Thecus N8810U-G manual

Thecus N8900 series /N12000 series/N16000 series N5550/N6 850/N8850/N10850 N7700PRO V2 /N7710 series N8800PRO V 2 /N8810U series N4510U series /N7510 User’s Man ual[...]

2 Copyright and Trademark Notice Thecus and other nam es of Thecus produ ct s ar e registered trademarks of Thecus Technology Corp. Mi crosoft, Windows, and the Wi ndows logo are regist ered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Apple, iTunes and Apple OS X are registered trademarks of Appl e Computers, Inc. All other trademarks and br and nam es ar[...]

3 Safety W arning s For your safety, pl ease read and foll ow the following safety warni ngs: Read this manu al thoroughly before a ttempting to s et up your The cus IP storage. Your Th ecus IP st orage i s a complicated electronic device. DO NOT attempt to repair i t und er an y circumstances. In the ca se of mal function, turn off the power immed[...]

4 T able of Content s About This Ma nual ......................................................................... 2 Limited Warra nty ........................................................................... 2 Sa fety Warning s ............................................................................ 3 Table of Conte n ts ....................[...]

5 System Network .................................................................................. 67 Networking .................................................................................. 67 DHCP/RADVD ............................................................................... 68 Linking Ag gregation ...................................[...]

6 Part III - Setti ng up Virtual Servers (HTTPS) ................................... 167 Firewall Softwa re Configuration ........................................................ 167 Replacing Dama ged Hard Drive s ....................................................... 168 Hard Drive Damage .........................................................[...]

7 Chapter 1: Intro duction Overview Thank y ou for choosing the Thecus IP Storag e S erver. Th e Thecu s IP storage is an easy- to -use storag e server that all ows a dedicated app roach to storing and distributi ng data on a network. Data rel iability is ensured wi th RAID features that provide data se curity and recovery — over mu ltiple T erab[...]

8 Thecus IP storage supports mul tiple RAID volumes on one system. So, you can create RAID 0 for your non- critical data , and create RAID 1, 5,6,50 or 60 (depend on model) for mi ssion-cri tical data. Create the RAID l evels dependin g on your needs. To configure RAID mod es on the The cus IP storage, refe r to Chapter 4: Stor age Management > [...]

9 Package Conten ts N8900/N12000/N1600 0 Series/N8800 PRO V2/N88 10U series/ N4510U-R/N45 10U PRO-R The Thecus IP sto rage should contain the followi ng common items:  System Uni t x1  QIG (Quick Instal lation Guide) x1  CD -Title (Acroni s backup CD & Uni versal CD)  Ethernet Cable x1  Accessory bag x1  HDD Compatib ility lis[...]

10 Front Panel N8900 series: Front Panel Item Description 1. Power Button  Power on/off N 8900 2.Power LED  Solid green: System is power on. 3.System error LED  Sol id RED: System error. 4.Mute button  Mute the system fan alarm. 5. USB Port  USB 2.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as USB disks and USB printers 6. Locator button[...]

11 N12000 series: The Thecus N 12000 series front panel has the device’s control s, indicators, and hard disk trays: Front Panel Item Description 1. Power Button  Power on/off N 12000 2.Power LED  Solid green: System is power on. 3.System error LED  Sol id RED: System error. 4.Mute button  Mute the system fan alarm. 5. USB Port  US[...]

12 N16000 series: The Thecus N 16000 series front panel has the device’s control s, indicators, and hard disk trays: Front Panel Item Description 1. Power Button  Power on/off N 16000 2.Power LED  Solid green: System is power on. 3.System error LED  Sol id RED: System error. 4.Mute button  Mute the system fan alarm. 5. USB Port  US[...]

13 N6850: The Th ecus N 6850 ’s front panel has the device’s controls, in dicators, an d hard di sk trays: Front Panel Item Description 1. Power Button  Pow er on/off N6850 2. USB Port  US B 2.0 port for compat ible USB devices, such as di gital cameras, USB di sks, and USB prin t ers . 3. USB Port  US B 3.0 port for compat ible USB de[...]

14 N8850: The Th ecus N 8850 ’s front panel has the device’s controls, in dicators, an d hard di sk tr ays: Front Panel Item Description 1. Power Button  Pow er on/off N8 850 2. USB Port  US B 2.0 port for compat ible USB devices, such as di gital cameras, USB di sks, and USB prin ters. 3. USB Port  US B 3.0 port for compat ible USB de[...]

15 N10850: The Thecus N 10850 ’s f ront panel has the d evice’s controls, indi cators, and hard disk trays: Front Panel Item Description 1. Power Butt on  Pow er on/off N 10850 2. USB Port  USB 2.0 po rt for compati ble USB devices, such as di gital cameras, USB di sks, and USB prin ters. 3. USB Port  US B 3.0 port for compat ible USB [...]

16 N7700PRO V2 /N7710 series: The Thecus N7700PR O V2/N77 10 series front panel has the device’s cont rols, indicators, and hard di sk trays: Front Panel Item Description 1.Power LED  Solid blue: System is power on. 2.System LED  Solid orange: system is being upgraded or sy stem startup; data currently inaccessible 3. WAN/LAN1 LED  Solid[...]

17 N8800PRO V2/N8810U series: The Thecus N8800PR O V2/N88 10U series front panel has the device’s c ontrols, indicators, and ha rd disk trays: Front Panel Item Description 1. Power Button  Power on/off N8800PRO V2 /N8810U series 2.Power LED  Solid green: System is power on. 3.Reboot Button  Press to system reboot 4.System fan al arm LED [...]

18 N5 550: The Thecus N5 55 0 front panel has the devi ce’s controls, i ndicators, and hard disk trays: Front Panel Item Descripti on 1.System LED  Bli nking or ange: System is being upgraded or ;is starting up; data currently inaccessible 2. WAN/LAN1 LED  Solid green: Network link  Bli nking gr een: Network activit y 3. LAN2 LED  Sol[...]

19 N4510U: The Thecus N4510U front pan el has the device’s control s, indicators, and hard disk trays: Front Panel Item Description 1. LCD Display  Di splays the current sy stem status and warning messages.  Di splays hostname, WAN/LA N1/LAN2 IP addresses, RAID status, and current time. 2. Up Button ▲  Push to scroll up wh en using the[...]

20 N4510U PRO: The Thecus N4510U PRO front pan el has the device’s cont rols, indicator s, and hard disk trays: Front Panel Item Description 1. LCD Display  Displays the current system status and warning messages.  Displays hostname, WAN/LAN1 IP addresses, RAI D status, and current time. 2. Up Button ▲  Push to scroll up when using the[...]

21 N7 510 : The Thecus N7 510 front panel has the devi ce’s controls, in dicators, and hard disk trays: Front Panel Item Description 1.Power LED  Solid blue: System is power on. 2.System LED  Solid orange: system is being upgraded or sy stem startup; data currently inaccessible 3. WAN/LAN1 LED  Solid green: network link  Bli nking gr [...]

22 Rear Panel N8900 Back Panel Item Description 1. Power Connector  Connect the included power cords to these connectors 2. Serial Port  This port is for external UPS device 3. eSATA Port  eSATA port for high-speed storage expansion 4. USB Port  USB 2.0 po rt for compatible USB devices, such as US B di sks, a nd USB printers 5. USB Port[...]

23 5. USB Port  USB 3.0 port for compatible USB devices. 6. WAN/LAN1 Port  WAN/LAN1 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router 7.LAN2 Port  LAN2 po rt for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router 8.LAN3 Port  LAN3 po rt for HA connecting. N12000V/N12000PRO: N12000V/N12000PR O rear panel fea[...]

24 N16000: The N16000 rear pan el features ports and connectors. Back Panel Item Description 1. Power Connector  Connect the included power cords to these connectors 2. Serial Port  This port is for external UPS device 3. eSATA Port  eSATA port for high-speed storage expansion 4. USB Port  USB 2.0 po rt for compatible USB devices, such [...]

25 N16000V/N16000PRO: N16000V/N16000PR O rear panel features ports and connecto rs. Back Panel Item Description 1. Power Connector  Connect the included power cords to these connectors 2. Serial Port  This port is for external UPS device 3. eSATA Port  eSATA port for high-speed storage expansion 4. USB Port  USB 2.0 po rt for compatible[...]

26 N6850: The N6850 rear pan el features ports and conn ectors. Back Panel Item Description 1. Power Connector  Connect the included power cords to these connectors 2. Serial Port  This port is for external UPS device 3. eSATA Port  eSATA port for high-speed storage expansion 4. USB Port  USB 2.0 po rt for compatible USB devices, such a[...]

27 N8850: The N8850 rear pan el features ports and conn ectors. Back Panel Item Description 1. Power Connector  Connect the included power cords to these c onnectors 2. Serial Port  This port is for external UPS device 3. eSATA Port  eSATA port for high-speed storage expansion 4. USB Port  USB 2.0 po rt for compatible USB devices, such [...]

28 N10850: The N10850 rear pan el features ports and connectors. Back Panel Item Description 1. Power Connector  Connect the included power cords to these connectors 2. Serial Port  This port is for external UPS device 3. eSATA Port  eSATA port for high-speed storage expansion 4. USB Port  USB 2.0 po rt for compatible USB devices, such [...]

29 N7700PRO V2: The N7700PRO V2 rear panel features ports and connectors. Back Panel Item Description 1.LAN2 Port  LAN2 po rt for connecting to a local Ethernet network through a switch or router. 2. WAN/LAN1 Port  WAN/LAN1 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router. 3. Serial Port  This port is for an external U[...]

30 N7710 series: The N7710 series rear panel features ports and connecto rs. Back Panel Item Description 1. Power Connector  Connect the included power cords to these connectors 2. WAN/LAN1 Port  WAN/LAN1 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router 3. LAN2 Port  LAN2 po rt for connecting to an Ethernet network thr[...]

31 N8800PRO V2: The N8800PRO V2 rear panel features ports and connectors. Back Panel Item Description 1. Power Connector  Connect the included power cords to these connectors 2. Power Switch  Switch for power supply 3. eSATA Port  eSATA port for high-speed storage expansion 4. USB Port  USB 2.0 po rt for compatible USB devices, such as [...]

32 N8810U series: The N8810U seri es rear panel features ports and connectors. Back Panel Item Description 1. Power Connector  Connect the included power cords to these connectors 2. WAN/LAN1 Port  WAN/LAN1 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router 3. LAN2 Port  LAN2 po rt for connecting to an Ethernet network t[...]

33 N 5550: The N 55 50 rear panel features ports and conne ctors. Back Panel Item Description 1. Power Connector  Connect the included power cords to these connectors 2. WAN/LAN1 Port  WAN/LAN1 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router 3. LAN2 Port  LAN2 po rt for connecting to an Ethernet net work through a swi[...]

34 N4510U- R: Back Panel Item Description 1. Power Connector  Connect the included power cords to these connectors 2. WAN/LAN1 Port  WAN/LAN1 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router 3. LAN2 Port  LAN2 po rt for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router 4. USB Port  USB 2.0 po rt for compa[...]

35 N4510U PRO- R: Back Panel Item Description 1. Power Connector  Connect the included power cords to these connectors 2. WAN/LAN1 Port  WA N/LAN1 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router 3. LAN2 Port  LAN2 po rt for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router 4. USB Port  USB 2.0 po rt for [...]

36 N 7510: The N 751 0 rear panel features ports and conne ctors. Back Panel Item Description 1. Power Connector  Connect the included power cords to these connectors 2. WAN/LAN1 Port  WAN/LAN1 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router 3. LAN2 Port  LAN2 po rt for connecting to an Ethernet network throu gh a swi[...]

37 Chapter 2: Hardw are Inst allatio n Overview Your Thecus IP st orage is desi gned for easy install ation. To help you get start ed, the followi ng chapter will help you qui ckly get your Thecus IP storage up and running. Please read it carefull y to prevent dam aging yo ur un it during install ation. Before You Begin Before you begi n, be sure t[...]

38 ▲ ▲ 2. Connect the provi ded power cord in to the universal power socket on t he back panel. Plu g the other end of th e cord into a surge prote ctor socket. ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲[...]

39   3. Press the power button on th e F ront Pan el to b oot up the Thecus IP st orage . ▲  [...]

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41 Chapter 3: First Time Setup Overview Once the h ardware i s instal led, physi cally connected to your n etwork, and powered on, y ou can c onfigure th e Th ecus IP storage s o th at i t i s accessibl e to you r netw ork users. There are two wa ys to set up your Thecus IP storage: using the Thecus Setup Wizard or the LCD d isplay . Foll ow the st[...]

42 6. Name your Thecus IP st orage an d config ure the network IP address. If y our switch or router is c onfigured as a DHC P Server, confi guring the Thecus IP storage to automati cally obtai n an IP address i s recommended. You may also use a stati c IP address and ent er the DNS Server addre ss manually. 7. Change the defaul t admini strator pa[...]

43 8. Fi nished! Access the Thecus IP storage Web Ad ministrator Interfac e by pressing the Start Brows er button. You can al so confi gure another Th ecus IP storage at thi s point by cli cking the Setup O ther Device button. Press Exit to exit th e wizard. LCD Operation (N7700PRO V2/N8800PRO V2 / N7710 series/N 8810U series/N5550/N4 510U series/N[...]

44 Display Mode During normal operation, the LCD wi ll be in Display Mode . Display Mode Item Description Host Name Current host name of the system. WAN/LAN1 Current WAN/LAN1 IP setting. LAN2 Current LAN2 IP setting. Link Aggregation Current Link Aggregation status System Fan1 Current system fan1 status. System Fan2 Current system fan2 status. CPU [...]

45 OLED Operation ( Does not apply to the N7700PRO V2/N8800PRO V2/ N7710 series/N8810U series/N5550/N4510U series/N7510) OLED Operation The Th ecus IP storag e i s equi pped with an OLED on t he f ront for easy status displ ay and setup. There are fou r buttons on th e f ront pa nel to cont rol th e OLED functi ons. OLED Control s Use the Up ( ▲ [...]

46 3. The LCD will display “ USB Copy? ” 4. Press Enter (  ) and the Thecus IP storage will start copying USB di sks connected to the front US B port . The LCD wi ll displ ay th e USB copy pr ogress and result s. Typical Setup P r o cedure From the Web Admi nistration Int erface, you can begin to setup your Th ecus IP storage for u se on y o[...]

47 To find out about configu ring Folder Access C ontrol Lists, see Chapter 4: Sto rage Management > Share Folder> F older Access Co ntrol List (ACL) . Step 5: Start Services Finall y, you can start to setup the different s ervices of Th ecus IP storag e for the users on your netwo rk. You can fin d out more about each of thes e services by c[...]

48 Chapter 4: S y stem A d ministration Overview The Thecus IP sto rage provid es an easily access ible Web Admi nistration Interface . Wi th it , you can confi gure and monitor the Thecus IP storage anywher e on the network. Web Administ ration Interface Make sure your network is connected t o the I nternet. To a ccess Thecus IP storage Web Admini[...]

49 Followin g the disclaim er page, you will see the Web Admin istration Interface . From here, you can con figure and moni tor virtually every aspect o f the Thecus IP storage from anywh ere on the network. My Favorite The user in terface with “ My Favo rite ” shortcut a llows the user to d esignate often used items and hav e them displ ay on [...]

50 Menu Bar The Menu Bar i s where you will find all of the information scr eens and system settings of Thecus IP storage. Th e various setting s are placed in the foll owing groups on the menu ba r: Menu Bar Item Description System Information Current system status of the Thecus IP storage . System Management Various Thecus IP storage system setti[...]

51 Me ssage Bar You can get qui ck informati on about your system stat us by movin g your mouse over these icons. Me ssage Bar Item Status Description RAID Informati on. Display th e stat us of created RAID vol ume. Cli ck to go to RAID i nformation page as sho rt cut. Disks Informati on. Display the status of disks instal led in the system. Cli ck[...]

52 System Informatio n Information provi des viewing on current Product i nfo, System Status, Service Status and Logs. The menu bar all ows you to see vari ous aspects of the Thecus IP sto rage. From here, you can di scover the statu s of the Thecus IP storage, and also other detail s. System Information Once you l ogin, you will first see th e bas[...]

53 System Fan 1 Speed Displays current System fan (left 1) status System Fan 2 Speed Displays current System fan (left 2) status Sy stem Fan 3 Speed Displays current System fan (left 3) status (Depend on model) System Fan 4 Speed Displays current System fan (left 4) status (Depend on model) CPU Temperature Displays current CPU Temperature. System T[...]

54 See the foll owing table for a detail ed description of each i tem: System Logs Item Description All Provides all log information including system messages, warning messages and error messages. IN FO Records informati on about system messag es. WARN Shows only warning messages. ERROR Shows only error messages. Download All Log File Export all lo[...]

55 Syslog Management Generates syst em log to be stored l ocall y or remotely, i t also can b e chose to act as syslog server for al l other devices. These messages are sto red on your NAS in: Nsync > l og> messages. Information can be obtained in two ways: locally and remot ely. Configurati on with syslog server: Configurati on with syslog c[...]

56 Configurati on with syslog client and target to st ore remotely: See the foll owing table for a detail ed description of each i tem: Time Item Description Syslog Daemon Enable/Disable syslog daemon. Syslog service If Server has been selected then associated syslog folder will be used to store all system logs from other NAS devices which has assi[...]

57 It is di vided in to 4 sections. Each section can be modified to monitor speci fic i tems by using the drop down list from the “ Monitors ” tab, simpl y click on the items you would like to moni tor. From each s ection, you can al so choose to displ ay the informati on graphically by selectin g “Graphic” or by plai n text mode by selecti[...]

58 For the on-li ne users list, system moni tor will display the on-li ne users and th e share folder they ha ve vi sited. System Monito r Item Description Save Layout Saving sel ected monitoring it ems. Layout will remai n the same for futu re visits. Reset Layout Set back to defaul t moni toring settings and layout . History Click on thi s check [...]

59 System Managem ent The System Managem ent menu gives you a wealt h of settin gs that you can use to configure your Thecus IP storage system admi nistration and functions. You can set up system ti me, system notifi cations, and even upgrad e firmware from thi s menu. Time: Setting system time From the time menu, choose the Time item and the T ime[...]

60 Notification Configuration Item Description Beep Notification Enable or disable the system buzzer that beeps when a problem occurs. Email Notification Enable or disable email notifications of system problems. Authentication Type Select the SMTP Server account au thentication type. SMTP Server Specifies the hostname/IP address of the S MTP server[...]

61 Schedule Power On/Off Using th e Thecus IP storage Sy stem Managemen t, you can save en ergy a nd money by s chedulin g the Thecu s IP st orage t o tu rn i tself on and of f duri ng certain ti mes of the day. From the menu, cho ose the Schedu le Power On/Off item and the Schedule Power On/Off screen appears. To designate a schedu le for the The [...]

62 A dministrator Pa ssword From the menu, cho ose the Admini strator Pass word item and th e Change Administrator P assword screen app ears. Enter a new pas sword in th e New Password box an d confirm your new pa ssword i n the Confirm Pa ssword box. Press Apply to c onfirm password chang es. There is also a password to enter the OLED setti ng tha[...]

63 Factory Default From the menu, choos e the Factory Default item and th e Reset to F actory Default scree n appears . Press Apply t o reset Thecus IP st orage to factory default settings. Reboot & Shutdown From the menu, choose Reboot & Shutd own item, and the Shutdown/Rebo ot System s creen appea rs. Press Reboot to r estart th e system [...]

64 Click Yes to reboot the system. Once the system has rebooted, you will be returned to the File Syst em Check prompt. Th ere you wi ll see the avail able RAID vol umes to run the fil e system check . Check the desired RA ID volumes and cli ck Next to proceed with the file system check. Cli ck Reboot to reboot wi thout running the check. Once you [...]

65 Wake-Up On LAN (WOL) The Thecus IP storage h as the abi lity t o b e awoken from sleep mod e vi a WAN/LAN1 or LAN2 port. From th e menu, choos e the WOL item, and th e Wake-up On LA N screen appea rs. From here, you can Enable or D isable . Wake-up On LAN Configuration Item Description WAN/LAN1 Enable or Disable WOL service from WAN/LAN1 LAN2 En[...]

66 fields. Wi th the SNMP management softwa re, you can g et other system ’s basi c informati on. From the menu, choose the SNMP item, and th e SNMP Support screen appears. From here, you can Enable or D isab le . UI Login Function Adjusts UI Logi n Configuration setti ngs , y ou can enable/disabl e the Web Disk, Photo Server and m odules fun cti[...]

67 System Network Use the System Network menu to make network configu ration settin gs to an on board network po rt or additi onal NIC as well as DHCP and link aggregati on. Networking From the System Network menu, choose Network ing , and the Net working Configuration screen appears. Thi s screen displa ys the network param eters of the gl obal se[...]

68 Network Config uration (NIC po rt) Link speed Display associated NIC port link speed. Link status Display associated NIC port link status. MAC address MAC address of the network interface. Jumbo Frame Support Enable or disable Jumbo Frame Support of associate interface on your Thecus IP storage. IPv4/IPv6 Click to enable IPv4/IPv6 for TCP/IP. Th[...]

69 DHCP/RADVD Server Co nfiguration A DHCP/RADVD s erver can be configured to a ssign IP addresses (IPv4 ) or Prefix (IPv6) to devices c onnected to the a ssociated NIC port. DHCP Configuration Item Description DHCP/RADVD Service Enable or disable the DHCP/RADVD service to automatically assign I P address to PC s connected to associate NI C interfa[...]

70 The associated scr een shot will app ear after the “ + ” is clicked. Select from avai lable network po rt then move over to selected box. Click “ Lin k ” to confirm the selection. The newly created tab will appear for mo re settings requi red to complete t he link aggregati on configuration. Link1 Configur ation Status Specifies the netw[...]

71 Jumbo Frame Support Enable or disable Jumbo Frame Support of the associated int erface on your Thecus IP storage. Link Type Select from drop down list for desired mode. IPv4/IPv6 Click to enable IPv4/IPv6 for TCP/IP. The default is IPv4 enabled. Mode It has to be a static IP with the link aggregation being used. IP IP address of link aggregation[...]

72 Storage Managem ent The Stor age m enu di splays the status of sto rage devi ces in stalled i n the Thecus IP storage. It in cludes storage configu ration options such as RAID and di sk settings, folder configurati on, iSCSI and IS O Mount. Disks Information (Refer Chapter 7 for FW v2.03.01 and af ter) From the Storage m enu, choos e the Disk In[...]

73 Disk No. Indicates disk location. Capacity Shows the SATA hard disk capacity. Model Displays the SATA hard disk model name. Link Displays the hard disk interface and link speed Firmware Shows the SATA hard disk firmware version. Status Indicates the status of the disk. Bad Block scan Yes to start scan Bad Block. S.M.A.R.T. Info rmation On the Di[...]

74 transfer it to the reserved disk area (spare area), and mark th is sector as remapped. If this attribute value remains at zero, it indicates t hat the quality of the corresponding surface area is low. Test Type Set short or long time to test. Test Result Result of the test. Test Time Total time of the te st . Bad Block Scan On the Disk Infor mat[...]

75 RAID Information Item Description Master RAID The RAID volume currently designated as the Master RAI D 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 , or Damaged . Disks Used Hard disks used to f[...]

76 storage volume. To create a RAID vol ume, follow the steps b elow: 1. On the RAID Information sc reen, clicks creat e. 2. On th e RAID Configuration screen, set the RAID storage space as JBOD , RAID 0 , RAID 1 , RAID 5 , RAID 6, RAID 10, RAID 50 or RAID 60 (depends on m odel) — see Appe ndix B: RAID Basics for a detail ed description of each. [...]

77 4. If thi s R AID vol ume i s meant to be the Maste r RA ID vol ume, t ick the Master RAID checkbox . 5. Selected whether th e RAID volume will be encrypted or not. The RAID volume c an protect data by u sing RAID Volu me Encryption function to prevent the risk o f data exposure. To activate this function, the Encryption opti on needs to be enab[...]

78 We str ongly recommended copying the RAID volume encrypti on key to a safe place. You can fi nd the encrypt ion key fil e from the USB disk in the following format: (RAID volume created date)_xxxxxx.key RAID volumes with encrypti on enabled will be displayed with a key lock symbol next to vol ume ID name. 6. Quick RAID — Enabled the qui ck RAI[...]

79 9. Press Sub mit to build the RAID storage volu me. 10. Press “ Y es ” for RAID volu me creation preparatio n. Then click “ Finish ” to start up with RAID volume buildi ng. NOTE Singl e volume size supported: ext3  8TB XFS  48TB ext4  36TB[...]

80 RAID Level You can set the sto rage volume as JBOD , RAID 0 , RAID 1 , R AID 5, RAID 6 , RAID 10, RAID 5 0 or RAID 6 0 (depending on model) . Level Model JBOD RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 6 RAID 10 RAID 50 RAID 60 N12000 ser ies         N16000 ser ies         N8900 series        ?[...]

81 Level Description JBOD The storage volume is a single HDD wit h no R AID support. JB OD requires a minimum of 1 disk. RAID 0 Provides data st riping but no red undancy. Improves performance but not data safety. RAID 0 requires a minimum of 2 disks. RAID 1 Offers disk mirrori ng. Provides twice the read rate of a single di sk, but same write rate[...]

82 Remove RAID Click to remove the RA ID volume. Al l user data an d iSCSI created in the selected RAID volume wi ll be deleted. To remove a RA ID volume, foll ow the steps below: 1. On the RAID Li st screen, select the RA ID volume by cli cking on its radio button, and cli ck RAID Info rmation to open t he RAID Confi guration screen. 2. On the RAI[...]

83 WARNING Remove RAID de stroys all data in the se lected RAID volu me. T he dat a w ill be unrecoverable.[...]

84 Global Hot Spare Up to 5 RA ID volu mes can be created p er syst em. The global hot spa re supp ort can eliminate the redundant disk usage i n each RAID vol ume. Si mply select an un used disk from the gl obal hot spare di sk list then appl y to activate. Expanding a R AID To expand a RAID 1, RAID 5, or RAID 6 volume, fol low the steps below: 1.[...]

85 Migrating a RA ID Once a RAID volume has been created, you ma y want to move it to other p hysical drives or change t he RAID array al l together. To mi grate a RAID 1, RA ID 5 , RAID 6, RAID50 or RA ID 60 volume, foll ow the steps below: 1. From the RAID Confi guration screen, cl ick Migrate RA ID. 2. A list of possibl e RAID migration confi gu[...]

86 Here is a list of li mitation wi th RAID level mi gration function : 1. During RAID l evel migration, it i s not permitt ed to reboot or shutdown system. 2. For RAID mig ration from R1 to R5 or R1 to R6 , all services wil l restart and “ iSCSI ” volume will be i n read only mode but read/wri te of the “ user data ” will be possible duri [...]

87 Below is a tabl e listing of possibl e RAID migration schem es: To From RAID 0 RAID 5 RAID 6 RAID 1 [RAID 1] HDD x2 to [RAID 5] HDDx 3 [RAID 1] HDD x2 to [RAID 5] HDDx 4 [RAID 1] HDD x2 to [RAID 5] HDDx 5 [RAID 1] HDD x2 to [RAID 5] HDDx 6 [RAID 1] HDD x2 to [RAID 5] HDDx7 [RAID 1] HDD x2 to [RAID 5] HDDx8 ………………………… …… .[...]

88 RAID 6 X X [RAID 6] HDD x4 to [RAID 6] HDDx 5 [RAID 6] HDD x4 to [RAID 6] HDDx 6 [RAID 6] HDD x4 to [RAID 6] HDDx 7 [RAID 6] HDD x4 to [RAID 6] HDDx8 ………………………… …… ..HDDx16 [RAID 6] HDD x5 to [RAID 6] HDDx 6 [RAID 6] HDD x5 to [RAID 6] HDD x7 [RAID 6] HDD x5 to [RAID 6] HD Dx8 ………………………… …… ..HDDx1[...]

89 With the added stack target y ou c an “ Enable ” or “ Disabl e ” the stac k target now or later dependin g on usage required. Next, inpu t the target IP address o f the stackabl e device and cli ck the Discovery button. The system wi ll li st avail able target volumes from the i nputted IP add ress. Once the volu me IP has been set , you[...]

90 The Stacked Ta rget name will become the network sha re name and will be displayed through network access such as SMB. You m ay refer to the figure b elow to see the resul t. Please note th e naming limi tation. From the figure abov e, the Stacked T arget name i s “ pm meeting ” . The figu res below show th e result before an d after via Mic[...]

91 The Bro wseable setting is the same method used for setti ng a system share folder. It d esignates whether or not thi s folder will be visible through web di sk. You may refer to the fi gure below for reference wh en Yes and No are sel ected. The Public setti ng will be set th e same way as the setting for the syst em share folder as sociated wi[...]

92 With thi s newl y at tached stack ta rget d evice, you will see t he informati on di splayed and also have acc ess to several opti ons to choose from . In general , if th e at tached stack ta rget d evice has b een used by an other The cus NA S as stack target vol ume, then the Fo rmat item will be display and system will recognize it straight a[...]

93 After your chan ges have been made, cl ick Apply to c onfirm any modi fications . Once chang es are appl ied, th e associat ed in formation will be updated on the Stack Target List win dow . D. Stack Target ACL If the stack target Pub lic setti ng set to Yes , then the ACL button will be gray ed out. However, if Pub lic setting i s set to No , t[...]

94 ISO Mount The ISO Mount featur e i s a very useful tool from the Thecus p roducts. Wit h i t, users can mount an ISO file and hav e the export name di splay all the details from the mounted ISO fil e. From the main menu, the ISO Mount feature is located und er “ Storag e ” . Please refer the figu re below for reference. Select the IS O Im ag[...]

95 To m ount the n ew IS O fil e, select one fi le from the list of fil es and i nput the desi red mounting name i nto th e “ Mount as: ” field. Click “ ADD ” to confirm the compl etion of the mounti ng. If nothing is in put in the “ Mount as ” ISO file export nam e field , th e system wi ll automatically give an export name t o the ISO[...]

96 After completi on, the page will display all moun ted ISO files. You c an cli ck “ Unmount ” to el iminate a mounted ISO file. B. Using ISO The mou nted ISO fil e will be located in th e share fol der of the same n ame as the fil e . Please refer the screen shot b elow. Here, t he ISO fil e “ Thecus 01 ” wasn’t assigned a mountin g nam[...]

97 Share Folder From the Storage m enu, choose S hare Folde rs , and the Shared Folder screen appears. Thi s screen allows you to create and c onfigure folders on the Thecus IP storage volume. Adding Folders On the Folder screen , p ress the Add button and the Add Folder screen appears. This screen allows y ou to add a fold er. A fter entering the [...]

98 Modify Folders On the Fold er screen, press the E dit button an d the Modify Fo lder screen appears. Thi s screen allows you to change fol der information. After ent ering the informati on, press Apply to save your changes. Modify Folder Item Description RAID ID RAID volume where the folder will reside. Folder Name Enter the name of the folder. [...]

99 NFS Share To al low NFS ac cess to the sha re folder, enabl e th e N FS Service , and then set u p hosts with access rights by cli cking Add . NFS Share Item Description Hostname Enter the name or IP address of the host Privilege Host has either read only or writeable access to the folder. OS Support There are two selections available:  Unix [...]

100 share (root:root).  Guest system root account will be map ped to anonymous user (nobody:nogroup) on NAS.  All user on guest system will be mapped to anonymous user (nobody:nogroup) on NAS. Choose the one which best fits your needs. Sync / Async Choose to determine the data “ Sync ” at once or “ Async ” in arranged batch. Apply Cli[...]

101 Writable Provides Write access to users or groups who are displayed in this column. Recursive Enable to inherit the access right for all its sub-folders. To configure fold er access, follow the st eps below: 1. On the ACL screen, all network g roups and u sers are li sted i n the left hand column. Select a g roup or user from thi s list. 2. Wit[...]

102 2. From the drop down s elect the group y ou would like to search for the u ser in. 3. Click Search . iSCSI You may specify the space all ocated for iSCSI. See the tabl e below to the allowed iSCSI target nu mber per system: Model N8900V N6850 N5550 N4510U series N7510 N8 800PRO N12000V N 16000V N7700PRO V2 N8800PRO V2 N7710 series N8810U serie[...]

103 iSCSI Target To add i SCSI target v olume, cli ck iSCSI wi th associated RAID v olume from its drop down list and select the desired RA ID volume. iSCSI Target Item Description Add Click to allocate space to iSCSI target from associated RA ID volume. Modify Click this to modify the iSCSI Target. Advanced There are 3 opti ons (iSCSI CRC/Checksum[...]

104 To al locate spa ce f or an iSCSI target on th e cur rent R AID v olu me, foll ow the steps below: 1. Under the iSCSI Target List , s elect iSCSI Target then click Add . The Create iSCSI Volume screen app ears. Create iSCSI Volume Item Description[...]

105 iSCSI Target Volume Enable or Disable the iSCSI Target Volume. Target Name Na me of the iSCSI Target. This name will be used by the Stackable NAS function to identify this export share. iqn_Year Select the current year from the dropdown. Iqn_Month Select the current month from the dropdown. Authentication You may choose CHAP authentication or c[...]

106 11. When iSCSI target volume has b een created, the LUN ID is configurable from 0 to 254 wit h a defaul t of the next avail able number in ascendi ng numerical order. The LUN ID is uni que and cannot be dupli cated. 12. Choose [ 4K ] block size to have iSCSI target volume over 2TB barrier or [ 5 12 Bytes ] block size in some application needed.[...]

107 Expand Volume The iSCSI volume i s now abl e to expand its capaci ty from unused spac e (Instant Allocation mode onl y). From the vol ume list, simpl y select the iSCSI vol ume you like to expand and click the Ex pand button: You wi ll then see th e dial og box displ ayed b elow. Drag th e Exp and Capacity bar to the size you want. Th en press [...]

108 2. Press YES . Al l data in the volu me will be removed. iSCSI Thin-Provisioning If iSCSI Thin- Provisioning i s selected when creating an i SCSI target vol ume, vi rtual memory i s assi gned to t he targ et, all owing t he physical memory t o reach maxi mum capacity and add ing new disks only when n eeded. To setup iSCSI thi n-provi sioning, s[...]

109 After the si ze has been determined, click OK to c onfirm. Now you wi ll see the i SCSI thin- pr ovisi oning volume is avail able from the list. Pl ease refer to the screenshot below. If creating an iSCSI target volu me under “ Instant Al location ” , physical mem ory is assign to the targ et, being li mited by the availabl e memory. For th[...]

110 iSCSI CRC/Check sum To enable thi s option, the i nitiator can connect wi th “ Data dig est ” and “ Header digest ” . Max Connections The maximum nu mber of iSCSI conn ections. Error Recovery L evel The Error Recovery Lev el (ERL) is negotiated d uring a leadi ng iSCSI connection login in tradi tional iSCSI (RF C 3720) and i SER (RFC 50[...]

111 Let ’ s see an example with two Thecus Units. 1 st uni t: Host name: PM A (172.16.66.25) with JBOD RAID volume. Thi s unit will be setup as the Pri mary server. 2 nd uni t: Host n ame: PM S (172.16.66.24 ) with JBOD RA ID vol ume. Thi s unit will be setup as the Sec ondary server. WARNING Please be notifie d t hat if the system has be en used[...]

112 Se tting up the P rimary unit for HA . Let’s us e the Primary unit from our example PMA (1 72.16.66.25): i. Login in to web U I of system 172.16.66.25 . Then go to “ High Avail ability ” HA configurati on page under the Storage category. ii. Click on “ Enabl e ” radio button, t hen the settin g page will appear . iii. Choose the serve[...]

113 iv. Choose the “ Auto Failback ” option, the defaul t i s di sabled. For more details about auto fail back, please ref er to the descri ption below . Auto Fail Back: In legacy Heartbeat c lusters, the auto failback opti on would determine wheth er a resource would auto matically fail back to its "Active" nod e, or remain on whatev[...]

114 1. Please select th e network int erface from the drop down list of physical connective avai lable. It can be ei ther on board LAN ports o r addit ional add-in NIC, even 10G. 2. Input “ Indi cate ” IP address. Thi s “indicate IP ” i s used for the system to ping out then check whether the system is still ali ve. So please input an IP ad[...]

115 ix. Advance opti ons can be setup by pr essing the associ ated button . Heart Beats Configuration Item Description Keep alive time The keep alive directive sets the interval between heartbeat packets. It is specified according to the Heartbeat time syn tax. Dead time The dead ping directive is used to specify how qu ickly Heartbeat should decid[...]

116 Setting up the Secondar y unit for HA. The secondary unit for o ur example is PMS (172. 16.66.24): xi. Login in to the web UI of th e system 172.16.66. 24 then go to “ High Availabili ty ” HA configurati on page under the Storage cat egory. xii. Click on the “ Enabl e ” radio button , the setting page will appear. xiii. Choose the serve[...]

117 After the Secondary server has communi cated wit h Primary Server successfull y, then the state wil l changed to : Click “ Yes ” to reb oot both Prima ry and Secondary server. If the communi cation has fail ed then you will see an error message as bel ow. Conditions in which t he secon dary s erver will take over to play the role as Active:[...]

118 At th is t ime, th e virtual IP address will be mapped t o the PMS system b ecause it i s in an active state . HA Ready: After both Pri mary and S econdary sy stems has reboot ed , t he HA lin k status and the HA RAID volume can b e seen from t he HA status page. Please note, i t will take 1~2 mi nutes to complete th e primary and secon dary se[...]

119 HA Recovery: If one of the HA member is do wn and need to b e recove red, si mply go to the RAID management pag e and t he “ HA Recove ry ” icon wil l be availabl e. Click on the “ HA R ecovery ” icon, then the s ystem will prompt a box t o i nquire ab out the Active server h eartbeat link IP address . Afte r inputting the IP address an[...]

120 If the other HA memb er is runnin g smoothly, please choose “ Recov ery HA ” to complete HA recovery . Or select “ No, continue ” to let both HA member s h as they are . User and Group Authen tication The Thecus IP sto rage has buil t-in user database that al lows admi nistrators to manage user access usi ng different group p olicies. F[...]

121 Item Description Work Group / Domain Name Specifies the SMB/CIFS Work Group / ADS Domain Name (e.g. MYGROUP ). ADS Support Select Disable to disable authen ti cation through Windows Active Directory Server. ADS Server Name Specifies the ADS server name (e.g. adservername). ADS Realm Specifies the ADS realm (e.g. example.com). Administrator ID E[...]

122 Local User Configuration From the Accou nts menu, choose th e User ite m, and the Local Us er Configuration screen appears. This screen all ows you to Add , Edit , and Remove local users . Local User Configuration Item Description Add Press the Add button to add a user to the list of local users. Edit Press the Edit button to modify a local use[...]

123 Edit Users 1. Select an existi ng user from the Loc al User Config uration sc reen. 2. Click on the Ed it button, and th e Local User S etting screen app ears. 3. From here, you can enter a new password and re-ent er to confirm, or use the << or >> b uttons to have thi s user join or leave a group. Cli ck the Apply button to sa ve y[...]

124 Local Group Configuration From the Accou nts menu, choose the Group it em, and the Local Gro up Configuration screen a ppears. Thi s screen all ows you to A dd , Edit , and Remove local groups. Local Group Configuration Item Description Add Press the Add button to add a user to the list of local groups. Edit Press t he Edit button to modify a s[...]

125 5. Select users to be i n this gr oup from th e Users List by addi ng them t o t he Members List using the << butt on . 6. Cli ck the Apply button t o save your changes. Edit Groups 1. On the Local Group Configur ation screen, select a group name from the list. 2. Press the Edit bu tton to modify the memb ers in a group. 3. To add a user [...]

126 Batch Users and Groups Creation The Thecus IP storage can also add user s and groups in batch mode. This enables you to conveniently add numerous users and groups automati cally by importing a simple comma- separated plain text (*.txt) file. From the Accou nts menu, cli ck Batch Input a nd the Batch User and Group Cration dial ogue will ap pear[...]

127 User Quota The Thecus IP sto rage support l ocal or AD users wi th storage quota l imitati ons in each RAID vol ume of the system. To enable this functi on, simply cli ck “ Enabl e ” , then appl y. Next, each user can be setup a gl obal storage qu ota size for each RAID vol ume. Simply cli ck on “ Quota S ize ” for each user and i nput [...]

128 LDAP Support The LDAP i s the other w ay to authenti cate login users who has j oined LDAP serve r, fill in th e LDAP server information an d get LDAP authenti cation started. Please make sure that th e LDAP server has a Samba sam and a POSIX Obj ectClass account. A descripti on of each item follows: LDAP Support Item Description LDAP Service E[...]

129 Samba Service Used for letti ng the operating system of UNIX series and SMB/C IFS of Microsoft Windows operati ng system (Server Mes sage Block / Common Internet File System).Do the l ink in network protoc ol. Enable or Disabl e SMB/CIFS protocol for Windows, Appl e, Unix drive mappi ng. File Access Cache File Access Cache i s default Enable . [...]

130 UNIX Extension The default i s enable for Samba usage, wi th situation usi ng Mac OSX with smb connection may have permission i ssue. When it ha ppened, please setup “ UNIX Extension ” di sable to get i ssue solved. Samba Recycle Bin The Thecus IP sto rage is supported recycl e bin via SMB/CIFS p rotocol. Simply enabl e the “ Recycle Bin [...]

131 There are 2 more setti ng could hel p to manage the recycle bi n for deleted folders/files. 1. Setup the “ D ay ” to remov e deleted folders/files wh ich has resided i n recycle bin permanentl y. Left default val ue “ 0 ” if desired to clean up recycle bi n manuall y. 2. Setup the “ Siz e ” for recycle bin to allow deleted folders/f[...]

132 asterisk (*) to use the default setting. Time Machine Click t he enable checked box if you would like your MAC system to use the Th ecus IP storage as MAC time machine backup. Time Machine backup folder Select from the drop down list to designate the folder f or time machine backup destination. NFS Setup From the Syste m Network menu , choose t[...]

133 Security FTP Enable or disable Security FTP, be sure the client FTP software has also security FTP setting enabled. Port Specifies the port number of an incoming connection on a non-standard port. External IP Input the public IP address of the router wh en the Thecus secure FTP server has b een e nabled. This can help to respond to the ftp clie[...]

134 Item Description TFTP Enables TFTP Service on the Thecus IP storage. IP Checked WAN/LAN1 or LAN2 to enable port use Port Specifies the port number of an incoming connection on a non-standard port. Share Folder Select the file stored folder, it cannot be empty. Folder Permission Select the folder permission WebService From th e Netw ork Service [...]

135 Bonjour Setting Bonjour, is Appl e Inc.'s trade name for i ts implementati on of Zeroconf, a service discovery protocol . Bonjour locates device s such as print ers, as well as other computers, and the se rvices that thos e devices offe r on a local network using multi cast Domain Name System service reco rds. Thi s definitive gui de walks[...]

136 Item Description SSH Service Enable or disable SSH service. Port The port number is default 22 . SFTP Enable or disable SFTP protocol under SSH service. Apply Click “ Apply ” to confirm the changes. DDNS To set up a server on th e Internet and enabl e the users to connect to i t easily, a fixed and easy-to remember host nam e is often requi[...]

137 UPnP Port Management One of the mo st convent way to al low users to a ccess requi red se rvices such as FTP, SSH, web disk and ht tp etc. from Intern et environment i s setting UPnP port management. To set up this UPnP p ort forwa rding feature, please be sur e that the router has “ UPnP Service ” Enabl ed. The foll owing is an examp le fr[...]

138 And click “ Add Ru le ” to add more p ort mapping fr om Internet t o access desired services or press “ Refresh ” to g et most updated li st. A descripti on for each item as followi ng: UPnP Port Management Item Description Start port Specific port number starts with . End port Specific port number ended Protocol Choose the protocol for[...]

139 iTunes® Server With th e built-in iTunes server capabi lity, Thecu s IP storage enabl es digital mu sic to be shared and pl ayed anywhe re on the network! From the Network menu, choos e the iTunes i tem, and the iTunes Configuration screen a ppears. You may enabl e or disabl e the i Tunes Service from here. Once enabl ed, enter the proper i nf[...]

140 A uto Module Insta llation Choose the Auto M odule Installatio n item and the available syste m Module screen appears. The def ault for th is module list is located onli ne. So i f the The cus IP storage is capabl e to connect to Intern et, then it wil l automati cally link to the Thecus official website and li st the available modul es. Pl eas[...]

141 Auto Module Source List Item Description Installed Status of module Name Module name Version The version of the released module Description The description of the module Location The module is either located on -line or disk Document The available documentation of the module Action To install or delete module. p.s. If the module list from on-l [...]

142 Rsync Target Server When it comes t o backi ng up your data, i t’s very i mportant to have fl exibili ty. Dat a guard provides you with many opti ons, including ful l backup for all shares , custom backup fo r selected shares an d i SCSI volume backup. Bein g based on the Linux operating system, it is al so much more stabl e a nd experi ences[...]

143 1. Enable Rsync Target Server 2. Add a usern ame and passwor d (they can be di fferent than your NAS’s username and pa ssword) 3. Select Apply Now Rsync i s tu rned on your NAS, whi ch means it can b e u sed as a targ et for Rsync backup, in other wo rds, only the backup NAS needs to be acti vated in thi s way. Data Guard (Remote Back up) Ste[...]

144 re -start the real-time operation. Restore Restore the associated task Log Click to view the associated task in process details. Restore NAS Configuration Click to restore system conf iguration from selected destination to source unit. More details will describe i n sections. The data backup s etup wi zard appears as below, cl ick on ‘ Remote[...]

145 destination. It could also create shares automatically from destination if it i s not existent. This only app lies i f the t arget server is the same model as the source. Custom Backup The “ Custom backup ” allows user to choose desired sh ares backup to destination. iSCSI Backup The “ iSCSI backup ” can backup iSCSI volume as single fi[...]

146 -Fill out all the necessary detail s and choose your parameters Add Rsync Backup Task Item Description Task Name This is how t his task will appear i n the task li st. Backup Type Real ti me: It will backup folders/fil es from source to target on the fly. On the other han d, any changes from the source wi ll back up to the target ri ght away. S[...]

147 Speed Limit Input the bandwi dth control for data bac kup operation. Timeout Limit Setup t he ti meout wh en tryin g to buil d up a connection in between the sou rce and the targ et system. Enable Schedule If backup is set a s “ Schedule ” , pl ease input the related period and time. After the requi red fields are filled and the parameters [...]

148 3. Click “ Next ” an d more setting appears . Th ese are the as the settings for “ Full backup ” 4. Click “ Fini sh ” and the data guard task will appear in the list as shown b elow. From the t ask l ist, you can now se e th e newl y ad ded “ customback01 ” . Thi s backup is setup as “ sch edule ” .[...]

149 iSCSI Backup If the source unit co ntain s i SCSI vo lume, i t can be back ed u p t o the target unit as a single file. The p rocedure is th e same as for the p revious “ Full backup ” and “ Custom backup ” , select “ i SCSI backup ” from dat a guard wizard. 1. Inputs the share fol der name of the targ et sever wher e the source is [...]

150 4. Click “ Fini sh ” and the data guard task will appear in the list as shown b elow. From the task l ist, you can now se e the newly added “ iscsiback ” . Thi s backup is setup as “ schedul e ” . The i SCSI backup can s ee t he resul t as bel ow. The task “ iSCSI_pmtest ” h as backup to target 172.16.66 .131 and shar e folder N[...]

151 Restore NAS Configuration This is a u seful feature if the system confi guration nee ds to be r estored to a b rand new unit. Let’s go th ru the followi ng example to see how it works . The origi nal source system has 3 RAID volu me, “ RA ID ” , ‘ RAID10 ” and “ RAID20 ” , and has backed up the system c onfiguration s to the targe[...]

152 2. Cli ck on “ Restore NAS Confi guration ” and the scr een shown below will appear . Input the target se rve r’s IP add ress where the syst em configurati on has been backed up, and necessary authenti cation info. Confirm by d oing a “ Conne ction Test ” to make su re the communicati on between the source and the targ et server works[...]

153 4. After cli cki ng “ Next ” , a screen will appear as shown below. Li sted on the left hand side, you wi ll see the confi guration backup detai ls which contai n t he 3 RAID volumes. On th e right h and side, you will see a list of si ngle “RAID” volume. You may r oll back to previ ous page to recal l the exampl e we have taken. 5. The[...]

154 The curr ent system has 2 RAID v olumes, “ RAID ” and “ RAIDa ” . Select the RAID volume from th e backup config uration volume li st whi ch is go i ng to be mapped to t he RAID vol ume of the current system. Si mply cli ck on the right han d side of “ RAIDa ” and a drop d own list will appear. Now y ou can ch oose which volu me to [...]

155 After inpu tting the ACL backup fi le and clicki ng the “ Next ” button, th e system wi ll show an other s creen to l ist the matched folders in between th e backup fil e and this RAID volume. Just select the desi red folders for the ACL restore. Data Burn The data burn is featu red to support 3 di fferent modes of data bu rning for files/f[...]

156 1. Write Files/fold ers to disc a. Click the Add bu tton and the NAS sha re list appear s. b. Select fil es/folders which you woul d like to burn. All of the selected folders/files will be se en under the disc lab el name “ New Di sc ” . The disc lab e l name can be changed by cli cking on it and press “ Edi t ” from menu bar. The sel e[...]

157 d. Sele ct th e burning speed from the drop down l ist. e. Sel ect whether disc data verificati on is required or not. f. Click “ Burn ” to start disc burni ng. 2. Write image fi le to disc a. Click “ Browser ” and t he NAS share list will appear to locate the desired i mage fil e to burn. b. Select the IS O file. c. Select fr om t he i[...]

158 3. Create image fil e from files/folders a. Click the Add bu tton and the NAS sha re list will app ear. b. Select the files/folders which you woul d like to burn. All of the selected folders/files will appear under the disc lab el name “ New Di sc ” . The disc lab e l name can be changed by cli cking on it and pressin g “ Edit ” from th[...]

159 When you execute thi s utility for the first ti me, it will ask you to cr eate a DB file. Click Yes . 1. Click Add to create a Backup task. Th e Add New Task dialog box wi ll appear. Add New Task Item Description Task Specifies a name for the current task. Source Click to specify the source folder/file location. Incremental Click to specify whe[...]

160 4. Click Next and in the Backup Type, D estination, and Name page, specify a backup locati on using the Bro wse button. 5. Find and select the d rive that specifi es you r Th ecus IP storage as your backup desti nation and click Next . 6. Click Next to di splay the wizard’s fi nal page and click Finish to sta rt backing up . A pple OS X Backu[...]

161 If a corrupt print job is sent to a prin ter, printing may suddenl y fail. If your prin t jobs seem to be locked up , pressing th e Remove All Documents button to clear the print queue may resolve the issue. You can configure Thecus IP storage to act as a printer server. That w ay, all PCs connected to the n etwork can utiliz e the same printer[...]

162 2. Click the righ t mouse button in anywhere on the Print ers folder and th en select Add Print er . 3. Select Add a net work, wireless or B luetooth printer . 4. Select The print er that I want isn’t listed .[...]

163 You can press The prin ter that I want isn’t listed to go in to next page without waiting for Se arching for avai lable printe rs to fini sh. 5. Click Select a shared printer by n ame . Type http://<Thecus_NAS>:631/printers/usb - printer i n the bo x, where <Thecus_NAS_IP > is the IP address of Thecus IP storage . Cli ck N ext . 6[...]

164 8. You can choose to set th is printer as t he default prin ter by checking the Set as the default pr inter box. Cl ick Next to cont inue. 9. Done! Click Fin ish .[...]

165 Uninterrupted Power Source From the Externa l Devices menu, choose the Uninterrupted Po wer Source item and the UPS Setting screen appea rs. Make an y changes you wi sh, and press Apply to confi rm changes. See the foll owing table for a detail ed description of each i tem. UPS Setting Item Description UPS Monitoring Enable or disable UPS monit[...]

166 The Thecus IP sto rage al so supports eSATA hard di sks with its eSATA port. Before attaching an eSATA or USB disk d rive to Thecus IP storage , you have to partition and format it on a desktop comput er or a notebook fi rst. The attached device wi ll be l ocated at 192.168.1.100 usbhdd sd(x)1 where 192.1 68.1.100 means th e IP addr ess [...]

167 Part I - Setup a DynDNS Account 1. Go to http://www.dyndns.org from your hom e PC. 2. Click on the S ign Up Now l ink. 3. Check the Check box es, select a user name (i.e.: N 12000 ), e nter you r email address (i.e.: xxx@e xample.com), che ck Enable W ildcard , and c reate a password (i.e.: xxx x). 4. Wait for an email from www.dyndns.org . 5. [...]

168 Replacing Damag ed Hard Drives If you a re usi ng RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, RA ID 5 0 or RAID 60 you can easily replace a damaged hard dri ve i n th e Th ecus IP storage whil e keeping your data s ecure with the system’s automat ic data recovery. Hard Drive Damage When a hard drive i s damaged and data in the R AID volume is cor rupted, th e sy[...]

169 Chapter 6: T roublesh ooting Forgot My Netwo rk IP Address If you forget your netw ork IP address and have no physi cal access to the system, you can fi nd out the IP address by ei ther loo king directly onto the Thecus IP storage OLED panel , or by using the setup wizard to retr ieve the IP of your Thecus IP storage. 1. Start the Setup Wi zard[...]

170 Problems w ith Time and Date Setting s The admini strator is able to select an NTP S erver to keep Thecus IP storage time synchroniz ed. However, if Thecus IP storage cann ot access the Inter ne t, you may encounter a probl em when setti ng the Time and Ti me Zone. If this happ ens: 1. Login to the Web Admi nistration Interfa ce. 2. Navigate to[...]

171 Chapter 7 : U p dates for FW v2.03.01 Changes for FW v2 .03.01 - Add ed JBOD d evice info to Gene ral in th e System Inform ation category - Modifed the Stat us layout in the System Informat ion category - Add ed Hard ware Informatio n in th e System Information category - Modifi ed Disk Information l ayout and added sup port for JBOD devi ce -[...]

172 A dd ed Hardwa re Information From the System Information cat egory , choos e the Hardware Information item and th e system will displ ay the related HW detai ls for the associ ated model. Below is an exampl e of the in formation for a Thecus N8900. Disk Information From the Storage m enu, choos e the Disk Informat ion item and th e Disk Inform[...]

173 Disks Information Item Description Disk No. Indicates disk location. Capacity Shows the SATA hard disk capacity. Model Displays the SATA hard disk model name. Firmware Shows the SATA hard disk firmware version. Bad Block scan Yes to start scan Bad Block. S.M.A.R.T. Info rmation On the Disk Infor mation scre en , select a di sk then cli ck on ?[...]

174 and transfers data to a special reserved area (spare a rea). This process is also known as remapping and "reallocated" sectors are called remaps. This is why, on a modern hard disks, you cannot see "bad blocks" while testing the surface - all bad blocks are hidden in reallocated sectors. However, the more sectors that are re[...]

175 The JBOD device will have a un ique I D that ranges from 1 to 10. The disk no . lead ID will indicate the different JB OD devices. The screen shot below show a JBOD device with ID 4, so J4- 6 is indicated under the J BOD device disk li st with 6 slots . Data Guard (Local Backup) The Thecus produ ct provid es complete backup soluti on between Th[...]

176 The local backup h as 6 di fferent selection you c an choose from. Local Data backup Item Description Import This is associated with external devices which are added to the system such as USB disk. Y ou can select a folder from an external device and import it to the NAS as a share folder. Copy Copy folder to folder or NAS f older to external d[...]

177 1. Import: cli ck on “ Import ” and a sc reen will appear as below. If there is an e xternal device install ed o n system such as USB disk , then it will be list ed in the Source pane. Click on the ass ociated external device and the contai n folders will be listed. Select the folders that are goi ng t o be i mport ed to the NAS and sel ect[...]

178 In here, we h ave selected the “ Intel Graphi …” and “ N10850 ” folders from the external device and i mport ed them to the NAS under the RAID60v olume. Next, p lease select th e p ath from the drop down l ist to save the l og. Al so, give the access permissi on whether these selected fo lders will be “ Public ” or not after the i[...]

179 Read the notes and check the “ Accept ” box for co nfirmati on. If a share name already exists for th e import, then the i mport will be rename automaticall y to “ existin g share name -1 ” . For esample, i f the NAS RAID volume “ RAID60 ” al ready has a folder na med “ Intel_Graphi cs_V614105398_XP ” , the import fol der will t[...]

180 Fold er to Folder Fold er to external devi ce External device to Folder[...]

181 Let ’ s take “ Fol der to External device ” as an exampl e. In th e sour ce pane , sel ect the desired RA ID volume an d i ts associat ed folder l ist will appear; same met hod i n t he target pane for th e associat ed external device. Select a fol der fr om the source pane which is going to be c opy over, then select in target pane i t?[...]

182 Choosing the sync type, “ Increm ental ” or ‘ Sync ” , and select the log path from the drop menu li st. Read the notes and check the “ Ac cept ” box for confi rmation. Now, you wil l see in the data gu ard task li st that you have created a task .[...]

183 3. Realtime Backup : cli ck on “ Real time Backup ” an d this screen will appear. 2 different opti ons can be selected from, folder to fol der, folder to ext ernal devic e. Let ’ s take “ Fol der to Folder ” backup for example. Sel ect from the sourc e pane the folder “ NAS_Publ ic ” , then s elect its destination i n the target p[...]

184 Realtime Backup Item Description Task Name Input the task name, length limited to 4~12 ch aracters . Sync Type Select “ Incremental ” or “ Synchronize ” . Backup Symbolic Link Choose to backup symbolic link which is in cluded in the source. Filter The filte r can be set to be executed only in certain circumstances . If none of them has [...]

185 Now, you can see i n the data guard tas k list that your created task i s listed. The task status will say “ Processing ” un till the “ Stop ” button i s pressed . 4. Schedule Backup: cli ck on “ Schedule Backup ” and this screen will . 2 d ifferent choices can be s elected from, fold er to folder, folder to external device. Let ’[...]

186 Read the notes and check the “ Ac cept ” box for confi rmation. Now, you wil l see in the data gu ard task li st that you have created a task .[...]

187 5. iSCSI Backup: click on “ iSC SI Backup ” and screen appear as below. It can be backu p to two different storage p ool , i SCSI to fol der, i SCSI to external devic e. Let ’ s tak e exampl e to ha ve “ i SCSI to Fold er ” backup, from existed iSCSI volu me “ iSCSI_iscsi v502 ” to volume RA ID folder “ andy_ local ” . The sou[...]

188 Reading th e note and check on “ Acc ept ” for confi rmation. Now, from the dat a guard task l ist w ill have created task listed. To start the iSCSI volume backup, s elect the task and cl ick “ Start ” from task bar. Once “ Sta rt ” cli ck, the associated iSCSI volume will not all ow to I/O duri ng backup processing. And the task s[...]

189 States change to “ Finish ” after task complete . From the RAID volume folder ‘ andy_local ’ , it has backup iSCSI volu me file stored . This backup i SCSI volume file i s needed while it required import t o storage. Next topic will describe about thi s. 6. iSCSI Import: click on “ iSC SI Import ” and screen appear a s below. It can[...]

190 Next, provide wher e the task log will store. Reading th e note and check on “ Acc ept ” for confi rmation.[...]

191 Now, from the data gu ard task li st will have created task listed. Volume Expansion Management The user gui de please refers to URL below. http://www.thecus.com/download/manual/AllinOne_64bit/Volume_Ex pansion_v1.0.pdf[...]

192 Appendix A : Customer Su pport If your Thecus IP storage is not w orking properly, we encou rage you to check out Chapter 6: Troub leshooting , located in thi s manual. You can al so try to ensure that you are using the l atest fi rmware version for your Th ecus IP sto rage. Thecus is committed to provi ding free firmware upgrad es to our custo[...]

193 Appendix B: R AID Basics Overview A Redundant Array o f Independent Di sks (RAID) is an array of sev eral hard disks that provide data security and high p erformance. A RA ID system accesses several hard disks simul taneously, wh ich imp roves I/O perfo rmanc e over a si ngle hard disk. Data security i s enhanced by a RAID, sin ce data loss due[...]

194 This is excell ent for complete data security. RAID 5 RAID 5 offers data se curity and i t is best suited for networks th at perform many small I/O transacti ons at the same time, a s well as appli cations that requi re data security such as offi ce automati on and online customer servi ce. Use it also for applicati ons with high read requests [...]

195 Stripe Size The length of the data s egments being wri tten across multi ple hard disks. Data is written i n stripes ac ross the mu ltiple hard disks of a RAID. Si nce mult iple disks ar e accessed at the same ti me, disk stripi ng enhances performan ce. The stripes can vary in si ze. Disk Usage When al l disks are of the same size, and u sed i[...]

196 Appendix C : How to open the top cover N8900 series:[...]

197 N12000 series: N16000 series:[...]

198 Appendix D: A c tive Directory Basics Overview With Windows 2000, Microsoft introduced Active Directory (ADS), which is a large database/in formation store. Prior to A ctive Directory the Wi ndows OS could not store additi onal information in its domai n database. Active Directory al so solved the problem of l ocating resources; which p revious[...]

199 Appendix E: Lic ensing Information Overview This product included copyrighted third -party software li censed un der the terms of GNU General Public License. Please see THE GNU General Public License for extra terms and condi tions of this license. Source Code Avai lability Thecus Technology C orp. has exposed the ful l source code of th e GPL [...]

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