User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- 1. Getting Started
- Start Using Your ReadyNAS System
- Additional Documentation
- Supported ReadyNAS Systems
- Supported Operating Systems
- Supported Browsers
- Diskless Systems
- Basic Installation
- Upgrade Pre-6.2 ReadyNAS Firmware for Use With ReadyCLOUD
- Discover and Set Up Your ReadyNAS Using ReadyCLOUD
- Local Setup Wizard
- Admin Page
- Access the Local Admin Page
- Register Your System
- Five Levels of Protection
- The ReadyNAS Community
- Safe Mode
- 2. Volume Configuration
- Basic Volume and RAID Concepts
- ReadyTIER, Tiers, Data, and Metadata
- Manage Volumes
- Change RAID Mode
- View the Status of a Volume
- Configure the Checksum Function
- Format Disks
- Create and Encrypt a Volume
- Delete a Volume
- Name a USB Drive
- Expand Storage Capacity
- Add Protection to a Volume
- Add Protection to a Flex-RAID Volume
- Add a Group to a Flex-RAID Volume
- Delete a RAID Group
- Use the Volume Management Wizard to Create a Volume
- Add a Tier to a Volume
- Enable or Disable Quotas on Volumes
- Maintain Volumes
- 3. Shares
- 4. LUNs
- 5. Snapshots
- 6. Users and Groups
- 7. Use Cloud Services
- 8. System Settings
- 9. System Power
- 10. Install and Manage Apps
- 11. System Monitoring
- 12. System Maintenance
- 13. Backup and Recovery
ReadyCLOUD now includes major new features, but these features require new firmware
on the ReadyNAS system. When you log in to ReadyCLOUD from a ReadyNAS system,
ReadyCLOUD checks to see if the ReadyNAS system firmware is recent enough to work
with the new ReadyCLOUD. If it is not, you see the message and the Upgrade Now
button. Click the button to start the download and automatic restart.
During the download you see the following page:
When the download and restart complete, you see the following page:
Click the OK button to dismiss the message and continue to ReadyCLOUD.
Your system is now upgraded to ReadyNAS OS 6.2, and you can use the normal
procedure to upgrade to more recent releases.
Software Manual15Getting Started
ReadyNAS OS 6.10