User Manual

MANAGING STORAGE
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MY CLOUD USER MANUAL 
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System Disks: This area identifies the drives in your device, the status of each drive,
and the amount of space on that drive.
Note: If a drive is not supported, the status is not compatible.
Viewing Hard Disk Drive Information
Use the following steps to view status of the disks on your My Cloud device.
1. On the Storage page, click Disk Status,
if not already selected.
2. In the System Disks area, select Dr
ive <drive #> next to the disk for which you’d like to
view information.
3. Review the hard drive information and click Clo
se. The Hard Drive Information screen
displays the following data:
Vendor The vendor from whom the hard drive was obtained.
Model The model number of the hard drive selected.
Serial Number The serial number of the
hard drive selected.
Capacity The capacity of the hard drive selected.
Firmware Version The current firmware version used on the drive selected.
Viewing S.M.A.R.T Data Information
Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T.) data detects and reports on
various indicators of drive reliability with the intent of anticipating hardware failures.
Use the following steps to view S.M.A.R.T data info
rmation concerning your My Cloud device
drives.
1. On the Storage page, click Disk Status,
if not already selected.
2. In the System Disks area, select S.M.A.R.T
Data next to the disk for which you’d like to
view information.
3. Review the S.M.A.R.T drive
information, then click Close.
iSCSI Storage
Internet SCSI (iSCSI) is an industry standard developed to enable transmission of iSCSI block
storage commands and data over an existing IP network by using the TCP/IP protocol. The
encapsulated iSCSI commands and data can be transmitted over a local area network (LAN) or a
wide area network (WAN). As with traditional iSCSI, an iSCSI storage solution requires at least
one “initiator” residing on the client computer and at least one “target” residing on the storage
server.
Once the connection is established between the iSCSI init
iator and the iSCSI target, the operating
system on the iSCSI initiator sees the storage as a local storage device that can be formatted, read,
and written in the usual manner.
Your My Cloud device allows you to create and manage iSCSI targets. The iSCSI target provides
storage
, similar to a local hard disk drive, but is accessed over a network rather than locally. The
iSCSI target is protected by the underlying RAID structure of the My Cloud device.
iSCSI Roles
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Initiator: A client computer that accesses storage devices using iSCSI commands over an
IP network.