Thecus N2800 N4800 Series User’s Manual
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Safety Warnings For your safety, please read and follow the following safety warnings: Read this manual thoroughly before attempting to set up your Thecus IP storage. Your Thecus IP storage 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.
Table of Contents About This Manual ......................................................................... 2 Limited Warranty........................................................................... 2 Safety Warnings ............................................................................ 3 Table of Contents .......................................................................... 4 Chapter 1: Introduction ................................................................. 7 Overview ...............
Linking Aggregation ...................................................................... 41 Additional LAN .............................................................................. 44 Storage Management .......................................................................... 44 Disks Information ......................................................................... 44 RAID Information ......................................................................... 47 NAS Stacking ......................
Replacing a Hard Drive .................................................................129 RAID Auto-Rebuild .......................................................................129 Chapter 6: Troubleshooting ....................................................... 130 Forgot My Network IP Address .......................................................... 130 Can't Map a Network Drive in Windows XP ........................................ 130 Restoring Factory Defaults ...................................
Chapter 1: Introduction Overview Thank you for choosing the Thecus IP Storage Server. The Thecus IP storage 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 multiple Terabyte of storage are available using RAID 5 and RAID 6.
Thecus IP storage supports multiple RAID volumes on one system. So, you can create RAID 0 for your non-critical data, and create RAID 1,5,6,50 or 60 (depend on model) for mission-critical data. Create the RAID levels depending on your needs. To configure RAID modes on the Thecus IP storage, refer to Chapter 4: Storage Management >RAID Information. iSCSI Capability Thecus IP storage is not only a file server, but it also supports iSCSI initiators.
Package Contents N2800 The Thecus IP storage should contain the following common items: System Unit x1 QIG (Quick Installation Guide) x1 CD-Title (Acronis backup CD & Universal CD & TwonkyMedia CD) Ethernet Cable x1 Accessory bag x1 Warranty Card x1 Power adapter x1 N4800 Series The Thecus IP storage should contain the following common items: System Unit x1 QIG (Quick Installation Guide) x1 CD-Title (Acronis backup CD & Universal CD & TwonkyMedia CD) Ethernet Cable x1 Accessory bag x
Front Panel N2800: The Thecus N2800’s front panel has the device’s controls, indicators, and hard disk trays: Front Panel Item Description 1. Power Button Powers the N2800 on/off. 2. USB Port USB 3.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as digital cameras, USB disks, and USB printers. 3. USB Copy Copies USB storage contents to N2800. Button 4. Card reader Supports SD/SDHC/MMC cards via USB interface. 5. HDD1 led Blinking white: HDD activity 6. HDD2 led Blinking white: HDD activity 7.
N4800 Series: The Thecus N4800 Series front panel has the device’s controls, indicators, and hard disk trays: Front Panel Item 1.Power Button 2.OLED OLED Description Power on/off N4800 Series Displays current system status and messages OLED screen saver will be enabled after screen is left idle for more than 3 mins OLED screen will be diabled after it is left idle for more than 6 mins 3.HDD 1 LED Yellow: HDD activity Red: HDD failure 4.HDD 2 LED Yellow: HDD activity Red: HDD failure 5.
Rear Panel N2800: The N2800 rear panel features ports and connectors. Back Panel Item Description 1. eSATA Port eSATA port for high-speed external storage expansion. 2. USB Port USB 2.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as digital cameras, USB disks, and USB printers. 3. WAN/LAN1 WAN/LAN1 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a Port switch or a router. 4. LAN2 Port LAN2 port for connecting to a local Ethernet network through a switch or a router. 5.
N4800 Series: The N4800 Series rear panel features ports and connectors. 4. Back Panel Item Description Power For connect the power adaptor Connector WAN/LAN1 WAN/LAN1 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a Port switch or router LAN2 Port LAN2 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or router USB Ports USB 2.0 ports for storage expansion 5. 6. 7. 8. eSATA Ports LINE Out VGA HDMI 1. 2. 3.
Chapter 2: Hardware Installation Overview Your Thecus IP storage is designed for easy installation. To help you get started, the following chapter will help you quickly get your Thecus IP storage 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.
3. Press the power button on the Front Panel to boot up the Thecus IP storage.
Chapter 3: First Time Setup Overview Once the hardware is installed, physically connected to your network, and powered on, you can configure the Thecus IP storage so that it is accessible to your network users. There are two ways to set up your Thecus IP storage: 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 Thecus IP storage a snap.
6. Name your Thecus IP storage and configure the network IP address. If your switch or router is configured as a DHCP Server, configuring the Thecus IP storage to automatically obtain an IP address is recommended. You may also use a static IP address and enter the DNS Server address manually. 7. Change the default administrator password.
8. Finished! Access the Thecus IP storage Web Administrator Interface by pressing the Start Browser button. You can also configure another Thecus IP storage at this point by clicking the Setup Other Device button. Press Exit to exit the wizard. NOTE The Thecus Setup Wizard is designed for installation on systems running Windows XP/2000/vista/7 or Mac OSX or later.
Link Aggregation System Fan CPU Fan 2009/05/22 12:00 RAID Current Current Current Current Current Link Aggregation status system fan status. CPU fan status system time. RAID status. The Thecus IP storage will rotate these messages every one-two seconds on the OLED 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 Thecus IP storage by press USB copy button. To use USB copy, follow the steps below: N2800: 1.
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 Management > RAID Management. For more information on configuring RAID, see Chapter 4: Storage > RAID Management. Don’t know which RAID level to use? Find out more about the different RAID levels from Appendix B: RAID Basics.
Chapter 4: System Administration Overview The Thecus IP storage provides an easily accessible Web Administration Interface. With it, you can configure and monitor the Thecus IP storage anywhere on the network. Web Administration Interface Make sure your network is connected to the Internet. To access Thecus IP storage Web Administration Interface: 1. Type the Thecus IP storage IP address into your browser. (Default IP address is http://192.168.1.
Following the disclaimer page, you will see the Web Administration Interface. From here, you can configure and monitor virtually every aspect of the Thecus IP storage from anywhere on the network. My Favorite The user interface with “My Favorite” shortcut allows the user to designate often used items and have them display on the main screen area. The figure below displays system favorite functions.
Menu Bar The Menu Bar is where you will find all of the information screens and system settings of Thecus IP storage. The various settings are placed in the following groups on the menu bar: Menu Bar Item System Information System Management System Network Storage User and Group Authentication Network Service Application Server Module Management Backup Description Current system status of the Thecus IP storage. Various Thecus IP storage system settings and information.
Message Bar You can get quick information about your system status by moving your mouse over these icons. Message Bar Item Status Description RAID Information. 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. FAN. Network.
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 Thecus IP storage. From here, you can discover the status of the Thecus IP storage, and also other details. System Information Once you login, you will first see the basic system Information screen providing Manufacturer, Product No., Firmware Version, and System Up Time information.
Up Time Shows how long the system has been up and running. Service Status Item AFP Status NFS Status SMB/CIFS Status FTP Status TFTP Status Rsync Status UPnP Status SNMP Description The status of The status of The status of The status of The status of The status of The status of The status of the the the the the the the the Apple Filing Protocol server. Network File Service Server. SMB/CIFS server. FTP server. TFTP server. Rsync server. UPnP service. SNMP service.
Truncate All Log File The number of lines per page □ Sort Ascending Sort Descending |<< < > >>| 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 ( > >>| ) and backward ( |<< browse the log pages. Re-loading logs. < ) buttons to On-line Register From the System Information menu, choose the Online Registration item and the System Online Registration screen appears.
Syslog Management Generates system log to be stored locally or remotely, it also can be chose to act as syslog server for all other devices. These messages are stored on your NAS in: Nsync > log> messages. Information can be obtained in two ways: locally and remotely.
Target Syslog folder Log Level Remote IP Address “error”, “Information” and “warning”. If client has been selected then “Local” or “Remotely” can be choose. Choose Local, all system logs will be stored in an associated syslog folder filled in from next filed. And the syslog folder will have file “messages” to store all system logs. If Remotely has been selected, a syslog server is needed and an IP address is required. Select from a drop down share list, all of the system logs will be stored on it.
If graphic mode is chosen, 3 minutes of information is displayed on the x-axis. A resume of the information is displayed by dragging the mouse over the graphic at a specific time. See example below: For the on-line users list, system monitor will display the on-line users and the share folder they have visited. System Monitor Item Save Layout Reset Layout History Lock Layout Description Saving selected monitoring items. Layout will remain the same for future visits.
System Management The System Management menu gives you a wealth of settings that you can use to configure your Thecus IP storage system administration and 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 item and the Time screen appears. Set the desired Date, Time, and Time Zone. You can also elect to synchronize the system time on Thecus IP storage with an NTP (Network Time Protocol) Server.
WARNING If an NTP server is selected, please make sure your Thecus IP storage has 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 Thecus IP storage notify you in case of any system malfunction. Press Apply to confirm all settings. See following table for a detailed description of each item.
Follow the steps below to upgrade your firmware: 1. Use the Browse button to find the firmware file. 2. Press Apply. 3. The buzzer will beep and the Busy LED will blink until the upgrade is complete. NOTE • The buzzer only beeps if it is enabled in the System Notification menu. • Check Thecus website for the latest firmware release and release notes. • Downgrading firmware is not permitted. WARNING Do not turns off the system during the firmware upgrade process.
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 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.
Upload Import a saved configuration file to overwrite the current system configuration. NOTE 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 backed up can only be restored in the same firmware version. The backup details exclude user/group accounts.
To perform a file system check, click Apply. Once clicked, the following prompt will appear: Click Yes to reboot the system. 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. Check the desired RAID volumes and click Next to proceed with the file system check. Click Reboot to reboot without running the check.
Click Start to begin the file system check. Click Reboot to reboot the system. When the file system check is running, the system will show 20 lines of information until it is complete. Once complete, the results will be shown at the bottom. NOTE The system must be rebooted before Thecus IP storage can function normally after file system check completes. Wake-Up On LAN (WOL) The Thecus IP storage has the ability to be awoken from sleep mode via WAN/LAN1 or LAN2 port.
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 WAN/LAN1 Enable or Disable WOL service from WAN/LAN1 LAN2 Enable or Disable WOL service from LAN2 Apply Click Apply to save changes. SNMP Support From the menu, choose the SNMP item and the SNMP Support screen appears. You could enable the SNMP function and filled in the related information in each fields.
System Network Use the System Network menu to make network configuration settings to an on board network port or additional NIC as well as DHCP and link aggregation. Networking From the System Network menu, choose Networking, and the Networking Configuration screen appears. This screen displays the network parameters of the global setting and available network connection. You may change any of these items and press Apply to confirm your settings.
compatible list. Therefore, the screen shown above is an example of a Thecus N16000 with 3 on board GbE NIC and an additionally Intel PRO/1000 PT quad port NIC, for a total of 7 NIC ports. Network Configuration (Global parameter) Item Host name Domain name Description Host name that identifies the Thecus IP storage on the network. Specifies the domain name of Thecus IP storage. To set a server name for NetBIOS computer. Select the DNS server is coming from DHCP server or manual input.
DHCP/RADVD Server Configuration A DHCP/RADVD server can be configured to assign IP addresses (IPv4) or Prefix (IPv6) to devices connected to the associated NIC port. DHCP Configuration Item Description DHCP/RADVD Service Enable or disable the DHCP/RADVD service to automatically assign IP address to PCs connected to associate NIC interface. Start IP (IPv4) Specifies the lower IP address of the DHCP range. End IP in (IPv4) Specifies the highest IP address of the DHCP range.
The associated screen shot will appear after the “+” is clicked. Select from available network port then move over to selected box. Click “Link” to confirm the selection. The newly created tab will appear for more settings required to complete the link aggregation configuration.
Link1 Configuration Status Specifies the network ports being used with the associated link aggregation. Jumbo Frame Support Click on to modify the selected network ports. Enable or disable Jumbo Frame Support of the associated interface on your Thecus IP storage. Link Type IPv4/IPv6 Mode IP Select from drop down list for desired mode. Click to enable IPv4/IPv6 for TCP/IP. The default is IPv4 enabled. It has to be a static IP with the link aggregation being used. IP address of link aggregation.
To modify or delete LINK1, go to Link Aggregation setting page. Click on to modify the settings or click on to delete this link aggregation. If any ports are still available, additional link aggregation links can be created by clicking . Additional LAN Other than on-board LAN port, Thecus IP storage supports additional NIC to be added in its available PCI-e slot. For the details of additional NIC support list please visit Thecus website. http://www.thecus.com/sp_comlist.
hard disks. A blank line indicates that a hard disk is not currently installed in that particular disk slot. NOTE • The screen shot below is just an example from a Thecus IP Storage. The disk slots number can range from 8, 12 to 16 slots depending on the model of Thecus IP storage. Disks Information Item Description Disk No. Indicates disk location. Capacity Shows the SATA hard disk capacity. Model Displays the SATA hard disk model name.
S.M.A.R.T. Information Item Description Tray Number Tray the hard disk is installed in. Model Model name of the installed hard disk. 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.
On the Disk Information screen, you may also perform disk bad block scan, simply click “Click to start” to start the scan. The result is only for reference and the system will not take any action from its result. The testing result will display “Click to start” as default until the system reboots. RAID Information From the Storage menu, choose the RAID Management item and the RAID Management screen appears. This screen lists the RAID volumes currently residing in the Thecus IP storage.
Using Create RAID, you can select stripe size, choose which disks are RAID disks or the Spare Disk. . RAID Configurations Item Description Disk No. Number assigned to the installed hard disks. Capacity (MB) Capacity of the installed hard disks. Model Model number of the installed hard disks. Status Status of the installed hard disks. Used If this is checked, current hard disk is aalready part of a RAID volume. Spare If this is checked, current hard disk is designated as a spare for a RAID volume.
To create a RAID volume, follow the steps below: 1. On the RAID Information screen, clicks create. 2. On the RAID Configuration screen, set the RAID storage space as JBOD, RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6 or RAID 10 (depends on model)— see Appendix B: RAID Basics for a detailed description of each. 3. Specify a RAID ID.
4. If this RAID volume is meant to be the Master RAID volume, tick the Master RAID checkbox. NOTE In a multiple RAID configuration, one RAID volume must be designated as the Master RAID volume. The Master RAID volume will store all installed modules. If the Master RAID is changed to another location (i.e. assigning volume 2 to be the Master RAID volume after volume 1 had been previously assigned), then all modules must be reinstalled.
We strongly recommended copying the RAID volume encryption key to a safe place. You can find the encryption key file from the USB disk in the following format: (RAID volume created date)_xxxxxx.key WARNING Please keep your USB disk in a safe place and also backup the encrypted key. There is no way to rescue data back if the key is lost. NOTE With RAID volume encryption enabled, the system performance will go down.
NOTE Single volume size supported: ext3 8TB XFS 48TB ext4 36TB 9. Press Submit to build the RAID storage volume. 10. Press “Yes” for RAID volume creation preparation. Then click “Finish” to start up with RAID volume building.
Building a RAID volume may be time consuming, depending on the size of NOTE hard drives and RAID mode. In general, if the RAID volume building process is up to “RAID Building”, then the data volume is accessible. WARNING Creating RAID destroys all data in the current RAID volume. The data will be unrecoverable. RAID Level You can set the storage volume as JBOD, RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, or RAID 10 (depending on model).
Remove RAID Click to remove the RAID volume. All user data and iSCSI created in the selected RAID volume will be deleted. To remove a RAID volume, follow the steps below: 1. 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.
2. On the RAID Configuration screen, click Remove RAID. 3. A confirmation screen will appear, you will have to click “Yes” to complete the “Remove RAID” operation. WARNING Remove RAID destroys all data in the selected RAID volume. The data will be unrecoverable.
Expanding a RAID(Dose not apply to the N2800) To expand a RAID 1, RAID 5, or RAID 6 volume, follow the steps below: 1. Replace one of the hard drives in the RAID volume and allow it to automatically rebuild. 2. Once rebuilt, you can continue to replace any remaining disks in the RAID array. 3. When you are done replacing hard drives, log on to Web Management. Navigate to Storage> RAID to open the RAID Configuration screen. 4. On the RAID Information screen, click Edit to open the RAID Configuration screen.
NOTE Migrating a RAID volume could take several hours to complete The RAID migration feature is available only when it is configurable. Here is a list of limitation with RAID level migration function: 1. During RAID level migration, it is not permitted to reboot or shutdown system. 2. For RAID migration from R1 to R5 or R1 to R6, all services will restart and “iSCSI” volume will be in read only mode but read/write of the “user data” will be possible during the operation.
Below is a table listing of possible RAID migration schemes: To From RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 6 [RAID 1] HDDx2 to [RAID 5] HDDx3 [RAID 1] HDDx2 to [RAID 6] HDDx4 [RAID 1] HDDx2 to [RAID 5] HDDx4 [RAID 1] HDDx3 to [RAID 5] HDDx4 [RAID 1] HDDx3 to [RAID 6] HDDx4 RAID 5 X [RAID 5] HDDx3 to [RAID 5] HDDx4 [RAID 5] HDDx3 to [RAID 6] HDDx4 NAS Stacking The Thecus IP storage’s capacity can be expanded even further using the stackable function.
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 the volume IP has 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. The Stacked Target name will become the network share name and will be displayed through network access such as SMB.
From the figure above, the Stacked Target name is “pmmeeting”. The figures below show the result before and after via Microsoft Network Access when settings have been completed. No Stack Target Stack target with export share name “pmmeeting” The Browseable setting is the same method used for setting a system share folder. It designates whether or not this folder will be visible through web disk. You may refer to the figure below for reference when Yes and No are selected.
The Public setting will be set the same way as the setting for the system share folder associated with the ACL permission is. 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 in the Stack Target List window. Click Apply to save your changes. B. Activate a Stack Target After your settings have been applied, the system will bring you back to the Stack Target List window as shown below.
With this newly attached stack target device, you will see the information displayed and also have access to several options to choose from. In general, if the attached stack target device has been used by another Thecus NAS 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.
The ACL settings will be exactly the same as the system folder that you may have setup previously. E. Reconnect a Stack Target This is used to enable stack target devices that may have been disconnected due to a power outage or a disconnected network. When this happens, the Reconnect button will become available. To attempt to reconnect the stack target, click Reconnect.
ISO Mount The ISO Mount feature is a very useful tool from the Thecus products. With it, users can mount an ISO file and have the export name display all the details from the mounted ISO file. From the main menu, the ISO Mount feature is located under “Storage”. Please refer the figure below for reference. Select the ISO Image Mounting function and the ISO Image Mounting window will appear as shown here. A. Add an ISO file From the figure above, select an ISO file from the drop down share list.
To mount the new ISO file, select one file from the list of files and input the desired mounting name into the “Mount as:” field. Click “ADD” to confirm the completion of the mounting. If nothing is input in the “Mount as” ISO file export name field, the system will automatically give an export name to the ISO file. The mounting name will then be defined by the ISO file name. After completion, the page will display all mounted ISO files.
You can click “Unmount” to eliminate a mounted ISO file. B. Using ISO The mounted ISO file will be located in the share folder of the same name as the file. Please refer the screen shot below. Here, the ISO file “Thecus 01” wasn’t assigned a mounting name, so the system automatically created a folder “Thecus 01”. Share Folder From the Storage menu, choose Share Folders, and the Shared Folder screen appears. This screen allows you to create and configure folders on the Thecus IP storage volume.
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. Add Folder Item RAID ID Folder Name Description Browseable Public Apply NOTE Description RAID volume where the new folder will reside. Enter the name of the folder. Provide a description the folder. Enable or disable users from browsing the folder contents. If Yes is selected, then the share folder will be browseable.
Modify Folder Item RAID ID Folder Name Description Browseable Public Description RAID volume where the folder will reside. Enter the name of the folder. Provide a description the folder. Enable or disable users from browsing the folder contents. This setting will only apply while access via SMB/CIFS and web disk. Admit or deny public access to this folder. Remove Folders To remove a folder, press the Remove button from the specified folder row. The system will confirm folder deletion.
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. NFS Share Item Hostname Privilege OS Support ID Mapping Description Enter the name or IP address of the host Host has either read only or writeable access to the folder. There are two selections available: Unix / Linux System AIX (Allow source port > 1024) Choose the one which best fits your needs.
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. Choose to determine the data “Sync” at once or “Async” in arranged batch. Click to save your changes. Sync / Async Apply Folder and sub-folders Access Control List (ACL) On the Folder screen, press the ACL button, and the ACL setting screen appears.
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. Recursive 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.
2. From the drop down select the group you would like to search for the user in. 3. Click Search. NOTE 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. iSCSI You may specify the space allocated for iSCSI.
iSCSI Target To add iSCSI target volume, click iSCSI with associated RAID volume from its drop down list and select the desired RAID volume. iSCSI Target Item Add Modify Advanced Delete Description Click to allocate space to iSCSI target from associated RAID volume. Click this to modify the iSCSI Target. There are 3 options (iSCSI CRC/Checksum, Max Connections, Error Recovery Level) These currently allow the Admin to Enable/Disable the Thecus IP storage associated with the iSCSI setting.
Create iSCSI Volume Item Description iSCSI Target Volume Enable or Disable the iSCSI Target Volume. Target Name Name of the iSCSI Target. This name will be used by the Stackable NAS function to identify this export share. iqn_Year Select the current year from the dropdown. Iqn_Month Select the current month from the dropdown. Authentication You may choose CHAP authentication or choose None. Username Enter a username. Password Enter a password.
LUN ID iSCSI Block size NOTE NOTE Specific Logic unit ID number. The iSCSI block size can be set under system advance option, default is 512 Bytes. [ 4K ] block size while more than 2TB capacity will be configured in Windows XP. [ 512 Bytes ] block size for application like VMware etc. Be sure the iSCSI target volume has been enabled or it will not list out while using Initiator to get associated iSCSI target volumes. The iSCSI target volume creation will associate at least one LUN together.
2. Modify your settings. Press ok to change. Expand Volume The iSCSI volume is now able to expand its capacity from unused space (Instant Allocation mode only). From the volume list, simply select the iSCSI volume you like to expand and click the Expand button: 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.
NOTE The iSCSI expand is only capable while iSCSI target volume is crested by “Instant Allocation”. iSCSI target created by “Thin Provisioning” has virtual space assigned during the initial stage, so it has no expandable capability. 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. 2. Press YES. All data in the volume will be removed.
Next, allocate capacity for the iSCSI thin-provision volume by dragging the Allocation bar to the desired size. 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. If creating an iSCSI target volume under “Instant Allocation”, physical memory is assign to the target, being limited by the available memory.
From the LUN ACL setting screen click “Add”: Next, input “Initiator iqn” and setup iSCSI target volume access privileges from the available list. Apply by clicking the OK button. The accessible Initiator will be listed as shown in the screen shot displayed below.
The listed “Initiator iqn” can be modified or deleted by selecting the desired iqn and pressing Modify or Delete. Advance Option There are 3 available options for the user to operate Thecus IP storage associated with iSCSI setting. The details are listed in the following screenshot. If the options are modified, the system will need to reboot for the changes to take place. iSCSI CRC/Checksum To enable this option, the initiator can connect with “Data digest” and “Header digest”.
Max Connections The maximum number of iSCSI connections. Error Recovery Level The Error Recovery Level (ERL) is negotiated during a leading iSCSI connection login in traditional iSCSI (RFC 3720) and iSER (RFC 5046). ERL=0: Session Recovery ERL=0 (Session Recovery) is triggered when failures within a command, within a connection, and/or within TCP occur.
A description of each item follows: ADS/NT Support Item Description Work Group / Domain Specifies the SMB/CIFS Work Group / ADS Domain Name (e.g. Name MYGROUP). ADS Support Select Disable to disable authentication through Windows Active Directory Server. ADS Server Name Specifies the ADS server name (e.g. adservername). ADS Realm Specifies the ADS realm (e.g. example.com). Administrator ID Enter the administrators ID of Windows Active Directory, which is required for Thecus IP storage to join domain.
AD Domain Example Item Information Work Group / Domain domain Name ADS Support Enable ADS Server Name Computer1 ADS Realm Domain.local Administrator ID Administrator Administrator *********** Password NOTE • The DNS server specified in the WAN/LAN1 configuration page should be able to correctly resolve the ADS server name. • The time zone setting between Thecus IP storage and ADS should be identical. • The system time difference between Thecus IP storage and ADS should be less than five minutes.
3. Enter a User ID number or leave blank to use the system default value. 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 << or >> buttons to have this user join or leave a group. 6. Press the Apply button and the user is created. NOTE All users are automatically assigned to the ‘users’ group.
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 system. 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.
Local Group Configuration Item Description Add Press the Add button to add a user to the list of local groups. Edit Press the Edit button to modify a selected group from the system. Remove 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.
Ed it Groups 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 the Users List, and press the << 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 >> button. 5. Click the Apply button to save your changes. Remove Groups 1.
Batch Users and Groups Creation The Thecus IP storage 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. From the Accounts menu, click Batch Input and the Batch User and Group Cration dialogue will appear. To import your list of users and groups, follow these steps: 1. Click the Browse icon to locate your comma-separated text file.
User Quota The Thecus IP storage support local or AD users with storage quota limitations in each RAID volume of the system. To enable this function, simply click “Enable”, then apply. Next, each user can be setup a global storage quota size for each RAID volume. Simply click on “Quota Size” for each user and input the desired capacity. After the setup is complete, please click on “Apply” to activate the user quota size.
LDAP Support The LDAP is the other way to authenticate login users who has joined LDAP server, fill in the LDAP server information and get LDAP authentication started. Please make sure that the LDAP server has a Samba sam and a POSIX ObjectClass account. A description of each item follows: LDAP Support Item LDAP Service LDAP Server IP Base Domain Manager Password Apply Check ObjectClass Description Enable or Disable LDAP service. Input LDAP server IP address. Input base domain information ex.
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. NOTE • In some environments, due to security concerns, you may wish to disable SMB/CIFS as a precaution against computer viruses. Samba Recycle Bin The Thecus IP storage is supporting recycle bin via SMB/CIFS protocol.
Protocol. You can change any of these items and press Apply to confirm your settings. A description of each item follows: Apple Network Configuration Item Description AFP Server Enable or disable Apple File Service to use the Thecus IP storage with MAC OS-based systems. MAC CHARSET Specifies the code page from the drop down list. Zone 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 Thecus IP storage.
A description of each item follows: NFS Apply NFS Server Setting Item Description Enable or Disable NFS support. Click Apply to save your changes. FTP The Thecus IP storage can act as an FTP server, enabling users to download and upload files with their favorite 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.
Allow Anonymous FTP Access Auto Rename Upload Bandwidth Download Bandwidth 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. Upload/Download: Allow anonymous FTP users to upload or download files to/from public folders. Download: Allow anonymous FTP users to download files from public folders. No access: Block anonymous FTP user access.
WebService From the Network Service menu, choose the WebService item, and the WebService 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.
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.
SSH The device is now SSH protocol supported. It allows user to use SSH and have console to manipulate as needed. The SSH default login user name is “root” with full privilege and password is admin’s password. The default admin password is “admin” so once the admin password has changed then SSH login need to change the password too. A description for each item as following: SSH Item SSH Service Port SFTP Apply Description Enable or disable SSH service. The port number is default 22.
UPnP Port Management One of the most convent way to allow users to access required services such as FTP, SSH, web disk and http etc. from Internet environment is setting UPnP port management. To set up this UPnP port forwarding feature, please be sure that the router has “UPnP Service” Enabled. The following is an example from one of the router manufacture with UPnP Configuration page.
And click “Add Rule” to add more port mapping from Internet to access desired services or press “Refresh” to get most updated list. A description for each item as following: UPnP Port Management Item Description Start port Specific port number starts with. End port Specific port number ended Protocol Choose the protocol for port forwarding needed. Description Specific the port services if applicable. Apply Click “Apply” to confirm the changes.
iTunes® Server With the built-in iTunes server capability, Thecus IP storage 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 iTunes Service from here. Once enabled, enter the proper information for each field and press Apply to save your changes.
Auto Module Installation Choose the Auto Module Installation item and the available system Module screen appears. The default for this module list is located online. So if the Thecus IP storage is capable to connect to Internet, then it will automatically link to the Thecus official website and list the available modules. Please refer the screen shot below. Another way to have auto module installed is to use the universal CD shipped with system. It contains a file “modules.
Auto Module Source List Item Description Installed Status of module Name Module name Version The version of the released module Description The description of the module Location The module is either located on-line or disk Document The available documentation of the module Action To install or delete module. p.s.
When it comes to backing up your data, it’s very important to have flexibility. Data guard provides you with many options, including full backup for all shares, custom backup for selected shares and iSCSI volume backup. Being based on the Linux operating system, it is also much more stable and experiences much less frequent data loss during transfer than other remote backup systems.
Remote Data backup Item Description Add Add new task. Edit Edit select task. Remove Remove select task Start If associated task has been setup in schedule and like to start at once, click on to start task right away. Stop Stop the associated running task. The other scenario is if a task has been setup in real-time then clicking “Stop” can terminate the running process. Simple click ‘Start” to re-start the real-time operation.
Remote Data backup Item Description Full Backup The “Full backup” will have all shares from source backup to destination. It could also create shares automatically from destination if it is not existent. This only applies if the target server is the same model as the source. Custom Backup The “Custom backup” allows user to choose desired shares backup to destination. iSCSI Backup The “iSCSI backup” can backup iSCSI volume as single file to destination.
After the settings are complete, please click on “Connection Test”. The source unit will try to connect with the associated target system. If a connection can be built up successfully then “Connection passed” will be prompted, otherwise “Failed” will appear. Click “Next” and more setting will appear.
-Fill out all the necessary details and choose your parameters Add Rsync Backup Task Item Description Task Name Backup Type Sync Type Compress Backup NAS Config Resume Partial File Handle Sparse File Keep ACL Setting Log Location Speed Limit Timeout Limit Enable Schedule This is how this task will appear in the task list. Real time: It will backup folders/files from source to target on the fly. On the other hand, any changes from the source will back up to the target right away.
The custom backup setting is similar to the full backup. The only differences are explained below: 1. Inputs the share folder name of target sever where the source is going to backup. The sub-folder can be left as blank. 2. Select the source share folder(s) which are desired to be backed up to the target server. You can also click on “Select All” from top right corner check box. 3. Click “Next” and more setting appears.
4. Click “Finish” and the data guard task will appear in the list as shown below. From the task list, you can now see the newly added “customback01”. This backup is setup as “schedule”. iSCSI Backup If the source unit contains iSCSI volume, it can be backed up to the target unit as a single file. The procedure is the same as for the previous “Full backup” and “Custom backup”, select “iSCSI backup” from data guard wizard. 1.
2. Select the iSCSI target volume which you wish to back up to the target server. 3. Click “Next” and more settings will appear. It is slightly differing from “Full backup” and “Custom backup”. Only “Schedule” backup is supported with less options.
4. Click “Finish” and the data guard task will appear in the list as shown below. From the task list, you can now see the newly added “iscsiback”. This backup is setup as “schedule”. NOTE • The source folder name will use iSCSI_+target volume name. So here it is displayed as “iSCSI_pmtest”. pmtest is the iSCSI target name when the iSCSI target was created. The iSCSI backup can see the result as below. The task “iSCSI_pmtest” has backup to target 172.16.66.
NOTE • To restore task with backup type set as “Real time”, first you need to stop the task then you can proceed with the restore operation. Restore NAS Configuration This is a useful feature if the system configuration needs to be restored to a brand new unit. Let’s go thru the following example to see how it works. The original source system has 3 RAID volume, “RAID”, ‘RAID10” and “RAID20”, and has backed up the system configurations to the target server.
2. Click on “Restore NAS Configuration” and the screen shown below will appear. Input the target server’s IP address where the system configuration has been backed up, and necessary authentication info. Confirm by doing a “Connection Test” to make sure the communication between the source and the target server works. 3. Click “Next” and a screen will appear as shown below. It has the listed available system configuration backup files. Select the one you want and click next.
4. After clicking “Next”, a screen will appear as shown below. Listed on the left hand side, you will see the configuration backup details which contain the 3 RAID volumes. On the right hand side, you will see a list of single “RAID” volume. You may roll back to previous page to recall the example we have taken. 5. The backup configuration has different numbers of RAID volume than the current system (3 vs 1). It can be kept as the RAID volume mapping arranged by the system, then carry on to click “Finish”.
The current system has 2 RAID volumes, “RAID” and “RAIDa”. Select the RAID volume from the backup configuration volume list which is going to be mapped to the RAID volume of the current system. Simply click on the right hand side of “RAIDa” and a drop down list will appear. Now you can choose which volume to map with. In this case the “RAID01” volume from the system backup configuration will be mapped to the volume “RAIDa” of the current unit.
After inputting the ACL backup file and clicking the “Next” button, the system will show another screen to list the matched folders in between the backup file and this RAID volume. Just select the desired folders for the ACL restore. NOTE • The ACL backup will only back to share folder level; it does not apply to its sub-layer. • The ACL backup/restore can be used among ext3/ext4/XFS file system. ZFS can only be used with other RAID volume with ZFS file system created.
1. Write Files/folders to disc a. Click the Add button and the NAS share list appears. b. Select files/folders which you would like to burn. All of the selected folders/files will be seen under the disc label name “New Disc”. The disc label name can be changed by clicking on it and press “Edit” from menu bar. The selected folders/files also can be removed by clicking on them and then pressing “remove” or “remove all” for all selected items. c. Select from the installed USB burning devices.
d. Select the burning speed from the drop down list. e. Select whether disc data verification is required or not. f. Click “Burn” to start disc burning. 2. Write image file to disc a. Click “Browser” and the NAS share list will appear to locate the desired image file to burn. b. Select the ISO file. c. Select from the installed USB burning devices. Please click the “detect disc” button to check the status once the disc is inserted. d. Select the burning speed from the drop down list. e.
a. Click the Add button and the NAS share list will appear. b. Select the files/folders which you would like to burn. All of the selected folders/files will appear under the disc label name “New Disc”. The disc label name can be changed by clicking on it and pressing “Edit” from the menu bar. The selected folders/files also can be removed by clicking on them and pressing “remove” or “remove all” for all the selected items. c.
When you execute this utility for the first time, it will ask you to create a DB file. Click Yes. 1. Click Add to create a Backup task. The Add New Task dialog box will appear. Add New Task Item Task Source Incremental Destination Excluded extensions Comments Description Specifies a name for the current task. Click to specify the source folder/file location. Click to specify whether the backup will be incremental. If unchecked, the backup will be a full backup.
4. Click Next and in the Backup Type, Destination, and Name page, specify a backup location using the Browse button. 5. Find and select the drive that specifies your Thecus IP storage 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.
If a corrupt print job is sent to a printer, printing may suddenly fail. If your print jobs seem to be locked up, pressing the Remove All Documents button to clear the print queue may resolve the issue. You can configure Thecus IP storage 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.
2. Click the right mouse button in anywhere on the Printers folder and then select Add Printer. 3. Select Add a network, wireless or Bluetooth printer. 4. Select The printer that I want isn’t listed.
You can press The printer that I 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. Type http://:631/printers/usb-printer in the box, where is the IP address of Thecus IP storage. Click Next. 6. Select or install a printer and then press OK. 7. Windows will attempt to connect to the 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. 9. Done! Click Finish.
Uninterrupted Power Source From the External Devices menu, choose the Uninterrupted Power Source item and the UPS Setting screen appears. Make any changes you wish, and press Apply to confirm changes. See the following table for a detailed description of each item.
The Thecus IP storage also supports eSATA hard disks with its eSATA port. Before attaching an eSATA or USB disk drive to Thecus IP storage, 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\sd(x)1 where 192.168.1.100 means the IP address of Thecus IP storage and sd(x)1 stands for the first partition on the eSATA or USB disk drive. Remote Administration You can set up your Thecus IP storage for remote administration.
Part I - Setup a DynDNS Account 1. Go to http://www.dyndns.org from your home PC. 2. Click on the Sign Up Now link. 3. Check the Check boxes, select a user name (i.e.: N4800), enter your email address (i.e.: xxx@example.com), check Enable Wildcard, and create a password (i.e.: xxxx). 4. Wait for an email from www.dyndns.org. 5. Open the email and click on the link to activate your account Part II - Enable DDNS on the Router 1.
Replacing Damaged Hard Drives If you are using RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 50 or RAID 60 you can easily replace a damaged hard drive in the Thecus IP storage 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 is corrupted, the system OLED will display a warning message and the system will beep. Replacing a Hard Drive To replace a hard disk drive in the Thecus IP storage: 1.
Chapter 6: 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 Thecus IP storage OLED panel, or by using the setup wizard to retrieve the IP of your Thecus IP storage. 1. Start the Setup Wizard, and it will automatically detect all Thecus IP storage products on your network. 2.
Problems with Time and Date Settings The administrator is able to select an NTP Server to keep Thecus IP storage time synchronized. However, if Thecus IP storage cannot 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 Management>Time. 3. Under NTP Server, select No. 4. Set the Date, Time, and Time Zone. 5. Click Apply.
Chapter 7: Updates for FW v2.03.01 Changes for FW v2.03.
Disk Information From the Storage menu, choose the Disk Information item and the Disk Information screen appears. From here, you can see various installed hard disks. The disk slot position will appear if the mouse is moved over the installed disk. NOTE • The screen shot below is just an example from a Thecus IP Storage. The disk slots number can range from 8, 12 to 16 slots depending on the model of Thecus IP storage.
Disks Information Item Description Disk No. Indicates disk location. Capacity Shows the SATA hard disk capacity. Model Displays the SATA hard disk model name. Firmware Shows the SATA hard disk firmware version. Bad Block scan Yes to start scan Bad Block. S.M.A.R.T. Information On the Disk Information screen, select a disk then click on “Smart” to list the S.M.A.R.T. info of the associated disk.
You may also perform a disk SMART test (doesn’t apply to SAS HDD); simply click “Test” to start the SMART test. The result is only for reference and the system will not take any action from its results. S.M.A.R.T. Information Item Description Tray Number Tray the hard disk is installed in. Model Model name of the installed hard disk. Power ON Hours Count of hours in power-on state.
Test Type more) can be noticed in disk read/write speeds. Current count of unstable sectors (waiting for 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.
Remote Data backup Item Description Add Add a new task. Edit Edit selected task. Remove Remove selected task. Start Click on start to start a scheduled scan task right away. Stop Stop the associated running task. Also can be used if a task has been setup as real-time, clicking “Stop” can terminate the running process. Simply click ‘Start” to re-start the real-time operation. Restore Restore the associated task. Log Click to view the associated task process details.
Local Data backup Item Description Import This is associated with external devices which are added to the system such as USB disk. You can select a folder from an external device and import it to the NAS as a share folder. Copy Copy folder to folder or NAS folder to external device or external device to NAS folder. This backup is within folder level. Realtime Backup The task will be executed on the fly between the source and the target.
Click on the associated external device and the contain folders will be listed. Select the folders that are going to be imported to the NAS and select the available RAID volume which is listed in Target pane. In here, we have selected the “Intel Graphi…” and “N10850” folders from the external device and imported them to the NAS under the RAID60volume.
Next, please select the path from the drop down list to save the log. Also, give the access permission whether these selected folders will be “Public” or not after the import. Read the notes and check the “Accept” box for confirmation. If a share name already exists for the import, then the import will be rename automatically to “existing share name -1”.
For esample, if the NAS RAID volume “RAID60” already has a folder named “Intel_Graphics_V614105398_XP”, the import folder will then be rename to: “Intel_Graphics_V614105398_XP-1”. Now, you will see in the data guard task list that you have created a task . And that the system has created 2 new share folders from the task just created. 2. Copy: click on “Copy” and this screen appears. 3 different options can be selected, folder to folder, folder to external device or external device to folder.
Folder to Folder Folder to external device External device to Folder 142
Let’s take “Folder to External device” as an example. In the source pane, select the desired RAID volume and its associated folder list will appear; same method in the target pane for the associated external device. Select a folder from the source pane which is going to be copy over, then select in target pane it’s destination.
Choosing the sync type, “Incremental” or ‘Sync”, and select the log path from the drop menu list. Read the notes and check the “Accept” box for confirmation. Now, you will see in the data guard task list that you have created a task.
3. Realtime Backup: click on “Realtime Backup” and this screen will appear. 2 different options can be selected from, folder to folder, folder to external device. Let’s take “Folder to Folder” backup for example. Select from the source pane the folder “NAS_Public”, then select its destination in the target panefolder “R6andy”. Next, fill in the task name and related settings.
Realtime Backup Item Description Task Name Input the task name, length limited to 4~12 characters. Sync Type Select “Incremental” or “Synchronize”. Backup Symbolic Link Choose to backup symbolic link which is included in the source. Filter The filter can be set to be executed only in certain circumstances. If none of them has been selected, it will do the real time backup from the source to the destination in full.
Now, you can see in the data guard task list that your created task is listed. The task status will say “Processing” untill the “Stop” button is pressed. 4. Schedule Backup: click on “Schedule Backup” and this screen will. 2 different choices can be selected from, folder to folder, folder to external device. Let’s use “Folder to External device” backup for our example.
Read the notes and check the “Accept” box for confirmation. Now, you will see in the data guard task list that you have created a task.
5. iSCSI Backup: click on “iSCSI Backup” and screen appear as below. It can be backup to two different storage pool, iSCSI to folder, iSCSI to external device. Let’s take example to have “iSCSI to Folder” backup, from existed iSCSI volume “iSCSI_iscsiv502” to volume RAID folder “andy_local”. The source pane listed “iSCSI_iscsiv502” and “iSCSI_iscsiv50” where are iscsi volume has existed in this system with name “iSCSI_+iscsi target volume name”.
Reading the note and check on “Accept” for confirmation. Now, from the data guard task list will have created task listed. To start the iSCSI volume backup, select the task and click “Start” from task bar. Once “Start” click, the associated iSCSI volume will not allow to I/O during backup processing. And the task status will change to ‘Processing”. States change to “Finish” after task complete. From the RAID volume folder ‘andy_local’, it has backup iSCSI volume file stored.
6. iSCSI Import: click on “iSCSI Import” and screen appear as below. It can be imported from two different storage pools, folder to iSCSI or external device to iSCSI. It is depend on where iSCSI volume has backup to. Let’s take example to import “RAID folder to iSCSI” which is the iSCSI volume we have backup earlier to RAID volume folder andy_local than import to volume RAID.
Next, provide where the task log will store. Reading the note and check on “Accept” for confirmation. Now, from the data guard task list will have created task listed. Volume Expansion Management The user guide please refers to URL below. http://www.thecus.com/download/manual/AllinOne_64bit/Volume_Expansion_v1.0.
Appendix A: Customer Support If your Thecus IP storage is not working properly, we encourage you to check out Chapter 6: Troubleshooting, located in this manual. You can also try to ensure that you are using the latest firmware version for your Thecus IP storage. 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.
Appendix B: 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.
This is excellent for complete data security. 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 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.
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.
Appendix C: 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.
Appendix D: 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 Availability Thecus Technology Corp. has exposed the full source code of the GPL licensed software. For more information on how you can obtain our source code, please visit our web site, http://www.thecus.com.
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.
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