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User’s Manual V6.5

Summary of content (190 pages)

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Thecus N3200XXX/N0503 N4100PRO N4200 series N5200XXX/N5500 1U4200XXX/1U4600 N7700 series N2200XXX N8200XXX/N8800 series User’s Manual V6.
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Copyright and Trademark Notice Thecus and other names of Thecus products are registered trademarks of Thecus Technology Corp. Microsoft, Windows, and the Windows logo are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Apple, iTunes and Apple OS X are registered trademarks of Apple Computers, Inc. All other trademarks and brand names are the property of their respective owners. Specifications are subject to change without notice. Copyright © 2011 Thecus Technology Corporation. All rights reserved.
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Safety Warnings For your safety, please read and follow the following safety warnings: Read this manual thoroughly before attempting to set up your Thecus IP storage. Your Thecus IP storage is a complicated electronic device. DO NOT attempt to repair it under any circumstances. In the case of malfunction, turn off the power immediately and have it repaired at a qualified service center. Contact your vendor for details.
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Table of Contents Copyright and Trademark Notice ................................................. 2 About This Manual....................................................................... 2 Limited Warranty ........................................................................ 2 Safety Warnings.......................................................................... 3 Table of Contents ........................................................................ 4 Chapter 1: Introduction....................
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Wake-Up On LAN (WOL) ................................................................ 67 SNMP Support .............................................................................. 67 UI Login Configuration................................................................... 68 System Network ..................................................................................68 WAN/LAN1................................................................................... 68 LAN2....................................
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Creating Albums ......................................................................... 150 Password Protecting Albums......................................................... 150 Uploading Pictures to Albums ....................................................... 150 EXIF Information ........................................................................ 151 Slide Shows ............................................................................... 151 Photo Server (Support 3X series) ..................
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Appendix D: Licensing Information.......................................... 185 Overview ...........................................................................................185 Source Code Availability ....................................................................185 CGIC License Terms...........................................................................186 GNU General Public License...............................................................
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Chapter 1: Introduction Overview Thank you for choosing the Thecus IP Storage Server. The Thecus IP storage is an easy-to-use storage server that allows a dedicated approach to storing and distributing data on a network. Data reliability is ensured with RAID features that provide data security and recovery—over multiple Terabyte of storage are available using RAID 5 and RAID 6 (depending on model).
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Printer Server With the Thecus IP storage’s Printer Server, you can easily share an IPP printer with other PCs connected to your network. To set up the Printer Server, refer to Chapter 4: External Device>Printer Information. Multiple RAID Thecus IP storage supports multiple RAID volumes on one system. So, you can create RAID 0 for your non-critical data, and create RAID 1,5 or 6 (depend on model) for mission-critical data. Create the RAID levels depending on your needs.
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Package Contents The         Thecus IP storage should contain the following common items: System Unit x1 QIG (Quick Installation Guide) x1 CD-Title x3 (Acronics backup CD , Twonky media server CD & Universal CD) Ethernet Cable x1 Accessory bag x1 HDD Compatibility list Card x1 Multiple Languages Warranty Card x1 Power cord x1 Your N3200XXX package should contain additional items:  3.
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Front Panel N2200XXX: The Thecus N2200XXX’s front panel has the device’s controls, indicators, and hard disk trays: Front Panel Item Description 1. Power Button  Powers the N2200XXX on/off. 2. USB Port  USB 2.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as digital cameras, USB disks, and USB printers. 3. USB Copy  Copies USB storage contents to N2200XXX. Button 4. Card reader  Supports SD/SDHC/MMC cards via USB interface. 5. HDD1 led  Blinking white: HDD activity 6.
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N3200XXX: The Thecus N3200XXX’s front panel has the device’s controls, indicators, and hard disk trays: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Front Panel Item Power LED  WAN/LAN1 LED   LAN2 LED   HDD 1 LED   HDD 2 LED   HDD 3 LED   USB Port  8. Power Button 9. LCD Display    10.  Down Button ▼ 11. Up Button ▲ 12. Enter Button  13.
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N0503: The Thecus N0503’s front panel has the device’s controls, indicators, and hard disk trays: Front Panel Item Power LED  WAN/LAN1 LED   LAN2 LED   HDD 1 LED   HDD 2 LED   HDD 3 LED   HDD 4 LED   HDD 5 LED   USB Port  Power Button LCD Display    Down Button ▼ Up Button ▲ Enter Button  Escape Button ESC     Description Solid blue: System is powered on Solid green: Network link Blinking orange: Network activity Solid green: Network link Blinking orange: Network activity Solid
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N4100PRO The N4100PRO’s front panel displays the unit’s array of status LED’s and is also where you’ll find the power buttons. See the table below for a detailed explanation of each: Item HDD Trays Power LED Busy LED WAN LED LAN LED Error LED Power Button Description  There are four hard disk drive (HDD) trays. Each tray supports          a 3.5-inch SATA HDD. The trays have locks for added physical security and keys are provided with the package.
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N4200 series: The Thecus N4200series front panel has the device’s controls, indicators, and hard disk trays: Front Panel Item 1.Power Button 2.OLED OLED Description  Power on/off N4200series  Displays current system status and messages  OLED screen saver will be enabled after screen is left idle for more than 3 mins  OLED screen will be diabled after it is left idle for more than 6 mins 3.HDD 1 LED  Yellow: HDD activity  Red: HDD failure 4.HDD 2 LED  Yellow: HDD activity  Red: HDD failure 5.
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N5200XXX/N5500: The Thecus N5500 front panel has the device’s controls, indicators, and hard disk trays: Front Panel Item 1.System LED 2.WAN/LAN1 LED 3.LAN2 LED 4.USB Copy LED 5.Syetem Warning LED 6.Reset Button 7.USB Port 8.Power Button/ Power LED 9.Up Button ▲ 10.Down Button ▼ 11.Enter Button  12.Escape Button ESC 13.LCD Display 14.
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N7700 Series: The Thecus N7700 series front panel has the device’s controls, indicators, and hard disk trays: Front Panel Item Description 1.Power LED  Solid blue: System is power on. 2.System LED  Solid orange: system is being upgraded or system startup; data currently inaccessible 3.WAN/LAN1 LED  Solid green: network link  Blinking green: network activity 4.LAN2 LED  Solid green: network link  Blinking green: network activity 5.
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1U4200XXX: The Thecus 1U4200XXX front panel has the device’s controls, indicators, and hard disk trays: Front Panel Item Description 1. LCD Display  Displays the current system status and warning messages.  Displays hostname, WAN/LAN1/LAN2 IP addresses, RAID status, and current time. 2. Up Button ▲  Push to scroll up when using the LCD display. 3. Down Button  Push to scroll down when using the LCD display. ▼ 4. Enter Button  5. Escape Button ESC 6. Locator Button 7. USB Port 8. PWR LED 9.
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1U4600: The Thecus 1U4600 front panel has the device’s controls, indicators, and hard disk trays: Front Panel Item 1. WAN/LAN1 LED   2. LAN2 LED   3. Busy LED  4. USB Port  5. Power Button      6. Reset Button 7. HDD Trays     8. LCD Display 9. Up Button ▲ 10.
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N8200XXX/N8800 series: The Thecus N8200XXX/N8800 series front panel has the device’s controls, indicators, and hard disk trays: Front Panel Item Description 1.Power Button  Power on/off N8200XXX/N8800 2.Power LED  Solid green: System is power on. 3.Reboot Button  Press to system reboot 4.System fan alarm  Solid red: system fan failure notification LED 5. Mute button  Mute the system fan alarm. 6.USB Port USB 2.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as USB disks, USB printers 7.
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Hard Disk Trays 1U4200XXX/N2200XXX/N8200XXX: Each of above mentioned models’ hard disk trays has a lock, a latch, and two LED indicators: Hard Disk Trays Item Description 1.HDD Power LED  Solid blue: Hard disk is powered on 2.HDD  Blinking green: System is accessing data on the hard disk Access/Error LED  Solid red: HDD fail 3.Lock  Use the lock to physically secure the hard disk to the unit. 4.Latch  Use to open and remove or close and secure the tray. 5.Handle  Pull to remove the HDD tray.
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N4100PRO The N4100PRO’s hard disk trays each have a lock, a latch, and two indicators. Item Description Lock  The tray lock lets you physically secure the HDD with Latch HDD Power LED Access/Error LED     accessory keys. Use the latch to open and remove or close and secure the tray.
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N3200XXX: The N3200XXX only supports 3.5” Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks. To install a hard disk into the N3200XXX, follow the steps below: 1. Open the front door of the N3200XXX. 2. For 3.5” HDD: a. Get the hard drive rails and place them on either side of the hard drive, fitting into the appropriate grooves. b. Holding the hard drive rails in place, slide the hard disks into the N3200XXX until they snap into place. c. Tighten the thumbscrews. N0503: The N0503 supports both 2.5” and 3.
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Rear Panel N2200XXX: The N2200XXX rear panel features ports and connectors. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Back Panel Item Description eSATA Port  eSATA port for high-speed external storage expansion. USB Port  USB 2.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as digital cameras, USB disks, and USB printers. WAN/LAN1  WAN/LAN1 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a Port switch or a router. LAN2 Port  LAN2 port for connecting to a local Ethernet network through a switch or a router.
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N3200XXX/N0503: The N3200XXX/N0503 rear panel features ports and connectors. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Back Panel Item Description eSATA Port  eSATA port for high-speed storage expansion USB Port  USB 2.
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N4100PRO The rear panel of the N4100PRO houses the USB and Ethernet connections, as well as the power connector. See the table below for descriptions of each: Item Power Connector WAN Port  Connect the included power cord to this connector  WAN port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch Description LAN Port  LAN port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or or router router USB Ports  USB 2.
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N4200 series: The N4200 rear panel features ports and connectors. Back Panel Item Description Power Connector  For connect the power adaptor WAN/LAN1 Port  WAN/LAN1 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router LAN2 Port  LAN2 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router USB Ports  USB 2.
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N5200XXX: The N5200XXX rear panel features ports and connectors. 4 5 6 3 2 7 1 Back Panel Item Description 1.WAN/LAN1 Port  WAN/LAN1 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or a router. 2.LAN2 Port  LAN2 port for connecting to a local Ethernet network through a switch or router. 3.Serial Port  This port is for an external UPS device. 4.eSATA Port  eSATA port for high-speed external storage expansion. 5.USB Port  USB 2.
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N5500: The N5500 rear panel features ports and connectors. 4 5 6 8 3 2 7 1 Back Panel Item Description 1.WAN/LAN1 Port  WAN/LAN1 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router. 2.LAN2 Port  LAN2 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router. 3.Serial Port  This port is for external UPS device. 4.eSATA Port  eSATA port for high-speed storage expansion. 5.USB Port (Type A)  USB 2.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as USB disks, and USB printers. 6.
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N7700 series: The N7700 rear panel features ports and connectors. Back Panel Item Description 1.LAN2 Port  LAN2 port for connecting to a local Ethernet network through a switch or router. 2.WAN/LAN1 Port  WAN/LAN1 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router. 3.Serial Port  This port is for an external UPS device. 4.eSATA Port  eSATA port for high-speed storage expansion. 5.USB Port  USB 2.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as USB disks, and USB printers. 6.
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1U4200XXXR: Locator LED 1U4200 Back Panel Item Description eSATA Port  eSATA port for high-speed storage expansion. USB Ports  USB 2.0 ports for compatible USB devices, such as digital cameras, USB disks, and USB printers. WAN/LAN1 Port  WAN/LAN1 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router. LAN2 Port  LAN2 port that can be used for connection sharing. Power Switch  Switch for power supply. System Fan  System fan that exhausts heat from the unit.
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1U4600R: The rear panel of the 1U4600R houses most of the USB and Ethernet connections, as well as the eSATA port, system fan, and power connector. See the table below for descriptions of each: Power Connector Power Switch Power LED Power Connector Power Switch Power LED USB Ports (A Type) System Fan eSATA Port USB Ports (B Type) LAN2 Port Serial Port WAN/LAN1 Port 1U4600 Back Panel Item Description eSATA Port  eSATA port for high-speed storage expansion USB Ports  USB 2.
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N8200XXX: The N8200XXX rear panel features ports and connectors. 4 7 1 2 Back Panel Item 1.Power Connector  2.Power Switch  3.eSATA Port  4.USB Port  5.Serial Port 6.WAN/LAN1 Port   7.LAN2 Port  8. Locator LED  3 8 5 6 Description Connect the included power cords to these connectors. Powers the N8200XXX on/off. eSATA port for high-speed storage expansion. USB 2.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as USB disks, and USB printers. This port is for an external UPS device.
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N8800 series: The N8800 rear panel features ports and connectors. N8800PRO (SP) is Single power Back Panel Item 1.Power Connector  2.Power Switch  3.eSATA Port  4.USB Port  5.Serial Port 6.WAN/LAN1 Port 7.LAN2 Port Description Connect the included power cords to these connectors Switch for power supply eSATA port for high-speed storage expansion USB 2.
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Chapter 2: Hardware Installation Overview Your Thecus IP storage is designed for easy installation. To help you get started, the following chapter will help you quickly get your Thecus IP storage up and running. Please read it carefully to prevent damaging your unit during installation. Before You Begin Before you begin, be sure to take the following precautions: 1. Read and understand the Safety Warnings outlined in the beginning of the manual. 2.
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3 3. Press the power button to boot up the N2200XXX. To connect the N3200XXX/N0503 to your network, follow the steps below: 1. Connect an Ethernet cable from your network to the WAN/LAN1 port on the back panel of the N3200XXX/N0503. 2. Connect the provided power cord into the power socket on the back panel. Plug the other end of the cord into a surge protected socket.
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3. Open the front door then press the power button to boot up the N3200XXX/N0503. Make the following connections on the Thecus N4100PRO and then power up the unit: 1. Connect an Ethernet cable from your network to the WAN port on the back panel of the N4100PRO. 2. Connect the provided power cord into the universal power socket on the back panel. Plug the other end of the cord into a surge protected socket. 3. Press the power button on the front panel to power on the N4100PRO.
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To connect N4200 series NAS to your network, follow the steps below: 1. Connect an Ethernet cable from your network to the WAN/LAN1 port on the back panel of the N4200. 2. Connect the provided power cord into the universal power socket on the back panel. Plug the other end of the cord into a surge protected socket. 3. Press the power button on the Front Panel to boot up the N4200. To connect the N5200XXX/N5500 to your network, follow the steps below: 1.
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3. Press the power button on the front panel to boot up the N5200XXX/N5500. To connect the 1U4200XXX/1U4600 to your network, follow the steps below: 1. Connect an Ethernet cable from your network to the WAN/LAN1 port on the back panel of the 1U4200XXX/1U4600. 2. Connect the provided power cord into the universal power socket on the back panel. Plug the other end of the cord into a surge protected socket. Press the power supply switch to turn on the power supply.
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3. Press the power button on the front panel to boot up the 1U4200XXX/1U4600. To connect N7700 series NAS to your network, follow the steps below: 1. Connect an Ethernet cable from your network to the WAN/LAN1 port on the back panel of the N7700. 2. Connect the provided power cord into the universal power socket on the back panel. Plug the other end of the cord into a surge protected socket. Press the power supply switch to turn on the power supply. 3.
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To connect N8200XXX/N8800 series NAS to your network, follow the steps below: 1. Connect an Ethernet cable from your network to the WAN/LAN1 port on the back panel of the N8200XXX/N8800. 2. Connect the provided power cord into the universal power socket on the back panel. Plug the other end of the cord into a surge protected socket. Press the power supply switch to turn on the power supply. 3. Press the power button on the front panel to boot up the N8200XXX/N8800.
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Chapter 3: First Time Setup Overview Once the hardware is installed, physically connected to your network, and powered on, you can configure the Thecus IP storage so that it is accessible to your network users. There are two ways to set up your Thecus IP storage: using the Thecus Setup Wizard or the LCD display. Follow the steps below for initial software setup. Thecus Setup Wizard The handy Thecus Setup Wizard makes configuring Thecus IP storage a snap.
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5. Login with the administrator account and password. The default account and password are both “admin”. 6. Name your Thecus IP storage and configure the network IP address. If your switch or router is configured as a DHCP Server, configuring the Thecus IP storage to automatically obtain an IP address is recommended. You may also use a static IP address and enter the DNS Server address manually. 7. Change the default administrator password.
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8. Finished! Access the Thecus IP storage Web Administrator Interface by pressing the Start Browser button. You can also configure another Thecus IP storage at this point by clicking the Setup Other Device button. Press Exit to exit the wizard. NOTE The Thecus Setup Wizard is designed for installation on systems running Windows XP/2000/vista/7 or Mac OSX or later.
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Display Mode During normal operation, the LCD will be in Display Mode. Display Mode Item Host Name WAN/LAN1 LAN2 Link Aggregation System Fan1 System Fan2 CPU Fan 2009/05/22 12:00 Disk Info RAID Current Current Current Current Current Current Current Current Current Current Description host name of the system. WAN/LAN1 IP setting. LAN2 IP setting. Link Aggregation status system fan1 status. system fan2 status. CPU fan status system time. status of disk slot has been installed RAID status.
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NOTE You can also change your LCD password using the Web Administration Interface by navigating to System Management > Administrator Password. For more on the Web Administration Interface, see Chapter 4: System Management. LCD Operation (N3200XXX/N0503) LCD Controls Use the Down (▼), Up (▲), Enter () and Escape (ESC) keys to operate LCD to view system information and USB copy.
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4. Press Enter () and theN3200XXX/N0503 will start copying USB disks connected to the front USB port. The LCD will display the USB copy progress and results. OLED Operation (N4200 series) OLED Operation The mentioned models above are equipped with an OLED on the front for easy status display and setup. There are four buttons on the front panel to control the OLED functions.
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Typical Setup Procedure From the Web Administration Interface, you can begin to setup your Thecus IP storage for use on your network. Setting up the Thecus IP storage typically follows the five steps outlined below. For more on how to use the Web Administration Interface, see Chapter 4: Web Administration Interface. Step 1: Network Setup From the Web Administration Interface, you can configure the network settings of the Thecus IP storage for your network. You can access the Network menu from the menu bar.
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SMB/CIFS Apple File Protocol (AFP) Network File System (NFS) File Transfer Protocol (FTP) iTunes Server Printer Server Photo Server 50
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Chapter 4: System Administration Overview The Thecus IP storage provides an easily accessible Web Administration Interface. With it, you can configure and monitor the Thecus IP storage anywhere on the network. Web Administration Interface Make sure your network is connected to the Internet. To access Thecus IP storage Web Administration Interface: 1. Type the Thecus IP storage IP address into your browser. (Default IP address is http://192.168.1.
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2. Login to the system using the administrator user name and password. The factory defaults are: User Name: admin Password: admin ※ If you changed your password in the setup wizard, use the new password. Once you are logged in as an administrator disclaimer page will appear as below. Please click the check box if you do not want to have this page displayed during the next login. Following by disclaim page, you will see the Web Administration Interface.
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Administrators can add or remove favorite functions to My Favorites by right clicking the mouse on the menu tree. The other way administrators can add favorite functions is by clicking the “Add Favorite” icon in each function screen. Please refer figure below in red circuit icon. To return to the favorite screen, simply click “Home” located at the left hand corner of the main screen.
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Menu Bar The Menu Bar is where you will find all of the information screens and system settings of Thecus IP storage. The various settings are placed in the following groups on the menu bar: Menu Bar Item System Information System Management System Network Storage User and Group Authentication Network Service Application Server Backup External Device Description Current system status of the Thecus IP storage. Various Thecus IP storage system settings and information.
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Message Bar You can get information about system status quickly by moving mouse over. Message Bar Item Status Description RAID Information. Display the status of created RAID volume. Click to go to RAID information page as short cut. Disks Information. Display the status of disks installed in the system. Click to go to Disk information page as short cut. Display system FAN Status. Click to go to System Status page as short cut. FAN. Network. Green: The system is connected to the Internet.
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‧Shutdown Choose Shutdown or Reboot from the dropdown menu to shutdown or reboot your NAS. ‧Logout Click to log out of Web Administration Interface. System Information Information provides viewing on current Product info, System Status, Service Status and Logs. The menu bar allows you to see various aspects of the Thecus IP storage. From here, you can discover the status of the Thecus IP storage, and also other details.
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System Status Item CPU Loading (%) CPU Fan Speed System Fan Speed Up Time Description Displays current CPU workload of the Thecus IP storage. Displays current CPU fan status. Displays the current status of the system fan. Shows how long the system has been up and running.
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See the following table for a detailed description of each item: System Logs Item All INFO WARN ERROR Download All Log File Truncate All Log File The number of lines per page □ Sort Ascending Sort Descending |<< < > >>| Description Provides all log information including system messages, warning messages and error messages. Records information about system messages. Shows only warning messages. Shows only error messages. Export all logs to an external file. Clear all log files.
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Other than the defined items sent upon registration, there are also two additional items: “HDD Info” and “Time Zone”. These two optional items can also be sent to Thecus anonymously for analysis and statistics purposes. To send these items, simply check the desired checkboxes to help Thecus improve its products and services. Syslog Management Generates system log messages for the syslog server. These messages are stored on your NAS in: Nsync > log> messages.
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System Management The System Management menu gives you a wealth of settings that you can use to configure your Thecus IP storage system administration functions. You can set up system time, system notifications, and even upgrade firmware from this menu. Date and Time: System Date and settings From the Date and time menu, choose the item and the screen appears. Set the desired Date, Time, and Time Zone.
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Notification configuration From the menu, choose the Notification item, and the Notification Configuration screen appears. This screen lets you have Thecus IP storage notify you in case of any system malfunction. Press Apply to confirm all settings. See following table for a detailed description of each item. Notification Configuration Item Description Beep Notification Enable or disable the system beeper that beeps when a problem occurs.
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Firmware Upgrade From the menu, choose the Firmware Upgrade item and the Firmware Upgrade screen appears. Follow the steps below to upgrade your firmware: 1. Use the Browse button to find the firmware file. 2. Press Apply. 3. The beeper beeps and the Busy LED blinks until the upgrade is complete. NOTE • The beeper only beeps if it is enabled in the System Notification menu. • Check Thecus website for the latest firmware release and release notes. • Downgrading firmware is not permitted.
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Example - Monday: On: 8:00; Off: 16:00 System will turn on at 8:00 AM on Monday, and off at 16:00 on Monday. System will turn on for the rest of the week. If you choose an on time, but do not assign an off time, the system will turn on and remain on until a scheduled off time is reached, or if the unit is shutdown manually. Example - Monday: On: 8:00 System will turn on at 8:00 AM on Monday, and will not shut down unless powered down manually.
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See the following table for a detailed description of each item. Change Administrator and LCD Entry Password Item Description New Password Type in a new administrator password. Confirm Password Type the new password again to confirm. Apply Press this to save your changes. Config Mgmt From the menu, choose the Config Mgmt item and the System Configuration Download/Upload screen appears. From here, you can download or upload stored system configurations.
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Factory default From the menu, choose the Factory Default item and the Reset to Factory Default screen appears. Press Apply to reset Thecus IP storage to factory default settings. WARNING Resetting to factory defaults will not erase the data stored in the hard disks, but WILL revert all the settings to the factory default values. Reboot & Shutdown From the menu, choose Reboot & Shutdown item, and the Shutdown/Reboot System screen appears.
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Once the system has rebooted, you will be returned to the File System Check prompt. There you will see the available RAID volumes to run the file system check on except ZFS volume, ZFS has no need to perform file system check. Check the desired RAID volumes and click Next to proceed with the file system check. Click Reboot to reboot without running the check. Once you click Next, you will see the following screen: Click Start to begin the file system check. Click Reboot to reboot the system.
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NOTE The system must be rebooted before Thecus IP storage can function normally after file system check complete. Wake-Up On LAN (WOL) The Thecus IP storage has the ability to be awoken from sleep mode via WAN/LAN1 port. From the menu, choose the WOL item, and the Wake-up On LAN screen appears. From here, you can Enable or Disable. Wake-up On LAN Configuration Item Description WOL Service Enable or Disable WOL service Apply Click Apply to save changes.
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From the menu, choose the SNMP item, and the SNMP Support screen appears. From here, you can Enable or Disable. UI Login Configuration Adjusts UI Login Configuration settings, you can enable/disable the Web Disk and Photo Server functions, according to your needs. For the 3X series, users need to install the photo server module or web disk module to access these functions. System Network Use the System Network menu to make network configuration settings as well as service support settings.
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WAN/LAN1 Configuration Item Description Host name Domain name Host name that identifies the Thecus IP storage on the network. Specifies the domain name of Thecus IP storage. WINS Server To set a server name for NetBIOS computer. MAC Address MAC address of the network interface. Jumbo Frame Support Enable or disable Jumbo Frame Support of the WAN/LAN1 interface on your Thecus IP storage. IP Sharing Mode When enabled, PCs connected to the LAN2 port will be able to access the WAN/LAN1.
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Most Fast Ethernet (10/100) Switches/Routers do not support Jumbo Frame and you will not WARNING be able to connect to your Thecus IP Storage after Jumbo Frame is turned on. If this happens, turn off the Thecus IP Storage. Then, insert USB disk with factory reset utility included and power on the Thecus IP Storage. Till the system power on complete then it will bring your system settings back to factory default.
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DHCP Server Configuration A DHCP server can be configured to assign IP addresses to devices connected to the LAN2 port. To configure these ports, choose LAN2 from the System Network menu. DHCP Configuration Item Description DHCP Server Enable or disable the DHCP server to automatically assign IP address to PCs connected to the LAN2 interface. Start IP Specifies the starting IP address of the DHCP range. End IP Specifies the ending IP address of the DHCP range.
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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 Shows the total SATA hard disk capacity. Disk Power The administrator can set the disk to power down after a period of Management inactivity.
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S.M.A.R.T. Information Item Description Tray Number Tray the hard disk is installed 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 of hours (or minutes, or seconds, depending on manufacturer) in power-on state. Temperature Celsius The current temperature of the hard disk in degrees Celsius Reallocated Sector Count of reallocated sectors.
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Bad Block Scan On the Disks Information screen, you may also perform disk bad block scan, simply to click “Click to start” to start with. The result is only for reference and system will not take any action from its result. The testing result will be stay till system reboot with “Yet to start” displayed as default. RAID Information From the Storage menu, choose the RAID item and the RAID Information screen appears. This screen lists the RAID volumes currently residing on the Thecus IP storage.
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Create a RAID On the RAID Information screen, press the create button to go to the CREAT RAID screen. In addition to RAID disk information and status, this screen lets you make RAID configuration settings. Using Create RAID, you can select stripe size, choose which disks are RAID disks or the Spare Disk. . RAID Configurations Item Description Disk No. Number assigned to the installed hard disks. Capacity (MB) Capacity of the installed hard disks. Model Model number of the installed hard disks.
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Once the Create button has been pressed with the Encryption checkbox enabled, the following message pop-up will appear for confirmation. After the RAID volume has been created, you may remove this USB disk until the next time the system boots. The RAID volume can not be mounted if the USB disk with key can not be found in any system USB port when the volume is accessed. To activate the encrypted volume, plug the USB disk containing the encryption key and into any system USB port.
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6. Specify a stripe size — 64K is the default setting. 7. Specify the percentage allocated for user data by drag the horizontal bar. The remaining space will be made available for iSCSI. 8. Selected the file system you like to have for this RAID volume. The selection is available from ext3, XFS and ZFS. NOTE ．Select ZFS file system while snapshot is needed. It is only one ZFS file system allowed to be created per system. ．ZFS file system is only accessible by CIFS/SMB, not for AFP and NFS users.
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NOTE Building a RAID volume may take time, depending on the size of hard drives and RAID mode. In general, while the RAID volume building process is up to “RAID Building” then the data volume is capable to be accessed. WARNING Creating RAID destroys all data in the current RAID volume. The data is unrecoverable. With a RAID 1, RAID 5, or RAID 6 volume, you can also add a spare disk after the RAID is created. See Chapter 6: Tips and Tricks > Adding a Spare Disk for details.
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RAID 6 RAID 10 WARNING RAID 5 requires a minimum of 3 disks. RAID 5 can sustain one failed disk. Two independent parity computations must be used in order to provide protection against double disk failure. Two different algorithms are employed to achieve this purpose. RAID 6 requires a minimum of 4 disks. RAID 6 can sustain two failed disks. RAID 10 has high reliability and high performance. RAID 10 is implemented as a striped array whose segments are RAID 1 arrays.
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Remove RAID Click to remove the RAID volume. All user data and iSCSI has been created in selected RAID volume will be removed. To remove a RAID volume, follow the steps below: 1. On the RAID List screen, select the RAID volume by clicking on its radio button, and click RAID Information to open the RAID Configuration screen. 2. On the RAID Configuration screen, click Remove RAID. 3.
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2. Once rebuilt, you can continue to replace any remaining disks in the RAID array. 3. When you are done replacing hard drives, log on to Web Management. Navigate to Storage> RAID to open the RAID Configuration screen. 4. On the RAID Information screen, and click Edit to open the RAID Configuration screen. 5. On the RAID Configuration screen, click Expand. NOTE RAID expansion did not support file system created by ZFS.
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NOTE Migrating a RAID volume could take several hours to complete With RAID level migration function, the limitation as listed below. 1. During RAID level migration, it is not allowed reboot or shutdown system. 2. The RAID migration from R1 to R5 or R1 to R6, the all services will restart and volumes “iSCSI” is read only but “user data” is capable read / write during operation. NOTE The migration scheme below is based on Thecus IP Storage series products in maximum possible combination.
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Below is a table listing of possible RAID migration schemes: To From RAID 0 RAID 5 RAID 6 RAID [RAID 1] HDDx2 to [RAID 5] HDDx3 [RAID 1] HDDx2 to [RAID 6] HDDx4 1 [RAID 1] HDDx2 to [RAID 5] HDDx4 [RAID 1] HDDx2 to [RAID 6] HDDx5 [RAID 1] HDDx2 to [RAID 5] HDDx5 [RAID 1] HDDx2 to [RAID 6] HDDx6 [RAID 1] HDDx2 to [RAID 5] HDDx6 [RAID 1] HDDx2 to [RAID 6] HDDx7 [RAID 1] HDDx2 to [RAID 5] HDDx7 [RAID 1] HDDx2 to [RAID 6] HDDx8 [RAID 1] HDDx2 to [RAID 5] HDDx8 ………………………………..HDDx16 ………………………………..
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RAID X X [ONLINE] 6 [RAID 6] HDDx4 to [RAID 6] HDDx5 [RAID 6] HDDx4 to [RAID 6] HDDx6 [RAID 6] HDDx4 to [RAID 6] HDDx7 [RAID 6] HDDx4 to [RAID 6] HDDx8 ………………………………..HDDx16 [RAID 6] HDDx5 to [RAID 6] HDDx6 [RAID 6] HDDx5 to [RAID 6] HDDx7 [RAID 6] HDDx5 to [RAID 6] HDDx8 ………………………………..HDDx16 [RAID 6] HDDx6 to [RAID 6] HDDx7 [RAID 6] HDDx6 to [RAID 6] HDDx8 ………………………………..HDDx16 [RAID 6] HDDx7 to [RAID 6] HDDx8 ………………………………..
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Volume Allocation List Item Description Modify Click this to modify the allocated space. Delete Click this to delete the allocated space. iSCSI Target Click to allocate space to iSCSI volume. Type Type of volume. Can be either USB or iSCSI. Name Name assigned to the volume. Capacity Capacity of the allocated space.
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To allocate space for an iSCSI volume on the current RAID volume, follow the steps below: 1. Under the Volume Allocation List, select iSCSI Target then click Add. The Create iSCSI Volume screen appears. Create iSCSI Volume Item Description RAID ID ID of current RAID volume. Allocation Percentage and amount of space allocated to iSCSI volume. Unused Percentage and amount of unused space on current RAID volume. iSCSI Target Volume Enable or Disable the iSCSI Target Volume.
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8. When iSCSI target volume has been created, the LUN ID is configurable from 1 to 254 with a default of the next available 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 authentication, enter a username and a password. Confirm your chosen password be reentering it in the Password Confirm box. 10. Click OK to create the iSCSI volume.
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Expand Volume The iSCSI volume is now able to expand its capacity from unused space. From the volume list, simply select the iSCSI volume you like to expand and click the Expand button: You will then see the dialog box displayed below. Drag the Expand Capacity bar to the size you want. Then press Expand to confirm the operation. Delete Volume To delete volume on the current RAID volume, follow the steps below: 1. Under the Volume Allocation List, click Delete. The Space Allocation screen appears.
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2. Press YES. All data in the volume will be removed. iSCSI Thin-Provisioning With this function, the iSCSI capacity can be more flexible and more efficiently serve more users. The idea for iSCSI thin-provisioning is sharing the available physical capacity to a number of iSCSI target volumes and also setup virtual capacity to expand the physical size while it needed. To setup iSCSI thin-provisioning, go to Space Allocation under the Storage category.
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Next, setup the physical capacity for iSCSI thin-provision volume by dragging the Allocation bar to the desired size. After the size has been determined, click OK to confirm. Now you will see the iSCSI thin-provisioning volume is available from the list. Please refer to the screenshot below.
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Now you can start to create iSCSI targets to join the newly-created iSCSI thin-provision volume. Basically, the iSCSI target under iSCSI thin-provisioning has exactly same settings screen as the standard iSCSI target volume creation. The only difference is the “Virtual Size” of capacity. Unlike creating standard iSCSI target volumes, the capacity has been physically allocated. The iSCSI target volume creation under thin-provisioning can virtually be up to 16000GB (16TB). Let’s take the example below: 1.
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The screen shot for iSCSI target volume creation under thin-provisioning; the physical capacity 333.8GB. The screen shot to setup an iSCSI target volume under thin-provisioning of 1700GB. iSCSI target volume creation. The maximum virtual size is 14300GB (16000GB – 1700GB(1st iSCSI target volume)). This screenshot lists iSCSI target volumes created under thin-provisioning. The 2nd iSCSI target volume under thin-provisioning has been created with a capacity of 14300GB.
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This message appears if there is no more room for new iSCSI target creation. NOTE 1. Each RAID volume can only create one iSCSI thin-provision volume. 2. Each thin-provision volume can only create 5 iSCSI target volumes. 3. The notification will send out while the physical size of iSCSI thin-provision capacity has used up to 90%. Advance Option There are 2 options is currently allow Admin to Enable/Disable to operate Thecus IP storage associated with iSCSI setting.
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iSCSI Block Size Select the block size with 4K while the iSCSI volume size is over 2TB. iSCSI CRC/Checksum To enable this option, the initiator can connect with “Data digest” and “Header digest” enabled. Stackable NAS The Thecus IP storage’s capacity can be expanded even further using the stackable function. With it, users can expand the capacity of their network storage systems up to 5 other stack target volumes which are located in different systems.
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A. Add a Stack Target Volume From the figure above, click Add to access the stackable target device configuration page. Please refer to the figure below: With the added stack target you could “Enable” or “Disable” now or later per usage needed. Next, input the target IP address of the stackable device and click the Discovery button. The system will list available target volumes from the inputted IP address.
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The Export share name will become the network share name and displayed through network access such as SMB. You may refer the figures below to see the result. Please note the naming limitation.
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From the figure above, the Export share name is “pmmeeting”. The figures below show the result before and after via Microsoft Network Access with settings have been completed. No Stack Target Stack target with export share name “pmmeeting” The Browseable setting will be same method of setting for system share folder. It designates whether or not this folder will be visible through web disk. You may refer the figures below for reference when Yes and No are selected.
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able to access it, and ACL button will be grayed out. If Public is set to No, the ACL button will be available on the Stack Target List window. Click Apply to save your changes. B. Activate a Stack Target After your settings have been applied, the system will bring you back to Stack Target List window as shown below. There is one stack target device has been attached into this stack master.
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Next, click Format to proceed with formatting. After the format is complete, the stack target volume will be created successfully. You will see the volume’s capacity and status in the Stack Target List screen. C. Edit a Stack Target To make any changes to stack targets, click Edit for the corresponding stack target, and system will bring up the following dialogue: After your changes have been made, click Apply to confirm any modifications.
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E. Reconnect a Stack Target The enabled stack target devices may be disconnected by situations such as power outages or network disconnects. When this happens, the Reconnect button will available. To attempt to reconnect the stack target, click Reconnect. ISO Mount The ISO Mount feature is very useful tool from Thecus products. With it, users can mount an ISO file and having export name to display all details from mounted ISO file. From the main menu, the ISO Mount feature is located under “Storage”.
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A. Add a ISO file From the figure above, select ISO file from drop down share list. After selection, system will bring up Mount table for further setting screen. To mount new ISO file, select from listed ISO file and input desired mounting name into “Mount as:” field. Click “ADD” with confirmation to complete mounting ISO file. Or without “Mount as” ISO file export name input, system will automatic to give the export name by ISO file name.
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After you have completed to add ISO then the page will displayed all mounted ISO files, You could click “Unmount” to eliminate mounted ISO file. B. Using ISO The mounted ISO file will be located same share folder with name giving. Please refer the screen shot below. ISO file “image” has mounted as folder “Image” you could see. The ISO file “Thecus 01” without assign mounting name, system automatically has folder “Thecus 01” created.
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Share Folder From the Storage menu, choose Share Folder, and the Folder screen appears. This screen allows you to create and configure folders on the Thecus IP storage volume. Adding Folders On the Folder screen, press the Add button and the Add Folder screen appears. This screen allows you to add a folder. After entering the information, press Apply to create new folder.
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Add Folder Item RAID ID Folder Name Description Browseable Public Share Folder Limit Apply NOTE Description RAID volume where the new folder will reside. Enter the name of the folder. Provide a description the folder. Enable or disable users from browsing the folder contents. If Yes is selected, then the share folder will be browseable. Admit or deny public access to this folder. If Yes is selected, then users do not need to have access permission to write to this folder.
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Modify Folders On the Folder screen, press the Edit button and the Modify Folder screen appears. This screen allows you to change folder information. After entering the information, press Apply to save your changes. Modify Folder Item RAID ID Folder Name Description Browseable Public Share Limit Description RAID volume where the folder will reside. Enter the name of the folder. Provide a description the folder. Enable or disable users from browsing the folder contents.
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WARNING All the data stored in the folder will be deleted once the folder is deleted. The data will not be recoverable. NFS Share To allow NFS access to the share folder, enable the NFS Service, and then set up hosts with access rights by clicking Add. NFS Share Item Hostname Privilege Description Enter the name or IP address of the host Host has either read only or writeable access to the folder.
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Guest System Support IO Mapping Apply There are two selections available:  Unix / Linux System  AIX (Allow source port > 1024) Choose the one which best fits your needs. There are three selections available:  Guest system root account will have full access to this share (root:root).  Guest system root account will be mapped to anonymous user (nobody:nogroup) on NAS.  All user on guest system will be mapped to anonymous user (nobody:nogroup) on NAS. Choose the one which best fits your needs.
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The Thecus IP storage snapshot is supported total 16 versions. Once checked “Automatically remove oldest snapshot”, the oldest will be removed to let newest to added on top. Otherwise, if the check box is unchecked and snapshot versions are up to 16 then system will appear warning message and won’t execute the task till available version count. The snapshot schedule rules can be setup for monthly, weekly or daily.
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ACL setting Item Deny Read Only Writable Recursive Description Denies access to users or groups who are displayed in this column. Provides Read Only access to users or groups who are displayed in this column. Provides Write access to users or groups who are displayed in this column. Enable to inherit the access right for all its sub-folders. To configure folder access, follow the steps below: 1. On the ACL screen, all network groups and users are listed in the left hand column.
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NOTE The ACL can be set for share and sub-folders level, not for files. The ACL screen also allows you to search for a particular user. To do this, follow the steps below: 1. In the blank, enter the name of the user you would like to find. 2. From the drop down select the group you would like to search for the user in. 3. Click Search. NOTE The system will list up to 1,000 users from the chosen category. To narrow your search, enter a search term in the blank provided.
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ADS/NT Support If you have a Windows Active Directory Server (ADS) or Windows NT server to handle the domain security in your network, you can simply enable the ADS/NT support feature; the Thecus IP storage will connect with the ADS/NT server and get all the information of the domain users and groups automatically. From the Accounts menu, choose Authentication item and the ADS/NT Support screen appears. You can to change any of these items and press Apply to confirm your settings.
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To join an AD domain, you can refer the figure and use the example below to configure the Thecus IP storage for associated filed input: AD Domain Example Item Information Work Group / Domain domain Name ADS Support Enable ADS Server Name Computer1 ADS/NT Realm Domain.local Administrator ID Administrator Administrator *********** Password NOTE • The DNS server specified in the WAN/LAN1 configuration page should be able to correctly resolve the ADS server name.
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Local User Configuration From the Accounts menu, choose the User item, and the Local User Configuration screen appears. This screen allows you to Add, Edit, and Remove local users. Local User Configuration Item Description Add Press the Add button to add a user to the list of local users. Edit Press the Edit button to modify a local user. Remove Press the Remove button to delete a selected user from the system. Add Users 1.
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NOTE All users are automatically assigned to the ‘users’ group. Edit Users 1. Select an existing user from the Local User Configuration screen. 2. Click on the Edit button, and Local User Setting screen appears. 3. From here, you can enter a new password and re-enter to confirm, or use the << or >> buttons to have this user join or leave a group. Click the Apply button to save your changes.
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Remove Users 1. Select an existing user from the Local User Configuration screen. 2. Click on Remove button and the user is deleted from the system. Local Group Configuration From the Accounts menu, choose the Group item, and the Local Group Configuration screen appears. This screen allows you to Add, Edit, and Remove local groups. Local Group Configuration Item Description Add Press the Add button to add a user to the list of local groups.
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Add Groups 1. On the Local Group Configuration screen, click on the Add button. 2. The Local Group Setting screen appears. 3. Enter a Group Name. 4. Enter a Group ID number. If left blank, the system will automatically assign one. 5. Select users to be in this group from the Users List by adding them to the Members List using the << button. 6. Click the Apply button to save your changes. Edit Groups 1. On the Local Group Configuration screen, select a group name from the list. 2.
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Remove Groups 1. On the Local Group Configuration screen, select a group name from the list. 2. Press Remove to delete the group from the system. Batch Create Users and Groups The Thecus IP storage can also add users and groups in batch mode. This enables you to conveniently add numerous users and groups automatically by importing a simple comma-separated plain text (*.txt) file. From the Accounts menu, click Batch Mgmt and the Batch Create Users and Groups dialogue will appear.
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Quota The User Quota system provides a way of limiting users’ available storage capacity. Setting a user quota gives a given user a given amount of space on EACH RAID partition. For example, if there are 3 RAID partitions and a user has a user quota of 300MB, the user can store 300MB of data on EACH RAID partition, or a total of 900MB of data. The framework keeps track of the total amount of data a user has used across different folders and functions such as the photo server.
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Network Service Setup and manage protocols such as Samba/CIFS, FTP, and HTTP/Web Disk, and other network services. Samba / CIFS There are 5 options is currently allow Admin to Enable/Disable to operate Thecus IP storage associated with Samba / CIFS protocol. With the option changed, it will need to reboot system to activate. Samba Service Used for letting the operating system of UNIX series and SMB/CIFS of Microsoft Windows operating system (Server Message Block / Common Internet File System).
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In general, Windows has default to invisible all of hidden folders/files. So please enable this option to view “.recycle” folder. Samba Anonymous Login Authentication To enable this option, no matter there is share folder has been created in public access. The user account and password is needed from system to access under SMB/CIFS protocol. On the other hand, no more anonymous login is allowed. Samba is Native mode The Thecus IP storage is supported Samba mode options.
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NFS Setup From the Network Service menu, choose the NFS item, and the NFS Support screen appears. The Thecus IP storage can act as an NFS server, enabling users to download and upload files with the favorite NFS clients. Press Apply to confirm your settings. A description of each item follows: NFS Apply NFS Server Setting Item Description Enable or Disable NFS support. Click Apply to save your changes.
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Access Auto Rename Upload Bandwidth Download Bandwidth download files to/from public folders. Download: Allow anonymous FTP users to download files from public folders. No access: Block anonymous FTP user access. If checked, the system will automatically rename files that are uploaded with a duplicate file name. The renaming scheme is [filename].#, where # represents an integer. You may set the maximum bandwidth allocated to file uploads. Selections include Unlimited, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16 and 32 MB/s.
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A description of each item follows: Web Service Item HTTP (WebDisk) Support HTTPs (Secure WebDisk) Support NOTE Description Enable or disable WebDisk support. Enter the port number if this option is enabled. The port number is default 80. Enable or disable secure WebDisk support. Enter the port if this option is enabled. • Disable HTTP support and Enable Secure HTTP support to guarantee secure access.
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Application Server Thecus IP storage support iTunes server functionality, Module Installation, and Auto Module Installation. The iTunes server function allows you to play music files from your NAS through iTunes on your computer. The following section shows you how.
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Auto Module Installation Or choose the Auto Module Installation item and the available system Module screen appears. The default to get module list is “On-line” so if Thecus IP storage is capable to connect to Internet then it will automatically link to Thecus official website then list available modules. Please refer the screen shot below. The other way to have auto module installed is using universal CD shipped with system. It has contained file “modules.
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Auto Module Source List Item Description Installed Status of module Name Module name Version The version of released version Description The description of module Location The module is either getting on-line or disk Document The available documentation of module Action To install module or deleted p.s.
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scheduled task to run only once, daily, weekly, or monthly. You can also limit the bandwidth of your Nsync tasks, so other users on the network can share the bandwidth equally. Under the Backup menu, click Nsync and the Nsync window appears. Below is a description of each field: Nsync Item Add Edit Restore Del Task name Server Share folder Last Time Last Status Schedule Action Bandwidth Setting Description Click to add a Nsync task Click to Edit an Nsync task. Restore share folder from an Nsync target.
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Manufacturer Nsync Mode Target Server IP Address Source Folder Authorized Username on Target Server Password on Target Server Test Connection Schedule Time Type Add NOTE NOTE NAS: To other Thecus IP storage with security tunnel build up. Legacy FTP: To the 3rd party FTP server or Thecus IP storage while it has acted as FTP server. Native Rsync Server: Using rsync to replicate data to other Thecus IP storage Synchronize mode or Incremental mode . The IP address of your target server.
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The Thecus IP storage can act as an Nsync server, enabling another Nsync-equipped Thecus NAS at a remote location backup their files to this Thecus IP storage. From the System Network menu, choose the Nsync Target item, and the Nsync Target Server screen appears. Nsync Target Server Setting Item Description Nsync Target Server Enable or Disable Nsync Target support. NOTE To enable Nsync task to go thru firewall, you have to open port TCP/1194 on your firewall in both directions.
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Rsync Target Server When it comes to backing up your data, it’s very important to have flexibility. Rsync Backup provides you with many options, including local or remote backup, backup scheduling, different syncronization settings, and password protection. Being based on the Linux operating system, it is also much more stable and experiences much less frequent data loss during transfer than other remote backup systems.
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*Now Rsync is turned on on your NAS, which means it can be used as a target for Rsync backup, in other words, only the backup NAS needs to be activated in this way. Rsync Step 2 – Setting up your backup task and schedule on your source NAS -Log in to your other NAS (your source NAS) through the UI in your web browser -Go to Rsync Backup under Backup in the menu of the UI -From the Rsync Schedule Backup task list, choose Add -Fill out all the necessary details and choose your parameters 1.
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4. Input your target’s IP address and port number - This is the NAS which you are going to use as a backup, port number is optional. 5. Input your destination folder and create a backup folder – Your destination path is the name of an existing folder on your NAS where you wish to backup your . 6. Input your username and password - This is the username and password you set in “Rsync Target” on your target NAS. 7.
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NOTE If you can not find Thecus Backup Utility on your CD, please download it from the Thecus website (http://www.thecus.com). When you execute this utility for the first time, it will ask you whether to create a DB file. Click Yes. 1. Click Add to create a Backup task. The Add New Task dialog box appears. Add New Task Item Task Source Incremental Destination Excluded extensions Comments Description Specifies a name for the current task. Click to specify the source folder/file location.
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1. Click Start, and point to All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Backup to start the wizard. 2. Click Next to skip past the opening page. Choose Backup files and settings from the second page, and then click Next. 3. Select which option you want to back up. 4. Click Next and in the Backup Type, Destination, and Name page, specify a back up location using the Browse button. 5. Find and select the drive that specifies your Thecus IP storage as your backup destination and click Next. 6.
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Printer Information Item Description Manufacturer Displays the name of the USB printer manufacturer. Model Displays the model of the USB printer. Status Displays the status of the USB printer. Remove document Click to remove all documents from printer queue. from Queue Restart Printer service Click to restart printer service. If a corrupt print job is sent to a printer, printing may suddenly fail.
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8. Your Windows system will ask you if you want to set this printer as “Default Printer”. Select Yes and all your print jobs will be submitted to this printer by default. Click Next. 9. Click Finish. NOTE • Not all USB printers are supported. Please check Thecus website for a list of supported printers. • Note that if a multi-function (all-in-one) printer is attached to the Thecus IP Storage, usually only the printing and fax functions will work.
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Windows Vista To set up the Printer Server in Windows Vista, follow the steps below: 1. Open Printer Folder from the Control Panel. 2. Click the right mouse button in anywhere on the Printers folder and then select Add Printer. 3. Select Add a network, wireless or Bluetooth printer.
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4. Select The printer that I want isn’t listed. You can press The printer that I want isn’t listed to go into next page without waiting for Searching for available printers to finish. 5. Click Select a shared printer by name. Type http://:631/printers/usb-printer in the box, where is the IP address of Thecus IP storage. Click Next. 6. Select or install a printer and then press OK.
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If your printer model is not listed, please contact your printer manufacturer for help. 7. Windows will attempt to connect to the printer. 8. You can choose to set this printer as the default printer by checking the Set as the default printer box. Click Next to continue. 9. Done! Click Finish.
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UPS Setting The Thecus IP storage can also support various uninterruptible power supply unit via either “Serial” or “USB” interface (depend on model) to provide extra data security and accessibility in the case of a power failure. From the Status menu, choose the UPS item and the UPS Setting screen appears. Make any changes you wish, and press Apply to confirm changes. See the following table for a detailed description of each item.
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Chapter 5: Using Thecus IP Storage Overview Once the Thecus IP storage is setup and operating, users on the network may manage all varieties of digital music, photos, or files by simply using their web browsers. To manage your personal files or access public files on the Thecus IP storage, just enter its IP address into your browser (default IP address is http://192.168.1.100), and you will be taken to the Thecus IP storage Login page.
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1. In the Login page, type in the User ID and password that were previously set for you in the Accounts menu. See Chapter 4:User and Group Authentication > Local User Configuration. 2. The Web Disk page appears showing folders currently available to you, this is controlled via the Access Control List (ACL). 3. Click on a folder name to enter the folder. 4. The folder’s page appears displaying files and folders. Click on a file to download the file. 5.
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Folder Page Button Button Description List all directory trees per login user’s privilege. Browsing selected directory of its folders and files. Go back to the web disk directory 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 directory. (delete) Deletes selected files or folders. (Rename) Rename a directory or file. (download) Download a file to current folder of your computer.
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Photo Server (Does not apply to the 3X series’ photo server) Using the Photo Server, users can view and share photos, and even create their own albums right on the Thecus IP storage. You will see your own photo gallery and all public photo albums on the network. To manage any picture files, you must first select the item by clicking the box then entering your user name and password to log in to the photo server.
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3. Windows XP will ask whether you want to run or save this file. Click Save to save the register file. 4. Once the register file is installed, use the Windows file manager to browse the folder that contains the picture you want to publish. On the left pane, there will be an icon labeled “Publish this folder to the Web”. 5. Click on this icon and Web Publishing Wizard will start.
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6. Select the pictures you want to publish to the Photo Web Server by placing a check mark on the top left hand corner of the picture. Click Next. 7. Your PC will start to connect to the Photo Web Server. 8. Select Thecus IP storage Photo Gallery Wizard to publish your pictures to Thecus IP storage. 9. Login into Thecus IP storage with your local user name and password.
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10. Create your album by entering an album name and clicking on the Create Album button. 11. Select the album you want to upload your pictures to. 12. Confirm the target album. 13. Windows will show you that the picture upload is in progress.
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14. When the upload is finished, the Wizard will ask you whether if you want to go to the website. Click Finish to go to your Photo Web Server. 15. Click on the user’s icon to go to that user’s album.
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16. You will see the user’s album list. Click on Album. 17. Finished! You will see the pictures just selected in the album. Managing Albums and Photos Icon Function Description Make Cover Make selected photo your cover picture. Back Return to the previous screen.
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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 NOTE Delete the selected albums or photos. • Only logged in users will see these icons. • To prevent system errors, Thecus IP storage sets the following limitations on photo files: • Each file upload is limited to a size of 8MB. Files exceeding 8MB will NOT be uploaded and no error message will appear.
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EXIF Information While viewing pictures, you can also have Thecus IP storage display the EXIF information for each photo. Simply click the EXIF button to display EXIF information. To hide this information, click the EXIF button again. Slide Shows Slide shows are a great way to enjoy pictures stored on your Thecus IP storage. You can click on the Start Slide Show icon on the top right hand corner to start the slide show.
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Mapping a Client PC to the Thecus IP Storage You can map share folders on Thecus IP storage so that you can access them as if they were drives on your computer. You can connect to the shared network folders on Thecus IP storage as follows: Windows 1. Go to the My Computer folder in Windows. 2. In the menu bar, select Tools and then Map Network Drive… 3. The Map Network Drive window appears. 4. Assign a drive letter for the share folder. 5. Click the Browse button to find the folder over your network.
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Windows 2000/XP 1. First, download the iSCSI Initiator from the Microsoft website (http://www.microsoft.com). You can find this software by entering iSCSI Initiator into the search box on their homepage. 2. Once the download is complete, install the iSCSI Initiator by double-clicking the EXE file. You may be presented with the following security warning. Click Run to continue. 3. You will now install the iSCSI Initiator using the Setup Wizard. Click Next to continue. 4.
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6. The iSCSI Initiator will now install automatically. Click Finish once completed. 7. Start the iSCSI Initiator by double-clicking its icon on the desktop. The iSCSI Initiator properties window will appear. 8. Select the Discovery tab. Under Target Portals, click Add. 9. Enter the IP address of Thecus IP storage. Click OK.
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10. On the iSCSI Initiator Properties window, select the Targets tab. With the iSCSI target highlighted, click Log On. The Log On to Target dialogue will appear. 11. If you have not enabled CHAP, click OK to continue. If you have enabled CHAP, click Advanced. Under Advanced Settings, check the CHAP login information checkbox and enter your username and password. Click OK.
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12. Right click My Computer on the desktop and select Manage. 13. Click on Disk Management and you will see a new hard disk listed. 14. Initialize the new hard disk and you will then be able to use the iSCSI target as a local drive.
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Windows Vista Because Windows Vista has the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator pre-installed, you will not have to install this piece of software. Instead, start the iSCSI Initiator and follow steps 8-14 to map the Thecus IP storage as an iSCSI drive. Chapter 6: Tips and Tricks USB and eSATA Storage Expansion The Thecus IP storage supports external USB hard disks through its USB ports. Once a USB hard disk has successfully mounted, the entire volume will be linked automatically to the default USB HDD folder.
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Part I - Setup a DynDNS Account 1. Go to http://www.dyndns.org from your home PC. 2. Click on the Sign Up Now link. 3. Check the Check boxes, select a user name (i.e.: N8800), enter your email address (i.e.: xxx@example.com), check Enable Wildcard, and create a password (i.e.: xxxx). 4. Wait for an email from www.dyndns.org. 5. Open the email and click on the link to activate your account Part II - Enable DDNS on the Router 1.
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Replacing Damaged Hard Drives If you are using RAID 1, RAID 5, or RAID 6 you can easily replace a damaged hard drive in the Thecus IP storage while keeping your data secure with the system’s automatic data recovery. Hard Drive Damage When a hard drive is damaged and data in the RAID volume, the system LCD will display warning message also the system beeps. Replacing a Hard Drive To replace a hard disk drive in Thecus IP storage: 1.
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Chapter 7: Troubleshooting Forgot My Network IP Address If you forget your network IP address and have no physical access to the system, you can find out the IP address by either looking directly onto Thecus IP storage LCD panel, or by using the setup wizard to retrieve the IP of your Thecus IP storage. 1. Start the Setup Wizard, and it will automatically detect all Thecus IP storage products on your network. 2.
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Problems with Time and Date Settings The administrator is able to select an NTP Server to keep Thecus IP storage time synchronized. However, if Thecus IP storage can not access the Internet, you may encounter a problem when setting the Time and Time Zone. If this happens: 1. Login to the Web Administration Interface. 2. Navigate to System Management>Time. 3. Under NTP Server, select No. 4. Set the Date, Time, and Time Zone. 5. Click Apply.
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Chapter 8: Updated for FW v5.02.01 Changes of FW v5.02.01 - Module login through UI Login Interface - UI Login function - Modified share folder “Edit” setup item and add “samba” setting - Add NFS 4.0 support - Add NFS sync/Async option - Add mode option for Samba setting - FTP has add option “External IP” for NAT port forwarding - Add web service v1.
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UI Login Configuration Adjusts UI Login Configuration settings, you can enable/disable the Web Disk, Photo Server and modules functions, according to your needs. For the 3X series, users need to install the photo server module or web disk module to access these functions. Share Folder From the Storage menu, choose Share Folder, and the Folder screen appears. This screen allows you to create and configure folders on the Thecus IP storage volume.
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Modify Folder Item RAID ID Folder Name Public Share Limit Apply Description RAID volume where the folder will reside. Enter the name of the folder. Admit or deny public access to this folder. Enter the maximum size of the folder. The folder will not grow beyond this limit. You can enter a 0 to turn off the share folder limit. Press Apply to create the folder. Modify Folders On the Folder screen, press the Edit button and the Modify Folder screen appears.
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The NFS is now supporting both v3.0 and v4.0. Please be noticed the mounting point indicated on the top left of “Config NFS share” page. Let’s take example for system share folder “andy1”: NFS3 Mount point: /raid0/data/_NAS_NFSExports_/andy1 NFS4 Mount point: /andy1 NFS Share Item Hostname Privilege Guest System Support OS Support IO Mapping Description Enter the name or IP address of the host Host has either read only or writeable access to the folder.
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Guest system root account will be mapped to anonymous user (nobody:nogroup) on NAS.  All user on guest system will be mapped to anonymous user (nobody:nogroup) on NAS. Choose the one which best fits your needs. Choose to determine the data “Sync” at once or “Async” in arranged batch. To choose “Async” could have better throughput but risky if system getting trouble like power cut may loose the data which still in memory buffer and not yet write to disk. Click to save your changes.
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The framework keeps track of the total amount of data a user has used across different folders and functions such as the photo server. Please do enable the user quota function first. Then you could choose “Sync” to calculate for all of users to each associated RAID volume with used space. NOTE Please do execute “Sync” if user quota has been disable then enable again to make sure the accuracy of quota used for each user. Or the user used capacity will not count during user quota function is disabled.
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Click on user and right hand pane will list associate system RAID volume with setup quota and used size. User and Group Backup The user and group backup feature is allowed system users and groups been backup to other location and restore it while needed. Please be noticed when restore previous backup users and groups, the current users and groups list will be replaced from this restore file’s contents.
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Samba Service Used for letting the operating system of UNIX series and SMB/CIFS of Microsoft Windows operating system (Server Message Block / Common Internet File System).Do the link in network protocol. Enable or Disable SMB/CIFS protocol for Windows, Apple, Unix drive mapping. NOTE • In some environments, due to security concerns, you may wish to disable SMB/CIFS as a precaution against computer viruses. File Access Cache File Access Cache is default Enable.
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Allocated Buffering Size This parameter allows an administrator to adjust the size of the buffer dedicated to Samba clients. The default size of 2GB generally results in improved Samba client performance. However, Mac OS X may incorrectly display file sizes under 2GB. UNIX Extension The default is enable for Samba usage, with situation using Mac OSX with smb connection may have permission issue. When it happened, please setup “UNIX Extension” disable to get issue solved.
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For example, the system has created 2 RAID volumes with ID “RAIDpm” and ‘RAID”. Then it will have 2 recycle bin folder appear as “_NAS_Recycle_RAID” and “_NAS_Recycle_RAIDpm”. There are 2 more setting could help to manage the recycle bin for deleted folders/files. 1. Setup the “Day” to remove deleted folders/files which has resided in recycle bin permanently. Left default value “0” if desired to clean up recycle bin manually. 2. Setup the “Size” for recycle bin to allow deleted folders/files can store.
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A description of each item follows: FTP Item FTP Security FTP Port External IP Passive Port Range (30000-32000) FTP ENCODE Allow Anonymous FTP Access Auto Rename Upload Bandwidth Download Bandwidth Description Enable FTP Service on Thecus IP storage. Enable or disable Security FTP, be sure the client FTP software has also security FTP setting enabled. Specifies the port number of an incoming connection on a non-standard port.
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A description of each item follows: Web Service Item HTTP (WebDisk) Support HTTPs (Secure WebDisk) Support Certificate Type Certificate File Certificate Key File CA Certificate File Restore All SSL Certificate Files Apply NOTE NOTE Description Enable or disable WebDisk support. Enter the port number if this option is enabled. The port number is default 80. Enable or disable secure WebDisk support. Enter the port if this option is enabled. Select “User” if there is available Certification ID ex.
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1. Enable Rsync Target Server 2. Add a username and password (they can be different than your NAS’s username and password) 3. Select Apply NOTE • You will need this user name and password while the data is going to remotely backup to this rsync target server. *Now Rsync is turned on your NAS, which means it can be used as a target for Rsync backup, in other words, only the backup NAS needs to be activated in this way.
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-Fill out all the necessary details and choose your parameters Add Rsync Backup Task Item Description Task Name This is how it will appear in the task list. Task Description Descript the task details. Backup Mode Source Folder Target Server : Port Destination Path / Sub-folder User name and Password Log Folder Test Connection Schedule Add Synchronization mode: Makes your source match your target completely; deleting and adding files on your target as they are deleted and added on your source.
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Step 3 – Manually edit or run your backup tasks After selecting “apply”, you will be brought back to the Rsync Schedule Backup task list. Simply click the arrow on the Action section to start the task and click the box to cancel the ongoing task. If any setting needs to be changed for task, tick the check box in front of associated task then press “Edit” button to bring up the screen.
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After input the ACL backup file and click “Next” button, system will come out the screen to list matched folders in between backup file and this RAID volume. Just select the desired folders for ACL restore. NOTE • The ACL backup will only backing the share folder level, no apply to its sub-layer. • The ACL backup/restore can be used among ext3/ext4/XFS file system but ZFS can only be used with other RAID volume with ZFS file system created while backup/restore.
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See the following table for a detailed description of each item. UPS Setting Item UPS Monitoring Remote UPS Monitoring Remote UPS IP Manufacturer Model Battery Status Power Seconds between power failure and first notification Seconds between subsequent power failure notifications Shutdown the system when the battery charge is less than Apply Description Enable or disable UPS monitoring. Enable or disable Remote UPS monitoring. Input the IP address of your network UPS.
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Balance XOR XOR policy: Transmit based on [(source MAC address XOR'd with destination MAC address) modulo slave count]. This selects the same slave for each destination MAC address. This mode provides load balancing and fault tolerance. 802.3ad IEEE 802.3ad Dynamic link aggregation. Creates aggregation groups that share the same speed and duplex settings. Utilizes all slaves in the active aggregator according to the 802.3ad specification. Pre-requisites: 1.
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Appendix A: Customer Support If your Thecus IP storage is not working properly, we encourage you to check out Chapter 7: Troubleshooting, located in this manual. You can also try to ensure that you are using the latest firmware version for your Thecus IP storage. Thecus is committed to providing free firmware upgrades to our customers. Our newest firmware is available on our Download Center: http://www.thecus.com/download.
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Appendix B: RAID Basics Overview A Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) is an array of several hard disks that provide data security and high performance. A RAID system accesses several hard disks simultaneously, which improves I/O performance over a single hard disk. Data security is enhanced by a RAID, since data loss due to a hard disk failure is minimized by regenerating redundant data from the other RAID hard disks.
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This is excellent for complete data security. RAID 5 RAID 5 offers data security and it is best suited for networks that perform many small I/O transactions at the same time, as well as applications that require data security such as office automation and online customer service. Use it also for applications with high read requests but low write requests. RAID 5 includes disk striping at the byte level and parity information is written to several hard disk drives.
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Stripe Size The length of the data segments being written across multiple hard disks. Data is written in stripes across the multiple hard disks of a RAID. Since multiple disks are accessed at the same time, disk striping enhances performance. The stripes can vary in size.
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Appendix C: Active Directory Basics Overview With Windows 2000, Microsoft introduced Active Directory (ADS), which is a large database/information store. Prior to Active Directory the Windows OS could not store additional information in its domain database. Active Directory also solved the problem of locating resources; which previously relied on Network Neighborhood, and was slow. Managing users and groups were among other issues Active Directory solved.
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Appendix D: Licensing Information Overview This product included copyrighted third-party software licensed under the terms of GNU General Public License. Please see THE GNU General Public License for extra terms and conditions of this license. Source Code Availability Thecus Technology Corp. has exposed the full source code of the GPL licensed software. For more information on how you can obtain our source code, please visit our web site, http://www.thecus.com.
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CGIC License Terms Basic License CGIC, copyright 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 by Thomas Boutell and Boutell.Com, Inc. Permission is granted to use CGIC in any application, commercial or noncommercial, at no cost. HOWEVER, this copyright paragraph must appear on a "credits" page accessible in the public online and offline documentation of the program.
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these conditions, and telling the user how to view a copy of this License. (Exception: if the Program itself is interactive but does not normally print such an announcement, your work based on the Program is not required to print an announcement.) These requirements apply to the modified work as a whole.
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4. You may not copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute the Program except as expressly provided under this License. Any attempt otherwise to copy, modify, sublicense or distribute the Program is void, and will automatically terminate your rights under this License. However, parties who have received copies, or rights, from you under this License will not have their licenses terminated so long as such parties remain in full compliance. 5.
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9. The Free Software Foundation may publish revised 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 differ in detail to address new problems or concerns. Each version is given a distinguishing version number.