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Cloud Storage
NAS Series
Version 5.1
Edition 2
Quick Start Guide
User's Guide
Default Login Details
Web Address
www.zyxel.com
User Name
Password
nas326
nas542
nas540
nas520
admin
1234
Copyright © 2016 ZyXEL Communications Corporation

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  • Page 1 Cloud Storage NAS Series Version 5.1 Edition 2 Quick Start Guide User’s Guide Default Login Details Web Address nas326 nas542 nas540 www.zyxel.com nas520 User Name admin Password 1234 Copyright © 2016 ZyXEL Communications Corporation...

  • Page 2: Related Documentation And Online Support

    Related Documentation and Online Support Related Documentation and Online Support IMPORTANT! READ CAREFULLY BEFORE USE. KEEP THIS GUIDE FOR FUTURE REFERENCE. Screenshots and graphics in this book may differ slightly from your product due to differences in your product firmware or your computer operating system. Every effort has been made to ensure that the information in this manual is accurate.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Overview Contents Overview Getting to Know Your NAS ........................14 Getting Started ............................19 Accessing Your Cloud Remotely ......................26 zCloud ..............................30 Managing Users, Groups, and Shares ....................33 Backing Up, Retrieving, and Syncing Files .....................34 Web Desktop at a Glance ........................36 Web Configurator ............................38 Storage Manager ............................47 Status Center ............................103 Control Panel ............................106...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Table of Contents Related Documentation and Online Support ..................2 Contents Overview ..........................3 Table of Contents ..........................4 Chapter 1 Getting to Know Your NAS.........................14 1.1 Overview ............................14 1.2 LEDs ..............................15 1.3 Hard Disks ............................16 1.4 SD Card ............................16 1.5 Power Button .............................16 1.6 COPY/SYNC Button ..........................17 1.7 RESET Button ...........................17...
  • Page 5 Table of Contents Chapter 5 Managing Users, Groups, and Shares ....................33 5.1 Managing Users, Groups, and Shares ....................33 Chapter 6 Backing Up, Retrieving, and Syncing Files..................34 6.1 About Backups ..........................34 6.2 Managing a USB Device and USB Backups ..................34 6.3 Remote Backups ..........................34 6.4 Internal Backups ..........................34 6.5 Cloud Backups ..........................35 6.6 Synchronizing Files ...........................35...
  • Page 6 Table of Contents 8.6 Technical Reference ..........................98 Chapter 9 Status Center.............................103 9.1 Overview ............................103 9.1.1 System Information ........................103 9.1.2 Network ..........................104 Chapter 10 Control Panel ...........................106 10.1 Overview ............................106 10.2 What You Can Do .........................106 10.3 What You Need to Know .......................106 10.4 TCP/IP Screens ..........................107 10.4.1 Configuring General TCP/IP Settings ..................107 10.4.2 Configuring Network Interface .....................108...
  • Page 7 Table of Contents 11.9 iTunes Server ..........................138 Chapter 12 Administrator ............................139 12.1 Overview ............................139 12.2 Administrator Screens ........................139 12.2.1 Global Administrator Icons ....................140 12.2.2 Navigation Panel ........................140 12.2.3 Main Window ........................142 12.2.4 Status Messages ........................142 12.2.5 Common Administrator Screen Icons .................142 12.2.6 Session Example (Windows) ....................142 Chapter 13 Managing Packages .........................144...
  • Page 8 Table of Contents 14.11 Web Configurator’s Security Sessions ..................177 14.11.1 Customizing the NAS’s Certificate ..................177 14.11.2 Downloading and Installing Customized Certificate ............179 14.11.3 Turn on the NAS’s Web Security ..................182 14.12 Using FTPES to Connect to the NAS ..................188 14.13 Using a Mac to Access the NAS ....................189 14.13.1 Finder ..........................189 14.13.2 Go Menu ..........................191 14.14 How to Use the BackupPlanner ....................191...
  • Page 9 Table of Contents 17.7 Download Service Screen ......................219 17.7.1 Adding a Download Task .....................222 17.7.2 Configuring General Download Settings ................223 17.7.3 Configuring the P2P Download Settings ................225 17.7.4 Edit IP Filter ........................227 17.7.5 Selecting Files to Download ....................228 17.7.6 Displaying the Task Information ..................229 17.8 Web Publishing Screen .........................230 17.9 Print Server Screen ........................231 17.9.1 Print Server Rename ......................232...
  • Page 10 Table of Contents 19.3 What You Need to Know .......................262 19.4 Flickr/YouTube Screen .........................262 19.4.1 Configuring the Flickr Settings ....................263 19.4.2 Configuring the YouTube Settings ..................267 19.5 FTP Uploadr Screen ........................270 19.5.1 Adding or Editing an FTP Server Entry ................271 19.5.2 FTP Uploadr Preferences Screen ..................272 Chapter 20 Dropbox .............................274...
  • Page 11 Table of Contents 24.3.1 Adding or Editing Share ......................293 24.3.2 Configuring Advanced Share Access .................294 24.3.3 Public and ANONYMOUS Share Access Rights ..............295 24.4 Recycle Bin Configuration Screen ....................295 24.4.1 Recycle Bins ........................295 24.4.2 Configuring Recycle Bins ....................296 24.5 Share Browser Screen .........................296 24.5.1 Moving or Copying Files .....................298 Chapter 25 WebDAV .............................300...
  • Page 12 Table of Contents 27.3.3 Backup: Step 3 ........................325 27.3.4 Backup: Step 4 ........................326 27.3.5 Edit Job Screen ........................327 27.3.6 Edit Job: Step 1 ........................328 27.3.7 Edit Job: Step 2 ........................329 27.3.8 Restore Archive Screen .......................330 27.3.9 Restore Archive: Step 1 .......................330 27.3.10 Restore Archive: Step 2 .....................331 27.3.11 Restore Archive: Step 3 .....................331 27.4 Restore Screen ..........................332...
  • Page 13 Table of Contents Index ..............................366 Cloud Storage User’s Guide...

  • Page 14: Getting To Know Your Nas

    H A PT ER Getting to Know Your NAS 1.1 Overview Use the NAS as your own personal cloud. Here are some key features: Start using ZyXEL NAS instantly with FindMe - Use ZyXEL FindMe to discover your NAS on your home network and get in control in under 15 seconds.

  • Page 15: Leds

    Chapter 1 Getting to Know Your NAS Figure 1 Example of the NAS in a Home Network Above is the NAS in a home network. Users back up and share data on the NAS. The media player plays the NAS’s media files on the TV. A USB hard drive provides extra storage space and files are copied directly from the USB mass storage device to the NAS.

  • Page 16: Hard Disks

    Chapter 1 Getting to Know Your NAS Table 1 LEDs (continued) COLOR STATUS DESCRIPTION White The hard disk drive is connected properly to the NAS. This LED stays on white when the hard disk drive is in hibernation if you do not enable sleeping HDD LED blinking.

  • Page 17: Copy/Sync Button

    Chapter 1 Getting to Know Your NAS Figure 2 Using the Power Button to Turn Off the NAS Press 1 Beep 2 Beeps 2 more seconds 3 seconds Release for Release for hardware software shutdown shutdown • To have the NAS go through its normal software shutdown process and turn itself off, press the power button until you hear one beep (after about three seconds), then release it.
  • Page 18 Chapter 1 Getting to Know Your NAS You should periodically back up your configuration file to your computer (see Section 26.5 on page for details about managing the NAS’s configuration file). You could then restore your configuration in the event that you or someone else reset the NAS to the factory defaults. Note: Keep the NAS in a secure location in order to prevent unauthorized reset of the device.

  • Page 19: Getting Started

    H A PT ER Getting Started 2.1 Overview Use FindMe or the NAS Starter Utility to find and access the NAS and the files on it. The NAS Starter Utility supports Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8. Click Help to open a Web Help page about the NAS Starter Utility screens.

  • Page 20: Nas Seeker Screen

    Chapter 2 Getting Started 2.3.1 NAS Seeker Screen Use this screen to view the NASs in your network. The NAS’s Server Name. The default is ‘NAS’ followed by the number of your model (‘NAS540’ for example). See Section 2.3.5 on page 23 how to change it to a more recognizable one in your network.

  • Page 21: Main Nas Starter Utility Screen

    Chapter 2 Getting Started Table 2 NAS Seeker (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Status This shows whether the NAS is Online, Unreachable, Configuring, or Config Failed. Server Name This is the server name you configured for the NAS. If you have more than one NAS in your network, it is recommended that you give each one a unique name for identification purposes.

  • Page 22: Directory Of The Nas

    Chapter 2 Getting Started Table 3 NAS Starter Utility Main Screen (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION MAC Address This is the NAS’s unique physical hardware address (MAC). Firmware Version This shows the version of firmware the NAS is currently using. Status This shows whether the NAS is Online, Uninitialized, Unreachable, Configuring, or Config Failed.

  • Page 23: Network Drive

    Chapter 2 Getting Started 2.3.4 Network Drive In the main NAS Starter Utility screen click Network Drive to add the NAS as a network drive in your computer’s Windows Explorer. Enter your user name and password and click Login to be able to add the NAS’s shares to which you have access as network drives.
  • Page 24 Chapter 2 Getting Started Click Configuration > System Setting in the main utility screen to display the following screen. Figure 13 NAS Starter Utility > Configuration > System Setting The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 4 NAS Starter Utility > Configuration > System Setting LABEL DESCRIPTION Server Name...
  • Page 25 Chapter 2 Getting Started Table 4 NAS Starter Utility > Configuration > System Setting (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Use from DHCP Domain Name System (DNS) is for mapping a domain name to its corresponding IP server address and vice versa. Select this if the NAS is automatically given DNS information from the ISP or a DHCP server in your network.

  • Page 26: Accessing Your Cloud Remotely

    H A PT ER Accessing Your Cloud Remotely Use the NAS to set up your own secure personal cloud. Keep your videos, photos, music, and files safely at home and under your control. Access, share, and stream files from anywhere using your PC, Mac computer, and mobile devices.

  • Page 27: Nas And File List

    Chapter 3 Accessing Your Cloud Remotely Figure 14 ZyXEL Drive Welcome 3.2.2 NAS and File List My own NAS - Access and share files from your own NAS. Shared With Me - Access files on someone else’s NAS folder that they have shared with you. Cloud Storage User’s Guide...

  • Page 28: Uploading And Media Streaming

    Chapter 3 Accessing Your Cloud Remotely Figure 15 NAS and File List 3.2.3 Uploading and Media Streaming Use ZyXEL Drive to upload photos and videos from your mobile device to the NAS. You can also stream videos and music stored on the NAS. Cloud Storage User’s Guide...
  • Page 29 Chapter 3 Accessing Your Cloud Remotely Figure 16 Uploading and Media Streaming Cloud Storage User’s Guide...

  • Page 30: Zcloud

    H A PT ER zCloud ZyXEL zCloud app lets you play your favorite multimedia files on the NAS on your big screen TV. Use TV streaming devices such as Apple TV, Google Chromecast, Roku 3, and Amazon Fire TV; or play files directly on smart TVs like those from Samsung and LG.

  • Page 31: Zcloud Tv Streaming

    Chapter 4 zCloud Figure 18 zCloud Android and iOS Main Menus Find a NAS - use your NAS’s IP address and your user name and password to connect to it. NAS540 - access the NAS’s default photo, music, and video shares. You can play, download, upload and manage files.
  • Page 32 Chapter 4 zCloud Figure 19 zCloud Android and iOS TV Streaming Cloud Storage User’s Guide...

  • Page 33: Managing Users, Groups, And Shares

    H A PT ER Managing Users, Groups, and Shares 5.1 Managing Users, Groups, and Shares • Use the Users screens (Chapter 22 on page 281) to create and manage administrator and user accounts. • Use the Groups screens (Chapter 23 on page 287) to create and manage groups of user accounts.

  • Page 34: Backing Up, Retrieving, And Syncing Files

    H A PT ER Backing Up, Retrieving, and Syncing Files 6.1 About Backups Backup before you need it. The NAS’s multiple backup methods make it easy to follow the 3-2-1 backup rule: • At least 3 copies of data • Stored on at least 2 different media •...

  • Page 35: Cloud Backups

    Chapter 6 Backing Up, Retrieving, and Syncing Files • See Section 14.14.2 on page 194 for an example of how to back up the NAS to another NAS. • Use the Restore screens (Section 27.4 on page 332) to restore previous backups based on the backup job.

  • Page 36: Web Desktop At A Glance

    Web Desktop at a Glance...

  • Page 38: Web Configurator

    H A PT ER Web Configurator 7.1 Overview This chapter describes how to access the NAS web configurator and provides an overview of its screens. The web configurator is an HTML-based management interface that allows easy NAS setup and management using an Internet browser. Use Internet Explorer 11.0.9, Mozilla Firefox 31.0, Safari 5.1.7, Google Chrome 37.0.2, or later versions of these browsers.
  • Page 39 Chapter 7 Web Configurator Figure 21 NAS Login Screen Make sure you have a backup of any existing data in the hard disk before installing it in the NAS. Creating a volume formats the hard disk and deletes all data in the process. This screen displays if you have not created a volume yet.
  • Page 40 Chapter 7 Web Configurator If you choose Existing on disk group, you will go to the screens below after clicking Next. Figure 24 Existing on Disk Group If this is the first time the NAS has created a volume, it needs to reboot after the volume is created. Click Yes to reboot or No to go to the Desktop.

  • Page 41: Desktop

    Chapter 7 Web Configurator Figure 25 Reboot 7.3 Desktop The Desktop screen displays after you log in. Hover your mouse over the heading bar icons to display their names. Cloud Storage User’s Guide...
  • Page 42 Chapter 7 Web Configurator Figure 26 Desktop (Administrator) Status Zone Figure 27 Desktop (User) Note: The Web Configurator session automatically times out if left idle for 15 minutes. Simply log back into the NAS if this happens to you. Desktop - click this to minimize all windows so you can see the desktop. Click it again to restore the windows to their previous state.

  • Page 43: Status Zone

    Chapter 7 Web Configurator Storage Manager- click this to open the storage configuration screens. Control Panel - click this to open the control panel screens to configure the network setting and upgrade firmware. Status Center - click this to display NAS status information. Help - click this to display the NAS’...

  • Page 44: Grouping Icons

    Chapter 7 Web Configurator Table 5 Status Zone Icons (continued) ICON DESCRIPTION Click this to select widgets to show on the status bar. Select or clear the widgets to show or hide on the Status bar. Click OK to save your changes or Cancel to exit this screen without saving changes.
  • Page 45 Chapter 7 Web Configurator Figure 28 Grouping Icons After the group is created, the default group name is NewGroup. You can click the icon to change the group name. In the following example, the group name is changed to Media. Figure 29 Change the Group Name You can also move the group to another page by right-clicking the icon as shown next.
  • Page 46 Chapter 7 Web Configurator Figure 30 Move the Group Location Cloud Storage User’s Guide...

  • Page 47: Storage Manager

    H A PT ER Storage Manager 8.1 Overview This chapter displays the status of both internal and external storage, and introduces how to configure disk groups, volumes, and iSCSI functions. Click Storage Manager on the Desktop to go to the following screens in a new window. 8.2 Storage Manager Overview Click Storage Manager on the Desktop to display the status of both internal and external storage, and configure disk groups, volumes, and iSCSI functions.
  • Page 48 Chapter 8 Storage Manager Figure 32 Storage Manager > Overview > External Volumes The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 6 Storage Manager > Overview LABEL DESCRIPTION Storage The circular icon displays the overall health state of the NAS. A green circle with a check mark indicates healthy.

  • Page 49: Internal Storage

    Chapter 8 Storage Manager Table 6 Storage Manager > Overview (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Volume (for Internal This section shows the current storage usage for each volume built directly on top Volumes) of a RAID. These volumes have higher access performance than volumes on a disk group but are less flexible in regards to size.
  • Page 50 Chapter 8 Storage Manager Internal Volumes Table 7 Internal Volumes OPTION DESCRIPTION Volume Allocates all the available space to the volume. Provides better performance. Volume on Disk Allows you to create multiple volumes on a disk group. Group Allows you to customize the size of a volume. RAID Types The following table describes RAID types.
  • Page 51 Chapter 8 Storage Manager Change RAID Type You can change the following RAID types without losing stored data. This can help you manage your storage capacity as you add more disks. Table 9 Internal Volumes RAID TYPE WHAT YOU CAN CHANGE IT TO Basic RAID 1 RAID 1...
  • Page 52 Chapter 8 Storage Manager Figure 33 Internal Storage Volume The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 11 Internal Storage > Volume LABEL DESCRIPTION Volume Use this section to configure and manage volumes built on hard disks directly. Create Click this to format internal hard disks and create a new volume.
  • Page 53 Chapter 8 Storage Manager Table 11 Internal Storage > Volume (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Manage Select a volume and click Manage to edit, repair or expand the volume. Note: This button is available only when you can repair, expand or change RAID type. Delete Select a volume and click Delete to remove it.
  • Page 54 Chapter 8 Storage Manager Table 11 Internal Storage > Volume (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Usage This field shows the percentage of the volume being used, the percentage that is available, and the total disk size. Hot Spare This field shows the name of the standby disk if there is any for a RAID 1 or RAID 5 volume.

  • Page 55: Creating A Volume

    Chapter 8 Storage Manager 8.3.1 Creating a Volume Use the Create Volume screen to configure a volume directly on a disk/RAID, which has better performance. Click Create in the Volume section of the Internal Storage > Volume screen to open the screen as shown. Note: Create a volume on a disk group instead if you want to have multiple volumes on a disk.

  • Page 56: Managing A Volume

    Chapter 8 Storage Manager Table 12 Create Volume (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Select one or more hard disks where you want to create a volume. Use the check box on the top to select or unselect all entries in this column. Disk Name This field shows the name of the hard disk.
  • Page 57 Chapter 8 Storage Manager Figure 36 Manage Volume (Repair RAID) Cloud Storage User’s Guide...
  • Page 58 Chapter 8 Storage Manager Figure 37 Manage Volume (Expand the volume by adding disk(s) ) Cloud Storage User’s Guide...
  • Page 59 Chapter 8 Storage Manager Figure 38 Manage Volume (Change RAID Type) Cloud Storage User’s Guide...
  • Page 60 Chapter 8 Storage Manager Figure 39 Manage Volume (Change RAID Type) Cloud Storage User’s Guide...
  • Page 61 Chapter 8 Storage Manager The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 13 Manage Volume LABEL DESCRIPTION Repair RAID Select this to repair a degraded RAID volume. Expand the Select this to add one or more disks to a JBOD, RAID 1 or RAID 5 volume. You can add a volume by disk to increase an array’s capacity or to use as a hot-spare (standby).
  • Page 62 Chapter 8 Storage Manager Table 13 Manage Volume (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Volume This field displays the total available size of the volume. Capacity Back Click Back to go to the previous step. Apply Click Apply to save the settings. Cancel Click Cancel to close the screen without saving any settings.
  • Page 63 Chapter 8 Storage Manager Table 13 Manage Volume (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Volume Name This field displays the name of the volume. Volume This field displays the total available size of the volume. Capacity Back Click Back to go to the previous step. Apply Click Apply to save the settings.

  • Page 64: Creating A Volume On Disk Group

    Chapter 8 Storage Manager Table 13 Manage Volume (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Volume This field displays the total size of the volume. Capacity Back Click Back to go to the previous step. Apply Click Apply to save the settings. Cancel Click Cancel to close the screen without saving any settings. 8.3.3 Creating a Volume on Disk Group Use the Create Volume on Disk Group screen to configure a volume on an existing or new disk group.
  • Page 65 Chapter 8 Storage Manager Figure 40 Create Volume on an Existing Disk Group Cloud Storage User’s Guide...
  • Page 66 Chapter 8 Storage Manager Figure 41 Create Volume on a New Disk Group Cloud Storage User’s Guide...
  • Page 67 Chapter 8 Storage Manager The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 14 Create Volume on Disk Group LABEL DESCRIPTION Choose an Action Create Volume on Select Existing on disk group and a disk group from the drop-down list box to create a volume on the disk group.
  • Page 68 Chapter 8 Storage Manager Table 14 Create Volume on Disk Group (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Choose a RAID type Select a RAID type from the drop-down list box. The corresponding space allocations of available size, data protection area, and wasted size display. Use Basic with one disk.

  • Page 69: Editing A Volume On Disk Group

    Chapter 8 Storage Manager 8.3.4 Editing a Volume on Disk Group Use the Edit Volume on Disk Group screen to expand a volume’s capacity. In the Internal Storage > Volume screen, select a volume and then click Edit in the Volume on Disk Group section to open the screen as shown.
  • Page 70 Chapter 8 Storage Manager Figure 43 Disk Group The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 16 Disk Group LABEL DESCRIPTION Create Click this to format internal hard disks and create a new disk group. All data on the disk(s) will be lost.
  • Page 71 Chapter 8 Storage Manager Table 16 Disk Group (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Disk Group X This field shows the name of the disk group and whether it is normal, degraded, crashed, Creating, Deleting, Expanding, Repairing or Changing the RAID type. Normal: A green circle represents a healthy volume. Degraded: An orange circle represents a degraded RAID 1 volume.
  • Page 72 Chapter 8 Storage Manager Table 16 Disk Group (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Status This field shows the status of the hot-spare disk. This field shows the name of the disk group and whether it is normal, degraded, crashed, Creating, Deleting, Expanding, Repairing or Changing the RAID type. Normal: A green circle represents a healthy volume.
  • Page 73 Chapter 8 Storage Manager Figure 44 Create Disk Group Need Graphic! The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 17 Create Disk Group LABEL DESCRIPTION Step 1. Select Disks and RAID Type Select disks This section lists all available hard disks in the table and displays the disk trays the hard disks are currently installed in the graphic on the right.

  • Page 74: Hard Disk

    Chapter 8 Storage Manager Table 17 Create Disk Group (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Choose a RAID Select a RAID type from the drop-down list box. The corresponding space allocations of type available size, data protection area, and wasted size display. Use Basic with one disk. Use JBOD with two or more disks for maximum capacity.
  • Page 75 Chapter 8 Storage Manager Figure 45 Hard Disk The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 18 Hard Disk LABEL DESCRIPTION Status This field shows the status of an installed hard disk. Normal: A green circle displays. This represents the volume is functioning normally. Crashed: A red circle displays.
  • Page 76 Chapter 8 Storage Manager Figure 46 S.M.A.R.T Overview The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 19 S.M.A.R.T Overview LABEL DESCRIPTION This shows the current status of the hard disk (a green circle with a check mark indicates healthy).
  • Page 77 Chapter 8 Storage Manager Table 19 S.M.A.R.T Overview (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Reallocated_ This field shows the total number of reallocated sectors on the hard drive. When the hard Sector_Ct drive detects a read/write/verification error, it marks the sector as “reallocated” and transfers the data to a specially reserved (spare) area.
  • Page 78 Chapter 8 Storage Manager Figure 47 S.M.A.R.T Info The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 20 S.M.A.R.T Info LABEL DESCRIPTION This is the identification number used to tag a hard disk attribute. This is standard across all S.M.A.R.T-enabled storage devices. However it depends on the storage vendor which attributes it will allow S.M.A.R.T to diagnose.
  • Page 79 Chapter 8 Storage Manager Table 20 S.M.A.R.T Info LABEL DESCRIPTION Updated This indicates when the hard drive updates the value for this attribute. • Always means the hard drive updates this attribute during normal operation and during offline activities. • Offline means the hard drive only updates this attribute when no one is accessing the hard drive.
  • Page 80 Chapter 8 Storage Manager Table 21 S.M.A.R.T. Attributes (continued) ATTRIBUTE BETTER DESCRIPTION NAME Power-On Hours This is how many hours the hard drive has been in a power-on state. The (POH) raw value lists the total number of hours (or minutes, or seconds depending on the manufacturer).

  • Page 81: Iscsi

    Chapter 8 Storage Manager Table 21 S.M.A.R.T. Attributes (continued) ATTRIBUTE BETTER DESCRIPTION NAME Soft ECC This is the number of errors corrected by software ECC (Error Correction Correction Code). Thermal Asperity This is the number of thermal asperity errors. Thermal asperity is a read Rate (TAR) signal spike caused by sensor temperature rise due to touching the disk surface or contaminant particles.

  • Page 82: Iscsi Luns Screens

    Chapter 8 Storage Manager network, data transmission and storage management can be processed through the network. In other words, you can access and manage the target the same way as a locally attached drive. In the following example, a branch office has a NAS named NAS1. You want to expand your data storage capacity by accessing an iSCSI LUN (Logical Unit Number) volume called VOL1 on NAS1 over the Internet.
  • Page 83 Chapter 8 Storage Manager Figure 49 Storage Manager > iSCSI > iSCSI LUNs The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 22 iSCSI > iSCSI LUNs LABEL DESCRIPTION Create Click this to create a new LUN on a volume. See more details on Section 8.4.1.1 on page Un-map...
  • Page 84 Chapter 8 Storage Manager Table 22 iSCSI > iSCSI LUNs (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Delete Click this to open the following screen where you can delete an existing LUN. Key in DELETE and click Delete to remove an existing LUN. Click Cancel to close this screen. Info Click this item to check detailed information about the LUN.
  • Page 85 Chapter 8 Storage Manager Figure 50 Creating a New LUN Cloud Storage User’s Guide...

  • Page 86: Iscsi Targets Screens

    Chapter 8 Storage Manager The following table describes the labels in these screens. Table 23 Create a New LUN LABEL DESCRIPTION Step 1. Set Up LUN Properties Name Type a LUN name in this field. Note: Valid characters for the name are 0-9, a-z, and A-Z, and the maximum length is 30 characters.
  • Page 87 Chapter 8 Storage Manager Figure 51 Storage Manager > iSCSI > iSCSI Targets The following table describes the labels in these screens. Table 24 iSCSI > iSCSI Targets LABEL DESCRIPTION Create Click this to create a new iSCSI target. See more details on Section 8.4.2.1 on page Edit Click this to modify the configuration of the iSCSI target.
  • Page 88 Chapter 8 Storage Manager Table 24 iSCSI > iSCSI Targets (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Delete Click this to open the following screen where you can delete an existing target. Key in DELETE and click Delete to remove an existing target. Click Cancel to close this screen.
  • Page 89 Chapter 8 Storage Manager Note: The NAS can create only 10 targets at maximum. Figure 52 Creating a new LUN Cloud Storage User’s Guide...
  • Page 90 Chapter 8 Storage Manager The following table describes the labels in these screens. Table 25 Create a New Target LABEL DESCRIPTION Step 1. Set Up Target Properties Name Enter the name of your iSCSI target. Note: Valid characters for the name are 0-9, a-z, and A-Z, and the maximum length is 30 characters.
  • Page 91 Chapter 8 Storage Manager Table 25 Create a New Target (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION CHAP If the iSCSI target has configured Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) here, the initiator needs to enter the secret before the initiator connects to the target. The target will authenticate the initiator with the username and password (shared secret).
  • Page 92 Chapter 8 Storage Manager Table 25 Create a New Target (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Apply Click Apply to save the settings. Cancel Click Cancel to close the screen without saving any settings. 8.4.2.2 Editing a Created Target You can edit iSCSI target settings such as allowed initiator (IQN), CHAP, and CRC checksum after you create a target.
  • Page 93 Chapter 8 Storage Manager Table 26 iSCSI Targets > Edit > Properties (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION CHAP Username - The user name is for the initiator to authenticate the initiator when attempting connection. Password - The password is for the target to authenticate the initiator when attempting connection.
  • Page 94 Chapter 8 Storage Manager Table 27 iSCSI Targets > Edit > Map iSCSI LUNs LABEL DESCRIPTION Status Displays the status of the iSCSI LUN. LUN Name Displays the iSCSI LUN name. Capacity Displays the size of the iSCSI LUN. Apply Select the check to choose a LUN, and click Apply to save your changes.

  • Page 95: External Storage

    Chapter 8 Storage Manager Table 28 iSCSI Targets > Edit > Advanced (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Maximum send Select the maximum send segments allowed in bytes. segment bytes Four options are applied: 262144, 65536, 9182, 4092. Note: This feature is for the NAS326 only. Apply Click Apply to save your changes.
  • Page 96 Chapter 8 Storage Manager Figure 56 Storage Manager > External Storage The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 29 Storage Manager > External Storage LABEL DESCRIPTION Format Click this to format the connected USB disk. Section 8.5.3 on page 97 for more information.

  • Page 97: Format The Volume

    Chapter 8 Storage Manager Table 29 Storage Manager > External Storage (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Eject Click this to eject the external volume. Click Yes to eject the volume or No to exit this screen without saving changes. Status This field shows whether the volume is Normal, Unsupported, or Unformatted. Normal means the USB connected device is functioning properly.

  • Page 98: Technical Reference

    Chapter 8 Storage Manager Figure 57 External Storage > Format The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 30 External Storage > Format LABEL DESCRIPTION Volume Name Type a volume name from 1 to 31 characters. Acceptable characters are all alphanumeric characters and " " [spaces], "_" [underscores], and "."...
  • Page 99 Chapter 8 Storage Manager example, JBOD could convert 100 GB, 200 GB, 250 GB, and 500 GB drives into one large logical drive of 1050 GB. Since data isn’t striped across disks, if one disk fails, you should just lose the data on that disk (but you may lose data in the whole array depending on the nature of the disk failure).
  • Page 100 Chapter 8 Storage Manager 1 array with mirrored data. Data is duplicated across two disks, so if one disk fails, there is still a copy of the data. Table 33 RAID 1 DISK 1 DISK 2 As RAID 1 uses mirroring and duplexing, a RAID 1 array needs an even number of disks (two or four for the NAS).
  • Page 101 Chapter 8 Storage Manager RAID 10 RAID 10 (RAID 1+0) is a nested RAID where two RAID 1 arrays are stored on the physical disks with a RAID 0 array on top. It is a stripe of mirrors. RAID 1 provides redundancy while RAID 0 boosts performance.
  • Page 102 Chapter 8 Storage Manager GB and 250 GB respectively in one RAID 5 array, then the maximum capacity is 450 GB (3 * 150 GB, the smallest disk size) and the remaining space (300 GB) is unused. Typical applications for RAID 10 are transaction processing, relational database applications, enterprise resource planning and other business systems.

  • Page 103: Status Center

    H A PT ER Status Center 9.1 Overview Status Center displays the system information or network connection status. 9.1.1 System Information In the Desktop screen, click Status Center to display System Information for detailed NAS status information. Figure 58 Status Center > System Information The following table describes the labels in this screen.

  • Page 104: Network

    Chapter 9 Status Center Table 37 Status Center > System Information (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION LAN1 MAC Address This displays the NAS’s unique physical hardware address (MAC) for the LAN1 Ethernet port. You need the MAC address to register the product at myZyXEL.com. Customer support may also request it for troubleshooting purposes.
  • Page 105 Chapter 9 Status Center The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 38 Status Center > Network LABEL DESCRIPTION Type Displays the type of the user account. User Displays the user name. Groups Displays the group the current user belongs to. WAN/LAN Displays whether the connection is from the WAN or the LAN.

  • Page 106: Control Panel

    HAPTER Control Panel 10.1 Overview This chapter discusses the Control Panel screens. Use the Control Panel screens to configure network settings and upload firmware. 10.2 What You Can Do • Use the TCP/IP screen (Section 10.4 on page 107) to configure the NAS’s TCP/IP network connection settings such as the teaming mode and IP addresses.

  • Page 107: Tcp/Ip Screens

    Chapter 10 Control Panel PPPoE Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE) allows the NAS to establish a direct Internet connection if you do not have a router. PPPoE is a dial-up connection. You need a username and password from your Internet Service Provider (ISP) to set up the connection. 10.4 TCP/IP Screens Use the TCP/IP screens to have the NAS use a dynamic or static IP address, subnet mask, default gateway, PPPoE and DNS servers, and to test the network connection.

  • Page 108: Configuring Network Interface

    Chapter 10 Control Panel The following table describes the labels in this screen Table 39 Control Panel > Network > TCP/IP > General Settings LABEL DESCRIPTION Default Gateway Select the LAN interface to use as the default gateway. DNS Server DNS (Domain Name System) is for mapping a domain name to its corresponding IP address and vice versa.
  • Page 109 Chapter 10 Control Panel The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 40 Control Panel > Network > TCP/IP > Network Interface LABEL DESCRIPTION Status Display data transmission rate and transmission system. Interface Display the interface name. IP Settings Display the IP settings (automatically or manually) of an interface.
  • Page 110 Chapter 10 Control Panel Table 40 Control Panel > Network > TCP/IP > Network Interface (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Cancel Click this to return to the previous screen without saving. Remove Click this to remove the port trunking. Note: This button is available only when the port trunking is created. 10.4.2.1 Creating a Port Trunking Link Aggregation: Link aggregation combines LAN1 and LAN2 into a single logical link with greater bandwidth.
  • Page 111 Chapter 10 Control Panel The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 41 Control Panel > Network > TCP/IP > Network Interface > Create LABEL DESCRIPTION Automatically Select this option to have the interface get IP address information automatically. If no IP address information is assigned, the NAS uses Auto-IP to assign itself an IP address and subnet mask.

  • Page 112: Configuring Web Configurator

    Chapter 10 Control Panel Table 42 Control Panel > Network > TCP/IP > Network Interface > PPPoE (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Apply Click this to save your changes. Cancel Click this to return to the previous screen without saving. 10.4.3 Configuring Web Configurator Click Control Panel >...

  • Page 113: Configuring Network Diagnosis

    Chapter 10 Control Panel 10.4.4 Configuring Network Diagnosis Click Control Panel > Network > TCP/IP > Network Diagnosis to test the network connection to a particular IP address or domain name. Figure 66 Control Panel > Network > TCP/IP > Network Diagnosis The following table describes the labels in this screen.

  • Page 114: Upnp And The Nas's Ip Address

    Chapter 10 Control Panel Figure 67 UPnP for FTP Access 192.168.1.20 a.b.c.d TCP: 21 TCP: 21 In the above example, UPnP creates a firewall rule and NAT port forwarding mapping to send FTP traffic (using TCP port number 21) from the public IP address a.b.c.d to the NAS’s private IP address of 192.168.1.20.

  • Page 115: Upnp And Security

    Chapter 10 Control Panel Figure 69 UPnP Using the Wrong IP Address 192.168.1.34 a.b.c.d 192.168.1.33 10.5.2 UPnP and Security UPnP’s automated nature makes it easier to use than manually configuring firewall and NAT rules, but it is also less secure. Using UPnP may make your network more susceptible to snooping and hacking attacks.

  • Page 116: Upnp Router

    Chapter 10 Control Panel HTTP (Web Published Shares) This is the NAS’s web publishing feature that lets people access files using a web browser without having to log into the Web Configurator. Use UPnP port mapping to allow access to these files from the Internet without having to enter a user name or password.
  • Page 117 Chapter 10 Control Panel Figure 71 Network > UPnP Port Mapping > UPnP Port Mapping The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 46 Network > UPnP Port Mapping > UPnP Port Mapping LABEL DESCRIPTION Click this to add a service and create a port mapping rule. See more details on Section 10.5.5.1 on page 118.
  • Page 118 Chapter 10 Control Panel Table 46 Network > UPnP Port Mapping > UPnP Port Mapping (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION WAN Port When you enable one of the NAS’s services, specify the port number (1~65,535) Internet uses need to use to connect to the Internet gateway’s WAN port in order to access the service on the NAS.

  • Page 119: Terminal Screen

    Chapter 10 Control Panel Note: The default of the WAN port for the newly created service displays -1. Specify the port number from 1 to 65,535, or you cannot access that service from the Internet. 10.6 Terminal Screen Use this screen to enable or disable Telnet and SSH (Secure SHell) access to the NAS. Telnet or SSH access lets you use line commands to configure the NAS.

  • Page 120: Dydns Screen

    Chapter 10 Control Panel The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 47 Control Panel > Network > Terminal LABEL DESCRIPTION Enable Telnet Select this to enable Telnet access to the NAS. Clear it to not allow Telnet access to the Service NAS.
  • Page 121 Chapter 10 Control Panel Figure 73 Control Panel > Network > DyDNS The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 48 Control Panel > Network > DyDNS LABEL DESCRIPTION Enable DyDNS Select this to use dynamic DNS. You need to have registered a dynamic DNS account with a service provider such as www.dyndns.org.

  • Page 122: Fw Upgrade Screen

    Chapter 10 Control Panel 10.8 FW Upgrade Screen Use this screen to upgrade the NAS firmware. You should first have downloaded the latest firmware files from the ZyXEL website. Do not turn off the NAS while it is upgrading the firmware or you may render it unusable.
  • Page 123 Chapter 10 Control Panel Table 49 Control Panel > System > FW Upgrade > Latest Firmware Check (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Upgrade Now Click this to upload the new firmware. The NAS automatically restarts after you upgrade. Wait until the restart completes before accessing the NAS again. If you interrupt the upgrade, then the NAS may become unusable.

  • Page 124: Videos, Photos, Music, & File Browser

    HAPTER Videos, Photos, Music, & File Browser 11.1 Overview This chapter introduces the File Browser, Photo, Music, Video, Media Server and the iTunes Server for sharing media files. 11.2 File Browser Click File Browser on the Desktop to open the following screen in a new tab. Use the file browsing screens to play, open, upload, and download files.
  • Page 125 Chapter 11 Videos, Photos, Music, & File Browser Figure 76 File Browser The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 51 File Browser LABEL DESCRIPTION Click this to go to the next higher layer in the share’s folder tree. Name This column identifies the names of folders and files in the share.

  • Page 126: Configure Share Screen

    Chapter 11 Videos, Photos, Music, & File Browser Table 51 File Browser (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Upload Click this to open the following screen where you can add files to the share. Use the Browse button to locate your file/s and click Apply to upload the file. Click Cancel to close this screen.
  • Page 127 Chapter 11 Videos, Photos, Music, & File Browser Figure 77 File Browser > Configure Share The following table describes the labels in the this screen. Table 52 File Browser > Configure Share LABEL DESCRIPTION Share Name Configure a name to identify this share. Type a share name from 1 to 239 single-byte (no Chinese characters allowed for example) ASCII characters.

  • Page 128: Share And Folder Names

    Chapter 11 Videos, Photos, Music, & File Browser 11.2.2 Share and Folder Names The name can only contain the following characters: • Alphanumeric (A-z, 0-9) and Unicode. The NAS allows FTP access to shares, folders or files with names encoded in the UTF-8 (8-bit UCS/Unicode Transformation Format) format.
  • Page 129 Chapter 11 Videos, Photos, Music, & File Browser Figure 78 Photo (Thumbnail) Figure 79 Photo (List) Cloud Storage User’s Guide...

  • Page 130: Exif And Google Maps (Photos)

    Chapter 11 Videos, Photos, Music, & File Browser The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 53 Photo Screen LABEL DESCRIPTION ZyXEL The path of the current view. Click an underlined link to go to that location in the path. Music, Photo, or Video indicates the category of files.

  • Page 131: Slideshow (Photos)

    Chapter 11 Videos, Photos, Music, & File Browser Figure 80 Exif Information If a photo’s Exif data includes GPS location data, click the latitude or longitude link to display the location in Google Maps. Click Clear to delete the markers of other photos and only display the current photo’s marker.

  • Page 132: Music

    Chapter 11 Videos, Photos, Music, & File Browser Note: Your browser must have the Flash Player plug-in installed to view slideshows. Figure 82 Slideshow 11.4 Music Click the Music icon on the Desktop to open the music folder in a new tab. Double-click the music folder to view and play music files in the shares that publish photos.
  • Page 133 Chapter 11 Videos, Photos, Music, & File Browser Figure 83 Music (Thumbnail) Figure 84 Music (List) Cloud Storage User’s Guide...

  • Page 134: Now Playing (Music)

    Chapter 11 Videos, Photos, Music, & File Browser This table describes common labels in the Playzone media server screens. Not every item displays in every screen. Table 54 Music Screen LABEL DESCRIPTION ZyXEL The path of the current view. Click an underlined link to go to that location in the path. Music, Photo, or Video indicates the category of files.
  • Page 135 Chapter 11 Videos, Photos, Music, & File Browser Figure 86 Video (Thumbnail) Figure 87 Video (List) Cloud Storage User’s Guide...

  • Page 136: Playzone Settings

    Chapter 11 Videos, Photos, Music, & File Browser The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 55 Video Screen LABEL DESCRIPTION ZyXEL The path of the current view. Click an underlined link to go to that location in the path. Music, Photo, or Video indicates the category of files.
  • Page 137 Chapter 11 Videos, Photos, Music, & File Browser The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 56 Playzone Settings LABEL DESCRIPTION This field displays “Installed” if you already have Windows Media Player installed or a link for installing it if you do not already have it installed. Double Click Behavior Select Replace current playlist and start to play to have double clicking a song Setting...

  • Page 138: Application Zone

    Chapter 11 Videos, Photos, Music, & File Browser 11.7 Application Zone Normal users can click Application Zone to go to the management page of installed, non-built-in packages. Figure 89 Application Zone The following table describes the labels in the this screen. Table 57 Application Zone LABEL DESCRIPTION...

  • Page 139: Administrator

    HAPTER Administrator 12.1 Overview This chapter describes how to access the administrator screens and provides an overview of its screens. 12.2 Administrator Screens The Desktop screen displays an Administrator icon when you log in with an administrator account. Click it to open the administrator configuration screens in a new tab. The Status screen displays first.

  • Page 140: Global Administrator Icons

    Chapter 12 Administrator 12.2.1 Global Administrator Icons The icons and language label at the top-right of the screen (1) are visible from most of the administrator screens. The following table describes the ‘global’ icons and labels. Table 58 Global Labels and Icons LABEL/ICON DESCRIPTION Language...
  • Page 141 Chapter 12 Administrator Table 59 Screens Summary (continued) LINK SCREEN FUNCTION Applications FTP Server Enable FTP file transfer to/from the NAS, set the number of FTP connections allowed, an FTP idle timeout, and the character set. Media Server Enable or disable the sharing of media files and select which shares to share. iTunes Server Use the iTunes server to share media files with iTunes users on your network.

  • Page 142: Main Window

    Chapter 12 Administrator 12.2.3 Main Window The main window shows the screen you select in the navigation panel. It is discussed in the rest of this document. 12.2.4 Status Messages The Message text box at the bottom of the screen displays status messages as you configure the NAS.
  • Page 143 Chapter 12 Administrator Session Example (Windows) Cloud Storage User’s Guide...

  • Page 144: Managing Packages

    HAPTER Managing Packages 13.1 About Packages Packages enhance the functions of your NAS. Your NAS supports various packages that let you do more. Your NAS comes with some packages pre-installed. The Packages screen also includes a list of packages to add. Note: Check what packages do before you install them.

  • Page 145: Available Packages

    Chapter 13 Managing Packages 13.3 Available Packages Use packages to add the following applications to the NAS. • Use the NFS screen (Section 18.3 on page 247) to configure the Network File System (NFS) settings of your NAS. • Use the TFTP Server screen (Section 18.4 on page 250) to configure the NAS to accept log files from TFTP clients.

  • Page 146: Tutorials

    HAPTER Tutorials 14.1 Overview This chapter provides tutorials that show how to use the NAS. • Windows 7 Network, see page 146 • Windows 7 Network Map, see page 150 • Playing Media Files in Windows 7, see page 152 •...
  • Page 147 Chapter 14 Tutorials Click View network computers and devices. The NAS icon displays twice because the NAS is both a media server and a storage device. Double- click either NAS icon to open the Web Configurator login screen. Cloud Storage User’s Guide...

  • Page 148: If The Nas Icon Does Not Display

    Chapter 14 Tutorials 14.2.1 If the NAS Icon Does Not Display The network containing the NAS must be set as a home or work network in order for the NAS icons to display. If the network containing the NAS displays as “Public”: Click Network and Sharing Center and then the network’s link (circled in the figure).

  • Page 149: Nas Icon Right-Click Options

    Chapter 14 Tutorials 14.2.2 NAS Icon Right-click Options Right-click the NAS’s icon to see these options: • Install/Uninstall: Click Install to add the NAS as a device in your computer. After you install the NAS you can see it in the computer’s list of devices (see Section 14.5 on page 152.

  • Page 150: Windows 7 Network Map

    Chapter 14 Tutorials • Manufacturer identifies the company that produced the NAS. • Model identifies the NAS model. • identifies the NAS model number. Model number • Device webpage shows the IP address for accessing the Web Configurator. • Serial number is unavailable because the NAS does not have one. •...
  • Page 151 Chapter 14 Tutorials Click See full map (1 in the figure). The network containing the NAS must be set as a home or work network in order to use the full map feature. If the network containing the NAS displays as “Public”, click the network’s link (2 in the figure, although it is already set to home here) and use the Set Network Location screen to set the network’s location to home or work (see page...

  • Page 152: Playing Media Files In Windows 7

    Chapter 14 Tutorials 14.4 Playing Media Files in Windows 7 In Windows 7, the NAS automatically displays as a library in Windows Media Player. Figure 92 NAS in Windows Media Player 14.5 Windows 7 Devices and Printers After you use the NAS’s network icon’s install option you can manage the NAS from the Windows 7 Devices and Printers folder.

  • Page 153: Windows 7 Desktop Shortcut

    Chapter 14 Tutorials • Open Media Player opens the computer’s default media player. • Create shortcut has Windows make a desktop shortcut to this screen. • Troubleshoot opens Windows’ device troubleshooting wizard. • Remove device removes the NAS from the Windows 7 Devices and Printers folder. •...
  • Page 154 Chapter 14 Tutorials Right-click the NAS’s desktop shortcut icon to see these options: • Open Media Player opens the computer’s default media player. • Open file location takes you to the Windows 7 Devices and Printers folder. • Download NAS Starter Utility downloads the NAS’s Starter Utility. It lets you find, set up, and manage the NAS as well as copy files to it and access the files on it.

  • Page 155: File Sharing Tutorials

    Chapter 14 Tutorials • Troubleshoot opens Windows’ device troubleshooting wizard. • Remove device removes the NAS from the Windows 7 Devices and Printers folder. • Properties opens a window of details about the shortcut. 14.6 File Sharing Tutorials The following sections cover using the NAS for file sharing. This chapter assumes you have already followed the Quick Start Guide instructions to perform initial setup and configuration (so you have a working volume).

  • Page 156: Creating A Share

    Chapter 14 Tutorials The account now displays in the Users screen. Now that Jimmy has created Bob’s account, he can go through the steps again to create another account for Kevin. After both accounts are created, he can go to Section 14.6.2 on page 156 create shares for Bob and Kevin.

  • Page 157: Creating A Group

    Chapter 14 Tutorials Configure the screen as follows to give Bob full access right to the share. Then click Apply to create the share. Now that Jimmy has created Bob’s share, he can go through the steps again to create another share for Kevin.

  • Page 158: Accessing A Share From Windows Explorer

    Chapter 14 Tutorials Now that Jimmy has created a group for Bob and Kevin, he can go through the steps again to create another group for the parents. Then he can see the rest of the tutorials for how to use the groups in assigning access rights to shares.
  • Page 159 Chapter 14 Tutorials Enter the username and password for Jimmy’s account and click OK. You do not need to do this if the username and password are the same as Jimmy’s Windows login. After the mapping is done, you can then simply copy and paste or drag and drop files from/to your local computer’s drives to or from this network folder.

  • Page 160: Accessing A Share Using Ftp

    Chapter 14 Tutorials Now that Bob has mapped Jimmy’s share to Jimmy’s computer, he can go through the steps again to map Kevin’s share to Kevin’s computer. 14.6.5 Accessing a Share Using FTP You can also use FTP to access the NAS. Suppose Jimmy is temporarily using a different computer and wants to access his share without mapping it to the computer.

  • Page 161: Accessing A Share Through The Web Configurator

    Chapter 14 Tutorials Now you can access files and copy files from/to your local computer’s drives to or from this network folder. 14.6.6 Accessing a Share Through the Web Configurator You can browse and access files through the web configurator. Log into the NAS web configurator (see Section 7.2 on page 38) using the appropriate user name...

  • Page 162: Download Service Tutorial

    Chapter 14 Tutorials Click a folder’s file name to browse the folder. You can open files or copy them to your computer. You can also create new folders and upload additional files to the share. Click the logout icon when your are done. 14.7 Download Service Tutorial This tutorial covers using the NAS to download a file from the Internet.
  • Page 163 Chapter 14 Tutorials Note: Make sure the link opens either the file you want or a pop-up window about how to handle the file. Note: It is also OK for the link to open a .torrent file. If you are redirected to a screen that says the download should start in a few seconds, there may be a link to click if the download does not start automatically.
  • Page 164 Chapter 14 Tutorials Click Add. Right-click the URL field and select Paste. The URL displays in the URL field. Click Apply. Cloud Storage User’s Guide...

  • Page 165: Configuring The Download Service Preferences

    Chapter 14 Tutorials After a few moments, the download task appears in the Download Service screen’s Active tab. The download appears in the Completed tab when it is done. By default the NAS stores all downloads in the admin share’s download folder. See Section 14.6.4 on page 158, Section 14.6.5...
  • Page 166 Chapter 14 Tutorials Note: If you configure the Power On/Off Schedule feature in the Power Management screen, make sure your active download period does not conflict with the power-off period. Note: If power failure occurs during the active download period, the NAS will verify whether the downloaded files were damaged.
  • Page 167 Chapter 14 Tutorials Click Applications > Download Service > Preferences > P2P download to open the following screen. Enter the information below and then click Apply. Here is a list of P2P download settings you want to configure for your NAS: •...

  • Page 168: Using Download Service Notification

    Chapter 14 Tutorials 14.7.3 Using Download Service Notification Use an RSS feed reader on your computer to keep track of files the NAS has downloaded. The following examples show how to subscribe to the NAS’s download service notifications. See Section 17.11.3 on page 236 for more on download service notifications.
  • Page 169 Chapter 14 Tutorials The following screen displays. Click Subscribe. Click the Favorite icon on your browser and select the Feeds tab to check the updates of your NAS’s download list. Firefox Example After you activate download service notification, click the RSS feed icon. Cloud Storage User’s Guide...
  • Page 170 Chapter 14 Tutorials The following screen displays. Select Live Bookmarks from the drop-down list and click Subscribe Now. The following screen displays. Select Bookmarks Menu and click Add. From the Firefox’s Bookmarks Menu, select Download Notify to check the updates of your NAS’s download list.

  • Page 171: Printer Server Tutorial

    Chapter 14 Tutorials 14.8 Printer Server Tutorial Do the following to have the NAS let computers on your network share a printer. See www.zyxel.com for a list of compatible printers. Make sure the NAS is on and the SYS light is on steady (not blinking). Use a USB cable to connect the printer’s USB port to one of the NAS’s USB ports.
  • Page 172 Chapter 14 Tutorials If your computer does not already have the printer’s driver installed, you will need to install it. In this example, click OK. Use the wizard screens to install the printer driver on the computer. You may need to get the file from the printer’s CD or the printer manufacturer’s website (the driver is not installed on the NAS).

  • Page 173: Copy And Flickr Auto Upload Tutorial

    Chapter 14 Tutorials 14.9 Copy and Flickr Auto Upload Tutorial Amy received some photos taken during her best friend’s wedding and saved the files on a USB disk. She wants to save a copy of the photos in the NAS and upload the photos to her Flickr account.

  • Page 174: Ftp Uploadr Tutorial

    Chapter 14 Tutorials The NAS also automatically uploads the copied files to Flickr. 14.10 FTP Uploadr Tutorial FTP Uploadr can automatically upload files saved on the NAS to a remote FTP server. Amy wants to share files on her NAS with Susan. They each have an NAS at home, so Susan has to set her NAS as an FTP server for Amy to automatically send files using FTP Uploadr.
  • Page 175 Chapter 14 Tutorials Susan also has to create a user account and share on her NAS for Amy to upload files. The share is used for files uploaded from Amy’s NAS. Amy will then use the following information to configure FTP Uploadr on her NAS.
  • Page 176 Chapter 14 Tutorials In the FTP Uploadr screen, click Preferences to configure the auto upload settings. Amy wants to share video files with Susan. In the Preferences screen, click the Add button and select video from the Shares drop-down list box, enter a forward slash in the Path field and click Apply to add the share to the Folder Watch List.

  • Page 177: Web Configurator's Security Sessions

    Chapter 14 Tutorials Now Amy has set up FTP Uploadr to send files to Susan’s NAS. Every time Amy adds new files or renames files in the video share, these new or modified files will be uploaded automatically to the Amy share on Susan’s NAS.
  • Page 178 Chapter 14 Tutorials Next, let’s modify the certificate by changing the Common Name to this NAS’s host name of “nsa”, the Organization to “ZyXEL” and the Key Length to 2048. The NAS restarts its network services and returns you to the login screen. Cloud Storage User’s Guide...

  • Page 179: Downloading And Installing Customized Certificate

    Chapter 14 Tutorials 14.11.2 Downloading and Installing Customized Certificate Log in and return to Maintenance > SSL. Under Modify the Existing Certificate, click Download. Save the file to your computer. Find the certificate file on your computer and double-click it. Cloud Storage User’s Guide...
  • Page 180 Chapter 14 Tutorials Install the certificate. The rest of the steps in this section are an example of installing a certificate in Windows. In the Certificate dialog box, click Install Certificate. In the Certificate Import Wizard, click Next. Cloud Storage User’s Guide...
  • Page 181 Chapter 14 Tutorials Leave Automatically select certificate store based on the type of certificate selected and click Next. In the Completing the Certificate Import Wizard screen, click Finish. Cloud Storage User’s Guide...

  • Page 182: Turn On The Nas's Web Security

    Chapter 14 Tutorials If you are presented with another Security Warning, click Yes. Finally, click OK when presented with the successful certificate installation message. 14.11.3 Turn on the NAS’s Web Security Now that you have customized the NAS’s certificate and installed it in your computer, you can turn on security for your Web Configurator sessions.
  • Page 183 Chapter 14 Tutorials Close your web browser and open it again to reset its session with the NAS. Log in and click Control Panel > TCP/IP > Web Configurator. Select Enable HTTPS connection and click Apply. A warning screen pops up if applying your change may disconnect some users. Click Yes to continue.
  • Page 184 Chapter 14 Tutorials The NAS logs you out and automatically redirects your formerly non-secure (HTTP) connection to a secure (HTTPS) connection. Your browser may give you a warning about the device’s public key certificate. Add an exception to allow your browser to bypass the warning. Click Add Exception.
  • Page 185 Chapter 14 Tutorials Before you add an exception, verify that the device to which you are trying to connect is providing the correct certificate. Click View. Cloud Storage User’s Guide...
  • Page 186 Chapter 14 Tutorials The SHA1 fingerprint must match the NAS’s certificate you downloaded from the NAS to your computer. (Double-click the NAS’s certificate file and then click Details and look at the Thumbprint). Click Close. Cloud Storage User’s Guide...
  • Page 187 Chapter 14 Tutorials If the certificate fingerprints match, click Confirm Security Exception, otherwise click Cancel. Cloud Storage User’s Guide...

  • Page 188: Using Ftpes To Connect To The Nas

    Chapter 14 Tutorials The login screen displays. Now, anyone who connects to the NAS’s Web Configurator screens will automatically do so by HTTPs. Use a secure method to let your users know the correct fingerprint for the NAS’s certificate so they can check it before adding a security exception (as in steps on pages to 186).

  • Page 189: Using A Mac To Access The Nas

    Chapter 14 Tutorials A security warning screen displays. The SHA1 fingerprint must match the NAS’s certificate you downloaded from the NAS to your computer. (Double-click the NAS’s certificate file and then click Details and look at the Thumbprint). If they match, click OK. The shares and folders to which Gonzo has access display.
  • Page 190 Chapter 14 Tutorials Select All under the SHARED sidebar. Look for the NAS from the Network list. Expand the NAS to display the shares you may access. Cloud Storage User’s Guide...

  • Page 191: Go Menu

    Chapter 14 Tutorials 14.13.2 Go Menu In the Finder, click Go > Connect to Server. When the Connect to Server dialog box opens, enter smb:// and the NAS’s IP address in the Server Address field. You may also click Browse to have the Mac search for the NAS. Click Connect.

  • Page 192: Creating An Archive Backup

    Chapter 14 Tutorials Schedule backups for times when the network is not busy (like at night or on weekends). For example, you might do daily backups of important individual files or folders and a weekly general archive. You can save backups to another location so your files can survive even if the original RAID or NAS fails.
  • Page 193 Chapter 14 Tutorials Select the volume1 check box to select all the folders and files. Select Remote and enter the other NAS’s address, username, password, and share name. If you want to make sure the remote NAS is reachable, click Test Connection. Figure 95 Protect >...

  • Page 194: Creating A Synchronization Backup

    Chapter 14 Tutorials 14.14.2 Creating a Synchronization Backup To create a synchronization backup: Click Protect > Backup > Add Job. Figure 97 Protect > Backup Name the backup job and select Synchronization. You want only your current set of files in the Backup Photo folder of your External storage , so you select Mirror to make the target folder identical to the source folder.
  • Page 195 Chapter 14 Tutorials • Select the destination on the External (Backup Photo in this example). • Click Next. Figure 99 Protect > Backup > Add Job: Step 2 Click OK in the warning dialog box. Figure 100 Protect > Backup > Add Job: Step 3 For this example, assume not many files need to be backed up so leave the compression off.

  • Page 196: Restoring Archived Files By Backup Job

    Chapter 14 Tutorials Figure 101 Protect > Backup > Add Job: Step 3 Schedule the backup to occur every morning at 3:00 and click Done. Figure 102 Protect > Backup > Add Job: Step 4 You do not need to use a special restore process to use the files a synchronization backup creates. The copy of files that the NAS creates on the other NAS’s Backups share can be used directly by anyone with access to that share.
  • Page 197 Chapter 14 Tutorials Select which backup to use and click Next. Figure 104 Protect > Backup > Restore Archive: Step 1 Select the files and folders you want to restore and click Next. Figure 105 Protect > Backup > Restore Archive: Step 2 Select the original location and click Done.

  • Page 198: Restoring By Backup Files

    Chapter 14 Tutorials Figure 106 Protect > Backup > Restore Archive: Step 3 The NAS restores the files into the share. When it finishes you can access the files. Figure 107 Protect > Backup > Restore Archive: Progress 14.14.4 Restoring by Backup Files If you deleted an archive backup job or the NAS or the RAID array containing the backup job failed you cannot restore archived files by the backup job.
  • Page 199 Chapter 14 Tutorials Select the backup job and backup time and click Next. Figure 109 Protect > Restore: Step 2 Select everything in the share except the recycle folder. Click Next. Figure 110 Protect > Restore: Step 3 Browse to the folder where you want to put the files. Click Done. Cloud Storage User’s Guide...
  • Page 200 Chapter 14 Tutorials Figure 111 Protect > Restore: Step 4 The NAS restores the files and you can use them again. Cloud Storage User’s Guide...

  • Page 201: Technical Reference

    Technical Reference...

  • Page 203: Status Screen

    HAPTER Status Screen 15.1 Overview This chapter describes the Status screen, which is the first advanced administration screen that displays. 15.2 Status Screen Click the Administration button in the Desktop screen (Chapter 12 on page 139) to open the Web Configurator. From within the Web Configurator screens, you can also click Status on the top- left of the navigation panel to display the status screen.
  • Page 204 Chapter 15 Status Screen Table 62 Status (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Web Publishing Status This shows whether the Web server function is enabled or disabled. It must be enabled to use HTTP to access shares on the NAS. Click the Edit icon to go to the screen where you can configure this.

  • Page 205: System Setting

    HAPTER System Setting 16.1 Overview This chapter gives an overview of the various features included in the system setting screens. Upgrade the NAS firmware. Use package management to add more useful applications in your NAS. Identify your NAS on the network and set the time that the NAS follows for its scheduled tasks/logs. 16.2 What You Can Do •...
  • Page 206 Chapter 16 System Setting • WordPress - This allows you to create and manage a blog. Use the WordPress administrator account (default username admin, password 1234) to log in. You can then create accounts for other users. • pyLoad - Use this to have the NAS manage your downloads including those from one-click hosting sites.

  • Page 207: Package Management Screen

    Chapter 16 System Setting 16.4 Package Management Screen Use this screen to download and install applications from the web. See Chapter 18 on page 246 more about the features you can add to the NAS by installing packages. Click System Setting > Packages to open the following screen. Figure 113 System Setting >...

  • Page 208: Displaying The Package Information

    Chapter 16 System Setting Table 63 System Setting > Packages LABEL DESCRIPTION Status This is the current status of the application. It shows: • Not Installed - This displays for applications that have not been installed by the NAS. • Installing (%) - This displays when the application is being installed.

  • Page 209: Server Name Screen

    Chapter 16 System Setting The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 64 System Setting > Packages > Package Info LABEL DESCRIPTION Status This is the current status of the application. It shows: • Not Installed - This displays for applications that have not been installed by the NAS. •...

  • Page 210: Date/Time Screen

    Chapter 16 System Setting The following table describes the labels in these screens. Table 65 System Setting > Server Name LABEL DESCRIPTION Server Name Enter a name to identify your NAS on the network in this field. You can enter up to 15 alphanumeric characters with minus signs allowed but not as the last character.
  • Page 211 Chapter 16 System Setting The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 66 System Setting > Date/Time LABEL DESCRIPTION Current System Date Time Setting Current Time This field displays the time used by your NAS for its logs and alerts. Current Date This field displays the date used by your NAS for its logs and alerts.
  • Page 212 Chapter 16 System Setting Table 66 System Setting > Date/Time (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION End Date Configure the day and time when Daylight Saving Time ends if you selected Enable Daylight Saving. The o'clock field uses the 24 hour format. Here are a couple of examples: Daylight Saving Time ends in the United States on the first Sunday of November.

  • Page 213: Applications

    HAPTER Applications 17.1 Overview This chapter discusses the features in the Application screens. The NAS contains various applications for file sharing and downloading. 17.2 What You Can Do • Use the FTP Server screen (Section 17.4 on page 215) to configure settings for FTP file transfers to/from the NAS.
  • Page 214 Chapter 17 Applications FTPES (File Transfer Protocol over Explicit TLS/SSL) File Transfer Protocol over Explicit TLS/SSL (FTPES) is a file transfer service that uses either TLS (Transport Layer Security) or SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) for secure transfers across the Internet. It requests for a mutual method of encryption from the FTP server for its file transfer sessions.

  • Page 215: Ftp Server Screen

    Chapter 17 Applications Web Publishing Web publishing lets you “publish” shares (containing folders and files) on the NAS so people can access the files using a web browser without having to log into the Web Configurator. This way you can share files with others without them having to know and enter a username and password. For example, if you want to share photos in a FamilyPhotos share, you could “web publish”...

  • Page 216: Media Server Screens

    Chapter 17 Applications The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 67 Applications > FTP Server LABEL DESCRIPTION Enable FTP You can use FTP to send files to the NAS or get files from the NAS. Select this check box to allow users to connect to the NAS via FTP;...

  • Page 217: Media Server Share Publish Screen

    Chapter 17 Applications Click Applications > Media Server to open the following screen. Use this screen to view the media server’s status and rebuild the media server database. Figure 119 Applications > Media Server > Media Server The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 68 Applications >...

  • Page 218: Media Server Logitech® Media Server Screen

    Chapter 17 Applications Table 69 Applications > Media Server > Share Publish LABEL DESCRIPTION Apply Click this to save your changes. Reset Click this to restore your previously saved settings. 17.5.2 Media Server Logitech® Media Server Screen Logitech® Media Server enables you to manage a Logitech Squeezebox device connected to the NAS.

  • Page 219: Download Service Screen

    Chapter 17 Applications The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 71 Applications > iTunes Server LABEL DESCRIPTION Enable iTunes Check this to let anyone on your network use iTunes to play music files in the published Server shares.
  • Page 220 Chapter 17 Applications Table 72 Applications > Download Service (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Preferences Click this to open a screen where you can set the default location for saving downloads and configure your P2P download settings. Refresh Click this to update the information displayed on the screen. Select Files A single P2P download torrent file is often for multiple files.
  • Page 221 Chapter 17 Applications Table 72 Applications > Download Service (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Status The following icons show the download’s status. Completed: The NAS has downloaded the whole file. Seeding: The download is finished and the NAS is allowing other P2P users to download Downloading: The NAS is getting the file.

  • Page 222: Adding A Download Task

    Chapter 17 Applications 17.7.1 Adding a Download Task Click Applications > Download Service > Add to open the following screen. Use this screen to specify a file for the NAS to download. Section 14.7 on page 162 provides a tutorial on adding a download task.

  • Page 223: Configuring General Download Settings

    Chapter 17 Applications Table 73 Applications > Download Service > Add (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Location of This shows where the NAS stores new downloads (Put incomplete downloads in) and Downloaded Files where the NAS moves completed downloads (Move completed downloads to). The Share column shows the name of the share where the file is downloaded.
  • Page 224 Chapter 17 Applications Figure 125 Applications > Download Service > Preferences > General Settings The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 74 Applications > Download Service > Preferences > General Settings LABEL DESCRIPTION Location of This shows where the NAS stores new downloads (Put incomplete downloads in) and Downloaded Files where the NAS moves completed downloads (Move completed downloads to).

  • Page 225: Configuring The P2P Download Settings

    Chapter 17 Applications Table 74 Applications > Download Service > Preferences > General Settings (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION • Current Location - This is the location of the selected folder. • Folder Name - Enter a new folder name and click to create it.
  • Page 226 Chapter 17 Applications Figure 126 Applications > Download Service > Preferences > P2P download The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 75 Applications > Download Service > Preferences > P2P download LABEL DESCRIPTION Port Number Assign a port number for P2P downloads. You can select a number from 2 to 65536. It is recommended to use a port number greater than 1025.

  • Page 227: Edit Ip Filter

    Chapter 17 Applications Table 75 Applications > Download Service > Preferences > P2P download (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Keep Sharing While With P2P download, the NAS starts sharing a file while you are downloading it. Set how long to continue sharing a file after the NAS finishes the download. Select Upload/Download Ratio to keep sharing a file until the NAS has uploaded a specific percent compared to the download.

  • Page 228: Selecting Files To Download

    Chapter 17 Applications The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 76 Applications > Download Service > Preferences > P2P download > Edit IP Filter LABEL DESCRIPTION Enable IP Filter Click this to enable or disable IP filtering for P2P downloads. Update IP Filter Select this option and enter a URL to use an online IP filter table.

  • Page 229: Displaying The Task Information

    Chapter 17 Applications Table 77 Applications > Download Service > Select Files (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Apply Click this to save your changes. Cancel Click this to return to the previous screen without saving. 17.7.6 Displaying the Task Information Select an item on the list and click Task Info. Use this screen to check detailed information about the task.

  • Page 230: Web Publishing Screen

    Chapter 17 Applications Table 78 Applications > Download Service > Task Info (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Health This field displays how many full copies of the file are available for this task. The NAS can download a file with a higher health value more efficiently. If the health value is less than 1 (0.65 for example), there is no full copy of the file, and the NAS may not be able to complete downloading the file.

  • Page 231: Print Server Screen

    Chapter 17 Applications Table 79 Applications > Web Publishing (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Support HTTPS Select this to allow users to use web browser security for connections to the web- published shares. In order to use secured connections users must use “https://” in the NAS’s web address and install the NAS’s public key certificate.

  • Page 232: Print Server Rename

    Chapter 17 Applications Table 80 Applications > Print Server (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Name This identifies the printer. Each printer connected to the NAS must use a unique name. Actions Rename: Click this to change the name the NAS uses for the printer. Cancel Job: Click this to remove all print jobs from the NAS queue for a particular printer.
  • Page 233 Chapter 17 Applications Figure 133 Applications > Copy/Sync Button The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 82 Applications > Copy/Sync Button LABEL DESCRIPTION Copy Settings NAS Copy Target Select the NAS share to use with the copy function. USB Volume If your USB or SD device has multiple partitions, select which partition to use with the copy function.

  • Page 234: Technical Reference

    Chapter 17 Applications Table 82 Applications > Copy/Sync Button (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Backup Files to be Select this option to save the files that will be replaced by the source files. Replaced or Removed Backup Target Select a share in which to save the backup files. Note: The NAS will not create a new folder to store the backup files.

  • Page 235: Download Service

    Chapter 17 Applications Figure 134 NAS link in iTunes 17.11.2 Download Service The NAS’s download service downloads files from the Internet directly to the NAS. You do not have to download to your computer and then copy to the NAS. This can free up your computer’s system resources.

  • Page 236: Download Service Notification

    Chapter 17 Applications After your P2P download and sharing are finished, you can go to the incoming folder within the destination share or folder and delete the .torrent file if you need to free up hard disk space. 17.11.3 Download Service Notification Use the download service notification to keep track of downloaded files on the NAS.
  • Page 237 Chapter 17 Applications Figure 136 Firewall Ideally your firewall should have the following: • Stateful packet inspection to control access between the Internet and your network and protect your NAS (and computers) from hacking attacks. • IDP (Intrusion Detection and Prevention) to detect malicious packets within normal network traffic and take immediate action against them.

  • Page 238: Web Publishing Example

    Chapter 17 Applications Figure 137 Firewall Blocking Incoming P2P Download Requests To speed up P2P download file transfers, configure your firewall’s port forwarding to send incoming TCP port 9090 and UDP port 9089 connections to the NAS. You probably need to use your firewall’s HTML (web-based) configuration interface to set this up (see the firewall’s manual for details).
  • Page 239 Chapter 17 Applications Click Applications > Web Publishing and configure the screen as shown (enable the web publishing and move FamilyPhotos over to Published Shares) and click Apply. Figure 139 Applications > Web Publishing (Example) Now open your web browser and type in the address of the NAS’s FamilyPhotos web page. In this example, the NAS’s IP address is 192.168.1.33, and the name of the web-published share is FamilyPhotos.

  • Page 240: Web Publishing

    Chapter 17 Applications 17.11.6 Web Publishing Web publishing lets you “publish” shares (containing folders and files) on the NAS so people can access the files using a web browser without having to log into the Web Configurator. This way you can share files with others without them having to know and enter a user name and password.

  • Page 241: Copying Files

    Chapter 17 Applications Figure 141 Printer Sharing 17.11.8 Copying Files You can copy files from a USB device to the NAS or from the NAS to a USB device. Simply press and release the COPY/SYNC button to start copying files. See Section 17.10 on page 232 for details about configuring the copy settings.

  • Page 242: Synchronizing Files

    Chapter 17 Applications • A copy of files A and B from the USB device is transferred to the NAS. • File A from the USB device replaces file A on the NAS. 17.11.9 Synchronizing Files Synchronization makes the contents on the target device identical to the ones on the source device. You can synchronize files from a USB device to the NAS or from the NAS to a USB device.

  • Page 243: Syslog Server Screen

    Chapter 17 Applications USB <-> NAS When you synchronize files in both directions simultaneously, both storage devices transfer unique files to one another. Files with the same file name are synchronized according to their modification date/time. The difference in modification time between the two files has to be greater than five minutes.
  • Page 244 Chapter 17 Applications Click Applications > Syslog Server to open the following screen. Figure 145 Applications > Syslog Server The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 83 Applications > Syslog Server LABEL DESCRIPTION Enable Syslog Select this to have the NAS accept syslog logs from syslog clients. Clear it to Server stop the NAS from accepting syslog logs from syslog clients.
  • Page 245 Chapter 17 Applications Table 83 Applications > Syslog Server (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Log Format Select the format you want to use for recording the received logs. The Example item below the drop-down list boxes displays how the selected custom format looks. For example, if you select Full Date, the individual log entries would display with something like 2009 May 13 17:15:51 in front of them.

  • Page 246: Packages

    HAPTER Packages 18.1 Overview This chapter describes screens for features you can add to the NAS by installing packages. See Section 16.4 on page 207 for how to manage packages. 18.2 What You Can Do • Use the NFS screen (Section 18.3 on page 247) to configure the Network File System (NFS) settings of your NAS.

  • Page 247: Nfs Screen

    Chapter 18 Packages 18.3 NFS Screen Use this screen to enable and configure Network File System (NFS) settings on your NAS. NFS is a client/server distributed file service that provides transparent file sharing for network environments. This allows shared folders in your NAS to be accessible like a local folder in a user’s computer.

  • Page 248: Add/Edit Nfs Share

    Chapter 18 Packages Figure 147 Delete an NFS Share 18.3.1 Add/Edit NFS Share Use this screen to add or edit an NFS share. Note: Some attributes of the NFS share cannot be edited. Click Add or Edit in the Network > NFS screen to open the following: Figure 148 Network >...

  • Page 249: Nfs Session

    Chapter 18 Packages Table 85 Network > NFS: Add/Edit (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION DN/IP Filter Enter the domain name(s) or IP address(es) that can have access to the NFS share. Enter ‘*’ to make the share available to all users in the network. You can also enter a wildcard, such as ‘*.domain.com’...

  • Page 250: Tftp Server Screen

    Chapter 18 Packages 18.4 TFTP Server Screen Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) is an Internet file transfer protocol similar to FTP and often used for transmitting large numbers of small files. Use this screen to configure the NAS to accept log files from TFTP clients such as ZyXEL’s G-4100 v2.

  • Page 251: Pyload Screen

    Chapter 18 Packages 18.5 pyLoad Screen Use this screen to configure the NAS so you can use pyLoad to manage your downloads, including those from one-click hosting sites. Click Applications > pyLoad to open the following screen. Figure 151 Applications > pyLoad The following table describes the labels in this screen.
  • Page 252 Chapter 18 Packages The following confirmation screen appears. Select the volume in which to install ownCloud and store ownCloud data and click Apply. The NAS must have a connection to the Internet to download the package. The installation progress appears in the ownCloud row. A link appears in the Management Page column after installation finishes.
  • Page 253 Chapter 18 Packages The ownCloud login screen appears. Create an administrator user name and password and click Finish Setup. The main ownCloud screen displays. Use this web interface to manage files on the NAS ownCloud server. Click your user name in the upper-right corner to see the help for more information on using ownCloud.

  • Page 254: Memopal

    Chapter 18 Packages 18.7 Memopal Install the Memopal package to back up folders of files on the NAS to your Memopal online backup and storage account. Note: Deleting files from your Memopal account’s online backup set does not delete the files from the NAS, just as deleting a file from the NAS does not delete a backup copy in your Memopal account’s online backup set.
  • Page 255 Chapter 18 Packages The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 89 Applications > Memopal LABEL DESCRIPTION Status This shows the status of the Memopal application’s interaction with the Memopal server. Disabled: The NAS Memopal application is turned off. Starting: The backup job is initializing and the NAS is getting ready to back up.

  • Page 256: Googledriveclient

    Chapter 18 Packages Table 89 Applications > Memopal (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Path Identify the folder to back up to the Memopal server. Use Browse to find or create a folder on the NAS or type the location of the folder using forward slashes as branch separators.
  • Page 257 Chapter 18 Packages Figure 153 Applications > GoogleDriveClient > Account Setting The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 90 Applications > GoogleDriveClient > Account Setting LABEL DESCRIPTION Linked Account Select a Google account linked to an NAS user account. Click Add to open a screen where you can link an NAS user account and a Google account.

  • Page 258: Account Setting Add Screen

    Chapter 18 Packages Table 90 Applications > GoogleDriveClient > Account Setting (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Status The current status of the GoogleDrive feature for the selected Google account. • Disabled - The GoogleDrive feature is turned off. During this state you can use the other sections of this screen to add or delete linked accounts or enable Google Drive.
  • Page 259 Chapter 18 Packages The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 91 Applications > GoogleDriveClient > Account Setting > Add LABEL DESCRIPTION Step 1 Specify the folder on the NAS to synchronize with Google Drive for the local user. Share Name The name of a share on the NAS containing the folder the NAS synchronizes with Google Drive.
  • Page 260 Chapter 18 Packages Table 91 Applications > GoogleDriveClient > Account Setting > Add (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Step 3 Click the link to get the authorization code from Google. The user must sign into the Google account. You may need to sign out of Google’s services first if another user account is already signed in.

  • Page 261: Update Period Screen

    Chapter 18 Packages Table 91 Applications > GoogleDriveClient > Account Setting > Add (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Apply Click this to save your changes and complete the authorization. Cancel Click this to return to the previous screen without saving. 18.8.3 Update Period Screen Use the Update Period screen to set how often the NAS synchronizes with Google Drive.

  • Page 262: Auto Upload

    HAPTER Auto Upload 19.1 Overview This chapter discusses the features in the Auto Upload screens. The auto upload feature uploads media files stored in the NAS to the Flickr and/or YouTube sharing websites. Besides web publishing and media server, auto upload is another convenient way to share media files with your friends and family.

  • Page 263: Configuring The Flickr Settings

    Chapter 19 Auto Upload Figure 156 Applications > Auto Upload > Flickr/YouTube The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 93 Applications > Auto Upload > Flickr/YouTube LABEL DESCRIPTION Flickr/YouTube Disable/Enable Select a service from the list and click this to turn the service on or off. If you disable the service and add more files to the watch folder(s), the NAS will not auto upload these files.
  • Page 264 Chapter 19 Auto Upload Figure 158 Yahoo! Flickr Login Page The following page displays asking for your authorization. Click OK, I’LL ALLOW IT to establish a link between the NAS and your Flickr account. Figure 159 Flickr Authorization Cloud Storage User’s Guide...
  • Page 265 Chapter 19 Auto Upload A confirmation page displays indicating successful authorization. Return to the NAS web configurator. Click Get Ready in the following screen to complete the authorization process. Figure 160 Confirming Flickr Authorization Once the NAS is associated with your Flickr account, you can configure auto upload settings in the following screen.
  • Page 266 Chapter 19 Auto Upload The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 94 Applications > Auto Upload > Flickr/YouTube > Config (Flickr) LABEL DESCRIPTION Flickr Account Configuration Username This field displays the Flickr account authorized for the auto upload feature. Photo Space Usage This shows how much storage space for photos (in size and percentage) you have used and how much space is still available on your Flickr account.

  • Page 267: Configuring The Youtube Settings

    Chapter 19 Auto Upload Table 94 Applications > Auto Upload > Flickr/YouTube > Config (Flickr) (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Grace Period N Specify how long the NAS should wait when you add a new file for auto upload. For minutes example, if you set the grace period to 5 minutes, the NAS uploads a new file after it has been in a watched folder for 5 minutes.
  • Page 268 Chapter 19 Auto Upload Once the NAS is associated with your YouTube account, you can configure auto upload settings in the following screen. Figure 163 Applications > Auto Upload > Flickr/YouTube > Config (YouTube) The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 95 Applications >...
  • Page 269 Chapter 19 Auto Upload Table 95 Applications > Auto Upload > Config (YouTube) (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Status This field indicates whether the share or folder is available. represents a valid folder. The folder is available for auto upload. represents a missing folder. The share may be deleted from the NAS, or the hard disk was removed from the NAS.

  • Page 270: Ftp Uploadr Screen

    Chapter 19 Auto Upload 19.5 FTP Uploadr Screen The FTP Uploadr feature uploads files stored in the NAS to FTP servers. Besides web publishing and media server, auto upload is another convenient way to share media files with your friends and family.

  • Page 271: Adding Or Editing An Ftp Server Entry

    Chapter 19 Auto Upload Table 96 Applications > Auto Upload > FTP Uploadr (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Delete Selected Select a server from the list and click this to remove the FTP server entry. Server(s) Server Information Select a server from the list and click this to display the status and settings about the FTP server.

  • Page 272: Ftp Uploadr Preferences Screen

    Chapter 19 Auto Upload Table 97 Applications > Auto Upload > FTP Uploadr > Add or Edit a Server (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Password Enter the password associated with the account name. Port Number Enter the port number for the FTP server. Remote Path Enter the path of the FTP server where the NAS automatically uploads files.
  • Page 273 Chapter 19 Auto Upload Table 98 Applications > Auto Upload > FTP Uploadr > Preferences (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Click this to open the following screen where you can set a folder that contains files you want the NAS to automatically upload. •...

  • Page 274: Dropbox

    HAPTER Dropbox 20.1 Overview The Dropbox Web-based file hosting service uses cloud computing to let you use file synchronization to store and share files and folders with others across the Internet. Use your Dropbox account to easily move files to your NAS and have the NAS download *.torrent files. 20.2 Dropbox Screen Use the Dropbox screen to log the NAS into your Dropbox account.
  • Page 275 Chapter 20 Dropbox The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 99 Applications > Dropbox LABEL DESCRIPTION Status This shows the status of the NAS Dropbox application’s interaction with the Dropbox server. Disable: The NAS Dropbox application is turned off. Ready: The NAS Dropbox application has authenticated with the Dropbox server and is ready to use.

  • Page 276: How To Use Dropbox With The Nas

    Chapter 20 Dropbox Table 99 Applications > Dropbox (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Enable Dropbox Select this to synchronize and back up your Dropbox account. The first time you do this a Dropbox screen prompts you to log into your Dropbox account. Then a NAS pop-up opens.
  • Page 277 Chapter 20 Dropbox admin\Dropbox\FromDropbox folder in the format of “filename(n).extension”. Here is an example of the Drop2NAS folder. Note: Do not delete the NAStoken file as it is needed for your NAS to work with the Dropbox account. Figure 168 Dropbox\Drop2NAS Using the zDownload Folder The NAS copies *.torrent files in the zDownload folder to the NAS’s admin\download\torrents folder and automatically starts downloading them.

  • Page 278: Using Time Machine With The Nas

    HAPTER Using Time Machine with the NAS 21.1 Overview Time Machine is a backup system provided by Mac OS X. It automatically backs up everything on your Mac, including pictures, music, videos, documents, applications, and settings. This chapter helps you to enable Time Machine in OS X to use your NAS as a backup volume. 21.2 Time Machine Screen Use the Time Machine screen to turn Time Machine support on or off, and designate the share for Time Machine backups.
  • Page 279 Chapter 21 Using Time Machine with the NAS Click Apple > System Preferences. Then go to System and select Time Machine. Turn Time Machine ON. Then click Change Disk. Select share01 as the backup disk. Then click Use for Backup. Cloud Storage User’s Guide...
  • Page 280 Chapter 21 Using Time Machine with the NAS When prompted for the username and password of share01, enter the login information for an existing user account with write access permission on share01 (for information on configuring user accounts and shares see Section 14.6 on page 155).

  • Page 281: Users

    HAPTER Users 22.1 Overview This chapter introduces the Users screens of the NAS. Use the Users screens to create and manage administrator and user accounts. Administrators can: • Configure and manage the NAS. • Create volumes, shares, and user accounts. •...
  • Page 282 Chapter 22 Users Figure 171 Sharing > Users The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 101 Sharing > Users LABEL DESCRIPTION Add User Click this to open a screen where you can configure a new user account. Refer to Section 22.3.2 on page 283 to see the screen.

  • Page 283: User Icons

    Chapter 22 Users Table 101 Sharing > Users (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION User Type This field displays whether the account is an administrator account or a user account. Username This field displays the username of each account. 22.3.1 User Icons The following table describes the user icons. Table 102 User Icons ICON DESCRIPTION...

  • Page 284: Usernames

    Chapter 22 Users Figure 174 Sharing > Users > Add or Edit a User: General Settings The following table describes the labels in these screens. Table 103 Users > Add or Edit a User LABEL DESCRIPTION General Settings Click this to configure the user’s user name and password. Username Type a name from 1 to 32 single-byte (no Chinese characters allowed for example) ASCII characters.

  • Page 285: Displaying User Info

    Chapter 22 Users • Alphanumeric A-z 0-9. Unicode usernames are supported with CIFS logins, but not FTP or web configurator logins. • Spaces • _ [underscores] • . [periods] • - [dashes] Other limitations on usernames are: • All leading and trailing spaces are removed automatically. •...
  • Page 286 Chapter 22 Users Figure 175 Sharing > Users > User Info The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 104 Sharing > Users > User Info LABEL DESCRIPTION Username This field displays the selected username. Space Usage Click this to display the amount of volume space used by the selected account. Group List Click this to display the selected user’s group membership.

  • Page 287: Groups

    HAPTER Groups 23.1 Overview This chapter introduces the Groups screens. Use the Groups screens to create and manage groups. You can assign users to groups and grant individual groups access rights to specific shares. 23.2 What You Can Do • Use the main Groups screen (Section 23.3 on page 287) to display and manage a list of groups created on the NAS.

  • Page 288: Adding Or Editing A Group

    Chapter 23 Groups The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 105 Sharing > Groups LABEL DESCRIPTION Add Group Click this to open a screen where you can configure a new group. Click this to display a search field. Type the name of a group and then click Search to look up the group you specified.

  • Page 289: Group Names

    Chapter 23 Groups Figure 177 Sharing > Groups > Add or Edit a Group The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 106 Sharing > Groups > Add or Edit a Group LABEL DESCRIPTION Group Name Type a name from 1 to 32 single-byte (no Chinese characters allowed for example) ASCII characters.
  • Page 290 Chapter 23 Groups • Group names are case insensitive. The group name cannot be the same (no matter the letter case) as an existing group. For example, if a group exists with the name 'FAMILY', you cannot create a group named 'family'. •...

  • Page 291: Shares

    HAPTER Shares 24.1 Overview A share is a set of access permissions mapped to a specific folder on a volume. It is equivalent to the Windows concept of a shared folder. You can map a share to a network drive for easy and familiar file transfer for Windows users.
  • Page 292 Chapter 24 Shares The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 107 Sharing > Shares LABEL DESCRIPTION Add Share Click this to create a new share. Recycle Bin Click this to configure recycle bins. Edit Share Select a share and click this to edit the share. Delete Share Select a share and click this to remove or restrict access to the share.

  • Page 293: Adding Or Editing Share

    Chapter 24 Shares Table 107 Sharing > Shares (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Share Owner This is the name of the user account to which this share belongs. Permission Type This field displays the access permission of a share. Everyone on the network can access a Public share. Only the share owner can access a Private share.

  • Page 294: Configuring Advanced Share Access

    Chapter 24 Shares Table 108 Shares > Add Share (or Edit Share) (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Publish this share This option is available when you enable the Web Publish (Section 17.8 on page 230). to Web Select this option to let people use a web browser to access this share’s files without logging into the Web Configurator.

  • Page 295: Public And Anonymous Share Access Rights

    Chapter 24 Shares The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 109 Sharing > Shares > Add Share (or Edit Share) > Advanced LABEL DESCRIPTION Available Users/Groups This field lists the users/groups to which you can assign access rights. Authority Use this field to assign access rights to users/groups.

  • Page 296: Configuring Recycle Bins

    Chapter 24 Shares 24.4.2 Configuring Recycle Bins In the Sharing > Shares screen, click Recycle Bin to open the following screen. Figure 181 Sharing > Shares > Recycle Bin The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 110 Sharing > Shares > Recycle Bin LABEL DESCRIPTION Clean Recycle Bin every N...
  • Page 297 Chapter 24 Shares The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 111 Sharing > Shares > Share Browser LABEL DESCRIPTION Create Folder Type a folder name and click Apply to make a new folder. The name can be 1 to 239 single- byte (no Chinese characters allowed for example) ASCII characters.

  • Page 298: Moving Or Copying Files

    Chapter 24 Shares Table 111 Sharing > Shares > Share Browser (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Name This section lists the share’s existing folders or files. Click to the right of the file/folder name to select the file/folder. You can also click the folder’s name to navigate to a sub-folder within the folder.
  • Page 299 Chapter 24 Shares Table 112 Sharing > Shares > Share Browser > Move (or Copy) (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Click this to move or copy the file/folder to the designated share. Close Click this to return to the Share Browser screen. Cloud Storage User’s Guide...

  • Page 300: Webdav

    HAPTER WebDAV 25.1 Overview The WebDAV HTTP extension lets users edit and manage files stored on remote servers. The NAS’s WebDAV service allows client programs that support WebDAV, such as NetDrive and BitKinex on Windows, Mac OS Finder, and Linux file browsers remotely edit and manage files stored on the NAS. 25.2 WebDAV Screen Use the WebDAV screen to allow remote users to use client programs that support WebDAV to edit and manage files stored on the NAS.

  • Page 301: How To Use Netdrive With The Nas

    Chapter 25 WebDAV 25.3 How to Use NetDrive with the NAS Here is an example of how to use the NetDrive WebDAV client with the NAS. Download and install NetDrive. Click Add Drive and use the URL for WebDAV connections to the NAS to add a drive entry for accessing the NAS.

  • Page 302: Maintenance Screens

    HAPTER Maintenance Screens 26.1 Overview This chapter discusses the Maintenance screens. The Maintenance screens allow you to manage system configurations. 26.2 What You Can Do • Use the Power screen (Section 26.3 on page 302) to configure power settings for the NAS, including power saving, UPS, power on/off after power failure, power on/off schedule, and Wake on LAN.
  • Page 303 Chapter 26 Maintenance Screens Figure 187 Maintenance > Power The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 114 Maintenance > Power LABEL DESCRIPTION Power Management Turn off hard Enter the number of minutes to wait when the NAS is idle before spinning the hard disks disk(s) down to sleep (hibernation).

  • Page 304: Editing The Power Control Schedule Screen

    Chapter 26 Maintenance Screens Table 114 Maintenance > Power (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Always Select this option to keep the NAS from automatically restarting when the power is Power Off restored after a power failure. This is a computer’s “traditional” behavior. Select this if you have other servers such as a domain controller or DNS server that you want to start or check after a power failure before the NAS turns on.
  • Page 305 Chapter 26 Maintenance Screens Figure 188 Maintenance > Power Management > Edit The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 115 Maintenance > Power Management > Edit LABEL DESCRIPTION Power Control This table lists the power on, power off, and reboot schedules. For example, you could Schedule List have one schedule to turn the NAS on every morning, at 8:00, another schedule to turn it off every evening at 18:00, and a third schedule to have it reboot every Friday at 14:00.

  • Page 306: Log Screen

    Chapter 26 Maintenance Screens Table 115 Maintenance > Power Management > Edit (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Execute Time Enter the time, day, and/or day of the month as appropriate for this power control (hh:mm) schedule entry. Leave more than 10 minutes between the execution times of the entries. If the NAS turns off or restarts while a user is transferring files to or from the NAS, the transfer fails.

  • Page 307: Report Config Screen

    Chapter 26 Maintenance Screens Figure 189 Maintenance > Log The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 116 Maintenance > Log LABEL DESCRIPTION Refresh Click this to update the log display. Purge all Logs Click this to erase all logs from the NAS. Report Config Click this to open a screen where you can configure email alerts for logs.

  • Page 308: Email Setting

    Chapter 26 Maintenance Screens 26.4.2 Email Setting You can enable and configure e-mail alerts from the NAS. In the Report Config screen, click the Email Setting tab to open the following screen. Figure 190 Maintenance > Log > Report Config: Email Setting The following table describes the labels in this screen.

  • Page 309: Syslog Server Setting

    Chapter 26 Maintenance Screens Figure 191 Maintenance > Log > Report Config: Report Setting The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 118 Maintenance > Log > Report Config: Report Setting LABEL DESCRIPTION Email Alert Select the Enable Email Log check box to have the NAS send an alert email to the configured email address whenever the NAS generates a critical severity log.

  • Page 310: Configuration Screen

    Chapter 26 Maintenance Screens Figure 192 Maintenance > Log > Report Config: Syslog Server Setting The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 119 Maintenance > Log > Report Config: Syslog Server Setting LABEL DESCRIPTION Enable Syslog Check this to enable syslog server. Server Server Address Enter the syslog server address you want the NAS to use for its log alerts.

  • Page 311: Ssl Certification

    Chapter 26 Maintenance Screens The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 120 Maintenance > Configuration LABEL DESCRIPTION Backup Current Configuration Settings Backup Click this to save the current configuration of the NAS to your computer. A pop-up screen appears asking you to confirm.

  • Page 312: Modifying Or Creating A Certificate

    Chapter 26 Maintenance Screens The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 121 Maintenance > SSL LABEL DESCRIPTION Install System Default CA Click Download button to save a copy of the NAS’s public key certificate to your local computer. This is useful for installing the certificate without having to connect to the NAS, or for sending by email to other users for them to install prior to logging into the NAS for the first time.

  • Page 313: Shutdown Screen

    Chapter 26 Maintenance Screens The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 122 Maintenance > SSL > Create or Edit a Certificate LABEL DESCRIPTION Common Name This name describes the certificate’s origin, either in the form of an IP address or a domain name.

  • Page 314: Unpair Myzyxelcloud Screen

    Chapter 26 Maintenance Screens Figure 197 Maintenance > Shutdown > Confirm Restart When you click the Shutdown button a pop-up screen will appear asking you to confirm. Click OK to continue or Cancel to quit the shutdown. Figure 198 Maintenance > Shutdown > Confirm Shutdown 26.8 Unpair myZyXELcloud Screen Figure 199 Use this screen to remove the pairing between the NAS and the myZyXELcloud account if you want to pair the NAS with a different myZyXELcloud account.

  • Page 315: Log Severity Levels

    Chapter 26 Maintenance Screens 26.9.2 Log Severity Levels The following table shows information on log severity levels. Levels range from 0 to 6 with 0 being the most severe level log and 6 being an informational log only. Log levels are not displayed in the logs and are for your reference only.
  • Page 316 Chapter 26 Maintenance Screens Table 126 Log Messages (continued) CLASS SEVERITY MESSAGE Copy/Sync Button INFO [USB Sync] Finished. Elapsed Time %s Seconds. Copy/Sync Button INFO [USB Sync] Moving %s from Internal Volume to Backup Folder. Copy/Sync Button INFO [USB Sync] Moving %s from USB to Backup Folder Copy/Sync Button INFO [USB Sync] Skip %s: File not Exist...
  • Page 317 Chapter 26 Maintenance Screens Table 126 Log Messages (continued) CLASS SEVERITY MESSAGE Download Service WARNING Download service default location does not exist. Load default Download Service WARNING Download service default torrent location does not exist. Load default Groups NOTICE Add new group %s. Groups NOTICE Delete group %s.
  • Page 318 Chapter 26 Maintenance Screens Table 126 Log Messages (continued) CLASS SEVERITY MESSAGE Services NOTICE MyClock has changed daylight saving interval Services NOTICE MyClock has disabled daylight saving interval Services NOTICE NTP server has set to '%s' Services NOTICE NTP server has set to null Services NOTICE The NTP service is disabled.
  • Page 319 Chapter 26 Maintenance Screens Table 126 Log Messages (continued) CLASS SEVERITY MESSAGE storage Info Add disk1 to Volume1: SUCCESS storage error Add disk1 to Volume1: FAILED storage Info Add disk1 to Disk Group 1: SUCCESS storage error Add disk1 to Disk Group 1: FAILED storage Info Change Volume1 Raid type to raid5: SUCCESS...
  • Page 320 Chapter 26 Maintenance Screens Table 126 Log Messages (continued) CLASS SEVERITY MESSAGE Users INFO User %s has logged out from %s! Users INFO User %s from %s has been logged out (re-auth timeout)! Users INFO User %s from %s has been logged out (lease timeout)! Users NOTICE Add new user %s by %s from %s.

  • Page 321: Protect

    HAPTER Protect 27.1 Overview This chapter introduces different ways of protecting data on the NAS and covers the Protect screens. Table 127 Overview of Protection Methods SITUATION ACTION Unexpected NAS behavior after configuration Back up the NAS configuration file before you make changes major configuration changes.

  • Page 322: Backup: Step 1

    Chapter 27 Protect Figure 200 Protect > Backup The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 128 Protect > Backup LABEL DESCRIPTION Backup Add Job Click this to create and customize a backup job. Edit Job Select a backup job in the list and click this to make some changes to it. Delete Selected Select a backup job in the list and click this to delete it.

  • Page 323: Backup: Step 2

    Chapter 27 Protect Figure 201 Protect > Backup: Step 1 The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 129 Protect > Backup: Step 1 LABEL DESCRIPTION Job Information Job Name Enter a name to identify the backup job. Job Description Enter a short description (up to 100 keyboard characters) for the backup job.
  • Page 324 Chapter 27 Protect Figure 202 Protect > Backup: Step 2 The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 130 Protect > Backup: Step 2 LABEL DESCRIPTION Backup Source Select an (internal) volume and the folders and files to back up using this tree interface. Click to browse through folders, sub-folders and files.

  • Page 325: Backup: Step 3

    Chapter 27 Protect Table 130 Protect > Backup: Step 2 (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Remote Select this to back up to another device. For Archives: The remote device can be another NAS in the network. Fill in the following fields in order to be able to access it.

  • Page 326: Backup: Step 4

    Chapter 27 Protect Figure 203 Protect > Backup: Step 3 The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 131 Protect > Backup: Step 3 LABEL DESCRIPTION Compression Select Yes if you want NAS to compress the files for your backup. Otherwise, choose No. In an Archive backup, compression is a method of packing computing files in a way that saves hard disk space.

  • Page 327: Edit Job Screen

    Chapter 27 Protect Figure 204 Protect > Backup: Step 4 The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 132 Protect > Backup: Step 4 LABEL DESCRIPTION Scheduler Backup Frequency Select from Hourly, Daily, Weekly and Monthly backup intervals. The screen changes depending on the item you select.

  • Page 328: Edit Job: Step 1

    Chapter 27 Protect 27.3.6 Edit Job: Step 1 Click Protect > Backup. Select a backup job from the list and click Edit Job to open the Edit Job screen. Figure 205 Protect > Backup > Edit: Step 1 The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 133 Protect >...

  • Page 329: Edit Job: Step 2

    Chapter 27 Protect Table 133 Protect > Backup > Edit: Step 1 (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Purge Policy The NAS maintains the files that have been included in your backups. However to save hard disk space, you can choose to delete files that have been included in previous backups.

  • Page 330: Restore Archive Screen

    Chapter 27 Protect Table 134 Protect > Backup > Edit: Step 2 (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Every how many This is only available if you selected Weekly as your backup frequency. weeks? Enter the interval between weeks when NAS performs the backup job. Step 1: Please This is only available if you selected Monthly as your backup frequency.

  • Page 331: Restore Archive: Step 2

    Chapter 27 Protect 27.3.10 Restore Archive: Step 2 Use this screen to select the folder where the archive you want to restore is located. Figure 208 Protect > Backup > Restore Archive: Step 2 The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 136 Protect >...

  • Page 332: Restore Screen

    Chapter 27 Protect The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 137 Protect > Backup > Restore Archive: Step 3 LABEL DESCRIPTION Step 3. Set a restore target and start restoring Original Location Select this to restore the files to their original location in the NAS. Other Location Click this to select a folder where you want to place the restored files.
  • Page 333 Chapter 27 Protect Figure 210 Protect > Restore: Step 1 The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 138 Protect > Restore: Step 1 LABEL DESCRIPTION Step 1. Select Select a previous archive backup that you want to restore to the NAS. Restore Source Select Remote NAS if the file is in another NAS in the network that you used for your backup.

  • Page 334: Restore: Step 2

    Chapter 27 Protect 27.4.2 Restore: Step 2 Select a previous archive backup that you want to restore to the NAS. Figure 211 Protect > Restore: Step 2 The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 139 Protect > Restore: Step 2 LABEL DESCRIPTION Step 2.

  • Page 335: Restore: Step 4

    Chapter 27 Protect Figure 212 Protect > Restore: Step 3 The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 140 Protect > Restore: Step 3 LABEL DESCRIPTION Step 3. Please select which file(s)/folder(s) to restore. Folder Chooser Select the folder where the backup you want to restore is located. Selected Folder This shows the path of the folder you selected.

  • Page 336: Configuration File Backup And Restoration

    Chapter 27 Protect The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 141 Protect > Restore: Step 4 LABEL DESCRIPTION Step 3. Set a restore target and start restoring Browse Click this to select a folder where you want to place the restored files. •...

  • Page 337: Troubleshooting

    HAPTER Troubleshooting 28.1 Troubleshooting Overview This chapter offers some suggestions to solve problems you might encounter. The potential problems are divided into the following categories. • Power, Hardware, Connections, and LEDs • NAS Starter Utility • NAS Login and Access •...
  • Page 338 Chapter 28 Troubleshooting • Turn the NAS off and on. • If the problem continues, contact the vendor. An HDD LED is off. The HDD LED is off when the NAS cannot detect a hard drive in the drive bay. Replace or install a hard drive.

  • Page 339: Nas Starter Utility

    Chapter 28 Troubleshooting • Make sure the Ethernet cable is connected properly to the NAS and connected to another (Ethernet) device. Make sure the other device is turned on. If it’s connected directly to a computer, make sure that the computer network card is working (ping 127.0.0.1 on the computer).

  • Page 340: Nas Login And Access

    Chapter 28 Troubleshooting The NAS Starter Utility discovered my NAS but the status is always unreachable, even though I can access it. You may need to add the NAS Starter Utility to your software firewall’s allow list or lower your software firewall or anti-virus scanner’s security level.

  • Page 341: Enabling Scripting Of Safe Activex Controls

    Chapter 28 Troubleshooting • If you are trying to login directly by typing the server name into your web browser’s address field, make sure you are using the correct server name as the web site address. • The default server name is ‘NAS’ followed by the number of your model (‘NAS540’ for example).
  • Page 342 Chapter 28 Troubleshooting Figure 214 Internet Options: Security Click the Custom Level... button. Under Script ActiveX controls marked safe for scripting, make sure that Enable is selected (the default). Click OK to close the window. Figure 215 Security Settings - Script Safe ActiveX Controls I can see the login screen, but I cannot log in to the NAS.

  • Page 343: I Cannot Access The Nas

    Chapter 28 Troubleshooting • Make sure you have entered the username and password correctly. The default username is admin, and the default password is 1234. These fields are case-sensitive, so make sure [Caps Lock] is not on. • Turn the NAS off and on. •...

  • Page 344: Users Cannot Access The Nas

    Chapter 28 Troubleshooting • Check that Client for Microsoft Networks is in the list of components and has its check box selected. 28.6 Users Cannot Access the NAS A local user cannot access a share • Check that the NAS is turned on and connected to the network. The local user should try to ping the NAS or use the NAS Starter Utility to discover it.

  • Page 345: External Usb Drives

    Chapter 28 Troubleshooting • Check the NAS’s DNS setting. The DNS server the NAS is using must be able to resolve the domain controller’s address. If the domain controller uses a private IP address, the NAS needs to use a private DNS server. If the domain controller uses a public IP address, the NAS needs to use a public DNS server.

  • Page 346: Firmware

    Chapter 28 Troubleshooting Replacing smaller disks in a RAID 1, RAID 5, or RAID 6 with larger capacity hard disks did not expand the storage capacity. The NAS normally expands the storage capacity by itself after rebuilding the RAID but may not if the NAS rebooted during the RAID re-build.

  • Page 347: Networking

    Chapter 28 Troubleshooting Enter \\nas followed by the number of your model (540 for example) or the Server Name you assigned the NAS. This shows you the folders in the NAS. Use drag-and-drop or copy-and-paste to transfer files from your NAS to your local computer’s folder or your storage device.

  • Page 348: Media Server Functions

    Chapter 28 Troubleshooting I cannot use some applications in the Web Configurator. • The firmware installed in your NAS includes the features mentioned in Section 10.8 on page 122. This does not include the applications you can install using the Package Management screen. •...
  • Page 349 Chapter 28 Troubleshooting Figure 216 iTunes Eject Button Then click the NAS’s link to reconnect. Figure 217 iTunes Reconnected Another way to get the NAS’s iTunes server function to scan the published media server folders for files is to go to Applications > Media Server and disable and re-enable the iTunes server option. If you uploaded many files, it may take awhile for the NAS to find and list all of them.

  • Page 350: Download Service Functions

    Chapter 28 Troubleshooting If you are connecting through a NAT router, make sure that TCP port 3689 and UDP port 5353 are open for traffic on both the server and the client and all points in between (especially the NAT router).

  • Page 351: Auto Upload

    Chapter 28 Troubleshooting • Make sure the firewall’s public IP address is static or that the firewall uses a Dynamic Domain Name (DDNS). • Web publishing uses TCP protocol and the port number you specify. Make sure there is not another service using TCP protocol with the same port number.

  • Page 352: Package Management

    Chapter 28 Troubleshooting If the log message displays “filename is queued”, the file may still be waiting for auto upload. Check the grace period setting in the service’s Configuration screen. You can set a smaller grace period to shorten the queue time. If you cannot find any log messages about the file: •...

  • Page 353: Google Drive

    Chapter 28 Troubleshooting • Check that enough space is available on the external disk. If there isn’t you may need to purge older backups or delete other files on the backup USB disk or NAS. • If you are using the Backup screen (Section 27.3 on page 321): •...

  • Page 354: Appendix A Product Specifications

    PP EN D I X Product Specifications See also Chapter 1 on page 14 for a general overview of the key features. Supported Media Server Content Formats The following describes the details about the files that the NAS media server can publish. •...

  • Page 355: Appendix B Customer Support

    • Brief description of the problem and the steps you took to solve it. Corporate Headquarters (Worldwide) Taiwan • ZyXEL Communications Corporation • http://www.zyxel.com Asia China • ZyXEL Communications (Shanghai) Corp. ZyXEL Communications (Beijing) Corp. ZyXEL Communications (Tianjin) Corp. • http://www.zyxel.cn India • ZyXEL Technology India Pvt Ltd • http://www.zyxel.in Kazakhstan •...
  • Page 356 • ZyXEL Singapore Pte Ltd. • http://www.zyxel.com.sg Taiwan • ZyXEL Communications Corporation • http://www.zyxel.com/tw/zh/ Thailand • ZyXEL Thailand Co., Ltd • http://www.zyxel.co.th Vietnam • ZyXEL Communications Corporation-Vietnam Office • http://www.zyxel.com/vn/vi Europe Austria • ZyXEL Deutschland GmbH • http://www.zyxel.de Cloud Storage User’s Guide...
  • Page 357 • http://www.zyxel.by Belgium • ZyXEL Communications B.V. • http://www.zyxel.com/be/nl/ • http://www.zyxel.com/be/fr/ Bulgaria • ZyXEL България • http://www.zyxel.com/bg/bg/ Czech Republic • ZyXEL Communications Czech s.r.o • http://www.zyxel.cz Denmark • ZyXEL Communications A/S • http://www.zyxel.dk Estonia • ZyXEL Estonia • http://www.zyxel.com/ee/et/ Finland •...
  • Page 358 • http://www.zyxel.pl Romania • ZyXEL Romania • http://www.zyxel.com/ro/ro Russia • ZyXEL Russia • http://www.zyxel.ru Slovakia • ZyXEL Communications Czech s.r.o. organizacna zlozka • http://www.zyxel.sk Spain • ZyXEL Communications ES Ltd • http://www.zyxel.es Sweden • ZyXEL Communications Cloud Storage User’s Guide...
  • Page 359 Appendix B Customer Support • http://www.zyxel.se Switzerland • Studerus AG • http://www.zyxel.ch/ Turkey • ZyXEL Turkey A.S. • http://www.zyxel.com.tr • ZyXEL Communications UK Ltd. • http://www.zyxel.co.uk Ukraine • ZyXEL Ukraine • http://www.ua.zyxel.com Latin America Argentina • ZyXEL Communication Corporation • http://www.zyxel.com/ec/es/ Brazil •...
  • Page 360 Appendix B Customer Support • http://www.zyxel.com/me/en/ North America • ZyXEL Communications, Inc. - North America Headquarters • http://www.zyxel.com/us/en/ Oceania Australia • ZyXEL Communications Corporation • http://www.zyxel.com/au/en/ Africa South Africa • Nology (Pty) Ltd. • http://www.zyxel.co.za Cloud Storage User’s Guide...

  • Page 361: Appendix C Legal Information

    The contents of this publication may not be reproduced in any part or as a whole, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, translated into any language, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, photocopying, manual, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of ZyXEL Communications Corporation. Published by ZyXEL Communications Corporation. All rights reserved.
  • Page 362 Appendix C Legal Information EUROPEAN UNION The following information applies if you use the product within the European Union. List of national codes COUNTRY ISO 3166 2 LETTER CODE COUNTRY ISO 3166 2 LETTER CODE Austria Liechtenstein Belgium Lithuania Bulgaria Luxembourg Croatia Malta...
  • Page 363 Appendix C Legal Information Environment Statement ErP (Energy-related Products) ZyXEL products put on the EU market in compliance with the requirement of the European Parliament and the Council published Directive 2009/125/EC establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy-related products (recast), so called as "ErP Directive (Energy-related Products directive) as well as ecodesign requirement laid down in applicable implementing measures, power consumption has satisfied regulation requirements which are: Network standby power consumption <...
  • Page 364 Appendix C Legal Information Environmental Product Declaration Cloud Storage User’s Guide...
  • Page 365 Appendix C Legal Information 台灣 安全警告 為了您的安全，請先閱讀以下警告及指示 : • 請勿將此產品接近水、火焰或放置在高溫的環境。 • 避免設備接觸任何液體 - 切勿讓設備接觸水、雨水、高濕度、污水腐蝕性的液體或其他水份。 • 灰塵及污物 - 切勿接觸灰塵、污物、沙土、食物或其他不合適的材料。 • 雷雨天氣時，不要安裝，使用或維修此設備。有遭受電擊的風險。 • 切勿重摔或撞擊設備，並勿使用不正確的電源變壓器。 • 若接上不正確的電源變壓器會有爆炸的風險。 • 請勿隨意更換產品內的電池。 • 如果更換不正確之電池型式，會有爆炸的風險，請依製造商說明書處理使用過之電池。 • 請將廢電池丟棄在適當的電器或電子設備回收處。 • 請勿將設備解體。 • 請勿阻礙設備的散熱孔，空氣對流不足將會造成設備損害。 • 請插在正確的電壓供給插座 ( 如 : 北美 / 台灣電壓 110V AC，歐洲是 230V AC)。 •...
  • Page 366 Index Index iTunes server 214, 234 print server configuration access rights name Flickr web publishing 215, 230, 240 shares 294, 295 activation YouTube example activation port number download service archive Flickr/YouTube authorization Flickr 263, 264 FTP Uploadr YouTube recycle bins 127, 293 auto upload web publishing...
  • Page 367 Index S.M.A.R.T. attributes displaying user information DLNA certificate 214, 234 editing 106, 108 tutorial documentation verifying related certifications Domain Name System, see DNS viewing domain user Chromecast troubleshooting CIFS troubleshooting share access cloud download period control cloud storage download service 254, 256 214, 235 activation...
  • Page 368 Index file synchronization adding 288, 289 editing File Transfer Protocol over Explicit TLS, see FTPES membership 284, 289 File Transfer Protocol over TLS, see FTPS names files searching downloading Guide uploading Quick Start FileZilla FindMe fingerprint firmware, upgrading Flickr hot spare access rights HTTPS activation...
  • Page 369 Index logs PPPoE 107, 111, 119 TCP/IP longitude notifications download service activation notifications, download service maintenance backup settings logs power management one-way incremental backup failure online backup resume online support information schedule other documentation ownCloud reset restoring settings shutdown upgrading firmware master browser media server P2P download...
  • Page 370 Index protect schedule, power management backup scheduling, download service backup tutorial secure connections protection, download service 236, 237 server public key certificate Syslog editing TFTP publishing shares server entry, FTP Uploadr server name setup COPY/SYNC button download service Flickr Quick Start Guide FTP Uploadr media server P2P download...
  • Page 371 Index storage domain user share access status file access volumes folder access forgot password streaming 340, 341 LED indicators striping support information local user share access synchronization 232, 242, 256 login configuration media files directions NAS Starter Utility single direction overview tutorial user share access...
  • Page 372 Index warranty note web configurator login navigation panel status web publishing 215, 230, 240 activation example port number troubleshooting web security workgroup name YouTube access rights activation authorization configuration 267, 268 grace period video category zCloud ZyXEL Drive Cloud Storage User’s Guide...

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