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1. A HOME ABERNAS ADMINISTRATION SERVER CONFIG To Add USB 1394 Volume NETWORK SETTING e Select USB 1394 Volume from Raw Volume Pool STORAGE MANAGE Input name of device in Assign Device Name then select Add button RAID Volume Manager Software RAID Volume Manager External RAID Manager USB 1394 Volume Manager iSCSI Initiator Management Volume Group Manager Logical Volume e Selected USB 1394 Volume will be added to External Storage Volume Pool with assigned name To Remove USB 1394 Volume e Select USB 1394 Volume from External Storage Volume Pool e Select Remove button Unfinished process to USB 1394 Volume may be interrupted Warning USB 1394 Volume is not intended to be used as part of a RAID Volume Do not remove USB 1394 Volume without selecting the Remove button as it may result in unexpected failure USB 1394 Volume Pool Vendor Device ID Device Name Formatted size Freespace Status Actions ER Raw USB 1394 Volume Pool Format Vendor Device ID Raw Capacity USER amp ACCESS Assign Device Name Limit to 15 Characters no spaces The USB 1394 Volume Manager is used to add external storage to the AberNAS so it can be shared out as network storage To Add USB 1394 Volume 1 Select USB 1394 Volume from Raw Volume Pool 2 Input name of device in Assign Device Name then select Add button 3 Selected USB 1394 Volume will be added to External Storage Vol
2. 2 If necessary select BLINK to map the listed port with its respective PHYSICAL PORT 3 Select STATIC SFM or DHCP port types Static Port Port with a specific IP address provided by the network router or name server If selected from the PORT POOL input the TCP IP information in the appropriate fields Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series NOTE Static Port is recommended for servers that will be accessed frequently by remote clients The DHCP setting may cause clients to become disconnected when the AberNAS system obtains a new IP address from the DHCP server When using patch v 070620 or later please input DNS information if the ADS server name is not identical to the domain name Not having the DNS information may cause the AberNAS to not synchronize with the ADS domain SFM Server Fail over amp Mirror Dedicated port s that is used to connect primary and secondary AberNAS units for data mirroring and fail over This port is not used to transfer data to attached clients NOTE To configure the SFM port simply select the available port select the SFM radio button and click APPLY No TCP IP information is needed for the SFM port configuration DHCP Allows the AberNAS to receive an IP address from a DHCP server existing in the network It is recommended that the DHCP setting is used for configuring the AberNAS system NOTE For DHCP TCP IP information input is not needed 4 Click APPLY to complete this process New
3. Wait 0 Utilization I General Busy 0 Wait 0 Server Log I User Access Busy 0 Wait 0 VIEW SETTING I Busy 0 Wait 0 l Busy 0 Wait 0 l Busy 0 Wait 0 l System memory Used 0 Buffer Cache 0 Disk Disk Status VO MB sec AberNAS1 OK 0 000 AberNAS2 OK 0 000 Network NIC Received Transmitted Ethernet 0 0 0Mbytes 0 0Mbytes Ethernet 1 0 0Mbytes 0 0Mbytes Ethernet 2 0 0Mbytes 0 0Mbytes Ethernet 3 0 0Mbytes 0 0Mbytes EE Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series Monitor the following the AberNAS utilization parameters in real time CPU Displays the percentage of CPU utilization Multiple CPUs or CPU cores will be listed individually System Memory Displays of system memory being used and includes cached data Disk VO Utilization Displays disk VO in MB Network Utilization Displays accumulated received and transmitted to and from the ABERNAS Click REFRESH to view the latest status or Click CANCEL to return to the Administration Home Page NOTE Utilization page refreshes every 30 seconds Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series Web Administration Interface gt MANAGE gt Monitoring General ABERNAS ADMINISTRATION Home 2 HELP Sj TECH suprorT REOuT WEE MANAGER SERVER CONFIG NETWORK SETTING Server up time Since Fri Jun 19 18 08 48 2009 Odays 0 hours 19 minutes STORAGE MANAGE USER amp ACCESS gt MONITORING Memory Notification 6072 96 MB 5 93
4. Apple Networking er LDAP Client DHCP Service FTP Service Unbonded Port Pool SESSE Port Type amp Number IP Address MAC Address Select IPSec Gigabit copper 0 10 138 138 150 00 30 48 c8 64 06 Access Option Gigabit copper 1 0 0 0 0 00 30 48 c8 64 07 Gigabit copper 2 0 0 0 0 00 30 48 c8 64 04 Gigabit copper 3 0 0 0 0 00 30 48 c8 64 05 STORAGE MANAGE USER amp ACCESS M MONTORNG Bond Ports VIEW SETTING Bond Ports 1 From the UNBONDED PORT POOL select the desired ports you wish to bond 2 Select the desired bonding method from the BOND TYPE pull down menu 3 Click BOND PORTS to complete the configuration or Click CANCEL to discard the changes and return to the Administration Home Page Any bonded ports will now show as a team under the BONDED PORTS POOL NOTE IP addresses for SFM ports are assigned internally SFM can be viewed in the IP address section Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series Remove Bond 1 From the BONDED PORTS POOL select the bonded team to remove 2 Click REMOVE BOND to complete removal of port or click CANCEL to discard the changes and return to the Administration Home Page Bond Type Definitions Adaptive Load Balancing Includes balance tlb receive load balancing RLB for IPV4 traffic and does not require any special switch support The receive load balancing is achieved by ARP negotiation The bonding driver intercepts the ARP replies sent by the server on the
5. Incoming user and password controls any users that are trying to access the iSCSI target device from another host in the network This is the case for both Global Users and Target Users 2 OUTGOING Outgoing user and password controls the authenticity of iSCSI target device to the inquiring user This is to certify to the incoming user that the system that they re trying to access is indeed the system they ve intended to access NOTE This feature is not supported by all iSCSI initiators Please refer to your iSCSI initiator manual for details NOTE Only 1 user ID and password is used for Outgoing user INCOMING and OUTGOING user s can apply to both Global User and Target User Creating a Global User 1 Enter the user name and password in the USER NAME and PASSWORD fields 2 CONFIRM PASSWORD 3 Click ADD to create the user and add user name to the USER LIST Same steps apply to both Incoming and Outgoing Users Creating a Target User 1 Select LV from the SELECT LOGICAL VOLUME pull down menu 2 Input user name and password in the USER NAME and PASSWORD fields NOTE Length of the password and character requirements depend on the iSCSI Initiator used Refer to your iSCSI Initiator manual for details 3 Confirm the password 4 Click ADD This will create the user and add the user to the USER LIST Same steps apply to both Incoming and Outgoing Users NOTE The user list for iSCSI target devices both Global an
6. Software RAID Launch RAID Manager Controller 0 Volume Manager Launch RAID Manager Controller 1 External RAID mae Restart Now Cancel USB 1394 Volume Cancel Manager iSCSI Initiator Management Volume Group Manager Logical Volume Manager Format USER amp ACCESS MONITORING VIEW SETTING Managing RAID Volumes The RAID Volume Manager page serves as a portal to the RAID controller s dedicated web administration GUI Graphical User Interface The number of RAID controllers shown on the page will vary based on the size of the AberNAS server For example a 1U AberNAS will have a single RAID Manager whereas an 8U AberNAS will have two Click on Launch RAID Manager Controller 0 or 1 to manage the physical disks connected to each controller in the AberNAS Changes made to the RAID configuration may require a reboot Once changes are complete be sure to click Restart Now so any changes can be applied A separate user name and password will be required to login to the RAID Mangers and they are not the same as those used for the AberNAS system itself The default user name and password for the AberNAS RAID Managers are shown below User Name admin Password 0000 NOTE Please see appendix for complete RAID controller management guide Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series Web Administration Interface gt MANAGE gt Storage Management Software RAID Manager ABERNAS ADMINISTRATION SE
7. ACCESS CONTROL radio button list for setting the access levels FULL CONTROL Read write and delete file privileges to the selected logical volume READ WRITE Read and write files to the selected logical volume Users will not be able to delete files READ ONLY Read privileges to the selected logical volume Users will not be able to add new files modify files or delete files DENY All access is denied to the selected logical volume for the user This is necessary when you wish to give access to a user group except for an individual user within that group Any individual user within a user group can be assigned with different access level from the rest of the user group by assigning a different access level to the individual user for the logical volume The individual user access level takes priority over the user group access level User will not be able to read write or delete any files within the logical volume 4 Click on ADD 5 To remove a user or user group from the logical volume select them from the ASSIGNED USERS list and click REMOVE 6 Add or delete additional user s and or user group s to the logical volume by repeating steps 1 through 5 above Host IP Blocking In addition to user level access control you can specify host level security by adding the host IP addresses to the ALLOW or DENY host IP blocking lists Add IP Address to Allow or Deny List 1 Select the logical volume that you wish t
8. GB Utilization General Server Log CPU Processor Model Name Stepping CPU MHz 0 Intel R Xeon R CPU E5504 2 00GHz 5 1995 143 Intel R Xeon R CPU E5504 2 00GHz 1995 143 Intel R Xeon R CPU E5504 2 00GHz 1995 143 Intel R Xeon R CPU E5504 2 00GHz 1995 143 Intel R Xeon R CPU E5504 2 00GHz 1995 143 Intel R Xeon R CPU E5504 2 00GHz 1995 143 Intel R Xeon R CPU E5504 2 00GHz 1995 143 Intel R Xeon R CPU E5504 2 00GHz 1995 143 User Access VIEW SETTING mn m om man m on Server temperature C System Temp Monitor the following areas real time Server Uptime Displays how long the AberNAS has been running in days hours and minutes since it was turned on Server Temperature Displays the current temperature and fan status of the AberNAS NOTE If the temperature reaches above 75 C Over temp is displayed and an e mail notification is sent to the addresses listed on the Notification page Fan Status RPM Displays rotation speed and status of the CPU and chassis fans in RPM SNMP Displays Enabled if activated To view the latest status click REFRESH or Click CANCEL to return to the Administration Home Page Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series Web Administration Interface gt MANAGE gt Monitoring Server Log ABERNAS ADMINISTRATION HOME HELP Sy ECH suPPorT JABOUT WEE MANAGER SERVER CONFIG To refresh server logs select Refresh
9. Gigabit port settings will appear in the Assigned Port Pool Click CANCEL to discard the changes and return to the Administration Home Page Remove a Port 1 Select a desired Gigabit port from ASSIGNED PORT POOL If necessary select BLINK to map the listed port with the respective physical port 2 Click REMOVE to remove the selected port or Click CANCEL to discard the changes and return to the Administration Home Page The removed port will no longer be listed in the ASSIGNED PORT POOL Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series Web Administration Interface gt MANAGE gt Network Setting gt Port Bonding Multiple NIC ports may be bonded using one of seven different bonding methods Bonded ports provide higher throughput as well as different levels of failover All bonded ports assume the IP address and MAC address of the first port in the bond ABERNAS ADMINISTRATION Home 2 HELP Sj TECH support S ABOUT WEB MANAGER SERVER CONFIG Multiple ports may be bonded for increased throughput and fail over Bonded ports will assume the TCP IP setting of the first port in the group ee E To bond ports together select the ports from the Port Pool bond type from Bond Type and select Bond TCP IP Setting Ports to execute or Cancel to cancel To delete the bond select from the Bonded Port Pool and select Remove Bond to execute gt Port Bonding UEP ECTE Bonded Port Pool UNIX Networking Port Type amp Number IP Address MAC Address Select
10. Management To go back select Cancel gt MONITORING gt VIEW SETTING User groups are formed to easily manage a group of users and apply access levels to the entire group for specific logical volumes The new user groups you create will be available to assign to logical volumes on the Microsoft and Apple Access Control Pages Create Local User Groups 1 Enter a unique name for the user group in the LOCAL USER GROUP NAME field up to a maximum of 15 alphanumeric characters 2 Click CREATE The new local user group will appear in the LOCAL GROUPS list or click CANCEL to discard the changes and return to the Administration Home Page Add User To User Groups 1 Select the group from the LOCAL GROUPS list 2 Select the user from the ALL USERS list and click ADD Multiple users can be selected using the CTRL and SHIFT keys NOTE The AberNAS seeks and lists users and groups in local LDAP NIS and ADS PDC In the event where you have duplicate user IDs the above order will be used to list and accept duplicate users and groups m Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series Modify delete Local User Groups 1 Select the user group to modify from the LOCAL GROUPS list The members of the user group are immediately displayed in the GROUP USERS list 2 Add a user by selecting the user from the ALL USERS list and clicking on ADD or Delete a user by selecting the user from the GROUP USERS list and click REMOVE 3 Repeat the
11. Microsoft Access Control UNK Access Control Apple Access Control iSCSI Quota Management MONITORING VIEW SETTING Local users are those user accounts that are created within the AberNAS specifically for access to the AberNAS files and folders Once local users are created they can be assigned to logical volumes as individual users or as part of a user group Create Local Users 1 Enter the user name with a maximum of 5 characters in the USER NAME field 2 Enter a unique password in the PASSWORD fields between 6 8 alphanumeric characters without spaces The password is case sensitive 3 Click CREATE to add the user to the local user list or click CANCEL to discard the changes and return to the Administration Home Page Repeat the steps above to create additional local users NOTE The AberNAS seeks and lists users and groups in local LDAP NIS and ADS PDC Duplicate user IDs and groups will also be listed in this order local LDAP NIS and ADS PDC Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series Access a User s Home directory A Home directory is a private directory that is a designated for a user This user has the highest level of access control to this directory designated by the Administrator Owner Home directory can be accessed by using two methods 1 Map to the Logical Volume Share that contains the user home directory 2 Access via Web browser by entering ftp user_name server com or IP address of the
12. Primary server IP address 10 1 1 100 Secondary server IP address 10 1 1 101 Service port IP address 10 1 1 200 Configure SFM 1 Power up primary server Secondary server must be turned off 2 Configure the TCPI IP for Data port and SFM port in Network Setting TCP IP configuration IP address for primary server s Data port would be 10 1 1 100 SFM port is assigned by the AberNAS simply click on the available NIC port SFM radio button and click Apply 3 Go to SFM page found in Backup Mirror and Restore section and select Primary radio button Input Service IP address 10 1 1 200 and Secondary IP address 10 1 1 101 4 Reboot the primary server Configuration of the primary server is done 5 Power up secondary server Primary server should be on at this time 6 Configure the TCP IP for Data port and SFM port in Network Setting TCP IP configuration The IP address for secondary server s Data port would be 10 1 1 101 The SFM port is assigned by the AberNAS Simply click on the available NIC port SFM radio button and click Apply 7 Go to SFM page found in Backup Mirror and Restore section and select Secondary radio button Input Service IP address 10 1 1 200 and Primary IP address 10 1 1 100 8 Reboot the secondary server 9 Both systems SFM page will now indicate that the sync is configured 10 Clients need to map to network storage available from 10 1 1 200 11 If the primary server should be incapable
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14. Series Web Administration Interface gt MANAGE gt Network Setting gt TCP IP Setting ABERNAS ADMINISTRATION Home 7 HELP Sj TECH supPorT E ABOUT WEE MANAGER SERVER CONFIG Select an available port from Port Pool assign IP address and select Apply to execute or Cancel to cancel To delete a port select the port from Assigned Port Pool and select Remove to execute To modify a port NETWORK SETTING delete port first then re assign Blink NIC LED to detect physical ports gt TCP IP Setting Assigned Port Pool i Port Type amp Number IP Address MAC Address Select NICLED State Moed oog Gigabit copper 0 10 138 138 150 00 30 48 c8 64 06 UP UNIX Networking Port Bonding Apple Networking LDAP Client Port Pool Port Type MAC Address Select DHCP Service Gigabit copper 1 00 30 48 c8 64 07 O FTP Service Gigabit copper 2 00 30 48 8 64 04 iSCSI Service Gigabit copper 3 00 30 48 c8 64 05 O IPSec Access Option STORAGE MANAGE USER amp ACCESS IP Address 10 Net Mask Default Gateway 0 10 DNS server 0 10 Local Domain localdomain MTU Jumbo Frame 1500 MONITORING VIEW SETTING Note SFM is used for Server Fail over and Mirror Boss Remove Canes NOTE Multiple Gigabit ports may be configured in the ABERNAS system Configuring TCP IP to Gigabit Port s 1 Select a desired Gigabit port from the PORT POOL
15. Service Apple Networking LDAP Client DHCP Service FTP Service NIS Server Name limit 20 IP address of the server Enable NIS service NIS Domain Name up to 20 alpha numeric characters iSCSI Service IPSec Access Option Apply gt STORAGE MANAGE USER amp ACCESS MONITORING VIEW SETTING In order to allow UNIX clients to access ABERNAS logical volumes the NFS Network File System service must be enabled by checking the ENABLE NFS SERVICE check box Synchronizing with NIS server will place all the users and user groups stored in the NIS server as local users and local user groups in the ABERNAS system The ABERNAS will communicate with the NIS server to update the user and user group list In addition any access attempts made by the NIS users to the ABERNAS logical volume will be authenticated by the user ID and password stored in the NIS server Synchronize with Network Information Service NIS 1 Check ENABLE NFS SERVICE check box 2 Check ENABLE NIS SERVICE check box 3 Enter domain name in NIS DOMAIN NAME field 4 Enter the NIS server name in the NIS SERVER NAME field 5 Click APPLY to complete the process or click CANCEL to discard the changes and return to the Administration Home Page NOTE The AberNAS seeks and lists users and groups in local LDAP NIS and ADS PDC In the event where you have duplicate user IDs the above order will be used to list and accept duplicate
16. TECH SupPoRT S RBOUT WEB MANAGER Server fail over and mirror feature allows the data and setting of your primary server to be copied to a secondary server over a network In the event that the primary server is not able to provide network storage services to its attached clients secondary server will take its place To enable this feature both primary and gt Server Mirror secondary server must have identical RAID and LVM setting For primary server select primary enter service IP address that is used for connection with clients select primary and secondary IP address for REPLICATION server to server communication For details select help on this administration page Click on Apply to execute the setting or Cancel to return to the home page VIEW SETTING SFM interface must exist Set it up HERE Server Fail over and Mirror Server Fail over and Mirror SFM is an optional feature used to bind two AberNAS servers as one so as to write data to both systems simultaneously In addition this feature also provides server service fail over so that clients attached to the primary server can be serviced by the secondary server in the event that primary server is not able to provide the service The clients accessing the primary server in most cases will not notice the fail over process when the secondary AberNAS takes over Each AberNAS system has two groups of network port s One group is dedicated for client serving Data ports and the
17. administrator s password resolves this problem The AberNAS seeks and lists users and groups in local LDAP NLS and ADS PDC In the event of duplicate user IDs the users and groups will be listed in this order for selection Local LDAP NIS and ADS PDC Join Microsoft Active Directory Service ADS 1 Select ADS radio button 2 Enter the domain name in the WORKGROUP OR DOMAIN NAME field 3 Enter the IP address of the ADS server in the CONTROLLER field NOTE An active directory service ADS must be available in your network 4 Enter the Administrator account name in the ACCOUNT field and password in the PASSWORD field 5 Click APPLY to complete this process or click CANCEL to discard the changes and return to the Administration Home Page Upon successful synchronization with ADS ADS sync successful will appear NOTE Synchronizing with PDC or ADS will place all users and user groups in the PDC or ADS server in the AberNAS system see all Users list in the Users amp access Microsoft page of the web administration interface When access to the AberNAS is attempted by either PDC or ADS users the AberNAS will communicate with the PDC or ADS server to authenticate the user and pass through the proper permission PDC and ADS synchronization cannot exist simultaneously In the case that synchronization to PDC or ADS fails reset the AberNAS account from the PDC or ADS server and retry Sometimes resetting the administrator s
18. capacity and number of files used by each user 1 Select logical volume to apply the quota value from SELECT LOGICAL VOLUME pull down menu 2 Check the ENABLE QUOTA box and click APPLY By clicking APPLY additional settings will become visible Ss Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series 3 Set the block limit capacity limit for all users user groups by entering a value in the SET ALL BLOCK LIMITS field or Set a different block limit for each user user group by entering values in the user user group fields below 4 Set the maximum number of files allowed for all users in the NUMBER OF FILES field or Set a different file limit for each user user group by entering values in the user user group fields below 5 Click APPLY to complete NOTE Usage field next to BLOCK LIMIT and FILE LIMIT shows the current usage by the user Quota scheme is designed to monitor aggregate usage of all the users groups As a result sum of quota assigned for the logical volume may exceed the total capacity of the logical volume Quota is not active if the logical volume has EVERYBODY ACCESS assigned for Access Control Deleting logical volume when quota is assigned will erase all quota assignment To reset quota deactivate and reactivate quota for desired logical volume CAUTION When using in SFM configuration enable quota before enabling SFM If SFM requires disabling disable quota before disabling SFM Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series Web Administ
19. former primary server now secondary server will take place immediately Since server to server data mirroring involves multiple writes of same data overall throughput of the AberNAS will be reduced Performance varies on usage type of data being transmitted and the overall load on the AberNAS Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series Web Administration Interface gt Backup Mirror and Restore gt Folder Replication ABERNAS ADMINISTRATION Home 2 HELP Sj TECH support S ABOUT WEB MANAGER Add replication sessions between two or more systems Sessions added will be listed below To add a new session select Add To edit a session select Edit To delete a session select Delete To return to this page click on Folder Replication link on the navigation bar Select Cancel to return to the home page Name Source Target Schedule Folder Replication VIEW SETTING Folder Replication Add A Folder For Replication 1 Click ADD This page will expand to reveal more options NOTE Folder replication can be configured with multiple schedules to support one to many and many to one 2 Enter a unique name for the for this folder replication set Up to 15 alpha numeric characters in the NAME field 3 Enter the full path to the source folder in the SOURCE field Input the path for the target folder For local folder path click BROWSE LOCAL VOLUMES NOTE This is an example of how the path to the source should appear in the target f
20. identity of root user of the NAS ACL and quota settings won t be applied GUEST ACCESS ALLOWED Local Groups Sales CustomerService Exec Tech Purchasing Shipping Local Users DavidV DeAndaJ RobertD C Inherit ACLs C Inherit Permissions C Inherit Owner Host IP Blocking No Entries Allow Deny No Entries blank column means Jl i Once logical volumes have been created users or user groups can be assigned to have access to specific logical volumes By default all users are given access to a new logical volume You can assign exclusive access rights to a logical volume to one user group or to individual users Furthermore you can specify an individual user who is part of a user group to have higher or lower access level than the rest of the group This section controls the access control at the directory level For sub directory and file level access control user must assign them directly to the sub directory or file from the Microsoft client Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series Assign Access Control To assign users and or user groups access to a logical volume follow the steps below 1 Select the logical volume that you wish to give user access to from the SELECT LOGICAL VOLUME pull down menu 2 Select the user s and or user group s from the ALL USERS list 3 Select FULL CONTROL READ WRITE READ ONLY or DENY from the
21. in order to execute RDV related functions such as create Manager modify or delete RAID volume Refer to the users guide supplied by the RAID HBA manufacturer USB 1394 Volume Manager http Description iSCSI Initiator Management Address Description RAID Volume Manager Volume Group Manager Restart Now Logical Volume Manager Format USER amp ACCESS MONITORING VIEW SETTING Certain models of the AberNAS 2U and Higher may have this page available in the Storage Manage section of the GUI The External RAID Manager serves as a shortcut to manage any Aberdeen XDAS units that may be connected to the AberNAS which would normally be managed by opening a separate web browser window This enables the user to manage all RAID devices through a single management interface 1 Input IP address or URL of the web based manager for the RAID HBA 2 Input desired description for the web based manager Example Aberdeen XDAS Select Add 3 Upon adding the web based manager it will be listed in the RAID HBA CN Pool with its address and description Note Some RAID HBAs require system reboot in order to execute RDV related functions such as create modify or delete RAID volume Refer to the user s guide supplied by the RAID HBA manufacturer Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series Web Administration Interface gt MANAGE gt Storage Management USB 1394 Volume Manager 2 HELP TECH SUPPORT ElRenuT WEE MANAGER
22. name date time and language The AberNAS records the date and time of events files and folders based on the system date amp time set on this page ABERNAS ADMINISTRATION Home 2 HELP Sj TECH suPPoRT REOUT WEE MANAGER SERVER CONFIG Enter server related information below Select Apply to make changes or Cancel to go back gt General Setting Server Name ABERNAS BUI up to 15 alpha numeric characters Server Description ABERNAS 50TB NAS Server Password Change Restart amp Shutdown NETWORK SETTING up to 50 alpha numeric characters o1 Jrlo1 2009 mmiaaiyyyy 12 loo 00 hh mm ss America Los_Angeles VIEW SETTING Language US English w STORAGE MANAGE USER amp ACCESS MONITORING Time Sync by NTP Disable Server and Client Stratum Servers 0 pool ntp org Service Allow address Disable Query Mode v Network address NetMask Add Delete Server Name Enter a unique name to identify the ABERNAS server Up to 15 alphanumeric characters without spaces are allowed for the server name Server Description Enter a description of up to 50 alphanumeric characters for this ABERNAS to help identify its use This is an optional field Date Enter the system date in each appropriate field in the mm dd yyyy format For example you would enter 04192002 for April 19 2002 Time En
23. one drive s available capacity RAID 6 Provides the highest reliability It is similar to RAID 5 but it performs two different parity computations or the same computation on overlapping subsets of the data RAID 6 can offer fault tolerance greater than RAID 1 or RAID 5 but only consumes the capacity of 2 disk drives for distributed parity data RAID 6 is an extension of RAID 5 but uses a second independent distributed parity scheme Data is striped on a block level across a set of drives and then a second set of parity is calculated and written across all of the drives RAID 10 Using four or more disk drives to pair drives then stripe across the pairs In essence it is the combining of RAID 0 and RAID 1 This provides redundancy in data due to the paring of drives and each having the same data as well as an increase in disk I O performance due to striping across paired drives Capacity of RAID 10 is 1 2 of available capacity of all drives combined within the RAID RAID x0 RAID level x0 refers to RAID level 30 50 and 60 RAID x0 is a combination multiple RAID x volume sets with RAID 0 striping Striping helps to increase capacity and performance without adding disks to each RAID x array The operating system uses the spanned volume in the same way as a regular volume Up to one drive in each sub volume RAID 3 or 5 may fail without loss of data Up to two drives in each sub volume RAID 6 may fail without loss of data RAID leve
24. password resolves the synchronization problem The AberNAS may also fail to synchronize with ads if the system times for the AberNAS and ADS servers differ Time for the AberNAS and the ADS server must be the same down to the minute Check your input for domain name server IP Address or name for PDC user ID and password For AberNAS units updated with patch v 070620 or later please input DNS information if the ADS server name is not identical to domain Name Not having the DNS information may cause the AberNAS to not synchronize with ADS domain The AberNAS seeks and lists users and groups in local LDAP NIS and ADS PDC In the event where you have duplicate user IDs the above order will be used to list and accept duplicate users and groups CAUTION When using SFM configuration enable ADS synchronization before turning on SFM If ADS synchronization should require disabling disable SFM before disabling ADS synchronization Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series Web Administration Interface gt MANAGE gt Network Setting gt UNIX Networking ABERNAS ADMINISTRATION Home HELP Sj TECH supPorT E ABOUT WEE MANAGER SERVER CONFIG To support UNIX clients enable NFS service SNS To synchronize with Network Information Service NIS enable service enter its name or IP address TCP IP Setting so Note NIS sync cannot be done when local users or local groups exist in NAS Port Bonding Microsoft Networking UNIX Networking Enable NFS
25. safe place If you have forgotten your password you are required to re install the AberNAS OS All data and configuration settings will be lost Click APPLY to complete the password change or Click CANCEL to discard the password change and return to the Administration Home Page Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series Web Administration Interface gt MANAGE gt Server Config gt Restart amp Shutdown ABERNAS ADMINISTRATION HOME 2 HELP Sy Tech support S ABOUT WEB MANAGER SERVER CONFIG To restart or shutdown the server select Restart now or Shutdown now General Setting Password Change gt Restart amp Shutdown NETWORK SETTING STORAGE MANAGE USER amp ACCESS MONITORING VIEW SETTING It may be necessary to restart the ABERNAS after system changes upgrades errors etc NOTE All connected users are disconnected during restart amp shutdown and can reconnect after the system reboots Restart now Click this to shut down and reboot the ABERNAS system Shutdown Now Click this to completely shut down the ABERNAS system To manually force immediate shut down of the ABERNAS system press the power button located on the front panel for more than four seconds NOTE After selecting the SHUTDOWN NOW button the AberNAS system may undergo a short shut down process before turning off Cancel Click this to return to the Administration Home without restarting or shutting down Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX
26. server Delete a User From The Local Users List 1 Select the user to delete from the USER LIST 2 Click DELETE to complete this process or click CANCEL to discard the changes and return to the Administration Home Page CAUTION Deleting users cannot be undone and you will be asked to confirm deletion Be sure to select the correct user s Modify an Existing User 1 Select the user from the USER LIST 2 Enter the new information in the appropriate fields 3 Click APPLY CHANGES to complete this process or click CANCEL to discard the changes and return to the Administration Home Page Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series Web Administration Interface gt MANAGE gt User amp Access Local Group Management ABERNAS ADMINISTRATION Home 2 HELP Sp TECH support S ABOUT WEB MANAGER SERVER CONFIG To add or remove user to the group select group add or remove user to the group by selecting Add or Remove NETWORK SETTING STORAGE MANAGE Local Groups Group Users All Users RomeliaC AlexisM da Exec TheresaF DavidV Local User Purchasing DeAndaJ Management Sales FrankE Local Group Shipping lt canon Management Tech Access Control Local Access Control Microsoft Access Control UNIX Local user group name limit 31 characters Access Control is oe ro To create group enter name and select Create To delete group select group and select Delete Quota
27. steps above until you have modified all necessary user groups NOTE To change the name of the user group you must delete the existing user group and re create with the desired name Delete a User Group 1 Select the user group to delete from the LOCAL GROUPS list 2 Click DELETE The selected user group is removed from the LOCAL GROUPS list Click CANCEL to discard the changes and return to the Administration Home Page CAUTION Deleting user groups cannot be undone and you will be asked to confirm deletion Be sure to select the correct user group s Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series Web Administration Interface gt MANAGE gt User amp Access Access Control Microsoft ABERNAS ADMINISTRATION SERVER CONFIG NETWORK SETTING STORAGE MANAGE USER amp ACCESS Local User Management Local Group Management Access Control Local Access Control Microsoft Access Control UNK Access Control Apple Access Control iSCSI Quota Management MONITORING VIEW SETTING HOME 2 HELP Q TECH SUPPORT E ReOuT WEB MANAGER Assign user or user group from the list to each logical volume and set access control Enter host IP address for host level security in addition to the user level access control Select Logical Volume AberNAS1 11T Assigned Users Access Control Full Control fg Read Write mm O Read Only ODeny Full Control The user or group will get
28. using the Software RAID function with HDD s within the system or external iSCSI Volumes to the system To Create RAID 1 Select disk s from Disk Pool External iSCSI volume shows IP address in addition to the volume name 2 Select RAID type amp size Select Create Add button To Add Hot Spare or to rebuild a degraded RAID Volume 1 Select available disk from Disk Pool 2 Select Hot Spare from RAID Type and RDV from RDV Pool 3 Select Create Add button 4 Select Refresh to detect newly added RV RDV Note Creating SW RAID Volume using external iSCSI Volumes require min 3 iSCSI Target systems with proper license option Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series Web Administration Interface gt MANAGE gt Storage Management External RAID Manager ABERNAS ADMINISTRATION Home 2 HELP Sj TECH SuPPoRT S ABOUT WEB MANAGER E SERVER CONFIG RAID Volume RDV may be controlled by accessing the web based manager utility supplied by the RAID NETWORK SETTING HBA manufacturer STORAGE MANAGE Input IP address or URL of the web based manager for the RAID HBA e Input desired description for the web based manager Example RAID CN 0 and select Add Upon adding the web based manager it will be listed in the RAID HBA CN Pool with its address and description Software RAID To delete RAID HBA select Delete next to desired HBA under RAID HBA CN Pool Volume Manager External RAID Note Some RAID HBA s require system reboot
29. AGE MANAGE USER amp ACCESS MONITORING VIEW SETTING Enable FTP Service 1 Select ENABLE FTP SERVICE check box to allow FTP access to remote users 2 Select ALLOW ANONYMOUS ACCESS to allow any user to access public directories via FTP 3 Enable ALLOW UPLOAD to give privileged ability to read write to public directories via FTP 4 Select the Logical Volume where the public FTP directory will reside from the ANONYMOUS ROOT pull down menu 5 Click APPLY to complete or click CANCEL to discard the changes and return to the Administration Home Page NOTE For security it is recommended that the FTP service is provided behind a properly configured firewall to avoid unwanted intrusion over the network Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series Web Administration Interface gt MANAGE gt Network Setting gt iSCSI Service ABERNAS ADMINISTRATION Home 2 HELP Sj TECH support S ABOUT WEB MANAGER SERVER CONFIG The iSCSI Initiator target setup page Following information is to uniquely identify initiator and target NETWORK SETTING a eed TCP IP Setting Port Bonding Microsoft Networking UNIX Networking Apple Networking Initialtor Name ign 1995 12 com aberdeeninc init LDAP Client Enable iSCSI initiator Services C DHCP Service Enable iSCSI target Services FTP Service iSCSI Service Target Name iqn 1995 12 com aberdeeninc storage IPSec Access Option STORAGE MANAGE USER a
30. Aberdeen LLC ABERDEEN enemy aoe SERVERS AND STORAGE Aberdeen AberNAS LX Series z EA AM READY EE MEN E CERTIFIED Setup and Administration Guide Publication Date June 2009 CUSTOMER Mailing address Aberdeen LLC 9130 Norwalk Boulevard Santa Fe Springs CA 90670 SUPPORT Phone 562 699 6998 Sales 800 552 6868 Fax 562 695 5570 INFORMATION Web site www aberdeeninc com E mail CustomerService aberdeeninc com Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series ABERDEEN LLC END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT This End User License Agreement Agreement is a legal agreement between Aberdeen LLC NE and you Licensee the subject matter of which is NE s Network Attached Storage or Net work Storage Solution products and any applicable updates or upgrades thereto Product and which may include associated media and printed or electronic retrievable via computer net works such as the Internet or otherwise materials Documentation collectively referred to herein as Product By breaking any seal on the Product installing copying or otherwise using the Product Licensee s Acceptance Licensee agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement If Licensee does not agree to the terms and conditions of this Agreement Licensee must not install copy or otherwise use the Product and shall promptly return the Product to the place of purchase for a refund of the purchase price if any 1 Grant of Licens
31. CP service on the AberNAS can be used to assign IP addresses to the attached clients Enable DHCP Service 1 Check ENABLE DHCP check box 2 Assign IP Address range 3 Enter Subnet 4 Enter Gateway 5 Enter addresses for DNS primary and or DNS secondary Entering both primary and secondary is not absolutely reguired 6 For client IP address renewal input appropriate value in the fields for Day Hour Min and Sec 7 Click APPLY to complete this process or click CANCEL to discard the changes and return to the Administration Home Page NOTE The DHCP service on the AberNAS is not intended to replace the DHCP server of the Active Directory Service Primary Domain Controller or Network Information Service This feature is to provide convenient management of local Clients that are not part of aforementioned network infrastructure _ Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series Web Administration Interface gt MANAGE gt Network Setting gt FTP Service ABERNAS ADMINISTRATION Home 2 HELP Sj TECH SUPPORT S ABOUT WEB MANAGER SERVER CONFIG Enable FTP service by selecting box below To confirm select Apply to go back select Cancel NETWORK SETTING i Enable FTP Services TCP IP Setting Port Bonding Allow anonymous access Microsoft Networking Allow Upload UNIX Networking Anonymous Root Apple Networking LDAP Client DHCP Service Apply FTP Service iSCSI Service IPSec Access Option STOR
32. Deny List those on the Deny List are the only host IP addresses that will be denied access the target Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series Web Administration Interface gt MANAGE gt User amp Access Quota Management ABERNAS ADMINISTRATION Home HELP Sj ECH suPPoRT S ABOUT WEB MANAGER SERVER CONFIG To assign block and inode quotas enter numbers in the field and select apply button on the same line NETWORK SETTING Select Logical Volume AberNAS1 11T Z Enable Quota 2 STORAGE MANAGE USER amp ACCESS Set all block limits MB number of files EA Fill User Group Local User Management Local Users Block limit Usage File limit Usage Local Group Management ftp OMB 0 MB OIEA OEA Access Control nfsnobody OMB 0 MB OEA 0 EA i al wis Davidv Ole OMB Olea OEA Access Control ee ee Microsoft DeAndaJ OMB 0 MB OIEA OEA Access Control RobertD OMB 0MB OEA OEA UNIX h PatrickG 0 MB 0 MB 0 EA OEA Access Control Apple AlexisM OMB 0MB OEA 0 EA N E om C opa oen l gt Quota Management FrankE Ole 0MB OEA OEA RomeliaC OMB 0 MB OEA 0 EA MONITORING VIEW SETTING Local Groups Block limit Usage File limit Usage nfsnobody OMB 0 MB OEA 0 EA Sales 0 MB OmB OEA OEA CustomerService 0 MB 0 MB OEA OEA Exec OMB 0MB Olea OEA Tech Oe 0MB OEA OEA Purchasing 0 MB 0 MB OEA 0 EA Shipping OMB 0 MB OEA 0 EA Quota management allows the administrator to apply limitation on
33. E DATA OR INFORMATION UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO DATA OR INFORMATION OR OTHER PECUNIARY LOSS ARISING OUT OF OR REL ATED TO THIS AGREEMENT THE SUBJECT MAT TER HEREOF OR THE AUTHORIZED OR UNAUTHORIZED USE OF OR INABILIT Y TO USE THE PRODUCT WHETHER LIABILITY IS ASSERTED IN CONTRACT OR TORT INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE AND STRICT PRODUCT LIABILIT Y OR OTHERWISE AND IRRESPECTIVE OF WHE THER NE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILIT Y OF ANY SUCH LOSS OR DAMAGE IN NO EVENT SHALL NE S AGGREGATE LIABILITY UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF EXCEED ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS US 100 00 Some jurisdictions do not allow the limitation of incidental or consequential damages so this limitation may not apply fully to Licensee but such limitation shall apply to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law Licensee acknowledges that the pricing of the Product and other terms and conditions of this Agreement reflect the allocation of risk set forth in this Agreement and that NE would not enter into this Agreement without these limitations on its liability 8 Termination This Agreement is effective until terminated Without prejudice to any other rights or remedies NE may have at law or in equity NE may immediately terminate this Agreement if Licensee fails to comply with any term or condition of this Agreement Upon termination of this Agreement Licensee shall immediately discontinue the use of the Product and at NE s option return t
34. ERVER CONFIG NETWORK SETTING STORAGE MANAGE Gigabit copper 0 IP Address 10 138 138 150 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Broadcast 410 138 138 255 USER amp ACCESS MONITORING VIEW SETTING General Setting Network Settings Microsoft Networking ure Ed Service mode Workgroup Access Control Workgroup or Domain name Controller WORKGROUP Server Monitoring Unix Networking NFS Service Disabled NIS Service Disabled NIS domain name NIS server Apple Networking Apple Networking Disabled Disabled View the Network Setting configurations for the following TCP IP settings for Gigabit Port Bonding Microsoft Networking UNIX Networking Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series Apple Networking LDAP Client DHCP Service FTP Service iSCSI Initiator Service These settings are configured and can be changed on the NETWORK SETTINGS pages of the ABERNAS Web Administration GUI Click CANCEL to return to the Administration Home Page Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series Web Administration Interface gt MANAGE gt View Setting Storage Management ABERNAS ADMINISTRATION HOME 2 HELP Sy ECH supPorT S ABOUT WEE MANAGER SERVER CONFIG NETWORK SETTING STORAGE MANAGE Name CHTL Size C4BOTOLO 10710 2G C5BOTOLO 10710 2G USER amp ACCESS MONITORING VIEW SETTING General Setting Network Settings gt Storage Management 10710 2G Total Access Contro
35. Export Law Assurances Licensee will not use or otherwise export or re export the Product except as authorized by United States laws and regulations including without limitation those of the U S Department of Commerce and as applicable the laws and regulations of other jurisdictions Copyright 2009 Aberdeen LLC All rights reserved AberNAS and ABERNAS are registered trademarks of Aberdeen Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series Contents Initial Setup 8 Connecting the AberNAS to your Network Locate the AberNAS using NASFINDER _ Assign Static IP or DHCP Logging in to the AberNAS 10 Log in to Command Line Using a Direct Console Connection Log in with Command Line Using a SSH Telnet Client AberNAS LX Series Web Administration 11 Log in to the Web Administration Graphical Interface Web Administration Interface Overview 12 Server Configuration General Settings 13 Edit General Settings Synchronize With A Custom NTP Network Time Protocol Server Delete An Existing NTP Network Time Protocol Server Provide NTP Synchronization Service To Attached Client Provide NTP Synchronization Service To New Clients Server Configuration Password Change 15 Change your root log in password Server Configuration Restart amp Shutdown 16 Network Settings TCP IP Setting 17 Configuring TCP IP to Gigabit Port s Remove A Port Network Setting Port Bonding 19 Bond Ports Remove Bond Bond T
36. NETWORK SETTING Page 1 2 STORAGE MANAGE Event Message Urgency Time Server Restart Normal Jun 19 18 37 42 USER amp ACCESS MONITORING Notification Utilization Server Log User Access a VIEW SETTING All actions events and messages occurring on the AberNAS system are recorded and can be viewed on the SERVER LOG page of the Web Administration GUI This comprehensive log of activities can be useful for troubleshooting problems or managing the AberNAS system NOTE The AberNAS begins recording all server events and activities in the server log as soon as it is installed View A Log of Activities Navigate to the SERVER LOG page and enter the number of days to be displayed in the logs Click REFRESH to view the most current logs Click REMOVE to delete the current log information Click CANCEL to return to the Administration Home Page The server log on this page is filtered to report events that were determined to be most commonly used For an expanded log of the ABERNAS login via the command line All directories in var log can be viewed for various types of system logs Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series Web Administration Interface gt MANAGE gt Monitoring User Access ABERNAS ADMINISTRATION HOME HELP TECH supPorT EJABOUT WEE MANAGER SERVER CONFIG Logged in users Host Files accessed date time gt NETWORK SETTING Soe wane USER amp ACCESS MONITORING Notification Utilization G
37. RVER CONFIG NETWORK SETTING STORAGE MANAGE RAID Volume Manager Software RAID Volume Manager External RAID Manager USB 1394 Volume Manager iSCSI Initiator Management HOME 7 HELP Sj TECH support REOUT WEB MANAGER RAID Volumes RDV may be created using the Software RAID function with HDD s within the system or external iSCSI Volumes to the system To Create RAID Select disk s from Disk Pool External iSCSI Volume shows IP address in addition to the volume name Select RAID type amp Stripe size then select Create Add button To Add Hot Spare or rebuild a degraded RAID Volume Select available disk from Disk Pool o Select Hot Spare from RAID Type and RDV from RDV Pool o Select Create Add button Select Refresh to detect newly added RV RDV Note Creating SW RAID Volume using external iSCSI Volumes require min 3 iSCSI Target systems with OR CRTA proper license option Manager RV RDV Pool Logical Volume Vendor Manager IP iscsi Format Disk Pool Vendor USER amp ACCESS IP iscsi gt MONITORING No options available VIEW SETTING Rebuild Speed Certain models of the AberNAS 2U and smaller may have this page available in the Storage Manage section of the GUI The Software RAID Manager is only used when no HW RAID controllers are used in the system or when external iSCSI volumes are connected RAID Volumes RDV may be created
38. SMB Service 1 Check or uncheck the Enable Microsoft Networking Service to enable or disable the service Join Microsoft Workgroup 1 Select WORKGROUP networking radio button 2 Enter the Workgroup name in the WORKGROUP OR DOMAIN NAME field 3 Click APPLY to complete this process or click CANCEL to discard the changes and return to the Administration Home Page Join Microsoft Primary Domain Controller PDC 1 Select DOMAIN radio button 2 Enter the domain name in the WORKGROUP OR DOMAIN NAME field ASS Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series 3 Enter the name of the PDC in CONTROLLER field NOTE A Primary Domain Controller PDC must be available on your network 4 Enter the Administrator account name and password in the ACCOUNT PASSWORD fields 5 Click APPLY to complete this process or Click CANCEL to discard the changes and return to the Administration Home Page Upon successful synchronization with PDC PDC sync successful will appear NOTE Synchronizing with PDC or ADS will place all users and user groups in the PDC or ADS server in the AberNAS When access to the AberNAS is attempted by either PDC or ADS users the AberNAS will communicate with the PDC or ADS server to authenticate the user and pass through the proper permission PDC and ADS synchronization cannot exist simultaneously If synchronization to PDC or ADS fails reset the AberNAS account from the PDC or ADS server and retry In some cases resetting the
39. VIEW SETTING Once logical volumes have been created local or NIS users or user groups can be assigned to have access to specific logical volumes By default all users are given access to a new logical volume You can assign exclusive access rights to a logical volume to one individual user or one entire user group Furthermore you can specify an individual user who is part of a user group to have higher or lower access level than the rest of the group This section controls the access control at the directory level For sub directory and file level access control user must assign them directly to the sub directory or file from the host Assign Access Control To assign users and or user groups access to a logical volume follow the steps below 1 Select the logical volume that you wish to give user access to from the SELECT LOGICAL VOLUME pull down menu 2 Select the users and or user groups from the ALL USERS list 3 Select FULL CONTROL READ WRITE READ ONLY or DENY from the ACCESS CONTROL radio button list for setting the access levels READ WRITE Read and write files to the selected logical volume Users will not be able to delete files EE Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series READ ONLY Read privileges to the selected logical volume Users will not be able to add new files modify files or delete files DENY All access is denied to the selected logical volume for the user This is necessary when you wish t
40. VIEW SETTING if required pass pass if required CHAP 7 user Incomming user The iSCSI Initiator Manager connects the ABERNAS system to internal and external iSCSI target devices iSCSI Target Devices Benefits Expand storage volume without having to add more disk drives to the ABERNAS O Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series Ability to manage Logical Volumes residing both internally and externally to the ABERNAS system Aggregate multiple iSCSI target devices into a single large storage space No Fibre Channel or SCSI bus needed to connect to external storage subsystem Discover Available iSCSI Target Portals and iSCSI Target Devices 1 Input IP ADDRESS and PORT NUMBER 3 60 is default of the system that contains iSCSI target devices 2 For iSCSI target devices that use Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol CHAP enter the USER ID and PASSWORD for the OUTGOING and INCOMING fields OUTGOING authenticates the ABERNAS system when it access remote iSCSI target device hosts INCOMING authenticates remote iSCSI target device hosts when it connects to the ABERNAS iSCSI initiator systems 3 Click on DISCOVERY and list of iSCSI target devices will displayed on the LIST field 4 To remove an iSCSI target device select it from the LIST and click REMOVE Connecting And disconnecting iSCSI Target devices 1 Select desired iSCSI target device to connect 2 If selecte
41. View A Log Of Activities Server Monitoring User Access 67 View Settings General Settings 68 View Settings Network Settings 69 View Settings Storage Management 71 View Settings Access Control 72 View Settings Server Monitoring 73 Back Up Mirror and Restore 74 Snapshot and Restore 74 Create Snapshots Delete Snapshot Modify Snapshot Backup Software Agent Install 75 G a Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series Server Fail over and Mirror 76 Before Configuring SFM Configure SFM Re deploy Failed Primary Server Folder Replication 79 Add A Folder For Replication Enable Replication Scheduling View Settings Snap Shot and Restore 82 AberNAS Update 83 AberNAS Update Updating The ABERNAS To The Latest Patch Reset The Server Setting To The Factory Defaults New License Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series Initial Setup AberNAS LX Series Connecting the AberNAS to Your Network Connect the AberNAS to your network using a standard patch cable plugged into Port 0 as shown below KB Mouse Ports LAN Port 1 LAN Port 3 USB Ports 1 2 LAN Port 0 LAN Port 2 Locating the AberNAS using NASFINDER Insert the AberNAS setup CD into a computer that resides on the same network and run the NASFINDER setup utility The NASFINDER EXE utility is found in the following directory on the CD E Aberdeen ManualsAberNAS Network Aftached StoragelLinux NAS Software NASDirector Once located run
42. WARRANTIES OF ACCUR ACY MERCHANTABILIT Y FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON INFRINGEMENT AND ALL WARR ANTIES THAT MAY ARISE FROM COURSE OF DE ALING COURSE OF PERFORMANCE OR USAGE OF TR ADE NE DOES NOT WARR ANT THAT THE PRODUCT WILL BE ERROR FREE OR THAT OPER ATION OF THE PRODUCT WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED AND HEREBY DISCL AIMS ANY AND ALL LIABILIT YON ACCOUNT THEREOF NE MAKES NO WARR ANT Y THAT ALL ERRORS FAILURES OR DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED THIS SECTION 6 SHALL BE ENFORCE ABLE TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT ALLOWED BY APPLICABLE L AW Some jurisdictions prohibit the exclusion of implied warranties or limitations on how long an implied warrant y may last so the above limitations may not apply fully to Licensee In this case Licensee s sole and exclusive remedy for a breach of warrant y shall be at NE s option and in its sole discretion replacement or repair of the Product or return thereof for a refund of the purchase price if any Such remedy shall be available to Licensee for one 1 year commencing on the date of Licensee s Acceptance and ending on the first anniversary thereof 7 LIMITATIONS OF LIABILIT Y INNO E VENT SHALL NE ITS AFFILIATES OR SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE TO LICENSEE ITS AFFILIATES OR CUSTOMERS FOR ANY INCIDENTAL CONSEQUENTIAL INDIRECT SPECIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGESWHATSOEVER INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION DAMAGES FOR LOST PROFITS OR EE Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series RE VENUE LOST BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES LOST OR INACCESSIBL
43. ager provides the interface from which available storage devices can be implemented into this hierarchical structure of storage volumes Raw Volume RV Raw Volumes are the unformatted fixed disks SCSI and iSCSI target devices In order to be used RVs must be belong to a named volume group called Physical Volume PV Raw Volumes can only belong to a single Physical Volume Before being assigned to a Physical Volume any available Raw Volumes are grouped into an RV POOL Physical Volume PV Physical Volumes are collections of 1 to 3 Raw Volumes of varying sizes and types that have been converted into a single virtual storage volume with the total storage capacity equaling the sum of its parts Up to 55 Physical Volumes can be contained per system All or a portion of the Physical Volumes can now be partitioned and formatted into Logical Volumes of varying sizes and types Logical Volume LV Logical Volumes are the formatted partitions of the Physical Volumes that can be access by clients Definition of RAID Volume Types RAID 0 Combining multiple disk drives into a single RAID volume as if it were a single disk drive Data is written across multiple disk drives which increases the performance of the disk I O RAID 0 requires minimum of disk drives and there s no fault tolerance built into the RAID Any single disk drive failure will cause the entire RAID to fail Capacity of RAID 0 is equal to the available capacity of all the dis
44. ctions of Logical Volume Manager Are Create Logical Volume Designate file system or iSCSI to Logical Volume Modify Logical Volume Delete Logical Volume NOTE The Reiser File System has superior performance when working with smaller size files such as database files The XFS file system has superior performance when working with large size files such as video LV size cannot be decreased in XFS In order to decrease the size of the LV it must first be deleted and then recreated XFS LVs can be increased in size without deleting the volume Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series Creating a New Logical Volume 1 Select a Physical Volume with available space from the PHYSICAL VOLUME pull down menu NOTE Do not use identical names for logical Volumes even if they belong to different physical Volumes 2 Enter a unique name in the VOLUME NAME field Names can be up to 15 alphanumeric characters and must not contain spaces 3 If it is beneficial to add a description of this Logical Volume to help identify its use enter that description in the VOLUME DESCRIPTION field using up to 50 alphanumeric characters This is an optional field 4 Enter the storage size of the Logical Volume in Megabytes in the VOLUME SIZE field keeping in mind the amount of available space 5 Select a file system for the Logical Volume from the VOLUME FILESYSTEM pull down menu Reiser FS and XFS support network clients such as Microsoft UNIX Linux and A
45. d Target is separate from the user list that belongs to local NIS and ADS PDC Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series Delete User Select the desired user from the USER LIST and click the respective DELETE button This applies to any user Global or Target Incoming or Outgoing Host IP Blocking In addition to user level access control you can specify host level security by adding the host IP address to the ALLOW or DENY host IP blocking lists Add IP Address to Allow or Deny List 1 Select the logical volume that you wish to assign host IP blocking from the SELECT LOGICAL VOLUME pull down menu 2 Enter the IP address and access port number 3260 is default of the host in appropriate ALLOW or DENY fields then click ADD to add the IP address to the respective list Click CANCEL to discard the changes and return to the Administration Home Page Delete an IP Address to Allow or Deny List 1 Select the logical volume where you wish to assign host IP blocking from the SELECT LOGICAL VOLUME pull down menu 2 Enter the IP address and access port number 3260 is default of the host in appropriate ALLOW or DENY fields then click DELETE to add the IP address to the respective list Click CANCEL to discard the changes and return to the Administration Home NOTE When an IP address is added to the allow list those on the allow list are the only host IP addresses that will be allowed to access the target When the IP address is added to the
46. d iSCSI target devices use CHAP then enter the OUTGOING and INCOMING USER ID and PASSWORD 3 Click LOG IN button to connect or to disconnect select the desired iSCSI target device then click the LOG OUT button PV RV Information This information lists the status of any detected iSCSI target devices PV POOL shows connected iSCSI target devices that are part of Physical Volume list RV POOL shows the available iSCSI target devices that have not been connected Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series Web Administration Interface gt MANAGE gt Storage Management Volume Group Manager ABERNAS ADMINISTRATION HOME 2 HELP Q TECH SUPPORT ElReauT WEB MANAGER SERVER CONFIG NETWORK SETTING STORAGE MANAGE RAID Volume Manager Software RAID Volume Manager External RAID Manager USB 1394 Volume Manager iSCSI Initiator Management Volume Group Manager Logical Volume Manager Format USER amp ACCESS MONITORING VIEW SETTING Convert RAID Volume RDV or Raw Volume RV to Physical Volume PV so that Logical Volume LV may be assigned to it To create remove PV o Select RV or RDV from RV RDV Pool and select Create PV o Toremove PV select PV and select Remove PV To create remove replace Extended PV Multiple PV s combined into a single PV o Selecta PV and RV RDV and select Add RV to Ext PV o Toremove RV RDV from Ext PV select RV RDV that s part of Ext PV and select Remove PV from Ex
47. date to apply the patch update and reboot the server when appropriate Browse NAS Shares Browse JLocal Computer AberNAS Update Software updates for the AberNAS will be available from time to time Contact Aberdeen Technical Support to check if updates are available and to obtain download information CAUTION Be sure to update your AberNAS when it is not in service A Reboot will be required and will temporarily disable the service that the AberNAS provides to its users Updates should be treated like system BIOS updates If you are not experiencing any problems do not perform any updates Updating the AberNAS To The Latest Patch 1 Login to the Web Administration GUI of the AberNAS and proceed to the UPDATE section 2 Click BROWSE and locate the patch file 3 Select the patch file The path to the file will be displayed in the text field 4 Click UPDATE to complete this process or click CANCEL to cancel the update return to the Administration Home Page 5 When prompted click REBOOT to reboot the AberNAS system NOTE A Reboot will end services to any attached clients Reboot only when appropriate CAUTION The AberNAS does not provide any warranty of data loss due to patch updates It is recommended that users backup important data before updating patches for the OS Applying an older version of the patch will revert the OS version to the previous version Reset the Server Settings Bac
48. e Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and Licensee s acceptance thereof NE hereby grants to Licensee and Licensee hereby accepts a personal non transferable nonexclusive license which shall be revocable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement to use the Product according to its merchantable purpose and pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement 2 Network License Licensee may provide access to the Product for its employees and other applicable users subject to each of such users understanding and complying with the terms and conditions of this Agreement Licensee may not nor any of it s employees nor other applicable users make a copy of the operating system and its related software applicable to the Product 3 Limitations and Restrictions Except as expressly permitted herein Licensee may not i copy alter adapt modify translate or create derivative works of the Product or any portion thereof ii reverse engineer decompile disassemble or at tempt to derive the source code of the Product or any portion thereof unless and only to the extent any of the foregoing is expressly permitted by applicable law and may not be restricted there under iii separate the Product into component parts for transfer to or use by a third party iv rent lease loan sell distribute sublicense or lend the Product v remove alter or obscure any proprietary notices or vi otherwise use the Product 4 Reservation of
49. e USER amp ACCESS pages of the AberNAS Web Administration GUI Click CANCEL to return to the Administration Home Page Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series Web Administration Interface gt MANAGE gt View Setting Server Monitoring ABERNAS ADMINISTRATION HOME 2 HELP Sj Tech suport S ABOUT WEE MANAGER SERVER CONFIG NETWORK SETTING SMTP IP address STORAGE MANAGE 10 138 138 151 USER amp ACCESS MONITORING Email addresses HERE LINNE Support aberdeeninc com it aberdeeninc com rmatech aberdeeninc com General Setting Network Settings Storage Management Access Control Cancel Server Monitoring View the Server Monitoring configurations for the following SMTP IP address Email Addresses up to three notification email addresses These settings are configured and can be changed on the SERVER MONITORING NOTIFICATIONS pages of the ABERNAS Web Administration GUI Click CANCEL to return to the Administration Home Page Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series Web Administration Interface gt Backup Mirror and Restore gt Snapshot ABERNAS ADMINISTRATION HOME 7 HELP Sp Tech support S ABOUT WE MANAGER SNAPSHOT Create up to 16 snap shot shares for data loss prevention To create enter name and appropriate setting and select Create To modify delete the share first then re create To delete select the share and select Delete To restore copy from the appropriate share and paste to the de
50. eceived by the current slave If the receiving slave fails another slave takes over the MAC Address of the failed receiving slave Prerequisites 1 Ethtool support in the base drivers for retrieving the speed of each slave Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series Web Administration Interface gt MANAGE gt Network Setting gt Microsoft Networking ABERNAS ADMINISTRATION Home 7 HELP S TECH support aeouT WEE MANAGER SERVER CONFIG To join Microsoft Workgroup select Workgroup and enter the Workgroup Name To synchronize with Domain Controller select Domain enter the Domain Name and the Controller NETWORK SETTING To synchronize with ADS select ADS enter Domain name and ADS server IP Address TCP IP Setting To confirm entry select Apply to go back select Cancel Port Bonding Microsoft Networking Enable Microsoft Ne king Service UNIX Networking Apple Networking LDAP Client Oworkgroup O Domain ADS DHCP Service FTP Service iSCSI Service Controller IPSec Workgroup or Domain Name Account Access Option Password STORAGE MANAGE gt USER amp ACCESS i C Enumerate users groups Options gt MONITORING Short Domain Name optional VIEW SETTING Apply By default Microsoft users and user groups CIFS SMB are given access to AberNAS logical volumes Enable Microsoft Networking Service is automatically selected by default Enable disable CIFS
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52. eneral Server Log User Access VIEW SETTING This feature allows the administrator to view information about the user s that are accessing the ABERNAS system including the type of computer s used to log in and details about the file s it accessed Click REFRESH to update the list of user s and the file s currently being accessed or Click CLOSE to return to the Administration Home Page Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series Web Administration Interface gt MANAGE gt View Setting General Setting ABERNAS ADMINISTRATION Home 7 HELP Sj ECH suPPoRT E REOUT WEB MANAGER SERVER CONFIG NETWORK SETTING Server name STORAGE MANAGE AperNAS895X USER amp ACCESS MONITORING Server description SVE Seles ABERNAS 8U 48TB gt General Setting Network Settings Storage Management Date amp time Access Control Sun Jun 21 09 41 52 2009 Server Monitoring Time zone America Los_Angeles View the Server Configuration settings for the following Server Name Server Description Date and Time Time Zone Language NTP These settings can be changed on the SERVER CONFIGURATION pages of the ABERNAS Web Administration GUI Click CANCEL to return to the Administration Home Page Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series Web Administration Interface gt MANAGE gt View Setting Network Settings ABERNAS ADMINISTRATION Home 7 HELP S TECH Supra ElenuT WEB MANAGER S
53. ervice configuration page NETWORK SETTING TCP IP Setting Enable LDAP service Port Bonding IP or Hostname Microsoft Networking Base dn ex dc mycompany dc com UNIX Networkin User suffix ex ou Users Apple Networking LDAP Client DHCP Service FTP Service Bind dn ex dc mycompany dc com Group suffix ex ou Groups SSL iSCSI Service Bind Credentials ex secret default no credential IPSec Enable LDAP authentication Access Option STORAGE MANAGE USER amp ACCESS MONITORING VIEW SETTING LDAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol is a protocol used to access network directory The ABERNAS supports LDAP Configure LDAP Client Service 1 Enable the ENABLE LDAP SERVICE check box to access the LDAP server 2 Enter IP or host name of the LDAP server in IP or HOST NAME field 3 Input company and extension in BASE DN field Example dc mycompany dc com 4 Input ID and extension to access the LDAP server in BIND DN field Example dc administrator dc AberNAS1 5 Input password required to access the LDAP server in BIND CREDENTIALS field Example secret The default setting is a blank field 6 Click APPLY to complete or click CANCEL to discard the changes and return to the Administration Home Page Upon synchronization user list will be listed in the Local User and Local User Group list NOTE The AberNAS seeks and lis
54. ete files on Target that no longer exist in Source J Enable File Compression not recommanded for video graphic or zip files J Full file copy no incremental checks 0 Limit VO bandwidth KBytes per second 1 Number of revisions to be preserved wa 18 2 3 Minute 5 Set optional features for this Folder Replication set in the OPTIONS check boxes and fields Enable Replication Scheduling Allows the schedule to be set for the replication Schedule can be set in the Schedule section Hourly Select minute of the hour Daily Select the hour and minute of the day Ss Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series Weekly Select the day hour and minute of the week Monthly Select date hour and minute for the date of the month Delete files on destination that no longer exists on source As data is being copied to the target folder it will delete any files that are no longer present in the source folder Enable file Compression This feature compresses the file by utilizing the gzip compression protocol Full file copy Default setting for folder replication is to copy only the changes incremental checks after the first full copy This feature ignores the incremental checks and applies full copy Limit VO bandwidth Limits the amount of bandwidth allow for this Folder Replication set to the designated value in KBytes second A value of zero 0 will give this set unlimited bandwidth Number of re
55. ger 41 Functions Of Logical Volume Manager Create A New Logical Volume Modify An Existing Logical Volume Delete A Logical Volume Storage Management Format 44 Format a Logical Volume User amp Access Local User Management 45 Create Local Users Access a User s Home Directory Delete a User From The Local Users List Modify an Existing User User amp Access Local User Group Management 47 Create Local User Groups Add User To User Groups Modify Delete Local User Group Delete A User Group User amp Access Access Control Microsoft 49 Assign Access Control 5 Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series Host IP Blocking Add IP Address to Allow or Deny List Delete an IP Address to Allow or Deny List User amp Access Access Control UNIX 51 Add Host Access Delete The Host Security Method For NFS Access Mounting Syntax User amp Access Access Control Apple 54 Assign Access Control Restart AFP Service User amp Access Access Control iSCSI 56 Global and Target User s Creating A Global User Creating A Target User Delete User Host IP Blocking Add IP Address To Allow or Deny List Delete an IP Address To Allow or Deny List User amp Access Quota Management 59 Server Monitoring Notification 61 Setup A Failure Notifications Procedure Server Monitoring Utilization 63 Server Monitoring General 65 Server Monitoring Server Log 66
56. h s forwarding delay so that the ARP replies sent to the clients will not be blocked by the switch 802 3ad Dynamic Link Aggregation Creates aggregation groups that share the same speed and duplex settings Transmits and receives on all slaves in the active aggregator Pre requisites 1 Ethtool support in the base drivers for retrieving the speed and duplex of each slave 2 A switch that supports IEEE 802 3ad dynamic link aggregation Round Robin Transmit in a sequential order from the first available slave through the last This mode provides load balancing and fault tolerance Active Backup Only one slave in the bond is active A different slave becomes active if and only if the active slave fails The bond s MAC address is externally visible on only one port network adapter to avoid confusing the switch This mode provides fault tolerance XOR Transmit based on source MAC address XOR d with destination MAC address module slave count This selects the same slave for each destination MAC address This mode provides load balancing and fault tolerance Broadcasting Transmits everything on all slave interfaces This mode provides fault tolerance TLB Transmit Load Balancing Channel bonding that does not require any special switch support The outgoing traffic is distributed according to the current load computed relative to the oo Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series speed on each slave Incoming traffic is r
57. ield 192 168 1 2 exports shared 4 Enter the full path of the location of the replicated folder or target folder in the TARGET field To search for an existing folder click BROWSE LOCAL VOLUMES NOTE This is an example of how the path to the source should appear in the source field 192 168 1 2 exports shared Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series ABERNAS ADMINISTRATION Home 2 HELP Sj TECH SUPPORT S ABOUT WEB MANAGER SNAPSHOT To add modify session SERVER MIRROR n Input session name 3 REPLICATION Source amp Target path Select Browse Local Volumes to select local directory Directory path is shown at top of the directory window select Add current directory to accept the path For remote gt Folder Replication location input IP address and path as shown in example below Must follow syntax pattern as shown in example VIEW SETTING Choose desired options and select Save If session is between two different systems root password of Source is required at the time of setup Subsequent sessions created do not require password To modify session select Edit next to saved session make changes in this page select Save Note By default replication method is differential where only the incremental changes are replicated Name replica0 Source Browse Local Volumes Target Browse Local Volumes Remote Source or Target exmsple 192 168 1 2 exportsishare0 Options Enable Replication Scheduling C Del
58. in credentials USER ID root PASSWORD 0000 Log in to Command Line Using SSH Open an SSH on another computer and connect to the ABERNAS system by entering the appropriate commands For SSH enter the following command using the ABERNAS system IP address in place of IP Address ssh IP_Address Example ssh 10 138 138 150 Note The User ID and Password for SSH are the same as those used for the Direct Console Connection Log in to Command Line Using Telnet For Telnet enter the following command using the ABERNAS system IP address in place of IP_Address telnet IP_Address Example telnet 10 138 138 150 At the log in prompt enter the following login credentials USER ID admin PASSWORD 111111 AberNAS LX Series Web Administration Log in to the Web Administration Graphical Interface Open a web browser on any computer that exists on the same network as the AberNAS and enter the IP address you assigned earlier into the address field as shown below The AberNAS web GUI will appear http 10 138 138 150 admin Windows Internet Explorer E ey E 10 138 138 150 File Edit Yiew Favorites Tools Help J Favorites Bhttp 10 138 138 150 admin A BERNAS Sj TECH SUPPORT ABERDEEN ABERNAS NETWORK ATTACHED STORAGE SERVERS administrator ID PASSWORD Internet fg 100 Enter the default User ID and Password USER ID root PASSWORD 0000 Click Enter t
59. ir way out and overwrites the SRC HW address with the unique HW address of one of the slaves in the bond such that different clients use different HW addresses for the server Receive traffic from connections created by the server is also balanced When the server sends an ARP Request the bonding driver copies and saves the client s IP information from the ARP When the ARP Reply arrives from the client its HW address is retrieved and the bonding driver initiates an ARP reply to this client assigning it to one of the slaves in the bond A problematic outcome of using ARP negotiation for balancing is that each time that an ARP request is broadcasted it uses the HW address of the bond Hence clients learn the HW address of the bond and the balancing of receive traffic collapses to the current slave This is handled by sending updates ARP Replies to all the clients with their assigned HW address such that the traffic is redistributed Receive traffic is also redistributed when a new slave is added to the bond and when an inactive slave is re activated The receive load is distributed sequentially round robin among the group of highest speed slaves in the bond When a link is reconnected or a new slave joins the bond the receive traffic is redistributed among all active slaves in the bond by initiating ARP Replies with the selected MAC Address to each of the clients The up delay mode probe parameter must be set to a value equal or greater than the switc
60. it Select 1 to enable DHCP 2 to setup a static IP address or select 0 to cancel Most users will select option 2 You will be prompted to enter your preferred static IP address Netmask and Gateway Once completed you can verify that your preferred IP address has been properly set by choosing option 2 to show the client information as shown below Yor Ue i Found 1 clients NAS Finder Setup Utility 1 Scan network for NAS clients 2 Show client information 3 Set IP address 4 Reboot a system 5 Power off a system 6 Exit Setup Utility Select 2 Client 1 amp 5 30 48 c8 64 06 gt z 180 138 138 150 255 255 255 0 0 0 0 8 NAS Finder Setup Utility 1 Scan network for NAS clients 2 Show client information 3 Set IP address 4 Reboot a system 5 Power off a system 6 Exit Setup Utility elect Now the server must be rebooted by selecting option 4 for the settings to take effect From this point on the AberNAS can be administered via its integrated web GUI by typing its IP address into your preferred web browser s address field Logging In to the AberNAS Log in to Command Line using a Direct Console Connection If for Some reason you are unable to setup the AberNAS for the first time using the NASFINDER Setup Utility you can also connect a keyboard and monitor directly to the AberNAS system and access the Linux command console At the log in prompt enter the following log
61. k drives combined within the RAID RAID 1 Pairing of disk drives such that data is written to both drives This creates redundancy in data so that failure of either disk drive will not cause total loss of data or access to the data There s no disk I O performance gain for RAID 1 RAID 1 requires a minimum of two disk drives and the capacity of RAID 1 is equal to half of the available capacity of all the disk drives combined within the RAID RAID 3 RAID 3 provides disk striping and complete data redundancy though a dedicated parity drive RAID 3 breaks up data into smaller blocks calculates parity by performing an exclusive or O Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series on the blocks and then writes the blocks to all but one drive in the array The parity data created during the exclusive or is then written to the last drive in the array If a single drive fails data is still available by computing the exclusive or of the contents corresponding strips of the surviving member disk RAID 3 is best for applications that require very fast data transfer rates or long data blocks RAID 5 Combining three or more disk drives with striping and built in parity that rotates amongst the configured drives This allows data sustaining and recovery even after a single drive failure Disk VO performance is slower than other RAID levels due to heavier processing requirements Capacity of RAID 5 is equal to the sum of all drives combined within the RAID minus
62. k to the Factory defaults Click FACTORY DEFAULT or click CANCEL to cancel the update return to the Administration Home Page ASS Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series CAUTION Selecting this option is destructive and will reset all settings including deleting logical volumes that will erase all data The decision must be confirmed in the following confirmation window Message from webpage jJ Factory Default removes all the volume contents Cancel New License Home 7 HELP TECH support RBOUT WEB MANAGER Sj TECH SUPPORT ABERDEEN ABERNAS Network ATTACHED STORAGE SERVERS MAC address 00 30 48 c8 64 06 Enter License key to activate the system Click NEW LICENCE to enter the MAC address of a new port or other new options or click your browser s back button to cancel the update return to the Administration Home
63. l C4BOTOLO 10710 2G 10710 2G Total Server Monitoring CS5BOTOLO 10710 2G PVO LVO 11T Total 11T Free PV1 LVO 11T Total 11T Free View the Storage Management configurations for the following RAID Volumes Physical Volumes Logical Volume Shares File System Maintenance These settings are configured and can be changed on the SERVER MANAGEMENT pages of the AberNAS Web Administration GUI Click CANCEL to return to the Administration Home Page Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series Web Administration Interface gt MANAGE gt View Setting Access Control ABERNAS ADMINISTRATION Home 2 HELP Sy Tech support S ABOUT WEE MANAGER SERVER CONFIG NETWORK SETTING B 7 i Host IP list for Microsoft with security status STORAGE MANAGE AberNAS1 USER amp ACCESS Hosts Allow No entries 3 MONITORING Hosts Deny No entries AberNAS2 Hosts Allow No entries VIEW SETTING General Setting i Hosts Deny No entries Network Settings Storage Management gt Access Control Host IP list for UNIX with security status Global NFS Access Disabled Server Monitoring AberNAS1 Disabled world rw root_squash sync AberNAS2 Disabled world rw root_squash sync View the User amp Access configurations for the following IP address list of all Microsoft hosts with security status IP address list of all UNIX hosts with security status These settings are configured and can be changed on th
64. l files such as Parent Apple illegal Dot files created on the server side will be invisible to the client read only Specifies the share as being read only for all users limitsize Hack for older Macintosh using newer Appleshare clients to limit the disk size reporting to GB 8 Click APPLY to complete this process or click CANCEL to discard the changes and return to the Administration Home Page Restart AFP Service 1 Click RESTART SERVICE to restart the AFP service Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series Web Administration Interface gt MANAGE gt User amp Access Access Control iSCSI ABERNAS ADMINISTRATION HOME HELP Sp Tech support E ABOUT WEE MANAGER SERVER CONFIG Manage Access Control List ACL at iSCSI target host level iSCSI target volume level and IP level Mutual authentication between iSCSI initiator and iSCSI target hostvolume may be established for enhanced NETWORK SETTING security STORAGE MANAGE Note Multiple UID s and passwords may be assigned to access iSCSI target host and volume Incoming USER amp ACCESS Only one UID and password is allowed for authenticating iSCSI target host and volume to connecting iSCSI initiator Outgoing Local User WS iSCSI Target Host Global ACL Local Group Management Global Outgoing Access Control Confirm Local Access Control Global Incoming Microsoft Confirm Access Control UNK Access Co
65. l x0 allows more physical drives in an array The benefits of doing so are larger volume sets increased performance and increased reliability Degraded Means that the RAID volume is degraded For example if 1 of the drives in RAID 1 has failed then this RAID 1 volume is known to be in a degraded state Rebuild Means that a degraded RAID volume is being repaired to the normal state Rebuild usually takes place when a hot spare or replacement disk in place of the failed disk is added to the degraded RAID volume Hot Spare An active stand by disk drive that is ready to replace any failed disk drive that belongs to a RAID volume Hot spares prevent total loss of RAID volume in case of a single disk drive failure allowing more time for the user to replace the failed disk drive Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series Web Administration Interface gt MANAGE gt Storage Management RAID Volume Manager ABERNAS ADMINISTRATION Home 2 HELP Q ECH SUPPORT ReouT wee MANAGER PSE EUER EE RAID Volume RDV may be controlled by accessing the web based manager utility supplied by the RAID NETWORK SETTING HBA manufacturer 3 STORAGE MANAGE Note Some RAID HBA s require system reboot in order to execute RDV related functions such as create modify or delete RAID volume Refer to the users guide supplied by the RAID HBA manufacturer gt RAID Volume Be careful The volumes to be managed must not be enabled mounted used in the NAS Manager
66. lect the Logical Volume to delete from the EXISTING LOGICAL VOLUME pull down menu CAUTION Deleting logical Volumes cannot be undone and data will be lost Be sure to select the correct logical Volume If snapshot Volume is associated with the selected logical Volume snapshot Volume must be deleted first Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series 3 Click DELETE at the bottom of the page The selected Logical Volume is removed from the Select Logical Volume list or click CANCEL to discard the changes and return to the Administration Home Page NOTE Logical Volume cannot be deleted if snapshot Volume is attached to the logical Volume Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series Web Administration Interface gt MANAGE gt Storage Management Format ABERNAS ADMINISTRATION Home 2 HELP Sj TECH SuPPOoRT S RBOUT WEB MANAGER SERVER CONFIG Select Logical Volume to format and select Format To go back select Cancel Warning formatting a logical volume will erase all data in the logical volume When formatting you can choose to rename the NETWORK SETTING volume STORAGE MANAGE i ume v RAID Volume Loncs va Manager Enter new name up to 15 alpha numeric characters Software RAID Volume Manager sers Manager USB 1394 Volume Manager iSCSI Initiator Management Volume Group Manager Logical Volume Manager gt Format USER amp ACCESS MONITORING VIEW SETTING Format a logical v
67. mp ACCESS MONITORING VIEW SETTING The ABERNAS is equipped with iSCSI initiator and target services that attach multiple iSCSI target devices and converts them to Logical Volumes for client access iSCSI target devices can reside within the ABERNAS or in external systems Enable the iSCSI Initiator Service 1 Select the ENABLE iSCSI INITIATOR SERVICE check box to start the initiator service 2 To change the default initiator name enter the new name in the INITIATOR NAME field NOTE iSCSI names must be built in accordance with specific iSCSI node naming rules in order to function properly Here is a summary of the rules A Node names are encoded in the UTF 8 character set Note the initiator service does not support UCS 4 characters RFC 2044 describes UTF 8 encoding B Node names are 223 bytes or less C Node names may contain alphabetic characters a to z numbers 0 to 9 and three special characters and D Uppercase characters are always mapped to lowercase Complete rules for building iSCSI node names are described in the iSCSI specification and the String profile for iSCSI Names internet draft Ss Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series 3 Complete the instructions for enabling the iSCSI TARGET Service by completing the instructions below or Click APPLY to save the current settings Click CANCEL to discard the changes and return to the Administration Home Page Enable the iSCSI Ta
68. nter date hour and minute of the month to take Snapshot Value of 1 is 1 6 Click CREATE to create Snapshot Volume or Click CANCEL to return to the Administration Home Page Delete Snapshot 1 Select desired Snapshot from the SNAPSHOT list If you cannot locate the Snapshot Volume change to another LV by selecting a different LV from VOLUME LIST pull down menu Click DELETE to delete the Snapshot Volume or click CANCEL to return to the Administration Home Page Modify Snapshot First delete the Snapshot then recreate See above for instructions for creating and deleting Snapshots Click CANCEL to undo changes and return to home page Backup Software Agent Install The Backup Utility on the AberNAS has been removed Instead RPM package manager was included in the AberNAS embedded OS As a result users can now install backup agents from various backup software packages available on the market Some of the backup software supported by the AberNAS are listed below In most cases the AberNAS can be configured to support backup software that is not part of the below list Please contact Aberdeen Technical Support for updates or consultation to add your software to the list 1 Veritas Backup Exec 2 Veritas Net Backup 3 Amanda 4 BRU Backup Software 5 Legato Networker Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series Web Administration Interface gt Backup Mirror and Restore gt Server Mirror ABERNAS ADMINISTRATION Home 2 HELP Sj
69. ntrol Apple iSCSI Target Volume ACL Access Control iSCSI Select Logical Volume v Quota Management Outgoing gt MONITORING VIEW SETTING Incoming User Pass Confirm Note UID and password may be required to follow the complexity requirements of iSCSI initiator Please refer to the user guide of the initiator Host IP Blocking blank column mesns No Entries No Entries l j User and Access control can be applied to iSCSI target devices with User ID amp Password as well as by Host IP of the client Global Users Define the access control for all iSCSI target devices within the ABERNAS system Having access as a global user allows this user to scan and view all iSCSI target devices in the system EEEEEEEE Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series Target Users Define the access control for individual iSCSI target devices Each target device may have a different user ID and password thus the user may not have access to all of the target devices in the system Host IP Blocking Controls access to each iSCSI target device by allowing or disallowing Host IP addresses of the client This feature is a subset of Target Users thus each iSCSI target device must have its own HOST IP BLOCKING list Global and Target User s There are two ways to control access at the user level 1 INCOMING
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71. o assign host IP blocking from the SELECT LOGICAL VOLUME pull down menu 2 Enter the IP address of the host in the appropriate ALLOW or DENY fields then click ADD to add the IP address to the respective list Click CANCEL to discard the changes and return to the Administration Home Page Delete an IP Address to Allow or Deny List 1 Select the logical volume where you wish to assign host IP blocking from the SELECT LOGICAL VOLUME pull down menu 2 Select the IP address from the ALLOW or DENY pull down menu then click DELETE to remove the IP Address from the respective list Click CANCEL to discard the changes and return to the Administration Home Page NOTE When an IP address is added to the Allow List those on the Allow List are the only host IP addresses that will be allowed to access the logical Volume When an IP address is added to the Deny List those on the Deny list are the only host IP addresses that will be denied from accessing the logical Volume Ss Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series Web Administration Interface gt MANAGE gt User amp Access Access Control UNIX ABERNAS ADMINISTRATION Home 2 HELP Sj TECH SUPPORT S RBOUT WEB MANAGER SERVER CONFIG To modify a NFS access select the volume share from the scroll down list and click on Add or Delete NETWORK SETTING EET TE Select Logical Volume AberNAS1 11T v USER amp ACCESS NFS Access Disabled Local User Management NESE t O
72. o complete the AberNAS login process Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series Web Administration Interface Overview The ABERNAS offers a number of interfaces from which administrative tasks can be performed This section describes how to navigate through the interface to access the administrative features The ABERNAS Administration Home pictured below is launched after successful log in The call outs indicate the functions and information that can be found behind each button ABERNAS ADMINISTRATION HOME 2 HELP Sj ECH suPPoRT S ABOUT WEB MANAGER Back Up Manage Mirror and Restore i Home Link back to this screen from other administration screens or pages Help Link to on line product info and downloadable manual Tech Support Link to on line technical support information About Web Manager Display version no for OS build and installed patch Manage Edit Server Configuration Network Settings Storage Management Add Delete Users and Edit Access Settings Monitor Server Activity Log View Settings Backup Mirror and Restore Edit Snapshot and Restore Settings Edit Failover and Mirror Settings Folder Replication View Settings Update Apply Latest Patches and Updates Log out of the Web Administration ne 12 Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series Web Administration Interface gt MANAGE gt Server Config gt General Settings Enter basic server information here such as server
73. o give access to a user group except for an individual user within that group Any individual user within a user group can be assigned with different access level from the rest of the user group by assigning a different access level to the individual user for the logical volume The individual user access level takes priority over the user group access level User will not be able to read write or delete any files within the logical volume 4 Click ADD to complete this process 5 To remove a user or user group from the logical volume select them from the ASSIGNED USERS list and click REMOVE 6 To ADD or DELETE additional user s and or user group s to the logical volume repeat all of the steps shown above 7 Apply the following options if necessary by selecting their respective fields casefold option Casefold option handles how case names should be managed tolower Lower cases names in both directions toupper Upper cases names in both directions xlatelower Client sees lower case server sees upper case Xlateupper Client sees upper case server sees lower case mswindows Forces filename restrictions imposed by MS WinXX and invokes the MS default codepage iso8859 1 if one is not already specified prodos Provides compatibility with Apple II clients nohex Disables hex crlf conversion Enables crif translation for TEXT files usedots Don t do hex translation for dot files This makes al
74. of serving its clients due to Disconnected NIC port Power outage RAID volume corruption OS kernel panic Secondary server will take over the service and all data on the primary server will be available except for those that were being written when the primary server failed Re deploy Failed Primary Server 1 Fix the problem that disabled the primary server NOTE The re deployment option of the primary server exists so that it can become the secondary server The former secondary server now becomes the primary server 2 The AberNAS server to be re deployed must meet the requirements detailed under Before Configuring SFM 3 Configure TCP IP for the Data port in line with above example Data port IP address would be 10 1 1 100 4 If the server requires reconfiguration for RAID Mirror the secondary server that is active 5 Follow the steps above to configure the server to synchronize with primary server formerly the secondary server 6 Boot the former primary sever it will sync and take position of secondary server Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series NOTE elf the primary server had data stored before configuring SFM it will immediately start to copy its data to the secondary server Copy process time will vary depending on the size and type of file s on the primary server When the former primary server now secondary server is re deployed data copy from former secondary server now primary server to
75. olume to erase all of its contents Although it is not required you can also change the logical volume name CAUTION Formatting a physical volume cannot be undone and you will be asked to confirm your request Be sure to move data you need to save to another location before formatting the volume Format a Logical Volume 1 Select the logical volume from the LOGICAL VOLUME pull down menu 2 To change the VOLUME NAME optional enter the new name in the ENTER NEW NAME field Names can be up to 15 alphanumeric characters and must not contain spaces 3 Click on FORMAT The AberNAS immediately begins to format the selected logical volume Click CANCEL to discard the changes and return to the Administration Home Page Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series Web Administration Interface gt MANAGE gt User amp Access Local User Management ABERNAS ADMINISTRATION Home 7 HELP S TECH Supra AaeouT WEE MANAGER SERVER CONFIG To create a user enter the name password and select Create To delete a user select the user from the User List and select Delete To modify a user delete the user first and then create as a new user To go NETWORK SETTING back select Cancel STORAGE MANAGE User List User Name USER amp ACCESS limit 31 characters Local User Management Password limit 128 characters Local Group Confirm Password Management Access Control Access Control
76. on is set to rwx rwx rwx To modify select the desired rwx permission settings for OWNER GROUP and OTHER from the TOP DIRECTORY PERMISSION check boxes STICKY BIT When Sticky bit is enabled on a directory files inside the directory may be renamed or removed only by the owner of the file the owner of the directory or the super user even if the modes of the directory would otherwise allow such an operation 3 Click MODIFY to complete or click CANCEL to discard the changes and return to the Administration Home Page NOTE STICKY BIT is used to allow only the root or the owner of the file to unlink or rename the file When disabled anyone that has access to the directory can rename or unlink the file Delete The Host 1 Select the IP address from the IP ADDRESS pull down menu 2 Click DELETE or click CANCEL to discard the changes and return to the Administration Home Page NOTE Each IP address must be deleted manually Changing the logical volume share and setting it to DISABLE does NOT delete IP address es Security Method for NFS Access The AberNAS implements standard UNIX security for NFS access This means that the UNIX host that is added to the logical volume can mount to the logical volume with assigned access privileges Any user logging into the host is authenticated by the NIS Network Information Service server or the UNIX host s own security After the user is logged into the host he she is able to acces
77. other group is dedicated for data copying and communicating SFM ports with each other Both groups of network ports may be bonded for higher throughput as well as fail over within NIC ports Before Configuring SFM Both systems should have at least one NIC port dedicated for SFM use Connection between two systems may be via crossover cable or connected to a switch When using a switch it is recommended that the switch for the SFM ports be separate from Data ports NOTE SFM port may be configured simply by clicking on the available port and selecting SFM TCP IP information is not needed for SFM port Both systems must have same number of PVs and LVs as well as same capacity for PVs and LVs Name the PVs and LVs the same for both systems Both systems should be connected to the same subnet If ADS PDC and or NIS synchronization is planned synchronize ADS PDC and or NIS before starting SFM configuration for the primary server If ADS PDC and or NIS synchronization need to be disabled disable SFM first Plan three IP addresses 1 Data IP address for primary server For example 10 1 1 100 2 Data IP address for secondary server For example 10 1 1 101 SAN Ss ET Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series 3 IP address for Service port Service port is the virtual port used for clients to connect to the AberNAS system in SFM mode For example 10 1 1 100 4 For this manual the following IP addresses will be used for example
78. pple iSCSI is a network based block device connected through SCSI over IP protocol formatted and used as a network storage volume 6 Click on CREATE to complete the configuration of this Logical Volume or click CANCEL to discard the changes and return to the Administration Home Page Repeat the above steps to create and configure additional logical volumes Modify an Existing Logical Volume 1 Select the Physical Volume containing the Logical Volume to modify from the PHYSICAL VOLUME pull down menu The Logical Volume s contained in the selected Physical Volume will populate in the EXISTING LOGICAL VOLUME pull down menu 2 Select the Logical Volume to modify from the EXISTING LOGICAL VOLUME pull down menu The current Logical Volume information is immediately displayed on the screen 3 Modify the VOLUME NAME VOLUME DESCRIPTION VOLUME TYPE and or VOLUME SIZE as needed CAUTION Changing the VOLUME FILE SYSTEM type will delete all data on the device 4 To complete the modification click on MODIFY or click CANCEL to discard the changes and return to the Administration Home Page NOTE Size cannot be modified if snapshot Volume is attached to the logical Volume Delete a Logical Volume 1 Select the Physical Volume that contains the Logical Volume you wish to delete from the PHYSICAL VOLUME pull down menu A list of Logical Volumes for the selected Physical Volume appears in the EXISTING LOGICAL VOLUME pull down menu 2 Se
79. pti Local Group Management public rw root_squash sync Access Control Local Access Control Microsoft Host Host Group address Access Control 0 0 0 0 is public Enable NIS for Host Group wa Root Squash C All Squash C Read Only Z Secure C Async 7 Subtree Check Access Control Apple Squash UID GID Default 4294967294 the other common value is e5524 Access Control iSCSI Quota Management Top directory permission 3 MONITORING Changing this also affects other services Sticky Owner Group Others O Mw x41 wA 4M wA A VIEW SETTING NOTE Synchronizing the AberNAS with NIS does not automatically give NIS users access to the logical Volume All Logical Volumes to be accessed by NIS users must first be mounted by the host computer Add Host Access 1 Select the logical volume that you wish to give host access to from the SELECT LOGICAL VOLUME pull down menu 2 Click Enable NFS Access NOTE Selecting Enable NFS SERVICE from the Network Settings Interface of the web administration GUI enables global NFS access Disabling this option disables NFS access completely Unless NFS access is added with host IP address for each logical volume NFS access for that logical volume is disabled As a result the pull down menu of the NFS access for the logical volume share is disabled by default A Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series 3 Type in the IP addres
80. ration Interface gt MANAGE gt Monitoring Notification ABERNAS ADMINISTRATION Home 2 HELP Sj TECH SUPPORT E ABOUT WEB MANAGER SERVER CONFIG Enter SMTP server information and up to 3 email addresses for failure notification to administrator s To confirm entry select ly to go back select Cancel NETWORK SETTING try Apply to g STORAGE MANAGE SMTP server IP address or name USER amp ACCESS Account name MONITORING Password eeeeeoeoosooeoe gt Notification Utilization Email addresses General Server Log User Access Sendtestemail VIEW SETTING UPS Disable Poto O Port1 Enable SNMP 7 The AberNAS is equipped with features that will notify designated administrators with failure notifications via e mail Setup a Failure notifications Procedure 1 SMTP Server IP Address Enter the IP address and Account information of an outgoing mail server that will be used to send e mail notifications 2 E mail Addresses Enter the full e mail addresses e g name company com for up to three administrators who are to be notified when any of the above selected failures occur 3 Send Test E mail If selected a test notification message will be sent to each e mail address entered in the E MAIL ADDRESSES fields after the APPLY button is pressed 4 Enable UPS The COM port of the ABERNAS may be connected to an Uninterruptable Power Suppl
81. red per logical Volume then higher capacity should be considered for the snapshot volume The AberNAS uses block level method where changes in the logical volume are written to the snapshot volume s simultaneously As a result having multiple snapshot volumes per logical volume requires multiple writes Performance degradation for disk I O is affected by the number of snapshot volumes per logical volume and the frequency of changes in the logical volume If the maximum capacity for the snapshot volumes has been reached the system will no longer be able to create new snapshots When this occurs the administrator will be notified SAN ET Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series Create Snapshots 1 Input name in the SNAPSHOT SHARE NAME field Up to 15 alpha numeric characters 2 Select the LV from the VOLUME LIST pull down menu NOTE The PV in which this LV will reside must have adequate free space 3 Input description in the SNAPSHOT DESCRIPTION field This is optional 4 Enter the capacity in MBs for Snapshot Volume in the SNAPSHOT SIZE field Time based is the specified time that each Snapshot is taken For example hour of the day day of the week or date of the month 5 For Time based schedule select DAY WEEK or MONTH from the FREQUENCY pull down menu Day Enter hour and minute of the day to take Snapshot Value of 1 is 1 00AM Week Enter day hour and minute of the week to take Snapshot Value 1 is Monday Month E
82. rget Service 1 Select the ENABLE iSCSI TARGET SERVICE check box 2 Use the default name given in the TARGET NAME field or follow the requirements described in the iSCSI specification 3 Click APPLY to complete or click CANCEL to discard the changes and return to the Administration Home Page Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series Web Administration Interface gt MANAGE gt Storage Management Overview The ABERNAS system with an installed RAID controller can manage a broad range of storage devices for enhanced speed added storage capacity to virtual disks and decreased impact of disk failure Through the ABERNAS Web Administrator interface the administrator can configure the installed RAID controller s to manage and format the internal and external storage devices The Storage Management interfaces in the Web Administrator allow the administrator to Define the RAID type and format storage devices Use the iSCSI initiator to connect to external iSCSI devices Convert multiple individual fixed disks into single large virtual storage volumes Increase the total storage capacity of virtual storage volumes This section contains definitions for the terms and configurable settings found in the Storage Management interfaces of the Web Administration Definitions for Volume Group Types The ABERNAS system uses a hierarchical structure of storage volumes and volume groups in order to manage storage The Web Administrator RAID Volume Man
83. s of the UNIX host in the HOST IP ADDRESS field and select the desired mounting options for this host Up to four access levels may be applied to each host that is added to the logical volume ROOT SQUASH Any user logging in as root will be assigned a different user ID so that limited privilege of read write delete is assigned to the logged in user ALL SQUASH Any user logging in will be assigned a different user ID so that limited privilege of read write delete is assigned to the logged in user READ ONLY Any user logging in can have read only access SECURE Secure option limits the user that can mount to NFS file system to super users only TCP IP port 10 4 and below If a third party application exists that allows non super users to mount to the NFS file system secure option should be deselected ASYNC Allows the NFS server to violate the NFS protocol and reply to requests before any changes made by that request have been committed to stable storage e g disc drive Using this option usually improves performance but at the cost that an unclean server restart i e a crash can cause data to be lost or corrupted SUBTREE CHECK If a subdirectory of a file system is exported but the whole file system isn t then whenever an NFS request arrives the server must check not only that the accessed file is in the appropriate file system but also that it is in the exported tree By default top directory permissi
84. s the logical volume on the ABERNAS with read write delete or read only privilege depending on the access privilege that Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series was assigned to the host Individual subdirectories created by the user can be secured by applying one of the following 1 OWNER ONLY 2 USER GROUP THAT THE USER BELONGS TO 3 EVERYONE IN THE SUB DIRECTORY Mounting Syntax ABERNAS shares are mounted under the exports directory Sample mounting syntax is as below mount t nfs 10 1 1 201 exports share0 host local directory Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series Web Administration Interface gt MANAGE gt User amp Access Access Control Apple A HOME Sj TECH SUPPORT S RBOUT WEE MANAGER HELP ABERNAS ADMINISTRATION SERVER CONFIG Assign user or user group from the list to each logical volume and set access control NETWORK SETTING Select Logical Volume AberNAS1 11T v STORAGE MANAGE USER amp ACCESS Assi i Users Local User EVERYONE Read Write Management Local Groups Access Control P Ee Read Write ure i j Management dem je CustomerService Access Control Oo Read Only Exec Local O Deny Tech f IE Purchasing ccess Control hi re Access Control Remove Add UNIX 3 ET Control EE v C prodos C crif conversion C read only C mswindows C nohex C usedots C limitsize Access Control iSCSI Quota Management MONITORING
85. sired available volumes from the PV POOL list then click ADD RV TO PV This process adds RV to the existing PV thus creating the Expanded PV The added RV is now named PV NOTE RV s that were iSCSI target devices or SCSI devices require manual conversion into LVs to be usable by the attached Clients Separate The PV From Expanded PV To remove the PV that s been added to the PV click on the PV from the EXPANDED PV POOL and click on REMOVE PV FROM EXP PV This process removes the PV from the EXPANDED PV converts the PV to RV and places it in the RV POOL as an RV Physical Volume Expansion may be used to combine multiple PVs to create a single large PV This process can be useful when combining multiple PVs belonging to different RAID controller cards Replace The PV In the Expanded PV with Another RV To replace a PV belonging to an Expanded PV with another RV all necessary volumes can be selected at once rather than removing first then adding next Select the PV belonging to EXPANDED PV select the RV you wish to replace the PV selected click on REPLACE PV IN EXP PV or click CANCEL to discard the changes and return to the Administration Home Page CAUTION Removing PV separating PV or replacing PV will cause the PV to loose its data Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series Web Administration Interface gt MANAGE gt Storage Management Logical Volume Manager ABERNAS ADMINISTRATION Home 2 HELP Sj TECH suppor
86. sired logical volume To go back select Cancel Snap Shot amp Restore SERVER MIRROR REPLICATION L 5 z Snapshot list No snapshots Snapshot share name up to 15 alpha numeric characters Volume list AberNAS1 10710 2G PV0 OMB free Snapshot description up to 50 alpha numeric characters Snapshot size 0 MB Frequency Weekly v Week Monday v HH MM Q v lo Snapshot and Restore The AberNAS is equipped with Snapshot technology where it can take scheduled snapshot of its Logical Volume s to retrieve files that were accidentally erased The total number of Snapshots per AberNAS system is three regardless of number of PV s or LV s existent on the system The three volume limit was placed as it is the typical maximum used by users The quantity of Snapshot volumes may be increased if necessary please contact Aberdeen Technical support for details NOTE Snapshots are assigned to individual logical volumes as snapshot volumes Snapshot volumes reside in the same physical volume as the logical volume As a result physical volumes must have adequate free space to support both the snapshot volume and contents of the logical volumes The size of the snapshot volume varies depending on the environment in which the AberNAS system is deployed If there are frequent changes to the files by large number of users and multiple snapshots are requi
87. t S ABOUT WEB MANAGER SERVER CONFIG Manage Logical Volume LV by converting Physical Volume PV into network shares or iSCSI target volumes NETWORK SETTING STORAGE MANAGE To create modify remove LV o Select PV from Physical Volume RAID Volume o Input Volume Name Volume Description optional Volume Size MB Manager o Select Volume File System type and Select Create Software RAID o To modify LV select desired LV from Existing Logical Volume desired changes and select Modify Volume Manager o Toremove LV select LV from Existing Logical Volume and select Delete External RAID i i i Manager Note For iSCSI Target models only iSCSI can be selected for Volume File System USB 1394 Volume Warning Deleting LV will delete all data in the LV Manager iSCSI Initiator Physical Volume Management 3 v Existing Logical Volume Volume Group Manager Volume Name up to 15 alpha numeric characters Logical Volume Volume Filesystem Manager Format USER amp ACCESS up to 50 alpha numeric MONITORING Volume Size MB enter size in MB Assign LV as home directory C VIEW SETTING A Logical Volume LV is a formatted storage volume in PV that can be shared by network clients attached to the AberNAS By default all users are given access to a logical volume To assign exclusive access to specific users or user groups go to the User and Access section Fun
88. t PV Toreplace PV in Ext PV with another RV RDV select PV thats part of Ext PV and RV RDV Select Replace PV in Ext PV Select Refresh to scan newly added RV RDV Extended PV Pool ExtPV IP iscsi PV Pool PV IP iscsi CHTL Size PV2 CS5BOTOLO 10710 2G JOK RV RDV Pool Vendor IP iscsi To cestoremove PV To add remove RV RDV from PV Add RV to Ext PV Remove PV from Ext PV To replace PV in Ext PV with new RV RDV Replace PV in Ext PV Volume Group is comprised of Physical Volume PV Expanded Physical Volume Exp PV and Raw Volume RV Volume Group Manager features Convert RV to PV Add RV to PV thus creating Expanded PV Remove PV to RV Pool Remove or Replace RV that s been added to PV Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series Creating PV Creating PV is to convert the RV from the RV Pool to PV Once RV is converted to PV it is ready to be converted to Logical Volume LV Conversion from PV to LV means PV is formatted and ready to be used by clients attached to the ABERNAS To create PV select the desired RV from the RV POOL and click CREATE PV Removing PV PVs in the PV POOL or EXPANDED PV POOL can be removed and converted into RV To remove PV select the desired PV from the PV POOL or EXTENDED PV POOL Adding RV to PV RV s in the RV POOL can be added to the PV in the PV POOL to expand the capacity of the original PV or insert more LVs To add the RV to the PV select the de
89. ter system time in the 4 hour format Indicate hour minutes and seconds in the hh mm ss format EE Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series Time Zone Select the time zone from the pull down menu The default setting is US Pacific Standard Time Language The default language is US English If you wish to support a different language select the language from the pull down menu This multiple language setting allows users to store and retrieve file and directory names that are in the selected language and US English You must re boot the server upon changing language Synchronize with Preconfigured NTP Network Time Protocol Server 1 Select the SERVER AND CLIENT radio button 2 Select an NTP server from the STRATUM SERVERS pull down menu then click Apply Synchronize with a Custom NTP Network Time Protocol Server 1 Select the SERVER AND CLIENT radio button 2 Input the IP address of the NTP server and select Add Then click Apply Delete An Existing NTP Network Time Protocol Server 1 Select the NTP server from the Stratum Servers pull down menu 2 Click DELETE Provide NTP Synchronization Service To Attached Clients 1 Select the SERVER AND CLIENT radio button to provide this service to clients NOTE AberNAS and client must be in the same subnet Provide NTP Synchronization Service To new Clients 1 Select the SERVER AND CLIENT radio button 2 Enter the IP Address and Netmask of the client in the Network Address Ne
90. the NASFINDER setup utility If you are using Windows Double click NASFINDER exe in the NASDIRECTOR folder to start the setup If you are using Linux Open a Terminal Session and cd to the NASDIRECTOR folder Run application with NASFinder command The Following screen will appear showing how many AberNAS units were found on your network NAS Finder Setup Utility Scan network for NAS clients Show client information Set IP address Power off a system Exit Setup Utility 1 2 3 4 Reboot a system 5 6 Select m If you have more than one Linux AberNAS unit on your network run option 2 to differentiate between them by IP address Otherwise proceed with option 3 to set the IP address Press option 3 to set the IP address of the Linux AberNAS You will be asked to select the Client Since only a single AberNAS should be found select Client 1 and press lt ENTER gt Ee Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series Scanning Found 1 clients NAS Finder Setup Utility 1 Scan network for NAS clients 2 Show client information 3 Set IP address 4 Reboot a system 5 Power off a system 6 Exit Setup Utility Select 3 Client 1 Select client 1 cancel gt 1 You will then be prompted for the password Enter the default AberNAS password 0000 to proceed After you have entered the correct password you will be prompted to select your preferred IP address type for the un
91. tmask fields 3 Click Add NOTE AberNAS and client must be in the same subnet After completing the general settings Click APPLY to continue or click CANCEL to discard changes and to return to the Administration Home Page Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series Web Administration Interface gt MANAGE gt Server Config gt Password Change ABERNAS ADMINISTRATION Home 2 HELP Sy Tech support EJABOUT WEE MANAGER SERVER CONFIG Change administrator password in this page Be sure to keep the new password in a safe place for General Setting security Apply to make changes and Cancel to go back Password Change Restart amp Shutdown Current Password New Password up to 128 characters gt NETWORK SETTING Confirm New Password STORAGE MANAGE 3 USER amp ACCESS MONITORING gt VIEW SETTING To change your root login password enter the following information into the fields shown above Current Password Enter your current log in password in this field NOTE For security passwords you enter will be cloaked by asterisks within all password fields New Password Enter a new password that consists of 6 8 alphanumeric characters Non alphanumeric characters such as will not be accepted Passwords are case sensitive Confirm New Password Re enter the new password exactly as entered in the previous field CAUTION Be sure to record your password in a
92. ts users groups in local LDAP NIS and ADS PDC In the event where you have duplicate user IDs the above order will be used to list and accept duplicate users and groups Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series Web Administration Interface gt MANAGE gt Network Setting gt DHCP Service ABERNAS ADMINISTRATION HOME 2 HELP Sj cH support S ABOUT wee MANAGER SERVER CONFIG To enable service check Enable DHCP check box NETWORK SETTING i e Assign IP address range From and To TCP IP Setting e Enter Subnet Mask Gateway DNS both primary and secondary in not mandatory IP addresses Port Bonding e ForclientIP address renewal input appropriate value in the fields for Day Hour Min and Sec Ha ELE NOTE This DHCP senice is not intended to replace the DHCP server already deployed in your network UNIX Networking This feature is to provide convenient management of local clients in absence of DHCP server Apple Networki EE ee To apply changes click on Apply at the bottom of the screen To exit without applying changes and return to LDAP Client the home page click on Cancel DHCP Service FTP Service Enable DHCP oO iSCSI Service IP address from IPSec IP address to Access Option Subnet STORAGE MANAGE Netmask USER amp ACCESS Gateway DNS primary DNS secondary 0 gt MONITORING a VIEW SETTING Lease time Day The DH
93. ume Pool with assigned name To Remove USB 1394 Volume 1 Select USB 1394 Volume from External Storage Volume Pool 2 Select Remove button Unfinished process to USB 1394 Volume may be interrupted Warning USB 1394 Volume is not intended to be used as part of a RAID Volume Do not remove USB 1394 Volume without selecting the Remove button as it may result in unexpected failure A Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series Web Administration Interface gt MANAGE gt Storage Management iSCSI Initiator Management MSEE SONS iSCSI Target Discover amp List NETWORK SETTING Input IP address and port of the system containing iSCSI target volume s Use appropriate UID and PWD if CHAP is used Select Discover to list all available iSCSI targets Select Remove to remove any STORAGE MANAGE undesired iSCSI target RAID Volume Manager IP 192 168 100 101 Port 3260 Software RAID k A Volume Manager CHAP C if required External RAID ing if required Manager USB 1394 Volume Manager iSCSI Initiator List No iSCSI Targets Discovery Target Portals Management Volume Group Manager Logical Volume Manager Format iSCSI Target Log In amp Log Out Select iSCSI target volume and Log in to gain access Use appropriate UID and PWD if CHAP is setup 3 USER amp ACCESS Select Log out to end access Select Remove to remove iSCSI target from the list pres No iSCSI Targets Add Target Portals
94. users and groups CAUTION When using SFM configuration enable NIS synchronization before turning on SFM If NIS synchronization should require disabling disable SFM before disabling NIS synchronization Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series Web Administration Interface gt MANAGE gt Network Setting gt Apple Networking ABERNAS ADMINISTRATION HOME HELP Sj TECH support EJABOUT WEE MANAGER SERVER CONFIG To support Apple clients enable AFP service To confirm select Apply to go back select Cancel NETWORK SETTING Enable AFP Services TCP IP Setting Port Bonding Derm Apply Allow Apple Clients To Access AberNAS Logical Volumes 1 Turn on the AFP service by enabling AFP SERVICE check box NOTE The AFP service will allow local users and user groups of AberNAS or NIS users and user groups to access AberNAS logical volumes 2 Click APPLY to complete the process or click CANCEL to discard the changes and return to the Administration Home Page If Apple clients cannot be mounted especially OS versions 9 x to the ABERNAS enter the following command rm usr local etc netatalk afpd conf init 6 The system will reboot and attempt to mount to the network share again Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series Web Administration Interface gt MANAGE gt Network Setting gt LDAP Client ABERNAS ADMINISTRATION Home 2 HELP Sj TECH support S ABOUT WEB MANAGER SERVER CONFIG LDAP Client s
95. visions to be preserved Indicates number of copy revisions to keep 6 Set the SCHEDULE for replication by hours and minutes Click SAVE to save this setting or Repeat the process above to create multiple replication schedules or click CANCEL to return to the Administration Home Page Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series Web Administration Interface gt Backup Mirror and Restore gt View Setting ABERNAS ADMINISTRATION HOME 2 HELP Sy Tech support S ABOUT WEE MANAGER P SNAESHOT Snap Shot amp Restore SERVER MIRROR off REPLICATION VIEW SETTING Snap shot shares E Mew Setang Name Share Size Frequency Frequency Value Hour Minute No snapshot View Settings Snap Shot and Restore View the Snapshot amp Restore configurations for the following Snapshot amp Restore Indicates whether the feature is on or off Snapshot Volumes Displays all snapshot volumes available for snapshot and restore These settings are configured and can be changed on the SNAPSHOT amp RESTORE page of the ABERNAS Web Administration GUI Click CANCEL to return to the Administration Home Page Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series Web Administration Interface gt UPDATE ABERNAS ADMINISTRATION Home 2 HELP Sj TECH SUPPORT S RBOUT WEB MANAGER To update NAS OS copy the desired patch update to the Logical Volume Select Browse Local Computer or Browse Local Folder Directory below to locate and select the patch update Select Up
96. y UPS monitor port When the UPS is activated due to a power loss a notification will be sent to each e mail entered in the E MAIL ADDRESSES fields NOTE Must use a simple signaling Cable for proper functionality with the AberNAS system Ss Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series 5 SNMP When enabled monitoring applications may receive ABERNAS status via SNMP protocol 6 Temperature Fan Monitoring Temperature CPU Chassis fans may be monitored via Web administration In addition any over temp above 75 C ambient or fan failure if connected fans have tachometer output for RPM status will be notified by e mail CAUTION By default temperature and fan monitoring are disabled This is to prevent automatic system shutdown when an unknown motherboard is configured The AberNAS OS must be able to communicate with the server monitoring chips often referred to IM or 12C sensors in order to properly use this feature Unrecognized chips may result in improper temperature and fan readers 7 Click APPLY to complete or click CANCEL to discard the changes and return to the Administration Home Page Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series Web Administration Interface gt MANAGE gt Monitoring Utilization ABERNAS ADMINISTRATION Home 2 HeLP Sy TECH support JABOUT WEE MANAGER SERVER CONFIG ME ER CPU Busy 0 Wait 0 l Busy 0 Wait 0 MONITORING I STORAGE MANAGE USER amp ACCESS Notification Busy 0
97. ype Definitions Network Settings Microsoft Networking 22 Enable Disable CIFS SMB Service Join Microsoft Workgroup Join Microsoft Primary Domain Controller PDC Join Microsoft Active Directory Service ADS UNIX Networking Synchronize With Network Information Service NIS Network Settings Apple Networking 25 _ Allow Apple Clients To Access AberNAS Logical Volumes Network Setting LDAP Client 26 Configure LDAP Client Service DHCP Service 27 Enable DHCP Service EE Aberdeen LLC AberNAS LX Series FTP Service 28 Enable FTP Service iSCSI Service 29 Enable The iSCSI Initiator Service Enable The iSCSI Target Service Storage Management Overview 31 Definitions for Volume Group Types Definition for RAID Volume Types Storage Management RAID Volume Manager 33 Managing RAID Volumes Storage Management Software RAID Manager 34 Storage Management External RAID Manager 35 Storage Management USB 1394 Volume 36 Storage Management iSCSI Initiator Management 37 iSCSI Target Device Benefits Discover Available iSCSI Target Portals And iSCSI Target Devices Connecting And Disconnecting iSCSI Target Devices PV RV Information Storage Management Volume Group Manager 39 Creating PV Removing PV Adding RV To PV Separate The PV From Expanded PV Replace The PV In the Expanded PV With Another RV Storage Management Logical Volume Mana

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