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1. lt Back Cancel 5 Read the license agreement To continue with the installation click Agree and then click Next Software Update Installation Wizard License Agreement Please read the following license agreement To continue with setup you must accept the agreement END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR MICROSOFT SOFTWARE Microsoft iSCSI Initiator 2 0 IMPORTANT PLEASE READ THIS END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT EULA CAREFULLY BY INSTALLING COPYING OR OTHERWISE USING THE SOFTWARE THAT 3 C Do Not Agree lt Back Cancel 6 The iSCSI Initiator will now install automatically Click Finish once completed Software Update installation Wizard Completing the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator Installation Wizard Tou Fave puccedghully completed Pe cgi Sang El Do chee la wataed chek Frei 103 7 Start the iSCSI Initiator by double clicking its icon on the desktop The SCSI Initiator properties window will appear Microsoft iSCSI Initiator 8 Select the Discovery tab Under Target Portals click Add SCSI Initiator Properties Target Portals Address Port Adapter IP Addr rer SNS Servers Name 9 Enter the IP address of the N4100PRO Click OK Add Target Portal Type the IP address or DNS name and socket number of the portal you want to add Click Advanced to select specific settings For the discovery session to the portal IP address or DNS
2. Stack Target List gt cn s ra i gt Das w ap Pp fi Wi System Network Export share name IP Capacity Used Total Status Description iqn 4 Storage SL rap e Space Allocation S Share Folder A Add a Stack Target Volume From the figure above click Add to access the stackable target device configuration page Please refer to the figure below With the added stack target you could Enable or Disable now or later per usage needed 64 Add iSCSI Target Add Stack Target x Enable 15031 Target Stackable TargatfIP 172 16 65 157 ign 1qn 2000 05 com thecus XPS 150500 vel iscsi Username Password Export share name Limit 0 9 a z Description Browseable yes i ne Pe er aniy Public C yes 9 inc Apply Next input the target IP address of the stackable device and click the Discovery button The system will list available target volumes from the inputted IP address Once IP with volume have been set you may need to input a valid user name and password to validate your access rights If there is no user name and password needed to access target volume then leave it blank Once IP with volume have been set you may need to input a valid user name and password to validate your access rights If there is no user name and password needed to access target volume then leave it blank Add iSCSI Target Add Stack Target x Enable 15051 Target Enable 8 Disable stackable
3. 73 AD Domain Example Work Group Domain domain Name ADS Support ADS Server Name ADS NT Realm Administrator ID Administrator KK OK KK OK Password The DNS server specified in the WAN configuration page should be able to correctly resolve the ADS server name e The time zone setting between N4100PRO and ADS should be identical e The system time difference between N4100PRO and ADS should be less than five minutes The Administrator Password field is for the password of ADS Active Directory Server not N4100PRO Local User Configuration From the Accounts menu choose the User item and the Local User Configuration screen appears This screen allows you to Add Edit and Remove local users Local User Configuration O Add Edit Remove User ID User Name User and Group Authentication ans 3 M Local e User e Group e Batch Input Page 1 lofi O No topics to display Local User Configuration o ttem Description _ O lt OZ lt OZO OoOo OO Add Press the Add button to add a user to the list of local users Press the Edit button to modify a local user Press the Remove button to delete a selected user from the system Add Users 1 Click on the Add button on Local User Configuration screen and Local User Setting screen appears 74 2 On the Local User Setting screen enter a name in the User Name box 3 Enter a User ID number If lef
4. After your changes have been made click Apply to confirm any modifications Once changes are applied the associated information will be updated on the Stack Target List window D Stack Target ACL If the stack target Public setting set to Yes then the ACL button will be grayed out However if Public setting is set to No then the ACL button will be available for you to setup user access permissions for the stack target 68 ACL settings will be exactly the same as system folder that you may have setup previously ACL Tee X Recurzive Deny Read Only Writable Local Groups Mp Search Y D Name Name Name Name users Synchronize E Reconnect a Stack Target The enabled stack target devices may be disconnected by situations such as power outages or network disconnects When this happens the Reconnect button will available To attempt to reconnect the stack target click Reconnect Stack Target List Add Edit Remove E Export share name IP Capacity Used Total status Description ign gt Dici 172 16 65 157 0GB 0 1GB Disable ign 2009 05 co1 Export share name iP Capacity Used Total Status Description ign 13051 172 16 65 157 06GB 0 1 GB Disable ign 2009 05 c01 Success x i You have successfully reconnect to the stack folder iscsi ISO Mount The ISO Mount feature is very useful tool from Thecus products With it users can mount an ISO file and having export name to display all details fro
5. ors form A Space AMocacion draoce Co bon Wap Sy RAID z 7 RAD Information CI Mater yq RAID R Disks Total Data 15031 e RAD Laval E Usa Capacity Capazty Capacity seo FL pe Ral J Esaltir Jc ES 16 Volume Allocacion List Di hioi Die GSC Tege Tym Erma Casaciry 2031 1411 13 3 Volume Allocation List Description Modify Click this to modify the allocated space Click this to delete the allocated space 53 Allocating Space for iSCSI Volume r A 3 el TIAS Space Allocacion kivana Ont i p T ner H pa mo RAID Information Son hater ID RAID bate ome Total Cata nen ea RAID Laval Lied Capacity Cagaesty Capacity 8 puros Allecatice E Ral T Beaitiy 3 726 1363 24655 1163 Share Fold Ed siackable Volume Allecotion Liz Bro Moun Di Moti Gi Delete eos To allocate space for an iSCSI volume on the current RAID volume follow the steps below 1 Under the Volume Allocation List click iSCSI Target The Create iSCSI Volume screen appears Space Allocation x Create 15CSI Volume RAID ID RAID Atlocation 60 86 6 GB Unused 86 6 GB iSCSI Target Volume 5 Enable Disable Tarzet Name Limit 0 9 a z ign_ Year 2009 ve ign Year 05 Authentication None CHAP Username Limit 0 9 az A Z Password Limit 0 9 a z A lansth between 12 16 Password Confirm Description The 5031 block size can be set under system advance option default is 512 Bytes Ple
6. Firewall Software Configuration If you are using a software firewall i e Norton Internet Security and are having trouble connecting to the N4100PRO you can try the following steps 1 Double click the NIS icon on system tray and then configure the Personal Firewall 2 On the Programs page find the SetupWizard exe and change its permission to Permit All If it s not in the program list use the Add or Program Scan buttons to find it 3 On the Networking page manually add N4100PRO IP address i e 192 168 1 100 to the Trusted list 107 Replacing Damaged Hard Drives If you are using RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 6 or RAID 10 you can easily replace a damaged hard drive in the Thecus N4100PRO while keeping your data secure with the system s automatic data recovery Hard Drive Damage When a hard drive is damaged and data in the RAID volume the system LCD will display warning message also the system beeps Replacing a Hard Drive To replace a hard disk drive in the N4100PRO E 2 3 4 gt Remove the tray with the damaged hard disk Unscrew the damaged hard disk and remove it from the tray Slide a new hard disk into the tray and fasten the screws Insert the hard disk tray back into the N4100PRO until it snaps into place You can also lock it with a key if desired The LED blinks green when the HDD is accessed RAID Auto Rebuild When using RAID 1 5 6 or 10 on the N4100PRO you can use the auto r
7. LAN Configuration p System Information System Management MAC Address 00 14 FD 11 08 4D Wy System Network Jumbo Frame Support Disable Y IP 192 168 2254 255 255 255 0 DHCP Server Configuration S rrp Media Server rrp Web Disk Start IP DHCP Server 5 Enable Disable Su 2 Nayne Target Bonjour 172 16 66 244 168 93 1 1 LAN Configuration tem Description O ip SpecifiesthelPaddressoftheLAN interface _____ Before enabling Jumbo Frame Support please make sure your network equipment supports J umbo Frame If your equipment is incompatible you might not be able to connect to your N4100PRO DHCP Server Configuration A DHCP server can be configured to assign IP addresses to devices connected to the LAN port To configure these ports choose LAN from the System Network menu DHCP Configuration address to PCs connected to the LAN interface Start IP End IP DNS Server Displayed the DNS server IP address The IP Segment of WAN and LAN should not overlap The IP address of the LAN interface should not be in the range of the Start WARNING IP address and End IP address Samba CIFS There are 4 options is currently allow Admin to Enable Disable to operate N4100PRO associated with Samba CIFS protocol With the option changed it will need to reboot system to activate 36 Samba CIFS ge System Management Samba Service C Disable File Ac
8. Thecus AA aa Thecus N4100PRO User s Manual Copyright and Trademark Notice Thecus and other names of Thecus products are registered trademarks of Thecus Technology Corp Microsoft Windows and the Windows logo are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Apple Tunes and Apple OS X are registered trademarks of Apple Computers Inc All other trademarks and brand names are the property of their respective owners Specifications are subject to change without notice Copyright 2009 Thecus Technology Corporation All rights reserved About This Manual All information in this manual has been carefully verified to ensure its correctness In case of an error please provide us with your feedback Thecus Technology Corporation reserves the right to modify the contents of this manual without notice Product name Thecus N4100PRO Manual Version 3 1 Release Date May 2010 Limited Warranty Thecus Technology Corporation guarantees all components of Thecus N4100PRO are thoroughly tested before they leave the factory and should function normally under general usage In case of any system malfunctions Thecus Technology Corporation and its local representatives and dealers are responsible for repair without cost to the customer if the product fails within the warranty period and under normal usage Thecus Technology Corporation is not responsible for any damage or loss of data deemed to be caused by its products It is highl
9. To do this simply follow the steps below Windows 2000 XP 1 First download the iSCSI Initiator from the Microsoft website http www microsoft com You can find this software by entering iSCSI Initiator into the search box on their homepage 2 Once the download is complete install the iSCSI Initiator by double clicking the EXE file You may be presented with the following security warning Click Run to continue Open File Security Warning Do you want to run this file Name Initiator 2 04 build3273 x86fre exe Publisher Microsoft Corporation Type Application From U JohniiSCsi Cancel While files from the Internet can be useful this file type can potentially harm your computer Only run software from publishers you trust What s the risk 102 3 You will now install the iSCSI Initiator using the Setup Wizard Click Next to continue Software Update Installation Wizard Use this wizard to install the following software update Microsoft iSCSI Initiator Before you install this update we recommend that you Back up your system Close all open programs You might need to restart your computer after you complete this update To continue click Next Cancel 4 Leave the default selections and click Next Software Update Installation Wizard Microsoft iSCSI Initiator Installation Microsoft iSCSI Initiator will be installed Installation Options V Software Initiator
10. Chapter 6 Tips and Tricks USB Storage Expansion The N4100PRO supports external USB hard disks through its three USB ports Once a USB hard disk has been successfully mounted users can access the files on the USB hard disk under the USBHDD folder The N4100PRO supports up to 6 USB external storage devices All file names on the USB disk volume are case sensitive Before attaching a USB disk drive to N4100PRO you have to partition and format it on a desktop computer or a notebook first The attached device will be located at 192 168 1 100 usbhdd usb1 1 where 192 168 1 100 means the IP address of N4100PRO usb1 stands for the first USB device and 1 stands for the first partition on disk 1 the USB disk drive If it is an NTFS partition NAS users can open or copy files from 192 168 1 100 usbhdd usb1 1 but cannot add new files or modify existing files If you want to write to an USB storage device the file system must be FAT32 USB FAT32 NTFS Storage Partition Partition Read OK OK we KF Adding a Spare Disk With a RAID 1 or RAID 5 volume you can add a spare disk after the initial RAID is setup To add a Spare disk follow the steps below 1 Onthe RAID Configuration Screen tick the checkbox of the hard disk you wish to designate as a Spare disk 2 Click Add Spare The disk will be configured as a spare disk The system automatically rebuilds the spare disk when one of the disks in the RAID set fails
11. Keep packaging out of the reach of children If disposing of the device please follow your local regulations for the safe disposal of electronic products to protect the environment Table of Contents Copyright and Trademark NoOvticCe sssssssssnnsnnunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 2 ADOUE TIS Manta lianas 2 Limited Warrants DO 2 Safety WarnInOSssicicia aidaa 3 Table 0f CONTCHES aia 4 Chapter 1 NtroduUctloO Nini 8 OVETVIO War a 8 Product FIONA MINS cists istcschcpararcestciaSel a aa 8 PANS CW O a eae anc A 8 A o A O age es 8 TUNES OVO EEEE E T N A oun eine A A EO E A 8 Meda SS VERA 8 a TR a 9 PUNTOS ever aaa bana 9 DU al MOOC SUPPO Escutia adas 9 Superior Power ManageMent ccoocccccccncccccccnncnnnnn nr nn rr 9 Package Contents init 10 PRONE P e aiia aaa 11 Hard DISK Tray za is id A a 11 Rear Padel o 12 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation sccssssseneeseeeeeeeeececssssennnnneanes 13 OVE FUI Wo ARA 13 Before rot Bedia iia a 13 Hara DISKEAStalatio Nai 13 Cable CONNECUONAS mann 14 CNECKING System iS tatls iia aos 14 System Status NO Malsintania asi 14 System TOUDE sica lad 14 Chapter 3 First Time Seti ad 15 OVEIVIE NN orriren aaa Aa A OEN 15 THECUS Setup Wiza diia 15 LCD ODEFAtiOny nn e 17 OO Sara atte cia 17 DISDla MO dE lt anal ita 18 USB OD Verona da A A eens eee Maleate cereal an cos 18 Typical Setup Procedure sia aa 18 Step Le NetWork etapas toa 19 Step 2 RADEON serra 19 Step 3 Cre
12. Please check to see if your package is complete If you find that some items are missing contact your dealer 10 Front Panel The N4100PRO s front panel displays the unit s array of status LED s and is also where you ll find the power buttons See the table below for a detailed explanation of each Power Busy WAN LAN Error USB Port Thecus N41G2PRO phates Power switch E ES TES E Up Button ESC Button Down Button Enter Button Item Description O O O HDD Trays e 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 provided with the package e Blinking orange system startup or maintenance data inaccessible Off system startup complete system operating normally WAN LED Solid green network link Blinking green network activity Solid green network link e Blinking green network activity Hard Disk Tray The N4100PRO s hard disk trays each have a lock a latch aoe HDD and two indicators Power Lock Access Error 11 item Description O Z O O O Lock e The tray lock lets you physically secure the HDD with accessory keys e Use the latch to open and remove or close and secure the tray HDD Power LED e Solid blue HDD is powered on Access Error LED e Blinking yellow data is being accessed e Blinking red hard disk error Rear Panel The rear panel
13. This product includes software developed by the Computer Systems Engineering Group at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory This product includes software developed by the Kungliga Tekniska Hogskolan and its contributors This product includes software developed by the Nick Simicich This product includes software written by Tim Hudson t h cryptsoft com This product includes software developed by Christopher G Demetriou for the NetBSD Project 130 CGIC License Terms Basic License 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 library should not be distributed without the attachment of a clear statement regarding the author of the modifications and this notice may in no case be removed Modifications may also be submitted to the author for inclusion in the main CGIC distribution GNU General Public License Version 2 June 1991 Copyright 1989 1991 Free Software Foundation Inc 51 Franklin St Fifth Floor Boston MA 02110 1301 USA Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document but changing it is not allowed PREAMBLE The licenses for most software are designed to ta
14. Disk Na Capacite MB Misda Bratua las Epare 296 163 WDC WDM OF 2 185 163 WDC WD30003B OK 286 165 WDC WDSOMS OF 26 143 WDC WDS0008 OR RAID Level Boo RAIDO RAID RAIDS RAIL RAID 10 RAID 15 Fait Allow 0 9 ann Anz Ti Master RATO Take effect after checked box Sire SIDE ball Data Percentage AA E A Piet ay MA Ape Remove RAID Remove RAID destroys all data in the current RAID volume The data is WARNING unrecoverable Expanding a RAID To expand a RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 6 or RAID 10 volume follow the steps below L Replace one of the hard drives in the RAID volume and allow it to automatically rebuild Once rebuilt you can continue to replace any remaining disks in the RAID array When you are done replacing hard drives log on to Web Management Navigate to Storage gt RAID to open the RAID Configuration screen On the RAID Information screen and click Edit to open the RAID Configuration screen On the RAID Configuration screen click Expand NOTE RAID expansion did not support file system created by ZFS 50 RAID Configuration RATIO Tafeematior EM RAID Llsmaad 20865135 Expand Capacity 16 7 GB Migrating a RAID Once a RAID volume has been created you may want to move it to other physical drives or change the RAID array all together To migrate a RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 or RAID 6 volume follow the steps below 1 From the RAID Configuration screen cl
15. the all services will restart and volumes iSCSI is read only but user data is capable read write during operation 4 The other combination to make as On line can have read write work as normal 52 Below is a table listing of possible RAID migration schemes OFFLINE RAID 0 HDDx2 to RAID 0 HDDx3 RAID 0 HDDx2 to RAID 0 HDDx4 RAID 0 HDDx3 to RAID 0 HDDx4 OFFLINE RAID 1 HDDx2 to RAID 0 HDDx2 RAID 1 HDDx2 to RAID 0 HDDx3 RAID 1 HDDx2 to RAID 0 HDDx4 RAID 1 HDDx3 to RAID 0 HDDx4 Space Allocation You may specify the space allocated for iSCSI volumes The iSCSI volume can be created up to 2 volumes per RAID volume OFFLINE RAID 0 HDDx2 to RAID 5 HDDx3 RAID 0 HDDx2 to RAID 5 HDDx4 RAID 0 HDDx3 to RAID 5 HDDx4 ONLINE RAID 1 HDDx2 to RAID 5 HDDx3 RAID 1 HDDx2 to RAID 5 HDDx4 RAID 1 HDDx3 to RAID 5 HDDx4 ONLINE RAID 5 HDDx3 to RAID 5 HDDx4 ONLINE RAID 1 HDDx2 to RAID 6 HDDx4 RAID 1 HDDx3 to RAID 6 HDDx4 To do this under the Storage menu click RAID and the RAID List window appears Select the RAID volume you wish to reallocate by clicking on its radio button and click Space Allocation The RAID Information and Volume Allocation List windows will appear The Volume Allocation List displays the space allocated for iSCSI volumes on the current RAID volume The N4100PRO supports up to five iSCSI volumes p i
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17. ID Authenbieation Username Limsit 0 9 a z AZ Bimont Limta10 49 3 2 A Zjlangih temasi 12 16 Panmord Confirm Description The 5051 block sce can be set onder matem advance option defanlt is 712 Bytes Please mens AX block size while more than 278 capacity will be confizurad in Wendows XP Phar una 312 Dtos Hock size for application Gke Viiware ate The screen shot to setup an iSCSI target volume under thin provisioning of 1700GB m iSCSI Thin Privision Volume aii Ep GH Daa Type Mama Capacity ee ST Then 2 recused Volcene ACSI Then Serruson Vole 3335645 SCSI Thin Privizion 1 ii e Gaa PMs E Delete Type TE Capacity SOS Thin Privaien ni 0601 1700 GB SCSI target volume creation The maximum virtual size is 14300GB 16000GB 1700GB 1 iSCSI target volume Space Allocation x Create 15051 Thin Privizion EAID ID RAID Unud 13 333 53 GB 1430068 Virtual Ei e 3 8 GB SCS Target Volume E Enable Target Name LimitxD 3 a z in Year 2009 ix 114 This screenshot lists iSCSI target volumes created under thin provisioning The 2 iSCSI target volume under thin provisioning has been created with a capacity of 14300GB iSCSI Thin Privizion Volume S2Expand Gy Dele ives Hama Capacity CS Thin Brocton Volume SCS Than Prvisson Volome 3314 3 iSCSI Thin Privicion O ads Moca O Dates To sans Capacity SOI Thin Privisies 2230
18. co Languago E Demn aortic l ints CERT 3 f bj Log a rire fegri Mobicatian ru y mi L i i Se ie 3 WE y m J Behe Orbe WHAM FTP BAT p B Aab Space Alocation Shan Foder Lior Syrtam Management a ig aian wae 4 SH age i WE ae T Ea a aa Leer and Group dibenion Md 2polcaton Serve ra Moda mangement BS Sachup DTi Fe i A T Administrator can add or mm Mi favorite remove favorite function as short cut by right click mouse System Information on the menu tree item Bint Remove My favorite The other way administrator can add favorite function is clicking Favorite Add icon in La My favorite each function screen Please E System Management refer figure below in red circuit van Network icon m m i E z Storage DE f a Mi m a Anytime while administrator aa User and Group Authentication Pes F like to back to favorite screen o i ge ye 4 Application Server simply click on My Favorite bottom located on left hand corner of main screen My favorite Setting system time Date 01 20 2010 E Time w 119 Add On Line Register Service From main menu tree there is a new On line Register option added with this firmware release e Li Menu 3 System Information into Enable via tena elle Registration option Status The fol
19. including English Japanese Traditional Chinese Simplified Chinese French German Italian Korean Spanish Russia e Polish On the menu bar click Language and the selection list Spanish appears This user interface will switch to selected Russia im language for the N4100PRO gt System Information Information provides viewing on current Product info System Status Service Status and Logs The menu bar allows you to see various aspects of the N4100PRO From here you can discover the status of the N4100PRO and also other details Product Information Once you login you will first see the basic Product Information screen providing Manufacturer Product No Firmware Version and System Up Time information Product Infermati n Minace Firmar Yeon t Lp mi 23 Item Description gt gt gt Displays the name of the system manufacturer Product No Shows the model number of the system Shows the current firmware version Displays the total run time of the system System Service Status From the Status menu choose the System item System Status and Service Status screens appear These screens provide basic system and service status information eooo a system Information Syrtem Statua Info p mm Bia CPU Loadingit 38 E E Sion System Fan Speed OR Up Tina 3 dayi al hes 30 neta Service Statuz AFP Status pos NFS Status Stor STE CIF Status Ronin FIP Stamma Stop
20. minimum of 1 disk Provides data striping but no redundancy Improves performance but not data safety RAID O requires a minimum of 2 disks Offers disk mirroring Provides twice the read rate of single disks but same write rate RAID 1 requires a minimum of 2 disks RAID 5 Data striping and stripe error correction information provided RAID 5 requires a minimum of 3 disks RAID 5 can sustain one failed disk RAID 6 Two independent parity computations must be used in order to provide protection against double disk failure Two different algorithms are employed to achieve this purpose RAID 6 requires a minimum of 4 disks RAID 6 can sustain two failed disks RAID 10 RAID 10 has high reliability and high performance RAID 10 is Implemented as a striped array whose segments are RAID 1 arrays It has the fault tolerance of RAID 1 and the performance of RAID 0 RAID 10 requires 4 disks RAID 10 can sustain two failed disks If the administrator improperly removes a hard disk that should not be WARNING removed when RAID status is degraded all data will be lost Edit RAID On the RAID Information screen press the Edit button to go to the RAID Information screen Using Edit RAID you can select RAID ID and the Spare Disk 48 z System Information M RAID Informacion lt f System lanazement DP Create War System Network Masta T RAID RAID Laval BRAD 5 Space Allocation E chase Folder Stac
21. require data security such as office automation and online customer service Use it also for applications with high read requests but low write requests RAID 5 includes disk striping at the byte level and parity information is written to several hard disk drives If a hard disk fails the system uses parity stored on each of the other hard disks to recreate all missing information RAID 6 RAID 6 is essentially an extension of RAID level 5 which allows for additional fault tolerance by using a second independent distributed parity scheme dual parity Data is striped on a block level across a set of drives just like in RAID 5 anda second set of parity is calculated and written across all the drives RAID 6 provides for an extremely high data fault tolerance and can sustain two simultaneous drive failures This is a perfect solution for mission critical applications RAID 10 RAID 10 is implemented as a striped array whose segments are RAID 1 arrays RAID 10 has the same fault tolerance as RAID level 1 RAID 10 has the same overhead for fault tolerance as mirroring alone High I O rates are achieved by striping RAID 1 segments Under certain circumstances RAID 10 array can sustain up to 2 simultaneous drive failures Excellent solution for applications that would have otherwise gone with RAID 1 but need an additional performance boost JBOD Although a concatenation of disks also called JBOD or Just a Bunch of Disks is not one o
22. route to balance traffic bandwidth be System Informatica Sf system Management a ul E E System Network Var Ja Pd LAN samba OFS Faro Ranrs 5 FTP GB Media Server HTTP Web Disk Eur Neme Target Bonjour oa kor sew Germ Ae thank ann vis feworibe LAN Configuration MAC Address 00 19 0 12 50 00 Jumibo Frame Diabla w Supports S Link Detected no Link Speed m DHCP Server Configuration DHCP Server Enable Disable Start EP End Tr DAS Server 172 16 66 244 163 95 1 1 Appl If the IP sharing mode setting is set to Enable under WAN port then this 2 gateway cannot be configured 122 Appendix A Product Specifications Hardware Specifications Processor Memory WAN LAN HDD Bays HDD Support USB Ports 3 x USB ports Host mode LCD Control Panel System LED Display 5 x LED Power DOM Network Activity x 2 System Busy Width Height Depth Power Supply Server rated AC power supply 100 220V AC 50 60Hz Auto detect Security Software Specifications Network File Protocols Microsoft Networks CIFS SMB Apple Filing Protocol AFP 3 0 Network File System NFS v3 File Transfer Protocol FTP Hyper Text Transfer Protocol HTTP Secure Hyper Text Transfer Protocol HTTPs Local User Account Microsoft Active Directory Authentication AD Network Client Type Microsoft Windows 2000 XP 2003 Vista Unix Linux BSD MAC OS X 9 Dynam
23. s Printer Server you can easily share an IPP printer with other PCs connected to your network To set up the Printer Server refer to Chapter 4 Application Server gt Printer Information Dual Mode Support N4100PRO is not only a file server but it also supports iSCSI initiators Your server can access N4100PRO as a direct attached storage over the LAN or Internet There is no easier way to expand the capacity of your current application servers All the storage needs can be centrally managed and deployed This brings ultimate flexibility to users To set up an iSCSI volume refer to Chapter 4 Storage Management gt Space Allocation gt Allocating Space for SCSI Volume Superior Power Management N4100PRO supports schedule power on off With this feature administrator can set at what time to turn on or off the system This feature is a big plus for people who want to conserve energy Wake On LAN enables administrator to remotely turn on the system without even leaving their own seat To schedule system on and off refer to Chapter 4 System Management gt Scheduled Power On Off Package Contents Your N4100PRO package should contain the following items N4100PRO Unit x1 Power Cord xl QIG Quick Installation Guide x1 CD Title x2 DriveClone5 Pro CD amp Universal CD Ethernet Cable x1 Screw Kit amp Key Luck x1 HDD Compatibility list Card x1 Multiple Languages Warranty Card x1 ECL iin aS 4 e
24. steps below 1 Plug your USB device into an available USB port on the Front Panel 2 In Display Mode press the Enter 1 3 The LCD will display USB Copy 4 Press Enter 1 and the N4100PRO will start copying USB disks connected to the front USB port 5 All of data will be copied into system folder named USBcopy Typical Setup Procedure From the Web Administration Interface you can begin to setup your N4100PRO for use on your network Setting up the N4100PRO typically follows the five steps outlined below For more on how to use the Web Administration Interface see Chapter 4 System Management gt Web Administration Interface 18 Step 1 Network Setup From the Web Administration Interface you can configure the network settings of the N4100PRO for your network You can access the Network menu from the menu bar For details on how to configure your network settings refer to Chapter 4 System Management gt Network Management Step 2 RAID Creation Next administrators can configure their preferred RAID setting and build their RAID volume You can access RAID settings from the menu bar of the Web Administration Interface by navigating to Storage gt RAID For more information on configuring RAID see Chapter 4 System Management gt RAID Configuration Don t know which RAID level to use Find out more about the different RAID levels from Appendix C RAID Basics Step 3 Create Local Users or S
25. the Users List and press the lt lt button to move the user into the Members List 4 To remove a user from a group select the user from Members List and press the gt gt button 5 Click the Apply button to save your changes Edit x Local Group Setting Users List Group Name Search Group ID UserID User Name Members List UserID User Name Remove Groups 1 On the Local Group Configuration screen select a group name from the list 2 Press Remove to delete the group from the system Local Group Configuration Local Group Setting x c Do you want delete this group Ina d Batch Create Users and Groups The N4100PRO can also add users and groups in batch mode This enables you to conveniently add numerous users and groups automatically by importing a simple comma separated plain text txt file 78 From the Accounts menu click Batch Mgmt and the Batch Create Users and Groups dialogue will appear To import your list of users and groups follow these steps 5 Click Browse to locate your comma separated text file The information in the text file should follow this format USERNAME PASSWORD GROUP Click Open Click Import to begin the user list import E 6 7 Li System Information System Management Hi Storage User and Group Authentication Sans a al Lozal User Group Batch Input Description Create local users an
26. the system over the Internet from any browser 1 Inthe Login page type in the User ID and password that were previously set for you in the Accounts menu See Chapter 4 User and Group Authentication gt Local User Configuration 2 The WebDisk page appears showing folders made currently available to you via the Access Control List ACL 3 Click on a folder name to enter the folder 4 The folder s page appears displaying files and folders Click on a file to download the file 5 Buttons on the folder page allow you to create a new folder upload files and delete files in the folder 91 6 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 7 To upload a file from your computer to the current folder press the New file upload button When the screen appears press Browse and locate the file to upload Press OK and the file is uploaded to the current folder 8 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 this folder To access folders with access control you must first login with a local user account For more information on how to setup user rights to the folders please check Chapter 4 Storage Management gt Share Folder gt Folder Access Control List
27. there are a number of backup solutions available for the Mac OS X including iBackup Psyncx iMSafe Rsyncx Folder Synchronizer X Tri BACKUP Impression Intego Personal Backup SilverKeeper and Apple s dotMac Backup utility to name just a few To find even more freeware and shareware backup utilities to choose from go to VersionTracker or MacUpdate and search on backup 90 Chapter 5 Using the N4100PRO Overview Once the N4100PRO is setup and operating users on the network may manage all varieties of digital music photos or files by simply using their web browsers To manage your personal files or access public files on the N4100PRO just enter its IP address into your browser default IP address is http 192 168 1 100 and you will be taken to the N4100PRO Login page Before proceeding make sure that WebDisk Support or Secure WebDisk Support is enabled in the Service Support screen in the system s Network menu See Service Support in Chapter 4 System Network gt HTTP Web Disk Login Page To login to the system enter your user name and password and select Web Disk or Photo server then click Login to log into the system You will be taken to the selected interface Thecus IP Storage Server Login Web Disk Photo Server Username System administrator admin Password A Protect your Seu Secure vae Data Using WebDisk The N4100PRO provides a WebDisk function that allows you to access
28. tray and fasten the screws 3 Insertthe hard disk and tray back into the N4100PRO until it snaps into place and lock it with a key if desired 4 The LED blinks green when the hard disk is accessed If your HDD was part of a RAID 1 or RAID 5 array previously it automatically rebuilds If you replace all the drives with higher capacity drives you will need to go to Administrator login and format the drives 13 Cable Connections Make the following connections on the Thecus N4100PRO and then power up the unit 1 Connect an Ethernet cable from your network to the WAN port on the back panel of the N4100PRO 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 protected socket 3 Press the power button on the front panel to power on the N4100PRO Checking System Status After making connections on the N4100PRO and powering up check whether the system status is normal or has trouble by observing indicators on the front panel and hard disk trays System Status Normal The system status is normal if 1 The front panel Power LED glows blue and the WAN 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 1 The system emits a continuous beeping sound If the system has trouble please refer to Chapter 8 Troubleshooting 14 Chapter 3 First
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31. 0 03 to 3 00 05 What s New There are additional features implemented into the new 3 00 04 version firmware RAID Expansion for iSCSI Target Volume First the iSCSI volume is now able to expand its capacity from unused space From the volume list simply select the iSCSI volume you like to expand and click the Expand button Space Allocation RAID Information Master ID RAID TEM Disks Total Data CSI RAID Level Used Capacity Capacity Capacity RAID 0 Healthy 1 2 219 8 0 2 GB 84 8 GB 56 9 GB Volume Allocation List iSCSI Target CSI Thin Privision Target Advance Option Ed Add lt 2 3 Modify iSCSI istai 56 9 GB You will then see the dialog box displayed below Drag the Expand Capacity bar to the size you want Then press Expand to confirm the operation Space Allocation x Expand iSCSI Thin Privizion Volume Name ica Unused 34 74 38 GB Expand Capacity 74 38 GB Expand Description The ISOM services will be stoped during ISCM expand execution please be noticed 111 SCSI Thin Provisioning An advanced thin provisioning for iSCSI feature is available in this firmware release With this function the iSCSI capacity can be more flexible and more efficiently serve more users The idea for iSCSI thin provisioning is sharing the available physical capacity to a number of iSCSI target volumes and also setup virtual capacity to expand the physical size while it needed To setup iSCSI thin provisioning go to
32. 02 33 06 7700 N7700 boot Pagell ofl 7 ge Displaying logs 1 13 of 13 2009 05 25 13 44 51 4 Sort Ascending 2009 05 25 13 41 50 al Sort Descending 5 ailable r allable E 7 ae a En Columns Y Time vailable 2009 03 25 13 26 18 3500 dual0l The syst G Logs Information available 2009 05 25 13 21 13 5500 dual01 The svstem n5500 dualdT found UP vailable 2009 03 25 13 16 08 3500 dual l The system n5500 dual l found UPS is unavailable 2009 03 25 13 12 28 5300 dual0l User admin logged in from 172 16 65 107 2009 03 25 13 11 03 3500 dual01 The svstem n35300 dualll found UPS is unavailable See the following table for a detailed description of each item System Logs ltem Description 22 messages and error messages Shows only error messages Export all logs to an external file Clear all log files Specify desired number of lines to display per page Shows logs by date in ascending order Shows logs by date in descending order Use the forward gt gt gt and backward lt lt lt buttons to browse the log pages Re loading logs 25 System Management The System Management menu gives you a wealth of settings that you can use to configure your N4100PRO s system administration functions You can set up system time system notifications and even upgrade firmware from this menu Time Setting system time From the time menu choose the Time tem and the Time scree
33. 2601 1700 GB MCE Tha Prior ni 2056007 14300 GE This message appears if there is no more room for new iSCSI target creation Space Allocation x gt Mot enough Tres space lo allocate Tt takes at leas LGB free space to allocate CSL USB volume Each RAID volume can only create one iSCSI thin provision volume Each thin provision volume can only create 5 iSCSI target volumes The notification will send out while the physical size of iSCSI thin provision capacity has used up to 90 SCSI LUN ID When iSCSI target volume has been created there is a default LUN ID of O in previous firmware versions which was un configurable From v3 00 04 it is configurable from 1 to 254 with a default of the next available number in ascending numerical order The LUN ID is unique and can not be duplicated except for LUN ID O 115 Error Corrections None 116 Chapter 9 Revision updated up to FW 3 01 00 What s New There are additional features implemented into the new 3 00 08 version firmware Updated Login User Interface There is a brand new design for the admin login Ul s Thecus Creator in Storage PA eam Source re vou Data The previous chapters have screenshots of the original user interface Please note that all changes are visual only There are no functional changes Updated Photo Server User Interface Same as the admin login user interface the photo server has a brand new art design
34. A New File Directory Reload e Cancel Photo Server Using the Photo Server users can view and share photos and even create their own albums right on the N4100PRO You will see your own Photo Gallery and all public Photo Albums on the network To manage any picture files you must first select the item by clicking the box Login Web Disk Photo Server Username Password www thecos co 93 Windows XP Publishing Wizard There are many ways for a local user to upload pictures into their photo album Users of Windows XP can upload their pictures using the Windows XP Publishing Wizard t 1 Click on the XP Publishing Wizard icon on top right corner 2 2 The XP Web Publishing Wizard Client screen appears Click on the link to install the Publishing Wizard 3 Windows XP will ask whether you want to run or save this file Click Save to save the register file 94 File Download Security Warning Do you want to run or save this file Name lt PPublish reg Type Registration Entries 377 bytes From 172 16 66 158 While files from the Internet can be useful this tile type can potentially harm pour computer If you do not trust the source do not run or save this software What s the risk Once the register file is installed use the Windows file manager to browse the folder that contains the picture you want to publish On the left pane there will be an icon labeled Publish this
35. ACL O Web D Directory Tree 2 Browsing Directory iTunes_music _JiTunes_music A Home Reload amp Search lx ka YA Show directories Filter Y _jnaswebsite 3 nsync Name o Size Type Modified Owner Jusbcopy Jusbhdd Page ofi D P Done No items to display A Home Reload Search X Show Directories Filter ak Ne i Folder Page Button Button Description OO Directory Tree E a List all directory trees per login user s privilege Browsing Directory Browsing selected directory of its folders and files At Go back to the web disk directory layer amp Reload Re load the current list Search files in the current web disk directory Must input the complete file name id new file Directory Creates a new folder or directory x delete Deletes selected files or folders da Rename Rename a directory or file Y download Download a file to current folder of your computer D upload Upload file from your computer to current web disk folder 92 4 Admin Change password and confirm new password logout To logout of the web disk interface BOEDE Show the files and folders in the directory Filter Search files in the directory You can only input some word string There is also the way by using right click button to bring up contact windows as short cut to operate Bieskavdaeeme i s what you needed J iTunes_music a test 3 test
36. AT Laval Used Capacity Capacity Cipasiy Espace Allecurieg A Ral J Beatty 3 ThA 13163 254 663 11 53 E Share Folder ee Volume Allocation Lis BE O Meant Type Hama Capacity 15031 1211 HE ES 3 Tater ind Group Anthesticaties ad Application Serve Space Allocation A c All data in the volume will be removed as well Are you sure K ij 56 2 Press YES All data in the volume will be removed Advance Option There are 2 options is currently allow Admin to Enable Disable to operate N4100PRO associated with iSCSI setting The details as listed in following screenshot With the option changed it will need to reboot system to activate E Mena 4 L System information y Fes O Space Allocation 1508 Block size 512 Bytes For older version p System Management Wer System Network 1031 CRC Checksum H Storage rap e Space Allocation opa 8 share Folder stackable Description 150 Mount The 3031 block size can be set under system advance option default is 512 Bytes Please using 4K block size while more than 2TB capacity will be confizured in Windows XP l Please ting 512 Bytes block size for application like VMware ate Space Allocation x The setting has been changed carry on with press Yes for confirmation Space Allocation l x i iSCSI block size have setting success iSCSI Block Size Select the block size with 4K while the iSCSI volume size is ov
37. D 1 j i h ji i a i Allos De 12 A2 RA Information o E ziji barir RAD RAIS Lave had 5 BALD State Fonmasting AID RAID Configuration Eee a i RAID 3 E CEG AA i RAID 6 RAID 10 Master RAID Take Hot after chacked box Stata ForemitingF 1 254 Disks ved Total Duara CST ipas pasit Capacity TO WA MLA Bata iscsi Bunged r All current active services will be stopped when RAID is being created Are you sure to create RAID now a j 47 RAID Configuration x 1 RATO Setting Success fully J All current active services will be stopped when KAID is being created Building a RAID volume may take time depending on the size of hard drives and RAID mode In general while the RAID volume building process is up to RAID Building then the data volume is capable to be accessed WARNI We Creating RAID destroys all data in the current RAID volume The data is unrecoverable With a RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 6 or RAID 10 volume you can also add a Spare disk after the RAID is created See Chapter 6 Tips and Tricks gt Adding a Spare Disk for details For more information on RAID see Appendix C RAID Basics RAID Level You can set the storage volume as JBOD RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 6 or RAID 10 RAID configuration is usually required only when you first set up the device A brief description of each RAID setting follows RAID Levels requires a
38. D volume can regenerate data from the data and parity stored on its other hard disk drives RAID Levels The Thecus N4100PRO supports standard RAID levels 0 1 5 6 10 and J BOD 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 capacity of hard disk drives in the system The following is a description of each RAID level RAID 0 RAID 0 is best suited for applications that need high bandwidth but do not require a high level of data security The RAID O level provides the best performance of all the RAID levels but it does not provide data redundancy RAID O uses disk striping and breaking up data into blocks to write across all hard drives in the volume The system can then use multiple hard drives for faster read and write The stripe size parameter that was set when the RAID was created determines the size of each block No parity calculations complicate the write operation RAID 1 RAID 1 mirrors all data from one hard disk drive to a second one hard disk drive thus providing complete data redundancy However the cost of data storage Capacity is doubled This is excellent for complete data security 126 RAID 5 RAID 5 offers data security and it is best suited for networks that perform many small I O transactions at the same time as well as applications that
39. Meda Sener Stop Woe Stato Ronn UPa firs top System Status Item Descriptin gt AFP Status The status of the Apple Filing Protocol server Logs From the System I nformation menu choose the Logs item and the System Logs screen appears This screen shows a history of system usage and important events such as disk status network information and system booting See the following table for a detailed description of each item 24 Menu G System Information E System Logz S Into Dan info Ph Wam Error S status 2 Logs Ca Download All Log File Truncate All Log File The number of lines per page 13 Logs Information 7700 The system N7700 is recovering the RAID and rebuilding is in progress 2009 05 13 15 55 16 7700 Disk 4 on N7700 has been added 2009 05 13 15 39 49 7700 Disk 3 on N7700 has been added 2009 05 13 15 39 43 7700 Disk 2 on N7700 has been added 2009 05 13 14 08 36 7700 User admin logged in from 172 16 65 133 2009 05 13 13 45 03 7700 User admin logged in from 172 16 65 156 2009 05 13 11 11 45 7700 User admin logged in from 172 16 65 172 2009 05 13 09 59 19 7700 User admin logged in from 172 16 65 138 2009 05 13 09 41 26 7700 User admin logged in from 172 16 65 138 2009 05 13 09 32 40 7700 User admin logged in from 172 16 65 138 2007 01 02 02 35 01 7700 User admin logged in from 172 16 66 38 2007 01 02 02 34 26 7700 User admin logged in from 172 16 66 38 2007 01 02
40. Media Manager Settings Description Enable or disable the Media Server service Shared Media Folders Select the folder s that contains media files to be shared Rescan Click the Rescan button to have the N4100PRO for new contents in the selected media folder Share Media Folders Once the Media Server software Is installed you can start adding folders that contain the media that you would like to share To create a media share folder follow the steps below 1 Click on System Network gt Media Server in the menu bar 2 From the Shared Media Folders window select the folder that contains your media files and click its checkbox 3 The contents in the folder will be scanned for the Media Server The time required for scanning depends on the size of the folder 40 Connecting DMAs to the Media Server Next it s time to connect your Digital Media Adapter DMA to the media server 1 Connect your DMA to your Media Server a Configure your DMA to use a Dynamic IP address The IP address will be assigned by the router b Some DMAs are wireless enabled You can connect the DMA to a wireless router For instructions on how to connect your DMA to a wireless router please refer to your DMA s user manual 2 Connect your DMA s video output to video input of your TV set 3 Turn on the TV and change the video signal input to DMA 4 Setup the DMA These steps will be different if you use a different DMA a From the Ser
41. Q ARALAR Q MESA ASK 2 BERTA ERE ta E RLETI a EOI UPoP ss lala Z J usbeopy GC ideo Test Ribs A Thecus Y AE G Banc Aez Ca EDF RTOS a REIRA share name pmmeeting caml 11 Ce usbhdd Ce xG0IBM The Browseable setting will be same method of setting for system share folder It designates whether or not this folder will be visible through web disk You may refer the figures below for reference when Yes and No are selected 66 Add iSCSI Target Add Stack Target x Enable 15051 Target Enable Disable Stackable Target IP 172 16 65 157 ign iqn 2000 05 com thecus APS iscsi0 veliscs Y Limit 0 9_ a z The Public setting will be set same as what the setting for the system share folder associated with the ACL permission setup If Public is set to Yes all users will be able to access it and ACL button will be grayed out If Public is set to No the ACL button will be available on the Stack Target List window Add iSCSI Target Add Stack Target x Enable 15051 Target C Enable 8 Disable Stackable Target IP 172 16 65 157 ign ign 2009 05 com thecus AF S iscsi0 vgl iscsi Username Password Export share name Limit 0 9 a z Description Browseable 9 yes Fino Click Apply to save your changes B Activate a Stack Target After your settings have been applied the system will bring you back to Stack Target List
42. See the following table for a detailed description of each item System Configuration Download Upload Item Description gt Z gt Z oO Save and export the current system configuration Upload Import a saved configuration file to overwrite current system configuration Backing up your system configuration is a great way to ensure that you can revert to a working configuration when you are experimenting with new system settings The system configuration you have backup can be only restore in same firmware version And the backup details have excluded user group accounts Factory default From the menu choose the Factory Default item and the Reset to Factory Default screen appears Press Apply to reset the N4100PRO to factory default settings C System Information Reset To Factory Default System Management Time S Notification apply Firmware Upgrade ups Schedule On OE e Wake Up on LAN Somr al Utility Administrator Password oe onig Factory Default Reboot ac SAUER Filesystem Check 31 Resetting to factory defaults will not erase the data stored in the hard disks but WARNING WILL revert all the settings to the factory default values Reboot amp Shutdown From the menu choose Reboot amp Shutdown item and the Shutdown Reboot System screen appears Press Reboot to restart the system or Shutdown to turn the system off L System Information Sh
43. Space Allocation under the Storage category The iSCSI thin provisioning volume needs to be created first Simply click SCSI Thin Provision Target You can refer the screen shot below Space Allocation RAID Information Master D RAID paren Disks Total Data iSCSI RAID Level Used Capacity Capacity Capacity RAID 0 Healthy L3 219 8 0 2 GB 84 8 GB 70 GB Volume Allocation List iSCSI Target iSCSI Thin Privision Target Advance Option iSCSI Thin Privizion Volume Das E Type Name Capacity Next setup the physical capacity for iSCSI thin provision volume by dragging the Allocation bar to the desired size Space Allocation Xx Create iSCSI Thin Privision Volume RAID ID RAID Unused 28 61 28 GB Allocation 11 9 GE After the size has been determined click OK to confirm Now you will see the iSCSI thin provisioning volume is available from the list Please refer to the screenshot below 112 Space Allocation RAID Information Master Dm RAID TEPEN Disks Total Data iSCSI RAID Level Used Capacity Capacity Capacity t RAID 0 Healthy 1 2 219 8 0 2 GB 84 8 GB 91 9 GB Volume Allocation List Dire PRA Ieee iSCSI Thin Privizion Volume Expand Delete iSCSI Thin Privizion add E Type Name Capacity Now you can start to create iSCSI targets to join the newly created iSCSI thin provision volume Basically the iSCSI target under iSCSI thin provisioning has exactly same settings screen as the s
44. Target IP 172 16 65 157 ign ign 2009 05 com thecus AF S iscsi0 vgl iscsi Y Username Password Export share name Limit 0 9 2 Description Browseable 3 yes 6 no A tena Public C yes IO inc Apply The Export share name will become the network share name and displayed through network access such as SMB You may refer the figures below to see the result Please note the naming limitation 65 Add iSCSI Target Add Stack Target Enable 15051 Target Enable E Disable Stackable Target IP bicos iqn iqn 2009 6 com thecus aaaa iscsi0 ve0 abed Y 172 16 66 39 Username Password Browseable 3 yes Public Ely From the figure above the Export share name is pmmeeting The figures below show the result before and after via Microsoft Network Access with settings have been completed Y 172 16 66 186 BRO REO BRAD RRB A IAM MAD Q 0 0 Pu pre No Stack Target Ea ar FED Y 172 16 66 186 v FE 2 i iF 2 wie OARS O wae O ETRE AR 2 AR ABER TEA i By BIRLARI Ce usbhdd MCSE Un EE men Ce caml ry nsyne is 4 usbeopy Ce Yideo Test ss x601BM a L magma a Ribs wy Thecus Y RABIE G RE Gy AF Oa ERRIA Y 1172 16 66 186 Hox BRO RAO WRO RARESA IA JAH ae Ors OB Ps G F Stack target with export AED Y 172 16 66 186 Oez i LiF 2 ie GARE
45. Time Setup Overview Once the hardware is installed physically connected to your network and powered on you can configure the N4100PRO so that it is accessible to your network users There are two ways to set up your N4100PRO using the Thecus Setup Wizard or the LCD display Follow the steps below for initial software setup Thecus Setup Wizard The handy Thecus Setup Wizard makes configuring N4100PRO a snap To configure the N4100PRO using the Setup Wizard perform the following steps 1 Insert the installation CD into your CD ROM drive the host PC must be connected to the network 2 The Setup Wizard should launch automatically If not please browse your CD ROM drive and double click on Setup exe Welcome NOTE For MAC OS X users double click on Thecus Setup Wizard 1 2 0 dmg 3 The Setup Wizard will start and automatically detect all Thecus storage devices on your network If none are found please check your connection and refer to Chapter 8 Troubleshooting for assistance Thecus Setup Wizard Tregas Device Discovery Login System Network Configuration Enable Service Hard Disks Setup Change Password 15 4 Select the N4100PRO that you like to configure 5 Login with the administrator account and password The default account and password are both admin Thecus Setup Wizard res Login System Version 1 1 97 J Device Discovery Login System A Network Co
46. access right on that target When using Nsync between two N4100PROs you have the option to transmit files securely between two N4100PROs If the files on your N4100PRO are lost for any reason you can restore those files from the target N4100PRO 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 users on the network can share the bandwidth equally Under the Backup menu click Nsync and the Nsync window appears Menu System Information y Nsync P System Management 3 PPE A O E Adi Edit amp Restore Del Woy Syster rk C Task name Server Share Folder Last Time Last Status Schedule Action 4 Storage RR Bandwidth Setting y User and Group Authentication 6 Application Server A Module management Backup Below is a description of each field 85 Item Description o O S Add Click to delete an Nsync task Backup files on Nsync target is also deleted The name of your Nsync task The IP address of your target server Administrator can run or stop an Nsync task by pressing the action button Bandwidth Setting Bandwidth control on Nsync tasks Add Nsync Task From the Nsync screen click Add to display the Add Nsync Task screen Neyne x Add Nsync Task 4 Task name Nsync task 1 Target Server Manufacturer 9 NAS C Legacy FTP Server Nsync Mode Synchronize Compare source and t
47. 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 Enable to inherit the access right for all its sub folders To configure folder access follow the steps below 1 On the ACL screen all network groups and users are listed in the left hand column Select a group or user from this list 2 With the group or user selected press one of the buttons from the three access level columns at the top The group or user then appears in that column and has that level of access to the folder 62 3 Continue selecting groups and users and assigning them access levels using the column buttons 4 To remove a group or user from an access level column press the Remove button in that column 5 When you are finished press Apply to confirm your ACL settings If one user has belonged to more than one group but different privilege than the priority Deny gt Read Only gt Writable To setup sub folders ACL click on symbol to extract sub folders list as screen shot shows below You may carry on with same steps as share level ACL setting Folder Baa ra O remove Laxrs Lp ACL Folder name gt RAJD 1D Fie System Publc Description asno aasa ext no may ne gt Euihi aaa ext3 yes usbhdd uibcopy gano ext na usbcopy i naivrebaits aaaa
48. ailability Thecus Technology Corp has exposed the full source code of the GPL licensed software For more information on how you can obtain our source code please visit our web site http www thecus com Copyrights This product includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young eay cryptsoft com This product includes software developed by Mark Murray This product includes software developed by Eric Young eay cryptsoft com This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit http www openssl org This product includes PHP freely available from http www php net This product includes software developed by the University of California Berkeley and its contributors This product includes software developed by Winning Strategies Inc This product includes software developed by the Apache Group for use in the Apache HTTP server project http www apache org This product includes software developed by Softweyr LLC the University of California Berkeley and its contributors This product includes software developed by Bodo Moeller This product includes software developed by Greg Roelofs and contributors for the book PNG The Definitive Guide published by O Reilly and Associates This product includes software developed by the NetBSD Foundation Inc and its contributors This product includes software developed by Yen Yen Lim and North Dakota State University
49. ails the other one will take over 802 3ad Linkage two Ethernet ports in parallel to increase throughput Static Dynamic configuration ie iP address of the WAN interface O O O O OoOo O y OO Only use Jumbo Frame settings when operating in a Gigabit environment where all other clients have Jumbo Frame Setting enabled e Enabling DHCP automatically turns on UPnP see the Service Support Screen e If you are only using the WAN port we suggest that you disable IP Sharing Mode This will result in higher throughput e A correct DNS setting is vital to networks services such as SMTP and NTP e To use the Link Aggregation with 802 3ad selected feature please make sure the networking equipment on the other end of Ethernet cable also supports 802 3ad protocol WARN l N e Most Fast Ethernet 10 100 Switches Routers do not support Jumbo Frame and you will not be able to connect to your N7700 after Jumbo Frame is turned on If this happens turn off the N4100PRO Then insert USB disk with factory reset utility included and power on the N4100PRO Till the system power on complete then it will bring your system settings back to factory default LAN LAN Configuration The N4100PRO supports two Gigabit Ethernet ports for higher service availability To configure these ports choose LAN from the System Network menu and the LAN Configuration screen appears Press Apply to save your changes 35 Menu
50. and then Map Network Drive 3 The Map Network Drive window appears 4 Assign a drive letter for the share folder 5 Click the Browse button to find the folder over your network Alternatively you may enter the folder name you wish to connect to or enter its IP address i e 192 168 1 100 share 6 Click Finish When the Connect As window appears enter your user name and password 7 Click OK The share folder appears as the drive you assigned You can now access this folder as though it were a drive on your computer Apple OS X On an Apple computer you can connect to shared computers and servers using a network address 101 1 Choose Go gt Connect to Server 2 Enter the network address for the server in the Server Address text box When connecting using SMB CIFS protocol type smb 192 168 1 100 Folderl When connecting using AFP protocol type afp 192 168 1 100 Folderl Click Connect 3 When MAC OS X is trying to connect N4100PRO it will ask for a User Name and Password which has access to the folder 4 When MAC OS X has connected to the N4100PRO successfully an icon representing the folder will appear on the MAC OS X desktop You can access the folder by double clicking on the icon Mapping the N4100PRO as an iSCSI Drive With the N4100PRO you are able to map it as an SCSI drive With iSCSI you can remotely access the N4100PRO at great speeds as if it were installed as a local drive in your computer
51. arget then delete unexist files C Incremental Copy file from source to target Target Server IP address 172 16 65 165 Share Folder naswebsite Authorized Username on Target user Server Password on Target Server eece Test Connection Connection test on 10 7 184 1 success Test Connection Schedule Enable Disabla 9 Enable C Disable Time 00 00 Vv Type 0 Daily C Weekly Monthly 86 Add Nsyne Task i Success mnection 1 49 Add Nsync Task item Descriptin gt gt gt Task Name The name of your Nsync task Target Server Select whether the target is a Thecus Product e g N4100PRO or Manufacturer FTP server Nsync Mode Synchronize mode or Incremental mode Target Server IP The IP address of your target server Address Source Folder The share folder you want to backup Authorized Username The account name on the target server on Target Server Password on Target The password for the username on the target server Server Test Connection Click to check the connection to the Target Server Schedule Enable or Disable schedule backup of your share folders Time The time when the Nsync task will run Type Select whether to run the Nsync task daily weekly or monthly Daily input the time of day to execute Nsync task Weekly input which day of the week to execute the task Monthly decide which day of the month to execute the task Press Add to submit your settings Bef
52. ase using 4E block size while more than 2TB capacity will be configured in Windows XP Please ming 312 Bytes block size for application like VMware ste Create iSCSI Volume Item Descriptin O O oO O RAID ID ID of current RAID volume Allocation Percentage and amount of space allocated to iSCSI volume Percentage and amount of unused space on current RAID volume Target Name Name of the iSCSI Target This name will be used by the Tree Name Stackable NAS function to identity this export share 54 Select the current month from the dropdown Enter a password Password Confirm Reenter the chosen password 2 Designate the percentage to be allocated from the Allocation drag bar 3 Enable the iSCSI Target Service by selecting Enable 4 Choose to enable CHAP authentication or choose None 5 Enter a Target Name This will be used by the Stackable NAS function to identify this export share 6 Choose the current year from the Year dropdown 7 Choose the current month from the Month dropdown 8 If you ve enabled CHAP authentication enter a username and a password Confirm your chosen password be reentering it in the Password Confirm box 9 Click OK to create the iSCSI volume Modify iSCSI Volume To Modify iSCSI volume on the current RAID volume follow the steps below 1 Under the Volume Allocation List click Modify The Modify iSCSI Volume screen appears am z Space Allocation Adva
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54. boot with Yet to start displayed as default RAID Information From the Storage menu choose the RAID item and the RAID Information screen appears This screen lists the RAID volumes currently residing on the N4100PRO From this screen you can get information about the status of your RAID volumes as well as the capacities allocated for data and iSCSI There is also a graph which represents how the RAID volume is currently allocated 45 Status E 3 l Level Used Capacity Capacity Capacity Capacity wy System Network Maste RAID Disks Total Data USB iSCSI Y Share Folder e Stacicable 150 Mount RAID Information ID iIDofthecurrntRAlDvolume Degraded or Damaged Data Capacity Indicates the used capacity and total capacity used by user data SCSI Capacity Indicates the capacity allocated to iSCSI Create a RAID On the RAID Information screen press the create button to go to the CREAT RAID screen In addition to RAID disk information and status this screen lets you make RAID configuration settings Using Create RAID you can select stripe size choose which disks are RAID disks or the Spare Disk RAID Configurations Item Description oO Z o Spare If this is checked current hard disk is designated as a Spare for a RAID volume NOTE below for more information Stripe Size This sets the stripe size to maximize performance of sequential files in a storage volume Keep the 64K se
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56. censing I nformation sssssssssnnnunnnnunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 130 OVEIVIS Wi AAA 130 Source Code Availability ssssssnssn22u2222222222222222222222222u22u2uuuunnnnnnnnnnnn 130 CGIC LICENSE Ter Mini 131 GNU General Public LiCenSe ssssssssssnsssuu2u22u22202u2222u2220u20u0u2uunnnnnnnnnnnn 131 Chapter 1 Introduction Overview Thank you for choosing the Thecus N4100PRO IP Storage Server The Thecus N4100PRO is an easy to use storage server that allows a dedicated approach to storing and distributing data on a network Data reliability is ensured with RAID features that provide data security and recovery over ten Terabyte of storage is available using RAID 5 and RAID 6 Gigabit Ethernet ports enhance network efficiency allowing the N4100PRO to take over file management functions increase application and data sharing and provide faster data response The N4100PRO offers data mobility with a disk roaming feature that lets you hot swap working hard drives for use in another N4100PRO securing the continuity of data in the event of hardware failure The N4100PRO allows data consolidation and sharing between Windows SMB CIFS UNIX Linux and Apple OS X environments The N4100PRO s user friendly GUI supports multiple languages Product Highlights File Server First and foremost the N4100PRO allows you to store and share files over an IP network With a Network Attached Storage NAS device you can centralize your files and shar
57. cess Cache E Disable Wa System Network wan Samba Recycle Bin Disable Sian Samba Anonymous Login Authentication Disable arp Sm Sr Media Server HTTP Web Disk up Nsync Target Bonjour Samba Service Used for letting the operating system of UNIX series and SMB CIFS of Microsoft Windows operating system Server Message Block Common Internet File System Do the link in network protocol Enable or Disable SMB CIFS protocol for Windows Apple Unix drive mapping File Access Cache File Access Cache is default Enable This option will help to increase the performance while single client access share folder in writing under SMB CIFS protocol Samba Recycle Bin The N4100PRO is supported recycle bin via SMB CIFS protocol Simply enable it then all of deleted files folders will reside in the recycle folder with hidden attribution in each share Pah pa hip l Compuls DT In general Windows has default to invisible all of hidden folders files So please enable this option to view recycle folder Samba Anonymous Login Authentication To enable this option no matter there is share folder has been created in public access The user account and password is needed from system to access under SMB CIFS protocol On the other hand no more anonymous login is allowed AFP Apple Network Setup From the System Network menu choose the AFP item and the AFP Support scr
58. 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 N4100PRO integrate itself with the existing ADS in an office environment This means the N4100PRO is able to recognize your office users and passwords on the ADS server Other major benefits ADS support provides include 1 Easy integration of the N4100PRO into the existing office IT infrastructure The N4100PRO 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 N4100PRO 2 Centralized user password database The N4100PRO does not maintain its own copy of the user password database This avoids data inconsistency between the N4100PRO and other servers For example without ADS support an administrator might need to remove a specific user privilege on the N4100PRO and each individual server With ADS support the change on an ADS server is known to all of its ADS members 129 Appendix E Licensing Information Overview This product included copyrighted third party software licensed under the terms of GNU General Public License Please see THE GNU General Public License for extra terms and conditions of this license Source Code Av
59. d Disconnect all previous connections to the server or shared resource and try again To check out existing network connections type net use under the DOS prompt You may refer the URL below for more network mapping information http esupport thecus com support index php _ m downloads amp a viewdownload amp downloaditemid 57 amp nav 0 Restoring Factory Defaults From the System menu choose the Factory Default item and the Reset to Factory Default screen appears Press Apply to reset the N4100PRO to factory default settings WARNI We Resetting to factory defaults will not erase the data stored in the hard disks but WILL revert all the settings to the factory default values Problems with Time and Date Settings The administrator is able to select an NTP Server to keep the N4100PRO s time synchronized However if the N4100PRO can not access the Internet you may encounter a problem when setting the Time and Time Zone If this happens 1 Login to the Web Administration Interface 2 Navigate to System gt Time 3 Under NTP Server select No 109 4 Set the Date Time and Time Zone 5 Click Apply In addition if the N4100PRO is able to access the Internet and you want to keep the NTP Server clock isc org by default please make sure the DNS Server is correctly entered thereby allowing the NTP Server name to correctly resolve See Network gt WAN gt DNS Server 110 Chapter 8 Revision updated FW 3 0
60. d groups in batch mode Submit files containing user names passwords and group names separated by comma without any space each line represents ome par ex Student lL password student_zroup Application Server The N4100PRO supports printer server and Tunes server The integrated Print Server allows you to share a single USB printer will all users on the network The N4100PRO provides activating the iTunes Server on the device You will be able to play music files on this device with your iTunes client software directly The following section shows you how Printer Information From the Application Server menu choose the Printer item and the Printer Information screen appears This screen provides the following information about the USB printer connected to the USB port 79 System Informatio Printer Information Printer 1 Model NA Status No Printer Detected Manvfacturer WA Remova document from quave Restart printer service Printer Information Item Descripti mn________________ O Displays the name of the USB printer manufacturer Displays the model of the USB printer Displays the status of the USB printer Remove document Click to remove all documents from printer queue from Queue Restart Printer service Click to restart printer service If a corrupt print job is sent to a printer printing may suddenly fail If your print jobs seem to be lock
61. e network configuration settings as well as service support settings WAN Configuration From the System Network menu choose WAN and the WAN Configuration screen appears This screen displays the network parameters of the WAN connection You may change any of these items and press Apply to confirm your settings See a description of each item in the following table Mienn 4 system Information Host Marne WINS Rerinar 1 REA Adim Jumbo Frama Support IP Sharing Meda arp S ors E ta Serve Me HTTP Wat Disk Link Arrrezation Bar TP Address bar Static Dimamie uP Arme Larut IP Bonjour Matmaale Garray TINS Serer Apply Liser and Group Authentication NALMPERO Domain Nime ihecus com WINS Server 2 00 14 0 10 04 20 Disable C Envbls 0 Disable Load Balance Fanovaz BO Sad 173 16 65 131 172 16 67 253 172 16 566 135 172 15 66 24 168 935 1 1 34 2 WAX Confizuration 2 Disable WAN Configuration lem Description S Host name Host name that identifies the N4100PRO on the network Jumbo Frame Support Enable or disable Jumbo Frame Support of the WAN interface on your N4100PRO IP Sharing Mode When enabled PCs connected to the LAN port will be able to access the WAN Link Aggregation Specifies whether WAN and LAN ports will be aggregated and act as one port Load Balance Ethernet traffic will flow alternative between two Ethernet ports Failover When one port f
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63. e them easily over your network With the easy to use web based interface users on your network can access these files in a snap To learn about the Web User Interface go to Chapter 5 Using the N4100PRO gt Using WebDisk FTP Server With the built in FTP Server friends clients and customers can upload and download files to your N4100PRO over the Internet with their favorite FTP programs You can create user accounts so that only authorized users have access To set up the FTP Server refer to Chapter 4 System Network gt FTP iTunes Server With the built in Tunes server capability the N4100PRO enables digital music to be Shared and played anywhere on the network To set up the iTunes Server refer to Chapter 4 Application Server gt iTunes Configuration Media Server With the built in Media Server capability the N4100PRO provides media streaming service to stand alone networked home media adapters that support the UPnP AV protocol or are Digital Living Network Alliance DLNA standard compliant To set up the Media Server refer to Chapter 4 System Network gt Media Server Backup Server Don t leave precious data to chance With advanced backup capabilities you can easily upload mission critical files to the N4100PRO and even automate your backup tasks for true peace of mind To find out how to backup your files with the N4100PRO refer to Chapter 4 Backup gt Nsync Printer Server With the N4100PRO
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65. ebuild function when an error is detected When a hard disk fails the system beeps and or an email notification is sent to specified receivers Check the LCD to see which disk has failed Follow the steps mentioned above to replace the failed hard disk The system automatically recognizes the new hard disk and starts the auto rebuild sequence to resume its status before the hard disk crash 108 Chapter 7 Troubleshooting Forgot My Network IP Address If you forget your network IP address and have no physical access to the system you can find out the IP address by either looking directly onto the N4100PRO s LCD panel or by using the setup wizard to retrieve the IP of your N4100PRO 1 Start the Setup Wizard and it will automatically detect all Thecus IP storage products on your network 2 You should be able to find the IP address of the N4100PRO which you have forgotten in the Device Discovery screen Can t Map a Network Drive in Windows XP You may have problems mapping a network drive under the following conditions 1 The network folder is currently mapped using a different user name and password To connect using a different user name and password first disconnect any existing mappings to this network share 2 The mapped network drive could not be created because the following error has occurred Multiple connections to a server or shared resource by the same user using more than one user name are not allowe
66. ed up pressing the Remove All Documents button to clear the print queue may resolve the issue You can configure the N4100PRO to act as a printer server That way all PCs connected to the network can utilize the same printer Windows XP SP2 To set up the Printer Server in Windows XP SP2 follow the steps below 1 Connect the USB printer to one of the USB ports preferably the rear USB ports front USB ports can be used for external HDD enclosures 2 Goto Start gt Printers and Faxes 3 Click on File gt Add Printer 4 The Add Printer Wizard appears on your screen Click Next 5 Select the A network printer or a printer attached to another computer option 6 Select Connect to a printer on the Internet or on a home or office network and enter http N4100PRO_IP_ADDRESS 631 printers usb printer into the URL field 7 Your Windows system will ask you to install drivers for your printer Select correct driver for your printer 8 Your Windows system will ask you if you want to set this printer as Default Printer Select Yes and all your print jobs will be submitted to this printer by default Click Next 9 Click Finish 80 e Not all USB printers are supported Please check Thecus website for a list of Supported printers e Note that if a multi function all in one printer is attached to the N4100PRO usually only the printing and fax functions will work Other features s
67. een appears This screen displays the configuration items for the Apple Filing 37 Protocol You can change any of these items and press Apply to confirm your settings AFP Support AFP Server i Enable Disable MAC CHARSET Ww ZONE Media Server HTTP Web Disk up Nsync Target Bonjour A description of each item follows Apple Network Configuration item Description _ _ O O AFP Server Enable or disable Apple File Service to use the N4100PRO with MAC OS based systems Specifies Zone for Applet Talk service If your AppleTalk network uses extended networks and is assigned with multiple zones assign a zone name to the N4100PRO If you do not want to assign a network zone enter an asterisk to use the default setting NFS Setup From the System Network menu choose the NFS item and the NFS Support screen appears The N4100PRO can act as an NFS server enabling users to download and upload files with the favorite NFS clients Press Apply to confirm your settings NFS Support P System Management NFS i Enable Disable Media Server HTTP Web Disk Sup Nsync Target Bonjour A description of each item follows NFS Server Setting Item Description o Z o NFS Enable or Disable NFS support 38 Apply Click Apply to save your changes FTP N4100PRO can act as a FTP server enabling users to download and upload files with their favor
68. ees 117 Whats NeW 117 Updated Login User Interface cooccccccccccccccnncnncnnnn cnn rn 117 Updated Photo Server User Interface cooccccccccccccccccnnrcnnnnc anna 117 Disclaimer Page AGGeEG sra a a aE 118 Updated Main User Interface cccccc cece cee ee eens eeeeeeeeeeeeeaeenenes 119 Add On Line Register Service ccc ccccee cece eee eeeeeeeeteeseeeeeesegeeneees 120 Added Rsync Setting under Nsync Target ccccccceeseee eee eeeeeenees 120 Added Rsync Backup Feature ccccccee eee e esses nn rr rs 121 Added additional mode support for Link Aggregation 0006 121 Added 2 Gateway for Clients of DHCP Server Route 122 Appendix A Product Specifications cccccccsescnnnnnnseeeeeeeeeeeeessans 123 Hardware Specification 123 Software Specifications iii 123 Appendix B Customer SUpPpOrt sss2 s 125 Appendix C RAID Ba SICS sssssssnnsnnnnnnnunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 126 OVELVICW naa 126 BENEN S ii ein 126 lIMPFOVeG Per or mantenida o 126 Data ecu irrin ET TA TATNA 126 RAUD LOVES ricana AA OA AO 126 RAID Dira oia la adoos 126 RA ains 126 A A A 127 RAI aorta iaa 127 RAID IU aiii 127 BODA adas 127 SUING SIZO ada 127 DISK US adn A AA Ea 128 Appendix D Active Directory BasSICs cccccccsssscnnnnnseeeeeeeeeeeeenenes 129 OVELVICW sms 129 What IS ACtive DIFCClOLY vitara 129 ADS BENEFIS anna 129 Appendix E Li
69. efresh Folders HZ Desktop E fae de Public 1 Computer Network Control Panel Paste Paste Shortcut Z Additional Opt Ek Appearance ar 9 Clock Languar Ease of Access w Hardware and ng AutoPlay E Personalizati 3 Power Optio Undo Copy Run as administrator Add Printer Server Properties 81 3 Select Add a network wireless or Bluetooth printer Choose a local or network printer Add a local printer Use this option only if you don t have a USB printer Windows automatically installs USB printers when you plug them in gt Add z a cnet within or bluetooth primet Make sure that your computer is connected to the network or that your Bluetooth or wireless printer is turned on i Searching for available printers You can press The printer that want isn t listed to go into next page without waiting for Searching for available printers to finish 5 Click Select a shared printer by name Find a printer by name or TCP IP address Browse for a printer Select a shared printer by name http lt Thecus_NAS_IP gt 631 printers usb printer Example computername printername or http computername printers printername printer 5 Add a printer using a TCP IP address or hostname 82 Type http lt Thecus_NAS gt 631 printers usb printer in the box where lt Thecus_NAS_IP gt Is the IP address of the N4100PRO Click Next Select or install a pr
70. em Local User Configuration a Add E Remove User 1D User Name 1002 User Local Group Configuration From the Accounts menu choose the Group item and the Local Group Configuration screen appears This screen allows you to Add Edit and Remove local groups 76 Local Group Configuration F Adi Edit a Remove Group ID Group Name 102 Ters Pagel ofi i 2 Displaying topics 1 1 of I Local Group Configuration Item Description _ _ _ _ _ Press the Add button to add a user to the list of local groups Press the Edit button to modify a selected group from the system Press the Remove button to delete a selected group from the system Add Groups 1 On the Local Group Configuration screen click on the Add button 2 The Local Group Setting screen appears 3 Enter a Group Name 4 Enter a Group ID number If left blank the system will automatically assign one 5 Select users to be in this group from the Users List by adding them to the Members List using the lt lt button 6 Click the Apply button to save your changes Add x Local Croup Setting Users List Group Name Search Group ID 103 UserID User Name 002 User Members List UserID User Name Edit Groups 71 1 On the Local Group Configuration screen select a group name from the list 2 Press the Edit button to modify the members in a group 3 To add a user into a group select the user from
71. er 2TB iSCSI CRC Checksum To enable this option the initiator can connect with Data digest and Header digest enabled CRE Checksum Data digest Header digest Share Folder From the Storage menu choose Share Folder and the Folder screen appears This screen allows you to create and configure folders on the N4100PRO volume 57 Menu System Information Folder lt System Management Q Adi P cii i wiy System Network 2 Folder name gt gt gt E async gt Jusbhd gt Jusbcopy gt Q naswebsite User and Group Authentication Adding Folders 558556 File System Public Description ext3 no nsync no usbhdd no usbcopy yes naswebsite 84 On the Folder screen press the Add button and the Add Folder screen appears This screen allows you to add a folder After entering the information press Apply to create new folder e System Information Wi System Network Folder name gt gt per 7 D O nsyne gt C usbh d gt Jusbeopy gt naswabsite IU ser and Group Authentication A System Management al _ Ou Jo wll 58 File System Public ext3 ext3 ext3 ext3 no no no yes naswebsite add folder x Folder name Thaserrptise Erovpsable W Te Ka Publiz Ya ia Ne Ebro Folder Limiti E a Add Folder Folder Name Description is selected then the share folder will be browseable Public Admit or deny p
72. etup Authentication Once the RAID is ready you can begin to create local users for the N4100PRO or choose to setup authentication protocols such as Active Directory AD For more on managing users go to Chapter 4 System Management gt User and Group Management For more information on configuring Active Directory see Chapter 4 System Management gt User and Group Management gt ADS NT Configuration For information about the benefits of Active Directory see Appendix D Active Directory Basics Step 4 Create Folders and Set Up ACLs Once users are introduced into your network you can begin to create various folders on the N4100PRO and control user access to each using Folder Access Control Lists More information on managing folders see Chapter 4 System Management gt Folder Management To find out about configuring Folder Access Control Lists see Chapter 4 System Management gt Folder Management gt Folder Access Control List ACL Step 5 Start Services Finally you can start to setup the different services of the N4100PRO for the users on your network You can find out more about each of these services by clicking below SMB CIFS Apple File Protocol AFP Network File System NFS File Transfer Protocol FTP 19 iTunes Server Media Server Download Manager Printer Server 20 Chapter 4 System Administration Overview The N4100PRO provides an easily accessible Web Administration I nte
73. ext no nas Website Tunes mue aasa ext yes menez music b E seat aaga ext yes ali at CEEE ext ne LJ ECE no JJ SatBench Ad NOTE The ACL can be set for share and sub folders level not for files The ACL screen also allows you to search for a particular user To do this follow the steps below 1 In the blank enter the name of the user you would like to find 2 From the drop down select the group you would like to search for the user in 3 Click Search Local Groups jah Search Local Groups Local Users 63 The system will list up to 1 000 users from the chosen category To narrow your search enter a search term in the blank provided Stackable NAS The N4100PRO s capacity can be expanded even further using the stackable function With it users can expand the capacity of their network storage systems up to 5 other stack target volumes which are located in different systems These can be stacked through single network access like SMB or AFP acting as a share folder type Stackable Config to act as Stack Master Available target device from 1U4500 N5200 PRO 1 Target device volume available Capacity eee cre 2 2 Target device volume available Expansion soos 1 Targel device volume available Can connect total 5 Thecus target device Up to 20 TB capacity HUB Switch From the main menu the stackable feature is located under Storage Please refer the figure below for reference
74. f the numbered RAID levels it is a popular method for combining multiple physical disk drives into a single virtual one As the name implies disks are merely concatenated together end to beginning so they appear to be a single large disk As the data on JBOD is not protected one drive failure could result total data loss Stripe Size The length of the data segments being written across multiple hard disks Data is written in stripes across the multiple hard disks of a RAID Since multiple disks are accessed at the same time disk striping enhances performance The stripes can vary in size 127 Disk Usage When all 7 disks are of the same size and used in RAID N4100PRO disk usage percentage is listed below RAID Level Percentage Used RAID O 100 RAID 1 1 n x 100 RAID 6 n 2 n x 100 JBOD 100 n HDD number RAID 5 n 1 n x 100 128 Appendix D Active Directory Basics Overview With Windows 2000 Microsoft introduced Active Directory ADS which is a large database information store Prior to Active Directory the Windows OS could not store additional information in its domain database Active Directory also solved the problem of locating resources which previously relied on Network Neighborhood and was slow Managing users and groups were among other issues Active Directory solved What is Active Directory Active Directory was built as a scalable extensible directory service that was designed to meet
75. folder to the Web Web Publishing Wizard BB Welcome to the Web Publishing Wizard This wizard will help you publish your files over the Internet or a local network so that other people can view them in their Web browsers To continue click Next i Cancel Select the pictures you want to publish to the Photo Web Server by placing a check mark on the top left hand corner of the picture Click Next 95 Wok Pikes hime Tirard Char Von Files Selecion A IN bo esas Pees gba ig ghk bem 7 Your PC will start to connect to the Photo Web Server 8 Select N4100PRO Photo Gallery Wizard to publish your pictures to the N4100PRO Web Publishing Wizard Where do you want to publish these files Select a service provider to host your Web site If you do not have a membership account one will be created for you Service providers MSN Groups Share pour files with others or store them for y N4100PRO Photo be Lider al N4100PRO Photo G Yi 9 Login into the N4100PRO with your local user name and password Web Publishing Wizard N3200PRO Photo Gallery Wizard Powered by THECUS Please input ID and Password ID Password Welcome to Thecus 10 Create your album by entering an album name and clicking on the Create Album button 96 Web Publishing Wizard N3200PRO Photo Gallery Wizard Powered by THECUS Service On Gallery Please Select Album T
76. from its previous version 117 na Thecus Creator in Storage a Photos admins album admin Protect Your Source Secure vwa Data Disclaimer Page Added The following disclaimer page has been added to this firmware release Please click the check box if you do not want to have this page displayed during the next login Disclaimer THECUS has no lability consequential incidental or special damages These include without limitation loss of recorded data the cost of recovery of lost data lost profits and the cost of the installation or removal of any THECUS products the installation of replacement THECUS products and any inspection testing or redesign caused by any defect or by the repair or replacement of Products arising from a defect in any THECUS products Users can now register their Thecus NAS online Simply go to the online registration page and enable the registration function The registration page states what system information will be kept in the archive Users will receive firmware upgrade and module release notice rerularly Fl l agree Don t show this message next time OR 118 Updated Main User Interface The look and icons of the main user interface have been updated Additionally it has added My Favorite as shortcut to let user can create often used items on main screen area The figure below has displayed 12 default favorite functions Thecus Creator ln Storage wwii Hho
77. g Pictures to AIDUMS ccc cece cece eceeeee a 100 EXMENITO MacOS irrita dd 100 MaS SIO WS na A aio 101 Mapping a Client PC to the N4100PRO O ssssssssnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 101 WNIT CIOW S uN o ao cctades 101 APPIE OS uc AA a 101 Mapping the N4100PRO as an iSCSI Drive ooommmcccccccccccnnonnnnnnnnnn 102 WINAOWS 2000 XP aan de cani 102 WIACIOWS VISTA dsd da 106 Chapter 6 Tips and TICKS circa 107 USB Storage EXPANSION iria 107 AGGING a Spare DISK iii 107 Firewall Software Configuration cccccccoccccncnnnocnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnr 107 Replacing Damaged Hard DriVv S sssssss2 108 Hara DEVE DamMade aia 108 Replacing a Hard DIVE sssssicisrriadsseneve rd ee 108 RAID AUlO ReEOUING aaa a 108 Chapter 7 Troubleshooting cccccccccccccccnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn rn 109 Forgot My Network IP AddresSS sssssnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 109 Can t Map a Network Drive in Windows XP cccsseennnssseeeeeeeeeeeesssnnnaaas 109 Restoring Factory Default 109 Problems with Time and Date SettingS ccccccccnncnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnanannnos 109 Chapter 8 Revision updated FW 3 00 03 to 3 00 05 ssssssseees 111 Whats NeW a 111 RAID Expansion for iSCSI Target VolUMe sssasererererererererererrrrrre 111 SES TAI EPFOVISIONIMO ras 112 DCSL EUN AD anos 115 Error COLPeCtlONS sisi naaa 116 Chapter 9 Revision updated up to FW 3 01 00 ccsccccccennnnnee
78. ic IP address 802 3ad based failover and link aggregation Disk status monitoring S M A R T Disk idle spin down RAID RAID O 1 5 6 10 and JBOD Auto rebuild Hot swappable Hot spare Disk roaming 123 i RaiDexpanion U RAID expansion Share folder level permission Public folder Backup Thecus Backup Utility Windows XP 2000 and MAC OS X Thecus Nsync System Management Web GUI Multilingual support English French German Italian Traditional Chinese Simplified Chinese Japanese Korean and Spanish NTP support Event Notification Email notification Buzzer notification LCD Supported USB Devices USB Printer External HDD flash disk USB IEEE 802 11 b g dongle w AP mode support Windows 2000 XP 2003 MAC OS X AD support Works as a client member in a Microsoft Active Directory domain allowing the N4100PRO to utilize the domain users and groups setting for authentication to the system and authorization to the share folders For Supported USB dongles please contact sales thecus com 124 Appendix B Customer Support If your N4100PRO is not working properly we encourage you to check out Chapter 7 Troubleshooting located in this manual You can also try to ensure that you are using the latest firmware version for your N4100PRO Thecus is committed to providing free firmware upgrades to our customers Our newest firmware Is available on our Download Center http www thecus com download php If you are
79. ick Migrate RAID 2 A list of possible RAID migration configurations will be listed Select the desired migration scheme and click Apply 3 The system will begin migrating the RAID volume Ram Configuration a TAID Eiarmace Expani Aligrare RATO MODE Diss hg Copei ME bieda miake De Available Duk a 1365 163 WI WSIiH DE pl P 63 OE VDI DE E ame 168 WDC YD 3 Ok a 135 169 TOC WD i003 OR RAT Level RAID O RAID 0 fiim PAID lt HAT Cede RAID O RAID 50 ft 1 RAD gt RAID 5 Dolor RAID 0 Cine RAID gt RAID 6 tm as A dd e TAL 51 RAID Configuration x P Warning RAID migration may take several hours to complete depending on the RAID capacity Are you sure a RAID Configuration x To avoid disaster data lost caused by power failure a full data backup is strongly recommanded Please type in Yes below to proceed Y j RAID Configuration l x 1 y RAID Setting Successfully You are in on line Migration NOW Migrating a RAID volume could take several hours to complete With RAID level migration function it has two different type On line and Off line alone with limitation as listed below 1 During RAID level migration it is not allowed reboot or shutdown system 2 Off line RAID level migration all services will stop and data Is inaccessible 3 To have ext3 and XFS file system created doing on line RAID level migration from R1 to R5 or R1 to R6
80. ile Svetem Check Status Press Startto Begin Latest 20 lines Information Result El Star Click Start to begin the file system check Click Reboot to reboot the system When the file system check is run the system will show 20 lines of information until it is complete Once complete the results will be shown at the bottom 33 Status Latest 20 lines Information On OH OH mm oo co co hhh h amp RO n Oo E OS co co Js U aae D sam M oam T en Bl aan D ee en amp is roe Ol PE A Ve rou al PO E PES Cy roe Jo ie ios is rm coro ro ro oO ro 00 20 00 CO 00 C0 OO OH OH Result p In 01 e amp Rh Ow co Cu nanan Y Checking group summary inform to L amp 0 bo ery Crh ee ee A ht ooo on oo on to 0 amp OG OF Oo on q ooo on qa a Gr an on on on tot ode Ra ps a pa pa pa a pa nm on 2444 4 AN HN HHH O O ly 0 amp 0 y OF amp to pop e ap co i Mh to b ooo q an on on Aan 0 HW 0 O Rata E OF A A A 0 oon on oy Of He oO 0 r vqo syslv 33 262144 44 blocks A J 00 amp 00 0 LY 0 amp amp amp amp amp amp bo amp Or 0 amp amp Q Qu bo us ha hoo be Be be hr on OV se te Ps System Volume it lt 0 No O No errors The system must be rebooted before the N4100PRO can function normally after file system check complete System Network Use the System Network menu to mak
81. inter and then press OK Select the manufacturer and model of your printer f your printer came with an installation disk click Have Disk if your printer is not listed consult your printer documentation for a compatible printer Manufacturer Printers i J HP DeskJet 640C 642CB480 ES HP Deskjet 6500 Seres EF UP Dask let RANC IBM If your printer model is not listed please contact your printer manufacturer for help 7 Windows will attempt to connect to the printer Connecting to http 172 16 66 64 631 printers usb printer 8 You can choose to set this printer as the default printer by checking the Set as the default printer box Click Next to continue y oe Ada Printer Type a printer name EF 64 4 Y Y Printer name usb printer on http 172 16 6 Y Set 35 the ed fan it pri ter This printer has been installed with the HP Deskjet 6500 Series driver 83 9 Done Click Finish wy fa Add Printer You ve successfully added usb printer on http 172 16 66 64 631 To see if the printer is working correctly or to see troubleshooting information for the printer print a test page Print a test page iTunes Server With the built in Tunes server capability the N4100PRO enables digital music to be shared and played anywhere on the network From the Network menu choose the iTunes item and the iTunes Configuration screen appears You may enable or disable the Tu
82. ite FTP programs From the System Network menu choose the FTP item and the FTP screen appears You can change any of these items and press Apply to confirm your settings Menu L System information FIP W System Management FIP i Enable Disable Secure FTP Explicit Enable Disable Port FIP ENCODE w Allow Anonymous we FIP Access Auto Rename E der ver HTTP Web Disk Upload Bandwidth lt amp UPnP Download Bandwidth i Neyne Target Bonjour A description of each item follows FTP item Description 222 Enable FTP Service on the N4100PRO has also security FTP setting enabled non standard port FTP ENCODE If your FTP client or operating system does not support Unicode e g Windows 95 98 ME or MAC OS9 8 select the same encoding as your OS here in order to properly view the files and directories on the server Available options are BIG5 HZ GB2312 GB18030 ISO EUC JP SHIFT JIS and UTF 8 Allow Anonymous FTP Upload Download Allow anonymous FTP users to upload or Access download files to from public folders Download Allow anonymous FTP users to download files from public folders No access Block anonymous FTP user access Auto Rename If checked the system will automatically rename files that are uploaded with a duplicate file name The renaming scheme is filename where represents an integer You may set the maximum bandwidth allocated to file uploads Selec
83. kable EO Mow User and Group Authentication Application Server E a lodule management E Sram RAID Information Expand Migrate RAID Edit Disk Ma Capacite ME Medel Status 1 136 163 WDC WDIOME OR F 186 168 WHC WYD3000B OK 3 286 168 WDC WD30008 OF 285 165 WDC YDS3000B OF RAID Level 0 JBOD E RAID O O RAID il Allow 0 9 az AZ Bacon RAID RAID Configuration Erat Diales Total Data cal os Used Cspacity Capacity Capacity Heaithy 1234 2768 20 908 765 408 16 4 GB Biata Discs BUrused Used Spare MEADS RAIDS RADIO Mister RAID Take effect after checkat bux x All current active services will be stopped when operation is in progress Are you sure to update setting now RAID Configuration L gt Remove RAID Click to remove the RAID volume All user data and iSCSI has been created in selected RAID volume will be removed To remove a RAID volume follow the steps below 49 On the RAID List screen select the RAID volume by clicking on its radio button and click RAID Information to open the RAID Configuration screen On the RAID Configuration screen click Remove RAID 3 The confirmation screen appear you will have to input Yes with exactly wording case to complete Remove RAID operation RAID Configuration x RAID Information Expand Agra RAID Edit
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86. lowing information will be recorded after Enable checked El ans Product Model AB Current PY version Mac address of WAN Mail address of system notification Serine Register Lat There are fee more hems we like to get it back for statistic and analysis purpose upon to your agreement Internal HOO branding and FW version CI Time ora Apply This on line register service can periodically update the user when new firmware and software modules are released by Thecus To enable this service simply check the Enable check box By enabling this service the items in bold will be sent to Thecus via the Internet Other than the defined items sent upon registration there are also two additional items HDD Info and Time Zone These two optional items can also be sent to Thecus anonymously for analysis and statistics purposes To send these items simply check the desired checkboxes to help Thecus improve its products and services Registration option iv Enable The following information will be recorded after Enable chec Product Model Mane Current FW wersion Mac address of ai Mail address of system notification Web U Language There are few more tema we ike to pet E back for statetic and waht purpose upon to your agreement El internal HOO brand ng ana FW versan ine Zona List of most recent update GA Fra JL Medule Publsh cate Information Dakvary 0059 10 23 20 22 37 0010 14
87. m mounted ISO file 69 From the main menu the ISO Mount feature is located under Storage Please refer the figure below for reference Select on the ISO mount function and you will have the screen shot appear as following e System Information ISO Mount System Management gt S5 anagem naswebsite Y Why System Network 4 Storage e Disks Sram 2 Space Allocation S share Folder Mounted Path ISO Path ISO Size Page ii lof 1 No iso mount information to display Description Maximum 50 ISO files can be mounted in total A Add a ISO file From the figure above select ISO file from drop down share list ISO Mount nsync usbhdd usbcopy ISO Path ISO Size naswebsite iTunes music After selection system will bring up Mount table for further setting screen Y ISO filter Unmount 4 J naswebsite Mounted Path ISO Path ISO Size BT Seed Andy Weekly Report AMD Besttech GT CS ACS 6xxx acc Thecus 02 iso Thecus 01 iso _J Adobe Acrobat 7 0 Pro 9 ATOM Andy Private K lt Pagef of1 D gt H DW No iso mount information to display File Selected Mount as Description Onty ISO 9660 file system can be mounted Top 50 Folders Add Top 50 Files Please type in the full path of the ISO if not listed 70 Y 180 filter a t naswebsite BT Seed _ J Andy Weekly Report J AMD Y Besttech GI J ACS Oxxx A E Mi 4 Pagel ft g
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89. n appears Nsync Target Server Setting lHtem Description O Nsync Target Server Enable or Disable Nsync Target support To enable Nsync task to go thru firewall you have to open port TCP 1194 on your firewall in both directions Thecus Backup Utility The Thecus Backup Utility is on your Installation CD When you click on the CD the Backup Utility will be installed under Program Groups gt Thecus gt Thecus Backup Utility If it is not installed you can copy the file Thecus Backup Utility exe to a convenient location on your hard disk and double click to execute it If you can not find Thecus Backup Utility on your CD please download it from the Thecus website http www thecus com When you execute this utility for the first time it will ask you whether to create a DB file Click Yes 88 1 Click Add to create a Backup task The Add New Task dialog box appears Add New Task Item Description gt gt gt Specifies a name for the current task If unchecked the backup will be a full backup Excluded extensions Files with these file name extensions will be skipped and not back up to the destination Comments If you wish enter comments here for your records 2 To schedule the task to run at regular intervals click on the Schedule icon for that task You can schedule the task to run Monthly or Weekly 3 To check the log for that task click on the Log icon for that task Thecus Backup U
90. n appears Set the desired Date Time and Time Zone You can also elect to synchronize the system time on the N4100PRO with an NTP Network Time Protocol Server E System Information Setting system time p System Management a Date 05 13 2009 E Time 1730 1 Notification de 5 Lae Time Zone Asia Taipei Y Firmware Upgrade urs Actas NTP Server 7 Enable Disable schedule On Off A SSE ca Gee 3 yac with external _ Yes clock isc org Y eet Wake U A Sy ake Up on LAN NTP server sue a a M Utility C No Administrator Password ne Confie Memt Factory Default Reboot amp Shutdown Fitesystem Check See the following table for a detailed description of each item Sets the system date Sets the system time Sets the system time zone Act as NTP Server Select Enable to synchronize with the NTP server Select Disable to close the NTP server synchronization Sync with external NTP Select YES to allow the N4100PRO to synchronize with an NTP Server server of your choice Press Apply to change If an NTP server is selected please make sure your N4100PRO s network has WARNING been setup to access the NTP server Notification configuration From the menu choose the Notification item and the Notification Configuration screen appears This screen lets you have the N4100PRO notify you in case of any system malfunction Press Apply to confirm all settings See following table for a detailed descri
91. name Port MXM KKK KKK MK 3260 10 On the iSCSI Initiator Properties window select the Targets tab With the SCSI target highlighted click Log On The Log On to Target dialogue will appear iSCSI Initiator Properties General Discovery Targets Persistent Targets Bound Yolumes Devices Select a target and click Log On to access the storage devices for that target Click details to see information about the sessions connections and devices for that target Targets Name ign 2007 05 com thecus RAID iscsi0 vg0 test Inactive 104 11 1f you have not enabled CHAP click OK to continue Log On to Target Target name iqgn 2007 05 com thecus RAID iscsi0 vg0 test Automatically restore this connection when the system boots C Enable multi path A Only select this option if iSCSI multi path software is already installed on your computer If you have enabled CHAP click Advanced Under Advanced Settings check the CHAP login information checkbox and enter your username and password Click OK Advanced Settings General PSec Connect by using Local adapter Default Source IP Default Target Portal Default CRC Checksum C Data digest C Header digest CHAP helps ensure data security by providing authentication between a target and an initiator trying to establish a connection To use it specify the same target CHAP secret
92. nce Option wh E j 47 i Wap System Network E PAD p a FADD Information dius Mater i BAID sates Disks Total Data 5031 i ices RAD Laval ts Usad Capacity Cagassty Cagacsty sane PAL E ber Allocation RAD 1 Healthy 3 TAS 0 303 34 6 05 11 ea Share Folik Tankbil Bo Moun Kama Capacity l En Y aUer and Grou 55 Space Allocation Modify iSCSI Volume RAID ID RAID Unused 39 56 3 GB Allocation ifs 33 5 8081 Target Volume 9 Enable Disable Target Name iscsi Limit 0 9 a z ign_Year 2009 EN Authentication None E CHAP Username Limit 0 3 a z 4 2 Password Limit 0 9 a z A Z length between 12 16 Password Confirm igi iqn 2009 5 com thers RAID 150540 ved 15051 Initiator Information Description The 5031 block size can be set under system advance option default is 512 Bytes Please using 4B block size while more than 2TE capacity will be configured in Windows AP Please using 512 Bytes block size for application like VMware ete 2 Modify your setting Press ok to change Delete Volume To delete volume on the current RAID volume follow the steps below 1 Under the Volume Allocation List click Delete The Space Allocation screen appears A Syrte Information 17 Space Allocacion Advenca Uar wail Syutesn enne RAID Wap System Network RAID lsfsrmaucs Disc aer ID SAN hils Das Total Data El ot SAD E
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94. nes Service from here Once enabled enter correct information for each field and press Apply to save your changes i a iTunes Configuration iTunes Enable 9 Disable Server Name Password Rescan Interval y MP3 Tag Encode v See the following table for detailed descriptions of each field Tunes Configuration Item Description _ O Z oO O Enable or disable the iTunes Service Name used to identify the N4100PRO to iTunes clients tags will be sent out in UTF 8 format Once the iTunes service is enabled the N4100PRO will make all music located in the Music folder available for iTunes equipped computers on the network 84 Module Management Module Installation From the Module Management menu choose the Module Installation item and the Module Management screen appears From here you can install separate software modules to extend the functionality of your N4100PRO Morsa letras O O O al blade Fi E tes F ETE EME Medodo regani Erakis Lar Phi Lacan Cece bow Aisa i System Module The system module is officially provided by Thecus for new features added User Module The user module is reserved for Thecus fans to build up 3 party functions in the future Backup There are a number of ways to back up data with the N4100PRO Nsync You can backup a share folder to another N4100PRO Nsync Target or any FTP server for safe keeping as long as you have appropriate
95. nfiguration Enable Service Hard Disks Setup Change Password 4 Complete 6 Name your N4100PRO and configure the network IP address If your switch or router is configured as a DHCP Server configuring the N4100PRO to automatically obtain an IP address is recommended You may also use a static IP address and enter the DNS Server address manually Thecus Setup Wizard wre Network Configuration Version 1 1 97 Device HostName N4100PRO Discovery Login System Network Configuration 172 16 66 67 soma 255 255 252 0 Service i 172 16 66 1 Hard Disks Setu etup 172 16 66 244 Change Password 4 Complete 7 Change the default administrator password 16 Thecus Setup Wizard rasa Change Password Version 1 1 97 Device Discovery Login System Network Configuration Enable Service Hard Disks Setup Change Password 8 Finished Access the N4100PRO Web Administrator Interface by pressing the Start Browser button You can also configure another N4100PRO at this point by clicking the Setup Other Device button Press Exit to exit the wizard Thecus Setup Wizard G 2 Complete Version 1 1 97 Device Discovery Login System J Network Configuration Setup Other Device Enable Service Start Browser Hard Disks Setup Change Password Complete The Thecus Setup Wizard is designed for installation on
96. ng Please refer the screen shot below ISO file image has mounted as folder Image you could see The ISO file Thecus 01 without assign mounting name system automatically has folder Thecus 01 created haswebsite hth NS200 NEWUI 172 16 66 40 RRD SBD BEO POBZW IAD MHD EA Qta O7 7 F 10881 RRE EERAHRKLIF 2 O ACS 6xxx a Adobe Acrobat 7 0 Pro m AMCC gt HHI AR o aan DEBERA Sees J AMD Ca Andy Private O Andy Weekly Report Hita aa ATOM CJ Besttach GT dd BT Seed Y N5200 NEWUI 172 16 66 40 A Thecus 01 Thecus 02 DB HAXH GA FEAS D HEN Ge TER LATA PEA Gm ERMUA A AE On gt E 105000 E N 105 290 KB FAEH User and Group Authentication The N4100PRO has built in user database that allows administrators to manage user access using different group policies From the User and Group Authentication menu you can create modify and delete users and assign them to groups that you designate ADS NT Support If you have a Windows Active Directory Server ADS or Windows NT server to handle the domain security in your network you can simply enable the ADS NT support feature the N4100PRO will connect with the ADS NT server and get all the information of the domain users and groups automatically From the Accounts menu choose Authentication item and the ADS NT Support screen appears You can to change any of these items and press Apply to confirm your setting
97. nistrator Password amp Confie Memt Wednesday None 00 00 Pre None Y 00 00 Pres le Factory Default z f E j Reboot amp Shutdown oat None Y 0 00 None 100 00 thet Ka SEO Filesystem Check e a j 7 j i Euy Nene Y 00 00 None 00 00 Saturday None Y 00 00 None 00 00 Example Monday On 8 00 Off 16 00 System will turn on at 8 00 AM on Monday and off at 16 00 on Monday System will turn on for the rest of the week If you choose an on time but do not assign an off time the system will turn on and remain on until a scheduled off time is reached or if the unit is shutdown manually Example Monday On 8 00 System will turn on at 8 00 AM on Monday and will not shut down unless powered down manually You may also choose two on times or two off times on a particular day and the system will act accordingly Example Monday Off 8 00 Off 16 00 29 System will turn off at 8 00 AM on Monday System will turn off at 16 00 PM on Monday if it was on If the system was already off at 16 00 PM on Monday system will stay off Wake Up On LAN WOL The N4100PRO has the ability to be awoken from sleep mode via WAN port Menu System Information Wake up On Lan p System Management z WOL Service 5 Enable Disable Time Y Notification Apply e Firmware Upgrade Administrator Password Confie Memt Factory Default Reboot amp Shutdown Filesy
98. nk will display the S M A R T Information window for that particular disk You may also perform disk SMART test simply to click Test to start with The result is only for reference and system will not take any action from its result S IART INFO x Info Tray Number Power On Fres 363 Hews Tamperaturs Catsica 25 Reallocated Sector Count 0 Current Pending Sector D Test Tene g short 1 long Lest lepe Test Aart at to start Test Time S M A R T Information Item Description O O Z OZ Oo OOOO O Power ON Hours Count of hours in power on state The raw value of this attribute shows total count of hours or minutes or seconds depending on manufacturer in power on state Temperature Celsius The current temperature of the hard disk in degrees Celsius Reallocated Sector Count of reallocated sectors When the hard drive finds a Count read write verification error it marks this sector as reallocated and transfers data to a special reserved area spare area This process is also known as remapping and reallocated sectors are called remaps This is why on a modern hard disks you can not see bad blocks while testing the surface all bad blocks are 44 hidden in reallocated sectors However the more sectors that are reallocated the more a decrease up to 10 or more can be noticed in disk read write speeds Current Pending Sector Current count of unstable sectors waiting for
99. ntr rs ire corbata 38 FEP ivcscanatecnnstatecnsnieienaccumeansaunniatecautecssduundsesiwides AS a 39 Medid Servera 40 Media Manager SettindS ccccccc cee ceeeee ee eeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeseeegaeeeeeeaas 40 Snare Medl FOIOS sarna aries ds 40 Connecting DMAs to the Media SerVeT oocccccccccoccnccccnncnnnnn nn rra 41 ATTP Web DISK siria 41 OPP uan ao 42 NSYNC Target ita A wee 42 Bonjour SCEEING numas EEEE 43 Storage Management iaa 43 DISKS IATON NAO a 43 S MARTE IOMA LOM rai 44 Bad BIOS CM rica 45 RAID ANTONIO atada cect o E ies 45 Create say RAND kee cies ett cee ieee teas een eee ae ee ee ee 46 RAID ESE a A A 48 Edi A Discs 48 REMOVE RA Dania ri pei 49 EXPA CINAO a RAI DAA A 50 MIGKatinG a RAID estra 51 Space AllOCAtl Ol aria 53 Allocating Space Tor ISESI VOM MB ia ds 54 ModityISCSl VOM ita totes AA E NEE O ENE 55 Delete VOUM rinia AA eds 56 AVANCES OPIO Marianao 57 VS ESO Sh SL ANS 57 SESMERE CHECKSUM iaa ia ia aero 57 share FOME sirio orar AA Aaa 57 POGING FOIS tura are 58 e PR ETTE E T N 59 REMOVE F Olde Sin E E EAEE NEA 60 MR SN O A EA 60 Folder and sub folders Access Control List ACL ccccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 62 SCACKADIC NAS iria aa bn os 64 SOAMOUN E e a ra 69 User and Group Authentication cccccssscsccccccnnseeeccesnnnseeeseeennnneeeeeeeannnaaes 72 ADSINT SUR DOF cx hncas teases etna T alan bea dcenbnia ater nena 72 Local User Configura sesos restar daa 74 AUS Sta NE 74 EESE Sn Ii Na
100. nu Bar o item Description o O O System Information Current system status of the N4100PRO System Management Various N4100PRO system settings and information System Network Information and settings for network connections as well as various services of the N4100PRO Storage Information and settings for storage devices installed into the N4100PRO Moving your cursor over any of these items will display the dropdown menu selections for each group In the following sections you will find detailed explanations of each function and how to configure your N4100PRO Message Bar You can get information about system status quickly by moving mouse over Message Bar item status Deseo Display the status of created RAID volume Click to go to RAID information page as short cut Disks Information Display the status of disks installed in the system Click to go to Disk information page as short cut Display system FAN Status Click to go to System Status page as short cut Display UPS device status Click to go to UPS Setting page as short cut 22 Temperature Green Systematic temperature is normal Red Systematic temperature is unusual Click to go to System Status page as short cut Network Green Connection to network is normal Red abnormal connection to the network Logout Logout Click to logout Web Administration Interface Language Selection The N4100PRO supports multiple languages
101. o Upload EIEN y Album name Walcome to Thecus Create Album Trazia Tacrrnkegy Comparation 11 Select the album you want to upload your pictures to 12 Confirm the target album Web Publishing Wizard N3200PRO Photo Gallery Wizard Powered by THECUS The selected Album is Album Are you sure publish photos into the album Walcome to Thecus Trama Taetrckgy Comparation 13 Windows will show you that the picture upload is in progress Web Publishing Wizard Please wait while your files are copied File Winter ipa File progress 100 complete Currently copying file 4 of 4 To stop copying click Cancel 97 14 When the upload is finished the Wizard will ask you whether if you want to go to the website Click Finish to go to your Photo Web Server Web Publishing Wizard Completing the Web Publishing Wizard You have successfully published your files to this site M Open this site when click Finish To close this wizard click Finish 15 Click on the user s icon to go to that user s album 1 sStorage server E 16 You will see the user s album list Click on Album gt Storage Server ES ad amp Gi 98 17 Finished You will see the pictures just selected in the album gt EZ Pe SAA a O ma ya oe Piaroa gt ancla ai EEA RA Fel Be po z de ne p Managing Albums and Photo
102. of the N4100PRO houses the USB and Ethernet connections as well as the power connector See the table below for descriptions of each USB Port WAN Port LAN Port Power Connector Item Description gt gt e Connect the included power cord to this connector WAN Port e WAN port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router LAN Port e LAN port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router USB Ports P e USB 2 0 ports for storage expansion 12 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Overview Your N4100PRO is designed for easy installation To help you get started the following chapter will help you quickly get your N4100PRO up and running Please read it carefully to prevent damaging your unit during installation Before You Begin Before you begin be sure to take the following precautions 1 Read and understand the Safety Warnings outlined in the beginning of the manual 2 If possible wear an anti static wrist strap during installation to prevent static discharge from damaging the sensitive electronic components on the N4100PRO 3 Be careful not to use magnetized screwdrivers around the N4100PRO s electronic components Hard Disk Installation The N4100PRO supports four standard 3 5 Serial ATA SATA hard disks To install a hard disk into the N4100PRO follow the steps below 1 Remove a hard disk tray from the N4100PRO 2 Slide the new SATA hard disk into the
103. opdowns Choose the UPS model number from the dropdowns Battery Status Current status of the UPS battery Current status of the power being supplied to the UPS ltem Description O UPS Monitoring Enable or disable UPS monitoring first notification seconds failure notifications 28 Shutdown the system when the Amount of UPS battery remaining before system battery charge is less than should auto shutdown Apply Press Apply to save your changes Schedule Power On Off Using the N4100PRO s System Management you can save energy and money by scheduling the N4100PRO to turn itself on and off during certain times of the day From the menu choose the Schedule Power On Off tem and the Schedule Power On Off screen appears To designate a schedule for the N4100PRO to turn on and off first enable the feature by checking the Enable Schedule Power On Off checkbox Then simply choose an on and off time for each day of the week that you would like to designate a schedule by using the various dropdowns Finally click Apply to save your changes Lu System Information Schedule Power On Off System Management AAA E a V Enable Schedule Power On OfE Time S Notification Action Time Action Time Firmware Upgrade Sunday None 0 00 None 00 00 ake Upon LAN Monday None ps 00 00 None Y 00 00 sur AL a Utility Tuesday None Y 10 00 None Y 00 00 gt Admi
104. orage menu choose the Disks item and the Disks Information screen appears From here you can see various items about installed SATA hard disks Blank lines indicate that a SATA hard disk is not currently installed in that particular disk slot Menu Disks Information b System Information Bad Bleck Sean IB Medel Disk Bo Capacity Ch WDC WDOSOCOBLES D De O wae DE Yat te start 256 168 WDC WOs000RLFS C 04 0 OR E Vee bo peat 236 163 WDC WD3OOO0BLFS 0 22 0 i OK Yat to star lh 236 1 WDC WESOCOBLFS 0 inace Allocation E ohare Felder Disk Power Management Disk Somer Wanazement OFF iw Menste Apply Disks Information Indicates disk location Shows the SATA hard disk capacity Model Displays the SATA hard disk model name 43 Shows the SATA hard disk firmware version Indicates the status of the disk Can read OK Warning or Failed Bad Block scan Yes to start scan Bad Block Total Capacity Shows the total SATA hard disk capacity Disk Power The administrator can set the disk to power down after a period of Management inactivity When the Status shows Warning it usually means there are bad sectors on the hard disk It is shown only as a precaution and you should consider changing the drives S M A R T Information On the Disks Information screen the status of each disk will be displayed in the Status column Clicking on an OK or Warning li
105. ore starting an Nsync Task make sure the target server s Nsync Server or FTP Server is enabled Setting Up an Nsync Target on an Nsync Device On the Nsync target server the administrator of that server has to set up a user account with a folder named nsync and grant write access 87 1 On the Nsync server add a user for Nsync source ex nsyncsourcel For instructions on how to add a user on the N4100PRO see Chapter 4 User and Groups Authentication gt Local User Configuration gt Add Users 2 Onthe Nsync server grant that user ex nsyncsourcel write access to the nsync folder For instructions on how to set up a folder s ACL see Chapter 4 Storage management gt Shore Folder gt Folder Access Control List ACL 3 Once this is done the target server will start accepting Nsync tasks from server using that ID and password Setting Up an Nsync Target on Another Device If you selected Other Device when setting up your Nsync task the N4100PRO will use the FTP protocol to back up the share folder On the external storage device make sure there is a folder named nsync and the Auth ID has writable permission in that folder Designating N4100PRO as an Nsync Target The N4100PRO can act as an Nsync server enabling another Nsync equipped Thecus NAS at a remote location backup their files to this N4100PRO From the System Network menu choose the Nsync Target item and the Nsync Target Server scree
106. ption of each item System information Notification Configuration P System Management Beep Notification Enable 5 Disable an Email Notification Enable Disable Notification LESS SMTP Server Port re Auth Type Ww schedule On Off Walke Up on LAN SMTP Account ID gt SNMP Account Password q A Utility e Administrator Password E Mail From Y Config Mgmt Receivers E Mail Address 1 el Factory Default Reboot amp Shutdown e Filesystem Check Recemers E Mail Address 2 Recervers E Mail Address 3 Recemers E Mail Address 4 Notification Configuration Hem Description O Beep Notification Enable or disable the system beeper that beeps when a problem occurs Receiver s E mail Add one or more recipient s email addresses to receive email Address 1 2 3 4 notifications Consult with your mail server administrator for email server information Firmware Upgrade From the menu choose the Firmware Upgrade tem and the Firmware Upgrade screen appears fenu System Information Firmware Upgrade firmware Select an firmware file S vrs S Schedule On Off S Wake Up on LAN S snp a Utility e Administrator Password S Config Memt e Factory Default e Reboot amp Shutdown e Filesystem Check 27 Follow the steps below to upgrade your firmware E 1 Use the Browse button to find the firmware file 2 Press Apply 3 The beeper beeps and the Bu
107. r Thecus NAS with VPN protection or legacy FTP server with the added Rsync option Using Rsync to backup data to other Thecus NAS devices uses the exact same procedure as the original Nsync method The only thing that needs to be done is to enable the sync target server and input a valid username and password to grant access permission His ru Add hayme Task Task narra ewne_task_t Target Server Manufacturer MAS J Legacy FTP Sarme Mm unns Synchronze Compare source and target then delete unexist fles Incremental Copy file from source to target Targat Sarvar IP address Share Folder Authonzed Username on Target Senier Password on Target Server TIa Coenachon Test Connection Schedule Ename DEIGH e Ergbla Disable Added additional mode support for Link Aggregation The Link Aggregation supported mode has added more selection up to 6 Administrator can choose suitable mode to fit environment needed Please refer figure to choose from 121 IP Sharing Mode Link Aggregation Set IP Address by Static ETE IP Metmask Gateway NAS Serwer 1 Enable gt Load Balance Failover Balance X0R 802 Sad Balance TLB Balance 4LB 1111 A TAA Disable JL Added 2 Gateway for Clients of DHCP Server Route The adding of a 2 gateway has been phased in to serve clients that use their Thecus NAS as a DHCP server to have another
108. ra 75 REMOVE USOS sar AE ARS 76 Local Group COMTIGUIALION rs a 76 ACOSO DS caian rad tolionciciass 77 EIC GlOU Susto a 77 REMOVE GIOUDS dnccwccetec eden ii AS ads 78 Batch Create Users and GIrOuPS ccccec cece cesses eee eeeeseeeeseeeaeeeesenaes 78 ADDIICALION SOLVER iii 79 Pinter LATOR ALON parada aida ola 79 WINAOWS XAP SP lat AA ESE A AA 80 WHIRGOWS Viana rai race 81 TUNesO Servera idas 84 Module Management iiccoi aninan cari ia a a 85 Module Installati n sr 85 System Module cionales 85 User MoOquie ria a 85 DACKU Didi 85 A taaecs E sees uaa acetic ener en iaa carte mace penne temas eaceu 85 POG UNS VNC Tari a 86 Setting Up an Nsync Target on an Nsync D VICE ccc cece eee eeeeeeeeeeeeeenes 87 Setting Up an Nsync Target on Another DeviCe sssssssrsrrerrerrrrerrrrrsrrerere 88 Designating N4100PRO as an Nsync Target ccc cece cece cece cece eeeeeeeeeeeenanenas 88 THECUS BACKUP UY rra dit 88 Windows xP Data BackUDriiiatn asar 89 Apple OS X Backup UTM ricas e 90 Chapter 5 Using the N41OOPRO cccsccccesseeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 91 OV CRVICW ida cia 91 LOGIN Pag s 91 Usmo WeDDISK ane eee eee eee ee ee 91 PROto Ser Vean 93 Windows XP PUDIISMING WIiZ lisa 94 Managing Albums and Photos cc cece cece cee ee eee e ee eeeeeeeesseeeeeeeeanaes 99 Creating AIDU S iia ads 100 Password Protecting AIDUMS ccccccc cece eee ee cence eeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeas 100 Uploadin
109. remapping The raw value of this attribute indicates the total number of sectors waiting for remapping Later when some of these sectors are read successfully the value is decreased If errors still occur when reading sectors the hard drive will try to restore the data transfer it to the reserved disk area Spare area and mark this sector as remapped If this attribute value remains at zero it indicates that the quality of the corresponding surface area Is low Test Type Set short or long time to test Test Result Result of the test Total time of the test If the Reallocated Sector Count gt 32 or Current Pending Sector of a hard disk drive gt 0 the status of the disk will show Warning This warning is only used to alert the system administrator that there are bad sectors on the disk and they should replace those disks as soon as possible Bad Block Scan On the Disks Information screen you may also perform disk bad block scan simply to click Yet to start to start with The result is only for reference and system will not take any action from its result Dirka lifeormatina Disk ho DIKET US Modal Flia Kata Bad Block Scan I 286 155 TOC WOPWSLFE 0 04 0 E Ok Po V i pan 2 286 168 WDC WDHHALFS 0 tat op OK O Scanning 1 236 158 WDC WD300038LF35 0 mE re OK Wet te aarti 4 296 168 WDC WD HGLA JAE ce OR Wet to start Total Capaciv 12675 LMLD The testing result will be stay till system re
110. rface With it you can configure and monitor the N4100PRO anywhere on the network Web Administration Interface Make sure your network is connected to the Internet To access the N4100PRO Web Administration I nterface 1 Type the N4100PRO s IP address into your browser Default IP address is Hert 7 192 168 17 100 Thegus IP Storage Server Protect your Sour Secure our Dat a Your computer s network IP address must be on the same subnet as the N4100PRO If the N4100PRO has default IP address of 192 168 1 100 your managing PC IP address must be 192 168 1 x where x is a number between 1 and 254 but not 100 2 Login to the system using the administrator user name and password The factory defaults are User Name admin Password admin X If you changed your password in the setup wizard use the new password Once you are logged in as an administrator you will see the Web Administration Interface From here you can configure and monitor virtually every aspect of the N4100PRO from anywhere on the network Menu Bar The Menu Bar is where you will find all of the information screens and system settings of the N4100PRO The various settings are placed in the following groups on the menu bar 21 Menu a System Information z PP System Management Wey System Network p Storage User and Group Authentication Y Application Server SA Module management Backup Me
111. s 72 System Information ADS NT Support p System Management Work Group Domain Name MYGEOUP Wy System Network ADS NT Support E Enable Disable p Storage Authentication Method ADS HT Y User and Group Authentication z ADS WT Server Name ADENT Realm ia Local EENS User Administrator ID Group Administrator Password Batch Input i A description of each item follows ADS NT Support item Descripti n_ O Z O O Name N4100PRO Directory Server or Windows NT Windows NT Administrator ID Enter the administrators ID of Windows Active Directory or Aa Windows NT which is required for N4100PRO to join domain Administrator Enter the ADS NT Administrator password Password Apply To save your settings To join an AD domain you can refer the figure and use the example below to configure the N4100PRO for General Network Identification Hardware User Profiles Advanced associated filed input System Properties i a A dl 2 x Windows uses the following information to identify your computer ia on the network Full computer name computert domain local ADS Server Name hm AL Domain domain local liga tel e el Work Group Domain Name M ADS Realm A ofename this computer or join a domaini click Properties Properties Note The identification of the computer cannot be changed because The computer is a domain controller Cancel Apply
112. s Icon Function Description Make Cover Make selected photo your cover picture my Back Return to the previous screen Add Add a new album or photos Modify Edit the name and description of the selected album or photo Each name is limited to 20 characters and each description is limited to 255 characters Delete Delete the selected albums or photos e Only logged in users will see these icons e To prevent system errors the N4100PRO sets the following limitations on photo files e Each file upload is limited to a size of 8MB Files exceeding 8MB will NOT be uploaded and no error message will appear e Only these photo file types will be uploaded jpg gif bmp png pcx psd bmp e If duplicate file names exist during upload process system will add a number in front of the original file name abc gt labc 99 Creating Albums To create a photo album follow the steps below 1 Click the Add button to create a new album 2 Enter a name for the album and enter a description if you wish Then click on the Create Album button Password Protecting Albums If you would like to put a password on a particular album follow these steps 1 Select the album to be protected click on the Edit button and the Album Edit screen will appear 2 The owner of the album can enter an album password to protect the album so that only people with the correct password can
113. stem Check From the menu choose the WOL item and the Wake up On LAN screen appears From here you can Enable or Disable Wake up On LAN Configuration item Description O O WOL Service Enable or Disable WOL service Apply Click Apply to save changes Utility Administrator password From the menu choose the Administrator Password item and the Change Administrator Password screen appears Enter a new password in the New Password box and confirm your new password in the Confirm Password box Press Apply to confirm password changes FI e B System Information la Change Administrator Parsword Mer Pasymord S Wake Up on LAN A Su i Util onim umori See the following table for a detailed description of each item Change Administrator and LCD Entry Password Description 30 Type in a new administrator password Confirm Password Type the new password again to confirm Apply Press this to save your changes Config Mgmt From the menu choose the Config Mgmt item and the System Configuration Download Upload screen appears From here you can download or upload stored system configurations System Information System Configuration Download Upload e Time Upload Please choose a file to upload En S Notification S Firmware Upgrade S ups Schedule On OFF Wake Up on LAN Sone L ab a D a gt Reboot amp Shutdown e Filesystem Check
114. still experiencing problems with your N4100PRO or require a Return Merchandise Authorization RMA feel free to contact technical support via our Technical Support Website http www thecus com support_tech php Customers in the US should send all technical support enquiries to the US contact window included in the following web page http www thecus com support_tech php For Sales Information you can e mail us at sales thecus com Thank you for choosing Thecus Thecus 125 Appendix C RAID Basics Overview A Redundant Array of Independent Disks RAID is an array of several hard disks that provide data security and high performance A RAID system accesses several hard disks simultaneously which improves I O performance over a single hard disk Data security is enhanced by a RAID since data loss due to a hard disk failure is minimized by regenerating redundant data from the other RAID hard disks Benefits RAID improves I O performance and increases data security through fault tolerance and redundant data storage Improved Performance RAID provides access to several hard disk drives simultaneously which greatly increases I O performance Data Security Hard disk drive failure unfortunately is a common occurrence A RAID helps prevent against the loss of data due to hard disk failure A RAID offers additional hard disk drives that can avert data loss from a hard disk drive failure If a hard drive fails the RAI
115. sy LED blinks until the upgrade is complete e The beeper only beeps if it is enabled in the System Notification menu e Check Thecus website for the latest firmware release and release notes e Downgrading firmware is not permitted WARNI NG Do not turns off the system during the firmware upgrade process This will lead to a catastrophic result that may render the system inoperable UPS Setting The N4100PRO can also support various uninterruptible power supply units via either Serial or USB interface providing extra data security and accessibility in the case of a power failure From the Status menu choose the UPS item and the UPS Setting screen appears Make any changes you wish and press Apply to confirm changes L System Information UPS Setting W System Management TPE E EE Enable Disable Time qu Manufactura we e Motiiration e Firmware Upgrade Model ae UPS Schedule On Of means the product has been tested for Compatibility Wake Up on LAN Battery Status N A Ss Power NIA aa Utility Seconds between power failure and first notification Administrator Password Conf Aemt E Factory Default Reboot amp Shutdown EZ Filesystem Check Seconds between subsequence power failure notifications Shutdown the system when the battery charge is less than See the following table for a detailed description of each item UPS Setting Choose the UPS manufacturer from the dr
116. systems running Windows XP 2000 or Mac OSX or later Users with other operating systems will need to install the Thecus Setup Wizard on a host machine with one of these operating systems before using the unit LCD Operation The N4100PRO is equipped with an LCD on the front for easy status display and setup There are four buttons on the front panel to control the LCD functions LCD Controls Use the Down V Up A Enter and Escape ESC keys to operate LCD to view system information and USB copy 17 The following table illustrates the keys on the front control panel LCD Controls Icon Function Description A Up Button Select the previous configuration settings information v Down Button Select the next configuration settings information m Enter Enter for the USB copy confirmation message ESC Escape Escape and return to the previous menu There are two modes of operation for the LCD Display Mode and Management Mode Display Mode During normal operation the LCD will be in Display Mode DIETI F pYam i Core Item Descripti nm__ gt gt gt Current host name of the system Current WAN IP setting Current LAN IP setting The N4100PRO will rotate these messages every one two seconds on the LCD display USB Copy The USB Copy function enables you to copy files stored on USB devices such as USB disks and digital cameras to the N4100PRO with a press of a button To use USB copy follow the
117. t H gt No iso mount information to displi Description Oniv ISO 9660 file system can be mounted Top 50 Folders Ada Top 50 Ties Please type m the full path of the ISO cf not Ested To mount new ISO file select from listed ISO file and input desired mounting name into Mount as field Click ADD with confirmation to complete mounting ISO file Or without Mount as ISO file export name input system will automatic to give the export name by ISO file name If left Mount as blink then system will create mount point by ISO file name ISO Mount Ate you sure 10 mount the 2 1507 150 Mount iy naswebeme Thecus 0 450 te momed DR After you have completed to add ISO then the page will displayed all mounted ISO files 71 4 J naswebsite l Mounted Path gt ISO Path ISO Size JBT Seed _ Andy Weekly Report 5 AMD 3 Thecus 01 _J Besttech GT _J ACS xxx 3 AMCC Thecus 02 iso _J Adobe Acrobat 7 0 Pro J ATOM _J Andy Private naswebsite Thecus 01 naswebsite Thecus 01 iso 102 8MB K lt 4 Pagef of 1 gt gt v Displaying iso mount information 1 1 of 1 File Selected Mount as Description Onty ISO 9660 file system can be mounted Top 50 Folders Add Top 50 Files Please type in the full path of the ISO if not listed You could click Unmount to eliminate mounted ISO file B Using ISO The mounted ISO file will be located same share folder with name givi
118. t blank the system will automatically assign one 4 Enter a password in the Password box and re enter the password in the Confirm box 5 Select which group the user will belong to Group Members is a list of groups this user belongs to Group List is a list of groups this user does not belong to Use the lt lt or gt gt buttons to have this user join or leave a group 6 Press the Apply button and the user is created Local User Configuration Qs JR wiy H Add x 3 Local Uzer Setting Group List S ans User Name Search 3 Loe User ID 1002 GrovpID Group Name jap l D Password UTOUD Batch Input Confirm Password Group Memberz GroupID Group Name 102 users NOTE All users are automatically assigned to the users group Edit Users 1 Select an existing user from the Local User Configuration screen 2 Click on the Edit button and Local User Setting screen appears 3 From here you can enter a new password and re enter to confirm or use the lt lt or gt gt buttons to have this user join or leave a group Click the Apply button to save your changes 75 Edit Local User Setting Group List User Name Search User ID GroupID Group Name Password ATT Confirm Password TLLILLILLLIT Croup Members GrovpID Group Name 102 users Remove Users 1 Select an existing user from the Local User Configuration screen 2 Click on Remove button and the user is deleted from the syst
119. tandard iSCSI target volume creation The only difference is the Virtual Size of capacity Unlike creating standard iSCSI target volumes the capacity has been physically allocated The iSCSI target volume creation under thin provisioning can virtually be up to 16000GB 16TB Let s take the example below 1 The physical size for the iSCSI thin provision volume is 333 88GB You can refer the screenshot above 2 The iSCSI target volume under thin provisioning starts with 333 38GB in physical size and you may use drag the Virtual Size bar to select the desired virtual size The maximum virtual size is 16000GB 3 In this case if you make the iSCSI target volume 1700GB then the virtual size is available for the next iSCSI target volume under thin provisioning is 14300GB 16000 1700 4 The limit is 5 iSCSI target volumes under thin provisioning or a virtual size of 16000GB RAID ID RAID Unused 18 333 85 Gb Virtual Saze 333 48 GB SCSI Thin provision physical size starts with 333 8GB Unused 15 4 333 53 GB Wertual Siza 4 16000 GA 15051 Target Volome D Enable S Disable The virtual capacity is limited to 16000GB 113 The screen shot for iSCSI target volume creation under thin provisioning the physical capacity 333 8GB Space Allocation x Create 155I Thin Pririzion RAID ID Dersad 15 333 82 GB Virtual Size lt CET Target Wolome Target Name ign Year 2009 ig biken LUN
120. that was configured on the target for this initiator User name ign 1991 05 com microsoft thecus 2c1 fb4b4 thecus Target secret C Perform mutual authentication To use mutual CHAP specify an initiator secret on the Initiator Settings page and configure that secret on the target 12 Right click My Computer on the desktop and select Manage E Desktop i E My Documents 3 H 314 F Collapse E Se ANE Explore E DATS open dl S FATS Search E gp mea Manage E A DD E E e public Map Network Drive u a Fae o Disconnect Network Drive ES Ed Conti Delete My Netw Rename E Recycle E Properties 105 13 Click on Disk Management and you will see a new hard disk listed LA Computer Management E he in Wee Weer bel da Ha Ff Bs I rr Mirad Local Cr re Typa Fis Sistem statur A E rem Tagg ADAC Parton Mei WIPS healthy pb ARG ih E p Eei Herr Eaa Parton Mask AIFS bister k Marea Fakiert EA Faro fled PATA healthy W Local Users and Groups i dk Mirigi Sarees and Apki ratos E Feroe partir Y Cte pation M booed dere 14 Initialize the new hard disk and you will then be able to use the iSCSI target as a local drive Windows Vista Because Windows Vista has the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator pre installed you will not have to install this piece of software Instead start the iSCSI Initiator and follow steps 8 14 to map the N4100PRO as an iSCSI drive 106
121. that you changed the files and the date of any change b You must cause any work that you distribute or publish that in whole or in part contains or is derived from the Program or any part thereof to be licensed as a whole at no charge to all third parties under the terms of this License c If the modified program normally reads commands interactively when run you must cause it when started running for such interactive use in the most ordinary way to print or display an announcement including an appropriate copyright notice and a notice that there is no warranty or else saying that you provide a warranty and that users may redistribute the program under 132 these conditions and telling the user how to view a copy of this License Exception if the Program itself is interactive but does not normally print such an announcement your work based on the Program is not required to print an announcement These requirements apply to the modified work as a whole If identifiable sections of that work are not derived from the Program and can be reasonably considered independent and separate works in themselves then this License and its terms do not apply to those sections when you distribute them as separate works But when you distribute the same sections as part of a whole which is a work based on the Program the distribution of the whole must be on the terms of this License whose permissions for other licensees extend to the entir
122. tility also supports MAC OS X Just copy the Thecus Backup Utility dmg to your MAC OS X machine and double click to execute it Windows XP Data Backup If you use Windows XP Professional you can also use the Windows Backup Utility Ntbackup exe to backup your files If you use Windows XP Home Edition follow these steps to install the utility 1 Insert the Windows XP CD into a drive and double click the CD icon in My Computer 2 When the Welcome to Microsoft Windows XP screen appears click Perform Additional Tasks 3 Click Browse this CD 4 In Windows Explorer navigate to ValueAdd gt Msft gt Ntbackup 5 Double click Ntbackup msi to install the backup utility Once installed you can use the Windows Backup Utility by following the steps below 1 Click Start and point to All Programs gt Accessories gt System Tools gt Backup to start the wizard 2 Click Next to skip past the opening page Choose Backup files and settings from the second page and then click Next 3 Select which option you want to back up 4 Click Next and in the Backup Type Destination and Name page specify a back up location using the Browse button 89 5 Find and select the drive that specifies your N4100PRO as your backup destination and click Next 6 Click Next to display the wizard s final page and click Finish to start backing up Apple OS X Backup Utilities Mac OS X does not include any backup software However
123. tions include Unlimited 1 2 4 8 16 and 32 MB s Download Bandwidth You may set the maximum bandwidth allocated to file downloads Selections include Unlimited 1 2 4 8 16 and 32 MB s To access the share folder on the N4100PRO use the appropriate user login and password set up on the Users page Access control to each share folder is set up on the ACL page Storage Management gt Shore Folder gt ACL 39 Media Server With the built in Media Server capability the ED N4100PRO provides media streaming service RS to stand alone networked home media adapters that support the UPnP AV protocol Frewall IP sharing device or are Digital Living Network Alliance DLNA standard compliant 5g D With the N4100PRO s built in media server capability you can share digital media such as music pictures and movies with any compatible device throughout your entire home Media Manager Settings To configure the media server under the System Network menu click Media Server and the Media Manager Settings window will appear Menu Ean Ean L System Information r Media Manager Settings Media Server Disable p System Management Wer System Network wan Si Shared Media Folders samba CIFS arp us 3 FIP F maswebsite Media Server Shared Media Folders Action A usbeopy HTTP Web Disk UPnP Nsync Target Bonjour A description of each field follows
124. to confirm your settings Once Nsync Target has been enabled the other Thecus NAS product is able to operate remote replication to this NAS system Nevne Setting A Sy st em Information Nayne Target Server Enable F Disable System Management Wry System Network wan Sia samba CIFS arp nrs Sr Media Server HTTP Web Disk Sup Nsync Target bonjour Apply 42 Bonjour Setting Bonjour is Apple Inc s trade name for its implementation of Zeroconf a service discovery protocol Bonjour locates devices such as printers as well as other computers and the services that those devices offer on a local network using multicast Domain Name System service records This definitive guide walks you through Bonjour zero configuration networking with a complete description of the protocols and technologies used to create Bonjour enabled applications and devices Menu E System Information Bonjour Setting P System Management Bonjour service FI Enable Disable Wey System Network i wan SLAN samba CIFS arp yrs Sr Media Server HTTP Web Disk UPnP E Nevne Target Storage Management The Storage menu displays the status of storage devices installed in the N4100PRO and includes storage configuration options such as RAID and disk settings folder configuration space allocation and ISO Mount Disks Information From the St
125. tting unless you require a special file storage layout in the storage volume A larger stripe size is better for large files Data Percentage The percentage of the RAID volume that will be used to store data Create Press this button to configure a file system and create the RAID storage volume To create a RAID volume follow the steps below 1 On the RAID Information screen click create 2 On the RAID Configuration screen set the RAID storage space as J BOD RAID O RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 6 or RAID 10 see Appendix C RAID Basics for a detailed description of each 46 3 Specify a RAID ID 4 Specify a stripe size 64K is the default setting 5 Specify the percentage allocated for user data by drag the horizontal bar The remaining space will be made available for iSCSI 6 Selected the file system you like to have for this RAID volume The selection is available from ext3 and XFS RAID Configuration RAID Information Create RAID Duk Wo Capacity MB 1 235 193 F 286 188 J 285 163 4 385 163 RAID Lera 0 BOD EAI ID RAD Stripe Size 4 KB Data Parcentaga File System EXT 7 Press Create to build the RAID storage volume Mero A ste Sbarro o E Mmt H ahora I Danie Sram amp mare Allocation Dhara Folder e EH EES in 2 50 Mount Model WDC WDS0005 WDC WDS0008 WDC WDS000B WDC WD3000B RAIDO States OR OR Ox i RAI
126. turn off the share folder limit Remove Folders To remove a folder press the Remove button from the specified folder row The system will confirm folder deletion Press Yes to delete the folder permanently or No to go back to the folder list A Folder ada g Eat L E Remove pues 8 snapshot act Folder name gt gt RAID ID File System Public Description LJ nsyne RAIDI ext3 no nsync _j usbhdd RAIDI ext3 no usbhdd _j usbcopy RAIDI ext3 no usbcopy _ naswebsite RAIDI ext3 yes naswebsite _J Tunes music RAID ext3 ves iTunes_music J BONNY RAIDI ext3 ves Y al de Info A The setting has been changed carry on with press Yes for confirmation Ho All the data stored in the folder will be deleted once the folder is deleted WARNING The data will not be recoverable NFS Share To allow NFS access to the share folder enable the NFS Service and then set up hosts with access rights by clicking Add 60 i Config as fia x Mount point raid0 data neync Edit Remove Host Name Privilege OS Support ID Mapping Config NFS share NES Add Mount point raid0 data nsync f Host Name KKK KXX KXX KKX Privilege Read Only 9 Writable OS Support 9 Unix Linux System AIX Allow source port gt 1024 ID Mappine 9 Guest system root account will have full access to this share root root Guest system root account will be mapped to anonymous user nobody nogro
127. ublic access to this folder If Yes is selected then users do not need to have access permission to write to this folder When accessing a public folder via FTP the behavior is similar to anonymous FTP Anonymous users can upload download a file to the folder but they cannot delete a file from the folder Share Folder Limit Enter the maximum size of the folder in Gigabytes GB The folder cannot grow beyond this limit You can enter a 0 to turn off the share folder limit This option did not apply while XFS file system selected Apply Press Apply to create the folder Folder names are limited to 60 characters Systems running Windows 98 or earlier may not support file names longer than 15 characters Modify Folders On the Folder screen press the Edit button and the Modify Folder screen appears This screen allows you to change folder information After entering the information press Apply to save your changes Modifr Folder x Folder name and 050 Diieripeios Hroriable Te J Be Pushin E Ya H Na kipra Fold Limit F GS Modify Folder Description Folder Name Enter the name of the folder Provide a description the folder Enable or disable users from browsing the folder contents This 59 LN setting will only apply while access via SMB CIFS and web disk Admit or deny public access to this folder Share Limit Enter the maximum size of the folder The folder will not grow beyond this limit You can enter a 0 to
128. uch as scanning will probably not function Windows Vista To set up the Printer Server in Windows Vista follow the steps below 1 Open Printer Folder from the Control Panel QUE e Control Panel li Control Panai Home 5 g User Accounts and Family Safety MO Set up parental contrats for ary user System and Maintenance Get charted with Windows Fack Up yi Computer F add er portent er accord Security Check for updater Check this computer s security status e Fulow pragiam theowgh Windows Firewall Appearance and Personalization Change desktop background Change the color berne Adjust screen resolution Clock Language and Region Chunge keyboards of other mp menhods Change display language Network and Internet E Vet nitweork status amd Radice Set up file sharing i Ease of Access Let Windows suggest settings piere vetual dipli Hardware and Sound Play CDs or other media automatically Ha 2 Click the right mouse button in anywhere on the Printers folder and then select Add Printer Additional Options ES Programs Uninstall a program Charge tarbup pigiai Recent Tasks Protest QUO Hardware and Sound Printers Search p ews ga Adda printer gt Comments Location Model Microsoft XPS Document x Writer 2 0 Name Documents Status y Fax Ready Favorite Links El Documents FE Pictures 3 Music More View Sort By Group By Stack By R
129. up on NAS All User on guest system will be mapped to anonymous user nobody nogroup on NAS Apply NFS Share Item Description o o Enter the name or IP address of the host Host has either read only or writeable access to the folder Guest System Support There are two selections available e Unix Linux System e AIX Allow source port gt 1024 Choose the one which best fits your needs IO Mapping There are three selections available e Guest system root account will have full access to this share root root Guest system root account will be mapped to anonymous user nobody nogroup on NAS All user on guest system will be mapped to anonymous user nobody nogroup on NAS Choose the one which best fits your needs Apply Click to save your changes 61 Folder and sub folders Access Control List ACL On the Folder screen press the ACL button and the ACL setting screen appears This screen allows you to configure access to the specific folder and sub folders for users and groups Select a user or a group from the left hand column and then choose Deny Read Only or Writable to configure their access level Press the Apply button to confirm your settings ACL setting x 9 This process maybe need sometimes to sync xa Are you want syne account ACL setting x Recurzive Deny Read Only Writable Local Groups v Mp Search e Name Name Name Name e ACL setting Item Description O OZO O O Denies
130. utdown Reboot System W System Management Sim ies Notification Firmware Upgrade urs schedule On Off Wake Up on LAN S one a Ml Utility Administrator Password Confie Memt File System check The File System Check allows you to perform a check on the integrity of your disks file system Under the menu click File system Check and the File System Check prompt appears Co A Filo System Check de SEED ELE aia P Sortem A faqacement Filerviten Check has been Enable setceufiliy The tem needs bo reboot to make the changes estes urs Ciy Adminka Paaword Sco nig Mgmt gl To perform a file system check click Apply Once clicked the following prompt will appear File System Check x gt The setting has been changed carry on with press Yes for confirmation No Click Yes to reboot the system File System Check File System Check Reboot Reboot 7 l c gt aaa 54 Done Once the system has rebooted you will be returned to the File System Check prompt There you will see the available RAID volumes to run the file system check 32 on Check the RAID volumes and click Next to proceed with the file system check Click Reboot to reboot without running the check Thecos com File Svetem Check E RAID Level Diales Status Fileyestem Status Data Capacity Last Check Time F RAIDS L234 Healthy Normal 20 5 GB 765 4 65 Thecus com F
131. ver List screen select N4100PRO Media Server as the server b Goto My Media c Click on the Up Down Arrow buttons to select Music J ukebox Photo Albums or Video Clips d Start enjoying the contents stored in your N4100PRO HTTP Web Disk From the System Network menu choose the HTTP Web Disk item and the Web Disk HTTP Support screen appears This screen displays the service Support parameters of the system You can change any of these items and press Apply to confirm your settings a System Information WebDisk HTTP Support System Management Sharing Enable Wer System Network Port 80 E WAN LAN Secure WebDizk Secure HITP Support samba CIFS Sp Media Server HTTP Web Disk Enable 5 Disable lt Nsync Target Bonjour A description of each item follows Web Service item Description _ _ S this option is enabled The port number is default 80 Support option is enabled 41 e Disable HTTP support and Enable Secure HTTP support to guarantee secure access UPnP This device supports UPnP Media server which allows users to play media files with UPnP client ex DMA devices Enable or disable Universal Plug and Play protocol UPnP helps to find the IP address of the N4100PRO Nsync Target From the System Network menu choose the Nsync Target item and the Nsync Setting screen appears Enable or Disable your Nsync Target Server Press Apply
132. view the album Uploading Pictures to Albums Uploading pictures to albums using the Web User Interface is easy 1 When the album is created click the album icon to enter the album Initially the album is empty 2 Click the Add button to upload pictures into the album The Upload Photos screen will appear Users can select and upload up to 8 pictures at a time 3 Once the picture is uploaded you can view it in the aloum The owner of the album can delete or modify the pictures with the Delete or Modify buttons on the top right hand corner EXIF Information While viewing pictures you can also have the N4100PRO display the EXIF information for each photo Simply click the EXIF button to display EXIF information To hide this information click the EXIF button again 100 Slide Shows Slide shows are a great way to enjoy pictures stored on your N4100PRO You can click on the Start Slide Show icon on the top right hand corner to start the Slide show z ry ie el re Te ie Serer Yar brat cy To stop the slide show click on the Stop Slide Show icon on the top right hand corner Mapping a Client PC to the N4100PRO You can map share folders on the N4100PRO so that you can access them as if they were drives on your computer You can connect to the shared network folders on the N4100PRO as follows Windows 1 Go to the My Computer folder in Windows 2 In the menu bar select Tools
133. window as shown below There is one stack target device has been attached into this stack master Stack Target List 6d Addi Edit Remove Ih Reconnect Export share name IP Capacity Used Total Status Description ign gt Diei 172 16 65 157 06B 0 1GB Disable ign 2008 05 c01 67 Success x i You have successfully formatted stack folder iscsi With this newly attached stack target device you will see the information displayed and also several options you can choose In general tf attached stack target device has been used by another N5200PRO 1U4500 N5500 N4100PRO N7700 N8800 as stack target volume then the Format item will be display and system will recognize it straight away and display its capacity Otherwise the Format item will be available and the Capacity and Status items will show as N A and Unknown file system respectively Next click Format to proceed with formatting After the format is complete the stack target volume will be created successfully You will see the volume s capacity and status in the Stack Target List screen C Edit a Stack Target To make any changes to stack targets click Edit for the corresponding stack target and system will bring up the following dialogue Edit iSCSI Target Xx Enable iSCSI Target 0 Enable Disable Stackable Tarzet IP ign 5 Username E nE l Limit 0 9 2 Description Browseable T yes F no Public 0 yes ino Apply
134. y recommended that users conduct necessary back up practices Safety Warnings For your safety please read and follow the following safety warnings Read this manual thoroughly before attempting to set up your N4100PRO Your N4100PRO is a complicated electronic device DO NOT attempt to repair it under any circumstances In the case of malfunction turn off the power immediately and have it repaired at a qualified service center Contact your vendor for details DO NOT allow anything to rest on the power cord and DO NOT place the power cord in an area where it can be stepped on Carefully place connecting cables to avoid stepping or tripping on them Your N4100PRO can operate normally under temperatures between 0 C and 40 C with relative humidity of 20 85 Using the N4100PRO under extreme environmental conditions could damage the unit Ensure that the N4100PRO is provided with the correct supply voltage AC 100V 240V 50 60 Hz 3A Plugging the N4100PRO to an incorrect power source could damage the unit Do NOT expose the N4100PRO to dampness dust or corrosive liquids Do NOT place the N4100PRO on any uneven surfaces DO NOT place the N4100PRO in direct sunlight or expose it to other heat sources DO NOT use chemicals or aerosols to clean the N4100PRO Unplug the power cord and all connected cables before cleaning DO NOT place any objects on the N4100PRO or obstruct its ventilation slots to avoid overheating the unit

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