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1. In the Delete User pop up window click Yes The user is removed from the user list Securing Your Device and Contents Groups Groups Overview Groups consist of one or more users and administrators can grant each group rights to Shares on the lomega StorCenter px12 400r Users can belong to more than one group The Groups page enables administrators to create one or more groups and grant each group rights to Shares on the px12 400r Security must be enabled before you can create groups Note Refer to the Security page to enable security permissions and create an administrator account if you have not done so already By default there are no groups defined Once an administrator defines one or more groups the Groups functionality is dynamically available when creating modifying and viewing users Shares and groups How Access Rights Are Granted Using Groups in Workgroup Mode When groups are defined in Workgroup mode a user s access rights are the most rights granted to the user and all groups to which the user belongs For example assume 3 Shares exist SF1 SF2 and SF3 two users UserA and UserB and three groups Group1 Group2 Group3 When created UserA was not granted access rights to any Share and UserB was granted Read rights to SF3 Group has Read Write rights to SF1 Group2 has Read Write rights to SF2 and Group3 has Read Write rights to SF3 If UserA is added to Group1 UserB is added to Group2 and Group1 is
2. e Stream movies that are in Shares with media sharing enabled e Upload videos that are added to Shares associated with social media sites How dol stream movies share movies through social media 140 Media Management Streaming Movies The lomega StorCenter has a built in media server that when turned on scans for movies in specific folders that have media sharing enabled Any movies contained in these specific folders are accessible to any user on your network with a media player For information on enabling a folder as a media folder refer to Managing Shares Scanning for Movies The Media Server automatically scans for media content on a regular basis However you can click Scan now at any time to force the media server to perform an immediate scan for movies This is especially useful after you have created new folders with media sharing enabled and copied a large amount of media content to them 141 Adding Applications to Your Device Application Overview You can install supported applications on your px12 400r using the Application Manager page For each application installed you may have the option to uninstall start and stop the application How dol install an application 143 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide Application Manager The Application Manager page allows you to add applications to your px12 400r from an installation file located on your computer For each application i
3. 4 Click Apply to save your changes After you click Apply the restore process starts If your source px12 400r had Active Directory enabled you are prompted to enter the administrator name and password of an account that has the rights to join the domain 6 Click OK 147 Hardware Management About the lomega StorCenter px12 400r Components This topic describes the front and rear panel components of the px12 400r Front Panel Status Indicators Buttons and Ports Oo oO o 1 Power button Press and release to power the px12 400r on or off When the px12 400r is powered up pressing the power button for less than 4 seconds will result in a graceful system shutdown CAUTION Holding the power button for 4 seconds will result in a forced shutdown and could cause data loss if data transfers are in process 2 Power Status Indicator e Solid blue unit is powered on no faults e Flashing blue unit is initializing booting or shutting down e Flashing amber indicates a system failure power supply fan failure or drive failure Use the device console to view details 3 Drive bays The lomega StorCenter px12 400r has 12 user serviceable drive bays See Drive Bay Detail below for additional information 4 USB 2 0 connector Supports devices such as USB storage devices and printers 149 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide Drive Bay Detail 2 a 1 Drive Sled Release L
4. In the Information section enter a name for the volume in the Volume field 3 Inthe Size GB field enter a size in gigabytes GB for the volume Note that both the allocated and available space for the volume displays When you create a new volume you can optionally enable encryption to protect your data if your px12 400r is lost or stolen You can only enable encryption when you create a volume Enabling encryption can reduce performance since information transferred to and from the drives must be processed using the 256 bit Advanced Encryption Standard AES protocol To apply encryption to a volume click the Enable encryption checkbox There are two options for encryption allowing the system to generate a passphrase or creating one yourself The passphrase is not a 256 bit encryption key e Generate and save passphrase on the system Select this option to allow the system to store a passphrase for the volume This type of encryption works only when the px12 400r is powered down If any drives are removed while your system is powered down data on the encrypted volume will not be accessible When the px12 400r is rebooted the system generated passphrase is automatically applied to the encrypted volume unlocking it and enabling data access e Enter a passphrase This is a more secure type of encryption and is the recommended option Click the Enter a passphrase option then enter and verify a passphrase for the volume You can chang
5. Personal Cloud Accessing Your Device From Anywhere in the World Managing Trusted Devices on a Personal Cloud As an lomega Personal Cloud administrator you can manage trusted devices on your Personal Cloud Trusted devices can be disconnected or you can completely delete a trusted device from the Personal Cloud Disconnecting Trusted Devices Click My Personal Cloud and expand the trusted device section of the page To disconnect a trusted device from the Personal Cloud disable the trusted device by clicking the switch to Disabled and click Yes in the confirmation pop up window The trusted device is not deleted and can be reenabled at a later time Deleting Trusted Devices l __ W nae To delete a trusted device from the Personal Cloud click next to the device s name The trusted device is deleted and can only be added again by a user with trusted device privileges 1 On the Personal Cloud page expand the Trusted Devices section __ W 2 Click next to the trusted device you want to remove from the Personal Cloud 3 Confirm the deletion How dol join a trusted device enable security on my px12 400r create an lomega Personal Cloud configure a Personal Cloud invite people onto your Personal Cloud use Copy Jobs with a Personal Cloud 109 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide Using Copy Jobs with an lomega Personal Cloud You can create Copy Jobs that can transfer data from one trusted device to another thr
6. or type You can filter the list of users and groups by selecting a specific user or group from the domain tree Select the checkbox next to a user or group to import that user or group to your lomega StorCenter px12 400r from your Active Directory domain Select the checkbox in the title bar to select all the users and groups in your Active Directory domain Click Apply to save your changes Synchronizing with the Active Directory Controller You can poll the Active Directory controller at any time to check for new users and groups on the controller so you can add them to your px12 400r This keeps your px12 400r up to date with any group changes on the controller and indicates if any users on the controller were deleted or promoted Click ic Synchronize with the Active Directory Controller Changing Access Permissions 96 1 Expand Access Permissions to change user or group permissions to a secured Share If iSCSI is enabled you can also change user and group permissions to secured iSCSI drives To add permissions to a Share click bj ada access permissions From the Add Access Permissions pop up window select a Share or Shares for the user or group to access If iSCSI is enabled select iSCSI drives for the user or group to access Select the checkbox in the title bar to select all the Shares listed If iSCSI is enabled select the checkbox in the title bar to also select all the iSCSI drives listed Click Apply to save your
7. 6 Click Apply to save your settings 36 Sharing Files Automatically Sending Content to Multiple People at Once You can send content to multiple people at once using an email distribution active folder You can configure a Share as an Email Active Folder so that when you add files to that Share they are automatically sent to the recipients on the email distribution list To configure a Share as an Email Active Folder access Shares from the lomega StorCenter px12 400r Console select or create a Share and expand the Active Folders section to enable and configure email distribution How to Set Up an Email Distribution Active Folder Note Email Distribution lets you email your files to friends and family right from your lomega StorCenter px12 400r Console Use Email Distribution to share files with an email list Note To prevent email distribution list spamming the px12 400r allows lists of 250 or fewer email recipients and sends a maximum of six emails in a 24 hour period Refer to Managing Shares for more information on managing Shares and Active Folders Configuring an Email Distribution Active Folder 1 From the lomega StorCenter px12 400r Console click Shares 2 Select a Share to use as an Email Distribution Active Folder and click to expand the Active Folder section 3 Check Enable 4 Select Email Distribution from the drop down menu Include an email address in the Sender Email Address text box Distribution is
8. Create a volume to create a new volume for your iSCSI drive This option displays when your lomega device is new or if you are upgrading your lomega device and it has available space in its Storage Pools e Use an existing volume to use an existing empty or shared volume This option displays when you are upgrading your lomega device have available space in your Storage Pools and have already created multiple volumes To use an existing empty volume select iSCSI Volume Name and enter a name for the iSCSI drive and volume To use an existing shared volume select Shared Volume select the existing volume and enter a name for the iSCSI drive 5 Enter a size for the iSCSI drive The size must be smaller than the free space available on your lomega device 6 Click Create to create the iSCSI drive Enabling iSCSI Drives 1 Click Settings to begin configuring an iSCSI drive 2 To set the discovery of the iSCSI drive using iSNS check Enable discovery with iSNS 3 Choose one of the following options e Use local iSNS server the device acts as an iSNS server for the iSCSI drives e Use external iSNS server you supply the IP address or host name of the external iSNS server for the iSCSI drives 4 To enable the Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol CHAP check Enable two way authentication Mutual CHAP With Mutual CHAP enabled the client performs an additional check to confirm that it is using the correct device 5 Enter
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10. Share delete a Share Sharing Files Adding Shares 1 From the lomega StorCenter Console click Shares 2 To add a new Share click j Add a Share Type a name for the Share All Shares must have a name Names cannot exceed 32 characters The following are not valid Share names global homes printers 3 Click Create To modify an existing Share click the Share row to expand the Share How dol manage Shares delete Shares lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide Managing Shares You can change Share information change access permissions make a Share an Active Folder use Share volumes and modify a Share volume If available you can also enable NFS secured access Changing Share Information 1 2 3 4 Modify the existing name for the Share Choose whether to enable media sharing When Media sharing is enabled the media server scans this Share for any media content and makes it available to anyone with access to your network even if this Share is secured If you do not want media content made available to anyone do not check this option When Media sharing search is enabled Properties for that Share displays in the To view the content of a Share click the View Content link to open the Content Viewer Click Apply to save your changes Changing Access Permissions Note You should enable security on your lomega StorCenter before changing access permissions 5 Expand Access Permissions to chan
11. all users accessing the px12 400r have the same access rights If you have enabled Active Directory on your px12 400r only this option is available for mapping client computers e To have all users map as themselves but root maps as guest select Allow full access for client users other than root root_squash e To have all users map as themselves including root select Allow all client users full access Once enabled add NFS access rules for each secure Share from the Managing Shares page NFS provides another protocol for sharing storage data with Linux hosts When NFS is enabled you can configure rules for host based access to secure Shares Rules can be added to secure Shares to specify the hosts that are allowed to access Shares using NFS For example cs foo com matches all hosts in the domain cs foo com To export a Share to all hosts on an IP address or local network simultaneously specify an IP address and netmask pair as address netmask where the netmask can be in dotted decimal format or as a contiguous mask length For example either 255 255 252 0 or 22 will result in identical local networks fo To change any NFS settings click 28 Sharing Files rsync Synchronizing Files with Another Storage Device or Other Computers When you turn on this protocol you can enable the lomega StorCenter px12 400r as an rsync server When the px12 400r is an rsync server it can be used as a source and or destination devic
12. and manage the Personal Cloud on your lomega StorCenter px12 400r Console through the My Personal Cloud configuration option The Personal Cloud that you administer is called My Personal Cloud e Other Personal Cloud If you want to have your px12 400r join that Personal Cloud instead of administering your own select the option for Other Personal Cloud Enter the Personal Cloud name username and password you received when you were invited to join your px12 400r as a Trusted Device on the other Personal Cloud e Joining an lomega Personal Cloud as a Trusted Device To connect your computer or your px12 400r as a trusted device to a Personal Cloud you use the username and password given to you for that Personal Cloud The person managing the Personal Cloud has to create you as a user on the device hosting the Personal Cloud and give you permission to add trusted devices You can connect your px12 400r to only one Personal Cloud at any given time so you must select between either My Personal Cloud or Other Personal Cloud An administrator should complete the following tasks to set up or join a Personal Cloud e create a Personal Cloud e invite people to a Personal Cloud e join a trusted device to a Personal Cloud 99 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide Is My Content Secure Your content is always secure using an lomega Personal Cloud If you create a Personal Cloud with security disabled you are required to enter a
13. battery is incorrectly replaced Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the equipment manufacturer Dispose of used batteries according to local state regional and federal regulations Under any of the following conditions unplug the px12 400r from the wall outlet and contact technical support 164 The power cord or plug is damaged Liquid has been spilled into the device The device does not function properly when the operating instructions are followed The device was dropped or the exterior enclosure is damaged Legal Limited Warranty Drives and Media e Coverage e Excluded Products and Problems e Remedies e Obtaining Warranty Service e Limitations Coverage lomega warrants this hardware product to be free from defects in materials and workmanship for the warranty period This non transferable limited warranty applies only to you the first end user purchaser The warranty begins on the date of purchase and lasts for a period of one 1 year for products purchased in the Americas the Asia Pacific region or non European Union nations in Europe the Middle East or Africa ninety 90 days for lomega reconditioned products purchased in these regions or two 2 years for products purchased by an end user in member nations of the European Union Customers who register their new products at www iomegareg com within 90 days of purchase will receive a warranty extension so that their total warranty shall be a
14. changes In the table listing the Shares check Read or Write for each Share If iSCSI is enabled check Read or Write for each iSCSI drive A user or group can have full access by checking both Read and Write To grant only read access check only Read Note A user or group must have read access at a minimum A user or group cannot have only write access Securing Your Device and Contents 6 Uncheck Read to remove all access to a Share and remove the Share from the table If iSCSI is enabled uncheck Read to remove all access to an iSCSI drive and remove the iSCSI drive from the table 7 Click Apply to save your changes 8 If NFS is enabled the GID field is visible The GID value must be the same on both the Linux client and the px12 400r for the client to access files To modify the GID type a new GID value Setting Quotas 0 1 Click Quota settings to enable quotas and set a default quota Quotas are only set for individual users and not groups 2 In the Quota Settings dialog click Enable quotas to turn on quotas for each user Quotas can be set for each user individually or set as a default value 3 Enter a Default Quota in gigabytes When you set a default quota this becomes the quota size for all new users 4 Check Set default quota for all users to globally set the same quota size to all users You may overwrite this default value for individual users by setting their quota size separately in the user s Info
15. content that resides in Shares File systems in turn reside on volumes iSCSI drives reside on volumes Volumes allow you to partition space in Storage Pools and you can use that space for file systems Space in Storage Pools is also available for iSCSI drives Storage Pools group physical drives together All the drives in a Storage Pool should be the same size and all have the same protection such as RAID 5 Storage Pools A Storage Pool is a grouping of drives with a certain storage size and an assigned data protection A Storage Pool has a minimum of one drive By default your lomega device has one Storage Pool Storage Pool Data Protection For each Storage Pool you can select its type of protection Protection type determines how data is replicated across a Storage Pool and determines the amount of space used for data protection and storage The drives in your lomega device are protected using a built in pre configured technology that redundantly stores data across the drives so that if a single drive fails in most cases you will not lose any data This technology known as RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks enables a series of drives to act together as a single storage system If you create multiple Storage Pools you can assign different RAID types to each Storage Pool For more information on selecting RAID types refer to Changing RAID Protection Types Volumes A Volume is a single storage area A volume can be
16. drives to a RAID 5 or RAID 6 Storage Pool without recreating it You cannot add drives to a linear or Raid 10 storage pool without recreating it Check Enable periodic consistency check to enable a monthly parity or mirror consistency check Select the checkbox of the drive you want to add to the pool All drives in a pool must be the same size You cannot remove any drives from the pool Click Apply to save changes to the Storage Pool Storage Pool Management Adding and Managing Volumes A volume is a single accessible storage area with an allocated size You can create volumes after creating Storage Pools Shares in Volumes All Shares on the lomega StorCenter px12 400r are added to volumes and the size of the Share is limited by the free space of the volume When you create a Share you can add it to a volume at the same time This is the simplest method for adding a Share to a volume For more information on adding Shares to volumes refer to Managing Shares All iSCSI drives on the px12 400r are added to volumes and the size of the iSCSI drive is limited by the free space of the volume When you create an iSCSI drive you can add it to a volume at the same time This is the simplest method for creating iSCSI drives For more information on adding iSCSI drives refer to Managing iSCSI Drives To add a new volume 1 On the Drive Management page expand a Storage Pool expand the Volumes section and click Ub Add a Volume 2
17. expand the Schedule section 2 In the Schedule section select Enable Schedule for Copy Job 3 Select the days you want the Copy Job to run or select All Days to run the Copy Job every day 4 Click to select a start time Click Done to save your time selection Click Apply to save your changes The new Copy Job displays on the Copy Jobs page How do l manage a Copy Job modify a Copy Job delete a Copy Job restore files with Copy Jobs 71 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide Managing Copy Jobs From the Copy Jobs page you can add start stop delete or monitor Copy Jobs After you have added Copy Jobs the Copy Jobs page displays a list of Copy Jobs The information section includes the name of each Copy Job date and time it last ran and its next scheduled time From the Copy Jobs list you can perform the following actions 1 Click gt l start a Copy Job 2 Click a to stop a Copy Job U 3 Click to delete a Copy Job 4 Expand the Copy Job Information section to modify the Copy Job settings 5 Click the Schedule section to view the Copy Jobs schedule How dol add a Copy Job modify a Copy Job delete a Copy Job restore files with Copy Jobs 72 Backing up and Restoring Your Content Modifying Copy Jobs 1 Inthe list on the Copy Jobs page find the Copy Job you want to modify and click it to expand the Information section 2 Refer to Adding a Copy Job for information a
18. have an lomega device you can double click the device labeled lomega device and you will see the lomega StorCenter Console for the lomega device Windows XP If you have not enabled UPnP Discovery click Start Help and Support In the Help and Support browser search for UPnP and follow the steps from Install the UPnP framework After UPnP is enabled open Windows Explorer and in the Folders view expand My Network Places You should see your lomega device listed For example if you have an EZ Media device you can double click the device labeled lomegaEZ and you will see the lomega StorCenter Console for the lomega device Mac Browse to your lomega device through Finder Shared All and use Go Connect to Server to connect to Shares on your lomega device How dol set up my lomega device install lomega Storage Manager Setting up Your Device Setup Page The Setup page opens when you first access the lomega StorCenter px12 400r from the Home Page or the lomega Storage Manager On this page you can configure some basic device features by clicking the appropriate link The current setting of the feature displays above the link You can also configure all features shown on the Setup page by accessing the specific features directly lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide Network Connection Connecting the lomega StorCenter px12 400r to Your Network First check the package contents Verify that the box contai
19. have content on your lomega device that you do not want to share with members of your Personal Cloud you should put that content in secured Shares that are not accessible to anyone invited to your Personal Cloud Note This procedure assumes you did not create a Personal Cloud using the initial lomega Setup portal If you have already created a Personal Cloud you do not have to follow this procedure 1 On the lomega Personal Cloud page expand the Configure section 2 Click the My Personal Cloud button to open the portal that lets you create your Personal Cloud After you click the My Personal Cloud button a new website containing the portal opens You create a Personal Cloud on this website After you create the Personal Cloud you return to the lomega StorCenter Console 3 If your lomega device is not secured you are prompted to create a remote access password This is a password that anyone not on your local network must enter to access your device After completing these steps the Personal Cloud Quick Setup Wizard opens so you can create Shares invite users or configure Copy Jobs You can use the Quick Setup Wizard or close it and begin using your Personal Cloud How dol invite people to a Personal Cloud join a trusted device to a Personal Cloud enable security on lomega device 102 Personal Cloud Accessing Your Device From Anywhere in the World Configuring Router Port Forwarding for Personal Cloud In m
20. lomega device can e Stream pictures that are in Shares with media sharing enabled e Display pictures on the Home Page in a slideshow e Automatically resize pictures e Transfer pictures from your digital camera e Upload pictures to social media sites like Flickr or Facebook How dol stream pictures display pictures in a slideshow automatically resize pictures transfer pictures from a digital camera upload pictures to Facebook upload pictures to Flickr 127 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide Streaming Pictures The lomega StorCenter has a built in media server that when turned on can scan for pictures in specific folders that have media sharing enabled Any pictures contained in these specific folders will then be accessible to any user on your network with a media player For information on enabling a folder as a media folder refer to Managing Shares Scanning for Pictures The Media Server automatically scans for media content on a regular basis However you can click Scan now at any time to force the media server to perform an immediate scan for pictures This is especially useful after you have created new folders with media sharing enabled and copied a large amount of media content to them How dol display pictures in a slideshow automatically resize pictures transfer pictures from a digital camera 128 Media Management Creating a Slideshow on the Device Home Page Your px12 400r c
21. only to erase the drives internal to the px12 400r You cannot use this feature to reset any external storage devices that may be connected 1 Choose one of the following options e Quickly delete all data e Securely delete all data From the After Reset drop down menu choose to Restart or Power off the px12 400r after the factory reset completes Click Apply In the pop up confirmation click Yes to perform the factory reset After the factory reset completes the px12 400r powers down or restarts depending on your selection Warning When you quickly delete or securely delete all data on your lomega StorCenter any installed applications as listed on the Application Manager page are also deleted Go to www lifelineapps com to download and reinstall your applications In addition you should visit the lomega support web site for specific information on reinstalling applications that came preloaded with your px12 400r 153 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide UPS Management The lomega StorCenter UPS Management page allows you to monitor the status of an attached Uninterruptible Power Supply If your px12 400r is connected to a UPS battery backup unit it is listed on this page The battery status of the backup unit is also indicated displaying how much of a charge is left in the battery To monitor the battery status of your UPS unit connect your px12 400r to it with a USB cable If the px12 400r is running from the U
22. period of three 3 years in all regions Reconditioned products are not eligible for a warranty extension Excluded Products and Problems This warranty does not apply to a software of lomega or any affiliates b expendable components such as fuses or bulbs or c third party products hardware or software distributed by lomega lomega makes no warranty of any kind on such products which if included are provided AS IS This warranty also excludes damage caused by accident misuse abuse use of non lomega approved media or replaceable components exposure of media to excessive magnetic fields or external environmental causes or damage arising from any cause or causes for which lomega is not responsible such as exposure to abnormal temperatures shock power surges power outages improper power supply or damage caused while the product is being shipped from you to lomega Your lomega product may contain certain replaceable components such as hard drives or power supplies Refer to your product documentation or contact lomega to determine whether specific components are replaceable Any alteration change modification or repair other than replacement of a replaceable component made to the product by a party other than lomega or lomega s authorized service provider will void this warranty All lomega products are manufactured solely to standard commercial grade levels of reliability and are not intended for use in any systems th
23. sent from this email address 6 You can add multiple email addresses in the Email To text box by separating them with commas spaces or semicolons 7 Add a subject and email message for your recipients 8 Check Send the file as an attachment Send a link to the file or both 9 Click Apply to save your changes 10 Once configured all files in this Share are sent by email to your recipients Click View Transfer History to see the transfer activity from this Share to your account How dol manage a Share 37 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide Sharing Content Using Social Media Overview If you have an account with social media services such as Facebook Flickr or YouTube you can share content on your lomega StorCenter px12 400r with your friends and family using one or more of these social media sites To share your content using social media sites create Shares called Active Folders and connect each Active Folder with a social media account Refer to the help topic links below for more information on these procedures When you add photos and movies to an Active Folder those files are automatically uploaded to the social media site associated with that Active Folder If you have photos or movies you want to share with others this is a great way to make your content available to people who may not have access to your px12 400r If you have configured a Personal Cloud on your px12 400r you can grant Personal Cloud use
24. set up you do not see the Enable internet access option On the Media Server page click tej Settings In the dialog box check Enable internet access Click Apply to save your changes h WN In the confirmation dialog box check Check this box to continue 5 Click OK to save your selection or click Cancel To access media content internet users enter a non secure IP address in their browser along with the port number 9000 used to access the media server for example http 72 xx xxx 104 9000 where x is the IP value for your network When a user enters this IP address the Twonky Server page on the lomega device displays Refer to the Support section of the Twonky Server page for information on using the server lomega Link users can access media content directly from the lomega device Refer to your lomega Link documentation for details For additional information on enabling internet access refer to Media Services Capabilities and Limitations How dol scan for media content enable media aggregation stream music movies and pictures 123 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide Media Aggregation If you have multiple Digital Living Network Alliance DLNA servers in your network that have media content you can combine all media content into one view by enabling aggregation on your lomega device When you enable aggregation all media content on DLNA servers is available for playback using a DLNA player suc
25. the Active Folder section 3 Check Enable 4 Select Torrent from the drop down menu 5 Click General torrent settings to set up Torrent settings Refer to Torrent Downloads for more information on configuring your Torrent downloads 6 Click Apply to save your changes 7 Click View Content to see the files in this Share How dol manage a Share 138 Media Management Adding Torrent Files to Your px12 400r 1 2 Open the Shares page Expand the Share that is enabled as a Torrent Active Folder Any Share can be enabled as a Torrent Active Folder For information on enabling a Torrent Active Folder refer to Torrent Active Folders Copy the downloaded torrent file to the Torrent Active Folder Share The torrent file immediately starts to download to the Share An administrator user can monitor its download progress on the Torrent Download page All users can monitor the download progress through the Content Viewer on the Torrent Share Managing Torrent Downloads In the Content Viewer you can perform the following actions on torrents Pause or resume a torrent job Click m to pause a torrent download When a torrent download is paused you can resume the download by clicking gt U Delete a torrent job Click to delete the torrent download 139 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide Videos Video Capabilities Overview Your lomega StorCenter has multiple ways to manage your videos Your lomega device can
26. which files have been successfully backed up by Mozy How dol restore files with Mozy 76 Backing up and Restoring Your Content Restoring Files with Mozy Backup To restore folders and files with Mozy Backup 1 Click the link to restore any files and folders you back up to your Mozy account 2 Select the desired backup from the Backup Date drop down menu either the latest backup or a previous one The file browser provides a way to select a Share and all its folders or just some of the folders under a Share 3 Click Apply to save your changes The Restore section displays a table with the status of a restore either one in progress or m one that has failed To delete the restore task click and confirm the deletion When the restore finishes the table status clears How dol back up files with Mozy Backup 77 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide Registering with Avamar for Backup and Restore Avamar is backup and recovery server software that uses deduplication to eliminate redundant copies of data reducing the required storage space For example your lomega StorCenter px12 400r might have 100 email messages with the same 1 MB attachment If all those emails are backed up that same attachment is backed up 100 times requiring 100 MB of storage space With Avamar and data deduplication only one copy of the attachment is actually stored so 100 MB of storage is effectively reduced to 1 MB No
27. your changes 33 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide Windows File Sharing Windows File Sharing allows you to work in Workgroup mode using lomega StorCenter px12 400r Console to create users and manage access To enable Windows File Sharing click the switch on 34 Sharing Files Sharing Content through the Home Page Sharing Your Content with the World When you set up the Home Page of your lomega StorCenter px12 400r you are presenting public content to anyone who accesses your px12 400r That public content includes a slideshow and public Shares You can manage the look of the Home Page by using the Home Page Settings page This page allows you to display the slideshow display public Shares name the Home Page and turn the Home Page on or off 1 From the lomega StorCenter px12 400r Console click Home Page Settings 2 Click the slider switch to On to enable the Home Page on your px12 400r 3 Enter a title for the Home Page This title displays in the top banner of the Home Page when users access the px12 400r 4 Check Display Shares to display public Shares When you select to display Shares the user sees all public Shares on the px12 400r 5 Check Display slideshows to display picture slideshows that are in folders on the px12 400r Click Manage slideshows to configure any slideshows you want to display The slideshow location can be any folder attached to the px12 400r including a USB drive or DFS location
28. 00r User Guide Setting the Display Language for Your lomega StorCenter px12 400r You can set the display language for your px12 400r through the Languages page The language used by the lomega StorCenter px12 400r Console is based on the preferences configured in your browser You can change the language used in this program by modifying your browser s preferred language settings Click Apply to save your changes Setting up Your Device Printing Documents Printing documents from your lomega StorCenter px12 400r is simple after you have attached a compatible printer to the px12 400r The Printers page displays a table of printers that are attached to the px12 400r The table contains for each printer the name model status and number of documents waiting To attach a printer simply plug a supported printer s USB cable to a USB port on the px12 400r Once attached the printer will appear in the table When the cable is unplugged the printer will be removed from the table lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide Setting up Personal Cloud Security and File Sharing After you have configured some basic features of your lomega StorCenter you may also want to set up an lomega Personal Cloud security or file sharing You can set up a Personal Cloud to allow invited users access to content on your lomega StorCenter This content can be in private Shares that are exclusive to the users who join the Personal Cloud which adds an addit
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30. 2 400r and you can set that task to a schedule so the images automatically copy at a specific time This ensures that your photos are always safely backed up to your px12 400r in the event your USB device ever fails or is lost Note While a Copy Job copies all data from one NAS device to another it does not copy permissions or access rights from one NAS device to another All saved Copy Jobs display on the Copy Jobs page From there you can manually start and stop a Copy Job view Copy Job information modify a Copy Job check its last run status and if applicable view when the Copy Job is next scheduled to run When defining a Copy Job you can copy data from or to any of the following e Any NAS device automatically discovered on the same subnet as your px12 400r e Any NAS device that you manually add to the subnet using the lomega Storage Manager e Any external storage device such as a USB device connected to your px12 400r e A Windows computer that is automatically discovered on the same subnet as your px12 400r When selecting what data to copy on the source storage device you can choose a specific folder or all folders You can also copy from a folder on an external storage device mounted to your px12 400r When selecting the destination device you can copy files to the top level folder on the destination device the default option or to an existing folder on this device which adds the copied files into folders You can manu
31. 6 Click Apply to save your changes or click Cancel to discard your changes Deleting a Slideshow W To delete a slideshow from the list of available slideshows click After you delete a slideshow you can configure a different one How dol create Shares add custom home page content 35 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide Adding a Custom Home Page You can customize the look of the home page of your lomega StorCenter px12 400r to include html pages and client side scripting such as Javascript This customized home page replaces the default home page on the px12 400r In addition there are applications available on www lifelineapps com that can enhance your home page content You add your custom html content to a Share on your px12 400r and then specify its location on the Home Page Settings page Applying the Customized Home Page 1 Click the Home Page Settings feature from the lomega StorCenter px12 400r Console 2 On the Home Page Settings page select Customized home page settings 3 In the Home Page Name field enter the name of the start page of your custom home page By default the name is index html 4 Specify the destination Share where the start page and your html content exists on your px12 400r by clicking os and navigating to the Share Note You cannnot access the destination Share through the WebDAV interface Access through WebDAV is permanently disabled 5 Select the Share name and click Apply
32. 8 Storage Pool Management Adding New Drives to Your lomega StorCenter px12 400r To install new hard drives in your px12 400r 1 Before installing a new hard drive in your px12 400r check the hard drive compatibility list online at www iomega com support for approved and supported hard drive brands and models Mount the drive carrier containing the new drive in an available slot A confirmation dialog box displays as soon as the px12 400r detects the new hard drive Click Yes to proceed Note All data on the drive is deleted You are re directed to the lomega StorCenter px12 400r Console Access the Drive Management page Your px12 400r displays the new hard drives in the bays they are mounted in To create a RAID Array you must install a minimum of two hard drives The same confirmation dialog box displays Click Yes to proceed Note You can create a Storage Pool using one hard drive if desired You will not have any RAID protection options and can only select None from the RAID dropdown list while configuring your Storage Pool When all new drives are detected click Add a Storage Pool Complete the Storage Pool configuration options and select the desired drives on which to build the Storage Pool by checking the boxes next to them All drives in a Storage Pool must be the same model manufacturer and capacity Allow a few minutes for the RAID array and Storage Pool to build When complete the Storage P
33. Administrator Username the Active Directory username with domain administrator privilege e Administrator Password the Active Directory password for the specified Active Directory username e Users Groups Refresh Interval how often the px12 400r should refresh the list of available users and groups from the Active Directory server e Enable Trusted Domains enables your px12 400r to allow access to other domains 4 Click Apply to save your settings Enabling Active Directory Trusted Domains By enabling Active Directory trusted domains on your px12 400r you enable the importing of users and groups from other trusted domains to your px12 400r device Those users and groups from other domains will then have access to features on your px12 400r including accessing folders and documents in Shares and joining any Personal Cloud of which the device is a member Now that you have enabled access to all trusted domains you can add users and groups from those trusted domains to your px12 400r For more information refer to Manage Users and Groups with Active Directory How dol enable security lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide Obtaining Alerts About Your lomega StorCenter px12 400r You can configure your px12 400r to send email alerts when problems are detected This is done through the email notification feature Email notification provides a destination for emails sent by the px12 400r when problems are detect
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35. Flickr Active Folder either by you or by Personal Cloud users those photos are uploaded automatically to your Flickr account Note that an Active Folder can only be associated with one social media account For example if you want Active Folders for your Facebook and YouTube accounts create two Active Folders and assign one Active Folder to Facebook and one to YouTube Using this example any photos you add to your Facebook Active Folder are automatically uploaded to your Facebook page and any movies you add to your YouTube Active Folder are automatically uploaded to your YouTube page Not only is this a fast and easy way to share content but uploading content to your social media sites provides an additional backup of your content as the content is stored both on your px12 400r and at your social media accounts How dol make a Share an Active Folder upload to Facebook upload to Flickr upload to YouTube 115 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide Facebook Facebook is a social network to connect with friends and family You can configure a Share as a Facebook Active Folder so that photos and movies added to that Share are automatically uploaded to your Facebook account Refer to Managing Shares for more information on managing Shares and Active Folders Note If you do not have a Facebook account go to the Facebook website to open an account Configuring a Facebook Active Folder 1 From the lomega StorCente
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37. PS battery it automatically shuts down to preserve data as the battery charge gets low 154 Hardware Management Adding New Drives to Your lomega StorCenter px12 400r To install new hard drives in your px12 400r 1 Before installing a new hard drive in your px12 400r check the hard drive compatibility list online at www iomega com support for approved and supported hard drive brands and models Mount the drive carrier containing the new drive in an available slot A confirmation dialog box displays as soon as the px12 400r detects the new hard drive Click Yes to proceed Note All data on the drive is deleted You are re directed to the lomega StorCenter px12 400r Console Access the Drive Management page Your px12 400r displays the new hard drives in the bays they are mounted in To create a RAID Array you must install a minimum of two hard drives The same confirmation dialog box displays Click Yes to proceed Note You can create a Storage Pool using one hard drive if desired You will not have any RAID protection options and can only select None from the RAID dropdown list while configuring your Storage Pool When all new drives are detected click Add a Storage Pool Complete the Storage Pool configuration options and select the desired drives on which to build the Storage Pool by checking the boxes next to them All drives in a Storage Pool must be the same model manufacturer and capacity Allo
38. Share named by the photo size you choose such as 800x600 6 You can keep a copy of the original by selecting Keep the original files after resizing 7 To add a watermark to your photo select Add a watermark to the photos Click the Watermark file icon to apply a watermark image to your file 8 Click Apply to save your changes 9 Once configured all photos added to this Active Folder are resized to your settings Click View Content to see the files in this Share How do l manage a Share 130 Media Management Getting Pictures from Your Camera The Picture Transfer Protocol PTP allows pictures to be automatically copied from a USB camera connected directly to the px12 400r When Picture Transfer is turned on and your camera is connected to your px12 400r the pictures are copied to the configured destination folder 1 Open the Picture Transfer page click the switch on 2 Optionally if you want to automatically delete the pictures from your camera once they have been safely copied to your lomega StorCenter check Remove Copied Pictures From Camera to automatically delete the pictures from your camera once they have been safely copied to your px12 400r 3 Click to open the Select Folder pop up window and select a Share as the destination for your pictures 131 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide Music Music Overview If you have music files in media sharing enabled folders on your lomega device those mus
39. Your lomega StorCenter px12 400r in Various Time Zones You can set the date and time used on your px12 400r so that it can appear to be in one time zone when it actually may be in a different one This can help your users have the correct date and time if they live and work in a location different from your px12 400r You can set the date time and time zone through the Date and Time feature Note When an Active Directory Domain is in use the storage device synchronizes time with the domain controller in a different one This can help your users have the correct date and time if they live and work in a location different from your px12 400r You can set the date time and time zone through the Date and Time feature Note When an Active Directory Domain is in use the storage device synchronizes time with the domain controller 1 To change time zones select a Time Zone from the drop down menu and then select how time will be set for the px12 400r Internet Time Server By default Automatically synchronize with an internet time server and Use the default time server are selected To specify a time server select Specify the time server and type the URL of the internet time server you wish to use in the text box that displays Manual Select Manually set date and time To set the current date and time click the appropriate icon for calendar and clock settings 2 Click Apply to save your changes lomega StorCenter px12 4
40. a Storage Manager to communicate with those drives over a network An iSCSI drive provides a single place for all your storage which you can divide as needed to support all computers in your enterprise business iSCSI is useful for transmitting large blocks of data over a network at a high speed Only one client computer can connect to an iSCSI drive at a time so iSCSI drives are not for shared data If your business is clustering clients then a cluster can access iSCSI drives How dol add an iSCSI drive manage an iSCSI drive delete an iSCSI drive 43 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide Adding iSCSI Drives To add an iSCSI drive 1 From the lomega StorCenter Console click iSCSI 2 When the iSCSI page opens click UF Add an iSCSI drive 3 If your lomega device has multiple Storage Pools select the desired Storage Pool from the drop down menu 4 Enter a name for the iSCSI drive How you name your iSCSI drive will depend on your lomega StorCenter meeting one of the following conditions e If the iSCSI Volume Name field displays by itself enter a name for both This field displays when your lomega device is new has no existing volumes and supports multiple volumes e f the Name field displays by itself enter a name for the iSCSI drive This field displays when your lomega device is new or being upgraded and has only one volume e If the options Create a volume and Use an existing volume display select e
41. a device secret password for Device Secret and then enter it again in the confirm box 6 Click Apply to save your changes Connecting to iSCSI Drives 44 iSCSI Creating IP Based Storage Area Networks SAN You can connect iSCSI drives on your lomega StorCenter to your computer using lomega Storage Manager or the Microsoft software initiator If you are using another type of software or hardware initiator you must use the native tools provided with your initiator to connect your iSCSI drives Caution Attempting to connect two clients iSCSI initiators to the same iSCSI drive at the same time may result in data corruption or drive damage The lomega StorCenter Console prevents you from connecting two clients iSCSI initiators to the same iSCSI drive at the same time but if you connect to an iSCSI drive using native tools you may encounter this issue You can use the Connected Clients section to view a list of client computers connected to your lomega StorCenter that are running iSCSI initiator software On the iSCSI page expand an iSCSI drive then expand the Connected Clients section If the iSCSI drive is in use you will see a list of connected client computers running initiator software How dol manage iSCSI drives delete iSCSI drives 45 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide Managing iSCSI Drives The page describes how to e Assign iSCSI Drives to Volumes e Change Access Permissions Creating iSCSI Dri
42. about the state of the lomega StorCenter px12 400r to various management tools SNMP should be disabled unless you are specifically providing information to a management system that requires this information Configuring SNMP settings To enable SNMP click the switch on Enter a unique username and password to define the community Confirm your password KR WN Enter the IP address of the host in the Trap Receivers text box To grant access to multiple receivers list all of them in the text box separating each entry with a space 5 Click Apply to save your settings To change any SNMP settings click toj 31 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide WebDAV Managing Files Using HTTP or HTTPS WebDAV Web based Distributed Authoring and Versioning is a protocol that provides web based access to Shares on the lomega StorCenter px12 400r With WebDAV enabled on the px12 400r you can view add or delete files through your WebDAV client using either HTTP for unencrypted access or HTTPS for encrypted access HTTP offers faster performance but is not secured Access Shares using a URL such as http devicename WebDAV Foldername Refer to your operating system s documentation to learn how to access files through WebDAV Note If your px12 400r has a remote access password you must enter that password and the username webdav to access your device Your px12 400r has a remote access password only if the device is not secured and a P
43. added to Group3 the table below shows the resulting access rights for each user and group defined Name Member of Group Access Rights UserA Group1 Group3 SF1 Read Write SF3 Read Write UserB Group2 SF2 Read Write SF3 Read Group1 Group3 SF1 Read Write SF3 Read Write Group2 none SF2 Read Write Group3 none SF3 Read Write How do l add new groups add users delete users 91 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide Adding Groups 1 On the Groups page click Add a group The Information section opens 2 From the Information section give the new group a name 3 To add users to the group click Cb ada users Select a user or users to include in the group Select the checkbox in the title bar to add all listed users 4 Click Apply to save your changes 92 Securing Your Device and Contents Managing Groups The page describes how to e Remove a User from a Group e Change Access Permissions Removing a User from the Group 1 Open a group to display users belonging to it m 2 To remove a user from the group click the next to that user When the Remove user pop up window appears click Yes to remove the user Changing Access Permissions 1 To refresh the list of users click above the table 2 Expand Access Permissions to change group permissions to a secured Share If iSCSI is enabled you can also change group permissions to secured iSCSI drives To add permissions to a Share cl
44. alk are registered trademarks or trademarks of Apple Computer Inc in the United States and or other countries Certain other product names brand names and company names may be trademarks or designations of their respective owners 2012 lomega Corporation All rights reserved 161 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide Regulatory Information This topic provides regulatory information for various countries FCC United States The computer equipment described in this manual generates and uses radio frequency RF energy If the equipment is not installed and operated in strict accordance with the manufacturer s instructions interference to radio and television reception might result Tested To Comply With FCC Standards For Home or Office Use This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense Note Changes or modifications to the e
45. ally start or stop a Copy Job by clicking start or stop buttons on the Copy Jobs page You can schedule a Copy Job to run automatically at a set day and time Copy Jobs Limitations e Copy Jobs does not establish a continuous replication or mirroring relationship between the source and destination devices You should not set up Copy Jobs for disaster recovery e Copy Jobs does not support transferring content from iSCSI drives 40 Sharing Files Getting Content from a USB External Storage Device You can transfer content to your lomega StorCenter px12 400r from external USB storage devices The External Storage page displays a list of externally connected storage devices You can connect supported external storage to your px12 400r using one of the provided USB ports When you connect external storage to your px12 400r that device content is accessible from the Shares page Safely removing external storage a ee eee Click to safely remove the external storage A confirmation dialog will display Click Yes to remove the external storage When the external storage has been removed from the External Storage table it is safe to remove and you may unplug it from the px12 400r When the external storage is safely removed its associated Share is removed as well 41 iSCSI Creating IP Based Storage Area Networks SAN iSCSI Overview The iSCSI page allows you to create iSCSI drives on your lomega StorCenter px12 400r and allows the lomeg
46. an display a slideshow on its home page On the Home Page Settings feature page check Display slideshows to display picture slideshows from folders on the px12 400r Click Manage slideshows to configure any slideshows you want to display The slideshow location can be any folder attached to the px12 400r including a USB drive or DFS location 129 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide Automatically Resizing Your Photos A Photo Resize Active Folder automatically changes the size of photos in that Share to a set size You can choose to keep the original photos added to this Share while a resized copy is created The resized photos are saved to a folder on the Share named by the photo size you choose such as 800x600 To configure a Share as a Photo Resize Active Folder access Shares from the lomega StorCenter px12 400r Console select a Share and expand the Active Folders section to enable and configure it Refer to Managing Shares for more information on managing Shares and Active Folders Configuring a Photo Resize Active Folder 1 From the lomega StorCenter px12 400r Console click Shares 2 Select a Share to use as a Photo Resize Active Folder and click to expand the Active Folder section Check Enable 4 Select Photo Resize from the drop down menu You can set a size for your pictures Select 640x480 800x600 1024x768 or enter a Custom Resolution for resizing images The resized photos are saved to a folder on the
47. an read write and delete files to and from that iSCSI drive 2 To limit access to this iSCSI drive to a specific set of users click the Ub and choose one or more users from the pop up window 3 Inthe Access Permissions section check Read Write or both to set access to the iSCSI drive for each user If you create groups you can also set access for groups in this way To remove a user leave both Read and Write unchecked for that user If you grant read and write permissions to Everyone the list of users is automatically cleared because all users Everyone have access to this iSCSI drive 4 Click Apply to save your changes How dol add an iSCSI drive delete an iSCSI Drive 46 iSCSI Creating IP Based Storage Area Networks SAN Deleting iSCSI Drives To delete an iSCSI drive a A WwW N From the lomega StorCenter px12 400r Console click iSCSI Click the iSCSI name to expand the iSCSI drive In the iSCSI Information section click Delete to delete the iSCSI drive Click Yes in the confirmation pop up window If you do not wish to delete the iSCSI drive click Cancel to return to the iSCSI page 47 Storage Pool Management Understanding How Your Content Is Stored Content on your lomega StorCenter is stored in Shares To access content in Shares your client computer uses protocols such as AFP and Windows File Sharing Block level data is stored in iSCSI drives File systems maintain the physical location of
48. art of a RAID protected storage pool If a drive in a Storage Pool fails all the data on that drive can be mirrored to the hot spare drive 7 Click Apply to save your changes The Drive Management page displays a table that provides the following information about existing Storage Pools e Name The name of the Storage Pool e Protection The type of protection assigned to the Storage Pool e Capacity The total amount of storage in the Storage Pool e Used Available Used is the space allocated to Shares It is also space allocated to iSCSI drives Available is the difference between capacity and used Drive status An image on the Drive Management page provides information on the drive status of your px12 400r The image displays the physical layout of drives and the drive slot numbers If a drive has a circled letter it is a member of a Storage Pool If you hover your mouse over a drive in the image the 62 Drive Management ToolTip displays the drive model size and status including if the drive is failing If you hover your mouse on either a Storage Pool name in the table or on a drive in the Storage Pool image all drives in the Storage Pool are highlighted How dol add Storage Pools modify Storage Pools delete Storage Pools learn more about how content is stored 63 Backing up and Restoring Your Content Backup and Restore Overview Your lomega StorCenter provides many ways to back up and rest
49. ary router in bridging mode e Put the primary router in bridging mode Enabling the DMZ Most routers have a feature called DMZ or Default Server DMZ stands for Demilitarized Zone Data Management Zone Demarcation Done or Perimeter Network The DMZ allows you to enter an IP address that will exist outside the router s NAT Firewall This is the easiest way to configure your network to handle double NAT situations however it is dependent upon DMZ functionality within your primary router To enable the DMZ 1 Log in to the primary router 2 Navigate to the settings page for DMZ or Default Server Refer to the documentation that came with your router for information on where this feature is found 3 Enter the secondary router s IP address 4 Save your settings Your secondary router is no longer behind your primary router s firewall If port forwarding is correctly configured remote access should now be working properly Moving your secondary router into the DMZ should not have any effect on the security of the network since it is still protected by the secondary router s firewall 156 Hardware Management Configuring Port Forwarding on Double NAT Networks If for some reason the network configuration cannot be changed and your setup requires the double NAT you must perform the port forwarding steps twice On the primary router set the port forwarding to the cascaded router s external IP address On the cascaded router se
50. at require lomega products to conform to the higher grades of reliability such as critical safety systems life support systems medical devices nuclear facilities military devices satellites or aviation equipment lomega shall not be liable for any damages incurred if lomega products are used in such capacities and no warranty shall apply Remedies Your sole and exclusive remedy for a covered defect is repair or replacement of the defective product at lomega s sole option and expense shipping may be charged and lomega may use new or refurbished parts or products to do so If lomega is unable to repair or replace a defective product your alternate exclusive remedy shall be a refund of the original purchase price 165 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide The above is lomega s entire obligation to you under this warranty INNO EVENT SHALL IOMEGA BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT INCIDENTAL CONSEQUENTIAL OR SPECIAL DAMAGES OR LOSSES INCLUDING LOSS OF DATA USE OR PROFITS EVEN IF IOMEGA HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES In no event shall lomega s liability exceed the original purchase price of the drive or the media disk Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you Obtaining Warranty Service You must notify lomega within the warranty period to receive warranty service Just as technology and market condition
51. at were not written to the drive they will be lost forever Using a UPS Uninterrupted Power Supply can mitigate the risk associated with write caching which is why it is recommended to only enable this feature when a UPS is connected Applying Global Drive Management Settings Setting Write Caching Select a value for disk write caching Write caching is a mechanism that attempts to separate the fast processing speed of the px12 400r from the relatively slow mechanics of actually writing data to drive With write caching disabled every write to drive causes the px12 400r to wait while the data is written to drive which can slow performance When write caching is enabled and the px12 400r sends a write request to the drive it writes the data to cache which is much faster and sends an immediate acknowledgement to the px12 400r saying the write is complete The system proceeds without waiting for the data to actually get written to drive which occurs in the background While write caching does improve performance there are some risks The system responds that the data is written to drive when in fact it has only been written to cache Should the px12 400r lose power any data not completely written to drive is lost forever This is because cache memory is volatile If you lose power the contents of the cache are lost Therefore if there were any pending writes in the cache that were not written to the drive they will be lost forever Usi
52. atch Press the release button and pull the latch to release the drive sled Refer to the list of qualified hard disks on the lomega support site at www iomega com nasdisks before adding new drives 2 Drive Status Indicator e Solid blue drive at speed no faults e Flashing blue drive is in RAID rebuild mode e Solid red drive failure e Off drive is spun down in energy saving mode 3 Drive Activity Indicator e Flashing white activity in process for the drive s RAID set e Off no activity to the drive s RAID set 150 Hardware Management Rear Panel 1 AC Power Connectors Connect both AC power connectors to an Uninterruptable Power Supply UPS to provide redundant power for your px12 400r The AC power supply will automatically switch to the correct voltage for your region 2 Power Supply The px12 400r has redundant hot swappable power supplies If one power supply fails the other power supply will immediately take over For maximum time up a failed power supply can be replaced while the px12 400r is running 3 System ID LED Flashes blue when the Blink Lights feature is enabled in the lomega StorCenter px12 400r Console This light is used to identify a specific px12 400r in installations with multiple devices 4 Reset Button Press the Reset button to reset security and network settings This allows you to regain access if network settings are incorrect or you
53. atch the text in the Password field an error will be returned Quota Size set a quota size by entering a value in gigabytes This limits the amount of storage space this user can have To have no quota leave this field blank Administrator check this box to allow this user to manage the lomega device Note An administrator does not have default access to all Shares Access to Shares must be granted explicitly to all users including administrators Add a secured Share for this user check this box to create a secured Share for this user This Share will have the new user s name and allows access only to that user Send a Personal Cloud invitation click this link to invite a user to join your Personal Cloud on the lomega device This opens the Send a Personal Cloud Invitation dialog box where you create an invitation by entering a user s email address along with any additional comments A user then receives the invitation which contains the Personal Cloud name and username and password A user enters that information from lomega Storage Manager For more information on this refer to the online help with lomega Storage Manager You see this option only if a Personal Cloud has been created on the lomega device Allow this user to add trusted devices to my Personal Cloud check this box to allow a user to join a trusted device to a Personal Cloud A trusted device is a machine either a computer or another lomega device t
54. bout revising the Copy Job fields How dol add a Copy Job manage a Copy Job delete a Copy Job restore files with Copy Jobs 73 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide Deleting Copy Jobs 1 Inthe list on the Copy Jobs page find the Copy Job you want to delete _ W 2 Click from the Actions column of the table to delete the Copy Job The Delete Copy Job pop up window opens 3 If you are sure that you want to delete the Copy Job click Yes Note If you do not wish to delete the Copy Job click Cancel to return to the Copy Jobs page How dol add a Copy Job manage a Copy Job modify a Copy Job restore files with Copy Jobs 74 Backing up and Restoring Your Content Restoring Files with Copy Jobs To restore files with Copy Jobs create a new Copy Job that reverses the back up Copy Job Modify the From and To settings to copy files from the backup location to the original source location specify what to restore set overwrite settings and choose the protocol for the Copy Job Refer to Add A Copy Job for detailed information on Copy Job settings How dol add a Copy Job manage a Copy Job modify a Copy Job delete a Copy Job 75 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide Backing up with Mozy Backup The Mozy online backup service allows you to create a Mozy account connect your lomega StorCenter px12 400r to the account and back up Shares and folders to the Mozy cloud servi
55. ce Enabling Mozy Account Information 1 2 3 4 On the Mozy Backup page click the switch on Note If you do not have a Mozy account click the link to open an account Enter a valid email address password license key and country for your Mozy account To upgrade your Mozy account click the link Click Apply to save your changes Selecting Folders to Back Up 1 9 Expand the Backup section and select the Shares and folders to back up in the tree The tree provides a way to select a Share and all its folders or just some of the folders under a Share Click Apply to save your changes To create a scheduled backup click Backup schedule settings In the Mozy Backup Settings dialog box select one of the following e Automatic Backup to generate an automatic backup anytime you add a new file or change an existing file to your selected Shares or folders e Scheduled Backup to set up a scheduled backup If you are creating a scheduled backup select the days you want the backup to run Enter the start or stop times for the backup or click to select the times To prevent performance degradation on your px12 400r select a speed limit for the backup To schedule the time that the backup will run at the selected speed enter start and stop times Click Apply to save your changes 10 Click Apply to save the selected Shares and folders to back up After a backup has completed click View log to see
56. cific set of Shares click Add access permissions In the Add Access Permissions pop up window select which Shares this user can access and click Apply Uncheck Read or both Read and Write to limit or deny access permission to each Share for this user Click Apply to save your changes When both Read and Write are unchecked the Share is removed from the list Setting Quotas You can limit the amount of space allocated to one or more users by applying quotas Note If your px12 400r has multiple Storage Pools and you define a quota for users that quota is applied to all Storage Pools non uo KRW N 0 Click 5 Quota Settings to enable quotas and set a default quota for each user In the Quota Settings pop up window check Enable quotas to turn on quotas for each user If desired enter a Default Quota This quota applies to new users only Check Set default quota for all users to apply the default quota to all users Click Apply to save your changes To set individual user quotas expand the Information section for a user and enter a value in Quota size If you leave the box blank there is no quota for that user Click Apply to save your changes 89 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide Deleting Users To delete a user 90 oOo KRW N From the lomega StorCenter px12 400r Console click Users To delete an existing user click the username to expand the user In the User Information section click Delete
57. comprised of one or more hard drives Ina single volume system the volume consists of the entire storage space Shares reside in volumes iSCSI drives also reside in volumes How dol add and manage Storage Pools add and manage volumes delete a Storage Pool change RAID protection types add or replace a drive 49 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide Adding and Managing Storage Pools A Storage Pool is a grouping of drives with a certain storage size and an assigned data protection A Storage Pool has a minimum of one drive By default your lomega StorCenter px12 400r has one Storage Pool Cache Pools When you create a Storage Pool you can choose to create a cache pool Cache pools consist of solid state drives only and they are intended to increase the performance of read and write operations To add a Storage Pool 1 On the Drive Management page click Ub Add Storage Pool 2 In the Information section enter a name for the Storage Pool 3 Toset the RAID protection choose a value from the drop down menu None RAID 0 Uses all of the storage space for data Does not protect against data loss in the event of drive failure Mirror Stripe RAID 10 Uses half of the storage space for protection leaving half for actual data Protects data in the event of a single drive failure Parity RAID 5 Uses 1 4 of the storage space for protection leaving 3 4 for actual data Double Parity RAID 6 Combines four or more dr
58. create an lomega Personal Cloud in one of two ways e Follow the lomega Personal Cloud setup through lomega Setup e Create the lomega Personal Cloud through the lomega StorCenter Console Creating an lomega Personal Cloud starts with providing a name for your Personal Cloud and an email address associated with it After creating the Personal Cloud you can use the Personal Cloud Quick Setup wizard to perform common tasks associated with the lomega Personal Cloud adding Shares inviting people to join the Personal Cloud and setting up Copy Jobs through the Personal Cloud How dol enable security on my lomega device create an lomega Personal Cloud configure a Personal Cloud invite people onto your Personal Cloud join a trusted device to a Personal Cloud use Copy Jobs with a Personal Cloud 101 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide Creating an lomega Personal Cloud Before you can work with your lomega Personal Cloud you first create a Personal Cloud and configure the settings After your Personal Cloud is ready and connected to the internet as indicated by the status images you can invite people to join your Personal Cloud When you invite people to join your Personal Cloud you add them as users on your lomega StorCenter The invited users receive an email invitation that includes the username and password they must provide when connecting to the Personal Cloud from the lomega Storage Manager on their computer If you
59. d copied a large amount of media content to them How dol share media content over the internet enable media aggregation stream music movies and pictures share media through social media 121 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide Media Services Capabilities and Limitations One important consideration when using the media server is that it can share media content on your px12 400r with anyone on the internet When media sharing is enabled internet users including those users on mobile devices running the lomega Link can access media content on your px12 400r Note When you enable internet access to your media content all media content is available to any user on the internet regardless of any security you may have applied to a media file All your pictures movies and music are available to anyone accessing your px12 400r You should be sure you want to make all your media content this accessible 122 Media Management Sharing Media Content over the Internet There are two methods for sharing media content on your lomega device with anyone on the internet You can enable internet access on the Media Server page Alternatively you can enable internet access by configuring your lomega Personal Cloud Enabling Internet Access from the Media Server Page Note You can only enable internet access from the Media Server page if you have already created and configured a Personal Cloud If a Personal Cloud is not
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62. dialog box where you create an invitation by entering a user s email address along with any additional comments A user then receives the invitation which contains the Personal Cloud name and username and password A user enters that information from lomega Storage Manager For more information on this refer to the online help with lomega Storage Manager You see this option only if a Personal Cloud has been created on the px12 400r Allow this user to add trusted devices to my Personal Cloud check this box to allow a user to join a trusted device to a Personal Cloud A trusted device is a machine either a computer or another px12 400r that belongs to an added user Only trusted devices that belong to users that have been added to the px12 400r can join the lomega Personal Cloud You see this option only if a Personal Cloud has been created on the px12 400r Quota Size set a quota size by entering a value in gigabytes To have no quota leave this field blank Administrator check this box if you would like to allow this user to manage the px12 400r Note An administrator does not inherently have access to all Shares Access to Shares must be granted explicitly to administrators as with other users 2 Click Apply 88 Securing Your Device and Contents Changing Access Permissions 1 2 3 Expand Access Permissions to change Share access permissions for the selected user To give this user access to a spe
63. e select a secure Share and expand the NFS section You cannot apply a rule to a public Share re Click J Add an NFS rule to add a Host Name for the rule Rules are added to specify the hosts that are allowed to access Shares using NFS Use this table to add NFS rules to specify access for hosts For example cs foo com matches all hosts in the domain cs foo com To export a Share to all hosts on an IP address or local network simultaneously specify an IP 5 Sharing Files address and netmask pair as address netmask where the netmask can be in dotted decimal format or as a contiguous mask length For example either 255 255 252 0 or 22 will result in identical local networks When the rule is added read access is automatically set to the Share Select Write to allow users to write to that Share Use LV and ry to modify the rule priority for NFS access Click Apply to save your changes Making a Share an Active Folder 1 3 You can optionally enable Active Folders on a Share to allow you to associate this Share with a specific feature that will happen automatically when files are copied to the Share For example you can enable a Share as a social media active folder to upload a file to a social media site Refer to Sharing Content with Social Media Overview You can only set one Active Folder option per Share Expand the Active Folder section and check Enable Select one of the following Active Folder options and f
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65. e for rsync Copy Jobs Because of the fast and efficient nature of rsync an rsync Copy Job can be faster than a Windows File Sharing Copy Job For more information on Copy Jobs refer to Copy Jobs If you enable the px12 400r as an rsync server you can optionally set up a user account on the px12 400r for secure rsync Copy Jobs Configuring rsync server settings 1 To enable rsync server click the switch on 2 To create a secure user account check Configure secure rsync credentials 3 The username is preset as rsync You can change this to a more meaningful user account name Enter a password and confirm it for the rsync user account name When you create a secure rsync user account on the px12 400r you allow other devices to securely copy to or from it 4 By default rsync uses TCP port 873 for accepting requests You can change this value to a different port number if desired 5 Click Apply to save your settings Note To change any rsync server settings click 2 You cannot enable rsync server if you have already enabled SFTP 29 30 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide TFTP On the Protocols page click the switch to turn on TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol and allow access to your lomega StorCenter When you turn TFTP on you can send files to your lomega device using FTP Sharing Files Monitoring Your Device with an SNMP Management Tool SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol provides information
66. e selected folder and its contents copies the selected folder and its contents If the destination is a folder a new folder will be created for each source folder If the destination is Top Level a new top level folder is created on the destination device for each source folder e Only the contents of the selected folder copies the contents of the selected folder not the folder itself If the destination is a folder the files and folders in the selected folder are copied directly to it the source folder name is not copied If the destination is Top Level a new top level folder is created on the destination device for each folder in the source folder 6 By selecting Shares you choose to copy All Shares in which all files on the px12 400r are copied Any files not contained in a folder are not copied If the destination is a folder a new folder will be created for each source folder If the destination is Top Level a new top level folder is created on the destination device for each source folder 7 Click OK to save your selection or click Cancel 8 Click Apply to save your changes To Settings 1 In the To section click E to select a destination location This is the location where you want your files copied In the dialog enter the Device Name or IP address in the text box Or from the drop down menu select a device in the list If a connected device is not listed click the Refresh button 2 Click OK to save you
67. e the group In the Delete Group confirmation pop up window click Yes If you do not wish to delete the group click Cancel to return to the Groups page Securing Your Device and Contents Using Active Directory Domain to Manage Users and Groups Active Directory Users and Groups Overview On the Users and Groups page administrator users can import users and groups from an Active Directory server and grant them access rights to Shares on the lomega StorCenter px12 400r The Users and Groups page is visible when you enable Active Directory on the px12 400r For more information on enabling Active Directory on the px12 400r refer to Configuring Your px12 400r to Use AD Domain For information on creating an administrator user refer to Enabling Security and Creating an Administrator User How dol enable security change Active Directory settings manage Active Directory users and groups delete users and groups from Active Directory 95 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide Managing Users and Groups with Active Directory The page describes how to Import Users and Groups from Active Directory Synchronize with the Active Directory Controller Change Access Permissions Set Quotas Importing Users and Groups from Active Directory 4 Click Import Users and Groups from Active Directory The pop up window for Import Users and Groups from Active Directory is searchable and you can sort by name descriptive name
68. e the passphrase at any time After restarting the px12 400r an encrypted volume is unavailable until you re enter the passphrase Note that the passphrase must consist of eight or more characters After you create a passphrase a new section for the volume appears called Volume Encryption When you want to unlock a volume enter the passphrase in this section Note It is recommended that you save a backup of the master key file in a secure location separate from your px12 400r You should not save the backup master key to a drive that is connected to your px12 400r If a system failure occurs the passphrase stored on your px12 400r may be lost and your backup master key file is required to recover and access your data Also if you forget your passphrase you can reset it using the backed up master key Click Back up master key to back up the master key file To reset the passphrase click Reset passphrase with master key then enter a new passphrase and verify it 55 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide 4 To allow the volume to increase in size as needed check Grow automatically when needed and enter a maximum size in the Maximum Size text box 5 Click Create to save your changes 6 Click Cancel to discard any changes 56 Storage Pool Management Deleting a Storage Pool 1 On the Drive Management page expand the Information section of the Storage Pool you want to delete 2 Click Delete The Delete Storage Pool
69. ed To provide a destination email address enter the following information e Destination Email Addresses enter a valid email address or addresses This email address provides a destination for messages sent by the px12 400r when problems are detected by the system You can add multiple email addresses by separating them with commas spaces or semicolons e Check Send a test email message to confirm that email notification is working properly e Check Configure custom SMTP settings only if your network blocks SMTP traffic requiring additional credentials such as a corporate firewall Most users will not need to check this option If checked enter the following additional information to identify your SMTP server Email Server SMTP enter the address of your SMTP server Sender Email Address enter an email address for the px12 400r to use as the From address when it creates messages Email Login enter the username used to log into the email account you entered above Email Password enter the password for the email account Confirm Password confirm the password for the email account It must match the password provided above Note If your email application uses a SPAM blocker it is recommended that you add a sender email address to your safe list If you do not define additional credentials the default sender email is sohostorage emc com Click Apply to save your changes Setting up Your Device Using
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71. em through the internet as if they are on a common home network with your px12 400r People who join your Personal Cloud can access data perform Copy Job operations use your px12 400r as a QuikProtect remote target stream media from your px12 400r over the internet and use remote desktop to access computers on the local network for your px12 400r If you allow a user to join their trusted devices to the Cloud those devices become part of the Cloud and can be accessed by other users on the Cloud lomega Personal Cloud Key Terms The following are a few key terms to help get you started with a Personal Cloud e lomega Personal Cloud This is a setting configured on your lomega StorCenter px12 400r Console that allows you to securely share storage and media capabilities with computers around the world e Web Access You can use Personal Cloud information to access your px12 400r from the web Enter myCloudName Myiomegacloud com in a web browser and when prompted enter a valid username and password for your px12 400r You can also use the lomega Link which is an application that runs on mobile devices by entering the Personal Cloud name and then a valid username and password For more information on the lomega Link refer to its documentation e My Personal Cloud When you are the administrator of an px12 400r you can create a Personal Cloud through the lomega StorCenter px12 400r Console and then invite people to join it You create
72. ersonal Cloud was created on it Configuring WebDAV settings 1 2 3 4 32 To enable WebDAV click the switch on To enable WebDAV for HTTP check Enable WebDAV Over HTTP To enable WebDAV for HTTPS check Enable WebDAV Over HTTPS Click Apply to save your settings Sharing Files Windows DFS Creating a Distributed Windows File System Windows DFS Distributed File System organizes Shares and files on a network such that they appear to be all in one directory tree on a single px12 400r even if the Shares reside on many devices Windows DFS terms There are several terms to understand with Windows DFS Namespace A virtual Share containing other folders that are located on different devices throughout a network DFS root An object that consolidates all the folders in your network and makes them available through a single entry point An example of a DFS root is DeviceName DFSRootName DFS link A folder under the DFS root Configuring Windows DFS settings 1 To enable Windows DFS click the switch on 2 Enter a DFS root name The DFS root name is the starting point of a DFS namespace After entering a DFS root name you add DFS links which map to folders on other devices Click Ur Click to add a DFS link target to begin adding DFS links 4 Enter the DFS link name which includes the name of the host and Share to which you are linking 5 Click Apply to save your settings or click Cancel to discard
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74. ge user permissions to this Share A security icon displays in Properties indicating a secure Share When a secure Share is first created Everyone has read and write access to that Share by default which means that everyone on your network can read write and delete files to and from that Share When user Everyone has Read and Write permissions to a Share the Share is not secure and is open to all users Check Allow users to change file level security to allow file and folder permissions to be set through other programs such as Windows Explorer independent of the lomega device Setting this option allows users to put additional access restrictions on individual files and folders To limit access to this Share to a specific set of users click ayer access permissions and choose one or more users from the pop up window If you have created groups you can also limit access for them in this way In the Access Permissions section check Read Write or both to set access to this Share for each user To remove a user leave both Read and Write unchecked for that user If you grant Read and Write permissions to Everyone the list of users is also cleared since all users Everyone has access to this Share If you have created groups you can also limit access for them in this way Click Apply to save your changes Enabling NFS Secured Access 20 1 2 To enable NFS first click the switch on from the Protocols page On the Shares pag
75. h as Playstation 3 Windows Media Player or Xbox 360 In addition you can optionally copy all media content from your network servers to your lomega device Enabling Media Aggregation 1 On the Media Server page click GBs cttings 2 Check Enable media aggregation 3 This enables aggregation for media servers already discovered in your network Choose the default aggregation setting The default aggregation setting sets the default value for media servers as they are added to your network The default aggregation settings are as follows None Media aggregation is off Show Common View This enables media aggregation and allows all media content from computers on the network to be played back by a DLNA player All your movies music and pictures are linked from various computers and can be played back from one view All aggregated media files remain on their original device and can only be played while that device is powered on and connected to the network Copy Files This enables media aggregation and automatically copies all media content from computers both networked and local to your lomega device All your movies music and pictures from various computers can be played back from one view and they are copied into Shares on your lomega device Because all media files are copied to the lomega device they can be played even if the original device they were on is powered off or not connected to the netwo
76. hat NIC is bonded to others You can bond two or more network interface cards NICs in your px12 400r by selecting the NICs and clicking Apply Use the following procedure to bond NICs 1 On the Network page expand the NIC number and then expand the Bond Network Interface section 2 Check the checkboxes next to the NICs that you want to bond to the selected NIC For example if you selected NIC 1 and your configuration includes four NICs you could bond NIC 1 to NIC 2 3 and or 4 3 Click Apply to save your settings The section updates and displays the NICs that are bonded to the selected NIC Unbonding NICs 1 To unbond a NIC uncheck the box next to the bonded NIC 2 Click Apply to save your settings Setting up Your Device VLAN Settings A VLAN Virtual Local Area Network is a network of devices that are joined into one broadcast domain even if the devices are not physically connected to each other VLANs are useful for creating smaller networks within a larger LAN for example a legal department in a company might be on its own VLAN because it has sensitive documents that only certain personnel should have access to The smaller networks that VLANs create do not require any additional physical resources such as additional cabling Your lomega StorCenter px12 400r can be configured to support VLANs VLAN is configured for each NIC but it is not supported on bonded NICs If a NIC is bonded you must unbind it first to c
77. hat belongs to an added user Only trusted devices that belong to users that have been added to the lomega device can join the lomega Personal Cloud This option displays only if a Personal Cloud has been created on the lomega device Click Create 87 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide Managing Users The page describes how to e Change User Information e Change Access Permissions e Set Quotas Changing User Information 1 Modify the following information Username enter the username of the user to be created This will be the username provided when logging into the lomega StorCenter px12 400r There is a maximum of 32 characters and spaces are not allowed The following are not valid usernames root daemon bin sys sync mail proxy www data backup operator sshd postfix nobody unuser guest and rsync Descriptive Name add a descriptive name to identify the user For example if you created a user with a Username of jsmith you may want to add the Descriptive Name Joe Smith Password create a password for the user The password should be between 8 and 12 characters and spaces are not allowed Confirm Password confirm the password If the text in this field does not match the text in the Password field an error will be returned Send a Personal Cloud invitation click this link to invite a user to join your Personal Cloud on the px12 400r This opens the Send a Personal Cloud Invitation
78. he Copy Jobs page From there you can manually start and stop a Copy Job view Copy Job information modify a Copy Job check its last run status and if applicable view when the Copy Job is next scheduled to run When defining a Copy Job you can copy data from or to any of the following e Any NAS device automatically discovered on the same subnet as your px12 400r e Any NAS device that you manually add to the subnet using the lomega Storage Manager e Any external storage device such as a USB device connected to your px12 400r e A Windows computer that is automatically discovered on the same subnet as your px12 400r When selecting what data to copy on the source storage device you can choose a specific folder or all folders You can also copy from a folder on an external storage device mounted to your px12 400r When selecting the destination device you can copy files to the top level folder on the destination device the default option or to an existing folder on this device which adds the copied files into folders You can manually start or stop a Copy Job by clicking start or stop buttons on the Copy Jobs page You can schedule a Copy Job to run automatically at a set day and time Copy Jobs Limitations e Copy Jobs does not establish a continuous replication or mirroring relationship between the source and destination devices You should not set up Copy Jobs for disaster recovery e Copy Jobs does not support transferring conte
79. he Personal Cloud on your network Note Port forwarding must be configured for both the network router on which the Personal Cloud is configured and any remote network from which trusted devices are accessing the Personal Cloud The following steps are generic router settings If you have never logged into your router before you must consult the manufacturer s documentation to find specific details such as default IP address default administrator account and password 1 Log in to your router by entering its IP address in the browser s URL field from your computer If prompted enter administrator account name and password 2 Navigate to the Port Forwarding configuration page This is often related to Port Mapping Application Virtual Server or Gaming configuration options 3 Type in the desired application or service name This is typically a blank or drop down field where you can type or choose a user specified application or service name for the port you are forwarding Create a new entry with a value like lomega Personal Cloud in this field 4 Enter a port number for the Personal Cloud service in the range 50500 50599 in both the port start and port end fields Port number 50500 is the default It should not be necessary to change this value but if you do choose the next available port for example 50501 If you decide to choose a port in the higher range note that the Media Server uses the same range of ports numberi
80. he storage space for protection leaving half for actual data Parity RAID 5 Uses 1 4 of the storage space for protection leaving 3 4 for actual data Double Parity RAID 6 Combines six or more drives in a way that protects data against loss of any two drives Striped RAID 0 Distributes data across several drives in a way that gives improved speed at any given instant None Turns off data protection and leaves your data vulnerable to data loss 4 Select a value for disk write caching 5 Check Enable periodic consistency check to enable a monthly parity or mirror consistency check The check helps to prevent a single drive failure from becoming a two drive failure resulting in data loss The check runs for several hours and can affect performance of the px12 400r If you do not want to run the check uncheck this option 6 Check Use available drives as hot spares to allow unused drives to become part of a RAID protected storage pool If a drive in a Storage Pool fails all the data on that drive can be mirrored to the hot spare drive 7 Click Apply to save your changes The Drive Management page displays a table that provides the following information about existing Storage Pools e Name The name of the Storage Pool e Protection The type of protection assigned to the Storage Pool e Capacity The total amount of storage in the Storage Pool e Used Available Used is the space allocated to Shares It is als
81. he switch on 2 Once Bluetooth Transfer is enabled check the Enable security checkbox to require Bluetooth users to supply a unique PIN that they have defined before allowing them to transfer files to the destination Share on the px12 400r If you have enabled security you must define a unique PIN number which will be supplied by devices attempting to upload data using Bluetooth To set the destination Share click less 4 Click Apply to save your settings Note To change any Bluetooth settings click ES 26 Sharing Files FTP File Sharing On the Protocols page click the switch to turn on FTP File Transfer Protocol and allow access to your lomega StorCenter px12 400r Click Loss select either FTP or secure FTP SFTP or both You must enable security to apply SFTP If you select and enable SFTP you cannot have the secure Rsync protocol enabled When you turn on FTP you can send files to your px12 400r 27 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide NFS File Sharing On the Protocols page click the switch to turn on NFS Network File System to allow remote hosts to mount file systems over a network and interact with them as though they were mounted locally to your lomega StorCenter px12 400r Note Select an option to choose how users on client computers are mapped to the px12 400r e To have all users including root map as guest select Treat client users as guest all_squash All files are owned by user guest and
82. ic files can be streamed by a DLNA player running on a computer on the network How dol stream music 132 Media Management Streaming Music The lomega StorCenter has a built in media server that when turned on scans for music in specific folders that have media sharing enabled Any music contained in these specific folders is then accessible to any user on your network with a media player For information on enabling a folder as a media folder refer to Managing Shares Scanning for Music The Media Server automatically scans for media content on a regular basis However you can click Scan now at any time to force the media server to perform an immediate scan for media content This is especially useful after you have created new folders with media sharing enabled and copied a large amount of media content to them 133 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide Torrents Torrent Overview Torrent downloads allow you to share files using a peer to peer file sharing protocol With torrent download enabled you can download files using the torrent protocol to your lomega StorCenter and then those files can be uploaded by other torrent users After you have added torrent jobs to your torrent share the torrent download page displays a table of torrent jobs showing both downloads and files available for upload Multiple torrent files can download simultaneously The table information includes the name of the file its size d
83. ically backed up to the Amazon S3 cloud service File uploads are limited to 5 GB in size If you delete files from the selected Share on your px12 400r they are not automatically deleted from the cloud service You can manually delete those files from the cloud service by clicking a command on the Amazon S3 page How dol restore files with Amazon 3 79 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide Restoring Files with Amazon S3 When you want to restore files from the Amazon 3 cloud service to your lomega StorCenter px12 400r you can choose to restore all files or select individual files to restore How dol back up files with Amazon S3 80 Backing up and Restoring Your Content Backing up with lomega Personal Cloud You can back up content on your lomega StorCenter by creating a Copy Job from the lomega Personal Cloud on it to another lomega device that is a member of the cloud Refer to lomega Personal Cloud help for additional information How dol create an lomega Personal Cloud create Copy Jobs with lomega Personal Cloud 81 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide Restoring Files with Personal Cloud You can restore content on your lomega device by creating a Copy Job from the lomega Personal Cloud on it to another lomega device that is a member of the Personal Cloud Refer to lomega Personal Cloud help for additional information How dol create an lomega Personal Cloud create Copy J
84. ick Add access permissions 4 From the Add Access Permissions pop up window select a Share or Shares for the group to access If iSCSI is enabled select iSCSI drives for the group to access Select the checkbox in the title bar to select all the Shares listed If iSCSI is enabled select the checkbox in the title bar to also select all the iSCSI drives listed 5 Click Apply to save your changes 6 In the table listing the Shares check Read or Write for each Share If iSCSI is enabled check Read or Write for each iSCSI drive The group can have full access by checking both Read and Write To grant only read access check only Read Note A group must have read access at a minimum A group cannot have only write access 7 Uncheck Read to remove all access to a Share and remove the Share from the table If iSCSI is enabled uncheck Read to remove all access to an iSCSI drive and remove the iSCSI drive from the table 8 Click Apply to save your changes 9 If NFS is enabled the GID field is visible The GID value must be the same on both the Linux client and the lomega StorCenter px12 400r for the client to access files To modify the GID type a new GID value 93 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide Deleting Groups To delete a group 94 oO KRW N From the lomega StorCenter px12 400r Console click Groups To delete an existing group click to expand the group In the Information section click Delete to delet
85. igns them the same IP address every time they request an IP address however the router forgets clients if they do not request an IP address for a certain amount of time Your router has a setting for the duration of the validity of the DHCP lease If your network requires DHCP this may be a good solution however it is not always guaranteed to work Occasionally updating your router s port forwarding settings may be required e Use Static DHCP Some routers allow you to assign Static IP addresses through the DHCP system based on the MAC address of the device This ensures that the px12 400r always gets the same IP address and your port forwarding settings are always correct Static DHCP allows you to leave your px12 400r in DHCP mode Refer to your router s documentation for more information on configuring DHCP settings e Use a Manual IP Address Changing the Manual IP address reduces the reliance of your px12 400r on the DHCP server however you must perform additional configuration for it to work properly 1 Log in to your router and write down the DHCP range it is using 2 Refer to your router s documentation for more information on configuring DHCP settings 3 Navigate to the IP address settings interface page on your px12 400r For more information check the Network Settings section of this manual 4 Enter a new IP address that is outside of your router s DHCP range For example if your router is distributing IP addresses in
86. ing Content to Multiple People at Once cece ce cce eee ee eect ee eee eeeeeeeeeenes 37 How to Set Up an Email Distribution Active Folder ssssssssesssesesssssssecsssssseeesessssseeeeess 37 Sharing Content Using Social Media Overview sssssssssssesssssssseesessssseecesssssseeeesssssseeeees 38 Managing Your COntent s ccccccssiesscseetesssesetesncceeterascentessdestetaneentessicentetatessces nicentsenieenves 39 Transferring Content to and from Your lomega StorCenter px12 400r with Copy Jobs 4 40 Copy JObs LIM Itations sess seve vnc seve essed ae aka Seve ache os ve NE EE 0 eR ele o nee sane wba save NaN eae Oey 40 Getting Content from a USB External Storage DeVice cece ccc ee eee ee eect ee eee eee eee eeeeeeeeeeneees 41 Safely removing external storage sssssssssesssssssssssssesesesesssssesesesesesesseseeseseseseeeeeooe 41 iSCSI Creating IP Based Storage Area Networks SAN ssssssssssssessssssssessssssseecessssssseeessssseeee 43 ISCSOVEFVIEW A E IT E T A E A A O ATTE 43 Table of Contents Adding 1SCSI DVGSii0cccvs ccc ss ers en EVE EENE EKNE EEN EEEE EE a 44 Enabling iSCSI DAVES neno iisen ea Ae NEEE E AEE EEEE EEEE ENEON 44 CONNECTING to ESL DIVES saa terae EEEa ines ap eerie aE EEEREN 44 Manae me 1ISCSI Drives sa E E A E N a AE E S 46 Creating iSCSI Drives and Adding Them to Volumes sssssssssssssssssssesessssssecesssssseeeeesssseeee 46 Changing Access Permissions senec
87. ional layer of security to your content In addition you may want to join other trusted devices to the Personal Cloud so that content on those devices can be made available to Personal Cloud users For more information about Personal Clouds refer to the Personal Cloud overview You can enable security so you can secure Shares create users and allow selected features to be enabled When you create users you limit access to your lomega StorCenter to those specific people and when you secure Shares you limit data access to those specific users For more information on security refer to What Is Security and Do Need It It is recommended to set up file sharing so that content can be added to your lomega StorCenter and that content can be made available in a wide variety of ways including users of your lomega StorCenter and content features such as Active Folders and media sharing For more information refer to the Sharing Overview How dol create an lomega Personal Cloud set up security set up file sharing Sharing Files Sharing Overview Your lomega StorCenter is set up for storing retrieving and accessing files among users client computers and applications Note File sharing is accomplished by creating Shares setting up security which includes creating users setting up media services and configuring Active Folders Interfaces for Sharing Your lomega device has three separate interfaces for file sharing
88. itly define a workgroup on your network Most users won t need to change the workgroup name unless they have explicitly defined a different workgroup on their other computers How dol enable security Setting up Your Device Configuring Your lomega StorCenter px12 400r to Use Active Directory If you have an existing Active Directory user organization you can incorporate it into the lomega StorCenter px12 400r Console Note When you configure Active Directory you enable security on your px12 400r 1 To configure Active Directory manually add the px12 400r to your DNS server Set the px12 400r DNS setting to point to your DNS server On the Network page uncheck Automatically configure all network settings type the IP address of your DNS Server in the text box and click Apply to save your settings 2 Configure the px12 400r to join the Active Directory domain Active Directory select Active Directory mode if you already have an existing user organization such as Active Directory that you want to incorporate into the px12 400r 3 Provide the following connectivity information e Domain Name the actual name of your Active Directory domain for example sohoad com e Domain Controller the actual name or IP address of your Active Directory Server for example ad server sohoad com or 10 14 50 12 e Organizational Unit an optional predefined subset of directory objects within an Active Directory domain e
89. ives in a way that protects data against loss of any two drives 4 Select the checkbox of the drive or drives you want to add to the Storage Pool All drives in a Storage Pool must be the same size 5 Check Enable periodic consistency check to enable a monthly parity or mirror consistency check 6 If commonly used Shares Backups Documents Movies Music Pictures and SharedMedia do not already exist on the px12 400r check Create commonly used Shares to create these Shares and add them to the Storage Pool This option is not available if you are creating a cache pool 7 Check Use for SSD Cache to allow one or more solid state drives SSD to be used as a cache pool You can only designate SSDs as cache pool drives if they have not already been assigned to an existing Storage Pool This cache pool becomes assigned to the Storage Pool you are creating 8 Click Create to add the new Storage Pool 9 Click Cancel to discard any changes 50 Storage Pool Management Managing Drives The Drive Management page provides settings for managing storage and lets you apply global settings The Drive Management page provides settings for managing storage and lets you apply global settings for drives on your lomega StorCenter px12 400r Setting Write Caching Select a value for disk write caching Write caching is a mechanism that attempts to separate the fast processing speed of the px12 400r from the relatively slow mechanics of actual
90. k to a schedule so the images automatically copy at a specific time This ensures that your photos are always safely backed up to your lomega device in the event your USB device ever fails or is lost For more information refer to Transferring Content to and from Your lomega device How dol add a Copy Job manage a Copy Job modify a Copy Job delete a Copy Job restore files with Copy Jobs 67 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide Backing up Your Device Copy Jobs Transferring Content to and from Your lomega StorCenter px12 400r with Copy Jobs You can transfer content to and from your px12 400r using the Copy Jobs feature Copy Jobs copies files from one storage device to another either by a set schedule or immediately by the user An example of a Copy Job scenario is if you keep pictures from your digital camera on a separate USB drive but you also want to maintain a backup of these pictures on your px12 400r Using Copy Jobs you can create a task that copies your photos on the USB drive to a Share on your px12 400r and you can set that task to a schedule so the images automatically copy at a specific time This ensures that your photos are always safely backed up to your px12 400r in the event your USB device ever fails or is lost Note While a Copy Job copies all data from one NAS device to another it does not copy permissions or access rights from one NAS device to another All saved Copy Jobs display on t
91. k up or restore any data files on your px12 400r Backing up Device Configuration Q 1 On the Configuration Backup and Restore page click l name and location for your configuration backup Back up configuration to select a 2 Save the configuration file to an external device such as your computer or a USB drive You can save as many configuration backups as you want Restoring a Configuration Backup pe 1 On the Configuration Backup and Restore page click as Restore configuration to select a saved configuration backup 2 In the Restore Configuration dialog box click Browse to locate a previously saved configuration backup stored on your computer or USB device 3 Select one of the following options e Restore settings overwrites any existing settings such as device identification and Share names When you select this option existing data on the px12 400r is not deleted and the configuration restore operation starts automatically after you click Apply in the Restore Configuration dialog box e Restore settings and drive configuration deletes all data users and settings from the target px12 400r If you select this option a confirmation dialog box displays and informs you that restoring the configuration will delete all data and overwrite any existing users or settings on the target px12 400r Check Check this box to continue to confirm this dialog box or click Cancel to stop the configuration restore process
92. lectronics or enclosure of this product must be expressly approved by lomega otherwise the user s authority to operate this product might be voided by the FCC e Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna e Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver e Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected e Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Canadian Verification This Class A digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES 003 Cet appareil num rique de la classe A est conforme a la norme NMB 003 du Canada CE European Community lomega declares that this lomega product conforms to all applicable European Directives and Standards including by way of example 2004 108 EC 2009 125 EC and 2006 95 EC The Declaration of Conformity can be obtained by contacting lomega or is available at www iomega com support ce Manufacturer Responsible Party lomega Customer Service 4059 South 1900 West Roy UT 84067 162 Legal EU Representative lomega International SA H O lomega Netherlands 3821 BM Amersfoort NL The Netherlands ROHS COMPLIANT Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment WEEE In accordance with European Directive 2002 96 EC on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment WEEE the presence of the above symbol on the product or on its packaging indicates that this item must not be disposed of in the no
93. load across multiple NICs e Link Aggregation increases bandwidth by distributing the load across multiple ports in a switch e Failover provides recovery from a failure so if one NIC should fail your system still has network connectivity with the other NIC 6 Click Apply to save your settings If a DHCP server is unavailable for a network interface card NIC the device could auto assign an IP address or you can uncheck the Automatically acquire network address DHCP checkbox found in the Information section of a NIC 7 You can change the following settings in the Information section e IP Address the static IP address of the px12 400r Use an available IP address in the range used by the LAN e Subnet Mask the subnet that the IP address belongs to The default value is 255 255 255 0 e Gateway enter the gateway IP address in this field 8 Click Apply to save your settings VLAN Settings Each NIC in your px12 400r can be added to up to four Virtual LANs VLAN For more information on adding a NIC to a VLAN refer to VLAN Settings Bonding NICs If your px12 400r has multiple network interface cards NICs you can bond those NICs Refer to Bonding NICs lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide Bonding NICs Bonding network interface cards NICs is a way to provide redundancy for your px12 400r on the network If one NIC should fail your px12 400r will remain accessible on the network if t
94. lomega StorCenter Console You manage the creation of Shares through the lomega StorCenter Console lomega Storage Manager Optionally installed on your local computer lomega Storage Manager discovers any lomega storage devices on your subnet maps device Shares to computers and provides local access to your content It provides access to Shares through your computer s file management program such as Windows Explorer or Mac Finder allowing you to drag and drop many files between your computer and the lomega device Installing lomega Storage Manager is optional Home Page Serves as a web accessible interface to your lomega device The Home page content is configured using the lomega StorCenter Console The Home Page displays any public Shares It can also display secured Shares accessible only to users who log in to the lomega device You can access the Home page of your lomega device by entering the device name or IP address directly in your browser If security is enabled and you are an administrator user you can access the lomega StorCenter Console from the Home page by clicking o How dol create Shares enable security create users lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide Shares What are Shares and How Do Organize Content with Them Shares are folders that contain all types of content including documents pictures and music files Shares can be public meaning anyone accessing your px12 400r can access the content in
95. ly writing data to drive With write caching disabled every write to drive causes the px12 400r to wait while the data is written to drive which can slow performance When write caching is enabled and the px12 400r sends a write request to the drive it writes the data to cache which is much faster and sends an immediate acknowledgement to the px12 400r saying the write is complete The system proceeds without waiting for the data to actually get written to drive which occurs in the background While write caching does improve performance there are some risks The system responds that the data is written to drive when in fact it has only been written to cache Should the px12 400r lose power any data not completely written to drive is lost forever This is because cache memory is volatile If you lose power the contents of the cache are lost Therefore if there were any pending writes in the cache that were not written to the drive they will be lost forever Using a UPS Uninterrupted Power Supply can mitigate the risk associated with write caching which is why it is recommended to only enable this feature when a UPS is connected Applying Global Drive Management Settings Setting Write Caching Select a value for disk write caching Write caching is a mechanism that attempts to separate the fast processing speed of the px12 400r from the relatively slow mechanics of actually writing data to drive With write caching disabled every w
96. nager is a management tool that helps you discover your px12 400r on your network to simplify access to content on your px12 400r from your computer It also allows you to add your computer as a trusted device to an lomega Personal Cloud Refer to lomega Storage Manager online help for additional information Twonky Media Server consolidates all media files on devices on your network and presents them in a unified view lomega QuikProtect offers file backup of your computer to an lomega storage device From lomega Setup you can optionally create a Personal Cloud or begin using your px12 400r by clicking Manage My Device How dol set up my px12 400r if it s not discovered create an lomega Personal Cloud set up media aggregation lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide Set up My lomega StorCenter If It s Not Discovered If after you enter the setup URL identified in the Quick Install Guide your lomega device is not discovered you have two ways of discovering it Discovering with lomega Storage Manager You can install lomega Storage Manager from lomega Setup which helps you discover your lomega device on your network Discovering the lomega device without the Internet You can access your lomega device device without internet access as described by these methods for Windows pcs or Macs Windows 7 and Vista Click Start Computer Network Under Other Devices you should see your lomega device listed For example if you
97. nd connect to available Shares If you receive a message from your operating system s firewall alerting you of network activity be sure to unblock communications Mac Users Shares on the px12 400r will mount and appear on the Mac Desktop PC Users Shares on the px12 400r will automatically be assigned a drive letter and will be available in the Network Drives section under My Computer How dol view information about my device components lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide Network Settings The Network page of your px12 400r is where you make changes to set up network connectivity The Network page displays your current network settings and enables those settings to be modified On this page you can identify your DNS servers and WINS servers and how your system s IP address is determined Most system IP addresses and other network settings can normally be configured automatically Manually Configuring Your Network If you are comfortable with network technology and want to configure the network refer to Manually Configuring the Network Bonding NICs If your px12 400r has multiple network interface cards NICs you can bond those NICs Refer to Bonding NICs Enabling Jumbo Frames for Each NIC You can enable jumbo frames for each NIC in your px12 400r by expanding the Information section for a NIC and selecting a jumbo frame size from the Jumbo Frame drop down menu Valid jumbo frame sizes are 4 000 or 9 000 by
98. nd create users After enabling secure access any internet users can access your px12 400r and view any public content Secure content is restricted to internet users who have valid usernames and passwords for the pxi12 400r When you enable unrestricted media content access your media files become available to all internet users Changing Personal Cloud Settings 1 In the Configure section of the Personal Cloud page click Settings 2 In the Personal Cloud Settings dialog box configure the following e Administration Email Address This is the sender email address used on the email invitations e Port Number Your router forwards this specific port for your Personal Cloud This value is automatically filled in and you do not have to change it unless you have more than one Personal Cloud on your network Refer to Configuring Router Port Forwarding for Personal Cloud for more information e Secure Communication This setting controls the security of information traveling through the Personal Cloud Note You can also specify a Secure Communication level setting with lomega Storage Manager The Secure Communication setting for the lomega StorCenter px12 400r Console sets the minimum value You cannot specify a setting lower than this value using lomega Storage Manager For information on using lomega Storage Manager refer to its online help e Enable unrestricted access to media content This setting makes all media file
99. ng a UPS Uninterrupted Power Supply can mitigate the risk associated with write caching which is why it is recommended to only enable this feature when a UPS is connected 61 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide Applying Global Drive Management Settings 1 Click tod Settings 2 Check Add drives to storage system to add a newly installed drive You see this option only if there is at least one unused drive on the px12 400r 3 To change the protection choose a value from the drop down menu Mirror RAID 10 Uses half of the storage space for protection leaving half for actual data Parity RAID 5 Uses 1 4 of the storage space for protection leaving 3 4 for actual data Double Parity RAID 6 Combines six or more drives in a way that protects data against loss of any two drives Striped RAID 0 Distributes data across several drives in a way that gives improved speed at any given instant None Turns off data protection and leaves your data vulnerable to data loss 4 Select a value for disk write caching 5 Check Enable periodic consistency check to enable a monthly parity or mirror consistency check The check helps to prevent a single drive failure from becoming a two drive failure resulting in data loss The check runs for several hours and can affect performance of the px12 400r If you do not want to run the check uncheck this option 6 Check Use available drives as hot spares to allow unused drives to become p
100. ng backwards from 50599 5 Repeat the previous step using port 443 to enable https communication with your lomega device 6 Enter the IP address of your lomega device which contains the Personal Cloud The IP address displays on the System Status page when you log into the device s web interface 7 Save the changed settings 8 Reboot the router if required 103 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide How dol create an lomega Personal Cloud 104 Personal Cloud Accessing Your Device From Anywhere in the World Configuring Your lomega Personal Cloud As an lomega Personal Cloud administrator you can manage various settings on your Personal Cloud to ensure that it functions as efficiently as possible Settings include specifying an email address when sending invitations When data is traveling through the Personal Cloud you can control the security of that information by specifying a Secure Communication level Note that data stored on your px12 400r through the Personal Cloud is not encrypted and using encryption can slow down communications Enabling Internet Access to the px12 400r You can grant internet users including lomega Link users secure access to the web interface and unrestricted access to media content on your px12 400r lomega Link is an application that runs on mobile devices and allows access to content on your px12 400r Before enabling secure access you must first enable security on your px12 400r a
101. ns the following items 1 px12 400r models may vary 2 Quick Start Guide Quick Start Guide 3 Power Cables 4 Ethernet Cable Setting up Your Device 5 Rail kit models may vary Connecting the px12 400r Initial Setup If you have purchased more than one px12 400r complete all steps on one device before setting up additional devices 1 2 Use the included network cable to connect the px12 400r to a network hub or switch Connect the included power cords to the power supply connectors on the back of the px12 400r and to an Uninterruptible Power Supply UPS This provides redundant power for your px12 400r Power on the px12 400r From a computer on your network open a web browser and go to www iomegasetup com to set up your px12 400r on your network For best results use a computer that is connected to the same subnet or network segment as the px12 400r NOTE You can access the lomega StorCenter px12 400r Console directly by entering the IP address or model name of your px12 400r in your computer s web browser To use the model name on a Mac add local after the name in the browser for example px12 400r local OPTIONAL if desired install the lomega Storage Manager QuikProtect and Media Aggregation software If you install lomega Storage Manager its icon will appear in the System Tray Windows or Menu Bar Mac The lomega Storage Manager will automatically scan your network a
102. nstalled you may have the option to uninstall start and stop the application This page shows the applications which came preinstalled with your px12 400r as well as applications that you have manually installed Note Only valid applications built using the lomega StorCenter SDK can be installed on your px12 400r Starting or stopping an application When available click a in the Action column to stop an application Click gt to start it again Adding applications 1 Click the Add application link The Add application window displays 2 Enter the path and name of the application file or click Browse and select the application file located on your computer 3 Click Upload to install the application Removing applications U When available click an the Action column to uninstall an application How dol enable security 144 Upgrading Your Device Software Updates The Software Updates page identifies the px12 400r software status and provides the ability to update the software for the px12 400r This software is protected by RSA BSAFE technology 1 Inthe table listing the current software installed on your px12 400r click in the Action column to check for updates 2 The Status column will state whether the software is up to date or if an update is available To copy an update file to your px12 400r click a The software update file is downloaded directly to your px12 400r A 3 If multiple updates are read
103. nt from iSCSI drives 68 Backing up and Restoring Your Content Adding Copy Jobs The page describes how to Add Copy Jobs Set From Information Set To Information Set a Schedule Adding Copy Jobs On the Copy Jobs page click A Copy Job is added to the top of the list and the Information section displays Enter a name for the Copy Job The Overwrite Setting determines what happens to files in the destination location if they have the same name as those in the source location Select one of the following values from the Overwrite Setting drop down menu e Overwrite and don t delete Files in the destination location are overwritten with files from the source location Any files in the destination location that are not in the source location are preserved e Overwrite and delete Files in the destination location are overwritten with files from the source location Any files in the destination location that are not in the source location are deleted The destination location becomes an exact copy of the source location e Don t overwrite Only files in the source location that are not in the destination location are copied No files are overwritten in the destination location From Settings In the From section click E to select a source location This is the location of the files you want to copy In the dialog enter the Device Name or IP address in the text box or select a device from the list If a c
104. o information Up to date lomega software and drivers Advanced online support options such as 1 on 1 live chat and email Electronic copies of lomega product manuals Information on telephone support options Information on advanced technical service options such as data recovery Warranty information and product return instructions Support options available may vary depending on your region and language of choice lomega s specific customer support policies including fees for services and procedures change as technology and market conditions dictate To obtain information about lomega s current policies please visit our website at www iomega com supportpolicy html or write to lomega Customer Service 4059 South 1900 West Roy UT 84067 USA 159 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide Support The Support feature opens the lomega web site where you can get more information about your lomega StorCenter px12 400r The Support page provides access to content for learning more about using and supporting your px12 400r Refer to the lomega Support site for more information 160 Legal px12 400r Trademark Page lomega the stylized logo and StorCenter are either registered trademarks or trademarks of lomega Corporation in the United States and other countries Microsoft and Windows are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries Mac Macintosh and AppleT
105. o space allocated to iSCSI drives Available is the difference between capacity and used Drive status An image on the Drive Management page provides information on the drive status of your px12 400r The image displays the physical layout of drives and the drive slot numbers If a drive has a circled letter it is a member of a Storage Pool If you hover your mouse over a drive in the image the 52 Storage Pool Management ToolTip displays the drive model size and status including if the drive is failing If you hover your mouse on either a Storage Pool name in the table or on a drive in the Storage Pool image all drives in the Storage Pool are highlighted How dol add Storage Pools modify Storage Pools delete Storage Pools learn more about how content is stored 53 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide Modifying a Storage Pool 54 1 On the Drive Management page expand the Information section of the Storage Pool you want to modify Enter a new name for the Storage Pool To change the protection choose a value from the drop down menu You can change the protection of the following types of Storage Pools without having to recreate the Storage Pool and risk loss of data e A 2 drive RAID 10 Storage Pool can change to a RAID 5 Storage Pool with three or more drives e A RAID 5 Storage Pool can change to a RAID 6 Storage Pool provided there are six or more drives in the existing RAID 5 pool You can add
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107. oaded to the px12 400r the Status column will say Ready to apply 145 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide a 6 Click VAI apply all pending updates to apply the update or updates The software updates will be applied to your px12 400r If you want to remove the update without applying changes click T in the Action column The px12 400r restarts once the software is installed You should not power down the px12 400r during the installation process as this can damage the px12 400r If multiple updates are ready all of them will be applied requiring only one reboot Caution The px12 400r will be temporarily inaccessible during the software update Be sure no critical files are being accessed 146 Recovering Your Device Configuration Copying Your lomega StorCenter px12 400r Settings to Other Devices The Configuration Backup and Restore page allows you to back up and restore system configuration information Backing up a configuration saves various system properties including users groups device identification and Share names and permissions Configuration information is saved to a file and you can save as many versions of the file as you want After backing up the configuration you can restore it to your px12 400r at any time You can also apply the configuration backup to other lomega StorCenter devices of the same model effectively using the configuration as a template Note Configuration Backup and Restore does not bac
108. obs with lomega Personal Cloud 82 Securing Your Device and Contents What Is Security and Do Need It Security is an optional feature you can enable on your lomega StorCenter px12 400r to secure Shares create users and allow some features to be enabled When you create users you limit access to your px12 400r to specific people and when you secure Shares you limit data access to specific users Security adds an extra layer of protection to your px12 400r beyond whatever form of security you have on your local network Without security all data on your px12 400r can be accessed by anyone on your local network To secure your px12 400r e First enable security and create an administrator user e Create users Create groups e Secure any existing or new Shares e Secure any existing or new iSCSI drives How dol enable security add users add groups secure Shares 83 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide Enabling Security and Creating an Administrator User With security turned on only administrator users can view or change settings on the px12 400r including creating or deleting users and Shares When you create users you limit access to your px12 400r to specific people and when you secure Shares you limit data access to specific users 1 2 5 6 7 On the Security page click the switch on When you turn security on you will be asked to create an administrator user Provide a username and
109. ole click Shares 2 Select a Share to use as a Flickr Active Folder and click to expand the Active Folder section 3 Check Enable 4 Select Flickr from the drop down menu 5 Click Configure Flickr account access to configure your Flickr account You are taken to a Flickr page to configure your account Follow the instructions provided by Flickr 6 Check Delete files after upload to delete images from the Share once they are transferred to your Flickr account 7 Click Apply to save your changes 8 Once configured all images added to this Active Folder are uploaded to your Flickr account Click View Transfer History to see the transfer activity from this Share to your account How dol add a Share make a Share an Active Folder 117 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide YouTube YouTube is a social media site to share video content You can configure a Share as a YouTube Active Folder so that videos added to that Share are automatically uploaded to your YouTube account Refer to Managing Shares for more information on managing Shares and Active Folders Note If you do not have a YouTube account go to the YouTube website to open an account Configuring a YouTube Active Folder 1 From the lomega StorCenter px12 400r Console click Shares 2 Select a Share to use as a YouTube Active Folder and click to expand the Active Folder section 3 Check Enable 4 Select YouTube from the drop down menu 5 Check Delete file
110. ollow the link for details on configuring each e Email Distribution e Facebook e Flickr e Photo Resize e Torrents e YouTube Click Apply to save your changes Using Share Volumes When you create a Share you can use an existing volume or create a new one for that Share After that Share is created you cannot move it to a different volume You can modify the volume by changing its size You can also determine if the volume can automatically grow in size 5 6 7 8 co To set the volume for a Share as you are creating it click Information section Change volume allocation in the Choose whether to use an existing volume or to create a new one For more information on existing volumes refer to Volume Management Select an existing Storage Pool in which to place the volume If you are selecting from more than one existing volume select a volume from the Volume drop down menu If you are creating a new volume enter a name for the volume in the Volume text box Enter a size for the volume You cannot reduce this size later Click OK In the Information section click Apply to save your changes Modifying a Share Volume 1 Click Lod Change volume allocation in the Information section 21 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide 2 Enter a new size for the volume 3 Click OK 4 In the Information section click Apply to save your changes How dol add a Share delete a Share share conten
111. onfigure it for a VLAN Adding a VLAN 1 4 5 To add a VLAN expand the VLAN Settings section of a NIC Click Lt Add VLAN Enter a VLAN ID value between 2 and 4094 You can enter up to 4 VLAN IDs for each NIC A VLAN can obtain its network settings from DHCP or you can uncheck DHCP and enter the IP address subnet mask and gateway manually Refer to Network Settings Overview for information about jumbo frames Click Apply to save your changes Deleting a VLAN In the VLAN Settings section click Delete to delete the VLAN lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide Naming Your lomega StorCenter px12 400r You can provide a meaningful name for your px12 400r using the Device Identification page This page in the lomega StorCenter px12 400r Console enables you to change the Storage Device Name the Storage Device Descriptive Name and the Workgroup Name Change any of these by editing the text fields Click Apply to save your changes Device Name Enter a name for the lomega device Use a name that will help you identify it on your network Device Descriptive Name Enter a descriptive name for the lomega device device This name can provide additional detail that identifies the device Workgroup Name Enter a workgroup name for the lomega device if you need to change the default name The workgroup name identifies a group of computers that share information with each other Change the workgroup name only if you explic
112. onfigure the px12 400r The table displays the Usernames and Descriptive Name of each user Click in a row of the table to view or modify details about a user How dol add users manage users delete users create Shares for users 86 Adding Users To add a user 1 2 5 Securing Your Device and Contents Navigate to the Users page Before you can create or modify users you must have security enabled on your lomega StorCenter lomega device If security is already enabled you are ready to add users If not a pop up window appears for enabling security and create an administrator user to manage your secured lomega device To add a new user click betel ata a user Enter the following information Username enter the username of the user to be created This is the username for logging into the lomega device There is a maximum of 32 characters and spaces are not allowed The following are not valid usernames root daemon bin sys sync mail proxy www data backup operator sshd postfix nobody unuser guest and rsync Descriptive Name add a descriptive name to identify the user For example if you created a user with a Username of jsmith you may want to add the Descriptive Name Joe Smith Password create a password for the user The password should be between 8 and 12 characters and spaces are not allowed Confirm Password confirm the password If the text in this field does not m
113. onnected device is not listed click the Refresh button Click OK to save your selection or click Cancel The Protocol drop down menu displays if the source device is different from the device you are currently accessing for example it could be a separate NAS device on your network From the Protocol drop down menu choose one of the following e Windows File Sharing The default value in the menu is Windows File Sharing and in most cases you should accept the default value For more information refer to Windows File Sharing e rsync The rsync protocol can provide faster copying but may not be available on all devices If you are able to select the rsync protocol and you want the rsync Copy Job to be secure select the Use secure rsync SSH option Enter the rsync username and password for the rsync server to or from which you are copying The rsync username and password is set up on a different device than the device on which you are creating the Copy Job For more information on creating an rsync user refer to rsync Server Settings 69 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide 4 Enter a valid username and password if applicable for the device to provide access to its folders 5 To select a specific folder click Les to select a source location for the What to copy section In the Copy dialog box select all Shares or a folder and select one of the following options for the Copy Job from the drop down menu e Th
114. ool status displays on the Drive Management page 59 Drive Management Managing Drives The Drive Management page provides settings for managing storage and lets you apply global settings The Drive Management page provides settings for managing storage and lets you apply global settings for drives on your lomega StorCenter px12 400r Setting Write Caching Select a value for disk write caching Write caching is a mechanism that attempts to separate the fast processing speed of the px12 400r from the relatively slow mechanics of actually writing data to drive With write caching disabled every write to drive causes the px12 400r to wait while the data is written to drive which can slow performance When write caching is enabled and the px12 400r sends a write request to the drive it writes the data to cache which is much faster and sends an immediate acknowledgement to the px12 400r saying the write is complete The system proceeds without waiting for the data to actually get written to drive which occurs in the background While write caching does improve performance there are some risks The system responds that the data is written to drive when in fact it has only been written to cache Should the px12 400r lose power any data not completely written to drive is lost forever This is because cache memory is volatile If you lose power the contents of the cache are lost Therefore if there were any pending writes in the cache th
115. ore content To back up content to and from your lomega device such as e Time Machine e QuikProtect e Copy Jobs To back up and restore your lomega device there are e Copy Jobs e Mozy Backup e Avamar e Amazon 3 e lomega Personal Cloud features Backup of Data through RAID Protection The drives in your lomega device are protected using a built in pre configured technology that redundantly stores data across the drives This technology known as RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks enables a series of drives to act together as a single storage system For more information refer to Understanding How Your Content Is Stored How dol back up Macs with Time Machine back up with Copy Jobs back up with Mozy Backup back up with Avamar back up with Amazon S3 back up with lomega Personal Cloud 65 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide Backing up to and Restoring from Your Device Backing up Macs with Time Machine You can back up your lomega StorCenter px12 400r to Time Machine To set up Time Machine backups on an lomega StorCenter px12 400r run the Time Machine setup from the Mac you want to back up and follow these instructions 1 66 Connect your Mac to your px12 400r using Apple File Protocol You can do this using lomega Storage Manager for Mac or Bonjour Mount the Backup Share from the lomega network device Note If you want to create a new Share for Time Machine backups yo
116. ost cases your lomega StorCenter attempts to automatically configure your router However if it cannot a message displays that your router is not configured for port forwarding and you must manually configure your router to forward a specific port to your lomega device Most routers refer to this as port forwarding application access or virtual server It is recommended that you refer to your router s documentation for setting these values When you set up port forwarding you are allowing data to travel through your Personal Cloud between your lomega device and trusted devices When you have selected a port value to forward for Personal Cloud click a Settings on the Personal Cloud page and enter your selected port number in the Personal Cloud settings dialog box If you have more than one Personal Cloud you can enter a range of port values for your Personal Clouds The range of port values is 50500 50599 You must also port forward port 443 to enable https access to your lomega device Router Port Forwarding Some routers have a UPnP option If you have a UPnP router enabling this option allows the lomega device software to automatically configure the correct forwarding ports Otherwise you must perform additional steps by manually enabling port forwarding on your home network router Port forwarding allows invited users to connect remote computers or other lomega device devices outside of your local area network LAN as trusted devices to t
117. ough the Personal Cloud When you add a trusted device to your Personal Cloud a Copy Jobs icon displays next to that device in the trusted device table Clicking the Copy Jobs button opens the Copy Jobs page to help you configure a Copy Job between the lomega StorCenter px12 400r that is hosting the Personal Cloud and a trusted device For more information on setting up Copy Jobs refer to Adding Copy Jobs How dol create a Personal Cloud join a trusted device to a Personal Cloud add a Copy Job enable security on px12 400r 110 Personal Cloud Accessing Your Device From Anywhere in the World Disabling or Deleting Your lomega Personal Cloud When you disable your Personal Cloud you are eliminating access to your Personal Cloud without deleting the account information you created when you set up the Personal Cloud Later if you want to reenable your Personal Cloud you can without reentering all the account information To completely stop the Personal Cloud and eliminate any account information with it delete it If you delete your Personal Cloud and later decide you want to recreate it you must start the creation process again and re invite all users When you delete a Personal Cloud you lose your ownership of its name To disable a Personal Cloud click Disable To delete a Personal Cloud click Settings and then click Delete in the Personal Cloud Settings dialog box How dol create a Personal Clo
118. our lomega device and directly stream files through the device or access media files through a networked media player Below are two examples of how to set up the following media players e iTunes e Xbox 360 Note The procedures shown below are intended as examples Your media player or version may operate differently It is recommended that you refer to your media player documentation for instructions on how to add a network device Example Setting up iTunes 1 Locate the source directory of your iTunes media content 2 Drag or copy your existing media content to a Share that has media sharing enabled 3 When you open the iTunes Library iTunes will display all of the media content from the lomega device Example Setting up Xbox 360 Connect your Xbox 360 to your TV and to the same local network as your lomega device Navigate to the Media Tab in Xbox 360 and select a media enabled Share Select Computer from the options menu Rh WN Click Yes Continue when asked if you have downloaded and installed media sharing software on your computer since the lomega device device comes preconfigured with this software 5 Select lomega device from the list of names You should now see all the public media content on your device How dol enable media aggregation learn more about social media sharing 126 Media Management Photos Photos Overview Your lomega device has multiple ways to manage your pictures Your
119. ownload or upload status and amount of time remaining for the torrent job to complete How dol enable torrent downloads configure a router for torrent downloads delete torrent jobs share torrent downloads with other peers add torrent files to your lomega StorCenter 134 Media Management Enabling Torrent Downloads 1 On the Torrent Download page click the switch on 0 Click 5 Settings to modify the torrent download and upload settings In the Torrent Download Settings dialog box enter a value for Maximum Download Speed This sets the rate at which files are downloaded to your device The maximum download speed you can enter is 2 MB s Enter a value for Maximum Upload Speed This sets the speed at which other users can upload a file unprompted from your device The upload speed can affect device performance so it is recommended that you choose a value that does not strain the performance of your device and impact other work on it The maximum upload speed you can enter is 1GB s Set a Port value used by torrent peers to upload files from your px12 400r The port value should be a number between 6881 and 6999 and your router must be configured to allow port forwarding on the same port Refer to Configuring your router for torrent downloads for more information on how to do this Click Apply to save your changes 135 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide Deleting torrent job
120. password and then confirm your password Encryption is always available when you access your px12 400r using https By setting local encryption you enforce encryption on your local network By setting remote encryption you enforce encryption outside your local network such as through the internet Choices for both encryption types are Not required Passwords only passwords are encrypted through https and Always encryption is always enforced Always encrypting communication is safest but can impact performance Note When security is turned on browser communications with the px12 400r are encrypted Therefore each computer that attempts to access the px12 400r may encounter a security warning which can be safely ignored In addition you may be asked to accept a signed certificate for the px12 400r which you should accept If you change the device name at a later date these warnings may appear again px12 400r administrators do not have access to all Shares by default Access rights to Shares must be granted explicitly to administrators as with other users If you have your own security certificate you can load it by selecting Use an imported certificate and browsing to the certificate to load it Click Apply to save your changes Click here to learn how to create users Click here to learn how to secure any existing or new Shares Disabling Security Disabling security will cause all defined users to be deleted Note If
121. password when accessing your lomega device remotely Enabling security allows you to share your lomega device with the people you choose For example you have photos of your new baby you want to share with your sister your brother and your sister in law To share your baby photos with these family members create a Personal Cloud and then invite your sister your brother and your sister in law to join your Personal Cloud Your lomega StorCenter provides an easy way to send email invitations and instructions to the people you select as Personal Cloud users In this way your content is never exposed to the public and remains private It is visible only to the individuals you invite to be Personal Cloud users Content of the Personal Cloud is determined by you as the Personal Cloud owner Refer to the help topic links below for more information on Personal Cloud Note that people added to your Personal Cloud as users are not required to own or have access to an lomega device The process of adding someone as a Personal Cloud user grants them access to your Personal Cloud from any computer How dol create an lomega Personal Cloud configure a router for port forwarding create a Personal Cloud invite people to a Personal Cloud join a trusted device to a Personal Cloud enable security on lomega device 100 Personal Cloud Accessing Your Device From Anywhere in the World lomega Personal Cloud Setup Overview You can
122. r The Content Viewer is divided into two panes The left pane lists the Shares on the px12 400r and allows you to delete or add a Share If you select a Share that contains pictures you can start a slideshow of the pictures in that Share The right pane lists the files and folders in a Share and allows you to delete content or upload a file to the Share To delete multiple files simultaneously hold the Ctrl key on your keyboard and select each file or drag your mouse over the filenames Share content can be sorted and you can switch between a list view and a thumbnail view of the files When you are looking at content in a list view and you hover your mouse over an image a thumbnail view of the image displays next to your mouse If all the content cannot fit on one page there are pagination controls that allow you to continue browsing the content 39 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide Transferring Content to and from Your lomega StorCenter px12 400r with Copy Jobs You can transfer content to and from your px12 400r using the Copy Jobs feature Copy Jobs copies files from one storage device to another either by a set schedule or immediately by the user An example of a Copy Job scenario is if you keep pictures from your digital camera on a separate USB drive but you also want to maintain a backup of these pictures on your px12 400r Using Copy Jobs you can create a task that copies your photos on the USB drive to a Share on your px1
123. r px12 400r Console click Shares 2 Select a Share to use as a Facebook Active Folder and click to expand the Active Folder section 3 Check Enable 4 Select Facebook from the drop down menu 5 Click Configure Facebook account access to configure your Facebook account You will be taken to a Facebook page to configure your account Follow the instructions provided by Facebook 6 Check Delete files after upload to delete images or movies from the Share once they are transferred to your Facebook account 7 Images can also be resized prior to upload Check 800x600 1024x768 or enter a custom resolution for resizing images 8 Click Apply to save your changes Once configured all your images in this Active Folder will upload to your Facebook account 9 Click View Transfer History to see the transfer activity from this Share to your account How dol add a Share make a Share an Active Folder 116 Sharing Content Using Social Media Flickr Flickr is a photo sharing network for sharing photos with friends and family You can configure a Share as a Flickr Active Folder so that images and albums added to that Share are automatically uploaded to your Flickr account Refer to Managing Shares for more information on managing Shares and Active Folders Note If you do not have a Flickr account go to the Flickr website to open an account Configuring a Flickr Active Folder 1 From the lomega StorCenter px12 400r Cons
124. r selection or click Cancel 3 The Protocol drop down menu displays if the source device is different from the device you are currently accessing for example it could be a separate NAS device on your network From the Protocol drop down menu choose one of the following e Windows File Sharing The default value in the menu is Windows File Sharing and in most cases you should accept the default value For more information refer to Windows File Sharing e rsync The rsync protocol can provide faster copying but may not be available on all devices If you are able to select the rsync protocol and you want the rsync Copy Job to be secure select the Use secure rsync SSH option Enter the rsync username and password for the rsync server you are copying from or to The rsync username and password is set up on a different device than the device on which you are creating the Copy Job For more information on creating an rsync user refer to rsync Server Settings 4 Enter a valid username and password if applicable for the device to provide access to its folders 70 Backing up and Restoring Your Content 5 To select a specific folder click oe to select a destination location for the Copy to here section In the Copy to here dialog select a Share or a folder from a Share to copy your files 6 Click OK to save your selection or click Cancel 7 Click Apply to save your changes Setting a Schedule 1 To set a schedule
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126. rite to drive causes the px12 400r to wait while the data is written to drive which can slow performance When write caching is enabled and the px12 400r sends a write request to the drive it writes the data to cache which is much faster and sends an immediate acknowledgement to the px12 400r saying the write is complete The system proceeds without waiting for the data to actually get written to drive which occurs in the background While write caching does improve performance there are some risks The system responds that the data is written to drive when in fact it has only been written to cache Should the px12 400r lose power any data not completely written to drive is lost forever This is because cache memory is volatile If you lose power the contents of the cache are lost Therefore if there were any pending writes in the cache that were not written to the drive they will be lost forever Using a UPS Uninterrupted Power Supply can mitigate the risk associated with write caching which is why it is recommended to only enable this feature when a UPS is connected 51 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide Applying Global Drive Management Settings 1 o Click S Settings 2 Check Add drives to storage system to add a newly installed drive You see this option only if there is at least one unused drive on the px12 400r 3 To change the protection choose a value from the drop down menu Mirror RAID 10 Uses half of t
127. rk Copy on Request This enables media aggregation but does not automatically copy all media content from computers both networked and local to your lomega device Computers on the network will have to enable media aggregation individually and then media files are copied to the lomega device If a computer is running the lomega Storage Manager media aggregation is automatically enabled Note When you enable media aggregation the media server restarts and any media you are currently streaming stops playing You can begin streaming your media after the media server has restarted 124 Media Management Social Media Sharing You can share media content such as movies and pictures using social media sites like Facebook Flickr or YouTube Refer to the Sharing Content Using Social Media section for more information How dol share content through Facebook share content through Flickr share content through YouTube 125 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide Streaming Music Movies and Pictures The Media Server supports playback of videos music and pictures from any UPnP AV Universal Plug and Play Audio Visual network media players such as Playstation3 Windows Media Player or Xbox 360 You can play back all your media files from your individual home computers by enabling media aggregation on your lomega device You can also connect USB mass storage devices such as your iPod mp3 player or USB drive to y
128. rmal unsorted municipal waste stream Instead it is the user s responsibility to dispose of this product by returning it to a collection point designated for the recycling of electrical and electronic equipment waste Separate collection of this waste helps to optimize the recovery and recycling of any reclaimable materials and also reduces the impact on human health and the environment For more information concerning the correct disposal of this product please contact your local authority or the retailer where this product was purchased 163 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide Safety Information Observe the following guidelines when using your lomega StorCenter px12 400r 1 2 Follow all instructions marked on the px12 400r and in the documentation Use only the power supply cables provided with the px12 400r Unplug the px12 400r before cleaning Do not use liquid or aerosol cleaners Use a damp cloth for cleaning Do not use the px12 400r near water Do not spill liquid on or into the px12 400r Do not place the px12 400r on an unstable surface Do not place the px12 400r near or on a radiator or heat register Openings in the px12 400r are provided for fans and air ventilation and should not be blocked or covered Make sure the px12 400r has ample ventilation at least 6 inches or 127 mm in front and behind the unit Do not walk on the power cord or allow anything to rest on it There is a danger of explosion if the
129. rmation section 5 Click Apply to save your changes 97 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide Deleting Active Directory Users and Groups To delete a user or a group 98 1 2 3 From the lomega StorCenter px12 400r Console click Users and Groups To delete an existing user or group click to expand that user or group In the Information section click Delete Deleting a user or group does not delete any Shares to which the user or group has access Click the checkbox if you want to Delete all Shares that only this user can access In the confirmation pop up window click Yes If you do not wish to delete a user or group click No to return to the Groups page Personal Cloud Accessing Your Device From Anywhere in the World What Is an lomega Personal Cloud An lomega Personal Cloud turns an lomega StorCenter px12 400r into a hub for sharing files and backing up data among computers anywhere in the world A Personal Cloud can exist on your lomega StorCenter px12 400r or on another lomega network device When you create a Personal Cloud you gain access to your px12 400r from anywhere on the internet You can also share with friends and family by inviting users to join your Personal Cloud You manage Personal Cloud users the same way you manage other users on your px12 400r so you control the storage and content they can access through the Personal Cloud Trusted devices can be added to your Personal Cloud to connect th
130. rs access to Shares and Active Folders This is useful if you want to allow users to add files to your social media sites For example if your px12 400r has a Flickr Active Folder you can grant Personal Cloud users access to that Active Folder In this manner when photos are added to the Flickr Active Folder either by you or by Personal Cloud users those photos are uploaded automatically to your Flickr account Note that an Active Folder can only be associated with one social media account For example if you want Active Folders for your Facebook and YouTube accounts create two Active Folders and assign one Active Folder to Facebook and one to YouTube Using this example any photos you add to your Facebook Active Folder are automatically uploaded to your Facebook page and any movies you add to your YouTube Active Folder are automatically uploaded to your YouTube page Not only is this a fast and easy way to share content but uploading content to your social media sites provides an additional backup of your content as the content is stored both on your px12 400r and at your social media accounts How dol make a Share an Active Folder upload to Facebook upload to Flickr upload to YouTube 38 Sharing Files Managing Your Content You manage content on your lomega StorCenter px12 400r using the Content Viewer The Content Viewer is a graphical file browser that lets you view and manage content in the Shares on your px12 400
131. rs of the Personal Cloud A large virtual network is created How dol create an lomega Personal Cloud add users invite people to a Personal Cloud join a trusted device to a Personal Cloud enable security on lomega device 113 Sharing Content Using Social Media Sharing Content Using Social Media Overview If you have an account with social media services such as Facebook Flickr or YouTube you can share content on your lomega StorCenter px12 400r with your friends and family using one or more of these social media sites To share your content using social media sites create Shares called Active Folders and connect each Active Folder with a social media account Refer to the help topic links below for more information on these procedures When you add photos and movies to an Active Folder those files are automatically uploaded to the social media site associated with that Active Folder If you have photos or movies you want to share with others this is a great way to make your content available to people who may not have access to your px12 400r If you have configured a Personal Cloud on your px12 400r you can grant Personal Cloud users access to Shares and Active Folders This is useful if you want to allow users to add files to your social media sites For example if your px12 400r has a Flickr Active Folder you can grant Personal Cloud users access to that Active Folder In this manner when photos are added to the
132. s 1 On the Torrent Download page select a torrent you want to delete T 2 Click the under the Action column to delete the torrent 3 Click Yes to delete the torrent 136 Media Management Configuring Your Router for Torrent Downloads You must manually configure your router to forward a specific port to your px12 400r Most routers refer to this as port forwarding or application access and it is recommended that you refer to your router s documentation to learn how to set these values Port Information Used to Configure Your Router The following information may be required to manually configure your router Forward the port to your px12 400r IP address identified in the table Device IP Address 192 168 1 1 Port name HTTP Port number Set to the same port value set on the Torrent Download page Protocol TCP 137 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide Torrent Active Folders Sharing Torrent Downloads with Other Peers Torrent downloads allow you to share files using a peer to peer file sharing protocol With Torrent Download you can download files using the torrent protocol to your px12 400r and then those files can be uploaded by other torrent users Refer to Managing Shares for more information on managing Shares and Active Folders Configuring a Torrent Active Folder 1 From the lomega StorCenter px12 400r Console click Shares 2 Select a Share to use as a Torrent Active Folder and click to expand
133. s after upload to delete videos from the Share once they are transferred to your YouTube account 6 Click Apply to save your changes Once configured all videos added to this Active Folder automatically upload to your YouTube account 7 Click View Transfer History to see the transfer activity from this Share to your account How dol add a Share make a Share an Active Folder 118 Sharing Content Using Social Media Share Content through lomega Personal Cloud You can share your multimedia content with friends and family through an lomega Personal Cloud Refer to the lomega Personal Cloud section for more information How dol create an lomega Personal Cloud know my Personal Cloud content is secure 119 Media Management Media Management Overview The px12 400r has a built in media server that when turned on scans for media content in specific Shares that have media sharing enabled Any media content contained in these specific Shares are accessible to any user on your network with a media player even if the Share is secured For information on enabling a folder as a media folder refer to Managing Shares Scanning for media content The Media Server automatically scans for media content on a regular basis However you can click Scan now at any time to force the media server to perform an immediate scan for media content This is especially useful after you have created new folders with media sharing enabled an
134. s in media enabled Shares available to anyone on the internet accessing your px12 400r even if those media files are in secured Shares For mor information on making a Share media enabled refer to changing Share information 3 Click Apply to save your changes How dol create a Personal Cloud configure a router for port forwarding invite people onto your Personal Cloud join a trusted device to a Personal Cloud manage trusted devices on a Personal Cloud 105 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide disable or delete my Personal Cloud enable security on px12 400r enable the Home Page 106 Personal Cloud Accessing Your Device From Anywhere in the World Inviting People onto Your lomega Personal Cloud When you invite people to join your lomega Personal Cloud you are actually selecting from existing users on your lomega device or adding people as users on your lomega device In addition you are optionally allowing them to add their computers or lomega storage devices as trusted devices on your Personal Cloud Computers are added as trusted devices through lomega Storage Manager Refer to its online help for more information 1 From either the Personal Cloud Quick Setup dialog box or the lomega Personal Cloud page click Invite Users Note You can also send an invitation to join a Personal Cloud when you are adding users Refer to Adding Users for more information 2 In the Invite Users dialog box selec
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136. s vary lomega s specific customer support policies including fees for services and procedures change over time To obtain information about lomega s current policies or warranty service please visit our website at www iomega com supportpolicy html or write to lomega Customer Service 4059 South 1900 West Roy UT 84067 Contact information for lomega Customer Service can be obtained on our support website at e Americas www iomega com support e Europe www iomega com europe support e Asia www iomega com ap support If your product is eligible for warranty service you will be required to return it to lomega along with proper identification a return authorization number obtained from the lomega website or provided by the lomega representative and proof of purchase lomega will not protect recover or return data during warranty service so you should duplicate your data before shipment Limitations THE ABOVE WARRANTY IS EXCLUSIVE AND IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES EXPRESS OR IMPLIED To the extent permitted by applicable law IOMEGA SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE Any implied warranty required by applicable law shall be limited in duration to the express warranty term Some jurisdictions do not allow disclaimers of implied warranties or limitations on how long an implied warranty lasts so the above limitation may not apply to you Thi
137. s warranty gives you specific legal rights and you may also have other rights that vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction Any suit for breach of any warranty on your product must be filed within one 1 year of the first date the suit could have been brought 166 Legal Open Source The software included in this product contains copyrighted software that is licensed under open source agreements Components of this software covered under GPL or other open source licenses are fully documented as to license and redistribution requirements in the ReadMe file available with the source code The corresponding source code package is available for download from lomega s Support and Download site at www iomega com support To locate the download page for open source code select your lomega product and your operating system Scroll down the page to the search field and enter open source In addition you can also obtain a copy of the applicable open source code on CD by sending a money order or check for 10 USD to lomega Corporation ATTN Source Code 4059 South 1900 West Roy UT 84067 USA Please include the model name for your lomega product with the request 167
138. sent over the network Additional software may be required to send the Wake On LAN signal to your device 1 Check the Wake On LAN checkbox to enable Wake On LAN 2 Click Apply to save your changes Creating A Power Schedule You can create a power schedule to turn your px12 400r on and off Power off and Power on functions can be scheduled as one time events or recurring events When you create a power schedule you can set the day and time to power down the device In addition you can optionally set power on times Check the Enable device power schedule checkbox Select the days for your px12 400r to power on or off Set the power schedule time in both hours and minutes HH MM and specify AM or PM KR WN Click Apply to save your changes 152 Hardware Management Factory Reset Factory Reset returns the px12 400r to its original state This feature is useful if you give your px12 400r to someone else Factory Reset provides two options for returning your px12 400r to its original state Quickly delete all data permanently deletes all record of existing or deleted data users and passwords Securely delete all data this option takes significantly longer but provides an added security benefit by permanently erasing all data on the drives to prevent recovery of existing or deleted data users and passwords The secure delete operation renders all data irrecoverable Note You can use the factory reset feature
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142. t the name of an existing user or click Create New User to add a new user If security has not been enabled you are prompted to enable security and create an administrator user If the email address field is not already completed enter an email address for the user 4 Click Apply to send the invitation How dol create an lomega Personal Cloud add users to my lomega device 107 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide Joining a Trusted Device to an lomega Personal Cloud You can join your lomega StorCenter px12 400r to the Personal Cloud as a trusted device if you have been given permission by the person administering the Personal Cloud Note You cannot join your trusted device to a Personal Cloud if you have not been added as a user on the Personal Cloud 1 On the Personal Cloud page select the Other Personal Cloud command to join another lomega Personal Cloud 2 Inthe Add Trusted Device to Personal Cloud dialog box enter the Personal Cloud name username and password you received in the email invitation 3 Enter a descriptive name for your trusted device in the Description field 4 Click Apply After applying this information you are automatically connected to the Personal Cloud How dol enable security on my px12 400r create an lomega Personal Cloud configure a Personal Cloud invite people onto your Personal Cloud use Copy Jobs with a Personal Cloud delete a trusted device 108
143. t the port forwarding to the px12 400r s IP address Bridging the Secondary Router Bridging the Primary Router If none of the above options are available you must enable transparent bridging on your primary router This may require contacting your ISP Internet Service Provider to configure the DSL or Cable Modem NAT into bridge mode which then disables the first NAT Firewall After this first firewall in the modem is disabled the secondary router handles all the network traffic Port Forwarding and allows Remote Access to work You should not attempt bridging without help from the ISP If bridge mode is attempted by the customer and not configured properly it can render the customer s internet connection inoperable Primary router bridging may also require special configuration information and settings on the secondary router If you configured your px12 400r using DHCP you may not be able to reconnect to it via Remote Access after a reboot DHCP automatically receives an IP address from the server whenever the px12 400r restarts This is a very simple way to configure the px12 400r but can cause problems with your router s port forwarding settings The router does not dynamically update port forwarding settings and cannot port forward to your px12 400r if its IP address changes To resolve this problem try one of the following processes e Increase the length of the DHCP lease Your router attempts to remember all DHCP clients and ass
144. t with social media 22 Sharing Files Deleting Shares To delete a Share 1 From the lomega StorCenter px12 400r Console click Shares 2 To delete an existing Share click to expand the Share 3 In the Information section click Delete to delete the Share 4 In the Delete Share confirmation pop up window click Yes 5 If you do not wish to delete the Share click Cancel to return to the Shares page How dol add a Share manage a Share 23 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide Using Protocols to Share Files What Are Protocols and How Do Use Them to Share Files Your lomega StorCenter px12 400r uses communication protocols to mount file systems and allow files to be transferred between client computers and the lomega StorCenter The px12 400r includes the following protocols for file sharing e AFP e Bluetooth e FIP e TFTP e NFS e rsync e SNMP e WebDAV e Windows DFS e Windows File Sharing 24 Sharing Files AFP File Sharing for Macs The Apple Filing Protocol AFP enables Apple file sharing which is the preferred method for Mac users to access Shares AFP is on by default To enable AFP click the switch on 25 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide Bluetooth File Sharing Once a Bluetooth adapter is detected files can be uploaded to a configurable destination Share on the px12 400r from a Bluetooth device Configuring Bluetooth settings 1 To enable Bluetooth click t
145. te When you enable Avamar on your px12 400r you are registering with an Avamar server You cannot back up and restore from your px12 400r Backup and restore operations are executed from the Avamar server Registering Your px12 400r with the Avamar Server 1 On the Avamar page click the switch on The Avamar Settings pop up window opens 2 In the Avamar Settings pop up window enter the following information and click Apply to save your settings e Server Address the Avamar server IP address or hostname e Client Domain the registered domain name from the Avamar server 78 Backing up and Restoring Your Content Backing up with Amazon S3 The Amazon S3 online storage service allows you to back up your lomega StorCenter px12 400r to the cloud Enabling the Amazon 3 Feature 1 On the Amazon S3 page click the switch on Note If you do not have an Amazon S3 account click the link to create an account 2 Enter a valid access key secret key and bucket name from your Amazon 3 account information You can create a bucket at account setup or you can enter a new bucket for your px12 400r Your content lives in this bucket on your Amazon S3 account 3 Select an existing Share on your px12 400r in which to copy files that are then backed up to Amazon 3 4 Click Apply to save your changes Backing up Files to the Amazon S3 Cloud After you copy files to the selected Share on your px12 400r the files are automat
146. tes If you do not want jumbo frame support select None from the Jumbo Frame drop down menu Jumbo frame support is useful for transferring large files such as multimedia files over a network Jumbo frame support increases transfer speed by placing large files in fewer data packets It also reduces the demand on the device hardware by having the CPU process more data in fewer data packets Jumbo frame support should only be enabled if you are sure your network is jumbo frame compatible and all network devices have been configured to support jumbo frames It is recommended that you confirm all network interface cards NICs are configured to support jumbo frames before enabling this feature VLAN Settings Each NIC in your px12 400r can be added to up to four Virtual LANs VLAN For more information on adding a NIC to a VLAN refer to VLAN Settings Setting up Your Device Manually Configuring the Network There are various settings in the network setup that you can manually configure 1 Click a Modify network settings 2 Uncheck Automatically configure DNS WINS and all IP addresses DHCP 3 DNS Servers enter the IP addresses of the DNS Domain Name System servers DNS is used for translating the domain name to IP addresses 4 WINS Servers enter the IP addresses of the WINS server 5 From the Bonding Mode drop down menu choose one of the following e Transmission Load Balance increases bandwidth by distributing the
147. the Shares Shares can also be secured which means access to content in them is limited to a select group of users All Shares on an px12 400r are displayed on the Shares page The Shares page displays a table that contains folders connected drives and any cloud storage to which your lomega StorCenter px12 400r Console is connected The Properties column displays the features that are enabled for each Share Share Information The Information section displays the Share name graphically displays the space usage of the Share and allows you to view the content using the web based content viewer To view the content of a Share click View Content to open the Content Viewer To learn how to modify your Share information refer to Managing Shares Access Permissions The Access Permissions section contains a list of users who currently have access to that Share Access Permissions displays when the px12 400r is secured otherwise the section is not included in the Share If Everyone has access to Shares that means your content can be viewed by anyone with access to your network without that person needing a username or password To learn how to modify Access Permissions on a Share refer to Managing Shares Active Folders Follow the link to the Active Folder options for information on configuring each e Email Distribution e Facebook e Flickr e Photo Resize e Torrents e YouTube How dol add a Share manage a
148. the range of 192 168 14 2 through 192 168 14 50 you must assign the px12 400r a number between 192 168 14 51 and 192 168 14 255 157 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide 158 SO ost LO Make sure you are assigning the px12 400r an IP address that is not in use by another device Enter a subnet mask The subnet mask describes the size of your network For most networks this is 255 255 255 0 which allows for 256 network devices If you are ona larger network or are using the self assigned APIPA range 169 254 x x you must use a 255 255 0 0 or larger subnet mask For best results enter the IP address es for your DNS Server s If necessary enter the IP address es for your WINS server s Enter a gateway address In most cases this is the IP address of your router If necessary update your router s port forwarding information with the new static DHCP IP address Additional Support How to Get Help lomega is committed to providing excellent customer support To meet this goal lomega offers a variety of support options designed to meet the needs of a wide range of users For complete information on the support options available for your lomega product visit the lomega website Please select your region carefully Here s just some of what is available on lomega s award winning web support site 24 hours a day 7 days a week Answers to frequently asked questions FAQs Online help pages with troubleshooting or basic how t
149. u can do so using the lomega StorCenter px12 400r Console Select System Preferences from the Apple Menu Select Time Machine listed under System Click ON to enable Time Machine From the list of available drives choose the desired Share on your px12 400r then click Use for Backup Note Time Machine uses a single destination drive for backups If you have previously set up another drive for Time Machine backups and want to change to use the lomega network device click Select Disk then choose the desired Share on your px12 400r Note Older lomega Storage devices include a Time Machine feature In more recent devices the Time Machine feature is not included because it is no longer necessary to pre configure a sparse bundle on the device The sparsebundle image is created automatically when you complete Time Machine setup following the instructions above Backing up and Restoring Your Content Copy Jobs Overview You can back up content to and from your lomega StorCenter using the Copy Jobs feature Copy Jobs copies files from one storage device to another either by a set schedule or immediately by the user An example of a Copy Job scenario is if you keep pictures from your digital camera on a separate USB drive but you also want to maintain a backup of these pictures on your lomega device Using Copy Jobs you can create a task that copies your photos on the USB drive to a Share on your lomega device and you can set that tas
150. ud invite people onto your Personal Cloud join a trusted device to a Personal Cloud configure my Personal Cloud enable security on px12 400r 111 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide Accessing Content Using Your lomega Personal Cloud You can share content by inviting users to your Personal Cloud The data in Shares can be made accessible to all users of the Cloud or access can be restricted to a specific set of users by setting access permissions to Shares Access permissions control whether users are only allowed to read files in Shares or if they can also write upload files to Shares How dol create an lomega Personal Cloud add users create Shares set access permission for Shares 112 Personal Cloud Accessing Your Device From Anywhere in the World Informing Users What to Do with lomega Personal Cloud Personal Cloud enables users to access your lomega device from the web They can enter myCloudName Myiomegacloud com in a web browser and when prompted enter a valid username and password for your lomega device After they access your lomega StorCenter they can view Shares upload and download content and stream content Optionally they can install lomega Storage Manager on their computers and then join their computers as trusted devices to the Personal Cloud When users join their computer as a trusted device to the Personal Cloud they are making their machine and its files available to other use
151. ve forgotten your password Note The Reset button does not initiate a full factory reset To perform a full factory reset select Factory Reset from the System page in the lomega StorCenter px12 400r Console 5 USB 2 0 connectors Supports devices such as USB storage devices and printers 6 Gigabit Ethernet Ports High speed Ethernet connectors that automatically detect your network speed 10 100 1000Base T 7 VGA output connector Connect a monitor for video surveillance applications Default Settings e IP Address If not DHCP server is found on your network the StorCenter will get a self assigned IP address in the 169 254 x x range e Device Name The default name for your lomega StorCenter px12 400r is px12 400r XXXXXX where XXXXXX is a unique string of letters and numbers e Default Shares Backups Documents 151 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide Energy Saving The Energy Saving page provides power settings for the px12 400r Power Down Drives Click the Power Down Drives drop down menu to select how much idle time should be allowed to elapse before the px12 400r powers down the drives Drives automatically power back up when the px12 400r accesses them You may notice a slight delay when the drives are accessed Brightness To adjust the brightness of the lights on the px12 400r set the Indicator Brightness to High Medium or Low Wake On LAN Wake On LAN powers on your px12 400r when a specific signal is
152. ves and Adding Them to Volumes Every iSCSI drive that you create is added to a volume In most cases an iSCSI drive is automatically added to a volume when you create the iSCSI drive In other cases you may have to select some options to add your iSCSI drive to the appropriate volume On a new system where there are no existing volumes a volume is created simultaneously when you create an iSCSI drive and the iSCSI drive is assigned to that volume On a new system where there are existing volumes you can choose to assign the iSCSI drive to an existing volume or create a new volume and assign the iSCSI drive to that volume For more information on existing volumes refer to Managing Volumes On a system where there is only one Storage Pool and one volume which can occur when upgrading from a previous version or device you cannot assign an iSCSI drive to a volume If you are upgrading a system and it has only one volume you cannot assign an iSCSI drive to a different volume If you are upgrading a system and it has multiple volumes you can assign an iSCSI drive to a new or existing volume Note Unlike Shares iSCSI drives cannot grow automatically You must resize them manually Changing Access Permissions 1 Expand Access Permissions to change user permissions on an iSCSI drive When an iSCSI drive is first created the user Everyone has read and write access to that iSCSI drive by default which means that everyone on your network c
153. w a few minutes for the RAID array and Storage Pool to build When complete the Storage Pool status displays on the Drive Management page 155 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide Troubleshooting Routers If you encounter a problem while connecting or using your px12 400r check the topics listed below for possible solutions If you have properly set port forwarding on your router and remote access still does not work you may have multiple routers on your network In this situation you will most likely have two NAT Network Address Translation this situation you will most likely have two NAT Network Address Translation firewalls 1 One of the easiest ways to identify this issue is to log in to the router to which the px12 400r is connected 2 Once you have logged in go to the page that shows the router s WAN IP address usually Status or Network Info 3 If the WAN IP address begins with 192 168 10 or 172 you may have a NAT Firewall between the router and internet connection There are several options for resolving double NAT situations The sections below explore the pros and cons of each resolution These instructions will refer to the router that is connected directly to the internet as the Primary Router The cascaded router or router to which your px12 400r is connected is referred to as the Secondary Router e Use the primary router s DMZ e Port forward the primary router to the secondary router e Put the second
154. window displays 3 Select Check this box if you want to delete the Storage Pools 4 Click Yes to delete the Storage Pool 5 Click No to cancel the operation and retain the Storage Pool Note Deleting a Storage Pool deletes all Shares and data contained within the Storage Pool 57 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide Changing RAID Protection Types You can change the RAID protection of existing Storage Pools Before you can change RAID data protection of a Storage Pool you must delete all data on the Storage Pool If you are unfamiliar with RAID protection it is recommended that you do not change this setting You can also set the RAID protection type when you add drives to your lomega StorCenter and create new Storage Pools To change the RAID type expand the Information section of a Storage Pool on the Drive Management page and choose a value from the Protection drop down menu e Mirror Stripe RAID 10 e Parity RAID 5 For additional explanation on these RAID types refer to Adding a Storage Pool Note that the displayed available capacity changes as you select different RAID types from the Protection drop down menu RAID array capacity is based on drive use which differs for some RAID types Click Apply to change the RAID protection Click Cancel to retain your previous RAID configuration How dol add and manage Storage Pools add and manage volumes delete a Storage Pool add or replace a drive 5
155. y you may install all the updates at the same time Click J Apply all pending updates to install the available updates The software updates are applied to your px12 400r 4 Once the software is installed the px12 400r will reboot If you are applying multiple updates you only need to reboot once Do not power down the px12 400r during this time ir 5 If you want to remove the update without applying changes click in the Action column Caution Do not shut down the px12 400r during the update process as this can damage the px12 400r The px12 400r will be temporarily inaccessible during the software update Be sure no critical files are being accessed during this time Manual update process installing a device software update 1 Inthe table listing the current software installed on your px12 400r click iC in the Action column to check for updates 2 If an update is available the Status column will state that a software update is available with a link Download the update file to your local computer To retrieve the update click Add Software 4 In the Add Software pop up window if an update is available there will be a link to download the appropriate update for your px12 400r Click the link follow the instructions on the download site page and download the software update to your local computer 5 Once downloaded click Browse to select the update and then click Upload to continue When the update is upl
156. you are using other features on your px12 400r that require security you cannot disable security until those features are also disabled 3 On the Security page click the switch off Disabling security will cause all defined users and groups to be deleted Check the box to disable security Click Apply to save your changes Security is disabled How dol create secured Shares add users 84 Securing Your Device and Contents Limiting Access to Your Content by Creating Users When you create users you are selecting the specific people that have access to your lomega StorCenter You can secure Shares and specify which users can read and write to the secured Shares You can also create additional administrator users who can manage the lomega device through the lomega StorCenter Console Administrator users can change various settings on the lomega device including adding and deleting Shares If you create groups you can also limit access to your lomega device by group so you don t have to specify access for each individual user How dol add users add groups 85 lomega StorCenter px12 400r User Guide Users Users Overview When security is enabled the Users page displays all users on the lomega StorCenter px12 400r and enables administrators to add and modify users Non administrator users can be added to limit access to Share content Additional administrator users can be added allow specific users to c

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