Thecus N6850, N12000, N8850, N10850, N5550 User Manual

User’s Manual

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Copyright and Trademark Notice

Thecus and other names of Thecus products are registered trademarks of Thecus
Technology Corp. Microsoft, Windows, and the Windows logo are registered
trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Apple, iTunes and Apple OS X are registered
trademarks of Apple Computers, Inc. All other trademarks and brand names are
the property of their respective owners. Specifications are subject to change
without notice.

Copyright © 2015 Thecus Technology Corporation. All rights reserved.

About This Manual

All information in this manual has been carefully verified to ensure its correctness.
In case of an error, please provide us with your feedback. Thecus Technology
Corporation reserves the right to modify the contents of this manual without notice.

Product name: Thecus N8900 / N12000 / N16000
series/N6850/N8850/N10850/N7700PRO V2/N8800PRO V2/N7710 series/N8810U
series/N5550/N4510U series/N7510/N5810/N5810PRO
Manual Version: 6.0
Release Date: January 2015

Limited Warranty

Thecus Technology Corporation guarantees all components of Thecus NAS
products are thoroughly tested before they leave the factory and should function
normally under general usage. In case of any system malfunctions, Thecus
Technology Corporation and its local representatives and dealers are responsible
for repair without cost to the customer if the product fails within the warranty
period and under normal usage. Thecus Technology Corporation is not responsible
for any damage or loss of data deemed to be caused by its products. It is highly
recommended that users conduct necessary back-up practices.

Check the functions that are available on your particular Thecus NAS model at:

http://www.Thecus.com

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Safety Warnings

For your safety, please read and follow the following safety warnings:

Read this manual thoroughly before attempting to set up your Thecus IP

storage.

Your Thecus IP storage is a complicated electronic device. DO NOT attempt

to repair it under any circumstances. In the case of malfunction, turn off the
power immediately and have it repaired at a qualified service center.
Contact your vendor for details.

DO NOT allow anything to rest on the power cord and DO NOT place the

power cord in an area where it can be stepped on. Carefully place
connecting cables to avoid stepping or tripping on them.

Your Thecus IP storage can operate normally under temperatures between

5°C and 40°C, with relative humidity of 20% – 85%. Using Thecus IP
storage under extreme environmental conditions could damage the unit.

Ensure that the Thecus IP storage is provided with the correct supply

voltage (AC 100V ~ 240V, 50/60 Hz, 3A). Plugging the Thecus IP storage to
an incorrect power source could damage the unit.

Do NOT expose Thecus IP storage to dampness, dust, or corrosive liquids.
Do NOT place Thecus IP storage on any uneven surfaces.
DO NOT place Thecus IP storage in direct sunlight or expose it to other heat

sources.

DO NOT use chemicals or aerosols to clean Thecus IP storage. Unplug the

power cord and all connected cables before cleaning.

DO NOT place any objects on the Thecus IP storage or obstruct its

ventilation slots to avoid overheating the unit.

Keep packaging out of the reach of children.
If disposing of the device, please follow your local regulations for the safe

disposal of electronic products to protect the environment.

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Table of Contents

Copyright and Trademark Notice ................................................... 2

About This Manual ......................................................................... 2

Limited Warranty ........................................................................... 2

Safety Warnings ............................................................................ 3

Table of Contents .......................................................................... 4

Chapter 1: Introduction ................................................................. 7

Overview ............................................................................................... 7

Product Highlights ................................................................................. 7

Package Contents .................................................................................. 9

Front Panel .......................................................................................... 10

Rear Panel ........................................................................................... 23

Chapter 2: Hardware Installation ................................................ 39

Overview ............................................................................................. 39

Before You Begin ................................................................................. 39

Cable Connections ............................................................................... 39

Chapter 3: First Time Setup ......................................................... 43

Overview ............................................................................................. 43

Thecus Setup Wizard ........................................................................... 43

LCD Operation (N7700PRO V2/N8800PRO V2/ N7710 series/N8810U

series/N5550/N5810/N5810PRO/N4510U series/N7510) ................. 45

OLED Operation(Does not apply to the N7700PRO V2/N8800PRO V2/
N7710 series/N8810U series/N5550/N5810/N5810PRO/N4510U

series/N7510) ..................................................................................... 47

USB Copy ............................................................................................. 47

Typical Setup Procedure ...................................................................... 48

Chapter 4: System Administration ............................................... 50

Overview ............................................................................................. 50

Web Administration Interface ............................................................. 50

My Favorite ................................................................................. 51

Logout ....................................................................................... 53

Language Selection ...................................................................... 53

System Information ............................................................................ 54

System Information ..................................................................... 54

System/Service Status (Refer Chapter 7 for FW v2.03.01 and after) ... 54

Logs .......................................................................................... 55

User Access Log .......................................................................... 56

On-line Register .......................................................................... 58

Syslog Management ..................................................................... 59

System Monitor ........................................................................... 61

System Management ........................................................................... 63

Time: Setting system time ............................................................ 63

Notification configuration .............................................................. 64

Firmware Upgrade ....................................................................... 64

Schedule Power On/Off ................................................................. 65

Administrator Password ................................................................ 66

Config Mgmt ............................................................................... 66

Factory Default ............................................................................ 67

Reboot & Shutdown ..................................................................... 67

File System Check ....................................................................... 67

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Wake-Up On LAN (WOL) ............................................................... 69

SNMP Support ............................................................................. 70

UI Login Function ........................................................................ 70

System Network .................................................................................. 71

Networking ................................................................................. 71

VLAN ......................................................................................... 72

DHCP/RADVD .............................................................................. 73

Linking Aggregation ..................................................................... 73

Additional LAN ............................................................................. 76

Storage Management .......................................................................... 77

Disks Information (Refer Chapter 7 for FW v2.03.01 and after) .......... 77

RAID Information ........................................................................ 79

NAS Stacking .............................................................................. 93

ISO Mount .................................................................................. 99

Share Folder ............................................................................. 102

Folder and sub-folders Access Control List (ACL) ....................................... 105

Snapshot .................................................................................. 107

iSCSI ....................................................................................... 111

iSCSI Thin-Provisioning .............................................................. 116

Advance Option ......................................................................... 118

Disk Clone and Wipe .................................................................. 119

High-Availability (N8900, N12000 series/N16000 series only) .......... 120

User and Group Authentication ......................................................... 130

ADS/NT Support ........................................................................ 130

Local User Configuration ............................................................. 132

Local Group Configuration ........................................................... 134

Batch Users and Groups Creation ................................................. 136

User Quota ............................................................................... 137

User and Group Backup .............................................................. 137

LDAP Support ............................................................................ 138

Network Service ................................................................................ 138

Samba / CIFS ........................................................................... 138

AFP (Apple Network Setup) ......................................................... 141

NFS Setup ................................................................................ 142

FTP .......................................................................................... 142

TFTP ........................................................................................ 143

WebService .............................................................................. 144

UPnP ........................................................................................ 144

Bonjour Setting ......................................................................... 145

SSH ......................................................................................... 145

DDNS ...................................................................................... 146

UPnP Port Management .............................................................. 147

VPN Client ................................................................................ 148

VPN Server ............................................................................... 150

Application Server ............................................................................. 151

iTunes® Server ......................................................................... 151

Module Installation .................................................................... 152

Auto Module Installation ............................................................. 153

Backup .............................................................................................. 154

Dual DOM (N12000 series/N16000 series/N8900 series only) ........... 154

Rsync Target Server ................................................................... 155

Data Guard (Remote Backup) ...................................................... 156

ACL Backup and Restore ............................................................. 167

Data Burn ................................................................................. 168

USB Copy ................................................................................. 171

Thecus Backup Utility ................................................................. 175

Windows XP Data Backup ............................................................ 175

Apple OS X Backup Utilities ......................................................... 176

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External Devices ................................................................................ 176

Printers .................................................................................... 176

Uninterrupted Power Source ........................................................ 181

Chapter 5: Tips and Tricks ......................................................... 182

USB and eSATA Storage Expansion .................................................... 182

Remote Administration ...................................................................... 182

Part I - Setup a DynDNS Account ................................................. 183

Part II - Enable DDNS on the Router ............................................. 183

Part III - Setting up Virtual Servers (HTTPS).................................. 183

Firewall Software Configuration ........................................................ 183

Replacing Damaged Hard Drives ....................................................... 184

Hard Drive Damage ................................................................... 184

Replacing a Hard Drive ............................................................... 184

RAID Auto-Rebuild ..................................................................... 184

Chapter 6: Troubleshooting ....................................................... 185

Forgot My Network IP Address .......................................................... 185

Can't Map a Network Drive in Windows XP ........................................ 185

Restoring Factory Defaults ................................................................ 185

Problems with Time and Date Settings .............................................. 186

Dual DOM Supports for Dual Protection (N12000 series/N16000

series/N8900 series only) ................................................................. 186

Chapter 7: Updates for FW v2.03.01 .......................................... 187

General .................................................................................... 187

Status ...................................................................................... 187

Added Hardware Information ....................................................... 188

Disk Information ........................................................................ 188

Data Guard (Local Backup) ......................................................... 191

Volume Expansion Management ................................................... 207

Appendix A: Customer Support .................................................. 208

Appendix B: RAID Basics ........................................................... 209

Overview ........................................................................................... 209

Benefits ............................................................................................. 209

Improved Performance ............................................................... 209

Data Security ............................................................................ 209

RAID Levels ....................................................................................... 209

Appendix C: How to open the top cover ..................................... 212

N8900 series: .................................................................................... 212

N12000 series: .................................................................................. 213

N16000 series: .................................................................................. 213

Appendix D: Active Directory Basics .......................................... 214

Overview ........................................................................................... 214

What is Active Directory? .................................................................. 214

ADS Benefits ..................................................................................... 214

Appendix E: Licensing Information ............................................ 215

Overview ........................................................................................... 215

Source Code Availability .................................................................... 215

CGIC License Terms ........................................................................... 216

GNU General Public License ............................................................... 216

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Chapter 1: Introduction

Overview

Thank you for choosing the Thecus IP Storage Server. The Thecus IP storage is an
easy-to-use storage server that allows a dedicated approach to storing and
distributing data on a network. Data reliability is ensured with RAID features that
provide data security and recovery—over multiple Terabyte of storage are available
using RAID 5 and RAID 6. Gigabit Ethernet ports enhance network efficiency,
allowing Thecus IP storage to take over file management functions, increase
application and data sharing and provide faster data response. The Thecus IP
storage offers data mobility with a disk roaming feature that lets you swap working
hard drives for use in other Thecus IP storage, securing the continuity of data in the
event of hardware failure. The Thecus IP storage allows data consolidation and
sharing between Windows (SMB/CIFS), UNIX/Linux, and Apple OS X environments.
The Thecus IP storage’s user-friendly GUI supports multiple Languages.

Product Highlights

File Server

First and foremost, the Thecus IP storage allows you to store and share files over an
IP network. With a Network Attached Storage (NAS) device, you can centralize
your files and share them easily over your network. With the easy-to-use
web-based interface, users on your network can access these files in a snap.

To learn about the Web User Interface, go to

Chapter 4: Using the Thecus IP Storage > Web Administration Interface

FTP Server

With the built-in FTP Server, friends, clients, and customers can upload and
download files to your Thecus IP storage over the Internet with their favorite FTP
programs. You can create user accounts so that only authorized users have access.

To set up the FTP Server, refer to
Chapter 4: Network Service> FTP .

iTunes Server

With the built-in iTunes server capability, the Thecus IP storage enables digital
music to be shared and played anywhere on the network!

To set up the iTunes Server, refer to

Chapter 4: Application Server>iTunes Configuration.

Printer Server

With the Thecus IP storage’s Printer Server, you can easily share an IPP printer with
other PCs connected to your network.

To set up the Printer Server, refer to

Chapter 4: External Devices Server>Printer Information.

Multiple RAID

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Thecus IP storage supports multiple RAID volumes on one system. So, you can
create RAID 0 for your non-critical data, and create RAID 1,5,6,50 or 60 (depend
on model) for mission-critical data. Create the RAID levels depending on your
needs.

To configure RAID modes on the Thecus IP storage, refer to

Chapter 4: Storage Management >RAID Information.

iSCSI Capability

Thecus IP storage is not only a file server, but it also supports iSCSI initiators. Your
server can access Thecus IP storage as a direct-attached-storage over the LAN or
Internet. There is no easier way to expand the capacity of your current application
servers. All the storage needs can be centrally managed and deployed. This brings
ultimate flexibility to users.

To set up an iSCSI volume, refer to

Chapter 4: Storage Management > iSCSI

Superior Power Management

Thecus IP storage supports schedule power on/off. With this feature, administrator
can set at what time to turn on or off the system. This feature is a big plus for
people who want to conserve energy. Wake-On-LAN enables administrator to
remotely turn on the system without even leaving their own seat.

To schedule system on and off, refer to

Chapter 4: System Management> Scheduled Power On/Off

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Package Contents

N8900/N12000/N16000 Series/N8800PRO V2/N8810U series/

N4510U-R/N4510U PRO-R
The Thecus IP storage should contain the following common items:

 System Unit x1
 QIG (Quick Installation Guide) x1
 CD-Title (Acronis backup CD & Universal CD)
 Ethernet Cable x1
 Accessory bag x1
 HDD Compatibility list Card x1
 Multiple Languages Warranty Card x1
 Power cord x2

N6850/N8850/N10850/N7700PRO V2/N7710 series/N5550/N4510U-S/

N7510/N4510U PRO-S/N5810/N5810PRO
The Thecus IP storage should contain the following common items:

 System Unit x1
 QIG (Quick Installation Guide) x1
 CD-Title (Acronis backup CD & Universal CD)
 Ethernet Cable x1
 Accessory bag x1
 HDD Compatibility list Card x1
 Multiple Languages Warranty Card x1
 Power cord x1

Please check to see if your package is complete. If you find that some items are
missing, contact your dealer.

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Front Panel

N8900 series:

Front Panel

Item

Description

1.Power Button

 Power on/off N8900

2.Power LED

 Solid green: System is power on.

3.System error LED

 Solid RED: System error.

4.Mute button

 Mute the system fan alarm.

5.USB Port

 USB 2.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as USB disks and

USB printers

6. Locator button /
LED

 Press the button, the back led will light up to identify the system

position of the rack

7. RST

 Reboot system.

8. LAN

 Blinking green: network activity
 Solid green: network link

9. BUSY

 Blinking orange: system startup or system maintenance; data

currently inaccessible

10.OLED

 Displays current system status and messages
 OLED screen saver will be enabled after screen is idle for more

than 3 minutes

 OLED screen will be turn off after idle for more than 6 minutes

11.Up Button ▲

 Push to scroll up when using the OLED display

12.Down Button ▼

 Push to enter USB copy operation screen

13.Enter Button 

 Push to enter OLED operate password for basic system setting

14.Escape Button
ESC

 Push to leave the current OLED menu

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N12000 series:

The Thecus N12000 series front panel has the device’s controls, indicators, and
hard disk trays:

Front Panel

Item

Description

1.Power Button

 Power on/off N12000

2.Power LED

 Solid green: System is power on.

3.System error LED

 Solid RED: System error.

4.Mute button

 Mute the system fan alarm.

5.USB Port

 USB 2.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as USB disks and

USB printers

6. Locator button /
LED

 Press the button, the back led will light up to identify the system

position of the rack

7. RST

 Reboot system.

8. LAN

 Blinking green: network activity
 Solid green: network link

9. BUSY

 Blinking orange: system startup or system maintenance; data

currently inaccessible

10.OLED

 Displays current system status and messages
 OLED screen saver will be enabled after screen is idle for more

than 3 minutes

 OLED screen will be turn off after idle for more than 6 minutes

11.Up Button ▲

 Push to scroll up when using the OLED display

12.Down Button ▼

 Push to enter USB copy operation screen

13.Enter Button 

 Push to enter OLED operate password for basic system setting

14.Escape Button
ESC

 Push to leave the current OLED menu

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N16000 series:

The Thecus N16000 series front panel has the device’s controls, indicators, and
hard disk trays:

Front Panel

Item

Description

1.Power Button

 Power on/off N16000

2.Power LED

 Solid green: System is power on.

3.System error LED

 Solid RED: System error.

4.Mute button

 Mute the system fan alarm.

5.USB Port

 USB 2.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as USB disks and

USB printers

6. Locator button /
LED

 Press the button, the back led will light up to identify the rack

position of the system

7. RST

 Reboot system.

8. LAN

 Blinking green: network activity
 Solid green: network link

9. BUSY

 Blinking orange: system startup or system maintenance; data

currently inaccessible

10.OLED

 Displays current system status and messages
 OLED screen saver will be enabled after screen is idle for more

than 3 minutes

 OLED screen will be turn off after idle for more than 6 minutes

11.Up Button ▲

 Push to scroll up when using the OLED display

12.Down Button ▼

 Push to enter USB copy operation screen

13.Enter Button 

 Push to enter OLED operate password for basic system setting

14.Escape Button
ESC

 Push to leave the current OLED menu

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N6850:

The Thecus N6850’s front panel has the device’s controls, indicators, and hard disk
trays:

Front Panel

Item

Description

1. Power Button

 Power on/off N6850

2. USB Port

 USB 2.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as digital

cameras, USB disks, and USB printers.

3. USB Port

 USB 3.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as digital

cameras, USB disks, and USB printers.

4. LAN2 LED

 Solid white: LAN2 Cable link
 Blinking : Network activity

5. LAN1 LED

 Solid white: LAN1 Cable link
 Blinking : Network activity

6. USB LED

 Solid white: USB busy
 Solid Red: USB error

7. System LED

 Solid white: System is power on.

8. OLED

 Displays system status and information

9. System Error

LED

 Blinking RED: System error.

10. Down Button

 Push to enter USB copy operation screen

11. Up Button

 Push to scroll up when using the OLED display

12. Enter Button

 Push to enter OLED operate password for basic system

setting

13. Escape Button

 Push to leave the current OLED menu

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N8850:

The Thecus N8850’s front panel has the device’s controls, indicators, and hard disk
trays:

Front Panel

Item

Description

1. Power Button

 Power on/off N8850

2. USB Port

 USB 2.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as digital

cameras, USB disks, and USB printers.

3. USB Port

 USB 3.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as digital

cameras, USB disks, and USB printers.

4. LAN2 LED

 Solid white: LAN2 Cable link
 Blinking : Network activity

5. LAN1 LED

 Solid white: LAN1 Cable link
 Blinking : Network activity

6. USB LED

 Solid white: USB busy
 Solid Red: USB error

7. System LED

 Solid white: System is power on.

8. OLED

 Displays system status and information

9. System Error

LED

 Blinking RED: System error.

10. Down Button

 Push to enter USB copy operation screen

11. Up Button

 Push to scroll up when using the OLED display

12. Enter Button

 Push to enter OLED operate password for basic system

setting

13. Escape Button

 Push to leave the current OLED menu

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N10850:

The Thecus N10850’s front panel has the device’s controls, indicators, and hard
disk trays:

Front Panel

Item

Description

1. Power Button

 Power on/off N10850

2. USB Port

 USB 2.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as digital

cameras, USB disks, and USB printers.

3. USB Port

 USB 3.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as digital

cameras, USB disks, and USB printers.

4. LAN2 LED

 Solid white: LAN2 Cable link
 Blinking : Network activity

5. LAN1 LED

 Solid white: LAN1 Cable link
 Blinking : Network activity

6. USB LED

 Solid white: USB busy
 Solid Red: USB error

7. System LED

 Solid white: System is power on.

8. OLED

 Displays system status and information

9. System Error

LED

 Blinking RED: System error.

10. Down Button

 Push to enter USB copy operation screen

11. Up Button

 Push to scroll up when using the OLED display

12. Enter Button

 Push to enter OLED operate password for basic system

setting

13. Escape Button

 Push to leave the current OLED menu

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N7700PRO V2/N7710 series:

The Thecus N7700PRO V2/N7710 series front panel has the device’s controls,
indicators, and hard disk trays:

Front Panel

Item

Description

1.Power LED

 Solid blue: System is power on.

2.System LED

 Solid orange: system is being upgraded or system startup; data

currently inaccessible

3.WAN/LAN1 LED

 Solid green: network link
 Blinking green: network activity

4.LAN2 LED

 Solid green: network link
 Blinking green: network activity

5.USB Copy LED

 Solid blue: files are being copied from a USB storage device

6.eSATA link LED
(N7700PROv2)

 Solid blue: external eSATA device has connected

7.USB Port

 USB 2.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as USB disks.

8.Power Button

 Power on/off N7700PRO V2/N7710 series

9.Up Button ▲

 Push to scroll up when using the LCD display

10.Down Button ▼

 Push to enter USB copy operation screen

11.Enter Button 

 Push to enter LCD operate password for basic system setting

12.Escape Button
ESC

 Push to leave the current LCD menu

13.LCD Display

 Displays current system status and warning messages

14.HDD Trays

 Seven 3.5” SATA HDD trays
 Locks are provided for added security

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N8800PRO V2/N8810U series:

The Thecus N8800PRO V2/N8810U series front panel has the device’s controls,
indicators, and hard disk trays:

Front Panel

Item

Description

1.Power Button

 Power on/off N8800PRO V2/N8810U series

2.Power LED

 Solid green: System is power on.

3.Reboot Button

 Press to system reboot

4.System fan alarm
LED

 Solid red: system fan failure notification

5. Mute button

 Mute the system fan alarm.

6.USB Port

USB 2.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as USB disks, USB
printers

7.Up Button ▲

 Push to scroll up when using the LCD display

8.Down Button ▼

 Push to enter USB copy operation screen

9.Enter Button 

 Push to enter LCD operate password for basic system setting

10.Escape Button
ESC

 Push to leave the current LCD menu

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N5550:

The Thecus N5550 front panel has the device’s controls, indicators, and hard disk
trays:

Front Panel

Item

Description

1.System LED

 Blinking orange: System is being upgraded or ;is starting up;

data currently inaccessible

2.WAN/LAN1 LED

 Solid green: Network link
 Blinking green: Network activity

3.LAN2 LED

 Solid green: Network link
 Blinking green: Network activity

4.USB Copy LED

 Solid blue: Files are being copied from a USB storage device

5.Syetem Warning LED

 Solid RED: System error

6.Reset Button

 Resets system configuration to default value.

7.USB Port

 USB 3.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as USB disks.

8.Power Button/ Power
LED

 Power on/off N5550 and Power LED.
 Solid blue: System is power on.

9.Up Button ▲

 Push to scroll up when using the LCD display.

10.Down Button ▼

 Push to enter the USB copy operation screen.

11.Enter Button 

 Push to enter LCD administrator password to access basic

system setting.

12.Escape Button ESC

 Push to leave the current LCD menu.

13.LCD Display

 Displays current system status and warning messages.

14.HDD Trays

 Five 3.5” SATA HDD trays.
 Locks are provided for added security.

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N5810/N5810PRO:

The Thecus N5810/N5810PRO front panel has the device’s controls, indicators, and
hard disk trays:

Front Panel

Item

Description

1. Power LED

 White: System is power on.

2.WAN/LAN1 LED

 White: Network activity

3.LAN2 LED

 White: Network activity

4.USB Copy LED

 White: Files are being copied from a USB storage device
 Red: USB copy error

5. System LED

 White: System is being upgraded or ;is starting up; data

currently inaccessible

 RED: System error

6.USB Port

 USB 3.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as USB disks.

7.Power Button

 Power on/off N5810/N5810PRO and Power LED.

8.Up Button ▲

 Push to scroll up when using the LCD display.

9.Down Button ▼

 Push to enter the USB copy operation screen.

10.Enter Button 

 Push to enter LCD administrator password to access basic

system setting.

11.Escape Button ESC

 Push to leave the current LCD menu.

12.LCD Display

 Displays current system status and warning messages.

13.HDD Trays

 Five 3.5” SATA HDD trays.
 Locks are provided for added security.

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N4510U:

The Thecus N4510U front panel has the device’s controls, indicators, and
hard disk trays:

Front Panel

Item

Description

1. LCD Display

 Displays the current system status and warning messages.
 Displays hostname, WAN/LAN1/LAN2 IP addresses, RAID status,

and current time.

2. Up Button ▲

 Push to scroll up when using the LCD display.

3. Down Button

▼

 Push to scroll down when using the LCD display.

4. Enter Button 

 Push to confirm information entered into the LCD display.

5. Escape Button

ESC

 Push to leave the current LCD menu.

6. Locator Button

 Turns on the LED backlight.

7. USB Port

 USB 3.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as digital cameras,

USB disks, and USB printers.

8. PWR LED

 Solid Blue: System is powered on.

9. Busy LED

 Blinking orange: system startup or system maintenance; data

currently inaccessible

10. Error LED

Solid Red: System alert: Redundant power or system fan failure

11. LAN LED

 Solid green: network link
 Blinking green: network activity

12. Power Button

 Power the N4510U on/off.

13. Reset Button

 Resets the N4510U.

14. Mute Button

 Mutes the system fan alarm (Can also be managed through the UI)

15. HDD Trays

 Four 3.5” SATA HDD trays.
 Locks are provided for added security.

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N4510U PRO:

The Thecus N4510U PRO front panel has the device’s controls, indicators, and
hard disk trays:

Front Panel

Item

Description

1. LCD Display

 Displays the current system status and warning messages.
 Displays hostname, WAN/LAN1 IP addresses, RAID status,

and current time.

2. Up Button ▲

 Push to scroll up when using the LCD display.

3. Down Button ▼

 Push to scroll down when using the LCD display.

4. Enter Button 

 Push to confirm information entered into the LCD display.

5. Escape Button

ESC

 Push to leave the current LCD menu.

6. Locator Button

 Turns on the LED backlight.

7. USB Port

 USB 3.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as digital

cameras, USB disks, and USB printers.

8. PWR LED

 Solid Blue: System is powered on.

9. Busy LED

 Blinking orange: system startup or system maintenance;

data currently inaccessible

10. Error LED

Solid Red: System alert: Redundant power or system fan failure

11. LAN LED

 Solid green: network link
 Blinking green: network activity

12. Power Button

 Power the N4510U PRO on/off.

13. Reset Button

 Resets the N4510U PRO.

14. Mute Button

 Mutes the system fan alarm (Can also be managed through

the UI)

15. HDD Trays

 Four 3.5” SATA HDD trays.
 Locks are provided for added security.

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N7510:

The Thecus N7510 front panel has the device’s controls, indicators, and hard disk
trays:

Front Panel

Item

Description

1.Power LED

 Solid blue: System is power on.

2.System LED

 Solid orange: system is being upgraded or system startup; data

currently inaccessible

3.WAN/LAN1 LED

 Solid green: network link
 Blinking green: network activity

4.LAN2 LED

 Solid green: network link
 Blinking green: network activity

5.USB Copy LED

 Solid blue: files are being copied from a USB storage device

6.eSATA link LED

 Solid blue: external eSATA device has connected

7.USB Port

 USB 3.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as USB disks.

8.Power Button

 Power on/off N7510

9.Up Button ▲

 Push to scroll up when using the LCD display

10.Down Button ▼

 Push to enter USB copy operation screen

11.Enter Button 

 Push to enter LCD operate password for basic system setting

12.Escape Button

ESC

 Push to leave the current LCD menu

13.LCD Display

 Displays current system status and warning messages

14.HDD Trays

 Seven 3.5” SATA HDD trays
 Locks are provided for added security

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Rear Panel

N8900

Back Panel

Item

Description

1.Power Connector

 Connect the included power cords to these connectors

2.Serial Port

 This port is for external UPS device

3.eSATA Port

 eSATA port for high-speed storage expansion

4.USB Port

 USB 2.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as USB disks, and

USB printers

5.USB Port

 USB 3.0 port for compatible USB devices.

6.WAN/LAN1 Port

 WAN/LAN1 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a

switch or router

7.LAN2 Port

 LAN2 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch

or router

8.LAN3 Port

 LAN3 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch

or router.

N12000:

The N12000 rear panel features ports and connectors.

Back Panel

Item

Description

1.Power Connector

 Connect the included power cords to these connectors

2.Serial Port

 This port is for external UPS device

3.eSATA Port

 eSATA port for high-speed storage expansion

4.USB Port

 USB 2.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as USB disks, and

USB printers

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5.USB Port

 USB 3.0 port for compatible USB devices.

6.WAN/LAN1 Port

 WAN/LAN1 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a

switch or router

7.LAN2 Port

 LAN2 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch

or router

8.LAN3 Port

 LAN3 port for HA connecting.

N12000V/N12000PRO:

N12000V/N12000PRO rear panel features ports and connectors.

Back Panel

Item

Description

1.Power Connector

 Connect the included power cords to these connectors

2.Serial Port

 This port is for external UPS device

3.eSATA Port

 eSATA port for high-speed storage expansion

4.USB Port

 USB 2.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as USB disks, and

USB printers

5.USB Port

 USB 3.0 port for compatible USB devices.

6.WAN/LAN1 Port

 WAN/LAN1 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a

switch or router

7.LAN2 Port

 LAN2 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch

or router

8.LAN3 Port

 LAN3 port for HA connecting.

9.HDMI Port

 For Video/Audio out

10. Mic input

 Microphone input

11. Line out

 For Audio out

12.Line in

 For Audio in

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N16000:

The N16000 rear panel features ports and connectors.

Back Panel

Item

Description

1.Power Connector

 Connect the included power cords to these connectors

2.Serial Port

 This port is for external UPS device

3.eSATA Port

 eSATA port for high-speed storage expansion

4.USB Port

 USB 2.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as USB disks, and

USB printers

5.USB Port

 USB 3.0 port for compatible USB devices.

6.WAN/LAN1 Port

 WAN/LAN1 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a

switch or router

7.LAN2 Port

 LAN2 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch

or router

8.LAN3 Port

 LAN3 port for HA connecting.

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N16000V/N16000PRO:

N16000V/N16000PRO rear panel features ports and connectors.

Back Panel

Item

Description

1.Power Connector

 Connect the included power cords to these connectors

2.Serial Port

 This port is for external UPS device

3.eSATA Port

 eSATA port for high-speed storage expansion

4.USB Port

 USB 2.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as USB disks, and

USB printers

5.USB Port

 USB 3.0 port for compatible USB devices.

6.WAN/LAN1 Port

 WAN/LAN1 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a

switch or router

7.LAN2 Port

 LAN2 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch

or router

8.LAN3 Port

 LAN3 port for HA connecting.

9.HDMI Port

 For Video/Audio out

10.Line in

 For Audio in

11. Line out

 For Audio out

12. Mic input

 Microphone input

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N6850:

The N6850 rear panel features ports and connectors.

Back Panel

Item

Description

1.Power Connector

 Connect the included power cords to these connectors

2.Serial Port

 This port is for external UPS device

3.eSATA Port

 eSATA port for high-speed storage expansion

4.USB Port

 USB 2.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as USB disks, and

USB printers

5.USB Port

 USB 3.0 port for compatible USB devices.

6.WAN/LAN1 Port

 WAN/LAN1 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a

switch or router

7.LAN2 Port

 LAN2 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch

or router

8.HDMI Port

 For Video/Audio out

9.Line in

 For Audio in

10. Line out

 For Audio out

11. Mic input

 Microphone input

12. User GPIO

 Could define each GPIO (0~7) and implement its own

functionality.

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N8850:

The N8850 rear panel features ports and connectors.

Back Panel

Item

Description

1.Power Connector

 Connect the included power cords to these connectors

2.Serial Port

 This port is for external UPS device

3.eSATA Port

 eSATA port for high-speed storage expansion

4.USB Port

 USB 2.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as USB disks, and

USB printers

5.USB Port

 USB 3.0 port for compatible USB devices.

6.WAN/LAN1 Port

 WAN/LAN1 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a

switch or router

7.LAN2 Port

 LAN2 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch

or router

8.HDMI Port

 For Video/Audio out

9.Line in

 For Audio in

10. Line out

 For Audio out

11. Mic input

 Microphone input

12. User GPIO

 Could define each GPIO (0~7) and implement its own

functionality.

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N10850:

The N10850 rear panel features ports and connectors.

Back Panel

Item

Description

1.Power Connector

 Connect the included power cords to these connectors

2.Serial Port

 This port is for external UPS device

3.eSATA Port

 eSATA port for high-speed storage expansion

4.USB Port

 USB 2.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as USB disks, and

USB printers

5.USB Port

 USB 3.0 port for compatible USB devices.

6.WAN/LAN1 Port

 WAN/LAN1 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a

switch or router

7.LAN2 Port

 LAN2 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch

or router

8.HDMI Port

 For Video/Audio out

9.Line in

 For Audio in

10.Line out

 For Audio out

11.Mic input

 Microphone input

12. User GPIO

 Could define each GPIO (0~7) and implement its own

functionality.

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N7700PRO V2:

The N7700PRO V2 rear panel features ports and connectors.

Back Panel

Item

Description

1.LAN2 Port

 LAN2 port for connecting to a local Ethernet network through a

switch or router.

2.WAN/LAN1 Port

 WAN/LAN1 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a

switch or router.

3.Serial Port

 This port is for an external UPS device.

4.eSATA Port

 eSATA port for high-speed storage expansion.

5.USB Port

 USB 2.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as USB disks, and

USB printers.

6.System Fan

 System fan that exhausts heat from the unit.

7.Power Connector

 Connect the included power cord to this connector.

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N7710 series:

The N7710 series rear panel features ports and connectors.

Back Panel

Item

Description

1.Power Connector

 Connect the included power cords to these connectors

2. WAN/LAN1 Port

 WAN/LAN1 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a

switch or router

3. LAN2 Port

 LAN2 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch

or router

4.USB Port

 USB 2.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as USB disks, and

USB printers

5.USB Port

 USB 3.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as USB disks, and

USB printers

6.HDMI Port

 For Video/Audio out

7.VGA Port

 For Video out

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N8800PRO V2:

The N8800PRO V2 rear panel features ports and connectors.

Back Panel

Item

Description

1.Power Connector

 Connect the included power cords to these connectors

2.Power Switch

 Switch for power supply

3.eSATA Port

 eSATA port for high-speed storage expansion

4.USB Port

 USB 2.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as USB disks, and

USB printers

5.Serial Port

 This port is for external UPS device

6.WAN/LAN1 Port

 WAN/LAN1 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a

switch or router

7.LAN2 Port

 WAN/LAN1 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a

switch or router

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N8810U series:

The N8810U series rear panel features ports and connectors.

Back Panel

Item

Description

1.Power Connector

 Connect the included power cords to these connectors

2. WAN/LAN1 Port

 WAN/LAN1 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a

switch or router

3. LAN2 Port

 LAN2 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch

or router

4.USB Port

 USB 2.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as USB disks, and

USB printers

5.USB Port

 USB 344.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as USB disks,

and USB printers

6.HDMI Port

 For Video/Audio out

7.VGA Port

 For Video out

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N5550:

The N5550 rear panel features ports and connectors.

Back Panel

Item

Description

1.Power Connector

 Connect the included power cords to these connectors

2. WAN/LAN1 Port

 WAN/LAN1 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a

switch or router

3. LAN2 Port

 LAN2 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch

or router

4.USB Port

 USB 2.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as USB disks, and

USB printers

5.USB Port

 USB 2.0 port for compatible USB devices.

6.eSATA Port

 eSATA port for high-speed storage expansion

7.Line in

 For Audio in

8. Line out

 For Audio out

9. Mic input

 Microphone input

10.System Fan

 System fan that exhausts heat from the unit.

11.HDMI Port

 For Video/Audio out

12.VGA Port

 For Video out

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N5810/N5810PRO:

The N5810/N5810PRO rear panel features ports and connectors.

Back Panel

Item

Description

1. Line out

 For Audio out

2.HDMI Port

 For Video/Audio out

3.USB Port

 USB 3.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as USB disks,

and USB printers

4. WAN/LAN1/

LAN2/LAN3/LAN4/LAN5
Port

 WAN/LAN1/LAN2/LAN3/LAN4/LAN5 port for connecting to an

Ethernet network through a switch or router

5.USB Port

 USB 2.0 port for compatible USB devices.

6.UPS Battery slot

(N5810PRO)

 For UPS Battery

7.Power Connector

 Connect the included power cords to these connectors

8.System Fan

 System fan that exhausts heat from the unit.

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N4510U-R:

Back Panel

Item

Description

1.Power Connector

 Connect the included power cords to these connectors

2. WAN/LAN1 Port

 WAN/LAN1 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a

switch or router

3. LAN2 Port

 LAN2 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch

or router

4.USB Port

 USB 2.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as USB disks, and

USB printers

5.USB Port

 USB 2.0 port for compatible USB devices.

6.eSATA Port

 eSATA port for high-speed storage expansion

7.Line in

 For Audio in

8. Line out

 For Audio out

9. Mic input

 Microphone input

10.HDMI Port

 For Video/Audio out

11.VGA Port

 For Video out

12. Locator LED

 Identifies each NAS within a rack mount configuration.

N4510U-S:

The rear panel of the N4510U-S is similar to the N4510U-R, but with a single power
connector:

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N4510U PRO-R:

Back Panel

Item

Description

1.Power Connector

 Connect the included power cords to these connectors

2. WAN/LAN1 Port

 WAN/LAN1 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a

switch or router

3. LAN2 Port

 LAN2 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch

or router

4.USB Port

 USB 2.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as USB disks, and

USB printers

5.USB Port

 USB 2.0 port for compatible USB devices.

6.eSATA Port

 eSATA port for high-speed storage expansion

7.Line in

 For Audio in

8. Line out

 For Audio out

9. Mic input

 Microphone input

10.HDMI Port

 For Video/Audio out

11.VGA Port

 For Video out

12. Locator LED

 Identifies each NAS within a rack mount configuration.

N4510U PRO-S:

The rear panel of the N4510U PRO-S is similar to the N4510U PRO-R, but with a
single power connector:

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N7510:

The N7510 rear panel features ports and connectors.

Back Panel

Item

Description

1.Power Connector

 Connect the included power cords to these connectors

2. WAN/LAN1 Port

 WAN/LAN1 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a

switch or router

3. LAN2 Port

 LAN2 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch

or router

4.USB Port

 USB 2.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as USB disks, and

USB printers

5.eSATA Port

 eSATA port for high-speed storage expansion

6.Line in

 For Audio in

7. Line out

 For Audio out

8. Mic input

 Microphone input

9.System Fan

 System fan that exhausts heat from the unit.

10.HDMI Port

 For Video/Audio out

11.VGA Port

 For Video out

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Chapter 2: Hardware Installation

Overview

Your Thecus IP storage is designed for easy installation. To help you get started,
the following chapter will help you quickly get your Thecus IP storage up and
running. Please read it carefully to prevent damaging your unit during installation.

Before You Begin

Before you begin, be sure to take the following precautions:

1. Read and understand the Safety Warnings outlined in the beginning of the

manual.

2. If possible, wear an anti-static wrist strap during installation to prevent

static discharge from damaging the sensitive electronic components on the
Thecus IP storage.

3. Be careful not to use magnetized screwdrivers around the Thecus IP

storage’s electronic components.

Cable Connections

To connect the Thecus IP storage product to your network, follow the steps below:

1. Connect an Ethernet cable from your network to the WAN/LAN1 port on the

back panel of the Thecus IP storage.





▲

▲

▲

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▲ ▲ ▲

2. Connect the provided power cord into the universal power socket on the

back panel. Plug the other end of the cord into a surge protector socket.

▲

▲

▲

▲

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 



3. Press the power button on the Front Panel to boot up the Thecus IP storage.

▲



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▲ ▲

▲

▲

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Chapter 3: First Time Setup

Overview

Once the hardware is installed, physically connected to your network, and powered
on, you can configure the Thecus IP storage so that it is accessible to your network
users. There are two ways to set up your Thecus IP storage: using the Thecus
Setup Wizard or the LCD display. Follow the steps below for initial software
setup.

Thecus Setup Wizard

The handy Thecus Setup Wizard makes configuring Thecus IP storage a snap. To
configure the Thecus IP storage using the Setup Wizard, perform the following
steps:

1. Insert the installation CD into your CD-ROM drive (the host PC must be

connected to the network).

2. The Setup Wizard should launch automatically. If not, please browse your

CD-ROM drive and double click on Setup.exe.

3. The Setup Wizard will start and automatically detect all Thecus storage

devices on your network. If none are found, please check your connection
and refer to Chapter 7: Troubleshooting for assistance.

4. Select the Thecus IP storage that you like to configure.

5. Login with the administrator account and password. The default account

and password are both “admin”.

NOTE

For MAC OS X users, double click on Thecus Setup Wizard .dmg file.

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6. Name your Thecus IP storage and configure the network IP address. If your

switch or router is configured as a DHCP Server, configuring the Thecus IP
storage to automatically obtain an IP address is recommended. You may
also use a static IP address and enter the DNS Server address manually.

7. Change the default administrator password.

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8. Finished! Access the Thecus IP storage Web Administrator Interface by

pressing the Start Browser button. You can also configure another Thecus
IP storage at this point by clicking the Setup Other Device button. Press
Exit to exit the wizard.

LCD Operation (N7700PRO V2/N8800PRO V2/ N7710 series/N8810U

series/N5550/N5810/N5810PRO/N4510U series/N7510)

The mentioned models above are equipped with an LCD on the front for easy status
display and setup. There are four buttons on the front panel to control the LCD
functions.

LCD Controls

Use the Up (▲), Down (▼), Enter () and Escape (ESC) keys to select various
configuration settings and menu options for Thecus IP storage configuration.

The following table illustrates the keys on the front control panel:

LCD Controls

Icon

Function

Description

▲

Up Button

Select the previous configuration settings option.

▼

Down Button

USB copy confirmation display.



Enter

Enter the selected menu option, sub-menu, or parameter setting.

ESC

Escape

Escape and return to the previous menu.

There are two modes of operation for the LCD: Display Mode and Management

Mode.

NOTE

The Thecus Setup Wizard is designed for installation on systems running Windows
XP/2000/vista/7 or Mac OSX or later. Users with other operating systems will
need to install the Thecus Setup Wizard on a host machine with one of these
operating systems before using the unit.

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Display Mode

During normal operation, the LCD will be in Display Mode.

Display Mode

Item

Description

Host Name

Current host name of the system.

WAN/LAN1

Current WAN/LAN1 IP setting.

LAN2

Current LAN2 IP setting.

Link Aggregation

Current Link Aggregation status

System Fan1

Current system fan1 status.

System Fan2

Current system fan2 status.

CPU Fan

Current CPU fan status

2009/05/22 12:00

Current system time.

Disk Info

Current status of disk slot has been installed

RAID

Current RAID status.

The Thecus IP storage will rotate these messages every one-two seconds on the
LCD display.

USB Copy

The USB Copy function enables you to copy files stored on USB devices such as USB
disks and digital cameras to the Thecus IP storage by press button. To use USB
copy, follow the steps below:

1. Plug your USB device into an available USB port on the Front end.

2. In Display Mode, press the Down Button (▼).

3. The LCD will display “USB Copy?”

4. Press Enter () and the Thecus IP storage will start copying USB disks

connected to the front USB port.

5. All of data will be copied into system folder named “USB copy”.

Management Mode

During setup and configuration, the LCD will be in Management Mode.

To enter into Management Mode, press Enter () and an “Enter Password” prompt

will show on the LCD.

At this time, the administrator has to enter the correct LCD password. System will
check whether the correct LCD password has been entered. The default LCD
password is “ 0000 ”. If correct password is entered, you will enter into the

Management Mode menu.

Management Mode

Item

Description

WAN/LAN1 Setting

IP address and netmask of your WAN/LAN1 ports.

LAN2 Setting

IP address and netmask of your LAN2 ports.

Link Agg. Setting

Select Load Balance, 802.3ad or Failover.

Change Admin Passwd

Change administrator’s password for LCD operation.

Reset to Default

Reset system to factory defaults.

Exit

Exit Management Mode and return to Display Mode.

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OLED Operation(Does not apply to the N7700PRO V2/N8800PRO V2/

N7710 series/N8810U series/N5550/N5810/N5810PRO/N4510U
series/N7510)

OLED Operation

The Thecus IP storage is equipped with an OLED on the front for easy status display
and setup. There are four buttons on the front panel to control the OLED functions.

OLED Controls

Use the Up (▲), Down (▼), Enter () and Escape (ESC) keys to select various
configuration settings and menu options for Thecus IP storage configuration.

The following table illustrates the keys on the front control panel:

OLED Controls

Icon

Function

Description

▲

Up Button

Select the previous configuration settings option.

▼

Down Button

USB copy confirmation display.



Enter

Enter the selected menu option, sub-menu, or parameter setting.

ESC

Escape

Escape and return to the previous menu.

There are two modes of operation for the OLED: Display Mode and Management

Mode.

Display Mode

During normal operation, the OLED will be in Display Mode.

Display Mode

Item

Description

Host Name

Current host name of the system.

WAN/LAN1

Current WAN/LAN1 IP setting.

LAN2

Current LAN2 IP setting.

Link Aggregation

Current Link Aggregation status

System Fan

Current system fan status.

CPU Fan

Current CPU fan status

2009/05/22 12:00

Current system time.

RAID

Current RAID status.

The Thecus IP storage will rotate these messages every one-two seconds on the
OLED display.

USB Copy

The USB Copy function enables you to copy files stored on USB devices such as USB
disks and digital cameras to the Thecus IP storage with a press of a button. To use
USB copy, follow the steps below:

1. Plug your USB device into an available USB port on the Front Panel.

2. In Display Mode, press the Enter ().

NOTE

You can also change your LCD password using the Web Administration

Interface by navigating to System Management > Administrator

Password. For more on the Web Administration Interface, see Chapter

4: System Management.

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3. The LCD will display “USB Copy?”

4. Press Enter () and the Thecus IP storage will start copying USB disks

connected to the front USB port. The LCD will display the USB copy progress
and results.

Typical Setup Procedure

From the Web Administration Interface, you can begin to setup your Thecus IP
storage for use on your network. Setting up the Thecus IP storage typically follows
the five steps outlined below.

For more on how to use the Web Administration Interface, see
Chapter 4: Web Administration Interface.

Step 1: Network Setup

From the Web Administration Interface, you can configure the network settings of
the Thecus IP storage for your network. You can access the Network menu from
the menu bar.
For details on how to configure your network settings, refer to

Chapter 4: System Network .

Step 2: RAID Creation

Next, administrators can configure their preferred RAID setting and build their
RAID volume. You can access RAID settings from the menu bar of the Web
Administration Interface by navigating to Storage Management > RAID
Management.

For more information on configuring RAID, see
Chapter 4: Storage > RAID Management.

Don’t know which RAID level to use? Find out more about the different RAID levels

from Appendix B: RAID Basics.

Step 3: Create Local Users or Setup Authentication

Once the RAID is ready, you can begin to create local users for Thecus IP storage,
or choose to setup authentication protocols such as Active Directory (AD).

For more on managing users, go to Chapter 4: User and Group Authentication.

For more information on configuring Active Directory, see

Chapter 4: User and Group Authentication > ADS Support.

For information about the benefits of Active Directory, see Appendix D: Active

Directory Basics.

Step 4: Create Folders and Set Up ACLs

Once users are introduced into your network, you can begin to create various
folders on the Thecus IP storage and control user access to each using Folder
Access Control Lists.

More information on managing folders, see
Chapter 4: Storage Management > Share Folder .

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To find out about configuring Folder Access Control Lists, see Chapter 4: Storage

Management > Share Folder> Folder Access Control List (ACL).

Step 5: Start Services

Finally, you can start to setup the different services of Thecus IP storage for the
users on your network. You can find out more about each of these services by
clicking below:

SMB/CIFS

Apple File Protocol (AFP)

Network File System (NFS)

File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

iTunes Server

Printer Server

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Chapter 4: System Administration

Overview

The Thecus IP storage provides an easily accessible Web Administration
Interface. With it, you can configure and monitor the Thecus IP storage anywhere

on the network.

Web Administration Interface

Make sure your network is connected to the Internet. To access Thecus IP storage
Web Administration Interface:

1. Type the Thecus IP storage IP address into your browser. (Default IP

address is http://192.168.1.100)

2. Login to the system using the administrator user name and password. The

factory defaults are:

User Name: admin
Password: admin

※ If you changed your password in the setup wizard, use the new password.

Once you are logged in as an administrator, the disclaimer page will appear as
below. Please click the check box if you do not want to have this page displayed
during the next login.

NOTE

Your computer’s network IP address must be on the same subnet as the Thecus
IP storage. If the Thecus IP storage has default IP address of 192.168.1.100,
your managing PC IP address must be 192.168.1.x, where x is a number
between 1 and 254, but not 100.

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Following the disclaimer page, you will see the Web Administration Interface.
From here, you can configure and monitor virtually every aspect of the Thecus IP
storage from anywhere on the network.

My Favorite

The user interface with “My Favorite” shortcut allows the user to designate often
used items and have them display on the main screen area. The figure below
displays system favorite functions.

Administrators can add or remove
favorite functions to My Favorites by
right clicking the mouse on the menu
tree.

Another way the administrators can add
favorite functions is by clicking the “Add
Favorite” icon in each function screen.
See the figure below with the red circled
icon.

To return to the favorite screen, simply click “Home” located at the left hand corner
of the main screen.

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Menu Bar

The Menu Bar is where you will find all of the information screens and system
settings of Thecus IP storage. The various settings are placed in the following
groups on the menu bar:

Menu Bar

Item

Description

System Information

Current system status of the Thecus IP storage.

System Management

Various Thecus IP storage system settings and information.

System Network

Information and settings for network connections, as well as
various services of the Thecus IP storage.

Storage

Information and settings for storage devices installed into
the Thecus IP storage.

User and Group Authentication

Allows configuration of users and groups.

Network Service

Application Server

Printer Server and iTunes Server set-up of the Thecus IP
storage.

Module Management

System and user Module installation of the Thecus IP
storage.

Backup

Category of Backup Features setup of the Thecus IP storage.

Moving your cursor over any of these items will display the dropdown menu
selections for each group.

In the following sections, you will find detailed explanations of each function, and
how to configure your Thecus IP storage.

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Message Bar

You can get quick information about your system status by moving your mouse
over these icons.

Message Bar

Item

Status

Description

RAID Information.

Display the status of created RAID volume. Click
to go to RAID information page as short cut.

Disks Information.

Display the status of disks installed in the
system. Click to go to Disk information page as
short cut.

FAN.

Display system FAN Status. Click to go to
System Status page as short cut.

Network.

Green: Connection to the network is normal.

Red: abnormal connection to the network

Temperature

Display system temperature, click to go to
System Status page as shot cut.

Logout

Click to logout Web Administration Interface.

Language Selection

The Thecus IP storage supports multiple Languages,
including:

 English
 Japanese
 Traditional Chinese
 Simplified Chinese
 French
 German
 Italian
 Korean
 Spanish
 Russian
 Polish
 Portuguese

On the menu bar, click Language and the selection list
appears. This user interface will switch to the selected
language for Thecus IP storage.

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System Information

Information provides viewing on current Product info, System Status, Service
Status and Logs.
The menu bar allows you to see various aspects of the Thecus IP storage. From
here, you can discover the status of the Thecus IP storage, and also other details.

System Information

Once you login, you will first see the basic system Information screen providing
Manufacturer, Product No., Firmware Version, and System Up Time

information.

System Information

Item

Description

Manufacturer

Displays the name of the system manufacturer.

Product No.

Shows the model number of the system.

Firmware version

Shows the current firmware version.

Up time

Displays the total run time of the system.

System/Service Status (Refer Chapter 7 for FW v2.03.01 and after)

From the System Information menu, choose the Status item, System Status
and Service Status screens appear. These screens provide basic system and
service status information.

System Status

Item

Description

CPU Activity

Displays current CPU workload of the Thecus IP storage.

CPU Fan Speed

Displays current CPU fan status.

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System Fan 1 Speed

Displays current System fan (left 1) status

System Fan 2 Speed

Displays current System fan (left 2) status

System Fan 3 Speed

Displays current System fan (left 3) status (Depend on model)

System Fan 4 Speed

Displays current System fan (left 4) status (Depend on model)

CPU Temperature

Displays current CPU Temperature.

System Temperature 1

Displays current System temperature in position 1

System Temperature 2

Displays current System temperature in position 2

System Temperature 3

Displays current System temperature in position 3

System Temperature 4

Displays current System temperature in position 4

System Fan Speed

Displays the current status of the system fan.

Up Time

Shows how long the system has been up and running.

Service Status

Item

Description

AFP Status

The status of the Apple Filing Protocol server.

NFS Status

The status of the Network File Service Server.

SMB/CIFS Status

The status of the SMB/CIFS server.

FTP Status

The status of the FTP server.

TFTP Status

The status of the TFTP server.

Rsync Status

The status of the Rsync server.

UPnP Status

The status of the UPnP service.

SNMP

The status of the SNMP service.

Logs

From the System Information menu, choose the System Logs option and the
System Logs screen will appear. This screen shows a history of system usage and

important events such as disk status, network information, and system booting.

Logs

Item

Description

Number of records to
export

This can be selected from a dropdown list to export the log(s)

as a single file.

Export log option

This can be set to Auto Export or Auto Delete.

Log Type

The default logs displayed are for system events. From the
dropdown list, administrators can choose from various forms
of user access, such as AFP, Samba, etc.

Note: Users need to enable the “User Access Log” service to

view these details.

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Log Level

ALL: Provides all log information including system, warning,

and error messages.
INFO: Shows information about system messages.
WARN: Shows only warning messages.
ERROR: Shows only error messages.

Export Records

Export all logs to an external file.

Delete Records

Clear all log files.

Auto Refresh

Specify the auto refresh time interval.

The number of lines per
page □

Specify the desired number of lines to display per page.
Sort Ascending

Shows logs by date in ascending order.

Sort Descending

Shows logs by date in descending order.

|<< < > >>|

Use the forward ( > >>| ) and backward ( |<< < )
buttons to browse through the log pages.



Reload logs.

Columns can also be added to display additional information about each event.

User Access Log

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The User Access Log Support section allows administrators to select the desired
protocols to record user activity for.

User Access Log

User Access Log

Item

Description

User access log

Enable or disable the User Access Log service.

Folder

Select from the dropdown list where to store the user

access log.

Service

Select from the check box which access details to

record.

Apply

Click Apply to save changes.

Description

The user access list will record different activities
depending on which protocol is selected.

1. AFP: User login and logout.

2. FTP: User file deletion, uploads/downloads, folder

creation, object renaming, and login and logout.

3. iSCSI (if applicable): User login and logout.

4. Samba: User file deletion, folder creation, folder

opening, and object reading, renaming, and
writing.

5. SSH (if applicable): User login and logout.

After the User Access Log Support has been set up and the “Apply” button

selected, all selected services will restart.

To view user access details related to the selected service(s), please go to System

Log and choose a service from the “Display” dropdown list.

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To export details from the User Access Log as a single file from target folder,
administrators must first select the desired number of records from the dropdown

list and also select the “Auto export” option. Please choose the number of logs
export and click “Apply” to activate these settings.

Once (for example) 10,000 records have been reached, the log file will appear in
/NAS_public/access_log/

On-line Register

From the System Information menu, choose the Online Registration item and
the System Online Registration screen appears. The online registration service
can periodically update the user when new firmware and software modules are

released by Thecus. To enable this service, simply check the “Enable” check box.

By enabling this service, the items in bold will be sent to Thecus via the Internet.

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Other than the defined items sent upon registration, there are also two additional

items: “HDD Info” and “Time Zone”. These two optional items can also be sent to

Thecus anonymously for analysis and statistics purposes. To send these items,
simply check the desired checkboxes to help Thecus improve its products and
services.

Syslog Management

Generates system log to be stored locally or remotely, it also can be chose to act as
syslog server for all other devices.
These messages are stored on your NAS in: Nsync > log> messages.
Information can be obtained in two ways: locally and remotely.

Configuration with syslog server:

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Configuration with syslog client and target to store locally:

Configuration with syslog client and target to store remotely:

See the following table for a detailed description of each item:

Time

Item

Description

Syslog Daemon

Enable/Disable syslog daemon.

Syslog service

If Server has been selected then associated syslog folder will be
used to store all system logs from other NAS devices which has
assigned this system for syslog server as well as syslog of this
server unit. It can be seen from associated syslog folder with files
“error”, “Information” and “warning”.
If client has been selected then “Local” or “Remotely” can be
choose.

Target

Choose Local, all system logs will be stored in an associated
syslog folder filled in from next filed. And the syslog folder will
have file “messages” to store all system logs. If Remotely has
been selected, a syslog server is needed and an IP address is
required.

Syslog folder

Select from a drop down share list, all of the system logs will be
stored on it. This syslog folder is applied to “syslog server” or
“syslog client” with “local” selected.

Log Level

The user can choose from 3 different levels. “All”,
“Warning/Error” or “Error”.

Remote IP Address

Input the syslog server IP address if choose to store syslog info
remotely.

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System Monitor

The system monitor is capable to monitor system status including CPU/memory
utilization, fan/temperature status, network throughput and on-line user list in
various protocols.

To monitor system status, simply click on “System Monitor” from the tree menu
and the screen will appear as below.

It is divided into 4 sections. Each section can be modified to monitor specific items
by using the drop down list from the “Monitors” tab, simply click on the items you
would like to monitor. From each section, you can also choose to display the
information graphically by selecting “Graphic” or by plain text mode by selecting
“Details”.

If graphic mode is chosen, 3 minutes of information is displayed on the x-axis. A
resume of the information is displayed by dragging the mouse over the graphic at
a specific time. See example below:

NOTE

Only 2 sections can be set in graphic mode at
the same time.

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For the on-line users list, system monitor will display the on-line users and the

share folder they have visited.

System Monitor

Item

Description

Save Layout

Saving selected monitoring items. Layout will remain the
same for future visits.

Reset Layout

Set back to default monitoring settings and layout.

History

Click on this check box and system monitor will write the
monitoring history to a designate path in the RAID volume.

Lock Layout

All of the monitoring items are fixed and cannot be
changed. Click again to unlock it.

If the History has been enabled, click on and system monitor will

display the history with different period for selection.

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System Management

The System Management menu gives you a wealth of settings that you can use
to configure your Thecus IP storage system administration and functions. You can
set up system time, system notifications, and even upgrade firmware from this
menu.

Time: Setting system time

From the time menu, choose the Time item and the Time screen appears. Set the
desired Date, Time, and Time Zone. You can also elect to synchronize the system
time on Thecus IP storage with an NTP (Network Time Protocol) Server.

See the following table for a detailed description of each item:

Time

Item

Description

Date

Sets the system date.

Time

Sets the system time.

Time Zone

Sets the system time zone.

NTP Service

Select Enable to synchronize with the NTP server.
Select Disable to close the NTP server synchronization.

Sync with external NTP
Server

Select YES to allow Thecus IP storage to synchronize with an NTP
server of your choice. Press Apply to change.

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Notification configuration

From the menu, choose the Notification item, and the Notification
Configuration screen appears. This screen lets you have Thecus IP storage notify

you in case of any system malfunction. Press Apply to confirm all settings. See
following table for a detailed description of each item.

Notification Configuration

Item

Description

Beep Notification

Enable or disable the system buzzer that beeps when a problem
occurs.

Email Notification

Enable or disable email notifications of system problems.

Authentication Type

Select the SMTP Server account authentication type.

SMTP Server

Specifies the hostname/IP address of the SMTP server.

Port

Specifies the port to send outgoing notification emails.

SMTP Account ID

Set the SMTP Server Email account ID.

Account Password

Enter a new password.

Log Level

Select the log level to send the e-mail out.

Sender’s E-mail
Address

Set senders email address to send email notifications.

Receiver’s E-mail
Address (1,2,3,4)

Add one or more recipient’s email addresses to receive email

notifications.

Firmware Upgrade

From the menu, choose the Firmware Upgrade item and the Firmware Upgrade
screen appears.

WARNING

If an NTP server is selected, please make sure your Thecus IP storage has been

setup to access the NTP server.

NOTE

Consult with your mail server administrator for email server

information.

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Follow the steps below to upgrade your firmware:

1. Use the Browse button to find the firmware file.

2. Press Apply.

3. The buzzer will beep and the Busy LED will blink until the upgrade is

complete.

Schedule Power On/Off

Using the Thecus IP storage System Management, you can save energy and money
by scheduling the Thecus IP storage to turn itself on and off during certain times of
the day.

From the menu, choose the Schedule Power On/Off item and the Schedule
Power On/Off screen appears.

To designate a schedule for the Thecus IP storage to turn on and off, first enable
the feature by checking the Enable Schedule Power On/Off checkbox.

Then, simply choose an on and off time for each day of the week.

Finally, click Apply to save your changes.

Example - Monday: On: 8:00; Off: 16:00
System will turn on at 8:00 AM on Monday, and off at 16:00 on Monday. System
will turn on for the rest of the week.

If you choose an on time, but do not assign an off time, the system will turn on and
remain on until a scheduled off time is reached, or if the unit is shutdown manually.

Example - Monday: On: 8:00

NOTE

• The buzzer only beeps if it is enabled in the System Notification menu.

• Check Thecus website for the latest firmware release and release notes.

• Downgrading firmware is not permitted.

WARNING

Do not turns off the system during the firmware upgrade process.

This will lead to a catastrophic result that may render the system inoperable.

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System will turn on at 8:00 AM on Monday, and will not shut down unless powered
down manually.

You may also choose two on times or two off times on a particular day, and the
system will act accordingly.

Example - Monday: Off: 8:00; Off: 16:00

System will turn off at 8:00 AM on Monday. System will turn off at 16:00 PM on
Monday, if it was on. If the system was already off at 16:00 PM on Monday, system
will stay off.

Administrator Password

From the menu, choose the Administrator Password item and the Change
Administrator Password screen appears. Enter a new password in the New
Password box and confirm your new password in the Confirm Password box.

Press Apply to confirm password changes.

There is also a password to enter the OLED setting that you can setup here. Enter
a new password in the New Password box and confirm your new password in the
Confirm Password box. Press Apply to confirm password changes.

See the following table for a detailed description of each item.

Change Administrator and LCD Entry Password

Item

Description

New Password

Type in a new administrator password.

Confirm Password

Type the new password again to confirm.

Apply

Press this to save your changes.

Config Mgmt

From the menu, choose the Config Mgmt item and the System Configuration
Download/Upload screen appears. From here, you can download or upload

stored system configurations.

See the following table for a detailed description of each item.

System Configuration Download/Upload

Item

Description

Download

Save and export the current system configuration.

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Upload

Import a saved configuration file to overwrite the current system
configuration.

Factory Default

From the menu, choose the Factory Default item and the Reset to Factory
Default screen appears. Press Apply to reset Thecus IP storage to factory default

settings.

Reboot & Shutdown

From the menu, choose Reboot & Shutdown item, and the Shutdown/Reboot
System screen appears. Press Reboot to restart the system or Shutdown to turn

the system off.

File System Check

The File System Check allows you to perform a check on the integrity of your disks’

file system. Under the menu, click File system Check and the File System Check
prompt appears.

NOTE

Backing up your system configuration is a great way to ensure that you can revert

to a working configuration when you are experimenting with new system settings.

The system configuration you have backed up can only be restored in the same

firmware version. The backup details exclude user/group accounts.

WARNING

Resetting to factory defaults will not erase the data stored in the hard disks, but

WILL revert all the settings to the factory default values.

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To perform a file system check, click Apply.
Once clicked, the following prompt will appear:

Click Yes to reboot the system.

Once the system has rebooted, you will be returned to the File System Check
prompt. There you will see the available RAID volumes to run the file system check.
Check the desired RAID volumes and click Next to proceed with the file system
check. Click Reboot to reboot without running the check.

Once you click Next, you will see the following screen:

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Click Start to begin the file system check. Click Reboot to reboot the system.
When the file system check is running, the system will show 20 lines of information
until it is complete. Once complete, the results will be shown at the bottom.

Wake-Up On LAN (WOL)

The Thecus IP storage has the ability to be awoken from sleep mode via WAN/LAN1
or LAN2 port.

NOTE

The system must be rebooted before Thecus IP storage can function

normally after file system check completes.

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From the menu, choose the WOL item, and the Wake-up On LAN screen appears.
From here, you can Enable or Disable.

Wake-up On LAN Configuration

Item

Description

WAN/LAN1

Enable or Disable WOL service from WAN/LAN1

LAN2

Enable or Disable WOL service from LAN2

Apply

Click Apply to save changes.

SNMP Support

From the menu, choose the SNMP item and the SNMP Support screen appears.
You could enable the SNMP function and filled in the related information in each
fields. With the SNMP management software, you can get other system’s basic
information.

From the menu, choose the SNMP item, and the SNMP Support screen appears.
From here, you can Enable or Disable.

UI Login Function

Adjusts UI Login Configuration settings, you can enable/disable the Web Disk,
Photo Server and modules functions, according to your needs.

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System Network

Use the System Network menu to make network configuration settings to an on
board network port or additional NIC as well as DHCP and link aggregation.

Networking

From the System Network menu, choose Networking, and the Networking
Configuration screen appears. This screen displays the network parameters of

the global setting and available network connection. You may change any of these
items and press Apply to confirm your settings. See a description of each item in
the following table:

The available system network ports are coming from embedded system ports and
additional system ports added through the reserved PCI-e slot with associated

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compatible list. Therefore, the screen shown above is an example of a Thecus
N16000 with 3 on board GbE NIC and an additionally Intel PRO/1000 PT quad port
NIC, for a total of 7 NIC ports.

Network Configuration (Global parameter)

Item

Description

Host name

Host name that identifies the Thecus IP storage on the network.

Domain name

Specifies the domain name of Thecus IP storage.

WINS Server

To set a server name for NetBIOS computer.

DNS Mode

Select the DNS server is coming from DHCP server or manual input.
A total of 3 DNS servers can be input. If the DNS setting is chosen
from DHCP server, then it will refer to WAN/LAN1 port.

DNS Server 1,2,3

Domain Name Service (DNS) server IP address.

Network Configuration (NIC port)

Link speed

Display associated NIC port link speed.

Link status

Display associated NIC port link status.

MAC address

MAC address of the network interface.

Jumbo Frame Support

Enable or disable Jumbo Frame Support of associate interface on your
Thecus IP storage.

IPv4/IPv6

Click to enable IPv4/IPv6 for TCP/IP. The default is IPv4 enabled.

Mode

It can choose a static IP or Dynamic IP.

IP

IP address of associate NIC interface.

Netmask/Prefix Length

Input netmask for IPv4 and Prefix length for IPv6.

Gateway

Gateway for associate NIC.

Default gateway

It can be chosen from a drop down list of default gateway that’s been used
for the Thecus IP storage.

VLAN

Each NIC is capable of VLAN support. To enable VLAN, simply click the check box
and input the VLAN ID (VLAN ID can be any digital number). The system with the
same VLAN ID will become a Virtual LAN group to allow more specific
communication among members.

WARNING

Most faster Ethernet (10/100) Switches/Routers do not support Jumbo Frame and will not be
able to connect to your Thecus NAS after Jumbo Frame is turned on.

• Only use Jumbo Frame settings when operating in a Gigabit environment where

all other clients have Jumbo Frame Setting enabled.

• Proper DNS setting is vital to networks services, such as SMTP and NTP.

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DHCP/RADVD

From the System Network menu, choose DHCP/RADVD, and the
DHCP/RADVD Configuration screen appears. This screen displays available NIC

status. If each NIC has been set-up to a static IP, then each NIC can be configured
to act as DHCP/RADVD server.

DHCP/RADVD Server Configuration

A DHCP/RADVD server can be configured to assign IP addresses (IPv4) or Prefix
(IPv6) to devices connected to the associated NIC port.

DHCP Configuration

Item

Description

DHCP/RADVD Service

Enable or disable the DHCP/RADVD service to automatically
assign IP address to PCs connected to associate NIC interface.

Start IP (IPv4)

Specifies the lower IP address of the DHCP range.

End IP in (IPv4)

Specifies the highest IP address of the DHCP range.

Default Gateway (IPv4)

Specifies gateway for the DHCP server service.

DNS Server 1,2,3 (IPv4)

Displayed the DNS server IP address.

Prefix (IPv6)

Specifies prefix

Prefix Length (IPv6)

Specifies prefix length

Linking Aggregation

The Thecus IP storage supports link aggregation from either on board network port
or additional NIC. Simply click on “+” as shown in the screen shot below.

WARNING

The IP address of associated NIC should not be in the range of the Start IP

address and End IP address (IPv4).

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The associated screen shot will appear after the “+” is clicked.

Select from available network port then move over to selected box.

Click “Link” to confirm the selection. The newly created tab will appear for more
settings required to complete the link aggregation configuration.

Link1 Configuration

Status

Specifies the network ports being used with the associated link aggregation.

Click on to modify the selected network ports.

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Jumbo Frame Support

Enable or disable Jumbo Frame Support of the associated interface on your
Thecus IP storage.

Link Type

Select from drop down list for desired mode.

IPv4/IPv6

Click to enable IPv4/IPv6 for TCP/IP. The default is IPv4 enabled.

Mode

It has to be a static IP with the link aggregation being used.

IP

IP address of link aggregation.

Netmask/Prefix Length

Input netmask for IPv4 and Prefix length for IPv6.

Gateway

Gateway for associated link aggregation

Default gateway

It can be chosen from the drop down list of default gateway being used for
the Thecus IP storage.

Now under the networking, a “Link1” tab will appear from the network title bar.

To modify or delete LINK1, go to Link Aggregation setting page. Click on

to modify the settings or click on to delete this link aggregation. If any

ports are still available, additional link aggregation links can be created by clicking

.

Additional LAN

Other than on-board LAN port, Thecus IP storage supports additional NIC to be
added in its available PCI-e slot. For the details of additional NIC support list please
visit Thecus website.

http://www.thecus.com/sp_comlist.php

Once the additional NIC is installed into Thecus IP storage, the “Additional LANx”
will appear under the “Networking” category. Click the associated NIC to setup the
details. The screen shot below shows an example of an Intel PRO/1000 PT Quad
port installed thru a PCI-e slot in the Thecus IP storage.

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Storage Management

The Storage menu displays the status of storage devices installed in the Thecus IP
storage. It includes storage configuration options such as RAID and disk settings,
folder configuration, iSCSI and ISO Mount.

Disks Information (Refer Chapter 7 for FW v2.03.01 and after)

From the Storage menu, choose the Disk Information item and the Disk
Information screen appears. From here, you can see various installed SATA/SAS

hard disks. A blank line indicates that a hard disk is not currently installed in that
particular disk slot.

Disks Information

Item

Description

NOTE

• The screen shot below is just an example from a Thecus IP Storage. The disk

slots number can range from 8, 12 to 16 slots depending on the model of Thecus

IP storage.

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Disk No.

Indicates disk location.

Capacity

Shows the SATA hard disk capacity.

Model

Displays the SATA hard disk model name.

Link

Displays the hard disk interface and link speed

Firmware

Shows the SATA hard disk firmware version.

Status

Indicates the status of the disk.

Bad Block scan

Yes to start scan Bad Block.

S.M.A.R.T. Information

On the Disk Information screen, the status of each disk will be displayed in the
Status column. Clicking on the OK or Warning link will display the S.M.A.R.T
Information window for that particular disk.

You may also perform disk SMART test (doesn’t apply to SAS HDD); simply click
“Test” to start the SMART test. The result is only for reference and the system will

not take any action from its result.

S.M.A.R.T. Information

Item

Description

Tray Number

Tray the hard disk is installed in.

Model

Model name of the installed hard disk.

Power ON Hours

Count of hours in power-on state. The raw value of this attribute
shows total count of hours (or minutes, or seconds, depending on
manufacturer) in power-on state.

Temperature Celsius

The current temperature of the hard disk in degrees Celsius.

Reallocated Sector
Count

Count of reallocated sectors. When the hard drive finds a
read/write/verification error, it marks this sector as "reallocated"
and transfers data to a special reserved area (spare area).
This process is also known as remapping and "reallocated"
sectors are called remaps. This is why, on a modern hard disks,
you cannot see "bad blocks" while testing the surface - all bad
blocks are hidden in reallocated sectors. However, the more
sectors that are reallocated, the more a decrease (up to 10% or
more) can be noticed in disk read/write speeds.

Current Pending
Sector

Current count of unstable sectors (waiting for remapping). The
raw value of this attribute indicates the total number of sectors
waiting for remapping. Later, when some of these sectors are
read successfully, the value is decreased. If errors still occur
when reading sectors, the hard drive will try to restore the data,

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transfer it to the reserved disk area (spare area), and mark this
sector as remapped. If this attribute value remains at zero, it
indicates that the quality of the corresponding surface area is low.

Test Type

Set short or long time to test.
Test Result

Result of the test.

Test Time

Total time of the test.

Bad Block Scan

On the Disk Information screen, you may also perform disk bad block scan,
simply click “Click to start” to start the scan. The result is only for reference and the
system will not take any action from its result.

The testing result will display “Click to start” as default until the system reboots.

RAID Information

From the Storage menu, choose the RAID Management item and the RAID
Management screen appears.

This screen lists the RAID volumes currently residing in the Thecus IP storage.
From this screen, you can get information about the status of your RAID volumes,
as well as the capacities allocated for data.

NOTE

If the Reallocated Sector Count > 32 or Current Pending Sector of a hard disk

drive > 0 , the status of the disk will show “Warning”. This warning is only used

to alert the system administrator that there are bad sectors on the disk, and

they should replace those disks as soon as possible.

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RAID Information

Item

Description

Master RAID

The RAID volume currently designated as the Master RAID
volume.

ID

ID of the current RAID volume.

NOTE: All RAID IDs must be unique.

RAID Level

Shows the current RAID configuration.

Status

Indicates status of the RAID. Can read either Healthy,
Degraded, or Damaged.

Disks Used

Hard disks used to form the current RAID volume.

Total Capacity

Total capacity of the current RAID.

Data Capacity

Indicates the used capacity and total capacity used by user data.

Create a RAID
On the RAID Information screen, press the Create button to go to the RAID

Volume Creation screen. In addition to RAID disk information and status, this

screen lets you make RAID configuration settings.
Using Create RAID, you can select stripe size, choose which disks are RAID disks
or the Spare Disk. .

RAID Configurations

Item

Description

Disk No.

Number assigned to the installed hard disks.

Capacity (MB)

Capacity of the installed hard disks.

Model

Model number of the installed hard disks.

Status

Status of the installed hard disks.

Used

If this is checked, current hard disk is aalready part of a RAID
volume.

Spare

If this is checked, current hard disk is designated as a spare for a
RAID volume.

Master RAID

Check a box to designate this as the Master RAID volume. See the

NOTE below for more information.

Stripe Size

This sets the stripe size to maximize performance of sequential
files in a storage volume. Keep the 64K setting unless you require
a special file storage layout in the storage volume. A larger stripe
size is better for large files.

Data Percentage

The percentage of the RAID volume that will be used to store
data.

Create

Press this button to configure a file system and create the RAID

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storage volume.

To create a RAID volume, follow the steps below:

1. On the RAID Information screen, clicks create.

2. On the RAID Configuration screen, set the RAID storage space as JBOD,

RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10, RAID 50 or RAID 60
(depends on model)— see Appendix B: RAID Basics for a detailed
description of each.

3. Specify a RAID ID.

NOTE

N8900/N12000/N16000 Series supports multiple RAID
modes and are capable of creating up to five RAID
volumes within a single NAS system.

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4. If this RAID volume is meant to be the Master RAID volume, tick the Master

RAID checkbox.

5. Selected whether the RAID volume will be encrypted or not.

The RAID volume can protect data by using RAID Volume Encryption
function to prevent the risk of data exposure. To activate this function, the
Encryption option needs to be enabled while the RAID is created and
followed by a password input for identification. Also, an external writable
USB disk plugged into any USB port on the system is required to save the
password you have entered while the RAID volume is being created. See the
screenshot below for details.

Once the Create button has been pressed with the Encryption checkbox
enabled, the following message pop-up will appear for confirmation.

After the RAID volume has been created, you may remove the USB disk until
the next time the system boots. The RAID volume cannot be mounted if the
USB disk with the encryption key isn’t found in any system USB port when the
volume is accessed. To activate the encrypted volume, plug the USB disk
containing the encryption key and into any system USB port.

NOTE

In a multiple RAID configuration, one RAID volume must be designated as the

Master RAID volume. The Master RAID volume will store all installed modules. If

the Master RAID is changed to another location (i.e. assigning volume 2 to be

the Master RAID volume after volume 1 had been previously assigned), then all

modules must be reinstalled. In addition, all system folders that were contained

on the Master RAID volume will be invisible. Reassigning this volume to be the

Master RAID will make these folders visible again.

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We strongly recommended copying the RAID volume encryption key to a safe
place. You can find the encryption key file from the USB disk in the following
format:

(RAID volume created date)_xxxxxx.key

RAID volumes with encryption enabled will be displayed with a key lock
symbol next to volume ID name.

6. Quick RAID — Enabled the quick RAID setting is going to enhance RAID

creation time.

7. Specify a stripe size — 64K is the default setting.

8. Selected the file system you would like to have for this RAID volume. The

selection is available from ext3, XFS and ext4.

NOTE

With RAID volume encryption enabled, the system performance will go

down.

WARNING

Please keep your USB disk in a safe place and also backup the encrypted

key.

There is no way to rescue data back if the key
is lost.

NOTE

We recommend using the “Quick RAID” setting only if the hard disks are

brand new or if no existing partitions are contained.

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9. Press Submit to build the RAID storage volume.

10. Press “Yes” for RAID volume creation preparation. Then click “Finish” to

start up with RAID volume building.

NOTE

Single volume size supported:
ext3  8TB
XFS  48TB
ext4  36TB

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RAID Level
You can set the storage volume as JBOD, RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6,

RAID 10, RAID 50 or RAID 60 (depending on model).

Level

Model

JBOD

RAID

0

RAID

1

RAID

5

RAID

6

RAID

10

RAID

50

RAID

60

N12000 series

      



N16000 series

      



N8900 series

      



N6850

      

N8850

      



N10850

      



N7700PRO V2

      

N8800PRO V2

      



N7710 series

      

N8810U series

      



N5550

     

N5810/N5810PRO

     

N4510U series

     

N7510

      

RAID configuration is usually required only when you first set up the device. A brief
description of each RAID setting follows:

RAID Levels

Level

Description

NOTE

Building a RAID volume may be time consuming, depending on the size of

hard drives and RAID mode. In general, if the RAID volume building process

is up to “RAID Building”, then the data volume is accessible.

WARNING

Creating RAID destroys all data in the current RAID volume. The data will be

unrecoverable.

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JBOD

The storage volume is a single HDD with no RAID support. JBOD
requires a minimum of 1 disk.

RAID 0

Provides data striping but no redundancy. Improves performance
but not data safety. RAID 0 requires a minimum of 2 disks.

RAID 1

Offers disk mirroring. Provides twice the read rate of a single disk,
but same write rate. RAID 1 requires a minimum of 2 disks.

RAID 5

Data striping and stripe error correction information provided.
RAID 5 requires a minimum of 3 disks. RAID 5 can sustain one
failed disk.

RAID 6

Two independent parity computations must be used in order to
provide protection against double disk failure. Two different
algorithms are employed to achieve this purpose. RAID 6 requires
a minimum of 4 disks. RAID 6 can sustain two failed disks.

RAID 10

RAID 10 has high reliability and high performance. RAID 10 is
implemented as a striped array whose segments are RAID 1
arrays. It has the fault tolerance of RAID 1 and the performance
of RAID 0. RAID 10 requires 4 disks. RAID 10 can sustain two
failed disks.

RAID 50

RAID 50 combines the straight block-level striping of RAID 0 with
the distributed parity of RAID 5. This is a RAID 0 array striped
across RAID 5 elements. It requires at least 6 drives.

RAID 60

RAID 60 combines the straight block-level striping of RAID 0 with
the distributed double parity of RAID 6. That is, a RAID 0 array
striped across RAID 6 elements. It requires at least 8 disks.

Edit RAID
On the RAID Information screen, press the Edit button to go to the RAID

Information screen.
Using Edit RAID, you can select RAID ID and the Spare Disk.

WARNING

If the administrator improperly removes a hard disk that should not be

removed when RAID status is degraded, all data will be lost.

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Remove RAID

Click to remove the RAID volume. All user data and iSCSI created in the selected
RAID volume will be deleted.
To remove a RAID volume, follow the steps below:

1. On the RAID List screen, select the RAID volume by clicking on its radio

button, and click RAID Information to open the RAID Configuration
screen.

2. On the RAID Configuration screen, click Remove RAID.

3. A confirmation screen will appear, you will have to click “Yes” to complete

the “Remove RAID” operation.

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WARNING

Remove RAID destroys all data in the selected RAID volume. The data will

be unrecoverable.

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Global Hot Spare

Up to 5 RAID volumes can be created per system. The global hot spare support can
eliminate the redundant disk usage in each RAID volume. Simply select an unused
disk from the global hot spare disk list then apply to activate.

Expanding a RAID

To expand a RAID 1, RAID 5, or RAID 6 volume, follow the steps below:

1. Replace one of the hard drives in the RAID volume and allow it to

automatically rebuild.

2. Once rebuilt, you can continue to replace any remaining disks in the RAID

array.

3. When you are done replacing hard drives, log on to Web Management.

Navigate to Storage> RAID to open the RAID Configuration screen.

4. On the RAID Information screen, click Edit to open the RAID

Configuration screen.

5. On the RAID Configuration screen, click Expand.

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Migrating a RAID

Once a RAID volume has been created, you may want to move it to other physical
drives or change the RAID array all together. To migrate a RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6,
RAID50 or RAID 60 volume, follow the steps below:

1. From the RAID Configuration screen, click Migrate RAID.

2. A list of possible RAID migration configurations will be listed. Select the

desired migration scheme and click Apply.

3. The system will begin migrating the RAID volume.

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Here is a list of limitation with RAID level migration function:

1. During RAID level migration, it is not permitted to reboot or shutdown

system.

2. For RAID migration from R1 to R5 or R1 to R6, all services will restart

and “iSCSI” volume will be in read only mode but read/write of the “user
data” will be possible during the operation.

NOTE

 Migrating a RAID volume could take several hours to complete
 The RAID migration feature is available only when it is configurable.

NOTE

The migration scheme below is based on Thecus IP
Storage product’s maximum possible combination.
For other model which supports less HDD, please
refer to the web UI while RAID migration operates.

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Below is a table listing of possible RAID migration schemes:

To

From

RAID 0

RAID 5

RAID 6

RAID
1

[RAID 1] HDDx2 to [RAID 5] HDDx3
[RAID 1] HDDx2 to [RAID 5] HDDx4
[RAID 1] HDDx2 to [RAID 5] HDDx5
[RAID 1] HDDx2 to [RAID 5] HDDx6
[RAID 1] HDDx2 to [RAID 5] HDDx7
[RAID 1] HDDx2 to [RAID 5] HDDx8
………………………………..HDDx16
[RAID 1] HDDx3 to [RAID 5] HDDx4
[RAID 1] HDDx3 to [RAID 5] HDDx5
[RAID 1] HDDx3 to [RAID 5] HDDx6
[RAID 1] HDDx3 to [RAID 5] HDDx7
[RAID 1] HDDx3 to [RAID 5] HDDx8
………………………………..HDDx16
[RAID 1] HDDx4 to [RAID 5] HDDx5
[RAID 1] HDDx4 to [RAID 5] HDDx6
[RAID 1] HDDx4 to [RAID 5] HDDx7
[RAID 1] HDDx4 to [RAID 5] HDDx8
………………………………..HDDx16
[RAID 1] HDDx5 to [RAID 5] HDDx6
[RAID 1] HDDx5 to [RAID 5] HDDx7
[RAID 1] HDDx5 to [RAID 5] HDDx8
………………………………..HDDx16
[RAID 1] HDDx6 to [RAID 5] HDDx7
[RAID 1] HDDx6 to [RAID 5] HDDx8
………………………………..HDDx16
[RAID 1] HDDx7 to [RAID 5] HDDx8
………………………………..HDDx16

[RAID 1] HDDx2 to [RAID 6] HDDx4
[RAID 1] HDDx2 to [RAID 6] HDDx5
[RAID 1] HDDx2 to [RAID 6] HDDx6
[RAID 1] HDDx2 to [RAID 6] HDDx7
[RAID 1] HDDx2 to [RAID 6] HDDx8
………………………………..HDDx16
[RAID 1] HDDx3 to [RAID 6] HDDx4
[RAID 1] HDDx3 to [RAID 6] HDDx5
[RAID 1] HDDx3 to [RAID 6] HDDx6
[RAID 1] HDDx3 to [RAID 6] HDDx7
[RAID 1] HDDx3 to [RAID 6] HDDx8
………………………………..HDDx16
[RAID 1] HDDx4 to [RAID 6] HDDx5
[RAID 1] HDDx4 to [RAID 6] HDDx6
[RAID 1] HDDx4 to [RAID 6] HDDx7
[RAID 1] HDDx4 to [RAID 6] HDDx8
………………………………..HDDx16
[RAID 1] HDDx5 to [RAID 6] HDDx6
[RAID 1] HDDx5 to [RAID 6] HDDx7
[RAID 1] HDDx5 to [RAID 6] HDDx8
………………………………..HDDx16
[RAID 1] HDDx6 to [RAID 6] HDDx7
[RAID 1] HDDx6 to [RAID 6] HDDx8
………………………………..HDDx16
[RAID 1] HDDx7 to [RAID 6] HDDx8
………………………………..HDDx16

RAID
5

X

[RAID 5] HDDx3 to [RAID 5] HDDx4
[RAID 5] HDDx3 to [RAID 5] HDDx5
[RAID 5] HDDx3 to [RAID 5] HDDx6
[RAID 5] HDDx3 to [RAID 5] HDDx7
[RAID 5] HDDx3 to [RAID 5] HDDx8
………………………………..HDDx16
[RAID 5] HDDx4 to [RAID 5] HDDx5
[RAID 5] HDDx4 to [RAID 5] HDDx6
[RAID 5] HDDx4 to [RAID 5] HDDx7
[RAID 5] HDDx4 to [RAID 5] HDDx8
………………………………..HDDx16
[RAID 5] HDDx5 to [RAID 5] HDDx6
[RAID 5] HDDx5 to [RAID 5] HDDx7
[RAID 5] HDDx5 to [RAID 5] HDDx8
………………………………..HDDx16
[RAID 5] HDDx6 to [RAID 5] HDDx7
[RAID 5] HDDx6 to [RAID 5] HDDx8
………………………………..HDDx16
[RAID 6] HDDx7 to [RAID 5] HDDx8
………………………………..HDDx16

[RAID 5] HDDx3 to [RAID 6] HDDx5
[RAID 5] HDDx3 to [RAID 6] HDDx6
[RAID 5] HDDx3 to [RAID 6] HDDx7
[RAID 5] HDDx3 to [RAID 6] HDDx8
………………………………..HDDx16
[RAID 5] HDDx4 to [RAID 6] HDDx6
[RAID 5] HDDx4 to [RAID 6] HDDx7
[RAID 5] HDDx4 to [RAID 6] HDDx8
………………………………..HDDx16
[RAID 5] HDDx5 to [RAID 6] HDDx7
[RAID 5] HDDx5 to [RAID 6] HDDx8
………………………………..HDDx16
[RAID 5] HDDx6 to [RAID 6] HDDx8
………………………………..HDDx16

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RAID
6

X X [RAID 6] HDDx4 to [RAID 6] HDDx5
[RAID 6] HDDx4 to [RAID 6] HDDx6
[RAID 6] HDDx4 to [RAID 6] HDDx7
[RAID 6] HDDx4 to [RAID 6] HDDx8
………………………………..HDDx16
[RAID 6] HDDx5 to [RAID 6] HDDx6
[RAID 6] HDDx5 to [RAID 6] HDDx7
[RAID 6] HDDx5 to [RAID 6] HDDx8
………………………………..HDDx16
[RAID 6] HDDx6 to [RAID 6] HDDx7
[RAID 6] HDDx6 to [RAID 6] HDDx8
………………………………..HDDx16
[RAID 6] HDDx7 to [RAID 6] HDDx8
………………………………..HDDx16

NAS Stacking

The Thecus IP storage’s capacity can be expanded even further using the stackable
function. With it, users can expand the capacity of their network storage systems
up to 5 other stack target volumes which are located in different systems. These
can be stacked through single network access like SMB or AFP acting as a share
folder type.

From the main menu, the stackable feature is located under “Storage”. Please refer
the figure below for reference.

A. Add a Stack Target Volume

From the figure above, click Add to access the stackable target device
configuration page. Please refer to the figure below:

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With the added stack target you can “Enable” or “Disable” the stack target now or
later depending on usage required.

Next, input the target IP address of the stackable device and click the Discovery
button. The system will list available target volumes from the inputted IP address.

Once the volume IP has been set, you may need to input a valid user name and
password to validate your access rights. If there is no user name and password
needed to access target volume, then leave it blank.

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The Stacked Target name will become the network share name and will be
displayed through network access such as SMB. You may refer to the figure below
to see the result. Please note the naming limitation.

From the figure above, the Stacked Target name is “pmmeeting”. The figures
below show the result before and after via Microsoft Network Access when settings
have been completed.

Stack target with export

share name “pmmeeting”

No Stack Target

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The Browseable setting is the same method used for setting a system share folder.
It designates whether or not this folder will be visible through web disk. You may
refer to the figure below for reference when Yes and No are selected.

The Public setting will be set the same way as the setting for the system share
folder associated with the ACL permission is. If Public is set to Yes, all users will be
able to access it, and ACL button will be grayed out. If Public is set to No, the ACL
button will be available in the Stack Target List window.

Click Apply to save your changes.

B. Activate a Stack Target

After your settings have been applied, the system will bring you back to the Stack
Target List window as shown below. There is one stack target device that has

been attached into this stack master.

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With this newly attached stack target device, you will see the information displayed
and also have access to several options to choose from.

In general, if the attached stack target device has been used by another Thecus NAS
as stack target volume, then the Format item will be display and system will
recognize it straight away and display its capacity. Otherwise, the Format item will
be available and the Capacity and Status items will show as “N/A” and “Unknown
file system” respectively.
Next, click Format to proceed with formatting.
After the format is completed, the stack target volume will be created successfully.
You will see the volume’s capacity and status in the Stack Target List screen.

C. Edit a Stack Target

To make any changes to a stack target, click Edit for the corresponding stack
target, and the system will bring up the following dialogue window:

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After your changes have been made, click Apply to confirm any modifications.
Once changes are applied, the associated information will be updated on the Stack

Target List window.

D. Stack Target ACL

If the stack target Public setting set to Yes, then the ACL button will be grayed out.
However, if Public setting is set to No, then the ACL button will be available for
you to setup user access permissions for the stack target.

The ACL settings will be exactly the same as the system folder that you may have
setup previously.

E. Reconnect a Stack Target

This is used to enable stack target devices that may have been disconnected due to
a power outage or a disconnected network. When this happens, the Reconnect
button will become available. To attempt to reconnect the stack target, click
Reconnect.

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ISO Mount

The ISO Mount feature is a very useful tool from the Thecus products. With it, users
can mount an ISO file and have the export name display all the details from the
mounted ISO file.

From the main menu, the ISO Mount feature is located under “Storage”. Please
refer the figure below for reference.

Select the ISO Image Mounting function and the ISO Image Mounting window
will appear as shown here.

A. Add an ISO file

From the figure above, select an ISO file from the drop down share list.

After selection, the system will bring up the Mount table screen for further settings.

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To mount the new ISO file, select one file from the list of files and input the desired
mounting name into the “Mount as:” field. Click “ADD” to confirm the completion of
the mounting. If nothing is input in the “Mount as” ISO file export name field, the
system will automatically give an export name to the ISO file. The mounting name
will then be defined by the ISO file name.