Thecus N2200EVO инструкция обслуживания

Thecus N0204 N2200/PLUS/EV O N4100EVO User’s Manual V2.7[...]

2 Copyright an d T rademark No tice Thecus and oth er name s of Thecus product a re regi stered trad emarks of Thecus Technology Co rp. Mi crosoft, Wind ows, and the Wind ows logo are regist ered trademarks o f Microsoft Corporati on. Appl e, iTunes and Appl e OS X are r egistered trademarks of Ap ple Co mputers, I nc. All other trademarks and b ra[...]

3 Safety W a rning s For your safety , please read and fol low the foll owing safety warnin gs: Read thi s manual thoroughly befor e attemptin g to set up your Thecus IP storage. Your Thecus IP storage i s a compl icated el ectronic device. DO N OT attem pt to repair i t under an y circumstances. I n the case of malfun ction, turn of f the power im[...]

4 T able of Conten t s Copyright and T rademark Notice .......... .......... ............ .......... ......... 2 About This Man ual .................. .......... .............. .......... .......... .......... . 2 Limited Warranty... ......... .......... .......... ............... .......... .......... ........ 2 Safety Warning s ..................[...]

5 Nsync Target ........................ ............. ........ ............ ............. .......... 56 Bonjour Setti ng ............ ............. ........... ......... ............. ............. ..... 57 TFTP ....................... ............. ........... ......... ............ ............. .......... 57 DDNS ............. ............ .....[...]

6 USB Storage Ex pansion ............................... ...................................... 106 Replacing Da maged Hard Drive s....... ................................................. 106 Hard Drive Da mage ................... ............ ....... ............. ............ ..... 106 Replacin g a Hard Drive ................... .......... .....[...]

7 Chapter 1: Intr oduction Overview Thank yo u for choosing the Th ecus IP Storage NA S Server. The Thecus IP storage is an easy-to-u se storage server that al lows a ded icated approach to storin g and distribu ting dat a on a network. Data reli ability is ensured wi th RAID fea tures that provide data security an d recovery. Gigabi t Ethernet por[...]

8 Printer Server With the Thecus IP stora ge’s P rinter Serv er, you can easil y share an IPP p rinter wi th other PCs con nected t o your netw ork. To set up th e Print er Server, refer to Chapter 4: Applicatio n Server> P rinter Info rmation . Superior Power Management (Only for N0204 /N2200/ EVO,N41 00EVO) Thecus IP st orage s upp orts sc h[...]

9 Front Panel N0204: The Thecus N0204 miniNAS’s front panel has the USB copy button, in dicators, and USB port: Front Panel Item Description USB copy Button/LED • Copy USB storage contents to N020 4 miniNAS • Blinking Green: Copy activity • Solid Green: Copy Success • Solid Red : Copy Fail HDD 1 LED • Solid Red: HDD failed • Blinking [...]

10 N2200: The Thecus N2200’s front panel has the d evice’s co ntrols, indicators, and hard di sk trays: Front Panel Item Description Power LED • Solid blue: system is ready • Blinking Blue: system is re-build Power Button • Power on/off N2200 • Displays current system status and messages HDD 1 LED • Blinking Yellow: HDD activity • B[...]

11 N2200PLUS: The Thecus N2200PLUS’s front pan el has th e d evice’s control s, indi cators, an d hard disk trays: Front Panel Item Description Power LED • Solid blue: system is ready • Blinking Blue: system is re-build Power Button • Power on/off N2200PLUS • Displays current system status and messages HDD 1 LED • Blinking Yellow: HDD[...]

12 N2200EVO: The Thecus N2200EV O’s front pan el has the devi ce’s controls, ind icators, and hard disk trays: Front Panel Item Description Power LED • Solid blue: system is ready • Blinking Blue: system is re-build Power Button • Power on/off N2200EVO • Displays current system status and messages HDD 1 LED • Blinking Yellow: HDD acti[...]

13 N4100EVO The N4100EV O’s front p anel di splays the un it’s array of status LED’s an d is al so where you’ll find the powe r buttons. See the table below for a d etail ed explanation of each: Item Description HDD Trays • There are four hard d isk d rive (HDD) trays. Each tray supports a 3.5-inch SATA HDD. T he trays ha ve locks for add[...]

14 Rear Panel N0204: The Thecus N02 04 min iNAS’s rear panel featur es ports and conn ectors. HDD1 HDD2 LAN Port HDD Tray hook hitch Power socket Power Button USB 1.1 Port[...]

15 N2200: The N2200 r ear panel fe atures ports and connec tors. Back Panel Item Description System Fan • System fan that exhausts heat from the unit LAN Port • LAN port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router Reset Button • Resets the N2200 • Immediately press the Reset button on the back. This will reset your netw[...]

16 N2200PLUS: The N2200PLUS rear pa nel features p orts and c onnectors. Back Panel Item Description System Fan • System fan that exhausts heat from the unit WAN Port • WAN po rt f or conn ecting t o an Ethernet network through a sw i tch or router LAN Port • LAN port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router Reset Butt[...]

17 N2200EVO: The N2200EV O rear pan el featur es ports and c onnectors. Back Panel Item Description System Fan • System fan that exhausts heat from the unit WAN Port • WAN po rt f or conn ecting t o an Ethernet network through a sw i tch or router LAN Port • LAN port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router Reset Butto[...]

18 N4100EVO The rear panel of the N4100EVO houses the USB and Ethernet connections, as well as the pow er connector. See the tabl e below for descripti ons of each: Item Description Power Connector • Connect the included power cord to this connector WAN Port • WAN port f or connecting to an E thernet network through a switch or router LAN Port [...]

19 Chapter 2: Har dw are Inst allatio n Overview Your Thecus IP storage is desi gned for easy i nstallati on. To h elp you get st arted, the followin g chapter wil l help you qu ickly get your Thecus IP sto rage up and runni ng. Please read i t carefull y to prevent d amagin g your uni t during in stallation. Before You Begin Before you b egin, be [...]

20 2. Install HDD on the tray, as the foll owin g chart: 3. Install the tray with HDD in to N0204 mi niNAS, please note th at the HD D-1 is i n left side and HDD-2 is i n righ t side. The trian gular symbol of tray must be correspon ding wi th the trian gular symbol of back panel. P ush the tray back. N2200/PLUS/EVO: The N2200/ PLUS/EVO sup ports b[...]

21 b. Sli de th e HDD tray back i nto th e N2200/ N2200PL US unt il it snaps i nto place. 3. For 2.5” H DDs c. Remove an HD D tray an d in stall a 2.5” SATA ha rd di sk onto it. d. Sli de the HDD tray back into th e N220 0/PLUS/EV O u ntil i t snaps in to place. Cable Connections N0204: To connect th e N0204 mini NAS to your networ k, foll ow t[...]

22 N2200: To connect th e N2200 t o your netwo rk, foll ow the steps below: 1. Connect an Ethernet cable from y our networ k to the LAN port on the ba ck panel of the N2200. 2. Connect th e provided p ower cord i nto the powe r socket on the back pa nel. 3. Press th e power butt on boot u p the N2200 .[...]

23 N2200PLUS: To connect th e N2200PL US to your n etwork, fol low the steps b elow: 1. Connect an Ethernet cable from y our networ k to the WAN port on the bac k panel of the N2200PLUS . 2. Connect th e provided p ower cord i nto the powe r socket on the back pa nel. 3. Press the pow er button boot up the N2200PLU S.[...]

24 N2200EVO: To connect th e N2200EV O to your net work, follow th e steps bel ow: 1. Connect an Ethernet cable from y our networ k to the WAN port on the bac k panel of the N2200EVO. 3. Connect th e provided p ower cord i nto the powe r socket on the back pa nel. 3. Press the pow er button boot up the N2200EVO.[...]

25 N4100EVO: The N41 00EV O supports fou r standard 3.5” o r 2 .5” Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks. To install a hard di sk into the N4100 EVO, foll ow the steps below: 1. Remove a ha rd disk t ray from th e N4100 EVO. 2. Slide th e new SATA h ard disk i nto the tray an d fasten the screw s. 3. Ins ert the hard d isk and tray back i nto the N4100E[...]

26 2. Connect th e provided p ower cord i nto the uni versal power s ocket on t he back panel. Pl ug the oth er end of th e cord i nto a surge protect ed socket. 3. Press the p ower button on the front p anel to pow er on the N4100 EVO. Checking System Status After maki ng connections on th e N4100 EVO and pow ering up, che ck whether th e system s[...]

27 Chapter 3: First Time Setup Once th e hard ware i s i nstalled, physically connecte d to y our n etwork, and powered on, you c a n co n figu re the Thecus I P st orage so tha t it is accessi ble to yo ur n etwork users. The re is one way to s et up you r Thecus I P storage: u sing the Thecus S mart Utility (N2200/ N0204) /Thecus Setup Wizard ( N[...]

28 5. Please select your in stallati on mode, One Click Install ation or Manu al Installation . 6. After your in stalled HDDs are detect ed, sel ect yo ur desired RA ID level . Pr ess Next to cont inu e. 7. The N0204/N2200 wi ll automati cally create seve ral folders. Sel ect your desired fold er and map i t to your l ocal PC/NB as a Network De vic[...]

29 8. Complete the N0204/N2 200 Smart Uti lity Wi zard. A. You can ac cess the N 0204/N2 200 Web Adm inist rator interface by cli cking the Start Brower butto n. The default password is “ admin ”. You can also setup a b ackup task at t his point by clicki ng the Setup backup task button. B. Press Exit to exit the wind ows utilit y. C. Pr ess th[...]

30 Single T ask Quick Backup : Perfo rm a si ngle backup by selecting the source and desti nation. Manually Backup and T ask List : Show all task informati on and opt ions.[...]

31 Thecus Setup Wi zard (N2200PLU S/EVO,N4100EVO) The handy Th ecus Setu p Wiza rd makes confi guring N2200PLUS /EVO,N410 0EVO a snap. To confi gure the N2200PLUS/ EVO,N4100 EVO usi ng the Setup Wi zard, perform the fol lowin g steps: 1. Insert the i nstall ation CD into you r CD-ROM d rive (the host PC must be connected t o the netw ork). 2. The S[...]

32 6. Name you r N2200P LUS/EVO ,N41OOEVO and con figu re the network IP address. If y our switch or route r is confi gured as a DHCP Serv er, configuri ng the N2200PLUS/ EVO,N4 100EVO to auto mati cally obtain an IP add ress is recommended . You may also use a stati c IP add ress and enter the DNS Server addre ss manual ly. 7. Change the d efault [...]

33 LCD Operation The N4100EV O is equi pped wit h an LCD on th e front for eas y status dis pl ay and setup. There a re four bu ttons on the fr ont pan el to control th e LCD functi ons. LCD Controls Use the Down ( ), Up ( ), Enter ( ↵ ↵ ↵ ↵ ) and Escape ( E SC ) keys to operate LCD to view system i nformati on and USB copy. The foll owing [...]

34 The N4100 E co will rotate these mes sages ev ery one-two second s on the LCD display. USB Copy The USB Copy functi on enabl es you t o copy files stored on USB d evices such as USB disks and digital cam eras t o th e Thecus IP storage by pr ess USB copy button . To u se USB copy, fol low the ste ps below: N0204: 1. Plu g your USB devi ce into U[...]

35 N2200PLUS/EVO: 1. Plug your USB device i nto an avai lable USB p ort on the Rear Pan el. 2. Press the “ US B Copy But ton”. 3. The N2200 PLUS will start copying USB disks connected t o t he rea r USB p ort. The LCD wil l displa y the USB copy p rogress and result. N4100EVO: The USB Copy functi on enabl es you t o copy files stored on USB d e[...]

36 Step 1: Network Setup From the Web Ad min istration Interfac e, you can config ure the netw ork setti ngs of the Thecus IP storage for you r netwo rk. You ca n access the Net work men u from the menu ba r. For detail s on how to con figu re your network se ttings, refer to Chapter 4: S ystem Ne twork . Step 2: RAID Creation Next, admin istrators[...]

37 Chapter 4: S ystem Administra tion Overview The Thecus IP storage p rovides an easil y accessi ble Web Administr ation Interface . With it, yo u can configure a nd m oni tor the Thecus IP storage a nywhere on the netwo rk. Web Administrati on Interface Make sure your network is connect ed to the Int ernet. To acc ess Thecus IP st orage Web Admin[...]

38 Followi ng by disclai m page, you will see th e Web Admi nistration Interf ace . From here, you can c onfig ure and m onitor vi rtually every asp ect of the Th ecus IP storage from anywh ere on the n etwork. My Favorite The user i nterface with “My Favori te” shortcut i s all owed user to desi gnate often used items and have th em displ ay o[...]

39 To return to the favorite screen, si mply cli ck “My Favorite” l ocated at the l eft hand corner of the main screen. Menu Bar The Menu B ar is where you will find all of the i nformation sc reens and system settings of Th ecus IP st orage. The various setti ngs are pl aced in th e following groups on the menu ba r: Menu Bar Item Description [...]

40 Message Bar You can get i nformation about system status qu ickly by movi ng mouse ov er. Message Bar Item Status Description RAID Informat ion. Display t he status of creat ed RAID volu me. Cl i ck to go to RAID informati on page as short cut. Disks Informat ion. Display th e status of di sks install ed in the system. Cli ck to go to D isk i nf[...]

41 System Informatio n Information pr ovides viewi ng on cur rent Product i nfo, System Statu s, Ser vice Status and Logs. The m enu ba r al lows yo u to see variou s asp ects of the Thecu s IP storage. From here, you can disc over the sta tus of the Th ecus IP st orage, and also other detail s. Product Information Once you l ogin , you will first [...]

42 Service Stat us Item Description AFP Status The status o f the Apple Filing Proto col server. NFS Status The status of the Netw ork Fi le Service Server . SMB/CIFS St atus The status o f the SMB/C IFS server . FTP Status The status o f the FTP se rver. Media Serve r The status o f the Medi a Server Nsync Statu s The statu s of the Nsync se rver.[...]

43 Sort Descending Shows logs by date in descending order. |<< < > >>| Use the forward ( > >>| ) and backward ( |<< < ) b uttons to browse the log pages. Refresh the logs. System Managemen t The System M anagem ent menu gives you a weal th of setti ngs that you can use to configure your Thecus I P storage syst em[...]

44 Notification configuration From the m enu, choose the Notification item, and the Notific ation Configuration screen ap pears. Thi s screen l ets you have th e IP STORAGE noti fy you in case o f any syste m mal function. Press Apply to confirm al l settin gs. See followin g table for a d etailed descri ption of each item. Notification Configurati[...]

45 Schedule Power On/Off (Only for N0204/N2200/E VO,N4100EVO) Using the Thecus IP sto rage Syst em Manag ement, you can save en ergy and money by s chedulin g th e Th ecus I P storage to turn itself o n and o f f du ring certain t imes of the day. From the m enu, choose the Schedule Power O n/Off item an d the S chedule Power On/Off screen appears.[...]

46 System will turn on at 8:00 A M on Mo n day, and will not sh ut down unless p owered down manua lly. You may al so choose tw o on ti mes or two off ti mes on a parti cul ar day, and the system wil l act accordi ngly. Example - M onday: O ff: 8:00; Off: 16:00 System will turn off at 8 :00 AM on M onday. Sys tem will turn off at 16:0 0 PM on Monda[...]

47 Utility ˙ Administrato r pas sword From the m enu, choose the Administr ator Pa ssword i tem and the Chan ge Administrato r Password screen appe ars. Enter a n ew passwo rd in th e New Password b ox and con firm your new pa ssword in t he Confirm Passw ord box. Press Apply to confi rm password chan ges. See the fol lowing table for a detail ed [...]

48 ˙ F actory def ault From the m enu, choose the Factory D efault item an d the Reset to Factor y Default scr een appears . Press Apply t o reset th e IP Storage t o factory default settings. ˙ Rebo ot & Shut down From the m enu, choose Reboot & Shut down i tem, and the Shutdow n/Reboot System s creen appears. Pr ess R eboot t o re start[...]

49 Once the syst em has re booted, you wi ll be returned to the Fi le Syste m Check prompt. Che ck the desi red RAID vol umes and cl ick Next to p roceed wi th the fil e system chec k. Click Re boot to rebo ot with out running the check. Once you cl ick Next , yo u will see the followi ng screen: Click Start t o begin the file system ch eck. Cli ck[...]

50 System Network Use the System Net work menu to ma ke n etwork config uration setti ngs as wel l as service supp ort setti ngs. NOTE The system must be reboote d before the Thecus IP Storage can function normally afte r file system check comp lete.[...]

51 WAN/LAN1 WAN/LAN1 Con figuration From the System Network menu, cho ose WAN/L AN1 , and the WAN/LAN 1 Configuration sc reen app ears. Thi s scre en di splays the netw ork param eters of the WAN/LAN1 c onnection. You may cha nge any o f these i tems and press A pply to confirm your setting s. See a descri ption of each item i n the followin g tabl[...]

52 LAN2 (Only for N2200PLUS/EVO,N4100EVO) LAN2 Configurati on The Thecus IP storage s upports two Gigabi t Ethernet ports fo r high er service availabili ty. To config ure these po rts, choose LAN 2 from the S ystem Net work menu, and th e LAN2 C onfiguration screen ap pears. Pres s Apply to sa ve your changes. LAN2 Configuration Item Description M[...]

53 Samba / CIFS There are 2 opti ons i s currentl y all ow A dmin to En able/Disabl e to ope rate Th ecus IP storage a ssociated with Samba / CIFS p rotocol . Wit h the opti on chan ged, i t will need to reboot syst em to acti vate. Samba Service Used for lett ing t he operatin g system of UN IX series and SM B/CIFS of Microsoft Windows op erating [...]

54 A descripti on of each i tem foll ows: Apple Network Configuration Item Description AFP Server Enable or disable Apple File Service to use the I P STORAGE with MAC OS-based systems. MAC CHARSET Specifics the code page from drop down list Zone Specifies Zone for Applet Talk service. If your AppleTalk network uses exte nded net works and is assign[...]

55 A descripti on of each i tem foll ows: FTP Item Description FTP Enable FTP Service on the IP Storage. 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. FTP ENCODE If y o ur FTP cl ient or operating sy[...]

56 A descripti on of each i tem foll ows: Web Service Item Description HTTP (WebDisk) Support Enable or disable WebDisk support. Enter the port number if this option is enabled. The port number is default 80. HTTPs (Secure WebDisk) Support Enable or disabl e secure WebDisk support. Enter the port if this option is enabled. UPnP This devi ce support[...]

57 Bonjour Setting Bonjour, i s Apple Inc.'s trade nam e for it s implementati on of Zeroconf, a service discovery prot ocol. Bonjou r locates devi ces such a s printers, as w ell as other computers, an d the ser vices that th ose device s offer on a l ocal network usin g multi cast Domain Name System servi ce records . This definiti ve guide [...]

58 DDNS will transfer the recorded IP address to the user. The NAS supp orts the D DNS provid ers: DyDNS.org(D ynamic DN S),DyDNS .org(Custom DNS),DyD NS.org(Stati c DNS), www.zoneedi t.com,ww w.no-ip.com. A descripti on of each i tem foll ows: DDNS Item Description DDNS Enable DDNS Service on the Thecus IP storage. Register DDNS p rovides. User Na[...]

59 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. Status Indicates the status of the disk. Can read OK , Warning , or Failed . Bad Block scan Yes to start scan Bad Block. Total Capacity [...]

60 S.M.A.R.T. Information Item Description Tray Number Tray the hard disk is install ed in. Model Model name of the installed hard disk. Power ON Hours Count of hours in power-on state. The raw value of this attribute shows total count o f hours (or minutes, o r seconds, de pending o n manufacturer) in power-on state. Temperature Celsius The curren[...]

61 This screen lists the RAID volumes currentl y residi ng on t he Thecus IP st orage. From this sc reen, you can get informati on about the sta tus of your RA ID v olu mes, as well as the capaci ties all ocated for data, an d iSCS I(N4100EVO). Th ere is al so a graph which represents how t he RAID vol ume is cur rently all ocated. RAID Information[...]

62 Used If this is checked, current hard disk is a part of a RAID volume. Spare If t his is checked, current hard disk i s d esignated as a spare for a RAID volume. Stripe Size This set s the stripe size to maximize performance of sequential files i n a storage v ol ume. Keep t he 6 4K setting unless yo u require a sp ecial file sto rage layou t i [...]

63 RAID 1 Offers di sk mirro ring. P rovides twice the read rate of single disks, but same write rate. RAID 1 requires a minimum of 2 disks. RAID 5 Data striping and stripe error correction information provided. RAID 5 requires a minimum of 3 disks. RAID 5 can sustain one failed disk.(N4100EVO) Edit RAID On the RAID Informat ion screen, press the E[...]

64 3. The confirmat ion screen appear, you wi ll h ave to input “Yes” wi th exactl y wording cas e to compl ete “ Remove R AID ” operat ion Space Allocation (Only for N2200 PLUS/EVO,N4100EVO) iSCSI Target You may sp ecify the spa ce all ocated for iS CSI (N4100EVO) o r target US B volumes (N2200PLUS/EV O). The iSCSI volum e can be created 2[...]

65 To al l ocate spa ce for an iSCSI volume on th e cu rrent R AID vol ume, fol low the st eps below: 1. Under the Volu me Alloc ation List , sel ect iSCSI Ta rget then c lick Add . The Cre ate iSCSI Volume scre en appears. Create iSCSI Volume Item Description RAID ID ID of current RAID volume. Allocation Percentage and amount of space allo cated t[...]

66 8. When iSCSI target volum e ha s be en created, the LUN ID is confi gurable from 1 to 254 with a defaul t of the next a vail able number in ascending numerical order. The LUN ID is unique and can not be duplicated except for LUN ID 0. 9. If you’ ve enabled CHAP authenti cation, enter a usern ame an d a pa ssword . Confirm you r chosen pa sswo[...]

67 You will then see the d ial og box di splayed bel ow. Drag the Ex pand Cap acity ba r t o the size you w ant. Then p ress Expand t o confirm th e operati on. Delete Volume To delete vol ume on the cu rrent RAID volum e, follow the steps b elow: 1. Under the Vo lume A llocation List , cli ck Delete . The Spac e Alloc ation screen ap pears.[...]

68 2. Press YES . Al l da ta in the volu me will be rem oved. USB Target (for N220 0PLUS/EVO) Create a RA ID, p lease mention the Da ta percentage option. The data percentage is the percenta ge you wan t to all ocate for the NAS file system. The NAS file syst em and the spac e avai labl e for USB target a separate. I n thi s case the data percentag[...]

69 Here y ou can d etermi ne how much space you w ould like to al locate for the U SB target. In thi s case we use all the availabl e space for the USB target. Cl ick [OK] to confirm. Once created, you shoul d see the size of the USB target here: On the NAS you are done now and y ou can connect the fr ont USB of the NAS to your PC. In thi s exampl [...]

70 Share Folder From the Sto rage men u, choose Sha re Folde r , and the Fol der scre en appears. This screen al lows you to c reate and confi gure f olders on the Th ecus IP storage volume. Adding Folders On the Folder screen, pre ss the Add butt on and t he Add Folder screen app ears. This screen allows you to a dd a fo lder. After entering the i[...]

71 Modify Folders On the Folder screen , p ress the Edit butt on an d the Modify Folder sc reen appears. This screen all ows you t o cha nge fol der i nformati on. After enteri ng the informat ion, press Apply to save your changes. Modify Folder Item Description RAID ID RAID vol ume where the folder will reside. Folder Name Enter the name of the fo[...]

72 NFS Share To allow NFS access to t he share fol der, enabl e the NFS Serv ice , and th en set up hosts wi th access right s by clickin g 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. Guest System Support There are two selections available [...]

73 Choose the one which best fits your needs. Apply Click to save your changes. Folder and Sub-Fo l der Acce ss Control List (A CL) On the Fol der screen, press the ACL button, an d th e ACL setting screen appea rs. This screen al lows you to configure acc ess to the specific fol der and sub-folders fo r users an d groups. Select a user o r a group[...]

74 3. Contin ue selecti ng groups and users a nd a ssigning them acce ss level s usi ng the colu mn butt ons. 4. To remove a group or user f rom an ac cess l evel column, pre s s the Remove button i n that column. 5. When you ar e fini shed, press Apply to confirm your ACL setti ngs. To setup sub -folders AC L, cli ck on “ ” symbol to extract s[...]

75 ISO Mount The ISO Mount featu re is very useful tool from Thecus product s. With it, users can mount an ISO file and havin g export name to display all detail s fro m moun ted ISO file. From th e mai n menu , th e IS O Moun t f eature i s l ocated under “Storag e”. Pl ease re fer the figu re below for refe rence. Select on th e ISO moun t fu[...]

76 To mount new ISO fi le, sel ect from li sted ISO fi le and i npu t desired mounti ng nam e into “M ount as:” fi eld. Click “ADD” wi th confi rmat ion to comp lete m ounti ng ISO fil e. Or wi thout “Mount a s” ISO fil e expo rt nam e i nput , system wi ll automat ic t o gi ve the export nam e by ISO fi le name. If left “Moun t as:?[...]

77 You coul d click “Unmoun t” to eli minate mount ed ISO file. B. Using ISO The mount ed ISO fil e will be l ocated same sha re folder wit h name gi ving. Please refer the scr een shot b elow. ISO fi le “image” has moun ted as fol der “Imag e” you coul d see. Th e ISO fil e “Thecus 01” with out assign mounting name, system au tomat[...]

78 Local User Configuration From the Accou nts me nu, choose th e User ite m, and the Loc al User Configuration screen a ppears. This screen all ows yo u to Add , Edit , and Remove local users. Local User Configuration Item Description Add Press the Add butto n to add a user to the list of local users. Edit Press the Edit butto n to modify a local [...]

79 Edit Users 1. Select an exi sting u ser from the Loc al User Co nfiguration screen. 2. Click on the Ed it button , and Local User Setti ng screen ap pears. 3. From h ere, y ou can ent er a new passwo rd and re -enter to confi rm, or use the << or >> but tons to h ave this use r join or l eave a group. Cli ck the Apply button to sav e[...]

80 2. Click on Remo ve butto n and the use r is deleted from the syst em. Local Group Configuration From the Accou nts me nu, choose th e Group item, an d the Loc al Group Configuration screen appears. This s creen allows y ou to Add , Edit , a nd Remove local groups. Local Group Configuration Item Description Add Press the Add butto n to add a use[...]

81 4. Enter a Grou p ID num ber. If l eft bla nk, th e system will automati cally assig n one. 5. Sel ect users to be i n this grou p from the Us ers List by addi ng th em to the Members Li st using the << butt on. 6. Cli ck the Apply but ton to sa ve your cha nges. Edit Groups 1. On the Loca l Group Co nfiguration screen, sel ect a group nam[...]

82 Batch Create Users and Groups The Thecus IP storage c an al so add users and g roups in batch mode. T his enab les you to conveni entl y add numerou s users and g roups automati call y by importin g a simple comma- separate d plain text (*.txt) fil e. From the Accou nts me nu, click Batc h Mgmt a nd the Batch Cr eate U sers and Groups dialogue w[...]

83 be able to pl ay music fi les on thi s device with your iTun es client softwa re directl y. The foll owing section sh ows you how. Printer Information From the App lication S erver m enu, choose th e Printer i tem, and th e Printer Informatio n sc reen ap pears. Th is s creen provides the following i nformation about the USB prin ter connect ed [...]

84 6. Select “ Conne ct to a p rinter on the Internet or on a hom e or offic e network ”, an d enter “ h ttp://Th ecus IP st orage IP_ADDRESS :631/prin ters/usb-p rinter ” i nto the URL fiel d. 7. Your Win dows system w ill ask you to install drivers for your p rinter. Select correct dri ver for your p rint er. 8. Your Windows system will a[...]

85 3. Sel ect Add a network, wireless or Bluetoo th printer . 4. Sel ect The printer t hat I want isn’t listed . You can p ress The p rinter th at I want isn’t listed to go in to n ext p age wit hout waiti ng for Searching for available p rinters t o fini sh.[...]

86 5. Click Select a shared printer by n ame . Type http://<Th ecus_N AS>:631/p rinters/us b-printer i n the box, w here <Thecus_NA S_IP> i s the IP address of Thecus IP storage. Cl ick Next . 6. Sel ect or install a printer and th en press OK . If your printer model is not listed, please contact your p rin ter manufacturer for help. 7.[...]

87 9. Done! Cli ck Finish . iTunes® Server With the buil t-in iTu nes server capabi lity, Th ecus IP sto rage en ables di gital m usic to be shared an d played a nywhere on the netwo rk! From the Network menu , choose th e iTunes i tem , and the iTune s Conf iguration screen appea rs. You ma y enable or di sabl e the iTunes Servi ce from he re. On[...]

88 iTunes Configuration Item Description iTunes Enable or disable the iTunes Service. Server Name Name used to identify Thecus IP storage to iTunes clients. Password Enter password to contro l access to your iTunes music. Rescan Interval Rescan interval in seconds. MP3 Tag Encode Specify t ag encoding for MP3 fil es s t ored in Thecus I P storage. [...]

89 The other way to have a uto modul e installed i s using uni versal CD shipped wi th system. It has c ontai ned file “modu les.zi p” whi ch included a ll modu les whil e system shipp ed. Please refer th e screenshot b elow. Auto Module Source List Item Description Installed Status of module Name Module name Version The version of released ver[...]

90 ‧ ‧ ‧ ‧ User Module The user modul e is res erved for The cus fans to build u p 3 rd party functi ons in th e future. Backup There is a way to back up data with the Thecus IP storage. Nsync(Rsync for N2200EVO/N4100 EVO) You can backup a share folder to an other Nati ve Rsync Server f or safe keepin g as long as you hav e appro priate acc[...]

91 Add Nsync Task Item Description Task Name The name of your Nsync task. Target Server Manufacturer Select replication to method, it has 1 optio ns can cho ose from. Native Rsync Server: Using rsync to replicate d ata to other Thecus IP storage Nsync Mode Synchronize mode or Incremental mode . Target Server IP Address The IP address of your target[...]

92 Setting Up an Nsync T arget on an Thecus IP storage Nsync Device On the Nsync target serve r, the admi nistrator o f that server has t o set up a user account wit h a folder na med “nsync” and grant write access. 1. On the Nsync server, add a user for N sync source (ex. n syncsource1) . For instructi ons on how to add a user on the Thecus IP[...]

93 Chapter 5: Usin g Thecus IP S t orage Overview Once the Thecu s IP stor age is setu p and operati ng, users on th e netw ork may manage al l vari eties of digital music, photos, or files by si mply usi ng their web browsers. To man age you r personal files or acc ess public fil es on the Th ecus IP storage, just enter its IP address i nto your b[...]

94 Using WebDisk (Does not apply to the N2200 EVO/N4100EVO’ Web Disk) The Thecus IP storage p rovides a W ebDisk funct ion that allows you to a ccess the system ov er the Interne t from any b rowser. 1. In the Logi n page, type in th e User ID and p assword that were pr eviously set for you i n the Account s menu. Se e Chapter 4:User and Group Au[...]

95 Folder Page Button Button Description List all directory tree s per login user’s privilege. Browsing selected directory of its folders and files. Go back to the web disk directo ry layer. Re-load the current list. Search files in the current web disk directory. (Must input the complete file name.) (new file/Directory) Creates a new folder or d[...]

96 Modified Sh o ws the time of most recent mod ification of folders and files. owner Own e r of the file. There is al so the way by usin g right cli ck button to bring u p contact win dows as short cut to opera te what you need ed. Photo Server (Does not apply to the N2200 EVO/N4100EVO’ photo server) Using th e Ph oto Se rver, users can vi ew an[...]

97 Windows XP Publishing Wiza rd There are man y ways for a l ocal user to upload pictures int o their photo al bum. Users of Wi ndows XP ca n upl oad their pictu res using th e Windows XP P ubli shing Wizard. 1. Cli ck on the XP Pub lishing Wiz ard i con on top rig ht corner. 2. The XP We b P ublishin g W izard Client screen appea rs. Cli ck on th[...]

98 5. Click on thi s icon an d Web Publis hing Wiza rd will start. 6. Sel ect the pictu res y ou wan t to publi sh to th e Ph oto Web Serve r by pla cin g a check mark on the top l eft hand corn er of the pi cture. Cli ck Next . 7. Your PC will start to con nect to the Ph oto W eb Server. 8. Select Thecus IP stor age Photo Gallery Wizard to p ubl i[...]

99 9. Login in to the Thecus IP storage wi th your l ocal user name a nd passwo rd. 10. Create your album by enterin g an al bum name and clicki ng on the Create Album button. 11. Select the al bum you w ant to upl oad your pi ctures to. 12. Confirm th e target alb um.[...]

100 13. Wind ows will show you that t he picture upl oad is in progress. 14. When the upload is fini shed, the Wizard will ask you whether if you wan t to go to the websi te. Cli ck Finish to go t o your Photo Web Serv er. 15. Cli ck on the user’s icon to go to th at user’s a lbum.[...]

101 16. You wi ll see the u ser’s al bum list. Cli ck on Album . 17. Fi nished! You wil l see the pi ctures just s elected in th e album .[...]

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

103 Creating Albums To create a ph oto albu m, foll ow the steps bel ow: 1. Click the Add b utton to create a new albu m. 2. Enter a name for t he album, and enter a description if you wish. Then, click on the Create Album b utton. Password Protecting Albums If you woul d like to put a passwo rd on a parti cular al bum, follow th ese steps: 1. Sele[...]

104 Slide Shows Slid e shows are a great w ay to enjoy pi ctures st ored on your Th ecus IP storag e. You can cli ck on th e Start Slide Show i con on the top rig ht han d corner to sta rt the slide show. To stop th e slide show, cli ck on the Stop Slide Show icon on th e top ri ght han d corner. Mapping a Client PC to the Thecus IP Stor age You ca[...]

105 A pple OS X On an Appl e computer, you can conn ect to sha red compute rs and serv ers using a network add ress. 1. Choose Go > Co nnect to Server… 2. Enter the n etwork addr ess for the se rver i n the Server Addre ss text bo x. When connecti ng usi ng SMB/CIFS pr otocol, typ e: smb://192. 168.1.100 /Folder1 When connecti ng usi ng AFP pr[...]

106 Chapter 6: Tip s and T ricks USB Storage Expan sion The Th ecus IP storage sup ports ext ernal U SB hard disks th rough its U SB ports. Once a USB hard di sk has suc cessfull y mounted, the entire volu me will be li nked automati cally to the def aul t USB HDD folder. Before attachi ng a USB disk dri ve to a Thecus N AS, it must be parti ti one[...]

107 RAID Auto-Rebuild When u sing RAID 1 on t he Th ecus IP storag e, you can use the auto- rebuild funct ion when an erro r is detect ed. 1. When a hard disk fails t h e sy stem beeps a nd/or an email not i fi cation i s sent to specifi ed recipient s. 2. Check the LCD ( LED) to see whi ch disk has fai led. 3. Follow the st eps menti oned above t [...]

108 Chapter 7: T roublesh ooting Forgot My Network IP Ad dress If you forg et your netw ork IP addr ess and have no physical access to the sy stem, please usin g the smart utilit y or setup wiza rd to retrieve th e IP of your Thecus IP storage. 1. Start the S etup Wiza rd (Smart Utili ty) , and i t will automati cally detect all Thecus IP sto rage [...]

109 Restoring Factory Defaults From the System menu , choose th e Factory D efault it em and the Re set to Factory Def ault screen appears. Pr ess Apply to re set Thecu s IP storag e factory default setti ngs. Problems with Time and Date Settin gs The admin istrator is abl e to select an N TP Serv er to keep Th ecus IP sto rage time synchroni zed. [...]

110 Appendix A : Cu stomer Suppor t If your Thecus IP storag e is not w orking p roperly, we encou rage you to check out Chapter 7: Tr oublesh ooting , locat ed in this manual . You can al so try to ensure that you ar e u sing the lat est fi rmware versi on for y our The cus IP sto rage. The cus is committed to p rovidi ng free firmwar e upgrades t[...]

111 Appendix B: RAID Basics Overview A Redundan t Array of In dependent Disks (RA ID) is an array o f several hard di sks that provid e data securi ty and hi gh performan ce. A RAID syst em acces ses several hard disks simul taneousl y, w hich improves I/O p erformance over a sin gle hard disk. Data securi ty is enhanced by a RAID, si nce dat a los[...]

112 This i s excellent for com plete data secu rity. RAID 5 RAID 5 offer s data secu rity and i t is best suit ed for networks th at perform many small I/O tran sactions a t the same ti me, as wel l as appli cations that requi re data security such as offi ce automati on and onlin e customer servi ce. Use it also for appli cations with high read re[...]

113 Appendix C: Licensing In formation Overview This product incl uded copyright ed third-party software li censed under the terms of GNU General Public Li cense. Please s ee THE GN U General Publi c License for extra terms and con dition s of this li cense. Source Code Availabi lity Thecus Techn ology Corp . has expos ed the full source code of th[...]

114 CGIC License Terms Basic License CGIC, copy right 19 96, 1997, 1998, 19 99, 2000 , 2001, 2002, 2003 , 200 4 by Thomas Boutel l an d Boutell.Com, Inc. Permissi on is granted to use C GIC in any application, comm ercial or non commerci al, at no cost. H OWEVER, t his copyrig ht paragraph must appea r on a "cred its" pag e accessibl e in[...]

115 they have i s not the orig inal, so that any problems in troduced by oth ers will not reflect on the origin al authors' repu tati ons. Finall y, a ny free p rogram i s th reatened constan tl y by software pat ents. We wish to avoid the d anger th at redi stributors o f a free pro gram wi ll i ndividuall y obtai n patent licenses, i n effec[...]

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117 4. You may not copy, modi fy, subli cense, or distri bute the Program except as expressly provi ded u nder thi s Li cense. A ny att empt otherwi se to copy, modi fy, subli cense or distribu te the Program i s void, an d will au tomaticall y terminat e your righ ts under thi s License. H owever, parti es who have received c opies, or rights, fro[...]

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