User guide

14
Enable
/
Disable Encryption
:
During disk confi guration, select Enable
or Disable. I
f
Enable is selected,
y
ou will be
p
rom
p
ted to enter a
p
assword ke
y
strin
g
. Also
y
ou ma
y
o
p
tionall
y
select one o
f
two
additional encr
yp
tion o
p
tions
.
Password Key: Enter a password key string o
f
6-10 characters.
Auto Unlock During System Reboot
:
Check the Auto Unlock box if you want the NAS always to power up in
the UNLOCKED state. Use the feature with caution, since anyone who
can access the PowerBay NAS array to power it off and back on can
unlock a locked array.
Store Ke
y
in USB Drive: If
y
ou want to use a USB stora
g
e device to
un
l
oc
k
a
l
oc
k
e
d
array, insert a USB F
l
as
h
Drive or USB Har
d
Drive in t
h
e
front USB
p
ort and check this box. An encr
yp
ted ke
y
fi le will be written
to the USB device durin
g
confi
g
uration. A USB ke
y
device created in
t
h
is way can
l
ater
b
e use
d
to UNLOCK a LOCKED array. T
h
e USB
k
ey
cannot be copied, although multiple USB keys may be created from
t
h
e Ke
y
Mana
g
ement
p
a
g
e
.
Press ‘OK’ to initiate drive reconfi
g
uration. This
p
rocess erases all data
on t
h
e array
.
Managing t
h
e Encrypte
d
Drive: Once t
h
e NAS array
h
as
b
een
encrypted, the Disk Con
fi
guration page will show three additional
bu
tt
o
n
s.
‘Loc
k
’ wi
ll
LOCK t
h
e array. You wi
ll
b
e prompte
d
to enter t
h
e passwor
d
key string to continue. A locked array will not show up on the LAN as a
s
h
a
r
ed
v
o
l
u
m
e.
‘Un
l
oc
k
’ wi
ll
UNLOCK t
h
e array. You wi
ll
b
e prompte
d
to enter t
h
e
password key string to continue.
‘Ke
y
Mana
g
ement’ will
p
resent o
p
tions for mana
g
in
g
the
p
assword
key
.
‘Reconfi
g
ure’ will still allow
y
ou to reconfi
g
ure the arra
y
, althou
g
h now
y
ou will be
p
rom
p
ted to enter the
p
assword ke
y
strin
g
be
f
ore
y
ou can
co
ntin
ue
.
Ke
y
Mana
g
ement: Use this
p
a
g
e to defi ne how
y
ou want the
p
assword
key to be used for unlocking the encrypted array
.
‘Change’ allows you to enter a new password key
.
‘Save’ and ‘Load’ allow
y
ou to store an encr
yp
ted ke
y
fi le “Volume_1.
key” onto a computer on the LAN, and later retrieve the fi le to UNLOCK
a LOCKED arra
y.
‘Mail’ allows the
p
assword ke
y
strin
g
to be e-mailed to all users whose
e-mail addresses have been entered into the Receiver E-mail fi elds
on the E-mail Settings page. If the administrator forgets the password
ke
y
, the administrator can recover the ke
y
b
y
mailin
g
it to himself. This
f
eature also means that an
y
one who discovers the administrator’s User
Inter
f
ace password can also easily discover the encryption key.
‘Auto Unlock’ and ‘USB Ke
y
’ o
p
tions are offered a
g
ain on this
p
a
g
e. This
gives you a chance to invoke these options after you have confi gured
t
h
e array
.