Thecus Technology M3800 User Manual

Thecus M3800

User’s Manual

Copyright and Trademark Notice

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About This Manual

All information in this manual has been carefu lly verified to ensure its correctn ess. 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 M3800 Manual Version: 1.1 Release Date: October 2008

Limited Warranty

Thecus Technology Corporation guarantees all components of Thecus M3800 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.

Safety Warnings

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

Read this manual thoroughly before attempting to set up your M3800. Your M3800 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 M3800 can operate normally under temperatures between 5°C and

40°C, with relative humidity of 0% – 80%. Using the M3800 under extreme environmental conditions could damage the unit.

Ensure that the M3800 is provided with the correct supply voltage (AC

100V ~ 240V, 50/60 Hz, 3A). Plugging the M3800 to an incorrect power source could damage the unit.

Do NOT expose the M3800 to dampness, dust, or corrosive liquids. Do NOT place the M3800 on any uneven surfaces. DO NOT place the M3800 in direct sunlight or expose it to other heat

sources.

DO NOT use chemicals or aerosols to clean the M3800. Unplug the power

cord and all connected cables before cleaning.

DO NOT place any objects on the M3800 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.

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

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

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

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

Chapter 1: Introduction................................................................. 8

Overview...............................................................................................8

Product Highlights.................................................................................8

File Server...........................................................................................8

FTP Server...........................................................................................8

Backup Server .....................................................................................8

Media Server .......................................................................................8

iTunes® Server....................................................................................9

Photo Gallery.......................................................................................9

Web Cam Server ..................................................................................9

Printer Server ......................................................................................9

Superior Power Management..................................................................9

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

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

Rear Panel...........................................................................................11

Chapter 2: Hardware Installation ................................................ 12

Overview.............................................................................................12

Before You Begin.................................................................................12

Hard Disk Installation .........................................................................12

Cable Connections ...............................................................................13

Chapter 3: First Time Setup......................................................... 14

Overview.............................................................................................14

Thecus Setup Wizard...........................................................................14

RAID Setup and Firmware Installation................................................17

Setting up the RAID............................................................................ 17

LCD Operation .....................................................................................18

LCD Controls......................................................................................18

Display Mode .....................................................................................18

USB Copy.................................................................................................18

Typical Setup Procedure......................................................................19

Step 1: Network Setup........................................................................ 19

Step 2: RAID Creation ......................................................................... 19

Step 3: Create Local Users or Setup Authentication.................................19

Step 4: Create Folders and Set Up ACLs ................................................19

Step 5: Start Services.........................................................................20

Chapter 4: System Management.................................................. 21

Overview.............................................................................................21

Web Administration Interface .............................................................21

Menu Bar .......................................................................................... 22

Language Selection .............................................................................22

Status Menu ........................................................................................23

Product Information............................................................................ 23

System Status ...................................................................................23

Printer Status.....................................................................................24

Wake-Up On Lan (WOL) ......................................................................24

Storage Management ..........................................................................25

SATA Information............................................................................... 25

eSATA Information .............................................................................25

USB Disk Information.......................................................................... 26

RAID Information ............................................................................... 26

RAID Configuration.............................................................................27

RAID Level ............................................................................................... 27

RAID Settings ........................................................................................... 28

Creating a RAID ........................................................................................ 28

Deleting a RAID ........................................................................................ 28

Folder Management ............................................................................ 29

Adding Folders.......................................................................................... 29

Editing Folders.......................................................................................... 30

Deleting Folders........................................................................................ 30

NFS Share................................................................................................ 30

Folder Access Control List (ACL) .................................................................. 31

Network Management .........................................................................32

WAN Configuration .............................................................................32

LAN Configuration...............................................................................33

DHCP Configuration ............................................................................ 33

WLAN Configuration............................................................................ 34

DDNS Configuration............................................................................ 35

Typical DDNS Configuration Procedure..........................................................35

Web Services Configuration..................................................................36

AFP (Apple Network Setup)..................................................................36

NFS Setup......................................................................................... 37

User and Group Management ..............................................................38

Local User Configuration......................................................................38

Adding Users ............................................................................................ 38

Modifying Users.........................................................................................39

Deleting Users .......................................................................................... 39

Local Groups Configuration .................................................................. 39

Adding Groups .......................................................................................... 39

Modifying Groups ......................................................................................40

Deleting Groups ........................................................................................40

ADS/NT Configuration .........................................................................40

System Settings ..................................................................................42

System Notifications ........................................................................... 42

System Logs......................................................................................42

Time and Date Settings....................................................................... 43

System Configuration Backup and Restore ............................................. 44

Module Management...........................................................................44

Reset to Factory Default Settings.......................................................... 45

Upgrading System Firmware ................................................................45

Change Administrator Password............................................................46

Reboot and Shutdown System..............................................................46

Scheduled Power On/Off......................................................................47

TV Setup...........................................................................................47

Logout ..............................................................................................47

Chapter 5: Additional Feature Setup............................................ 48

FTP Server...........................................................................................48

iTunes® Server....................................................................................49

Media Server .......................................................................................49

Adding Media Share Folders .................................................................50

Connecting DMAs to the Media Server ...................................................50

Download Manager..............................................................................51

Adding an HTTP Task .......................................................................... 52

Adding an FTP Task ............................................................................ 55

Adding a BT Task................................................................................59

Deleting Tasks ...................................................................................62

Scheduling Downloads.........................................................................62

Web Cam Server..................................................................................64

Web Cam Preview...............................................................................64

Adding a Web Cam Schedule................................................................65

Printer Server......................................................................................67

Windows XP SP2.................................................................................67

Windows Vista....................................................................................69

Chapter 6: Using the M3800 ........................................................ 72

Overview.............................................................................................72

Web User Interface .............................................................................72

Using WebDisk ....................................................................................73

Using Music Server..............................................................................74

Adding Music Files .............................................................................. 74

Playing Music Files.............................................................................. 74

Using Photo Gallery.............................................................................75

Managing Albums and Photos...............................................................75

Creating Albums.................................................................................75

Password Protecting Albums.................................................................75

Uploading Pictures to Albums ...............................................................76

Windows XP Publishing Wizard..............................................................76

EXIF Information................................................................................81

Slide Shows....................................................................................... 81

Mapping a Client PC to the M3800 .......................................................82

Windows ........................................................................................... 82

Apple OS X........................................................................................ 82

File Backup..........................................................................................84

Thecus Backup Utility..........................................................................84

Windows XP Data Backup ....................................................................85

Apple OS X Backup Utilities.................................................................. 85

Chapter 7: Tips and Tricks........................................................... 86

USB and eSATA Storage Expansion......................................................86

Adding a Spare Disk ............................................................................86

Remote Administration........................................................................86

Part I - Setup a DynDNS Account.......................................................... 87

Part II - Enable DDNS on the Router .....................................................87

Part III - Setting up Virtual Servers (HTTPS) ..........................................87

Firewall Software Configuration..........................................................87

Replacing Damaged Hard Drives .........................................................88

Hard Drive Damage ............................................................................88

Replacing a Hard Drive........................................................................ 88

RAID Auto-Rebuild.............................................................................. 88

File System Check ...............................................................................88

Chapter 8: Troubleshooting......................................................... 91

Forgot My Network IP Address............................................................91

Resetting NAS IP Address and Admin Password..................................91

Can't Map a Network Drive in Windows XP..........................................91

Restoring Factory Defaults..................................................................91

Problems with Time and Date Settings................................................91

Appendix A: Product Specifications ............................................. 93

Hardware Specifications......................................................................93

Software Specifications.......................................................................93

Appendix B: Customer Support.................................................... 95

Appendix C: RAID Basics ............................................................. 96

Overview.............................................................................................96

Benefits...............................................................................................96

Improved Performance........................................................................ 96

Data Security.....................................................................................96

RAID Levels.........................................................................................96

RAID 0..............................................................................................96

RAID 1..............................................................................................97

RAID 5..............................................................................................97

JBOD................................................................................................97

Stripe Size...........................................................................................97

Disk Usage ..........................................................................................97

Appendix D: Active Directory Basics............................................ 98

Overview.............................................................................................98

What is Active Directory? ....................................................................98

ADS Benefits........................................................................................98

Appendix E: Licensing Information.............................................. 99

Overview.............................................................................................99

Source Code Availability......................................................................99

CGIC License Terms...........................................................................100

GNU General Public License...............................................................100

Chapter 1: Introduction

Overview

Thank you for choosing the Thecus M3800 IP Storage Appliance. The Thecus M3800 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 3 Terabytes of storage is available. Gigabit Ethernet ports enhance network efficiency, allowing the M3800 to take over file management functions, increase applicatio n and data sharing and provide faster data response. The M3800 lets you hot swap working hard drives, securing the continuity of data in the event of hardware failure. The M3800 allows data consolidation and sharing between Windows (SMB/CIFS), UNIX/Linux, and Apple OS X environments. The M3800’s user-friendly GUI supports multiple languages.

Product Highlights

File Server

First and foremost, the M3800 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 6: Using the M3800 >

Web User Interface.

FTP Server

With the built-in FTP Server, friends, clients, and customers can upload and download files to your M3800 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 5: Additional Feature Setup > FTP

Server.

Backup Server

Don’t leave precious data to chance. With advanced backup capabilities, you can easily upload mission critical files to the M3800, and even automate your backup tasks for true peace-of-mind.

To find out how to backup your files with the M3800, refer to Chapter 6: Using the M3800 > File Backup.

Media Server

Mediabolic’s Embedded Media Server resides on the M3800 and aggregates personal media so that it was can be accessed by a variety of players, such as network TVs, IP set-top boxes, and digital media adapters. This software is DLNA Certified, which means that increased interoperability with oth er DL NA certified devices. The software also enables advanced digital rights management, an auto setup wizard, and auto-generating video thumbnails. Mediabolic’s Embedded Media Server makes accessing, sharing, and enjoying your media files easy.

To set up the Media Server, refer to Chapter 4: Additional Feature Setup >

Media Server.

iTunes® Server

Digital music is one of the hottest trends, and with the built-in iTunes® server, you can share your digital music files with every iTunes-equipped PC on your network. The iTunes Server is also incredibly easy to set up!

To set up the iTunes Server, refer to Chapter 4: Additional Feature Setup >

iTunes Server.

Photo Gallery

The Photo Gallery is a great way for friends and family to share precious memories of vacations, birthdays, and more. Users can upload pictures, and even create their own picture albums right on the N1200.

To set up the Photo Gallery, refer to Chapter 5: Using the M3800 > Using

Photo Gallery.

Web Cam Server

With the M3800’s Web Cam server, you can schedule the M3800 to capture images from a connected USB webcam at designated intervals.

To set up the Web Cam Server, refer to Chapter 5: Additional Feature Setup > Web Cam Server.

Printer Server

With the M3800’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 5: Additional Feature Setup >

Printer Server.

Superior Power Management

M3800 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.

To schedule system on and off, refer to Chapter 4: System Management >

System Settings > Reboot and Shutdown System > Scheduled Power

On/Off.

Package Contents

Your M3800 package should contain the following items:

z Thecus M3800 IP Storage Appliance z QIG z CD-Title z Ethernet Cable z Hard drive rails (located behind front panel) z Remote Control z AV cable x 2

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

Front Panel

The Thecus M3800’s front panel has the device’s controls, indicators, and hard disk trays:

Front Panel

Item Description

OSD LED • Solid blue: system is OSD on WAN LED

LAN LED

HDD 1 LED • Solid red: HDD failure

HDD 2 LED • Solid red: HDD failure

HDD 3 LED • Solid red: HDD failure

USB Port

Power Button • Power on/off M3800

LCD Display • Displays current system status and messages (Update time: 60

Down Button ▼ Up Button ▲

Enter Button ↵ Escape Button ESC • Push to leave the current LCD menu

• Solid green: network link

• Blinking orange: network activity

• Solid green: network link

• Blinking orange: network activity

• Blinking orange: HDD activity

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

cameras, USB disks, USB printers, and USB wireless dongles*

Note: For supported USB wireless dongles, please contact

support@thecus.com

• Solid blue: Device is powered on

seconds).

• Push to scroll DOWN when usin g the LCD display

• Push to scroll UP when using the LCD display

• Push to confirm information entered into the LCD displ ay

Rear Panel

The Thecus M3800’s rear panel features ports and connectors.

Back Panel

Item Description

eSATA Port • eSATA port for high-speed storage expansion USB Port • USB 2.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as digital

cameras, USB disks, and USB printers

WAN Port • WAN port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a

switch or router LAN Port • LAN port that can be used for connection sharing PCI Slot • Reserved for future Thecus propri etary expansion System Fan • System fan that exhausts heat from the unit Power Connector • Connect the included power cords to these connectors Reset Button

• Resets the M3800

• immediately press and hold the Reset button on the back for 5

seconds. This will reset your network setting, password, and

turn off Jumbo Frame Support.

Chapter 2: Hardware Installation

Overview

Your M3800 is designed for easy installation. To help you get started, the following chapter will help you quickly get your M3800 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 M3800.

3. Be careful not to use magnetized screwdrivers around the M3800’s electronic components.

Hard Disk Installation

The M3800 supports three standard 3.5” Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks. To install a hard disk into the M3800, follow the steps below:

1. Remove the front panel of the M3800.

2. Unscrew the thumbscrews which are securing the hard drive rails.

3. Remove the hard drive rails and install them to your SATA hard disk(s).

4. Slide hard disks into the M3800 until they snap into place.

5. Replace the thumbscrews.

6. Replace the M3800 front cover.

NOTE

If your HDD was part of a RAID 1 or 5 array previously, it automatically rebuilds. If you replace all the drives with higher capacity drives, you need to go to Administrator login and format the drives.

Cable Connections

To connect the M3800 to your network, follow the steps below:

1. Connect an Ethernet cable from your network to the WAN port on the back panel of the M3800.

2. Connect the provided power cord into the power socket on the back panel. Plug the other end of the cord into a surge protector socket.

3. Press the power button on the Front Panel to boot up the M3800.

Chapter 3: First Time Setup

Overview

Once the hardware is installed, physically connected to your network, and powered on, you can configure the M3800 so that it is accessible to your network users. Follow the steps below for initial softw are setup.

Thecus Setup Wizard

The handy Thecus Setup Wizard makes configuring M3800 a snap. To configure the M3800 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

NOTE

devices on your network. If none are found, please check your connection and refer to Chapter 8: Troubleshooting for assistance.

For MAC OS X users, double click on Thecus Setup Wizard 1.

1.99.dmg

4. Select the M3800 that you like to configure. Press Next to continue.

5. Login with the administrator account and password. The default account and password are both “admin”. Press Next to continue.

6. Name your M3800 and configure the network IP address. If your switch or router is configured as a DHCP Server, configuring the M3800 to automatically obtain an IP address is recommended. You may also use a static IP address and enter the DNS Server address manually. Press Next to continue.

7. Enable the desired services. Press Next to continue.

8. Select the RAID level you wish to use. Press Next to continue.

9. Change the default administrator password.

10. Access the M3800 Web Administrator Interface by pressing the Start Browser button. You can also configure another M3800 at this point by clicking the Setup Other Device button. Press Exit to exit the wizard.

NOTE

The Thecus Setup Wizard is designed for installation on systems running Windows XP/2000 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.

RAID Setup and Firmware Installation

Once the setup wizard has completed, you should now be inside the Web Admin Interface. From here, it is time to initialize your RAID sy stem and install the firmware for the M3800.

NOTE

Setting up the RAID

1. From the Web Admin Interface, navigate to Storage > RAID. The RAID Information screen appears.

The next steps are for first time setup only. If you have previously setup your M3800, you can skip this section of the setup process.

Click Config.

2. Select your desired RAID level, and check the checkboxes of the disks you wish to use in your array.

3. Select a stripe size – the default is 64K.

4. Click Create to create your selected RAID volume.

LCD Operation

The M3800 is 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 Down (▼), Up (▲), Enter (↵) and Escape (ESC) keys to select various configuration settings and menu options for M3800 configuration.

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

LCD Controls

Icon Function Description

▼ ▲

↵

ESC Escape Escape to give up USB copy.

Down Button Select the previous configuration settings option. Up Button Select the next configuration settings option. Enter Enter to display USB copy operation.

Press and hold for 3 seconds to turn off the LCD’s backlight. Press any button to switch the backlight back on.

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 Current WAN IP setting. LAN Current LAN IP setting. RAID Current RAID status. System Fan Current system fan status. Temperature Current system temperature. Date/Time Current system date and time Up Time The system power on time since last start

The M3800 will rotate these messages every three seconds on the LCD display.

If the RAID array is in a degraded state, the LCD display will be stopped in display

NOTE

mode and show which disk is degraded in the array: RAID: Degraded [Disk #]

USB Copy

The USB Copy function enables you to copy files stored on USB devices such

disks and digital cameras to the M3800 with a press of a button. To use

US USB

follow the steps below:

copy,

1. Plug your USB device into an available USB port on

the Front Panel.

2. In Displ e, press the Enter (

ay Mod

↵).

3. The LCD will display “USB Copy?”

4. Press Enter (

↵) and the M3800 will start copying USB disks connected to

the front USB port. The LCD will display the USB copy progress and result s.

Typical Setup Procedure

From the Web Administration Interface, you can begin to setup your M3800 for

se on your network. Setting up the M3800 typically follows the five steps

u outlined below.

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

System Management >

Step 1: Network Setup

From

the Web Administration Interface, you can configure the network settings of

e M3800 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 Management >

Step 2: RAID Creation

Next, administrators can configure their preferred RAID settin R

AID volume. You can access RAID settings from the menu bar of the Web

Administration Interface by navigating to Storage > RAID. F

or more information on configuring RAID, see Chapter 4: System

Management > RAID Configuration. Don’t know which RAID level to use? Find out more about the different RAID

levels from Appendix C: RAID Basics.

Web Administration Interface.

Network Management.

g and build their

Step 3: Create Local Users or Setup Authentication

nce the RAID is ready, you can begin to create local users for the M3800, or

choose to setup authentication protocols such as Active Directory (AD). F

or more on managing users, go to Chapter 4: System Management > User

and Group Management.

or more information on configuring Active Directory, see Chapter 4: System

Management > User and Group Management > ADS/NT Configuration.

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

Directory Basics.

Step 4: Create Folders and Set Up ACLs

Once u fo Lists.

Folder Management.

To find out about configuring Folder Access Control Lists, see Chapter 4: System Management > Folder Management > Folder Access Control List (ACL).

sers are introduced into your network, you can begin to create various

lders on the M3800 and control user access to each using Folder Access Control

ore information on managing folders, see Chapter 4: System Management >

Step 5: Start Services

Finally, you can start to setup the different services of the M3800 for the users on your network. You can find out more about each of these services by clicking below:

Windows Networking (SMB/CIFS) iTunes® Server

Apple File Protocol (AFP) Media Server

Network File System (NFS) Web Cam Server

File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Printer Server

Chapter 4: System Management

Overview

The M3800 provides an easily accessible Web Administration Interface. With it, you can configure and monitor the M3800 anywhere on the network.

Web Administration Interface

Make sure your network is connected to the Internet. To access the M3800 Web Administration Interface:

1. Type the M3800’s 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

Once you are logged in as an administrator, you will see the Web Administration Interface. From here, you can configure and monitor virtually every aspect of the M3800 from anywhere on the network.

NOTE

factory defaults are: User Name: admin

Password: admin

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

Your computer’s network IP address must be on the same subnet as the M3800. If the M3800 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.

Menu Bar

The Menu Bar is where you will find all of the information screens and system settings of the M3800. The various settings are placed in the following groups on the menu bar:

Menu Bar

Item Description

Status Current system status of the M3800. Storage Information and settings for storage devices installed into the

M3800.

Network Information and settings for network connections, as well as

various services of the M3800. Accounts Allows configuration of users and groups. System Various M3800 system settings and information. Language Choose your preferred language here.

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 functi on, a n d how to configure your M3800.

Language Selection

The M3800 supports multiple languages, including:

• English

• French

• German

• Italian

• Traditional Chinese

• Simplified Chinese

• Japanese

• Korean

• Spanish

On the menu bar, click Language and the Change Language screen appears. This screen allows you to select preferred language for the M3800. Press Apply to confirm your selection.

Status Menu

The Status Menu on the menu bar allows you to see various aspects of the M3800. From here, you can discover the status of the M3800, and even find out other details like firmware version and up time.

Product Information

Once you login, you will first see the basic

Product Information screen providing Manufacturer, Product No., Firmware Version, and Up Time information.

Product 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. APP version Shows the current application pack version. Up time Displays the total run time of the system.

To access this screen again, navigate to Status > About.

System Status

From the Status menu, choose the System item, and the System Status screen appears. These screens provide basic system status information.

System Status

Item Description

CPU Loading (%) Displays current CPU workload of the M3800. Fan RPM Displays the current speed of the system fan. Up Time Shows how long the system has been running.

Printer Status

From the Status menu, choose the Printer item, and the Printer Information screen appears. This screen provides the following information about the USB printer connected to the USB port.

Printer Status

Item Description

Manufacturer Displays the name of the USB printer manufacturer. Model Displays the model of the USB printer. Status Displays the status of the USB printer. Printer Queue Click to remove all documents from printer queue

If a corrupt print job is sent to a printer, printing may suddenly fail. If your print jobs seem to be locked up, pressing the Remove All Documents button to clear the print queue may resolve the issue.

For information on how to set up the Printer Server, refer to Chapter 5: Additional Feature Setup > Printer Server.

Wake-Up On Lan (WOL)

The M3800 has the ability to be awoken from sleep mode via WAN or LAN.

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

WAN and Wake-up On LAN.

Wake-up On Lan Configuration

Item Description

WAN Enable or Disable Wake-up On WAN. LAN Enable or Disable Wake-up On LAN. Apply Click Apply to save changes.

Storage Management

The Storage Menu displays the status of storage devices installed in the M3800, and includes storage configuration options such as RAID and disk settings, folder configuration settings.

SATA Information

From the Storage menu, choose the SATA item and the Disks Information screen appears. From here, you can see various items about installed SATA hard disks. Blank lines indicate that a SATA hard disk is not currently installed in that particular disk slot. If there is a problem with a disk, a Failed message will be displayed in the Status column.

Disks Information

Item Description

Disk No. Indicates disk location. Capacity Shows the SATA hard disk capacity. Model Displays the SATA hard disk model name. Firmware Shows the SATA hard disk firmware version. Status Indicates the status of the disk. Can read OK, Warning, or

Failed. Total Capacity Shows the total SATA hard disk capacity. Disk Power Management

The administrator can set the disk to power down after a period

of inactivity.

NOTE

When the Status shows Warning, it usually means there are b disk. It is shown only as a precaution and you should consi

eSATA Information

From the Storage menu, choose the eSATA item and the eSATA Information screen appears. From here, you can see various items about the eSATA hard disk connected to the M3800, including capacity, used percentage, and model and firmware version. You can even format the connected eSATA hard disk from this menu.

ad sectors on the hard

der changing the drives.

eSATA Information

Item Description

Model Displays the eSATA hard disk model name. Capacity Shows the eSATA hard disk capacity in megabytes (MB). Used Percentage Shows the capacity remaining on the eSATA hard disk in

percentage (%) and megabytes (MB). Firmware Shows the eSATA hard disk firmware version. Format Press Format to format your eSATA hard disk. Eject Press Eject to unmount the eSATA hard disk.

WARNING

Formatting will destroy all data on your eSATA hard disk. This data is not recoverable.

USB Disk Information

From the Storage menu, choose the USB item and the USB Information screen appears. From here, you can see various items about USB disks connected to the M3800.

USB Information

Item Description

Disk No. Number assigned to each USB disk. Capacity (MB) Shows the capacities of each USB disk in megabytes (MB). Model Displays the model names of each USB disk. Firmware Shows the firmware version of each USB disk. Status Shows the status of each USB disk. An Eject button appears

beside each USB disk. Press this button before removing the

USB disk. Refresh Press Refresh to rescan the status of the USB disks.

RAID Information

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

This screen lists the RAID volume currently residing on the M3800. From this screen, you can get information about the status of your RAID volume, as well as the status, used percentage, and stripe size.

To configure your RAID settings, press the

Config button to go to the RAID Configuration screen.

RAID Information

Item Description

RAID Level Shows the current RAID configuration. Total Capacity Total capacity of the current RAID. Status Indicates status of the RAID. Can read either Healthy,

Degraded, or Damaged. Used Percentage Indicates total percentage used of the RAID volume. Stripe Size Indicates the current stripe size being used. Remaining Time Indicates the time remaining until the RAID volume is built. Config Press this to configure RAID volumes.

RAID Configuration

On the RAID List screen, press the RAID Config button to go to the RAID

Configuration screen. In addition to RAID disk information and status, this screen lets you make RAID configuration settings.

For more information on RAID, see

Appendix C: RAID Basics.

RAID Level

You can set the storage volume as JBOD, RAID 0, RAID 1, or RAID 5. RAID configuration is usually required only when you first set up the device. A brief description of each RAID setting follows:

RAID Levels

Level Description

JBOD The storage volume is a single HDD with no RAID support. JBOD

requires a minimum of 1 disk. RAID 0 Provides data striping but no redundancy. Improves

performance but not data safety. RAID 0 requires a minimum of

2 disks. RAID 1 Offers disk mirroring. Provides twice the read rate of single

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

disks. RAID 5 Data striping and stripe error correction information provided.

Excellent performance and good fault tolerance. RAID 5 requires

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

RAID Settings

Using RAID Settings, you can select stripe size, choose which disks are RAID disks or the Spare Disk, as well as enter a name for each disk.

RAID Settings

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. RAID Check the boxes of the hard drives you wish to add to the

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

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

storage volume. Remove RAID Click to remove the RAID volume. All user data, iSCSI, and

Target USB data will be removed. Cancel Press this button to exit without saving changes.

Creating a RAID

To create a RAID volume, follow the steps below:

1. On the RAID Configuration screen, set the RAID storage space as JBOD, RAID 0, RAID 1, or RAID 5, — see Appendix C: RAID Basics for a detailed description of each.

2. Tick the checkboxes of the hard disks you wish to use to create a RAID.

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

4. Press Create to build the RAID storage volume.

NOTE

Building a RAID storage space may take time, depending o and RAID mode.

n the size of hard drives

WARNING

Creating RAID destroys all data in the current RAID. The data is unrecoverable.

With a RAID 1 volume, you can also add a spare disk after the RAID is created. See Chapter 7: Tips and Tricks > Adding a Spare Disk for details.

Deleting a RAID

To delete 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 Config to open the RAID Configuration screen.

2. On the RAID Configuration screen, click Remove.

3. The system automatically rebuilds and you can create a new RAID.

WARNING

Removing RAID destroys all data in the current RAID. The data is unrecoverable.

Folder Management

From the Storage menu, choose Folder, and the Folder screen appears. This screen allows you to create and configure folders on the M3800 volume.

Folder

Item Description

Folder name Displays the name of the folder. Description Provides a description of the folder. NFS Share Press NFS Share to configure which hosts on the network are

allowed to access this folder using NFS.

ACL Press ACL (Access Control List) to configure which users have

access to this folder.

Edit Press Edit to enter the Edit screen and modify the folder’s

name and description.

Del Press Del to delete the folder. A prompt appears asking to

confirm the deletion.

Add Press Add to enter the Add Folder screen.

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. Press Back to return to the Folder screen.

Add Folder

Item Description

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. Back Press Back to return to the Folder screen.

NOTE

Folder names are limited to 60 characters. Systems running Windows 98 or earlier may not support file names longer than 15 characters.

Editing Folders

On the Folder screen, press the Edit button and the Edit Folder screen appears. This screen allows you to change folder information. After entering the information, press Submit to apply the changes. Press Back to return to the

Folder screen.

Edit Folder

Item Description

Share Name Enter the name of the (Share) folder. Description Provide a description the folder. Browseable Enable or disable users from browsing the folder contents. Public Admit or deny public access to this folder. Submit Press Submit to save your changes. Back Press Back to return to the Folder screen.

Deleting Folders

To delete a folder, press the Del button from the specified folder row. The system will confirm folder deletion. Press OK to delete the folder permanently or Cancel to go back to the folder list.

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. Click Add to access the New NFS Share dialogue.

Add

NFS Share

Item Description

Hostname Enter the name of the Host or IP address Privilege Host has either read only or writeable access to the folder. Access as Access the data as a Root User or an Anonymous User. Apply Click to save your changes. Back Click to exit without saving changes.

Folder Access Control List (ACL)

On the Folder screen, press the ACL button, and the Access Control List screen appears. This screen allows you to configure access to the specific folder 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 Submit button to confirm your settings.

Access Control List

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.

Remove Removes the selected user or group from the column in order to

reset their access privileges. Submit Submits and confirms settings. Reset Cancel your settings and return to the Folder screen.

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 Submit to submit and confirm your ACL settings.

Network Management

Use the Network menu to make network configuration settin gs as well as service support settings.

WAN Configuration

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

WAN Configuration

Item Description

Host name Host name that identifies the M3800 on the network. Domain name Specifies the domain name of the M3800. MAC Address MAC address of the network interface. Jumbo Frame Support Enable or disable Jumbo Frame Support of the WAN interface on

your M3800.

WAN Port Enable or disable the M3800 from obtaining in IP address via

DHCP server. If you require a static IP, disable this feature and

input your network configuration. IP IP address of the WAN interface. Netmask Gateway Default Gateway IP address. DNS Server Domain Name Service (DNS) server IP address. IP Sharing Mode When enabled, PCs connected to the LAN port will be able to

WARNING

Network mask, which is generally: 255.255.255.0

access the WAN. Default is Enabled.

• Only use Jumbo Frame settings when operating in a Gigabit environment where all other clients have Jumbo Frame Setting enabled.

• Enabling DHCP automatically turns on UPnP—see the Service Support Screen.

• If you are only using the WAN port, we suggest that you disable IP Sharing Mode. This will result in higher throughput.

• A correct DNS settin

Most Fast Ethernet (10/100) Switches/Routers do not support Jumbo Frame and you will not be able to connect to you r M3800 af ter Jumbo Frame is turned on. If this happens, turn off the M3800. Then, power on the M3800 and immediately press and hold the Reset button on the back of the unit for 5 seconds. This will reset your network settings, password, and turn off Jumbo Frame Support.

is vital to networks services, such as SMTP and NTP.

LAN Configuration

The M3800 supports two Gigabit Ethernet ports for higher service availability. To configure these ports, choose LAN from the

Network menu, and the LAN Configuration screen appears. Press

Apply to save your changes.

LAN Configuration

Item Description

MAC Address Displays the MAC address of the LAN interface. Jumbo Frame Support Enable or disable Jumbo Frame Support on the LAN interface. IP Specifies the IP address of the LAN interface. Netmask Specifies the Network Mask of the LAN interface.

NOTE

Before enabling Jumbo Frame Support, please make sure your network equipment supports Jumbo Frame. If your equipment is incompatible, you might not be able to connect to your M3800. In this case, you have to reset the system back to default by the holding down front panel reset button for 5 seconds during boot up process.

DHCP Configuration

A DHCP server can be configured to assign IP addresses to devices connected to the LAN port. To configure these ports, choose LAN from the Network menu.

DHCP Configuration

Item Description

DHCP Server Enable or disable the DHCP server to automatically assign IP

address to PCs connected to the LAN interface. Start IP Specifies the starting IP address of the DHCP range. End IP Specifies the ending IP address of the DHCP range. DNS Server Specifies the DNS server IP address.

NOTE

WARNING

The IP Segment of WAN and LAN should not overlap.

The IP address of the LAN interface should not be in the range of the Start IP address and End IP address.

WLAN Configuration

When a compatible wireless USB dongle is installed on the M3800, the M3800 will become an access point, and the Network dropdown menu will contain a WLAN menu item. From the Network menu, choose WLAN, and the WLAN Configuration screen appears. This screen displays the wireless network parameters of the system. You can to change any of these items and press Apply to confirm your settings.

NOTE

WLAN Configuration

Item Description

MAC Address Displays the MAC Address of the USB wireless dongle. IP Specifies the IP address of the network connection. Netmask ESSID The ESSID (Extended Service Set Identification) is the

ESSID Broadcast Specifies whether the ESSID will be broadcasted by the M3800.

Channel The channel that the M3800 uses to communicate with client

Auth Mode Authentication mode used by the M3800.

WEP Enable Specifies whether to use encryption for transmission or not. Key Length Key l ength specifies the level of encryption used by the M3800.

WEP KEY 1 WEP KEY 2 WEP KEY 3 WEP KEY 4

A DHCP server can be configured to assign IP addresses to devices connected to LAN ports.

WLAN DHCP Configuration

Item Description

DHCP Server Select to enable or disable DHCP server. Start IP Specifies the starting IP address of the DHCP range. End IP Specifies the ending IP address of the DHCP range. DNS Server Specifies the DNS server IP address.

• Currently supported USB wireless dongles are: 3Com 3CRUSB10075, Zyxel G220USB, PCI GW-US54mini.

• USB dongles have to be connected before the M3800 is powered up.

Specifies the network mask, which is generally: 255.255.255.0

identifying name of a wireless network.

This will prevent the Access Point from broadcasting the ESSID. The M3800 will still respond to a wireless device that wants to communicate if it sends a matching ESSID.

devices.

Shared: Shared key authentication Open: Open key authentication

64 bit: 10 characters from 0 ~ 9 and A ~ F. 128 bit: 26 characters from 0 ~ 9 and A ~ F. Input up to 4 WEP keys, and select the one you wish to use. When connecting, be sure to enter the same key and select the same index number on each client machine.

NOTE

The IP Segment of WLAN, WAN and LAN should not overlap.

NOTE

Users should obey the international RF regulatory rules as they set up the wireless RF channel on the M3800. The RF operating channels for different regions have been specified as following. Thecus has no responsibility for users attempting to violate the international RF regulation.

11 N. America 14 Japan 13 Europe (ETSI) 2 Spain 4

France

DDNS Configuration

From the Network menu, choose the DDNS item, and the DDNS Support screen appears. You can change any of these items and press Apply to confirm your settings. A description of each item follows:

DDNS Support

Item Description

DDNS Enable or disable DDNS support. Register Enter your desired DDNS server here. User Name Enter your user name. Password Enter your password or DDNS key. Domain Name Enter your host name (i.e. www.M3800.dyndns.org) Apply Click to save your changes.

Typical DDNS Configuration Procedure

To setup DDNS on your M3800, follow the steps below:

1. Go to http://www.dyndns.org from your home PC.

2. Click on the Sign Up Now link.

3. Check the check boxes, select a user name (i.e.: M3800), enter your email address (i.e.: xxx@example.com), check Enable Wildcard, and create a password (i.e.: xxxx).

4. Wait for an email from www.dyndns.org.

5. Open the email and click on the link to activate your account.

6. Once your account is activated, enter the DDNS server, user name, password, and host name into the DDNS Support screen.

7. Click Apply to save your changes.

Web Services Configuration

From the Network menu, choose the Service item, and the Web Service screen appears. This screen displays the service support parameters of the system. You can change any of these items and press Apply to confirm your settings. A description of each item follows:

NOTE

Web Service

Item Description

HTTP (WebDisk) Support HTTPs (Secure WebDisk) Support UPnP Enable or disable Universal Plug and Play protocol. UPnP helps to

Disable HTTP support and Enable Secure HTTP support to guarantee secure access.

Enable or disable WebDisk support. Enter the port number if this option is enabled. Enable or disable secure WebDisk support. Enter the port if this option is enabled.

find the IP address of the M3800.

AFP (Apple Network Setup)

From the Network menu, choose the AFP item, and the AFP Configuration screen appears. This screen displays the configuration items for the Apple Filing Protocol. You can change any of these items and press Apply to confirm your settings. A description of each item follows:

Apple Network Configuration

Item Description

AFP Server Enable or disable Apple File Service to use the M3800 with MAC

OS-based systems.

MAC CHARSET If your operating system does not support Unicode (e.g. MAC

OS9/8), select the same language as your OS here in order to properly view the files and directories on the server.

Zone Specifies Zone for Applet Talk service.

If your AppleTalk network uses extended networks and is assigned with multiple zones, assign a zone name to the M3800. If you do not want to assign a network zone, enter an asterisk (*) to use the default setting.

NFS Setup

From the Network menu, choose the NFS item, and the NFS Support screen appears. The M3800 can act as an NFS server, enabling users to download and upload files with their favorite NFS clients. Press Apply to confirm your settings. A description of each item follows:

NFS Support

Item Description

NFS Enable or Disable NFS support. Apply Click Apply to save your changes.

User and Group Management

The M3800 has built-in user database that allows administrators to manage user access using different group policies. From the Accounts menu, you can create, modify, and delete users, and assign them to groups that you designate.

Local User Configuration

From the Accounts menu, choose the Users item, and the Local User Configuration screen appears. This screen

allows you to Add, Modify, and Delete local users.

Local User Configuration

Item Description

Add Press the Add button to add a user to the list of local users. Modify Press the Modify button to modify a local user. Delete Press the Delete button to delete a selected user from the

system.

Adding Users

1. Click on the Add button on Local User Configuration screen, and Local User Setting screen appears.

2. On the Local User Setting screen, enter a name in the User Name box.

3. Enter a password in the Password box and re-enter the password in the Confirm box.

4. Select which group the user will belong to. Group Members is a list of groups this user belongs to. Group List is a list of groups this user does not belong to. Use the << or >> buttons to have this user join or leave a group.

5. Press the Apply button and the user is created.

NOTE

All users are automatically assigned to the ‘users’ group.

Modifying Users

1. Select an existing user from the Local User Configuration screen.

2. Click on the Modify button, and Local User Setting screen appears.

3. From here, you can enter a new password and re-enter to confirm, or use the << or >> buttons to have this user join or leave a group. Click the Apply button to save your changes.

Deleting Users

1. Select an existing user from the Local User Configuration screen.

2. Click on Delete button and the user is deleted from the system.

Local Groups Configuration

From the Accounts menu, choose the Groups item, and the Local Groups Configuration screen appears. This screen allows you to Add, Modify, and Delete local groups.

Local Groups Configuration

Item Description

Add Press the Add button to add a user to the list of local groups. Modify Press the Modify button to delete a selected group from the

system.

Delete Press the Delete button to delete a selected group from the

system.

Adding Groups

1. On the Local Group Configuration screen, click on the Add button.

2. The Local Group Setting screen appears.

3. Enter a Group Name, and select users to be in this group from the Users List by adding them to the Members List using the << button.

4. Click the Apply button to save your changes.

Modifying Groups

1. On the Local Group Configuration screen, select a group name from the list.

2. Press the Modify button to modify the members in a group.

3. To add a user into a group, select the user from the Users List, and press the << button to move the user into the Members List.

4. To remove a user from a group, select the user from Members List, and press the >> button.

5. Click the Apply button to save your changes.

Deleting Groups

1. On the Local Group Configuration screen, select a group name from the list.

2. Press Delete to delete the group from the system.

ADS/NT Configuration

If you have a Windows Active Directory Server (ADS) or Windows NT server to handle the domain security in your network, you can simply enable the ADS/NT support feature; the M3800 will connect with the ADS/NT server and get all the information of the domain users and groups automatically. From the Accounts menu, choose

Authentication item and the ADS/NT Support screen appears. You can to change

any of these items and press Apply to confirm your settings. A description of each item follows:

ADS/NT Support

Item Description

WINS Server Specifies the WINS server if necessary. Work Group / Domain Name ADS/NT Support Select Disable to disable authentication through Windows Active

Authentication Method Select ADS for Windows Active Directory Server, or select NT for

ADS/NT Server Name Specifies the ADS/NT server name (e.g. adservername). ADS/NT Realm Specifies the ADS/NT realm (e.g. example.com). Administrator ID Enter the administrators ID of Windows Active Directory or

Administrator Password Confirm Password For re-entering password to confirm.

Specifies the SMB/CIFS Work Group / ADS Domain Name (e.g. M3800).

Directory Server or Windows NT.

Windows NT

Windows NT, which is required for M3800 to join domain. Enter the ADS/NT Administrator password.

To join an AD domain, you can use the example below to configure the M3800:

AD Domain Example Item Information

Work Group / Domain Name ADS Support ADS Server Name ADS/NT Realm Administrator ID Administrator Password Confirm Password

Thecus

Enable ADServer thecus.com Administrator ***********

***********

NOTE

• The DNS server specified in the WAN configuration page should be able to correctly resolve the ADS server name.

• The time zone setting between M3800 and ADS should be identical.

• The system time difference between M3800 and ADS should be less than five minutes.

• The Administrator Password field is for the password of ADS (Active Directory Server), not the M3800.

System Settings

The System menu gives you a wealth of settings that you can use to configure your M3800’s system administration functions. You can set up system notifications, view system logs, and even upgrade firmware from this menu.

System Notifications

From the System menu, choose the

Notification item, and the Notification Configuration screen appears. This screen

lets you have the M3800 notify you in case of any system malfunction. Press Apply to confirm all settings. See following table for a detailed description of each item.

NOTE

Notification Configuration

Item Description

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

Email Notification Enable or disable email notifications of system problems. SMTP Server Specifies the hostname/IP address of the SMTP server. Port Specifies the port to send outgoing notification emails. Auth Type Select the SMTP Server a ccount authentication type. SMTP Account ID Set the SMTP Server Email account ID. Account Password Enter a new password. Confirm Account Password Receiver’s E-mail Address Test E-Mail Click to send out a test e-mail to make sure the settings are

Consult with your mail server administrator for email server information.

occurs.

Confirm a new password.

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

correct.

System Logs

From the System menu, choose the 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:

System Logs

Item Description

Truncate All Log File Clear all log files. |<< < > >>| Use the forward ( > >>| ) and backward ( |<< < ) buttons

to browse the log pages.

INFO Provides all log information including warni n g messages and

error messages. WARN Shows all warning messages and error messages. ERROR Shows only error messages. GO Specify the number of lines per page and press Go. Ascending Shows logs by date in ascending order. Descending Sh ows logs by date in descending order. Download All Log File Export all logs to an external file.

Time and Date Settings

From the System 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 the M3800 with an NTP (Network Time Protocol) Server. You can change any of these items and press Apply to confirm your settings.

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 Server Select Yes to allow the M3800 to synchronize with the NTP

server shown below.

Select Manually to allow the M3800 to synchronize with an NTP

server of your choice.

Select No to not have the M3800 to synchronize with an NTP

server.

WARNING

If an NTP server is selected, please make sure your M3800’s network has been setup to access the NTP server.

System Configuration Backup and Restore

From the System 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.

NOTE

System Configuration Download/Upload

Item Description

Download Save and export the current system configuration. Browse Click to browse for the configuration file you wish to import. Upload Import a saved configuration file to overwrite current system

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.

configuration.

Module Management

From the System menu, choose the

Module Mgmt item and the Module Management screen appears. From here,

you can install separate software modules to extend the functionality of your M3800.

NOTE

Module Management

Item Description

Name Displays the name of the module. Version Displays the module version. Description The description of the module. Enable Displays whether the module has been enabled or not. Status Di splays the status of the module. Uninstall Click to uninstall the module. Enable (button) Click to enable a module. Disable Click to disable a modul e. Browse Click to browse the folder of your PC to locate the module files. Install Click to install the listed module into your M3800

Modules can potentially harm your system. Only install modules from your vendor, or publishers you can trust.

Reset to Factory Default Settings

From the System menu, choose the

Factory Default item and the Reset to Factory Default screen appears. Press

Apply to reset the M3800 to factory default settings. Press Cancel to go back to the main menu.

WARNING

Resetting to factory defaults will not erase the data stored in the hard disks, but WILL revert all the settings to the factory default values.

Upgrading System Firmware

From the System 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.

NOTE

WARNING

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

• Check Thecus website for the lat est firmware release and release notes.

• Downgrading firmware is not permitted.

Do NOT turn off the system during the firmware upgrade catastrophic result that may render the system inoperable.

process. This will lead to a

Change Administrator Password

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

Change Administrator 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.

Reboot and Shutdown System

From the System menu, choose Reboot & Shutdown item, and the Shutdown/Reboot System screen

appears. Press Reboot to restart the system or Shutdown to turn the sy

stem off.

Scheduled Power On/Off

You may also designate a schedule for the M3800 to turn on and off. To do this, first enable the feature by checking the Enable Timer 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. 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.

TV Setup

One of very unique feature of M3800 is HDMI/AV out direct connection to TV. They are varies options can be setup, please refer the document “M3800 OSD User’s Manual” for more details.

Logout

To logout of the Web Administration Interface, navigate to System > Logout.

Chapter 5: Additional Feature Setup

FTP Server

M3800 can act as a FTP server, enabling users to download and upload files with their favorite FTP programs. From the Network menu, choose the FTP item, and the FTP screen appears. You can change any of these items and press Apply to confirm your settings. A description of each item follows:

FTP

Item Description

FTP Enable FTP Service on the M3800. Port Specifies the port number of an incoming connection on a non-

standard port.

FTP ENCODE If your FTP client or operating system does not support Unicode

(e.g. Windows® 95/98/ME or MAC OS9/8), select the same encoding as your OS here in order to properly view the files and directories on the server. Available options are BIG5, HZ,

GB2312, GB18030, ISO, EUC-JP, SHIFT-JIS and UTF-8. Allow Anonymous FTP Access

Auto Rename If checked, the system will automatically rename files that are

Upload Bandwidth You may set the maximum bandwidth allocated to file uploads.

Download Bandwidth You may set the maximum bandwidth allocated to file

NOTE

To access the share folder on the M3800, use the appropriate user login and password set up on the Users page (Accounts > Users). Access control to each share folder is set up on the ACL page (Storage > Folder > ACL).

When trying to access M3800 anonymously, just enter “anonymous” as the use r name.

Upload/Download: Allow anonymous FTP users to upload or

download files to/from public folders.

Download: Allow anonymous FTP users to download files from

public folders.

No access: Block anonymous FTP user access.

uploaded with a duplicate file name. The renaming scheme is

[filename].#, where # represents an integer.

Selections include Unlimited, 1, 2, 4, 8, and 16 MB/s.

downloads. Selections include Unlimited, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16 MB/s.

Anonymous users are not able to delete files on the M3800. To delete files, users must login and be granted write access on the Access Control List.

iTunes® Server

With the built-in iTunes server capability, the M3800 enables digital music to be shared and played anywhere on the network!

From the Network menu, choose the

iTunes item, and the iTunes Configuration screen appears. You may

enable or disable the iTunes Service from here. Once enabled, enter correct information for each field and press Apply to save your changes. See the following table for detailed descriptions of each field:

iTunes Configuration

Item Description

iTunes Enable or disable the iTunes Service. Server Name Name used to identify the M3800 to iTunes clients. Password Enter password to control access to your iTunes music. Rescan Interval Rescan interval in seconds. MP3 Tag Encode Specify tag encoding for MP3 files stored in M3800. All ID3 tags

will be sent out in UTF-8 format.

Once the iTunes service is enabled, the M3800 will make a ll music located in the Music folder available for iTunes-equipped computers on the network.

Media Server

With the built-in Media Server capability, the M3800 provides media streaming service to stand-alone networked home media adapters that support the UPnP AV protocol or are Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) standard compliant.

With the M3800’s built-in media server capability, you can share digital media such as music, pictures, and movies with any compatible device throughout your entire home.

To configure the media server, under the Network menu, click Media Server and the Media Manager Settings window will appear. A description of each field follows:

Media Manager Settings

Item Description

Media Server Enable or disable the Media Server servi ce. Shared Media Folders Select the folder(s) that contains media files to be shared. Rescan Click the Rescan button to have the M3800 for new contents in

the selected media folder.

Adding Media Share Folders

Once the Media Server software is installed, you can start adding folders that contain the media that you would like to share. To create a media share folder, follow the steps below:

1. Click on Network > Media Server in the menu bar.

2. From the Shared Media Folders window, select the folder that contains your media files, and click its checkbox.

3. The contents in the folder will be scanned for the Media Server. The time required for scanning depends on the size of the folder.

Connecting DMAs to the Media Server

Next, it’s time to connect your Digital Media Adapter (DMA) to the media server:

1. Connect your DMA to your Media Server

a. Configure your DMA to use a Dynamic IP address. The IP address

will be assigned by the router.

b. Some DMAs are wireless enabled. You can connect the DMA to a

wireless router. For instructions on how to connect your DMA to a wireless router, please refer to your DMA’s user manual.

2. Connect your DMA’s video output to video input of your TV set.

3. Turn on the TV and change the video signal input to DMA.

4. Setup the DMA (These steps will be different if you use a different DMA)

a. From the Server List screen, select “M3800:Mediabolic Server”

as the server. b. Go to My Media c. Click on the Up/Down Arrow buttons to select Music Jukebox,

Photo Albums, or Video Clips d. Start enjoying the contents stored in your M3800.

Download Manager

With the built-in Download Manager, you can have the M3800 download HTTP, FTP, and BT files without having full PC powered on. What’s more, you can even schedule your downloads for off-peak hours, ensu efficient use of bandwidth. To access the Download Manager, go to Network, choose the Download Manager option, and the

Download Tasks and Download Schedule windows

appear.

Download Tasks

Item Description

Task Name of the task. Click to see more information about this task.

Click to start the specified task. Click to pause the specified task.

Click to delete the specified task. A prompt will appear asking you if you would like to delete the task itself, or the task and all related downloaded files.

ring

Type Type of transfer. Can be HTTP, FTP, or BT.

Transfer rate of the task in kilobytes per second (KB/s).

Rate

Status

Task Type Add Task Click to add the kind of task specified beside “Task Type”.

Enable Refresh Click to refresh the task list.

DL: Download rate UL: Upload rate

Status of the task.

Complete: Percentage complete (%) Completed / Total download size Use this dropdown to select the type of transfer. HTTP, FTP, and BT are available.

Adding an HTTP Task

To add a new HTTP task to the Download Manager, follow these steps:

1. Using the Task Type dropdown, select HTTP and click Add Task.

2. In the HTTP Task window, start by inputting the target URL in the Website URL box. This is the link to the download you want to queue.

3. Next, select the destination folder from the Destination Folder dropdown. This is where the download will reside.

4. Select the maximum download bandwidth from the Max. Download Bandwidth dropdown.

5. Press Apply to add the task.

6. Once added, your download will appear in the list of download tasks. To start the download, simply click the Start icon (

) and the download will

begin.

7. The download status will continually update in the Download Tasks window. To pause the download, click the Pause icon (

Adding an FTP Task

To add a new FTP task to the Download Manager, follow these steps:

1. Using the Task Type dropdown, select FTP and click Add Task.

2. In the FTP Task window, start by inputting the target URL in the FTP File box. This is the link to the download you want to queue.

3. Next, select the destination folder from the Destination Folder dropdown. This is where the download will reside.

4. The next step depends if you are using an anonymous login for your FTP download. If you are logging in anonymously, select Anonymous Login and move on to step 5.

If you are required to login with a user name and password, select Username and input your user name and password into the appropriate fields.

5. Select the maximum download bandwidth from the Max. Download Bandwidth dropdown.

6. Press Apply to add the task.

7. Once added, your download will appear in the list of download tasks. To start the download, simply click the Start icon (

) and the download will

begin.

8. The download status will continually update in the Download Tasks window. To pause the download, click the Pause icon (

Adding a BT Task

To add a new BT task to the Download Manager, follow these steps:

1. Using the Task Type dropdown, select BT and click Add Task.

2. In the BT Task window, start by clicking Browse… and selecting the torrent file you wish to start.

3. Next, select the destination folder from the Destination Folder dropdown. This is where the download will reside.

4. Next, you can select the maximum and minimum number of peers from selecting the counts from the appropriate dropdowns.

5. Next, you can set the maximum download and upload bandwidths from the dropdowns below.

6. Press Apply to add the task.

7. Once added, your download will appear in the list of download tasks. To start the download, simply click the Start icon (

) and the download will

begin.

8. The download status will continually update in the Download T asks window. To pause the download, click the Pause icon (

Deleting Tasks

To delete a task, simply follow the steps below:

1. Click the delete icon ( Delete Task dialogue box will appear.

2. Select Delete Task only if you wish to remove only the torrent file and all transient files, leaving the unfinished download files in tact.

3. Select Delete Task and Files if you wish to remove the torrent file and all transient files, and the unfinished download files.

4. Click OK to delete the task. Click Cancel to return to the Download Manager.

) beside the task that you wish to delete. The

Scheduling Downloads

With the Download Manager, you can schedule your downloads to begin at different times of the day. This is useful if you wish to complete your downloads during off-peak hours, reserving your bandwidth for other applications. A table describing the Download Schedule window appears below:

Download Schedule

Item Description

Scheduler Enable or disable the Download Scheduler. Daily/Weekly

Start: Day/Hour /Minute End: Day/Hour/Minute

Choose to have the Download Scheduler activate on a daily or weekly basis.

Specify the start day/hour/minute for the download task. Specify the end day/hour/minute for the download task.

To schedule downloads, follow these steps:

1. Under Download Schedule, set Scheduler to Enable.

2. To schedule a daily download period, select Daily and select a start time and end time. To schedule a weekly download period, select Weekly and select a start day/time and end time/day.

3. Click Apply to save your changes.

NOTE

If the Download Scheduler is enabled, ALL download tasks will adhere to the designated schedule.

Web Cam Server

With the Web Cam Server, you can schedule the N3200PRO to capture images with a connected USB webcam. To configure the Web Cam Server, go to Status, choose the Web Camera option, and the Web Camera window appears.

Web Camera

Item Description

Image Size Interval Select an interval between each captured image.

Schedule Click to schedule webcam image capture. Preview Click to preview the image capture. Apply Click to save your changes.

Web Cam Preview

From the Web Camera window, you can click the Preview button to view the image from the Web Cam before setting up the recording schedule if you wish.

Select an image size for each captured image. Can be 160x120, 320x240, or 640x480.

Note: Picture quality may vary due to the number of different USB Web Cams on market with varying hardware components.

Once you are happy with the Web Cam preview, your can select the resolution you want. There are 3 different choices:

y 160x120 y 320x240 y 640x480

Use the drop down to select the desired recording interval. Click Apply to save your changes.

Adding a Web Cam Schedule

After finishing with the basic settings, we need to now configure the capture schedule. To do this, begin by activating the schedule function by selecting Enable in the Web Camera Schedule window.

Next, select time slot you want to record through the Web Cam. If Always is selected, it will start to record right away and will not stop until the

Web Camera Schedule is set to Disabled.

Alternatively, you can schedule the Web Cam to capture daily or hourly. Take a look at the example below. It will record every Monday and Tuesday from 2:00 – 6:00 and from 20:00 – 22:00.

One important point worth mentioning is how captured picture is stored. The folder where captured images are stored is the Video system folder, which is associated with the system-created Web Cam sub folder. See the figure below for reference:

The Web Cam will capture images according to the designated schedule. The files will be stored using following path:

Video + Webcam + date + hour (path)Æ filename.jpg

Printer Server

You can configure the M3800 to act as a printer server. That way, all PCs connected to the network can utilize the same printer.

Windows XP SP2

To set up the Printer Server in Windows XP SP2, follow the steps below:

1. Connect the USB printer to one of the USB ports (preferably the rear USB ports; front USB ports can be used for external HDD enclosures).

2. Go to Start > Printers and Faxes.

3. Click on File > Add Printer.

4. The Add Printer Wizard appears on your screen. Click Next.

5. Select the “A network printer, or a printer attached to another computer” option.

6. Select “Connect to a printer on the Internet or on a home or office

network”, and enter “http://M3800_IP_ADDRESS:631/printers/usbprinter” into the URL field.

7. Your Windows system will ask you to install drivers for your printer. Select correct driver for your printer.

8. Your Windows system will ask you if you want to set this printer as “Default Printer”. Select Yes and all your prin t jobs will be submitted to this printer by default. Click Next.

9. Click Finish.

NOTE

• Not all USB printers are support ed. Please check Thecus website for a list of supported printers.

• Note that if a multi-function (all-in-one) printer is attached to the M3800, usually only the printing and fax functions will work. Other features, such as scanning, probably will not function.

Windows Vista

To set up the Printer Server in Windows Vista, follow the steps below:

1. Open Printer Folder from the Control Panel.

2. Click the right mouse button in anywhere on the Printers folder and then select Add Printer.

3. Select Add a network, wireless or Bluetooth printer.

4. Select The printer that I want isn’t listed.

You can press The printer that I want isn’t listed to go into next page without waiting for Searching for available printers to finish.

5. Click Select a shared printer by name.

Type http://<Thecus_NAS>:631/printers/usb-printer in the box, where <Thecus_NAS_IP> is the IP address of the M3800. Click Next.

6. Select or install a printer and then press OK.

If your printer model is not listed, please contact your printer manufacturer for help.

7. Windows will attempt to connect to the printer.

8. You can choose to set this printer as the default printer by checking the Set as the default printer box. Click Next to continue.

9. Done! Click Finish.

Chapter 6: Using the M3800

Overview

Once the M3800 is setup and operating, users on the network may manage all varieties of digital music, photos, or files by simply using their web browsers. To manage your personal files or access public files on the M3800, just enter its IP address into your browser (default IP address is http://192.168.1.100), and you will be taken to the M3800 Login page.

NOTE

Login Page

To login to the system, enter your user name and password, and click Login to log into the system. You will be taken to the Web User Interface.

Before proceeding, make sure that WebDisk Support or Secure WebDisk Support is enabled in the Service Support screen in the system’s Network menu. See Servic e Support in Chapter 4: System Management > Network Management > Web Services Configuration.

Web User Interface

The Web User Interface is where users interact with the M3800, and manage all sorts of digital media. The simple layout makes it easy for any o ne to enjoy the many features of the M3800.

On the left of the interface is the Main

Menu, where you can easy access the WebDisk, Music, and Gallery functions

of the M3800. Along the top of the interface, you to choose to browse all storage devices connected to the M3800, including SATA and eSATA hard disks, USB disks, and contents stored from the USB One-Button Copy function.

Web User Interface

Item Description

WebDisk

Music

Photos

Click to use the WebDisk function.

Click to use the Music function.

Click to use the Photo Gallery function

Click to login to the M3800.

Logout

Change

Password

Click to return to the M3800 Login page.

Click to change your login password.

Using WebDisk

1. When any user clicks on the WebDisk icon, they will see all available public folders.

2. When they click on the name of a public folder, they will see the files within that folder.

3. When user clicks on a file name, the file will be downloaded .

WebDisk

Icon Function Description

File Search Search for specific files or folders.

Sort Arrange all files and folders by type,

name, size, or last modified date.

Delete Page Number Use this to navigate when multiple

Create New Folder

Upload Files

Delete the selected files or folders.

pages are required to list the contents of the selected directories. Enter a new folder name and press the Create button.

Browse to the desired file location and press the Upload button.

NOTE

The Delete, Create New Folder, and Upload Files options are only visible if the user has write access to the specific folder.

For more information on how to setup user rights to the folders, please check

Chapter 3: System Management > Storage Management > Folder Management > Folder Access Control List (ACL)

To access folders with access control, you must first login with a local user account. To log in, please click on the Login icon on the lower left hand corner.

Using Music Server

To manage your digital music and share it with iTunes clients on the network, click on the Music icon from the left panel.

Music

Icon Function Description

File Search Search for specific files or folders.

Sort Arrange all files and folders by type,

name, size, or last modified date.

Delete* Page Number Use this to navigate when multiple

Create New Folder*

Upload Files* Browse to the desired file location

Delete the selected files or folders.

pages are required to list the contents of the selected directories. Enter a new folder name and press the Create button.

and press the Upload button.

NOTE

The Delete, Create New Folder, and Upload Files options are only visible if the user has write access to the specific folder.

Adding Music Files

You could add music files into iTunes Server through Web User Interface; however, if you have lots of folders and files to upload, there is a simpler way.

1. Open a Windows Explorer and type the M3800 IP address in the address bar (i.e. \\192.168.1.100).

2. Double click the Music folder to enter it. Then drag and drop music folders and files here.

3. The M3800 iTunes server will take some time to cache the ID3 tag of every file. Once the process is done, you will see all the music files from iTunes clients.

Playing Music Files

Once your music files are added to the M3800, playing them on any iTunesequipped computer connected to the network is easy:

1. Open iTunes.

2. You should see Thecus_M3800 under the SHARED heading in the left hand menu.

3. Click Thecus_M3800 and all shared music will be displayed, ready to be enjoyed right from iTunes.

Using Photo Gallery

Using the Photo Gallery, users can view and share photos, and even create their own albums right on the M3800. To manage your photo gallery or see other photo albums, click on the Photos icon from the left panel.

You will see your own Photo Gallery and all public Photo Albums on the network.

To manage any picture files, you must first select the item by clicking its check box.

Managing Albums and Photos

Photo

Icon Function Description

Make Cover Make selected photo your cover picture.

Back Return to the previous screen.

Add Add a new album or photos.

Modify

Delete Delete the selected albums or photos.

NOTE

Edit the name and description of the selected album or photo. Each name is limited to 20 characters and each description is limited to 255 characters.

• Only logged in users will see these icons.

• To prevent system errors, the M3800 sets the following limitations on photo files:

• Each file upload is limited to a size of 4MB. Files exceeding 4MB will NOT be uploaded and no error message will appear.

• Only these photo file types will be uploaded: *.jpg, *.gif, *.bmp, *.png, *.pcx, *.psd, *.bmp.

• If duplicate file names exist during upload process, system will add a number in front of the ori

inal file name (abc Æ 1abc).

Creating Albums

To create a photo album, follow the steps below:

1. Click the Add button to create a new album.

2. Enter a name for the album, and enter a description if you wish. Then, click on the Create Album button.

Password Protecting Albums

If you would like to put a password on a particular album, follow these steps:

1. Select the album to be protected, click on the Edit button, and the Album Edit screen will appear.

2. The owner of the album can enter an album password to protect the album, so that only people with the correct password can view the album.

Uploading Pictures to Albums

Uploading pictures to albums using the Web User Interface is easy:

1. When the album is created, click the album icon to enter the album. Initially the album is empty.

2. Click the Add button to upload pictures into the album. The Upload Photos screen will appear. Users can select and upload up to 8 pictures at a time.

3. Once the picture is uploaded, you can view it in the album.

4. The owner of the album can delete or modify the pictures with the Delete or Modify buttons on the top right hand corner.

Windows XP Publishing Wizard

There are many ways for a local user to upload pictures into their photo album. Users of Windows XP can upload their pictures using the Windows XP Publishing Wizard.

1. Click on the XP Publishing Wizard icon.

2. The XP Web Publishing Wizard Client screen appears. Click on the link to install the Publishing Wizard.

3. Windows XP will ask whether you want to run or save this file. Click Run.

4. Once the Wizard is installed, use the Windows file manager to browse the folder that contains the picture you want to publish. On the left pane, there will be an icon labeled “Publish this folder to the Web”.

5. Click on this icon and Web Publishing Wizard will start.

6. Select the pictures you want to publish to the Photo Web Server by placing a check mark on the top left hand corner of the picture. Click Next.

7. Your PC will start to connect to the Photo Web Server.

8. Select M3800 Photo Gallery Wizard to publish your pictures to the M3800.

9. Login into the M3800 with your local user name and password.

10. Create your album by entering an album name and clicking on the Create Album button.

11. Select the album you want to upload your pictures to.

12. Confirm the target album.

13. Windows will show you that the picture upload is in progress.

14. When the upload is finished, the Wizard will ask you whether if you want to go to the website. Click Finish to go to your Photo Web Server.

15. Click on the user’s icon to go to that user’s album.

16. You will see the user’s album list. Click on user.

17. Finished! You will see the pictures just selected in the album.

EXIF Information

While viewing pictures, you can also have the M3800 display the EXIF information for each photo.

Simply click the EXIF button to display EXIF inf ormation. To hide this inf ormation, click the EXIF button again.

Slide Shows

Slide shows are a great way to enjoy pictures stored on your M3800. You can click on the Start Slide Show icon on the top right hand corner to start

the slide show.

To stop the slide show, click on the Stop Slide Show icon on the top right hand corner.

Mapping a Client PC to the M3800

You can map share folders on the M3800 so that you can access them as if they were drives on your computer. You can connect to the shared network folders on the M3800 as follows:

Windows

1. Go to the My Computer folder in Windows.

2. In the menu bar, select Tools and then Map Network Drive…

3. The Map Network Drive window appears.

4. Assign a drive letter for the share folder.

5. Click the Browse button to find the folder over your network. Alternatively, you may enter the folder name you wish to connect to or enter its IP address. (i.e. \\192.168.1.100\share)

6. Click Finish. When the Connect As… window appears, enter your user name and password.

7. Click OK. The share folder appears as the drive you assigned. You can now access this folder as though it were a drive on your computer.

Apple OS X

On an Apple computer, you can connect to shared computers and servers using a network address.

1. Choose Go > Connect to Server…

2. Enter the network address for the server in the Server Address text box. When connecting using SMB/CIFS protocol, type:

smb://192.168.1.100/Folder1

When connecting using AFP protocol, type:

afp://192.168.1.100/Folder1

Click Connect.

3. When MAC OS X is trying to connect M3800, it will ask for a User Name and Password which has access to the folder.

4. When MAC OS X has connected to the M3800 successfully, an icon representing the folder will appear on the MAC OS X desktop. You can access the folder by double clicking on the icon.

File Backup

There are a number of ways to back up data with the M3800.

Thecus Backup Utility

The Thecus Backup Utility is on your Installation CD. When you click on the CD, the Backup Utility will be installed under Program Groups > Thecus > Thecus

Backup Utility. If it is not installed, you can copy the file (Thecus Backup Utility.exe) to a convenient location on your hard disk and double click to

execute it.

NOTE

When you execute this utility for the first time, it w ill ask you whether to create a DB file. Click Yes.

1. Click Add to create a Backup task. The Add New Task dialog box appears.

Add New Task

Item Description

Task Specifies a name for the current task. Source Click to specify the source folder/file location. Incremental Click to specify whether the backup will be incremental.

Destination Click to specify the destination folder/file location. Excluded extensions Files with these file name extensions will be skipped and not

Comments If you wish, enter comments here for your records.

2. To schedule the task to run at regular intervals, click on the Schedule icon for that task. You can schedule the task to run Monthly or Weekly.

3. To check the log for that task, click on the Log icon for that task.

If you can not find Thecus Backup Utility on your CD, please download it from the Thecus website (http://www.thecus.com).

If unchecked, the backup will be a full backup.

back up to the destination.

Thecus Backup Utility also supports MAC OS X. Just copy the Thecus Backup

NOTE

Utility.dmg to your MAC OS X machine and double click to execute it.

Windows XP Data Backup

If you use Windows XP Professional, you can also use the Windows Backup Utility (Ntbackup.exe) to backup your files.

If you use Windows XP Home Edition, follow these steps to inst all the utility:

1. Insert the Windows XP CD into a drive and double-click t he CD icon in My Computer.

2. When the Welcome to Microsoft Windows XP screen appears, click Perform Additional Tasks.

3. Click Browse this CD.

4. In Windows Explorer, navigate to ValueAdd > Msft > Ntbackup.

5. Double-click Ntbackup.msi to install the backup utility.

Once installed, you can use the Windows Backup Utility by following the steps below:

1. Click Start, and point to All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Backup to start the wizard.

2. Click Next to skip past the opening page. Choose Backup files and settings from the second page, and then click Next.

3. Select which option you want to back up.

4. Click Next and in the Backup Type, Destination, and Name page, specify a back up location using the Browse button.

5. Find and select the drive that specifies your M3800 as your backup destination and click Next.

6. Click Next to display the wizard’s final page and click Finish to start backing up.

Apple OS X Backup Utilities

Mac OS X does not include any backup software. However, there are a number of backup solutions available for the Mac OS X, including: iBackup, Psyncx, iMSafe,

Rsyncx, Folder Synchronizer X, Tri-BACKUP, Impression, Intego Personal Backup, SilverKeeper, and Apple's dotMac Backup utility to name just a few. To find even

more freeware and shareware backup utilities to choose from, go to

VersionTracker or MacUpdate and search on "backup".

Chapter 7: Tips and Tricks

USB and eSATA Storage Expansion

The M3800 supports external USB hard disks through its three USB ports. Once a USB hard disk has successfully mounted, the entire volume will be copied automatically to the default USB HDD folder. The M3800 supports up to 6 USB external storage devices. All file names on the USB disk volume are case sensitive.

The M3800 also supports eSATA hard disks with its eSATA port. Before attaching an eSATA or USB disk drive to M3800, you have to partition and

format it on a desktop computer or a notebook first. The attached device will be located at \\192.168.1.100\usbhdd\sdf1 where 192.168.1.100 means the IP address of M3800 and sdf1 stands for the first partition on disk #6, the eSATA or USB disk drive. If it is an NTFS partition, NAS users can open or copy files from \\192.168.1.100\usbhdd\sdf1 but cannot add new files or modify existing files.

NOTE

If you want to write to an USB storage device, the file system must be FAT32.

USB Storage FAT32 Partition NTFS Partition

Read OK OK Write OK -

Adding a Spare Disk

With a RAID 1 array, you can add a spare disk after the initial RAID is setup. To add a spare disk, follow the steps below:

1. On the RAID Configuration Screen, tick the checkbox of the hard disk you wish to designate as a spare disk.

2. Click Add Spare.

Once the disk is set as a spare disk, it will automatically rebuild the previous RAID set when one of the disks becomes degraded.

Remote Administration

You can set up your M3800 for remote administration. With remote administration, you can access your M3800 over the Internet, even if your M3800 is behind a router. This is especially useful if you are traveling and suddenly need a file from your M3800.

Setting up remote administration is a three-part process, and will require the following equipment:

• Thecus M3800 NAS device

• Cable/DSL Router with Dynamic DNS support

• Home PC

• Internet Connection

NOTE

Router setup will differ slightly depending on router used. For this example, we will use the Asus WL500g because it has support for Dynamic DNS. Contact your router hardware vendor for setup help.

Part I - Setup a DynDNS Account

1. Go to http://www.dyndns.org from your home PC.

2. Click on the Sign Up Now link.

3. Check the Check boxes, select a user name (i.e.: M3800), enter your email address (i.e.: xxx@example.com), check Enable Wildcard, and create a password (i.e.: xxxx).

4. Wait for an email from www.dyndns.org.

5. Open the email and click on the link to activate your account

Part II - Enable DDNS on the Router

1. Go to the router setup screen and select IP Config > Miscellaneous DDNS Setting from your Home PC.

2. Click on Yes for Enable the DDNS Client?

3. Select www.dyndns.org.

4. Go to router setup screen, and enter the following information:

a. User Name or E-mail Address: xxx@example.com b. Password or DDNS Key: xxxx c. Host Name: www.M3800.dyndns.org d. Enable wildcard? Select Yes e. Update Manually: Click Update

Part III - Setting up Virtual Servers (HTTPS)

1. Navigate to NAT Setting > Virtual Server.

2. For Enable Virtual Server?, select Yes

3. Setup the HTTPS Server

a. Well-Known Applications: Select User Defined b. Local IP: Enter 192.168.1.100 c. Port Range: 443 (the default HTTPS port setting on the M3800) d. Protocol: select TCP e. Click Add. f. Click Apply.

4. Test the HTTPS connection from another computer on the Internet

a. From a remote computer, open your browser and enter

https://www.M3800.dyndns.org

b. You should see the login page of M3800.

Firewall Software Configuration

If you are using a software firewall (i.e. Norton Internet Security) and are having trouble connecting to the M3800, you can try the following steps:

1. Double click the NIS icon on system tray, and then configure the Personal Firewall.

2. On the Programs page, find the SetupWizard.exe and change its permission to "Permit All". If it's not in the program list, use the Add or Program Scan buttons to find it.

3. On the Networking page, manually add M3800 IP address (i.e.

192.168.1.100) to the Trusted list.

Replacing Damaged Hard Drives

If you are using RAID 1 or RAID 5, you can easily replace a damaged hard drive in the Thecus M3800 while keeping your data secure with the system’s automatic data recovery.

Hard Drive Damage

When a hard drive is damaged, LCM will display「RAID Damage」and system beeps.

Replacing a Hard Drive

To replace a hard disk drive in the M3800:

1. Remove the tray with the damaged hard disk.

2. Insert the hard disk tray then slide into the M3800 until it snaps into place.

3. The LED solid green when the HDD is accessed.

RAID Auto-Rebuild

When using RAID 1 or RAID 5 on the M3800, you can use the auto-rebuild function when an error is detected.

1. When a hard disk fails the system beeps and/or an email notification is sent to specified receivers.

2. Check the log message to see which disk has failed.

3. Follow the steps mentioned above to replace the failed hard disk.

4. The system automatically recognizes the new hard disk and starts the auto-rebuild sequence to resume its status before the hard disk crash.

File System Check

The M3800 has a built-in utility that allows you to check the M3800’s file system for errors. To use the File System Check utility, follow th e steps below:

WARNING

1. Power off the M3800.

2. With the unit powered off, press and hold the reset button.

3. With the reset button held down, power on the system by pressing the power button. You can release the reset button after 3 seconds alone with 2 beeps. After that, the M3800's WAN IP address will be reset to

192.168.1.100 temporarily. Please note that all file services at this time will be stopped.

4. When you point your browser to 192.168.1.100, you will see the following screen.

The File System Check utility works only with WAN and not LAN.

5. If you select “Run file system check” option, the file system check utility will be started, and last 20 lines of the result will be displayed in your browser.

6. When the file system check is finished, the result will be displayed in your browser.

If the file system is corrupted beyond repair, you may have to remove RAID and

NOTE

recreate the file system.

Chapter 8: Troubleshooting

Forgot My Network IP Address

If you forget your network IP address and have no physical access to the system, you can find out the IP address by either looking directly onto the M3800’s LCD panel, or by using the setup wizard to retrieve the IP of your M3800.

1. Start the Setup Wizard, and it will automatically detect all T hecus IP storage products on your network.

2. You should be able to find the IP address of the M3800 which you have forgotten in the Device Discovery screen.

Resetting NAS IP Address and Admin Password

In case you changed the M3800 IP address and then forgot it, or forgot the administration password, follow the steps below to reset to default settings:

1. Power on the M3800 and immediately press the Reset button for 5 seconds. (The reset button is near the LAN connector)

2. This resets the M3800 to its default IP address and password settings. Default IP: 192.168.1.100 for WAN and 192.168.2.254 for LAN

Default admin password: admin Jumbo Frame support: disabled

Can't Map a Network Drive in Windows XP

You may have problems mapping a network drive under the following conditions:

1. The network folder is currently mapped using a different user name and password. To connect using a different user name and password, first disconnect any existing mappings to this network share.

2. The mapped network drive could not be created because the following error has occurred: Multiple connections to a server or shared

resource by the same user, using more than one user name, are not allowed. Disconnect all previous connections to the server or shared

resource and try again.

To check out existing network connections, type net use under the DOS prompt.

Restoring Factory Defaults

From the System menu, choose the Factory Default item and the Reset to Factory Default screen appears. Press Apply to reset the M3800 to factory

default settings.

WARNING

Resetting to factory defaults will not erase the data stored WILL revert all the settings to the factory default values.

in the hard disks, but

Problems with Time and Date Settings

The administrator is able to select an NTP Server to keep the M3800’s time synchronized. However, if the M3800 can not access the Internet, you may encounter a problem when setting the Time and Time Zone. If this happens:

1. Login to the Web Administration Interface.

2. Navigate to System > Time.

3. Under NTP Server, select No.

4. Set the Date, Time, and Time Zone.

5. Click Apply.

In addition, if the M3800 is able to access the Internet and you want to keep the NTP Server clock.isc.org by default, please make sure the DNS Server is correctly entered, thereby allowing the NTP Server name to correctly resolve. (See Network > WAN > DNS Server)

Appendix A: Product Specifications

Hardware Specifications

Network Interfaces WAN Gigabit RJ-45 connector LAN Gigabit RJ-45 connector WLAN IEEE 802.11b/g (using approved USB Dongles)** Storage HDD Bays 3 x 3.5” SATA HDD, hot-swappable HDD Support SATA II HDDs up to 1000GB I/O Interfaces USB Ports 2 x USB 2.0 ports eSATA 1 x eSATA connector for capacity expansion PCI Interface For proprietary Thecus applications IR Receiver For future options System Information LCD Module For basic configurations and status display System LED Display 1 x Power LED

2 x Network Link/Activity LED

3 x Hard Drive Power/Activity LED Physical Power Supply AC 100 ~ 240V, 50/60Hz, Auto-detection Environment Temperature 5 ~ 40°C Humidity 0 ~ 80% relative humidity (non-condensing) Certifications CE, FCC, BSMI, C-Tick, RoHS Compliant

Software Specifications

Network Network Configuration Fixed IP address

Dynamic IP address

PPPoE

DDNS Network File Protocols Microsoft Networks (CIFS/SMB)

Apple Filing Protocol (AFP 3)

Network File System (NFS v3)

File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP)

Secure Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTPs) Network Client Type Microsoft Windows NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista

Unix/Linux/BSD

MAC OS X/9/8.6 DHCP Server Assigns IP addresses on LAN/WLAN ports Disk Management RAID RAID 0, 1, 5, and JBOD

Auto rebuild

Hot swappable Power Management Disk idle spin-down Disk Status Monitoring Disk status monitoring (S.M.A.R.T.)

Multimedia Support Media Server Works with DLNA-certifies players

Supported file types:RMP, WPL, PLS, M3U, ASX, WAV,

PNG, BMP, AVI, WMV, WMA, LPCM, JPEG iTunes® Server Supported File Types: WAV Photo Web Server Supported File Types: GIF, JPG (JPEG), BMP, PNG

Supports EXIF display

Supports slide show Web Cam Server Supports image capture, preview, schedule

Supported image sizes: 160x120, 320x240, 640x480 Share Management Authentication Local User Account

Microsoft NT Domain Controller (PDC)*

Microsoft Active Directory Authentication (AD)* Folder Management Share folder level permission

File level permission

Public folder File System File System Type Journaling File System Language Support Unicode Support File Size Supported Supports files up to 2TB max. Authorization Read, Write or Deny options on individual users

or groups Administration Interface Web-based server management GUI

Multilingual support (English, French, German, Italian,

Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, J a panese,

Korean, and Spanish) Setup Wizard Device discovery and setup utility program

Windows 2000/XP/2003

MAC OS X Notification Sends system messages via e-mail to specified email

accounts Backup Thecus Backup Utility Client backup utility

Windows XP/2000

MAC OS X One-Button Copy Copy USB mass storage device contents to NAS Miscellaneous Print Server Network printing through IPP using USB printer Download Manager Supports BT, FTP, HTTP scheduled downloads Scheduled On/Off Scheduled on/off for power saving

*PDC/AD support: Works as a client member in a Microsoft NT 4.0 domain/Active Directory domain, allowing the M3800 to utilize the domain users and groups setting for authentication to the system and authorization to the share folders.

**For supported USB dongles, please contact sales@thecus.com

Appendix B: Customer Support

If your M3800 is not working properly, we encourage you to check out Chapter 8:

Troubleshooting, located in this manual. You can also try to ensure that you are

using the latest firmware version for your M3800. Thecus is committed to providing free firmware upgrades to our customers. Our newest firmware is available on our Download Center:

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

If you are still experiencing problems with your M3800, or require a Ret urn Merchandise Authorization (RMA), feel free to contact technical support via our Technical Support Website:

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

Customers in the US should send all technical support enquiries to this email address:

support-us@thecus.com

For Sales Information you can e-mail us at:

sales@thecus.com

Thank you for choosing

Thecus!

Appendix C: RAID Basics

Overview

A Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) is an array of several hard disks that provide data security and high performance. A RAID system accesses several hard disks simultaneously, which improves I/O performance over a single hard disk. Data security is enhanced by a RAID, since data loss due to a hard disk failure is minimized by regenerating redundant data from the other RAID hard disks.

Benefits

RAID improves I/O performance, and increases data security through fault tolerance and redundant data storage.

Improved Performance

RAID provides access to several hard disk drives simultaneously, which greatly increases I/O performance.

Data Security

Hard disk drive failure unfortunately is a common occurrence. A RAID helps prevent against the loss of data due to hard disk failure. A RAID offers additional hard disk drives that can avert data loss from a hard disk drive failure. If a hard drive fails, the RAID volume can regenerate data from the data and parity stored on its other hard disk drives.

RAID Levels

The Thecus M3800 supports standard RAID levels 0, 1, 5, and JBOD. You choose a RAID level when you create a system volume. The factors for selecting a RAID level are:

• Your requirements for performance

• Your need for data security

• Number of hard disk drives in the system, capacity of hard disk drives in

the system

The following is a description of each RAID level:

RAID 0

RAID 0 is best suited for applications that need high bandwidth but do not require a high level of data security. The RAID 0 level provides the best performance of all the RAID levels, but it does not provide data redundancy.

RAID 0 uses disk striping and breaking up data into blocks to write across all hard drives in the volume. The system can then use multiple hard drives for faster read and write. The stripe size parameter that was set when the RAID was created determines the size of each block. No parity calculations complicate the write operation.

RAID 1

RAID 1 mirrors all data from one hard disk drive to a second one hard disk drive, thus providing complete data redundancy. However, the cost of data storage capacity is doubled.

This is excellent for complete data security.

RAID 5

RAID 5 offers data security and good performance. It is best suited for networks that perform many small I/O transactions at the same time, as well as applications that require data security such as office automation and online customer service. Use it also for applications with high read requests but low write requests.

RAID 5 includes disk striping at the byte level and parity information is written to several hard disk drives. If a hard disk fails the system uses parity stored on each of the other hard disks to recreate all missing information.

JBOD

Although a concatenation of disks (also called JBOD, or "Just a Bunch of Disks") is not one of the numbered RAID levels, it is a popular method for combining multiple physical disk drives into a single virtual one. As the name implies, disks are merely concatenated together, end to beginning, so they appear to be a single large disk.

As the data on JBOD is not protected, one drive failure could result t otal data los s.

Stripe Size

The length of the data segments being written across multiple hard disks. Data is written in stripes across the multiple hard disks of a RAID. Since multiple disks are accessed at the same time, disk striping enhances performance. The stripes can vary in size.

Disk Usage

When all 3 disks are of the same size, and used in RAID, M3800 disk usage percentage is listed below:

RAID Level Percentage Used

RAID 0 100% RAID 1 50% RAID 5 66%

JBOD 100%

Appendix D: Active Directory Basics

Overview

With Windows 2000, Microsoft introduced Active Directory (ADS), which is a large database/information store. Prior to Active Directory the Windows OS could not store additional information in its domain database. Active Directory also solved the problem of locating resources; which previously relied on Network Neighborhood, and was slow. Managing users and groups were among other issues Active Directory solved.

What is Active Directory?

Active Directory was built as a scalable, extensible directory service that was designed to meet corporate needs. A repository for storing user information, accounts, passwords, printers, computers, network information and other data, Microsoft calls Active Directory a "namespace" where names can be resolved.

ADS Benefits

ADS lets the M3800 integrate itself with the existing ADS in an office environment. This means the M3800 is able to recognize your office users and passwords on the ADS server. Other major benefits ADS support provides include:

1. Easy integration of the M3800 into the existing office IT infrastructure The M3800 acts as a member of the ADS. This feature significantly lowers

the overhead of the system administrator. For example, corporate security policies and user privileges on an ADS server can be enforced automatically on the M3800.

2. Centralized user/password database The M3800 does not maintain its own copy of the user/password database.

This avoids data inconsistency between the M3800 and other servers. For example, without ADS support, an administrator might need to remove a specific user privilege on the M3800 and each individual server. With ADS support, the change on an ADS server is known to all of its ADS members.

Appendix E: Licensing Information

Overview

This product included copyrighted third-party software licensed under the terms of GNU General Public License. Please see THE GNU General Public License for extra terms and conditions of this license.

Source Code Availability

Thecus Technology Corp. has exposed the full source code of the GPL licensed software. For more information on how you can obtain our source code, please visit our web site, http://www.thecus.com.

Copyrights

• This product includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young

(eay@cryptsoft.com).

• This product includes software developed by Mark Murray.

• This product includes software developed by Eric Young

(eay@cryptsoft.com).

• This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in

the OpenSSL Toolkit (http://www.openssl.org/).

• This product includes PHP, freely available from (http://www.php.net/).

• This product includes software developed by the University of California,

Berkeley and its contributors.

• This product includes software developed by Winning Strategies, Inc.

• This product includes software developed by the Apache Group for use in

the Apache HTTP server project (http://www.apache.org/).

• This product includes software developed by Softweyr LLC, the University

of California, Berkeley, and its contributors.

• This product includes software developed by Bodo Moeller.

• This product includes software developed by Greg Roelofs and contributors

for the book, "PNG: The Definitive Guide," published by O'Reilly and Associates.

• This product includes software developed by the NetBSD Foundation, Inc.

and its contributors.

• This product includes software developed by Yen Yen Lim and North Dakota

State University.

• This product includes software developed by the Computer Systems

Engineering Group at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.

• This product includes software developed by the Kungliga Tekniska

Högskolan and its contributors.

• This product includes software developed by the Nick Simicich.

• This product includes software written by Tim Hudson (tjh@cryptsoft.com).

• This product includes software developed by Christopher G. Demetriou for

the NetBSD Project.

CGIC License Terms

Thomas Boutell and Boutell.Com, Inc. Permission is granted to use CGIC in any application, commercial or

noncommercial, at no cost. HOWEVER, this copyright paragraph must appear on a "credits" page accessible in the public online and offlin e documentation of the program. Modified versions of the CGIC library should not be distributed without the attachment of a clear statement regarding the author of the modifications, and this notice may in no case be removed. Modifications may also be submitted to the author for inclusion in the main CGIC distribution.

GNU General Public License

51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license

document, but changing it is not allowed.

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For example, if you distribute copies of such a program, whether gratis or for a fee, you must give the recipients all the rights that you have. You must make sure that they, too, receive or can get the source code. And you must show them these terms so they know their rights.

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Thecus Technology M3800 User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Thecus M3800

User’s Manual

Copyright and Trademark Notice

Copyright © 2008 Thecus Technology Corporation. All rights reserved.

About This Manual

All information in this manual has been carefu lly verified to ensure its correctn ess. 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.

Limited Warranty

Safety Warnings

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

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction

Overview

Product Highlights

File Server

FTP Server

With the built-in FTP Server, friends, clients, and customers can upload and download files to your M3800 over the Internet with their favorite FTP programs. You can create user accounts so that only authorized users have access.

Backup Server

Don’t leave precious data to chance. With advanced backup capabilities, you can easily upload mission critical files to the M3800, and even automate your backup tasks for true peace-of-mind.

To find out how to backup your files with the M3800, refer to Chapter 6: Using the M3800 > File Backup.

Media Server

iTunes® Server

Photo Gallery

The Photo Gallery is a great way for friends and family to share precious memories of vacations, birthdays, and more. Users can upload pictures, and even create their own picture albums right on the N1200.

Web Cam Server

With the M3800’s Web Cam server, you can schedule the M3800 to capture images from a connected USB webcam at designated intervals.

To set up the Web Cam Server, refer to Chapter 5: Additional Feature Setup > Web Cam Server.

Printer Server

With the M3800’s Printer Server, you can easily share an IPP printer with other PCs connected to your network.

Superior Power Management

M3800 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.

Package Contents

Your M3800 package should contain the following items:

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

Front Panel

Rear Panel

Chapter 2: Hardware Installation

Overview

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 M3800.

3. Be careful not to use magnetized screwdrivers around the M3800’s electronic components.

Hard Disk Installation

The M3800 supports three standard 3.5” Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks. To install a hard disk into the M3800, follow the steps below:

1. Remove the front panel of the M3800.

2. Unscrew the thumbscrews which are securing the hard drive rails.

3. Remove the hard drive rails and install them to your SATA hard disk(s).

4. Slide hard disks into the M3800 until they snap into place.

5. Replace the thumbscrews.

6. Replace the M3800 front cover.

Cable Connections

2. Connect the provided power cord into the power socket on the back panel. Plug the other end of the cord into a surge protector socket.

3. Press the power button on the Front Panel to boot up the M3800.

Chapter 3: First Time Setup

Overview

Thecus Setup Wizard

The handy Thecus Setup Wizard makes configuring M3800 a snap. To configure the M3800 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.

4. Select the M3800 that you like to configure. Press Next to continue.

7. Enable the desired services. Press Next to continue.

RAID Setup and Firmware Installation

Setting up the RAID

1. From the Web Admin Interface, navigate to Storage > RAID. The RAID Information screen appears.

Click Config.

2. Select your desired RAID level, and check the checkboxes of the disks you wish to use in your array.

3. Select a stripe size – the default is 64K.

LCD Operation

LCD Controls

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

Display Mode

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

The M3800 will rotate these messages every three seconds on the LCD display.

USB Copy

3. The LCD will display “USB Copy?”

Typical Setup Procedure