NETGEAR NVX User Manual
ReadyNAS NVX Business Edition User Manual
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Publication Date: February 2009
Product Family: Network Storage
Product Name: ReadyNAS NVX Network Attached Storage System Business Edition
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Language: English
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Contents
About This Manual
Conventions and Formats ................................................................................................ ix
User Manual Revision History ...........................................................................................x
Chapter 1
Getting Acquainted
What is the ReadyNAS NVX? ........................................................................................1-1
What Are the Benefits of X-RAID and X-RAID2? ...........................................................1-2
X-RAID Is Expandable RAID ........................... ... .... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... .... ........................1-2
X-RAID2 Is Even More Flexible ...............................................................................1-3
Introducing the Status Displays, Ports, and Drive Bay ...................................................1-4
Front and Side Panel ...............................................................................................1-4
Drive Bay and Disk Trays .........................................................................................1-5
Rear Panel ...............................................................................................................1-6
Choosing a Location for a ReadyNAS NVX ...................................................................1-7
Initial Setup .....................................................................................................................1-7
Default IP Address, Login Name, and Password ................................... ..................1-8
The RAIDar Setup Utility ................................................................................................1-8
The FrontView Management Console ............................................................................1-9
NETGEAR ReadyNAS Community ..............................................................................1-10
Chapter 2
Setting Up and Managing Your ReadyNAS NVX
Customizing Network Settings ........................................................................................2-1
Ethernet Interfaces ....... ... .......................................... ... ... .... .....................................2-2
Global Network Settings ............................ ... .......................................... ..................2-6
WINS ............................... ................................ ................................. ........................ 2-7
DHCP ................................. .............................................................. ........................2-7
Route: A Manual Routing Table ...............................................................................2-8
Updating the Admin Password .......................................................................................2-8
Selecting Services for Share Access ............................................................................2-10
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Standard File Protocols ... ... ... .... ... ... ... .......................................... .... ... ... ................2-10
Streaming Services ................................................................................................2-12
Discovery Services .................................................................................................2-14
Understanding V olume Management ...........................................................................2-15
Overview of RAID Levels and X-RAID2 .... .............................................................2-15
Volume Management for Flex-RAID ......................................................................2-17
Volume Management for X-RAID2 .........................................................................2-20
Working with iSCSI Target Volumes .......................................................................2-21
Working with USB Volumes ...................................................................................2-22
Setting Up Printers ............................. ... ... .... ................................................................2-24
Print Shares over CIFS/SMB ................................. ... ... ... .... ...................................2-25
IPP Printing ............................... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... .......................................... .............2-25
Managing Print Queues .................................. ... .... ... ... ... .... ...................................2-26
Adjusting System Settings ............................................................................................2-26
Clock, System Time, and NTP Options ..................................................................2-27
Alerts, Alert Contacts, Alert Settings, SNMP, and SMTP ....... ... ... .... ... ...................2-27
Language Settings .................................................................................................2-30
Updating ReadyNAS NVX Business Edition ..........................................................2-31
Configuration Backup ...................................................................................................2-34
Chapter 3
Managing User Access
Understanding Disk Share Security Access Modes .......................................................3-1
User Security Mode ................................... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... .... .....................................3-2
Domain Security Mode .............................................................................................3-4
Setting Up User and Group Accounts ............................................................................3-5
Managing Groups ................................... ... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... .... ... ... ...............................3-5
Managing Users ........... ... ... ... .... ... ... .......................................... ...............................3-7
Setting Accounts Preferences ...... ... ... .... ... ... ... .......................................... ... .... ... ... ..3-9
Changing User Passwords .............................................................................................3-9
Managing Your Shares ....................................... ... ... .... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... .... ......................3-10
Adding Shares .................................... .... ... ... ... ... .......................................... ..........3-10
Managing Shares ............ ... ... .... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... .... ... ................................3-11
Web Browser ............................................ .... ... ... ... ....................................... ... ... .... ... ...3-16
FTP/FTPS ........................... ............. ............. ............ ............. ............. ............. .............3-18
Rsync .............................. ............. .......... ............. ............. ............. ............. ............. ......3-19
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Networked DVD Players and UPnP AV Media Adapters ..............................................3-20
Remote Access ............................................................................................................3-20
Remote FTP Access ..............................................................................................3-21
Remote HTTP Access ............................................................................................3-22
Chapter 4
Securing Your Data
Configuring Backup Jobs ................................................................................................4-1
Adding a New Backup Job ..................... ... .......................................... ... ... ... .... ... ... ..4-1
Viewing the Backup Schedule ..................................................................................4-6
Programming the Backup Button ................................................................. .... ... ... ..4-7
Viewing the Backup Log ...........................................................................................4-7
Editing a Backup Job ...............................................................................................4-8
MAC OS X Time Machine Backup ...........................................................................4-8
Snapshots .............................................. ............................. ............................. ...............4-8
Backing Up the ReadyNAS to a USB Drive ..................................................................4-12
Chapter 5
Optimizing Performance
Performance ...................................................................................................................5-1
Adding a UPS for Performance ....................... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... .... ........................5-2
Power Management .......................................................................................................5-3
Disk Spin-Down Option ............................................................................................5-3
Power Timer .............................................................................................................5-4
UPS Configuration ....................................... ... ... .... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... ...............5-4
Wake-On-LAN .............................................. .................................................... ........5-4
Chapter 6
Managing Levels of Service
Viewing System St atus ...................................................................................................6-1
Health ................................. ................................ ................................. ..................... 6-1
Logs .........................................................................................................................6-2
Replacing a Failed Disk ................................ ..................................................................6-3
Choosing a Replacement Disk .. ... ... ... .... ... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... .... ... ..................................6-3
Replacing a Failed Disk ...........................................................................................6-3
Resynchronizing the Volume ....................................................................................6-5
Using the System Diagnostic Menu ................................................................................6-5
Use the OS REINSTALL Option to Re-install the Firmware .....................................6-6
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Configuring RAID ............................................................................................................6-8
Shutdown ......................................... ...................... ....................... ...................... ............6-8
Appendix A
Share Access from MAC and Linux Systems
MAC OS X ..................................................................................................................... A-1
AFP over Bonjour .................................................................................................... A-2
AFP over AppleTalk ................................................................................................. A-3
MAC OS 9 ..................................................................................................................... A-5
Accessing Shares from Linux/Unix ................................................................................ A-7
Appendix B
Related Documents
Index
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About This Manual
The NETGEAR® ReadyNAS NVX Business Edition User Manual describes how to configure and
troubleshoot a ReadyNAS NVX Business Edition system. The information in this manual is
intended for readers with intermediate computer and networking skills.
Conventions and Formats
The conventions, formats, and scope of this manual are described in the following paragraphs:
• Typographical Conventions. This manual uses the following typographical conventions:
Italic Emphasis, books, CDs, file and server names, extensions
Bold User input, IP addresses, GUI screen text
Fixed Command prompts, CLI text, code
italic URL links
• Formats. This manual uses the following formats to highlight special messages:
Note: This note highlights information of importance or special interest.
Tip: This note highlights a procedure that will save time or resources.
Warning: This note warns against a malfunction or damage to the equipment.
Danger: This safety warning warns against personal injury or death.
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Chapter 1
Getting Acquainted
This chapter provides an overview of the features and capabilities of the ReadyNAS NVX
Business Edition. It also covers the unit’s physical features, main software, and initial setup steps.
Topics discussed in this chapter include:
• “What is the ReadyNAS NVX?”
• “What Are the Benefits of X-RAID and X-RAID2?”
• “Introducing the Status Displays, Ports, and Drive Bay”
• “Choosing a Location for a ReadyNAS NVX”
• “Initial Setup”
• “The RAIDar Setup Utility”
• “The FrontView Management Console”
• “NETGEAR ReadyNAS Community”
What is the ReadyNAS NVX?
NETGEAR ReadyNAS gigabit network storage products provide small and medium sized
businesses with easy-to-use, high-performance network attached storage solutions to share and
protect critical data. Housed in a compact desktop form factor, the ReadyNAS NVX Business
Edition supports up to four SATA I or SATA II hard drives via lockable, hot-swappable disk trays.
Three USB 2.0 ports enable the connection of USB drives or printers. Based on current drive
capacities, the ReadyNAS provides up to 6TB of network attached storage that can easily be
expanded as larger capacity drives become available.
The ReadyNAS enables users across the LAN, WAN, or over the Internet to back up and share
data from Windows, Macintosh, and Linux systems. ReadyNAS offers extensible robust highavailability data protection. Its fail-safe features include dual redundant Gigabit Ethernet ports,
support for RAID 0, 1, 5, RAID 5 plus hot spare, and NETGEAR’s proprietary
X-RAID2
ReadyNAS NVX Business Edition and the ReadyNAS Pro series.
In addition to a Web based graphical user inte rf ace (GUI) and setup wizard for ease-of-use and
setup, ReadyNAS features an LCD display that provides quick and intuitive system status readings
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and incorporates an active system monitoring capability which continually monitors the entire
system for abnormal situations or part failures and e-mails system alerts to the network
administrator. In addition, the Frontview Add-on SDK provides developers the tools for uniquely
extending ReadyNAS capabilities. For a full list of what is new compared with existing
ReadyNAS systems, see ReadyNAS Specifications on ReadyNAS.com.
What Are the Benefits of X-RAID and X-RAID2?
Shipping in volume since 2004, X-RAID is a proven patent-pending technology that is available
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only on ReadyNAS. ReadyNAS NVX ships with X-RAID2, the 2
X-RAID.
X-RAID Is Expandable RAID
RAID stands for Redundant Array of Independent Disks, which is a way of protecting your data in
case of a disk failure. The X in X-RAID stands for “expandable”; X-RAID is expandable RAID.
X-RAID technology simplifies volume management. What most people want to do with their d ata
volumes over time is either add redundancy or expand them w i thout the headaches usually
associated with doing so. By using simple rules, X-RAID hides the complexities yet still provides
volume management features previously available only in enterprise-level storage solutions.
generation version of
X-RAID Simplifies Redundancy
T o maintain redundancy from disk failur e, X-RAID requires a one-disk overhead. In a two-disk XRAID volume, the usable capacity is one disk, in a three-disk volume the usable capacity is two
disks, in a four-disk volume, the usable capacity is three disks, etc.
No Redundancy with a Single Disk but Easy to Add Disks with X-RAID
Even with RAID, there is no data redundancy with one disk; if that disk fails, your data is lost. If
you have a one-disk ReadyNAS and want protection from disk failure, you have to add a 2nd disk
that is at least as large as the first. It can be ‘hot-added’ while the ReadyNAS is running.
Whenever you add or replace a disk, the ReadyNAS will initialize it, scanning to make sure the
disk is good. Once added, your 2nd disk will synch with the 1st disk. Depending on the disk size,
the synch may take anywhere from 30 minutes to several hours. The sync occu rs in the
background so you can still keep on working with the ReadyNAS during this time.
After the sync completes, your data volume is now redundant, meaning if one of the disks fails, the
other disk still contains the data, and thus your data is now fully protected from a disk failure.
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The X-RAID Data Volume
X-RAID has one data volume. This volume uses the capacity of the smallest disk from each disk.
For instance, if you had one 80 GB disk and two 250 GB disks, only 80 GB from each disk is used
in the volume. The leftover space on the 250 GB disks is reclaimed only when the 80 GB disk is
replaced with a 250 GB or greater capacity disk. However, as you will see below,
X-RAID2 is more flexible in how it handles volume expansion.
Horizontal Expansion (More Disks) vs. Vertical Expansion (Larger Disks)
The process of expanding the number of disks we call horizontal expansion. X-RAID also
supports vertical expansion by adding larger disks. With first generation X-RAID, horizontal
expansion, the capacity is limited to a multiple of your original disk. As larger or more affordable
disks become available, you take advantage of vertical expansion to grow the size of your volume.
You can add additional disks of at least the size of the 1st disk. You can add a larger disk, but with
the original X-RAID extra space will not be used until all disks are at least that size.
X-RAID supports replacing disks with larger capacity ones while keeping the volume data intact.
Simply replace each of your disks one by one with a larger disk. After the init process, the disk will
be synchronized to restore data redundancy. Again, this process can take 30 minutes to several
hours. Both processes occur in the background, so you can continue using the ReadyNAS as usual.
Once you have done this for all disks in the system, just reboot the ReadyNAS to start the volume
expansion which occurs in the background. When the process completes, your data will remain
intact, but your data volume capacity will have expanded to a multiple of the your smallest
capacity disk. That multiple is the total number of disks minus 1 for redundancy. For example, if
your system now has 3 disks, and the smallest is 500 GB, then the volume capacity is 1TB.
The beauty with vertical expansion is that you can keep expanding your volume repeatedly with
larger capacity disks, a definite future-proof advantage that you can count on with the ReadyNAS.
X-RAID2 Is Even More Flexible
Now, X-RAID2 will automatically expand when as little as two of your disks have extra capacity,
as you can see in this animation. Your data volume can keep growing every time you add a larger
disk after that. X-RAID2 lets you do this without reformatting your disks and shuffling your data
back and forth. The process occurs in the background, so access to the ReadyNAS NVX Business
Edition is not interrupted.
Others may claim that they have “online” RAID expansion just like X-RAID2, but take a closer
look and you’ll see it’s just not that simple. Unlike X-RAID2, not only will there be complex
RAID migration steps, but they cannot recover from a power loss during the process. With X-
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RAID2, you can turn off the power as many times as you want during the expansion, and it’ll
continue where it left off.
Introducing the Status Displays, Ports, and Drive Bay
This section introduces the ReadyNAS display, ports, and drive bay.
Front and Side Panel
Figure 1-1
1. Power button/power status.
2. Drive bay door.
3. Disk activity status light.
4. Installed disk identification light.
5. Backup button.
6. Front USB port with USB backup status light.
7. OLED display.
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Drive Bay and Disk Trays
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1. Drive bay door.
2. Four disk bays.
3. Disk tray pop-out release and recessed disk tray latch lock.
Figure 1-3
4. Disk tray.
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Rear Panel
Figure 1-4
1. Recessed button which provides access to the diagnostic startup menu: Normal, Factory
Restore (which erases all data), OS Reinstall, Tech Support remote diagnostics, Skip Volume
Check, Memory Test.
2. LAN1 and LAN2 gigabit Ethernet ports.
3. System exhaust fan.
4. Power cable socket .
5. Two USB ports.
6. Kensington lock to prevent unauthorized removal of the unit.
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Choosing a Location for a ReadyNAS NVX
The ReadyNAS NVX is suitable for use in an office environment where it can be free-standing,
located in a wiring closet or equipment room.
When deciding where to locate the unite, ensure that:
• It is accessible and cables can be connected easily.
• If it will be protected by an uninterruptable power supply (UPS) preferably of the battery
backup with automatic voltage regulation (AVR) variety, its power cable can be securely and
safely connected to the UPS.
• Water or moisture cannot enter the case of the unit.
• Airflow around the unit and through the vents in the side of the case is not restricted.
• The air is as free of dust as possible.
• Temperature operating limits are not likely to be exceeded. For information on the
recommended operating temperatures, refer to the data sheet on the NETGEAR website.
Initial Setup
Follow the instructions in the NETGEAR Installation Guide that came with your unit to install it.
An electronic copy of the installation guide is on the product CD, on the NETGEAR web site, and
on http://readynas.com.
The initial setup estimated completion time is 20 minutes.
Note: A diskless unit requires installing disks and initializing RAID before proceeding.
Go to http://kbserver.netgear.com for a list of supported disks. Refer to
“Configuring RAID” on page 6-8 for instructions on installing disks and
configuring RAID.
Refer to Appendix A, “Share Access from MAC and Linux Systems for instructions on accessing
shares from Linux and various versions of the MAC OS.
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Default IP Address, Login Name, and Password
The default IP configuration is set to DHCP; if the unit does not get an IP address, it defaults to
192.168.168.168.
The default administrator user name is admin with the default password being netgear1 (case
sensitive).
Note: The RAIDar utility includes a discovery mechanism that enables it to find any
ReadyNAS on the network without needing to know its IP address. Also, RAIDar
does not require a user name and password to access a ReadyNAS.
The RAIDar Setup Utility
The RAIDar utility enables easy setup and management of all your ReadyNAS units.
Figure 1-5
It discovers the units in the network, and makes it easy to see the status of the units, and connect to
the FrontView management console you use to manage any unit.
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The FrontView Management Console
The FrontView management console operates in two modes: Setup Wizard mode, and Advanced
Control mode. When the unit is in its factory default state, FrontView is in Setup Wizard mode.
Figure 1-6
Use the wizard to perform the initial configuration of the unit.
The FrontView Advanced Control mode provides access to all the available settings.
Figure 1-7
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In this mode, you see the menus on the left that allow you to quickly jump to the screen you want.
The bar at the top provides options to return to the Home screen, refresh the browser window,
display Help where available, or to log out of this session.
Figure 1-8
At the bottom of the screen is the status bar including the date button on the left which, when
clicked takes you to the Clock screen. The status lights to the right give a quick glimpse of the
system device status.
Figure 1-9
Move the mouse pointer over the status light to display device information, or click a status light to
display the status in more detail. Above the status lights is the Apply button, which you use to save
any changes on the current screen.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS Community
NETGEAR ReadyNAS Community web site is http://readynas.com. Find previews and reviews of
new features, tutorials, and information you won’t get anywhere else. Well, maybe you will, but
not easily and not in one happy place like this. Do give us feedback on the ReadyNAS Community
Forum and let us know if you would like to see topics not covered here.
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Chapter 2
Setting Up and Managing Your ReadyNAS NVX
Setting up and managing the ReadyNAS NVX Network Attached Storage System Business
Edition in your network is described in this chapter.
This chapter contains the following sections:
• “Customizing Network Settings”
• “Updating the Admin Password”
• “Selecting Services for Share Access”
• “Understanding Volume Management”
• “Setting Up Printers”
• “Adjusting System Settings”
• “Configuration Backup”
Customizing Network Settings
Access network settings by clicking the Advanced Control button, and selecting Network > from
the main menu. From the Network menu, you can then navigate to your basic network settings
screens such as Interfaces, Gateway, DNS, WINS, DHCP, and Route options.
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Ethernet Interfaces
Select Network > Interfaces > Ethernet 1 /Ethernet 2 tab pages to specify network interfacespecific settings for Standard Settings, Teaming/Failover, VLAN, and Performance Settings.
Standard Setting
In this section, you can specify the IP address, network mask, speed/d uplex mode, and MTU
settings. In most networks where a DHCP server is enabled, you can simply specify the Use values
from a DHCP server option to automatically set the IP address and network mask.
Figure 2-2
• IP Assignment. Select either Use values from a DHCP server or Use values below.
– If you elect to assign the IP address using Use values from a DHCP server, NETGEAR
advises that you set the lease time on the DHCP server/router to a value of at least a day.
Otherwise, you might notice that the IP address of the unit changes even when it has been
powered down for only a few minutes. Most DHCP servers allow you to assign a static IP
address for specified MAC addresses. If you have this option, this would be a good way to
ensure your ReadyNAS NVX Business Edition maintains the same IP address even in
DHCP mode.
Tip: Consider reserving an IP address for the MAC address of this Ethernet
interface in your DHCP server (or router). This will give you the stability of
a fixed IP address without the effort of maintaining static addresses.
– If you assign a static IP address by selecting Use values below, be aware that the browser
will lose connection to the ReadyNAS NVX Business Edition device after the IP address
has been changed. To reconnect after assigning a static IP address, open RAIDar and click
Rescan to locate the device, and then reconnect.
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• Speed/Duplex Mode (Only applies to 10/100 connections). If you have a managed switch
that works best if the devices are forced to a particular speed or duplex mode, you can select
the setting you want. NETGEAR advises that you keep the setting in an Auto-negotiation
mode otherwise.
Figure 2-3
• MTU. In some network environments, changing the default MTU value can fix throughput
problems. NETGEAR advises that you leave the default setting otherwise.
Figure 2-4
Teaming/Failover
In this section, you can select the desired bonding mode.
If you plan to use the Teaming/Failover option, connect both interfaces, configure the Teaming/
Failover options on the Ethernet 1 tab page, then configure the other options for Ethernet 1 and
Ethernet 2 accordingly.
Note: If you plan to reserve an IP address in your DHCP server for the ReadyNAS and
will use the Teaming/Failover option, complete the ReadyNAS bonding of the
Ethernet interfaces before updating the DHCP server address reservation table.
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Network teaming provides a way to aggregate the two network interfaces into a single logical
teamed, or bonded, interface. The teamed interface allows for fail-over support and can provide for
enhanced aggregate performance over a single interface.
Figure 2-5
The following bonding options are available. Note that the option you select may affect the
ReadyNAS network performance.
• Round-Robin: Transmit packets in sequential order from the first available interface to the
next. This mode provides load balancing and fault tolerance.
• Active Backup: Only one interface in the bond is active. A different interface becomes active
if, and only if, the active interface fails. The bond’s MAC address is externally visible on only
one port to avoid confusing the switch.
• XOR: Transmit based on the default simple transmit hash policy. This mode provides load
balancing and fault tolerance.
• Broadcast: Transmit everything on all slave interfaces. This mode provides fault tolerance.
• IEEE 802.3ad: Creates aggregation groups that share the same speed and duplex settings.
Utilizes all interfaces in the active aggregator according to the 802.3ad specification. You will
need a switch that supports IEEE 802.3ad Dynamic link aggregation.
• T ransmit Load Balancing: Channel bonding that does not require any special switch support.
The outgoing traffic is distributed according to the current load (computed relative to the
speed) on each interface. Incoming traffic is received by the current interface. If the receiving
interface fails, another interface takes over the MAC address of the failed receiving interface.
• Adaptive Load Balancing: Includes Transmit Load Balancing plus Receive Load Balancing
for IPV4 traffic, and does not require any special switch support. The receive load balancing is
achieved by ARP negotiation.
Note: To get the full performance benefit of the teaming option, configure the LAN
switch options accordingly, and provision servers with dual Ethernet interfaces.
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VLAN Settings (Virtual Local Area Network)
In this section, you can specify whether to allow devices residing on different segments of a LAN
to appear in the same segment or, conversely, to allow devices on the same switch to behave a s
through they belong to a different LAN.
Figure 2-6
If you wish to use the ReadyNAS NVX Business Edition in a VLAN environment, select the
Enable VLAN support check box, and enter a numeric VLAN ID. You need to reboot the
ReadyNAS NVX Business Edition for the VLAN function to take effect.
Warning: Do not enable VLAN support unless you are sure that your clients also
support VLAN. Otherwise, you can lose network access to the unit, and you
might need to reinstall the firmware to disable the VLAN setting.
Performance Settings
In this section, you can the Enable jumbo frames option allows you to optimize the ReadyNAS
NVX Business Edition for large data transfers such as multiple streams of video playback.
Figure 2-7
Note: Use this option only if your NIC and your gigabit switch support jumbo frames.
The ReadyNAS NVX Business Edition supports a 9000 byte frame size. For
optimal performance, a switch capable of this frame size or larger should be used.
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Global Network Settings
Figure 2-8
Hostname
The Hostname you specify is used to advertise the ReadyNAS NVX Business Edition on your
network. You can use the hostname to address the ReadyNAS NVX Business Edition in place of
the IP address when accessing the ReadyNAS NVX Business Edition from Windows, or over OS
X using SMB. This is also the name that appears in the RAIDar scan list.
The default hostname is nas- followed by the last three bytes of your primary MAC address.
Default Gateway
The Default Gateway specifies the IP address of the system where your network traffic is routed if
the destination is outside your subnet. In most homes and smaller offices, this is the IP address of
the router connected to the cable modem or your DSL servic e.
If you selected the DHCP option in the Ethernet or Wireless tab, the Default Gateway field is
automatically populated with the setting from your DHCP server . If yo u select ed the S tatic opt ion,
you can manually specify the IP addresses of the default gateway server here.
DNS Settings
The DNS area allows you to specify up to three Domain Name Service servers for hostname
resolution. The DNS service translates host names into IP addresses.
If you selected the DHCP option in the Ethernet or Wireless tab, the Domain Name Server fields
are automatically populated with the DNS settings from your DHCP server. If you selected the
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Static option, you can manually specify the IP addresses of the DNS servers and the domain name
here.
WINS
The WINS option allows you to specify the IP address of the WINS (Windows Internet Naming
Service) server. A WINS server is typically a Windows server on the network that allows the
ReadyNAS NVX Business Edition or other devices on the network to be browsed from other
subnets.
Figure 2-9
If you do not have an existing WINS server, you can designate the ReadyNAS NVX Business
Edition to be one. Simply select the Become a WINS server check box, and configure your
Windows PC to specify the ReadyNAS NVX Business Edition IP address as the WINS server.
This can be useful if you wish to browse by hostname across multiple su bnets (for example, over
VPN).
DHCP
The DHCP tab allows you to specify this device as a DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration
Protocol) server. DHCP service simplifies management of a network by dynamically assigning IP
addresses to new clients on the network.
Figure 2-10
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Select the Enable DHCP service check box if you want the ReadyNAS NVX Business Edition
device to act as a DHCP server. This is convenient in networks where DHCP service is not already
available.
Note: These options are available only if this device is not already using a DHCP address.
Enabling DHCP service on a network already utilizing another DHCP server will
result in conflicts. If you wish to use this device as a DHCP server, make sure to
specify static addresses in the Ethernet and DNS tabs.
Route: A Manual Routing Table
The Route tab allows you to specify a manual routing table for each Ethernet interface. You can
use this option to optimize performance. For example, you could configure a manual routing table
to assure that these Ethernet interfaces were directly routed over a fiber backbone to assure that the
unit would not experience the traffic congestion that can build up on a gigabit segment.
Figure 2-11
Updating the Admin Password
The Security tab allows you to set the administrator password, administer security, and set up the
password recovery feature on the ReadyNAS.
Note: The RAIDar utility includes a discovery mechanism that enables it to find any
ReadyNAS on the network without needing to know its IP address. Also, RAIDar
does not require a user name and password to monitor a ReadyNAS.
The Admin Password tab allows you to change the administrator user password. The administrator
user is the only user that can access FrontView, and this user has administrative privileges when
accessing shares. Be sure to set a password different from the default password, and make sure that
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this password is kept in a safe place. Anyone who obtains this password can change or erase the
data on the ReadyNAS.
Figure 2-12
Note: In User or Domain security mode, you can use the admin account to log in to a
Windows share, and perform maintenance on any file or folder in that share. The
admin user also has permission to access all shares to perform backups.
As a safeguard, you are requeste d to enter a pas sword recovery question, the expected answer, and
an e-mail address. If, in the future, you forget the password, you can go to
https://<ReadyNAS ip_address>/password_recovery. Successfully answering the questions there
resets the Admin Password, which is sent to the e-mail address you enter on this screen.
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Selecting Services for Share Access
Figure 2-13
The Services screen allows you to manage various services for share access. This in effect controls
the type of clients you wish to allow access to the ReadyNAS NVX Business Edition. Three types
of services are available: Standard File Protocols, Streaming Services, and Discovery Services.
These different services are explained in the following sections.
Standard File Protocols
The standard file protocols are common file-sharing services that allow your workstation clients to
transfer files to and from the ReadyNAS NVX Business Edition using built-in file manager-overnetwork file protocols supported by the client operating system.
The available services are:
• CIFS (Common Internet File Service). Sometimes referred to as SMB. This protocol is used
mainly by Microsoft Windows clients, and sometimes by Mac OS X clients. Under Windows,
when you click on My Network Places Network Neighborhood, you are going across CIFS.
This service is enabled by default and cannot be disabled.
• NFS (Network File Service). NFS is used by Linux and Unix clients. Mac OS 9/X users can
access NFS shares as well through console shell access. The ReadyNAS NVX Business
Edition supports NFS v3 over UDP and TCP.
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