SIMPLESHARE
USER’S GUIDE
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GETTING STARTED
Congratulations on purchasing your new high performance SimpleShare Office Storage Server.
SimpleShare makes it possible for you to easily add high performance storage to your home or small business network.
SimpleShare is ideal for sharing data files, digital photos, and music with other users on your local network. In addition, with
SimpleShare, everyone on the network has instant access to extra storage.
UNPACK AND INSPECT YOUR SHIPMENT
Upon receipt of the equipment:
• Unpack and inspect the contents for signs of damage. If the equipment has been damaged in transit, immediately report the
extent of damage to the transportation company and to SimpleTech. Order replacement equipment, if necessary.
• Check the packing list to ensure complete and accurate shipment of each listed item. If the shipment is short or irregular,
contact SimpleTech, as described in “Product Support” on page 104. If you must store the equipment for a prolonged period,
store it in its original packaging.
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HAT’S INCLUDED WITH SIMPLESHARE
The following items are included in the SimpleShare package. If any items are missing or damaged, please contact your
SimpleShare reseller or retailer for replacements.
• SimpleShare Office Storage Server
• 12 Volt DC Power Adapter
• Vertical Stands (2)
• CAT5e Ethernet Cable
• NASFinder Quick Setup CD
• SimpleShare Quick Installation Guide (printed)
• SimpleShare User's Guide (on NASFinder Quick Setup CD)
• NASFinder User's Guide (on NASFinder Quick Setup CD)
• Warranty Card
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EATURES AND BENEFITS
• Easy setup—no device drivers or configuration required (no network experience required)
• Web-based interface for setting up advanced features from networked computers
• Automatically adjusts to 10Mbps or 100Mbps Ethernet speeds
• Supports file sharing between Windows, Mac and Unix/Linux computers
• Built-in print server allows addition of a network printer
• Windows Domain and Workgroup configuration options
• Supports access to shared folders by group or individual users
• Expandable storage
• Acts as a stand alone DHCP server for your network
• RTC to keep the time during power off. Auto-sync with the Internet time server during bootup
• SMART for monitoring disk drive health
REGISTERING SIMPLESHARE
To register your SimpleShare, just complete and mail the registration card or go online and register your SimpleShare at
http://www.simpletech.com/webspeed/registration.
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SIMPLESHARE INSTALLATION CD
The SimpleShare Installation CD contains the NASFinder configuration utility and user documentation for your SimpleShare
Office Storage Server. The CD is configured to automatically run NasFinder when it is inserted into your CD-ROM drve. However,
you can directly access the directories and files on the installation CD.
• SimpleShare Administrator - Provides a platform-independent, HTML-based tool for configuring and managing your
SimpleShare Office Storage Server accelerator.
• Documentation - Contains the Readme and PDF files. See “SimpleShare Documentation” for details.
SIMPLESHARE DOCUMENTATION
• SimpleShare Quick Installation Guide - The guide provides general instructions on installing and setting up your
SimpleShare Office Storage Server.
• SimpleShare User’s Guide - Describes your SimpleShare Office Storage Server, along with instructions on how to use
SimpleShare Administrator to configure and manage the server. This guide also contains product support and warranty
information, and product specifications.
• SimpleShare Online Help - Provides detailed online instructions on configuring and managing SimpleShare.
• NASFinder Online Help - Provides instructions and tips on using NASFinder to locate a SimpleShare server on your
network and performing basic setup tasks.
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ABOUT THIS GUIDE
This user guide provides instructions for setting up and operating the SimpleTech DirectPath SimpleShare Office Storage
ServerH Streaming Media Kit in the HP ProLiant DL380 G3 server. This guide also provides information on evaluating
SimpleShare Office Storage Server performance.
Using This Guide
The following conventions are used in this manual:
Currier
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• Buttons and keys you press are indicated by small icons—such as or .
• Items you select are in bold.
type indicates screen text.
Create Share Enter
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Safety Icons
This guide contains the safety instructions that must be observed in order to avoid personal injury or damage to your equipment.
The safety instructions have been classified according to the seriousness of the risk. All safety instructions must be read carefully
and fully understood before installing the SimpleShare Office Storage Server or performing maintenance on your computer
equipment. The following icons highlight these instructions as follows:
WARNING: This icon indicates the existence of a hazard that could
result in serious bodily injury or death if the safety instruction is not
observed.
CAUTION: This icon indicates the existence of a hazard that could
result in equipment or property damage or equipment failure if the
safety instruction is not observed.
NOTE: This icon identifies information that relates to the safe
operation of the equipment of related items.
ESD: This icon indicates that a device or assembly is susceptible to
damage from electrostatic discharge.
TIP: This icon identifies helpful hints and tips.
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EMISSION AND IMMUNITY CHARACTERISTICS
FCC Declaration of Conformity
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC
Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated
in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and
used in accordance with the users manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this
equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the
interference at his own expense.
EU Declaration of Conformity
The SimpleShare Office Storage Server carries the CE-Mark in accordance with the related European Directives and standards.
This is a Class A product. In a domestic environment, this product may cause radio
interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Getting Started iv
What’s Included With SimpleShare v
Features and Benefits vi
Registering SimpleShare vi
Installing SimpleShare 1
System Requirements and Recommendations 1
Requirements 1
Recommendations 1
Installing SimpleShare Server 2
Setting Up SimpleShare for the First Time 3
Expanding SimpleShare’s Capabilities 10
Connecting a USB Printer 10
Connecting a USB Drive 11
Accessing Shares 12
Accessing SimpleShare From Windows 13
Accessing SimpleShare From Mac OS X 16
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Managing SimpleShare 18
Running SimpleShare Administrator 19
Setting the SimpleShare Network Name 20
Setting the Administration Username and Password 21
Setting the Date and Time Manually 22
Acquiring the Date and Time From Your Browser 24
Synchronizing the Date and Time with an NTP Server 25
Upgrading SimpleShare
Setting Up Email Alert Notification 28
Setting Up Popup Alert Notification 29
Adding SimpleShare to an Existing Workgroup 30
Adding SimpleShare to an Existing Domain 31
Restoring Factory Setting 32
Restarting SimpleShare 33
Setting File System Support on SimpleShare 34
Creating a Share 35
Deleting a Share 37
Renaming a Share 38
Enabling Security on an Existing Share 39
Disabling Security on an Existing Share 40
Renaming a Disk Drive 42
Firmware 27
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Erasing a Disk Pool 43
Erasing a Disk Drive 44
Enabling Disk Power Management 46
Viewing Disk Drive Health Information 47
Running Disk Drive Self-Tests 49
Removing External Drives 51
Viewing Foreign Disk Information 53
Claiming Foreign Disk for SimpleShare 54
Claiming a Foreign Disk as FAT32 56
Claiming a Blank Disk for SimpleShare 58
Claiming a Blank Disk as FAT32 60
Checking Foreign Disk File System Integrity 62
Creating a Basic Pool 64
Creating a Mirror Pool 67
Creating a Striped Pool 71
Deleting (Wiping) a Pool 75
Renaming a Pool 77
Resizing a Pool 78
Adding a Mirror to an Existing Pool 80
Removing a Mirror or Spare 83
Creating an Encrypted Pool 85
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Changing the Encryption Password 88
Disabling Pool Encryption 90
Mounting Encrypted Pools 92
DHCP Client Network Setup 94
DHCP Server Network Setup 95
Static IP Network Setup 97
Enabling the Print Server 98
Disabling the Print Server 100
Installing Printer Drivers on Windows Computers 101
Specifications 103
Product Support 104
SimpleTech Technical Support 104
Worldwide Headquarters 104
Certification and Warranty 105
FCC Compliance 105
Limited Warranty 106
Modifications 106
GPL Statement 106
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INSTALLING SIMPLESHARE
Installing SimpleShare is easy. This guide assumes the user has a basic understanding of Personal Computers and networks.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
REQUIREMENTS
• Windows XP (Home and Professional), Windows 2000
(Professional and Server, Windows 2000 (Professional
and Server), Windows Me and 98SE
• Intel Pentium III processor (or later)
• 256 MB RAM
• Web browser (Internet Explorer 5.0 or above, Safari,
Linux Nautilus and Netscape 6.2.x or above)
• Available network connection (10Base-T or 100Base-T)
Installing SimpleShare
RECOMMENDATIONS
• DHCP server
• Network router or switch
A DHCP server is not required. However, SimpleTech
strongly recommends using a DHCP server to assign IP
addresses to the devices on your network. Otherwise,
depending on how your network is configured, you may
have to manually setup the computers on your network to
talk to SimpleShare. For detailed information on using a
DHCP server, see DHCP Server Network Setup.
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NSTALLING SIMPLESHARE SERVER
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1 Connect the provided Ethernet cable to the Network
connector on SimpleShare’s rear panel. Connect the
other end of the cable to your switch, router or directly to
your computer.
2 Connect the low voltage connector on the AC power
adapter to SimpleShare’s DC-IN jack. Connect the
power plug on the other end of the adapter to a live
120/240V electrical outlet, surge protector or UPS
(uninterruptable power supply).
Only use the AC power adapter that came with SimpleShare.
Using any power adapter, other than the one provided by
SimpleTech, may damage SimpleShare and voids your
warranty. SimpleTech assumes no liability for damage
resulting from improper use.
3 Momentarily press the Power push button to power on
SimpleShare.
The only way to shut off power completely to SimpleShare is
to disconnect the power plugs from the power source. Make
sure the power cords for SimpleShare are within easy reach
so that you can unplug SimpleShare when you need to do so.
Installing SimpleShare
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ETTING UP SIMPLESHARE FOR THE FIRST TIME
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Once the SimpleShare server is connected and powered on, you can begin using it to share files and data with other network
users immediately. However, if SimpleShare is installed on a complex network configuration that routes traffic to various network
segments (subnets) using gateways and routers, locating SimpleShare using its network name might be difficult without
assistance. In such cases, you can use NASFinder to locate your SimpleShare and perform basic configuration tasks like
renaming your SimpleShare, changing its administration username and password and mapping the shared folders on
SimpleShare to your computer.
1 Insert the NASFinder Quick Setup CD in the CD-ROM
drive on your computer. Depending on how your
computer is configured, NASFinder may launch
automatically. If NASFinder does not start automatically,
start it manually by clicking on the Start menu, and then
selecting the Run... option. In the Run dialog box, enter
x: nasfinder.exe
CD-ROM drive), and then click .
(where x is the drive letter of the
OK
Installing SimpleShare
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2 On the Welcome to NASFinder page, click to start the SimpleShare Discovery and search your network for connected
Next
SimpleShare servers.
Installing SimpleShare
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SimpleShare Discovery displays the network name, IP address and connection status of detected SimpleShare servers.
“Available” This icon indicates NASFinder has detected
and is able to communicate with SimpleShare from your
computer.
“Unavailable” This icon indicates NASFinder has
detected, but cannot communicate with SimpleShare from
your computer. Typically, this occurs when SimpleShare
and the computer accessing SimpleShare are configured
on different network segments or subnets.
If SimpleShare is unable to talk to your computer, review
the NASFinder online help topic on SimpleShare
Discovery before continuing this procedure.
3 If there are multiple SimpleShare servers installed on
your network, choose the one you want to configure and
then click to continue.
Next
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4 In the login prompt, enter SimpleShare’s administration
username and password. If you are configuring
SimpleShare for the first time, enter the factory default
username admin and password simple. If you want the
system to remember your password, select Remember
my password, then click to continue.
OK
You are now ready to complete SimpleShare basic setup. In
the future, you will be able to access SimpleShare by typing
http://simpleshare_name
in the address box of your
Web browser (where simpleshare_name is the network name
of your SimpleShare server.
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The Server Name Setup page allows you to change SimpleShare’s network name.
5 In Machine Name, enter a new name for SimpleShare
or choose to keep the current name.
Choose a name that is easy to remember. For example, you
can use the owner’s last name, a description of the data
SimpleShare will store, or where SimpleShare will be
located. If there’s only one SimpleShare on your network,
you can use its default name, “SimpleShare.”
The SimpleShare name can be up to 15 characters in length,
containing any combination of alphanumeric (A-Z and 1-9)
characters. You may also use the dash (-) character. Spaces
and special characters are not allowed. If you share
SimpleShare with MS-DOS computers, do not use more than
eight characters in the SimpleShare name.
6 Click to continue.
Next
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The Administration Security Setup page allows you to change the administration username and password required to access
SimpleShare configuration data.
7 Enter a new username and password for accessing
SimpleShare. If you are logging onto SimpleShare for
the first time, enter the default username “admin” and
password “simple.” In Confirm Password, re-enter the
new password to verify that it was entered correctly.
8 Click to continue.
Next
Installing SimpleShare
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Share Management makes it easy to access your shared folders in Windows. Share Management assigns a drive letter to
SimpleShare folders, allowing them to be accessed from My Computer.
9 Choose a drive letter from the Map to Local Drive list
next to the share you want to map. For each share you
don't want mapped to your computer, choose None.
The Map to Local Drive list only displays letters available on
your computer.
10 Click after making your selection(s).
Next
Installing SimpleShare
11 On the Setup Complete page, click to exit
Done
NASFinder. If you need to perform more advanced
configuration tasks, such as creating additional shares,
click to run SimpleShare Administrator.
Advanced Setup
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EXPANDING SIMPLESHARE’S CAPABILITIES
CONNECTING A USB PRINTER
1 Connect one end of a USB cable to the USB port on the
printer. Connect the other end of the cable to one of the
USB ports on SimpleShare.
2 Connect AC power and power on the printer according
to the instructions provided by the manufacturer.
3 In the Administration menu, click Basic.
4 Click to restart SimpleShare and apply your
5 In the confirmation dialog, click .
6 Run SimpleShare Administrator to setup print server
Reboot
changes.
OK
services on SimpleShare. See “Enabling the Print
Server” on page 98.
If you are setting up SimpleShare for the first time,
complete the basic setup before running SimpleShare
Administrator.
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ONNECTING A USB DRIVE
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1 Connect one end of a USB cable to the USB port on the
disk drive. Connect the other end of the cable to one of
the USB ports on SimpleShare.
2 Connect AC power and power on the disk drive
according to the instructions provided by the
manufacturer.
3 Run SimpleShare Administrator to setup the new disk on
SimpleShare. If you are setting up SimpleShare for the
first time, complete the basic setup before running
SimpleShare Administrator.
Expanding SimpleShare’s Capabilities
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ACCESSING SHARES
You can access the shares (shared folders) on SimpleShare from the Web browser on a Windows, Macintosh, Linux or Unix
computer. This section contains detailed instructions for accessing SimpleShare data Windows and Macintosh computers. If you
are operating in a Linux or Unix environment, refer to documentation for your specific operating system for instruction on
accessing and mounting network shares.
SimpleTech highly recommends that you back up files the
files on SimpleShare. SimpleTech is not responsible for any
data loss, nor will SimpleTech perform any recovery on loss
data files.
Accessing Shares
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CCESSING SIMPLESHARE FROM WINDOWS
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1 In the Address box of your Web browser, type
\\simpleshare_name
(where simpleshare_name
is the network name of your SimpleShare server), and
then press the key.
To access the shared folders, you must type backslash
character when entering SimpleShare’s name.
Enter
2 In the login prompt, enter your user password for
accessing the shared folders on SimpleShare. If you
want the system to remember your password in the
future, select Remember my password.
3 Click to continue. You will be logged onto
OK
SimpleShare as a guest user.
If your computer is unable to locate SimpleShare (logon
dialog does not appear), check the connections, make sure
SimpleShare is in Ready mode and properly connected to
the network. Then, try to connect to SimpleShare again.
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Internet Explorer appears displaying the SimpleShare’s root
directory and the shared folders available on SimpleShare.
You are now ready to save files to or retrieve files from
SimpleShare.
To make it easier to access SimpleShare shared folders in the
future, you can assign a drive letter to a share, allowing you to
access the folder using My Computer. To map a shared
folder, continue to Step 4 on page 15.
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4 In the Tools menu, click Map Network Drive.
5 Open the Drive list and select a drive letter to assign to
the shared folder you want to map to your computer (or
accept the next available drive letter displayed in the
list).
6 In Folder, type
\\simpleshare_name\share_name
(where SimpleShare_name is the network name of your
SimpleShare server and share_name is the name of the
shared folder you want to map to your computer). You
can also use the button to find the share.
Browse
7 If you want your computer to reconnect to the shared
folder every time you log on, select Reconnect at
logon.
8 After making your selections, click to map the
Finish
share to the drive letter.
Mapped shares are available only when SimpleShare is
available. You can assign a share to a different drive letter by
disconnecting from the drive and then reassigning it to a
new drive letter.
Accessing Shares
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CCESSING SIMPLESHARE FROM MAC OS X
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1 Open the Go menu in Finder and click Connect to
Server.
2 In the Connect to Server window, select your
SimpleShare from the servers listed in the left pane.
If Workgroup names are listed, check the Workgroup in
which your SimpleShare is a member. If you can't locate
your SimpleShare, enter its URL in the Address box
(where the URL consists of the protocol “smb://” and the
network name or IP address of your SimpleShare).
3 After selecting your SimpleShare, click Connect.
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4 In the SMB Mount dialog box, select the share you want
to access from the drop-down list, then click .
OK
5 In the SMB/CIFS Filesystem Authentication dialog, enter
your SimpleShare administration username and
password. If you are logging onto SimpleShare for the
first time, enter the default username “admin” and
password “simple.”
6 If you want the system to remember your authentication
information, select Add to Keychain.
7 After making your selections, click .
OK
A desktop icon for the mapped share appears on your
desktop.
Accessing Shares
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MANAGING SIMPLESHARE
This section provides detailed instructions on managing your SimpleShare Office Storage Server. The procedures provided in
this section are divided into the following:
• Administration
• Share Management
• Basic Disk Management
• Foreign and Blank Disk Management
• Disk Pool Management
• Network Management
• Printer Management
Managing SimpleShare
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ADMINISTRATION
RUNNING SIMPLESHARE ADMINISTRATOR
1 In the Address box of your Web browser, type
http://simpleshare_name
simpleshare_name is the network name of your
SimpleShare server), and then press the key.
2 In the login dialog box, enter the administration
username and password for accessing SimpleShare. If
you want the system to remember your password in the
future, select Password my password. Click to log
onto the SimpleShare Administrator.
(where
Enter
OK
Managing SimpleShare Administration
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SETTING THE SIMPLESHARE NETWORK NAME
The name you choose for SimpleShare is very important. This name not only gives SimpleShare a unique identity on the network,
but is required in order to access SimpleShare data. When choosing a name, pick one that is easy to remember. For example,
you can use your last name, a description of the data SimpleShare will store, or where SimpleShare will be located. If there’s
only one SimpleShare on your network, you can use its default name, “SimpleShare.”
1 In the Administration menu, click Basic.
2 In Machine Name, enter the network name you want
assigned to the SimpleShare, then Click .
The SimpleShare name can be up to 15 characters in length,
containing any combination of alphanumeric (A-Z and 1-9)
characters, including the dash (-) character. Spaces and
special characters are not allowed.
If you share SimpleShare with MS-DOS computers, do not
use more than eight characters in the SimpleShare name.
The TCP/IP networking protocol supports network names up
to 63 characters long. However, these longer names should
only contain the numbers 0-9, the letters A-Z and a-z, and
hyphens. You can use other characters, but doing so might
prevent other users from finding your SimpleShare on the
network. If your network is using the Microsoft DNS server,
you can use any characters except periods.
Apply
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SETTING THE ADMINISTRATION USERNAME AND PASSWORD
The Administration Security Setup page allows you to specify a username and password pair to guard against unauthorized
access to SimpleShare's Web-based configuration utility. To enable security, you may choose to specify a username, a
password or both. To disable security, leave the Username and Password text boxes empty.
1 In the Administration menu, click Basic.
2 Enter a new administration username and/or password
for SimpleShare. In Confirm Password, re-enter the
new password to verify that it was entered correctly.
The username and password are case-sensitive.
Administration Security treats the username “ADMIN”
differently from “admin.”
Usernames and passwords should be at least eight
characters long and may contain any combination of
alphanumeric characters (A-Z and 1-9) and special
characters such as &, $, and >. Spaces are not allowed.
3 Click .
Apply
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SETTING THE DATE AND TIME MANUALLY
1 In the Administration menu, click Basic.
2 Click the Set Time Manually hyperlink.
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3 On the Setting The Time page, enter the current date
and time.
4 Open the clock mode list and select the appropriate
clock mode (AM, PM or 24-Hour), and then click .
Apply
5 On the Apply screen, click .
Continue
6 On the Administration - Basic page, select the region,
country and city in which SimpleShare is located.
7 Click .
Apply
You may need to adjust the time setting in the future to
accommodate daylight savings time.
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ACQUIRING THE DATE AND TIME FROM YOUR BROWSER
1 In the Administration menu, click Basic.
2 Click Set SimpleTech NAS Time To Match.
3 On the Apply screen, click .
Continue
4 On the Administration - Basic page, select the region,
country and city in which SimpleShare is located.
5 Click .
Apply
You may need to adjust the time setting in the future to
accommodate daylight savings time.
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SYNCHRONIZING THE DATE AND TIME WITH AN NTP SERVER
If Internet access is available through your network, you can configure SimpleShare to periodically synchronize its calendar and
clock with a public Network Time Protocol (NTP) server on the Internet. Specifying an NTP server and clicking the button
will not cause the date and time on SimpleShare to change immediately.
By default, the SimpleShare is configured to access the following NTP public time servers:
Location IP Address Service Area Access Policy:
United States Naval Observatory
Washington, DC
192.5.41.40
192.5.41.41
NSFNET
Italy/Europe
Open Access
Open Access
Apply
Fukuoka University
Fukuoka, Japan
133.100.9.2 Japan/Asia Pacific Open Access
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1 In the Administration menu, click Basic.
2 In the uppermost NTP Servers text box, enter the IP
address of the primary NTP public time server you want
to access. In the two remaining text boxes, enter the IP
addresses of your first and second alternate NTP
servers.
You can specify the IP addresses of up to three NTP servers.
SimpleShare connects to the first available server in the list.
3 Select the region, country and city in which SimpleShare
is located.
4 Click .
Apply
You may need to adjust the time setting in the future to
accommodate daylight savings time.
Managing SimpleShare Administration
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UPGRADING SIMPLESHARE FIRMWARE
1 Save the update file to a location accessible to your
computer.
Download the new firmware version from the SimpleShare
website at www.simpletech.com/support or contact
SimpleTech. For contact information, see “SimpleTech
Technical Support” on page 104.
2 In the Administration menu, click Firmware.
3 In New Firmware, enter the path to the update file or
click to locate the file.
Browse
4 Click .
5 In the confirmation dialog, click .
Upgrade
OK
The upgrade process take several minutes to complete. Do
not turn SimpleShare off while the upgrade is in progress.
Interrupting the upgrade process will corrupt the firmware
on the SimpleShare, and make it impossible to boot later.
6 After the upgrade process completes, press and hold the
Reset button (located on the rear panel) for 5 seconds
to initialize SimpleShare with the new firmware.
Managing SimpleShare Administration
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SETTING UP EMAIL ALERT NOTIFICATION
Email Notification allows SimpleShare to inform network users of system error conditions through e-mail messages.
Before setting up E-mail Alert Notification on SimpleShare,
make sure your network’s SMTP server is set up and can be
accessed SimpleShare.
1 In the Administration menu, click Alerts/Logging.
6 To verify that email alert notification is working properly,
click , then confirm that the email
Send Test E-Mail
recipients received the test alert notice.
7 Click .
Apply
2 Select Email Notification Enabled.
3 In Error Handling SMTP Server, enter the IP address
or hostname of the SMTP server on your network.
If you don’t know the IP address or hostname of your SMTP
server, check the configuration of the e-mail program on
your computer. Use the same SMTP server IP address or
hostname that it uses.
4 To specify a different SMTP port, select SMTP Port
Override, and then enter the new port number in Error
Handling SMTP Number.
5 In Error Handling E-Mail Recipients, enter the email
address of users to receive email alert notifications. You
can specify up to five recipients.
Managing SimpleShare Administration
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SETTING UP POPUP ALERT NOTIFICATION
Email Notification allows SimpleShare to inform network users of system error conditions through onscreen messages.
Before setting up Popup Alert Notification on SimpleShare,
make sure the message popup service has been enabled on
each computer selected to receive the messages.
1 In the Administration menu, click Alerts/Logging.
2 Select Pop-Up Notification Enabled.
3 In Error Handling Pop Up Machines, enter the network
name of each computer to receive alert notification
popup messages. You can specify up to five computers.
4 To confirm that popup alert notification is working
properly, click , then verify that the
selected computers received the test alert popup
message.
Send Test Popup
5 Click .
Apply
Managing SimpleShare Administration
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ADDING SIMPLESHARE TO AN EXISTING WORKGROUP
1 In the Administration menu, click Windows Setup.
2 Select Workgroup Member Mode, then in Workgroup
Name, type the name of the workgroup to which you are
making SimpleShare a member.
3 Select the share access method to be enabled on
SimpleShare.
• To provide share access to all users in a Workgroup,
select Password Based Share Access.
• To limit share access to selected users in a
Workgroup, select User Based Share Access, then
from the Pool Name list choose the disk pool to
which access is being granted.
4 After making your selections, click .
5 In the confirmation dialog, click .
Apply
OK
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ADDING SIMPLESHARE TO AN EXISTING DOMAIN
1 In the Administration menu, click Windows Setup.
2 Select Domain Member Mode, then in Domain Name
type the name of the domain to which you are making
SimpleShare a member.
3 Click .
Apply
4 In Domain Authentication dialog, enter the username
and password you use to log onto Windows as the
administrator or a member of the administrator’s group,
then click .
You must be logged on Windows as an administrator or a
member of the Administrator’s group in order to join a
domain and complete this procedure. If your computer is
connected to a network, network policy settings may also
prevent you from completing this procedure.
OK
5 In the Administration menu, click Basic.
6 Click to restart SimpleShare and apply your
Reboot
changes.
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RESTORING FACTORY SETTING
1 In the Administration menu, click Basic.
2 Click .
3 In the confirmation dialog, click to continue.
4 On the Apply screen, click .
Restore Defaults
OK
Continue
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RESTARTING SIMPLESHARE
1 In the Administration menu, click Basic.
2 Click .
Reboot
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SHARE MANAGEMENT
SETTING FILE SYSTEM SUPPORT ON SIMPLESHARE
1 In the Share Management menu, click Basic.
2 Locate the shared folder you want to setup, and then
select file system(s) supported on the share.
• To enable CIFS support on SimpleShare for
Windows and Mac computers, select Enabled from
the Windows Access (CIFS) list.
• To enable NFS support on SimpleShare for
Unix/Linux computers, select Enabled from the
Unix/Linux Access (NFS) list.
3 Click .
Apply
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CREATING A SHARE
Share Authentication only provides password protection on shares when accessed from Windows computers. To enable share
authentication, SimpleShare must be configured as a member of a Windows workgroup.
1 In the Share Management menu, click .
Create Share
2 In New Share Name, enter a descriptive name for the
share you want to create.
3 Choose the disk pool in which the new share will reside
from the Create in Pool list.
4 Select file system(s) supported on the share.
• To enable CIFS support on the share for Windows
and Mac computers, select CIFS Access.
• To enable NFS support on the share for Unix/Linux
computers, select NFS Access.
If the desired file system not available (checkbox is gray),
support for the protocol is not enabled on your SimpleShare
server. To enable file system protocol on SimpleShare, see
“Setting File System Support on SimpleShare” on page 34.
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5 To enable authentication (password security) on the
new share, select Enable Share Authentication.
6 In Share Password, enter a password for accessing the
share.
Passwords can be up to eight characters long and may
contain any combination of alphanumeric characters (A-Z
and 1-9) and special characters such as &, $, and >. Spaces
are not allowed.
7 In Confirm Password, re-enter the password to confirm
it was entered correctly.
8 Click .
Create Share
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DELETING A SHARE
1 In the Share Management menu, click Basic.
2 In Disk Pool Mappings, click next to the share
Delete
you want to delete.
3 In the warning dialog, click .
4 In the verification dialog, click .
OK
OK
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RENAMING A SHARE
1 In the Share Management menu, click Basic.
2 Click Rename Share.
3 Select the share you want to rename from the Old Share
Name list.
4 Enter the new share name in New Share Name.
5 Click .
Rename Share
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ENABLING SECURITY ON AN EXISTING SHARE
Share Authentication only provides password protection for shares when accessed from Windows machines. To enable share
authentication, SimpleShare must be configured as a member of a Windows workgroup.
1 In the Share Management menu, click Share Access.
2 From the Share Name list, choose the share you want
to modify.
3 Select Enable Share Authentication.
4 In New Password, enter the password required to
access the selected share.
Passwords can be up to eight characters long and may
contain any combination of alphanumeric characters (A-Z
and 1-9) and special characters such as &, $, and >. Spaces
are not allowed.
5 In Confirm Password, re-enter the password to confirm
it was entered correctly.
6 Click .
7 In the confirmation dialog, click .
Apply
OK
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DISABLING SECURITY ON AN EXISTING SHARE
1 In the Share Management menu, click Share Access.
2 From the Share Name list, choose the share you want
to modify.
3 Deselect Enable Share Authentication.
4 Click .
5 In the confirmation dialog, click .
Apply
OK
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BASIC DISK MANAGEMENT
SimpleShare’s is equipped with either an 160 MB or 250 MB internal IDE hard disk drive, depending on the model you purchased.
However, SimpleShare’s storage capacity can be easily increased by attaching an external disk drive. The disk space on
SimpleShare is divided into storage areas or “Disk Pools.” You can create multiple storage areas on a single drive or combine
multiple drives to create a single pool. Disk Management menu options allow you to manage SimpleShare disk drives and disk
pools. To create shares and store files on a SimpleShare drive one or more disk pools must exist on the drive. SimpleShare’s
internal disk drive is configured at the factory with a single disk pool named “SimplePool”, which is allocated the full capacity of
the drive. SimpleShare’s advanced disk management features provide:
• Foreign disk support
• Mirror pools
• Striped pools
• Spanning
SimpleShare’s multi-disk functions can be configured using any combination of internal and external USB drives. For example,
you can mirror the data on the internal disk onto an external USB drive or mirror the data on an external drive to a second external
drive. Except foreign disk support, the drives connected to SimpleShare must be “claimed.” Claiming a disk reformats the drive
for exclusive use by SimpleShare. Once a drive is claimed, it can only be read by SimpleShare. The claiming process destroys
all the data on the drive.
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RENAMING A DISK DRIVE
1 In the Disk Management menu click Basic.
2 Select Show Disk Details.
The Show Disk Details checkbox is located at the bottom of
the Disk Management page. It may be necessary to use the
scroll bar to see the checkbox.
3 Click .
Rename Disk
4 Select the disk you want to rename from the Old Disk
Name list.
5 In New Disk Name, enter the new name of the disk.
6 Click .
7 In the confirmation dialog, click .
Rename Disk
OK
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ERASING A DISK POOL
1 Erase all shares from the disk pool you want to delete.
For instructions, see “Deleting a Share” on page 37.
Deleting shares and disk pools erases all data within them
so make complete backups prior to deleting shares or disk
pools.
Before you can delete a disk pool, you must first delete all
shares allocated within the pool.
2 In the Disk Management menu, click Basic.
3 Click Erase Disk.
4 In Disks Available on the Wipe Pool page, select the
disk drive you want to wipe (erase).
5 In Confirmation String, enter Yes, destroy everything
on this disk.
6 Click Quick Erase or Full Erase, depending on the type
of erase process you want to perform.
Quick Erase performs a brief erasure of the primary file
system structures but does not erase all locations on the
disk that contained user data. Full Erase performs multiple
erasure passes on the entire disk.
7 In the confirmation dialog, click .
OK
An erased or wiped disk appears in SimpleShare
Administrator as a Blank Disk.
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ERASING A DISK DRIVE
Erasing disks destroys the existing data on the disks. Do not
use this function unless you wish to destroy the data on a disk.
Exercise extreme caution when using this function, as the
data on disks that are erased using this function may not be
recoverable.
Quick erase only takes a few minutes to complete. However,
portions of the data may be recoverable using data recovery
tools. If you are concerned about erased data becoming
available to others, perform a full erase. Keep in mind that a
full erase takes several days to complete. If the data on
SimpleShare is encrypted, it may not be necessary to
perform a full erase. Since the data is encrypted, any data
recovered will be encrypted. To decrypt the data requires
knowledge of the encryption password.
1 In the Disk Management menu, click Basic.
2 Select Show Disk Details.
The Show Disk Details checkbox is located at the bottom of
the Disk Management page. It may be necessary to use the
scroll bar to see the checkbox.
3 Click .
Erase Disk
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4 In Disks Available, select each disk you want to erase.
5 In Safety Confirmation, type Yes, destroy everything
on this disk.
6 Click or , depending on the
Quick Erase Full Erase
type of erase process you want to perform.
Quick Erase performs a simple erase of the primary file
system structures but does not erase all locations on the
disk that contained user data. Full Erase performs multiple
erasure passes on the entire disk.
7 In the confirmation dialog, click .
OK
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ENABLING DISK POWER MANAGEMENT
Disk power management allows the internal SimpleShare disk
drive to be automatically powered off during periods when it is
not being accessed.
1 On the Disk Management menu, click Disk Power
Management.
2 Choose Specify Timeout to enable automatic power
management.
3 Enter the time-out period in the Minutes and Seconds
text boxes.The time-out period can range from 0 (zero)
minutes and 0 seconds, up to 21 minutes and 15
seconds. Seconds can only be set in increments of 5.
Seconds values not in increments of 5 (five) are rounded
to the closest multiple of 5.
4 Click .
5 In the confirmation dialog, click .
Apply
OK
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VIEWING DISK DRIVE HEALTH
NFORMATION
I
SimpleShare’s internal disk drive supports SMART
(Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology) for
monitoring drive health. SMART monitors the operation of the
disk drive for signs of impending failure. Health is information
is reported to SimpleShare and can be viewed on the Health
Report page.
1 In the Disk Management menu, click Basic.
2 Select Show Disk Details.
The Show Disk Details checkbox is located at the bottom of
the Disk Management page. It may be necessary to use the
scroll bar to see the checkbox.
3 In Available Disks, click the Full Health Details
hyperlink to the right of SimpleShare’s internal disk
drive.
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4 Click to the Disk Management - Basic page.
Continue
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RUNNING DISK DRIVE SELF-TESTS
SimpleShare's internal disk drive supports self-tests as part of
its health monitoring system. These self-tests check the
operation of the disk drive inspect internal components and
calibration of the disk drive attempting to detect failures or
potential failures. These self-tests do not modify or destroy
user data.
1 In the Disk Management menu, click Basic.
2 Select Show Disk Details.
The Show Disk Details checkbox is located at the bottom
of the Disk Management page. It may be necessary to use
the scroll bar to see the checkbox.
3 In Available Disks, click the Full Health Details
hyperlink to the right of SimpleShare’s internal disk
drive.
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4 Choose Run Short Test or
Run Long Test
Run Short Test
, depending on the type of self-test you
want to perform.
Run Short Test performs a quick check to verify that the
drive is fully operational. Run Long Test performs a
comprehensive test of the disk drive.
5 If you want SimpleShare Administrator to display an
onscreen message when the self-test completes, select
Notify Test Results.
6 Click to begin the testing disk drive.
7 In the confirmation dialog, click .
8 Click to return to the Disk Management -
Run Self Test
If Notify Test Results is selected, when the self-test
completes a yellow banner containing the test results
appears across the top of the SimpleShare Administrator
page you are on. Clicking the hyperlink in the clears the
notification and displays the health report.
OK
Continue
Basic page.
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REMOVING EXTERNAL DRIVES
Disconnecting an external USB drive without performing a
safe removal causes an alert notification to appear across the
top of the SimpleShare Administrator window indicating that
the disk was removed unexpectedly.
1 In the Disk Management menu, click Basic.
2 Click below the external drive you
Safely Remove Disk
want to remove.
3 In the dialog that appears indicating that the disk can
now be safely removed, click .
OK
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FOREIGN AND BLANK DISK MANAGEMENT
When a USB drive formatted with the FAT or NTFS file system is connected to SimpleShare recognizes the drive as a “Foreign
Disk,” and immediately makes it available to users on the network. The share name for foreign disks is set by SimpleShare, base
on the file system used on the disk. The files on foreign disks are not modified by SimpleShare in any way. If the disk is later
disconnected from the SimpleShare and attached to a Windows or Mac OS computer, it will still be readable by that computer.
The shares created by SimpleShare for foreign disks are referred to as “Foreign Shares.” An unformatted drive connected to
SimpleShare are recognized as “Blank Disk.” Before a Blank disk can be made available to network users, it has to be formatted
or claimed by SimpleShare.
SimpleShare’s foreign disk support function makes it easy to attach a USB disk formatted with FAT or NTFS and share its files
with other users on the network, with the following restrictions:
• Disks formatted with NTFS are read-only
• Foreign disks cannot be used for of mirroring
• Foreign disks cannot be used for striping
• Only share level access is provided for foreign shares (user base security, domain member and domain controller security
is not provided)
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VIEWING FOREIGN DISK INFORMATION
1 In the Disk Management menu, click Foreign Disk.
2 To view detailed disk information, select Show Foreign
Disk Details.
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CLAIMING FOREIGN DISK FOR
IMPLESHARE
S
Claiming a disk places the disk under the exclusive control of
SimpleShare and allows you to manage the disk using
SimpleShare Administrator. Once SimpleShare claims a disk
it is no longer readable by Windows or Mac OS computers and
any data that existed on the drive is destroyed.
Claiming a disk destroys the data on the disk. If you have
important data on the drive, create a backup.
1 In the Disk Management menu, click Basic.
2 Select Show Disk Details.
The Show Disk Details checkbox is located at the bottom of
the Disk Management page. It may be necessary to use the
scroll bar to see the checkbox.
3 Click the button located to the right of the Foreign
Claim
disk you want to claim.
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4 In New Disk Name, enter a descriptive name for the disk
being claimed.
5 Make sure Claim as FAT32 Disk is not selected.
“Claim as FAT32 Disk” is intended for disks that may be
attached to Windows or Mac OS computers in addition to
SimpleShare. To enable all SimpleShare capabilities, make
sure Claim as FAT32 Disk checkbox is not selected. “Foreign
and Blank Disk Management” on page 52 provides detailed
information on the limitations of using FAT32 disks.
6 In Safety Confirmation, type Yes, destroy everything
on this disk.
7 Click .
8 In the confirmation dialog, click .
Claim
OK
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CLAIMING A FOREIGN DISK AS FAT32
SimpleShare allows you to claim a blank disk and format it
with the FAT32 file system. Though SimpleShare recognizes
the drive as a foreign disk, this feature is useful the if you plan
to use the drive on Windows or Mac computers as well as
SimpleShare. “Foreign and Blank Disk Management” on
page 52 provides detailed information on the limitations of
using FAT32 disks.
1 In the Disk Management menu, click Basic.
2 Select Show Disk Details.
The Show Disk Details checkbox is located at the bottom of
the Disk Management page. It may be necessary to use the
scroll bar to see the checkbox.
you want to claim.
Click the button located to the right of the Foreign disk
Claim
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3 In New Disk Name, enter a descriptive name for the disk
being claimed.
4 Select Claim as FAT32 Disk.
5 Select file system(s) to be supported on the disk.
• To enable CIFS support on the share for Windows
and Mac computers, select CIFS Access.
• To enable NFS support on the share for Unix/Linux
computers, select NFS Access.
6 To enable authentication (password security) on the
new share, select Enable Share Authentication. In
Share Password, enter a password for accessing the
share. In Confirm Password, re-enter the password to
confirm it was entered correctly.
Passwords can be up to eight characters long and may
contain any combination of alphanumeric characters (A-Z
and 1-9) and special characters such as &, $, and >. Spaces
are not allowed.
7 In Safety Confirmation, type Yes, destroy everything
on this disk.
8 Click .
9 In the confirmation dialog, click .
Claim
OK
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CLAIMING A BLANK DISK FOR
IMPLESHARE
S
Claiming a disk places the disk under the exclusive control of
SimpleShare and allows you to manage the disk using
SimpleShare Administrator. Once SimpleShare claims a disk
it is no longer readable by Windows or Mac OS computers and
any data that existed on the drive is destroyed.
1 In the Disk Management menu, click Basic.
2 Select Show Disk Details.
The Show Disk Details checkbox is located at the bottom of
the Disk Management page. It may be necessary to use the
scroll bar to see the checkbox.
3 Click the button located to the right of the Blank
Claim
disk you want to claim.
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4 In New Disk Name, enter a descriptive name for the disk
being claimed.
5 Make sure Claim as FAT32 Disk is not selected.
“Claim as FAT32 Disk” is intended for disks that may be
attached to Windows or Mac OS computers in addition to
SimpleShare. To enable all SimpleShare capabilities, make
sure Claim as FAT32 Disk checkbox is not selected. “Foreign
and Blank Disk Management” on page 52 provides detailed
information on the limitations of using FAT32 disks.
6 Click .
7 In the confirmation dialog, click .
Claim
OK
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CLAIMING A BLANK DISK AS FAT32
SimpleShare allows you to claim a blank disk and format it
with the FAT32 file system. Though SimpleShare recognizes
the drive as a foreign disk, this feature is useful the if you plan
to use the drive on Windows or Mac computers as well as
SimpleShare. “Foreign and Blank Disk Management” on
page 52 provides detailed information on the limitations of
using FAT32 disks.
1 In the Disk Management menu, click Basic.
2 Select Show Disk Details.
The Show Disk Details checkbox is located at the bottom of
the Disk Management page. It may be necessary to use the
scroll bar to see the checkbox.
3 Click the button located to the right of the Blank
Claim
disk you want to claim.
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4 In New Disk Name, enter a descriptive name for the disk
being claimed.
5 Select Claim as FAT32 Disk.
6 Select file system(s) to be supported on the disk.
• To enable CIFS support on the share for Windows
and Mac computers, select CIFS Access.
• To enable NFS support on the share for Unix/Linux
computers, select NFS Access.
7 To enable authentication (password security) on the
new share, select Enable Share Authentication. In
Share Password, enter a password for accessing the
share. In Confirm Password, re-enter the password to
confirm it was entered correctly.
Passwords can be up to eight characters long and may
contain any combination of alphanumeric characters (A-Z
and 1-9) and special characters such as &, $, and >. Spaces
are not allowed.
8 Click .
9 In the confirmation dialog, click .
Claim
OK
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CHECKING FOREIGN DISK FILE SYSTEM INTEGRITY
.
The Check and Repair option is only available for foreign
disks formatted with the FAT file system.
1 On the Disk Management menu, click Foreign Disks.
2 In Disk Partition Mappings, click the
Check and Repair
button of the disk you want to repair. SimpleShare
displays the results of the file system integrity check
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3 After reviewing the results of the integrity check, click
Continue
to return to the Foreign Disk Management -
Basic page.
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DISK POOL MANAGEMENT
CREATING A BASIC POOL
One method of using additional drives added to SimpleShare is to simply use the additional disk to create new shares. This is
the easiest method and only requires claiming the new disk, creating one or more pools on the disk and finally creating share(s)
within the new pools. This procedure is for creating a basic unencrypted pool. If you want to create an encrypted pool, see
“Creating an Encrypted Pool” on page 85.
1 In the Disk Management menu, click Create New Pool.
2 In New Pool Name, enter a descriptive name for the
pool.
3 To allocate all available disk space on SimpleShare to
the new pool, in Pool Mapping Preference select Auto
Configuration, then continue to Step 5 on page 65.
Selecting Auto Configuration automatically selects the
Maximum Size checkbox.
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4 To set the capacity of the new pool manually, complete
the following steps:
• In Pool Mapping Preference select Manual
Configuration.
• In Disk Assignment select the Use checkbox for
each disk being used to create the pool.
Disk Assignment allows you to specify which disk drives are
to be used by the pool being created. To create a pool that
only occupies a portion of a single disk, make sure to only
select the Use checkbox for the drive you want to use.
• In Space Allocation, enter the size (in gigabytes) of
the basic pool. The pool size can be set using the
text box or the slider control.
If multiple disks are connected to SimpleShare, by default the
Space Allocation selects all available drives. This results in
all available space on each drive being allocated to the new
pool being created. To remove disks from the pool being
created the Manual checkbox must be selected and the Use
checkbox for the drives that are not to be included in the pool
must be deselected.
5 Click .
Create Pool
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6 In the confirmation dialog, click the .
To avoid losing data, do not reset or power off the
SimpleShare server, or click any browser menus or buttons
while the disk pool is being created.
OK
7 On the Create Disk Pool Result page, click
Continue to Disk Management
new disk pool or click to create a share in
to view information on the
Create Share
the new pool.
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CREATING A MIRROR POOL
Mirror pools are pools that use equal amounts of space on two or more disks. Mirror pools allow you to create multiple copies of
important data. Each disk drive used in a mirror pool contains a copy of the same data files. The primary disk or “Base” contains
the original file. Whenever a file in the Base is saved, the file is updated in the mirror.
1 In the Disk Management menu, click Create New Pool.
2 In New Pool Name, enter a descriptive name for mirror
pool.
3 Selected Mirroring.
Auto Configuration automatically designates the drive with
the least amount of available space as the Base and the drive
with the greater amount of available space as the Mirror.
To configure the Mirror pool automatically, continue to
Step 4. To configure the pool manually, go to Step 5 on
page 69.
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4 To have SimpleShare determine which drive will store
the Base and which drive will store the Mirror, in Pool
Mapping Preference select Auto Configuration, then
do one of the following to set the capacity of the pool:
• To set the size of the Mirror equal to the amount of
available space on the Base, select Maximize Size,
then, continue to Step 8 on page 69.
• To specify the capacity of the Base and Mirror,
deselect Maximize Size and enter the desired
capacity (in gigabytes) in Allocate, continue to
Step 8 on page 69.
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5 To configure the pool manually, select Manual
Configuration.
6 In Disk Assignment, select the drive to store the Base
pool and the drive to store the Mirror pool.
7 In Space Allocation, enter the size (in gigabytes) of the
Base pool. The pool size can be set by entering the
capacity in the text box or using the slider control.
When entering the size of the Base and Mirror manually, you
must enter the same value for each disk.
8 Click .
Create Pool
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9 In the confirmation dialog, click the .
To avoid losing data, do not reset or power off the
SimpleShare server, or click any browser menus or buttons
while the disk pool is being created.
OK
10 On the Create Disk Pool Result page, click
Continue to Disk Management
disk poll you just created or click to create
to view information on the
Create Share
a share in the pool.
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CREATING A STRIPED POOL
The main reason for creating a striped pool is to increase performance. Two or more disks are required to create a striped pool.
Striped pools alternate (or interleave) the data accessed in the pool. They do not provide for multiple copies of data stored in a
pool and do not provide for protection from loss of data should a drive fail. In fact should a single drive that is part of a striped
pool fail all data in the pool is lost even though the remaining disk(s) are functional.
1 On the Disk Management menu, click Create New
Pool.
2 In New Pool Name, enter a descriptive name for the
pool.
3 Select Striping.
4 If three disks are connected to SimpleShare, in Number
of Stripes enter the number of disks to be included in
the striped pool.
At least two disks are required to create a striped pool. If
three disks are connected to SimpleShare, the Number of
Stripes field allows you to specify how many disks to include
in the striped pool.
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To configure the Mirror pool automatically, continue to
Step 4. To configure the pool manually, go to Step 7 on
page 73.
5 To configure the pool parameters automatically, in Pool
Mapping Preference select Auto Configuration, then
do one of the following to set the capacity of the each
stripe in the pool:
• To create the largest pool possible, based on the
amount of available disk space on each disk, select
Maximize Size, then continue to Step 7 on page 73.
• To specify the size of stripe to be placed on each
disk, deselect Maximize Size and enter the desired
capacity (in gigabytes) in Allocate, then continue to
Step 7 on page 73.
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6 To configure the pool parameters manually, in Pool
Mapping Preference select Manual Configuration,
then do one of the following to set the capacity of the
each stripe in the pool:
• In Disk Assignment, select the disk to contain
Stripe 0, Stripe 1 and Stripe 3 (if three drives are
connected to SimpleShare).
• In Space Allocation, enter the size (in gigabytes) of
the stripe to be created on each disk. The stripe size
can be set by entering the capacity in the text box or
using the slider control.
7 Click .
Create Pool
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8 In the confirmation dialog, click .
To avoid losing data, do not reset or power off the
SimpleShare server, or click any browser menus or buttons
while the disk pool is being created.
If SimpleShare displays a pop-up indicating that all columns
should add up to the same disk space, space allocation for
each disk is not set properly. Make sure only a single
checkbox in each Stripe n column is selected and that the
total space allocated for all disks in a stripe is the same for
each stripe.
OK
9 On the Create Disk Pool Result page, click
Continue to Disk Management
new disk pool or click to create a share in
to view information on the
Create Share
the pool.
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DELETING (WIPING) A POOL
Before you can delete a disk pool you must remove all
shares residing within the pool (Deleting a Share). Erasing a
disk pool destroys all data saved to the pool. We recommend
that you back up your data before proceeding.
1 In the Disk Management menu, click Basic.
2 In Disk Pool Mappings, click the button to the
Delete
right of the pool you want to delete.
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3 In the confirmation dialog, click .
OK
4 Click or , depending on the
Quick Erase Full Erase
type of erase process you want to perform.
Quick Erase erases data from the disk pool. However, data
can be recovered using special data recovery utilities. Full
Erase overwrites the entire disk pool with random data,
making data recovery impossible.
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RENAMING A POOL
1 In the Disk Management menu click Basic.
1 Click .
Rename Pool
The Rename Pool button is located at the bottom of the Disk
Management page. It may be necessary to use the scroll bar
to see the button.
2 Select the pool to be renamed from the Old Pool Name
list.
3 Enter the new descriptive name in New Pool Name.
4 Click .
5 In the confirmation dialog, click .
Rename Pool
OK
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RESIZING A POOL
SimpleTech recommends that you backup all your data
before resizing pools. Loss of power or other failures during
the resize operation could result in data loss. You must also
delete all shares on disk pools to be resized.
1 In the Disk Management menu, click Resize Pool.
2 From the Pool Name list, choose the disk pool you want
to resize.
3 In Space Allocation, enter the desired size (in
gigabytes) of the pool being resized. The pool size can
be set by entering the capacity in the text box or using
the slider control.
Pools cannot be reduced in capacity to a size less than the
storage space consumed by the shares currently in the pool.
4 Click .
Resize Pool
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5 In the confirmation dialog, click the .
To avoid losing data, do not reset or power off the
SimpleShare server, or click any browser menus or buttons
while the disk pool is being created.
OK
6 On the Resize Pool Result page, click .
Continue
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ADDING A MIRROR TO AN EXISTING POOL
1 In the Disk Management menu, click
Add Mirrors/Spares.
2 From the Pool Name list, choose the pool you want to
mirror.
3 In Number of Additional Mirrors, enter the number of
mirrors to be created.
Pools can only be mirror to a separate physical disk.
Therefore, the number of mirrors you can create of a pool
depends on the number of disks connected to SimpleShare.
4 In Disk Assignment, select the checkbox for the
drive(s) on which the mirror will be stored. The number
of disks you select must equal the number of pools
specified in Number of Additional Mirrors (see Step 3,
above).
5 Click .
Add Mirrors/Spares
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6 In the confirmation dialog, click .
To avoid losing data, do not reset or power off the
SimpleShare server, or click any browser menus or buttons
while the disk pool is being created.
OK
7 On the Add Mirrors/Spares Result page, click .
Continue
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8 In the Administration menu, click Basic.
9 Click Reboot to restart SimpleShare and apply your
changes.
1 In the Disk Management menu, click Basic to check the
rebuild status of the new mirror pool.
To add a mirror to an existing pool, SimpleShare must
rebuild the disk array, which takes an extensive amount of
time. For example, adding a 150 GB mirror may take
approximately 4 hour to create.
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REMOVING A MIRROR OR SPARE
1 In the Disk Management menu, click Remove
Mirrors/Spares.
2 From the Pool Name list, choose the pool you want to
modify.
3 In Available Mirrors/Spares, select the mirror(s) or
spare(s) to be removed from the mirror pool.
Make sure the checkboxes for disks that are to remain part
of the mirror pool are not selected. For example, to remove
all mirrors and keep the Base pool, select all existing mirrors
except the Base.
Available Mirrors/Spares list the mirrors/spares associated
with the mirror pool. The Base represents the original pool
from which the mirror was created. Mirror1, Mirror2 and so
forth represent the copies (or mirrors) created from the
original (Base) pool.
4 Click .
Remove Mirrors
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5 On the Remove Mirrors/Spares Result page, click
Continue
.
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CREATING AN ENCRYPTED POOL
Encrypted pools provide security for the data stored in the pool. Encrypted pools must be remounted whenever SimpleShare is
rebooted, powered off or reset to factory defaults. Instructions for mounting an encrypted pool are provided in “Mounting
Encrypted Pools” on page 92.
1 In the Disk Management menu, click Create New Pool.
2 In New Pool Name, enter a descriptive name for the
encrypted pool.
3 Select Encrypt Pool.
4 In Encryption Password, enter the password to be
used to encrypt data in the pool. In Confirm Password,
re-enter the password to verify it was entered correctly.
Passwords should be at least eight characters long and may
contain any combination of alphanumeric characters (A-Z
and 1-9) and special characters such as &, $, and >.
Spaces are not allowed.
5 To allocate all available disk space on SimpleShare to
the new pool, in Pool Mapping Preference, select Auto
Configuration, then continue to Step 7 on page 86.
Selecting Auto Configuration automatically selects the
Maximum Size checkbox.
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6 To set the capacity of the new pool manually, complete
the following steps:
• In Pool Mapping Preference, select Manual
Configuration.
• In Disk Assignment, select the Use checkbox for
each disk being used to create the pool.
Disk Assignment allows you to specify which disk drives are
to be used by the pool being created. To create a pool that
only occupies a portion of a single disk, make sure to only
select the Use checkbox for the drive you want to use.
• In Space Allocation, enter the size (in gigabytes) of
the pool. The pool size can be set using the text box
or the slider control.
If multiple disks are connected to SimpleShare, by default the
Space Allocation selects all available drives. This results in
all available space on each drive being allocated to the new
pool being created. To remove disks from the pool being
created the Manual checkbox must be selected and the Use
checkbox for the drives that are not to be included in the pool
must be deselected.
7 Click .
Create Pool
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