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1. O Remowe RAID If the file system is corrupted beyond repair you may have to remove RAID and recreate the file system 90 Chapter 8 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 M3800 s LCD panel or by using the setup wizard to retrieve the IP of your M3800 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 M3800 which you have forgotten in the Device Discovery screen Resetting NAS IP Address and Admin Password In case you changed the M3800 IP address and then forgot it or forgot the administration password follow the steps below to reset to default settings 1 Power on the M3800 and immediately press the Reset button for 5 seconds The reset button is near the LAN connector 2 This resets the M3800 to its default IP address and password settings Default IP 192 168 1 100 for WAN and 192 168 2 254 for LAN Default admin password admin Jumbo Frame support disabled 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
2. Torrent File GADacurents and Setting woman EI Min Peet Count EE pun Download Bandai kes Max Upload Bandai MEM SD ewe Destination Foldet 4 Next you can select the maximum and minimum number of peers from selecting the counts from the appropriate dropdowns Torrent File CADocumenta and Setting Browse Destination Folder Max Download Bandwidth KBis Max Upload Bandwidth 1024 Kile 60 5 Next you can set the maximum download and upload bandwidths from the dropdowns below nee EIA CAE RNA Status cw Storage v Network Accounts System v Language Torrent File C Documents and Setting Drowse Destination Folder Oowrlosd Manager Max Peer Count A Min Peer Count D Max Download Bandwidth 1024 w KBis Max Upload Bandwidth 1024 Kile Apply Cancel 6 Press Apply to add the task 7 Once added your download will appear in the list of download tasks To start the download simply click the Start icon and the download will begin me os lt rejeti t T m I Jd mT PASE icd nj dici Staus v Storage v Network Accoums System Language Download Tasks Task lype RMB s Status Percentage 0 00 O Zod dvd 1386 torrent aT a Size 0 00MB 3 361 9M8 SeedPeer 0 O Task type BT Add Task Enable Refresh Download Schedule Scheduler Enable Disable E Daly Weekly Start Hour Minute End Hour Minute Apply 61 8
3. Minute Specify the start day hour minute for the download task End Day Hour Minute Specify the end day hour minute for the download task 62 To schedule downloads follow these steps 1 Under Download Schedule set Scheduler to Enable 22 P z rms AS in tuli Salas Sterage helwork Accomls System Language Download Tasks Task Type WKateillt Salis Task Type HTTP Add Task Enable Refresh Download Schedule 1 T DIED Heur D Minule 0 e Heur D Minyie 2 To schedule a daily download period select Daily and select a start time and end time To schedule a weekly download period select Weekly and select a start day time and end time day am E i FERT rms DS EMP LES Sales Sterage Helwork Acoomls System Language Download Tasks Task Type WKateill Salus Task Type HTTP Add Task Enable Refresh Download Schedule Scheduler Enable O Disablo E Daly C Weebly ar i MeurlD Minule D w End mia Hout Minute Apply 3 Click Apply to save your changes If the Download Scheduler is enabled ALL download tasks will adhere to the NOTE designated schedule 63 Web Cam Server With the Web Cam Server you can schedule the N3200PRO to capture images with a connected USB webcam To configure the Web Cam Server go to Status choose the Web Camera option and the Web Camera window appears Item Descri
4. To set up the Printer Server refer to Chapter 5 Additional Feature Setup gt Printer Server Superior Power Management M3800 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 To schedule system on and off refer to Chapter 4 System Management System Settings Reboot and Shutdown System Scheduled Power On Off Package Contents Your M3800 package should contain the following items Thecus M3800 IP Storage Appliance QIG CD Title Ethernet Cable Hard drive rails located behind front panel Remote Control AV cable x 2 Please check to see if your package is complete If you find that some items are missing contact your dealer Front Panel The Thecus M3800 s front panel has the device s controls indicators and hard disk trays Thecus USB Port WAN HDDi HDD2 Hops es HDD 1 LED HDD 2 LED HDD 3 LED Description e Solid blue system is OSD on e Solid green network link e Blinking orange network activit e Solid green network link e Blinking orange network activity e Solid red HDD failure e Blinking orange HDD activity e Solid red HDD failure e Blinking orange HDD activity e Solid red HDD failure e Blinking orange HDD activity e USB 2 0 port for compatible USB devices such as digital ca
5. Click on the link to install the Publishing Wizard XP Web Publishing Wizard Client WebDisk This function allows to use Windows XP web publishing wizard with M3800 What is required Music E a Windows XP in order to have the wizard How to install on client side gt Gris ing a Right click o Select save target as Save the file on your hard drive When saving the file check that the proposed file nam PPublish reg When downloaded double click on the file in order to register your server with the web publishing wizard Logout How to publish a In Windows Explorer select some files and click on Publish xxx on the web in the left pane Change When itis completed check your gallery to see if pictures have been properly added Password 76 3 Windows XP will ask whether you want to run or save this file Click Run File Download Security Warning Do you want to run or save this file Mame xPPublish reg Type Registration Entries 377 bytes From 172 16 66 158 While files from the Internet can be useful this File type can potentially harm pour computer IF you do nat trust the source do not run or save this software what s the risk 4 Once the Wizard is installed use the Windows file manager to browse the folder that contains the picture you want to publish On the left pane there will be an icon labeled Publish this folder to the Web De OC Yew Farates To teh Qs A 3 Seah gt tudea F
6. See Network gt WAN gt DNS Server 92 Appendix A Product Specifications Hardware Specifications WAN LAN WLAN HDD Bays HDD Support USB Ports eSATA PCI Interface IR Receiver LCD Module System LED Display l x Power LED 2 x Network Link Activity LED 3 x Hard Drive Power Activity LED Power Supply AC 100 240V 50 60Hz Auto detection Certifications Software Specifications Network Configuration Fixed IP address Dynamic IP address PPPoE DDNS Network File Protocols Microsoft Networks CIFS SMB Apple Filing Protocol AFP 3 Network File System NFS v3 File Transfer Protocol FTP Hyper Text Transfer Protocol HTTP Secure Hyper Text Transfer Protocol HTTPs Network Client Type Microsoft Windows NT 2000 XP 2003 Vista Unix Linux BSD MAC OS X 9 8 6 DHCP Server Assigns IP addresses on LAN WLAN ports Disk Management RAID RAID O 1 5 and JBOD Auto rebuild Hot swappable Power Management Disk idle spin down Disk Status Monitoring Disk status monitoring S M A R T Multimedia Support Media Server Works with DLNA certifies players Supported file types RMP WPL PLS M3U ASX WAV PNG BMP AVI WMV WMA LPCM JPEG iTunes Server Photo Web Server Supported File Types GIF JPG JPEG BMP PNG Supports EXIF display Supports slide show Web Cam Server Supports image capture preview schedule Supported image sizes 160x120 320x240 640x480 Authentication Local User Account Microsoft NT Domain
7. ca To configure your RAID settings press the Config button to go to the RAID Configuration screen 26 RAID Information Item Descriptin RAID Level Shows the current RAID configuration Total Capacity Total capacity of the current RAI D Degraded or Damaged Remaining Time RAID Configuration On the RAID List screen press the RAI D meca E ance Config button to go to the RAID ia e TT Configuration screen n addition to RAID disk information and status this screen lets CS you make RAID configuration settings mU For more information on RAID see en ee ran Appendix C RAID Basics a ES WDE WoY6DOAALS 0 Cancel ATA RAID Level You can set the storage volume as JBOD RAID 0 RAID 1 or RAID 5 RAID configuration is usually required only when you first set up the device A brief description of each RAID setting follows RAID Levels The storage volume is a single HDD with no RAID support JBOD requires a minimum of 1 disk Provides data striping but no redundancy Improves performance but not data safety RAID O requires a minimum of 2 disks Offers disk mirroring Provides twice the read rate of single disks but same write rate RAID 1 requires a minimum of 2 disks Data striping and stripe error correction information provided Excellent performance and good fault tolerance RAID 5 requires a minimum of 3 disks RAID 5 can sustain one failed di
8. perform the following steps 1 Insert the installation CD into your CD ROM drive the host PC must be connected to the network The Setup Wizard should launch automatically If not please browse your CD ROM drive and double click on Setup exe Thecus IP Storage Appliance NOTE For MAC OS X users double click on Thecus Setup Wizard 1 1 99 dmg The Setup Wizard will start and automatically detect all Thecus storage devices on your network If none are found please check your connection and refer to Chapter 8 Troubleshooting for assistance Thecus Setup Wizard r Device Discovery Login System Y Network Configuration Enable Service Hard Disks Setup Change Password 4 Complete Select the M3800 that you like to configure Press Next to continue 14 5 Login with the administrator account and password The default account and password are both admin Press Next to continue Thecus Setup Wizard IP Storage Appliance Login System A Device Discovery Login System A Network Configuration 4 Enable Service Hard Disks Setup 44 Change Password 49 Complete 6 Name your M3800 and configure the network IP address If your switch or router is configured as a DHCP Server configuring the M3800 to automatically obtain an IP address is recommended You may also use a static IP address and enter the DNS Server address manually Press Next to c
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10. Cr VERUEA Lona cord 96 CIC ETICRSOOIIICOITO III LI II CIIM TEN T 96 Improved Performan CE iii A AAA PRETI 96 Data Secu T cC 96 RAI DD ET c ia 96 BALD NN 96 RAPD cp PEE RNC 97 MIDE PP 97 IBOD arioso tee tat bane rer lad ae Gab eduiaieenan E a e eis 97 SUIDE SIZO A A 97 Disk USAGE po 97 Appendix D Active Directory Basics eere nnn 98 i IR dle Im 98 Whatis Active Directory 1 io ove A weols cw aa 98 ADS BeneflES oco ex ox in id REUERESRREEERE 98 Appendix E Licensing I nformation creen nnn 99 OVETVIEW c 99 Source Code AVallaDHIby uas da uds nosler us a aedi A 99 CGIC License Terms ioesesinsukE a RSEN HM Ea a EN aaan sa aaa 100 GNU General Public LICense oo iesus vena asa a ssa vaca xa Ea a na REN FER ER eens 100 Chapter 1 Introduction Overview Thank you for choosing the Thecus M3800 IP Storage Appliance The Thecus M3800 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 3 Terabytes of storage is available Gigabit Ethernet ports enhance network efficiency allowing the M3800 to take over file management functions increase application and data sharing and provide faster data response The M3800 lets you hot swap working hard drives securing the continuity of data in the event of hardware failu
11. VO a AN 64 Web Calm Prev Wisin a 64 Adding a Web Cam Schedule ooocccccccccccccccccnccnncnc rn enn meh nnn 65 Printer Server sss A AE 67 MWILDdONS XP OR 67 WINGOWS VIS taste ats eatin dte debba it 69 Chapter 6 Using the M3800 uu 72 OVervVIe Wa 72 LOGIN Page uiisesetrieureeuressosswos eSuEguuaeScesweseSusREu sa EuERVea SSCERPURSSQERERR SEVERE FRE SaEE 72 Web User lnterTace imss cia 72 Using WebDISK cnc 73 Using MUSIC SO Ve Panini acordo ai Ii EIA IIA AI AAA A sh zens 74 Adang MUSIC RUGS rs 74 Playing MUSIC FIG Sra ai 74 Using Photo Gallery ici e Aena 75 Managing AIbums angd POLOS naa da 75 Creabing AIDU erstridden er AE a a Err A R i 75 Password Protecting AlbUMS cccccoccoccccccncncncccnnnrcnnnn cnn nr rr 75 Uploading Pictures to AIDUFIIS siis ver a aa cha acie TA ded vd ea 76 Windows XP Publishing Wizard sI Hmmm 76 EXIFENIO ON ER EU NU 81 Slide NO WSas ANA 81 Mapping a Client PC to the M3800 ssssnsnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 82 Vau gere ce DE 82 APP OS ani a 82 Ele Back ao 84 THECUS Backup UI sa 84 WINAOWS AP Data BICKUD o a 85 Apple OS X Backup Utililies oocccooccccccccccnnccccarcnnnn Hmm 85 Chapter 7 Tips and TFEICKS osi ERR S GR CON ICA RAE CER RR CREAR 86 USB and eSATA Storage Expansion eeeeee 86 Adding a Spare DISK ici 86 Remote Administration b we RR e ROC RERO OE ERE EE VC RR 86 PartI Setup a Dy
12. address i e xxx example com check Enable Wildcard and create a password i e xxxx 4 Wait for an email from www dyndns org 5 Open the email and click on the link to activate your account Part Il Enable DDNS on the Router 1 Go to the router setup screen and select IP Config gt Miscellaneous DDNS Setting from your Home PC c p o0oonoo 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 Key xxxx Host Name www M3800 dyndns org Enable wildcard Select Yes Update Manually Click Update Part Ill Setting up Virtual Servers HTTPS 1 Navigate to NAT Setting gt Virtual Server 2 For Enable Virtual Server select Yes 3 PNE the HTTPS Server MaN OTW Well Known Applications Select User Defined Local IP Enter 192 168 1 100 Port Range 443 the default HTTPS port setting on the M3800 Protocol select TCP Click Add Click Apply 4 Test the HTTPS connection from another computer on the Internet a b From a remote computer open your browser and enter https www M3800 dyndns org You should see the login page of M3800 Firewall Software Configuration If you are using a software firewall i e Norton Internet Security and are having trouble connecting to the M3800 you can try the following steps l Double click the NIS icon on system tray and
13. below Windows Networking SMB CI FS iTunes Server Apple File Protocol AFP Media Server Network File System NFS Web Cam Server File Transfer Protocol FTP Printer Server 20 Chapter 4 System Management Overview The M3800 provides an easily accessible Web Administration Interface With it you can configure and monitor the M3800 anywhere on the network Web Administration Interface Make sure your network is connected to the Internet To access the M3800 Web Administration I nterface 1 Type the M3800 s IP address into your browser Default IP address is https 192 16851 100 d y gos p 5 gt an H ae 2 A a pe eae MF io M Thecus M3800 IP Storage Appliance Thecus Techesiogs Corporativa Login MASHI Username Password 2 Login to the system using the administrator user name and password The factory defaults are User Name admin Password admin If you changed your password in the setup wizard use the new password Once you are logged in as an administrator you will see the Web Administration I nterface From here you can configure and monitor virtually every aspect of the M3800 from anywhere on the network 21 Menu Bar The Menu Bar is where you will find all of the information screens and system settings of the M3800 The various settings are placed in the following groups on the menu bar Thecus Status w Storage w Network Accounts
14. configure the M3800 AD Domain Example Work Group Domain Thecus Name Administrator ded qd ELAS Password Confirm Password The DNS server specified in the WAN configuration page should be able to correctly resolve the ADS server name The time zone setting between M3800 and ADS should be identical The system time difference between M3800 and ADS should be less than five minutes The Administrator Password field is for the password of ADS Active Directory Server not the M3800 41 System Settings The System menu gives you a wealth of settings that you can use to configure your M3800 s system administration functions You can set up system notifications view system logs and even upgrade firmware from this menu System Notifications From the System menu choose the a Notification item and the Notification Configuration screen appears This screen lets you have the M3800 notify you in case E EE of any system malfunction Press Apply to cut sever MM en M confirm all settings See following table for a neni detailed description of each item a Consult with your mail server ender s s N OTE administrator for email server Becerra tata negroes information Notification Configuration Item Description gt Beep Notification Enable or disable the system beeper that beeps when a problem occurs Email Notification Enable or
15. group name from the list 2 Press Delete to delete the group from the system ADS NT Configuration If you have a Windows Active Directory necs Server ADS or Windows NT server to Wales Storage Mete Accounts Syatam Langusgs handle the domain security in your network you can simply enable the ADS NT support feature the M3800 will connect with the ADS NT server and get all the information of Worn GreuprDomarm name Workgroup the domain users and groups automatically et From the Accounts menu choose e RR Authentication item and the ADS NT acu NENNEN Support screen appears You can to change El any of these items and press Apply to MQ confirm your settings A description of each item follows 40 ADS NT Support Item i Description A0 WINS Server Specifies the WINS server if necessary Specifies the SMB CIFS Work Group ADS Domain Name e g Name M3800 Directory Server or Windows NT Authentication Method Select ADS for Windows Active Directory Server or select NT for Windows NT ADS NT Server Name Specifies the ADS NT server name e g adservername ADS NT Realm Specifies the ADS NT realm e g example com Enter the administrators ID of Windows Active Directory or Windows NT which is required for M3800 to join domain Password Confirm Password For re entering password to confirm To join an AD domain you can use the example below to
16. 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 the M3800 integrate itself with the existing ADS in an office environment This means the M3800 is able to recognize your office users and passwords on the ADS server Other major benefits ADS support provides include 1 Easy integration of the M3800 into the existing office IT infrastructure The M3800 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 the M3800 2 Centralized user password database The M3800 does not maintain its own copy of the user password database This avoids data inconsistency between the M3800 and other servers For example without ADS support an administrator might need to remove a specific user privilege on the M3800 and each individual server With ADS support the change
17. 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 TV Setup One of very unique feature of M3800 is HDMI AV out direct connection to TV They are varies options can be setup please refer the document M3800 OSD User s Manual for more details TY Setup Configuration Output Port HOMI Display Standard HTSC Display Ratio 16 5 se Display Resolution 1080p On Screen Display CH Apply Logout To logout of the Web Administration Interface navigate to System gt Logout 47 Chapter 5 Additional Feature Setup FTP Server M3800 can act as a FTP server enabling mee y Sis Apphance users to download and upload files with their e strict m gt e favorite FTP programs From the 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 A description of each item follows FIPENCOUE UNES Alles Anaaymeeus FTP decane Lipoid Tiern Aube Henan I plagas famdgmidil Leire Bile Apply Enable FTP Service on the M3800 Port Specifies the port number of an incoming connection on a non
18. service Use it also for applications with high read requests but low write requests RAID 5 includes disk striping at the byte level and parity information is written to several hard disk drives If a hard disk fails the system uses parity stored on each of the other hard disks to recreate all missing information JBOD Although a concatenation of disks also called J BOD 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 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 3 disks are of the same size and used in RAID M3800 disk usage percentage is listed below RAI D Level Percentage Used RAID 0 100 RAID 1 RAID 5 JBOD 100 97 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 could not store additional information in
19. standard port FTP ENCODE If your FTP client or operating system does not support Unicode e g Windows amp 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 FTP Item Description 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 BEER uploaded with a duplicate file name The renaming scheme is filename where represents an integer You may set the maximum bandwidth allocated to file uploads Selections include Unlimited 1 2 4 8 and 16 MB s Download Bandwidth You may set the maximum bandwidth allocated to file downloads Selections include Unlimited 1 2 4 8 16 MB s Anonymous users are not able to delete files on the M3800 To delete files users NOTE must login and be granted write access on the Access Control List To access the share folder on the M3800 use the appropriate user login and password set up on the Users page Accounts gt Users Access control to each share folder is set up on the ACL page Storage gt Folder gt ACL When trying to access M3800 anonymously
20. sure your M3800 s network has been WARN i N G setup to access the NTP server System Configuration Backup and Restore From the System menu choose the Config m ASA A ppdHce Mgmt item and the System Configuration se m Meme Ato Spam Download Upload screen appears From here you can download or upload stored system configurations See the following table for a detailed description of each item yates Configuration Downicad Upload a 1 Edirrdo ad Backing up your system configuration is a great way to ensure that you can revert to a working configuration when you are experimenting with new system settings Beca Upload System Configuration Download Upload Description Download Save and export the current system configuration Browse Click to browse for the configuration file you wish to import Upload Import a saved configuration file to overwrite current system configuration Module Management From the System menu choose the gt Teena ance Module Mgmt item and the Module situe seiren M MAS A iS La Management screen appears From here you can install separate software modules to extend the functionality of your M3800 Modules can potentially harm your MEE NOTE system Only install modules from your vendor or publishers you can trust Mame Version Description Enable Module Management Name Version Description 44 Reset to
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22. then configure the Personal Firewall 2 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 3 On the Networking page manually add M3800 IP address i e 192 168 1 100 to the Trusted list 87 Replacing Damaged Hard Drives If you are using RAID 1 or RAID 5 you can easily replace a damaged hard drive in the Thecus M3800 while keeping your data secure with the system s automatic data recovery Hard Drive Damage When a hard drive is damaged LCM will display RAID Damage and system beeps Replacing a Hard Drive To replace a hard disk drive in the M3800 1 Remove the tray with the damaged hard disk 2 Insert the hard disk tray then slide into the M3800 until it snaps into place 3 The LED solid green when the HDD is accessed RAID Auto Rebuild When using RAID 1 or RAID 5 on the M3800 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 specified receivers 2 Check the log message 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 File System Check The M3800 has a built in utility that allows you to check the M38
23. w System w Language Menu Bar Item Descipton O Current system status of the M3800 Storage Information and settings for storage devices installed into the M3800 Network Information and settings for network connections as well as various services of the M3800 Accounts Allows configuration of users and groups Various M3800 system settings and information Choose your preferred language here 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 M3800 Language Selection The M3800 supports multiple languages Thais Appliance including shoes nn e English e French e German e Italian um e Traditional Chinese e Simplified Chinese e Japanese e Korean e Spanish CCITT On the menu bar click Language and the Change Language screen appears This screen allows you to select preferred language for the M3800 Press Apply to confirm your selection 22 Status Menu The Status Menu on the menu bar allows you to see various aspects of the M3800 From here you can discover the status of the M3800 and even find out other details like firmware version and up time Product Information Once you login you will first see the basic md Toren ppliar Product Information screen providing en YY SI Manufacturer Product No Fir
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26. 00 s file system for errors To use the File System Check utility follow the steps below l Power off the M3800 2 With the unit powered off press and hold the reset button 3 With the reset button held down power on the system by pressing the power button You can release the reset button after 3 seconds alone with 2 beeps After that the M3800 s WAN IP address will be reset to 192 168 1 100 temporarily Please note that all file services at this time will be stopped 4 When you point your browser to 192 168 1 100 you will see the following screen 88 i 1 Factory Default Mode Function 1 Description Check tha journal file eystem on your system Tha tima naadad t amp Run Ta ayatam chack finish depends on the size of your hard disk drive O Reset to Factory Default Claar ali settings and reboot O Reboot Reboot the system 5 If you select Run file system check option the file system check utility will be started and last 20 lines of the result will be displayed in your browser 1p Sissies init Run file system check Status Passi Checking ino des blocks and sizes Latest 20 lines Information 2007 4116 22 51 51 1 50 505 1300744118 23 581 581 1 BD 585 300714116 22 51 51 1 61 555 1200714416 21 51 52 1 62505 200774 B 22 51 52 1 83 585 1007 4116 22 51 52 1 64 535 2007 4116 22 51 53 1 B5 585 1200754016 22 51 52 7 66 588 1100714116 22
27. 3COC OG Back pdf Destiisatiom Folder ennio Manage M x Doswnload Bandit 1064 kB Apply Cancel 4 Select the maximum download bandwidth from the Max Download Bandwidth dropdown me FEST AGE SAD ueue Status iorage Hetuork Accounts System Language HTTP Task Website URL tii decur condeemlead mangal WGCOC OG Back pdf Destination Folder Download Manager Max Dosnload Bandit 1064 kB Apply Cancel 5 Press Apply to add the task 53 6 Once added your download will appear in the list of download tasks To start the download simply click the Start icon and the download will begin recia IE ES RADE tS PAS PEI Status w Storage Network w Accounts w System v Language Download Tasks Task Type RatejKH 51 Status O N3200 GIO Back pdf HTTP e e u Task Type HTTP Add Task Enable Refresh Download Schedule Scheduler OQ Enable Disable F Daily Weekly Start Hour Minute End Hour Minuto Apply 7 The download status will continually update in the Download Tasks window To pause the download click the Pause icon I ER La E 1 x rms LS Leni rl EL Salas sia ao Helwork Accomls Syslem Language Download Tasks Task Type Rate KB si Salus Ponorntagoa x 3200 iD Back pot HTTF a M00 ui p amp ire OKEH MIA Task Type HTTP 0 Add Tack Enable Refresh Scheduler C Enable 5 Disable E Daly Waakty Za
28. Apple OS X On an Apple computer you can connect to shared computers and servers using a network address l 2 Choose Go Connect to Server Enter the network address for the server in the Server Address text box When connecting using SMB CIFS protocol type smb 192 168 1 100 Folderl When connecting using AFP protocol type afp 192 168 1 100 Folderl Click Connect 82 3 When MAC OS X is trying to connect M3800 it will ask for a User Name and Password which has access to the folder 4 When MAC OS X has connected to the M3800 successfully an icon representing the folder will appear on the MAC OS X desktop You can access the folder by double clicking on the icon 83 File Backup There are a number of ways to back up data with the M3800 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 When you execute this utility for the first time it will ask you whether to create a DB file Click Yes l Click Add to create a Backup task The Add New Task dialog box appears Add New Task Item Description 0 0 0 0 0 If unchecked the backup will be a full backup Excluded extensions Files with thes
29. Can be HTTP FTP or BT Transfer rate of the task in kilobytes per second KB s DL Download rate UL Upload rate Status of the task Complete Percentage complete 9 6 Completed Total download size Use this dropdown to select the type of transfer HTTP FTP and BT are available Click to add the kind of task specified beside Task Type Click to refresh the task list 51 Adding an HTTP Task To add a new HTTP task to the Download Manager follow these steps 1 Using the Task Type dropdown select HTTP and click Add Task me FEAT AGE A Status StH ane T Neawork Accom Y Syaltem Language Download Tasks Task Type Emo Shae Enable Retresh Scheduler Enable 6 Disabl f Daddy Wookhy Siar Hour Min bie 2 In the HTTP Task window start by inputting the target URL in the Website URL box This is the link to the download you want to queue FEST AGESADPIIATICE State 5iorage Meotuwork Accounts System Language HTTP Task Wobsite UHL tp ihecus conidewnloadimanugal toC ONG Back pdf Destis ti m Folder IDewnlnad Manage flax Download Bandai ues RBIs Apply cancel 52 3 Next select the destination folder from the Destination Folder dropdown This is where the download will reside us A N p i des x me Ja ELE ES LEER SS Status iorage Hetuork Accounts System Language HTTP Task Website URL beo fes hius condeemnlead mangal
30. Controller PDC Microsoft Active Directory Authentication AD Folder Management Share folder level permission File level permission Public folder File System Type Language Support File Size Supported Authorization Read Write or Deny options on individual users or groups Administration nterface Web based server management GUI Multilingual support English French German Italian Traditional Chinese Simplified Chinese Japanese Korean and Spanish Setup Wizard Device discovery and setup utility program Windows 2000 XP 2003 MAC OS X Notification Sends system messages via e mail to specified email accounts Thecus Backup Utility Client backup utility Windows XP 2000 MAC OS X One Button Copy PDC AD support Works as a client member in a Microsoft NT 4 0 domain Active Directory domain allowing the M3800 to utilize the domain users and groups setting for authentication to the system and authorization to the share folders For supported USB dongles please contact sales thecus com 94 Appendix B Customer Support If your M3800 is not working properly we encourage you to check out Chapter 8 Troubleshooting located in this manual You can also try to ensure that you are using the latest firmware version for your M3800 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 experi
31. Factory Default Settings From the System menu choose the mec Factory Default item and the Reset to Satan y Hisce Network Accounts sytem M Factory Default screen appears Press Apply to reset the M3800 to factory default settings Press Cancel to go back to the main menu m s a me 5 5 711 113 T Resetting to factory defaults will not erase the data stored in the hard disks but WARN l N G WILL revert all the settings to the factory default values Upgrading System Firmware From the System menu choose the macs Firmware Upgrade item and the Tom n UD EUER Firmware Upgrade screen appears Follow the steps below to upgrade your firmware 1 Use the Browse button to find the Firmware Browse firmware file Ss 2 Press Apply 3 The beeper beeps and the Busy LED blinks until the upgrade is complete The beeper only beeps if it is enabled in the System Notification menu Check Thecus website for the latest firmware release and release notes Downgrading firmware is not permitted Do NOT turn off the system during the firmware upgrade process This will lead to a WARN l N G catastrophic result that may render the system inoperable 45 Change Administrator Password From the System menu choose the rmac l Administrator Password item and the Batue Serene MOR Aecom Sym T Lesuepe Change Administrator Password screen appears Enter a new password in the New Passwo
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33. ODAALISD 152 527 WDC WDTB5DDAAJS U Spe spe Create RAID Remove RAID amare Cancel 3 Select a stripe size the default is 64K 4 Click Create to create your selected RAID volume 17 LCD Operation The M3800 is 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 Down V Up A Enter and Escape ESC keys to select various configuration settings and menu options for M3800 configuration The following table illustrates the keys on the front control panel LCD Controls Icon Function Description y Down Button Select the previous configuration settings option A Up Button Select the next configuration settings option a Enter Enter to display USB copy operation ESC Escape Escape to give up USB copy Press and hold for 3 seconds to turn off the LCD s backlight Press any button to switch the backlight back on Display Mode During normal operation the LCD will be in Display Mode Display Mode Description Host Name Current host name of the system WAN Current WAN IP setting LAN Current LAN IP setting RAID Current RAID status System Fan Current system fan status Temperature Current system temperature Date Time Current system date and time The system power on time since last start The M3800 will rotate these messages every three seconds on the LCD display If the RAID arra
34. On Lan Configuration screen appears From here vix Po you can Enable or Disable Wake up On Law Eais nO WAN and Wake up On LAN i Wake up On Lan Configuration Enable or Disable Wake up On WAN Enable or Disable Wake up On LAN Click Apply to save changes 24 Storage Management The Storage Menu displays the status of storage devices installed in the M3800 and includes storage configuration options such as RAID and disk settings folder configuration settings SATA Information From the Storage menu choose the SATA Ea AERIS item and the Disks I nformation screen 7 emort e decns yum Lonpuage appears From here you can see various items about installed SATA hard disks Blank lines indicate that a SATA hard disk is not currently installed in that particular disk slot If there is a problem with a disk a Failed message will be displayed in the Status column Disks Information Item Description Failed Disk Power The administrator can set the disk to power down after a period Management of inactivity eSATA Information From the Storage menu choose the 2 eSATA item and the eSATA Information C a LE bon screen appears From here you can see m various items about the eSATA hard disk connected to the M3800 including capacity used percentage and model and firmware version You can even format the connected eSATA hard disk from this menu 25 eSATA Information Item Descript
35. The download status will continually update in the Download Tasks window To pause the download click the Pause icon I Download Tasks Task Type RMB S Status Up Down Percentage 0 00 Zod dwd 13 6 torrent AT 004 Size 0 00MA 3 361 OMe 6 60 Seed Peer 0 0 Task Type BT Add Task Enable Refresh Download Schedule Scheduler Enable Disable Start Hour Minute End Mour Minule Apply Deleting Tasks To delete a task simply follow the steps below 1 Click the delete icon X beside the task that you wish to delete The Delete Task dialogue box will appear Select Delete Task only if you wish to remove only the torrent file and all transient files leaving the unfinished download files intact Select Delete Task and Files if you wish to remove the torrent file and all transient files and the unfinished download files Click OK to delete the task Click Cancel to return to the Download Manager Scheduling Downloads With the Download Manager you can schedule your downloads to begin at different times of the day This is useful if you wish to complete your downloads during off peak hours reserving your bandwidth for other applications A table describing the Download Schedule window appears below Download Schedule Item Description Scheduler Enable or disable the Download Scheduler Choose to have the Download Scheduler activate on a daily or Daily Weekly l weekly basis Start Day Hour
36. Thes Thecus M3800 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 2008 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 M3800 Manual Version 1 1 Release Date October 2008 Limited Warranty Thecus Technology Corporation guarantees all components of Thecus M3800 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 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
37. WAM Port A Biatic LDhmamic PFEFDE in the following table iP 182 168 1 100 Matma k 7 Galway 422 16814 ONS Server IP Sharing Made Esabl E Disabl Apply WAN Configuration Item si Description 0 0 0 0 0 Host name that identifies the M3800 on the network Specifies the domain name of the M3800 MAC Address MAC address of the network interface your M3800 Enable or disable the M3800 from obtaining in IP address via DHCP server If you require a static IP disable this feature and input your network configuration I P IP address of the WAN interface IP Sharing Mode When enabled PCs connected to the LAN port will be able to access the WAN Default is Enabled Only use Jumbo Frame settings when operating in a Gigabit environment where all other clients have Jumbo Frame Setting enabled Enabling DHCP automatically turns on UPnP see the Service Support Screen f you are only using the WAN port we suggest that you disable IP Sharing Mode This will result in higher throughput A correct DNS setting is vital to networks services such as SMTP and NTP Most Fast Ethernet 10 100 Switches Routers do not support Jumbo Frame and WARN N G you will not be able to connect to your M3800 after Jumbo Frame is turned on If this happens turn off the M3800 Then power on the M3800 and immediately press and hold the Reset button on the back of the unit for 5 seconds This will reset
38. WB Destaco E e Stack By di Pullic E ME Computer La Network E Pate IS Control Panel Fo Additional Opa Wa Appearance ar amp Clock Lanquar Run as administrator ES Fase of Access i Hardware and Mid ticus Er AutoPlay Server Properties Ell Percenalizati ib Power Optio Refresh Paste Shortcut Unde Copy 3 Select Add a network wireless or Bluetooth printer amp a a Printer Choose a local or network printer 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 gt Add a network wireless or Bluetooth printer Make sure that your computer is connected to the network or that your Bluetooth or wireless printer is turned on 69 4 Select The printer that want isn t listed O d Add Printer Searching for available printers You can press The printer that 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 Add Printer 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 63 1 printersfusb printer Example computername printername or http computername printers printername printer Add a printer using a TCP IP address or hostname Type http Thecus NAS 631 printer
39. ZISSSISTWien ACERA E gt MONTE Q PAE He E wd KAEM 172 16 65 167 The Web Cam will capture images according to the designated schedule The files will be stored using following path Video Webcam date hour path filename jpg Printer Server You can configure the M3800 to act as a meca Prstorage Appliance printer server That way all PCs connected e seen T hene 7 Aetwmec iem M to the network can utilize the same printer Windows XP SP2 To set up the Printer Server in Windows XP Menutocteer SP2 follow the steps below Printer Qerue 1 Connect the USB printer to one of the USB ports preferably the rear USB ports front USB ports can be used for external HDD enclosures 2 Go to Start gt Printers and Faxes 3 Click on File gt Add Printer 4 The Add Printer Wizard appears on your screen Click Next 5 Select the A network printer or a printer attached to another computer option 67 Select Connect to a printer on the Internet or on a home or office network and enter http M3800 IP ADDRESS 631 printers usb printer into the URL field Your Windows system will ask you to install drivers for your printer Select 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 Not all USB prin
40. 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 Restoring Factory Defaults From the System menu choose the Factory Default item and the Reset to Factory Default screen appears Press Apply to reset the M3800 to factory default settings Resetting to factory defaults will not erase the data stored in the hard disks but WARN l NG WILL revert all the settings to the factory default values Problems with Time and Date Settings The administrator is able to select an NTP Server to keep the M3800 s time synchronized However if the M3800 can not access the Internet you may encounter a problem when setting the Time and Time Zone If this happens l Login to the Web Administration Interface 91 4 5 Navigate to System gt Time Under NTP Server select No Set the Date Time and Time Zone Click Apply In addition if the M3800 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
41. ause the download click the Pause icon I ne EAS ABE RAPE Sinima Sim age w Network Accounts ow Syasi cw Language Download Tasks sk Tye Hal iKH 44 Salus Pensentage 4 09 e ax H3200 l Bark pdf FTP 231 00 Size 1 51HBJ20 00M0 Task Type FTP Add Tazk Enable Refrezh Download Schedule Scheduler enable amp Disable Baily C Weebly Slant mia Hout Minute End m Hout Mire Apply 58 Adding a BT Task To add a new BT task to the Download Manager follow these steps 1 Using the Task Type dropdown select BT and click Add Task ne ss Srejetieic 2 na m I a e a j PAPAS Matus Storage Network v Accoums System Language Download Tasks Task Type RateiKB si Status Enable Refresh Scheduler O noble Disable F Daily Weekly Start Hour Minute End Hour Minute Apply 2 In the BT Task window start by clicking Browse and selecting the torrent file you wish to start Fam la c aim j i te a rmac lr xt nguit imn uui e Sala Sierage Haetwork Account v System Language BT Task Terent Fille C Dacomants and KE Destination Foldet Download Manager Mak Peet Count 2 Min Peed Coumt J M x roywnlaoad Aandi iiti 1044 kas Max Uplaad Pandaidth 1D24 Kis Apply Cancel 59 3 Next select the destination folder from the Destination Folder dropdown This is where the download will reside
42. disable email notifications of system problems SMTP Server Specifies the hostname IP address of the SMTP server Specifi l Password Address notifications correct System Logs From the System menu choose the 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 ma ea E aa T following table for a detailed description of each Se item a T 10 c Accede Descending Download All Log Fide 42 System Logs Item JDesciption 0 O Truncate All Log File Clear all log files to browse the log pages error messages Time and Date Settings From the System 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 the M3800 with an NTP Network Time Protocol Server You can change any of these items and press Apply to confirm your settings See the following table for a detailed description of each item Time ilcrags Lamguarjs Item QDescipion NTP Server Select Yes to allow the M3800 to synchronize with the NTP server shown below Select Manually to allow the M3800 to synchronize with an NTP server of your choice Select No to not have the M3800 to synchronize with an NTP server If an NTP server is selected please make
43. do 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 This product includes software developed by the NetBSD Foundation Inc and its contributors This product includes software developed by Yen Yen Lim and North Dakota State University This product includes software developed by the Computer Systems Engineering Group at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory This product includes software developed by the Kungliga Tekniska Hogskolan and its contributors e This product includes software developed by the Nick Simicich e This product includes software written by Tim Hudson tj h cryptsoft com e This product includes software developed by Christopher G Demetriou for the NetBSD Project 99 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 of the modifications and this notice may in no case be removed Modifications may also be submitted to the author for inclusion in
44. e cit 17 ECD ODeratioD oisecsphss bEEa UNE UE ER VOR ERNAVI ERE RENNER TR T QUOD UEM ELS ERRORS MENTION SANTI ARRA 18 ECDCOPEFOIS Eu stria vciR EIE AAA AAA abe d d para id SOC 18 BISPO mi c TEE 18 PEG tania 18 Typical Setup Procedure ica veis uva ERRARE VA VEXESEEVFEWETE VM ATK EYE FEE VIX VERM DU EE RR 19 Step I Network SetUD iii ku RA Gela QE OG ed Ur Tk RD CN aa 19 Step 2 RAID CFE NA X nic ER QR E Fac DOR EA dE C d 19 Step 3 Create Local Users or Setup Authentication seeuuuuuss 19 Step 4 Create Folders and Set Up ACLS ssesess cnc 19 Stepo Start SerVIeeS ouod ex A A EN QURE CEU D PIE NERA Van RR RIA 20 Chapter 4 System Management nenne eene 21 OVerVie ainia 21 Web Administration Interface uueeeeee eene annu nnn nnn nnn 21 Men Bar o e ei tnt edet liens a to Coe 22 LANGUAGE Selection uoces id as ue uode uu ew es RE ease ME 22 Status Menu xo s xev euius odds a ehe aua use 23 Produce l Droriatlopsasses tetas iaces a id era fcm EE hc s Fere Ee acaca oe rece o afin 23 System SLalUS u i ees dde sue est toph uoo A or pex dU ue t v pA S NDS UNDA bdo toten 23 PRIDEC S ta tU S Loeb tid kacancidbadi dote IR 24 Wake Up Oh Can WOD oo Ero ede al SEE Pee Se Po abu bb kao Oe e tc onda 24 Storage Management iii cia 25 SATAUNIOUMAU OD s dad dade AD 25 GSATA Intorrriabloll ai canoa 25 USB DISK PATON MAUON s b ico western Pe
45. e file name extensions will be skipped and not back up to the destination Comments If you wish enter comments 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 NOTE Utility dmg to your MAC OS X machine and double click to execute it 84 Windows XP Data Backup If you use Windows XP Professional you can also use the Windows Backup Utility Ntbackup exe to backup your files If you use Windows XP Home Edition follow these steps to install the utility L 4 3 Insert the Windows XP CD into a drive and double click the CD icon in My Computer When the Welcome to Microsoft Windows XP screen appears click Perform Additional Tasks Click Browse this CD In Windows Explorer navigate to ValueAdd gt Msft gt Ntbackup Double click Ntbackup msi to install the backup utility Once installed you can use the Windows Backup Utility by following the steps below L Click Start and point to All Programs gt Accessories gt System Tools gt Backup to start the wizard Click Next to skip past the opening page Choose Backup files and settings from the second page and then click Next Select which option you want to back up Click Next and
46. e time depending on the size of hard drives and RAI D mode NOTE WARNI N G Creating RAID destroys all data in the current RAID The data is unrecoverable With a RAID 1 volume you can also add a spare disk after the RAID is created See Chapter 7 Tips and Tricks Adding a Spare Disk for details Deleting a RAID To delete a RAID volume follow the steps below 1 On the RAID List screen select the RAI D volume by clicking on its radio button and click Config to open the RAI D Configuration screen 2 On the RAID Configuration screen click Remove 3 The system automatically rebuilds and you can create a new RAID WARN l NG Removing RAID destroys all data in the current RAID The data is unrecoverable 28 Folder Management From the Storage menu choose Folder meca 7 and the Folder screen appears This screen status sorgo E Lenguas allows you to create and configure folders on the M3800 volume Folder Name Descrpiton WES share ACL Edit Remove Folder Folder name Displays the name of the folder Description Provides a description of the folder allowed to access this folder using NFS access to this folder name and description confirm the deletion Add Press Add to enter the Add Folder screen Adding Folders On the Folder screen press the Add button m TIE and the Add Folder screen appears This T Ee Se screen allows you to add a folder After entering the information press A
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48. em and the Local User stos Stovone 7 Wii Account __ yt Lana Configuration screen appears This screen allows you to Add Modify and Delete local users SE ee Delete Local User Configuration Item Descriptim Press the Add button to add a user to the list of local users Press the Modify button to modify a local user Delete Press the Delete button to delete a selected user from the system Adding Users 1 Click on the Add button on Local rmac Eni User Configuration screen and Biss Saree AEDEM Local User Setting screen appears 2 On the Local User Setting screen User name enter a name in the User Name box gt Confirm 3 Enter a password in the Password A box and re enter the password in the B j A Confirm box E 4 Select which group the user will belong to Group Members is a list of groups this user belongs to ITA 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 5 Press the Apply button and the user is created NOTE All users are automatically assigned to the users group 38 Modifying Users 1 Select an existing user from the Local User Configuration screen 2 Click on the Modify button and 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
49. encing problems with your M3800 or require a Return Merchandise Authorization RMA feel free to contact technical support via our Technical Support Website http www thecus com support tech php Customers in the US should send all technical support enquiries to this email address Support us thecus com For Sales Information you can e mail us at sales thecus com Thank you for choosing Thecus 95 Appendix C 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 ha
50. eny Read Only or Writable to configure their access level Press the Submit button to confirm your settings Access Control List Item column in this column this column Removes the selected user or group from the column in order to reset their access privileges Submits and confirms settings 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 Continue 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 Submit to submit and confirm your ACL settings 31 Network Management Use the Network menu to make network configuration settings as well as service support settings WAN Configuration From the Network menu choose WAN and mess Storage Appliance the WAN Configuration screen appears AAA AAA This screen displays the network parameters kee beeen of the WAN connection You may change any Most mame use of these items and press Apply to confirm ee your settings See a description of each item o wi
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53. first partition on disk 6 the eSATA or USB disk drive If it is an NTFS partition NAS users can open or copy files from 11192 168 1 1001usbhdd1sdf1 but cannot add new files or modify existing files If you want to write to an USB storage device the file system must be FAT32 USB Storage FAT32 Partition NTFS Partition E E E Read OK OK Adding a Spare Disk With a RAID 1 array you can add a spare disk after the initial RAID is setup To add a spare disk follow the steps below 1 On the RAID Configuration Screen tick the checkbox of the hard disk you wish to designate as a spare disk 2 Click Add Spare Once the disk is set as a spare disk it will automatically rebuild the previous RAID set when one of the disks becomes degraded Remote Administration You can set up your M3800 for remote administration With remote administration you can access your M3800 over the Internet even if your M3800 is behind a router This is especially useful if you are traveling and suddenly need a file from your M3800 Setting up remote administration is a three part process and will require the following equipment Thecus M3800 NAS device Cable DSL Router with Dynamic DNS support Home PC Internet Connection Part Setup a DynDNS Account N FP Go to http www dyndns org from your home PC Click on the Sign Up Now link 3 Check the Check boxes select a user name i e M3800 enter your email
54. ght from iTunes 74 Using Photo Gallery Using the Photo Gallery users can view and share photos and even create their own albums right on the M3800 To manage your photo gallery or see other photo albums click on the Photos icon from the left panel You will see your own Photo Gallery and all public Photo Albums on the network F om Photos gt ACA abu ea Wetrtirak 2 CJ 1 j aer Music m E TT To manage any picture files you must first select the item by clicking its check box Managing Albums and Photos I con Function Description Make Cover Make selected photo your cover picture Back Return to the previous screen Add Add a new album or photos Modify Edit the name and description of the selected album or photo Each name is limited to 20 characters and each description is limited to 255 characters Delete Delete the selected albums or photos files Creating Albums e Only logged in users will see these icons To prevent system errors the M3800 sets the following limitations on photo Each file upload is limited to a size of 4MB Files exceeding 4MB will NOT be uploaded and no error message will appear Only these photo file types will be uploaded jpg gif bmp png pox psd bmp f duplicate file names exist during upload process system will add a number in front of the original file name abc gt 1abc To create a photo album foll
55. hotos Logout Change Password pe dl un Simply click the EXIF button to display EXIF information To hide this information click the EXIF button again Slide Shows Slide shows are a great way to enjoy pictures stored on your M3800 You can click on the Start Slide Show icon on the top right hand corner to start the slide show Photos gt user s album gt user gt Blue hills jpg 2 WebDisk Music Photos e Change Password pn P To stop the slide show click on the Stop Slide Show icon on the top right hand corner 81 zx M 3800 Blue hills jpg Mapping a Client PC to the M3800 You can map share folders on the M3800 so that you can access them as if they were drives on your computer You can connect to the shared network folders on the M3800 as follows Windows 1 Go to the My Computer folder in Windows 2 In the menu bar select Tools and then Map Network Drive 3 The Map Network Drive window appears 4 Assign a drive letter for the share folder 5 Click the Browse button to find the folder over your network Alternatively you may enter the folder name you wish to connect to or enter its IP address i e 11192 168 1 1001share 6 Click Finish When the Connect As window appears enter your user name and password 7 Click OK The share folder appears as the drive you assigned You can now access this folder as though it were a drive on your computer
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58. ii L2 C Mocuments and Snr gA Uvenrilbocumentss pt Ptures Sample Metres Web Publishing Wizard EX Welcome to the Web Publishing Wizard This wizard will help vou publish your files over the Internet or a local network so that other people can view them in their Web browsers To continue click Next j Cancel 71 6 Select the pictures you want to publish to the Photo Web Server by placing a check mark on the top left hand corner of the picture Click Next Wob Pubes hls Trizari Fe Charge los Files Selection Mos can kph he He Eros agers chagi rl po do ol mand Lo pibes Ps dar 1 check bos 7 Your PC will start to connect to the Photo Web Server 8 Select M3800 Photo Gallery Wizard to publish your pictures to the M3800 Web Publishing Wizard Where do you want to publish these files Select a service provider to host your Web site If you do not have a membership account one will be created for you Service providers MSN Groups Share your files with others or store them for your personal use ms M3800 Photo Gallery M3800 amp M3800 Photo Gallery Wizard 9 Login into the M3800 with your local user name and password Web Publishing Wizard M3800 Photo Gallery Wizard Powered by THECUS Please input ID and Password ID Password e 78 10 Create your album by entering an album name and clicking on the Create Album button Web Publi
59. in the Backup Type Destination and Name page specify a back up location using the Browse button Find and select the drive that specifies your M3800 as your backup destination and click Next 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 85 Chapter 7 Tips and Tricks USB and eSATA Storage Expansion The M3800 supports external USB hard disks through its three USB ports Once a USB hard disk has successfully mounted the entire volume will be copied automatically to the default USB HDD folder The M3800 supports up to 6 USB external storage devices All file names on the USB disk volume are case sensitive The M3800 also supports eSATA hard disks with its eSATA port Before attaching an eSATA or USB disk drive to M3800 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 sdfl1 where 192 168 1 100 means the IP address of M3800 and saf1 stands for the
60. ion Displays the eSATA hard disk model name Shows the eSATA hard disk capacity in megabytes MB Used Percentage Shows the capacity remaining on the eSATA hard disk in percentage 96 and megabytes MB Shows the eSATA hard disk firmware version Press Format to format your eSATA hard disk Press Eject to unmount the eSATA hard disk Formatting will destroy all data on your eSATA hard disk This data is not WARN l N G recoverable USB Disk Information From the Storage menu choose the USB a item and the USB Information screen appears From here you can see various items about USB disks connected to the M3800 USB Disk information USB Information Item Descriptim Number assigned to each USB disk Capacity MB Shows the capacities of each USB disk in megabytes MB Displays the model names of each USB disk Shows the firmware version of each USB disk Status Shows the status of each USB disk An Eject button appears beside each USB disk Press this button before removing the USB disk Press Refresh to rescan the status of the USB disks RAID Information From the Storage menu choose the RAID item and the RAID I nformation screen appears This screen lists the RAID volume currently E residing on the M3800 From this screen E you can get information about the status of aus uis your RAID volume as well as the status ria iunii used percentage and stripe size
61. ity you can share digital media such as music pictures and movies with any compatible device throughout your entire m s home ank To configure the media server under the Network menu click Media Server and the Media Manager Settings window will appear A description of each field follows Shared Media Folders 49 Media Manager Settings Enable or disable the Media Server service Shared Media Folders Select the folder s that contains media files to be shared Rescan Click the Rescan button to have the M3800 for new contents in the selected media folder Adding Media Share Folders Once the Media Server software Is installed you can start adding folders that contain the media that you would like to share To create a media share folder follow the steps below 1 Click on Network gt Media Server in the menu bar 2 From the Shared Media Folders window select the folder that contains your media files and click its checkbox 3 The contents in the folder will be scanned for the Media Server The time required for scanning depends on the size of the folder Connecting DMAs to the Media Server Next it s time to connect your Digital Media Adapter DMA to the media server 1 Connect your DMA to your Media Server a Configure your DMA to use a Dynamic IP address The IP address will be assigned by the router b Some DMAs are wireless enabled You can connect the DMA to a wireless router For instructi
62. just enter anonymous as the user name iTunes Server With the built in Tunes server capability me the M3800 enables digital music to be E shared and played anywhere on the network From the Network menu choose the teo B Enuh iTunes item and the iTunes iS pu Configuration screen appears You may enable or disable the iTunes Service from E here Once enabled enter correct information for each field and press Apply to save your changes See the following table for detailed descriptions of each field iTunes Configuration Enable or disable the iTunes Service Server Name Name used to identify the M3800 to iTunes clients RESET Enter reana A to control access to your iTunes music Rescan Rescan Interval Rescan Rescan interval in seconds o 1 in seconds MP3 Tag Encode Specify tag encoding for MP3 files stored in M3800 All ID3 tags will be sent out in UTF 8 format Once the iTunes service is enabled the M3800 will make all music located in the Music folder available for iTunes equipped computers on the network Internet Media Server With the built in Media Server capability the E ESE m EE M3800 provides media streaming service to Ea c pp stand alone networked home media adapters wan Home PC IP Camera that support the UPnP AV protocol or are seno B Bc Digital Living Network Alliance DLNA LAN standard compliant With the M3800 s built in media server wie DNS capabil
63. ldren If disposing of the device please follow your local regulations for the safe disposal of electronic products to protect the environment Table of Contents Copyright and Trademark Notice ssssssssnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 2 About This ManWal acia 2 Limited Warranty ssrin aa Ea a EEn aka ARA Ean 2 Safety Warnllig5 cinc 3 Table OF CONTEnEsS ita 4 Chapter 1 ntroductioDn ioo xa ij i Rd RE rnin EORR CR CR CER RR RACER C RC RC 8 OVerFVIOe W insti 8 Product HighillgDts uci cues ausa Sues a S EC VERENOERVERENCUE ME 8 FIE SCIVO ge CET aa aia 8 A TR m 8 backup Server ci AA 8 Media SV ia lia 8 TUNES Serias 9 POLO Galera aos 9 Wep Calm SEVO Pron a da FN Pe i do 9 Printer SerVel a aos 9 Superior Power Manage Medina AAA CIR 9 Package Contents cti 9 FronE PRANG iia ELS REANTES RRES 10 Rear Panel 11 Chapter 2 Hardware I nstallation 12 OVEO VIO Wins 12 Before You B g is ikrasi EFEEREREREKEREEFRRCEREFERRFCNTEKRRFCNFRERRKCRTMEE 12 Hard Disk InstallatiOU iia 12 Cable Connectiollls siria 13 Chapter 3 First Time Setup iiicki ERE Re ka OI cana 14 OVerVIe N corrain ERE EX EXE ERKKEN VOS ENEER ERN QUEVOEEENE GE coda 14 THECUS Setup WIZalQassssesuasxes iD QU Va RR RR RUR vec IU dS OC KS ERR CECI s MUN TALI RENT EORR RR 14 RAID Setup and Firmware Installation 17 Setting ub tne RA ID s weit Pega ox ca Encre eric cista b bw one t er
64. m If Always is selected it will start to record right away and will not stop until the Web Camera Schedule is set to Disabled 65 Web Camera Schedule Enable O Disable Sunday T Monday Tuesday Wednesday T Thursday Friday Saturday Time Select All D 1 s 3 2 5 B 7 8 9 10 11 E ja E El E E E n E 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 18 0 21 dd 23 El oO r E Ej E E E p E E E Apply Back Alternatively you can schedule the Web Cam to capture daily or hourly Take a look at the example below It will record every Monday and Tuesday from 2 00 6 00 and from 20 00 22 00 Web Camera Schedule amp Enable O Disable Always Sunday Monday ew Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Time Select All 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 3 9 10 11 1 m v ri ve er E p r E E E 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 13 20 21 Ze 23 a E Li E Li a E W iv E E amem Apply Back One important point worth mentioning is how captured picture is stored The folder where captured images are stored is the Video system folder which is associated with the system created Web Cam sub folder See the figure below for reference 66 4172 16 65 167 WARE ARE PAOD BA IRD MAE 0 O ds ewe E ESED B s 72 16 65 167 FSC PF tg MEAR a AAA erst Seley vi A ij HH E E z Br PAIR A ERE a foe COBRA VR 5 ET 716 65 UELLE T SUE REE emo SNA IAD HE QUEDO Dd se amp wee E FELD ES WIT
65. meras USB disks USB printers and USB wireless dongles Note For supported USB wireless dongles please contact Support thecus com e Solid blue Device is powered on seconds e Push to scroll DOWN when using the LCD display e Push to scroll UP when using the LCD display e Push to confirm information entered into the LCD display e Push to leave the current LCD menu 10 Rear Panel The Thecus M3800 s rear panel features ports and connectors HDMI out connector System Fan S PDIF connector Composite AV LAM Port out connector Component out connector WAN Port J Resel button eSATA Port USB Port Power connector Back Panel eSATA Port e eSATA port for high speed storage expansion cameras USB disks and USB printers switch or router LAN Port PCI Slot System Fan Power Connector Reset Button e Resets the M3800 e immediately press and hold the Reset button on the back for 5 seconds This will reset your network setting password and turn off Jumbo Frame Support 11 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Overview Your M3800 is designed for easy installation To help you get started the following chapter will help you quickly get your M3800 up and running Please read it carefully to prevent damaging your unit during installation Before You Begin Before you begin be sure to take the following precautions l Read and understand the Safety Warnings outlined in the begi
66. ministration Interface by navigating to Storage gt RAID For more information on configuring RAID see Chapter 4 System Management gt RAID Configuration Don t know which RAID level to use Find out more about the different RAID levels from Appendix C RAID Basics Step 3 Create Local Users or Setup Authentication Once the RAID is ready you can begin to create local users for the M3800 or choose to setup authentication protocols such as Active Directory AD For more on managing users go to Chapter 4 System Management User and Group Management For more information on configuring Active Directory see Chapter 4 System Management gt User and Group Management gt ADS NT Configuration 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 M3800 and control user access to each using Folder Access Control Lists More information on managing folders see Chapter 4 System Management Folder Management To find out about configuring Folder Access Control Lists see Chapter 4 System Management gt Folder Management gt Folder Access Control List ACL 19 Step 5 Start Services Finally you can start to setup the different services of the M3800 for the users on your network You can find out more about each of these services by clicking
67. mware Version and Up Time information Product Information Item __ Description O To access this screen again navigate to Status gt About System Status From the Status menu choose the System Wo ASTE item and the System Status screen TET MU acon TT appears These screens provide basic system status information Sytem Sia tur System Status Item si Description O 23 Printer Status From the Status menu choose the Printer 2 item and the Printer Information screen C a appears This screen provides the following information about the USB printer connected to the USB port Printer Queru A Printer Status Manufacturer Displays the name of the USB printer manufacturer Model Displays the model of the USB printer Status Displays the status of the USB printer Printer Queue Click to remove all documents from printer queue 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 For information on how to set up the Printer Server refer to Chapter 5 Additional Feature Setup Printer Server Wake Up On Lan WOL The M3800 has the ability to be awoken omes Storage Appliance from sleep mode via WAN or LAN ETE o EE IT en From the Status menu choose the WOL ane item and the Wake up
68. n to the Folder screen Deleting Folders To delete a folder press the Del button from the specified folder row The system will confirm folder deletion Press OK to delete the folder permanently or Cancel to go back to the folder list All the data stored in the folder will be deleted once the folder is deleted The data WARN l NG will not be recoverable NFS Share To allow NFS access to the share folder enable the NFS Service and then set up hosts with access rights Click Add to access the New NFS Share dialogue All host please set OX OO XK XK other host XXX XXX XXX XXX host range Xxx Xxx Xxx Xxx Xx Config NFS share temp Mount point raid temp Hostname Hostname Privilege Access as Edit Remove Privilege O Read Ooty OWritabe Add Back Access as Anonymous User Root User Apply Back NFS Share Item Description Enter the name of the Host or IP address Host has either read only or writeable access to the folder Access the data as a Root User or an Anonymous User Click to save your changes Click to exit without saving changes 30 Folder Access Control List ACL On the Folder screen press the ACL button tue and the Access Control List screen Ad Locum ana iiam appears This screen allows you to configure A rows El access to the specific folder for users and m eae groups Select a user or a group from the left hand column and then choose D
69. nDNS ACCOUDL acaricia 87 Part Il Enable DDNS on the Router sss 87 Part III Setting up Virtual Servers HTTPS 00oocccccccccccccccnnnccnncn rr 87 Firewall Software Configuration eeee 87 Replacing Damaged Hard Drives 88 Hara Dive Damage suieisutuxeidtbxkanti is eR a REUS Bud crude orc ad 88 Replacing a Hara DEIN G iia Ere DER d bid ber p QU UE a eR S PER Ra DER Ub dun 88 RAILD AUtosRebHilldsssscusies pres Quad eoe Qr tues ld Elea Dia 88 Flle System Check sai lo ada 88 Chapter 8 TroubleshootiNg ccccccccccccccccnnnnnnnnnnnnnrnnnrrrr 91 Forgot My Network I P Address eee 91 Resetting NAS IP Address and Admin Password 91 Can t Map a Network Drive in Windows XP eee 91 Restoring Factory Defaults eeeeeeeeeeeeee 91 Problems with Time and Date Settings 91 Appendix A Product Specifications eren n nnn 93 Hardware Specifications isisisi vav iren Er EX Run ER EK VENERE E Sa RR RR CE RO A REC CREDE 93 Software Specificati olis iii 93 Appendix B Customer Support eeeeee eren n nnn nnn nnn 95 Appendix C RAI D BaSIGS susi 96 OVEL VIEW xs ivive Cr
70. nning of the manual If possible wear an anti static wrist strap during installation to prevent static discharge from damaging the sensitive electronic components on the M3800 Be careful not to use magnetized screwdrivers around the M3800 s electronic components Hard Disk Installation The M3800 supports three standard 3 5 Serial ATA SATA hard disks To install a hard disk into the M3800 follow the steps below l 2 3 Remove the front panel of the M3800 Unscrew the thumbscrews which are securing the hard drive rails Remove the hard drive rails and install them to your SATA hard disk s Slide hard disks into the M3800 until they snap into place Replace the thumbscrews Replace the M3800 front cover 12 Cable Connections To connect the M3800 to your network follow the steps below 1 Connect an Ethernet cable from your network to the WAN port on the back panel of the M3800 2 Connect the provided power cord into the power socket on the back panel Plug the other end of the cord into a surge protector socket 13 Chapter 3 First Time Setup Overview Once the hardware is installed physically connected to your network and powered on you can configure the M3800 so that it is accessible to your network users Follow the steps below for initial software setup Thecus Setup Wizard The handy Thecus Setup Wizard makes configuring M3800 a snap To configure the M3800 using the Setup Wizard
71. on Photos Click to use the Photo Gallery function Login Click to login to the M3800 s g i Logout Click to return to the M3800 Login page Change Click to change your login password Password Using WebDisk 1 When any user clicks on the WebDisk icon they will see all available public folders 2 When they click on the name of a public folder they will see the files within that folder 3 When user clicks on a file name the file will be downloaded I con Function Description Po Y File Search Search for specific files or folders t Sort Arrange all files and folders by type name size or last modified date K Delete Delete the selected files or folders NIE EIER y Go Page Number Use this to navigate when multiple pages are required to list the contents of the selected directories lt mu Create New Enter a new folder name and press Folder the Create button _ Bme J m Upload Files Browse to the desired file location and press the Upload button For more information on how to setup user rights to the folders please check Chapter 3 System Management Storage Management Folder Management Folder Access Control List ACL To access folders with access control you must first login with a local user account To log in please click on the Login icon on the lower left hand corner 73 Using Music Server To manage your digital music and share it with iTunes clients on the net
72. on an ADS server is known to all of its ADS members 98 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 eayOcryptsoft com This product includes software developed by Mark Murray e This product includes software developed by Eric Young eayOcryptsoft com This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit http www openssl org e 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 e This product includes software developed by the Apache Group for use in the Apache HTTP server project http www apache org This product includes software developed by Softweyr LLC the University of California Berkeley and its contributors e This product includes software developed by Bo
73. ons on how to connect your DMA to a wireless router please refer to your DMA s user manual 2 Connect your DMA s video output to video input of your TV set 3 Turn on the TV and change the video signal input to DMA 4 Setup the DMA These steps will be different if you use a different DMA a From the Server List screen select M3800 Mediabolic Server as the server b Goto My Media c Click on the Up Down Arrow buttons to select Music Jukebox Photo Albums or Video Clips d Start enjoying the contents stored in your M3800 50 Download Manager With the built in Download Manager you m s orage Apphanc can have the M3800 download HTTP FTP Statue Mage Wetworn Access Site gt tangusg and BT files without having full PC powered on What s more you can even schedule your downloads for off peak hours ensuring efficient use of bandwidth To access the Download Manager go to Network choose the Download Manager option and the Download Tasks and Download Schedule windows appear tem m X Task Type Rate Status Task Type Add Task Enable Refresh Description Click to start the specified task Click to pause the specified task Click to delete the specified task A prompt will appear asking you if you would like to delete the task itself or the task and all related downloaded files Name of the task Click to see more information about this task Type of transfer
74. ontinue Thecus Setup Wizard IP Storage Appliance Network Configuration Version 1 1 82 Y Device HostName M3800 Discovery 4 Login System vier Network Configuratio Mar cum 172 16 65 182 Enable Service 255 255 2520 Hard Disks 172 16 66 135 ard Dis Setup 4 Change Password 4 Complete Enable Service 9 Device Discovery Login System Sd Network Configuration Enable Service 4 Hard Disks Setup 44 Change Password 4 Complete 15 8 Select the RAID level you wish to use Press Next to continue 3 Device Discovery Hard Disks Setup Version 1 1 82 Login System 9 Network Configuration Enable Service Hard Disks Setup 4 Change Password 4 Complete Thecus Setup Wizard MEA J Device Discovery Change Password Version 1 1 82 Login System 9 Network Configuration 4 Enable Service 4 Hard Disks Setup Change Password 4 Complete 10 Access the M3800 Web Administrator Interface by pressing the Start Browser button You can also configure another M3800 at this point by clicking the Setup Other Device button Press Exit to exit the wizard Thecus Setup Wizard x IP Storage Appliance Complete Version 1 1 92 3 Device Discovery 4 Login System 9 Network Configuration etup Uther Device Enable Service z EME Hard Disks Setup 4 Change Password Complete The Thecus Setu
75. or leave a group Click the Apply button to save your changes Deleting Users 1 Select an existing user from the Local User Configuration screen 2 Click on Delete button and the user is deleted from the system Local Groups Configuration From the Accounts menu choose the Groups item and the Local Groups Configuration screen appears This screen allows you to Add Modify and Delete local groups Add Madity Delete Local Groups Configuration Description Add Press the Add button to add a user to the list of local groups system system Adding Groups 1 On the Local Group Configuration screen click on the Add button 2 The Local Group Setting screen appears 3 Enter a Group Name and select users to be in this group from the Users List by adding them to the Members List using the lt lt button 4 Click the Apply button to save your changes 39 Modifying Groups 1 On the Local Group Configuration 2j screen select a group name from the list 2 Press the Modify 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 button to move the user into the Members List teen__ 4 To remove a user from a group select the user from Members List and press the gt gt button A NAT 5 Click the Apply button to save your changes Deleting Groups 1 On the Local Group Configuration screen select a
76. ow the steps below l Click the Add button to create a new album 2 Enter a name for the album and enter a description if you wish Then click on the Create Album button Password Protecting Albums If you would like to put a password on a particular album follow these steps 1 Select the album to be protected click on the Edit button and the Album Edit screen will appear 75 2 The owner of the album can enter an album password to protect the album so that only people with the correct password can view the album Uploading Pictures to Albums Uploading pictures to albums using the Web User Interface is easy 1 When the album is created click the album icon to enter the album Initially the album is empty 2 Click the Add button to upload pictures into the album The Upload Photos screen will appear Users can select and upload up to 8 pictures at a time 3 Once the picture is uploaded you can view it in the album 4 The owner of the album can delete or modify the pictures with the Delete or Modify buttons on the top right hand corner Windows XP Publishing Wizard There are many ways for a local user to upload pictures into their photo album Users of Windows XP can upload their pictures using the Windows XP Publishing Wizard l Click on the XP Publishing Wizard icon gt wae M3800 Photos ners album Photos oe Logout Change Pasowan 2 The XP Web Publishing Wizard Client screen appears
77. p Wizard is designed for installation on systems running Windows XP 2000 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 16 RAID Setup and Firmware Installation Once the setup wizard has completed you should now be inside the Web Admin Interface From here it is time to initialize your RAID system and install the firmware for the M3800 The next steps are for first time setup only If you have previously setup your NOTE M3800 you can skip this section of the setup process Setting up the RAID 1 From the Web Admin Interface navigate to Storage gt RAID The RAID Information screen appears mea F 86 ei iy pie ii E j z eji j F au u o FR MN eee Cu ur a Stalus w Slorage Molwork Accounts System Language RAID Information RAID Lavel JBOD Tolal Capacity 450 182 HB Status Healthy Used Percenloge 10 HB 0 5Iripe Sire 64 KA Remaining Tima HA Contig Click Config 2 Select your desired RAID level and check the checkboxes of the disks you wish to use in your array recs pil Fey eset oe rif ig T Ss A ee af oe Eid al Status w amp lorage Helwork Accounts w System Language RAID Configuration RAID Lowel JOD RAID D RAID 1 RAID E Disk Mo Capacity ME Model RAID Spare 1 182 827 WOG WDIBUDAAJE 0 3 152 527 WOC WOT
78. 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 102 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 the same place counts as distribution of the source code even though third parties are not compelled to copy the source along
79. pply to create new folder Press Back to return to the Folder screen Public Yas chic Apply Cancel Add Folder Item Description Folder Name Enter the name of the folder Provide a description the folder 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 29 Apply Press Apply to create the folder Press Back to return to the Folder screen Folder names are limited to 60 characters Systems running Windows 98 or earlier NOTE may not support file names longer than 15 characters Editing Folders On the Folder screen press the Edit button and the Edit Folder screen appears This screen allows you to change folder information After entering the information press Submit to apply the changes Press Back to return to the Folder screen Edit Folder Item _ Description Enter the name of the Share folder Provide a description the folder Enable or disable users from browsing the folder contents Admit or deny public access to this folder Press Submit to save your changes Press Back to retur
80. ption Select an image size for each captured image Can be 160x120 das 320x240 or 640x480 Interval Select an interval between each captured image Schedule Click to schedule webcam image capture Preview Click to preview the image capture Apply Click to save your changes Web Cam Preview From the Web Camera window you can click the Preview button to view the image from the Web Cam before setting up the recording schedule if you wish Image Size 320x240 Interval 3 T Schedule Preview Apply Image Size 320x240 Back 64 Note Picture quality may vary due to the number of different USB Web Cams on market with varying hardware components Once you are happy with the Web Cam preview your can select the resolution you want There are 3 different choices e 160x120 e 320x240 e 640x480 Use the drop down to select the desired recording interval Click Apply to save your changes Image Size 320x240 Interval 3 Second s Schedule Preview Apply Adding a Web Cam Schedule After finishing with the basic settings we need to now configure the capture schedule To do this begin by activating the schedule function by selecting Enable in the Web Camera Schedule window Web Camera Schedule Enable Disable int Always Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Time Select All Next select time slot you want to record through the Web Ca
81. r Hour Minute End 1 Heur Minule apply 54 Adding an FTP Task To add a new FTP task to the Download Manager follow these steps 1 Using the Task Type dropdown select FTP and click Add Task um E wee ecieics elej i Psi M i Thecus J SI Al a ed e HS Status v Storage Y Network w Accounts w System v Language Download Tasks ask Type Rate HBD s Status T Enable Refresh Scheduler O Enable Disable F Daily Weekly Sian Hour Minute End Hour Minute apply 2 In the FTP Task window start by inputting the target URL in the FTP File box This is the link to the download you want to queue rmn bi c Pm j i e i inc LAA A PPS Mala Sierage WHaetwork Account System vw Language FTP Task Accomm E Anar Lngin C Username Password Destination Polder Download Manager w Example Ttp example com Pratis and file maie Example Idirecbaryifitis wild card suppparted j Mode sein Default Ache Passive Maz Download Bondi TA ms Kee Apply Caneel 55 3 Next select the destination folder from the Destination Folder dropdown This is where the download will reside am mum nd ais a i a E mee Ja E CE LEA LLLELLLS Sala Sierage Hetweork Accounts v System T Language FIP Task Accomm Anamgmaus Login O Username Passw ord Destination Polder Download Manager Downtoad Link Dawricad tX Managerhttg 3200 QR Back MO Quo Bark pay E
82. r sane Chee bod city eec bte EUN Hp ti e bec ve 26 RALIDJynroratlob cosdesetptunidde REP Du dee REA NO s acaba pde p P ER d de dua 26 RAI D COnFIQUEatlofriascotvdoae eek STER E Ta VER ER vac haere Cet CNET Ga Ur RU kf ES CORR 27 RAID EVel RT io ii 27 RAID SeN osos Cas dm pdt x aodeguites Nica 28 Go cuaeE Mp A HE 28 Brie E RAND TC T CFTE 28 Folder Management c r oos te acia xac cde E e ER CEPR EHE VH acie Ca bd pe Fa d ra i 29 Aaa ROME c RET mE 29 mediae A erates I i TUM 30 Deleting Folders m Tcr 30 NESSS ATE E Que Rea DER Rus A d vc Xa dt Pun Io SG P RENTRER MV KR EORR E E a tt 30 Folder Access Control EisE ACK ai ve RE Kc E cac D i ae Ec E il 31 Network Management ara cea eu Eua Ex ux Ee pax deen A A 32 WAN Contigua LON iria 32 LAN CONNOSCO asia crat s xata ida nt 33 DACP ConLIOUbPdLIO zssssiciasqsolattiss A AA 33 WEAN COMO AHON use sad wena Ma we Dura tabe eia iie da pot Verl bea o e rbd ttes Dr ve be vua 34 DDNS CONO cred pes castes Senat vade ivi oa 35 Typical JDNS Cohfiguration Procedure codi n 35 Web Services Configuration sesssessssssseen nennen 36 AFP LApple NetWork Setup in ada 36 NES CL Diswsnsrtsanoadierrta 37 User and Group Management eeeeee nennen unu nnn uuuuuuuuuuuuu uuu uuu uuu uuu 38 Local USer CONTIOULAUION sss As E I EORR UE E pe 38 POGING USG prr E NA 38 MOGITY INO Usera PEN 39 DICE UU icu HMM catenin tera ie Ch
83. rd box and confirm your new password in the Confirm Password box Press Apply to confirm password changes See the following table for a detailed description of each item Change Administrator Password Change Administrator Password Reboot and Shutdown System From the System menu choose Reboot amp nece Shane Shutdown item and the satus Soraga v ewone Acris Sym Leequnpe Shutdown Reboot System screen appears Press Reboot to restart the system or Shutdown to turn the system off 46 Scheduled Power On Off You may also designate a schedule for the Ta Storage Applianc M3800 to turn on and off To do this first w ewe Accents Spo Lengesg enable the feature by checking the Enable Timer checkbox Then simply choose an on and off time for each day of the week that you would like to designate a schedule by Ae rm using the various dropdowns Finally click ams Apply to save your changes 4 J 4 x c t c i C e D Ma o g e e e e o al a i 4 x E x o e Example Monday On 8 00 Off 16 00 _ ENT NE System will turn on at 8 00 AM on Monday Miss al ool no x 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
84. rd disk drives RAID Levels The Thecus M3800 supports standard RAID levels 0 1 5 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 0 RAI D 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 96 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 This is excellent for complete data security RAID 5 RAID 5 offers data security and good performance 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
85. re The M3800 allows data consolidation and sharing between Windows SMB CIFS UNIX Linux and Apple OS X environments The M3800 s user friendly GUI supports multiple languages Product Highlights File Server First and foremost the M3800 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 a snap To learn about the Web User Interface go to Chapter 6 Using the M3800 gt Web User I nterface FTP Server With the built in FTP Server friends clients and customers can upload and download files to your M3800 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 5 Additional Feature Setup FTP Server Backup Server Don t leave precious data to chance With advanced backup capabilities you can easily upload mission critical files to the M3800 and even automate your backup tasks for true peace of mind To find out how to backup your files with the M3800 refer to Chapter 6 Using the M3800 File Backup Media Server Mediabolic s Embedded Media Server resides on the M3800 and aggregates personal media so that it was can be accessed by a variety of players such as network TVs IP set top boxes and digi
86. rg from your home PC 2 Click on the Sign Up Now link 3 Check the check boxes select a user name i e M3800 enter your email address i e xxx example com check Enable Wildcard and create a password i e xxxx Wait for an email from www dyndns org Open the email and click on the link to activate your account Once your account is activated enter the DDNS server user name password and host name into the DDNS Support screen 7 Click Apply to save your changes 5 da 35 Web Services Configuration From the Network menu choose the TA IES Service item and the Web Service screen rmm o Yon yg Ed nn appears This screen displays the service support parameters of the system You can change any of these items and press Apply AA PA to confirm your settings A description of zm each item follows Disable HTTP support and Enable N OTE Secure HTTP support to guarantee secure access Web Service TCT TT TCT Support option is enabled WebDisk Support option is enabled find the IP address of the M3800 AFP Apple Network Setup From the Network menu choose the AFP e A ETC RI item and the AFP Configuration screen LM 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 A description of each item follows mire void nass Duda MAC CHARSET one seer Hem JDe
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88. s usb printer in the box where Thecus NAS IP is the IP address of the M3800 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 If your printer is not listed consult your printer documentation for a compatible printer Manufacturer Printers HP E 5 HP DeskJet 615C IBM S HP DeskJet 640C 642C 648C infotec EJ HP Deskjet 6500 Series Konica S UP Neck let RANC KONICA MINO TA 4 Er This driver is digitally signed Tell me why driver signing is important If your printer model is not listed please contact your printer manufacturer for help 70 7 Windows will attempt to connect to the printer Connecting to http 172 16 66 64 63 1 printers usb printer 8 You can choose to set this printer as the default printer by checking the Set as the default printer box Click Next to continue Type a printer name Printer name usb printer on http 172 16 66 64 631 Vet as the defauit printer This printer has been installed with the MP 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 _frnta testpage_ 71 Chapter 6 Using the M3800 Overview Once the M3800 is setup and operating u
89. scipion Apple Network Configuration Item v jDescipion AFP Server Enable or disable Apple File Service to use the M3800 with MAC OS based systems MAC CHARSET If your operating system does not support Unicode e g MAC OS9 8 select the same language as your OS here in order to properly view the files and directories on the server 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 M3800 If you do not want to assign a network zone enter an asterisk to use the default setting 36 NFS Setup From the Network menu choose the NFS macs LO uisus item and the NFS Support screen appears diuk ERN T EE IT The M3800 can act as an NFS server enabling users to download and upload files with their favorite NFS clients Press Apply to confirm your settings A description of each item follows LM NFS Support Item O o Enable or Disable NFS support Apply Click Apply to save your changes 37 User and Group Management The M3800 has built in user database that allows administrators to manage user access using different group policies From the Accounts menu you can create modify and delete users and assign them to groups that you designate Local User Configuration From the Accounts menu choose the ELL Users it
90. sers on the network may manage all varieties of digital music photos or files by simply using their web browsers To manage your personal files or access public files on the M3800 just enter its IP address into your browser default IP address is nttp 192 168 1 100 and you will be taken to the M3800 Login page Before proceeding make sure that WebDisk Support or Secure WebDisk Support is enabled in the Service Support screen in the system s Network menu See Service Support in Chapter 4 System Management gt Network Management gt Web Services Configuration Login Page To login to the system enter your user meca name and password and click Login to log into the system You will be taken to the Thaci iiia Web User Interface orage Appliance Web User Interface The Web User Interface is where users interact with the M3800 and manage all sorts of digital media The simple layout makes it easy for anyone to enjoy the many features of the M3800 En sa M3800 On the left of the interface is the Main g Menu where you can easy access the D WebDisk Music and Gallery functions of the M3800 Along the top of the interface you to choose to browse all storage devices connected to the M3800 including SATA and eSATA hard disks i USB disks and contents stored from the USB One Button Copy function 72 Web User I nterface WebDisk i Click to use the WebDisk function Music Click to use the Music functi
91. shing Wizard M3800 Photo Gallery Wizard Powered by THECUS Service On Gallery Please Select Album To Album name Create Album 11 Select the album you want to upload your pictures to 12 Confirm the target album Web Publishing Wizard M3800 Photo Gallery Wizard Powered by THECUS The selected Album is user Are you sure publish photos into the Album Web Publishing Wizard Please wait while your files are copied File Winter ipg File progress 100 complete Currently copying file 4 of 4 To stop copying click Cancel i Cancel 79 14 When the upload is finished the Wizard will ask you whether if you want to go to the website Click Finish to go to your Photo Web Server Web Publishing Wizard E Completing the Web Publishing Wizard You have successfully published your files to this site Open this site when click Finish To close this wizard click Finish 15 Click on the user s icon to go to that user s album WebDisk 16 You will see the user s album list Click on user SU c ROBO WebDisk Music Photos Logout Change Password 1 17 Finished You will see the pictures just selected in the album 80 T e Change Password EXIF Information While viewing pictures you can also have the M3800 display the EXIF information for each photo Photos gt user s album gt user gt Blue hilis pg WebDisk Music P
92. sk If the administrator improperly removes a hard disk that should not be removed WARNI NG when RAID status is Degraded all data will be lost RAID Settings Using RAI D Settings you can select stripe size choose which disks are RAID disks or the Spare Disk as well as enter a name for each disk RAID Settings Item sd Number assigned to the installed hard disks Capacity MB Capacity of the installed hard disks Model number of the installed hard disks storage volume a RAID volume Stripe Size This sets the 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 Create RAID Press this button to configure a file system and create the RAID storage volume Remove RAID Click to remove the RAID volume All user data iSCSI and Target USB data will be removed Press this button to exit without saving changes Creating a RAID To create a RAID volume follow the steps below 1 On the RAID Configuration screen set the RAID storage space as JBOD RAID O RAID 1 or RAID 5 see Appendix C RAID Basics for a detailed description of each Tick the checkboxes of the hard disks you wish to use to create a RAID Specify a stripe size 64K is the default setting Press Create to build the RAID storage volume DUI Building a RAID storage space may tak
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94. t FTP aie Fxampla ip example cam Path and File mame Example idiractaryfile wild card sunppartgd M d setting O5 Default active O Passe Maw Download Bard darle 1034 Kes Apply cancel 5 Select the maximum download bandwidth from the Max Download Bandwidth dropdown ne EPA AER IA Sala Sierage WHetweork Accounla System T Language FTP Task Accoum E Anomymous Lagim O Username Password Destination Polder Download Manager Dawnhoad Link Dawnlsad XilManager ibo W32DU Oh Back pditiJUU Qio Bark par Example ftp liflp amp xample c mfdirifila ripsite gt o Example penamole com Path and filename Example Pirecbaryfile wild card suppparted Mode setting amp Default Ache O Passive Max Download Bondi iid m Kee Apply Canes 6 Press Apply to add the task 57 7 Once added your download will appear in the list of download tasks To start the download simply click the Start icon and the download will begin m s I ESET AGE ep Paice Status Storage Network Accounts System Language Download Tasks Task Type RateiKB si Status x N3700_016_Back pdf FTP ee Task type FIP Add Task Enable Refresh Download Schedule Scheduler Enable Disable F Daily Weekly Start Hour Minute End Hour Minute Apply 8 The download status will continually update in the Download Tasks window To p
95. tal media adapters This software is DLNA Certified which means that increased interoperability with other DLNA certified devices The software also enables advanced digital rights management an auto setup wizard and auto generating video thumbnails Mediabolic s Embedded Media Server makes accessing sharing and enjoying your media files easy To set up the Media Server refer to Chapter 4 Additional Feature Setup Media Server iTunes Server Digital music is one of the hottest trends and with the built in iTunes server you can share your digital music files with every Tunes equipped PC on your network The Tunes Server is also incredibly easy to set up To set up the Tunes Server refer to Chapter 4 Additional Feature Setup gt Tunes Server Photo Gallery The Photo Gallery is a great way for friends and family to share precious memories of vacations birthdays and more Users can upload pictures and even create their own picture albums right on the N1200 To set up the Photo Gallery refer to Chapter 5 Using the M3800 gt Using Photo Gallery Web Cam Server With the M3800 s Web Cam server you can schedule the M3800 to capture images from a connected USB webcam at designated intervals To set up the Web Cam Server refer to Chapter 5 Additional Feature Setup Web Cam Server Printer Server With the M3800 s Printer Server you can easily share an IPP printer with other PCs connected to your network
96. ters are supported Please check Thecus website for a list of supported printers Note that if a multi function all in one printer is attached to the M3800 usually only the printing and fax functions will work Other features such as scanning probably will not function 68 Windows Vista To set up the Printer Server in Windows Vista follow the steps below 1 Open Printer Folder from the Control Panel Comtrol Panel Home System and Maintenance User Accounts and Family Safety Get started with Windows Set op paremal contro tor any user Back wp your computer B Ads ce remove user accounts Security Appearance and Personalization Check for updates Ag Change desktop back gecond Change the color scheme TS Kreen reucluton Check ths computer s pecurty status e AT 3 program through Widows Virewali Clock Language and Region wi Network and Internet bars Change keyboard os other input method View network vatur and trie Change ditplay language Set up file Daang Hardware and Sound A CDs ev other mede autoenatscalby eTa Urmstall a program Change startup programs Recent Tasks ni gum 2 Click the right mouse button in anywhere on the Printers folder and then select Add Printer OTE Hardware and Seund Printers e Search sworibe Link Comments Location Model Microsoft XP5 Document Ki Decameras Qe EF Winter E Pebunt Hr ad 0 IB Hei More M Folders Sort Ey
97. uration When a compatible wireless USB dongle is installed on the M3800 the M3800 will become an access point and the Network dropdown menu will contain a WLAN menu item From the Network menu choose WLAN and the WLAN Configuration e screen appears This screen displays the wireless network parameters of the system M You can to change any of these items and Late tamte press Apply to confirm your settings mi Currently supported USB wireless dongles are 3Com 3CRUSB10075 Zyxel G220USB PCI GW US54mini USB dongles have to be connected before the M3800 is powered up WLAN Configuration Description Item ipti AP Specifies the IP address of the network connection identifying name of a wireless network ESSID Broadcast Specifies whether the ESSID will be broadcasted by the M3800 This will prevent the Access Point from broadcasting the ESSID The M3800 will still respond to a wireless device that wants to communicate if it sends a matching ESSID The channel that the M3800 uses to communicate with client devices Auth Mode Authentication mode used by the M3800 Shared Shared key authentication Open Open key authentication WEP Enable Specifies whether to use encryption for transmission or not Key Length Key length specifies the level of encryption used by the M3800 64 bit 10 characters from 0 9 and A F 128 bit 26 characters from 0 9 and A F Inp
98. users conduct necessary back up practices Safety Warnings For your safety please read and follow the following safety warnings Read this manual thoroughly before attempting to set up your M3800 Your M3800 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 M3800 can operate normally under temperatures between 5 C and 40 C with relative humidity of 096 80 Using the M3800 under extreme environmental conditions could damage the unit Ensure that the M3800 is provided with the correct supply voltage AC 100V 240V 50 60 Hz 3A Plugging the M3800 to an incorrect power source could damage the unit 4 Do NOT expose the M3800 to dampness dust or corrosive liquids Do NOT place the M3800 on any uneven surfaces DO NOT place the M3800 in direct sunlight or expose it to other heat SOUrces DO NOT use chemicals or aerosols to clean the M3800 Unplug the power cord and all connected cables before cleaning DO NOT place any objects on the M3800 or obstruct its ventilation slots to avoid overheating the unit A Keep packaging out of the reach of chi
99. ut up to 4 WEP keys and select the one you wish to use When connecting be sure to enter the same key and select the Same index number on each client machine A DHCP server can be configured to assign IP addresses to devices connected to LAN ports WLAN DHCP Configuration Item Description DHCP Server Select to enable or disable DHCP server End IP Specifies the ending IP address of the DHCP range DNS Server Specifies the DNS server IP address Specifies the starting IP address of the DHCP range 34 NOTE The IP Segment of WLAN WAN and LAN should not overlap Users should obey the international RF regulatory rules as they set up the wireless RF channel on the M3800 The RF operating channels for different regions have been specified as following Thecus has no responsibility for users attempting to violate the international RF regulation il N America 14 Japan 13 Europe ETSI 2 Spain 4 France DDNS Configuration From the Network menu choose the DDNS 5 Js E EIS ISEVERRITETETRE item and the DDNS Support screen diii terni M Aa il Lai appears You can change any of these items and press Apply to confirm your settings A description of each item follows DDNS Support Item JDesciption O DDNS Enable or disable DDNS support Typical DDNS Configuration Procedure To setup DDNS on your M3800 follow the steps below l Go tto http www dyndns o
100. work click on the Music icon from the left panel I con Function Description Poo y File Search Search for specific files or folders D Sort Arrange all files and folders by type name size or last modified date K Delete Delete the selected files or folders Page Number Use this to navigate when multiple ww 50 Move to page gt Go pages are required to list the contents of the selected directories Po gm Create New Enter a new folder name and press Folder the Create button Browse amp Upload Files Browse to the desired file location and press the Upload button Adding Music Files You could add music files into iTunes Server through Web User Interface however if you have lots of folders and files to upload there is a simpler way 1 Open a Windows Explorer and type the M3800 IP address in the address bar i e 11192 168 1 100 2 Double click the Music folder to enter it Then drag and drop music folders and files here 3 The M3800 iTunes server will take some time to cache the ID3 tag of every file Once the process is done you will see all the music files from iTunes clients Playing Music Files Once your music files are added to the M3800 playing them on any iTunes equipped computer connected to the network is easy 1 Open iTunes 2 You should see Thecus_M3800 under the SHARED heading in the left hand menu 3 Click Thecus M3800 and all shared music will be displayed ready to be enjoyed ri
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102. y is in a degraded state the LCD display will be stopped in display mode and show which disk is degraded in the array RAID Degraded Disk USB Copy The USB Copy function enables you to copy files stored on USB devices such as USB disks and digital cameras to the M3800 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 3 The LCD will display USB Copy 4 Press Enter J and the M3800 will start copying USB disks connected to the front USB port The LCD will display the USB copy progress and results 18 Typical Setup Procedure From the Web Administration Interface you can begin to setup your M3800 for use on your network Setting up the M3800 typically follows the five steps outlined below For more on how to use the Web Administration Interface see Chapter 4 System Management gt Web Administration Interface Step 1 Network Setup From the Web Administration Interface you can configure the network settings of the M3800 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 Management gt Network Management Step 2 RAID Creation Next administrators can configure their preferred RAID setting and build their RAID volume You can access RAID settings from the menu bar of the Web Ad
103. your network settings password and turn off Jumbo Frame Support 32 LAN Configuration The M3800 supports two Gigabit Ethernet rue JP joss A lbs ports for higher service availability To configure these ports choose LAN from the Lam contigurati Network menu and the LAN MAC Adress 00140 Configuration screen appears Press m Ur ls Apply to save your changes ain LAN Configuration Item Description S Jumbo Frame Support IPC Specifies the IP address of the LAN interface Before enabling Jumbo Frame Support please make sure your network equipment supports Jumbo Frame If your equipment is incompatible you might not be able to connect to your M3800 In this case you have to reset the system back to default by the holding down front panel reset button for 5 seconds during boot up process DHCP Configuration A DHCP server can be configured to assign IP addresses to devices connected to the LAN port To configure these ports choose LAN from the Network menu DHCP Configuration Item Description O address to PCs connected to the LAN interface End IP Specifies the ending IP address of the DHCP range DNS Server Specifies the DNS server IP address NOTE The IP Segment of WAN and LAN should not overlap The IP address of the LAN interface should not be in the range of the Start IP address and End IP address WARNING 33 WLAN Config

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