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Thecus

N8900 series N12000 series N16000 series

N5550/N6850/N8850/N10850

N7700PRO V2/N8800PRO V2

User’s Manual

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.

About This Manual

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

Product name: Thecus N8900 / N12000 / N16000 series/N6850/N8850/N10850/N7700PRO V2/N8800PRO V2/N5550 Manual Version: 3.3 Release Date: JUNE 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

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.

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...........................................................................................19

Chapter 2: Hardware Installation .............................................. 27

Overview .............................................................................................27

Before You Begin.................................................................................27

Cable Connections...............................................................................27

Chapter 3: First Time Setup....................................................... 30

Overview .............................................................................................30

Thecus Setup Wizard...........................................................................30

LCD Operation (N7700PRO V2/N8800PRO V2/N5550) .......................32

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

V2/N5550)..........................................................................................34

USB Copy.............................................................................................34

Typical Setup Procedure......................................................................35

Chapter 4: System Administration ............................................. 37

Overview .............................................................................................37

Web Administration Interface .............................................................37

My Favorite.................................................................................. 38

Logout ........................................................................................ 40

Language Selection....................................................................... 40

System Information ............................................................................41

System Information...................................................................... 41

System/Service Status .................................................................. 41

Logs............................................................................................ 42

On-line Register ........................................................................... 43

Syslog Management...................................................................... 44

System Monitor............................................................................ 45

System Management ...........................................................................47

Time: Setting system time............................................................. 47

Notification configuration............................................................... 48

Firmware Upgrade ........................................................................ 49

Schedule Power On/Off.................................................................. 49

Administrator Password................................................................. 50

Config Mgmt ................................................................................ 51

Factory Default............................................................................. 51

Reboot & Shutdown ...................................................................... 52

File System Check ........................................................................ 52

Wake-Up On LAN (WOL)................................................................ 54

SNMP Support.............................................................................. 54

UI Login Function ......................................................................... 55

System Network..................................................................................56

Networking .................................................................................. 56

DHCP/RADVD............................................................................... 57

Linking Aggregation ...................................................................... 58

Additional LAN.............................................................................. 60

Storage Management ..........................................................................61

Disks Information......................................................................... 61

RAID Information ......................................................................... 63

NAS Stacking ............................................................................... 77

ISO Mount ................................................................................... 83

Share Folder ................................................................................ 86

Folder and sub-folders Access Control List (ACL) .........................................90

iSCSI .......................................................................................... 92

iSCSI Thin-Provisioning ................................................................. 97

LUN ACL...................................................................................... 98

Advance Option...........................................................................100

High-Availability (N8900, N12000 series/N16000 series only) ...........101

User and Group Authentication..........................................................111

ADS/NT Support..........................................................................111

Local User Configuration...............................................................113

Local Group Configuration.............................................................115

Batch Create Users and Groups .....................................................117

User Quota .................................................................................118

User and Group Backup................................................................118

LDAP Support..............................................................................119

Network Service................................................................................119

Samba / CIFS .............................................................................119

AFP (Apple Network Setup)...........................................................120

NFS Setup ..................................................................................121

FTP ............................................................................................122

TFTP ..........................................................................................123

WebService.................................................................................124

UPnP..........................................................................................124

Bonjour Setting...........................................................................125

SSH ...........................................................................................125

DDNS.........................................................................................126

UPnP Port Management ................................................................127

Application Server.............................................................................128

iTunes® Server...........................................................................129

Module Installation ......................................................................129

Auto Module Installation ...............................................................130

Backup ..............................................................................................131

Dual DOM (N12000 series/N16000 series/N8900 series only)............131

Rsync Target Server ....................................................................132

Data Guard.................................................................................133

ACL Backup and Restore...............................................................144

Data Burn...................................................................................145

Thecus Backup Utility...................................................................148

Windows XP Data Backup .............................................................149

Apple OS X Backup Utilities...........................................................150

External Devices................................................................................ 150

Printers ......................................................................................150

Uninterrupted Power Source .........................................................155

Chapter 5: Tips and Tricks....................................................... 155

USB and eSATA Storage Expansion....................................................155

Remote Administration......................................................................156

Part I - Setup a DynDNS Account ..................................................157

Part II - Enable DDNS on the Router..............................................157

Part III - Setting up Virtual Servers (HTTPS)...................................157

Firewall Software Configuration........................................................157

Replacing Damaged Hard Drives .......................................................158

Hard Drive Damage .....................................................................158

Replacing a Hard Drive.................................................................158

RAID Auto-Rebuild.......................................................................158

Chapter 6: Troubleshooting ..................................................... 159

Forgot My Network IP Address..........................................................159

Can't Map a Network Drive in Windows XP ........................................159

Restoring Factory Defaults ................................................................159

Problems with Time and Date Settings..............................................160

Dual DOM Supports for Dual Protection(N12000 series/N16000

series/N8900 series only).................................................................160

Appendix A: Customer Support................................................ 161

Appendix B: RAID Basics......................................................... 162

Overview ...........................................................................................162

Benefits.............................................................................................162

Improved Performance.................................................................162

Data Security..............................................................................162

RAID Levels.......................................................................................162

Appendix C: How to open the top cover.................................... 165

N8900 series: ....................................................................................165

N12000 series: ..................................................................................166

N16000 series: ..................................................................................166

Overview ...........................................................................................167

What is Active Directory? ..................................................................167

ADS Benefits......................................................................................167

Appendix E: Licensing Information .......................................... 168

Overview ...........................................................................................168

Source Code Availability ....................................................................168

CGIC License Terms...........................................................................169

GNU General Public License...............................................................169

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

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

Package Contents

N8900/N12000/N16000 Series/N8800PRO V2 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

N6850/N8850/N10850/N7700PRO V2/N5550 The Thecus IP storage should contain the following common items:

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

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

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

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

N6850:

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

Front Panel

Item Description

1. Power Button  Power on/off N6850

2. USB Port  USB 2.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as digital cameras, USB disks, and USB printers.

3. USB Port  USB 3.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as digital cameras, USB disks, and USB printers.

4. LAN2 LED  Solid white: LAN2 Cable link

 Blinking : Network activity

5. LAN1 LED  Solid white: LAN1 Cable link

 Blinking : Network activity

6. USB LED  Solid white: USB busy

 Solid Red: USB error

7. System LED  Solid white: System is power on.

8. OLED  Displays system status and information

9. System Error LED

 Blinking RED: System error.

10. Down Button  Push to enter USB copy operation screen

11. Up Button  Push to scroll up when using the OLED display

12. Enter Button  Push to enter OLED operate password for basic system

setting

13. Escape Button  Push to leave the current OLED menu

N8850:

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

Front Panel

Item Description

1. Power Button  Power on/off N8850

2. USB Port  USB 2.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as digital

cameras, USB disks, and USB printers.

3. USB Port  USB 3.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as digital

cameras, USB disks, and USB printers.

4. LAN2 LED  Solid white: LAN2 Cable link

 Blinking : Network activity

5. LAN1 LED  Solid white: LAN1 Cable link

 Blinking : Network activity

6. USB LED  Solid white: USB busy

 Solid Red: USB error

7. System LED  Solid white: System is power on.

8. OLED  Displays system status and information

9. System Error

LED

 Blinking RED: System error.

10. Down Button  Push to enter USB copy operation screen

11. Up Button  Push to scroll up when using the OLED display

12. Enter Button  Push to enter OLED operate password for basic system

setting

13. Escape Button  Push to leave the current OLED menu

N10850:

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

Front Panel

Item Description

1. Power Button  Power on/off N10850

2. USB Port  USB 2.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as digital cameras, USB disks, and USB printers.

3. USB Port  USB 3.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as digital cameras, USB disks, and USB printers.

4. LAN2 LED  Solid white: LAN2 Cable link

 Blinking : Network activity

5. LAN1 LED  Solid white: LAN1 Cable link

 Blinking : Network activity

6. USB LED  Solid white: USB busy

 Solid Red: USB error

7. System LED  Solid white: System is power on.

8. OLED  Displays system status and information

9. System Error

LED

 Blinking RED: System error.

10. Down Button  Push to enter USB copy operation screen

11. Up Button  Push to scroll up when using the OLED display

12. Enter Button  Push to enter OLED operate password for basic system

setting

13. Escape Button  Push to leave the current OLED menu

N7700PRO V2:

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

Front Panel

Item Description

1.Power LED  Solid blue: System is power on.

2.System LED  Solid orange: system is being upgraded or system startup; data currently inaccessible

3.WAN/LAN1 LED  Solid green: network link

 Blinking green: network activity

4.LAN2 LED

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

5.USB Copy LED  Solid blue: files are being copied from a USB storage device

6.eSATA link LED  Solid blue: external eSATA device has connected

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

8.Power Button  Power on/off N7700PRO V2

9.Up Button ▲  Push to scroll up when using the LCD display

10.Down Button ▼  Push to enter USB copy operation screen

11.Enter Button   Push to enter LCD operate password for basic system setting

12.Escape Button

ESC

 Push to leave the current LCD menu

13.LCD Display  Displays current system status and warning messages

14.HDD Trays  Seven 3.5” SATA HDD trays

 Locks are provided for added security

N8800PRO V2:

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

Front Panel

Item Description

1.Power Button  Power on/off N8800PRO V2

2.Power LED  Solid green: System is power on.

3.Reboot Button  Press to system reboot

4.System fan alarm

LED

 Solid red: system fan failure notification

5. Mute button  Mute the system fan alarm.

6.USB Port

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

7.Up Button ▲  Push to scroll up when using the LCD display

8.Down Button ▼  Push to enter USB copy operation screen

9.Enter Button   Push to enter LCD operate password for basic system setting

10.Escape Button

ESC

 Push to leave the current LCD menu

N5550:

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

Front Panel

Item Description

1.System LED  Blinking orange: System is being upgraded or ;is starting up; data currently inaccessible

2.WAN/LAN1 LED

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

3.LAN2 LED

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

4.USB Copy LED  Solid blue: Files are being copied from a USB storage device

5.Syetem Warning LED  Solid RED: System error

6.Reset Button  Resets system configuration to default value.

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

8.Power Button/ Power

LED

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

9.Up Button ▲  Push to scroll up when using the LCD display.

10.Down Button ▼  Push to enter the USB copy operation screen.

11.Enter Button   Push to enter LCD administrator password to access basic system setting.

12.Escape Button ESC  Push to leave the current LCD menu.

13.LCD Display  Displays current system status and warning messages.

14.HDD Trays  Five 3.5” SATA HDD trays.

 Locks are provided for added security.

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 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.

N6850:

The N6850 rear panel features ports and connectors.

Back Panel

Item Description

1.Power Connector  Connect the included power cords to these connectors

2.Serial Port  This port is for external UPS device

3.eSATA Port  eSATA port for high-speed storage expansion

4.USB Port  USB 2.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as USB disks, and USB printers

5.USB Port  USB 3.0 port for compatible USB devices.

6.WAN/LAN1 Port  WAN/LAN1 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router

7.LAN2 Port  LAN2 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router

8.HDMI Port  For Video/Audio out

9.Line in  For Audio in

10. Line out  For Audio out

11. Mic input  Microphone input

12. User GPIO

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

functionality.

N8850:

The N8850 rear panel features ports and connectors.

Back Panel

Item Description

1.Power Connector  Connect the included power cords to these connectors

2.Serial Port  This port is for external UPS device

3.eSATA Port  eSATA port for high-speed storage expansion

4.USB Port  USB 2.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as USB disks, and USB printers

5.USB Port  USB 3.0 port for compatible USB devices.

6.WAN/LAN1 Port  WAN/LAN1 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router

7.LAN2 Port  LAN2 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router

8.HDMI Port  For Video/Audio out

9.Line in  For Audio in

10. Line out  For Audio out

11. Mic input  Microphone input

12. User GPIO

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

functionality.

N10850:

The N10850 rear panel features ports and connectors.

Back Panel

Item Description

1.Power Connector  Connect the included power cords to these connectors

2.Serial Port  This port is for external UPS device

3.eSATA Port  eSATA port for high-speed storage expansion

4.USB Port  USB 2.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as USB disks, and USB printers

5.USB Port  USB 3.0 port for compatible USB devices.

6.WAN/LAN1 Port  WAN/LAN1 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router

7.LAN2 Port  LAN2 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router

8.HDMI Port  For Video/Audio out

9.Line in  For Audio in

10.Line out  For Audio out

11.Mic input  Microphone input

12. User GPIO

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

functionality.

N7700PRO V2:

The N7700PRO V2 rear panel features ports and connectors.

Back Panel

Item Description

1.LAN2 Port  LAN2 port for connecting to a local Ethernet network through a switch or router.

2.WAN/LAN1 Port  WAN/LAN1 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router.

3.Serial Port  This port is for an external UPS device.

4.eSATA Port  eSATA port for high-speed storage expansion.

5.USB Port  USB 2.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as USB disks, and USB printers.

6.System Fan  System fan that exhausts heat from the unit.

7.Power Connector  Connect the included power cord to this connector.

N8800PRO V2:

The N8800PRO V2 rear panel features ports and connectors.

Back Panel

Item Description

1.Power Connector  Connect the included power cords to these connectors

2.Power Switch  Switch for power supply

3.eSATA Port  eSATA port for high-speed storage expansion

4.USB Port  USB 2.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as USB disks, and USB printers

5.Serial Port  This port is for external UPS device

6.WAN/LAN1 Port  WAN/LAN1 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router

7.LAN2 Port  WAN/LAN1 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router

N5550:

The N5550 rear panel features ports and connectors.

Back Panel

Item Description

1.Power Connector  Connect the included power cords to these connectors

2. WAN/LAN1 Port  WAN/LAN1 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router

3. LAN2 Port  LAN2 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router

4.USB Port  USB 2.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as USB disks, and USB printers

5.USB Port  USB 2.0 port for compatible USB devices.

6.eSATA Port  eSATA port for high-speed storage expansion

7.Line in  For Audio in

8. Line out  For Audio out

9. Mic input  Microphone input

10.System Fan  System fan that exhausts heat from the unit.

11.HDMI Port  For Video/Audio out

12.VGA Port  For Video out

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



N5550 WAN/LAN1 port

▲ N6850/N8850/N10850

WAN/LAN1 port

▲ N7700PRO V2

WAN/LAN1 port

▲ N8800PRO V2

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.

▲ N12000 series/N16000 series/N8900 series power socket

▲ N6850/N8850/N10850 power socket

▲ N7700PRO V2 power socket ▲ N8800PRO V2 power socket

N5550 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

N6850/N8850/N10850 power button N5550 power button

▲ N7700PRO V2 power button

▲ N8800PRO V2 power button

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.

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 IP storage at this point by clicking the Setup Other Device button. Press Exit to exit the wizard.

LCD Operation (N7700PRO V2/N8800PRO V2/N5550)

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

LCD Controls

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

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

LCD Controls

Icon Function Description

▲

Up Button Select the previous configuration settings option.

▼

Down Button USB copy confirmation display.

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

ESC Escape Escape and return to the previous menu.

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

Mode.

NOTE

The Thecus Setup Wizard 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.

Display Mode

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

Display Mode

Item Description

Host Name Current host name of the system. WAN/LAN1 Current WAN/LAN1 IP setting. LAN2 Current LAN2 IP setting. Link Aggregation Current Link Aggregation status System Fan1 Current system fan1 status. System Fan2 Current system fan2 status. CPU Fan Current CPU fan status 2009/05/22 12:00 Current system time. Disk Info Current status of disk slot has been installed RAID Current RAID status.

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

USB Copy

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

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

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

3. The LCD will display “USB Copy?”

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

connected to the front USB port.

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

Management Mode

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

To enter into Management Mode, press Enter () and an “Enter Password” prompt will show on the LCD.

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

Management Mode menu.

Management Mode

Item Description

WAN/LAN1 Setting IP address and netmask of your WAN/LAN1 ports. LAN2 Setting IP address and netmask of your LAN2 ports. Link Agg. Setting Select Load Balance, 802.3ad or Failover. Change Admin Passwd Change administrator’s password for LCD operation. Reset to Default Reset system to factory defaults. Exit Exit Management Mode and return to Display Mode.

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

V2/N5550)

OLED Operation

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

OLED Controls

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

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

OLED Controls

Icon Function Description

▲

Up Button Select the previous configuration settings option.

▼

Down Button USB copy confirmation display.

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

ESC Escape Escape and return to the previous menu.

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

Mode.

Display Mode

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

Display Mode

Item Description

Host Name Current host name of the system. WAN/LAN1 Current WAN/LAN1 IP setting. LAN2 Current LAN2 IP setting. Link Aggregation Current Link Aggregation status System Fan Current system fan status. CPU Fan Current CPU fan status 2009/05/22 12:00 Current system time. RAID Current RAID status.

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

USB Copy

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

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

NOTE

You can also change your LCD password using the Web Administration

Interface by navigating to System Management > Administrator

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

4: System Management.

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

3. The LCD will display “USB Copy?”

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

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

Typical Setup Procedure

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

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

Step 1: Network Setup

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

Chapter 4: System Network .

Step 2: RAID Creation

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

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

Don’t know which RAID level to use? Find out more about the different RAID levels from Appendix B: RAID Basics.

Step 3: Create Local Users or Setup Authentication

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

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

For more information on configuring Active Directory, see

Chapter 4: User and Group Authentication > ADS Support.

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

Directory Basics.

Step 4: Create Folders and Set Up ACLs

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

More information on managing folders, see

Chapter 4: Storage Management > Share Folder .

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

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

Step 5: Start Services

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

SMB/CIFS

Apple File Protocol (AFP)

Network File System (NFS)

File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

iTunes Server

Printer Server

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.

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.

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.

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.

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) 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:

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.

Syslog Management

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

Configuration with syslog server:

Configuration with syslog client and target to store locally:

Configuration with syslog client and target to store remotely:

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

Time

Item Description

Syslog Daemon Enable/Disable syslog daemon. Syslog service If Server has been selected then associated syslog folder will be

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

Target Choose Local then the all system log will be stored in associated

syslog folder filled in from next filed. And the syslog folder will have file “messages” to store all system logs. If Remotely has selected then syslog server is needed and IP address is required.

Syslog folder

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

Log Level It has ‘All”, “warning/error” and ‘Error” 3 different level can be

choose from.

Remote IP Address Input syslog server IP address while choose store syslog info

remotely.

System Monitor

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

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

It has divided into 4 sections and each section can be choose the desired monitor items by using drop down list from “Monitors” tab. Click on items you like to monitor. It is also capable to choose from “Graphic” to display graphically or “Details” in plain text mode.

If graphic mode has choose, it could also displayed for past 3 minute’s information by using click on X-axis. See example below:

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

share folder has been visited.

NOTE

The system monitor with graphic mode can

only have 2 sections been con-current use at same time.

System Monitor

Item Description

Save Layout Saving selected monitoring items. It will keep while visiting

next time. Reset Layout Set back to default setting with monitoring items. History Click on this check box and system monitor data will write

to designate path of RAID volume. Lock Layout All of monitoring items is fixed and cannot change. Click

again to unlock it.

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

with different duration for selection.

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.

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.

Notification Configuration

Item Description

Beep Notification Enable or disable the system beeper that beeps when a problem

WARNING

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

setup to access the NTP server.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 di sks, but

WILL revert all the settings to the factory default values.

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.

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.

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 for on board network ports or additional NIC as well as DHCP and link aggregation.

Networking

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

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

The available system network ports are coming from embedded of system and additionally added from reserved PCI-e slot with associated compatible list. Therefore, the screen shows above is example from Thecus N16000 with 3 GbE NIC on board and installed additional Intel PRO/1000 PT quad port NIC, it makes total 7 NIC ports for the system.

Network Configuration (Global parameter)

Item Description

Host name Host name that identifies the Thecus IP storage on the network. Domain name Specifies the domain name of Thecus IP storage. WINS Server To set a server name for NetBIOS computer. DNS Mode Select the DNS server is coming from DHCP server or manual input.

It has totally 3 DNS servers can be input. If choose DNS server is granted from DHCP server then it will refer to WAN/LAN1 port.

DNS Server 1,2,3 Domain Name Service (DNS) server IP address.

Network Configuration (NIC port)

Link speed Display associated NIC port link speed. Link status Display associated NIC port link status. MAC address MAC address of the network interface. Jumbo Frame Support Enable or disable Jumbo Frame Support of associate interface on your

Thecus IP storage.

IPv4/IPv6 Click to enable IPv4/IPv6 for TCP/IP. The default is IPv4 enabled. Mode It can choose a static IP or Dynamic IP. IP IP address of associate NIC interface.

Netmask/Prefix Length Input netmask for IPv4 and Prefix length for IPv6. Gateway Gateway for associate NIC. Default gateway It can be choose from drop down list of default gateway been used for the

Thecus IP storage.

DHCP/RADVD

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

status. And for each NIC it can be configured to act as DHCP/RADVD server if it is static IP been setup.

WARNING

Most Fast Ethernet (10/100) Switches/Routers do not sup port Jumbo Frame and you will not

be able to connect to your Thecus NAS after Jumbo Frame is turned on.

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

all other clients have Jumbo Frame Setting enabled.

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

DHCP/RADVD Server Configuration

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

DHCP Configuration

Item Description

DHCP/RADVD Server Enable or disable the DHCP/RADVD server to automatically

assign IP address to PCs connected to associate NIC interface. Start IP (IPv4) Specifies the lower IP address of the DHCP range. End IP in (IPv4) Specifies the highest IP address of the DHCP range. Default Gateway (IPv4) Specifies gateway for the DHCP server service. DNS Server 1,2,3 (IPv4) Displayed the DNS server IP address. Prefix (IPv6) Specifies prefix Prefix Length (IPv6) Specifies prefix length

Linking Aggregation

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

WARNING

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

address and End IP address (IPv4).

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

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

Click “Link” to confirm the selection. Then related screen will appear for more setting required to complete link aggregation configuration.

Link1 Configuration

Status Specific the network ports been used with associate link aggregation.

Click on to modify selected network ports.

Jumbo Frame Support Enable or disable Jumbo Frame Support of associate interface on your

Thecus IP storage.

Link Type Select from drop down list for desired mode. IPv4/IPv6 Click to enable IPv4/IPv6 for TCP/IP. The default is IPv4 enabled. Mode It has to be static IP with link aggregation been used. IP IP address of link aggregation. .

Netmask/Prefix Length Input netmask for IPv4 and Prefix length for IPv6. Gateway Gateway for associate link aggregation Default gateway It can be choose from drop down list of default gateway been used for the

Thecus IP storage.

Now under the networking, it will have “Link1” appear from network title bar.

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

to modify setting or click on to delete this link aggregation. It can

certainly create 2nd link aggregation by click if there are still available

network ports.

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 “Networking” category. Click the associated NIC to setup the details. Here is example to have Intel PRO/1000 PT Quad port installed from screen shot below.

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

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.

Disk No. Indicates disk location. Capacity Shows the SATA hard disk capacity. Model Displays the SATA hard disk model name. Link Displays the hard disk interface and link speed Firmware Shows the SATA hard disk firmware version. Status Indicates the status of the disk. Bad Block scan Yes to start scan Bad Block.

S.M.A.R.T. Information

On the 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 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 s tatus 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.

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.

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.

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.

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 b e 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.

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:

(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.

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

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

N12000 series

       

N16000 series

       

N8900 series         N6850        N8850         N10850         N7700PRO V2

      

N8800PRO V2

       

N5550      

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,

NOTE

Building a RAID volume may take time, depending 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.

but same write rate. RAID 1 requires a minimum of 2 disks.

RAID 5 Data striping and stripe error correction information provided.

RAID 5 requires a minimum of 3 disks. RAID 5 can sustain one failed disk.

RAID 6 Two independent parity computations must be used in order to

provide protection against double disk failure. Two different algorithms are employed to achieve this purpose. RAID 6 requires a minimum of 4 disks. RAID 6 can sustain two failed disks.

RAID 10 RAID 10 has high reliability and high performance. RAID 10 is

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

RAID 50 RAID 50 combines the straight block-level striping of RAID 0 with

the distributed parity of RAID 5. This is a RAID 0 array striped across RAID 5 elements. It requires at least 6 drives.

RAID 60 RAID 60 combines the straight block-level striping of RAID 0 with

the distributed double parity of RAID 6. That is, a RAID 0 array striped across RAID 6 elements. It requires at least 8 disks.

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

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

WARNING

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

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

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:

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

WARNING

Remove RAID destroys all data in the current RAID volume. The data is

unrecoverable.

Global Hot Spare

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.

Expanding a RAID

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

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

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

3. When you are done replacing hard drives, log on to Web Management. Navigate to Storage> RAID to open the RAID Configuration screen.

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

5. On the RAID Configuration screen, click Expand.

Migrating a RAID

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

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

2. A list of possible RAID migration configurations will be listed. Select the desired migration scheme and click Apply.

3. The system will begin migrating the RAID volume.

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

Storage products in maximum possible combination. The other model which has less HDD supported can refer web UI while RAID migration operated.

Below is a table listing of possible RAID migration schemes:

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

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:

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.

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

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.

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:

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 limited 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.

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:

 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.

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.

NOTE

If one user has bel onged 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.

2. From the drop down select the group you would like to search for the user in.

3. Click Search.

iSCSI

You may specify the space allocated for iSCSI. The iSCSI target is allowed per system as table blow:

Model N8900V

N5550

N8900PRO N12000V N16000V N7700PRO V2 N8800PRO V2

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.

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.

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. 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

”.

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.

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.

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.

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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