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M a x N A S R 8 Ow ne r’ s Gu id e F ebrua r y 2010 www .MicroNet.com[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 2 T able of Contents T able of Contents ................................................................................................................................................ 2 FCC Compliance Statement .................................................................................................................[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 3 3.3.6 W eb Access Control .............................................................................................................. 27 3.3.7 UPNP Discov er y ................................................................................................................... 27 3.3.8 Nsync/Rsync T arget Conf iguration [...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 4 F ederal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Inter ference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against har mful interference in a residential install[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 5 Limitations of W ar ranty and Liability MicroNet T echnology has tested the hardware described in this manual and review ed its contents. In no ev ent will MicroNet or its resellers be liable for direct, indirect, incidental, or consequential damage resulting from any defect in the hardw are or manual, even if the y hav e[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 6 W elcome From MicroNet T echnology W e are pleased that y ou ha ve chosen the MaxNAS R8. Our systems are designed for speed, reliability , compatibility , and performance. W e think you will find the system easy to install, and a productive addition to your computer system. Please take a moment to register your product on[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 7 Chapter 1- Getting Star ted Thank you for purchasing The Micronet MaxNAS R8 storage solution. With speed, high capacity , ease of use, and suppor t for numerous applications, MaxNAS R8 is the ideal solution for all of your data stor age needs. Please take advantage of the information contained within this manual to ensure[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 8 3. Safety W ar nings For your safety , please read and follow the following safety warnings: • Read this manual thoroughly before attempting to set up your MaxNAS R8. • DO NOT attempt to repair your MaxNAS R8 under any circumstances. In the case of malfunction, turn off the pow er immediately and hav e it repaired at [...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 9 5. Unpacking the MaxNAS R8 Please unpack your MaxNAS R8 in a static free environment, carefully making sure not to damage or discard an y of the packing material. If the RAID subsystem appears damaged, or if any items of the contents listed below are missing or damaged, please contac t your dealer or distributor immediate[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 10 Master Power Switches (2) LAN 2 RJ45 Connector 7. The MaxNAS R8 inter face components The following f igures illustr ate the connec tor locations for the RAID subsystems. FRONT VIEW REAR VIEW 1-Getting Star ted Power Switch Power Indicator LED LAN 1 RJ45 Connector eSA T A Expansion Port System Display Screen LCD Control [...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 11 8. V isual and Audible Indicators The MaxNAS R8 has an L CD panel, LEDs, and a buzzer to inform the user of the ov erall health and function of the unit. The following char t describes the various conditions indicated: Indicator Normal Status Problem Indication System Error LED Off Glows red to indicate system fault. Log[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 12 2-Connecting the MaxNAS R8 Chapter 2- Connecting the MaxNAS R8 1 . Connect Y our MaxNAS R8 Before you begin, please install your MaxNAS R8 in a properly ventilated r ack (please see “Installing your MaxNAS in a rack, page 8) S t e p 1 . R e m o v e t h e d i s k c a n i s t e r s f r o m t h e p a c k i n g m a t e r i[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 13 2-Connecting the MaxNAS R8 2.1 Wizard Installation and Usage IM POR T ANT ! Th e se tup wiz ar d us es TCP po rt 10 000 and UDP po rts 1 10 00- 1 1 001 For com mun ic ati on. If you ar e usi ng a so ftw are  rew all , ple ase m ake s ure t o unb loc k tho se po rts i n ord er fo r the w iza rd to g et ac ces s to th e[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 14 2.1.3.3 Y ou may change the password by en tering a new “Ne w Pa ssw ord” field, an d re-en ter the pa ssw ord (cas e sensit ive ) in the “ Confirm Pa ssw ord” fi eld. Click End to conclude the wizard session. 2.2 Launching the IP Storage Administration GUI, DHCP Environment W ind ows hos ts c an acc ess the Ma x[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 15 3. LCD Oper ation The MaxNAS R8 is equipped with an LCD on the front for easy status displa y and setup. There are four buttons on the front panel to control the LCD functions: Up (▲), Down (▼), Enter ( ↵ ) and Escape (ESC) ke ys. The following table illustrates the k eys on the front control panel: Icon Function D[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 16 4 . A dding Exter nal Disks The Ma xNAS R8 ha s two r ear USB po r ts, tw o front U SB ports, and on e e SA T A port for at tachin g exte rnal sto rage de vices such as the Fant om Dri ves G-F orce Megad isk lin es of produ cts, fo rmatted in F A T32 or NTFS. Plea se no te th at NT FS v olu mes w ill b e a vail able in r[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 17 Chapter 3- Administering the MaxNAS R8 This chapter describes the menu and control str ucture f or y our MaxNAS R8. The configuration is firmware-based and its operation is independent of host computer type or operating system. Connecting to the MaxNAS R8 w eb inter face is as easy as typing its IP address or WINS name i[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 18 T o log in to the MaxNAS R8 administration interface, click “ Admin” and enter the Administrator passw ord. By default, the Administrator passw ord is “admin” . At initial login, the user will be greeted with the Product Information Screen: The administration user inter face utilizes a paned desktop motif , and i[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 19 3-Administering the MaxNAS R8 The Main Menu Navigation T ree 1. System information 1.1 Product Information 1.2 System / Service Status 1.3 System Logs 2. System Management 2.1 T ime Settings 2.2 System Notication Settings 2.3 Firmware Upgrade 2.4 Scheduled power on/off 2.5 UPS Settings 2.6 W ake on LAN settings 2.7 SN[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 20 1. System Information 1.1 System Information This page is the first page y ou see when y ou enter the MaxNAS R8 w eb interface. On this page you wi ll see b asic inf or mation about the RAID subsys tem including the firmware vers ion and the current uptime. 1.2 System and Ser vices Status This page displays information a[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 21 2. System Management The System Management Configuration menu contains basic system settings and configur ation options. It is strongly suggested that y ou go through each of these menus at least once to ensure that you are taking advantage of ev er y thing the MaxNAS R8 has to offer . 2.1 Time This settings page is wher[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 22 2.5 UPS Settings The MaxNAS R8 will monitor and respond to UPS status messages from a compatible attached UPS (for a list of compatible devices see Appendix D). T o use this feature you must first connect the UPS to the NAS via the serial port on the back of the NAS. Then, on the w eb interface y ou must enable UPS Monit[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 23 2.8.4 Reboot & Shutdown Y ou can reboot or shut down the MaxNAS R8 from this page. 2.8.5 File System Check This menu is where you go to initiate a file system check on the RAID system. Nor mally this is not required unless the RAID subsystem was shut down unexpectedly or other wise disconnected without warning. 3. Ne[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 24 3-Administering the MaxNAS R8 Jumbo Frame Support Jumbo frame support is a feature which allows Ethernet hardware to send, receive or transport Ethernet frames greater than the default 1518 bytes packet size (Also referred to as MTU). The MaxNAS R8 supports jumbo frames of up to 9000 bytes. Jumbo frames will only functio[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 25 3.2 LAN2 Conf iguration T h e L A N C o n f i g u r a t i o n s c r e e n f o r t h e L A N 2 ( “ L A N ” ) I n t e r f a c e a l l o w s f o r t h e f o l l o w i n g c o n t r o l s : The following table lists the menu items on the LAN2 (“L AN”) Configur ation page: MAC Address This eld displays the MAC addr[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 26 It is recommended that you disable ser vices you will not require for security purposes. See Chapter 4 for details on how to use these technologies in Windows and Macintosh environments. 3.3.1 SMB/CIFS The Ser ver Message Block network protocol is the most widely used network protocol. It is used by all variants of the M[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 27 3-Administering the MaxNAS R8 FTP Use this option to enable or disable the FTP service on your MaxNAS R8. This setting is disabled by default. Secure FTP (Explicit) In some FTP environments it is a good idea to enable FTP security . Be sure that your FTP client also supports Secure FTP connectivity . Port Use this set ti[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 28 MaxNAS R8 in the “Netw ork Places” dialog on their computers. Y ou may enable or disable UPNP suppor t by navigating to “System Network” -> “UPnP . ” Click Apply to complete the operation. 3.3.8 nSync/rSync T ar get Configuration The MaxNAS R8 suppor ts remote synchronization through the nSync and Rsync ta[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 29 The column, “Status, ” will displa y the most recent SMART repor ted health status for each disk mechanism. T o view the SMART results, click on the smar t status indication nex t to the specified disk mechanism, and the detailed information will appear . T o manually trigger a SMART health test, click T est in the S[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 30 The Create RAID window allows you to configure your MaxNAS R8 into a wide range of possible RAID conf igurations. Follow the steps below to create a new RAID system on the MaxNAS R8: 1. T o begin the RAID creation process click the check box in the “Used” column for each of the driv es you w ant to use as a par t of [...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 31 4.2.2 Expanding NAS v olumes T o expand the network accessible space of a RAIDset to tak e ov er unused space, select the desired RAIDSet and click on the RAID information screen (see abov e, section 4.2.) The RAID Configur ation page will appear . Select the “Expand” tab in the tab bar (see illustr ation.) The Expan[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 32 4.2.4 Delete RAIDSet T o edelete a RAIDset, select the desired RAIDSet and click on the RAID information screen (see abov e, section 4.2.) The RAID Configur ation page will appear . Click Remov e RAID and confir m the oper ation in the follo wing confir mation dialog. 4.3 iSCSI Space Allocation The MaxNAS R8 has the abil[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 33 to discover the iqn of your new volume. In the Modify iSCSI V olume menu you can enable/ disable the volume, change the date, LUN ID number , enable/disable CHAP and/or change the user name and passw ord. If there is an attached initiator , its IQN will be display ed. 4.3.3 Expanding an iSCSI v olume The MaxNAS R8 has th[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 34 4.4 Shared F older Management The Shared Folder Management menu lists all of y our shared folders and contains controls for folder/share management, ZFS snapshots, NFS access controls and Samba user access rights. 4.4.1 Creating a new fol der T o create a new folder click . The Add Folder menu will appear . • Choose th[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 35 and then click . The NFS Config menu has tw o tabs, pictured belo w . The “NFS” tab lists ev er y host f or which y ou’ve assigned NFS access rights, as w ell as edit or remov e host access rights. to control host access rights to the NFS share, select the “ Add” tab. The follo wing is a description of the acce[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 36 4.4.6 Acces s Control A CLs, or Access Control Lists are ho w y ou manage SMB/CIFS and FTP rights to your shared folders and sub-folders on the MaxNAS R8. T o open the A CL menu, click on a shared priv ate f older (a f older that is not set to public) and then click the A CL button. T o add or remo ve permissions f or yo[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 37 Y ou must assign an expor t share name, and a share folder with the cor responding name will be created on the MaxNAS R8. Y ou may also enter any additional information such as a description and set browsable and public share attributes for the share (optional). Click Apply to mount the iSCSI v olume and create the expor[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 38 4.6.1 Addin g a new ISO image share T o ad d a ne w IS O im ag e sh ar e, sel ec t the sh ar ep oi nt wh er e th e IS O im ag e re si de s fr om th e pu ll do w n to la un ch th e Mo un t T a bl e w in do w . In the Mount T able menu that appears you will see an y valid *.iso files listed and the folder(s) within which t[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 39 5.2 Group Administration When providing shares to non Active Director y clients, the MaxNAS R8 provides its own user and group administration. P er missions and authorization for users and groups are assigned to each folder shared. T o access group control please na vigate to “Local Users and Groups” -> “Local?[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 40 3-Administering the MaxNAS R8 5.3.1 Creating Local Users T o create a new user , click in the Local User Configuration screen. In the following screen (illustrated right) enter the new user name and passw ord, and assign to groups by selecting the desired groups from the “Group List” pane (right,) and click and drag [...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 41 6. Application Ser vice Controls The Application Ser ver Configur ation menu contains controls for managing the built in print ser v er and the Digital Audio Access Protocol streaming media ser ver (used primarily by Apple’ s iT unes) 6.1 Print Ser v er Management The MaxNAS R8 Can share a USB a ttached print er to you[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 42 with Thecus modules, and you may wish to create your own or add other user created modules as well; There is a Thecus community with many various modules av ailable at their w ebsite http://onbeat.dk/thecus. Please note that Micronet offers no suppor t or endorsement for any content on this site. All installed modules wi[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 43 8.1 Creating a backup T ask T o create a new nSync/rSync task click on the nSync menu and the “ Add nSync T ask” window will appear . The options in this menu are as follows: T ask Name This is the name your nSync/rS ync task. T arge t Ser ver T ype This option ref ers to the type of nSync/rSync ser ver you want to c[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 44 8.2 Setting Up an Nsync T arget on an Nsync Device In order for the target Nsync ser ver to accept the Nsync backup job, please ensure that the following are conditions are met. Consult the target ser ver device documentation for instructions: • Make sure that the Nsync server ser vice is enabled. • A user account ma[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 45 Chapter 4- Connecting Users Onc e the Max NAS R8 ha s be en c onfigur ed wi th s torage, sha res, users, grou ps, a nd p ermissi ons it i s read y to a ccept user c onnecti ons. T he Max NAS R8 suppo r ts SM B/CIFS netw ork services as w ell a s W ebdi sk/Sec ure W ebdis k user conne ctions . This chapte r incl udes d is[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 46 1.2 Mapping a Netw ork Dr iv e (OS-X) The simpl est me thod to loc ate an d conn ect y our M axNAS R8 to an OS -X w orkst ation is b y usin g the Finde r Netw ork bro wser . If you can’t loca te the comp uter o r serv er w ithin the n etw ork b rowse r , y ou m ay be ab le to find it by ty ping i ts net wor k add ress [...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 47 2. Using W ebdisk The Max NAS R8 pro vide s a W ebDi sk funct ion that all ows y ou to acc ess the sys tem ov er th e Int ernet from any brow ser . IMPORT ANT : Make sure that WebDisk Support or Secure W ebDisk Support is enabled in the Service Support screen in the system’s Network menu. Please see chapter 3, section [...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 48 Th e W eb Di sk pa ge wi ll ap pe ar sh o wi ng f ol de rs ma de cu rre nt ly a v ai la bl e t o y o u v ia th e Ac ce ss Co nt ro l Li st (A CL ) i n th e F o ld er it em un de r St ora ge m en u. Cl ic k on a f o ld er na me to e nt er th e f ol de r . Th e f ol de r’ s pa ge wi ll ap pe ar , di sp la y in g fi le s [...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 49 Download a file to your computer Upload file from your computer to the current director y . Change user passw ord Logout Displays directories in the file browser pane Displays files matching the filter only . 3. Using the Photo Browser The Max NAS R8 inc lude s a full y fun ction al Phot o Serv er , whi ch allo ws u[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 50 the “ A dd” butt on to uplo ad pic ture s into the albu m. Th e Uplo ad Pho tos scre en wil l appe ar , as ill ustra ted: Cli ck Browse.. . to na vi gate an d sele ct t he desi red im age to upl oad. In t he resp ectiv e en try b ox es to the ri ght, en ter a s hort subj ect and des crip tion as des ired . U p t o 8 [...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 51 4. Using iSCSI iSC SI a llo ws tw o dev ices to n egot iate and then ex chan ge S CSI c omma nds usin g IP netw or ks. iSC SI tak es a popul ar hig h-pe rforma nce loca l stora ge bus an d emula tes it ov er wi de-a rea net w orks , cre atin g a sto rage area net wo rk (SAN ). U nlik e some SAN pro toco ls, iSCS I re qui[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 52 username and passw ord. Click OK to commit CHAP authentication, and OK on the iSCSI Initiator proper ties window . Enable CHAP 4.1.5. Open the disk management console. A list of the attached drives and their respective volumes will appear . Each V olume set will appear as an individual disk in the management console. Upo[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 53 Full format . A Quick format will take just a few minute s but will do less ver ifying of the driv e than a full fo r mat. Click Sta r t. Once t he format p rocess is complete your iS CSI v olume is r eady to us e. 4.2 OS-X >10.4.10 Host Setup T he M ax N AS R 8 ha s b ee n te s te d an d q ua l ifi ed f or u se wi t[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 54 4.2.7 Select the new par tition map type. 4.2.8 Select the desired file system format and volume name for each par tition in the volume scheme (optional.) 4.2.9 Click Op tions . Sel ect “ Apple Partitio n Map” or “GUID” in t he dialo g box and clic k OK . 4.2.10 Click Apply . Y our MaxNAS R8 iSCSI volume is read[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 55 5. Connecting to MaxNAS R8 Attached Pr inters With a USB Printer attached, the MaxNAS R8 can of fer central network printing to all your netw orked computers. ! IMPORT ANT! Before you begin, please make sure the driver for your printer is properly installed on your computer . Please consult your printer manufacturer for [...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 56 5.2.3 Selec t Add a network, wireless or Bluetooth printer . 5.2.4 Select The pr inter that I want isn ’ t listed . Y ou can press The printer that I want isn ’ t listed to go into next page without waiting for Searching for av aila ble pr inters to f inish. 5 .2 . 5 Cl i c k S e l ec t a sh a r e d p r in t e r b y [...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 57 5.3 MacOS X The fol lowi ng instruct ions are base d on printe r instal lation on a Mac OS X 10.5 ba sed host . Oth er Mac OS X host s are config ured simila rly . 5.3.1 Access the printer control panel, located in System Preferences. 5.3.2 Click the in the “Print & Fax” control panel (illustrated right.) 5.3.3 I[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 58 Chapter 5- Understanding RAID T he M ax N AS R 8 co n tr ol l er s ub s ys t em i s a hi gh - pe rf o rm an ce S A T A d r iv e b u s di sk a rr a y c on t ro l le r . W he n p ro p er l y co n fi gu r ed , t he R AI D su b sy s te m c an pr o vi d e n on -s t op se rv ic e w it h a h ig h de g re e o f f au l t t ol e r[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 59 RAID 1 (Disk Mir ror ing) RAID 1, also kno wn as “disk mirroring” , distributes duplicate data simultaneously to pairs of disk driv es. Pr os: RAID 1 of fers extremely high data reliability as all th e data is r edundant. If one dr ive f ails, all data (and softwar e applications) are pr eser ved on the other dr ive.[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 60 RAID 6 Also known as dual parity , RAID 6 is similar to RAID 5, but offers double the fault tolerance by per forming two parity computations on ov erlapping subsets of the data. RAID 6 offers fault tolerance greater that RAID 1 or RAID 5 but only consumes the capacity of 2 disk driv es for distributed parity data. RAID 6[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 61 Daily Use Tips • Read this User’ s Guide carefully . Follo w the cor rect procedure when setting up the device. • Additional application sof tware may hav e been included with your drive. Please revie w the documentation included with this software for information on the operation and suppor t of this software. The[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 62 Resetting the MaxNAS R8 Should the MaxNAS R8 become inaccessible (blinking fault light, forgotten passw ord) or if directed by MicroNet suppor t, please follow the below procedure to reset the MaxNAS R8 to factor y default: Using the front panel, press this sequence: 1. Press [ ↵] button 5 times 2. Press [ ▼ ] button[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 63 Q: There is a fault light and/or the buzzer is beeping! A: Do not turn off or reset the unit! Follo w these steps to identify and cor rect the alarm: 1. Refer to Chapter 1, Section 7 to identify the aler t., and login to the MaxNAS R8 administration user inter face. 2. Go to the System menu and choose Logs item. 3. The S[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 64 Appendix A: Getting Help If you experience problems with your MaxNAS R8, please contact your Authorized MicroNet Reseller for assistance. If the reseller is unable to resolv e your issue, please contact MicroNet’ s Help Desk for assistance. Please hav e the model, serial number , date of purchase, and reseller’ s nam[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 65 Appendix B: RAID Lev el Comparison T able RAID Level Description Min. Drives Max. Drives Capacity Data Reliability Data T ransfer Rate I/O Request Rates Span Also known as disk spanning. Data is distributed sequentially to all drives. There is no data protection. 1 4 (N) Disks No data protection Same as a single disk sam[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 66 Appendix C: Activ e Direc tor y With W indows 2000, Microsoft introduced Activ e Director y (ADS), which is a large database/ information store. Prior to Activ e Director y the W indows OS could not store additional information in its domain database. Activ e Director y also solved the problem of locating resources; whic[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 67 Appendix D: Suppor ted UPS List The MaxNAS R8 can support UPS communication with the following UPS communication protocols: SEC protocol Generic RUPS model Generic RUPS 2000 (Megatec M2501 cable) PhoenixT ec protocol Safenet sof tware The following Models have been tested and approved for compatibility: Brand Series Mode[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 68 Brand Series Model Notes Fenton T echnologies PowerPalP-series   PowerPalL-series   PowerOn   PowerPure   Fairstone  L525/L625/L750  Fideltronik Ares700 and larger   OtherAresmodels   Fiskars PowerRiteMAX   PowerServer 10,30  Gamatronic All?[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 69 Brand Series Model Notes Orvaldi variousnot 400 or600   Powercom Powercom SMK-800A   UL T -1000   TrustT rust425/625   BNT -1000AP   AdvicePartner/King Pr750   BNT -2000AP   PowerGuard PG-600   PowerKinetics 9001   PowerT ech Comp1000 DTR ca[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 70 Appendix E: Glossar y Activ e Direc tor y an implementation of LD AP direc tory services by Microsoft for use in Windo ws environments. Activ e Director y allows administr ators to assign enterprise wide policies, deploy programs to many computers, and apply critical updates to an entire organization. An Active Director [...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 71 Disk Array A Disk Arra y is a logi cal dis k c ompr ised of mu ltip le phys ical ha rd disk s. The nu mber of hard dis ks i n an disk arra y i s dic tate d by the typ e of the arra y an d the num ber of s pare s tha t ma y be as sign ed to it. F urthermo re, whe ther a d isk arra y can b e b uilt u sing p art o f the spa[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 72 by an y RAID array as a backup. In the ev ent a hard disk in a RAID array fails, this backup is automatically mobilized by the RAID controller to step in place of the failed hard disk. The data in the failed hard disk is “reconstr ucted” and written into the new hard disk. In the case of a RAID 1, data is reconstruct[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 73 be obtained by simply evaluating the XOR of the N bytes. Parity allows one error in a group (of bytes) to be correc ted. Par tition The space contributed to each ar ray on a physical driv e is ref er red to as a par tition. PCI An acronym for “Peripheral Component Interconnect” . It is Intel’ s local bus standard t[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 74 of the disks fails, its contents can be retriev ed from the duplicate disk. Fur ther more, a RAID 1 array can also improv e the throughput of read operations by allowing separ ate reads to be performed concurrently on the two disks. RAID 5 A RAID 5 array is similar to a RAID 4 array in that, it utilizes a striped set of [...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 75 Secondar y Storage Mass storage devices such as hard disks, magneto-optical disks, floppy disks and tapes are frequently referred to as secondar y stor age. Secure Sock ets Lay er (SSL) is a cr yptographic protocol which provide secure communications on the Inter net. SSL provides endpoint authentication and communicatio[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 76 the fa voured replication model is the HUB and SPOKE, and thus the WINS design is not central but distributed, each WINS ser ver holds a full copy of every other related WINS system records. There is no hierarchy in WINS (unlike DNS) but like DNS its database can be queried for the address to contact rather than broadcas[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 77 Appendix F: Produc t Specifications System Architecture CPU: Intel® Core2® Architec ture, 1.86GHz System RAM: 1GB DDR NVRAM: On-board non volatile memor y for f irmware Disk Inter face: 8 channel SA T A2-300 with NCQ drive controller Netw ork Interface: Dual Gigabit Ether net host controllers Expansion P or ts: 3x USB [...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 78 System F eatures RAID lev el 0, 1, 5, 6, 10 and Span conf igurations Multiple RAID and LUN suppor t Automatically and transparently rebuilds hot spare driv es Hot swappable, lockable disk drive modules Disk S.M.A.R.T . status monitoring Instant availability and background initialization Disk Roaming RAID Lev el Migration[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 79 Appendix G: Licence and Copyright This product included copyrighted third-par ty software licensed under the terms of GNU General Public License. Please see THE GNU Gener al Public License for extra ter ms and conditions of this license. Source Code A v aila bility Micro net has exposed the full source c ode of th e GPL [...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 80 GNU General Public License V ersion 2, June 1991 Copyright © 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor , Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute v erbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is not allow ed. PREAMBLE The licenses for most software a[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 81 contents constitute a work based on the Program (independent of ha ving been made by running the Progr am). Whether that is true depends on what the Program does. 1. Y ou may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Program's source code as you receive it, in any medium, provided that you conspicuously and appropr[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 82 code or executable f or m with such an offer , in accord with Subsection b above.) The source code for a work means the preferred form of the work for making modifications to it. For an executable w ork, complete source code means all the source code for all modules it contains, plus any associated interface definition[...]

MaxNAS Owner’ s Manual 83 9. The Free Software Foundation may publish re vised and/or new versions of the General Public License from time to time. Such new versions will be similar in spirit to the present version, but may dif fer in detail to address new problems or concerns. Each v ersion is giv en a distinguishing version number . If the Prog[...]

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