Thecus N8800 manual

Thecus N8800 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 N88 00. Your N8800 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) ...................................................................... 25 Power Mana gement ............................................................................ 26 Storage Management .......................................................................... 27 Disks Inform ation .....................................[...]

6 Reboot and Shut down S ystem .............................................................. 60 Logout .............................................................................................. 60 Chapter 5: Addition al Feature Setup ............................................ 61 Overview ......................................................[...]

7 Chapter 8: Trou bleshooting ....................................................... 103 Forgot My Network IP Address .......................................................... 103 Can't Map a Network Drive in Windows XP ........................................ 103 Restoring Factor y Defaults ..................................................[...]

8 Chapter 1: Introduction Overview Thank you for choosing the Thecus N8800 IP Storage Server. The The cus N8800 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 N8800 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 N8800, refer to Chapter 4: System Managem ent > Sto rage Mana gement > RAID List . Dual Mode S[...]

Front Panel The Thecus N8800’s front panel ha s the de vice’s controls, indicators, and hard disk trays: Front Panel Item Description 1.Power Button • Power on/off N8800 2.Power LED • Solid green: System is p ower on. 3.Reboot Button • Press to system reboot 4.System fan alarm LED • Solid red: system fan failure notification 5. Mute but[...]

Hard Disk Trays Each of the N8800’s har d disk trays has a lock, a latch, a nd two LED indicators: 11 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 the unit [...]

Chapter 2: Hardware Inst allation Overview Your N8800 is designed for easy insta llation. To help you get started, the following chapter will help you quickly get your N8800 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 N8800 to your ne twork, follow th e steps below: 1. Connect an Ethernet cable from your network to the WAN port on the back panel of the N8800. 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 supply[...]

Checking System Status After making connections on the N8800 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 Power LED on the Front Panel glows green. 2. The HDD Power LED o n each HDD tray glows bl [...]

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 N8800 so that it is accessible to your network users. There are two ways to set up your N8800: using the Thecus Setup Wizard or the LCD display . Follow the st eps below for initial sof tware setup. The[...]

6. Name your N8800 and configure the networ k IP address. I f your switch or router is configured as a DHCP Server, configuring the N8800 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. 16[...]

8. Finished! Access the N8800 Web Administrator Interf ace by pressing the Start Browser button. You ca n also configure another N8800 at this point by clicking the Setup Other Device button. Press Exit to exit the wizard. NOTE The Thecus Setup Wizard is designed for installation on systems running Windows XP/2000 or Mac OSX or later. Users with ot[...]

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 N8800 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[...]

19 Step 1: Network Setup From the Web Administration Interf ace, you can configure the network settings of the N8800 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[...]

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

Chapter 4: System Management Overview The N8800 provides an easily accessible Web Administr ation Interface . With it, you can configure and monitor the N8800 anywhere on the network. Web Administration Interface Make sure your network is connected to the Internet. To access the N8 800 Web Administration Interface : 1. Type the N8800’s IP address[...]

Accounts Allows configuration of users and groups. System Various N8800 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 group. In the follow ing sections, you will find det ailed explanation s of each function, and how to [...]

Status Menu The Status Menu o n the menu bar all ows yo u to see various aspects of the N8800. From here, you can discover the st atus of the N8800, and even find o ut other details like firmware version and up time. Product Information Once you login, you will first see the basi c Product Information screen providing Manufacturer , Product No. , F[...]

SMB/CIFS Status The status of the SMB/CIFS server. FTP Status The status of the FTP server. Media Server The status of the Media Server Nsync Status The status of the Nsync server. UPnP Status The status of the UPnP service. SNMP The status of the SNMP service. System Information From Status menu, choose the Info item, and the System In forma tion [...]

For information on how to set up the Printer Server, refer to Chapter 5: Additional Feature Setup > Printer Server . UPS Settings The N8800 can also support various uninterrupt ible power supply units, providing extra data security and accessibility in the case of a power failure. From the Status menu, choose the UPS item and the UPS Setting scr[...]

Power Management Using the N8800’s Power Management, you can s ave energy and money by scheduling the N8800 to turn itself on and off during certain times of the day. 26 From the Status menu, choose the Power Mgmt item and the Schedule Power On/Off screen appears. To designate a schedule for the N8800 to turn on and off, first enable the feature [...]

Storage Management The Storage Menu displays the status of storag e devices installed in the N8800, and includes storage co nfiguration options such as RAID and disk settings, folder configuration, and Nsync settings. Disks Information From the Storage menu, choose the Disks item and the Disks Information screen appears. From here, you can see vari[...]

S.M.A.R.T. Information Item Description Tray Numb er Tra y the hard disk is in stalle d in. Model Model name of the installed hard di sk. Power ON Hours Count of hours in power-on state. The raw value of this attribute shows total count of hours (or minutes, or seconds, depending on manufacturer) in power-on state. Temperature Celsius The current t[...]

Disks Used Hard disks used to form the current RAID volume. Total Capacity Total capacity of the current RAID. Data Capacity Indicates the used capacity and total capacity used by user data. iSCSI Capacity Indicates the capacity allocated to iSCSI. RAID Config Press this to co nfigure RAI D volumes . Space Allocation Press this to adjust the space [...]

storage volume. Master RAID Check a box to designate this as the Master RAID volume. See the NOTE below for more information. Disk No. Number assigned to the installed hard disks. Capacity (MB) Capacity of the installed hard disks. Model Model number of the installed hard disks. Status Status of the installed hard disks. Member If this is c hecked [...]

9. Press Apply to build the RAID storage volume. NOTE Building a RAID storage space ma y take time, dep hard drives and RAID mode. ending on the size of WARNING Creating RAID destroys a ll data in the current RAID volume . The da ta is unrecoverable. With a RAID 1, RAID 5 , RAID 6, or RAID 10 vol ume, you can also add a spare disk after the RAID is[...]

32  From RAID 0 [RAID 0] HDDx2 to [RAID 0] HDDx3 [RAID 0] HDDx2 to [RAID 0] HDDx4 [RAID 0] HDDx2 to [RAID 0] HDDx5 [RAID 0] HDDx2 to [RAID 0] HDDx6 [RAID 0] HDDx2 to [RAID 0] HDDx7 [RAID 0] HDDx2 to [RAID 0] HDDx8 [RAID 0] HDDx3 to [RAID 0] HDDx4 [RAID 0] HDDx3 to [RAID 0] HDDx5 [RAID 0] HDDx3 to [RAID 0] HDDx6 [RAID 0] HDDx3 to [RAID 0] HDDx7 [[...]

[RAID 5] HDDx5 to [RAID 5] HDDx6 [RAID 5] HDDx5 to [RAID 5] HDDx7 [RAID 5] HDDx5 to [RAID 5] HDDx8 [RAID 5] HDDx6 to [RAID 5] HDDx7 [RAID 5] HDDx6 to [RAID 5] HDDx8 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 th[...]

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 N8800’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 N8800 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 N8800 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[...]

Folder Access Control List (ACL) On the Folder screen, press the ACL button, and the Access Control List screen appears. This screen allows you to configure access to the specific folder for users and groups. Select a user or a group from the left hand col umn and then choose Deny , Read Only , or Writable to confi gure their access level. Press th[...]

3. Click Search . NOTE The system will list up to 1,000 users from the chosen category. To narrow your search, enter a s earch term in the b lank provided. File System Check The File System Check allows you to perform a check on the integrity of your disks’ file system. Under the Storage menu, click Filesystm Ch eck and the File Sys tem Ch eck pr[...]

Click Start to begin the file sy stem check. Click Back to return to the previ ous screen. Click Reboot to reboot the system. When the file system check is run, the syst em will show 20 lines of in formation until it is complete. Once complete, the resu lts will be shown at the bot tom. NOTE The system must be rebooted before the N8800 can function[...]

File Access Cache File Access Cache is default En able . This option will help to increase t he performance while single cl ient access share folder in writ ing under SMB/CIF S protocol. Samba Recycle Bin The N8800 is supported recycle bin via SMB/ CI FS protocol. Simply enable it then all of deleted files/ folders will res ide in the “. recycle?[...]

iSCSI Block Size Select the block size w ith 4K while th e iSCSI volume size is over 2TB. iSCSI CRC/Checksum To enable this option, the initiator can con nect with “Data digest” and “Header digest” enabled. 45[...]

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 screen displays the network parameters of the WAN connection. You may change any of th ese items and press Apply to confir m your [...]

Most Fast Ethernet (10/100) Switche s/Routers do not support Jumbo Frame and you will not be ab le to connect to y our N8800 after Jumbo Frame is turn ed on. If this happens, turn off the N8800. The n, in sert USB d isk with factory reset utility included and power on the N8800. Till the system power o n complete then it will bring your system sett[...]

WLAN Configuration 48 When a compatible wireless USB don gle is installed on the N8800, the N8800 will become an access point, and the Network dropdown menu will contain a WLA N menu item. From the Network menu, choose WLAN , and the WLAN Con figuration screen appears. This screen displays the wireless network parameters of the system. You can chan[...]

NOTE Users should obey the international RF regulatory rules as they s et up the wireless RF channel on the N8800. The RF operating channels for different regions have been specified as fo llowing. Thecus has no responsibility for users attempt ing to violate the international RF regulation. 11 N . America 14 Japan 13 Europe (ETSI) 2 Spain 4 France[...]

OS-based systems. Zone Specifies Zo ne for Applet T alk service . If your AppleTalk network uses extended networks and is assigned with multiple zones, assi gn a zone name to the N8800. If you do not want to assign a network zone, enter an asterisk (*) to use the default setting. NFS Setup From the Netwo rk menu, choose the NFS item, and the NFS Se[...]

Local User Configuration Item Description Add Press the Add button to add a user to the list of local users. Modify Press the Modify button to modify a local user. Delete Press the Delete button to delete a selected user from the system. Adding Users 1. Click on the Add button on Local User Configuration screen, and Local User Setting screen appear[...]

Modifying Users 1. Select an existing user from the Local User Configuration screen. 2. Click on the Modify bu tton, and Local User Setting screen appears. 3. From here, you can enter a new password a nd re-enter to confirm, or use the << or >> buttons to have this u ser join or leave a group. Click the Apply button to save your c hange[...]

5. Select users to be in thi s group from the Users List by adding them to the Members List using the << button. 6. Click the Apply button to save your changes. Modifying Groups 1. On the Local Group Configuration screen, select a group name from the list. 2. Press the Modify button to modify the members in a group. 3. To add a user into a gr[...]

ADS/NT Configuration If you have a Windows Active Directory Server (ADS) or Windows NT server to handle th e domain security in your net work, you can simply enable the ADS/NT support feature; the N8800 will connect with the ADS/NT server and get all the inform ation of the domain users and groups automatically. From the Accounts menu, choose Authe[...]

AD Domain Example Item Information Work Group / Domain Name domain ADS Support Enable ADS Server Name Computer1 ADS/NT Realm Domain.local Administrator ID Administrator Administrator Password *********** Confirm Password *********** 55 System Settings NOTE • The DNS server specif ied in th e WAN co nfigu ratio n page s hould b e able to correctly[...]

SNMP From the System menu, choose the SNMP item and the SN MP Supports screen appears. You co uld enable the SNMP function and filled in the related inf ormation in each fields. With the SN MP management software could ge t system basic information. 56 System Logs From the System menu, choose the Logs item and the System Logs screen appears. This s[...]

See the following table for a detailed description of each item: Time Item Description Date Sets the system date. Time Sets the system time. Time Zone Sets the system time zone. NTP Server Select Yes to allow the N8800 to synchronize with the NTP server shown below. Select Manually to allow the N8800 to synchronize with an NTP server of your choice[...]

System Configuration Backup and Restore From the System menu, choose the Config Mgmt item and the Sys tem Configuration Download /Upload screen appears. From here, you can download or upl oad stored system configurations. See the following table for a detailed description of each item. System Configuration Download/Upload Item Description Download [...]

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 N8800 NOTE Modules can potentia lly harm your system. Only your vendor, or publishers you can trust . install modules from Reset to Factory Default Settings From the System menu, [...]

Change Administrator Password From the System menu, choose the Administrator Password item and the Change Administrator Password screen appears. Enter a new password in the New Password box and confirm your new password in the Confirm Password box. Press Apply to confirm password changes. See the following table for a detailed description of each i[...]

Chapter 5: Additional Feature Setup Overview The N8800 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 N8800 can act as a FTP serv[...]

iTunes® Server With the built- in iTunes server capabil ity, the N8800 enables digital music to be shared and played anywhe re on the net 62 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[...]

63 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 N8800 for new contents in the selected media folder. Adding Media Share Folders Once the Media Server software is insta lled,[...]

Printer Server You can configure the N8800 to act as a printer server. That way, all PCs connected to the network can uti lize the same printer. Windows XP SP2 To set up the Printer Server in Wi ndows XP SP2, follow the steps below : 1. Connect the USB printe r to one of the USB ports (preferably the rear USB ports; front USB ports can be used for [...]

Windows Vista To set up the Printer Server in Win dows Vista, follow th e steps below: 1. Open Printer Folder from the Control Panel . 2. Click the right mouse b utton in anywhere on t he Printers folder and then select Add Printer . 3. Select Add a network, wireless o r Bluetooth printer . 65[...]

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 . Type http://<Thecus_NAS>:631/printers/usb-printer in the box, where <Thecus_NAS_IP> is the IP address [...]

If your printer model is not list ed, please contact your print er manufacturer for help. 7. Windows will attempt t o connect to th e printer. 8. You can choose to set this printer as the defaul t printer by checking the Set as the default printer box. Cli ck Next to contin ue. 9. Done! Click Finish . 67[...]

Download Manager With the built-in Downl oad Manager, you can have the N8800 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 anager option, and the Do[...]

Adding an HTTP Task To add a new HTTP task to the Do wnload Manager, foll ow these steps: 1. Using the Task Type dropdown, select HTTP and click Add Task . 2. In the HTTP Task window, start by i nputting the target U RL in the Website URL box. This is the lin k to the download yo u want to qu eue. 69[...]

3. Next, select th e destination f older from the Destination Folder dropdown. This is where the dow nload will reside. 70 4. Select the maximum downlo ad bandwidth from the Max. Down load Bandwidth dropdown. 5. Press Apply to add th e task.[...]

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 ( ). 71[...]

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. 72[...]

3. Next, select th e destination f older from the Destination Folder dropdown. This is where the dow nload will reside. 73 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. 74 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 ( ). 75[...]

Adding a BT Task To add a new BT task to the Download Manage r, follow these steps: 1. Using the Task Type dropdown, select BT and click Add Task . 2. In the BT Task window, start by clicking Browse… a nd selecting the torrent file you wi sh to start. 76[...]

3. Next, select th e destination f older from the Destination Folder dropdown. This is where the dow nload will reside. 77 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. 78[...]

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 N8800 Overview Once the N8800 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 N8800, 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 N8800 Photo Gallery Wizard to publish your pi ctures to the N8800. 84[...]

9. Login into the N8800 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. 12. Confirm the target album. 85[...]

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. 86[...]

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. 87[...]

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 N8800 You can map share folders on the N8800 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 N8800 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 N8800, 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 N8800 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. 92[...]

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 N8800. Click OK . 93[...]

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. 95[...]

96 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 N8800 as a n iSCSI drive. File Backup There are a number of ways to bac k up data with the N8800. Nsync You can backup a share folder to[...]

Server Test Connection Click to check the connection to the Target Server. 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. M[...]

Utility.exe ) to a convenient location on you r hard disk and double click to execute it. 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 cr[...]

99 Windows XP Data Backup If you use Windows XP Prof essional, you can also use the Window s Backup Utility (Ntbackup.exe) to backup your files. If you use Windows XP Home Ed ition, follow th ese steps to install th e utility: 1. Insert the Windows XP CD into a drive and dou ble-click the CD icon in My Computer . 2. When the Welcome to Microsoft Wi[...]

Chapter 7: T ip s and T ricks USB and eSATA Storage Expansion The N8800 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 N8800 supports up to 4 USB external storage devices. All file names on the USB disk [...]

101 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.: N8800), 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 e[...]

102 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 N8800 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 N8800’s LCD panel, or by using the setup wizard to retrieve the IP of your N8800. 1. Start the Setup Wizard, an d it will automatical ly de[...]

104 4. Set the Date , Time , and Ti me Zone . 5. Click Apply . In addition, if the N8800 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 )[...]

105 Appendix A: Product S pecifications Hardware Specifications Product Model N8800 Network Interfaces WAN Gigabit RJ-45 connector LAN Gigabit RJ-45 connector Storage HDD Bays 8 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 ([...]

106 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[...]

107 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 N8800 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 N8800 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 N880 0. Thecus is committed to providing free firmware upgrades to our customers. Our newest firmware is avail[...]

109 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[...]

110 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[...]

111 Disk Usage When all 8 disks are of the same size , and used in RAID, N8800 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[...]

112 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[...]

113 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[...]

114 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[...]

116 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[...]

117 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[...]

118 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[...]

119 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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121 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[...]