Lenovo px4-300d, px2-300d User Manual
px4-300d Network Storage
with LifeLine 4.0
User Guide
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CONTENTS
Setting up Your px4-300d Network Storage 1
Setup Overview 2
Set up my px4-300d Network Storage if it's not discovered 3
Discovering with LenovoEMC Storage Manager 3
Discovering the px4-300d without the Internet 3
Setup Page 4
Network Connection 5
Connecting the px4-300d Network Storage to Your Network 5
Connecting the px4-300d 6
Network Settings 6
Manually Configuring Network Settings 7
Bonding NICs 8
VLAN Settings 8
Naming Your px4-300d Network Storage 10
Setting up Active Directory 10
Configuring Your px4-300d Network Storage to Use Active Directory 11
Enabling Active Directory Trusted Domains 12
Customizing the Access to Features on Your px4-300d Network Storage 13
Enabling the Display of Features 13
Enabling Access Permissions to Features 13
Non-Administrator User Log In 14
Obtaining Alerts About Your px4-300d Network Storage 15
Tracing Events on Your px4-300d Network Storage 16
Downloading the complete event log file 16
Obtaining System Status for Your px4-300d Network Storage 17
Space Usage 17
Control Panel 17
Device Information 17
Using Your px4-300d Network Storage in Various Time Zones 18
Setting the Display Language for Your px4-300d Network Storage 19
Printing Documents 20
Setting up Personal Cloud, Security, and File Sharing 21
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Sharing Files 22
Sharing Overview 23
Interfaces for Sharing 23
Shares 24
What are Shares and How Do I Organize Content with Them? 24
Adding Shares 24
Managing Shares 25
Deleting Shares 27
Using Protocols to Share Files 28
What Are Protocols and How Do I Use Them to Share Files? 28
AFP File Sharing for Macs 28
Bluetooth File Sharing 28
FTP File Sharing 29
NFS File Sharing 29
rsync: Synchronizing Files with Another Storage Device or Other Computers 30
TFTP 30
Monitoring Your Device with an SNMP Management Tool 30
Managing File Sharing with Web Access (http/https) 31
WebDAV: Managing Files Using HTTP or HTTPS 31
Windows DFS: Creating a Distributed Windows File System 32
Windows File Sharing 32
Sharing Content through the Home Page 33
Sharing Your Content with the World 33
Adding a Custom Home Page 33
Automatically Sending Content to Multiple People at Once 35
How to Set Up an Email Distribution Active Folder 35
Sharing Content Using Social Media: Overview 36
Managing Your Content 37
Transferring Content to and from Your px4-300d Network Storage with Copy Jobs 38
Copy Jobs Limitations 38
Getting Content from a USB External Storage Device 39
Safely removing external storage 39
One-touch Transferring of Content from a USB Device 40
Setting QuikTransfer 40
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iSCSI: Creating IP-Based Storage Area Networks (SAN) 41
iSCSI Overview 42
Adding iSCSI Drives 43
Enabling iSCSI Drives 43
Connecting to iSCSI Drives 43
Managing iSCSI Drives 44
Adding CHAP User Access to an iSCSI Drive 44
Deleting iSCSI Drives 45
Storage Pool Management 46
Understanding How Your Content Is Stored 47
Storage Pools 47
Volumes 47
Adding and Managing Storage Pools 48
To Add a Data Storage Pool 48
Improving Performance with a Cache Storage Pool 49
To Add a Cache Storage Pool 49
Assigning a Cache Pool to a Volume 49
Volumes 51
Snapshots 51
Exposing/Unexposing the Snapshot 52
Restoring a Snapshot 52
Deleting a Snapshot 52
Displaying Shares in the Snapshot 52
Make the Snapshot Read-only 52
Changing Expose Mode 52
Adding and Managing Volumes 53
Deleting a Storage Pool 55
Changing RAID Protection Types 56
Drive Management 57
Managing Drives 58
Setting Write Caching 58
Applying Global Drive Management Settings 58
Drive Status 59
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Backing up and Restoring Your Content 60
Backup and Restore Overview 61
Backup of Data through RAID Protection 61
Backing up to and Restoring from Your px4-300d Network Storage 62
Backing up Macs with Time Machine 62
One-touch Transferring of Content from a USB Device 62
Copy Jobs Overview 63
Backing up Your px4-300d Network Storage 64
Copy Jobs 64
From: Settings 65
To: Settings 66
Setting a Schedule 66
Backing up with Mozy Backup 67
Restoring Files with Mozy Backup 68
Registering with Avamar for Backup and Restore 68
Backing up with Amazon S3 69
Restoring Files with Amazon S3 69
Backing up with LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 69
Restoring Files with Personal Cloud 69
Securing Your px4-300d Network Storage and Contents 70
What Is Security and Do I Need It? 71
Enabling Security and Creating an Administrator User 72
Disabling Security 72
Limiting Access to Your Content by Creating Users 73
Users 74
Users and Groups Overview 74
Adding Users 74
Managing Users 75
Deleting Users 76
Groups 77
Groups Overview 77
Adding Groups 77
Managing Groups 77
Deleting Groups 78
Using Active Directory Domain to Manage Users and Groups 79
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Active Directory Users and Groups Overview 79
Managing Users and Groups with Active Directory 79
Deleting Active Directory Users and Groups 80
Managing Your px4-300d Network Storage with Local and Active Directory Users 81
Managing Your px4-300d Network Storage with Local and Active Directory Users 81
Remote Access: Accessing Your px4-300d Network Storage From Anywhere in the World 83
Remote Access Overview 84
Enabling Remote Access 85
Basic Option: Completing the Enable Remote Access Process 85
Premium Option: Completing the Enable Remote Access Process 85
Accessing Your px4-300d Network Storage Remotely 87
Personal Cloud: Accessing Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud From Anywhere in the
World 88
What Is LenovoEMC Personal Cloud ? 89
LenovoEMC Personal Cloud Key Terms 89
Is My Content Secure? 90
LenovoEMC Personal Cloud Setup Overview 91
Creating LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 92
Configuring Router Port Forwarding for Personal Cloud 93
Router Port Forwarding 93
Configuring Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 94
Enabling Internet Access to the px4-300d 94
Changing Personal Cloud Settings 94
Inviting People onto Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 95
Joining a Trusted Device to LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 96
Managing Trusted Devices on a Personal Cloud 97
Disconnecting Trusted Devices 97
Deleting Trusted Devices 97
Using Copy Jobs with a LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 98
Disabling or Deleting Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 99
Accessing Content Using Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 100
Informing Users What to Do with LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 101
Sharing Content Using Social Media 102
Sharing Content Using Social Media: Overview 103
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Facebook 104
Flickr 105
YouTube 106
Share Content through LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 107
Media Management 108
Media Management Overview 109
Scanning for media content 109
Media Services Capabilities and Limitations 110
Sharing Media Content over the Internet 111
Enabling Internet Access from the Media Server Page 111
Media Aggregation 112
Enabling Media Aggregation 112
Social Media Sharing 113
Streaming Music, Movies, and Pictures 114
Example: Setting up iTunes 114
Example: Setting up Xbox 360 114
Photos 115
Photos Overview 115
Streaming Pictures 115
Creating a Slideshow on the Device Home Page 115
Automatically Resizing Your Photos 115
Getting Pictures from Your Camera 116
Getting Pictures from Your Camera 116
Music 117
Music Overview 117
Streaming Music 117
Torrents 118
Torrent Overview 118
Enabling Torrent Downloads 118
Deleting torrent jobs 118
Configuring Your Router for Torrent Downloads 118
Torrent Active Folders 119
Configuring a Torrent Active Folder 119
Videos 121
Video Capabilities Overview 121
Streaming Movies 121
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Video Surveillance 121
Name 122
Space 122
Model 122
Action 122
Adding Applications to Your px4-300d Network Storage 125
Application Overview 126
Application Installation 127
Application Manager 128
Starting or stopping an application 128
Adding applications 128
Removing applications 128
Upgrading Your px4-300d Network Storage 129
Software Updates 130
Auto-update process: installing a device software update 130
Manual update process: installing a device software update 130
Backing up and Recovering Your px4-300d Network Storage Settings 132
Backing Up Your px4-300d Network Storage Settings 133
Backing up Device Configuration 133
Restoring a Configuration Backup 133
Hardware Management 134
About the px4-300d Network Storage Components 135
Front Panel 135
Drive Bay Access 136
Rear Panel 137
Default Settings 137
Energy Saving 138
Power Down Drives 138
Brightness 138
Wake On LAN 138
Creating A Power Schedule 138
Factory Reset 139
UPS Management 140
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Troubleshooting Routers 141
Enabling the DMZ 141
Configuring Port Forwarding on Double NAT Networks 142
Bridging the Secondary Router 142
Bridging the Primary Router 142
Additional Support 144
How to Get Help 145
Support 146
Legal 147
Safety Information 148
Open Source 149
Warranty Information 150
Limited Warranty Notice 150
Limited Warranty for Iomega Products 150
Regulatory Information 151
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement 151
Canadian Verification 151
European Union - Compliance to the Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive 152
Important WEEE Information 152
European Union RoHS 152
India RoHS 152
Lithium Battery – California Perchlorate Information 152
Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Cable and Cord Notice 153
Recycling and environmental information 153
Export classification notice 153
Copyright and Trademark Information 154
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CHAPTER 1
Setting up Your px4-300d
Network Storage
Setting up Your px4-300d Network Storage 1
Setting up Your px4-300d Network Storage
Setup Overview
Setup with your px4-300d Network Storage is easy. Remove it from the box, connect it to your network
switch or hub, and then power it up. Launch a web browser and enter the setup URL identified in the Quick
Start Guide. LenovoEMC Setup launches and displays a message that your px4-300d is online and ready
to use.
You then can install client software that includes:
● LenovoEMC Storage Manager
● Twonky Media Server for media aggregation
LenovoEMC Storage Manager is a management tool that helps you discover your px4-300d on your
network to simplify access to content on your px4-300d from your computer. It also allows you to add your
computer as a trusted device to a LenovoEMC Personal Cloud. Refer to LenovoEMC Storage Manager
online help for additional information. Twonky Media Server consolidates all media files on devices on your
network and presents them in a unified view.
From LenovoEMC Setup, you can optionally create a Personal Cloud or begin using your px4-300d by
clicking Manage My Device.
By default, the px4-300d will attempt to acquire an IP address from DHCP, If there is not a DHCP
server available on the network, the px4-300d will use an IP address in the self-assigned APIPA
range (169.254.x.x).
2 Setup Overview
Setting up Your px4-300d Network Storage
Set up my px4-300d Network Storage if it's not discovered
If your px4-300d is not discovered when you enter the URL identified in your Quick Start Guide, you have
two ways of discovering it.
Discovering with LenovoEMC Storage Manager
You can install LenovoEMC Storage Manager from the Setup Portal, which helps you discover your px4-
300d on your network.
Discovering the px4-300d without the Internet
You can access your px4-300d device without internet access as described by these methods for
Windows PCs or Macs:
● Windows 7 and Vista — Click Start, Computer, Network. You should see your px4-300d listed
under Other Devices. You can then double-click the device icon to access the px4-300d
Management Console.
● Windows XP — If you have not enabled UPnP Discovery, click Start, Help and Support. In the
Help and Support browser, search for UPnP and follow the steps from “Install the UPnP
framework”. After UPnP is enabled, open Windows Explorer and in the Folders view, expand My
Network Places. You should see your px4-300d listed. You can then double-click the device icon
to access the px4-300d Management Console.
● Mac — Browse to your px4-300d through Finder, Shared, All and use Go, Connect to Server to
connect to Shares on your px4-300d.
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Setting up Your px4-300d Network Storage
Setup Page
The Setup page opens when you first access the px4-300d Network Storage from the Home Page or the
LenovoEMC Storage Manager. On this page, you can configure some basic device features by clicking the
appropriate link. The current setting of the feature displays above the link. You can also configure all
features shown on the Setup page by accessing the specific features directly.
4 Setup Page
Network Connection
Connecting the px4-300d Network Storage to Your Network
First, check the package contents.
Verify that the box contains the following items:
1. px4-300d (models may vary)
2. Power Adapter and Cord
Setting up Your px4-300d Network Storage
3. Quick Start Guide
4. Ethernet Cable
Package contents may vary.
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Setting up Your px4-300d Network Storage
Connecting the px4-300d
Initial Setup
If you have purchased more than one px4-300d, complete all steps on one device before setting up
additional devices.
1. Use the included network cable to connect the px4-300d to your network router, switch or directly
to a computer.
2. Connect the included power adapter to the back of the px4-300d and a power socket or
Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS).
3. Your px4-300d should power on automatically.
4. From a computer on your network, open a web browser and go to http://setup.lenovoemc.com to
set up your px4-300d on your network. For best results, use a computer that is connected to the
same subnet or network segment as the px4-300d.
You can access the px4-300d Management Console directly by entering the IP address or model
name of your px4-300d in your computer’s web browser. To use the model name on a Mac, add
.local after the name in the browser (for example, px4-300d.local).
5. OPTIONAL: if desired, install the LenovoEMC Storage Manager and Media Aggregation software.
If you install LenovoEMC Storage Manager, its icon will appear in the System Tray (Windows) or
Menu Bar (Mac). The LenovoEMC Storage Manager will automatically scan your network and
connect to available Shares.
If you receive a message from your operating system's firewall alerting you of network activity, be
sure to unblock communications.
Mac Users: Shares on the px4-300d will mount and appear on the Mac Desktop.
PC Users: Shares on the px4-300d will automatically be assigned a drive letter and will be
available in the Network Drives section under My Computer.
Network Settings
The Network page of your px4-300d is where you make changes to set up network connectivity. The
Network page displays your current network settings and enables those settings to be modified. On this
page, you can identify your DNS servers and WINS servers and how your system's IP address is
determined. Most system IP addresses and other network settings can normally be configured
automatically.
Manually Configuring Your Network
If you are comfortable with network technology and want to configure the network, refer to Manually
Configuring Network Settings.
Bonded NICs
If your px4-300d has multiple network interface cards (NICs), you can bond those NICs. Refer to Bonding
NICs.
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Setting up Your px4-300d Network Storage
Enabling Jumbo Frames for Each NIC
You can enable jumbo frames for each NIC in your px4-300d 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.
VLAN
Each NIC in your px4-300d can be added to up to four Virtual LANs (VLAN). For more information on
adding a NIC to a VLAN, refer to VLAN Settings.
Manually Configuring Network Settings
There are various settings in the network setup that you can manually configure.
1. Click Modify network settings.
2. Uncheck Automatically configure DNS, WINS, and all IP addresses (DHCP).
3. DNS Servers — enter the IP addresses of the DNS (Domain Name System) servers. DNS is
used for translating the domain name to IP addresses.
4. WINS Servers — enter the IP addresses of the WINS server.
5. From the Bonding Mode drop-down menu, choose one of the following:
● Transmission Load Balance — increases bandwidth by distributing the load across multiple
NICs.
● Link Aggregation — increases bandwidth by distributing the load across multiple ports in a
switch. Link Aggregation requires an 802.3ad compatible switch.
● Failover — provides recovery from a failure, so if one NIC should fail, your system still has
network connectivity with the other NIC.
6. To connect your px4-300d to a proxy server, check Use proxy settings and enter proxy IP
address, port number, and the proxy username and password.
7. Click Apply to save your settings.
8. If a DHCP server is unavailable for a network interface card (NIC), the device could auto-assign
an IP address, or you can uncheck the Automatically acquire network address (DHCP)
checkbox found in the Information section of a NIC.
9. You can change the following settings in the Information section:
● IP Address — the static IP address of the px4-300d. 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.
10. Click Apply to save your settings.
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VLAN: For information on adding a NIC to a VLAN (Virtual LAN), refer to VLAN Settings.
Bonding NICs: For information on bonding multiple network interface cards (NICs), refer to Bonding
NICs.
Bonding NICs
Bonding network interface cards (NICs) is a way to provide redundancy for your px4-300d on the network.
If one NIC should fail, your px4-300d will remain accessible on the network if that NIC is bonded to others.
Depending on the bonding mode selected, it can also increase bandwidth. See Manually Configuring
Network Settings for information on bonding mode options and how to change the bonding mode.
You can bond two or more network interface cards (NICs) in your px4-300d by selecting the NICs and
clicking Apply.
Use the following procedure to bond NICs.
1. On the Network page, expand the NIC number and then expand the Bond Network Interface
section.
2. Check the checkboxes next to the NICs that you want to bond to the selected NIC. For example, if
you selected NIC 1, and your configuration includes four NICs, you could bond NIC 1 to NIC 2, 3,
and/or 4.
3. Click Apply to save your settings.
4. 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.
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 px4-300d 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 6 for information about jumbo frames.
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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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Naming Your px4-300d Network Storage
You can provide a meaningful name for your px4-300d using the Device Identification page. This page in
the px4-300d Management Console enables you to change the Storage Device Name, the Storage Device
Descriptive Name, and the Workgroup Name.
Change any of these by editing the text fields. Click Apply to save your changes.
● Device Name: Enter a name for the px4-300d device. Use a name that will help you identify it on
your network.
● Device Descriptive Name: Enter a descriptive name for the px4-300d 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 px4-300d 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 px4-300d will require a device restart.
Setting up Active Directory
If your px4-300d supports Active Directory, you configure AD on the Device Identification page. Refer to
Configuring Your px4-300d for Active Directory.
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Setting up Your px4-300d Network Storage
Configuring Your px4-300d Network Storage to Use Active
Directory
If you have an existing Active Directory user organization, you can incorporate it into the px4-300d
Management Console. Your px4-300d can work in a high availability environment, which means it can
work with multiple AD servers should one server fail or go offline.
When you configure Active Directory, you enable security on your px4-300d.
1. To configure Active Directory, manually add the px4-300d to your DNS server. Set the px4-300d
DNS setting to point to your DNS server. On the Network page, uncheck Automatically
configure all network settings, type the IP address of your DNS Server in the text box, and click
Apply to save your settings.
2. Configure the px4-300d to join the Active Directory domain. On the Device Identification page,
select Active Directory if you already have an existing AD user organization that you want to
incorporate into the px4-300d.
3. Provide the following connectivity information:
● Domain Name — the actual name of your Active Directory domain, for example, sohoad.com.
● Preferred Server — the actual name or IP address of your Active Directory Server, for
example, ad-server.sohoad.com or 10.14.50.12.
● Netbios Name — An optional value that is automatically set to the first part of the Domain
Name. For example, if you Domain Name is testdomain.emc.com, the Netbios Name is
testdomain. You can edit this name or leave it blank.
● Organizational Unit — an optional predefined subset of directory objects within an Active
Directory domain.
● Administrator Username — the Active Directory username with domain administrator
privilege.
● Administrator Password — the Active Directory password for the specified Active Directory
username.
● Users/Groups Refresh Interval — how often the px4-300d should refresh the list of available
users and groups from the Active Directory server.
● Local Network Encryption (SSL) — enforces encryption on your local network.
● Remote Network Encryption (SSL) — enforces encryption outside your local network, such
as through the internet. Choices for both encryption types are Not required and Always
(encryption is always enforced). Always encrypting communication is safest, but can impact
performance.
● Enable trusted domains — enables your px4-300d to allow access to other domains.
4. Click Apply to save your settings.
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Setting up Your px4-300d Network Storage
Enabling Active Directory Trusted Domains
By enabling Active Directory trusted domains on your px4-300d, you enable the importing of users and
groups from other trusted domains to your px4-300d device. Those users and groups from other domains
will then have access to features on your px4-300d, including accessing folders and documents in Shares,
and joining any Personal Cloud of which the device is a member.
Now that you have enabled access to all trusted domains, you can add users and groups from those
trusted domains to your px4-300d. For more information, refer to Managing Users and Groups with Active
Directory.
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Setting up Your px4-300d Network Storage
Customizing the Access to Features on Your px4-300d
Network Storage
An administrator user can customize the look of the px4-300d Management Console using Feature
Selection (FS). Using FS, an admin can enable the display of certain features and disable others. In
addition, an admin can provide non-administrator users access to certain features by setting permissions
for those users.
Access permission to a feature can be given only to non-administrator users, since admin users
always have access to all features. Setting access permissions for non-admin users requires that
security is enabled on your px4-300d Network Storage and an administrator user is created. See
Enabling Security and Creating an Administrator User.
Enabling the Display of Features
1. Open the Feature Selection page.
All the features of your px4-300d display on the page with a status that indicates whether the
feature is enabled or disabled.
2. To enable a feature, expand the desired feature name, and click the switch to On. For example, to
enable Amazon S3, expand the Amazon S3 feature, and click the switch to On.
3. To disable a feature, click the switch to Off.
You can set the display of applications on the Feature Selection page, provided an application has
that capability. For more information on installing features, refer to the Application Manager.
Enabling Access Permissions to Features
You can configure access permissions for non-administrator users with certain features. Expand the
feature on the Feature Selection page to determine if it supports feature access permissions.
1. If not already enabled, enable security on your px4-300d and create users and groups.
2. Open the Feature Selection page.
3. To enable access to an enabled feature, expand the desired feature name, and click Add
access permissions.
4. In the pop-up window, select one or more users to provide them access. If you have created
groups, you can also limit access for them in this way.
5. Click Apply to save your changes.
The list of users with access is displayed under the feature. To remove user access, uncheck the
access box next to the user, and click Apply to save your changes.
You can enable access permissions for applications on the Feature Selection page, provided an
application has that capability. For more information on installing features, refer to the Application
Manager.
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Setting up Your px4-300d Network Storage
Non-Administrator User Log In
Non-administrator users can log in to a px4-300d with feature access enabled. When these non-admin
users access a px4-300d, they first see the Login screen where they enter their login credentials. After
logging in, the px4-300d Management Console displays with those features to which a non-admin user has
access.
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Setting up Your px4-300d Network Storage
Obtaining Alerts About Your px4-300d Network Storage
You can configure your px4-300d to send email alerts when problems are detected. This is done through
the email notification feature. Email notification provides a destination for emails sent by the px4-300d
when problems are detected. To provide a destination email address, enter the following information:
● Destination Email Addresses — enter a valid email address or addresses. This email address
provides a destination for messages sent by the px4-300d when problems are detected by the
system. You can add multiple email addresses by separating them with commas, spaces or
semicolons.
● Check Send a test email message to confirm that email notification is working properly.
● Check Configure custom SMTP settings only if your network blocks SMTP traffic, requiring
additional credentials, such as a corporate firewall.
Most users will not need to check this option. If checked, enter the following additional information
to identify your SMTP server:
● Email Server (SMTP) — enter the address of your SMTP server.
● Sender Email Address — enter an email address for the px4-300d to use as the From address
when it creates messages.
● Email Login — enter the username used to log into the email account you entered above.
● Email Password — enter the password for the email account.
● Confirm Password — confirm the password for the email account. It must match the
password provided above.
If your email application uses a SPAM blocker, it is recommended that you add a sender email
address to your safe list. If you do not define additional credentials, the default sender email is:
sohostorage@emc.com
Click Apply to save your changes.
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Setting up Your px4-300d Network Storage
Tracing Events on Your px4-300d Network Storage
The Event Log page displays only the 1000 most recent events logged to the px4-300d. A complete event
log, however, is available for download.
The following icons indicate the severity of each status message:
● INFORMATION
Identifies that a change has been made to the state of your px4-300d device, usually by a user,
such as attaching a peripheral.
● WARNING
Identifies that there is a problem with your px4-300d device that requires your attention, but your
device will continue to operate normally for now.
● ERROR
Identifies an urgent problem with your px4-300d device that may result in data loss and requires
your immediate attention.
You can sort the displayed list by Date, User, or Event by clicking the column headers.
Downloading the complete event log file
Click Download to download a comma-separated event log file. A new page is opened with a link to the
event log file. Click the event log file link to download or open the file.
The downloaded file contains 5 columns: Number, Date, User, Severity, Message.
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Setting up Your px4-300d Network Storage
Obtaining System Status for Your px4-300d Network
Storage
The System Status page displays space usage information and status information about your px4-300d
Network Storage. It also provides a control panel that enables you to:
● Blink the lights
● Restart
● Shut down
Space Usage
The Space Usage section graphically represents the amount of space used by Shares on the px4-300d.
The exact space used displays in a ToolTip when you mouse over each Share.
Control Panel
The Control Panel displays commands for the px4-300d:
● Blink the lights
To help identify a specific px4-300dwhen there is more than one device configured on your
network, blink the lights on the front of the px4-300dby clicking:
● Restart
Restart the px4-300d.
● Shut down
Shut down the px4-300d.
Before shutting down the px4-300d, be sure you have access to the physical device to turn it on. It
is recommended that you always use the power button to shut down the device.
Device Information
The Device Information section displays various hardware, software, and status details.
Status
The Status Information section displays changes to or issues with your px4-300d. If an issue requires user
action to resolve, such as a warning or error message, the px4-300d Management Console displays a link
in the status message.
The following types of messages can display:
INFORMATION Identifies that a change has been made to the state of your px4-300d, usually by a
user, such as attaching a peripheral.
WARNING Identifies that there is a problem with your px4-300d that requires your attention, but
your device will continue to operate normally for now.
ERROR Identifies an urgent problem with your px4-300d that may result in data loss and
requires your immediate attention.
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Setting up Your px4-300d Network Storage
Using Your px4-300d Network Storage in Various Time
Zones
You can set the date and time used on your px4-300d, so that it can appear to be in one time zone, when it
actually may be in a different one. This can help your users have the correct date and time if they live and
work in a location different from your px4-300d. You can set the date, time, and time zone through the Date
and Time feature.
When an Active Directory Domain is in use, the storage device synchronizes time with the
domain controller.
1. To change time zones, select a Time Zone from the drop-down menu, and then select how time
will be set for the px4-300d:
● Internet Time Server — By default, Automatically synchronize with an internet time server
and Use the default time server are selected. To specify a time server, select Specify the time
server and type the URL of the internet time server you wish to use in the text box that
displays.
● Manual — Select Manually set date and time. To set the current date and time, click the
appropriate icon for calendar and clock settings.
2. Click Apply to save your changes.
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Setting up Your px4-300d Network Storage
Setting the Display Language for Your px4-300d Network
Storage
You can set the display language for your px4-300d through the Languages page.
The Languages page allows you to change the language used in email notification messages.
The Languages page allows you to change the language used in email notification messages and on the
display screen.
The language used by the px4-300d Management Console is based on the preferences configured in your
browser. You can change the language used in this program by modifying your browser's preferred
language settings.
Click Apply to save your changes.
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Setting up Your px4-300d Network Storage
Printing Documents
Printing documents from your px4-300d Network Storage is simple after you have attached a compatible
printer to the px4-300d. The Printers page displays a table of printers that are attached to the px4-300d.
The table contains for each printer the name, model, status, and number of documents waiting.
To attach a printer, simply plug a supported printer's USB cable to a USB port on the px4-300d. Once
attached, the printer will appear in the table. When the cable is unplugged, the printer will be removed from
the table.
For best results, use a printer without multi-function features (for example, scanner, copier, fax,
modem).
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