User`s manual

LCD Menu Diagram ............................................................................................................................................................. 17
Getting Started with the NAS System .............................................................................................................................. 18
NAS Hardware Setup .......................................................................................................................................................... 18
Installing Hard Drives .......................................................................................................................................................... 18
Connecting to NAS Management GUI ....................................................................................................................... 20
NAS Default Settings ..................................................................................................................................... 20
NOTE: The admin password for NAS management GUI login can be changed in Account
Account tab. ................................................................................................................................................. 20
Quick Setup ............................................................................................................................................................................. 22
Overview of the NAS Setup Phases................................................................................................................................... 26
Relationship between RAID disks, Storage Pool, Volumes, and Shares ..................................................... 27
RAID disks ................................................................................................................................................................................ 27
Storage Pool............................................................................................................................................................................ 27
Volumes ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 29
Shares ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 30
actiNAS Manager ............................................................................................................................................ 31
Storage/Share............................................................................................................................................................................... 31
RAID / Disk Information .................................................................................................................................................... 31
Create New RAID and Join Disk to Storage Pool ............................................................................................ 33
Delete RAID ........................................................................................................................................................................ 39
Extend RAID ....................................................................................................................................................................... 41
Set a Spare Disk ............................................................................................................................................................... 43
Volume ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 44
Click the Volume tab. The Volume Configuration screen will be displayed. ...................................... 44
Join a Disk to Storage Pool ........................................................................................................................................ 45
Create a Volume .............................................................................................................................................................. 46
Delete a Volume .............................................................................................................................................................. 47
Extend a Volume Capacity .......................................................................................................................................... 48
Setup Volume as iSCSI Target .................................................................................................................................. 49
Disable iSCSI Configuration in a Volume ............................................................................................................ 52
Remove iSCSI Configuration and Restore to NAS Volume ......................................................................... 54
Share/Security ......................................................................................................................................................................... 56
Create New Share Folder ............................................................................................................................................ 57