Iomega px6-300d User Manual
px6-300d Network Storage
with LifeLine 4.1
User Guide
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CONTENTS
Setting up Your px6-300d Network Storage 1
Setup Overview 2
About the px6-300d Device Components 3
Front Panel 3
Drive Bay Access 4
Rear Panel 5
Default Settings 5
Connecting the px6-300d Network Storage to Your Network 6
Check Package Contents 6
Connecting the px6-300d 6
Safety Information 8
Accessing Your Device If It's Not Discovered 9
Direct Access Using the Device IP Address or Model Name 9
Discovery Using LenovoEMC Storage Manager 9
Discovering the px6-300d Using Your Computer OS 9
Setting Up Favorite Features 11
Setting Up Additional Features 12
Device Setup 13
Device Configuration Options 15
Network Settings 16
Manually Configuring Network Settings 17
Bonding NICs 18
VLAN Settings 19
Naming Your px6-300d Network Storage 20
Configuring Your px6-300d Network Storage to Use Active Directory 21
Enabling Active Directory Trusted Domains 22
Customizing Access to Features on Your px6-300d Network Storage 23
Enabling the Display of Features 23
Enabling Access Permissions to Features 23
Non-Administrator User Log In 24
Obtaining Alerts About Your px6-300d Network Storage 25
Tracing Events on Your px6-300d Network Storage 26
Downloading the complete event log file 26
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Obtaining System Status for Your px6-300d Network Storage 27
Space Usage 27
Control Panel 27
Device Information 27
Using Your px6-300d Network Storage in Various Time Zones 29
Setting the Display Language for Your px6-300d Network Storage 30
Printing Documents 31
Securing Your px6-300d Network Storage and Contents 32
How Do I Secure My px6-300d Network Storage? 33
Security Settings 34
Users and Groups 35
Users and Groups Overview 36
Users 36
Groups 36
How Access Rights Are Granted Using Groups in Workgroup Mode 36
Adding Users 37
Managing Users 38
Changing User Information 38
Changing User Access Permissions 39
Setting Quotas 39
Deleting Users 39
Adding Groups 40
Managing Groups 41
Removing a User from the Group 41
Changing Group Access Permissions 41
Deleting Groups 42
Using Active Directory Domain 43
Active Directory Users and Groups Overview 44
Managing Active Directory Users and Groups 45
Importing Users and Groups from Active Directory 45
Synchronizing with the Active Directory Controller 45
Changing Access Permissions 46
Setting Quotas 46
Deleting an Active Directory User or Group 46
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Managing Your px6-300d Network Storage with Local and Active Directory Users 47
Enabling Active Directory after Creating Users in Workgroup Mode 47
Logging in to Your px6-300d 47
Creating Local Users and Groups in Active Directory Mode 47
Creating Share Permissions for AD Users and Local Users 48
Switching to Workgroup Mode from Active Directory 48
Sharing Files 49
Sharing Overview 50
Interfaces for Sharing 50
Shares 51
What are Shares and How Do I Organize Content with Them? 51
Adding Shares 52
Managing Shares 53
Deleting Shares 55
Using Protocols to Share Files 56
What Are Protocols and How Do I Use Them to Share Files? 56
AFP File Sharing for Macs 56
Bluetooth File Sharing 56
FTP File Sharing 57
TFTP 57
NFS File Sharing 57
rsync: Synchronizing Files with Another Storage Device or Other Computers 58
Monitoring Your Device with an SNMP Management Tool 59
Managing File Sharing with Web Access (http/https) 60
WebDAV: Managing Files Using HTTP or HTTPS 60
Windows DFS: Creating a Distributed Windows File System 60
Windows File Sharing 61
Sharing Content through the Home Page 62
Sharing Your Content with the World 62
Adding a Custom Home Page 62
Automatically Sending Content to Multiple People at Once 64
How to Set Up an Email Distribution Active Folder 64
Sharing Content Using Social Media: Overview 65
Managing Your Content 66
Transferring Content to and from Your px6-300d Network Storage with Copy Jobs 67
Copy Jobs Limitations 67
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Getting Content from a USB External Storage Device 68
Safely removing external storage 68
One-touch Transferring of Content from a USB Device 69
Setting QuikTransfer 69
Drive Management 70
Managing Drives 71
Write Caching 71
Global Drive Management Settings 71
Storage Pool Information 72
Drive Status 72
Adding New Drives to Your px6-300d Network Storage 73
Storage Pool Management 75
Understanding How Your Content Is Stored 76
Storage Pools 76
Volumes 76
Adding and Managing Storage Pools 77
Adding a Data Storage Pool 77
Improving Performance with a Cache Storage Pool 79
Creating a Cache Storage Pool 79
Assigning a Cache Pool to a Volume 80
Volumes 81
Snapshots 81
Exposing/Unexposing the Snapshot 82
Restoring a Snapshot 82
Deleting a Snapshot 82
Displaying Shares in the Snapshot 82
Make the Snapshot Read-only 82
Changing Expose Mode 82
Adding and Managing Volumes 83
Deleting a Storage Pool 85
Changing RAID Protection Types 86
iSCSI: Creating IP-Based Storage Area Networks (SAN) 87
iSCSI Overview 88
Adding iSCSI Drives 89
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Enabling iSCSI Drives 89
Connecting to iSCSI Drives 89
Managing iSCSI Drives 90
Adding CHAP User Access to an iSCSI Drive 90
Deleting iSCSI Drives 91
Backing up and Restoring Your Content 92
Backup and Restore Overview 93
Backup of Data through RAID Protection 93
Backing up to and Restoring from Your px6-300d Network Storage 94
Backing up Macs with Time Machine 94
One-touch Transferring of Content from a USB Device 94
Copy Jobs Overview 95
Backing up Your px6-300d Network Storage 96
Copy Jobs 96
From: Settings 97
To: Settings 98
Setting a Schedule 98
Registering with Avamar for Backup and Restore 100
Backing up with Amazon S3 101
Restoring Files with Amazon S3 101
Backing up with LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 102
Restoring Files with Personal Cloud 102
Remote Access: Accessing Your px6-300d Network Storage From Anywhere in the
World 103
Remote Access Overview 104
Enabling Remote Access 105
Basic Option: Completing the Enable Remote Access Process 105
Premium Option: Completing the Enable Remote Access Process 105
Accessing Your px6-300d Network Storage Remotely 107
Personal Cloud: Accessing Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud From Anywhere in the
World 108
What Is LenovoEMC Personal Cloud ? 109
LenovoEMC Personal Cloud Key Terms 109
Is My Content Secure? 110
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Creating a LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 111
Configuring Router Port Forwarding for Personal Cloud 112
Router Port Forwarding 112
Configuring Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 113
Enabling Internet Access to the px6-300d 113
Changing Personal Cloud Settings 113
Inviting People onto Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 114
Joining a Trusted Device to LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 115
Managing Trusted Devices on a Personal Cloud 116
Disconnecting Trusted Devices 116
Deleting Trusted Devices 116
Using Copy Jobs with a LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 117
Disabling or Deleting Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 118
Accessing Content Using Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 119
Informing Users What to Do with LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 120
Sharing Content Using Social Media 121
Sharing Content Using Social Media: Overview 122
Facebook 123
Flickr 124
YouTube 125
Share Content through LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 126
Media Management 127
Media Management Overview 128
Scanning for Media Content 128
Media Services Capabilities and Limitations 129
Sharing Media Content over the Internet 130
Enabling Internet Access from the Media Server Page 130
Media Aggregation 131
Enabling Media Aggregation 131
Social Media Sharing 132
Streaming Music, Movies, and Pictures 133
Example: Setting up iTunes 133
Example: Setting up Xbox 360 133
Photos 134
Photos Overview 134
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Streaming Pictures 134
Creating a Slideshow on the Device Home Page 134
Automatically Resizing Your Photos 134
Getting Pictures from Your Camera 135
Music 136
Music Overview 136
Streaming Music 136
Videos 137
Video Capabilities Overview 137
Streaming Movies 137
Adding Applications to Your px6-300d Network Storage 138
Application Overview 139
Application Installation 140
Application Manager 141
Starting or stopping an application 141
Adding applications 141
Removing applications 141
Software Updates 142
Auto-update process: installing a device software update 142
Manual update process: installing a device software update 142
Backing up and Recovering Your px6-300d Network Storage Settings 144
Backing Up Your px6-300d Network Storage Settings 145
Backing up Device Configuration 145
Restoring a Configuration Backup 145
Hardware Management 146
Energy Saving 147
Power Down Drives 147
Brightness 147
Wake On LAN 147
Creating a Power Schedule 147
Factory Reset 148
UPS Management 149
Troubleshooting Routers 150
Enabling the DMZ 150
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Configuring Port Forwarding on Double NAT Networks 151
Bridging the Secondary Router 151
Bridging the Primary Router 151
Additional Support 153
How to Get Help 154
Support 155
Legal 156
Open Source 157
Warranty Information 158
Limited Warranty Notice 158
Limited Warranty for Iomega Products 158
Regulatory Information 159
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement 159
Canadian Verification 159
European Union - Compliance to the Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive 160
Important WEEE Information 160
European Union RoHS 160
India RoHS 160
California Perchlorate Information 161
Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Cable and Cord Notice 161
Recycling and environmental information 161
Export classification notice 161
Copyright and Trademark Information 162
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CHAPTER 1
Setting up Your px6-300d
Network Storage
Setting up Your px6-300d Network Storage 1
Setting up Your px6-300d Network Storage
Setup Overview
It's easy to set up your px6-300d Network Storage:
● Remove it from the box, connect it to your network switch or hub, and then power it up.
● Launch a web browser and either enter the Setup URL, http://setup.lenovoemc.com, or use the
device IP address or model name to access the device directly.
● Device Setup launches automatically the first time you access your device and guides you
through selecting the configuration options that best meet your needs.
Refer to the following sections for information on the device components and connection instructions.
About the px6-300d Components
Connecting the px6-300d to Your Network
Safety Information
Accessing Your Device If It Is Not Discovered
By default, the px6-300d will attempt to acquire an IP address from DHCP, If there is not a DHCP
server available on the network, the px6-300d will use an IP address in the self-assigned APIPA
range (169.254.x.x).
2 Setup Overview
About the px6-300d Device Components
Front Panel
Status Indicators, Buttons and Ports
Setting up Your px6-300d Network Storage
1. System Status Indicator — Displays the current operational status of the px6-300d Network Storage.
● Off — Powered up and ready.
● Flashing White — px6-300d is rebuilding the RAID array.
● Flashing Red — System or drive error — LCD or system software indicates error.
● Solid Red — System error during boot.
2. Drive Activity Indicator — Displays the current status of drives in the px6-300d Network Storage.
● Solid Blue — Powered up and ready.
● Flashing Blue — Read and write activity occurring.
● Solid Red — Drive failure or drive error. LCD or system software indicates error.
3. LCD Display — Scroll through the display screen to view the device name, free disk space, IP address,
and date and time. You can initiate a QuikTransfer Copy Job from the LCD and view or dismiss any errors
or warnings on the px6-300d without having to turn on your computer.
4. Power Button and Indicator — Press and release to power the px6-300d on or off. The power button is
illuminated when the px6-300d is running.
About the px6-300d Device Components 3
Setting up Your px6-300d Network Storage
Holding the power button for 4 seconds will result in a forced shutdown and could cause data loss
if data transfers are in process.
5. Select or Cancel Button — Push the Select or Cancel button to select a menu option on the LCD
display, or dismiss the current message.
6. Next Button — Push the Next button to scroll to the next px6-300d info screen.
7. USB Connector — Supports devices such as USB storage devices and printers.
Drive Bay Access
The px6-300d Network Storage has six user-serviceable drive bays. Open the front panel to access the
drive bays. Pull out a drive tray to install or replace a hard disk drive.
Refer to the list of qualified hard disks on the LenovoEMC support site at www.iomega.com/support before
adding new drives.
4 About the px6-300d Device Components
Rear Panel
Setting up Your px6-300d Network Storage
1. USB 2.0 connectors — Supports devices such as USB storage devices and printers.
2. Gigabit Ethernet Ports — High-speed Ethernet connectors that will automatically detect your network
speed (10/100/1000Base-T).
3. Reset Button — Hold the Reset button for four seconds to reset security and network settings. This
allows you to regain access if network settings are incorrect or you’ve forgotten your password.
The reset button does not initiate a full factory reset. To perform a full factory reset, select Factory
Reset from the System page in the px6-300d Management Console.
4. Power Connector — Plug the power cable into this connector.
Default Settings
● IP Address — If no DHCP server is found on your network the px6-300d will get a self-assigned
IP address in the 169.254.x.x range.
● Device Name — The default name for your px6-300d Network Storage is px6-300d. If there is
more than one px6-300d on your network, a number is added to the name, such as px6-300d-1
px6-300d-2, and so on.
● Default Shares — Device setup will create default Shares on your px6-300d. The specific default
Shares will vary depending on the options you select during device setup. You can create
additional Shares as desired.
About the px6-300d Device Components 5
Setting up Your px6-300d Network Storage
Connecting the px6-300d Network Storage to Your
Network
Check Package Contents
Verify that the box contains the following items:
1. px6-300d (models may vary)
2. Power Adapter and Cord
3. Quick Start Guide
4. Ethernet Cable
Package contents may vary.
Connecting the px6-300d
If you have purchased more than one px6-300d, complete all steps on one device before setting up
additional devices.
1. Make sure at least one hard drive is installed in the px6-300d. Refer to
http://support.lenovoemc.com for a list of drives approved for use with the px6-300d.
2. Use the included network cable to connect the px6-300d to your network router, switch, or hub.
3. Use the included power adapter and cord to plug the px6-300d into a surge-protected power
source.
6 Connecting the px6-300d Network Storage to Your Network
Setting up Your px6-300d Network Storage
4. Your px6-300d should power on automatically.
5. To set up your px6-300d, open a web browser and go to http://setup.lenovoemc.com, or enter the
device IP address or the model name "px6-300d" in your computer's web browser. Device Setup
will launch automatically the first time you access your px6-300d and guide you through
configuring basic setup options.
On a Mac use "local.px6-300d" to access Device Setup using the model name. For best results,
use a computer that is connected to the same subnet or network segment as the px6-300d. If
Device Setup doesn't launch, see Accessing Your Device If It's Not Discovered.
6. OPTIONAL: if desired, install the LenovoEMC Storage Manager and Twonky Media Server
software.
LenovoEMC Storage Manager will automatically scan your network and connect to available
Shares on the px6-300d.
Installing the Twonky Media Server software enables you to manage media aggregation on your
client computer.
Mac Users: When you install LenovoEMC Storage Manager, its icon will appear on the Menu
Bar. Shares on the px6-300d will mount and appear on the Mac Desktop.
NOTE: If the px6-300d Shares do not appear on the Mac Desktop, open Finder Preferences and
check Connected Servers under "Show these items...". You can also find the Shares listed
under Shared when you open a Finder window.
PC Users: When you install LenovoEMC Storage Manager, its icon will appear in the System
Tray. Shares on the px6-300d will automatically be assigned a drive letter and will be available in
the Network section in Windows Explorer or under Computer Network Locations.
If you receive a message from your operating system's firewall alerting you of network activity
while installing the software, be sure to unblock communications.
If you do not install the LenovoEMC Storage Manager, see Discovering the px6-300d Using Your
Computer OS for information on how to manually connect Shares on the device.
Connecting the px6-300d Network Storage to Your Network 7
Setting up Your px6-300d Network Storage
Safety Information
Observe the following guidelines when using your px6-300d Network Storage:
● Follow all instructions marked on the px6-300d and in the documentation.
● Use only the power supply provided with the px6-300d.
● Unplug the px6-300d before cleaning. Do not use liquid or aerosol cleaners. Use a damp cloth for
cleaning.
● Do not use the px6-300d near water. Do not spill liquid on or into the px6-300d.
● Do not place the px6-300d on an unstable surface.
● Do not place the px6-300d near or on a radiator or heat register.
● Openings in the px6-300d are provided for fans and air ventilation and should not be blocked or
covered. Make sure the px6-300d has ample ventilation (at least 6 inches or 127 mm) in front and
behind the unit.
● Do not walk on the power cord or allow anything to rest on it.
● There is a danger of explosion if the coin cell lithium battery is incorrectly replaced. Replace only
with the same or equivalent type recommended by the equipment manufacturer. Dispose of used
batteries according to local, state, regional, and federal regulations.
Under any of the following conditions, unplug the px6-300d from the wall outlet and contact technical
support:
● The power cord or plug is damaged.
● Liquid has been spilled into the device.
● The device does not function properly when the operating instructions are followed.
● The device was dropped or the exterior enclosure is damaged.
8 Safety Information
Setting up Your px6-300d Network Storage
Accessing Your Device If It's Not Discovered
If your px6-300d is not discovered when you enter the Setup URL, you can use one of the following options
to access it. Device Setup will launch automatically the first time you access your device.
Direct Access Using the Device IP Address or Model Name
You can access the device management interface directly using your computer's web browser by entering
either the device IP address or the model name in the URL bar.
● The LCD screen on your px6-300d will show the IP address.
● The default name for your px6-300d Network Storage is px6-300d. If there is more than one px6-
300d on your network, a number is added to the name, such as px6-300d-1 px6-300d-2, and so on.
If you have updated your px6-300d from an earlier version of LifeLine, the device name might
include an additional alphanumeric identifier following the model name. This will not change when
you install LifeLine 4.1.
Discovery Using LenovoEMC Storage Manager
You can install LenovoEMC Storage Manager from the LenovoEMC web support site. Select your px6-
300d from the LenovoEMC products on the support home page, and then look for LenovoEMC Storage
Manager under Downloads and Updates.
Installing LenovoEMC Storage Manager on your client computer helps you discover the px6-300d on your
network. It also makes it allows multiple computers on your network to interact with the px6-300d.
Discovering the px6-300d Using Your Computer OS
You can access the management interface for your px6-300d using your client computer's operating
system as described by these methods for Windows PCs or Macs.
Windows 8:
1. Click File Explorer on the task bar.
2. You should see your px6-300d listed under Other Devices.
3. Right-click on the icon for your px6-300d and select View device webpage to launch the webbased device management interface.
4. You can also select Properties from the right-click menu to see the device webpage URL. Click
the URL to launch the device management interface.
The webpage URL shows the IP address assigned to your px6-300d.
Windows 7 and Vista:
1. Click Start > Computer > Network.
2. You should see your px6-300d listed under Other Devices.
3. Double-click the device icon to access the px6-300d device management console.
Accessing Your Device If It's Not Discovered 9
Setting up Your px6-300d Network Storage
Windows XP:
1. If you have not enabled UPnP Discovery, click Start > Help and Support.
2. In the Help and Support browser, search for UPnP and follow the steps from “Install the UPnP
framework”.
3. After UPnP is enabled, open Windows Explorer and in the Folders view, expand My Network
Places.
4. You should see your px6-300d listed.
5. Double-click the device icon to access the px6-300d device management console.
Mac:
1. Open a new Finder window.
2. Select All... under Shared on the left side of the Finder window,
3. Double-click your px6-300d to login to the device management console.
After you complete setup for your px6-300d, you can connect to device Shares by selecting
Go > Connect to Server and entering either afp://<device IP address> or smb://<device
IP address>. You can find the IP address for your px6-300d using the LCD screen.
10 Accessing Your Device If It's Not Discovered
Setting up Your px6-300d Network Storage
Setting Up Favorite Features
After you complete device setup, the px6-300d management console will open and display default
Favorite Features based on options you selected during setup.
Select All Features to see additional features available on your px6-300d. If you want to add any of these
to your Favorites, just click and drag the icon from the All Features screen to the Favorite Features tab.
You can access the user interface, setup options, and help information for any feature by clicking its icon
under either Favorite Features or All Features. You can find information in this user guide on any available
feature by searching for the feature name using the PDF Find feature:
1. If your PDF Reader doesn't display a Find box by default, press Ctrl-F under Windows or Apple-F
on a Mac.
2. Enter a feature name, keyword, or text string for the information you want to find.
3. Select Next or use the drop-down menu for advanced search options.
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Setting up Your px6-300d Network Storage
Setting Up Additional Features
After completing device setup, you may want to configure additional features of your px6-300d. Refer to
the sections under Device Configuration Options for information on configuring many basic features.
More complex features are covered by other sections of this manual.
LenovoEMC Personal Cloud
You can set up a Personal Cloud to allow invited users access to content on your px6-300d. This content
can be in private Shares that are exclusive to the users who join the Personal Cloud, which adds an
additional layer of security. In addition, you may want to join other trusted devices to the Personal Cloud,
so that content on those devices can be made available to Personal Cloud users. For more information
about Personal Cloud, refer to the Personal Cloud overview.
File Sharing
Setting up File Sharing enables you to add content to your px6-300d and make it available in a wide variety
of ways, including content features such as Active Folders and media sharing. For more information, refer
to the Sharing Overview.
Security is automatically enabled when you setup your px6-300d and all Shares are secured by
default.You can create users on your device and set access privileges as desired to limit data
access to Shares. You can also make Shares public if you want them to be accessible by
everyone. See Securing Your Device for more information.
12 Setting Up Additional Features
Setting up Your px6-300d Network Storage
Device Setup
Device Setup runs automatically when you first access the px6-300d and steps you through configuring
basic device options. If you want to change these configuration settings later on, you can run setup again
by selecting the Device Setup icon under All Features in the px6-300d device management console.
You can also manually configure options for any feature on your px6-300d by selecting that feature's icon.
Other sections in this manual provide information on settings options for the features available on your px6300d.
If you run Device Setup after completing initial setup, it will not affect any content stored on your
px6-300d or change other configuration options you have set.
Some processes on your px6-300d also use the setup steps to confirm administrator authorization
and configure basic storage options, such as file system and RAID protection. This will not affect
other settings or data on your px6-300d.
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Setting up Your px6-300d Network Storage
14 Device Setup
CHAPTER 2
Device Configuration Options
Device Configuration Options 15
DeviceConfiguration Options
Network Settings
The Network feature enables you to view and change the network configuration settings on your px6300d. You can use Network to identify your DNS servers and WINS servers and how your system's IP
address is determined. Most system IP addresses and other network settings can normally be configured
automatically.
If you want to change the default network settings for your px6-300d, refer to Manually Configuring
Network Settings.
You can also use the Network feature to configure the following features on your px6-300d.
Bonded NICs
If your px6-300d has multiple network interface cards (NICs), you can bond those NICs. Refer to Bonding
NICs.
VLAN
Each NIC in your px6-300d can be added to up to four Virtual LANs (VLAN). For information on adding a
NIC to a VLAN, refer to VLAN Settings.
Enabling Jumbo Frame Support
You can enable jumbo frames for each NIC in your px6-300d by expanding the Information section for a
NIC and entering a jumbo frame size in the Jumbo Frame field. If you do not want jumbo frame support,
leave the field blank. Jumbo frame support is useful for transferring large files, such as multimedia files,
over a network. Jumbo frame support increases transfer speed by placing large files in fewer data packets.
It also reduces the demand on the device hardware by having the CPU process more data in fewer data
packets.
Jumbo frame support should only be enabled if you are sure your network is jumbo-frame compatible and
all network devices have been configured to support jumbo frames. It is recommended that you confirm all
network interface cards (NICs) are configured to support jumbo frames before enabling this feature.
16 Network Settings
DeviceConfiguration Options
Manually Configuring Network Settings
Changing Network Configuration Settings
1. Click the Network icon to open the Network feature.
2. Click Modify network settings to manually configure settings that apply to all network
interfaces.
3. To manually set static IP addresses, remove the check mark for Automatically configure DNS,
WINS, and all IP addresses (DHCP).
DNS Servers — enter the IP addresses of the DNS (Domain Name System) servers. DNS is
used for translating the domain name to IP addresses.
WINS Servers — enter the IP addresses of the WINS server.
4. Bonding Mode applies if you want to bond two or more network interfaces on your px6-300d. The
default setting is Adaptive Load Balance. Refer to Bonding NICs for additional information on
bonding modes.
5. To connect your px6-300d to a proxy server, check Use proxy settings and enter proxy IP
address, port number, and the proxy username and password.
6. Click Apply to save your settings.
7. To set a static IP address, expand the Network Interface section and remove the check mark for
Automatically acquire network addresses (DHCP).
If this box is checked and a DHCP server is not available on the network, the device will autoassign an IP address in the 169.254.x.x range.
8. Complete the following settings to assign a static IP address for the selected network interface:
● IP Address — the static IP address for the px6-300d. Use an available IP address in the range
used by the LAN.
● Subnet Mask — the subnet that the IP address belongs to. The default value is 255.255.255.0.
● Gateway — enter the gateway IP address in this field.
9. Click Apply to save your settings.
Additional Network Configuration Options
For information on adding a NIC to a VLAN (Virtual LAN), refer to VLAN Settings.
For information on bonding multiple network interface cards (NICs), refer to Bonding NICs.
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DeviceConfiguration Options
Bonding NICs
Bonding network interface cards (NICs) is a way to provide redundancy for your px6-300d on the network.
If one NIC should fail, your px6-300d will remain accessible on the network if that NIC is bonded to others.
Depending on the bonding mode selected, it can also increase bandwidth.
You can bond the built-in NICs in your px6-300d.
Use the following procedure to bond NICs:
1. Open the Network feature and click Modify network settings.
2. Use the drop-down menu to select the Bonding Mode you want to use:
● Adaptive Load Balance:
This mode increases bandwidth by distributing the load across the bonded NICs. Adaptive
Load Balance does not require any switch or router support because the bonding is done by
the px6-300d, and LifeLine's bonding driver takes care of network traffic to support the
bonding. Adaptive Load Balance is the default bonding mode.
● Link Aggregation:
This mode increases bandwidth by distributing the load across multiple ports in a switch. Link
Aggregation requires an 802.3ad compatible network switch.
● Failover:
Failover mode protects network connectivity for your px6-300d in case a NIC fails. In Failover
mode, only one NIC in the bond is active; other NICs in the bond are passive. If the active NIC
fails, another NIC in the bond becomes active and maintains network connectivity. Failover
mode does not require any switch support, and it does not provide any bandwidth increase.
3. Click Apply to save your setting.
4. In the Network Interface table, expand the number for one of the NICs you want to bond, and then
expand the Bond Network Interface section.
5. Check the box under Bond next to each NIC you want to bond to the selected NIC. For example,
if you expanded NIC 1, and your configuration includes four NICs, you could bond NIC 1 to NIC 2,
3, and/or 4.
6. Click Apply to save your settings.
The section updates and displays the NICs that are bonded to the selected NIC.
Unbonding NICs
1. To unbond a NIC, uncheck the box next to the bonded NIC.
2. Click Apply to save your settings.
18 Network Settings
DeviceConfiguration Options
VLAN Settings
A VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network) is a network of devices that are joined into one broadcast domain,
even if the devices are not physically connected to each other. VLANs are useful for creating smaller
networks within a larger LAN; for example, a legal department in a company might be on its own VLAN
because it has sensitive documents that only certain personnel should have access to. The smaller
networks that VLANs create do not require any additional physical resources, such as additional cabling.
Your px6-300d Network Storage can be configured to support VLANs by connecting the corresponding
physical NIC to the trunk port of an L2/L3 switch.
VLAN is configured for each NIC, but it is not supported on bonded NICs. If a NIC is bonded, you must
unbind it first to configure it for a VLAN.
Adding a VLAN
1. To add a VLAN, expand the VLAN Settings section of a NIC.
2. Click Add VLAN.
3. Enter a VLAN ID value between 2 and 4094. You can enter up to 4 VLAN IDs for each NIC. A
VLAN can obtain its network settings from DHCP, or you can uncheck DHCP and enter the IP
address, subnet mask, and gateway manually.
4. Refer to Network Settings on page 16 for information about jumbo frames.
5. Click Apply to save your changes.
Deleting a VLAN
In the VLAN Settings section click Delete to delete the VLAN.
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DeviceConfiguration Options
Naming Your px6-300d Network Storage
You can provide a meaningful name for your px6-300d using the Device Identification feature. This feature
enables you to change the Storage Device Name, the Storage Device Descriptive Name, and the
Workgroup Name.
Change any of these by editing the text fields. Click Apply to save your changes.
● Device Name: Enter a name for the px6-300d device. Use a name that will help you identify it on
your network.
● Device Descriptive Name: Enter a descriptive name for the px6-300d device. This name can
provide additional detail that identifies the device. If you leave this field blank, the default device
name is used.
● Workgroup Name: Enter a workgroup name for the px6-300d device if you need to change the
default name. The workgroup name identifies a group of computers that share information with
each other. Change the workgroup name only if you explicitly define a workgroup on your network.
Most users won't need to change the workgroup name, unless they have explicitly defined a
different workgroup on their other computers.
Renaming the px6-300d will require a device restart.
20 Naming Your px6-300d Network Storage
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