and select the same index number on each client machine. A DHCP server can be configured to assi gn IP addresses to devices connected to L AN ports. WLAN DHCP Configuration Item Description DHCP Server Select to enab le or disable DHCP server. Start IP Specifies the starti[...]

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

From the Accounts me nu, choose the Us ers item, and the Local User Configuration screen appears. This screen allows yo u to Add , Modify , and D elete local users. Local User Configuration Item Description Add Press the Add button to add a user to the list of local users. Modify Press Mo dify button to modify a local user. the Delete Press the Del[...]

Local Groups Configuration From the Accounts me nu, choose the Groups item, and the Local Groups Configuratio n screen appears. This screen llows you to Add , Modify , and Delete cal groups. a lo Local Groups Configuration Item Description Add Press Ad d button to add a user to the list of local groups. the Modify Press the Modify button to delete [...]

Deleting Groups 1. On the Local Group Configuration screen, select a group name from the list. p from the system. n roups automatically by importing a simple dialogue will appear. To import our list of users and grou ps, follow these 1. gin the user li st im rk, You can press pply to confi rm your settings. A escription of each item follow s: 2. Pr[...]

ADS/NT Realm Specifies the ADS/NT re alm (e.g. example.com). Administrator ID ve Directory or Windows NT, which is required for N7700 to joi n domain. Enter the administrators ID of Windows Acti Administrator Password ord. Enter the ADS/NT Administrator p assw Confirm Password For re-entering password to confirm. To join an AD domain , you can refe[...]

System Notifications From the System menu, choose the Notification item, and the Notific ation onfiguration screen appears. This screen ts the N se f any system mal Apply to onfirm all setting s. See following table for detailed description of each item. 54 C le you have 7700 notify yo u in ca function. Press o c a NOTE Consult with your mail serve[...]

System Logs rom the System menu, choose the em and the System Logs his screen shows a history of nd important events su etwork information, and sy ee the following table for a ach item: F 55 Logs screen appears. system usage ch as disk status, stem booting. detailed it T a n S description of e System Logs Item Description Trunc ate All Log F ile Cl[...]

System Configuration Backup and Re From the System menu, choose the Config If an NTP server is selected, pl has been setup to access the ease make sure your N7700’s network NTP server. WARNING sto gmt item and the Sys tem Configuration ownload /Upload screen appears. From ere, you can download or upl oad stored ystem configurations. See the follo[...]

Enable/Dis able Click to enable a module. Check Update Click to look for updates for the selected module. Module F ile Location of th e module f ile. Browse Click to browse the folder of your PC to locate the mo dule files. Install Click to install the listed module into your N7700 Reset to Factory Default Settings NOTE Modules can potentia lly har[...]

Change Administrator Password From the System menu, choose the Administrator Password 58 item and the hange Administrator Password screen ppears. Enter a new password in the New assword box and confirm your new assword in the Confirm Password box. ress Apply to confirm password changes. ee the following table for a detailed escription of each item.[...]

Chapter 5: Additional Feature Setup Overview The N7700 can also act as an FTP Serv er, allowing employees and clients to transfer files u sing their favorit e FTP programs. The in tegrated Print Server allows you to share a single USB printer will all users on the netw ork. The following section shows you how. FTP Server N7700 can act as a FTP serv[...]

iTunes® Server With the built- in iTunes server capabil ity, the N7700 enables digital music to be shared and played anywhe re on the net 60 work! From the Netwo rk menu, choose the iTunes item, and the iTunes Configuration screen appears. You may enable or disable the iTunes Service from here. Once enabled, enter correct information for each fiel[...]

Media Manager Settings Item Description Media Server Enable or disable the Media Server service. Shared Media Folders Select the folder(s) that contains media files to be shared. Rescan Click the Rescan button to have the N7700 for new contents in the selected media folder. Adding Media Share Folders Once the Media Server software is insta lled, yo[...]

1. Connect the USB printe r to one of th e USB ports (preferably the rear USB ports; front USB ports can be used for external HDD enclosures). 2. Go to Start > Pri nters and Faxes . 3. Click on File > Add Printer . 4. The Add Printer Wizard appears on your scr een. Click Next . 5. Select the “ A network printer, or a pri nter attached to an[...]

3. Select Add a network, wireless o r Bluetooth printer . 4. Select The printer that I want isn’t listed . You can press Th e printer that I want isn’t listed to go into nex t page without waiti ng for Searching for available printers to fi nish. 5. Click Select a shared printer by name . 63[...]

Type http://<Thecus_NAS>:631/printers/usb-printer in the box, where <Thecus_NAS_IP> is the IP address of the N7700. Click Next . 6. Select or install a printer and th en press OK . 64 If your printer model is not listed, please contact your printer manufacturer for help. 7. Windows will attempt t o connect to th e printer. 8. You can ch[...]

9. Done! Click Finish . Download Manager With the built-in Downl oad Manager, you can have the N7700 download HTTP, FTP, and BT files with out having full P C powered on. What’s more, you can even schedule your downloads for off-peak ho urs, ensu efficient use of ba ndwidth. To acces s the Download Manager, go to Network , choose the Download M a[...]

Click to pause the specified task. Click to delete the specifi ed task. A prompt will appear asking you if you would like to delete the task itself, or the task and all relate d downloa ded file s. Task Name of the task. Click to see more information about this task. Type Type of transfer. Can be HTTP , FTP , or BT . Rate Transfer rate of the task [...]

67 3. Next, select th e destination f older from the Destination Folder dropdown. This is where the dow nload will reside. 4. Select the maximum downlo ad bandwidth from the Max. Down load Bandwidth dropdown.[...]

5. Press Apply to add th e task. 68[...]

6. Once added, your download wi ll appear in the list of dow nload tasks. To start the download, simply click the Start icon ( ) and the download will begin. 7. The download statu s will continua lly update in the Download Tasks window. To pause the download, click the Pause icon ( ). 69[...]

Adding an FTP Task To add a new F TP task to the Down load Manager, follow these steps: 1. Using the Task Type dropdown, select FTP and click Add Task . 2. In the FTP Task window, start by inputting the target URL in the FTP File box. This is the link to the download you want to qu eue. 70[...]

3. Next, select th e destination f older from the Destination Folder dropdown. This is where the dow nload will reside. 71 4. The next step depends i f you are using an ano nymous login for your F TP download. If you are loggin g in anonymously , select Anonymous Login and move on to step 5.[...]

If you are required to login with a user name and password, select Username and input your user name and password into the appropriate fields. 5. Select the maximum downlo ad bandwidth from the Max. Down load Bandwidth dropdown. 72 6. Press Apply to add th e task.[...]

7. Once added, your download wi ll appear in the list of dow nload tasks. To start the download, simply click the Start icon ( ) and the download will begin. 8. The download statu s will continua lly update in the Download Tasks window. To pause the download, click the Pause icon ( ). Adding a BT Task To add a new BT task to the Download Manage r, [...]

2. In the BT Task window, start by clicking Browse… a nd selecting the torrent file you wi sh to start. 3. Next, select th e destination f older from the Destination Folder dropdown. This is where the dow nload will reside. 74[...]

75 4. Next, you can select th e maximum an d minimum number of peers from selecting the counts from the appropriate dropdowns.[...]

5. Next, you can set the maximum downlo ad and upload bandwidths from the dropdowns below. 6. Press Apply to add th e task. 7. Once added, your download wi ll appear in the list of dow nload tasks. To start the download, simply click the Start icon ( ) and the download will begin. 76[...]

8. The download stat us will continuall y update in the Download Task s window. To pause the download, click the Pause icon ( ). Deleting Tasks To delete a task, simply f ollow the steps below: 1. Click the delete icon ( ) beside the task that you wish to delete. The Delete Task dialogue box will appear. 2. Select Delete Task only if you wish to re[...]

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

Chapter 6: Using the N7700 Overview Once the N7700 is setup an d operating, users on th e network may manage all varieties of digital music, photos, or files by simply using their web br owsers. To manage your personal files or access pub lic files on the N7700, just enter its IP address into your browser (default IP address is http://192.168.1.100[...]

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

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

5. Click on this icon and Web Publishing Wizard will start. 6. Select the pictures y ou want to publis h to the Photo Web Server by placing a check mark on the top left hand corner of the picture. Click Next . 7. Your PC will start to conne ct to the Photo Web Server. 8. Select N7700 Photo Gallery Wizard to publish your pi ctures to the N7700. 82[...]

9. Login into the N7700 with your local user name and password. 10. Create your album by entering an a lbum name and cli cking on the Cre ate Album button. 11. Select the album you w ant to upload your pi ctures to. 83[...]

12. Confirm the target album. 13. Windows will show y ou that the picture upload is in progress. 14. When the upload is finished, the Wiza rd will ask you whether if you want to go to the website. Click Finish to go to your Photo Web Server. 15. Click on the user’s icon to go to tha t user’s album. 84[...]

16. You will see the user’s album list. Click on Album . 17. Finished! You will see the pictures just sele cted in the al bum. 85[...]

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

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

To stop the slide show, click on the Stop Slide Show icon on the top right hand corner. Mapping a Client PC to the N7700 You can map share folders on the N7700 so that you can access them as if they were drives on your computer. Yo u can co nnect to the shared network folders on the N7700 as follows: Windows 1. Go to the My Computer folder in Windo[...]

When connecting using SM B/CIFS protocol, type: smb://192.168.1.100/Folder1 When connecting using AFP protocol, type: afp://192.168.1.100/Folder1 Click Connect . 3. When MAC OS X is trying to connec t N7700, it will ask for a User Name and Password which has access to the folder. 4. When MAC OS X has co nnected to the N7700 successfully, an icon re[...]

4. Leave the default selection s and click Next . 5. Read the license agreement. To continue with the installation, click I Agree and then click Next . 6. The iSCSI Init iator will now in stall automat ically. Click Finish once completed. 90[...]

7. Start the iSCSI Init iator by double-click ing its icon on the desktop. T he iSCSI Initiator propert ies window will appear. 8. Select the Discovery tab. Under Target Po rtal s , click Add . 9. Enter the IP address of the N7700. Click OK . 91[...]

10. On the iSCSI Initiator Properties window, s elect the Targets tab. With the iSCSI target highlighted, click Log On . The Log On to Target dialogue will appear. 11. If you have not enabled CHAP, click OK to continue. If you have enable d CHAP, click Advanced . Under Advanced Settings, check the CHAP lo gin inf ormat ion checkbox and enter your u[...]

12. Right click My Computer on the desktop and select Manage . 13. Click on Disk Management and you will see a new hard disk listed. 14. Initialize t he new hard disk and you will th en be able to use the iSCSI target as a local drive. 93[...]

94 Windows Vista Because Windows Vista has th e Microsoft iSCSI Initiator pre- installed, you will not have to install th is piece of software. In stead, start the iSCSI In itiator and follow steps 8-14 to map the N7700 as a n iSCSI drive. File Backup There are a number of ways to bac k up data with the N7700. Nsync You can backup a share folder to[...]

Schedule Schedule backup of your s hare folders. Time The time when the Nsync task will run. Type S elect whether to run the Nsync task daily, weekly, or monthly. Daily : input the time of day to execute Nsync task. Weekly : input which day of the week to execute the task. Monthly : decide which day of the month to execute the task. Apply Cli ck to[...]

NOTE If you can not find Thecus Backup Ut ility on your C from the Thecus website (htt p://www.thecus.co m D, please download it ). When you execute th is utility for the f irst time, it will ask y ou whether to create a DB file. Click Yes . 1. Click Add to create a Backup task. The Add N ew Task dialog box appears. Add New Task Item Description Ta[...]

97 2. Click Next to skip past the opening page. Choose Backu p files and settings from the second page, and then click Next . 3. Select which option you want to b ack up. 4. Click Next and in the Backup Type, Destination, and Name page, specify a back up location using the Browse bu tton. 5. Find and select the drive that sp ecifies your N7 700 as [...]

Chapter 7: T ip s and T ricks USB and eSATA Storage Expansion The N7700 supports external USB hard disk s through its four USB por ts. Once a USB hard disk has succ essfully mounted , the entire volume will be copied automatically to the default USB HDD folder. The N7700 supports up to 4 USB external storage devices. All file names on the USB disk [...]

99 Part I - Setup a DynDNS A ccount 1. Go to http://www.dyndns.org from your home PC. 2. Click on the Sign Up Now link. 3. Check the Check boxes, select a user name (i.e.: N7700), enter yo ur email address (i.e.: xxx@example.com), check Enable Wildcard , a nd create a password (i.e.: xxxx ). 4. Wait for an email from www.d yndns.org. 5. Open the em[...]

100 Replacing Damaged Hard Drives If you are using RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, or RAID 10, yo u can easily replace a damaged hard drive in the Thecus N7700 wh ile keeping your data secure with the system’s automatic data recovery. Hard Drive Damage When a hard drive is damaged and data in the RAID volume, the system LCD will display warning message a[...]

Chapter 8: T roubleshooting Forgot My Network IP Address If you forget your netw ork IP address an d have no physical access to the system, you can find out the IP address by eith er looking directly onto the N7700’s LCD panel, or by using the setup wizard to retrieve the IP of your N7700. 1. Start the Setup Wizard, an d it will automatical ly de[...]

102 4. Set the Date , Time , and Ti me Zone . 5. Click Apply . In addition, if the N7700 is able to acce ss the Internet and yo u want to keep the NTP Server clock.isc.org by default, please make sure the DNS Server is correctly entered, thereby allowing the NTP Serv er name to correctly resolve. (See Network > WAN > DNS Server )[...]

103 Appendix A: Product S pecifications Hardware Specifications Product Model N7700 Network Interfaces WAN Gigabit RJ-45 connector LAN Gigabit RJ-45 connector Storage HDD Bays 7 x 3.5” SATA II HDD, hot-swappabl e HDD Support SATA II HDDs up to 2000GB eSATA 1 x eSATA connector for capacity e xpansion I/O Interfaces USB Ports 4 x USB type A ports ([...]

104 Software Specifications Network File Protocols Micr osoft Networks (CIFS/SMB) Apple Filing Prot ocol (AFP 3.0) Network File System (NFS v3) File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Secure Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTPs) Authentication Local User Account Microsoft Active Directory Au thentication (AD)* Network Client[...]

105 External HDD/flash disk USB IEEE 802.11 b/g dongle w/AP mode support** Setup Utility Windows 20 00/XP/2003 MAC OS X *AD support: Works as a client member in a Microsoft Active Directory domain, allowing the N7700 to utilize the do main users and groups setting for authentication to the system and au thorization to the share folders. **For suppo[...]

Appendix B: Customer Support If your N7700 is not working properl y, we encourage you to check out Chapter 8: Troubleshooti ng , located in thi s manual. You can al so try to ensure tha t you are using the latest firmwar e version for your N770 0. Thecus is committed to providing free firmware upgrades to our customers. Our newest firmware is avail[...]

107 Appendix C: RAID Basics Overview A Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) is a n array of several hard di sks that provide data security and high perf ormance. A RAI D system accesses several hard disks simultaneously, which improves I/O performance over a single h ard disk. Data securi ty is enhanced by a RA ID, since data loss due to a h[...]

108 RAID 1 RAID 1 mirrors all data from one hard di sk drive to a second one hard disk drive, thus providing complete data redundancy . However, the cost of data storage capacity is doubled. This is excellent for complet e data security. RAID 5 RAID 5 offers data secu rity and it is best s uited for networks that perform many small I/O transactions[...]

109 Disk Usage When all 7 disks are of the same size , and used in RAID, N7700 disk usage percentage is listed below: RAID Level Percentage Used RAID 0 100% RAID 1 1/n x 100% RAID 5 (n-1)/n x 100% RAID 6 (n-2)/n x 100% RAID 10 50% JBOD 100% n ： HDD number[...]

110 Appendix D: Active Directory Basics Overview With Windows 2000, Microsoft intro duced Ac tive Directory (ADS), which is a large database/information store. Prior to Active Directory the Wi ndows OS could not store additional information in its domain database. Active Directory also solved the problem of locating resources; wh ich previously rel[...]

111 Appendix E: UPS Comp atibility List Brand Series Model Notes Ablerex MS-RT ActivePower 1400VA AEC MiniGuard UPS 700 M2501 cable Back-UPS Pro Matrix-UPS Smart-UPS Back-UPS 940-0095A/C cables, 940-0020B/C cables, 940-0023A cable Back-UPS Office 940-0119A cable Masterswitch Not a UPS - 940- 0020 cable APC Back-UPS RS 500 custom non- USB cable Regu[...]

112 Brand Series Model Notes PowerRite MAX Fiskars PowerServer 10, 30 All models with alarm interface MP110/210 MS-T MS Gamatronic µPS3/1 Gemini UPS625/UPS1000 R3000 XR HP R5500 XR INELT Monolith 1000LT Infosec iPEL 350, 500, 750, 1000 Ippon (various) Liebert UPStation GXT2 contact-closure cable Masterguard (various) HF Line 1..4 boards, /2 5..8 b[...]

Brand Series Model Notes TrustTrust 425/625 BNT-1000AP Advice Partner/King Pr750 Powercom BNT-2000AP PowerGuard PG-600 PowerKinetics 9001 PowerTech Comp1000 DTR cable power Power Walker Line-Interactive VI1000 Powerware 3110, 3115, 5119, 5125, 5119 RM, PW5115 PW5125PW9120, PW9125, 9120, 9150, 9305 Powerwell PM525A/-625A/-800A/-1000A/ - 1250A RPF525[...]

114 Appendix F: Licensing Information Overview This product included copyrighted third- party software licensed under the terms of GNU General Public License. Please see THE GNU General Public License for extra terms and conditions of this license. Source Code Availability Thecus Technology Corp. has exposed th e full source code of the GPL license[...]

115 CGIC License Terms Basic License CGIC, copyright 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 200 0, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 by Thomas Boutell and Boutell.Com, Inc. Permission is grant ed to use CGIC in any application, commercial or noncommercial, at no cost. HOW EVER, th is copyright paragraph must appear on a "credits" page accessible in t he public onl[...]

116 Also, for each author's protection and our s, we want to ma ke certain that everyone understands that there is no warran ty for this free software . If the software is modified by someone else an d passed on, we want its recipients to know that what th ey have is not the orig in al, so that any problems in troduced by others will not refle[...]

117 c) If the modified program normally re ads commands interactively when run, you must cause i t, when started runni ng for such interacti ve use in the most ordinary way, to p rint or display an announcement including an appropriate copyright notice and a notice that there is no warranty (or else, saying that you provide a warranty) and that use[...]

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119 This section is inten ded to make thoroughly clear w hat is believed to be a consequence of the rest of this License. 8. If the distribution and/or use of the Program is restri cted in certain countries either by patents or by copyrighted in terfaces, the original copyright holder who places the Program under this License m ay add an explicit g[...]