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1. P 172 16 66 186 Seles 82H REQ HAO BORE IAM HAW ae 6 OS gt BAR z O 0 Bi P e No Stack Target BALD R 172 16 66 186 v Ee 2 vie Bee HALES D D MERA VHASAK Ce ae 2 ARs VASES aaa D D y WALLER Ce VideoTest SCR UP ee ALT G l t S PRETNAR Hh wz gy Thecus q seis O Rii 172 16 66 186 SE Leslee ERO SED RAC ROREA TAD HA E Ca PRETINA ak a O O Ops gt BAR i Q O e f amp Stack target with export FED w72 16 66 186 BE W 7 z share name pmmeeting ARII Ce z 4 ani 2 menarie wean o5 ey SEAS LASEK Ce s Pees 2 APRs BARRE FETA i fy ART PRB EERS Ce usboopy ay usbhdd SEDELA Un eS MET x x i Video Test Ce x601BM Hts Po Thecus 7 RARE G Razi c Act Ca PRETINA R sawo yA 86 The Browseable setting is the same method used for setting a system share folder It designates whether or not this folder will be visible through web disk You may refer to the figure below for reference when Yes and No are selected Add iSCSI Target Add Stack Target x Enable CSI Enable Disable Target Stackable Target IP ign Username Password Stacked Target Limit O 9 a z Mame Description Browseable yes no Public C yes w no Stackable wil mount the first LUN of the iSCSI target if it has more than one LUN Apply The Public setting will be set the same way as
2. be PA 3 Specify a RAID ID 2 RAID Level Selection Description JBOD Combe multiple diwes and capacties nto one drive RAID 0 Normally used to nerease performance dng useful for setups such as large read only HFS server where mounting meny deks 6 Dime lt coraurng of moosse and redundancy amp ireevant RAID 1 Create an exact copy or miror of 2 set of data on two or more disks This amp useful when real nerfaneanres fe eDi are mere rinnat than dara nara ranarity 72 4 If this RAID volume is meant to be the Master RAID volume tick the Master RAID checkbox In a multiple RAID configuration one RAID volume must be designated as the Master RAID volume The Master RAID volume will store all installed modules If the Master RAID is changed to another location i e assigning volume 2 to be the Master RAID volume after volume 1 had been previously assigned then all modules must be reinstalled In addition all system folders that were contained on the Master RAID volume will be invisible Reassigning this volume to be the Master RAID will make these folders visible again 5 Selected whether the RAID volume will be encrypted or not The RAID volume can protect data by using RAID Volume Encryption function to prevent the risk of data exposure To activate this function the Encryption option needs to be enabled while the RAID is created and followed by a password input for identification Also an
3. SE System Management F soe iScs1 Target UNAG E System Network p J iSCSI Ea Storage Disk Information add EpMod ee Advenced Deptc a RAID Management Name Status T NAS Stacking testi Disabled 150 Image Mounting ial Share Folders HB iSCSI High Availabiity LUN QaAdd Modi lt cgExpand Gc aa User and Group Authentication Name Capacity GB LUN Allocation ip Network Service best101 2 Instant Allocation Application Server mh Backup I iSCSI CRC Checksum To enable this option the initiator can connect with Data digest and Header digest SCSI x Advance Options SCSI CRC Checksum Data Digest C Header Digest Max Connections a Eror Recovery Level 2 g Max Connections The maximum number of iSCSI connections Error Recovery Level The Error Recovery Level ERL is negotiated during a leading iSCSI connection login in traditional iSCSI RFC 3720 and iSER RFC 5046 ERL 0 Session Recovery ERL 0 Session Recovery is triggered when failures within a command within a connection and or within TCP occur This causes all of the previous connections from the failed session to be restarted on a new session by sending a iSCSI Login Request with a zero TSIHRestart all iSCSI connections on any failure ERL 1 Digest Failure Recovery ERL 1 only applies to traditional iSCSI For iSCSI SCTP which has its own CRC32C and both types of iSER so far handling header a
4. a Disk Information 5A RAID Management 1 50 Image Mounting Share Folders DE ECSI m User and Group Authentication Fy Network Service a Application Server Wea a ael E 4 Extemal Devices i T i A Add an ISO file From the figure above select an ISO file from the drop down share list Me 120 image information to display ae ISO Mount ISO Path ISO Size laswebsite Tunes_ music After selection the system will bring up the Mount table screen for further settings 90 V ISO filter dele 4 j naswebsite Mounted Path 7 ISO Path ISO Size __ BT Seed J Andy Weekly Report J AMD _ Besttech GT LJ ACS 6xxx LJ AMCC Thecus 02 iso Thecus 01 iso _ Adobe Acrobat 7 0 Pro J ATOM _j Andy Private K lt 4 Pagef fil DM ze No iso mount information to display File Selected Mount as Description Only ISO 9660 file system can be mounted Top 50 Folders Add Top 30 Files Please type in the full path of the ISO if not listed V 150 filter anoun 4 j naswebsite Mounted Path JBT Seed J Andy Weekiy Report _jJ AMD J Besttech GT LJ ACS 6xxx _J ATOM L Andy Private K lt 4 Page oft b gt H ae No iso mount information to display File Selected naswebsite Thecus 01 iso Mount as Description Oniv ISO 9660 file system can be mounted Top 50 Foiders Add Top 50 Files Please type in the full path of the ISO if not listed To mount the
5. all other clients have Jumbo Frame Setting enabled e Proper DNS setting is vital to networks services such as SMTP and NTP W ARNIN G Most faster Ethernet 10 100 Switches Routers do not support Jumbo Frame and will not be able to connect to your Thecus NAS after Jumbo Frame is turned on DHCP RADVD From the System Network menu choose DHCP RADVD and the DHCP RADVD Configuration screen appears This screen displays available NIC status If each NIC has been set up to a static IP then each NIC can be configured to act as DHCP RADVD server Home gt System Network gt DHCP RADVD WAN LAN LANZ LANS Additonal LAN 4 Additonal LANS Additional LANS Additonal LAM Status Note IPv4 IPwo Enable Enabled Enable Enabled Mode Manual Mode Manual IP 172 16 66 25 IP fec0 1 Netrmask Prefix Length DHCP Service FI RADVD Service E Start IP Prefiz End IP Prefi Length Default Gateway DNS 1 DNS 2 DNS 3 Apply 64 DHCP RADVD Server Configuration A DHCP RADVD server can be configured to assign IP addresses IPv4 or Prefix IPv6 to devices connected to the associated NIC port DHCP Configuration tem iDescription O O O OO O Enable or disable the DHCP RADVD service to automatically assign IP address to PCs connected to associate NIC interface Specifies prefix o Prefix IPv6 Specifies prefix Prefix Length IPv6 Specifies prefix length The IP address of associated
6. Item Description O Z O ZO o O Syslog Daemon Enable Disable syslog daemon Syslog service If Server has been selected then associated syslog folder will be used to store all system logs from other NAS devices which has assigned this system for syslog server as well as syslog of this server unit It can be seen from associated syslog folder with files error Information and warning If client has been selected then Local or Remotely can be choose Choose Local all system logs will be stored in an associated syslog folder filled in from next filed And the syslog folder will have file messages to store all system logs If Remotely has been selected a syslog server is needed and an IP address is required Select from a drop down share list all of the system logs will be stored on it This syslog folder is applied to syslog server or syslog client with local selected The user can choose from 3 different levels AI Warning Error or Error remotely System Monitor The system monitor is capable to monitor system status including CPU memory utilization fan temperature status network throughput and on line user list in various protocols To monitor system status simply click on System Monitor from the tree menu and the screen will appear as below 52 Home gt System Information gt System Monitor il system Information ESav
7. Local Backup gt Schedule Backup gt RAID Folder to External Device Souce M Sebect All Target Return to Parent Foker Retum to Parent Folder V NAS_Publk ud LSVM2_03 USBCopy oi Ni0ssa Module_Folkder J N4200PRO_02 NAS Module RBandy Realtek_LAN_ 3 W2008_W 7 gaofactory snapshot Next fill in the task name and related settings Schedule Backup Item Description O lt O OoOO U UOO Create Sub folder If you choose to create a sub folder then it will use the task name as folder name then copy the source under it Or it will copy the source to the same level as the destination select the associate task and click Start from the task list page 182 Task Name shdback0i Create Subfolder Create named as task Don not create drectly name backup to target e Sync Type Inoemental Sync Log Location Sandy x V Enable Schedule Time 00 iw lo jy Schedule O Monthly O Weekly iG Daly j i v Read the notes and check the Accept box for confirmation Local Backup gt Copy gt RAID Folder to External Device Announce To perform system backup the destination file inn the same directory wil be overwritten or deleted please confirm before running backup Destination path name exits in a different set of tasks can lead to itsel or other tasks to perform improperly Destnaton or source of the system files cannot be de
8. Storage aa User and Group Authentication Port Share Folder v a Network Service B Samba CIFS The folder amp not found among the ist Ba arp Folder Permissions ead Pa nrs F Write gFTP Appiy 3 Web Disk HTTP P upne A description of each item follows TFTP 130 tem _ __ Description i O TFTP Enables TFTP Service on the Thecus IP storage Checked WAN LAN1 or LAN2 to enable port use non standard port WebService From the Network Service menu choose the WebService item and the WebService Support screen appears This screen displays the service support parameters of the system You can change any of these items and press Apply to confirm your settings Home gt Hetwork Service gt WebService WebService HTTP Support Sharing Enable O Disable Port 80 Secure WebService Secure HITF Support Sharing Enable D Wabe Port 443 Cerificate Type User T System CartificateFie m Certificate Key File A CA Certificate Fie E Reitora AN SSL Cartifseate Files Desorption 1 Ba fle error occurs with an upbaded SSL certificate file default settings wil be usec automatically 2 Tha SSL certificate fle needs to reload after the master RAID partion has been changed 3 The setting did not apply for Web Dek v2 x x and after A description of each item follows Web Service tem Description HTTP WebDisk Support Enable or disable WebDisk support Enter the port
9. The original source system has 3 RAID volume RAID RAID10 and RAID20 and has backed up the system configurations to the target server RAID Management GPCreate edt doba Hot Spare Mas RAID Disks Total Data RAID P Level cae Used Capacty Capacity 5 RAID J Healthy 10 979GR 11 4 GE 928 7 GB RAINO J Healthy 9 999G8 998 5 Ga RAIDZO J Healthy a 97968 9286 5 68 The brand new source unit only has a 1 RAID volume RAID RAID Management GP create dedit 2 Global Hot Spare hips RAID oe Disks Total Data rain P Level status Used Canacty Capacity a RAID J Healthy 10 92968 11 4 GB 928 7 GB 1 When adding a new backup task with Full backup or Custom backup and enabling the option Backup NAS Config as shows below the source unit system configurations are then backed up to the designed path on the target system every time the task is executed 148 Remote Backup gt Full Backup Task Name FullBackup Backup Type Realtime Schedule sync Type Sync Incremental Compress off Backup NAS Configs Resume Partial Files Off Handle Sparse Files off Keep ACL Settings Off Log Location v Speed Limit lo B Secf set 0 to unlimit Timeout Limit 600 pec __ Enable Schedule 2 Click on Restore NAS Configuration and the screen shown below will appear Input the target server s IP address where the system configuration has been bac
10. You can simply click the right column to change the setting RAID setting in config file Kr Raiti RATS 5 The backup configuration has different numbers of RAID volume than the current system 3 vs 1 It can be kept as the RAID volume mapping arranged by the system then carry on to click Finish This means that all 3 RAID volumes configuration such as share folder etc will all restore to the current unit in the RAID volume RAID 6 In other circumstances if the current unit contains 2 RAID volumes then it can be chosen from the left hand side of system backup configuration RAID volume list which RAID volume to map to the current system Let s see the following screen to make it clearer 150 The current system has 2 RAID volumes RAID and RAIDa Select the RAID volume from the backup configuration volume list which is going to be mapped to the RAID volume of the current system Simply click on the right hand side of RAIDa and a drop down list will appear Now you can choose which volume to map with In this case the RAIDO1 volume from the system backup configuration will be mapped to the volume RAIDa of the current unit Once again it means all the shares that were created in the volume RAIDO1 will be restored to volume RAIDa of the current system Custom Backup Backup Folder RAID Mapping The under list shows the RAID setting in config file You can
11. 196 CGIC License Term Sicncicciien a aai 197 GNU General Public LiCenSe ssssss222 22 25 222522200222022020u2020u2002 20 n 197 Chapter 1 Introduction Overview Thank you for choosing the Thecus IP Storage Server The Thecus IP storage is an easy to use storage server that allows a dedicated approach to storing and distributing data on a network Data reliability is ensured with RAID features that provide data security and recovery over multiple Terabyte of storage are available using RAID 5 and RAID 6 Gigabit Ethernet ports enhance network efficiency allowing Thecus IP storage to take over file management functions increase application and data sharing and provide faster data response The Thecus IP storage offers data mobility with a disk roaming feature that lets you swap working hard drives for use in other Thecus IP storage securing the continuity of data in the event of hardware failure The Thecus IP storage allows data consolidation and sharing between Windows SMB CIFS UNIX Linux and Apple OS X environments The Thecus IP storage s user friendly GUI supports multiple Languages Product Highlights File Server First and foremost the Thecus IP storage allows you to store and share files over an IP network With a Network Attached Storage NAS device you can centralize your files and share them easily over your network With the easy to use web based interface users on your network can access these files in
12. Apply Click to save your changes Folder and sub folders Access Control List ACL On the Folder screen press the ACL button and the ACL setting screen appears This screen allows you to configure access to the specific folder and sub folders for users and groups Select a user or a group from the left hand column and then choose Deny Read Only or Writable to configure their access level Press the Apply button to confirm your settings ACL setting x p This process maybe need sometimes to sync x Are you want sync account Cis En ACL setting x v Recursive ccs coos Ju sie Search Local Groups Local Users AD Groups AD Users ACL setting Item _ _ Description O O Z O O o Deny Denies access to users or groups who are displayed in this column Read Only Provides Read Only access to users or groups who are displayed in this column 96 Writable Provides Write access to users or groups who are displayed in this column Enable to inherit the access right for all its sub folders To configure folder access follow the steps below 1 On the ACL screen all network groups and users are listed in the left hand column Select a group or user from this list 2 With the group or user selected press one of the buttons from the three access level columns at the top The group or user then appears in that column and has that level of access to the folder 3 Conti
13. Thecus N8900 series N12000 series N16000 series N5550 N6850 N8850 N10850 N77OOPRO V2 N8800PRO V2 N4510U N7510 User s Manual Copyright and Trademark Notice Thecus and other names of Thecus products are registered trademarks of Thecus Technology Corp Microsoft Windows and the Windows logo are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Apple iTunes and Apple OS X are registered trademarks of Apple Computers Inc All other trademarks and brand names are the property of their respective owners Specifications are subject to change without notice Copyright 2013 Thecus Technology Corporation All rights reserved About This Manual All information in this manual has been carefully verified to ensure its correctness In case of an error please provide us with your feedback Thecus Technology Corporation reserves the right to modify the contents of this manual without notice Product name Thecus N8900 N12000 Ni6000 series N6850 N8850 N10850 N7700PRO V2 N8800PRO V2 N5550 N4510U N7510 Manual Version 5 3 Release Date May 2013 Limited Warranty Thecus Technology Corporation guarantees all components of Thecus NAS products are thoroughly tested before they leave the factory and should function normally under general usage In case of any system malfunctions Thecus Technology Corporation and its local representatives and dealers are responsible for repair without cost to the customer if the product fails within the
14. amp ee eee see amp see soe J n see amp ee ed ee lt see see see ee a a ee ses ewe ee amp eve amp o o o n s amp ee amp ee amp i a swe amp ee ee n Thecus Front Panel Description 1 Power LED e Solid blue System is power on 2 System LED e Solid orange system is being upgraded or system startup data currently inaccessible 3 WAN LAN1 LED e Solid green network link e Blinking green network activity 4 LAN2 LED e Solid green network link e Blinking green network activity e Solid blue files are being copied from a USB storage device e Solid blue external eSATA device has connected USB 3 0 port for compatible USB devices such as USB disks e Power on off N7510 e Push to scroll up when using the LCD display 10 Down Button V e Push to enter USB copy operation screen 11 Enter Button J e Push to enter LCD operate password for basic system setting 12 Escape Button e Push to leave the current LCD menu ESC 13 LCD Display e Displays current system status and warning messages 14 HDD Trays e Seven 3 5 SATA HDD trays e Locks are provided for added security 5 USB Copy LED 6 eSATA link LED 7 USB Port 8 Power Button 9 Up Button A 20 Rear Panel N8900 Back Panel 1 Power Connector 2 Serial Port 3 eSATA Port 4 USB Port e USB 2 0 port for compatible USB devices such as USB disks and USB printers 5 USB Port e USB 3 0 port for compatible USB devices switch or ro
15. b Accompany it with a written offer valid for at least three years to give any third party for a charge no more than your cost of physically performing source distribution a complete machine readable copy of the corresponding source code to be distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange or c Accompany it with the information you received as to the offer to distribute corresponding source code This alternative is allowed only for noncommercial distribution and only if you received the program in object code or executable form with such an offer in accord with Subsection b above The source code for a work means the preferred form of the work for making modifications to it For an executable work complete source code means all the source code for all modules it contains plus any associated interface definition files plus the scripts used to control compilation and installation of the executable However as a special exception the source code distributed need not include anything that is normally distributed in either source or binary form with the major components compiler kernel and so on of the operating system on which the executable runs unless that component itself accompanies the executable If distribution of executable or object code is made by offering access to copy from a designated place then offering equivalent access to copy the source code from
16. on enable automatic failbacks off disable automatic failback When auto failback is off default After the original active server is damaged and then returned to a healthy state the original standby server will remain active and the original active server will go into standby mode The servers will exchange roles When auto failback is on After the original active server is damaged and then returned to a healthy state the original standby server will go back into standby mode and the original active server will become active again The servers return to their original roles With or without auto failback synchronization will begin immediately without a break in service when the damaged server returns The roles described above are assumed immediately and do not need to wait for synchronization The virtual IP will always be mapped to the current active server Fill in the Virtual Server hostname information for further access need For this example we will use HApm for the virtual server hostname 110 Vi Vil Vill Virtual host name Fill in the Secondary Server hostname information For this example we will use PMS for the secondary server hostname Please make sure the associated Secondary server with the PMS host name has been setup Secondary host name PMS Fill in the Virtual IP information 1 Please select the network interface from the drop down list of phys
17. 0 0 TX 0 0 MB s 168 System Temperature 31 C S7 8 F Added Hardware Information From the System Information category choose the Hardware Information item and the system will display the related HW details for the associated model Below is an example of the information for a Thecus N8900 a Po Home gt System Information gt Hardware Information 7 Help My favorite Cy Shutdown Logout LH System Information Hardware Information W General q CPU Intel 3 2120 CPU 3 30GHz Status Lj System Log Memory 8077 MB io Roni 7 iar Pageiraiin BIOS NB900_W30 X64 a Sysog Management Natok ug System Montor Device a Hardware Information WAN LANI Intel Corporation 825741 Gigabit Network Connection LAN Intel Corporation 82574 Gigabk Network Connection LANS Intel Corporation 82574 Gigabit Network Connection USB Device USB2 0 1 Intel Corporation Device 1c2d USH2 0 2 Intel Corporation Device 1c26 USBS 0 1 NEC Corporation Device 0194 DOM Single DOM 4 System Management SATA Controler System Network SATAL Intel Corporation Device 1c02 H Storage SATA a Tereh es Logic S4S2008 PCI Express Fusion aa User and Group Authentication OLED Agent Revision 1600 1 7 Pic Revision 12 Network Service 78 Application Server THECUS N8900 V2 03 01 Disk Information From the Storage menu choose the Disk Information item and the Disk Information screen appea
18. 10 14 15 11 03 Syslog Management dif Medule Information Dekvary You have mew merane 3 01 00 46 You have mew module IP Cam 1 0 82 You have pew madue IP Can 1 0 61 You have mee mocuig IP Cem 1 0 6 You Rave few module IP Cara 1 0 59 You have meee midue IP Cam 1 0 55 You have mew module IP Cam 1 0 57 You Pave pee medue IP Can 1 0 56 You have mem mggu IP Com 1 0 55 You Rave n m modue IP Carn 1 0 54 You have meee midi IP Cam 1 0 53 Generates system log to be stored locally or remotely it also can be chose to act as syslog server for all other devices These messages are stored on your NAS in Nsync gt log gt messages Information can be obtained in two ways locally and remotely Configuration with syslog server Syslog Daemon Enable I Disable Syslog service server dent Target 9 Loca Remote Syslog folder NAS_Public v Log Levet Remote IP Address Apply Configuration with syslog client and target to store locally Syslog Daemon Enable I Disable Syslog service server dent Target Local Remote Syslog folder Log Levet Jal x Remote IP Address Apply NAS Publi fy 51 Configuration with syslog client and target to store remotely Syslog Daemon Enable O Disable Syslog service E server dent Target Local Remote Syslog folder we Log Levek an E Remote P Address 172 16 65 147 See the following table for a detailed description of each item
19. 2009 05 25 13 21 13 5500 dual0l The svstem n5300 dual0T found TPS is unavailable 2009 05 25 13 16 08 3300 dual1 The system n3500 dual01 found UPS is unavailable 2009 05 25 13 12 28 5500 dual01 User admin logged in from 172 16 65 107 2009 03 25 13 11 03 5500 dual01 The system n3500 dual01 found UPS ts unavailable See the following table for a detailed description of each item System Logs messages and error messages ERROR Shows only error messages Download All Log File Export all logs to an external file Truncate All Log File Clear all log files The number of lines per Specify desired number of lines to display per page page Sort Ascending Shows logs by date in ascending order Sort Descending Shows logs by date in descending order lt lt lt gt gt gt Use the forward gt gt gt and backward lt lt lt buttons to browse the log pages Re loading logs On line Register From the System Information menu choose the Online Registration item and the System Online Registration screen appears The online registration service can periodically update the user when new firmware and software modules are released by Thecus To enable this service simply check the Enable check box By enabling this service the items in bold will be sent to Thecus via the Internet Home gt System Information gt Online Registration Help Or My favorite Shutdow CB System Information Ut at
20. 67 Home gt System Network gt Linking Aggregation WAN LAN LANZ LAN J Additional LANS Additional LANS Additonal LANG Additional tanzi Status Jumbo Frame IPv4 Original Setting IPv Original Setting Enable Enabled Enable Enabled Moda Marual Mode Manual IP 172 16 56 25 IP Netmask Prefix Length Gateway 172 16 66 135 Gateway Note Default Gateway WAN LANI x Apply Ei Im Li Storage Management The Storage menu displays the status of storage devices installed in the Thecus IP storage It includes storage configuration options such as RAID and disk settings folder configuration iSCSI and ISO Mount Disks Information Refer Chapter 7 for FW v2 03 01 and after From the Storage menu choose the Disk Information item and the Disk Information screen appears From here you can see various installed SATA SAS hard disks A blank line indicates that a hard disk is not currently installed in that particular disk slot e The screen shot below is just an example from a Thecus IP Storage The disk slots number can range from 8 12 to 16 slots depending on the model of Thecus IP storage Home gt Storage gt Disk Information ie System Information Disk Information gt 4 System Management Bad Block Scan E System Network Link Status SATA 1 5Gb 5 Disk No Capacity MB Model 476 940 ST3500418AS Se Detect EJ storage Ry RAID Management I NAS Stacking ISO I
21. Local BACKUP lt cidiecissasciinesssavndinaseaeeieatesaaantieeenann 172 Volume Expansion Management s ssssssssssssssssrenesesesssrerernsrennns 188 Appendix A Customer SUppOrt ss 2 2 2 2 189 Appendix B RAID BAaSi CS ssssssunnnnununnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 190 OVGEVICW cipaninino rania aaa aaa AE AEA 190 Benefits iisisti aaa AA 190 Improved PerlormMaNCE crs carasensag eased ntisunsnssecenerese asesehansadneete 190 Data SECUN sa theide Hiab cae ete cca a yl autenacwns 190 RAID L VGIS wciivinswictwindwichuencwenawtneuccedesdudceedecwenececeatcacsusdaunsunrcsierienenrun 190 Appendix C How to open the tOp COVED ccccccnnnsseescccennnnseeeeeennnes 193 N3900 Seriesi wi sitiness icddnceinciscccitiutcdrindiecssvesctanmntceasnecetuevesanusntscatagnes 193 N2000 S6n6S nuna E 194 N16000 S ries siiicccarssicecaddsecetnneiees tausneestnndecsnnvceersanuscacssnecaamsnuesiaueaee 194 Appendix D Active Directory BaSICs ssssus2u222 s s 195 OVervVi W siroiirnriransnis anaiai a aai 195 What is Active Directory insssivicsccnirinisesanenswentransstnanusestnanevenenewesrnanares 195 ADS Benefits israsccv tetinddcnesdactcteteatsnencacteieteacdenencactsieteacvcnrncadteaeseacvinens 195 Appendix E Licensing Information sssccccceennneceeccccennnneeeseeennnes 196 OVGRVICW cicin a 196 Source Code Availability sssss2ss2 2 2 2 s22z2usuuzuuz2 z2 n
22. Size for recycle bin to allow deleted folders files can store Left default value 0 with no limitation e The deleted files folders which have resided in recycle bin will keep its permission On the other hand only the admin and owner can view read write these folders files e If deleted single file size is large than 2GB then it won t reside in the recycle bin but erase permanently AFP Apple Network Setup From the System Network menu choose the AFP item and the AFP Support screen appears This screen displays the configuration items for the Apple Filing Protocol You can change any of these items and press Apply to confirm your settings P Home gt Network Service gt AFP E system Information AFP Support 4 system Management AFP Semice a Enable Disable System Network 7 MAC CHARSET UTE 8 Eat Storage i ZONE E an User and Group Authentication z Time Machine 0 Enable O Disable E Network Service Time Machine y qee backup folder a Samba CIFS P _NAS Picture Apoly iTunes_ music 3 ale USBCopy USBHDD TFTP eSATAHDD 2 web Disk HTTP Rega t UPRP NAS_Public 9 Bonjour NAS_Module_sour _Module_Folder_ 1 Application Server Pml pm 7 EF Backup iSCSI testi 1 4 External Devices A description of each item follows Apple Network Configuration Item Description O O O O O AFP Server Enable or disable App
23. System Network Y gt a Notifications Scheduled On Off System Log FTP Storage DS z re ah io nbi binn aa User and Group Authentication isn Network Service l 4 Appication Server y 4 mB Backup iSCSI Disk Information Status External Devices 7 ha 4 m R E bl 2 i B Administrators can add or remove favorite functions to My Favorites by right clicking the mouse on the menu tree to My favonte Remove My favorite 3 2 4 agement Generel Another way the administrators can add favorite functions is by clicking the Add Favorite icon in each function screen See the figure below with the red circled icon To return to the favorite screen simply click Home located at the left hand corner of the main screen Home gt System Information gt General E System Information Gen eral B status Manufacturer Thecus Laius Product Information EF n La l ll a oo E T Lares E 45 Menu Bar The Menu Bar is where you will find all of the information screens and system settings of Thecus IP storage The various settings are placed in the following groups on the menu bar E System Information x System Management ia Sapna pug ea User and Group Authentication a Network Service 8 Appication Server Fy Backup 4 External Devices Menu Bar tem Description _ O O various services of the Thecus IP storage the Thecus IP storag
24. block dze can be set under system adeante option defadt b 512 Bytes Heas Lee 4 block s322 while more than 2TE capacity wil be configured in Windows XP Please use 512 Bytes block size for application ike Webware etc Next allocate capacity for the iSCSI thin provision volume by dragging the Allocation bar to the desired size After the size has been determined click OK to confirm Now you will see the iSCSI thin provisioning volume is available from the list Please refer to the screenshot below iSCSI Target LUN ACL iSCSI Add lt gRModify f Advanced Delete Name Status 1234 Disabled Disabled LUN Add ceModify lt 2 3Expand Name Capacity GB 1234 i 104 If creating an iSCSI target volume under Instant Allocation physical memory is assign to the target being limited by the available memory For the iSCSI target volume created under thin provisioning virtual memory is assigned to the volume which can go up to 16384GB 16TB LUN ACL After iSCSI target has been created you are one step away from using the iSCSI volume Under LUN ACL you need to add Initiator iqn and setup ACL access privileges to determine the accessibility Please refer the screen shot below for where Initiator ign can be found iSCSI Initiator AS x General Discovery Targets Persistent Targets Bownd YolumesDevices The iSCSI protocol uses the following info
25. e Solid white USB busy e Solid Red USB error e Solid white System is power on 9 System Error e Blinking RED System error LED 10 Down Button e Push to enter USB copy operation screen 11 Up Button e Push to scroll up when using the OLED display setting 13 Escape Button Push to leave the current OLED menu 12 Enter Button e Push to enter OLED operate password for basic system 14 N10850 The Thecus N10850 s front panel has the device s controls indicators and hard disk trays ri 8 6 5 owe 4 Jl 10111213 9 1 Front Panel Item _ Description O Z OZ O O O 1 Power Button e Power on off N10850 cameras USB disks and USB printers cameras USB disks and USB printers e Solid white LAN2 Cable link e Blinking Network activity e Solid white LAN1 Cable link e Blinking Network activity e Solid white USB busy e Solid Red USB error e Solid white System is power on 9 System Error e Blinking RED System error LED 10 Down Button e Push to enter USB copy operation screen 11 Up Button e Push to scroll up when using the OLED display 12 Enter Button e Push to enter OLED operate password for basic system setting 13 Escape Button Push to leave the current OLED menu 15 N77OOPRO V2 The Thecus N77OOPRO V2 front panel has the device s controls indicators and hard disk trays 14 nA N see swe se gt ed sew ee e
26. eae Server Not Instaled Twaonkymedia 1 00 0 M dia server ii DLHA Online E Module Installation Not Installed MysoL_5 1 00 02 MySQL database Online af Auto Module Instalation yl y3q E Mot Installed webserver 1 0 4 Web Server Online 5 E Not Installed Rsync_Backup 1 0 5 Reyne backup Online E Not Installed transmission 213 2 Transmission module Online E Mot Installed Dashboard 2 0 0 Dashboard module Online F PS Backup extemal Devices P iir Another way to have auto module installed is to use the universal CD shipped with system It contains a file modules zip which included all the modules available when the system was shipped Please refer the screenshot below The on line modules list from the Thecus website will be newer then than thecus zip from the shipped CD The installations performed from the Thecus website could have unpredictable duration due to bandwidth concern 137 xT oe Home gt Application Server gt Auto Module Installation 7 Hap Si Hy n Y Logou AT System Information a LL oo Sf System Management Module Source List a System Network Installed Mame Verson Description Location Document ction g Storage r Not Installed IP_icanmi 2 0 1 IP Cam Disk B x oe Oe Not Irctalled Twonkymedia 1 0 0 Twonkymeda Disk B zx aa User and Group Authentication z Not Installed webserver 1 0 4 Webserver Disk im x cH j Hetiwor sapite E Agpication Server
27. our Technical Support Website http www thecus com support_tech php Customers in the US should send all technical support enquiries to the US contact window included in the following web page http www thecus com support_tech php For Sales Information you can e mail us at sales thecus com Thank you for choosing Thecus Thecus 189 Appendix B RAID Basics Overview A Redundant Array of Independent Disks RAID is an array of several hard disks that provide data security and high performance A RAID system accesses several hard disks simultaneously which improves I O performance over a single hard disk Data security is enhanced by a RAID since data loss due to a hard disk failure is minimized by regenerating redundant data from the other RAID hard disks Benefits RAID improves I O performance and increases data security through fault tolerance and redundant data storage Improved Performance RAID provides access to several hard disk drives simultaneously which greatly increases I O performance Data Security Hard disk drive failure unfortunately is a common occurrence A RAID helps prevent against the loss of data due to hard disk failure A RAID offers additional hard disk drives that can avert data loss from a hard disk drive failure If a hard drive fails the RAID volume can regenerate data from the data and parity stored on its other hard disk drives RAID Levels The Thecus IP storage supports
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29. 16 66 64 631 printers usb printer cance 8 You can choose to set this printer as the default printer by checking the Set as the default printer box Click Next to continue Type a printer name Printer name V Setas the default printer This printer has been installed with the HP Deskjet 6500 Series driver 9 Done Click Finish You ve successfully added usb printer on http 172 16 66 64 631 To see if the printer is working correctly or to see troubleshooting information for the printer print a test page _trnta testpage _ 161 Uninterrupted Power Source From the External Devices menu choose the Uninterrupted Power Source item and the UPS Setting screen appears Make any changes you wish and press Apply to confirm changes UPS Settings Remote UPS Enable 9 Disable Monitoring Remote UPS IP Manufacture w Model oroduct has been tested for compatibility Battery Status N A Power N A Seconds between power failure and first notification Seconds between subsequent power failure notifications Shutdown the system when the battery charge is less than See the following table for a detailed description of each item UPS Setting tem Description UPS Monitoring Enable or disable UPS monitoring Remote UPS IP Input the IP address of the NAS that the UPS device is connected to via USB or RS232 Input the IP address of your network UPS Choose the UPS manufacturer from the dropdowns Cho
30. 512 Bytes block size for application like VMware etc Be sure the iSCSI target volume has been enabled or it will not list out while using Initiator to get associated iSCSI target volumes The iSCSI target volume creation will associate at least one LUN together It can be assigned either Thin Provisioning or Instant Allocation Enable the iSCSI Target Volume by selecting Enable Enter a Target Name This will be used by the Stackable NAS function to identify this export share Choose the current year from the Year dropdown Choose the current month from the Month dropdown Choose to enable CHAP authentication or choose None If you ve enabled CHAP authentication enter a username and a password Confirm your chosen password be reentering it in the Password Confirm box Choose Thin Provision or Instant Allocation Enter a LUN Name Designate the percentage to be allocated from the Allocation drag bar When iSCSI target volume has been created the LUN ID is configurable from O to 254 with a default of the next available number in ascending numerical order The LUN ID is unique and cannot be duplicated Choose 4K block size to have iSCSI target volume over 2TB barrier or 512 Bytes block size in some application needed Click OK to create the iSCSI volume 101 Modify iSCSI Volume To modify iSCSI target on the current RAID volume follow the steps below 1 Under the iSCSI Target List click Modify Th
31. A Tunes Sarver F Module Installation 247 Auto Module Instalation Auto Module Source List Installed Name Version Description Location Document The available documentation of the module Action To install or delete module p s If the module list from on line then no delete option will be available Click to rescan from both on line and disk Module Package modules zig LS Module Source List Inctaled Mane Version Description Location Document Action Not Installed IP_Cam 2 0 1 IF Cam Disk le x Not installed Tyronkynecia 1 0 0 Twonkymedia Disk j Irall Module on DEk Not Iretallad webserver 1 0 4 Webserver Disk After clicking on Action to install a module the module will become available under the list of Module Installation Please go to Module installation and click Enable to activate the module Backup There are a number of ways to back up data with the Thecus IP storage Dual DOM N12000 series N16000 series N8900 series only The unique Dual DOM feature can now perform Auto Repair The Thecus NAS will backup up to five versions of the system configuration either by the default timing of 1 00am every day automatically or as scheduled by the user This unique Auto Repair will be triggered if the primary DOM has a booting issue In this instance the 2 DOM will take over the boot function Then the system will automatically load the most recent system configuration backup im
32. Apply the unit will be recovered fully Home gt Storage gt RAID Management RAID Management OCreate lt pEdit CpGlobal Hot Spare T HA Recovery Mas RAID Status Disks Tota Data RAID Level z Used Capacity Capacity RAID J Healthy 1 1860 5 Used for HA HA x Heartbeat IP Address of Active Serwer Additional LAN4 3 192 168 5 200 Another circumstance where HA recovery might be needed is when the HA button has been enable but the system detected a previously existing HA configuration Then the screen will prompt the message box as shown below High Availability P Do you want to recovery HA RAID 116 If the other HA member is running smoothly please choose Recovery HA to complete HA recovery Or select No continue to let both HA members has they are If there are transfers in progress when the WARNING Primary server encounters problems and the Secondary server becomes active the session will be stopped Please contact your network administrator to determine whether or not your transfers were completed When the original primary server rejoins the WARNING HA environment it will be updated with the newer data from the secondary server to synchronize for HA Please be aware that the data on the original primary server will be replaced by the data from the secondary server User and Group Authentication The Thecus IP storage has built in user database that allows adm
33. Be System Information gt 4 System Management The file system has been checked successfully Reboot the system make the changes effective Encrypted RAID does not support file Scheduled On Off Scheduled Ono Press Apply to reboot the system now Administrator Password an A ne ge Contig Mgmt w Factory Defauk 3 Reboot amp Shutdown w Fie System Check To perform a file system check click Apply Once clicked the following prompt will appear 59 File System Check x 2 The setting has been changed carry on with press Yes for confirmation No Click Yes to reboot the system yo ee File System Check File System Check Reboot Reboot a o gt n 4 Done Once the system has rebooted you will be returned to the File System Check prompt There you will see the available RAID volumes to run the file system check Check the desired RAID volumes and click Next to proceed with the file system check Click Reboot to reboot without running the check File System Check Encrypted RAID does nok support file satem checks RAID Level Disks Status Flesystern Status Data Capacity Last Check Time E RAID 1 2 3 4 Normal 2223 9 File System Check Encryoted RAID does not support file system checks RAID Level Disks Status Fiesystern Status Data Capacity Last Check Time Once you click Next you will see the following s
34. F Detect Bad Block Sto Disk No Model Capacity Firmware Bad Block S N8900 7Disks ii 2 731000524NS 93 GB SN11 3 WD6000BKHG 02429 559 GB VGO3 Position 4 WD6000BKHG 02429 559 GB vG03 H 5 Hitachi HDS72101 932 GB A3MA f Hitachi HNS77101 93 GR ARMA You may also perform a disk SMART test doesn t apply to SAS HDD simply click Test to start the SMART test The result is only for reference and the system will not take any action from its results SMART INFO x Info Disk No 2 Model ST31000524NS Power On Hours 344 Hours Temperature 27 C 80 6 F 38 C 100 4 F Last Reallocated Sector Count 1 O Last Current Pending Sector 0 O Last Test Test Type short Test Result Click to start Test Time S M A R T Information tem Description _ O lt O lt O Z O O Power ON Hours Count of hours in power on state The raw value of this attribute shows total count of hours or minutes or seconds depending on manufacturer in power on state Reallocated Sector Count of reallocated sectors When the hard drive finds a Count read write verification error it marks this sector as reallocated 170 and transfers data to a special reserved area Spare area This process is also known as remapping and reallocated sectors are called remaps This is why on a modern hard disks you cannot see bad blocks
35. Key xxxx Host Name www N12000 dyndns org Enable wildcard Select Yes Update Manually Click Update Pang Part Ill Setting up Virtual Servers HTTPS WN e Navigate to NAT Setting gt Virtual Server For Enable Virtual Server select Yes Setup the HTTPS Server a Well Known Applications Select User Defined b Local IP Enter 192 168 1 100 c Port Range 443 the default HTTPS port setting on the Thecus IP storage d Protocol select TCP e Click Add f Click Apply Test the HTTPS connection from another computer on the Internet a From a remote computer open your browser and enter https www N12000 dyndns org b You should see the login page of Thecus IP storage Firewall Software Configuration If you are using a software firewall i e Norton Internet Security and are having trouble connecting to Thecus IP storage you can try the following steps 1 Double click the NIS icon on system tray and then configure the Personal Firewall On the Programs page find the SetupWizard exe and change its permission to Permit All If it s not in the program list use the Add or Program Scan buttons to find it On the Networking page manually add Thecus IP storage IP address i e 192 168 1 100 to the Trusted list 164 Replacing Damaged Hard Drives If you are using RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 6 RAID 50 or RAID 60 you can easily replace a damaged hard drive in the Thecus IP storage while keeping your data s
36. NIC should not be in the range of the Start IP address and End IP address IPv4 WARNING Linking Aggregation The Thecus IP storage supports link aggregation from either on board network port or additional NIC Simply click on as shown in the screen shot below Home gt System Network gt Linking Aggregation Help My favorte Cl Shutdown Logout WAN LAN1 LANZ LAN3 Additional LANS Additional LANS Additonal LAN6 Additional LAN7 eG Status Speed 1000Mb s Jumbo Frame IPv4 Original Setting IPV6 Original Setting Enable Enabled Enable Enabled Mode Manual Mode Manual IP 7 k IP Netmask Prefix Length Gateway Gateway Note Default Gateway WAN LAN 65 The associated screen shot will appear after the is clicked Home gt System Network gt Linking Aggregation Available Interfaces Selected Interfaces i Name Speed Name Speed WAN LANI 1G LAN 16 Additional LAN4 16 Additional LANS 1G Additonal LANG 16 Additional LAN7 16 LANS 16 e a l f Select from available network port then move over to selected box Available Interfaces Selected Interfaces Name Speed Name Speed WAN LANA 1G Additional LAN4 16 LANZ 16 Additional LANS 16 LANS 16 Additional LANG 16 Additional LAN 16 Click Link to confirm the select
37. NIC to be used for the heartbeat link between the primary and secondary servers Virtual IP Heartbeat Interface Additional LANA ia IPv4 Primary IP LANS oe Additional LAN4 IPw4 Secondary IP parressiou Virtual IP Heartbeat Interface Additional LAN4 IPw4 Primary IP 1927 168 5 200 IPv4 Secondary IP 192 168 5 201 ix Advance options can be setup by pressing the associated button Advance options x Keepalive Time G Deadtime Wartime Initial Deadtime 120 UDP Port 3694 OR T SS EELS SSS a Heart Beats Configuration packets It is specified according to the Heartbeat time syntax Dead time The dead ping directive is used to specify how quickly Heartbeat should decide that a ping node in a cluster is dead Setting this value too low will cause the system to falsely declare the ping node dead Setting it too high will delay detection of communication failure This feature has been replaced by the more flexible ping resource agent in Pacemaker and should no longer be used Warning time The warn time directive is used to specify how quickly Heartbeat should issue a late heartbeat warning Initial dead time The initial dead parameter is used to set the time that it takes to declare a cluster node dead when Heartbeat is first started This parameter generally needs to be set to a highe
38. Once Start click the associated iSCSI volume will not allow to I O during backup processing And the task status will change to Processing Add pjEdt Q Remove Start stop YH Restore Hog YE Restore NAS Configuratior Task Name Source Path Source Folder Target Path Last Run Time Backup Type Status E Category local 3 import siicon_ powe NAS Public u RAID 2012 07 23 Import Finish copy raidDiscsi0 msvs2010 RAIDI NAS P 2012 07 23 Copy Finish iscsiback01 iSCSI iscsv502 RAID andy_local iSCSI Processing LOY States change to Finish after task complete Gadd Edt Remove F start Psion Restore Log E Restore NAS Configuration Task Hame Source Path Source Folder Target Path Last Run Tine Backup Type Status id Category local 3 mport shcon_ powe NAS Public u RADI 2012 07 23 Import Finish copy raiddiscsid mevs2010 RADIDI NAS P o 2012 07 23 Copy Finis ecohackol SCSLecwo02 RAD Jandy_local 2012 07 26 GCST From the RAID volume folder andy_local it has backup iSCSI volume file stored This backup iSCSI volume file is needed while it required import to storage Next topic will describe about this andy tocal on MB9OOpm 172 16 64 191 r Gao O E Psh f Foes T gt Address 172 16 64 191 endy_focal File and Folder Tasks besod2 J Make 4 Publish this Mi Web PaSCSI psecstv502 File Edt View Favortes Tools Heb Qui QP Pa rsen HE Addre
39. Power Connector e Connect the included power cords to these connectors switch or router or router USB printers gt For Video out 30 N4510U R Back Panel Description 1 Power Connector e Connect the included power cords to these connectors switch or router or router USB printers e Microphone input e For Video Audio out e For Video out 12 Locator LED e Identifies each NAS within a rack mount configuration N4510U S The rear panel of the N4510U S is similar to the N4510U R but with a single power connector EEEESE O ENEH ZE z LLL EERE 7 WER a O NER ee es EERE a UENEN E TO O EE EEEEES nE i 31 N7510 The N7510 rear panel features ports and connectors By _ ETA 3 9 z 090900 1eeSeseessi 2 0000000009 MOOO R io e BEOS 1 VOO ee eee 4 Oe 5 OOO gt lt 8 7 6 1 ED Back Panel Item Description O Z lt O OZO OoOo O 1 Power Connector e Connect the included power cords to these connectors switch or router or router USB printers ror Video oll 32 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Overview Your Thecus IP storage is designed for easy installation To help you get started the following chapter will help you quickly get your Thecus IP storage up and running Please read it carefully to prevent damaging your unit during installation Before You Begin Before you begin be sure to
40. Press Apply to confirm password changes There is also a password to enter the OLED setting that you can setup here Enter a new password in the New Password box and confirm your new password in the Confirm Password box Press Apply to confirm password changes Home gt System Management gt Administrato Change Administrator Password New Password i Date and Time Confirm Notifications Sau d Firrmvare Upgrade a Scheduled On Off mi Apply a Administrator Password Config Mgmt See the following table for a detailed description of each item Change Administrator and LCD Entry Password Item _ Description Config Mgmt From the menu choose the Config Mgmt item and the System Configuration Download Upload screen appears From here you can download or upload stored system configurations a System Informetion System Configuration Download Upload x System Management scheduled On OTT A Upioad E lease choose a file to upload e Administrator Password Factory Veraut O Reboot amp Shutdown ray Fie Sycrem herk See the following table for a detailed description of each item System Configuration Download Upload Item Description __ _ _ _ O Z O O Save and export the current system configuration Upload Import a saved configuration file to overwrite the current system configuration Backing up your system configuration is a great way to ensure th
41. RAID Management OCcreate jEdit doba HotSpare h s oS Mas RAID A Disks Total Data a D ii Status ee og RAID Leve Used Capacky Capactky Healthy 1960 5 1 1 GB 1859 9 GB The HDD capacity of HA Secondary server WARNING must be equal or greater than the Primary server or a warning message will appear Setting up the Primary unit for HA Let s use the Primary unit from our example PMA 172 16 66 25 Login in to web UI of system 172 16 66 25 Then go to High Availability HA configuration page under the Storage category 109 Click on Enable radio button then the setting page will appear Status Setting High Availability Enable Disable Choose the server role of the system for this example we will have this unit as Primary Server So Primary Server is checked Status Setting High Availability Enable Disable Role Primary Server P Secondary Server Choose the Auto Failback option the default is disabled For more details about auto failback please refer to the description below Auto Failback Off on Auto Fail Back In legacy Heartbeat clusters the auto failback option would V determine whether a resource would automatically fail back to its Active node or remain on whatever node is serving it until that node fails or an administrator intervenes The possible values for auto failback were
42. Status screens appear These screens provide basic system and service status information Home gt System Information gt Status Service Status N8900 D16000 4 CPU Activity 0 25 Home gt System Information gt Status Memory Activity 8 1 Home System Information gt Status r gt T w 5 CPU Fan Speed 2934 RPM Service Status NSS00 D16000 4 m enn ITTE System Fan Speed1 5744 RPM 5 S n K r ol pisi 7 SS Se a re P nan popl Goan ian an 5844 RPM System Fan Speedi 3080 RPM AFP Status Stopped CPU Temperature 45 C 113 F System Fan Speed2 3110 RPM NFS Status Stopped Eikii E soe Sno System Temperaturel 28 C 82 4 F a System Temperature2 30 C 86 F chk T i 3 37 c 98 6 OF CIES Status j e System Temperature2 37 C 98 6 7 SMB CIFS Status Sorel System Temperature3 28 C 82 4 F ill al S 2 FTP Status Stopped System Temperature4 32 C 89 6 F System Temperatures 35 C 95 F TETP Status Stopped Power Supply Unit Fai System Temperatures 37 C 98 6 F UPnP Status Stopped WAN LAN1 RX 0 0 TX 0 0 MB s System Temperatures 30 C 86 F ne LAN2 RX 0 0 TX 0 0 MB s See ae 38 C 100 4 F oN 5 Sto SAE cig Pca System Temperatures 38 C 100 4 SNMP Status stopped LAN3 RX 0 0 TX 0 0 MB s sl Bri lac eorea P SS a Rsync Status Stopped Additional LAN4 RX 0 0 TX 0 0 MB s System Temperature7 42 C 107 6 F Additional LANS RX
43. Tnferrmation Host Settings ae Pe are terre Host Name PMA OO O O COTTE ews r WINS Serveri WINS Server 2 Ez Networking i e u a a DHS Settings TK Aupgereqare W Unkng Aggregation Mode Manual DHCP Get From WAN LAN1 DAS 1 DAS 2 DMS 3 ES storage ry WANJLANI LANZ LANS Additonal LANS Additonal LANS AdditonallAN6 Additional LAN aa User and Group Authentication z Status Speed pena Network Sarice i LOOOMb s MAC Address 00 14 FD 15 59 84 Link Status Conmected 18 Application Server jurmbo Frame Disabled Pi cackup Disabled E IPw4 IPvG KD To modify or delete LINK1 go to Link Aggregation setting page Click on 2 unk to modify the settings or click on me to delete this link aggregation If any ports are still available additional link aggregation links can be created by clicking Additional LAN Other than on board LAN port Thecus IP storage supports additional NIC to be added in its available PCI e slot For the details of additional NIC support list please visit Thecus website http www thecus com sp_comlist php Once the additional NIC is installed into Thecus IP storage the Additional LANx will appear under the Networking category Click the associated NIC to setup the details The screen shot below shows an example of an Intel PRO 1000 PT Quad port installed thru a PCI e slot in the Thecus IP storage
44. are setup click Finish to complete The data guard task will appear in the list as shown below Home gt Backup gt Data Guard E Help Ch My favorite D Shutdown F Logon Badd lt SEdit QRemove F Start T Stop G Restore Log E Restore NAS Configuration Task Name Source Fath Source Folder Target Path Last Run Time Backup Type Status SJ Category remote 1 fullbackupO1 S 172 16 64 131 Realtime Processing From the task list you can now see the newly added task fullback01 The backup is setup as real time From the status field Processing can be read as the back up is performed on the fly Custom Backup The custom backup setting is similar to the full backup The only differences are explained below 1 Inputs the share folder name of target sever where the source is going to backup The sub folder can be left as blank Remote Backup gt Custom Backup Remote Target 172 16 64 131 Fort Encrypt with SSH Off On Account Password Target Folder i a Connection test passed Click Next to continute 2 Select the source share folder s which are desired to be backed up to the target server You can also click on Select All from top right corner check box 144 Remote Backup gt Custom Backup Notice Click highlight row to enter the folder Select Folders to Backup E Select All Return to Parent Folder uf E nas Pubic ud m usecopy O Module F
45. available to Show in Login Module File E Module Management Ena Type Name Version Description Last Status Action Show in Login Yes System Usb eSATA Schedule Ba 2 00 02 USB eSATA ij D x If this option is enabled then when login to the system the module icon will be available for all valid users to login through 136 TI USB eSATA Usb_eSATA Schedule Backup Auto Module Installation Choose the Auto Module Installation item and the available system Module screen appears The default for this module list is located online So if the Thecus IP storage is capable to connect to Internet then it will automatically link to the Thecus official website and list the available modules Please refer the screen shot below e Home gt Application Server gt Auto Module Installation 3 Help y My favorite Ch Shutdown F Logout semne O modue package E gt 4 System Management Module Source List a System Network Installed Name Version Description Location Document Action ES Storage Not Instaled NZBGet v2 00 02 NZBGet downlad Online Nok Installed Maikerver 27 00 02 Mail server Online Fi oat User and Group Authentication Not Instaled IP_Cam 2 0 1 Simple surveillance Online amp E E Network Service i Not Installed Usb_eSATA_Bac 1 0 2 Schedule backup utilit Onine amp m 78 Application Server Not Installed Raid_Replication 2 0 2 Duplication for create Online ia gt
46. can set up your Thecus IP storage for remote administration With remote administration you can access your Thecus IP storage over the Internet even if your Thecus IP storage is behind a router This is especially useful if you are traveling and suddenly need a file from your Thecus IP storage Setting up remote administration is a three part process and will require the following equipment Thecus IP storage device Cable DSL Router with Dynamic DNS support Home PC Internet Connection Router setup will differ slightly depending on router used For this example we will use the Asus WL500g because it has support for Dynamic DNS Contact your router hardware vendor for setup help 163 Part Setup a DynDNS Account 1 2 3 4 5 Go to http www dyndns org from your home PC Click on the Sign Up Now link Check the Check boxes select a user name i e N12000 enter your email address i e xxx example com check Enable Wildcard and create a password i XXXxX Wait for an email from www dyndns org Open the email and click on the link to activate your account Part Il Enable DDNS on the Router saad Go to the router setup screen and select IP Config gt Miscellaneous DDNS Setting from your Home PC Click on Yes for Enable the DDNS Client Select www dyndns org Go to router setup screen and enter the following information User Name or E mail Address xxx example com Password or DDNS
47. external writable USB disk plugged into any USB port on the system is required to save the password you have entered while the RAID volume is being created See the screenshot below for details RADD Volkome Cenation z RAD D Ram 7 Muster RAID Take effect after checked box V Enayobon Password feeb Coni Passevord loose Setup FAD poety nvas fustion per needed Quick Rac prar zs Once the Create button has been pressed with the Encryption checkbox enabled the following message pop up will appear for confirmation RAID Configuration x To encrypt RAID volume will cause performance down and you need to have writable USB disk insert to USB port to store encrypted password Strongly recommend to beckup your encrypted password to somewhere else safely or the password lose will cause datz unreachable After the RAID volume has been created you may remove the USB disk until the next time the system boots The RAID volume cannot be mounted if the USB disk with the encryption key isn t found in any system USB port when the volume is accessed To activate the encrypted volume plug the USB disk containing the encryption key and into any system USB port 73 We strongly recommended copying the RAID volume encryption key to a safe place You can find the encryption key file from the USB disk in the following format RAID volume created date xxxxxx key Please keep your USB disk in a safe place and also backup the encr
48. following table illustrates the keys on the front control panel LCD Controls Icon Function Description A Up Button Select the previous configuration settings option v Down Button USB copy confirmation display ya Enter Enter the selected menu option sub menu or parameter setting ESC Escape Escape and return to the previous menu There are two modes of operation for the LCD Display Mode and Management Mode 39 Display Mode During normal operation the LCD will be in Display Mode Display Mode Item _ _ Description O Z O O Host Name Current Link Aggregation status The Thecus IP storage will rotate these messages every one two seconds on the LCD display USB Copy The USB Copy function enables you to copy files stored on USB devices such as USB disks and digital cameras to the Thecus IP storage by press button To use USB copy follow the steps below 1 Plug your USB device into an available USB port on the Front end 2 In Display Mode press the Down Button VY 3 The LCD will display USB Copy 4 Press Enter 1 and the Thecus IP storage will start copying USB disks connected to the front USB port 5 All of data will be copied into system folder named USB copy Management Mode During setup and configuration the LCD will be in Management Mode To enter into Management Mode press Enter 4 and an Enter Password prompt will show on the LCD At this time the administrator
49. for Thecus IP storage to join domain Administrator Enter the ADS Administrator password Password Apply To save your settings To join an AD domain you can refer to the figure here and use the example below to confi gure the Thecus IP General Network Identification Hardware User Profiles Advanced stora ge for associated filed in pu t j Windows uses the following information to identify your computer ta onthe network Full computer name computert domain local ADS ServerName Ta Domain domain local foot Work Group Domain Name ADS Realm Torename this computer or joi a donan click System Properties a ca 2 x Properties Properties Note The identification of the computer cannot be changed because The computer is a domain controller Cancel AD Domain Example Work Group Domain domain Name Administrator KIKI OK AK OK Password The DNS server specified in the WAN LAN1 configuration page should be able to correctly resolve the ADS server name e The time zone setting between Thecus IP storage and ADS should be identical The system time difference between Thecus IP storage and ADS should be less than five minutes The Administrator Password field is for the password of ADS Active Directory Server not Thecus IP storage 118 Local User Configuration From the Accounts menu choose the User item and the Local User Configuration screen appears This
50. has to enter the correct LCD password System will check whether the correct LCD password has been entered The default LCD password is 0000 If correct password is entered you will enter into the Management Mode menu Management Mode Item _ _ Description O Z o O o Exit Management Mode and return to Display Mode You can also change your LCD password using the Web Administration Interface by navigating to System Management gt Administrator Password For more on the Web Administration Interface see Chapter 4 System Management OLED Operation Does not apply to the N7700PRO V2 N8800PRO V2 N5550 N45 10U N7510 OLED Operation The Thecus IP storage is equipped with an OLED on the front for easy status display and setup There are four buttons on the front panel to control the OLED functions OLED Controls Use the Up A Down VY Enter 1 and Escape ESC keys to select various configuration settings and menu options for Thecus IP storage configuration The following table illustrates the keys on the front control panel OLED Controls Icon Function Description A Up Button Select the previous configuration settings option y Down Button USB copy confirmation display al Enter Enter the selected menu option sub menu or parameter setting ESC Escape Escape and return to the previous menu There are two modes of operation for the OLED Display Mode and Management Mode Display Mode During norm
51. jiis j OR A System Fan 1 Speed 5578 RPM SMB CIFS Status Running amp System Montor System Fan 2 Speed FAIL FTP Status Stopped System Fan 3 Speed 5769 RPM TFTP Status Stopped System Fan 4 Speed FAIL Rsync Status Stopped SE System Management CPU Temperature 44 C UPnP Status Stopped ey System Temperature 1 47 C SNMP Status Stopped Essen System Temperature 2 26 C System Temperature 3 24 C _aa User and Group Authentication System Temperature 4 24 C B Network Service 7 Power Supply Unit Fal 78 Application Server Up Time 2 hours 4 minutes Me naai System Status CPU Activity Displays current CPU workload of the Thecus IP storage CPU Fan Speed Displays current CPU fan status 48 Service Status Item Description _ _ O Z S Logs From the System Information menu choose the System Logs item and the System Logs screen appears This screen shows a history of system usage and important events such as disk status network information and system booting See the following table for a detailed description of each item Heme gt System Information gt System Log System Log pa dipinto gy warnings Eror La Download Al Log Fies Truncate All Log Files Number of lines per page 13 i g General tj System Log ar gers COT mannii cai Time Detais Help a Syslog Management 2012 02 29 17 08 56 N12000p 5 ice start 12 02 29 17 08 56 N12000p Syslog service start MM
52. number if this option is enabled The port number is default 80 Enable or disable secure WebDisk support Enter the port if Support this option is enabled Select User if there is available Certification ID ex Apply from VeriSign Or using system default by select System Upload Certificate File if choose Certificate type User Certificate Key File Upload Certificate Key File if choose Certificate type User CA Certificate File Upload CA Certificate File if choose Certificate type User estore All SSL Certificate Click to set back to default certification details Files Apply Click Apply to confirm the changes NOTE e Disable HTTP support and Enable Secure HTTP support to guarantee secure access UPnP This device supports UPnP Media server which allows users to play media files with UPnP client ex DMA devices Enable or disable Universal Plug and Play protocol UPnP helps to find the IP address of Thecus IP storage 131 Home gt Network Service gt UPnP gi System Information UPnP Support w1 Enable Disable x System Management is System Network z Storage g aa User and Group Authentication 7 a Network Service Ba Samba CIFS B Arp Ba NFS gi FTP go TFTP 2 viab Dick HTTP Bonjour Setting Bonjour is Apple Inc s trade name for its implementation of Zeroconf a service discovery protocol Bonjour locates devices such as p
53. of the modifications and this notice may in no case be removed Modifications may also be submitted to the author for inclusion in the main CGIC distribution GNU General Public License Version 2 June 1991 Copyright 1989 1991 Free Software Foundation Inc 51 Franklin St Fifth Floor Boston MA 02110 1301 USA Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document but changing it is not allowed PREAMBLE The licenses for most software are designed to take away your freedom to share and change it By contrast the GNU General Public License is intended to guarantee your freedom to share and change free software to make sure the software is free for all its users This General Public License applies to most of the Free Software Foundation s software and to any other program whose authors commit to using it Some other Free Software Foundation software is covered by the GNU Library General Public License instead You can apply it to your programs too When we speak of free software we are referring to freedom not price Our General Public Licenses are designed to make sure that you have the freedom to distribute copies of free software and charge for this service if you wish that you receive source code or can get it if you want it that you can change the software or use pieces of it in new free programs and that you know you can do these things To protect your rights we need to make restri
54. screen allows you to Add Edit and Remove local users a o el Home gt User and Group Authentication gt Local User Configuratigh Help Domy favorite De Shutdown Logout il System Information Local User Configuration c g System Network storage G Add pedt Remove User ID User Name 1000 andy m User and Group Authentication E ADS Support Local User Configuration oa ocal Group Configuration Batch Input Fi User Quota is Network Service Displaying topics l 1 of 1 ia Pare l afl 78 Application Server Local User Configuration Press the Add button to add a user to the list of local users Press the Edit button to modify a local user Press the Remove button to delete a selected user from the system Add Users 1 Click on the Add button on Local User Configuration screen and Local User Setting screen appears 2 On the Local User Setting screen enter a name in the User Name box 3 Enter a User ID number or leave blank to use the system default value 4 Enter a password in the Password box and re enter the password in the Confirm box 5 Select which group the user will belong to Group Members is a list of groups this user belongs to Group List is a list of groups this user does not belong to Use the lt lt or gt gt buttons to have this user join or leave a group 6 Press the Apply button and the user is created 119 poe Thec
55. simply click the right column to change the setting RAID setting in config file RAID RADOI RAIDS System needs to be reboot after configuration restoring ACL Backup and Restore The ACL backup and restore feature enables the system ACL Access Control List to be backed up on the RAID volume based to other location and restored if needed Let s look at the example bellow to see how it works We have one system with a RAID volume RAID select Backup to backup this RAID volume s ACL to other location The current RAID volume RAID has share folder as listed on right hand screen shot Home gt Backup gt ACL Backup Restore Shared Folders ACL Backups Restore ACL Semice Backup Restore Ord v Folder name gt gt Raid Narna RAD s Fie Systerrnefs Gansync Upload E E usbhdd Recursive Applies ACL to all contained sub folders as well May extend restoration time usbcopy J naswebsite a DiTunes_music l ats _Module_Folder_ Desorption 3_NAS Module_Source_ Raid status must be heakhy degraded s ACL restoration from a ZFS fle system can only be appled to another ZFS fle system pmi a Recumve ACL rastoration does not appl to the USBHOD usbhdd folder 5 Whie the RAID parbon is restonng backing up ACL ts folders wil not be shown within the UL amp pm2 ACL restorstion backup cannot ba applied to stacked folders For the ACL restore i
56. standard RAID levels 0 1 5 6 10 50 60 and JBOD You choose a RAID level when you create a system volume The factors for selecting a RAID level are e Your requirements for performance e Your need for data security e Number of hard disk drives in the system capacity of hard disk drives in the system The following is a description of each RAID level RAID O RAID 0 is best suited for applications that need high bandwidth but do not require a high level of data security The RAID O level provides the best performance of all the RAID levels but it does not provide data redundancy RAID O uses disk striping and breaking up data into blocks to write across all hard drives in the volume The system can then use multiple hard drives for faster read and write The stripe size parameter that was set when the RAID was created determines the size of each block No parity calculations complicate the write operation RAID 1 RAID 1 mirrors all data from one hard disk drive to a second one hard disk drive thus providing complete data redundancy However the cost of data storage capacity is doubled 190 This is excellent for complete data security RAID 5 RAID 5 offers data security and it is best suited for networks that perform many small I O transactions at the same time as well as applications that require data security such as office automation and online customer service Use it also for applications with high read requests
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58. the user into the Members List 4 To remove a user from a group select the user from Members List and press the gt gt button 5 Click the Apply button to save your changes Edit x Local Group Setting Users List Group Name Search Group ID UserID User Name User Members List UserID User Name Remove Groups 1 On the Local Group Configuration screen select a group name from the list 2 Press Remove to delete the group from the system 122 Home gt User and Group Authentication gt Local Group Configuraff melp C My favorite D Shutdown Logom Local Group Configuration g2 Adi lt p fEdt G Remove Group ID Group Name 101 pm Local Group Setting 2 Do you want delete this group Pare afl aX Displaying topics l 2 of 2 Batch Users and Groups Creation The Thecus IP storage can also add users and groups in batch mode This enables you to conveniently add numerous users and groups automatically by importing a simple comma separated plain text txt file From the Accounts menu click Batch Input and the Batch User and Group Cration dialogue will appear To import your list of users and groups follow these steps 1 Click the Browse icon to locate your comma separated text file The information in the text file should follow this format USERNAME PASSWORD GROUP 2 Click Open 3 Click Import to begin the user list import xT a Home gt User and Group Authentication gt Batch Inpu
59. used by another Thecus NAS as stack target volume then the Format item will be display and system will recognize it straight away and display its capacity Otherwise the Format item will be available and the Capacity and Status items will show as N A and Unknown file system respectively Next click Format to proceed with formatting After the format is completed the stack target volume will be created successfully You will see the volume s capacity and status in the Stack Target List screen C Edit a Stack Target To make any changes to a stack target click Edit for the corresponding stack target and the system will bring up the following dialogue window Edit iSCSI Target Enable BCSI w Enable w Disable Target Stackable Target Discar IP qn Username Password Name Descipton fd Browseable yes no Public W yes eno Stackable wil mount the first LUN of the SCSI target if it has more than one LUN 5 88 ta After your changes have been made click Apply to confirm any modifications Once changes are applied the associated information will be updated on the Stack Target List window D Stack Target ACL If the stack target Public setting set to Yes then the ACL button will be grayed out However if Public setting is set to No then the ACL button will be available for you to setup user access permissions for the stack target The ACL settings will be exactl
60. users and groups to be backed up to another location and be restored if needed Please note when restoring previous backup users and groups the current users and groups list will be replaced from this restore file s contents User and group settings download upload Upload Please choose a file to upload Upload 124 LDAP Support The LDAP is the other way to authenticate login users who has joined LDAP server fill in the LDAP server information and get LDAP authentication started Please make sure that the LDAP server has a Samba sam and a POSIX ObjectClass account O La System Information 4 System Management zi System Network Home gt User and Group Authentication gt LDAP Support Heb My favorte LDAP Support LDAP Support Enable LDAP Server PP Dsable Storage Base Dorrain ex dc exarrole dc com am User and Group Authentication Manager ADS Support Password ee cal User C ihguration se Local Group Configuration ctoacie otpecrCiaun_ otpectCiass Appiy tS Batch input iser Quot Description it User Group Backup S i DAD Sur 1 Your LDAP server must have both Samba SAM account and POSIX account objectClass sf LUA Support 2 LDAP server must contain at least 20 000 user and group ids 3 Starting or stopping LDAP service requires Samba service to restart 4 check objectOgss must be tum on LDAP chent 5 a N k G 5 If the LDAP serve
61. via WAN LAN1 or LAN2 port a o Home gt System Management gt Wake On LAN LE System Information Wake On LAN Sf system Management WAN LANL Enable Disable i scheduled On Or r t Administrator Password E Config Mgmt 3 Factory Default Apply O Reboot amp Shutdown LANZ 0 Enable Disable i wetem Check 4 Wake On LAN mi From the menu choose the WOL item and the Wake up On LAN screen appears From here you can Enable or Disable Wake up On LAN Configuration Item Description O O Z O O LAN2 Enable or Disable WOL service from LAN2 Apply Click Apply to save changes SNMP Support From the menu choose the SNMP item and the SNMP Support screen appears You could enable the SNMP function and filled in the related information in each 61 fields With the SNMP management software you can get other system s basic information es Home gt System Management gt SNMP ED System Information SNMP Support SE System Management SNMP Service Enable a scheduled On Ur A Administrator Password Read Community Allow 0 9 avez Anz _ E Config Mgmt Factory Default oO Reboot amp Shutdown System Location tay File System Check Trap Target IP TEL LAN System Contact Vane Ln a SNMP Eig UI Login Functions T From the menu choose the SNMP item and the SNMP Support screen appears From here you can Enable or Disable UI Login Functio
62. x1 Power cord x1 Please check to see if your package is complete If you find that some items are missing contact your dealer Front Panel N8900 series 1 Power Button 2 Power LED 3 System error LED 4 Mute button 5 USB Port 6 Locator button LED 7 RST 8 LAN 9 BUSY 10 OLED e Displays current system status and messages e OLED screen saver will be enabled after screen is idle for more than 3 minutes e OLED screen will be turn off after idle for more than 6 minutes 11 Up Button A 12 Down Button V 13 Enter Button H 14 Escape Button ESC 10 N12000 series The Thecus N12000 series front panel has the device s controls indicators and hard disk trays Oooh UNN Front Panel Description 1 Power Button e Power on off N12000 2 Power LED e Solid green System is power on 3 System error LED e Solid RED System error 4 Mute button e Mute the system fan alarm 5 USB Port e USB 2 0 port for compatible USB devices such as USB disks and USB printers 6 Locator button e Press the button the back led will light up to identify the system LED position of the rack 7 RST e Reboot system 8 LAN e Blinking green network activity e Solid green network link 9 BUSY e Blinking orange system startup or system maintenance data currently inaccessible 10 OLED e Displays current system status and messages e OLED screen saver will be enabled after screen is idle for more than 3 minutes e OLED screen wil
63. you to change folder information After entering the information press Apply to save your changes Modify Folder x RAID ID Folder name Description Browseable Public Modify Folder RAID ID Folder Name Description Browseable Enable or disable users from browsing the folder contents This setting will only apply while access via SMB CIFS and web disk Public Admit or deny public access to this folder Remove Folders To remove a folder press the Remove button from the specified folder row The system will confirm folder deletion Press Yes to delete the folder permanently or No to go back to the folder list E System Information Shared Folders ME System Management Gadd cpegt Remove Fi a System Network Folder name RAID ID Fie System Public Description Situnes_music RAD chs n ussCcopy RAD xfs yaa a Disk Information CO USBHDD Sa i N RAID Management IS5B6MnUL FLAD xis yes Used far exte J NAS Stacking I e5ATAHBD RAD xis yes Used for eSA E 150 Image Mounting INAS Public RAD xfs yes ae Eneias DNAS _Module_Source_ RAD xfs yes LSI 3_Module_Folder_ AAD xfs yes _Module_Foilc pmi RAD xis fit pmi RAD xfs yes aa User and Group Authentication SCSI testi RAD xfs na BECSI testi 5 Info x The setting has been changed carry on with press Yes for confirmation 2 All the data stored in the folder will be deleted once the folder is deleted WARNING The data will no
64. your changes FTP The Thecus IP storage can act as an FTP server enabling users to download and upload files with their favorite FTP programs From the System Network menu choose the FTP item and the FTP screen appears You can change any of these items and press Apply to confirm your settings iH System Information i FIP Support SE system Management FTP Service Enable Disable cE a z E System Network Secure FTP Explicit Enable Disable EA Storage Port z ae F a User and Group Authentication External IP for FTP on NAT environment E Network Service Passive Port Range 30000 32000 30000 z 32000 Senn an FTP Character Set urr w Banrs Allow Anonymous FTP Access No Access wE Auto Rename gleb Disk HTTP Upload Bandwidth L Unimited z ed m Download Bandwidth C Unlimited y j ABE 7 Application Server WF nakin A description of each item follows FTP Item __ Description lt O O O O O Enables FTP Service on the Thecus IP storage 129 has also security FTP setting enabled non standard port External IP Input the public IP address of the router when the Thecus secure FTP server has been enabled This can help to respond to the ftp client with proper communication information Passive Port Range Limited port range for the FTP server to use 30000 32000 FTP ENCODE If your FTP client or ope
65. 1 HDDx3 to RAID 5 HDDx4 RAID 1 HDDx3 to RAID 5 HDDx5 RAID 1 HDDx3 to RAID 5 HDDx6 RAID 1 HDDx3 to RAID 5 HDDx7 RAID 1 HDDx3 to RAID 5 HDDx8 HDDx16 RAID 1 HDDx4 to RAID 5 HDDx5 RAID 1 HDDx4 to RAID 5 HDDx6 RAID 1 HDDx4 to RAID 5 HDDx7 RAID 1 HDDx4 to RAID 5 HDDx8 HDDx16 RAID 1 HDDx5 to RAID 5 HDDx6 RAID 1 HDDx5 to RAID 5 HDDx7 RAID 1 HDDx5 to RAID 5 HDDx8 HDDx16 RAID 1 HDDx6 to RAID 5 HDDx7 RAID 1 HDDx 6 to RAID 5 HDDx8 HDDx16 RAID 1 HDDx7 to RAID 5 HDDx8 HDDx16 RAID 5 HDDx3 to RAID 5 HDDx4 RAID 5 HDDx3 to RAID 5 HDDx5 RAID 5 HDDx3 to RAID 5 HDDx6 RAID 5 HDDx3 to RAID 5 HDDx7 RAID 5 HDDx3 to RAID 5 HDDx8 HDDx16 RAID 5 HDDx4 to RAID 5 HDDx5 RAID 5 HDDx4 to RAID 5 HDDx6 RAID 5 HDDx4 to RAID 5 HDDx7 RAID 5 HDDx4 to RAID 5 HDDx8 HDDx16 RAID 5 HDDx5 to RAID 5 HDDx6 RAID 5 HDDx5 to RAID 5 HDDx7 RAID 5 HDDx5 to RAID 5 HDDx8 HDDx16 RAID 5 HDDx6 to RAID 5 HDDx7 RAID 5 HDDx6 to RAID 5 HDDx8 HDDx16 RAID 6 HDDx7 to RAID 5 HDDx8 HDDx16 83 RAID 1 HDDx2 to RAID 6 HDDx4 RAID 1 HDDx2 to RAID 6 HDDx5 RAID 1 HDDx2 to RAID 6 HDDx6 RAID 1 HDDx2 to RAID 6 HDDx7 RAID 1 HDDx2 to RAID 6 HDDx8 HDDx16 RAID 1 HDDx3 to RAID 6 HDDx4 RAID 1 HDDx3 to RAID 6 HDDx5 RAID 1 HDDx3 to RAID 6 HDDx6 RAID 1 HDDx3 to RAID 6 HDDx7 RAID 1 HDDx3 to RAID 6 HDDx8 HDDx16 RAID 1 HDDx4 to RAID 6 H
66. 133 o oO Home gt Network Service gt DDNS B System Information DDNS Support BE system Management DDNS Enable P Disable be System Network Aascathihcncscase Register DynDNS org Dynamic ONS x E Storage User Name farnily a o 5 r a j aa User and Group Authentication Password osos is Network Service Domain Name hw w thecus_share con 4FTP CP IF IF g WebService gt UPn Service Y Bonjou a p SSH DONS I gF UPnP Prot Managment X UPnP Port Management One of the most convent way to allow users to access required services such as FTP SSH web disk and http etc from Internet environment is setting UPnP port management To set up this UPnP port forwarding feature please be sure that the router has UPnP Service Enabled The following is an example from one of the router manufacture with UPnP Configuration page UPnP Configuration UPnP Service Enable Disable Clear port forwards at startup Enable Disable Apply Settings Cancel Changes After the router has enabled UPnP Service then you will have information come from associated router to UPnP port management as shown in the screen shot below 134 e TE Home gt Network Service gt UPnP Prot Managment Help Qr my favorite CI Shutdown 4 Logout a System Information Information X System Management Friendly Name UPnP router System Network Manufacturer URL
67. 2 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router e For Video Audio out e For Audio out e Microphone input 12 User GPIO e Could define each GPIO 0 7 and implement its own functionality 27 N7700PRO V2 The N77OOPRO V2 rear panel features ports and connectors w Back Panel Item Description O O O o O switch or router switch or router 3 Serial Port e This port is for an external UPS device 4 eSATA Port e eSATA port for high speed storage expansion 5 USB Port e USB 2 0 port for compatible USB devices such as USB disks and USB printers 6 System Fan e System fan that exhausts heat from the unit 7 Power Connector e Connect the included power cord to this connector 28 N8SOOPRO V2 The N8800PRO V2 rear panel features ports and connectors Back Panel Item _ Description O lt o O o e Switch for power supply 4 USB Port e USB 2 0 port for compatible USB devices such as USB disks and USB printers 5 Serial Port e This port is for external UPS device switch or router switch or router 29 N5550 The N5550 rear panel features ports and connectors b D O woon a Ad 4 t R K K 2 z 10 n i 4 x 4 ev 0gs K e S Z a Back Panel Item _ Description O lt O OoOO O 1
68. 29 J4 12 WDe000BKHG 02429 Total Capacity 9132 GB Data Guard Local Backup The Thecus product provides complete backup solution between Thecus NAS systems as well as between folders of local systems For remote data guard backup please refer to chapter 4 Data Guard Remote backup g3 Add Edit ie Remove Start Step q Restore Log g Restore MAS Configuration Task Name Source Path Source Folder Target Path Last Run Time Backup Type Status 3 Category remote 3 Remote Data backup Add Edit Remove Start Stop Stop the associated running task Also can be used if a task has been setup as real time clicking Stop can terminate the running process Simply click Start to re start the real time operation Restore Restore the associated task Log Click to view the associated task process details Restore NAS Configuration Click to restore the system configurations from a selected destination to a source unit From the Data Guard function list select Add The data backup setup wizard appears as below click on Local Backup 172 Data Backup Wizard Remote Backup Backup to an remote Thecus NAS Local Backup Backup to folders devices iSCSI targets on local NAS asus Amazon 3 amazon web services Backup to Amazon 53 Service The local backup has 6 different selection you can choose from Local Backup Import External devices directly import to the NAS and generate a new sh
69. 81012 14 J Tw pr e L Mita eh pornn ZIO 4 Front Panel Item Description gt Z _ ___ S 1 LCD Display e Displays the current system status and warning messages e Displays hostname WAN LAN1 LAN2 IP addresses RAID status and current time 2 Up Button A e Push to scroll up when using the LCD display 3 Down Button e Push to scroll down when using the LCD display y 4 Enter Button 4 e Push to confirm information entered into the LCD display ESC USB disks and USB printers currently inaccessible e Solid green network link e Blinking green network activity 13 Reset Button e Resets the N4510U 14 Mute Button e Mutes the system fan alarm Can also be managed through the UI 15 HDD Trays e Four 3 5 SATA HDD trays e Locks are provided for added security 19 N7510 The Thecus N7510 front panel has the device s controls indicators and hard disk trays 14 OUA O N ee EE ee S99 BE S99 EE ee EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE ae w oF ewe amp see seo a ee amp ss amp ss e amp see o se ewe amp see amp ewe amp ewe amp ewe amp swe amp sew owe o see o see amp see amp ee amp see see amp soe se swe amp see se amp se amp se ese eve see amp ewe amp soe amp ewe see amp see amp swe amp sew amp ewe a eve amp ee a ee amp ewe amp soe see amp sew sw
70. 9 05 13 08 13 10 CPU Memory eth ethl eth Graphic Deta s E Monitors craphic Detais E Monitors 100 C 10K RPM Time 19 08 53 4 100 MB HDD_FAN1 5625 RPM HDD FAN O ROM OC OKRPM HDD FANS 5769 RPM 2 50MB HDD FANG 0 RPM PU_ TEMP 44 C HDD_FAN3 Eam SAS TEMP hi h eth M FIF Bi Samba HDD_TEMP2 HDD TEMP2 26 C 53 For the on line users list system monitor will display the on line users and the Share folder they have visited f Graphic Details Monitors SJ CPU 1 Sys 0 73 o FIP 1 172 16 64 138 andy _NAS_Picture_ Samba 1 172 16 64 138 root test System Monitor Item Description _ _ _ O O O S Save Layout Saving selected monitoring items Layout will remain the same for future visits monitoring history to a designate path in the RAID volume changed Click again to unlock it 7 P2lHistory display the history with different period for selection If the History has been enabled click on and system monitor will x Last 30 Days Last 46 Hours Reset Hetiw y 50 MESS DiE ee 40 MB s Si 3 20 MB S 25 10 MBS Ss s i zet Dror MB s 16 00 o4 00 D0 04 00 1600 CPU s MEM Wan Llanl rx ie Wanilanl t Lan rx Lan ts 54 System Management The System Management menu gives you a wealth of settings that you can use to configure your Thecus IP storage system administ
71. DDx5 RAID 1 HDDx4 to RAID 6 HDDx6 RAID 1 HDDx4 to RAID 6 HDDx7 RAID 1 HDDx4 to RAID 6 HDDx8 HDDx16 RAID 1 HDDx5 to RAID 6 HDDx6 RAID 1 HDDx5 to RAID 6 HDDx7 RAID 1 HDDx5 to RAID 6 HDDx8 HDDx16 RAID 1 HDDx6 to RAID 6 HDDx7 RAID 1 HDDx6 to RAID 6 HDDx8 HDDx16 RAID 1 HDDx7 to RAID 6 HDDx8 HDDx16 RAID 5 HDDx3 to RAID 6 HDDx5 RAID 5 HDDx3 to RAID 6 HDDx6 RAID 5 HDDx3 to RAID 6 HDDx7 RAID 5 HDDx3 to RAID 6 HDDx8 HDDx16 RAID 5 HDDx4 to RAID 6 HDDx6 RAID 5 HDDx4 to RAID 6 HDDx7 RAID 5 HDDx4 to RAID 6 HDDx8 HDDx16 RAID 5 HDDx5 to RAID 6 HDDx7 RAID 5 HDDx5 to RAID 6 HDDx8 HDDx16 RAID 5 HDDx6 to RAID 6 HDDx8 HDDx16 RAID X NAS Stacking RAID 6 HDDx4 to RAID 6 HDDx5 RAID 6 HDDx4 to RAID 6 HDDx6 RAID 6 HDDx4 to RAID 6 HDDx7 RAID 6 HDDx4 to RAID 6 HDDx8 ee eee HDDx16 RAID 6 HDDx5 to RAID 6 HDDx6 RAID 6 HDDx5 to RAID 6 HDDx7 RAID 6 HDDx5 to RAID 6 HDDx8 ee eee HDDx16 RAID 6 HDDx6 to RAID 6 HDDx7 RAID 6 HDDx 6 to RAID 6 HDDx8 Seis ede esos estan HDDx16 RAID 6 HDDx7 to RAID 6 HDDx8 HDDx16 The Thecus IP storage s capacity can be expanded even further using the stackable function With it users can expand the capacity of their network storage systems up to 5 other stack target volumes which are located in different systems These can be stacked through single network access like SMB or AFP acting as a share
72. Destnabon or source of the system files cannot be deleted otherwise t wil cause the task to run improperly System wil automaticaly ist the destination directory name of the dupkate to avoid data coverage errors we V Accep Now you will see in the data guard task list that you have created a task Q Ad Edt Remove PF Start P stop B Restore Hrog fE Restore NAS Configuration Task Name Source Path Source Folder Target Path Last Run Tine Backup Type Status iJ Category local 2 Intel Graphic Generic_USB 2012 07 25 179 3 Realtime Backup click on Realtime Backup and this screen will appear 2 different options can be selected from folder to folder folder to external device Let s take Folder to Folder backup for example Select from the source pane the folder NAS_ Public then select its destination in the target panefolder R6andy Local Backup gt Realtime Backup gt RAID Folder to RAID Folder Source Target a gt Return to Parent Folder Retum to Parent Folder ge NAS Public uf gt Intel_Graphi gt uSBCopy af Intel Graphi _Module_Fokier_ gja nosso _NAS_Moduk_ E 191 RGandy _NAS_Picture_ andy_bez gt Tunes music snapshot YTT Next fill in the task name and related settings Local Backup gt Realtime Backup gt RAID Folder to RAID Folder Task Name Sync Type Incrementa
73. Down Button V e Push to enter USB copy operation screen 13 Enter Button J e Push to enter OLED operate password for basic system setting 14 Escape Button e Push to leave the current OLED menu ESC 12 N6850 The Thecus N6850 s front panel has the device s controls indicators and hard disk trays 6 5 4 ow g 3 10 1112 13 3 2 1 Front Panel Item _ Description O O o O cameras USB disks and USB printers cameras USB disks and USB printers e Solid white LAN2 Cable link e Blinking Network activity e Solid white LAN1 Cable link e Blinking Network activity e Solid white USB busy e Solid Red USB error e Solid white System is power on 10 Down Button e Push to enter USB copy operation screen 11 Up Button e Push to scroll up when using the OLED display 12 Enter Button e Push to enter OLED operate password for basic system 9 System Error e Blinking RED System error LED setting 13 Escape Button Push to leave the current OLED menu 13 N8850 The Thecus N8850 s front panel has the device s controls indicators and hard disk trays Edy g 7 6 5 4 101112 13 Front Panel Item _ Description Ci 1 Power Button e Power on off N8850 cameras USB disks and USB printers cameras USB disks and USB printers e Solid white LAN2 Cable link e Blinking Network activity e Solid white LAN1 Cable link e Blinking Network activity
74. Extension disable to get issue solved Samba CIFS Options for Recycle Bin Samba Recycle Bin Enable Disable Recycle bin contents are deleted after days Set as 0 for manual deletion only Recycle Bin Folder Display Enable Disable Recycle Bin Max File Size GB Set as 0 for unrestricted Samba Recycle Bin The Thecus IP storage is supported recycle bin via SMB CIFS protocol Simply enable the Recycle Bin function and Recycle Folder Display then all of deleted files folders will reside in the _NAS_Recycle_ Associated RDID Volume Share folder Samba CIFS Options for Recycle Bin Samba Recycle Bin Disable Recycle bin contents are deleted after days Set as 0 for manual deletion only Disable Recycle Bin Max File Size GB Set as 0 for unrestricted Recycle Bin Folder Display For example the system has created 2 RAID volumes with ID RAIDpm and RAID Then it will have 2 recycle bin folder appear as _NAS_Recycle_RAID and _NAS_ Recycle _RAIDpm Mas m RAID ae aR Ramp P ae File System Status RAIDpm J EXT4 Healthy i RAID J XFS Healthy ge WAS Ivar SUULLE 127 There are 2 more setting could help to manage the recycle bin for deleted folders files 1 Setup the Day to remove deleted folders files which has resided in recycle bin permanently Left default value O if desired to clean up recycle bin manually 2 Setup the
75. IP storage on any uneven surfaces DO NOT place Thecus IP storage in direct sunlight or expose it to other heat sources DO NOT use chemicals or aerosols to clean Thecus IP storage Unplug the power cord and all connected cables before cleaning DO NOT place any objects on the Thecus IP storage or obstruct its ventilation slots to avoid overheating the unit Keep packaging out of the reach of children If disposing of the device please follow your local regulations for the safe disposal of electronic products to protect the environment Table of Contents Abut THIS ManUal gis vitstisewatsiinaidsaaenavanciiadietatanewarsiinanienaeneewcninnneanes 2 Limited Warranty iisiiisavivseessnsniasravsvanns eiesttirinssseetnisisieiTe 2 Safety Warnings vicivncsscnctvaesescewecserviucensdnsssesansuteeteunuurdegnstvacuestswsenas 3 Table of Contents iii teciinewnncdnriesaciideteewtuinessciinnmeanasebeeecniaNieeduimenats 4 Chapter 1 THRCFOGUCU ON srin aa 7 OVGEIVICW arroa 7 PFOGUCE FIGKIIGNES sinka a aia 7 P cKkag C ntentS wiiciiasiscccrintieciianiccersinncccvstutecrusinieesnsinessrutieternusieisrnaaiees 9 Front Panel vitetciurisiicininttersincseinnanccivsnuneedenenssliuacuecsiwanseabiuauseninuedentananas 10 Real Panel iiiiciciwnvecicsnusoncededdacissruvutarerdsevdbavddusinawasesasendvebinaverwtanumedauaneses 21 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation ccccccccnnncccceccccnnnneeeceeesnnnnneeeenes 33 OVC EVICW iiiiicscincewnrnnnscinetunstrarvecenincdee
76. J eSATAHDO toad SCSL omni LJSCSI pm 2 iTunes_music jap a Cl aptest g t Ga snaps J test Module Folder Path m lai Ia ed nanne NAS Pubic USBCopy USSHDO _Module_Folder_ _NAS_Module_Source_ NAS _Picture_ eSATAHDD SCSLpmi SCSLpm2 iTunes_music lap2 laptest snapshot test a b Select files folders Click the Add button and the NAS share list appears opie spim ida which you would like to data to start Buming process burn All of the selected Gadd Best remove Grenaa al ha rah Se Hew Oe folders files will be seen under the disc label name New Disc The disc label name can be changed by clicking on it and press Edit from sen Product Meeting Weebly Report Path madida 5 Pubbo Product Hesting Yerdir Rept iaiia AS Pura ees menu bar The selected folders files also can be removed by clicking on them and then pressing remove or remove al Select from the installed USB or SATA for N6850 N8850 N10850 burning for all selected items devices Please click the detect disc button to check the status once the disc is inserted 153 Disc MSI WIND DRIVE UOGB2 x Disc information CO R Empty Disc space 702 82 MB d Select the burning speed Speed 24x from the drop down list e Select whether disc data i verification is required or Lf ban not f Click Burn to start disc burning Disc data ver
77. Management screen appears This screen lists the RAID volumes currently residing in the Thecus IP storage From this screen you can get information about the status of your RAID volumes as well as the capacities allocated for data 70 Heb OsMy favorite Or shu E System Information epEdit lt g4Global Hot Spare RAID Status Disks Total Data Level piece Used Capacity Capacity RAID bi Healthy 1 2 4 5 1389 7 Used for HA a I0 Image Mounting dal Share Folders WB iscsi os User and Group Authentication a Network Service 8 Application Server i Backup A E i Extemal Devices RAID Information Item volume NOTE All RAID IDs must be unique Status Indicates status of the RAID Can read either Healthy Degraded or Damaged Disks Used Hard disks used to form the current RAID volume Total Capacity Total capacity of the current RAID Data Capacity Indicates the used capacity and total capacity used by user data Create a RAID On the RAID Information screen press the Create button to go to the RAID Volume Creation screen In addition to RAID disk information and status this screen lets you make RAID configuration settings Using Create RAID you can select stripe size choose which disks are RAID disks or the Spare Disk RAID Configurations Item Description O Z O ZO S volume RAID volume NOTE below for more information Stripe Size This sets the
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79. RAID volume The data will be unrecoverable 79 Global Hot Spare Up to 5 RAID volumes can be created per system The global hot spare support can eliminate the redundant disk usage in each RAID volume Simply select an unused disk from the global hot spare disk list then apply to activate Global Hot Spare n x Disk Mea Capacity MB Mode Status Ghohal Hot Spare 7 353 870 SAMSUNG HOO OK E 63 870 SAFER HOLOE OF C Expanding a RAID To expand a RAID 1 RAID 5 or RAID 6 volume follow the steps below 1 Replace one of the hard drives in the RAID volume and allow it to automatically rebuild Once rebuilt you can continue to replace any remaining disks in the RAID array When you are done replacing hard drives log on to Web Management Navigate to Storage gt RAID to open the RAID Configuration screen On the RAID Information screen click Edit to open the RAID Configuration screen On the RAID Configuration screen click Expand 80 RAID Configuration RAID Information Mirrate RAID Unused 86 59 GB 60 assis Migrating a RAID Once a RAID volume has been created you may want to move it to other physical drives or change the RAID array all together To migrate a RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 6 RAID50 or RAID 60 volume follow the steps below 1 From the RAID Configuration screen click Migrate RAID 2 A list of possible RAID migration configurations will be listed Select the desir
80. SI CRC Checksum Max Connections Error Recovery Level These currently allow the Admin to Enable Disable the Thecus IP storage associated with the iSCSI setting Click this to delete the iSCSI Target Allocating Space for iSCSI Volume 99 Menu l system Information Ea ee e Master RAID te Disks Total Data m E 4 System Management RAID I Level Status Used Capacity Capacky File System System Network 7 HA J Healthy 1 24 460 4 1 2 G8 453 3 G8 ext4 i Storage SCSI Support 4 Disk Inforration p EG RAID Management ECS Enable Disable ne Share Folders GEGCSI Ei HAS Stacking lt 4 180 Image Mounting Doete Narre Status 1234 Enabled oat User and Group Authentication TB Application Server i Module management t LUM GE norton Tl To allocate space for an iSCSI target on the current RAID volume follow the steps below 1 Under the iSCSI Target List select iSCSI Target then click Add The Create iSCSI Volume screen appears Create iSCSI Volume iSCSI Target Volume Enable Disable Target Name Limit 0 9 a z ign_ Year ign_Month Authentication None CHAP Limit 0 9 a z A Z Limit 0 9 a z A Z langth between 12 16 7 Mutual CHAP Limit 0 9 az Anz Limit 0 9 a z AwZ length between 12 16 Create LUN RAID ID RAID LUN Allocation Thin Provision Instant Allocation LUN Name Limit 0 9 az Unused Allocatio
81. Spanish itailano e Russian zation Korean e Polish Spanish e Portuguese Russia On the menu bar click Language and the selection list Dolch appears This user interface will switch to the selected i Portucal language for Thecus IP storage 47 System Information Information provides viewing on current Product info System Status Service Status and Logs The menu bar allows you to see various aspects of the Thecus IP storage From here you can discover the status of the Thecus IP storage and also other details System Information Once you login you will first see the basic system Information screen providing Manufacturer Product No Firmware Version and System Up Time information E System Informati n Product Information U General l i oe Manufacturer Thecus Status L System Log Product No Niz000 E Onine Registration sE Syslog Management E SVvsrem elonmor Lip Time 2 hours 5 mmnutes Firmware Version 7 02 00 4 System Information Manufacturer Product No Firmware version Up time System Service Status Refer Chapter 7 for FW v2 03 01 and after From the System Information menu choose the Status item System Status and Service Status screens appear These screens provide basic system and service status information Home gt System Information gt Status System Status Service Status CPU Activity 0 AFP Status Stopped ty System Log CPU Fan Speed 2721 RPM NFS Status Stopped P
82. System Monitor stators she i eet ranbas 2012 02 29 17 08 20 N12000p Syslog service stop 2012 02 29 16 25 40 N12000p TFTP service is disabled 2012 02 29 16 25 34 N12000p TFTP service start IP 172 16 66 25 172 16 66 24 Port 69 folder iTune SE System Management 2012 02 29 16 25 34 N12000p TFTP service is enabled 702 70 1675 03 OOn dmin logged in fr 2 Li 55 rE Svetem Network 2012 02 29 16 25 02 M12000p User admin logged in from 172 16 65 155 7 2012 02 29 16 20 40 N12000p Syslog service start EA Storage r 2012 02 29 16 07 33 N12000p Syslog service start aai User and Group Authentication 2012 02 29 15 49 08 N12000p Syslog service start E z 2012 02 29 15 47 32 Ni2000p The ACL of folder test has been modifed E Network Service 2012 02 29 15 46 29 N12000p Syslog service start TA Application Server i 2012 02 29 15 40 33 N12000p Syslog service start B Backup 2012 02 29 15 35 59 N12000p User admin logged in from 172 16 64 138 m ris e bi AH ee Se en ea tt el 49 Time v Logs Information 2009 05 25 13 44 51 4 Sort Ascending in from 172 16 65 11 2009 03 25 13 41 29 Z i Sort Descending n5500 dualO1 found UPS ts unavatlable 09 05 25 13 36 24 n5500 dualol found UPS is unavailable 2009 05 25 13 31 24 0E Columns b 7 Time sfunavailable 2009 0525 13 26 18 3300 dual0l The syste Y Logs Information unavailable
83. _Pikture_ ud andy_local a 3 iTunes_music P snapshot Previous Next Cancel Next provide the task name and where the task log will store 184 Local Backup gt iSCSI Backup gt iSCSI to RAID Folder x NAS Public USBCopy USBHDD _Module_Folder_ _NAS Module Source_ _NAS_Picture_ andy ocal eSATAHDD ISCSI_iscsiv50 ISCSI_iscsv502 iTunes_music snapshot Reading the note and check on Accept for confirmation Local Backup gt Copy gt RAID Folder to External Device Announce To perform system backup the destination file in the same directory wil be overwritten or deleted please confirm before running backup Destination path name exists in a different set of tasks can lead to itsel or other tasks to perform improperly Destnaton or source of the system fies cannot be deleted otherwise t wil cause the task to run improperly System wil automaticaly ist the destination directory name of the dupikate to avoid date coverage errors Now from the data guard task list will have created task listed To start the iSCSI volume backup select the task and click Start from task bar qe Add paEdt remove E stat E stop D Restore lS Log T Restore NAS Configuration Task Hame Source Path Source Folder Target Path Last Run Tine Backup Type Status a Category local 3 import sicon_ powe NAS Public u RADI 2012 07 23 Import Finish reid iscsi mesti DIHA i BCSI bcaa
84. a snap To learn about the Web User Interface go to Chapter 4 Using the Thecus IP Storage gt Web Administration Interface FTP Server With the built in FTP Server friends clients and customers can upload and download files to your Thecus IP storage over the Internet with their favorite FTP programs You can create user accounts so that only authorized users have access To set up the FTP Server refer to Chapter 4 Network Service gt FTP iTunes Server With the built in iTunes server capability the Thecus IP storage enables digital music to be shared and played anywhere on the network To set up the iTunes Server refer to Chapter 4 Application Server gt iTunes Configuration Printer Server With the Thecus IP storage s Printer Server you can easily share an IPP printer with other PCs connected to your network To set up the Printer Server refer to Chapter 4 External Devices Server gt Printer Information Multiple RAID Thecus IP storage supports multiple RAID volumes on one system So you can create RAID O for your non critical data and create RAID 1 5 6 50 or 60 depend on model for mission critical data Create the RAID levels depending on your needs To configure RAID modes on the Thecus IP storage refer to Chapter 4 Storage Management gt RAID Information iSCSI Capability Thecus IP storage is not only a file server but it also supports iSCSI initiators Your server can access Thecus IP storage a
85. age to repair the primary DOM 138 m Dual DOM Schedule Backup V Enable Disable Dual DOM schedule backup Auto Daily v Weekly O Monthty v v Status Manual Task Name Date Firmware Rsync Target Server mf Backup DOM Backup e Rsync Target Server ER ACL Backup Restore na Data Burn 4 Data Guard When it comes to backing up your data it s very important to have flexibility Data guard provides you with many options including full backup for all shares custom backup for selected shares and iSCSI volume backup Being based on the Linux operating system it is also much more stable and experiences much less frequent data loss during transfer than other remote backup systems For this tutorial you will need to use Rsync Target Server Step 1 and Data Guard Step 2 3 under Backup for this client server backup feature It also can be named for function Remote Replication Step 1 Enabling Rsync on your target backup NAS Log in to your target backup NAS through the UI in your web browser Go to Rsync Target Server under Backup in the menu of the UI 139 Home gt Backup gt Rsync Target Server Help My favorte C Shutdown Rsync Target Settings Rane Target Server Enable Disable Username andy Password CEN Encryption Support Enable Disable Allowed IP 1 172 16 65 143 Allowed IP 2 ee Allowed IP 3 Pubic Key Otional Please choose a file to upl
86. aid aehan O Registration q General Enable _ The following information will be recorded after registration is enabled Product model name current firm Lj System Log version MAC address of WAN LAN1 mail address of system notification and language selection Onine Registration abl Sysiog Management This additional information would be appreciated as wel 4 Sickan Monti Internal HDD brand and frmware version Time Zone gt 4 System Management ie System Network E starane Other than the defined items sent upon registration there are also two additional items HDD Info and Time Zone These two optional items can also be sent to Thecus anonymously for analysis and statistics purposes To send these items Simply check the desired checkboxes to help Thecus improve its products and services 50 Registration option E Enable The following information will be recorded after Enable checked Product Model Namel Curent FW vermon Mac address of WAN Mail address of system notification Web U Language wine H There are few moce tems we ike to pet E Back for statetic and analyse purpose upon to your agreement i varann List of most recent update eal LA Fiane Publeh date f00 10 23 2hi2e a 200 10014 15 13 28 2009 10 14 15 23 02 2009 10 14 Ja be4G 2009 10 14 15 02 24 009 10 14 15212 200 1014 SNE 2009 10 14 15 21 51 2009 10 35 ISAIA 2009 10 14 15 11 30 009
87. al operation the OLED will be in Display Mode Display Mode tem Description O O Z O O O oo O Host Name The Thecus IP storage will rotate these messages every one two seconds on the OLED display USB Copy The USB Copy function enables you to copy files stored on USB devices such as USB disks and digital cameras to the Thecus IP storage with a press of a button To use USB copy follow the steps below 1 Plug your USB device into an available USB port on the Front Panel 2 In Display Mode press the Enter 4 41 3 The LCD will display USB Copy 4 Press Enter 4 and the Thecus IP storage will start copying USB disks connected to the front USB port The LCD will display the USB copy progress and results Typical Setup Procedure From the Web Administration Interface you can begin to setup your Thecus IP storage for use on your network Setting up the Thecus IP storage typically follows the five steps outlined below For more on how to use the Web Administration Interface see Chapter 4 Web Administration Interface Step 1 Network Setup From the Web Administration Interface you can configure the network settings of the Thecus IP storage for your network You can access the Network menu from the menu bar For details on how to configure your network settings refer to Chapter 4 System Network Step 2 RAID Creation Next administrators can configure their preferred RAID setting and build
88. ared fol Copy Copy between folders according to the source and destination of your choit Realtime Backup Backup NAS Data Immediately Schedule Backup Backup NAS Data At Schedule Time Local Data backup Item _ Description O lt O OZ O OO U U OO This is associated with external devices which are added to the system such as USB disk You can select a folder from an external device and import it to the NAS as a share folder Copy Copy folder to folder or NAS folder to external device or external device to NAS folder This backup is within folder level Realtime Backup The task will be executed on the fly between the source and the target In other word any changes made at the source will sync to the destination immediately Schedule Backup The task will be executed on schedule between the source and the target iSCSI Backup The iSCSI volume will be backup to the destination as a single file iSCSI Import The iSCSI file can be imported from the iSCSI backup back to the destination as an iSCSI volume 173 1 Import click on Import and a screen will appear as below If there is an external device installed on system such as USB disk then it will be listed in the Source pane Local Backup gt Import Generic _USB Flash Diski Please select source folders 5 RAID a RAID60 Click on the associated external device and the contain folders wil
89. at you can revert to a working configuration when you are experimenting with new system settings The system configuration you have backed up can only be restored in the same firmware version The backup details exclude user group accounts 58 Factory Default From the menu choose the Factory Default item and the Reset to Factory Default screen appears Press Apply to reset Thecus IP storage to factory default settings a o Home gt System Management gt Factory Default El system Information Reset To Factory Default Resetting to factory defaults will not erase the data stored in the hard disks but WILL revert all the settings to the factory default values WARNING Reboot amp Shutdown From the menu choose Reboot amp Shutdown item and the Shutdown Reboot System screen appears Press Reboot to restart the system or Shutdown to turn the system off a OOo e Home gt System Management gt Reboot amp Shutdown LE system Information Shutdown Reboot System 4 System Management gat Scheduled On OiT A t Administrator Password i Config Mgmt Reboot amp Shutdown te Fie System Check File System Check The File System Check allows you to perform a check on the integrity of your disks file system Under the menu click File system Check and the File System Check prompt appears eees Home gt System Management gt File System Check File System Check
90. atus Seting Current role Active HA Network Status Primary Server Secondary Server Heartbeat Interface WAN LANI IP 172 16 66 25 HA RAID Status RAID ID Type Device Progress Time Rem Transfer Used Total Status a RAID ID HAO HAG data 200 1M 4 Finish HAO sys 2 G 25 8M 50 Finish The user can access this newly create HA system by its virtual IP Using widows the user can simply input 172 16 64 87 or HApm in the navigation bar then the available share files will be listed as below 115 WW 172 16 64 87 ork Tasks idd a network place iew network connections et up a home or small Ffice network et up a wireless network or a home or small office iew workgroup computers lide icons for networked IPnP devices ey pepe ee ee be _NAS_Module_Source_ E3 NAS _Picture_ L eSATAHDD iTunes_music 27 NAS_Public snapshot L USBCopy E2 usbhdd VA Printers and Faxes Comments _Module_Folder _ Used for S4T4 HDDs only Used For snapshots only Used for external USB HDDs only Shows installed printers and Fax HA Recovery If one of the HA member is down and need to be recovered simply go to the RAID management page and the HA Recovery icon will be available Click on the HA Recovery icon then the system will prompt a box to inquire about the Active server heartbeat link IP address After inputting the IP address and pressing
91. ay WAN LAN HIT The available system network ports are coming from embedded system ports and additional system ports added through the reserved PCI e slot with associated compatible list Therefore the screen shown above is an example of a Thecus N16000 with 3 on board GbE NIC and an additionally Intel PRO 1000 PT quad port NIC for a total of 7 NIC ports Network Configuration Global parameter O oem O Description O O O OO O OOOO OO Host name that identifies the Thecus IP storage on the network Specifies the domain name of Thecus IP storage WINS Server To set a server name for NetBIOS computer DNS Mode Select the DNS server is coming from DHCP server or manual input A total of 3 DNS servers can be input If the DNS setting is chosen from DHCP server then it will refer to WAN LAN1 port DNS Server 1 2 3 Domain Name Service DNS server IP address 63 Network Configuration NIC port Link speed Display associated NIC port link speed Link status Display associated NIC port link status MAC address MAC address of the network interface Jumbo Frame Support Enable or disable Jumbo Frame Support of associate interface on your Thecus IP storage m TP adress of associate NIC interface o Default gateway It can be chosen from a drop down list of default gateway that s been used for the Thecus IP storage e Only use Jumbo Frame settings when operating in a Gigabit environment where
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93. but low write requests RAID 5 includes disk striping at the byte level and parity information is written to several hard disk drives If a hard disk fails the system uses parity stored on each of the other hard disks to recreate all missing information RAID 6 RAID 6 is essentially an extension of RAID level 5 which allows for additional fault tolerance by using a second independent distributed parity scheme dual parity Data is striped on a block level across a set of drives just like in RAID 5 and a second set of parity is calculated and written across all the drives RAID 6 provides for an extremely high data fault tolerance and can sustain two simultaneous drive failures This is a perfect solution for mission critical applications RAID 10 RAID 10 is implemented as a striped array whose segments are RAID 1 arrays RAID 10 has the same fault tolerance as RAID level 1 RAID 10 has the same overhead for fault tolerance as mirroring alone High I O rates are achieved by striping RAID 1 segments Under certain circumstances RAID 10 array can sustain up to 2 simultaneous drive failures Excellent solution for applications that would have otherwise gone with RAID 1 but need an additional performance boost RAID 50 A RAID 50 combines the straight block level striping of RAID O with the distributed parity of RAID 5 This is a RAID O array striped across RAID 5 elements It requires at least 6 drives RAID 60 A RAID 60 combines t
94. covery button The system will list available target volumes from the inputted IP address Once the volume IP has been set you may need to input a valid user name and password to validate your access rights If there is no user name and password needed to access target volume then leave it blank Add Target Add Stack Target gt lt Enable iSCSI Enable Disable Target Stackable Target 172 16 65 143 IP Password Stacked Target Name Description Browseable yes no Public yes no Stackable will mount the first LUN of the iSCSI target if it has more than one LUN 85 The Stacked Target name will become the network share name and will be displayed through network access such as SMB You may refer to the figure below to see the result Please note the naming limitation Add iSCSI Target Add Stack Target Enable SCSI Enable Disable Target Stackable Target 172 16 65 143 IP qn ign 201 1 1 L com theeus RAID isess0 vel pmdata a Username Password sacked Target Lee 0 8 208 Browseable yes no Public C yes a no Stackable wil mount the first LUN of the iSCSI target if it has more than one LUN From the figure above the Stacked Target name is pmmeeting The figures below show the result before and after via Microsoft Network Access when settings have been completed
95. creen Status Latest 20 lines Information Result l Click Start to begin the file system check Click Reboot to reboot the system When the file system check is running the system will show 20 lines of information until it is complete Once complete the results will be shown at the bottom 60 Status Latest 20 lines Information on oO Checkir roi mary information Checkin up summary in mati on on on on ot on wo OW W W Ww SS oe Cad fo ro Hrer nO nO wm ow ap Hi sow I ones Ei aeen Benen Uae Bi aon ho ho fh hy fh bh pho Cy co Cs Cy Go rcs Jt amp to amp L amp amp Lo amp amp W AHH OF OH on 1 oy OF de amp AAAI m ma m mh hs hk 3 OOC n et a het AN v RFP RP RP RP rR rR oo OW DAA O M bo ee Om OH oO area re wo co Hn HO oO U b Wh kr oOo i Ae d G hse 0976 8 14 contiguous LY LY WH A Y amp amp amp amp amp amp amp A amp amp amp amp w A art ae ee eer ge l a Cun iil aeen Iineen Si sene Ui sen Ti eee Ei ame I cee Bae mM hh hs fh ho fh Po po S Gy GS Gy Cs C3 c cy HHH HH lt A H ANNAA A on on on Sn ee oo oo oe A lt Dr Result AID 1 2 4 on r495 Pp ae 1 2 3 4 5 The system must be rebooted before Thecus IP storage can function normally after file system check completes Wake Up On LAN WOL The Thecus IP storage has the ability to be awoken from sleep mode
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97. e User and Group Authentication Allows configuration of users and groups Network Service a Application Server Printer Server and iTunes Server set up of the Thecus IP storage Module Management System and user Module installation of the Thecus IP storage Category of Backup Features setup of the Thecus IP storage Moving your cursor over any of these items will display the dropdown menu selections for each group In the following sections you will find detailed explanations of each function and how to configure your Thecus IP storage 46 Message Bar You can get quick information about your system status by moving your mouse over these icons Bonege Message Bar Jtem Status Description O OOOO eum RAID Information Display the status of created RAID volume Click _ to go to RAID information page as short cut oo Disks Information Display the status of disks installed in the o system Click to go to Disk information page as short cut a me System Status page as short cut D faa Red abnormal connection to the network System Status page as shot cut Click to logout Web Administration Interface Language Selection The Thecus IP storage supports multiple Languages including e English Lanquage ki e Japanese Engish e Traditional Chinese eres e Simplified Chinese ei Ee Pst e French e German 1 aiiis e Italian hidros e Korean Deutsch r
98. e DOM1 in Dual DOM is by default the master DOM and FW updates will only apply to DOM1 DOM2 is Read only If anything happened and the DOM 1 is recovered from DOM2 the FW version will be the one of the DOM2 Therefore it may need to be upgraded to the version of DOM1 If DOM1 can not be recovered from DOM2 the system will boot up from DOM2 The original configuration of DOM1 may need to be setup again with DOM2 operations 167 Chapter 7 Updates for FW v2 03 01 Changes for FW v2 03 01 Added JBOD device info to General in the System Information category Modifed the Status layout in the System Information category Added Hardware Information in the System Information category Modified Disk Information layout and added support for JBOD device Added JBOD device to join RAID Management Added cloud backup Amazon S3 support Added Volume Expansion Management in the Storage category General The Thecus N8900 N12000 N16000 series are supporting the addition of the JBOD device Thecus D16000 to expand storage capacity From General in System Information JBOD device info will be displayed if applicable Ng900 D16000 4 Manufacturer Thecus Manufacturer Thecus Product No Ngogp Product No bi6o000 Firmware Version 2 03 01 Soe IE alel Up Time 16 hours 19 minutes Position 4 Status From the System Information menu choose the Status item System Service Status and HW
99. e Layout Reset Layout 7 Et Hstory jglock Layout Up Time 0 Day 3 Honn 38 Minutes as hlora betas Montar Picari betais E Monitars Status y 30 0 05 MB Lj System Log i l Bon re Regetrabian af Syslog Management jae System Monitor 0 025 ME 1O o 0 M 18 57 18 55 18 58 CPU Memary eh eth eth2 Graphic Details M Moritors iGraghic Detals F Moritors ae System Management Fan 06 System Network A Temperature 5 FA Storage t asl User and Group Authentication Network Semice C Application Sewer T B Backup H External Devices It is divided into 4 sections Each section can be modified to monitor specific items by using the drop down list from the Monitors tab simply click on the items you would like to monitor From each section you can also choose to display the information graphically by selecting Graphic or by plain text mode by selecting Details Only 2 sections can be set in graphic mode at the same time If graphic mode is chosen 3 minutes of information is displayed on the x axis A resume of the information is displayed by dragging the mouse over the graphic at a specific time See example below craphic T Detals F Monitors Graphic Detais Monitors 40 0 05 ME Time 19 08 13 athi 0 MB s ethi 0 MB s eth 0 MB s ox 0 ME 13 07 19 08 1
100. e Modify iSCSI Volume screen appears a o E Home gt Storage gt iSCSI LE system Information BE system Management SCSI Target LUN ACL E System Network 1 4 Storage iSCSI Target a Disk Information E RAID Management NAS Stacking 4150 Image Mounting Share Folders SBISCSI T High Availabiity LUN s Add pM lt f2Expand Dete eat User and Group Authentication Name Capacity GB LUN Allocation Network Service testlo1 2 Instant Allocation 7 Application Server FS Backup E a T F 2 Modify your settings Press ok to change SCS x Modify iSCSI Volume iSCSI Target Volume Enable Diable Target Name testi imit 0 9 a z iqn_ Year O11 iqn_ Mont jut x Authentication None CHAP Limits 0 9 az AZ Limit 0 9 av A Z length between 12 16 Mutual CHAP Limit 0 9 avi Anz Limits 0 9 a z A Z length between 12 16 iqn 2011 11 com thecus n12000 iscsi test1 raid0 ign Expand Volume The iSCSI volume is now able to expand its capacity from unused space Instant Allocation mode only From the volume list simply select the iSCSI volume you like to expand and click the Expand button 102 iSCSI Target LUN ACL iSCSI Add lt e3Modify lt epAdvanced Q Delete Name Status 1234 Disabled 5078 Disabled LUN Add lt e3Modify Delete Name Capacity GB 1234 1 You will then see the dialog box d
101. e newly added iscsiback This backup is setup as schedule e The source folder name will use iSCSI_ target volume name So here it is displayed as iSCSI_pmtest pmtest is the iSCSI target name when the iSCSI target was created The iSCSI backup can see the result as below The task iSCSI_pmtest has backup to target 172 16 66 131 and share folder NAS_ Public with file iSCSI_pmtest Maes z ERAN 2012 6 25 FF 0 BRAA he iSCSL_pmtest Restore To restore a backup from the backup task simply select a task from the task list then click Restore from the function bar The restore task will start to have the associated files folders from the target server restored to the source 147 Q Adi opEdit GRemove Stat Stop q Restore Log T Restore NAS Configuration Task Name Source Path Source Folder Target Path Last Run Time Backup Type Status Category remote 3 fulbackup01 j 172 16 66 11 2012 06 29 Realtime Processing iscsiback01 iSCSI_pmtest 172 16 66 11 2012 06 29 Schedule Finish custombackO raidO data testi test2 172 16 66 11 2012 06 29 Schedule Finish e To restore task with backup type set as Real time first you need to stop the task then you can proceed with the restore operation Restore NAS Configuration This is a useful feature if the system configuration needs to be restored to a brand new unit Let s go thru the following example to see how it works
102. e the IP of your Thecus IP storage 1 Start the Setup Wizard and it will automatically detect all Thecus IP storage products on your network 2 You should be able to find the IP address of the Thecus IP storage which you have forgotten in the Device Discovery screen Can t Map a Network Drive in Windows XP You may have problems mapping a network drive under the following conditions 1 The network folder is currently mapped using a different user name and password To connect using a different user name and password first disconnect any existing mappings to this network share 2 The mapped network drive could not be created because the following error has occurred Multiple connections to a server or shared resource by the same user using more than one user name are not allowed Disconnect all previous connections to the server or shared resource and try again To check out existing network connections type net use under the DOS prompt You may refer the URL below for more network mapping information http esupport thecus com support index php _m downloads amp _a viewdownload amp downloaditemi d 57 amp nav 0 Restoring Factory Defaults From the System menu choose the Factory Default item and the Reset to Factory Default screen appears Press Apply to reset Thecus IP storage factory default settings WARNING Resetting to factory defaults will not erase the data stored in the hard disks but WILL revert all the settings
103. ecure with the system s automatic data recovery Hard Drive Damage When a hard drive is damaged and data in the RAID volume is corrupted the system OLED will display a warning message and the system will beep Replacing a Hard Drive To replace a hard disk drive in the Thecus IP storage 1 Remove the tray with the damaged hard disk 2 Unscrew the damaged hard disk and remove it from the tray 3 Slide a new hard disk into the tray and fasten the screws 4 Insert the hard disk tray back into the Thecus IP storage until it snaps into place You can also lock it with a key if desired 5 The LED will blink green when the HDD is accessed RAID Auto Rebuild When using RAID 1 5 6 10 50 or 60 on the Thecus IP storage you can use the auto rebuild function when an error is detected 1 When a hard disk fails the system beeps and or an email notification is sent to the specified receivers 2 Check the OLED to see which disk has failed 3 Follow the steps mentioned above to replace the failed hard disk 4 The system automatically recognizes the new hard disk and starts the auto rebuild sequence to resume its status before the hard disk crash 165 Chapter 6 Troubleshooting Forgot My Network IP Address If you forget your network IP address and have no physical access to the system you can find out the IP address by either looking directly onto the Thecus IP storage OLED panel or by using the setup wizard to retriev
104. ed migration scheme and click Apply 3 The system will begin migrating the RAID volume RAID Management Expand Migrate RAID Migrate RAID MODE Disk No Capacity MB Model Status Used Available 3 2 326 VVD6000BKHG OK 2 572 326 YVD6000BKHG OK 3 572 326 VV D6000BKHG OK 572 326 VVDG6000BKHG OK 5 572 326 YVDG6000BKHG OK 2 4 n p ID RAID Level i inina i RAID 5 gt RAID 5 Onine Bi RAID 5 gt RAID 6 Onine AID 6i 81 Migrating a RAID volume could take several hours to complete m The RAID migration feature is available only when it is configurable Here is a list of limitation with RAID level migration function 1 During RAID level migration it is not permitted to reboot or shutdown system 2 For RAID migration from R1 to R5 or R1 to R6 all services will restart and iSCSI volume will be in read only mode but read write of the user data will be possible during the operation The migration scheme below is based on Thecus IP Storage product s maximum possible combination For other model which supports less HDD please refer to the web UI while RAID migration operates 82 Below is a table listing of possible RAID migration schemes oe RAID 6 RAID 1 HDDx2 to RAID 5 HDDx3 RAID 1 HDDx2 to RAID 5 HDDx4 RAID 1 HDDx2 to RAID 5 HDDx5 RAID 1 HDDx2 to RAID 5 HDDx6 RAID 1 HDDx2 to RAID 5 HDDx7 RAID 1 HDDx2 to RAID 5 HDDx8 HDDx16 RAID
105. eed to remove a specific user privilege on Thecus IP storage and each individual server With ADS support the change on an ADS server is known to all of its ADS members 195 Appendix E Licensing Information Overview This product included copyrighted third party software licensed under the terms of GNU General Public License Please see THE GNU General Public License for extra terms and conditions of this license Source Code Availability Thecus Technology Corp has exposed the full source code of the GPL licensed software For more information on how you can obtain our source code please visit our web site http www thecus com Copyrights This product includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young eay cryptsoft com e This product includes software developed by Mark Murray e This product includes software developed by Eric Young eay cryptsoft com This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit http www openssl org This product includes PHP freely available from http www php net e This product includes software developed by the University of California Berkeley and its contributors e This product includes software developed by Winning Strategies Inc This product includes software developed by the Apache Group for use in the Apache HTTP server project http www apache org e This product includes software developed by Softwey
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107. elp A My favorite hy Shutdown Bren tes Host Settings Host Name ema Domain Mame thequs com VINS Server 1 WWENS Serveer 2 DMS Settings Mode Manual DHCP Get From WAN LANT DMS 1 DMS 2 DNS 3 WAM LAN LANG LANG Additional LAN4 Status Normal Speed LOOOMb s MAC Address O0 14 FOr1 5 40 18 Link Status Connected lumbo Frame 1500 bytes IPw4 IPvb Enable w Enable Mode Manual Mode Manual iP IP Hatmas 295 255 2520 Pref Lenatn 108 Home gt Storage gt RAID Management RAID Management GPCreate pedt doba Hot pare H Mas RAID EN Disks Total Data RAID Level ei Used Capacky Capacity RAID 463 2 GE 5 6 G8 434 3 68 2 4 unit Host name PMS 172 16 66 24 with JBOD RAID volume This unit will be setup as the Secondary server Home gt System Network gt Networking G Hel ey favorite C4 Shutdown amp Host Settings a Host Name PMS Domain Name thecus com WINS Server 1 WINS Server 2 DHS Settings Mode a Mang DHCP Get From WAH LANI DMS 1 DMS 2 E DAS d WAM LANL LAN LANG Additonal LANS Additional LANS Status Norreal Speed L000Mb s MAC Address D0 14 FD 15 CF 00 Link Status Connected Jumbo Frame 1500 bytes IPw4 IPv Enable F Enable Mode Manual Mode 2 Manual O DHF i DHCP PP IP Hatmask 255 255 2520 Prefix Length t WT F Home gt Storage gt RAID Management
108. etup screen appear as below Fill in the remote target IP Destination and port need to be changed only if this port is already in use If encryption is required then enable it Please make sure the associated target server also has encryption enabled Carry on with inputting valid remote target server account name and password Remote Backup gt Full Backup Remote Target 172 16 64 131 Fort Encrypt with SSH Off A on Account After the settings are complete please click on Connection Test The source unit will try to connect with the associated target system If a connection can be built up successfully then Connection passed will be prompted otherwise Failed will appear Remote Target 172 16 64 131 Port Encrypt with SSH Off On Account Connection Test Connection test passed Click Next to continute Click Next and more setting will appear 142 Remote Backup gt Full Backup Task Marne Tullbackupo 1 Backup Type Realtime O Schedule sync Type Sync Incremental Compress Off Backup MAS Configs off Resume Partial Files off Handle Sparse Files Off Keep ACL Settings Off Log Location K Speed Limit 0o o B Sect set 0 to unlimit Timeout Limit Sec LJEnable Schedule Fill out all the necessary details and choose your parameters Add Rsync Backup Task Item Description lt O O O O This i
109. evice Announce To perform system backup the destination file n the same directory wil be overwritten or deleted please confirm before running backup Destination path name exists in a different set of tasks can lead to itseF or other tasks to perform improperly Destnabon or source of the system files cannot be deleted otherwise t wil cause the task to run improperly System wil autornsticaly amp t the destination drectory name of the dupkate to avoid data coverage errors Previous Fonish Cancel Now you can see in the data guard task list that your created task is listed The task status will say Processing untill the Stop button is pressed CJ Add Edt GRemove P Start S Stop Restore Slog FL Restore NAS Configuration Task Name Source Path Source Folder Target Path Last Run Tine Backup Type Status J Category local 3 mport Generic USB Intel Graphic RADGO 2012 07 25 Import Finish s copy RADGO Roandy Genenc_USB 2012 07 25 Copy Finish feaibacko NAS Publkk RADG6O R6andy 2012 07 25 Realtime Processing 4 Schedule Backup click on Schedule Backup and this screen will 2 different choices can be selected from folder to folder folder to external device Let s use Folder to External device backup for our example From the NAS volume RAID in the Source pane select the folder NAS Public then in the target pane select the external USB disk folder N10850
110. folder type Stackable Config to act as Stack Master Capacity Expansion HUB Switch 1 Target device volume available 2 Target device volume available 1 Target device volume available Can connect total 5 Thecus target device From the main menu the stackable feature is located under the figure below for reference Home gt Storage gt HAS Stacking Stacking Target List Local Initiator ION ign 2007 08 com thecus stackable server 00147d153912 Gadd ae HM econnect TA Slacked Target Hame P Capacity Used Total a Disk Information aA RAID Management F NAS Stacking A 150 Irene y al Share Folders Oh Tey High Availabiity A Add a Stack Target Volume Storage Please refer tebp Ov Stalus Description ign i From the figure above click Add to access the stackable target device configuration page Please refer to the figure below 84 With the added stack target you can Enable or Disable the stack target now or later depending on usage required E3 Add iSCSI Target Add Stack Target Enable iSCSI Target Stackable Targe IP ign Username Password Stacked Target Limit O 9 a z Name Browseable yes no Public yes no Stackable will mount the first LUN of the iSCSI target if it has more than one LUN Next input the target IP address of the stackable device and click the Dis
111. he Thecus IP storage to automatically obtain an IP address is recommended You may also use a Static IP address and enter the DNS Server address manually Fi IP Setting IP address 192 163 0102 Netmask 255 255 255 0 Gateway IP 192 168 0 1 ONS Server il 168 0 38 8 Finished Access the Thecus IP storage Web Administrator Interface by pressing the Start Browser button You can also configure another Thecus IP storage at this point by clicking the Setup Other Device button Press Exit to exit the wizard gt Setup Wizard oan Sa _ IP Storage Appliance O Derice Complete Discovery P yoron 204 J Login Syitern Setup Other Device 3 Network Configuration Start Browser Change Password Complete The Thecus Setup Wizard is designed for installation on systems running Windows XP 2000 vista 7 or Mac OSX or later Users with other operating systems will need to install the Thecus Setup Wizard on a host machine with one of these operating systems before using the unit LCD Operation N7700PRO V2 N8800PRO V2 N5550 N4510U N7510 The mentioned models above are equipped with an LCD on the front for easy status display and setup There are four buttons on the front panel to control the LCD functions LCD Controls Use the Up A Down VY Enter 1 and Escape ESC keys to select various configuration settings and menu options for Thecus IP storage configuration The
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113. he straight block level striping of RAID O with the distributed double parity of RAID 6 That is a RAID O array striped across RAID 6 elements It requires at least 8 disks JBOD Although a concatenation of disks also called JBOD or Just a Bunch of Disks is not one of the numbered RAID levels it is a popular method for combining multiple physical disk drives into a single virtual one As the name implies disks are merely concatenated together end to beginning so they appear to be a single large disk As the data on JBOD is not protected one drive failure could result total data loss 191 Stripe Size The length of the data segments being written across multiple hard disks Data is written in stripes across the multiple hard disks of a RAID Since multiple disks are accessed at the same time disk striping enhances performance The stripes can vary in size Disk Usage When all disks are of the same size and used in RAID Thecus IP storage disk usage percentage is listed below n 1 n x 100 n 2 n x 100 n n x 100 n 2 n x 100 n HDD number 192 Appendix C How to open the top cover N8900 series Thecus Model Name N8900 series 193 N12000 series N16000 series 194 Appendix D Active Directory Basics Overview With Windows 2000 Microsoft introduced Active Directory ADS which is a large database information store Prior to Active Directory the Windows OS c
114. he test If the Reallocated Sector Count gt 32 or Current Pending Sector of a hard disk drive gt 0 the status of the disk will show Warning This warning is only used to alert the system administrator that there are bad sectors on the disk and they should replace those disks as soon as possible Bad Block Scan On the Disk Information screen you may also perform disk bad block scan simply click Click to start to start the scan The result is only for reference and the system will not take any action from its result Disk Information Dek No Capacity MB Model Link Fimi Status Bad Block Scan 1 476 940 ST3500418A5 SATA 1 56b s5 cca gt Detect FP Click to start 2 476 940 STS5004 1845 SATA 1 56b s Oc38 ae Detect click to start 3 476 940 ST3500418A5 SATA 1 5Gb s C38 Detect P Click to start 4 N A N A N A N A N A N A 5 476 940 ST32500418A5 SATA 1 5Gb s 0C37 fb Detect P Click to start 6 N A H A N A N A N A NIA 7 HJA H A N A N A N A N A 8 N A H A N A HIA M A M A 9 WA N A N A N A N A M A 10 N A N A Ny A NA NA NA 11 N A HJA N A N A N A NIA 12 NJA H A N A N A N A NJA 13 WA H A H A NifA M A N A 14 N A N A W A N A NYA M A 15 N A H A N A WA M A HJA 16 N A HJA NjA N A N A NJA Total Capacity 1907760 MB The testing result will display Click to start as default until the system reboots RAID Information From the Storage menu choose the RAID Management item and the RAID
115. hen click Finish to start up with RAID volume building 75 RAID Volume Creation x The RAID volume creation will start after Finish button pressed parto the RAID volume creation period all of active services will stopped RAID volume creation has af ts setup omplets Building a RAID volume may be time consuming depending on the size of hard drives and RAID mode In general if the RAID volume building process is up to RAID Building then the data volume is accessible WARNING Creating RAID destroys all data in the current RAID volume The data will be unrecoverable RAID Level You can set the storage volume as JBOD RAID O RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 6 RAID 10 RAID 50 or RAID 60 depending on model ee ee ee a a N8800PRO V2 RAID configuration is usually required only when you first set up the device A brief description of each RAID setting follows RAID Levels JBOD The storage volume is a single HDD with no RAID support JBOD requires a minimum of 1 disk RAID O Provides data striping but no redundancy Improves performance 76 LF but not data safety RAID 0 requires a minimum of 2 disks RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 6 RAID 10 RAID 50 RAID 60 WARNING Edit RAID Offers disk mirroring Provides twice the read rate of a single disk but same write rate RAID 1 requires a minimum of 2 disks Data striping and stripe error correction information provided RAID 5 requires a minimum of 3 di
116. http tomatousb org Storage Model number 1 p User and Group Authentication Model URL http tomatousb org Model description UPnP router ay Network Service 2 L Samba CIFS UDN uuid 8daf93d2 e626 42eb ab56 7d96463be8c6 B Arp Ba NFs 3 Connection rules iFIP 7a z TFTP Refresh Add Rule G WebService aH UPnP Service Port Protocol Description f Bonjour J None Local Setting Psi 11707 UDP DDNS UPnP Prot Managment 11707 TCP 26423 UDP 26423 TCP 45631 TCP 6208 UDP 6208 TCP l And click Add Rule to add more port mapping from Internet to access desired services or press Refresh Connection rules Protocol TCP Description TCP UDP LL Teryupe A description for each item to get most updated list as following UPnP Port Management Start port Specific port number starts with Choose the protocol for port forwarding needed End port Specific port number ended Specific the port services if applicable Apply Click Apply to confirm the changes Click Cancel to abort the changes WARNING Some of the routers do not allow the input of port number below 1024 So it may have resulted setting fails Application Server The Thecus IP storage supports build in application such as iTunes server The Thecus IP storage provides activation of the iTunes Server on the device You will be able to play music files on this device with yo
117. ical connective available It can be either on board LAN ports or additional add in NIC even 10G Virtual IP Heartbeat Interface WAN LAN IS ig Indicator IP WAN LAN1 LAN IPw4 LAN Virtual IP Additional LAN4 i 2 Input Indicate IP address This indicate IP is used for the system to ping out then check whether the system is still alive So please input an IP address that is going to response properly Indicator IP 172 16 66 243 3 Filled in IP information for the Virtual IP and Secondary Server IP in either IPv4 or IPv6 For our example we chose the WAN LAN1 for the connection interface and virtual IP 172 16 66 87 The secondary server IP address is 172 16 66 24 has mentioned earlier Virtual IP Heartbeat Interface JLA Indicator IP 172 16 66 135 IPv4 IPvo Virtual IP 172 16 66 87 Virtual IP Primary IP 172 16 66 25 Primary IF Secondary IP 172 16 66 24 Secondary IP Advance options Apply Choose the network interface for heartbeat in between the systems It can be selected from the drop down list if there is additional LAN card that has been installed such as 10G card it can be used for the heartbeat role After inserting the IP addresses for direct link needed in between the primary and secondary servers default value will appear Normally no modifications will be required The example here we will use the Additional LAN4 which is a 10G
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119. ification F 2 Write image file to disc Home gt Backup gt Data Burn G Help Cs My favor oe csm ule 150 fie Write image fie to dise Disc Selecto Ga Disc information Unknown Speed _ Disc data E verification l a Click Browser and the NAS mw share list will appear to i i x J name locate the desired image file ams inet eeano to bu rn D Ga Product Meeting We Product Meeting Weekly Report s amp C dom_backup_log XenServer 6 0 0 instal cd iso amp CI USBHDD dom_repair_iog 30M Fold productmeetingimages iso G _NAS_Module Dan mi _ Pict LJ eSATAHDO S Scsi pom 2 SCSLo a Tun 3 CJ ap aapt t a O snaps 3 te z Select the ISO file dam cse ida c ISOfie d0 data NAS_ Public XenServer 6 0 0 install cd iso l I c Select from the installed USB or SATA for N6850 N8850 N10850 burning devices Please click the detect disc button to check the status once the disc is inserted d Select the burning speed from the drop down list Select whether disc data verification is required or not Click Burn to start disc burning m OD 154 3 Create image file from files folders Home gt Backup gt Data Burn Wer cjm ule 150 file Create image Ge fom fle foders Dec Ty Serene r Cesc nfonetion Unknown Speed mm Dst data verification a Click the Add button and the NAS share l
120. iitriirritrititiitittittiittisttiitiittititiiiettitttittiittiittiirtirtittitirttttittittiitt iit tiit iit iittir titi ett rier iittiirriiet r Add a network wireless or Bluetooth printer Make sure that your computer is connected to the network or that your Bluetooth or wireless printer i is turned on i feerrerrrertiirtirrtirtiiiettitriittiirtiertiittirriirtittts Searching for available printers You can press The printer that I want isn t listed to go into next page without waiting for Searching for available printers to finish 5 Click Select a shared printer by name Find a printer by name or TCP IP address Browse for a printer Select a shared printer by name http lt Thecus_NAS_IP gt 631 printers usb printer Example computername printername or http computername printers printername printer Add a printer using a TCP IP address or hostname Type http lt Thecus NAS gt 631 printers usb printer in the box where lt Thecus NAS IP gt is the IP address of Thecus IP storage Click Next 6 Select or install a printer and then press OK Select the manufacturer and model of your printer f your printer came with an installation disk click Have Disk f your printer is not listed consult your printer documentation for a compatible printer Printers EF HP DeskJet 615C EF HP DeskJet 640C 642C 648C ISI HP Deskjet 6500 Series EF UP Neel lat RENC ale Connecting to http 172
121. inistrators to manage user access using different group policies From the User and Group Authentication menu you can create modify and delete users and assign them to groups that you designate ADS NT Support If you have a Windows Active Directory Server ADS or Windows NT server to handle the domain security in your network you can simply enable the ADS NT Support feature the Thecus IP storage will connect with the ADS NT server and get all the information of the domain users and groups automatically From the Accounts menu choose Authentication item and the ADS NT Support screen appears You can change any of these items and press Apply to confirm your settings E HL Home gt User and Group Authentication gt ADS Support E system Information ADS Support Work Group Domain Name Workeroup ADS Support O Enable Disable Storage ADS Server Name 7 aa User and Group Authentication ADS Realm a Administrator ID Local User Configuration Local Group Configuration Administrator Password Batch Input Hu l 7 Ti User Quota A description of each item follows ADS NT Support 117 Item Description _ _ O Z O Z o Name MYGROUP Directory Server ADS Server Name Specifies the ADS server name e g adservername ADS Realm Specifies the ADS realm e g example com Enter the administrators ID of Windows Active Directory which is required
122. ion The newly created tab will appear for more settings required to complete the link aggregation configuration WAN LAN1 LANZ LANS Additional LANs Additonal LANS Additonal LANG Additional LAN ua e Status Additional LAN4 Additional Jumbo Frame Disabled Link Type IPv4 IPwe Load Balance Enable 7 Enable Failover Balnce xKOR Mode Manual Mode Broadcact IP 172 16 66 87 PP 02 3ad Netmask 255 255 252 0 Prefix Length S 2nce TLe Baence ALS Gateway 172 16 66 239 Gateway Hote Defauk Gateway LINKL Apply Linki Configuration Status Specifies the network ports being used with the associated link aggregation Click on to modify the selected network ports 66 Jumbo Frame Support Enable or disable Jumbo Frame Support of the associated interface on your Thecus IP storage Link Type Select from drop down list for desired mode IPv4 IPv6 Click to enable IPv4 IPv6 for TCP IP The default is IPv4 enabled It has to be a static IP with the link aggregation being used IP address of link aggregation Netmask Prefix Length Input netmask for IPv4 and Prefix length for IPv6 Gateway for associated link aggregation Default gateway It can be chosen from the drop down list of default gateway being used for the Thecus IP storage Now under the networking a Link1 tab will appear from the network title bar Home gt System Network gt Networking i cysten
123. isplayed below Drag the Expand Capacity bar to the size you want Then press Expand to confirm the operation iSCSI x Expand iSCSI LUN Mame Unused Expand Capacity The iSCSI expand is only capable while iSCSI target volume is crested by Instant Allocation iSCSI target created by Thin Provisioning has virtual space assigned during the initial stage so it has no expandable capability Delete Volume To delete volume on the current RAID volume follow the steps below 1 Under the Volume Allocation List click Delete The Space Allocation screen appears iSCSI Target LUN ACL iSCSI add lt c3Modify ee Advanced Name Status 1234 Disabled 5678 Disabled LUN add lt e3Modify lt epExpand Delete Name Capacity GB 1234 1 103 iSCSI A All data in the volume will be removed as well Are you sure E J 2 Press YES All data in the volume will be removed iSCSI Thin Provisioning If iSCSI Thin Provisioning is selected when creating an iSCSI target volume virtual memory is assigned to the target allowing the physical memory to reach maximum Capacity and adding new disks only when needed To setup iSCSI thin provisioning simply select Thin Provision mode from the Create LUN setting screen iSCSI x Create LUN FADD ED LJN Allocation LUN Marne Wnused Allocation LUIN ID l iSCSI Block size 512 Bytes For older version Description The SCS
124. ist will appear b Select the files folders Lanera which you would like to Add data to start Buming process burn All of the selected Gadd Bett remove Remee al folders files will appear a __ u nder the d ISC la bel G Produet Meeting Weekly Report Trad deta 5 Publ Product Hesting Weekh Report sen iaiia AAS Picture ees name New Disc The disc label name can be changed by clicking on it and pressing Edit from the menu bar The selected folders files also can be removed by clicking on them and pressing remove or remove all for all the selected items c Input the path where the ISO file is going to be stored you can press the Browse button to have the share list appear d Input the ISO file name for burned image file e Click Burn to start the ISO file burning e The data burn does not support rewriteable media if it has been burned with left space On the other hand the used rewriteable media will be erased first then carry on with burning Thecus Backup Utility The Thecus Backup Utility is on your Installation CD When you click on the CD the Backup Utility will be installed under Program Groups gt Thecus gt Thecus Backup Utility If it is not installed you can copy the file Thecus Backup Utility exe to a convenient location on your hard disk and double click to execute it If you can not find Thecus Backup Utility on your CD please download it from the Thecus websi
125. ity Once installed you can use the Windows Backup Utility by following the steps below 1 Click Start and point to All Programs gt Accessories gt System Tools gt Backup to start the wizard 2 Click Next to skip past the opening page Choose Backup files and settings from the second page and then click Next 3 Select which option you want to back up 156 4 Click Next and in the Backup Type Destination and Name page specify a backup location using the Browse button 5 Find and select the drive that specifies your Thecus IP storage as your backup destination and click Next 6 Click Next to display the wizard s final page and click Finish to start backing up Apple OS X Backup Utilities Mac OS X does not include any backup software However there are a number of backup solutions available for the Mac OS X including iBackup Psyncx iMSafe Rsyncx Folder Synchronizer X Tri BACKUP Impression Intego Personal Backup SilverKeeper and Apple s dotMac Backup utility to name just a few To find even more freeware and shareware backup utilities to choose from go to VersionTracker or MacUpdate and search on backup External Devices The Thecus IP storage supports printer server and UPS via USB interface The integrated Print Server allows you to share a single USB printer with all users on the network For the UPS Thecus IP storage support via USB Series and Network interface The following section shows y
126. ity Appearance and Personalization N Check for updates Ay Change desktop background Check this computer s security status Change the color scheme Allow a program through Windows Adjust screen resolution Firewall Clock Language and Region i Network and Internet JE Change keyboards or other input methods View network status and tasks Change display language Set up file sharing z Ease of Access 4 Hardware and Sound y Let Windows suggest settings ge Play CDs or other media automatically Optimize visual display M ene a 7a Additional Options e y Programs Recent Tasks 2H 9 4 e Uninstall a program Printer s Change startup programs 158 2 Click the right mouse button in anywhere on the Printers folder and then select Add Printer Name al Documents Comments Location gt Fax Microsoft XPS Document Stef 0 Writer Ready 0 View Sort By Group By Stack By Refresh Paste Control Panel Paste Shortcut 7 Additional Undo Copy By Appearance a D Clock Langua Run as administrator Ease of Access ES Hardware and AutoPlay a Personalizati Pr Power Optio _ Add Printer Server Properties 3 Select Add a network wireless or Bluetooth printer Choose a local or network printer gt Add a local printer Use this option only if you don t have a USB printer Windows automatically installs USB printers when you plug them in epeereerrirttrrrtirtrrittietriirtiittiit
127. k No Model Capacity Firmware J N8900 7Disks 2 T31000524NS 932 GB SN11 3 WD6000BKHG 02A29 559 GB VG03 WD6000BKHG 02A29 559 GB VG03 5 Hitachi Hog Position A3MA 6 Hitachi HDS A3MA 7 Hitachi HDS72ZTUT 93zZ GB A25C 8 Hitachi HDS72101 932 GB A25C The bad block scan can be terminated by clicking on Stop Detect Bad Block Disk Information MJ Smart T Stop Detect Bad Block Disk No Model Capacity Firmware Bad Block N8900 TDisks 2 ST31000524NS 932 GB SN11 3 WD6000BKHG 02A29 559 GB VG03 Scanning 3 4 WD6000BKHG 02429 559 GB Vd Position o 5 Hitachi HDS72101 932 GB AG m 6 Hitachi HDS72101 932 GB A3 l se 7 Hitachi HDS72101 932 GB A25C For Thecus product N8900 N12000 N16000 series which support JBOD device the attached JBOD device and his associated disks will also list under the Disk Information page Please see below for a screen shot of a N8900 with a Thecus D16000 attached and installed disks list on 171 The JBOD device will have a unique ID that ranges from 1 to 10 The disk no lead ID will indicate the different JBOD devices The screen shot below show a JBOD device with ID 4 so J4 6 is indicated under the JBOD device disk list with 6 slots Disk Information WY smart P Det T Stop Detect Bad Block Disk No Model Capacity Firmware Bad Block E N8900 7Disks iol D16000 4 6Disks 14 6 WDOO00BKHG 02429 J4 7 WD6000BKHG 02429 14 8 WD6000BKHG 02429 14 10 WDOOO0BKHG 02429 W11 WD6000BKHG 024
128. ked up and necessary authentication info Confirm by doing a Connection Test to make sure the communication between the source and the target server works Add lt 3Edit QRemove F Start E Restore Log YE Restore NAS Configuration Task Name Source Path Source Folder Target Path Last Run Time Backup Type Status Full Backup Remote Target 172 16 64 131 Port 873 Encrypt with SSH off On Account 3 Click Next and a screen will appear as shown below It has the listed available system configuration backup files Select the one you want and click next You also have the option to download the current system configuration before restoring from the backup file 149 Custom Backup Attention Restore config will reset all configs You can click the under button to download current config fle Then select the config you want to restore fom the list Dowrdoad Config Files List Mame Date M5550_00 14 FD 16 6F 84_ullback 2013 01 22 10 19 04 4 After clicking Next a screen will appear as shown below Listed on the left hand side you will see the configuration backup details which contain the 3 RAID volumes On the right hand side you will see a list of single RAID volume You may roll back to previous page to recall the example we have taken Custom Backup Backup Folder RAID Mapping The under list shows the RAID setting in config file
129. l Backuo Syrrdolc off Link Log Location Intel_Graphics_V614105398_xP l Indude Fie Type O Exchide Fle Type Document 180 Realtime Backup Task Name Input the task name length limited to 4 12 characters Sync Type Select Incremental or Synchronize Backup Symbolic Link Choose to backup symbolic link which is included in the source Filter The filter can be set to be executed only in certain circumstances If none of them has been selected it will do the real time backup from the source to the destination in full File size From xx xxx If xx 1 and xxx blank then only file size gt xx will execute real time backup If xx 1 and xxx 2 then only size in between xx and xxx will execute real time backup If xx blank and xxx 2 then only file size lt xxx will execute real time backup Include File Type Only the associated file format will do the real time backup Exclude File Type The excluded file format won t be included in the real time backup For document file format doc xls pdf docx xlsx txt ppt pptx html htm For picture file format jpg bmp tif png pbm tga xar xbm For video file format avi mpg mp4 mkv fli flv rm ram For music file format mp3 wav wma acc dss msv dvf m4p 3gp amr awb User defined can be input in other box Read the notes and check the Accept box for confirmation Local Backup gt Copy gt RAID Folder to External D
130. l be listed Select the folders that are going to be imported to the NAS and select the available RAID volume which is listed in Target pane Local Backup gt Import Source Return to Parent Folder uf E Asmedia_USB3 E Intel_Graphi E tsvm2_03 ud E N10850 uf E N4200PRO_02 uy E meoo ud E n6850 Please select source folders E Select All Target E RAID a RAIDS0 1m 174 In here we have selected the Intel Graphi and N10850 folders from the external device and imported them to the NAS under the RAID60volume Local Backup gt Import Source E Salect All Target a i RAI E Return to Parent Folder aa RAID E Asmedia _USB3 a wf Intel_Graphi E LsvmM2_03 N10850 ud E N4200PRO_02 ud E N4800 ud E N6850 Gy Onzs10 Total share folder count 15 Next please select the path from the drop down list to save the log Also give the access permission whether these selected folders will be Public or not after the import Local Backup gt Import 4 Set Public Log Location Intel_Graphics_V61410 NAS Public R6andy USBCopy USBHDD _Module_Folder_ _NAS Module Source_ _NAS_Picture_ andy_local eSATAHDD iSCSI iscsw502 iTunes_music eo 175 Read the notes and check the Accept box for confirmation If a share name a
131. l be turn off after idle for more than 6 minutes 11 Up Button A e Push to scroll up when using the OLED display 12 Down Button V e Push to enter USB copy operation screen 13 Enter Button e Push to enter OLED operate password for basic system setting 14 Escape Button e Push to leave the current OLED menu ESC 11 Ni6000 series The Thecus N16000 series front panel has the device s controls indicators and hard disk trays 10 11 12 13 14 MUTE RST LAN Eror BUSY PWR _ f _ N N f E Wot j J J YY VS 7 A S 4718392 9 9 6 Front Panel Description 1 Power Button e Power on off N16000 2 Power LED e Solid green System is power on 3 System error LED e Solid RED System error 4 Mute button e Mute the system fan alarm 5 USB Port e USB 2 0 port for compatible USB devices such as USB disks and USB printers 6 Locator button e Press the button the back led will light up to identify the rack LED position of the system 7 RST e Reboot system 8 LAN e Blinking green network activity e Solid green network link 9 BUSY e Blinking orange system startup or system maintenance data currently inaccessible 10 OLED e Displays current system status and messages e OLED screen saver will be enabled after screen is idle for more than 3 minutes e OLED screen will be turn off after idle for more than 6 minutes 11 Up Button A e Push to scroll up when using the OLED display 12
132. le File Service to use the Thecus IP storage with MAC OS based systems MAC CHARSET Specifies the code page from the drop down list Zone Specifies Zone for Applet Talk service If your AppleTalk network uses extended networks and is assigned with multiple zones assign a zone name to the Thecus IP storage If you do not want to assign a network zone enter an 128 ee asterisk to use the default setting Time Machine Click the enable checked box if you would like your MAC system to use the Thecus IP storage as MAC time machine backup Time Machine backup Select from the drop down list to designate the folder for time folder machine backup destination NFS Setup From the System Network menu choose the NFS item and the NFS Support screen appears The Thecus IP storage can act as an NFS server enabling users to download and upload files with their favorite NFS clients Press Apply to confirm your settings f Home gt Network Service gt NFS C System Information NFS Support NFS Enable Disable Description The _NAS NFS Exports_is a system folder which cannot be accessed Please refer to the following examples of how to mount a network device NFS3 mount t nfs 192 168 2 254 raid0 data _NAS_NFS_Exports_ SAMPLE mmnt sampie NFS4 mount t nfs4 192 168 2 254 SAMPLE mnt sample A description of each item follows NFS Server Setting Enable or Disable NFS support Apply Click Apply to save
133. leniconeawiesd A AET 50 SYSIOG Management vids aecessbuitwacsaaolunes AA A O i 51 SYSteI MW MONO eninin a a E E a a 52 System Management was iesiseet se cece i a aaa 55 Tine SeN SYSTEM UNE raros o u a a aea aa 55 NoufCatomMmConNguUra tioN ic oaan a a A AT OA 55 FIFM Ware UPGrade sorio E A vee eeteawaees eas 56 Schedule Power On OFF cacisetn cincneuedeiiey Harsdacevduianes cadewts A EREDA 57 AGMIniStratOr PaSSW Ol arenu A es ounied Gla mactnsseawainnny aN 58 CONTIG MOME inerea E A TEN O 58 Factory Defaull aeni to a A A seats matoad ue unaunes 59 REDOOE amp SIMULCOW M riait a A ANa 59 PIE SVSECIM ONEK acae N a a A a a a a a 59 Wake Up On LAN WOOL napici utana O AT aelaasaen een eae 61 SNMP SUDDORG su tucecerenne tiethudsdedinteeeri tees toate teed hacer ly vie E a 61 WL IEOGIN FUNCOM eriin EAE a a ENE 62 System NGEWORK siriiiasciciticctsirnscecsciiecntsnnssanssaccauntsneciuniecstanteeedinnteanisnnees 63 NGCEWORKINGisncadsuccauguin teases ceed eusd wats heh aanseatumune tna sgateeaaanann acai eaiuaneee 63 DHGEPARADW D rerien este E 64 LINKING AJI EGAM siorcanna ET E aaa 65 Additional LAN merker aa a a a a a a a 67 Storage Management eiiisisesewicisicdsicceecdviciiedewiswiasess enusebacenweduieunietwieeens 68 Disks Information Refer Chapter 7 for FW v2 03 01 and after 68 RAID INORMACOM casni E 70 NAS StaCKIN O eaen a a a ea aaaa pean toneeen 84 TSO MOUNT aisanana O ease edad 90 SHar e FOJE eneee a E E A 93 F
134. leted otherwise it wil cause the task to run improperly System wil automaticaly ist the destination directory name of the duplicate to avoid date coverage errors Terrrs re ssa cens Now you will see in the data guard task list that you have created a task 183 Badd Edt Remove P start T Stop Restore Log YL Restore NAS Configuration Task Name Source Path Source Folder Target Path Last Run Time Backup Type Status Category local 4 import Genenc_USB Intel_Graphic RADGO 2012 07 25 Import Finish copy RAIDED R andy Generic_USB 2012 07 25 Copy Finish realbackoOl RAID NAS Public RAIDGO R6andy 2012 07 25 Realtime Processing shdbackOl A NAS_Publc Genermk_USB 2012 07 26 Schedule Finish 5 tSCSI Backup click on iSCSI Backup and screen appear as below It can be backup to two different storage pool iSCSI to folder iSCSI to external device Local Backup gt iSCSI Backup Let s take example to have iSCSI to Folder backup from existed iSCSI volume iSCSI_iscsiv502 to volume RAID folder andy_local The source pane listed iSCSI_iscsiv502 and iSCSI_iscsiv50 where are iscsi volume has existed in this system with name iSCSI_ iscsi target volume name Local Backup gt iSCSI Backup gt iSCSI to RAID Folder Target Return to Parent Folder wf P NAS_Public ud P USBCooy Module Folder _NAS Module ud I NAS
135. lready exists for the import then the import will be rename automatically to existing share name 1 For esample if the NAS RAID volume RAID60 already has a folder named Intel_ Graphics_V614105398_XP the import folder will then be rename to Intel_Graphics_V614105398_ XP 1 Local Backup gt Import L DE Announce 1 To perform system backup the destination file in the same directory will be overwritten or deleted please confirm before running backup 2 Destination path name exists in a different set of tasks can lead to itself or other tasks to perform improperly 3 Destination or source of the system files cannot be deleted otherwise it will cause the task to run improperly 4 System will automatically list the destination directory name of the duplicate to avoid data coverage errors Duplicated Folder List Origin Folder Intel_Graphics_V614105398_XP Will be rename to Intel_Graphics_V614105398_XP 1 Now you will see in the data guard task list that you have created a task Home gt Backup gt Data Guard Add Edit Remove F Start T Stop Y Restore ELog E Restore NAS Configuration Task Name Source Path Source Folder Target Path Last Run Time Backup Type Status SJ Category local 1 Shared Folders a add se3edit Remove Bins Y samba fia Snapshot fac Folder name RAID ID File System Public Description gt CJ Intel Graphics Ve 15398 i g
136. mage Mounting dll Share Folders GBISCSI omen nwt U N Total Capacity 476 940 476 940 N A 476 940 N A N A N A N A N A N A N A N A N A N A N A Disks Information tem Description O Z o o 68 T3500418AS ST3500418AS N A ST3500418AS N A N A N A N A N A N A N A N A N A N A N A 1907760 MB SATA 1 5Gb s SATA 1 5Gb s N A SATA 1 5Gb s N A N A N A N A N A N A N A N A N A N A N A gt Detect gt Detect N A gt Detect N A N A N A N A N A N A N A N A N A N A N A gt dick to start N A N A N A N A N A N A N A N A N A N A N A Indicates disk location Capacity Shows the SATA hard disk capacity Displays the SATA hard disk model name Yes to start scan Bad Block S M A R T Information On the Disk Information screen the status of each disk will be displayed in the Status column Clicking on the OK or Warning link will display the S M A R T Information window for that particular disk You may also perform disk SMART test doesn t apply to SAS HDD simply click Test to start the SMART test The result is only for reference and the system will not take any action from its result SMART INFO x Info Tray Number 5 Model WIC WO2002F P5 0 Power On H ur 529 Hours Temperature Celsius 35 Reallocated Sector Count 0 Currant Pending Sector 0 Test Test Type a short long Test Result Click to start Test Ti
137. mation to uniquely identily this initiator and authenticate targets Initiator Node Nannie ign 7991 08 con microsoft andy To rename the initiator node click Change To authenticale taigels wing CHAF ciek Secret bo apec a CHAP secret To comigure PSec Tunnel Mode adderses click Tunnel From the LUN ACL setting screen click Add iSCSI Target BCSI Target LUN ACL g adi g Modify Delete Iritiator KAN Next input Initiator iqn and setup iSCSI target volume access privileges from the available list Apply by clicking the OK button 105 ritiatior HOH ban 19 L 05 com micnosodt andsy irs LUN ACL iSCSI Target LUM Name Pea rite Read Only abc abci O D def defi O O The accessible Initiator will be listed as shown in the screen shot displayed below SCSI Support SCSI Enable Disable ida iSCSI Target BESI Target LUN ACI g ad 2 Modify beete Thitiator KIN ign 1931 05 com microsoft aocdr iamn The listed Initiator iqn can be modified or deleted by selecting the desired ign and pressing Modify or Delete Advance Option There are 3 available options for the user to operate Thecus IP storage associated with iSCSI setting The details are listed in the following screenshot If the options are modified the system will need to reboot for the changes to take place 106 i Home gt Storage gt iSCSI 0 System Information iSCSI Target
138. me S M A R T Information Tray Number Model Power ON Hours Count of hours in power on state The raw value of this attribute shows total count of hours or minutes or seconds depending on manufacturer in power on state Temperature Celsius Reallocated Sector Count of reallocated sectors When the hard drive finds a Count read write verification error it marks this sector as reallocated and transfers data to a special reserved area spare area This process is also known as remapping and reallocated sectors are called remaps This is why on a modern hard disks you cannot see bad blocks while testing the surface all bad blocks are hidden in reallocated sectors However the more sectors that are reallocated the more a decrease up to 10 or more can be noticed in disk read write speeds Current Pending Current count of unstable sectors waiting for remapping The Sector raw value of this attribute indicates the total number of sectors waiting for remapping Later when some of these sectors are read successfully the value is decreased If errors still occur when reading sectors the hard drive will try to restore the data 69 transfer it to the reserved disk area Spare area and mark this sector as remapped If this attribute value remains at zero it indicates that the quality of the corresponding surface area is low Test Type Set short or long time to test Test Result Result of the test Total time of t
139. mpatible USB devices such as USB disks and USB printers 5 USB Port e USB 3 0 port for compatible USB devices 6 WAN LAN1 Port e WAN LAN1 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router 7 LAN2 Port e LAN2 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router 8 LAN3 Port e LAN3 port for HA connecting 23 N1i6000V N16000PRO N16000V N16000PRO rear panel features ports and connectors a otete Sesesese t ototo Ka o o e oO p 9 12 11 10 Back Panel Item Description lt O lt O O O O O O OO USB printers 6 WAN LAN1 Port e WAN LAN1 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router 7 LAN2 Port e LAN2 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router 8 LAN3 Port e LAN3 port for HA connecting 9 HDMI Port e For Video Audio out 11 Line out e For Audio out 12 Mic input e Microphone input 24 N6850 The N6850 rear panel features ports and connectors TO TILL LCLLLILCLLT TT 10 11 AD i s T aana e M ai A s 3 oe E E o Ps gt ot J Se D RoR a T T oe Back Panel 1 Power Connector 2 Serial Port 3 eSATA Port 4 USB Port e USB 2 0 port for compatible USB devices such as USB disks and USB printers 5 USB Port e USB 3 0 port for compatible USB devices 6 WAN LAN1 Port e WAN LAN1 port for connecting to an Ether
140. n Adjusts UI Login Configuration settings you can enable disable the Web Disk Photo Server and modules functions according to your needs UI Login Functions Web Disk Enable Disable Photo Server Enable Disable Module Enable Disable 62 System Network Use the System Network menu to make network configuration settings to an on board network port or additional NIC as well as DHCP and link aggregation Networking From the System Network menu choose Networking and the Networking Configuration screen appears This screen displays the network parameters of the global setting and available network connection You may change any of these items and press Apply to confirm your settings See a description of each item in the following table Home gt System Network gt Networking Host Settings Host Name PMA Domain Name th ecus com WINS Serveri 172 16 66 135 WINS Server 2 fo DNS Settings Mode Manual DHCP Get From WAN LANL DAS 1 172 16 66 243 DNS 2 168 95 1 1 DNS 3 WAN LANL LANZ LANS Additional LANS Additional LANS Additional LANG Additional LAN Status Speed 1000Mb s MAC Address 00 14 FD 15 59 84 Link Status Connected Jumbo Frame Disabled TPw4 IPv6 Enable Ei Enable Eil Made Manual Moda Manual DHCP DHCP F 172 156 60 25 IP feacO 1 Metmask 259 299 202 0 Prefix Length 64 Gateway 172 16 66 135 Gateway Mote Default Gatew
141. n LUN ID iSCSI Block size 512 Bytes For older version Description The iSCSI block size can be set under system advance option default is 512 Bytes Please use 4K block size while more than 2TB capacity will be configured in Windows XP Please use 512 Bytes block size for application like VMware etc Create iSCSI Volume Item Description O lt iSCSI Target Volume Enable or Disable the iSCSI Target Volume Target Name Name of the iSCSI Target This name will be used by the Stackable NAS function to identify this export share Select the current year from the dropdown 100 alk oa 10 11 12 13 With this level of security the target and the initiator authenticate each other Username ID of current RAID volume LUN Allocation Two modes can be choose from Thin provision iSCSI thin provisioning shares the available physical capacity to multiple iSCSI target volumes It allows virtual capacity to be assigned to targets prior to adding physical space when it has run out Instant Allocation Allocate available physical capacity to iSCSI target volumes LUN Name Name of the LUN Unused space on current RAID volume Allocation Percentage and amount of space allocated to iSCSI volume iSCSI Block size The iSCSI block size can be set under system advance option default is 512 Bytes 4K block size while more than 2TB capacity will be configured in Windows XP
142. n SSH Support gt 4 System Management SSH Service Enable Disable a System Network x Port 22 Storage SFTP Enable Disable aa User and Group Authentication id i Network Service are amp 4of iFTP Description KS TFTP e SSH account is root and password is admin password g WebService e Port nurrmer must be gt 1024 and lt 65536 of Port 22 UPnP Service e When enter NAS SSH service does not delete or modfy any fle folder it maybe cause NAS to generate error A J Born s SSH f ODN esiin To set up a server on the Internet and enable the users to connect to it easily a fixed and easy to remember host name is often required However if the ISP provides only dynamic IP address the IP address of the server will change from time to time and is difficult to recall You can enable the DDNS service to solve the problem After enabling the DDNS service of the NAS whenever the NAS restarts or the IP address is changed the NAS will notify the DDNS provider immediately to record the new IP address When the user tries to connect to the NAS by the host name the DDNS will transfer the recorded IP address to the user The NAS supports the DDNS providers DyDNS org Dynamic DNS DyDNS org Custom DNS DyDNS org Static DNS www zoneedit com www no ip com A description for each item as following DDNS Item Description _ _ _ o O DDNS Service Click Apply to confirm the changes
143. name of the target sever where the source is going to _ backup The sub folder can be left as blank Remote Backup gt iSCSI Backup Remote Target 172 16 64 131 Port Encrypt with SSH Off A on Password Se Target Folder i hp Connection test passed Click Next to continute 2 Select the iSCSI target volume which you wish to back up to the target server Remote Backup gt iSCSI Backup Notice Click highlight row to enter the folder select Folders to Backup scsi iscsiot 3 Click Next and more settings will appear It is slightly differing from Full backup and Custom backup Only Schedule backup is supported with less options 146 Remote Backup gt iSCSI Backup Task Mame Log Location Speed Limit Timeout Limit scsibackup 555 v BiSect set 0 to unlimit coo fee l Enable Schedule Time loo oo D Weekly Daily Schedule E Monthly Wr Wr Previous Firush Cancel 4 Click Finish and the data guard task will appear in the list as shown below Help Oy My favorite 1 Shutdown Logout Home gt Backup gt Data Guard 5 Restore 9 Log fG Restore NAS Configuration Target Path O dd Edt QRemove F Start Task Name Source Path Source Folder Last Run Time Backup Type Status Category remote 1 iscsibackup iSCSI_iscsi01 172 16 64 131 Bac Schedule Daily From the task list you can now see th
144. nce by third parties to this License If as a consequence of a court judgment or allegation of patent infringement or for any other reason not limited to patent issues conditions are imposed on you whether by court order agreement or otherwise that contradict the conditions of this License they do not excuse you from the conditions of this License If you cannot distribute so as to satisfy simultaneously your obligations under this License and any other pertinent obligations then as a consequence you may not distribute the Program at all For example if a patent license would not permit royalty free redistribution of the Program by all those who receive copies directly or indirectly through you then the only way you could satisfy both it and this License would be to refrain entirely from distribution of the Program If any portion of this section is held invalid or unenforceable under any particular circumstance the balance of the section is intended to apply and the section as a whole is intended to apply in other circumstances It is not the purpose of this section to induce you to infringe any patents or other property right claims or to contest validity of any such claims this section has the sole purpose of protecting the integrity of the free software distribution system which is implemented by public license practices Many people have made generous contributions to the wide range of software distributed through that system in r
145. nd data checksum recovery can be disabled ERL 2 Connection Recovery ERL 2 allows for both single and multiple communication path sessions within a iSCSI Nexus and hence the SCSI Nexus to actively perform realligence retry on iSCSI ITTs from failed iSCSI connections ERL 2 allows iSCSI fabrics to take advantage of recovery in all regards of transport level 107 fabric failures and in a completely OS independent fashion i e below the host OS storage stack High Availability N8900 N12000 series N16000 series only HA keeps your data active on two separate systems Thecus Supports Active Passive HA provides a fully redundant instance of each node which is only brought online when its associated primary node fails HA setup procedure HA needs two identical Thecus systems Same models and same hard disk slot installed which are capable for high availability features One needs to be setup as Primary and the second unit as Secondary both units needs to have the RAID volume build up prior installation Please be notified that if the system has been used as a standalone station before and contained more than one RAID volume with data inside once it is used for HA all of data will be destroyed WARNING Let s see an example with two Thecus Units 1 unit Host name PMA 172 16 66 25 with JBOD RAID volume This unit will be setup as the Primary server Home gt System Network gt Networking P H
146. net network through a switch or router 7 LAN2 Port e LAN2 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router e For Video Audio out e For Audio out e Microphone input 12 User GPIO e Could define each GPIO 0 7 and implement its own functionality 25 N8850 The N8850 rear panel features ports and connectors Back Panel 1 Power Connector 2 Serial Port 3 eSATA Port 4 USB Port e USB 2 0 port for compatible USB devices such as USB disks and USB printers 5 USB Port e USB 3 0 port for compatible USB devices 6 WAN LAN1 Port e WAN LAN1 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router 7 LAN2 Port e LAN2 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router e For Video Audio out e For Audio out e Microphone input 12 User GPIO e Could define each GPIO 0 7 and implement its own functionality 26 N10850 The N10850 rear panel features ports and connectors FS o ne une LN m _ ne ar D d 105 0 m te o oa Repe SZ 1 ee eee lt i mE See ine i Back Panel Item Description O Z O O o O 1 Power Connector 2 Serial Port 3 eSATA Port 4 USB Port e USB 2 0 port for compatible USB devices such as USB disks and USB printers 5 USB Port e USB 3 0 port for compatible USB devices 6 WAN LAN1 Port e WAN LAN1 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router 7 LAN2 Port e LAN
147. new ISO file select one file from the list of files and input the desired mounting name into the Mount as field Click ADD to confirm the completion of the mounting If nothing is input in the Mount as ISO file export name field the system will automatically give an export name to the ISO file The mounting name will then be defined by the ISO file name eerste ISO Mount Mob zabat 7 0 Pr 9 Are you sure to mount the i 7 150 laswebsite Thecus 01 so 91 Thecus st es ISO Mount l J Adobe Acrobat 7 0 Pro i naswebsite Thecus 0 iso is mounted ney i And a Page of Fue Selected naswebsite Thecus 01 isc Bete De tian miy ISO 366 n be Te nida After completion the page will display all mounted ISO files V ISO filter 4 j naswebsite Mounted Path ISO Path ISO Size IBT Seed L Andy Weekly Report AMD _ Thecus 01 Besttech GT L ACS 6xxx J AMCC Thecus 02 iso __j Adobe Acrobat 7 0 Pro Jj ATOM __ Andy Private naswebsite Thecus 01 naswebsite Thecus O1 iso 102 8MB K lt Page of 1 gt Di T Displaying iso mount information 1 1 of 1 File Selected Mount as Description Only ISO 9660 file system can be mounted Top 50 Folders Add Top 50 Files Please type in the full path of the ISO if not listed You can click Unmount to eliminate a mounted ISO file B Using ISO The mounted ISO file will be located in the share folder of the same name as the file Plea
148. nue selecting groups and users and assigning them access levels using the column buttons 4 To remove a group or user from an access level column press the Remove button in that column 5 When you are finished press Apply to confirm your ACL settings If one user has belonged to more than one group with different privilege then the priority of the privilege will be as followed Deny gt Read Only gt Writable To setup sub folders ACL click on symbol to extract sub folders list as screen Shot shows below You may carry on with same steps as share level ACL setting Folder Au Gea Rmo Larr O Gi ace Folder name RAID ID Fie System Public Description B ane aaas ext no nsync m aaas ext3 yes usbhedd Justo aasa ext no usbcopy aaneebsite aaan ext3 no naswebsite G Tines mume aaaa ext yes Tunes_mwsic J test aasa axis yes a ij test aaa ext3 no gt ECR ng gt LD NaBench Ag NOTE The ACL can only be set for share and sub folders level not for files The ACL screen also allows you to search for a particular user To do this follow the steps below 1 In the blank enter the name of the user you would like to find 97 2 From the drop down select the group you would like to search for the user in 3 Click Search Local Groups v PiP Search Local Users NOTE The system will list up to 1 000 users from the chosen category To narrow your search enter a search term in the blank p
149. o upgrade your firmware 1 Use the Browse button B to find the firmware file 2 Press Apply 3 The buzzer will beep and the Busy LED will blink until the upgrade is complete e The buzzer only beeps if it is enabled in the System Notification menu e Check Thecus website for the latest firmware release and release notes e Downgrading firmware is not permitted Do not turns off the system during the firmware upgrade process WARNING This will lead to a catastrophic result that may render the system inoperable Schedule Power On Off Using the Thecus IP storage System Management you can save energy and money by scheduling the Thecus IP storage to turn itself on and off during certain times of the day From the menu choose the Schedule Power On Off item and the Schedule Power On Off screen appears To designate a schedule for the Thecus IP storage to turn on and Off first enable the feature by checking the Enable Schedule Power On Off checkbox Then simply choose an on and off time for each day of the week Finally click Apply to save your changes Wooo O Home gt System Management gt Scheduled On Off E System Information gt Scheduled On Off ae system Management Ai Date and Time W Notifications Action Time Action Time E Enable Scheduled On Off a Sched Ott Sunday aA ka 0 00 a Administrator Password Config Mgmt Monday Power Oa Y 00 05 x re Factory Defa
150. oad a Private Key Otional Please choose a file to upload 1 Enable Rsync Target Server 2 Add a username and password they can be different than your NAS s username and password 3 Select Apply e You will need this user name and password while the data is going to remotely backup to this Rsync target server Now Rsync is turned on your NAS which means it can be used as a target for Rsync backup in other words only the backup NAS needs to be activated in this way Data Guard Remote Backup Step 2 Setting up your backup task and schedule on your source NAS Log in to your other NAS your source NAS through the UI in your web browser Go to Data Guard under Backup in the menu of the UI From the Data Guard function list choose Add qpAdd cEdit Remove Start Stop q Restore Log aL Restore NAS Configuration Task Name Source Path Source Folder Target Path Last Run Time Backup Type Status i Category remote 3 Remote Data backup Description Add new task Edit select task Remove select task start at once click on to start task right away Stop Stop the associated running task The other scenario is if a task has been setup in real time then clicking Stop can terminate the running process Simple click Start to 140 Le re start the real time operation Restore the associated task Log Click to view the associated task in process details Restore NAS Configuration Click to re
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152. older_ A E nas Module 4 E nas Picture_ uf E iTunes music wf snapshot 3 Click Next and more setting appears These are the as the settings for Full backup Remote Backup gt Custom Backup Task Marne custombackup Backup Type Realtime 5 Schedule Sync Type Sync E Incremental Compress Off on Backup NAS Configs off Mon Resume Partial Files Off on Handle Sparse Files Off on keep ACL Settings Off on Log Location se Speed Limit B Secf set 0 to unlimit Timeout Limit Sec LJ Enable Schedule Perou Fin 4 Click Finish and the data guard task will appear in the list as shown below Home gt Backup gt Data Guard Help Q My favorite l Shutdown Logout O Add Edt QRemove P Start G Restore 9 Log fG Restore NAS Configuration Task Name Source Path Source Folder Target Path Last Run Time Backup Type Status J Category remote 1 custombackup RAID USBCopy snapshot 172 16 64 131 Bac Realtime Processing From the task list you can now see the newly added customback01 This backup is setup as schedule 145 iSCSI Backup If the source unit contains iSCSI volume it can be backed up to the target unit as a single file The procedure is the same as for the previous Full backup and Custom backup select iSCSI backup from data guard wizard 1 Inputs the share folder
153. ork You can find out more about each of these services by clicking below SMB CIFS Apple File Protocol AFP Network File System NFS File Transfer Protocol FTP iTunes Server Printer Server 43 Chapter 4 System Administration Overview The Thecus IP storage provides an easily accessible Web Administration Interface With it you can configure and monitor the Thecus IP storage anywhere on the network Web Administration Interface Make sure your network is connected to the Internet To access Thecus IP storage Web Administration Interface 1 Type the Thecus IP storage IP address into your browser Default IP address is http 192 168 1 100 Protect vour Source Secure vu Data Your computer s network IP address must be on the same subnet as the Thecus IP storage If the Thecus IP storage has default IP address of 192 168 1 100 your managing PC IP address must be 192 168 1 x where x is a number between 1 and 254 but not 100 2 Login to the system using the administrator user name and password The factory defaults are User Name admin Password admin X If you changed your password in the setup wizard use the new password Once you are logged in as an administrator the disclaimer page will appear as below Please click the check box if you do not want to have this page displayed during the next login Disclaimer THECUS has no lability consequential incidental or special damages The
154. ose the UPS model number from the dropdowns Battery Status Current status of the UPS battery Current status of the power being supplied to the Seconds between power failure and Delay between power failure and first notification first notification in seconds Seconds between subsequent power Delay between subsequent notifications in failure notifications seconds Shutdown the system when the Amount of UPS battery remaining before system battery charge is less than should auto shutdown Apply Press Apply to save your changes Remote UPS Monitoring Enable or disable Remote UPS monitoring C U WY Chapter 5 Tips and Tricks USB and eSATA Storage Expansion The Thecus IP storage supports external USB hard disks through its USB ports Once a USB hard disk is successfully mounted the entire volume will be linked automatically to the default USB HDD folder The Thecus IP storage supports USB external storage devices All file names on the USB disk volume are case sensitive 162 The Thecus IP storage also supports eSATA hard disks with its eSATA port Before attaching an eSATA or USB disk drive to Thecus IP storage you have to partition and format it on a desktop computer or a notebook first The attached device will be located at 192 168 1 100 usbhdd sd x 1 where 192 168 1 100 means the IP address of Thecus IP storage and sd x 1 stands for the first partition on the eSATA or USB disk drive Remote Administration You
155. ou how Printers From the External Devices menu choose the Printer item and the Printer Information screen appears This screen provides the following information about the USB printer connected to the USB port woo Home gt External Devices gt Printers Help My favorite Cl Shutdown 4 Logout il System Information Printer Information pad System Management Printer i pt System Network Manufacturer N A Model N A marae Status No Printer Detected Remove document uzemorea E Network Service from queue i Application Server EAE inten eee iaaa h Backup io Extemal Devices Uninterrupted Power Source Printer Information Description Displays the name of the USB printer manufacturer Displays the model of the USB printer Displays the status of the USB printer Remove document Click to remove all documents from printer queue from Queue Restart Printer service Click to restart printer service 157 If a corrupt print job is sent to a printer printing may suddenly fail If your print jobs seem to be locked up pressing the Remove All Documents button to clear the print queue may resolve the issue You can configure Thecus IP storage to act as a printer server That way all PCs connected to the network can utilize the same printer Windows XP SP2 To set up the Printer Server in Windows XP SP2 follow the steps below 1 Connect the USB prin
156. ould not store additional information in its domain database Active Directory also solved the problem of locating resources which previously relied on Network Neighborhood and was slow Managing users and groups were among other issues Active Directory solved What is Active Directory Active Directory was built as a scalable extensible directory service that was designed to meet corporate needs A repository for storing user information accounts passwords printers computers network information and other data Microsoft calls Active Directory a namespace where names can be resolved ADS Benefits ADS lets Thecus IP storage integrate itself with the existing ADS in an office environment This means the Thecus IP storage is able to recognize your office users and passwords on the ADS server Other major benefits ADS support provides include 1 Easy integration of Thecus IP storage into the existing office IT infrastructure The Thecus IP storage acts as a member of the ADS This feature Significantly lowers the overhead of the system administrator For example corporate security policies and user privileges on an ADS server can be enforced automatically on Thecus IP storage 2 Centralized user password database The Thecus IP storage does not maintain its own copy of the user password database This avoids data inconsistency between Thecus IP storage and other servers For example without ADS support an administrator might n
157. oup Configuration From the Accounts menu choose the Group item and the Local Group Configuration screen appears This screen allows you to Add Edit and Remove local groups Home gt User and Group Authentication gt Local Group ConfigurafMmelp Ce mMy favorite l Shutdown Logout Local Group Configuration Gadd fpedt Remove Group ID Group Name 100 users Page l1 ofl Displaying topics 1 1 of 1 H Local Group Configuration Description Press the Add button to add a user to the list of local groups Press the Edit button to modify a selected group from the system Press the Remove button to delete a selected group from the system Add Groups On the Local Group Configuration screen click on the Add button The Local Group Setting screen appears Enter a Group Name Enter a Group ID number If left blank the system will automatically assign one R 121 5 Select users to be in this group from the Users List by adding them to the Members List using the lt lt button 6 Click the Apply button to save your changes Add x Local Croup Setting Users List Group Name Search Group ID 103 UserID User Name User Members List UserID User Name Edit Groups 1 On the Local Group Configuration screen select a group name from the list 2 Press the Edit button to modify the members in a group 3 To add a user into a group select the user from the Users List and press the lt lt button to move
158. perly System wil automaticaly ist the destination directory name of the dupicate to avoid date coverage errors E Accent 187 Now from the data guard task list will have created task listed EJ Add edt QDRemove P Start P Stop Restore Log YL Restore NAS Configuration Task Name Source Path Source Folder Target Path Last Run Tine Backup Type Status J Category local 5 mport Genenc_USB Intel Graphic RAID60 2012 07 25 Import Finish copy RADGO Randy Generic_USB 2012 07 25 Copy Finish reabackoi RAID NAS_Pubik RAID60 R6andy 2012 07 26 Realtime Lose target ok a n 7 z ee mport_iscsi RAID ancy_jocal GCSI_iscsiv502 2012 07 26 SCSI Import Volume Expansion Management The user guide please refers to URL below http www thecus com download manual AllinOne_64bit Volume_Expansion_v1 0 pdf 188 Appendix A Customer Support If your Thecus IP storage is not working properly we encourage you to check out Chapter 6 Troubleshooting located in this manual You can also try to ensure that you are using the latest firmware version for your Thecus IP storage Thecus is committed to providing free firmware upgrades to our customers Our newest firmware is available on our Download Center http www thecus com download php If you are still experiencing problems with your Thecus IP storage or require a Return Merchandise Authorization RMA feel free to contact technical support via
159. ppear as below Waiting for the active server to reboot ed Cancel Please check the Primary Server unit You will see an interactive message saying to reboot both Primary and Secondary server together to complete the High Availability settings The last state of the Primary server is waiting for the Secondary server as Shown in the screen shot below 113 i System is standing by please activate High Availability on the standby server After the Secondary server has communicated with Primary Server successfully then the state will changed to Shutdown Reboot System i si Are you sure to reboot the stem Ji Syarah acho standby server with active Seer Ter TE Click Yes to reboot both Primary and Secondary server If the communication has failed then you will see an error message as below Warnings x Failed to retrieve the primary server s settings files Conditions in which the secondary server will take over to play the role as Active 1 Primary server RAID is damaged 2 Loss of the primary server s data port connection 3 Primary server goes down for any other reason When the primary server encounters the above mentioned situations the secondary server PMS will immediately take over to play the role as active The secondary server s system log will show HA changed to active getting resources and Healthy The RAID HA on system PMS i
160. ption O Z o 4 System fan alarm e Solid red system fan failure notification LED 5 Mute button Mute the system fan alarm 6 USB Port USB 2 0 port for compatible USB devices such as USB disks USB printers 7 Up Button A e Push to scroll up when using the LCD display 8 Down Button V e Push to enter USB copy operation screen 9 Enter Button e Push to enter LCD operate password for basic system setting 10 Escape Button e Push to leave the current LCD menu ESC 17 N5550 The Thecus N5550 front panel has the device s controls indicators and hard disk trays rinks i J 1 a i a i oe 2 i YYY 7 a 3 LA AN E 4 E onanan i PERE EAN eee Fy 8 Front Panel tem Description _ lt O lt O O 1 System LED e Blinking orange System is being upgraded or is starting up data currently inaccessible e Blinking green Network activity e Solid green Network link e Blinking green Network activity LED e Solid blue System is power on 11 Enter Button 4 e Push to enter LCD administrator password to access basic system setting 12 Escape Button ESC e Push to leave the current LCD menu 13 LCD Display e Displays current system status and warning messages 14 HDD Trays e Five 3 5 SATA HDD trays e Locks are provided for added security 18 N4510U The Thecus N4510U front panel has the device s controls indicators and hard disk trays 2345 6 7
161. r LLC the University of California Berkeley and its contributors e This product includes software developed by Bodo Moeller e This product includes software developed by Greg Roelofs and contributors for the book PNG The Definitive Guide published by O Reilly and Associates e This product includes software developed by the NetBSD Foundation Inc and its contributors e This product includes software developed by Yen Yen Lim and North Dakota State University e This product includes software developed by the Computer Systems Engineering Group at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory e This product includes software developed by the Kungliga Tekniska H gskolan and its contributors e This product includes software developed by the Nick Simicich This product includes software written by Tim Hudson tjh cryptsoft com e This product includes software developed by Christopher G Demetriou for the NetBSD Project 196 CGIC License Terms Basic License CGIC copyright 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 by Thomas Boutell and Boutell Com Inc Permission is granted to use CGIC in any application commercial or noncommercial at no cost HOWEVER this copyright paragraph must appear on a credits page accessible in the public online and offline documentation of the program Modified versions of the CGIC library should not be distributed without the attachment of a clear statement regarding the author
162. r contains less that 20 000 user and group ids it wil be based on local fetwork Service 9B Application Server E External Devices A description of each item follows LDAP Support Item __ Description o O Input manager s name S Input manager s name Input manager s password Apply Click Apply to save your changes Click this checkbox to ensure LDAP server has a Samba sam and a POSIX account or it may not work properly for LDAP client authentication Check ObjectClass Network Service Use the Network Service menu to make network service support settings Samba CIFS There are options allow Admin to Enable Disable to operate Thecus IP storage associated with Samba CIFS protocol With the option changed it will need to reboot system to activate 125 Samba CIFS Samba Service Enable Disable File Access Cache Enable Disable Samba Anonymous Login Authentication Enable Disable Samba Native Mode Yes Native Mode No Compatible Mode Allow Trusted Domains H Yes Mo Server Signing Auto O Mandatory Disable Support Policy for LDAP Sign Seal Plain Samba Service Used for letting the operating system of UNIX series and SMB CIFS of Microsoft Windows operating system Server Message Block Common Internet File System Do the link in network protocol Enable or Disable SMB CIFS protocol for Windows Apple Unix drive mapping NOTE e In some environments d
163. r value because experience suggests that it sometimes takes operating systems many seconds for their communication systems before they operate correctly UDP port The udp port directive specifies which port Heartbeat will use for its UDP intra cluster communication The default value for this parameter is UDP 694 port 112 X Click Apply the Primary server will prompt the message below and wait for the Standby server settings to be completed i System is standing by please activate High Availability on the secondary server Setting up the Secondary unit for HA The secondary unit for our example is PMS 172 16 66 24 x Login in to the web UI of the system 172 16 66 24 then go to High Availability HA configuration page under the Storage category xii Click on the Enable radio button the setting page will appear Status Setting High Availability Enable Disable xiii Choose the server role of the system for this example we will have this unit set as the Secondary Server So Secondary Server is checked After please fill in the associated Primary Server IP address Status Setting High Availability Enable Disable Role C Primary Server Secondary Server Primary Server IP 172 10 00 25 X V Click Detect and the Secondary unit will start to check for the Primary server status If the Primary server has replied properly then the message will a
164. rating system does not support Unicode e g Windows 95 98 ME or MAC OS9 8 select the same encoding as your OS here in order to properly view the files and directories on the server Available options are BIG5 HZ GB2312 GB18030 ISO EUC JP SHIFT JIS and UTF 8 Allow Anonymous FTP Upload Download Allow anonymous FTP users to upload or Access download files to from public folders Download Allow anonymous FTP users to download files from public folders No access Block anonymous FTP user access Auto Rename If checked the system will automatically rename files that are uploaded with a duplicate file name The renaming scheme is filename where represents an integer Selections include Unlimited 1 32 MB s downloads Selections include Unlimited 1 32 MB s To access the share folder on the Thecus IP storage use the appropriate user login and password set up on the Users page Access control to each share folder is set up on the ACL page Storage Management gt Share Folder gt ACL TFTP Thecus IP storage can act as a TFTP server enabling users to download and upload files with their favorite TFTP programs From the System Network menu choose the TFTP item and the TFTP screen appears You can change any of these items and press Apply to confirm your settings E System Informetion TFTP Pas system Management TFTP Enable Disable z m System Network IP WAN LAN1 172 16 66 24 gt gt
165. ration and functions You can set up system time system notifications and even upgrade firmware from this menu Time Setting system time From the time menu choose the Time item and the Time screen appears Set the desired Date Time and Time Zone You can also elect to synchronize the system time on Thecus IP storage with an NTP Network Time Protocol Server Date Ls mi Date and Time Time 02 13 is Notikations PA g Firmware Upgrade Time Zone Asa Tapt os r p I m s Fam z 5 a Scheduled On Off a NTP Service 7 Enable Disable Administrator Password E Config Mgmt Sync with an O Yes hai g Factory Default sei NTP Reboot amp Shutdown mot ha File System Check om No E System Network a Storage om See the following table for a detailed description of each item Time tem _ __ Description O O Z O O S O NTP Service Select Enable to synchronize with the NTP server Select Disable to close the NTP server synchronization ync with external NTP Select YES to allow Thecus IP storage to synchronize with an NTP Server server of your choice Press Apply to change WARNING If an NTP server is selected please make sure your Thecus IP storage has been setup to access the NTP server Notification configuration From the menu choose the Notification item and the Notification Configuration screen appears This screen lets you have Thecus IP storage notify yo
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167. ring the information press Apply to create new folder g System Information IE System Management Shared Folders ie System Network snp RADID File System Public Description g LJ iTunes_music RAD xfs yes Storage JUSBCopy RAD xfs yes a Disk Intormation X RAID Management LISBHDD RAD xis yes Used for exte F NAS Stacking J eSATAHDO RAD xfa Ta sed far eza iil i 150 Image Mounting I NAS Public RAD xis yes hire Enl yall Share Folders 3_NAS_Module_Source_ RAD xis yes HBISCSI ba add folder x RAID ID v Folder name Description Browseable Yes No Public Yes No Add Folder Item Description O O Browseable Enable or disable users from browsing the folder contents If Yes is selected then the share folder will be browseable Public Admit or deny public access to this folder If Yes is selected then users do not need to have access permission to write to this folder When accessing a public folder via FTP the behavior is similar to anonymous FTP Anonymous users can upload download a file to the folder but they cannot delete a file from the folder Apply Press Apply to create the folder 93 Folder names are limited to 60 characters Systems running Windows 98 or earlier may not support file names longer than 15 characters Modify Folders On the Folder screen press the Edit button and the Modify Folder screen appears This screen allows
168. rinters as well as other computers and the services that those devices offer on a local network using multicast Domain Name System service records This definitive guide walks you through Bonjour zero configuration networking with a complete description of the protocols and technologies used to create Bonjour enabled applications and devices a a Home gt Network Service gt Bonjour io System Information Bonjour Support Bonjour Service amp Enable Disable 4 System Management an System Network 4 Storage gi aa User and Group Authentication E Network Service a Samba CIFS By AFP Ba Nrs a FTP G TFTP gl Web Disk HTTP uen gt Bonjour SSH The device is now SSH protocol supported It allows user to use SSH and have console to manipulate as needed The SSH default login user name is root with full privilege and password is admin s password The default admin password is admin so once the admin password has changed then SSH login need to change the password too A description for each item as following 132 Item Description _ o O lt O O O OoOo SSH Service Enable or disable SSH service The port number is default 22 SFTP Enable or disable SFTP protocol under SSH service Apply Click Apply to confirm the changes Es gt Jetwo Senca 2 i System Informatio
169. rn to Parent Folder Retum to Parent Folder F intel_Graphi if tsvn2_03 ge Intel_Graphi ud A N10850 N10850 ud N4200PRO_02 Reandy e 5 Randy uf P Realtek_LAN_ uff w2008_W Gh agofactory i temp Select a folder from the source pane which is going to be copy over then select in target pane it s destination Local Backup gt Copy gt RAID Folder to External Device Source D LSVM2 03 Return to Parent Folder ge Intel_Graphi g intel Graphi N10850 Gy amp R andy D N10859 D N4200PRO_02 d O R6andy Realtek LAN f I W2008_W7 J ggofactory N S518 x03264 v5 7 1 178 Choosing the sync type Incremental or Sync and select the log path from the drop menu list Local Backup gt Copy gt RAID Folder to External Device Po Sync Type Incremental Sync Log Location IntelGrephics_V61410 Intel_Graphics_V61410 N10850 NAS Public R andy USBCopy USBHOD IE _Module_Folder_ _NAS Module _Source_ _NAS Picture_ andy_jocal eSATAHDD SCSI iscsv502 pa iITunes_music m Read the notes and check the Accept box for confirmation Announce To perform system backup the destination file n the same directory wil be overwritten or deleted please confirm before running backup Destination path name exists in a different set of tasks can lead to itseF or other tasks to perform improperly
170. rovided ISCSI You may specify the space allocated for iSCSI See the table below to the allowed iSCSI target number per system N8900V N8800PRO N8900 N6850 N12000V N12000 N5550 N16000V N16000 N4510U N77OOPRO V2 N7510 N8800PRO V2 N10850 N8850 Allowed iSCSI volume 98 a Po Home gt Storage gt iSCSI p Ce My favorite Dr shutdown Logout EY System Information i iSCSI Sf system Management RAID Management E System Network Master RAD Disks Total Data Pen RAD P Level 70u Used Soe EE Fle System storage RAID 0 Healthy 1 2 3 4 2225 12 8 GB 2223 9 GB xfs a Disk Information Ca RAID Management iSCSI Support F NAS Stacking 150 Image Mounting iSCSI Enable Disable dll Share Folders Apply HBSS iSCSI Target SCSI Target LUN ACL iSCSI Add lt cpModify S Advanced Delete Hame Status testi Disabled aa User and Group Authentication LUN m Network Service Add gepModify GepExpand Delete 18 Application Server Hame Capacty GB LUN Allocation PY Backup testi0d 3 Instant Allocation iSCSI Target To add iSCSI target volume click iSCSI with associated RAID volume from its drop down list and select the desired RAID volume iSCSI Target Item Description O O ZO O O O Add Click to allocate space to iSCSI target from associated RAID volume Modify Click this to modify the iSCSI Target Advanced There are 3 options iSC
171. rs From here you can see various installed hard disks The disk slot position will appear if the mouse is moved over the installed disk e The screen shot below is just an example from a Thecus IP Storage The disk slots number can range from 8 12 to 16 slots depending on the model of Thecus IP storage Also it will list the disk info of JBOD devices if applicable Home gt Storage gt Disk Information Disk Information Qe F T Disk No Model Capacity Firmware Bad Block I N8900 7Disks 2 T31000524NS 932 GB SN11 3 WD6000BKHG 02A29 559 GB VGO03 WD6000BKHG 02A29 559 GB VG03 5 Hitachi HDS72101 932 GB A3MA E 6 Hitachi HDS72101 932 GB A3MA 7 Hitachi HDS72101 932 GB A25C 8 Hitachi HDS72101 932 GB A25C J D16000 4 6Disks 14 6 WD6000BKHG 02A29 559 GB VG03 14 7 WD6000BKHG 02A29 559 GB VG03 A aikin ica erae EEEE E 2 T31000524NS 932 GB SN11 Total Capacity 9132 GB 3 WD6000BKHG 02A29 559 GB VG03 4 WD6000BKHG 02A29 559 GB VG03 5 Hitachi HDS72101 932 GB A3MA Disk Power Management 6 Hitachi HDS72101 932 GB A3MA 7 Hitachi HDS72101 9 Position Disk Power Management v Minute Apply 8 Hitachi HDS72101 9 i maranan a semn an 169 Disks Information Item _ __ Description _ _ _ _ _ Indicates disk location S M A R T Information On the Disk Information screen select a disk then click on Smart to list the S M A R T info of the associated disk Disk Information MY smart
172. s a direct attached storage over the LAN or Internet There is no easier way to expand the capacity of your current application servers All the storage needs can be centrally managed and deployed This brings ultimate flexibility to users To set up an iSCSI volume refer to Chapter 4 Storage Management gt iSCSI Superior Power Management Thecus IP storage supports schedule power on off With this feature administrator can set at what time to turn on or off the system This feature is a big plus for people who want to conserve energy Wake On LAN enables administrator to remotely turn on the system without even leaving their own seat To schedule system on and off refer to Chapter 4 System Management gt Scheduled Power On Off Package Contents N8900 N12000 N16000 Series N8800PRO V2 N4510U R The Thecus IP storage should contain the following common items System Unit x1 QIG Quick Installation Guide x1 CD Title Acronis backup CD amp Universal CD amp TwonkyMedia CD Ethernet Cable x1 Accessory bag x1 HDD Compatibility list Card x1 Multiple Languages Warranty Card x1 Power cord x2 N6850 N8850 N10850 N7700PRO V2 N5550 N4510U S N7510 The Thecus IP storage should contain the following common items System Unit x1 QIG Quick Installation Guide x1 CD Title Acronis backup CD amp Universal CD amp TwonkyMedia CD Ethernet Cable x1 Accessory bag x1 HDD Compatibility list Card x1 Multiple Languages Warranty Card
173. s healthy now Home gt System Information gt System Log Help Q My favorite l Shutdow System Log SA Info ah Warnings Ej Error Ta Downoad Al Log Fies Truncate All Log Files Number of lines per page 13 1 T Help 2012 06 05 17 23 30 PMS HA change to active get resoures 2012 06 05 17 23 04 PMS Healthy The RAID HA0 on system PMS ss healthy now 2012 06 05 17 14 39 PMS User admin logged in from 172 16 64 149 Til 114 At this time the virtual IP address will be mapped to the PMS system because it is in an active state HA Ready After both Primary and Secondary systems has rebooted the HA link status and the HA RAID volume can be seen from the HA status page Please note it will take 1 2 minutes to complete the primary and secondary servers role played If both servers are displayed as standby please wait for the systems to synchronize with each other Status etig Current role Standby PLEDGE ttt HA Network Status HA Network Status Primary Server Secondary Server Primary Server Secondary Server _ Heartbeat E a inna as H Ee EREI i interface WAH SLANT a ii Interface WAN LANI EF 172 16 56 25 P 172 16 65 24 From the HA Primary server PMA 172 16 66 25 it will denote the role of Active and for the PMS 172 16 66 24 it will show the role as Standby The HA RAID volume status can be found as shown in the screen shot below St
174. s how this task will appear in the task list Backup Type Real time It will backup folders files from source to target on the fly On the other hand any changes from the source will back up to the target right away Schedule The task will start only according to the schedule Sync Type Sync mode Makes your source match your target completely deleting and adding files on your target as they are deleted and added on your source Incremental Mode Makes your source match your target and keep all old files adding files on your target as they are added on your source but NOT deleting files on your target as they are deleted on your source Compress With this option compress the file data as it is sent to the destination machine which reduces the amount of data being transmitted something that is useful over a slow connection Enabling this will back up the source unit system configurations to the designed path on the target system Resume Partial File S O Try to handle sparse file efficiently so they take up less space on the destination configuration with associated folders files executed 143 Input the bandwidth control for data backup operation Timeout Limit Setup the timeout when trying to build up a connection in between the source and the target system Enable Schedule If backup is set as Schedule please input the related period and time After the required fields are filled and the parameters
175. se include without limitation loss of recorded data the cost of recovery of lost data lost profits and the cost of the installation or removal of any THECUS products the installation of replacement THECUS products and any inspection testing or redesign caused by any defect or by the repair or replacement of Products arising from a defect in any THECUS products Users can now register their Thecus NAS online Sumply go to the online registration page and enable the registration function The registration page states what system information will be kept in the archive Users will receive firmware upgrade and module release notice regularly E I agree Don t show this message next time 44 Following the disclaimer page you will see the Web Administration Interface From here you can configure and monitor virtually every aspect of the Thecus IP storage from anywhere on the network My Favorite The user interface with My Favorite shortcut allows the user to designate often used items and have them display on the main screen area The figure below displays system favorite functions N gio Iw Thegus Thecus Creator in Storage www thecus com os Home E System Information s g al General B Status P I ij System Log Dee S Onine Re gistration Tunes Server Share Folders RAID Management wed Syslog Management WD Mee SS system Management Dias A f Z 28 D 2
176. se refer the screen shot below Here the ISO file Thecus 01 wasn t assigned a mounting name so the system automatically created a folder Thecus 01 naswebsite wis N5S200 NEWUI 172 16 66 40 EG WEE WROD BYRBA IAM RAD Gt O 3 fF y 88 BRR m HAE 2 172 16 66 40 naswebsite B BEREARI a G ACS Gxxx CJ Adobe Acrobat 7 0 Pro Col AMCC D EANA ENON ii 9 IRERE RAA Gad AMD CJ Andy Private CJ Andy Weekly Report N5200 NEWUI 172 16 66 40 we Ret _ Theses Ol ace Tocos Te aa o ARH ii Br nor a RMBs G IRCP aah 92 Share Folder From the Storage menu choose Share Folders and the Shared Folder screen appears This screen allows you to create and configure folders on the Thecus IP storage volume g System Information Shared Folders Home gt Storage gt Share Folders Sf system Management G Adi peat amp Lag nes a System Network Foker name RAD ID Fie System Public Description r O iTunes _ musie RAD xis yes Storage JUSBCopy RAD xfs yes a Disk Information F g a g RAID Management LJUSBHDD RAD xis yes Used for exte J NAS Stacking JeSATAHDO RAD xfs yes Used fores E 4 150 Image Mounting J NAS Public RAD xfs yes al as Folders GI _NAS_Module_Source_ RAD xfs yes see de Selden m a Adding Folders On the Folder screen press the Add button and the Add Folder screen appears This screen allows you to add a folder After ente
177. sks RAID 5 can sustain one failed disk Two independent parity computations must be used in order to provide protection against double disk failure Two different algorithms are employed to achieve this purpose RAID 6 requires a minimum of 4 disks RAID 6 can sustain two failed disks RAID 10 has high reliability and high performance RAID 10 is implemented as a striped array whose segments are RAID 1 arrays It has the fault tolerance of RAID 1 and the performance of RAID 0 RAID 10 requires 4 disks RAID 10 can sustain two failed disks RAID 50 combines the straight block level striping of RAID O with the distributed parity of RAID 5 This is a RAID O array striped across RAID 5 elements It requires at least 6 drives RAID 60 combines the straight block level striping of RAID O with the distributed double parity of RAID 6 That is a RAID O array striped across RAID 6 elements It requires at least 8 disks If the administrator improperly removes a hard disk that should not be removed when RAID status is degraded all data will be lost On the RAID Information screen press the Edit button to go to the RAID Information screen Using Edit RAID you can select RAID ID and the Spare Disk RAID Management ik Create lt 3Global Hat Spare fae a T RAD ID RAT Laval Dees Tota Data E or A r me a File S Status Used Capacty Capacity afa Heakhy 1 2 2 4 2775 GE 7773 9 GB 77 Edit Dek No Capacty MB Madal S
178. ss ED 7Z 16 64 191 andy locahiSCst_tscstvsaz i 2 097 152 KB Other Places ig NESCODM File and Folder Tasks CD Make a new folder GD Putiih this folder to the Web 6 iSCSI Import click on iSCSI Import and screen appear as below It can be imported from two different storage pools folder to iSCSI or external device to iSCSI It is depend on where iSCSI volume has backup to Local Backup gt iSCSI Import b A RAD Folder gt RAD JN Y D Extemal Device gt RAID Let s take example to import RAID folder to iSCSI which is the iSCSI volume we have backup earlier to RAID volume folder andy_local than import to volume RAID 186 Local Backup gt iSCSI Import gt RAID Folder to RAID Folder Return to Parent Folder ud NAS_Publk e USBCopy _Module_Foker_ _NAS Moduk_ uf _NAS Picture_ andy_bal qo iTunes_music aje snapshot Reading the note and check on Accept for confirmation Local Backup gt Copy gt RAID Folder to External Device Announce To perform system backup the destination file in the same directory wil be overwritten or deleted please confirm before running backup Destination path name exists in a different set of tasks can lead to itse or other tasks to perform improperly Desbnabon or source of the system fies cannot be deleted otherwise it wl cause the task to run impro
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180. store system configuration from selected destination to source unit More details will describe in sections The data backup setup wizard appears as below click on Remote Backup Data Backup Wizard Remote Backup Backup to a remote WAS Local Backup Backup to folders devices f iSCSI targets on local MAS Amazon 3 mazon webservices Backup to Amazon 53 Service Then 3 different selections appear and can be chosen from Remote Backup Full Backup Automatically sync all data NOT including iSCSI folders in RAID to remote target folders not found on remote will be created to Master RAID Folders already exist on remote will be replaced Custom Backup Manually select folders NOT including iSCSI folders to backup iSCSI Backup Backup iSCSI folders ta remote target iSCSI target will be stop during backup task running Remote Data backup Item Description _ _ _ _ O O Full Backup The Full backup will have all shares from source backup to 141 destination It could also create shares automatically from destination if it is not existent This only applies if the target server is the same model as the source The Custom backup allows user to choose desired shares backup to destination The iSCSI backup can backup iSCSI volume as single file to destination Full Backup Click on full backup and the s
181. stripe size to maximize performance of sequential files in a storage volume Keep the 64K setting unless you require a special file storage layout in the storage volume A larger stripe size is better for large files Data Percentage The percentage of the RAID volume that will be used to store data Press this button to configure a file system and create the RAID 71 storage volume To create a RAID volume follow the steps below 1 On the RAID Information screen clicks create a 7 x t Disks List Copacky MB un 3 572 326 WD6000BKNG OK m ak 572 326 WD60008KHG OK E E t 5 572 326 WDGO00BKHG OK cal al 6 572 326 WD60008KHG OK Pr rl en ae Description Thee disks ist has Bsted installed hard dbk wih testatus aid umga AS e ae ay Se eS pere 2 Onthe RAID Configuration screen set the RAID storage space as JBOD RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 6 RAID 10 RAID 50 or RAID 60 depends on model see Appendix B RAID Basics for a detailed description of each Disks List Model Staus Led WOOOTTEKHG OK ea ry 372 326 WOSOTTEIHG OK a m d 372 326 WOOWEKHG OK al WA nA W A Fie disks it has kte naaid hord 03k wth ts satus and uspe Artoediey to the sebectedt dsi sh the yatai rd as the fofowing BOO RAD ORAD RAIDS N8900 N12000 N16000 Series supports multiple RAID modes and are capable of creating up to five RAID volumes within a single NAS system
182. swe amp soe amp swe se amp ses amp i os amp amp se see amp sew amp sew amp ew amp swe amp eee ew see se se se amp ewe swe amp owe see ses re n ewe se amp ewe e sew swe se see see see amp se amp se se amp swe amp swe oe n a e ee C see amp se amp see se amp see amp ewe amp see see ee amp see see i E a e soe swe amp se se amp swe see amp se see ss amp s 2e 2 re a o o u n E a e E ss Oe see se see amp soe amp ee ee see se e ee see see swe se se ses amp se amp see amp ee ee se amp Front Panel 1 Power LED e Solid blue System is power on 2 System LED e Solid orange system is being upgraded or system startup data currently inaccessible 3 WAN LAN1 LED e Solid green network link e Blinking green network activity 4 LAN2 LED e Solid green network link e Blinking green network activity 5 USB Copy LED 6 eSATA link LED 7 USB Port 8 Power Button 9 Up Button A 10 Down Button Y 11 Enter Button 12 Escape Button e Push to leave the current LCD menu ESC 13 LCD Display e Displays current system status and warning messages 14 HDD Trays e Seven 3 5 SATA HDD trays e Locks are provided for added security 16 NSSOOPRO V2 The Thecus N8800PRO V2 front panel has the device s controls indicators and hard disk trays Front Panel Item _ Descri
183. t Intel Graphics _v614105398_XP 1 gt N10850 gt LINAS Public RAID ext4 yes Pane 1 e mM 2 Copy click on Copy and this screen appears 3 different options can be selected folder to folder folder to external device or external device to folder 176 Local Backup gt Copy Folder to Folder Local Backup gt Copy gt RAID Folder to RAID Folder RAID Folder gt RAID Folder To select more than one folder to copy to a single destination fold RAID Folder gt External Device To select more than one folder to copy to a single external device External Device gt RAID Folder Choose external device to copy to a single folder Target Source RAID RAID60 Folder to external device Local Backup gt Copy gt RAID Folder to External Device 5 RAID RAID60 Target External device to Folder Local Backup gt Copy gt External Device to RAID Folder Source E Select A Generic_USB Target E Generic _USB RAID B RAID60 177 Let s take Folder to External device as an example In the source pane select the desired RAID volume and its associated folder list will appear same method in the target pane for the associated external device Local Backup gt Copy gt RAID Folder to External Device Source F Select All Retu
184. t gt My favorite CO Shutdown Logout LED system Information Batch User and Group Creation D system Management Please choose a file to upload ip System Network f Z Storage aa User and Group Authentication t ADS Support T Local User Configuration aa Local Group Configuration 2 Batch Input Fi user Quota Description Submit files containing user names passwords and group names separated by commas without any spaces each ine represents one user ex Student1 password1 student_group a Network Service 123 User Quota The Thecus IP storage support local or AD users with storage quota limitations in each RAID volume of the system To enable this function simply click Enable then apply User Quota Quota Support User Quota 5 Enable Disable 7 Apply Next each user can be setup a global storage quota size for each RAID volume Simply click on Quota Size for each user and input the desired capacity After the setup is complete please click on Apply to activate the user quota size Quota setting Local Users Local Users ih Search Narre Quota Size MB RAID RAJDI azza 1000 Disable Disable bbb 3000 Disable Disable Description Alease dek the had of Gutoa Sza to dhanaga the esr Guota The maximum record of user kt is 100 You can search name to Soo users in the Et User and Group Backup The user and group backup feature allow system
185. t be recoverable 94 NFS Share To allow NFS access to the share folder enable the NFS Service and then set up hosts with access rights by clicking Add Config NFS share x NFS3 Mount point raidG data _NAS NFS _Exports_ pm2 NFS4 Mount point pm2 Edt QRemove Host Name Priviege OS Support ID Mapping Sync Async Host Name zaman All host please set other host xxxvox xxx xxx host range Xxx xxx xxx 0K x Priviege Read Only Wrtable OS Support Unx Linux AX ID Mapping Guest system root account wil have full access to this share root root Guest system root account wil be mapped to anonymous user nobody nogroup on NAS Sync Async Sync Async NFS Share Item Description _ O Enter the name or IP address of the host Host has either read only or writeable access to the folder OS Support There are two selections available e Unix Linux System e AIX Allow source port gt 1024 Choose the one which best fits your needs ID Mapping There are three selections available e Guest system root account will have full access to this 95 share root root Guest system root account will be mapped to anonymous user nobody nogroup on NAS All user on guest system will be mapped to anonymous user nobody nogroup on NAS Choose the one which best fits your needs Sync Async Choose to determine the data Sync at once or Async in arranged batch
186. t can be restored in the same system or used in another unit For example let s restore the ACL backup file to another unit This unit has a RAID volume RAIDpm with share folders as listed on right hand screen shot 151 ACL Backup Restore i E Shared Folders ACL Service Backup Restore Raid Name RAIDpm x File Systemexfs Gadd peat Q Remove Upload Cfakepathifolder acl bin E Fokler name gt mm gt nne Recursive El Applies ACL to all contained sub folders as well May extend restoration time Qusbhdd gt Lo usbcopy Description gt E naswebsite Raid status must be healthy degraded aitunes music ACL restoration from a FS file system can only be applied to another ZFS file system Recursive ACL restoration does not apply to the USBHDD usbhdd folder gt EI _Module_Folder While the RAID partition is restoring backing up ACL its folders wil not be shown within the UL oT 7 ACL restoration backup cannot be applied to stacked folders I NAS Module Source gt Lipa gt pm After inputting the ACL backup file and clicking the Next button the system will show another screen to list the matched folders in between the backup file and this RAID volume Just select the desired folders for the ACL restore ACL Backup Restore Folder name _Module_Folder_ _NAS_Module_Source_ iTunes _music naswebsite nsyinec pml usbcopy usbhdd a AAAA SSE Notice The target RAID par
187. take the following precautions 1 Read and understand the Safety Warnings outlined in the beginning of the manual 2 If possible wear an anti static wrist strap during installation to prevent static discharge from damaging the sensitive electronic components on the Thecus IP storage 3 Be careful not to use magnetized screwdrivers around the Thecus IP storage s electronic components Cable Connections To connect the Thecus IP storage product to your network follow the steps below 1 Connect an Ethernet cable from your network to the WAN LAN1 port on the back panel of the Thecus IP storage 4N5550 WAN LAN1 port port A N6850 N8850 N10850 A N7700PRO V2 A N8 amp 800PRO V2 WAN LAN1 port WAN LAN1 port WAN LAN1 port 33 _ San E lii ok ___ 4 _ A N7700PRO V2 N7510 power socket A N8800PRO V2 power socket 34 A N5550 power socket A N4510U power socket 3 Press the power button on the Front Panel to boot up the Thecus IP storage LAN Error BUSY PWR gt c gt Locator ooooL_JL_Jouc Q A N12000 series N16000 series N8900 series power button J J U GJ C y dmm FEE cee CLE ELLE am 3 kift pI Ahi Y 1 ua ru AAJ INT ld A N6850 N8850 N10850 power button A N5550 power button 35 Thecus oe on E A NV al ee A N7700PRO V2 N7510 power A N8800PRO V2 power button button A N4510U power button 36 Chapter 3 First Time Se
188. tatus Usad Spare l of 2 326 WODOS000BRKHG OF of 2 3 20 WO6000BKHG OF 3 oF 2 deh WOGOQ0BKHG OK 4 572 326 WWDGO0DBRKHG DK I 5 MA MA MA 6 952 870 Hitachi HDS 2 OE i M A M A M A 8 M A M A MA N RAID Level JBOD RAID U RAID RAD 3 RAID E RADIO 10 PALL SU BALL OU Alow 0 9 a2 AZ E Master RAID Take affect after checked box Encryption O Password Allow 1 16 characters Confirm Password Quick Raid Enable this setting to enhance RAID creation time F there is no partition existed insida of hard disk Stipe Sme kKs Ww File System ka RAID Configuration 3 l All current active services will be stopped when operation is in progress Are you sure to update setting now No RAID Configuration x i RAID Infomation update Successfully Remove RAID Click to remove the RAID volume All user data and iSCSI created in the selected RAID volume will be deleted To remove a RAID volume follow the steps below 1 On the RAID List screen select the RAID volume by clicking on its radio button and click RAID Information to open the RAID Configuration screen 2 On the RAID Configuration screen click Remove RAID 3 A confirmation screen will appear you will have to click Yes to complete the Remove RAID operation 78 Hitachi HDS72 OX W A WJA NA N A o o m o o o o o o o o o o WARNING Remove RAID destroys all data in the selected
189. te http www thecus com 155 When you execute this utility for the first time it will ask you to create a DB file Click Yes 1 Click Add to create a Backup task The Add New Task dialog box will appear Add New Task Item Description O Z O O O Specifies a name for the current task If unchecked the backup will be a full backup Excluded extensions Files with these file name extensions will be skipped and not backed up to the destination Comments If you wish enter a comment here for your records 2 To schedule the task to run at regular intervals click on the Schedule icon for that task You can schedule the task to run Monthly or Weekly 3 To check the log for that task click on the Log icon for that task Thecus Backup Utility also supports MAC OS X Just copy the Thecus Backup Utility dmg to your MAC OS X machine and double click to execute it Windows XP Data Backup If you use Windows XP Professional you can also use the Windows Backup Utility Ntbackup exe to back up your files If you use Windows XP Home Edition follow these steps to install the utility 1 Insert the Windows XP CD into a drive and double click the CD icon in My Computer 2 When the Welcome to Microsoft Windows XP screen appears click Perform Additional Tasks 3 Click Browse this CD 4 In Windows Explorer navigate to ValueAdd gt Msft gt Ntbackup 5 Double click Ntbackup msi to install the backup util
190. ter to one of the USB ports preferably the rear USB ports front USB ports can be used for external HDD enclosures Go to Start gt Printers and Faxes Click on File gt Add Printer The Add Printer Wizard appears on your screen Click Next Select the A network printer or a printer attached to another computer option Select Connect to a printer on the Internet or on a home or office network and enter http Thecus IP storage IP ADDRESS 631 printers usb printer into the URL field Your Windows system will ask you to install drivers for your printer Select the correct driver for your printer Your Windows system will ask you if you want to set this printer as Default Printer Select Yes and all your print jobs will be submitted to this printer by default Click Next Click Finish e Note that if a multi function all in one printer is attached to the Thecus IP Storage usually only the printing and fax functions will work Other features such as scanning will probably not function Windows Vista To set up the Printer Server in Windows Vista follow the steps below 1 Open Printer Folder from the Control Panel e go B gt Control Panel gt gt 2 Control Panel Home ar P P PER System and Maintenance User Accounts and Family Safety assic View Get started with Windows Set up parental controls for any user Back up your computer Add or remove user accounts Secur
191. the setting for the system share folder associated with the ACL permission is If Public is set to Yes all users will be able to access it and ACL button will be grayed out If Public is set to No the ACL button will be available in the Stack Target List window Add iSCSI Target Add Stack Target Enable SCSI w Enable Disable Target Stackable Target 172 16 65 143 IP ign ign 20l 1 1 L com ihaus RAID ises70 vel pmdata a5 Usenmame Password Stacked Target Lmt 099 anz Name Browseable yes no Public ia ng Stackable will mount the first LUN of the iSCSI target if it has more than one LUN Apply Click Apply to save your changes B Activate a Stack Target After your settings have been applied the system will bring you back to the Stack Target List window as shown below There is one stack target device that has been attached into this stack master 87 Stacking Target List Local Initiator ION i n 2007 08 com thecus stackable server 0014fd14ib28 Gadd 3edt GRemove pFomat F t g Stacked Target Name P Capacity Used Total Status Description LJ stacki 172 16 66 24 NIA Unknown file s Success x 1 You have successfully formatted stack folder iscsi qn ign 2071 11 cor With this newly attached stack target device you will see the information displayed and also have access to several options to choose from In general if the attached stack target device has been
192. their RAID volume You can access RAID settings from the menu bar of the Web Administration Interface by navigating to Storage Management gt RAID Management For more information on configuring RAID see Chapter 4 Storage gt RAID Management Don t know which RAID level to use Find out more about the different RAID levels from Appendix B RAID Basics Step 3 Create Local Users or Setup Authentication Once the RAID is ready you can begin to create local users for Thecus IP storage or choose to setup authentication protocols such as Active Directory AD For more on managing users go to Chapter 4 User and Group Authentication For more information on configuring Active Directory see Chapter 4 User and Group Authentication gt ADS Support For information about the benefits of Active Directory see Appendix D Active Directory Basics Step 4 Create Folders and Set Up ACLs Once users are introduced into your network you can begin to create various folders on the Thecus IP storage and control user access to each using Folder Access Control Lists More information on managing folders see Chapter 4 Storage Management gt Share Folder 42 To find out about configuring Folder Access Control Lists see Chapter 4 Storage Management gt Share Folder gt Folder Access Control List ACL Step 5 Start Services Finally you can start to setup the different services of Thecus IP storage for the users on your netw
193. this License along with the Program You may charge a fee for the physical act of transferring a copy and you may at your option offer warranty protection in exchange for a fee 2 You may modify your copy or copies of the Program or any portion of it thus forming a work based on the Program and copy and distribute such modifications or work under the terms of Section 1 above provided that you also meet all of these conditions a You must cause the modified files to carry prominent notices stating that you changed the files and the date of any change b You must cause any work that you distribute or publish that in whole or in part contains or is derived from the Program or any part thereof to be licensed as a whole at no charge to all third parties under the terms of this License c Ifthe modified program normally reads commands interactively when run you must cause it when started running for such interactive use in the most ordinary way to print or display an announcement including an appropriate 198 copyright notice and a notice that there is no warranty or else saying that you provide a warranty and that users may redistribute the program under these conditions and telling the user how to view a copy of this License Exception if the Program itself is interactive but does not normally print such an announcement your work based on the Program is not required to print an announcement These requirements apply to t
194. tition amp not the orginal RAID partion Restore e The ACL backup will only back to share folder level it does not apply to its sub layer e The ACL backup restore can be used among ext3 ext4 XFS file system ZFS can only be used with other RAID volume with ZFS file system created e If recursive has been checked during the ACL restoration it will apply to all of its sub folders with the same permission Data Burn The data burn is featured to support 3 different modes of data burning for files folders to and from image file and physical optical disk The 3 different modes are Write Files folders to disc Write image to disk and Write files folders to image 152 Home gt Backup gt Data Bum i System information ull Add data to start burning process een Wan Se system Managerment is System Network f aa User and Group Authentication y Network Semice E Application Serwer Fy Backup ff OOM Backup t Rsync Target Server Reyne ACL Backup Restore Wi Data Bum KA Add Eit Gp Hara i amp New DEC Total size ONGC ft External Devices i T 1 Write Files folders to disc Home gt Backup gt Data Burn Woe coe Wed i Adi write file folders to disc process GD Add sepcdit Remove Q Remove A Name a9 2 New Disc ah eee i 2 CJ USBHDD 3 2 _NAS_Module_Source_ JEJ _NAS Picture_ C
195. to the factory default values 166 Problems with Time and Date Settings The administrator is able to select an NTP Server to keep Thecus IP storage time synchronized However if Thecus IP storage cannot access the Internet you may encounter a problem when setting the Time and Time Zone If this happens 1 Login to the Web Administration Interface 2 Navigate to System Management gt Time 3 Under NTP Server select No 4 Set the Date Time and Time Zone 5 Click Apply In addition if the Thecus IP storage is able to access the Internet and you want to keep the NTP Server clock isc org by default please make sure the DNS Server is correctly entered thereby allowing the NTP Server name to correctly resolve See System Network gt WAN LANI1 gt DNS Server Dual DOM Supports for Dual Protection N12000 series N16000 series N8900 series only The most advance and useful feature on the Thecus IP storage depend on models is the implemented Dual DOM Under normal circumstances there is no need to have this feature involved But some unpredictable problems like power cut or human error can occur by accident especially during system booting stage the Dual Dom will become the best feature to prevent system down time Practically while it happened system will try to recover the DOM 1 from DOM 2 first If it is unachievable then the system can boot from DOM 2 And all of these procedures can be operated through the OLED Th
196. tup Overview Once the hardware is installed physically connected to your network and powered on you can configure the Thecus IP storage so that it is accessible to your network users There are two ways to set up your Thecus IP storage using the Thecus Setup Wizard or the LCD display Follow the steps below for initial software setup Thecus Setup Wizard The handy Thecus Setup Wizard makes configuring Thecus IP storage a snap To configure the Thecus IP storage using the Setup Wizard perform the following steps 1 Insert the installation CD into your CD ROM drive the host PC must be connected to the network 2 The Setup Wizard should launch automatically If not please browse your CD ROM drive and double click on Setup exe Thecus IP Storage Appliance For MAC OS X users double click on Thecus Setup Wizard dmg file 3 The Setup Wizard will start and automatically detect all Thecus storage devices on your network If none are found please check your connection 4 pein Device Discovery iscovery No Host Name 3 Login System Network Configuration Change Password 2 Complete 4 Select the Thecus IP storage that you like to configure 5 Login with the administrator account and password The default account and password are both admin 37 Name your Thecus IP storage and configure the network IP address If your switch or router is configured as a DHCP Server configuring t
197. u in case of any system malfunction Press Apply to confirm all settings See following table for a detailed description of each item Pe Home gt System Management gt Notifications LL system Information f Notification Configuration 3 system Management Beep Notification Enable Disable T ai ae 5 i Email Notification Enable Disable Notifications Nane Opgiads Authorization Type w 1 Scheduled On Off Port Administrator Password SMTP Server tie Config Mgmt SMTP Account ID a Factory Default Reboot amp Shutdown Account Password J nay Fie Syam Cherk z Log Level E System Network Sender s E mail Address E Storage eee i o Recpient s E mail Address 1 aa User and Group Authentication Recipient s E mail Address 2 Redpient 5 E mail Address 3 g Recipient s E mail Address 4 Apply r E External Devices a Network Service 78 Application Server Notification Configuration occurs Address Address 1 2 3 4 notifications Consult with your mail server administrator for email server information Firmware Upgrade From the menu choose the Firmware Upgrade item and the Firmware Upgrade screen appears UE system Information Firmware Upgrade Firmware stlect a irmraare file j iy Date and Time a ab m Tahi P E gt Notifications Wi Follow the steps below t
198. ue to security concerns you may wish to disable SMB CIFS as a precaution against computer viruses File Access Cache File Access Cache is default Enable This option will help to increase the performance while single client access share folder in writing under SMB CIFS protocol Samba Anonymous Login Authentication To enable this option no matter there is share folder has been created in public access The user account and password is needed from system to access under SMB CIFS protocol On the other hand no more anonymous login is allowed Samba is Native mode The Thecus IP storage is supported Samba mode options In the ADS environment with Native mode selected then Thecus IP storage is capable to become local master position Optimize Block Size This function controls the behavior of Samba when reporting available disk space This function was added to allow advanced administrators to increase block size to increase write performance without re compiling the code Disabled 4k Enabled 256k Server Signing This is setting while Samba server has been used in US of FDCC If the system has used only in Windows environment choose Mandatory otherwise Auto 126 Samba CIFS Options for Mac OS X UNIX Extensions Enable Disable UNIX Extension The default is enable for Samba usage with situation using Mac OSX with smb connection may have permission issue When it happened please setup UNIX
199. uk Reboot amp Shutdown Tuesday Power Off i Power On 14 30 Bey Fie Sy em Chere 2 i y 1 a iF No EY he N a a i hi I i o System Network Wednesday one aM one 00 00 z 4 Storage Th uraday ar O ka FIK aa User and Group Authentication Friday s wit jo r 00 00 recone mg pene a Network Service Saturday Nene 00 OD Nowe 00 00 E Applicaton Server i Backup Apply g C External Devices Example Monday On 8 00 Off 16 00 System will turn on at 8 00 AM on Monday and off at 16 00 on Monday System will turn on for the rest of the week If you choose an on time but do not assign an off time the system will turn on and remain on until a scheduled off time is reached or if the unit is shutdown manually Example Monday On 8 00 System will turn on at 8 00 AM on Monday and will not shut down unless powered down manually You may also choose two on times or two off times on a particular day and the system will act accordingly Example Monday Off 8 00 Off 16 00 System will turn off at 8 00 AM on Monday System will turn off at 16 00 PM on Monday if it was on If the system was already off at 16 00 PM on Monday system will stay off 57 Administrator Password From the menu choose the Administrator Password item and the Change Administrator Password screen appears Enter a new password in the New Password box and confirm your new password in the Confirm Password box
200. ur iTunes client software directly The following section shows you how 135 iTunes Server With the built in iTunes server capability Thecus IP storage enables digital music to be shared and played anywhere on the network From the Network menu choose the iTunes item and the iTunes Configuration screen appears You may enable or disable the iTunes Service from here Once enabled enter the proper information for each field and press Apply to Save your changes System Information Tunes Configuration H system Management J iTunes Service Enable Disable zl 4 E System Network iTunes Server Name Password Be storage aa User and Group Authentication s Rescan Interval id ae Network Service MP3 Tag Character Set w a Application Server pee H iTunes Serwer WF Module instalation Aff Auto Module Instaletion See the following table for a detailed description of each field iTunes Configuration Item Description lt O lt O O O O ID3 tags will be sent out in UTF 8 format Once the iTunes service is enabled Thecus IP storage will make all music located in the Music folder available for iTunes equipped computers on the network Module Installation From the login page other than admin web disk and Piczza Photo server the module icon is a newly added feature for this FW release After a module has been installed a new option will be
201. us Creator In Storage l User Name System Informaton Al Syste shahidi User ID x Syster Managemer t Password Fa System Network Confirm Password ES Storage i Group Members aaa User and Group Autt api a GroupID Group Name r Ans 102 users gm LOCE et iicar ve GOUD Edit Users Local User Setting Menu Group List GroupID Group Name 140 t5 1 Select an existing user from the Local User Configuration screen 2 Click on the Edit button and the Local User Setting screen appears 3 From here you can enter a new password and re enter to confirm or use the lt lt or gt gt buttons to have this user join or leave a group Click the Apply button to save your changes Edit A Local User Setting User Name User ID Password ooooooooooooo Confirm Password eeeccecceoces Group Members GroupID Group Name 102 users Apply Remove Users Group List Search GroupID Group Name 1 Select an existing user from the Local User Configuration screen 2 Click on Remove button and the user is deleted from the system 120 Home gt User and Group Authentication gt Local User Configuratii Help my favorite Shutdown Logout Local User Configuration go Add ff Edt G Remove User ID User Name 1000 andy Lo al User Setting 2 Do you want to delete this user cs rr J j r Tt on mg 1 Pae 1 afl a Displaying topics l 2 Local Gr
202. uter or router or router Ni2000 The N1i2000 rear panel features ports and connectors 050501610 0 0 6 6 Sesesesesesecesetese aaasta eters atat x r tS PG stats eee 5 oR 1 of Back Panel Item Description O Z o O o 4 USB Port e USB 2 0 port for compatible USB devices such as USB disks and USB printers 21 5 USB Port e USB 3 0 port for compatible USB devices 6 WAN LAN1 Port e WAN LAN1 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router 7 LAN2 Port e LAN2 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router 8 LAN3 Port e LAN3 port for HA connecting N12000V Ni2000PRO N12000V N12000PRO rear panel features ports and connectors 9 101112 Back Panel tem _ Description O Z OZO O O O USB printers 6 WAN LAN1 Port e WAN LAN1 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router 7 LAN2 Port e LAN2 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router e For Video Audio out e Microphone input 22 Ni16000 The N16000 rear panel features ports and connectors ican eo 2 0 8 of Pet e e e seetesssesasesenneetenss aeeenesses opeet ot otetst etetea etat ofatetate 2 8 0 0 ee Cee tts eee 8 oahs sal DA D e Ul Back Panel Item Description O Z O O o O 4 USB Port e USB 2 0 port for co
203. warranty period and under normal usage Thecus Technology Corporation is not responsible for any damage or loss of data deemed to be caused by its products It is highly recommended that users conduct necessary back up practices Check the functions that are available on your particular Thecus NAS model at http www Thecus com Safety Warnings For your safety please read and follow the following safety warnings A A gt Read this manual thoroughly before attempting to set up your Thecus IP storage Your Thecus IP storage is a complicated electronic device DO NOT attempt to repair it under any circumstances In the case of malfunction turn off the power immediately and have it repaired at a qualified service center Contact your vendor for details DO NOT allow anything to rest on the power cord and DO NOT place the power cord in an area where it can be stepped on Carefully place connecting cables to avoid stepping or tripping on them Your Thecus IP storage can operate normally under temperatures between 5 C and 40 C with relative humidity of 20 85 Using Thecus IP storage under extreme environmental conditions could damage the unit Ensure that the Thecus IP storage is provided with the correct supply voltage AC 100V 240V 50 60 Hz 3A Plugging the Thecus IP storage to an incorrect power source could damage the unit Do NOT expose Thecus IP storage to dampness dust or corrosive liquids Do NOT place Thecus
204. while testing the surface all bad blocks are hidden in reallocated sectors However the more sectors that are reallocated the more a decrease up to 10 or more can be noticed in disk read write speeds Current Pending Current count of unstable sectors waiting for remapping The Sector raw value of this attribute indicates the total number of sectors waiting for remapping Later when some of these sectors are read successfully the value is decreased If errors still occur when reading sectors the hard drive will try to restore the data transfer it to the reserved disk area Spare area and mark this sector as remapped If this attribute value remains at zero it indicates that the quality of the corresponding surface area is low Test Type Set short or long time to test Test Result Result of the test Total time of the test If the Reallocated Sector Count gt 32 or the Current Pending Sector of a hard disk drive gt 0 the status of the disk will show Warning This warning is only used to alert the system administrator that there are bad sectors on the disk and they should replace those disks as soon as possible Bad Block Scan On the Disk Information screen select a disk then click on Detect Bad Block to perform bad block scan of the associated disk The result is only for reference and the system will not take any action from its results Disk Information Yf smart P Detect Bad Block Dis
205. y the same as the system folder that you may have setup previously ACL setting x V Recursive eeej Name users andy Local Groups Local Users AD Groups AD Users E Reconnect a Stack Target This is used to enable stack target devices that may have been disconnected due to a power outage or a disconnected network When this happens the Reconnect button will become available To attempt to reconnect the stack target click Reconnect Stacking Target List Local Initiator ION ign 2007 08 com thecus stackable server 0014fd14b28 Stacked Target Name P Capacity Used Total Status Description qn J stacki 172 16 66 24 WA Disable i9n 2011 11 co 89 0 1GB Disable iqn 2009 05 coi Success x 1 You have successfully reconnect to the stack folder iscsi ISO Mount The ISO Mount feature is a very useful tool from the Thecus products With it users can mount an ISO file and have the export name display all the details from the mounted ISO file From the main menu the ISO Mount feature is located under Storage Please refer the figure below for reference Select the ISO Image Mounting function and the ISO Image Mounting window will appear as shown here s o Home gt Storage gt IS Image Mounting Help Oemy favorite Shutdown Logout A system Information 150 Image Mounting 7 System Management p Fy System Network g gS Storage C Mounted Path ISO Path ISO Sze
206. ypted WARNING key There is no way to rescue data back if the key is lost With RAID volume encryption enabled the system performance will go down RAID volumes with encryption enabled will be displayed with a key lock symbol next to volume ID name RAID Invtormnainar Gp ese ped Ep doba Hot Spare Maste RAID Disks Toia Dats RAID ID jae Fie Syst Status Used Capacity Capadty O xfs Healthy 6 1208 409 GE 6 Quick RAID Enabled the quick RAID setting is going to enhance RAID creation time RAID ID RADO Master RAID Take effect after checked box Encryption Password We recommend using the Quick RAID setting only if the hard disks are brand new or if no existing partitions are contained 7 Specify a stripe size 64K is the default setting 8 Selected the file system you would like to have for this RAID volume The selection is available from ext3 XFS and ext4 RAID Volume Creation x 3 sn Stipe SzelkBk amp y Fte Systeme EXT s Data Percentage ETI i EXTS XFS Design Select stipa sze F aopiradk and ie systern Type for RAID yolirne created Pus Single volume size supported ext3 gt 8TB XFS gt 48TB ext4 gt 36TB 9 Press Submit to build the RAID storage volume Field Dees Let RAID Level RAD ID Harter RAID Eneryptien Quick Raid Stipe See Ke Fie System Data Percentage 10 Press Yes for RAID volume creation preparation T

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