ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide NETGEAR, Inc. 350 E Plumeria Drive San Jose, CA 95134 USA 202-10406-01 v1.
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Product and Publication Details Model Number: Publication Date: November 2008 Product Family: Network Storage Product Name: ReadyNAS Pro Network Attached Storage System Business Edition Home or Business Product: Business Language: English Publication Part Number: 202-10406-01 Publication Version Number: 1.3 iii v1.
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Contents About This Manual Conventions, Formats, and Scope ................................................................................... ix How to Use This Manual ................................................................................................... x How to Print This Manual .................................................................................................. x Revision History .................................................................................................
Updating the Admin Password .......................................................................................2-8 Selecting Services for Share Access ..............................................................................2-9 Standard File Protocols ............................................................................................2-9 Streaming Services ................................................................................................ 2-11 Discovery Services ...............
Networked DVD Players and UPnP AV Media Adapters ..............................................3-20 Remote Access ............................................................................................................3-20 Remote FTP Access ..............................................................................................3-21 Remote HTTP Access ............................................................................................
Shutdown ........................................................................................................................6-8 Appendix A Share Access from MAC and Linux Systems MAC OS X ..................................................................................................................... A-1 AFP over Bonjour .................................................................................................... A-2 AFP over AppleTalk ........................................................
About This Manual The NETGEAR® ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide describes how to configure and troubleshoot a ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition system. The information in this manual is intended for readers with intermediate computer and networking skills. Conventions, Formats, and Scope The conventions, formats, and scope of this manual are described in the following paragraphs: • Typographical Conventions.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide • Scope. This manual is written for the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition according to these specifications: Product Version 1.3 Manual Publication Date November 2008 How to Use This Manual The HTML version of this manual includes the following: • Buttons, at a time. and , for browsing forward or backward through the manual one page • A button that displays the table of contents and a button that displays an index.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide – Printing a PDF version of the complete manual. Use the Complete PDF Manual link at the top left of any page. • Click the Complete PDF Manual link at the top left of any page in the manual. The PDF version of the complete manual opens in a browser window. • Click the print icon in the upper left corner of your browser window.
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ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Chapter 1 Getting Acquainted This chapter provides an overview of the features and capabilities of the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition. It also covers the unit’s physical features, main software, and initial setup steps.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide entire system for abnormal situations or part failures and e-mails system alerts to the network administrator. In addition, the Frontview Add-on SDK provides developers the tools for uniquely extending ReadyNAS capabilities. For a full list of what is new compared with existing ReadyNAS systems, see ReadyNAS Specifications on ReadyNAS.com.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide The X-RAID Data Volume X-RAID has one data volume. This volume uses the capacity of the smallest disk from each disk. For instance, if you had one 80 GB disk and two 250 GB disks, only 80 GB from each disk is used in the volume. The leftover space on the 250 GB disks is reclaimed only when the 80 GB disk is replaced with a 250 GB or greater capacity disk. However, as you will see below, X-RAID2 is more flexible in how it handles volume expansion.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Introducing the Status Displays, Ports, and Drive Bay This section introduces the ReadyNAS Pro display, ports, and drive bay. Front and Side Panel 1 2 7 3 4 5 6 Figure 1-1 1. OLED display, including the disk activity status light 2. CPU exhaust vent 3. Power button/power status 4. USB backup status light 5. Backup button 6. Front USB port 7. Drive bay door 1-4 Getting Acquainted v1.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Drive Bay 4 5 6 1 2 7 3 Figure 1-2 1. Drive bay door 2. Six disk bays 3. Disk tray pop-out button 4. Disk tray pop-out latch 5. Disk tray 6. Disk tray lock 7. Recessed disk tray latch lock release Note: If you set the tray lock, you will need to use a push-pin or paper clip to open the tray. Getting Acquainted 1-5 v1.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Rear Panel 1 3 4 5 6 2 7 8 Figure 1-3 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Disk exhaust fan System exhaust fan Two USB ports Recessed button which provides access to the diagnostic startup menu: Normal, Factory Restore (which erases all data), OS Reinstall, Tech Support remote diagnostics, Skip Volume Check, Memory Test.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Choosing a Location for a ReadyNAS Pro The ReadyNAS Pro is suitable for use in an office environment where it can be free-standing, located in a wiring closet or equipment room. When deciding where to locate the unite, ensure that: • It is accessible and cables can be connected easily. • If it will be protected by an uninterruptable power supply (UPS), its power cable can be securely and safely connected to the UPS.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Default IP Address, Login Name, and Password The default IP configuration is set to DHCP; if the unit does not get an IP address, it defaults to 192.168.168.168. The default administrator user name is admin with the default password being netgear1 (case sensitive). Note: The RAIDar utility includes a discovery mechanism that enables it to find any ReadyNAS on the network without needing to know its IP address.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide The FrontView Management Console The FrontView management console operates in two modes: Setup Wizard mode, and Advanced Control mode. When the unit is in its factory default state, FrontView is in Setup Wizard mode. Figure 1-5 Use the wizard to perform the initial configuration of the unit. The FrontView Advanced Control mode provides access to all the available settings. Figure 1-6 Getting Acquainted 1-9 v1.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide In this mode, you see the menus on the left that allow you to quickly jump to the screen you want. The bar at the top provides options to return to the Home screen, refresh the browser window, display Help where available, or to log out of this session. Figure 1-7 At the bottom of the screen is the status bar including the date button on the left which, when clicked takes you to the Clock screen.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Chapter 2 Setting Up and Managing Your ReadyNAS Pro Setting up and managing the ReadyNAS Pro Network Attached Storage System Business Edition in your network is described in this chapter.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Ethernet Interfaces Select Network > Interfaces > Ethernet 1 /Ethernet 2 tab pages to specify network interfacespecific settings for Standard Settings, Teaming/Failover, VLAN Settings and Performance Settings. Standard Setting. In this section, you can specify the IP address, network mask, speed/duplex mode, and MTU settings.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide the setting you want. NETGEAR advises that you keep the setting in an Auto-negotiation mode otherwise. Figure 2-3 • MTU. In some network environments, changing the default MTU value can fix throughput problems. NETGEAR advises that you leave the default setting otherwise. Figure 2-4 Teaming/Failover. In this section, you can select the desired bonding mode.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide • • • • • XOR: Transmit based on the default simple transmit hash policy. This mode provides load balancing and fault tolerance. Broadcast: Transmit everything on all slave interfaces. This mode provides fault tolerance. IEEE 802.3ad: Creates aggregation groups that share the same speed and duplex settings. Utilizes all interfaces in the active aggregator according to the 802.3ad specification. You will need a switch that supports IEEE 802.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Performance Settings . In this section, you can the Enable jumbo frames option allows you to optimize the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition for large data transfers such as multiple streams of video playback. Figure 2-7 Note: Use this option only if your NIC and your gigabit switch support jumbo frames. The ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition supports a 9000 byte frame size. For optimal performance, a switch capable of this frame size or larger should be used.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Default Gateway The Default Gateway specifies the IP address of the system where your network traffic is routed if the destination is outside your subnet. In most homes and smaller offices, this is the IP address of the router connected to the cable modem or your DSL service. If you selected the DHCP option in the Ethernet or Wireless tab, the Default Gateway field is automatically populated with the setting from your DHCP server.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide DHCP The DHCP tab allows you to specify this device as a DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server. DHCP service simplifies management of a network by dynamically assigning IP addresses to new clients on the network. Figure 2-10 Select the Enable DHCP service check box if you want the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition device to act as a DHCP server. This is convenient in networks where DHCP service is not already available.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Updating the Admin Password The Security tab allows you to set the administrator password, administer security, and set up the password recovery feature on the ReadyNAS. Note: The RAIDar utility includes a discovery mechanism that enables it to find any ReadyNAS on the network without needing to know its IP address. Also, RAIDar does not require a user name and password to monitor a ReadyNAS.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Selecting Services for Share Access Figure 2-13 The Services screen allows you to manage various services for share access. This in effect controls the type of clients you wish to allow access to the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition. Three types of services are available: Standard File Protocols, Streaming Services, and Discovery Services. These different services are explained in the following sections.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide • AFP (Apple File Protocol). Mac OS 9 and OS X works best using this protocol as it handles an extensive character set. However, in mixed PC and Mac environments, it is advisable to use CIFS/SMB, unless enhanced character set support is necessary on the Mac.The ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition supports AFP 3.1. • FTP (File Transfer Protocol). Widely used in public file upload and download sites.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Streaming Services The built-in streaming services on the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition allow you to stream multimedia content directly from the ReadyNAS, without the need to have your PC or Mac powered on. Figure 2-14 • SqueezeCenter provides music streaming to the popular Squeezebox music players from Slim Devices. You can click the http setup link for more detailed configuration options.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Discovery Services Figure 2-15 • Bonjour service provides a simple way of discovering various services on the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition. Bonjour currently provides an easy way to connect to FrontView, IPP printing, and AFP services. OS X has built-in Bonjour support, and you can download Bonjour for Windows from Apple’s website. • UPnP provides a means for UPnP-enabled clients to discover the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition on your LAN.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide expandable RAID technology. Your system comes preconfigured with X-RAID2. However, you can switch between the two modes through a factory default reset process described in “Configuring RAID” on page 6-7.” Overview of RAID Levels and X-RAID2 This section provides a basic overview of RAID and X-RAID2. RAID is an acronym for Redundant Array of Independent Disks.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide smallest disk in the RAID set multiplied by one less than the number of disks in the RAID set. For example, a four-disk RAID 5 set provides the capacity of three disks, assuming all four disks are identical in size. RAID 6 RAID 6 (striped disks with dual distributed parity) provides fault tolerance from two drive failures. This makes larger RAID groups more practical, especially for high availability systems.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide • X-RAID2: – One-volume technology, but supports volume expansion, either with the addition of more disks or the replacement of an existing disk with larger capacity disks. – You can start out with one disk, and add more disks as you need them or can afford them. – Volume management is automatic. Add a second disk, and it becomes a mirror to the first.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Adding a Volume After deleting the volume, Add Volume tab displays listing the available configurable space on the hard disks. All the disks are selected by default. You can elect to specify a hot spare disk if you wish. A hot spare remains in standby mode and automatically regenerates the data from a failed disk from the volume. A hot spare disk is available for RAID level 1 and RAID level 5 only if there are enough disks to fulfill the required minimum plus one. .
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide In our example, we selected 10 percent of the volume to be reserved for snapshots. Note: If you do not reserve any space for snapshots, the snapshot tab is not displayed in the Volume tab. 4. Specify the desired volume size. After you specify the volume parameters, enter the appropriate volume size—if you wish to configure a smaller volume size than the maximum displayed. The resulting volume will be approximately the size that is specified.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide The Locate option is a way to verify that a disk is correctly situated in the expected disk slot. Clicking Locate causes disk LED to blink for 15 seconds. Volume Management for X-RAID2 Most people want to either add redundancy or expand their data volume. X-RAID2 enables this without the headaches usually associated with doing so. Adding a Second Disk for Redundancy A one-disk X-RAID2 device has no redundancy and provides no protection from a disk failure.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide First, power down the ReadyNAS Pro, replace the first disk with the large-capacity disk, and then reboot. If your ReadyNAS supports hot-swapping, you can hot-swap the disk without powering down. The ReadyNAS Pro will detect that a new disk was put in place and resynchronizes the disk with data from the removed disk. This process takes an hour or longer, depending on disk capacity, and you can use the ReadyNAS while the new disk synchronizes.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Changing between X-RAID2 and Flex-RAID Modes You can switch between X-RAID2 and Flex-X-RAID modes. The process involves setting the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition to the factory default and using RAIDar to configure the volume during a 10-minute delay window during boot. See “Configuring RAID” on page 6-7 for more information. Working with USB Volumes USB storage devices are shared using the name of the device appended with the partition number.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Format FAT32 This option formats the device as a FAT32 file system. FAT32 format is easily recognizable by most newer Windows, Linux, and Unix operating systems. Format EXT3 This option formats the device as an EXT3 file system. Select this option if you will be accessing the USB device mainly from Linux systems or ReadyNAS devices.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Setting Up Printers The ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition device supports automatic recognition of USB printers. If you have not already done so, you can connect a printer now, wait a few seconds, and click Refresh to display detected printers. The print share name automatically reflects the manufacturer and model of your printer and is listed in the USB Printers section of the Print Queue service screen.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide discover and set up the print queue. Bonjour is built into OS X and can be installed on Windows computers (Bonjour for Windows is available for download from the Apple website at http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/bonjour/). Managing Print Queues From time to time, printers might run out of ink or paper, or simply jam up, forcing you to deal with the print jobs stuck in a queue.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Adjusting System Settings Figure 2-28 System settings include clock, alert, performance, language, firmware update, configuration backup/restore, power, and shutdown settings. Clock, System Time, and NTP Options An accurate time setting on the Clock screen is required to ensure proper file timestamps. You can access the Clock screen by selecting System > Clock from the main menu.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Alerts, Alert Contacts, Alert Settings, SNMP, and SMTP Figure 2-29 In the event of a device or an enclosure failure, a quota violation, low-disk space warning, and other system events requiring your attention, e-mail alerts are sent. The Alerts screen is accessed by selecting System > Alerts from the main menu. Contacts. The Contacts tab allows you to specify up to three e-mail addresses where system alerts will be sent.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide is detected. Selecting the Power-off NAS when disk temperature exceeds safe level gracefully powers off the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition when the disk temperature exceeds the nominal range. SNMP. If you utilize an SNMP management system such as HP OpenView or CA UniCenter to monitor devices on your network, you can set up the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition device to work within this infrastructure. Figure 2-31 To set up SNMP service: 1.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide obtained from the included Installation CD or downloaded from the NETGEAR Support site at http://www.netgear.com/support. SMTP. The ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition device has a built-in e-mail message transfer agent (MTA) that is set up to send alert e-mail messages from the device. Some corporate environments, however, might have a firewall that blocks untrusted MTAs from sending out messages.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide For example, selecting Japanese allows you to share files with Japanese names in Windows Explorer. Figure 2-34 It is best to select the appropriate language based on the region where the device will be operated. Note: This option does not set the web browser language display—browser settings must be done using the browser language option.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Updating from the NETGEAR Web Site The preferred and quicker method if the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition has Internet access is the Remote update option. Select Update from the main menu and then select the Remote tab. Click Check for Updates to check for updates on the NETGEAR update server. Figure 2-35 If you wish to continue, click Perform System Update. After the update image has been downloaded, you will be asked to reboot the system.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition by selecting the Local update tab. The update file can be a RAIDiator firmware image or an add-on package. Figure 2-37 Click Browse to select the update file and then click Upload and verify image. The process takes several minutes after which you are requested to reboot the system and proceed with the upgrade. Warning: Do not click the browser Refresh button during the update process.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Restoring the Factory Default Settings The Factory Default tab allows you to reset the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition device back to its factory default state. Choose this option carefully as All Data Will Be Lost unless you back up any data that you wish to keep prior to clicking Perform Factory Default. Figure 2-39 If you select this option, you are asked to confirm the command by typing: FACTORY.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Click Backup then Select which category of configuration files to backup, then click the “Download configuration archive” button to download a zip archive of the requested files. Tip: Use the configuration backup to save your configuration so that if you ever have to reset the unit to its factory default settings, you can simply restore all your settings from the configuration backup. Use the Restore tab to brows for a configuration backup you would like to restore.
Chapter 3 Managing User Access Setting up and managing the ReadyNAS Pro Network Attached Storage System Business Edition in your network is described in this chapter. This chapter contains the following sections: • “Understanding Disk Share Security Access Modes • “Setting Up User and Group Accounts • “Changing User Passwords • “Managing Your Shares • “Web Browser • “FTP/FTPS • “Rsync • “Networked DVD Players and UPnP AV Media Adapters 3-1 v1.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Understanding Disk Share Security Access Modes The ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition offers User and Domain security access options. Figure 3-1 Select the most appropriate option based on the required level of security and your current network authentication scheme. • User. A more appropriate selection for the medium-size office or workgroup environment is the User security mode.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide device itself. Also, in this security mode, each domain/ADS user is automatically set up with a private home share on the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition. Note: The FrontView management system slows down in proportion to the number of users in the domain. Do not use Domain mode in an environment with more than 10,000 domain users. User Security Mode This option is ideal for medium-size offices or workgroups.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide • User names you wish to create (plus e-mail addresses if you will be setting disk quotas) • Amount of disk space you want to allocate to users and groups (optional) To change or set a workgroup name: 1. Select the User radio button. 2. Enter the name you want to use in the Workgroup field in the User section. The name can be the workgroup name that is already used on your Windows network. 3. Click Apply to save your changes.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide – OU (Organization Unit). You can specify nested OUs by separating OU entries with commas. The lowest level OU must be specified first. You can elect to have the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition automatically auto-detect the domain controller, or you can specify the IP address. Sometimes auto-detect fails, and you need to supply the IP address of the domain controller to join the domain.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide access. For instance, you can have user Joe in the Marketing group also belong to the Sales group so Joe can access shares restricted to only the Marketing and Sales groups. While adding a new group, you can specify the amount of disk space you wish to allocate that group by setting a disk quota. A value of 0 denotes no limit. You can also set the Group ID, or GID, of the group that you are adding.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide name2,gid2,quota2,member21:member22:member23 name3,gid3,quota3,member31:member32:member33 : Please note the following: • Spaces around commas are ignored. • The name field is required. • Quota is set to default if not specified. • GID is automatically generated if not specified. • Empty fields are replaced with account defaults. • Group members are optional.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide 2. Click the Add User tab to add a new user. You can add up to five users at a time. For each user, add the following information: • User name, • E-mail address • User ID • Select a group from the Group pull-down menu. • Password • Disk quota. 3. Click Apply to save your settings. Only the user name and password fields are required; however, you should specify a user e-mail address if you intend to set up disk quotas.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide • Empty fields are replaced with account defaults. Examples of acceptable formats are as follows (note that you can omit follow-on commas and fields if you wish to accept the system defaults for those fields, or you can leave the fields empty): fred,hello123 In this example, user fred has a password set to hello123, belongs to the default group, receives no e-mail notification, has a UID assigned automatically, and has a default quota.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Users can use the Web browser and their existing password to log in to https:/// to access the Web share listing page. Then select the Password tab, and follow the prompts to set a new password . Figure 3-10 In Share and Domain security mode, the Password tab does not appear. Note: User passwords in Domain mode must be set on the domain or ADS server.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Adding Shares To add a share: 1. From the main menu, select Volumes > Volume Settings. If more than one volume is configured, click on the volume you wish to add the share. 2. Select Add Shares. Enter the share name and description. Figure 3-12 Note: Enabling Public Access means the Guest account has access to the share.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide If you want to delete a share, select the check box on the far right of the share listing and click Delete. The columns to the left of the Delete check box represent the services that are currently available. The access icons in those columns summarize the status of the service and the access rights to the share for each of the services. Move the mouse pointer over the access icons to view the access settings. Figure 3-14 The settings are as follows: • Disabled.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Setting Share Access Access the CIFS Share Access Restrictions screen by clicking on the file system icon. Figure 3-15 Share Access Restriction. If you wish to limit share access to particular users and/or groups, you can enter their names in the Read-only users, Read-only groups, Write-enabled users, and Write-enabled group fields. The names must be valid accounts, either on the network storage or on the domain controller.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide • • • Read-only groups: marketing, finance Write-enabled users: fred Write-enabled groups: engr If you wish to guests access to this share, check the Allow guest access checkbox. Share Display Option. Restricting access to a share does not prevent users from seeing the share in the browse list. In certain instances, you might not want this, such as for backup shares that you might want to prevent users from seeing.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Figure 3-17 You can specify how long to keep the files in the Recycle Bin and how large the Recycle Bin can get before files get permanently erased. Advanced CIFS Permission. The Advanced CIFS Permission section offers options for setting the default permission of new files and folders created through CIFS. The default permission of newly created files is read/write for the owner and owner’s group and read-only for others (that is, everyone).
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Figure 3-19 Advanced Share Permission. The Advanced Share Permission section offers the options to override the default ownership and permission of the share folder on the embedded file system and to permeate these settings to all files and folders residing on the selected share. The Set ownership and permission for existing files and folders option performs a one-time change. Depending on the size of the share, this can take a while to finish.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Log in with a valid user name and password. Figure 3-21 If the Share access is read-only, only the file manager displays. Figure 3-22 Note: Files created under the Web file manager can be deleted only under this file manager. The only exception is for the admin user; the admin user can change or delete any files created through the web. Files not created from this file manager can be modified within the file manager but cannot be deleted here.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Figure 3-23 One useful application for a Web share is to set up an internal company website. You can copy HTML files to the Web share using Windows, Mac, NFS, or HTTP. When you set HTTP access to read-only, html files, including index.htm and index.html, can be viewed using any web browser. FTP/FTPS To access the share via FTP in Share security mode, log in as “anonymous” and use your e-mail address for the password.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Rsync Access to the share through rsync is identical regardless of the security mode. If you specified a user or password in the rsync share access tab, you will need to specify this when accessing the rsync share. Unlike other protocols, rsync uses arbitrary user name and password that is specific only for rsync access. The user account you specify does not need to exist on the ReadyNAS or a domain controller.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Networked DVD Players and UPnP AV Media Adapters Networked DVD players and UPnP AV Media adapters detect the ReadyNAS if either the Home Media Streaming Server or the UPnP AV services are enabled. The content of the Streaming Services media share on the ReadyNAS is available to these players for playback.1 Multiple players can be connected to the ReadyNAS and can play the media files concurrently.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Remote FTP Access 1. Go to Services > Standard File Protocols and enable FTP. Figure 3-27 • • • • • Port: The TCP/IP port that the FTP service will be using. The default is 21, this port will need to be forwarded through the router. Refer to the port forwarding instructions provided with your router. Authentication mode: Anonymous: No login information required for FTP users.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide 2. Configure the FTP share access options. Figure 3-28 Change the Share Access Restrictions to allow FTP access to the share according to the user permissions you require. Remote HTTP Access 1. Go to Services > Standard File Protocols and enable FTP. Figure 3-29 Note: HTTPS cannot be disabled - Frontview requires it. 3-22 Managing User Access v1.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide • HTTP – Redirect default web access to this share: Advanced configuration option allowing hosting of user created HTTP web page on the ReadyNAS. – • Login authentication on this share: Configures the above mentioned share for whether or not authentication is required if users are browsing to the user created web content HTTPS – Port 1: This field cannot be modified; it is reserved for the ReadyNAS.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Change the Share Access Restrictions to allow HTTP access to the share according to the user permissions you require. 3. Enable WebDAV support: WebDAV is an HTTP connection method that can allow drag and drop file transfers similar to what users may experience with their standard Windows or Mac OSX computer. See ReadyNAS.com for a how-to explanation of how to set up WebDAV: http://www.readynas.com/?p=126 3-24 Managing User Access v1.
Chapter 4 Securing Your Data This chapter explains how to back up the data from your ReadyNAS. • “Configuring Backup Jobs • “Snapshots • “Backing Up the ReadyNAS to a USB Drive Configuring Backup Jobs The Backup Manager integrated with the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition allows the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition to act as a powerful backup appliance. Backup tasks can be controlled directly from the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition without the need for a client-based backup application.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Step 1 – Select Backup Source The backup source can be located remotely, or it can be a public or a private home share, or all home shares on the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition. A USB device appears as a share, so if you want to back up a USB device, select a share name. If you want to back up data from a remote source, select from one of the following: • Windows/NAS (Timestamp). Select this if you wish to back up a share from a Windows PC.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Following are some examples: • Examples of an FTP path: ftp://myserver/mypath/mydir ftp://myserver/mypath/mydir/myfile • Examples of a website path: http://www.mywebsite.com http://192.168.0.101/mypath/mydir • Examples of a Windows or remote NAS path: //myserver/myshare //myserver/myshare/myfolder //192.168.0.101/myshare/myfolder • Examples of an NFS path: myserver:/mypath 192.168.0.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Step 2 – Select Backup Destination The Step 2 process is almost identical to Step 1 except that you are now specifying the backup destination. If you selected a remote backup source, you need to select a public or a private home share on the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition (either the source or destination must be local to the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition).
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Figure 4-3 Step 4 – Choose Backup Options In this last step, you can set up how you want backups to be performed. To set up a backup schedule: 1. Schedule a full backup. Select when you want full backups to be performed. You can elect to do this just the first time, every week, every 2 weeks, every 3 weeks, every 4 weeks, or every time this backup job is invoked.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide destination as doing so can delete your source files for good. It is safer to not select this option unless your device is running low on space. Do experiment with a test share to make sure you understand this option. 4. Remove deleted files on backup target for rsync. By default, files deleted in the backup source will not get deleted in the backup destination.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide To manage your backup jobs: 1. Click the Job number icon to modify the selected backup job. 2. Enable or disable job scheduling by selecting/clearing the Enable check box. Disabling the job does not delete the job, but removes it from the automatic scheduling queue. 3. Click Delete to permanently remove the job. 4. Click Go to manually start the backup job. The status changes when the backup starts, when an error is encountered, or when the job has finished. 5.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Viewing the Backup Log You can view the backup log while the job is in progress or after it has finished. Figure 4-6 The log format might differ depending on the backup source and destination type that was selected, but you can see when the job was started and finished, and whether it was completed successfully or with errors.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Taking and Scheduling Snapshots To take or schedule a snapshot: 1. Click the Snapshot tab The Snapshot screen will display. You can specify how often a snapshot should be taken. Snapshots can be scheduled in intervals from once every 4 hours to once a week. Note: If you do not see a Snapshot tab within your volume tab, you did not reserve any space for snapshots when you added the volume.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Figure 4-8 You can also specify how long a snapshot should last. If you will be using snapshots for backups, you can schedule the snapshot to last slightly longer than the expected duration of the backup. Having an active snapshot can affect the write performance to the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition, so deactivating it when it is not needed might be advantageous in writeintensive environments.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Disk space utilization field on the Volume screen shows how much space has been reserved for snapshots. Figure 4-10 After the snapshot is taken, if changes on the volume exceed this reserved space, the snapshot is invalidated and can no longer be used.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Resizing the snapshot space will occur offline and can take a while depending on your data volume size and the number of files in your volume. Expanding the snapshot space reduces your data volume size, and reducing the snapshot space expands it. Note: Because of the way snapshots work, you will encounter a drop in write performance when a snapshot is active.
Chapter 5 Optimizing Performance This chapter discuses how to optimize ReadyNAS performance • “Performance • “Power Management Performance If you wish to tweak the system performance, select Performance from the main menu. Note that some of the settings suggest that you utilize an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) before enabling that option: • NETGEAR recommends that you select the Disable journaling only if the NAS has UPS protection.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide • Select Enable disk write cache if you want to allow disk write requests to be acknowledged by the disk before data is written out to the platter. This can give a big boost to write performance, with a drawback that there is a slight chance that unwritten data in the write cache will be lost in the event of a power failure.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Make sure to adjust the optimization settings in the Performance screen if you wish to take advantage of the available options. Power Management The ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition offers disk spin-down, power timer (time off/time on), UPS event, and wake-on-LAN power management options to reduce system power consumption, both while the system is in use and when it is not in use.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Note: Enabling disk spin-down disables journal mode. Once enabled, if you decide to disable disk spin-down, you need to manually re-enable journal mode if desired. NETGEAR recommends UPS if you utilize this option. Power Timer The ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition can be scheduled to power off and power back on (on certain models) automatically (see Figure 5-3). Select the Enable power timer check box and enter the action and time.
Chapter 6 Managing Levels of Service System status, alerts, replacing failed disks, scheduling stuff ... • “Viewing System Status • “Replacing a Failed Disk • “Using the System Diagnostic Menu Viewing System Status The Status menu contains links to the Health screen and Logs screen that provide system status information. Health The Health screen displays the status of each disk, and the fan, temperature, and UPS status in detail. When available, normal expected values are provided.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Figure 6-2 To recalibrate the fan, click Recalibrate. Logs Select Status > Logs to access the Clear Logs screen. The Clear Logs screen provides information about the status of management tasks, including a timestamp. Figure 6-3 The Download All Logs link is available in case you need to analyze low-level log information. If you click this link, a zip of all the logs is provided. 6-2 Managing Levels of Service v1.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Replacing a Failed Disk Note: Be sure to check the Hardware Compatability list on the NETGEAR support site for a list of disks that have been qualified for the ReadyNAS Pro to assure that you use a suitable disk. When a disk fails in your ReadyNAS device, you are notified of the failure by e-mail. The failed disk location can be seen in the FrontView status bar at the bottom by selecting Status > Health.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide 2. Press the button under the failed disk. The latch pops out. Figure 6-5 3. Pull out the disk tray and remove the screws. Figure 6-6 6-4 Managing Levels of Service v1.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide 4. If you want to prevent easy removal of the disk from the tray, set the tray lock: up is locked; down is unlocked.. Locking mechanism Figure 6-7 Note: If you set the tray lock, you will need to use a push-pin or paper clip to open the tray. 5. Replace the failed disk, reassemble, and slide the disk tray back in. Make sure that the hard disk connectors face the interior of the disk bay when you reassemble the disk.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide 1. Normal: Bypass the diagnostic menu and perform a normal boot. 2. Factory Default: Reset the ReadyNAS back to factory default state, erasing all data on the disks. This option can be used to change between X-RAID2 and Flex-RAID mode. Warning: This process reinstalls the firmware and resets all disk configurations, wiping out any data you might have on the NAS. 3.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide 4. Press the recessed reset button at the back to confirm the menu selection and proceed to that option. The system will boot reset to the fatory default settings. Configuring RAID You can switch between the X-RAID2 Expandable Volume mode and the RAID 0/1/5/6 Flexible Volume mode only if you want to change the default configuration. It is not necessary to perform this procedure every time you boot up the system.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Shutdown The Shutdown Options screen offers the option to either power off or reboot the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition device. You also have the option of performing either a full file system check or a quota check on the next boot. Both these options can take several minutes to several hours depending on the size of your volume and the number of files in the volume.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Appendix A Share Access from MAC and Linux Systems This appendix presents examples of how shares on the ReadyNAS device can be accessed by the various MAC operating systems. MAC OS X To access the same share over AFP with OS X, select Network from the Finder Go > Network menu. Figure A-1 From here, there are two ways to access your AFP share, depending on how you have chosen to advertise your AFP share. Share Access from MAC and Linux Systems v1.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide AFP over Bonjour To access the AFP share advertised over Bonjour on Mac OS X, select Network from the Finder Go menu to see a listing of available networks. Figure A-2 Open the My Network folder to display the ReadyNAS hostname. Figure A-3 Enter the user name and password you wish to use to connect to the ReadyNAS. A-2 Share Access from MAC and Linux Systems v1.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Figure A-4 From the Volumes field, select the share you want to access and click OK. AFP over AppleTalk If you chose to advertise your AFP service over AppleTalk, a listing of available networks is displayed. Figure A-5 Open the My Network folder to display the ReadyNAS hostname. Select the one that has the hostname only. You are prompted with a connection box. Share Access from MAC and Linux Systems v1.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Figure A-6 Select Guest and click Connect. Then, select the share you want to connect to and click OK. Figure A-7 In Share security mode, you need to specify only the user name and password—if you have set up a password for your share. If you have not set up a user name, enter the share name in place of the user name. In User or Domain security mode, enter the user name and password you wish to use to connect to the ReadyNAS.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide MAC OS 9 To access the same share under Mac OS 9, select Connect to Server from the Finder menu, choose the NAS device entry from the AppleTalk section, and click Connect. Figure A-8 When you are prompted to log in, enter the share name and password if the ReadyNAS is configured for Share security mode, otherwise enter a valid user account and password otherwise, and click Connect.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Figure A-10 You should see the same files in the share that you do in Windows Explorer. Figure A-11 A-6 Share Access from MAC and Linux Systems v1.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Accessing Shares from Linux/Unix To access this share from a Linux or Unix client where backup is the share name, you will need to mount the share over NFS by entering: mount :/ Running the ls command in the mounted path displays the share content. Figure A-12 Note: The ReadyNAS does not support NIS as it is unable to correlate NIS information with CIFS logins.
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ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Appendix B Related Documents This appendix provides links to reference documents you can use to gain a more complete understanding of the technologies used in your NETGEAR product. Document Link Internet Networking and TCP/IP Addressing: http://documentation.netgear.com/reference/enu/tcpip/index.htm Wireless Communications: http://documentation.netgear.com/reference/enu/wireless/index.htm Preparing a Computer for Network Access: http://documentation.netgear.
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Index Numerics 1100 backup USB 4-12 A accessing shares FTP/FTPS 3-18 Linux/Unix A-7 MAC OS X A-1 over MAC OS 9 A-5 Rsync 3-19 Web browser 3-16 programming 4-7 Backup Jobs adding new 4-1 configuring 4-1 editing 4-8 options 4-5 scheduling 4-4, 4-6 Backup Log 4-8 Backup Manager 4-1 Bonjour 2-12 AFP A-2 account preferernces settings 3-9 C active directory server. See ADS.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide settings 2-2 Digital Living Network. See DLNA.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Logs 6-2 M MAC address host name use 2-5 MAC OS 9 accessing shares A-5 MAC OS X accessing shares A-1 MTU 2-3 multi-media 2-11 SlimServer 2-11 streaming services 2-11 N Network File Service. See NFS.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide updating ReadyNAS 2-28 fine-tuning 3-11 managing 3-10 selecting services 2-9 setting access in Domain Mode 3-13 UPnP 2-12 UPnP AV 2-11 UPnP AV Media Adapters networked 3-20 Shutdown 6-8 SlimServer 2-11 SMART+Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology. See SMART+.
ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide 2-6 workgroup name 3-3 setup 3-4 X X-RAID 2-15 adding a second disk 2-18 adding more disks 2-18 RAID Level X 2-14 redundancy overhead 1-3 using hot-swap trays 2-18 volume management 2-18 Index-5 v1.
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