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Thecus
N8900 series
N12000 series
N16000 series
N2800/N4800
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 © 2012 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/N2800/N4800
Manual Version: 2.7
Release Date: Feb. 2012
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
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...........................................................................................15
Chapter 2: Hardware Installation .............................................. 19
Overview .............................................................................................19
Before You Begin.................................................................................19
Cable Connections ...............................................................................19
Chapter 3: First Time Setup....................................................... 21
Overview .............................................................................................21
Thecus Setup Wizard...........................................................................21
OLED Operation ...................................................................................23
Typical Setup Procedure ......................................................................24
Chapter 4: System Administration ............................................. 26
Overview .............................................................................................26
Web Administration Interface .............................................................26
My Favorite.................................................................................. 27
Logout......................................................................................... 29
Language Selection....................................................................... 29
System Information.............................................................................30
System Information ...................................................................... 30
System/Service Status .................................................................. 30
Logs............................................................................................ 31
On-line Register ........................................................................... 32
Syslog Management...................................................................... 33
System Management ...........................................................................33
Time: Setting system time............................................................. 34
Notification configuration ............................................................... 34
Firmware Upgrade ........................................................................ 35
Schedule Power On/Off.................................................................. 35
Administrator Password................................................................. 36
Config Mgmt ................................................................................ 37
Factory Default............................................................................. 37
Reboot & Shutdown ...................................................................... 38
File System Check ........................................................................ 38
Wake-Up On LAN (WOL)................................................................ 40
SNMP Support.............................................................................. 40
UI Login Function.......................................................................... 41
System Network ..................................................................................41
WAN/LAN1................................................................................... 41
LAN2...........................................................................................43
Additional LAN3............................................................................ 44
Additional LAN.............................................................................. 44
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Storage Management...........................................................................45
Disks Information ......................................................................... 45
RAID Information.......................................................................... 47
NAS Stacking ............................................................................... 59
ISO Mount ................................................................................... 65
Share Folder ................................................................................ 68
Folder and sub-folders Access Control List (ACL) ........................................ 71
iSCSI .......................................................................................... 73
iSCSI Thin-Provisioning ................................................................. 78
LUN ACL ...................................................................................... 79
Advance Option ............................................................................ 81
High-Availability (N12000 series/N16000 series Only) ....................... 82
User and Group Authentication............................................................91
ADS/NT Support........................................................................... 91
Local User Configuration................................................................ 93
Local Group Configuration.............................................................. 95
Batch Create Users and Groups ...................................................... 97
User Quota .................................................................................. 98
User and Group Backup ................................................................. 98
Network Service ..................................................................................99
Samba / CIFS............................................................................... 99
AFP (Apple Network Setup).......................................................... 100
NFS Setup ................................................................................. 100
FTP ........................................................................................... 101
TFTP ......................................................................................... 102
WebService................................................................................ 103
UPnP......................................................................................... 103
Bonjour Setting .......................................................................... 104
Application Server .............................................................................104
iTunes® Server.......................................................................... 105
Module Installation...................................................................... 105
Auto Module Installation .............................................................. 106
Backup ..............................................................................................107
Dual DOM (N12000 series/N16000 series/N8900 series only)........... 107
Rsync Target Server.................................................................... 108
Rsync........................................................................................ 109
ACL Backup and Restore.............................................................. 111
Thecus Backup Utility .................................................................. 112
Windows XP Data Backup ............................................................ 113
Apple OS X Backup Utilities.......................................................... 114
External Devices................................................................................114
Printers ..................................................................................... 114
Uninterrupted Power Source......................................................... 119
Chapter 5: Tips and Tricks....................................................... 120
USB and eSATA Storage Expansion....................................................120
Remote Administration ......................................................................120
Part I - Setup a DynDNS Account.................................................. 121
Part II - Enable DDNS on the Router ............................................. 121
Part III - Setting up Virtual Servers (HTTPS) .................................. 121
Firewall Software Configuration ........................................................121
Replacing Damaged Hard Drives........................................................122
Hard Drive Damage .................................................................... 122
Replacing a Hard Drive ................................................................ 122
RAID Auto-Rebuild...................................................................... 122
Chapter 6: Troubleshooting ..................................................... 123
Forgot My Network IP Address..........................................................123
Can't Map a Network Drive in Windows XP ........................................123
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Restoring Factory Defaults ................................................................123
Problems with Time and Date Settings..............................................124
Dual DOM Supports for Dual Protection(N12000 series/N16000
series/N8900 series only) .................................................................124
Appendix A: Customer Support................................................ 125
Appendix B: RAID Basics......................................................... 126
Overview ...........................................................................................126
Benefits .............................................................................................126
Improved Performance ................................................................ 126
Data Security ............................................................................. 126
RAID Levels.......................................................................................126
Appendix C: How to open the top cover.................................... 129
N8900 series: ....................................................................................129
N12000 series: ..................................................................................130
N16000 series: ..................................................................................130
Appendix D: Active Directory Basics ........................................ 131
Overview ...........................................................................................131
What is Active Directory? ..................................................................131
ADS Benefits......................................................................................131
Appendix E: Licensing Information .......................................... 132
Overview ...........................................................................................132
Source Code Availability ....................................................................132
CGIC License Terms...........................................................................133
GNU General Public License...............................................................133
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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
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 & TwonkyMedia CD)
Ethernet Cable x1
Accessory bag x1
HDD Compatibility list Card x1
Multiple Languages Warranty Card x1
Power cord x2
N2800 Series
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 & TwonkyMedia CD)
Ethernet Cable x1
Accessory bag x1
Warranty Card x1
Power adapter x1
N4800 Series
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 & TwonkyMedia 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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N2800:
The Thecus N2800’s front panel has the device’s controls, indicators, and hard disk
trays:
Front Panel
Item Description
1. Power Button Powers the N2800 on/off.
2. USB Port USB 3.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as digital cameras,
USB disks, and USB printers.
3. USB Copy
Button
Copies USB storage contents to N2800.
4. Card reader Supports SD/SDHC/MMC cards via USB interface.
5. HDD1 led Blinking white: HDD activity
6. HDD2 led Blinking white: HDD activity
7. WAN led Solid white: WAN Cable link
Blinking white: Network activity
8. LAN led Solid white: LAN Cable link
Blinking : Network activity
9. USB Copy led Blinking white: USB copy activity
10. Card reader
led
Blinking white: Card reader copy activity
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N4800:
The Thecus N4800 front panel has the device’s controls, indicators, and hard disk
trays:
Front Panel
Item Description
1.Power Button Power on/off N4800
2.OLED Displays current system status and messages
OLED screen saver will be enabled after screen is left idle for more
than 3 mins
OLED screen will be diabled after it is left idle for more than 6 mins
3.HDD 1 LED Yellow: HDD activity
Red: HDD failure
4.HDD 2 LED Yellow: HDD activity
Red: HDD failure
5.HDD 3 LED Yellow: HDD activity
Red: HDD failure
6.HDD 4 LED Yellow: HDD activity
Red: HDD failure
7.WAN/LAN1
LED
Blinking green: network activity
8.LAN2 LED Blinking green: network activity
OLED
9.USB Copy ● Blue: USB Copy activity
● Red: USB Copy failure
10.HDD Tray Four HDD trays support 4x 3.5" or 4 x 2.5” HDDs
11. USB Port USB 3.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as USB disks.
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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 series:
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
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
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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.
N16000 series:
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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N2800:
The N2800 rear panel features ports and connectors.
Back Panel
Item Description
1. eSATA Port eSATA port for high-speed external storage expansion.
2. USB Port USB 2.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as digital cameras,
USB disks, and USB printers.
3. WAN/LAN1
Port
WAN/LAN1 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a
switch or a router.
4. LAN2 Port LAN2 port for connecting to a local Ethernet network through a
switch or a router.
5. System Fan System fan that exhausts heat from the unit.
6. Power
Connector
Connect the included power cords to this connector.
7. HDMI For Video/Audio out
8. VGA For Video out
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N4800:
The N4800 rear panel features ports and connectors.
Back Panel
Item Description
1. Power
Connector
For connect the power adaptor
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 Ports
USB 2.0 ports for storage expansion
5. eSATA Ports eSATA port for high-speed storage expansion
6. LINE Out For Audio out
7. VGA For Video out
8. HDMI For Video/Audio out
LINE 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.
▲ N12000 series/N16000 series/N8900 series WAN/LAN1 port
▲ N2800 WAN/LAN1 port ▲ N4800 WAN/LAN1 port
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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▲ N12000 series/N16000 series/N8900 series power socket
▲ N2800 power socket ▲ N4800 power socket
3. Press the power button on the Front Panel to boot up the Thecus IP storage.
▲ N12000 series/N16000 series/N8900 series power button
▲ N2800 power button ▲ N4800 power button
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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 fil e.
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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.
8. Finished! Access the Thecus IP storage Web Administrator Interface by
pressing the Start Browser button. You can also configure another Thecus
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IP storage at this point by clicking the Setup Other Device button. Press
Exit to exit the wizard.
OLED Operation
OLED Operation
The N12000/N16000 series 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 N12000/N16000 series 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
NOTE
The T hecus Setup Wizard i s 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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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.
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 .
To find out about configuring Folder Access Control Lists, see Chapter 4: Storage
Management > Share Folder> Folder Access Control List (ACL).
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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 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 by disclaim 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 is allowed 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.
The other way administrators can add
favorite functions is by clicking the “Add
Favorite” icon in each function screen.
Please refer figure below in red circuit
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 to set up of the Thecus IP
storage.
Module Management System and user Module to install of the Thecus IP storage.
Backup Category of Backup Features set up 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 information about system status quickly by moving mouse over.
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 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
Russia
Polish
Portugal
On the menu bar, click Language and the selection list
appears. This user interface will switch to 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
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.
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)
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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 item and the
System Logs screen appears. This screen shows a history of system usage and
important events such as disk status, network information, and system booting. See
the following table for a detailed description of each item:
See the following table for a detailed description of each item:
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System Logs
Item Description
All Provides all log information including system messages, warning
messages and error messages.
INFO Records information about system messages.
WARN Shows only warning messages.
ERROR Shows only error messages.
Download All Log File Export all logs to an external file.
Truncate All Log File Clear all log files.
The number of lines per
page □
Specify 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 the log pages.
Re-loading logs.
On-line Register
From the System Information menu, choose the On-line Register item and the
System On-line Register screen appears. The on-line register 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.
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.
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Syslog Management
Generates system log messages for the syslog server.
These messages are stored on your NAS in: Nsync > log> messages.
Information can be obtained in two ways: locally and remotely.
Local Access - When Local is selected, log messages can be viewed directly
through samba. However, to access the Nsync folder through samba, the folder
must be set as browseable and the user must be given ACL permissions. In OS X,
UNIX extensions must be disabled under Network Service > Samba/CIFS in the UI.
Remote Access - They can also be viewed remotely by selecting Remote and
inputting a Remote IP Address into the input field. This will allow a TFTP program,
such as TFTPd32, to access the system log remotely from a computer.
System Management
The System Management menu gives you a wealth of settings that you can use to
configure your Thecus IP storage system administration functions. You can set up
system time, system notifications, and even upgrade firmware from this menu.
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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.
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.
WARNING
If an NTP server is selected, please make sure your Thecus IP storage has been
setup to access the NTP server.
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Notification Configuration
Item Description
Beep Notification Enable or disable the system beeper 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 email address to send email.
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.
Follow the steps below to upgrade your firmware:
1. Use the Browse button to find the firmware file.
2. Press Apply.
3. The beeper beeps and the Busy LED blinks 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.
NOTE
Consult with your mail server administrator for email server
information.
NOTE
• The beeper 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 fi rmware upgrade process.
This will lead to a catastrophic result that may render the system inoperable.
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Then, simply choose an on and off time for each day of the week that you would like
to designate a schedule by using the various dropdowns.
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
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 password for enter OLED setting you could 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.
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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.
Upload Import a saved configuration file to overwrite 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.
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 backup can be only restore in same firmware
version. And the backup details have excluded user/group accounts.
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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.
To perform a file system check, click Apply.
Once clicked, the following prompt will appear:
Click Yes to reboot the system.
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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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:
Click Start to begin the file system check. Click Reboot to reboot the system.
When the file system check is run, the system will show 20 lines of information until
it is complete. Once complete, the results will be shown at the bottom.
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Wake-Up On LAN (WOL)
The Thecus IP storage has the ability to be awoken from sleep mode via WAN/LAN1
or LAN2 port.
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 could get system basic information.
NOTE
The system must be rebooted before Thecus IP storage can function
normally after file system check complete.
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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.
System Network
Use the System Network menu to make network configuration settings as well as
additional NIC settings if applicable.
WAN/LAN1
WAN/LAN1 Configuration
From the System Network menu, choose WAN/LAN1, and the WAN/LAN1
Configuration screen appears. This screen displays the network parameters of the
WAN/LAN1 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:
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WAN/LAN1 Configuration
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.
MAC Address MAC address of the network interface.
Jumbo Frame Support Enable or disable Jumbo Frame Support of the WAN/LAN1 interface on your
Thecus IP storage.
IP Sharing Mode When enabled, PCs connected to the LAN2 port will be able to access the
WAN/LAN1.
Link Aggregation Specifies whether WAN/LAN1 and LAN2 ports will be aggregated and act as
one port. There are 6 modes can be choose from:
Load Balance/Fail-over/Balance-XOR/802.3ad/Balance-TLB/Balance-ALB
Set IP Address by:
Static / Dynamic
You can choose a static IP or Dynamic IP, and input your network
configuration
IP IP address of the WAN/LAN1 interface.
Netmask Network mask, which is generally: 255.255.255.0
Gateway Default Gateway IP address.
DNS Server Domain Name Service (DNS) server IP address.
NOTE
• Only use Jumbo Frame settings when operating in a Gigabit environment
where all other clients have Jumbo Frame Setting enabled.
• If you are only using the WAN/LAN1 port, we suggest that you disable IP
Sharing Mode. This will result in higher throughput.
• A correct DNS setting is vital to networks services, such as SMTP and NTP.
• To use the Link Aggregation with “802.3ad selected” feature, please make sure
the networking equipment on the other end of Ethernet cable also supports
802.3ad protocol.
WARNING
Most Fast Ethernet (10/100) Switches/Routers do not sup port Jumbo Frame a nd you will not
be able to connect to your N8900/N12000/N16000 after Jumbo Frame is turned on.
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LAN2
LAN2 Configuration
The Thecus IP storage supports two Gigabit Ethernet ports for higher service
availability. To configure these ports, choose LAN2 from the System Network
menu, and the LAN2 Configuration screen appears. Press Apply to save your
changes.
LAN2 Configuration
Item Description
MAC Address Displays the MAC address of the LAN2 interface.
Jumbo Frame Support Enable or disable Jumbo Frame Support on the LAN2 interface.
IP Specifies the IP address of the LAN2 interface.
Netmask Specifies the Network Mask of the LAN2 interface.
Link Detected Specifies the LAN2 port link status
Lick Speed Specifies the LAN2 port link speed
DHCP Server Configuration
A DHCP server can be configured to assign IP addresses to devices connected to the
LAN2 port. To configure these ports, choose LAN2 from the System Network
menu.
DHCP Configuration
Item Description
DHCP Server Enable or disable the DHCP server to automatically assign IP
address to PCs connected to the LAN2 interface.
Lower IP Range Specifies the lower IP address of the DHCP range.
Highest IP in Range Specifies the highest IP address of the DHCP range.
Gateway Specifies gateway for the DHCP server service.
DNS Server Displayed the DNS server IP address.
NOTE
Before enabling Jumbo Frame Support, please make sure your network equipment
supports Jumbo Frame. If your equipment is incompatibl e, you might not be able to
connect to your Thecus IP storage.
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Additional LAN3
LAN3 Configuration (For the model with 3
rd
LAN but W/O HA feature)
The Thecus IP storage supports three Gigabit Ethernet ports for higher service
availability. If the model has HA function, the on board LAN3 may config for heart
beat link or it can be used as 3rd individual LAN port. To configure these ports,
choose Additional LAN 3 from the System Network menu, and the Additional
LAN3 Configuration screen appears. Press Apply to save your changes.
Additional LAN3 Configuration
Item Description
MAC Address Displays the MAC address of the LAN3 interface.
Jumbo Frame Support Enable or disable Jumbo Frame Support on the LAN3 interface.
IP Specifies the IP address of the LAN3 interface.
Netmask Specifies the Network Mask of the LAN3 interface.
Gateway When Thecus NAS as a DHCP server from LAN3, it can have
another route to balance traffic bandwidth for its DHCP
clients
Link Detected Specifies the LAN3 port link status
Lick Speed Specifies the LAN3 port link speed
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 has installed into Thecus IP storage, the “Additional LANx”
is appeared under “System Network” category. Click the associated NIC to setup the
details.
NOTE
The IP Segment of WAN/LAN1 and LAN2 should not overlap.
WARNING
The IP address of the LAN2 interface should not be in the range of the
Start IP address and End IP address.
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Storage Management
The Storage menu displays the status of storage devices installed in the Thecus IP
storage, and includes storage configuration options such as RAID and disk settings,
folder configuration, iSCSI and ISO Mount.
Disks Information
From the Storage menu, choose the Disks item and the Disks Information
screen appears. From here, you can see various items about installed SATA/SAS
hard disks. Blank lines indicate that hard disk is not currently installed in that
particular disk slot.
Disks Information
Item Description
Disk No. Indicates disk location.
NOTE
• The screen shot below just example from Thecus IP Storage. The disk
slots can from 8,12 to 16 depend on the model of Thecus IP storage.
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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 Disks Information screen, the status of each disk will be displayed in the
Status column. Clicking on an 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 (not apply for SAS HDD), simply to click
“Test” to start with. The result is only for reference and 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 can
not 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, transfer
it to the reserved disk area (spare area), and mark this sector as
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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 Disks Information screen, you may also perform disk bad block scan,
simply to click “Click to start” to start with. The result is only for reference and
system will not take any action from its result.
The testing result will be stay till system reboot with “Yet to start” displayed as
default.
RAID Information
From the Storage menu, choose the RAID item and the RAID Information screen
appears.
This screen lists the RAID volumes currently residing on 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 CREATE
RAID 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 a 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
storage volume.
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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
(depend 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
and is 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 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 this USB disk until
the next time the system boots. The RAID volume can not be mounted if the
USB disk with key can not be 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.
We are 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:
NOTE
In a multiple RAID configuration, one RAID volume must be designated as the
Master RAID vol ume. 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 vol ume 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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(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 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 goes
down.
WARNING
Please keep 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 i s “Quick RAID” setting i s going to be used, only if hard disk
is brand new or it has no existed partitions 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 (depend on model).
Level
Model
JBOD RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 6 RAID 10 RAID 50 RAID 60
N2800
N4800
N12000 series
N16000 series
N8900 series
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
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 single disks,
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.
WARNING
If the administrator improperly removes a hard disk that should not be
removed when RAID status is degraded, all data will be lost.
NOTE
Building a RAID volume may take time, dependi ng on the size of hard drives
and RAID mode. In general, while the RAID volume building process is up to
“RAID Building” then the data volume is capable to be accessed.
WARNING
Creating RAID destroys all data in the current RAID volume. The data is
unrecoverable.
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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. .
Remove RAID
Click to remove the RAID volume. All user data and iSCSI has been created in
selected RAID volume will be removed.
To remove a RAID volume, follow the steps below:
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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. The confirmation screen appear, you will have to input “Yes” with exactly
wording case to complete “Remove RAID” operation
Global Hot Spare (Dose not apply to the N2800)
With up to 5 RAID volume can be created per system. The global hot spare support
can eliminate the redundant of disk usage in each RAID volume. Simply select unset
disk from global hot spare disk list then apply to activate.
WARNING
Remove RAID destroys all data in the current RAID volume. The data is
unrecoverable.
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Expanding a RAID (Dose not apply to the N2800)
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, and click Edit to open the RAID
Configuration screen.
5. On the RAID Configuration screen, click Expand.
Migrating a RAID (Dose not apply to the N2800)
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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With RAID level migration function, the limitation as listed below.
1. During RAID level migration, it is not allowed reboot or shutdown system.
2. The RAID migration from R1 to R5 or R1 to R6, the all services will restart
and volumes “iSCSI” is read only but “user data” is capable read / write
during operation.
NOTE
Migrating a RAID volume could take several hours to complete
The RAID migration feature is available while it is configurable.
NOTE
The migr
ation scheme below is based on Thecus
IP
Storage products in maximum possible
combination. The other model which has less HDD
supported can refer web UI while RAID migration
operated.
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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] HDDx4
[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] HDDx5
[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] HDDx6
[RAID 5] HDDx5 to [RAID 6] HDDx7
[RAID 5] HDDx5 to [RAID 6] HDDx8
………………………………..HDDx16
[RAID 5] HDDx6 to [RAID 6] HDDx7
[RAID 5] HDDx6 to [RAID 6] HDDx8
………………………………..HDDx16
[RAID 5] HDDx7 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 could “Enable” or “Disable” now or later per usage
needed.
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 IP with volume have 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.
Once IP with volume have 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 Stackd Target name will become the network share name and displayed
through network access such as SMB. You may refer the figures below to see the
result. Please note the naming limitation.
From the figure above, the Stacked Target name is “pmdata1”. The figures below
show the result before and after via Microsoft Network Access with settings have
been completed.
Stack target with export
share name “pmmeeting”
No Stack Target
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The Browseable setting will be same method of setting for system share folder. It
designates whether or not this folder will be visible through web disk. You may refer
the figures below for reference when Yes and No are selected.
The Public setting will be set same as what the setting for the system share folder
associated with the ACL permission setup. 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 on 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 Stack
Target List window as shown below. There is one stack target device 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 several options you can choose.
In general, if 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 complete, 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 stack targets, click Edit for the corresponding stack target,
and system will bring up the following dialogue:
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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.
ACL settings will be exactly the same as system folder that you may have setup
previously.
E. Reconnect a Stack Target
The enabled stack target devices may be disconnected by situations such as power
outages or network disconnects. When this happens, the Reconnect button will
available. To attempt to reconnect the stack target, click Reconnect.
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ISO Mount
The ISO Mount feature is very useful tool from Thecus products. With it, users can
mount an ISO file and having export name to display all details from mounted ISO
file.
From the main menu, the ISO Mount feature is located under “Storage”. Please refer
the figure below for reference.
Select on the ISO mount function and you will have the screen shot appear as
following.
A. Add a ISO file
From the figure above, select ISO file from drop down share list.
After selection, system will bring up Mount table for further setting screen.
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To mount new ISO file, select from listed ISO file and input desired mounting name
into “Mount as:” field. Click “ADD” with confirmation to complete mounting ISO file.
Or without “Mount as” ISO file export name input, system will automatic to give the
export name by ISO file name.
If left “Mount as:” blink then system will create mount point by ISO file name.
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After you have completed to add ISO then the page will displayed all mounted ISO
files,
You could click “Unmount” to eliminate mounted ISO file.
B. Using ISO
The mounted ISO file will be located same share folder with name giving. Please
refer the screen shot below.
ISO file “image” has mounted as folder “Image” you could see. The ISO file “Thecus
01” without assign mounting name, system automatically has folder “Thecus 01”
created.
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Share Folder
From the Storage menu, choose Share Folder, and the Folder screen appears.
This screen allows you to create and configure folders on the Thecus IP storage
volume.
Adding Folders
On the Folder screen, press the Add button and the Add Folder screen appears.
This screen allows you to add a folder. After entering the information, press Apply
to create new folder.
Add Folder
Item Description
RAID ID RAID volume where the new folder will reside.
Folder Name Enter the name of the folder.
Description Provide a description the folder.
Browseable Enable or disable users from browsing the folder contents. If Yes
is selected, then the share folder will be browseable.
Public Admit or deny public access to this folder. If Yes is selected, then
users do not need to have access permission to write to this folder.
When accessing a public folder via FTP, the behavior is similar to
anonymous FTP. Anonymous users can upload/download a file to
the folder, but they cannot delete a file from the folder.
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Apply Press Apply to create the folder.
Modify Folders
On the Folder screen, press the Edit button and the Modify Folder screen appears.
This screen allows you to change folder information. After entering the information,
press Apply to save your changes.
Modify Folder
Item Description
RAID ID RAID volume where the folder will reside.
Folder Name Enter the name of the folder.
Description Provide a description the folder.
Browseable Enable or disable users from browsing the folder contents. This
setting will only apply while access via SMB/CIFS and web disk.
Public Admit or deny public access to this folder.
Remove Folders
To remove a folder, press the Remove button from the specified folder row. The
system will confirm folder deletion. Press Yes to delete the folder permanently or
No to go back to the folder list.
NOTE
Folder names are li mited to 60 characters. Systems running Windows 98 or earlier
may not support file names longer than 15 characters.
WARNING
All the data stored in the folder will be deleted once the folder is deleted.
The data will not be recoverable.
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NFS Share
To allow NFS access to the share folder, enable the NFS Service, and then set up
hosts with access rights by clicking Add.
NFS Share
Item Description
Hostname Enter the name or IP address of the host
Privilege Host has either read only or writeable access to the folder.
OS Support There are two selections available:
Unix / Linux System
AIX (Allow source port > 1024)
Choose the one which best fits your needs.
ID Mapping There are three selections available:
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Guest system root account will have full access to this
share (root:root).
Guest system root account will be mapped to anonymous
user (nobody:nogroup) on NAS.
All user on guest system will be mapped to anonymous
user (nobody:nogroup) on NAS.
Choose the one which best fits your needs.
Sync / Async Choose to determine the data “Sync” at once or “Async” in
arranged batch.
Apply Click to save your changes.
Folder and sub-folders Access Control List (ACL)
On the Folder screen, press the ACL button, and the ACL setting screen appears.
This screen allows you to configure access to the specific folder and sub-folders for
users and groups. Select a user or a group from the left hand column and then
choose Deny, Read Only, or Writable to configure their access level. Press the
Apply button to confirm your settings.
ACL setting
Item Description
Deny Denies access to users or groups who are displayed in this column.
Read Only Provides Read Only access to users or groups who are displayed in
this column.
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Writable Provides Write access to users or groups who are displayed in this
column.
Recursive Enable to inherit the access right for all its sub-folders.
To configure folder access, follow the steps below:
1. On the ACL screen, all network groups and users are listed in the left hand
column. Select a group or user from this list.
2. With the group or user selected, press one of the buttons from the three
access level columns at the top. The group or user then appears in that
column and has that level of access to the folder.
3. Continue selecting groups and users and assigning them access levels using
the column buttons.
4. To remove a group or user from an access level column, press the Remove
button in that column.
5. When you are finished, press Apply to confirm your ACL settings.
To setup sub-folders ACL, click on “ ” symbol to extract sub folders list as screen
shot shows below. You may carry on with same steps as share level ACL setting.
The ACL screen also allows you to search for a particular user. To do this, follow the
steps below:
1. In the blank, enter the name of the user you would like to find.
2. From the drop down select the group you would like to search for the user in.
NOTE
If one user has belonged to more than one group but different privilege than
the priority Deny > Read Only > Writable
NOTE
The ACL can be set for share and sub-fol ders level, not for files.
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3. Click Search.
iSCSI
You may specify the space allocated for iSCSI. The iSCSI target is allowed per
system as table blow:.
Model N8900V
N8900PRO
N12000V
N16000V
N8900
N12000
N16000
N12000PRO
N16000PRO
Allow iSCSI volume 15 25 50
NOTE
The system will list up to 1,000 users from the chosen category. To narrow
your search, enter a search term in the blank provided.
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iSCSI Target
To add iSCSI target volume, click iSCSI with associated RAID volume from its drop
down list to select desired RAID volume.
iSCSI Target
Item Description
Add Click to allocate space to iSCSI target from associated RAID
volume.
Modify Click this to modify the iSCSI Target.
Advanced There are 3 options (iSCSI CRC/Checksum, Max
Connections, Error Recovery Level) is currently allow Admin
to Enable/Disable to operate Thecus IP storage associated
with iSCSI setting.
Delete Click this to delete the iSCSI Target.
Allocating Space for iSCSI Volume
To allocate space for an iSCSI target on the current RAID volume, follow the steps
below:
1. Under the iSCSI Target List, select iSCSI Target then click Add.
The Create iSCSI Volume screen appears.
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Create iSCSI Volume
Item Description
iSCSI Target Volume Enable or Disable the iSCSI Target Volume.
Target Name Name of the iSCSI Target. This name will be used by the
Stackable NAS function to identify this export share.
iqn_Year Select the current year from the dropdown.
Iqn_Month Select the current month from the dropdown.
Authentication You may choose CHAP authentication or choose None.
Username Enter a username.
Password Enter a password.
Password Confirm Reenter the chosen password
Mutual CHAP With this level of security, the target and the initiator
authenticate each other.
Username Enter a username.
Password Enter a password.
Password Confirm Reenter the chosen password
RAID ID ID of current RAID volume.
LUN Allocation Two modes can be choose from:
Thin-provision：iSCSI thin-provisioning is sharing the
available physical capacity to multiple iSCSI target
volumes creation. And allowed virtual capacity be
assigned in prior then added physical space while it
has run out.
Instant Allocation : Allocate available physical
capacity to iSCSI target volumes.
LUN Name Name of the LUN.
Unused Unused space on current RAID volume.
Allocation Percentage and amount of space allocated to iSCSI volume.
LUN ID Specific Logic unit ID number.
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iSCSI Block size The iSCSI block size can be set under system advance
option, default is 512 Bytes.
[ 4K ] block size while more than 2TB capacity will be
configured in Windows XP.
[ 512 Bytes ] block size for application like VMware etc.
2. Enable the iSCSI Target Volume by selecting Enable.
3. Enter a Target Name. This will be used by the Stackable NAS function to
identify this export share.
4. Choose the current year from the Year dropdown.
5. Choose the current month from the Month dropdown.
6. Choose to enable CHAP authentication or choose None.
7. If you’ve enabled CHAP authentication, enter a username and a password.
Confirm your chosen password be reentering it in the Password Confirm
box.
8. Choose Thin-Provision or Instant Allocation
9. Enter a LUN Name.
10. Designate the percentage to be allocated from the Allocation drag bar.
11. When iSCSI target volume has been created, the LUN ID is configurable from
0 to 254 with a default of the next available number in ascending numerical
order. The LUN ID is unique and can not be duplicated.
12. Choose [ 4K ] block size to have iSCSI target volume over 2TB barrier or [ 512
Bytes ] block size in some application needed.
13. Click OK to create the iSCSI volume.
Modify iSCSI Volume
To modify iSCSI target on the current RAID volume, follow the steps below:
1. Under the iSCSI Target List, click Modify.
The Modify iSCSI Volume screen appears.
NOTE
Be sure the iSCSI target volume has been enabled
or it will not list out while using Initiator to get
associated iSCSI target volumes.
NOTE
The iSCSI target volume creation will associate at
least one LUN together. It can be assigned either
“
Thin
-
Provisioning
”
or “Instant Allocation
”.
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2. Modify your setting. Press ok to change.
Expand Volume
The iSCSI volume is now able to expand its capacity from unused space (Instant
Allocation mode only). From the volume list, simply select the iSCSI volume you like
to expand and click the Expand button:
You will then see the dialog box displayed below. Drag the Expand Capacity bar to
the size you want. Then press Expand to confirm the operation.
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Delete Volume
To delete volume on the current RAID volume, follow the steps below:
1. Under the Volume Allocation List, click Delete.
The Space Allocation screen appears.
2. Press YES. All data in the volume will be removed.
iSCSI Thin-Provisioning
To select iSCSI Thin-Provision to create iSCSI target volume, it could maximum
physical iSCSI target volume capacity usage and allowed virtually assign space to
have more disks added while it needed.
To setup iSCSI thin-provisioning, simply select “Thin-Provisioning” mode from
“Create LUN” setting screen.
NOTE
The
iSCSI expand is only capable while iSCSI
target volume is crested by “Instant Allocation”.
Created by “Thin Provisioning” has virtual space
assigned in initial stage, so it has no expand
capability.
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Next, allocate capacity for iSCSI thin-provision volume by dragging the Allocation
bar to the desired size.
After the size has been determined, click OK to confirm. Now you will see the iSCSI
thin-provisioning volume is available from the list. Please refer to the screenshot
below.
Unlike creating “Instant Allocation” iSCSI target volumes which capacity has been
physically allocated! With the iSCSI target volume creation under thin-provisioning
can virtually be up to 16384GB (16TB).
LUN ACL
After iSCSI target has been created, one more step away to complete iSCSI volume
can be used. Under “LUN ACL”, it needs to add “Initiator iqn” and setup ACL access
privilege to determine the accessibility. Please refer the screen shot below for where
“Initiator iqn” can be getting it from.
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From the LUN ACL setting screen click “Add”:
Next, input “Initiator iqn” and setup iSCSI target volume access privilege from
available list then apply with OK button.
The accessible Initiator will listed as screen shot displayed below.
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The listed “Initiator iqn” can be modified or deleted by selecte desired iqn and apply
by associated button.
Advance Option
There are 3 options is currently allow Admin to Enable/Disable to operate Thecus IP
storage associated with iSCSI setting. The details as listed in following screenshot.
With the option changed, it will need to reboot system to activate.
iSCSI CRC/Checksum
To enable this option, the initiator can connect with “Data digest” and “Header
digest” enabled.
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Max Connections
The maximum number of connections iSCSI.
Error Recovery Level
The Error Recovery Level (ERL) is negotiated during a leading iSCSI connection
login in traditional iSCSI (RFC 3720) and iSER (RFC 5046).
ERL=0: Session Recovery
ERL=0 (Session Recovery) is triggered when failures within a command, within
a connection, and/or within TCP occur. This causes all of the previous
connections from the failed session to be restarted on a new session by sending
a iSCSI Login Request with a zero TSIHRestart all iSCSI connections on any
failure.
ERL=1: Digest Failure Recovery
ERL=1, only applies to traditional iSCSI. For iSCSI/SCTP (which has its own
CRC32C) and both types of iSER (so far), handling header and data checksum
recovery can be disabled.
ERL=2: Connection Recovery
ERL=2, allows for both single and multiple communication path sessions within
a iSCSI Nexus (and hence the SCSI Nexus) to actively perform
realligence/retry on iSCSI ITTs from failed iSCSI connections. ERL=2 allows
iSCSI fabrics to take advantage of recovery in all regards of transport level
fabric failures, and in a completely OS independent fashion (i.e. below the host
OS storage stack).
High-Availability (N12000 series/N16000 series Only)
HA keeps your data active on two separate systemss, Thecus Supports
Active/Passive HA — provides a fully redundant instance of each node, which is only
brought online when its associated primary node fails.
HA setup procedure:
HA needs two identical Thecus systems (same models and same hard disk slot
installed) which capable for high availability feature to be setup one each for
“Active” and “Standby” unit and both units have to build up RAID volume in prior.
WARNING
Please be noticed if the system has been used
as standalone and contained more than one
RAID volume with data inside. Once it is
going to use for HA, all of data will be
destroyed
.
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Let’s take example for two Thecus Units.
Host name: PMA (172.16.66.25) and created 3.7GB RAID volume, will setup as
Active server
Host name: PMS (172.16.66.24) and created 5.5GB RAID volume, will setup as
Standby server
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Setup Active unit for HA, let’s take example unit PMA (172.16.66.25):
i. Login in to web UI of system 172.16.66.25 then go to “High Availability” HA
configuration page under Storage category.
ii. Click on “Enable” radio button, then setting page will appear.
iii. Choose the server role of associated system, we are having example to have
this unit as ‘Active Server”. So “Active Server” has checked.
iv. Filled in the “Virtual Server” information for further access needed. We have
this example “HApm” and “172.16.64.87” for virtual server name and virtual
server IP accordingly.
v. Filled in “Heartbeat” IP address for active server. It will have default value
appear, no need to change in normal circumstance.
WARNING
The capacity of HA Standby server must be
great than Active server or warning message
will appear.
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vi. Filled in the Standby server information of “Host name”, “WAN/LAN1 IP” and
“Heartbeaat IP”.
vii. The setting for “Heart Thresholds” has no need to change unless it has
required in different circumstance.
Heart Beats Configuration
Item Description
How long between
heartbeats?
The keep a live directive sets the interval between heartbeat
packets. It is specified according to the Heartbeat time syntax.
How much dead time
before declaring the
active server dead?
The dead ping directive is used to specify how quickly Heartbeat
should decide that a ping node in a cluster is dead. Setting this
value too low will cause the system to falsely declare the ping
node dead. Setting it too high will delay detection of
communication failure.
This feature has been replaced by the more flexible pingd
resource agent in Pacemaker, and should no longer be used.
How long before issue
a late heartbeat
warning?
The warn time directive is used to specify how quickly Heartbeat
should issue a "late heartbeat" warning.
How long after the first
heartbeat before
beginning to sense
dead time?
The init dead parameter is used to set the time that it takes to
declare a cluster node dead when Heartbeat is first started. This
parameter generally needs to be set to a higher value, because
experience suggests that it sometimes takes operating systems
many seconds for their communication systems before they
operate correctly.
viii. The setting for “Heartbeat Communications”
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Communications Configuration
UDP The udp port directive specifies which port Heartbeat will use
for its UDP intra-cluster communication. The default value for
this parameter is UDP 694 port.
Heartbeats interface Select interfaces are used for heartbeat communications.
Auto Fail Back: In legacy Heartbeat clusters, the auto failback option would
determine whether a resource would automatically fail back to
its "Active" node, or remain on whatever node is serving it until
that node fails, or an administrator intervenes. The possible
values for auto failback were:
on - enable automatic failbacks
off - disable automatic failback
When auto failback is off (default): After the original
active server is damaged and then returned to a healthy
state, the original standby server will remain active and
the original active server will go into standby mode. The
servers will exchange roles.
When auto failback is on: After the original active server is
damaged and then returned to a healthy state, the original
standby server will go back into standby mode and the
original active server will become active again. The
servers return to their original roles.
With or without auto failback, synchronization will begin
immediately without a break in service when the damaged
server returns. The roles described above are assumed
immediately and do not need to wait for synchronization.
The virtual IP will always be mapped to the current active
server.
ix. Click “Apply” and now Active server will prompt the message below to wait
the “Standby” server setting to be completed.
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Setup Standby unit for HA, take example unit PMS (172.16.66.24):
x. Login in to web UI of system 172.16.66.24 then go to “High Availability” HA
configuration page under Storage category.
xi. Click on “Enable” radio button then setting page will appear.
xii. Choose the server role of associated system, we are having example to have
this unit as “Standby Server”. So “Standby Server” has checked. Then carry
on to filled in associated “Active Server” IP address.
xiii. Click “Apply” and the Standby unit will start to check the Active sever status.
If the Active server has replied correctly then the message will appear as
below.
Please now check the Active Server unit and the interactive message will also
appear to reboot both “Active” and ‘Standby” server together to complete
High Availability settings.
The last state of Active server is waiting for Standby server as screen shot
below:
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After Standby server has communicated with Active Server successfully,
then the state will changed:
Click “Yes” to reboot both Active and Standby server.
If the communication is failed then you will have error message as below.
Conditions in which the standby server will take over for the active server:
1. Active server RAID is damaged
2. Loss of the active server’s data port connection
3. Active server goes down for any other reason
When the active server encounters the above-mentioned situations, the standby
server (PMS) will immediately take over for the active server. The standby server's
system log will show "HA changed to active, getting resources", and "Healthy: The
RAID [HA] on system [PMS] is healthy now."
WARNING
Please be sure that
“
Standby
”
unit volume
size must be larger then “Active” unit. Or the
HA synchronize will result failed.
NOTE
LAN3 is used for heart beat in HA function to
connect “Active” and “Standby” systems peer to
peer.
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At this time, the virtual IP address will be mapped to the PMS system due to it is in
an active state.
HA Ready:
After both Active and Standby systems has reboot, the HA link status and HA RAID
volume can be seen from HA status page.
From HA Active server “PMA (172.16.66.25)” it will denote the role of “Active” and
“PMS (172.16.66.24)” will show Standby server.
For the HA RAID volume status can be found as screen shot below, and it is ready to
server:
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User can access this newly create HA system by its virtual IP, take Windows as
example by put 172.16.65.87 or HApm then the available share will be listed as
below:
HA Recovery:
If one of HA member is went down earlier and like to recovery afterward. Simply go
to the RAID management page and the “HA Recovery” icon is available.
Click on “HA Recovery” icon then system will prompt the box to require Active server
heartbeat link IP address. After input the IP address and press Apply, the unit will be
recovery fully.
The other circumstance is while HA enable button has checked, but system has
detected it has previous HA configuration existed. Then the screen will prompt
message box as below:
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If the other HA member is running smoothly, please choose “Recovery HA” to
complete HA recovery. Or select “Continue Enable” to let both HA members has
same action taking.
User and Group Authentication
The Thecus IP storage has built-in user database that allows administrators to
manage user access using different group policies. From the User and Group
Authentication menu, you can create, modify, and delete users, and assign them
to groups that you designate.
ADS/NT Support
If you have a Windows Active Directory Server (ADS) or Windows NT server to
handle the domain security in your network, you can simply enable the ADS/NT
support feature; the Thecus IP storage will connect with the ADS/NT server and get
all the information of the domain users and groups automatically. From the
Accounts menu, choose Authentication item and the ADS/NT Support screen
appears. You can to change any of these items and press Apply to confirm your
settings.
A description of each item follows:
ADS/NT Support
WARNING
If there are
transfers in progress when the
Active server encounters problems and the
Standby server becomes active, the session
will be stopped. Please contact your network
administrator to determine whether or not
your transfers were completed.
WARNING
When the original active server rejoins the HA
environment, it will be updated with the
newer data from the original standby server
to synchronize for HA. Please be aware that
the data on the original active server will be
replaced by the data from the original standby
server.
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Item Description
Work Group / Domain
Name
Specifies the SMB/CIFS Work Group / ADS Domain Name (e.g.
MYGROUP).
ADS Support Select Disable to disable authentication through Windows Active
Directory Server.
ADS Server Name Specifies the ADS server name (e.g. adservername).
ADS Realm Specifies the ADS realm (e.g. example.com).
Administrator ID Enter the administrators ID of Windows Active Directory, which is
required for Thecus IP storage to join domain.
Administrator
Password
Enter the ADS Administrator password.
Apply To save your settings.
To join an AD domain, you can refer
the figure and use the example below
to configure the Thecus IP storage for
associated filed input:
AD Domain Example
Item Information
Work Group / Domain
Name
domain
ADS Support Enable
ADS Server Name Computer1
ADS Realm Domain.local
Administrator ID Administrator
Administrator
Password
***********
NOTE
• The DNS server specified in the WAN/LAN1 configuration page should be
able to correctly resolve the ADS server name.
• The time zone setting between Thecus IP storage and ADS should be
identical.
• The system time difference between Thecus IP storage and ADS should
be less than five minutes.
• The Administrator Password field is for the password of ADS (Active
Directory Server) not Thecus IP storage.
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Local User Configuration
From the Accounts menu, choose the User item, and the Local User
Configuration screen appears. This screen allows you to Add, Edit, and Remove
local users.
Local User Configuration
Item Description
Add Press the Add button to add a user to the list of local users.
Edit Press the Edit button to modify a local user.
Remove Press the Remove button to delete a selected user from the
system.
Add Users
1. Click on the Add button on Local User Configuration screen, and Local
User Setting screen appears.
2. On the Local User Setting screen, enter a name in the User Name box.
3. Enter a User ID number or left to use system default value.
4. Enter a password in the Password box and re-enter the password in the
Confirm box.
5. Select which group the user will belong to. Group Members is a list of
groups this user belongs to. Group List is a list of groups this user does not
belong to. Use the << or >> buttons to have this user join or leave a group.
6. Press the Apply button and the user is created.
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Edit Users
1. Select an existing user from the Local User Configuration screen.
2. Click on the Edit button, and Local User Setting screen appears.
3. From here, you can enter a new password and re-enter to confirm, or use the
<< or >> buttons to have this user join or leave a group. Click the Apply
button to save your changes.
Remove Users
1. Select an existing user from the Local User Configuration screen.
2. Click on Remove button and the user is deleted from the system.
NOTE
All users are automatically assigned to the ‘users’ group.
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Local Group Configuration
From the Accounts menu, choose the Group item, and the Local Group
Configuration screen appears. This screen allows you to Add, Edit, and Remove
local groups.
Local Group Configuration
Item Description
Add Press the Add button to add a user to the list of local groups.
Edit Press the Edit button to modify a selected group from the system.
Remove Press the Remove button to delete a selected group from the
system.
Add Groups
1. On the Local Group Configuration screen, click on the Add button.
2. The Local Group Setting screen appears.
3. Enter a Group Name.
4. Enter a Group ID number. If left blank, the system will automatically assign
one.
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5. Select users to be in this group from the Users List by adding them to the
Members List using the << button.
6. Click the Apply button to save your changes.
Edit Groups
1. On the Local Group Configuration screen, select a group name from the
list.
2. Press the Edit button to modify the members in a group.
3. To add a user into a group, select the user from the Users List, and press
the << button to move the user into the Members List.
4. To remove a user from a group, select the user from Members List, and
press the >> button.
5. Click the Apply button to save your changes.
Remove Groups
1. On the Local Group Configuration screen, select a group name from the
list.
2. Press Remove to delete the group from the system.
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Batch Create Users and Groups
The Thecus IP storage can also add users and groups in batch mode. This enables
you to conveniently add numerous users and groups automatically by importing a
simple comma-separated plain text (*.txt) file.
From the Accounts menu, click Batch Mgmt and the Batch Create Users and
Groups dialogue will appear. To import your list of users and groups, follow these
steps:
1. Click Browse… to locate your comma-separated text file.
The information in the text file should follow this format:
[USERNAME], [PASSWORD], [GROUP]
2. Click Open.
3. Click Import to begin the user list import.
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User Quota
The Thecus IP storage has supported local or AD users with its quota limitation in
each RAID volume of system. Simply to enable this function by clicking “Enable”
then apply it.
Next, each user can be setup global quota size for each RAID volume. Simply click
on “Quota Size” for each user and input desired capacity. After setup complete,
please click on “Apply” to activate user quota size.
User and Group Backup
The user and group backup feature is allowed system users and groups been backup
to other location and restore it while needed.
Please be noticed when restore previous backup users and groups, the current users
and groups list will be replaced from this restore file’s contents.
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Network Service
Use the Network Service menu to make network service support settings.
Samba / CIFS
There are options is currently allow Admin to Enable/Disable to operate Thecus IP
storage associated with Samba / CIFS protocol. With the option changed, it will need
to reboot system to activate.
Samba Service
Used for letting the operating system of UNIX series and SMB/CIFS of Microsoft
Windows operating system (Server Message Block / Common Internet File
System).Do the link in network protocol. Enable or Disable SMB/CIFS protocol for
Windows, Apple, Unix drive mapping.
Samba Recycle Bin
The Thecus IP storage is supported recycle bin via SMB/CIFS protocol. Simply
enable it then all of deleted files/folders will reside in the “.recycle” folder with
hidden attribution in each share.
In general, Windows has default to invisible all of hidden folders/files. So please
enable this option to view “.recycle” folder.
Samba Anonymous Login Authentication
To enable this option, no matter there is share folder has been created in public
access. The user account and password is needed from system to access under
SMB/CIFS protocol. On the other hand, no more anonymous login is allowed.
Samba Native mode
The Thecus IP storage is supported Samba mode options. In the ADS environment
with “Native” mode selected then Thecus IP storage is capable to become local
master position.
UNIX Extension
NOTE
• In some environments, due to security concerns, you may wish to
disable SMB/CIFS as a precaution against computer viruses.
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The default is enable for Samba usage, with situation using Mac OSX with smb
connection may have permission issue. When it happened, please setup “UNIX
Extension” disable to get issue solved.
AFP (Apple Network Setup)
From the System Network menu, choose the AFP item, and the AFP Support
screen appears. This screen displays the configuration items for the Apple Filing
Protocol. You can change any of these items and press Apply to confirm your
settings.
A description of each item follows:
Apple Network Configuration
Item Description
AFP Server Enable or disable Apple File Service to use Thecus IP storage with
MAC OS-based systems.
MAC CHARSET Specifics the code page from drop down list
Zone Specifies Zone for Applet Talk service.
If your AppleTalk network uses extended networks and is assigned
with multiple zones, assign a zone name to Thecus IP storage. If
you do not want to assign a network zone, enter an asterisk (*) to
use the default setting.
Time Machine Enable checked box while you like to backup you MAC system to
have Thecus IP storage as MAC time machine
Time Machine backup
folder
Select from drop down list to designate the folder for time machine
backup destination
NFS Setup
From the System Network menu, choose the NFS item, and the NFS Support
screen appears. The Thecus IP storage can act as an NFS server, enabling users to
download and upload files with the favorite NFS clients. Press Apply to confirm your
settings.
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