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1. od My Computer 7 Press OK The share folder appears as the drive you assigned in your My Computer window You a oe E can now access this folder as though it were a drive on your computer oS eee Address KE My Computer KE el Go A System Tasks lt a teg lt Zeg public on ag Local Disk Ci SS Thecus 172 16 66 24 2 View system information 2N GE co Add or remove _ laptop on XP at EZ Packet ei software on XP at EZ Packet programs 192 168 0 49 192 168 0 49 2 Gr Change a setting S Shared Documents EC CK Wang s Documents Other Places My Network Places My Documents CH Shared Documents gt Control Panel _ Details My Computer System Folder Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance Mapping a Network Drive Apple OS X For most shared computers or servers you can locate and connect using the Finder Network browser If you can t locate the computer or server you may be able to find it by typing its network address in the Connect to Server dialog Network Addresses A network address is the protocol followed by the DNS name and any additional pathname for the computer You can also use the IP address for the computer rather than its DNS name Windows To connect to SMB CIFS Windows servers and shared folders type the DNS name using one of the following smb DNSname sharename smb IPaddress sharename You can also use the computer name If you don t spe
2. Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance Copyright and Trademarks Copyright 2005 Thecus Technology Corporation Specifications are subject to change without notice All rights reserved Thecus is a registered trademark of Thecus Technology Corp Microsoft Windows and the Windows logo are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Apple and Apple OS X are registered trademarks of Apple Computer Inc All other trademarks and brand names are the property of their respective owners About This Manual All information in this manual has been verified carefully to ensure the correctness of its contents In case of error please provide us with your feedback Thecus Technology Corp reserves the right to modify the contents of this manual without notice Limited Warranty Thecus Technology Corp guarantees all products are thoroughly tested before they leave the factory and should function normally under general conditions In case of any system malfunction Thecus Technology Corp 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 Corp 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 Product name Thecus N4100 Manual Version 1 1 Release Date October 2005 Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance Table
3. 3 The beeper beeps and the system s Busy LED blinks until the upgrade is complete Note The buzzer only beeps if it is enabled in the System Notification menu KERZE ARE EFSI Administrator Password Screen From the System menu choose the Administrator Password item and the Change Administrator Password screen appears You are allowed to alter your password and Press Apply to confirm A description of each item follows New Password Type in the new administrator password Confirm Password Type the new password again to confirm Teel J SLOT AGE BPa e Statusy Storage xs G Network Wi Accountsv Y Systems H Language Firmware Upgrade ere Status e OD Storage v G Networky WW Accountsv Y Systems H Language Change Administrator Password pe T NewPassword 34 Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance Reboot amp Shutdown Screen Fhe 4 IP ESTO E EAR z From the System menu choose Reboot amp Shutdown item and the Shutdown Reboot System screen Status Storage 7 Network i Accounts Y System H Language appears A description of each item follows Reboot Reboots the system Shutdown Shuts down the system Shutdown Reboot System Logout Screen From the System menu choose the Logout item and the Logout screen appears Press the Apply button to Status E Storage Network v tM Accounts 1 system H Language logout
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5. ADS O NT Cancel I DC Een Source ke Secure Your ata 28 Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance Users Screen From the Accounts menu choose Users item and the Local User Configuration screen appears This screen allows you to configure local user settings If you change any of these items press Apply to confirm your settings A description of each item follows Local User Configuration Lists All users Add Add a new user Modify Modify an existing user Delete Delete an existing user How to Add a User 1 Click on Add button in Local User Configuration and Local User Setting screen appears 2 Inthe 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 lt lt or gt gt button to join or leave a group 5 Press the Apply button and the User is created How to Remove a User 1 Click on Delete button in Local User Configuration and the user is deleted from the system How to Change a User Password 1 In Local User Configuration screen select an existing user click on the Modify button and Local User Setting screen appears 2 Enter a new password and re enter to confirm and press Apply to confirm Tregas 1 tip ja a HALL Statusy O
6. System menu choose the Config Mgmt item and the System Configuration Download Upload screen appears You can download or upload system configurations A description of each item follows Download Save the current system configuration by downloading Upload Find a saved configuration file with the Browse button and Upload to make it the current system configuration WARNING Uploading a configuration with different firmware version is not allowed Factory Default Screen From the System menu choose the Factory Default item and the Reset to Factory Default screen appears Press Apply to reset the Thecus N4100 to factory default settings WARNING Resetting to the factory default erases all data on the disks m iy Sisi Nyt Status e Storage v G Network gt Mi Accountsv Y Systemy H Language System Configuration Download Upload es es Download Ai e vi LK e ejiis IP Storage Staus Storage v GQ Networkv Mi Accountsv Systemv H Language 33 Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance Firmware Upgrade Screen From the System menu choose the Firmware Upgrade item and the Firmware Upgrade screen appears A description of each item follows Firmware Find a firmware configuration file with the Browse button and press Apply to upgrade the firmware How to Upgrade Firmware 1 Use the Browse button to find the firmware file to upgrade to 2 Press Apply
7. blocks is calculated for increased reliability 10 Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance 9 Change the default administrator password I Thecus Setup Wizard d w l Leg E IP Storage Appliance Change Password Version 1 1 2 A Device Discovery A Login System A Network Configuration A Enable Service Hard Disks Setup a Change Password Complete 10 Finished Access the current N4100 administrator webpage by pressing the Start Browser button You Thecus Setup Wizard e can also configure another N4100 at this point w l L S IP Storage Appliance Change Password Version 1 1 2 A Device Discovery A Login System A Network Configuration A Enable Service Hard Disks Setup Change Password Complete 11 Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance Chapter 5 System Management for Administrator When the system is setup and you are connected to a network you can configure and manage the network through an internet browser such as Windows Internet Explorer Login To access the Login webpage megas n 1 Type in the IP address in your browser s address line mg 2 The Login screen appears Type in your Username and Password You have to login here as a System Administrator admin admin 4 Press Login The About screen from the Status menu appears Welcome to Thecus Note 1 The default IP address is 192 168 1 100 Note 2 To access
8. 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 55 Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance RAID Overview The standard RAID system levels are 0 1 3 and 5 Stripe Size You write data 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 and are interleaved sequentially Term Definition Stripe Width The number of hard disk drives that are striped to In a RAID with four hard disks the Stripe width is four Stripe Size The length of the interleaved data segments written across multiple hard disks Example Configure four hard disk drives as RAID 0 an
9. new hard disk and starts the auto rebuild to resume its status before the hard disk crash Note The system supports hot swap for RAID 5 The data service is not stopped during auto rebuild CAUTION Do not power off or shutdown the system during auto rebuild 51 Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance Appendix B Setting IP Addresses Windows XP 1 Begin by clicking the Start button at the bottom left of the screen point to Settings and select Control Panel Select Network Connections 2 Click on the Network Connection icon Double click on the current LAN settings to open the properties of your NIC Click on the Properties button on the bottom of the Local Area Connection Status window 5 Double click on the Internet Protocol TCP IP item or you can single click and select Properties A Local Area Connection Status General Support Connection Status Limited or no connectivity Duration 03 54 33 Speed 100 0 Mbps More information Activity Received Packets 20 362 4 Local Area Connection Properties General Authentication Advanced Connect using 88 Intel R PRO 100 VE Network Conne This connection uses the following items Client for Microsoft Networks A File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks Z QoS Packet Scheduler Internet Protocol TCP IP Install Uninstall Description Allows your computer to access resources on a Microsoft network C Show icon in n
10. of ContentsCopyright and Trademarks 1sscccsscccensnecenssscenssseenseseenneseenesenans i EE Ee EE i Limited Warran ly iir EE eg i Chapter T e ge ET de e E 1 BENEH s2vedusudvsedesedusessSedssedvsvauseadsriucvdusigdedahnuseetsdusvents dassee tude tsdesaeeaeeceee ae 1 KOV COUN S sinan naman danalenadatnetanedl dasaehaaineh dash nendunans 1 WIIG Ia 2 Chapter 2 Hardware OvervieW wiscsiss weiss echeistacaiets viesnnceisvnveewe seis srieeeevebvancbeneneeuseneserss 3 hate i ONGA ANO eer ernment erence tr Renee et esRUR nce 1onnR nea Uo tem rn ne ene oN on Ur ene 3 UC LONGI W AY eiee A 4 ING BACK PEANO eegene an E E E E 4 Chapter 3 Installing amp Connecting 1 cc1sccccnssccenesscnnssenensnesnseenensceessenensnenensseneens 5 AsStalng Hara Bi UE 5 MAKINO elei e de 6 Checking System Status EE 6 GNECKING SV E BEE 7 SVSieMm oU S OK aide teen Ade ete ede a eee 7 SAVES 2 Dee lei 7 Chapter 4 First Time SOQUUD icsesecsvscsesecussrvcocessrvsgsccdsesesvccsvxnceuerveasvcostensseoreenesensverse es 8 EE 8 Tats Fell tele WE EE 8 Chapter 5 System Management for Administrator c 11sccccnecccenecscneneneenenenens 12 Beie 12 otat s OC UE 13 OV SCM ell Sy EE 13 System Information Gcreen 14 Wiese gleef Wie lu EE 14 Steg LR RE 15 DISKS Mroma SO CE EE 15 EIS la teidun Eeler 16 RAID Configuration SCre DEE 16 Folder SCVCC MN pedis tesnertverteluirevivdutedededvencpdedscnsededuspendedvenceivatenivdradiecwdelv ncubeesieced 18 PICCE SS SOMO OCU Dash
11. software to access your network Please select Unlock in order to let the program to get access to the network Button Add Remove Minimize Exit Description Add a Thecus IP Storage device into your Monitor list Remove a Thecus IP Storage device into your Monitor list Minimize the program into System Tray Exit the Monitor program Thecus IP Storage Monitor Thogas Windows Security Alert To To help protect pour computer Windows Firewall has blocked i some features of this program Do you want to keep blocking this program m Hame SetupWizard exe Publisher Unknown Keep Blocking Unblock amp sk Me Later Windows Firewall has blocked this program trom accepting connections from the Internet or a network IF vou recognize the program or trust the publisher you can unblock it Wher should unblock a program 37 Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance 3 The Application will start and automatically detect all Thecus IP storage products on your network Select Thecas IP Stores Monitor the N4100 that you like to monitor or you can direct input IP address that you like to monitor Administrator can also select Enter Device IP option and enter the IP address of the Thecus IP storage device into text field C Enter Device IP 4 Press LOGIN button Login with administrator account and password Thecus IP Storage Monitor Note If you are using this N4100 for the first time the default a
12. task was executed The status of your last Nsync task Administrator can run or stop an Nsync task by pressing the Action button Add a Nsync task Modify an Nsync task Delete an Nsync task When a task is deleted backup files on Nsync target is also deleted Restore share folder from an Nsync target Bandwidth control on Nsync tasks Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance How to Add an Nsync Task From the Storage menu choose the Nysnc item and the NSync Information screen appears Click on Add button and Add Nsync Task screen appears Manufacturer Target Server IP Address Nsync Folder Nsync Task Name AUTH ID AUTH Password Confirm Password Schedule Time Type Add Task Select whether the target is a Thecus Product eg N4100 or FTP server The IP address of your target server The share folder you want to backup The name of your Nsync task The account ID on the target server The password for the AUTH ID on the target server Type in password second time for confirmation Schedule backup of your share folders The time when the Nsync task will run Select whether to run the Nsync task daily weekly or monthly When Weekly option is selected administrator also has to decide what day of a week to execute the task When Monthly option is selected administrator also has to decide what day of a month to execute the task To submit the task Add Nsync Task Manufacturer Target Server IP addr
13. the IP address of the N4100 Note 1 Disable WebDisk HTTP support and Enable Secure WebDIsk Secure HTTP support to guarantee secure access Note 2 In some environments due to security concerns you may wish to Disable SMB CIFS as a precaution against computer viruses FTP Screen From the Network menu choose the FTP item and the FTP server setting screen appears The N4100 can act as a FTP server enabling users to download and upload files with their favorite FTP client programs FTP Enable or Disable FTP support FTP ENCODE For user to select their file name encoding Available options are BIGS HZ ISO EUC JP and UTF 8 wel SLOT age Appirance eS Status e Storage v G Network v Wi Accounts MN Systems H Language WebDisk HTTP Support Sharing Enable Disable Secure WebDisk Secure HTTP Support Sharing Enable Disable SMB CIFS Sharing Enable Disable UPnP Enable Disable wel Storage Appliance Status e Storage vy G Network Mi Accountsv H Systems H Language FIP Enable Disable FTP ENCODE ISO v Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance Accounts Menu Use the Accounts menu to configure Active directory support local users and local groups ADS NT Support Screen From the Accounts menu choose Authentication item and the ADS NT Support screen appears If you have a Windows Active Directory Server ADS or Windows NT server to
14. the RAID configuration Status Indicates status of the RAID either Healthy or Failed Used Percentage Displays percentage of used RAID capacity Stripe Size Shows size of disk stripe Remaining Time Indicates time remaining until the RAID is finished building RAID Configuration Screen In the RAID Information screen press Config to enter the RAID Configuration screen In addition to RAID disk information and status this screen lets you make RAID configuration settings See Appendix C for basic information on RAID RAID Level You can set the storage volume as either None 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 None JBOD RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 There is no existing storage volume The storage volume is a single HDD with no RAID support A minimum of 2 HDD is required Provides data striping but no redundancy Improves performance but not data safety At least 2 HDD are required Offers disk mirroring Provides twice the read rate of single disks but same write rate Supports 2 HDD Data striping and stripe error correction information provided Excellent performance and good fault tolerance veel Lu Siu sei js A3 HALL Status v O Storage e G Network Wi Accounts v x System e H Language Folder RAID Information RAID Level NIA Total Capacity NIA Status NIA Used Percentage
15. the device or hard drive damage If hard drive damage is the problem see the section that follows 5 If you are unable to solve the problem please contact your dealer 49 Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance Hard Drive Replacement You can easily replace a damaged hard drive in the Thecus N4100 and your data is secure with the system s automatic data recovery provided you are using a RAID 1 or RAID 5 setting Hard Drive Damage When a hard drive is damaged its bottom LED glows a steady red If there is data in the RAID volume then the system LED also glows red and the system beeps Replacing a Hard Drive Replace a hard disk drive HDD as follows 1 2 3 4 Remove the tray with the damaged HDD Unscrew the damaged HDD from the tray and put it aside Slide the new HDD into the tray and fasten the screws Insert the HDD and tray back into the Thecus N4100 until it snaps into place and lock it with a key if desired The LED blinks green when the HDD is accessed If the Error LED flashes red it signals a problem 50 Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance RAID 5 Auto Rebuild RAID 5 on Thecus N4100 provides an auto rebuild function 1 E ac BS When a hard disk fails the system beeps and or an email notification is sent to specified receivers Check the hard disk error LEDs to see which disk has failed Follow the steps mentioned above to replace the failed hard disk The system automatically recognizes the
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18. 00 Press this switch again to power down Press this switch to reset if there is no response from the system Note The Reset switch can also reset Admin password and IP address to default settings see Appendix A Troubleshooting for instructions HDD Trays Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance Hard Disk Tray The Thecus N4100 s hard disk trays each have a lock a latch and two indicators Lock Latch Indicators HDD Power LED The tray lock lets you physically secure the HDD with accessory keys Use the latch to open and remove or close and secure the tray The indicators show when various operations take place This LED glows blue when the HDD is powered on Access Error LED This LED blinks green when the system is accessing data on the HDD This LED also blinks red if a hard disk error occurs The Back Panel The Thecus N4100 s back panel features ports and connectors Power socket LAN 1 LAN 2 Connect the power cord to this universal socket The LAN 1 Local Area Network port connects to an Ethernet network through a switch or router The optional LAN 2 Local Area Network port also connects to an Ethernet network through a switch or router HDD Power Lock Access Error LAN 1 LAN Power Socket Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance Chapter 3 Installing amp Connecting This chapter describes installing and connecting hardware on the Thecus N4100 Installing Hard Drives Th
19. 2 2 N2100 172 16 66 20 00 14 FD 10 03 7A sg 3 DAWAY_N2100 172 16 66 64 00 14 FD 10 02 04 Gene 4 N2100_Edwin 172 16 66 188 00 14 FD 10 05 BC 5 HC135_N2100 172 16 86 135 00 14 FD 10 06 6E EE 6 Thecus_N4100 172 16 66 60 00 50 8D 31 04 E2 ea 7 lap_N2100 172 16 66 68 00 50 8D 30 FF AA 8 N4100 172 16 66 200 00 50 8D 30 FF 9F g JOEY N4100 172 16 66 76 00 50 8D 31 03 A6 GE 1 Jones_bye_bye 172 16 66 54 00 50 8D 30 FF A3 11 Thecus N2100 172 16 66 77 00 50 8D 30 FF B2 EE Silvia bye bye 00 50 8D 31 01 1E Setup a Change Password Complete admin Login 48 Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance Error Detection There are three ways the system detects an error and lets you know there is a problem 1 The Error LED on the bottom left of the system s Front Panel glows red 2 The Access Error LED on the bottom right of a hard disk drive glows a steady red Note Each hard disk drive has two LEDs on its right front the top LED is for power and the bottom LED shows either access or error 3 A beeping sound from the system means the same as the Error LED Solving Problems When the system detects an error as above 1 Login to the Thecus N4100 browser based software Go to the System menu and choose Logs item The System Log screen appears oa ZS Press the Error button and all recorded errors appear The log entries help you diagnose the problem Most errors are due to improper use of
20. 2 disks choose RAID 1 for 4 disks choose RAID 5 If capacity is your primary concern choose JBOD or RAID 0 2 Check the hard disks you wish to create a RAID on Specify Stripe size 64K is a normal setting 3 Press Create to build the RAID storage volume Note Building a RAID storage space may take time depending on the size of hard drives and RAID mode WARNING Creating RAID destroys all data in the current RAID and the data is unrecoverable 17 Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance How to Add a Spare Disk You can add a spare disk after you already have a RAID set up Note You can only add a spare disk for RAID 5 level 1 Inthe RAID Configuration screen add to the Spare check box of the disk you wish to add 2 Press the Add spare button and the system automatically rebuilds How to Remove a RAID 1 Inthe RAID Configuration screen click on the Remove RAID button 2 The system automatically rebuilds and you can create a new RAID WARNING Removing RAID destroys all data in the current RAID and the data is unrecoverable Folder Screen From the Storage menu choose the Folder item and the Folder screen appears This screen allows you to create and configure folders on the RAID storage volume Folder name Displays the name of the Share folder Edit Press this button to enter the Edit screen and modify the Folder s name description Description Provides a description of the Folder ACL Press ACL Access Control List to co
21. 4100 as follows mg T foul KR Publish this folder to the Ei z this Folder i CJ iia 1 Go to the My Documents folder in Windows mere GG D Desktop IC Shared Documents GI My Pictures d My Computer My Network Places am My Received Files CJ My Skype Received Files A S Defaut Remote Desktop Connection OKB 2 Inthe menu bar select Tools and then Map Network Drive Disconnect Network Drive Synchronize Folder Options 40 Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance 3 The Map Network Drive window appears Map Network Drive Windows can help you connect to a shared network Folder and assign a drive letter to the connection so that you can access the Folder using My Computer Specify the drive letter For the connection and the Folder 4 Assign a Drive letter for the share folder that you want to connect to Drive E Folder 192 168 1 1004sales ei Browse Example server share 5 Use the Browse button to find the folder over your network or enter the folder name you wish to TEES oie ee Connect using a different user name connect to or its IP address KEE Sign up For online storage or conneck to 4 6 Press Finish When the Connect As window appears enter a User name and Password CONNECUAS By default vou will connect to the network Folder as LADTODVCK Wang To connect as another user enter their User name and password below User name E Ei kl Password
22. D Rebuild new hard drives by inserting HDD to an existing RAID system Hard drives can be removed and inserted on the fly and the N4100 still provides service during swapping Windows 98 ME NT 2000 XP UNIX Linux BSD by SMB CIFS Apple OS X by SMB CIFS 62 Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance Licensing Information 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 e This product includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young eay cryptsoft com e This product includes software developed by Mark Murray e This product includes software developed by Eric Young eay cryptsoft com e This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit http www openssl org e This product includes PHP freely available from lt http www php net gt e This product includes software developed by the University of California Berkeley and its contributors e This product includes software developed by Winning Strategies Inc e This product includes software developed by the Apache Group for use in the Apache HTTP s
23. MIA Stripe Size HIA Remaining Time NIA Config GES sl IESEL HIT Status e Storage sx G Network v H Accounts MN Systemy H Language H RAID Configuration RAID Level O None OJBOD QORAIDO ORAID1 RAIDS Disk No Capacity MB Model Status RAID Spare 1 0 NIA NIA 2 0 NIA NIA 3 0 NIA NIA 4 0 NIA NIA Stripe Size 64K e Create RAID Remove RAID Cancel 16 Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance Disk Settings With the Disk settings you can select stripe size and choose which disks are RAID disks or the Spare Disk as well as enter a name for each disk 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 RAID Check the boxes of the HDDs you wish to add to the storage volume Spare Disk Check a box to designate the replacement HDD for the storage volume This becomes the backup for any damaged HDD Add Spare Press this button to add a new Spare disk Create RAID Press this button to configure a file system and create the RAID storage volume Remove RAID Press this button to nullify the RAID storage volume How to Create a RAID 1 Inthe RAID Configuration screen Set the RAID storage space as JBOD RAID 0 RAID 1 or RAID 5 see Appendix C for details Note If security is your primary concern for
24. O Storage v G Network vy Mi Accounts Y Systems H Language S VH we Local User Configuration wm EE JH Diu seis ja a Y ujia Status v Q Storage G amp Network Wi Accounts v POE eege Y E CEE System v H Language Local User Setting User Name 8 Password Confirm Group Members Group List users 29 Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance Groups Screen From the Accounts menu choose Groups item and the Local Groups Configuration screen appears This Tregas PRStorage Apphance screen allows you to make local group settings If you change any of these items Dress Apply to confirm gt Status v Storage G Network Wi Accounts v XY Systemy LJ BERG your settings A description of each item follows List of All Groups Lists all groups Add Add a new group sconces Modify Modify an existing group Delete Delete an existing group How to Add a Group 1 Click on Add button in Local Group Configuration and Local Group Setting screen appears m ey Sa 2 Inthe Local Group Setting screen enter a name in the Group Name box 3 Select users which the group will contain Members List is a list of users this Group contains Users List is a list of users this Group does not contain Use the lt lt or gt gt button to include or exclude a user 4 Press the Appl n and the Group is cr a F ess the Apply button and the Group is creat
25. P Home Edition Backup Ulm 46 Using the Backup VU EE 46 Mac OS X Backup RE 47 Forgotten Network IP Address Or Hassoword 48 Eror DOTECIOI WE 49 SOIVING Giele EE 49 Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance Hard Drive Replacement ore a a A E aa A a a E A E 50 FHadDIIVG DAMAO E 50 Replacing a Aard DIVE eia ARAA a ARE ATAA AT 50 RAID 5 AUto RO DUNG serraria E EEE EERE RERE E TAERE EIEEE EEE 51 Appendix B Setting IP Addresses 11 c1sscccesccnenscsenscnenscennscsenseeensneessneensseensneenenes 52 WINGOWS A Ponie EE A A ate tacenaelaerieeea 52 Ma e 54 Appendix C RAID BaSICS innn anaa rarai rabinira bee 55 RAID WATROGUICT O E 55 ENS E 55 Improved ed Ener 55 Dalia SCCUMILY EE 55 EENEG 56 SEET EE 56 Choosing a RAID Level 57 PAID EE 58 CHE geist ta ee et he eee 59 RAD EEN 60 Appendix D Active Directory EE 61 Whati Active DIrGCtOIV sisirin pnie a E A AREE 61 PAID SE 61 Appendix E SPCCIICATIONS vivescwnssvesexecesanevexcvesayasevncesascbenevessvetevevevarsexevedebasevnieeeaes 62 Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance Chapter 1 Introduction Thank you for choosing the Thecus N4100 IP Storage Appliance The Thecus N4100 is an easy to use storage appliance 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 one Terabyte of storage is available using RAID 5 Two Gigabit Ethernet ports enhances network efficien
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27. Select Enable for automatic IP settings or Disable to make your own IP settings IP Specifies the IP address of the network connection Netmask Specifies the network mask which is generally 255 255 255 0 Gateway Specifies Gateway setting of your local area network DNS server Specifies the Domain Name Service DNS server Note Enabling DHCP automatically turns on UPnP see the Service Support Screen Thecus Network s Wi Accounts v x System v H Language Network Configuration Host Name Thecus_N4100 Status e OD Storage v Domain Name thecus com DHCP Disable Enable v 172 16 66 Netmask 255 255 255 0 Gateway 192 168 1 1 DNS Server 192 168 1 1 Apply Cancel Ff r OTEC Yoi Source ecure ol ata 26 Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance Service Screen From the Network menu choose the Service item and the Service Support screen appears This screen displays the service support parameters of the system You are allowed to change any of these items and press Apply to confirm your settings A description of each item follows WebDisk Support Enable or Disable WebDisk support Set the port if Enabled Secure WebDisk Support Enable or Disable secure WebDisk support Set the port if Enabled SMB CIFS Enable or Disable SMB CIFS protocol for Windows Apple Unix drive mapping UPnP Enable or Disable Universal Plug and Play protocol UPnP helps to find
28. Storage menu and the Folder screen appears 2 Choose a current Folder or create a new Folder with the Add button and press the ACL button 3 The ACL screen appears All network groups and users are listed in the left hand column From this list select a group or user Share Admin Local G ocal Groups Read Only Local Users AD Groups Remove Remove Remove AD Users users test1 us a e e e i K tes eg Thesis BE OAS FB ch NY t bel Selen K P Statusy Storage vy G Hetworks WWAccoumts xs Y Systems H Language Folder Name Description ACL Edit Remove Marcom Marketing communications documentation Administration Management personnel Add Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance 4 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 The three levels of access are 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 5 Continue selecting groups and users and assigning them access levels using the column buttons 6 To remove a group or user from an access level column press the Remove button in that column 7 When you are finished press the Submit button to submit a
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31. cify the shared folder as part of the address you can choose it after you enter your user name and password Connecting to a Server On an Apple computer connect to shared computers and servers using a network address eeo Connect To Server 1 Choose Go gt Connect to Server Server Address LG 2 Enter the network address for the server in the Server Address text box and click Connect The screen to the right shows a network address for SMB CIFS Windows servers and shared folders Favorite Servers Add a computer or server to your Favorites list by clicking the Add button You can choose a recently connected server from the Recent Servers pop up menu You can also double click SE Remove computers you have added to the Favorites list een 42 Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance 3 Follow the onscreen instructions to enter your user name and password and select server volumes or shared folders The screen to the right shows SMB CIFS Filesystem Authentication for Windows 4 Press OK and the SMB Mount Windows screen appears 5 Select a share and press OK The selected share appears 43 Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance Using WebDisk The Thecus N4100 provides a WebDisk function that allows you to access the system over the Internet from any browser 1 Make sure that WebDisk Support or Secure WebDisk Support is enabled in the Service Support screen in the system s Network menu See Serv
32. cy allowing the N4100 to take over file management functions increase application and data sharing and provide faster data response The N4100 offers data mobility with a disk roaming feature that lets you hot swap working hard drives for use in another N4100 securing the continuity of data in the event of hardware failure The N4100 allows data consolidation and sharing between Windows SMB CIFS UNIX Linux and Apple OS X environments The N4100 s user friendly GUI supports multiple languages Benefits Key Features Data Reliability e Easy to use for non MIS personnel e RAID Level 1 5 e 4 SATA Serial ATA interfaces e RAID Auto Rebuild e Over 1 tera byte storage on a RAID 5 also supports e Disk Backup RAID 0 1 and JBOD e Hot Spare e Networked Storage on Gigabit Ethernet Data Mobility e Data can be replicated by Disk Roaming e Disk Roaming e Supports Hot Swap e Hot Swap e Multiple languages and easy to use GUI Data Access Acceleration e Affordable for SOHO and Power Users e Gigabit Ethernet Data Sharing amp Consolidation e Windows SMB CIFS e UNIX Linux e Apple OS X Data Capacity e Over 2 tera byte capacity e RAID Level 0 JBOD Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance Unpacking Before unpacking the Thecus N4100 check that the package is not damaged Items in the package include e Thecus N4100 IP Storage Appliance e Power cord e RJ45 cable e Accessory bag containing keys disk tray screws and front panel screw e CD with user
33. d the data is striped in segments Segment One writes to HDD 1 Segment Two writes to HDD 2 and so on as below Segment One Segment Five Segment Nine Segment Two Segment Six Segment Ten Segment Three Segment Seven Segment Eleven Segment Four Segment Eight Segment Twelve 56 Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance Choosing a RAID Level The Thecus N4100 supports standard RAID levels 0 1 and 5 You choose a RAID level when you create a system volume The factors for selecting a RAID level are e Your requirements for performance e Your need for data security e Number of hard disk drives in the system e Capacity of hard disk drives in the system The following is a description of each RAID level and its pros and cons Application Cons No of Fault HDDs Tolerant Best suited for non critical data that High performance If any HDD fails requires high performance for large files all data is lost Description Data is divided into blocks and sequentially distributed 1 Best suited for read intensive fault 100 Data Half the hard disk tolerant systems Security space available Description Data is duplicated on Performance another HDD mirroring impaired during rebuild Best suited for high read volume low Low cost data Performance not write volume applications such as security as high as RAID transaction processing 0 or RAID 1 Description Disk striping and parity data across all HDDs Thecus N4100 IP St
34. dministrator account is admin and password is admin 38 Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance 5 Once login is successful the Monitor List will show the Thecus IP storage device that you selected At this time you can press the Minimize button the Monitor window will disappear and an application icon will appear in Windows System Tray N4100 172 16 66 76 00 50 8D 31 03 A6 36 6 E 6 When system detects an error system tray icon will turn red or orange Note When the system tray icon is Red that means there is a system error on the N4100 you are monitoring When the system tray icon is orange that means the connection is lost from the Monitor to the N4100 7 Click on the system tray icon and the monitor will show which N4100 generated the error Administrator can click on the highlighted N4100 and the monitor will show the specific error message Administrator should remedy the situation to ensure N4100 service 39 Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance Chapter 6 System Usage for users After the system is setup and you are connected to a network there are basic operations that help you access and manage the share folders on the Thecus N4100 M m D Favorites Tools Help Mapping a Network Drive Windows Ou e W Arit welt You can map share folders on the Thecus N4100 so you can access them through the My Computer folder oo a Je in Windows You can connect to the shared network folders on the Thecus N
35. e Thecus N4100 allows easy installation and changing of hard disk drives for convenient upgrade or repair Install hard disk drives HDD into their trays as follows 1 Remove an HDD tray from the Thecus N4100 IP Storage Appliance Photo 1 Important Check and make sure the HDD uses the SATA interface Photo 2 Slide the new HDD into the tray and fasten the screws Photos 3 and 4 gt amp NN Insert the HDD and tray back into the Thecus N4100 until it snaps into place and lock it with a key if desired 5 The LED blinks green when the HDD is accessed If the Error LED flashes red it signals a problem 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 Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance Making Connections Make the following connections on the Thecus N4100 and then power up 1 Connect an Ethernet cable from your network to the LAN 1 port on the back panel of the Thecus N4100 Step 1 2 Connect the provided power cord into the universal power socket on the back panel Plug the other end of the cord into a surge protector socket Step 2 3 Press the power button on the front panel to power on the Thecus N4100 Step 3 Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance Checking System Status After making connections on the Thecus N4100 and powering up check whether the system s
36. ed P Storage Appliance How to Modify a Group PT Storage v CG Network vy Wi Accounts v XY Systemv H Language 1 Inthe Local Group Configuration screen select a group name from the list 2 Click on Modify button in Local Group Configuration and Local Group Setting screen appears mm em Local Group Setting 3 Administrator can remove a user from the group by selecting a user in the Members List and click on Group Name the gt gt button Administrator can add a user to the group by selecting a user in the Users List and aiiai ee click on the lt lt button a eg How to Delete a Group P 1 Inthe Local Group Configuration screen select a group name from the list apply 2 Press Delete button to delete the group 30 Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance System Menu Use the System menu to configure administrative tasks Notification Configuration Screen From the System menu choose the Notification item and the Notification Configuration screen appears This screen lets you make settings for notification in case of system problems If you change any of these items press Apply to confirm your settings A description of each item follows Beep Notification Email Notification SMTP Server Auth type SMTP Account ID Account Password Confirm Account password Receiver s Email Addresses Enable or Disable system beeper that beeps when a problem occurs Enable or Disable
37. email notification of system problems Set the server hostname IP and the Port to send outgoing email Authentication method used on your SMTP server Set SMTP account ID Set a password Confirm the password Add receivers email addresses for notification of system problems H Notification Logs Time Config Mit Factory Default Firmware Upgrade Administrator Password Reboot amp Shutdown DI Logout TA SE pei relet keleille el went wg wtf wf a oi r wf wm be pl wl wf fung wf wm mm mg Statusy Storage G Network Wi Accounts H Systemy H Language Notification Configuration Beep Notification Enable Disable Email Notification Enable Disable SMTP Server i Port SMTP Account ID Account Password Confirm Account Password Receivers E Mail Address Apply Cancel 31 Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance System Logs Screen From the System menu choose the Logs item and the System Logs screen appears This screen lets you configure and manage system logs which provide a history of system usage A description of each item follows lkk lt lt gt gt gt l Use these buttons to browse the log pages INFO Provides all log information including warning 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 pres
38. erver project http www apache org e This product includes software developed by Softweyr LLC the University of California Berkeley and its contributors e This product includes software developed by Bodo Moeller e This product includes software developed by Greg Roelofs and contributors for the book PNG The Definitive Guide published by O Reilly and Associates e This product includes software developed by the NetBSD Foundation Inc and its contributors e This product includes software developed by Yen Yen Lim and North Dakota State University 63 Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance e This product includes software developed by the Computer Systems Engineering Group at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory e This product includes software developed by the Kungliga Tekniska H gskolan and its contributors e This product includes software developed by the Nick Simicich e This product includes software written by Tim Hudson tjh cryptsoft com e This product includes software developed by Christopher G Demetriou for the NetBSD Project CGIC License Terms CGIC copyright 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 by 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 offline documentation of the program Modified versions of the CGIC librar
39. es eegene 20 INS VIG SCC EEN 22 How to Add a INSVNC EE 23 How to set up Nsync Target on NATO 24 Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance How to set up Nsync Target on Other UDovice 24 How to set up secure transfer between IwoNa TOUs 25 NEWWOR NIGI 26 Network Configuration Sereen cccccecccceeceececeeceececseeeesseeeessaeeesseeeesseeeesaaees 26 SEIVED CICO anoni n E E E OO 27 FFT OKO BEE 27 PAC COUNTS WCU eeh ee 28 ADS NT SUpport SClCCN E 28 Bel aeiee EE icine nition cian E EEEE 29 Igel le SCS EE 20 System MENU eisses seca scrdace scares acndeseasetaned ETEA tase TEE ETIT TE haha tall neal s lle 31 Notification Configuration Screen ccccceecccseececeeeeeseeeeeseeesseeeesseeesseeeesaeees 31 VSE EGOS SCLC EE 32 DY Ste Ml le OOE EE 32 WING SCN BE 32 Configuration Management Screen ccccceecceceseeeeeeeeeeeeeesseeeeseeeeesseeeeseeeeeeas 33 Facon Deru SCLC I tte 33 Slide WOO rAdS SCLC HE 34 Administrator Password Gcreen 34 Kale El ele de SChCON EE 35 LOGOUL SCIC CM airiran E E EEE E 35 Language MCN RTE 36 Thecus IP Storage Montor sariekin EEEE E E 37 Chapter 6 System Usage for USers 1 sscssscscsssencnesenenenesenensnenenseeensenenssenensnenens 40 Mapping a Network Drive Windows nsannsnnnenennnnnnsnnnrrnnnrsnrsnrnnnnrrrsnrsnrnrrrerenne 40 Mapping a Network Drive Apple OS si 42 Network leet 42 COMMECUNG to WEE 42 GSMO VV CID SIR EEN 44 WINGOWS Ai Dalai BACKUP EE 46 Installing the Windows X
40. ess Nsync folder Nsync Task Name AUTH ID Time Thecus Product Other Device nsync v 0 WW ov AUTH Password Confirm Password Type Daily Weekly Monthly Sun E Add Task Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance How to set up Nsync Target on N4100 On the Nsync target server the administrator of that server has to set up a user account with writable to nsync folder 1 On the Nsync server add a user for Nsync source ex nsyncsource1 For instructions on how to adda user on N4100 please go to section on Add Users in Chapter 4 2 On the Nsync server add that user ex nsyncsource1 to writable list of nysnc folder For instructions on how to set up ACL for a user please go to section on Setting the Access Control List ACL for a Folder in Chapter 4 3 Once this is done the target server will start accepting Nsync task from server using that ID and password How to set up Nsync Target on Other Device If you selected Other Device when setting up your Nsync task N4100 will use FTP protocol to back up the share folder Please make sure there is a folder named nsync and the Auth ID has writable permission in that folder Local User Configuration New Modify Delete Foldergnsyne gt Recursive LocalG saci neato Local Users AD Grou
41. handle the domain security in your network you can simply enable the ADS NT support feature the N4100 will connect with the ADS NT server and get all the information of the domain users and groups automatically You are allowed to change any of these items and press Apply to confirm your settings A description of each item follows WINS Server Work Group Domain Name ADS NT Support Authentication Method ADS NT Server Name ADS NT Realm Administrator ID Administrator password Confirm Password Specifies the WINS server if necessary Specifies the SMB CIFS Work Group ADS Domain Name e g N4100 Select Disable to disable authentication through Windows Active Directory Server or Windows NT Select ADS for Windows Active Directory Server or select NT for Windows NT Specifies the ADS NT server name e g adservername Specifies the ADS NT realm e g example com Enter the administrators ID of Windows Active Directory or Windows NT which is required for N4100 to join domain Enter the ADS NT Administrator password For re entering password to confirm Authentication Users Groups Thecus Status e OD Storage G Networkv Wi Accountsv MN Systems H Language ADS NT Support WINS Server Work Group Domain Name ADS NT Support Authentication Method ADS NT Server Name ADS NT Realm Administrator ID Administrator Password Confirm Password Apply e Enable Disable Ge
42. he DNS Server address manually IP Storage Appliance Network Configuration Version TT 3 HostName JOEY N4100 Device Discovery Login System a L Network Configuration 172 16 66 76 F 255 255 2550 Enable aer 172 16 66 1 A n 5 Hard Disks Setup 172 16 66 244 A Change Password Complete Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance 7 Enable the services you wish to make publicly accessible The N4100 offers FTP Server Thecus Setup Wizard e w l IP Storage Appliance Enable Service Version 1 1 2 A Device Discovery 4 Login System A Network Configuration a Enable Service Hard Disks Setup 4 Change Password Complete 8 Refer to the following chart and select the hard disk configuration that best suits your usage model te IP Storage Appliance Setup Options Minimum Number of Increased Reliability Disks Hard Disks Setup Version 1 1 2 A JBOD 1 No Gieres A RAID 0 2 No Se A RAID 1 2 Yes _Contaaon BOD RAID 5 3 Yes Me SE JBOD Files are stored in a linear fashion on any available hard disk drives eres EE RAID 0 Combine two or more physical hard disk drives into one logical drives Data is separated into A threads and stored across multiple physical drives wu RAID 1 Use the second hard disk drive as a mirror image of the first hard disk for increased reliability es RAID 5 Data are stored across all the hard disk drives in small blocks Parity for
43. ice Support in Chapter 6 System Management 2 Inthe Login page type in the User ID and password that were previously set for you in the Accounts menu See Accounts Menu in Chapter 6 3 The WebDisk page appears showing folders made currently available to you via the Access Control List ACL in the Folder item under Storage menu 4 Click on a folder name to enter the folder Click on a file to download the file TC Name Comments a E C L nsyne O amp share 44 Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance 5 The folders page appears displaying files and folders Name Displays the names of folders and files Size Shows the size of folders and files Type Displays the type of folders and files Modified Shows the time of most recent modification of folders and files e Name Size Type Modified Date IG T Up _ New tolder New file upload C test txt 0 KBTXT File 11 09 2005 19 20 6 Buttons on the folder page allow you to create a new folder upload files and delete files in the folder Up Goes to the previous folder level New folder Creates a new folder New file upload Uploads a file from your computer to the current folder Delete Selected Items Deletes selected files and folders 7 To create a new folder within the current folder press the New folder button When the screen appears enter a name for the folder Press OK to create the folder L Name Size Type Modified Date ia aC iN O est fa
44. ion l i Browseable Yes No Public Yes No __ Thesis SLOT age Appia Statusy Storage xs G Network y Wi Accounts MN Systems H Language Edit Folder Folder Name Insync Description Browseable Yes zl Public Yes No 19 Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance ACL Screen In the Folder screen press the ACL button and the Access Control List screen appears This screen allows you to configure access to this Folder for the 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 settings 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 selected user or group from the column in order to re set their access level Submit Submits and confirms settings Reset Cancel your new setting Access Control Setup You can control access to share folders using the Thecus N4100 browser based software s Access Control List ACL The ACL lets you determine which users and groups have access to which folders as well as the level of their access Set up the ACL as follows 1 Login to the Thecus N4100 software Select the Folder item from the
45. lities to choose from go to VersionTracker or MacUpdate and search on backup 47 Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance Appendix A Troubleshooting This appendix covers troubleshooting including error detection and how to deal with a damaged hard drive Forgotten Network IP Address If you forget your network IP address you can use the setup wizard to retrieve the IP of your N4100 1 Start the Setup Wizard it will automatically detect all Thecus IP storage products on your network If none are found please check your connection and refer to the Troubleshooting Guide at the back of the N4100 User s Manual 2 You should be able to find the IP address of the N4100 which you have forgotten in the Device discovery screen Forgotten Password If you forget your password for the administrator you can reset the N4100 to its default settings as follows 3 Power on the N4100 and immediately press the Reset button for 10 seconds 4 This resets the N4100 to its default IP address and password settings 5 Make sure your network is connected to the Internet and access the N4100 Login webpage 6 Use the Setup Wizard to configure the N4100 again Note The default password for admin is admin Thecus Setup Wizard ee eel IP Storage Appliance Device Discove Version 1 1 2 Ce Y s e He HostName P ww Diccovesy 1 Thecus_N2100 192 168 1 100 00 14 FD 10 05 C
46. m and the Disks Information screen appears A disk information line would be blank if the disk slot is empty If there is a problem with a disk the Status column will display Failed Disk No Capacity Model Firmware Status Total capacity Indicates the disk location Shows the disk capacity Displays the hard disk model name Shows the firmware version Indicates the status of the disk either OK or Failed Shows the total disk capacity Storage Storage e Disks Disks RAID RAID Folder Folder NSync NSync Target NSync T Thesis J ture a Y ujus Status e OO Storage G Network vy Wi Accounts v NV Systemy H Language Disks Information Disk No Capacity MB Serial No Model Firmware Status 1 35 304 WD WWMAH91514575 WDC WD360GD 00FNA0 35 06K35 OK 2 35 304 WD WMAH91514434 WDC WD360GD 00FNA0 35 06K35 OK 3 35 304 WD WWMAH91514559 WDC WD360GD 00FNAQ 35 06K35 OK 4 35 304 WD WMAHS1514496 WDC WD360GD 00FNA0 35 06K345 OK Total Capacity 141 216 Refresh 15 Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance RAID Information Screen From the Storage menu choose the RAID item and the RAID Information screen appears The information displayed includes total memory capacity RAID status and the current RAID setting To configure your RAID settings press the Config button and the RAID Configuration screen appears Raid level Shows the type of RAID setting for the system Total Capacity Shows total capacity after
47. manual and related documents e Quick Installation Guide QIG If you have any questions please contact your local dealer Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance Chapter 2 Hardware Overview The front and back panels of the Thecus N4100 feature the device s hardware interface and connections The Front Panel The Thecus N4100 s front panel has the device s controls indicators and hard disk trays HDD Trays There are four hard disk drive HDD trays Each tray supports a 3 5 inch SATA HDD The trays have locks for added physical security and keys are Power provided with the package Bee Indicators The indicators show when various operations take place LAN 1 Power LED This LED glows blue when the device is powered on LAN 2 Busy LED This LED blinks orange when the system is booting up or during Error maintenance and is unable to provide access to data Power Switch LAN 1 LED This LED blinks green when there is network activity on the LAN 1 port A Reset Switch steady green glow means there is a link but no activity The LAN 1 port is always used for Gigabit Ethernet connection LAN 2 LED This LED blinks green when there is network activity on the LAN 2 port A steady green glow means there is a link but no activity The LAN 2 port is used for either Gigabit Ethernet connection Error LED When this LED glows a steady red the system has detected an error Power Switch Reset Switch Press the power switch briefly to power on the Thecus N41
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50. nd confirm your ACL settings Note You must set the ACL for each folder for access by specific users and groups otherwise the folder is inaccessible to all users and groups Share Admin Local Groups Local Users AD Groups AD Users users test ai Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance Nsync screen You can backup a share folder to another N4100 Target or any FTP server for safe keeping as long as you have appropriate access right on that target When using Nsync between two N4100 you have the option to transmit files securely between two N4100s pea Ka w LEI Fis a BF nD BASE 8 89 oY Ska d Statusy OD Storage v GQ Network Wi Accounts Y Systems H Language If the files on your N4100 are lost for any reason you can restore those files from the target N4100 To backup files regularly you can set up a scheduled task to run only once daily weekly or monthly You can also limit the bandwidth of your Nsync tasks so other people can share the bandwidth equally l mo Nsync task name Nsync Server NSync Folder Last Time Last status Action Bandwidth Setting Apply Modify Restore Delete Nsync task name The name of your Nsync task Nsync Server Nsync Folder Last Time Last Status Action Add Modify Delete Restore Bandwidth Setting The IP address of your target server The share folder you want to backup The time when the last Nsync
51. nfigure which users have access to this folder Del Press this button to delete the folder A screen appears asking to confirm deletion Add Press this button and the Add Folder screen appears from which you can add a new folder 1s ed wel A E Ke vc Je ROT AGC Sp uaa Statusy Storage v G Network Wi Accountsv Y Systems H Language BH Folder Name Description ACL Edit Remove Sales Data Folder for Sales Engineering Data Folder for Engineering Admin Data Folder for Administration Staff Add 18 Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance Add Folder Screen In the Folder screen press Add button and the Add Folder screen appears This screen allows you to add a folder After entering the information press Apply to add the new folder Folder name Enter the name of the Folder Comment Provide a description for the Folder Browseable Choose Yes or No Public Choose Yes or No Edit Share Screen From the Folder screen press the Edit button and the Edit Share screen appears This screen allows you to change share folder information After entering the information press Submit to change the settings Share name Displays the name of the Share Folder Comment Change the description of the Share Folder Browseable Choose Yes or No Public Choose Yes or No iV LOrage Appia Statusy OD Storage v GQ Network vy Wi Accountsv H Systems H Language Ks 4 Add Folder Folder Name Descript
52. nternet and Network select Network Accounts Classic Date amp Time soe Speech Startup Disk DE Change the Show pop up option to Built in Ethernet For Location choose Automatic or give this connection a name pOL e ale re e For Show Select Built in Ethernet Show All Displays Sound Network Startup Disk Select the TCP IP tab Set Configure to Manually Enter assigned static IP address Enter Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Enter Router 131 215 xxx 254 replace xxx with your subnet Enter all 3 DNS Servers addresses e 131 215 9 49 Location Automatic Show Buil t in Ethe met TEPP PPPoE AppleTalk Proxies Ethernet Configure IPw4 IP Address Subnet Mask Router DNS Servers Search Domains Manually KA 131 215 123 123 255 255 255 0 131 215 123 254 131 215 9 49 131 215 139 100 caltech edu Optianal Pv Address feb0 0000 0000 0000 0203 93ff fead 606c e 131 215 139 100 a k migur d 7 e 131 215 254 100 ia Click the lock to prevent further changes Assist me 12 Click the Apply Now button then quit the System Preferences application 54 Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance Appendix C RAID Basics This appendix discusses basic information about RAID and settings RAID Introduction 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
53. of the system 35 Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance Language Menu Choose the Language menu and the Change Language screen appears This screen allows you to select the language for the system menus Choose a language from the pull down menu and press Apply to confirm your setting Fl Language Statusy Storage vy GQ Network y Wi Accountsy YY Systems H Language Upload is for user to upload other languages in the future which was not included in the Firmware Change Language 36 Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance Thecus IP Storage Monitor 1 Insert the installation CD into your CD ROM drive host PC must have connection to the above network Select to install Thecus IP Storage Monitor If you do not see the menu selection please browse your To keep an eye on N4100 administrators can install Thecus IP Storage Monitor included in the CD on their Windows desktop The Monitor will alert administrators when things go wrong CD ROM drive and double click on autorun exe file 2 Launch your Thecus IP Storage Monitor from Start gt Program gt Thecus gt Monitor Initially the monitor list is empty Click on Add button to discover all the Thecus IP Storage devices on your network The Monitor will list all Thecus IP Storage Devices on your network Note Monitor application uses UDP port 11 000 11 001 and TPC port 10 000 Note To use this feature your firewall software might ask you to let the
54. orage Apdiance 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 Segment One Segment Five Segment Nine Segment Two Segment Six Segment Ten Segment Three Segment Seven Segment Eleven Segment Four Segment Eight Segment Twelve 58 Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance RAID 1 RAID 1 mirrors all data from one hard disk drive to a second one hard disk drive providing complete data redundancy However the cost of data storage capacity is doubled Segment One Segment Two Segment Three Segment Four Segment One Mirrored Segment Two Mirrored Segment Three Mirrored Segment Four Mirrored 59 Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance 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
55. otification area when connected Notify me when this connection has limited or no connectivity 52 Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance 6 Select Using the following IP address Type the IP address e g 192 168 1 69 Type the Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 Internet Protocol TCP IP Properties General Alternate Configuration fou can get IP settings assigned automatically if your network supports this capability Otherwise you need to ask your network administrator for the appropriate IP settings Ce Obtain an IP address automatically Use the following IP address Obtain DNS server address automatically Use the following DNS server addresses 53 Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance Mac OS X eeac System Preferences 1 Go to the Apple menu and select System Preferences ae a Show Al Displays Sound Network Startup Disk Personal Se Ate ee SP ck sesch sch Finder File Edit View Go About This Mac Software Update Mac OS X Software KC RW RS D a e Appearance Devkiop amp Dock Expaee International Security Screen Saver Hardware System Preferences i Dock Q pr o ke ges Location CDs A DVDs Displays Energy Keyboard amp Print amp Fax Humd Saver Mouse RECENL items Internet amp Network Force Quit Finder VOR CA a a Sleep Mac Network QuickTime Sharing Restart Shut Down System D D D RS e Under I
56. our office users and passwords on the ADS server Other major benefits ADS support provides include 1 Easy integration of the N4100 into the existing office IT infrastructure The N4100 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 N4100 2 Centralized user password database The N4100 does not maintain its own copy of the user password database This avoids data inconsistency between the N4100 and other servers For example without ADS support an administrator might need to remove a specific user privilege on the N4100 and each individual server With ADS support the change on an ADS server is known to all of its ADS members 61 Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance Appendix E Specifications CPU 1st Network Interface 2nd Network Interface SATA Controller Flash System HDD AC DC Adapter LED Dimensions RAID Levels Auto Rebuild Hot Swap Client Platform Intel IOP Gigabit Intel 82541 Gigabit Intel 82541 Intel SATA controller 4 SATA hard drives 16MB DDR 256MB 4x bays of 3 5 SATA HDD 200W ATX power supply AC 100 240Volt 50 60 Hz 1 x Power LED 1 x System busy LED booting upgrade shutdown 2 x Network link activity LED 4 x Hard drive power LED 4 x Hard drive activity LED 167mm W x 199mm H x 223mm D 0 1 5 JBO
57. ps Remove Remove Remove AD Users 24 Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance How to set up secure transfer between two N4100s On the target N4100 from the Storage menu choose the Target item and the Secure Transfer Setting screen appears Secure Transfer To enable or disable Secure Transfer Segment When Secure Transfer is enabled administrator has to select a IP segment that is not being used by any of Nsync source or target machine s IP Network Ex Nsync source machine IP 192 168 1 100 Nsync target machine IP 192 168 2 100 Please select a Segment that is neither 192 168 1 nor 192 168 2 Apply To submit your changes TROT Age hy pia ice Status v o Storage G Network vy Mi Accountsv Y Systems H Language Secure Transfer Setting pmp Segment 172 16 10 0 x Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 Nsync Result Host Name Folder name 5 JAA 25 Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance Network Menu Use the Network menu to make network configuration settings and as well as service support settings Network Configuration Screen From the Network menu choose LAN 1 or LAN2 and the Network Configuration screen appears This screen displays the network parameters of the system You are allowed to change any of these items and press Apply to confirm your settings A description of each item follows Host name Shows host name Domain name Specifies the domain name DHCP
58. 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 Segment One Segment Five Parity Segments 4 and 6 Segment Two Segment Six Parity Segments 1 and 7 Segment Three Segment Seven Parity Segments 2 and 8 Segment Four Segment Eight Parity Segments 3 and 5 60 Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance Appendix D Active Directory 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 N4100 integrate itself with the existing ADS in an office environment This means the N4100 is able to recognize y
59. s a Device Discovery A Login System Network Configuration 4 Enable Service GO OO d CO P wh Hard Disks Setup 4 Change Password Complete Thecus_N2100 N2100 DAWAY_N2100 N2100_Edwin HC135_N2100 Thecus_N4100 lap_N2100 N4100 JOEY N4100 Jones_bye_bye Thecus N2100 Silvia bye bye Device Discovery 192 168 1 100 172 16 66 20 172 16 66 64 172 16 66 188 172 16 66 135 172 16 66 60 172 16 66 68 172 16 66 200 172 16 66 76 172 16 66 54 172 16 66 77 172 16 66 230 Version 1 1 2 00 14 FD 10 05 C2 00 14 FD 10 03 74 00 14 FD 1 0 02 04 00 14 FD 10 05 BC 00 14 FD 10 06 6E 00 50 8D 31 04 E2 00 50 8D 30 FF 44 00 50 8D 30 FF 9F 00 50 8D 31 03 46 00 50 8D 30 FF A3 00 50 8D 30 FF B2 00 50 8D 31 01 1E Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance 5 Login with the default administrator account and password The default account and password are both Thecus Setup Wizard admin w l L IP Storage Appliance Login System Version 1 1 2 A Device Discovery a Login System A Network Configuration A Enable Service Hard Disks Setup A Change Password 4 Seilen weus NEXT em 6 Name your N4100 system and configure the network IP address If you have a DHCP server on your I Thecus Setup Wizard network you can configure the N4100 to automatically obtain an IP address from the DHCP server You may also use a static IP address and enter t
60. s Go Ascending Shows logs by date in ascending order Descending Shows logs by date in descending order Time Screen From the System menu choose the Time item and the Time screen appears Set the desired date time and time zone You are allowed to you change any of these items and press Apply to confirm your settings A description of each item follows Date Sets the date on the system Time Sets the time on the system Time Zone Sets the time zone on the system wl J Diese js AA HAS LLLE Ss eg Statusy Storage v 7 Network Accounts se MN Systems H Language System Logs Page 1 of 7 20050416 23 30 19 Thecus_N4100 MARK 2005 04 16 23 50 19 Thecus_N4100 MARK 20050417 00 01 17 Thecus_N4100 httpd admin 2005 04 17 00 10 57 Thecus_N4100 udhepe 791 Lease of 192 168 0 8 obtained lease time 1 2005 04 17 00 30 55 Thecus_N4100 MARK 2005 04 17 00 50 55 Thecus_N4100 MARK 2005 04 17 01 11 31 Thecus_N4100 MARK 2005 04 17 01 31 31 Thecus_N4100 MARK 2005 04 17 01 51 31 Thecus_N4100 MARK 20050417 02 12 06 Thecus_N4100 MARK z Tregas JH Diu seis a Y uiua Status e Storage vy amp Networkyv Mi Accountsv MN Systems H Language Date 2005 e 04 17 ei Time 20 v Time Zone Asia Taipei KE 32 Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance Configuration Management Screen From the
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63. t O KBTXT File11 09 2005 19 20 8 To upload a file from your computer to the current folder press the New file upload button When ee Wee SS Sen H the screen appears press Browse and locate the file to upload Press OK and the file uploads to CO ra ae the current folder O test File Folder 11 10 2005 11 26 oO test txt 0 KB TXT File 11 09 2005 19 20 9 To delete a file or folder select the file or folder s check box Press the Delete selected items button You can also check the check box as the red circle indicates to select all files and folders in oe ere 2 test File Folder 14 10 2005 11 26 Name Size Type Modified Date Ia test txt 0 KB TAT File 11709 2005 19 20 45 Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance Windows XP Data Backup If you are using Windows XP Professional the Windows Backup utility Ntbackup exe is ready to use Installing the Windows XP Home Edition Backup Utility If you are using Windows XP Home Edition follow these steps to install the utility iF 2 3 4 5 Insert the Windows XP CD into a drive and double click the CD icon in My Computer When the Welcome to Microsoft Windows XP screen appears click Perform Additional Tasks Click Browse this CD In Windows Explorer double click the ValueAdd folder then Msft and then Ntbackup Double click Ntbackup msi to install the Backup utility Using the Backup Utility By default the Backup utility uses a wizard To begin Back
64. tatus is ok or has trouble by observing indicators on the front panel and HDD trays System Status OK The system status is OK if 1 The front panel Power LED glows blue and the LAN 1 LED glows or blinks green 2 The HDD Power LED on each HDD tray glows blue System Trouble The system has trouble if 1 Any LED glows red 2 The system emits a continuous beeping sound If the system has trouble refer to Appendix A Troubleshooting Blue Blue Blue Green Blue Blue System Status OK Red Red i Red System Trouble Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance Chapter 4 First Time Setup Overview Once the hardware is installed physically connected to your network and powered on you can now configure the Thecus N4100 so that it is accessible to your network users Follow the steps below for initial software setup Installation Wizard 1 Insert the installation CD into your CD ROM drive host PC must have connection to the above 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 IP storage devices on your network If none are found please check your connection and refer to the Troubleshooting Guide at the back of the N4100 User s Manual 4 Select the N4100 that you like to configure Z Thecus IP Storage Appliance Thecus Setup Wizard Thecu
65. the IP address your computer must be configured with the correct IP settings See Appendix B for information 12 Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance Status Menu The Status menu provides basic system information such as product model hardware and software P Status versions and profile of the system A description of each menu item follows System Info About Lei Se e i e d e E et ER i Ca F e ees SS Aa fai pl ptt ntl Sb ne Q gt From Status menu choose System item and the System Status and Disk Information screen appears This eege EEN screen provides basic system status information The Disk Information screen can also be found in the Disks System Status Screen D item in Storage menu CPU Loading Oo CPU loading Displays current CPU workload of N4100 TERT Seen a 7 i Up Time 5 days 7 hours 51 minutes Disk Information Disk Slot Indicates disk location Disk Slot Capacity MB Serial No Model Firmware Status 1 35 304 WD WMAH91514575 WDC WD360GD 00FNA0 35 06K35 OK Capacity Shows the disk capacity 2 35 304 WD WMAH91514434 WDC WD360GD O0FNAO 35 06K35 OK 3 35 304 WD VWWMAH91514559 WDC WD360GD O00FNA0 35 06K35 OK i e A 35 304 WD VWWMAHS1514496 WDC WD360GD 00FNA0 35 06K35 OK Model Displays the hard disk model name SE Firmware Shows the firmware version Status Indicates the status of the hard disks which may either be OK or Failed Total Shows the total disk capacity capacity Thec
66. up 1 Click Start point to All Programs point to Accessories point to System Tools and click Backup to start the wizard Click Next to skip past the opening page Choose Back up files and settings from the second page and then click Next Select which option you want to back up Click next and in the Backup Type Destination and Name page specify a back up location using the Browse button Find and select the drive that specifies your N4100 system as your backup destination and click Next Click next to display the wizard s final page and click Finish to start backing up Backup or Restore Wizard Welcome to the Backup or Restore Wizard This wizard helps you back up or restore the files and settings on your computer If you prefer you can switch to Advanced Mode to change the settings used for backup or restore This option is recommended for advanced users only Always start in wizard mode To continue click Next 46 Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance Mac OS X Backup Utilities The 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 Mate Rsyncx Folder Synchronizer X Tri BACKUP Impression Intego Personal Backup SilverKeeper and Apple s dotMac Backup utility to name just a few With this many backup options there is no excuse not to backup your work To find even more freeware and shareware backup uti
67. us N4100 IP Storage Aipoliance System Information Screen From Status menu choose Info item and the System Information screen appears You can change the system information that appears on the Login page by entering the new information here and pressing Apply to confirm System description Shows a description of the system it also appears on the Login page Product Information Screen From the Status menu choose the About item and the Product Information screen appears The Product Information screen provides the information about the system Manufacturer Displays the name of the manufacturer of the system Product No Shows the model number of the system Serial No Displays the system s serial number Firmware version Shows the version of the firmware Up time Displays the total running time of the system Thecus ior age App Staus Storage vy GQ Network vy Mi Accountsv Y Systemy H Language System Information System Description Ooo Statusy Storage xs G Network Wi Accounts MN Systemy H Language Product Information Manufacturer Thecus Product No N4100 Serial No N4100 233 develop machine Software Version 1 0 10 2005 04 15 20 Up Time 1 day 20 hours 3 minutes 14 Thecus N4100 IP Storage Apdiance Storage Menu The Storage menu provides disk information and allows you to configure RAID and sharing Disks Information Screen From the Storage menu choose the Disks ite
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