Verbatim POWERBAY NAS Array, PowerBay User Manual

PowerBay

™

4- Bay DataBank NAS Array

User Guide

Version 2.0

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Product Overview 3

About this User Guide

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Introduction

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Package Contents 3

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System Requirements 3

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Features and Benefi ts 3

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ware Overview 4

Installation 4

Before You Begin 4

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Default Settings 4

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Factory Reset Button 5

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Basic Installation 5

Hardware Setu

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Software Setu

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Magical Finder - Network Setup Utilit

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Acronis Backup Softwar

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Web Confi guration 6

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Wizard Pages 6

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Home - Section 7

Device Information - Page

Networ

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LAN P

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EXT Port - Pa

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Basic Setup - Section 8

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Date and Time - Pag

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Device Settings - Page

Advanced Setup - Section 9

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sers - Pag

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Groups - Pa

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Shared Folders Settings - Pa

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Quotas - Pa

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FTP Server - Pa

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NFS Server - Pag

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Rsync Server - Pag

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LLTD

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Disk Management - Section 12

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Disk Status - Pa

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Disk Confi guration - Page

Disk Con

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guration – Page (Steps

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ower Management - Page

Download/Backup - Section 16

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FTP/HTTP - Pag

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Schedule Status - Page

USB/eSATA Backup - Pa

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Schedule LAN Backup - Pag

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Real Time LAN Backup - Pag

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aintenance - Section 1

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Password - Pag

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System - Pa

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Firmware - Pa

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E-Mail Settings - Pa

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E-Mail Alerts - Pag

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System Status - Section 20

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Information - Pa

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Help Menu - Section 20

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Getting Help 20

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USB Print Server Installation 2

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What is RAID? 2

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Technical Specifi cations 23

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Technical Support 23

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Product Overvie

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About this User Guide

This user guide describes the functionality of the Verbatim PowerBay™
Network Attached Storage (NAS) array product. The guide provides
the information you will need to install and confi gure the product
based on your specifi c network environment and storage needs. To
obtain further product information, fi rmware updates, and useful
articles, please check our web site regularly at www.verbatim-europe.
com/suppor

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Introduction

The Verbatim PowerBay NAS array provides four disk cartridges
confi gurable in various RAID levels for superior performance and data
redundancy. The PowerBay NAS array enables you to share documents,
fi les, and digital media such as music, photos, and video with everyone
on the home or offi ce network. Remotely accessing fi les through the
Internet is also possible with the built-in FTP server. Whether you are
allowing access locally or over the Internet, keep data safe by giving
access rights only to specifi c users or groups.

When con

fi

guring the PowerBay NAS array, you can create users
and groups and assign them to folders with either read or read/write
permissions. This is ideal for an offi ce environment with employee­specifi c sensitive data or for the home network. The PowerBay NAS
array will be available to any computer (PC, MAC, or Linux-based)
on your network, without the need to install any software on the
computer.

Package Content

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• Verbatim PowerBay 4-Bay NAS array

• Front Pane

l

Lock Key

• A

C

Power Cord

•

C

AT-6 Network Cable

• CD-ROM containing software and documentation.

• Quic

k

Installation Guide

System Requirement

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For best results, the following system requirements are
r

ecommended

:

• Com

p

uter with: 1GHz Processor / 512 MB RAM / 200MB

available space / CD-ROM Drive

• Current web browser, such as Internet Explorer, Mozilla Fire

f

ox

or Safar

i

• Gigabit Ethernet router or switch

• Windows XP

,

Windows Vista, Windows 7, Mac OS X 10.2 or

igher, or Linu

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Features and Benefi t

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he Verbatim PowerBay NAS array supports 4 hard drive cartridges

and includes the product features listed below:

• Equipped two 10/100/1000 Mbps Full/hal

f

-duplex auto-MDIX

Gigabit Ethernet ports

• Embedded four internal SATA II 3.5” HDD interface

• Two access modes su

pp

orted: Open mode and Account mode,

no setup necessary in open mode.

• Supports Magical Finder utility (Windows 2000, Windows XP,
Windows Vista, and Windows 7

)

• Supports confi guration fi le save/loa

d

• DHCP Client

• LLTD for Vista 32/64-bit

• CIFS/SMB for Windows

• NFSv2/v3 for Linux and UNIX

• AFP 3.1 for Mac O

S

• Active Directory support for Windows Server 2008

• EXT2

/3

Internal hard drive forma

t

• FAT32 (R/W) and NTFS (Read only) for External USB drive

• FAT32 (R/W) and NTFS (Read onl

y) f

or eSATA devic

e

• 256-bit AES disk encryption

• Unicode Suppor

t

• Power Saving (Disk idle spin-down)

•

A

utomatic power recovery

•

S

cheduled Power On

/Off

•

S

hare Folder Level Permission

• Public Folder

• Support

f

or Users and Groups

•

U

ser share Folder Quota Contro

l

• Users can be assigned to multiple Groups

• Scheduled Backu

p f

rom PC to NAS

• Rea

l

time LAN Backup

• Sc

heduled

LAN Backup (Replication by Rsync

)

• eSATA Backup (copy fi les from attached eSATA drive to NAS)

• USB Backup (copy

fi

les from attached USB drive to NAS)

•

S

ystem status

• Em

a

il alert

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• NTP Server

• Print

S

erver

• Externa

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Storage device via USB or eSAT

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• UPS monitoring

Hardware Overvie

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Front Vi

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MPONEN

T

DESCRIPTION

. Power Button • Press to power on

.

• Press and hold for more than 5 seconds to power o

ff.

. Function Button USB One-Touch-Copy function is available when a USB storage

device is connected to the PowerBay NAS array

.

• Press momentarily to initiate fi le copy from external USB
storage device to the PowerBay NAS array.

• Press and hold

f

or more than 3 seconds to safely unmount

the external

US

B device

.

• When alarm buzzer is sounding, press button to cancel alarm.

. USB Connector • One USB 2.0 (Type A) connector: USB Host port for

connecting an external USB storage device

.

• Supports USB backup (copy fi les from attached USB drive to
NAS array

)

• Provides additional storage as a shared volume on the LAN
default name “USBDisk_1”

)

• Supports USB Unlock Key for use with disk encryptio

n

• Power: 5V

/500

mA max

4. Cartrid

g

e Key Lock • Turn key counterclockwise to the Lock position to lock all

cartridges in place

.

• Turn key clockwise to the Unlock position to unlock all

cartridges

.

. Power LED The power button contains a colored LED to indicate power

tat

us.

• Solid Green = Device is Powered O

n

• Solid Red = Device is in Standby Mode with AC power

applied

. Status LED • Solid Green = Device operational status is Norma

l

• Blinking Green = Device is starting up or shutting dow

n

• Solid Red = Device Error

7. Cartri

d

ge Lock • Slide locking button to the left to lock each cartridge

.

• Slide locking button to the right to unlock each cartridge.

. Cartridge LE

D

Each HDD cartridge locking button contains a colored LED to
indicate disk status:

• Solid Blue = Disk Read

y

• Blinking Blue = Data Access Activit

y

• Blinking Red = Disk Error

• Solid Red = When all 4 cartridge LEDs are red indicates

Locked Encrypted Volum

e

ear Panel (Connections

)

MPONENT DESCRIPTION

. eSATA connector • One SATA-II (eSATA) connector for connecting external

storage device

.

• Supports eSATA backup (copy fi les from attached eSATA
drive to NAS arra

y)

• Provides additional storage as a shared volume on the LAN
(de

f

ault name “eSATA_1”)

• Supports mirror

f

unction between NAS array and attached

eSATA driv

e

10. USB Connector USB Host Port. One USB 2.0 (Type A) connector; Power:
5V/500mA max. Used

f

or connectin

g

• USB Printer; or

• USB UPS Monitor. If the attached UPS detects a power failure,
an automatic shutdown of the NAS array will be initiated by use
of this feature. Compatible with the following UPS equipment:

- APC BACK-UPS ES BE

500TW

- Powerware PW-31

05

- Tripp-Lite SMART550US

B

- Phoenixtec A-

500

Plu

s

11. RJ-45 Connectors Two Gigabit Ethernet ports.

• Port 1 (LAN): For connecting the PowerBay NAS array to LAN.
This port supports Wake-On-LAN function.

• Port 2 (EXT): For real time backup to another PowerBay NAS
array

1

2

. Reset Button • Press and hold for more than 5 seconds to reset confi guration

to

f

actory default setting

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13. Cooling Fans • Exhaust ports for two cooling fans are provided

.

14. AC Power

onnecto

r

• For AC power cor

d

Installati

on

is section will walk you through the installation process. Placement
of the device is very important. Do not place the device in an enclosed
area such as a closet or cabinet

.

Before You Begin

Please read and make sure you understand all the prerequisites

or proper installation of your new device. Have all the necessary
information and equipment on hand before beginning the
installation

.

Note: Capacity dependent on model. 1 MB = 1,000,000 bytes / 1 GB = 1,000,000,000
bytes / 1 TB = 1,000,000,000,000 bytes. Some capacity used for pre-loaded software,

ormatting and other functions, and thus is not available for data storage. As a result,

and due to di

ff

ering calculation methods, your operating systems may report as fewer

me

gaby

tes/gigabytes/ terabytes

.

Default Setting

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he default values for the PowerBay NAS array are as follows:

•

U

ser Name is ‘admin

’

• P

assword is blank

5

• LAN IP Address is 192.168.0.

32

• LAN Subnet Mask is 255.255.255.

0

actory Reset Butto

n

The device can be reset to the original factory default settings by using
a ballpoint or paperclip to gently push down the reset button in the
following sequence:

1. Ensure the device is

p

owered on.

2. Press and hold the reset button for a

pp

roximately 5 seconds.

3. The factory reset process should take around 1 to 2 minutes.

Remember that this will wi

p

e out any settings stored in fl ash memory

including user account information and LAN IP settings

.

Basic Installation

Hardware Setu

p

This section provides unpacking and installation information for the
PowerBay NAS array. Open the shipping carton for the PowerBay NAS
array and carefully unpack its contents.

1. Ensure that a hard drive cartrid

g

e is inserted into each of the
four mounting racks and that the cartridge locking buttons are in
the left (locked) position.

2. Connect the su

pp

lied Ethernet cable to the LAN port located at

the back of the device. Connect the other end of this cable to

our network, either via a switch/router or via direct connection

to your computer for confi guration.

3. Connect the supplied power cord to the rear of the PowerBay
NAS arra

y

and to an AC power receptacle

.

4. Press the Power button on the front of the PowerBay NAS array.
The green status LED will begin to fl ash to indicate that the unit

as initiated the power-on sequence.

5. Wait

f

or the PowerBay NAS array to boot up and to auto

-

confi gure its connection on the network. Depending on your

articular LAN confi guration and settings, this may take several

inutes. The following protocols will be followed during auto

-

confi guration:

a. DHCP client is enabled by de

f

ault. Therefore, your router

or ot

h

er LAN equipment that is providing the DHCP service will

automatica

ll

y assign an IP address to the PowerBay NAS array

and complete the network connection.

b. I

f

no DHCP server is available on your network, then
the PowerBay NAS array will take its default IP address of
1

92

.168.0.32.

6. A

f

ter successfully connecting to your network you will be able

to discover the PowerBay NAS array on your network. Its de

f

ault

ame is “PowerBay

”.

7. Before you can see any PowerBay NAS array shared folders, you
ust fi rst set up user accounts, or at a minimum must assign

ead/write privileges for the default folder named Volume_1.

This process is explained further below. Once this is done, you

ill be able to discover shared folders in network workgroup

amed “Workgroup”. In Windows go to My Network Places /
Entire Network / Microsoft Windows Network / Workgroup, or in
Mac OS X navigate to Go / Network

.

To set up other user accounts, and to confi gure other basic system
settings, you should continue setup using the web-based administration
t

ool described

in the next

sectio

n.

Once the PowerBa

y

NAS array is connected to your network and has

been confi

g

ured for your network environment, it can be accessed

rom any computer within the same subnet on your LAN. Furthermore,

more advanced users may choose to confi gure name servers (such
as WIN servers or DNS servers) in order to access the PowerBay NAS
array from a different subnet

.

Software Setu

p

he included CD-ROM contains copies of the User Guide, as well as

two so

f

tware applications: 1) MagicalFinder, and 2) Acronis backup

ftwar

e.

agical Finder - Network Setup Utilit

y

hen fi rst powered on, during the initial boot sequence, the PowerBay
NAS array will wait to be assigned an IP address via DHCP. If it does
not receive a DHCP as¬signed IP address, by default it will have a self­assigned IP address of 192.168.0.32.

If your router assigns addresses automatically, your router’s manual

ill describe how to view the DHCP Lease List so you can see your
drive’s assigned IP address. Alternatively, you can fi nd your drive’s IP
address using the included Magical Finder utility that is provided on
the product CD. If you are unfamiliar with the operation of your router,
you may fi nd it easier to use the Magical Finder.

1. Open the Magical Finder Utility and allow it to search for the

PowerBay NAS array.

2. After fi nding the PowerBay NAS array the utility will list the

device’s IP address, MAC address and Device Name. (I

f

the

device is not listed on the initial scan you can press the Refresh

utton to initiate a Re-Scan)

You have three o

p

tions:

• IP Setup Button: To enter t

h

e IP Address Setup.

• Folder Button: To o

p

en Windows Explorer to \\PowerBay.

• Browser Button: To link to the device web con

fi

guration

.

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3. After clicking the IP Setup Button you’ll be prompted to enter the
password (The default password is blank) and click OK.

4. Here you can change:

Device Name - Network name of the PowerBa

y

NAS array.

Workgroup - Workgroup name o

f

your network.

IP Address Setup - Edit the IP to

fi

t your network.

Network Interface - Your network ada

p

ter.

After the chan

g

es you can click OK to apply the changes

.

Acronis Backup Software

Acronis backup software is included on CD-ROM. To install this
application on one of your client Windows computers, open the
Acronis folder on the CD and then double click the setup fi le to start
installation. The Acronis installation window will appear. Follow the
setup wizard to install the software. To backup fi les to your PowerBay
NAS array using Acronis, you must fi rst assign a drive letter to your

tination folder.

Web Confi guration

The PowerBay NAS array has a web based confi guration tool. You can
access the confi guration tool by selecting the Browser Button of the
Magical Finder as described above, or by opening your browser and
entering the PowerBay NAS array IP address. The confi guration tool
includes a setup Wizard that allows you to quickly confi gure some of
t

he b

asic device settings. Click “Wizard” to start the Wizard setup.

W

izard Page

s

1. When initiating the Wizard, the user will always be prompte

d

to re-enter the login user name and password as a security
measure. Do so and click the next button

.

2. In this window the user can change the time zone confi guration

f the devi

ce.

3. In this window the user can change the IP confi guration of the

LAN Port of the device. You can choose:

• DHCP C

l

ient - Allows an IP to be assigned to the device

automatica

lly

(this option requires a DHCP Server in your

network).

• Static IP - A

ll

ows you to assign an IP address to the device

manuall

y.

4. In this window the user can change the IP confi guration of the

EXT Port of the device. You can ch

oose

:

• DHCP Client - Allows an IP to be assigned to the device
automatica

lly

(this option requires a DHCP Server in your

etwork).

• Static IP - Allows you to assign an IP address to the device

anuall

y.

5. In this window you can confi gure the Workgroup settings for
your device. If you have Active Directory confi gured in your

etwork you can choose the Active Directory option to setup

th

ose settings.

6. In this window you can confi gure the Active Directory settings

or your device

.

7. In this window you can complete your setup. Click the Save
Button to save your settings.

Home - Section

evice Information - Page

he Device information page allows you to view basic information
about the setup of the device. Here you can see the current settings for
Device Name, Description, LAN Port IP Address, EXT Port IP Address,
Firmware Version, Date, Time, RAID Level, and HDD information

.

Networks - Sectio

n

he Local Area Network settings for the device can be confi gured on
the LAN Port page

.

Port - Page

DHCP Client: Selecting DHCP Client will cause the device to obtain an
IP address from the local DHCP server.

tatic IP: Selecting Static IP requires you to assign the IP information for

the device manually.

MTU: The de

f

ault MTU (maximum transmission unit) is 1500 bytes. If
your network supports Jumbo Frames you can specify larger frame
sizes (in the range of 3000-9000) by fi rst selecting Enable in the MTU
Settings dialogue.

EXT Port - Page

The Local Area Network settings for the device’s EXT Port can be
confi gured on the EXT Port page

.

DHCP Client: Selecting DHCP Client will cause the device to obtain an
IP address

f

rom the local DHCP server.

tatic IP: Selecting Static IP requires you to assign the IP information for

t

he d

evice manually.

: The default MTU (maximum transmission unit) is 1500 bytes. If
your network supports Jumbo Frames you can specify larger frame
sizes (in the range of 3000-9000) by fi rst selecting Enable in the MTU
Settings dialogue.

Basic Setup - Section

The Time and Date of the device’s internal clock can be set manually or
be set automatically from the client computer or using an NTP Server

.

ate and Time - Pa

ge

Time Zone: Choose the Time Zone of where you are located from the
drop-down menu.

et from Computer:

o set the internal clock of the PowerBay NAS array

to the same time as the client computer, select Set from Computer and

it Save

.

et the Date and Time Manually: To set the date and time manually,

select Set Manuall

y

, and fi ll in the date and time using the drop-down

menus. Press Save to save the new settings

.

NTP Server: Tick the Enable NTP Server checkbox to enable NTP.
Network Time Protocol (NTP) synchronizes the device with an Internet
tim

e serve

r.

ype the URL of the NTP Server in the NTP Server checkbox or use the
drop-down menu to choose one of the default time servers listed for
your convenience. Press Save to save t

h

e new settings.

evice Settings - Page

he device settings page allows you to confi gure the Workgroup or
Active Directory settings o

f

your network on the device.

I

f

your network is confi gured as a Workgroup, click the Workgroup
radio button. Confi gure the parameters as described below:

Workgroup: The Workgroup is used by Microsoft Windows Network to

organize available network groups within the same network.

Nam

e

: The unique Name appears for other network services including

shared libraries on iTunes and other media players. The name can be
used to access your device from a web browser instead of using an IP
address, for ex¬ample, http://powerbay.

By default the device name is “PowerBay”.

Descri

p

tion: This fi eld assigns a device description to help identify the

device in the workgrou

p

If your network is confi gured in an Active Directory make sure the
following conditions are true:

1. Ensure t

h

at the Time and Date is synchronized between the

evice and the Windows Active Directory server. The device
and Active Directory server will only tolerate a maximum time
difference of 5 minutes.

2. Ensure that

y

ou can get the IP address of the 2008 AD server

rom the DNS server. The DNS1 and DNS2 settings are the same

as the LAN Setup. Please make sure this is working properly.

To con

fi

gure the PowerBay NAS array to use Active Directory, click
the Active Directory radio button and confi gure the parameters as
described below:

ser Name: Input the user name of an account setup on the Active

Directory t

h

at requires access to the resources on the device.

Pa

ssword

: Input the password of the chosen Active Directory user

account.

ame: Input a Domain Name Service (DNS) name for the PowerBay

NAS array. If the device connecting to the PowerBay NAS array is a

rowser or logon server this will be the name that these services are

advertised by.

Workgroup:

nter your Workgroup name here. The workgroup
name should be the same as the computers on the network. Devices
using the same workgroup will have additional fi le sharing methods
available

.

Realm Name:

nput the FQDN (Fully Qualifi ed Domain Name) of the
Active Directory Domain in this fi eld. This option specifi es the Kerberos
realm to use.

AD S

erver Name: Input the name of the Active Directory Server in this

fi eld. When the Windows user attempts to access the device at login

time, the device will connect to the 2008 AD Server and attempt to
authenticate the given user with the given password.

anguage Settings - Pa

ge

he web based confi guration tool for the PowerBay NAS array is

confi gured at the factory to use English as its user interface language.

he language settings page allows you to select a different user

interface language

.

elect Language: To use a different user interface language select an

available option from the pull-down list. Click ‘Save’ to apply the new

anguage selection.

Advanced Setup - Section

he PowerBay NAS array keeps track of data stored by its network
users by managing the data’s destination folder (also referred to herein
as a “shared folder” or simply a “share”). Furthermore, the PowerBay
NAS array must keep track of who may read from, and write to, each

older. It does this by setting up user accounts and groups. A group is a
collection of specifi c user accounts. When you assign access privileges
to a new share you have the option of either making assignments for
individual user accounts, or for an entire group of users at once by
referring to the group’s name

.

he default factory settings provide for no default user accounts or
default groups. Though there is one default folder (named Volume_1),
this folder has no default access privileges and so will not be accessible
at fi rst. The simplest way to make the Volume_1 folder accessible is to
use the web confi guration tool (Advanced Setup / Shared Folders) to
defi ne the Volume_1 folder privileges as “Allow everybody read and

rit

e”.

e Users/Groups menu is used to create and manage user and group

accounts. These are used

f

or user access and read/write privileges for
specifi ed fold¬ers on the network drive (using the Network Access
menu), or to setup FTP access an

d

privileges. When the device is

connecte

d

to a Workgroup up to 128 users and 10 groups can be
created. When the device is connected to an Active Directory a
combined total of 10000 users and groups can be displayed. By
default all users have read and write access to all newly created folders,

ut access rules can be created in the Network Access menu

.

1

0

Users - Page

ser Creation: This section contains required attributes for a new user,

including group, user name and password.

Se

l

ect User and enter a user name, password and then click Add.

ser List: Displays the list of users that you may assign to the selected

group.

To modif

y

a user to the selected group, click the user and then click the

modify button.

To remove a user from the

g

roup, click the user and then click the

remove button

.

Groups - Page

Create new groups that users can be assigned to and assign hard drive
space quotas for groups

.

roup Creation: This section contains required attributes for managing

roups. To create a new group enter the Group Name, select the

speci

fi

c Users you want to be members of the group, and then click

Add a Group.

Grou

p

List: This section displays the list of existing groups.

To modi

fy

a group, click the group and then click the Modify button.

To remove a

g

roup, click the group and then click the Delete button.

Shared Folders Settings - Page

Create shared folders for users and groups on the local network

.

User/Groups: Select the users or groups and assign Read Only or
Read/Write permissions to them.

Fo

ld

er:

elect the folder to assign to the nominated users/ groups and

click on the Add a

S

hared Folder button.

hared Folder List:

his section displays a list of existing Shared
Folders. To modify a share’s attributes, click the share and then click
the Modify button.

o remove a share, click the share and then click the Delete button.

uotas - Pag

e

his section allows you to assign a quota to a group or user to limit the
amount of storage they are allocated. By default, users and groups do
not have a quota

.

Disk Quota Status: This option enables or disables disk quota option.

User Quota Settin

g

s:

his section will list the existing users and you

can modify the each user’s quota here. Note that the default value is

nlimited.

hared Folder Quota Settings: This section allows you modify the
quota for a specifi c shared folder.

TP Server - Page

he device is equipped with a built in FTP Server. The server is easy to
confi gure and allows users to access important data whether they are

n the l

oca

l network or at a remote l

ocatio

n. The FTP server can be
confi gured to allow user access to specifi c directories, and will allow
up to 10 users to access the device at a time

.

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FTP Server: This option allows the user to enable and disable the use
of FTP Server on the device.

Max User: Sets the maximum number of users that can connect to the
FTP

S

erver at once.

Idle Time: Sets the amount of time a user can remain idle before being

i

sconnected

.

Por t: Sets the FTP port number. The default is port 21.

In order to use FXP (File Exchan

g

e Protocol) for server-to-server data

transfer, please make sure to change the port from 21 to some other

ort as listed in the Port section of the web UI. Also, please make sure

to o

p

en the corresponding port on your router and forward that port

from

y

our router to the PowerBay NAS arra

y.

Flow Control: Allows you to limit the amount of bandwidth available

or each user.

Client Lan

guag

e: Most standard FTP clients like Windows FTP, only

support Western European codepage when transferring fi les. Support
has been added for non standard FTP clients that are capable of
supporting these character sets.

NFS Server - Page

This section allows you to enable the built-in NFS server to share your

olders by NFS

.

NFS Server Allowed: Enable or disable the NFS Server.

H

os

t: Enter an IP address of NFS clients, the fully qualifi ed domain

name, netgroups or IP networks. This

fi

eld also supports wildcards.

F

olde

r: The folder you want to export to NFS clients.

Root Squas

h

NFS Client: Map requests from User ID/Group ID 0 to the

anony¬mous User ID/Group ID.

L

is

t:

his section lists information about the confi gured NFS clients.
It includes Allowed Hosts, Paths, Root Squash, and Read/Write
permissions.

sync Server - Page

is section allows you to set up your Rsync Server

.

Rsync Server: Enable or disable the Rsync Server.

ser Name: Enter the User Name allowed to connect to this Rsync

erver

.

Password:

nter the Password used for the user to connect to the

Rsync Server.

F

olde

r: Select the directory available to the Rsync Server.

ub-Folder: Enter the name of sub directory. It will be created under

“F

olde

r”.

ared Name: Enter the shared name for the Folder.

Rsync S

h

ared Folder List:

his section lists the existing shared folders

in the Rsync folder

.

AFP - Pag

e

Apple Filing Protocol (AFP) provides fi le services for Mac OS X and
original Mac OS. This implementation is compatible with AFP 3.1,

ich was introduced in Mac OS X Server version 10.2

.

AFP

: Select Enable or Disable to turn AFP on or off. It is disabled by

lt.

Once Enabled is checked, related protocol parameters must be
selected

.

Mac Codepages: Select a codepage which is used by your Mac OS

9. If your environment only has Mac OS X, you can ignore this setting.

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Time Machine: Enable or di

sable

the Time Machine service. If it is
enabled, you must enter a login password and the amount of storage
(in gigabytes) that you want to allocate for this service.

AppleTalk

:

Enable or disable AppleTalk. AppleTalk allows the

PowerBay NAS array to be discovered by Net Browser on Mac OS 9.

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Link Layer Topology Discovery (LLTD) allows the PowerBay NAS array to
be discovered by Windows Vista’s network map. (Note: Enabling LLTD
may cause decreased network performance. If you are experiencing
decreased network performance try disabling LLTD.

)

: Enable or Disable to turn LLTD on or o

ff.

Disk Management - Section

Disk Status - Page

This page displays the status of all of installed disk cartridges of the
PowerBay NAS array, as well as any attached USB or eSATA drives.

isk Confi guration - Pag

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he PowerBay NAS array supports fi ve RAID methods of disk
confi guration. They are RAID 0, RAID 1 with spare, RAID 5, RAID 5 with
spare and RAID 6. When choosing to use RAID with spare the spare

isk’s icon will change its color to green.

Each o

f

the RAID modes may be further confi gured to include full disk
data encryption. RAID modes 0, 5, and 6 may be further confi gured to
included array mirroring to an attached eSATA drive

.

WARNING: Changing RAID mode will delete all data on the disks. Do not change the
RAID confi guration unless you have fi rst saved all of the data from the device to another
storage location

.

1

3

RAID 0: RAID 0 (also called Striping) distributes data across all disks
in a way which can improve throughput, while retaining full capacity.
However, RAID 0 provides no fault tolerance so in case of possible
failure of any disk, all data will be lost. Available capacity is the
combined capacity of all four disk cartridges.

RAID 1 with S

p

are: RAID 1 (also called Mirroring) stores a duplicate set

of data onto at least one other disk so that if one disk fails, all data can
be recovered from the other disk. The PowerBay NAS array implements
RAID 1 in a way that provides for even more redundancy, resulting in
maximum fault tolerance. It does this by (a) using two drives as mirrors
instead of just one, and (b) using the fourth drive as a spare. The spare
drive will automatically rebuild as a fresh mirror whenever a failure of
one of the other three drives is detected. Available capacity is equal to
that of only one disk cartridge.

5: RAID 5 (Striping with distributed parity) combines three or
more disks in a way that protects data against loss of any one disk. The
storage capacity of the array is reduced by one disk. The PowerBay
NAS array implements RAID 5 in one of two ways

:

1. Select “RAID 5” to build a 4-disk array. Available capacity will be
equal to that of three disk cartridges

.

2. Select “RAID 5 with Spare” to build a 3-disk array. The fourth disk
is used as a spare. The spare drive will automatica

lly

rebuild to
complete a healthy 3-disk array whenever a failure of one of the
other three drives is detected. Available capacity is equal to that
of two disk cartridges.

6: RAID 6 (Striping with distributed dual parity) combines all four
disks in a way that protects data against loss of any two disks. In the
event of a single disk failure, the use of dual parity allows for time to
rebuild the array safely without the data being at risk if an additional
drive fails before the rebuild is complete. Available capacity is equal to
that of two disk cartridges

.

Array Mirroring to eSATA Driv

e

he full data of the PowerBay NAS array can be continuously copied
to an attached eSATA drive. If a catastrophic failure of the NAS array
occurs, the full data can be restored from the eSATA drive once the
NAS array has been repaired or replaced. Array mirroring to eSATA
is supported only in RAID modes 0, 5, and 6 and is NOT supported in
RAID 1 with Spare or in RAID 5 with Spare. The capacity of the eSATA
drive must be at least as large as the capacity of the NAS array.

I

f

you want to use this function, please enable it during the fi rst time
you confi gure the array.

hen the mirror function is in use, the Disk Confi guration page will
show the status of the mirror system, and will present action buttons
to temporarily disable the mirror function (“Unmirror” Button) and to
restore data from the eSATA drive to the NAS (“Restore” Button

).

WARNING: When using the eSATA mirroring function, you MUST attach and power
up the eSATA drive BEFORE you power up the PowerBay NAS array. This power-up
sequence must be

f

ollowed EACH TIME you power cycle the PowerBay NAS array. If you

power up the PowerBay NAS array

fi

rst, and later attach and power up the eSATA drive,

the eSATA drive will not be recognized as a mirror device, so the eSATA drive will no

onger be synchronized to the NAS data

.

Array Encryptio

n

he PowerBay NAS array supports 256-bit Advanced Encryption
Standard (AES) full disk encryption. Encryption may be enabled for
any RAID mode. If eSATA mirroring is enabled, then data copied to the
eSATA drive will also be encrypted

.

If you want to use this function, please enable it during the fi rst time
you con

fi

gure the array.

Once the drive has been confi

g

ured using encryption, the full array can
thereafter be LOCKED or UNLOCKED using a password key. When the
array is LOCKED it will not show up on the LAN as a shared volume and
users cannot access it for storage. All four cartridge LED’s will remain
red while the array is LOCKED. For convenience, several methods are
provided to UNLOCK a LOCKED array

:

1. Enter the NAS user interface and press UNLOCK on the Disk

Confi guration page. You will be prompted to enter the password

ey string

.

2. Insert a USB Key device into the front USB port of the PowerBay

NAS array. This Key device may be either a fl ash drive or a hard
drive, and must have been previously con

fi

gured with the key

le using the ‘Store Key in USB Drive’ procedure. Once the array

is unlocked, the USB Key device may be removed.

3. Enter the NAS user inter

f

ace and load the key fi le from a

computer on the LAN using the ‘Load”

f

unction on the Key
Management page. This key fi le must have been previously
stored onto the computer using the ‘Save’

f

unction on the Key

Management page. Alternatively, the key

fi

le might have been
previously e-mailed to a user using the ‘Mail’ function on the Key
Management page.

NOTICE: When encryption is enabled, data transfer rates may be reduced

.

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Enable / Disable Encryption: During disk confi guration, select Enable

or Disable. If Enable is selected, you will be prompted to enter a

assword key string. Also you may optionally select one of two

additional encryption options

.

Password Key: Enter a password key string of 6-10 characters.

Auto Unlock During System Reboot

:

Check the Auto Unlock box if you want the NAS always to power up in
the UNLOCKED state. Use the feature with caution, since anyone who
can access the PowerBay NAS array to power it off and back on can
unlock a locked array.

Store Ke

y

in USB Drive: If you want to use a USB storage device to

unlock a locked array, insert a USB Flash Drive or USB Hard Drive in the
front USB port and check this box. An encrypted key fi le will be written
to the USB device during confi guration. A USB key device created in
this way can later be used to UNLOCK a LOCKED array. The USB key
cannot be copied, although multiple USB keys may be created from
the Key Management page

.

Press ‘OK’ to initiate drive reconfi guration. This process erases all data
on the array

.

Managing the Encrypted Drive: Once the NAS array has been
encrypted, the Disk Con

fi

guration page will show three additional

tton

s.

‘Lock’ will LOCK the array. You will be prompted to enter the password
key string to continue. A locked array will not show up on the LAN as a

hared volum

e.

‘Unlock’ will UNLOCK the array. You will be prompted to enter the
password key string to continue.

‘Ke

y

Management’ will present options for managing the password

key

.

‘Reconfi gure’ will still allow you to reconfi gure the array, although now

ou will be prompted to enter the password key string before you can

ntinue.

Key Management: Use this page to defi ne how you want the password
key to be used for unlocking the encrypted array

.

‘Change’ allows you to enter a new password key

.

‘Save’ and ‘Load’ allow you to store an encrypted key fi le “Volume_1.
key” onto a computer on the LAN, and later retrieve the fi le to UNLOCK
a LOCKED arra

y.

‘Mail’ allows the password key string to be e-mailed to all users whose
e-mail addresses have been entered into the Receiver E-mail fi elds
on the E-mail Settings page. If the administrator forgets the password
key, the administrator can recover the key by mailing it to himself. This

eature also means that anyone who discovers the administrator’s User

Interface password can also easily discover the encryption key.

‘Auto Unlock’ and ‘USB Ke

y

’ options are offered again on this page. This
gives you a chance to invoke these options after you have confi gured
the array

.

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5

Disk Confi guration – Page (Steps)

Here are the steps to confi gure all the hard drives (including an
attached eSATA mirroring disk) to run on RAID 6

.

tep 1: Select the desired RAID confi guration. In the example we

chose RAID 6

.

tep 2:

elect the desired fi le system format. In the example we chose

ext2.

Step 3: Decide whether you want to attach an external eSATA drive
for dedicated use in saving a full duplicate of the data stored on your
PowerBay NAS array. If you choose to use this eSATA Disk Mirror
feature, check the Mirror option button located below the eSATA Disk
icon in this dialogue. When the mirror feature is enabled, the eSATA
Disk icon will have a blue frame around it. The eSATA Disk Mirror
option is not available for the two RAID modes using a spare.

lick OK

.

tep 4: You will be warned that doing this confi guration will erase all

the data from your hard drives. Click OK (if you want to proceed).

tep 5: The RAID confi guration will start. Please wait for it to complete

ully before proceeding.

he new RAID settings will now show on the Hard Disk Confi guration
page, including the change of the eSATA Disk’s status to “Synchronized”.
If you select “Unmirror” but leave the external eSATA drive powered
on and connected, the Status will change from “Synchronized” to
“Connected”. To restore all data from the external eSATA drive to the
NAS, hit the “Restore” button. The external eSATA drive capacity must
be at least as large as the currently confi gured NAS RAID array.

isk Utilities - Pag

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.M.A.R.T. Test

:

S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) is
a monitoring service that can diagnose the health status of a disk by
analyzing certain disk attributes. The test result for each disk is shown
at the right.

can Disk: Press the Scan Disk button to initiate a scan of all disks and
attempt to detect and to list any errors found. This process can take a
long time to complete.

R

efo

rmat: If you want to reformat the array, using the currently selected

RAID mode, you may press the Reformat button. You will be warned
that re

f

ormatting will erase all the data from your hard drives. Click OK

(i

f y

ou want to proceed)

.

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6

Power Management - Pag

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Enabling this feature will cause the hard disk drives to hibernate after
the specifi ed time of inactivity. The hard disk drives will wake-up when
new activit

y

is detected

.

Power Management:

nable or Disable power management.

Turn Off Hard Drives: Select the amount of idle time allowed before
t

he hard d

rives are shut down. Remember that the device will stay
powered on, only the hard drives lose power. They will regain power
immediately after attempting to access them.

Click ‘Save’ when

fi

nished

.

Patrol Read - Page

The Patrol Read function launches a daemon that runs in the
background to actively search disks for unreadable and mismatched
blocks. If any problem is detected, the daemon will attempt to correct
it in an effort to prevent potential data corruption. This procedure
should be scheduled for off-peak usage periods. If the system is shut
down before the Patrol Read procedure completes successfully, it will
not start automatically after the system is rebooted. In this case you

ave the option to access the Patrol Read page and restart it manually

by pressing the Start button

.

Pat rol Read Status: The current status of an active Patrol R

ead tas

k will

e shown under Status. Future tasks that have been scheduled will be

isted in the Schedule List.

Use the Start or Sto

p

button to manually override the scheduled patrol
read activity. Pressing Stop will immediately stop a Patrol Read that is
underway. Pressing Start will start a new Patrol Read or will restart a
Patrol Read that had previously been interrupted

.

Create Schedule: To sch

edule a Patro

l R

ead task de

fi ne the time

parameters under Schedule, and press Create.

Download/Backup - Sectio

n

Download fi les from a FTP server or web server or Backup shared fi les
and folders from computer or NAS

.

TP/HTTP - Pag

e

Login Method:

nter the login information for an FTP site which
contains the fi les you wish to schedule for download. If no password
is required, choose ‘Anonymous’. If a password is required, choose
‘Account’ and provide the login name and password.

T

ype: Select either ‘File’ or ‘Folder’ from the drop down list depending

on what you plan to download. Choose File if downloading a specifi c

le. Choose Folder if downloading all fi les in a specifi c folder.

RL: Enter the FTP, HTTP, or Local site address for the scheduled

download. Click on Test to verify access to the site address and fi le/

older. Click on Local to browse for a folder from the internal drives. If
you have chosen ‘File’ from the above drop down list, you must specify
the exact fi le in the URL path. This includes the fi le extension. (e.g.
http://example.com/test/testfi le.txt

)

ave To: Enter the specifi c destination within the internal drives for
downloaded fi les or folders to be saved. Click ‘Browse’ to browse the
internal drives.

Recurring Backup:

or backups that will be scheduled to happen at a
regular time, select the desired interval (daily, weekly, or monthly) and
the time you want the backup to start.

Wh

e

n:

elect the date and time for the download to occur.

Incremental Backup:

his type of backup, if selected, will compare

les of identical names on both source and destination folders. If the

source fi le was modifi ed later than the destination fi le, the source fi le

ill overwrite the existing (old) destination fi le. If the source fi le is the

same as the destination fi le, no action will be taken

.

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Schedule List: Pending or completed download events will be listed
here. Current status is displayed for each event and there is an option
to delete a download event at any time.

Schedule Status - Pag

e

View the progress and status of currently scheduled downloads.
Pending or completed download events will be listed here. Current
download statistics, such as % completed and download speed, are
displayed for each event. A refresh button is also provided to produce
updated listings at any time

.

Download was successful

.

Download failed.

Download has not yet occurred.

Waiting.

Link fi le.

The fi le is downloading

USB/eSATA Backup - Page

Back up data from an attached USB drive or an attached eSATA drive
to NA

S.

ource:

oose the backup source, USB drive or eSATA drive.

D

esti

nation:

pecify the NAS destination folder, either by entering the

older name directly or by browsing to the folder.

Met

hod

:

eck the box “Keep Existing Files” to keep your older

backed up data. When this box is le

f

t unchecked, your older data will

e overwritten.

Schedule LAN Backup - Page

This section allows you to use Rsync to backup fi les to/from another

sync server

.

Rsync Login Method:

uthentication method of server. Selecting

“Account” re

q

uires you to specify a User Name and Password.

Remote Rsync User Name:

nter the

use

r name that will be

allowed to

connect to the remote Rs

y

nc server.

Remote Rsync Passwor

d

: Remote Rsync User Name’s password.

H Support:

ecure Shell or SSH is a protocol that allows data to be
exchanged using a secure channel between two networked devices.
Enable this option for remote transfers when you need a high degree
of security

.

Remote SSH User Name:

e SSH user name that will be allowed to

connect to the remote Rsync server.

Remote

SS

H Password: Remote SSH User Name’s password.

Bac

k

up Direction: Copy data from the remote server to the PowerBay

NAS array or

f

rom the PowerBay NAS array to the remote server.

Rs

y

nc Server:

he URL of the Rsync server. Its format will be “xxx.xxx.

xxx.xxx::sharedname”.

earch:

f the user doesn’t know the URL of the Rsync Server, you can
click the Search button to search for the name of an existing Rsync
Server running on another PowerBay NAS array on the network.

Loca

l

Folder:

he directory of the PowerBay NAS array that is used to

save data or export to remote server.

Met

hod

: Check the box “Keep Existing Files” to keep your older

backed up data. When this box is left unchecked, your older data will

overwritten.

Recurring Backup:

et the frequency for backups.

Wh

e

n:

hoose a time window for recurring backups to take place.

Bac

k

up List: View the scheduled LAN backup status

.

eal Time LAN Backup - Pag

e

Here you can confi gure the PowerBay NAS array to backup fi les in real
time to Rsync. Any further changes to the fi les in the Source folder

ld refl ect in the Destination folder in real time. There are two roles

in which to con

fi

gure the Real Time LAN Backup confi guration.

1. Source: Where you can backup this PowerBay NAS array to another
PowerBay NAS array that has the Rsync Server running.

2. Destination: Where

y

ou can backup another PowerBay NAS array

to this PowerBa

y

NAS array that has the Rsync Server runnin

g.

1

8

ource Role: In order to confi gure this PowerBay NAS array in the

Source Role, Rsync needs to be disabled on this PowerBay NAS array.

reate Task:

heck this box to create a backup task.

ource Folder: The directory of the PowerBay NAS array, used to save

ata or export to remote server.

Destination IP: The IP address o

f

the remote Rsync server. When
you don’t have the IP address of the remote Rsync server you can
use the Search button to search

f

or the remote Rsync server using its

ostname.

Destination

Sh

are-Name: Enter the destination share name.

Login Account:

heck this box if you want to login anonymously.
Uncheck this box if you want to manually confi gure the login account
with a user name and password

.

ame: When using a login account, enter the name that will be used

or the remote Rsync server

.

Password: When using a login account, enter the password that will be
used to connect to the remote Rsync server.

Encrypted Trans

f

er (SSH): If the remote Rsync server supports SSH

Secure Shell) transfer, check this box to enable.

Nam

e

: The name that will be used to encrypt the Rsync connection to

the remote server.

Pa

ssword

: The password that will be used to encrypt the Rsync

connection to t

h

e remote server.

Backup Option:

heck this box if you want to retain the fi les in the

remote server that do not exist in the Source Folder.

Bac

k

up List: This section allows you to view and manage the real time

backup tasks

.

Destination Role: In order to confi gure this PowerBay NAS array in the
Destination Role, Rsync needs to be enabled on this PowerBay NAS

y

.

Rsync Server Ready: When enabling the Destination Role the PowerBay
NAS array will only check if the Rsync Server is enabled and then reply
if it is ready or not.

Maintenance - Section

he Password menu allows you to set a password for the admin

account. It is recommen

ded

to set an admin account password when

rst confi guring the device

.

assword - Page

Password:

hange the administrator’s password. Enter the current

assword, then the new password. When entering a non-null password,
you must enter a password of at least 5 characters in length. Type in the
new password again and click ‘Save’ to put the change into effect.

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System - Page

The System menu provides options for system restarts, saving and
loading confi guration settings, and setting idle times.

Restart: Click ‘Restart’ to reboot the PowerBay NAS array.

D

efaults

: Click ‘Restore’ to reset the PowerBay NAS array to factory

default settings. Use the restore feature only if necessary as this will
erase a

ll

previously saved settings on the unit. This process will not

arm or change any data on the internal drives.

S

hutd

own: Press the Shutdown button to initiate the power down

sequence, w

hich

returns the unit to the standby power state.

Con

fi

guration Settings: Save confi guration settings by pressing

the ‘Save’ button and then choosing a destination folder for the
con

fi

guration fi le. The default name of the confi guration fi le is

C

f

gBackup.

To load previously saved confi guration settings ‘Browse’ to the
confi guration fi le, and then press the ‘Load’ button.

I

dle

Time: Enter a value for the System Inactivity Timer. If the

administrator is idle

f

or longer than the specifi ed time, he will be

logged out of the confi guration area. Click ‘Apply’ when fi nished.

System Overheat Temperature: Ent

er a value fo

r the thermal monitor

trip point. I

f

the system temperature is exceeded for more than 1
minute, the system will be shutdown automatically. Click ‘Apply’ when
fi ni

shed.

Automatic Power Recovery: If this feature has been enabled, and the
electric power is cut off or the system cannot complete a normal power
off, the system will power on automatically when power is restored.
Click ‘Apply’ when fi nished.

chedule Power On/Off: You can set what time you want to shutdown
the PowerBay NAS array or to power on the PowerBay NAS array. Use
‘M

ode

’ to di

sable

it or en¬

able

it.

hen ‘Schedule Power On/Off Mode’ is set to ‘Days of Week’, you
can fi ll in the table presented to defi ne on/off times for each day
independently

.

Click ‘Apply’ when fi nished

.

irmware - Pag

e

e PowerBay NAS array Firmware menu allows you to install new

rmware releases for the device

.

Firmware: You can upgrade the fi rmware of the device from this page.

he fi rmware fi le you want to use must be saved on the local hard drive
of the computer you are working from. Click on ‘Browse’ to search the
local hard drive

f

or the fi rmware fi le to be used for the update. Click

‘Upgrade’ to begin the upgrade. Please wait a

f

ew minutes for the fi le
to download fully and for the unit to return to the standby power state.
You wi

ll th

en be prompted to pull out the power plug, to reinsert the

power p

l

ug, and then to power on the unit to complete the upgrade

.

-Mail Settings - Pa

ge

On the E-Mail settings page you can confi gure the PowerBay NAS
array to automatically prepare and send e-mails to alert you to certain
operational conditions and drive status conditions

.

Login Method: Select ‘Account’ if your SMTP server requires
authentication. Select ‘anonymous’ if it does not.

2

0

ser Name: If ‘Account’ is selected, enter the user name of your e-mail

account.

Pa

ssword

: If ‘Account’ is selected, enter the password for your e-mail

nt.

SMTP Server: Enter the SMTP Server address. This will be your
outgoing mail server address. If you are not sure what this is, contact
the company that provides e-mail services for you

.

Port Number: Enter the port number used by your SMTP Server

.

ender E-Mail: Enter the Sender’s e-mail address. This is the address

that the e-mail alerts will appear to be coming from.

R

eceive

r E-Mails: Enter up to three Receiver e-mail addresses. These

are the addresses you want the e-mail alerts to be sent to

.

Receiver e-mail 1 is assumed to be the Administrator, and so this
address is used for certain other Administrator functions, such as
encryption key notifi cation

.

Click ‘Save Settings’ when fi nished. Pressing the “Test E-Mail” button
will cause an e-mail message to be generated as a test.

E-Mail Alerts - Page

Send E-mail alerts for certain conditions or for drive space status
updates.

A

lert Types: Select the information you want e-mailed to the recipient

specifi ed. The space status can be sent in intervals, while the other
items will only be sent when necessary.

Click ‘Save Settings’ when

fi

nished.

System Status - Section

Information - Page

View a summary of System information here.

Help Menu - Sectio

n

he PowerBay NAS array help page provides a menu of help topics

explaining the features of the device

.

Getting Hel

p

If you are experiencing diffi culty installing or using your Verbatim
product, please visit the main Technical Support website at

ww.verbatim.com/support

.

Knowledge Bas

e

Sharing fi les using Window

s

he PowerBay NAS array supports Microsoft Common Internet File

System (CIFS), also known as Server Message Block (SMB) protocol.

e SMB protocol is implemented on the PowerBay NAS array using
the popular Samba software. Any PC running Windows 2000, Windows
XP, or Windows Vista can access shared fi les on the PowerBay NAS
array. Once you can view the folder in My Computer or in Windows
Explorer, you can drag and drop fi les to this folder like you can with
any folder

.

here are several alternative ways to view the NAS shared folders in

indows. For example, you can

•

U

se the

un dialogue box accessed through the

tar

t

b

utton in

t

h

e system tray.

• Browse t

h

rough the Network Neighborhoo

d

• Use the Search dialogue box accessed through the

tart button

r File Brow

ser

• Look through devices in My Compute

r

un Dialogu

e

o fi nd the PowerBay NAS array using this method select Start in the

system tray and select Run. In the

pen

fi eld provided enter “\\”

ollowed by the PowerBay NAS array’s IP and then press OK. If your
IP has already been associated with the device name, then you may
alternatively enter “\\PowerBay” and then press OK

.

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Browse Network Neighborhood

Open the

and double-click o

n

etwork Nei

ghborhood

or My Network Places. Browse to Workgroup to fi nd the PowerBa

y

NAS array shared folders

.

Search Dialogu

e

Select Startin the system tray and select

earch Use the

earch

dialogue to search for Computers

For the computer name to search

for enter “powerbay” and then press

to fi nd the connected

the PowerBay NAS array. Double-click the PowerBay NAS array entry to
connect and view its shared folders.

Browse My Compute

r

Open

and double-click on

y Network Places. Browse

t

o Workgroup to fi nd the PowerBay NAS array shared folders.

Once you have located the attached shared folders of the PowerBay
NAS arra

y, y

ou can map a drive letter to a folder. [You must assign a
drive letter in order to save fi les to the PowerBay NAS array using the
bundled backup software.] To do this, right-click on the folder and
select “map network drive”. Fill out the dialogue box that Windows

resents (input the logical drive letter and enter the path of a network
share directory) and then select Finish. Now you can log in using
the Samba User Account credentials that you created using web
confi guration tool of the PowerBay NAS array. The PowerBay NAS array
will show up in

under

etwork Drive

s

Sharing fi les using Mac OS

X

A Mac running Mac OS X can access a connected PowerBay NAS
array. Click on Go / Network to open the Network window. Existing
shares will show after expanding the “Shared” list, or by clicking on the
PowerBay NAS array name in the list of attached devices.

To login to speci

fi

c shares, you many need to double-click on
“PowerBay” located in “Workgroup” to open the connection dialogue
box. I

f

prompted to “Select SMB/CIFS shared volume you want to

connect to” use the pull-down menu to select one o

f

the current shares.
You will then be prompted to authenticate by entering your user name
an

d

password. For “user name” use the Mac OS “Short Name” that you

use

d

to create your account on the PowerBay NAS array.

A

f

ter completing authentication your shared folder will appear on your

deskto

p

. You can now drag and drop fi les to this folder as you can for

any folder

.

Sharing fi les using Linu

x

If you are primarily sharing fi les across Linux or UNIX computers, you
should confi gure the PowerBay NAS array to use NFS (Network File
System)

f

or fi le sharing instead of SMB. While your Operating System

documentation will explain the details o

f

NFS fi le sharing, the brief

steps below will get you started.

1. Use the PowerBay NAS array web-based con

fi

guration tool to
enable NFS by checking the Enable box at: Advanced Setup /
NFS Serve

r

2. Use the web-based administration tool to create a new share
and defi ne the share’s NFS access properties using the settings
for Allowed Host, Folder, and Root Squash

.

3. Log into the Linux PC as root

.

4. Create a mount point, such as /mnt/nas by entering the mount
command from your client computer. For example

,

mount –t nfs <IP address of the PowerBay NAS array>:/shares

/

powerbay/powerbay/mnt/na

s

Now the folder powerbay will be mounted to the directory /mnt/

nas in the Linux system. Linux users with access privileges can
now access fi les in this directory.

USB Print Server Installatio

n

he PowerBay NAS array features a built-in USB print server, giving
users the ability to share a printer on their local network. Connect a
USB printer to the USB port on the back of the PowerBay NAS array.
It is important to ensure that the printer manufacturer’s drivers have
been installed on any client computer you want to print

f

rom

.

1. Go to Start > Run and enter the following command to access

our PowerBay NAS array: \\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (where xxx.xxx.xxx.

xxx is the IP address of your PowerBay NAS array). Click OK.

2. Next you’ll see a printer already listed named ‘lp’.

Rig

h

t click on the printer called ‘lp’ and choose the option

‘

C

onnect’

.

3. The next message will tell you that the printer will be installed on

your computer automatica

ll

y and that you will need to install the

appropriate printer drivers

f

or it. Click OK.

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4. Locate and install the correct printer drivers for your printer.
Click OK.

5. This will complete the print server setup procedure.

You can view your newly added printer in your printer and

f

axes

window.

Hot-Swap Functio

n

The PowerBay NAS array supports hot-swap drive trays. You can
eject or insert hard drive cartridges when the PowerBay NAS array is
operating.

However, if the hard drives are created into various levels of RAID,

y

ou
cannot hot swap all the hard drives at the same time. Hot swapping
all the hard drives will cause a loss of data, and the RAID volume will
need to be re-created again. Different levels of RAID required various
numbers of hard drives remaining in the PowerBay NAS array.

RAID 0: If any single hard drive is hot-swapped, the data will be

ost and the array will be destroye

d.

1: You can hot swap the hard drives as long as one of the

drives in the 3-drive mirror array is still in the PowerBay
NAS array. Removal of all hard drives will result in a loss
of all data and volume will have crashed. You may always
remove the spare drive provided that it has not yet been

tivated.

RAID 5:In a RAID 5 volume, it is only possible to hot swap 1 hard

rive at a time without losing all data. This is because a
RAID 5 volume can only tolerate the loss of 1 hard drive
and still continue to work. After hot swapping a hard
drive, the volume must fi rst be rebuilt before another
hard drive can be hot swapped, otherwise this will also
result in a loss o

f

all data and the RAID volume will have

crashed. I

f

you are confi gured for RAID5 plus Spare, you
may always remove the spare drive provided that it has
not yet

b

een activate

d.

RAID 6:In a RAID 6 volume, it is possible to hot swap any 2 hard

drives at a time without losing data.

The hot-swa

p

feature is only indicated by the LED behavior of the

individual HDD LEDs. If the HDD is functioning normally its LED will
be solid blue. When you slide the HDD locking button to the right to

repare to swap the HDD, the HDD LED will go off. As soon as you
insert the new HDD into the slot and slide the HDD locking button to
the left, the blue light will appear again indicating that the HDD status
is rea

d

y.

Please take note that removin

g

a disk from the PowerBay NAS array
and inserting it in another device is not advisable, even if it is another
PowerBay NAS array. Taking such action may jeopardize the integrity

f the dat

a.

What is RAID

?

RAID, short for Redundant Array of Independent Disks, is storage
confi guration that combines two or more disks for the purpose of
providing fault tolerance and/or improving performance. There are
several different confi gurations or levels of RAID, with each providing a
different method of sharing or distributing data among the drives

.

AID

0

RAID 0 provides data striping, which spreads out blocks of data over
all drives, but does not provide data redundancy.

Althou

gh perf

ormance is improved, the lack of fault tolerance means

that if one drive fails, all data in the array will be lost

.

AID 1

RAID 1 provides mirroring over multiple disks, with the same read/

rite speed of a single disk. A RAID 1 array can only be as large as its

smallest member disk.

Because the data is stored on multiple disks, RAID 1 provides fault
to

l

erance and protection.

AID 5

RAID 5 provides data striping with distributed parity, which stores
in

f

ormation that can be used to recon¬struct data. A RAID 5 array will

be the size o

f

all the combined disks capacity less the capacity of one
disk. For example, if there are 4x 500GB disks in the array, the array
capacity will be 1.5TB (3x500GB).

2

3

RAID 5 allows the array to continue operating even if one of the disks

ails.

The dia

g

ram below indicates the operation of RAID 5

:

6

RAID 6 is an extension of RAID 5. It adds an additional parity block by
using block-level striping with two par¬ity blocks distributed across all
the member disks.

RAID 6 allows the array to continue operating even i

f

two of the disks

ail.

The diagram below indicates the operation o

f

RAID 6

:

Technical Specifi cation

s

Physical & Environmental

Feature Detailed Description

Power Suppl

y

• SANSHIN ATX Power Supply (SU-082RW)

• AC Input: 100~240Vac/1.8~0.7A; 50~60Hz

• DC Output:12/5/3.3/5Vdc/4.5/10/4.5/1A (124W)

O

p

erating Temperature 5 ~ 35°C

Storage Temperature -20~60°C

Operating Humi

dity

10 ~ 85% non-condensing

Stora

g

e Humidit

y

5 ~ 95% non-condensin

g

MTBF 35°C, 5 years

RoHS Comp

l

ies with RoHS

Dimension 17

0

mm x 183mm x

230

mm

Including rubber feet)

oftware Features

eature Detailed Description

Network

fi

le Protocols FTP, SMB, NFS, AF

P

Standards IEEE 802.3/u/ab

Networ

k S

ervice Protocols DHCP Client, SMB (Samba), SMTP, NTP

Network Client Type Windows 7, 2000, XP, Vista; Linux; Mac OS X 10.2

and higher

Fi

l

e System Internal HDD: EXT2/EXT

3

External USB Storage: FAT32 (Read/Write) or NTFS

Read Only)

External eSATA device: FAT32 (Read/Write) or NTFS

Read Only)

File Sharing • Max User Accounts: 1

28

• Max Groups: 10

• Max S

h

ared Folders: 32

• Max Concurrent Connections:128 (Samba) /10 (FTP)

ser Interface • HTTP Web browser – Internet Explorer v6 or later;

Mozilla Firefox; Safari

• Magical Finder utilit

y

• HDD control and management via PC

• Re

f

ormat Disk

• Disk Check

• S.M.A.R.T Check

• 256-bit AES Disk Encryptio

n

Two RESET modes • Reset by web confi guration GUI button

• Reset by rear panel reset button (press and hold
more t

h

an 5 seconds

)

Avoid risk of explosion if the battery is replaced by an incorrect type. Please dispose of

the used batteries according to the instructions

.

Technical Suppor

t

If you are experiencing diffi culty installing or using your Verbatim
pro

d

uct, please visit the main Verbatim Technical Support website at

ww.verbatim-europe.com. From this page you can access our library

o

f

user documentation, read answers to frequently asked questions, and

download available so

f

tware updates. Although most of our customers

nd this content suffi cient to put them back on the right track, this page

also lists ways in which you can contact the Verbatim Technical Support

eam directly.

Europe: For tec

h

nical support in Europe e-mail drivesupport@verbatim­europe.com or call 00 800 3883 2222 in the following countries: Austria,
Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Luxemburg,
Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland,
Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom. All other countries call
[phone]

.

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Limited Warranty Term

s

Verbatim Limited warrants this product to be free from defects
in material and workmanship for a period of 2 years from date of
purchase. This warranty excludes batteries. If this product is found to
be defective within the warrant

y p

eriod, it will be replaced at no cost
to you. You may return it with your original cash register receipt to the
place of purchase or contact Verbatim

.

Product replacement is your sole remedy under this warranty, and
this warranty does not apply to normal wear or to damage resulting
from abnormal use, misuse, abuse, neglect or accident, or to any
incompatibility or poor performance due to the specifi c computer
software or hardware used. VERBATIM WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR
DATA LOSS OR ANY INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR SPECIAL
DAMAGES, HOWEVER CAUSED, FOR BREACH OF WARRANTIES
OR OTHERWISE. This warranty gives you specifi c legal rights and you
may also have other rights which vary from state to state or country to
country

.

FCC Compliance

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits

or a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.

T

h

ese limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against

harmful interference in a residential installation. This e

quip

ment
generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not
installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause
harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no
guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If
this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television
reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and
on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or
more of the following measures

:

• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

• Increase t

h

e separation between the equipment and receiver.

• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit di

ff

erent from

t

h

at to which the receiver is connected.

• Consult the dealer or an ex

p

erienced radio/TV technician for

elp

.

WEEE Notice

The Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE),
which entered into

f

orce as European law on 13th February 2003,

resulted in a major change in the treatment o

f

electrical equipment at

end-of-life

.

The WEEE logo (shown at the left) on the product or on
its

b

ox indicates that this product must not be disposed

o

f

or dumped with your other household waste. For

re information

about electronic and elec

trical waste

equipment

d

isposal, recovery, and collection points,

p

l

ease contact your local municipal household waste

disposal service or shop from where you purchased

th

e equipment.

Right

s

Copyright © 2007 Verbatim Limited. No part of this document may
be reproduced in any form or by any means, for any purpose, without
the express written permission of Verbatim Corporation. All rights
reserved. All other brands and

p

roduct names referenced herein are

property of their respective owners.

CE Declaration

y

It is hereby declared that this product complied with the essential
protection requirements of Council Directive 89/336/EEC and its
amendments on the approximation of the laws of the Member States
relating to electromagnetic compatibilit

y.

his declaration applies to all specimens manufactured identical to the

model submitted for testing/evaluation.

EN 55022: 1998 + A1: 2000 +A2: 200

3

EN 61

000-3-3:199

5 + A1:

2001

EN 55024: 1998 + A1: 2001 + A2: 200

3

IEC 61

000

-4-2: 1995 + A1: 1

998

+ A2:

2000

IEC 61

000

-4-3:

2002

+ A1:

2002

IEC 61

000

-4-4: 1995 + A1: 2

000

+ A2: 2001

IE

C

61

000

-4-5: 1995 + A1:

2000

IEC 61

000

-4-6: 1

996

+ A1:

2000

IEC 61

000

-4-8: 1

993

+ A1:

2000

IEC 61

000

-4-11: 1994 + A1:

2000

RoHS Compliance

his product is in compliance with Directive 2002/95/EC of the
European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 2003, on the
restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and
electronic equipment (RoHS) and its amendments.

THIS DEVICE COMPLIES WITH PART 15 OF THE FCC RULES. OPERATION IS SUBJECT
TO THE FOLLOWING TWO CONDITIONS:
(1) THIS DEVICE MAY NOT CAUSE HARMFUL INTERFERENCE, AN

D

2) THIS DEVICE MUST ACCEPT ANY INTERFERENCE RECEIVED, INCLUDING

INTERFEREN

C

E THAT MAY CAUSE UNDESIRED OPERATION

.