User guide
Serial ATA 4-Drive NAS
User Guide
Managing Your Storage System - 70
authentication mode, you cannot change the storage system name.
Using the System page, you can also change the administrator password to use for logging in to the Web
User Interface.
To change any of the system settings:
1. In the navigation bar, click Advanced.
2. In the left pane, click System.
3. Make the desired changes:
Note: If you change the name of the storage system, be sure to also change that name in any local
hosts files or on the DNS server in your network. The storage system does not register its name
with your DNS server automatically.
For example, if users connected to the storage system using its IP address, changing the name
has no effect. However, if they connected using the name, they must disconnect from their
shared folders (as described in “Disconnecting from Shared Folders” on page 136) and then
access the shared folders again using the new name (as described in “Accessing Shared Fold-
ers” on page 37).
If the DiskSafe Express users connected to the storage system using its name, they must
remove protection from all disks that connected to this storage system (as described in “Remov-
ing Protection” on page 122) and protect their disks again (as described in “Protecting Your
Disks” on page 98), using the new name.
To change this Do this
The storage system name In Storage system name, enter the new name to use for the storage sys-
tem.
This name can be up to 15 characters long and can include letters, num-
bers, and hyphens.
Note: If you change the name of the storage system, be sure to also
change that name in any local hosts files or on the DNS server in your
network. The
storage system does not register its name with your DNS
server automatically.
In Active Directory authentication mode, you cannot change the storage
system
name.