User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- 1. Getting Started
- Start Using Your ReadyNAS System
- Additional Documentation
- Supported ReadyNAS Systems
- Supported Operating Systems
- Supported Browsers
- Diskless Systems
- Basic Installation
- Upgrade Pre-6.2 ReadyNAS Firmware for Use With ReadyCLOUD
- Discover and Set Up Your ReadyNAS Using ReadyCLOUD
- Local Setup Wizard
- Admin Page
- Access the Local Admin Page
- Register Your System
- Five Levels of Protection
- The ReadyNAS Community
- Safe Mode
- 2. Volume Configuration
- Basic Volume and RAID Concepts
- ReadyTIER, Tiers, Data, and Metadata
- Manage Volumes
- Change RAID Mode
- View the Status of a Volume
- Configure the Checksum Function
- Format Disks
- Create and Encrypt a Volume
- Delete a Volume
- Name a USB Drive
- Expand Storage Capacity
- Add Protection to a Volume
- Add Protection to a Flex-RAID Volume
- Add a Group to a Flex-RAID Volume
- Delete a RAID Group
- Use the Volume Management Wizard to Create a Volume
- Add a Tier to a Volume
- Enable or Disable Quotas on Volumes
- Maintain Volumes
- 3. Shares
- 4. LUNs
- 5. Snapshots
- 6. Users and Groups
- 7. Use Cloud Services
- 8. System Settings
- 9. System Power
- 10. Install and Manage Apps
- 11. System Monitoring
- 12. System Maintenance
- 13. Backup and Recovery
Some pages are divided into multiple sections. You can collapse or expand sections of
the page by clicking the triangle icon ( ) next to each section heading.
For help, click the User icon in the top right corner of the page and select Context Help
item. A window opens on the admin page. You can move the help window around
within the admin page. The content changes depending on the navigation bar icon and
the navigation icon you select. Close the help window by clicking the X icon in the upper
left of the help window.
Figure 3. Example help page
For help from the ReadyNAS community, click the User icon in the top right corner of
the page and select the Community item. A new browser page or tab opens to the
NETGEAR Community.
Other features of the Admin Page are described in other chapters.
In this manual, instructions for navigating through the Admin Page begin by specifying
the selection from the navigation bar and then, if necessary, specifying the selections
from the row of navigation icons and section headings. For example, to configure the
global file-sharing protocols, select System > Settings > Services. System is the
selection from the navigation bar. Settings is the selection from the row of navigation
icons. Services is the selection from the section headings on the Settings page.
Software Manual19Getting Started
ReadyNAS OS 6.10