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Table Of Contents

Copyright and Trademark Notice
About This Manual
Limited Warranty
Safety Warnings
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
- Overview
- Product Highlights
- Package Contents
- Front Panel
- Hard Disk Trays
- Rear Panel
Chapter 2: Hardware Installation
- Overview
- Before You Begin
- Hard Disk Installation
- Cable Connections
- Checking System Status
  - System Status Normal
  - System Trouble
Chapter 3: First Time Setup
- Overview
- Thecus Setup Wizard
- LCD Operation
- Typical Setup Procedure
Chapter 4: System Administration
- Overview
- Web Administration Interface
  - Menu Bar
  - Message Bar
  - Logout
- Language Selection
- System Information
  - Product Information
  - System/Service Status
  - Logs
- System Management
  - Time: Setting system time
  - Notification configuration
  - Firmware Upgrade
  - UPS Setting
  - Schedule Power On/Off
  - Wake-Up On LAN (WOL)
  - SNMP Support
  - Utility
- System Network
  - WAN Configuration
  - LAN
  - LAN Configuration
  - DHCP Server Configuration
  - Samba / CIFS
  - AFP (Apple Network Setup)
  - NFS Setup
- FTP
- Media Server
  - Media Manager Settings
  - Share Media Folders
  - Connecting DMAs to the Media Server
- HTTP/ Web Disk
- UPnP
- Nsync Target
- Bonjour Setting
- Storage Management
  - Disks Information
    - S.M.A.R.T. Information
    - Bad Block Scan
  - RAID Information
  - Create a RAID
    - RAID Level
  - Edit RAID
  - Remove RAID
  - Expanding a RAID
  - Migrating a RAID
  - Space Allocation
  - Advance Option
    - iSCSI Block Size
    - iSCSI CRC/Checksum
  - Share Folder
  - Snapshot
    - Snap (Snapshot configuration)
    - Folder and sub-folders Access Control List (ACL)
  - Stackable NAS
  - ISO Mount
- User and Group Authentication
  - ADS/NT Support
  - Local User Configuration
  - Add Users
    - Edit Users
    - Remove Users
  - Local Group Configuration
  - Batch Create Users and Groups
- Application Server
  - Printer Information
  - Windows XP SP2
  - Windows Vista
- iTunes® Server
- Module Management
- Module Installation
- System Module
- User Module
- Backup
  - Nsync
  - Thecus Backup Utility
  - Windows XP Data Backup
  - Apple OS X Backup Utilities
Chapter 5: Using the N7700SAS
- Overview
- Login Page
- Using WebDisk
- Photo Server
- Mapping a Client PC to the N7700SAS
  - Windows
  - Apple OS X
- Mapping the N7700SAS as an iSCSI Drive
  - Windows 2000/XP
  - Windows Vista
Chapter 6: Tips and Tricks
- USB and eSATA Storage Expansion
- Adding a Spare Disk
- Remote Administration
- Firewall Software Configuration
- Replacing Damaged Hard Drives
Chapter 7: Troubleshooting
- Forgot My Network IP Address
- Can't Map a Network Drive in Windows XP
- Restoring Factory Defaults
- Problems with Time and Date Settings
- Dual DOM Supports for Dual Protection
Chapter 8: Revision updated (FW 3.00.03 to 3.00.04)
- What’s New
- Error Corrections
Chapter 9: Revision updated up to FW 3.00.08
- What’s New
Chapter 10: Version 3.01.00 Firmware Updates
- What’s New
- Error Corrections
Appendix A: Product Specifications
- Hardware Specifications
- Software Specifications
Appendix B: Customer Support
Appendix C: RAID Basics
- Overview
- Benefits
  - Improved Performance
  - Data Security
- RAID Levels
- Stripe Size
- Disk Usage
Appendix D: Active Directory Basics
- Overview
- What is Active Directory?
- ADS Benefits
Appendix E: Licensing Information
- Overview
- Source Code Availability
- CGIC License Terms
- GNU General Public License

NOTE

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 ZFS file system created doing on line RAID level migration from R1

to R5 or R1 to R6, the all services will restart and volumes “user data”

and “iSCSI” are read only during operation.

4. To have ext3 and XFS file system created doing on line RAID level

migration from R1 to R5 or R1 to R6, the all services will restart and

volumes “iSCSI” is read only but “user data” is capable read / write during

operation.

5. The other combination to make as “On line” can have read / write work as

normal.