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- Page 1 BlackArmor® NAS 220...
- Page 2 Seagate reserves the right to change, without notice, product offerings or specifications. Seagate Technology LLC 920 Disc Drive Scotts Valley CA 95066 U.S.A. Open Source and License Source Information For information about the open source and licenses used with Seagate products, please see the Seagate Web site at www.seagate.com/support...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Optional Steps ..........27 Creating a Seagate Global Access Account ..... 27... - Page 4 Contents Getting the Most from Your BlackArmor® Server ....29 Introduction ..........29 Your Role as a BlackArmor Administrator .
- Page 5 Contents Automatic Sorting for Media Files ......48 Grace Time Limits for Quotas ....... . 49 File Protocol Support on Shares .
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Page 6: Preface
About This Guide This User Guide provides all the information you need to successfully set up and use your Seagate BlackArmor® NAS 220 (BlackArmor server). This guide contains complete setup instructions, as well as reference information about the components and features of your BlackArmor server. It also provides an overview of how you can get the most out of your BlackArmor server as your needs grow and change over time. -
Page 7: System Requirements
BlackArmor Quick Start Guide (printed) • BlackArmor Manager Help • BlackArmor Discovery Help • BlackArmor Backup User Guide • BlackArmor Backup Help For more information, please refer to the Seagate Web site at www.seagate.com. BlackArmor® NAS 220 User Guide (Version 2) -
Page 8: All About The Seagate Blackarmor® Nas 220
Introduction 2. All About the Seagate BlackArmor® NAS 220 • Introduction • About the BlackArmor Server • What You Can Do With the BlackArmor Server • The Difference Between a BlackArmor Administrator and User • How to Get Started Introduction This chapter introduces the components and features of your BlackArmor®... -
Page 9: Features Of The Blackarmor Server
About the BlackArmor Server • BlackArmor Manager—A tool embedded in the server that helps you set up, modify, and monitor your BlackArmor server from your computer (or even remotely) using a Web browser. • BlackArmor Backup—Software that helps you back up files, applications, and even operating systems to your BlackArmor server. - Page 10 About the BlackArmor Server Power Button System Status Hard Drive Activity Figure 1: Front of BlackArmor Server BlackArmor® NAS 220 User Guide (Version 2)
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Page 11: What You Can Do With The Blackarmor Server
What You Can Do With the BlackArmor Server Reset Button USB Ports LAN Port Figure 2: Back of BlackArmor Server What You Can Do With the BlackArmor Server In general, you can use your BlackArmor server to: • Create a central storage place for the files you want to share with other people on your local network or over the Internet. -
Page 12: The Difference Between A Blackarmor Administrator And User
Save and share files on the BlackArmor server • Back up files to the BlackArmor server using BlackArmor Backup • Access the BlackArmor server over the Web, using Seagate Global Access • Download large Web files directly to the BlackArmor server •... -
Page 13: How To Get Started
How to Get Started Note: The administrator can also create a user account that has administrative privileges. See the BlackArmor Manager help for instructions. How to Get Started This section describes the getting-started tasks for BlackArmor administrators and users. BlackArmor Administrators Start Here To get started with your BlackArmor server: 1. -
Page 14: Blackarmor Users Start Here
A description of any access limitations you have (for instance, read-only access to a particular folder share) • A copy of the BlackArmor NAS 220 User Guide 2. Install the BlackArmor software (see page 18). Note: You don’t need to install BlackArmor Backup if you are already using other software for regular file backups. -
Page 15: Getting Started With Your Blackarmor® Server
Introduction 3. Getting Started with Your BlackArmor® Server • Introduction • Setup Steps for Administrators • Getting Started as a BlackArmor User Introduction This chapter provides step-by-step instructions for installing and setting up your BlackArmor® server and software. If you are not a BlackArmor administrator, skip to page 26. Note: For an overview of the setup steps, see “How to Get Started”... -
Page 16: Setup Steps For Administrators
Setup Steps for Administrators Setup Steps for Administrators If you are not a BlackArmor administrator, skip to page 26. Installing the BlackArmor Server and Software Before you begin: • Ensure that your computer meets the requirements listed on page 8. •... -
Page 17: Connecting To The Server
The first time you log in to your BlackArmor server, the setup wizard opens. To complete the setup: 1. Click Next to begin the initial setup of the BlackArmor server. 2. Read the Seagate BlackArmor license agreement, then click I Agree. 3. Customize your server’s basic settings: BlackArmor® NAS 220 User Guide (Version 2) -
Page 18: Creating Custom Shares
7. Select the network mode you want, then click Next. By default, the BlackArmor server’s network mode is set to DHCP. Unless you are part of a large corporation with an IT department, Seagate highly recommends using the DHCP network mode. -
Page 19: Creating User Accounts
Setup Steps for Administrators 4. Select the share’s owner from the drop-down list of all user accounts. (See “Creating User Accounts” on page 21 to create individual user accounts.) 5. Select the types of protocols you want the share to support (see page 35). 6. -
Page 20: Distributing Blackarmor User Information
Global Access in BlackArmor Manager. Seagate Global Access is a service that you can use to view, download, share, and work with the files stored on your BlackArmor server from anywhere in the world. You can also use Global Access to upload files to your BlackArmor server. - Page 21 Once Global Access is enabled on the server by the administrator, each user must also enable access for their user account. You must have a Seagate Global Access account to enable global access. You can create an account from the Global Access page, described below. See “Creating a Seagate Global Access Account”...
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Page 22: Connecting A Usb Printer To Your Blackarmor Server
Setup Steps for Administrators See the Global Access user documentation for help granting other people access to your private share. Connecting a USB Printer to Your BlackArmor Server Note: This step is optional. Only BlackArmor administrators can set up a printer. You can make a USB printer available on your local network by connecting it to your server. -
Page 23: Next Steps For Administrators
Setup Steps for Administrators Creating Media and Music Folders Follow these steps if you need to create the Media Server folders: 1. Start BlackArmor Discovery. 2. Select the server: • (Windows) Select the server and then click View Drive Details. •... -
Page 24: Getting Started As A Blackarmor User
A description of any access limitations you have (for instance, read-only access to a particular share) • A copy of the BlackArmor NAS 220 User Guide Install the BlackArmor software. Install both BlackArmor Discovery and BlackArmor Backup, unless you are already using another backup software program. -
Page 25: Optional Steps
Creating a Seagate Global Access Account Seagate Global Access is a service that you can use to view, download, share, and work with the files stored on your BlackArmor server from anywhere in the world, share files stored on a private share, or share your files with anyone outside of your network. -
Page 26: Getting The Most From Your Blackarmor® Server
Introduction 4. Getting the Most from Your BlackArmor® Server • Introduction • Your Role as a BlackArmor Administrator • Your BlackArmor Server’s Default Settings • Managing BlackArmor Volumes, Shares and Storage • Managing BlackArmor Users • Protecting Your BlackArmor Files with Network Backups •... -
Page 27: Your Role As A Blackarmor Administrator
Your Role as a BlackArmor Administrator Your Role as a BlackArmor Administrator BlackArmor administrators have full access to all features and settings on the BlackArmor server, and to all files stored on it. Your role as a BlackArmor administrator is to: •... -
Page 28: Your Blackarmor Server's Default Settings
• Global Access setting—The BlackArmor server is not preconfigured to be accessed over the Web. Enable Seagate Global Access if you want to be able to access the files on BlackArmor® NAS 220 User Guide (Version 2) -
Page 29: Managing Blackarmor Volumes, Shares And Storage
Managing BlackArmor Volumes, Shares and Storage your BlackArmor server from anywhere in the world, or share your files with anyone outside of your network, like business clients or friends (see page 22). • Downloader settings—The BlackArmor server is preconfigured to allow large Web file downloads at any time, using the BlackArmor Manager Downloader tool. -
Page 30: Working With Volumes
Managing BlackArmor Volumes, Shares and Storage • Share 1: Client Files • Share 2: Financial Files • Share 3: Human Resources Files • Volume B: Backup File Storage • Share 1: Daily Backups • Share 2: Month-end Backups • Volume C: Media Files •... -
Page 31: Creating New Volumes
Managing BlackArmor Volumes, Shares and Storage Seagate recommends that only users familiar and comfortable with RAID technology make changes to the server’s RAID protection. Creating New Volumes As a BlackArmor administrator, you can create all the shares you want in the default volume, or you can create more volumes using BlackArmor Manager. - Page 32 Managing BlackArmor Volumes, Shares and Storage Note: To mount/map more than one private share at a time, each private share must have the same log on credentials. Private shares are created as part of a BlackArmor user’s account. To create a private share, open BlackArmor Manager (see page 19).
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Page 33: Setting Storage Space Limits For Blackarmor Users
Managing BlackArmor Volumes, Shares and Storage Setting Storage Space Limits for BlackArmor Users By default, your BlackArmor server imposes no limits on a user’s storage space (except for the volume size set up for the user). However, as a BlackArmor administrator, you can set storage space limits on any user account or share. -
Page 34: Managing Blackarmor Users
Managing BlackArmor Users To adjust the Downloader settings for your BlackArmor server, or to check the Downloader queue and re-prioritize existing jobs, open BlackArmor Manager (see page 19). Downloader Management is in the Storage menu. For step-by-step instructions for using BlackArmor Manager, refer to the online Help. -
Page 35: Protecting Your Blackarmor Files With Network Backups
Protecting Your BlackArmor Files with Network Backups Protecting Your BlackArmor Files with Network Backups You can set up NAS to NAS backup, where a permanent link is created between your BlackArmor server and another server on your network, and automatic and continuous backups of your BlackArmor server take place. -
Page 36: Setting Your Blackarmor Server As A Media Server
Setting Your BlackArmor Server as a Media Server 6. Select the storage volume. 7. Enter an alias name, then click Add new alias. 8. Click Submit. The settings are saved. See the BlackArmor Manager online help for more information about the types of backup tasks you can set up. -
Page 37: Monitoring Status With The Server's Leds
Monitoring Your BlackArmor Server Monitoring Status with the Server’s LEDs Your BlackArmor server has three LEDs to help you monitor the status of its components. (See the illustration on page 10 for help locating the LEDs.) Table 2: Front and Rear Panel LEDs State and Color Indication Front Panel LEDs... -
Page 38: Using Email Alerts To Monitor Server Status
You can use BlackArmor Manager to notify you by email when the status of the server changes or when a server setting is modified. You can set BlackArmor Manager to send email alerts to up to five people. You must have a Seagate Global Access account to receive email messages. -
Page 39: Dynamic Domain Name System (Dns) Settings
Dynamic DNS is a way of maintaining the link between an unchanging domain name (like www.seagate.com) and the constantly changing IP address of a computer that uses DHCP instead of a static IP address. A DDNS service keeps track of changing IP addresses and forwards all network traffic for your domain name to whatever the current IP address is. -
Page 40: Secure Socket Layer (Ssl) Settings
Changing the BlackArmor Server’s Advanced Settings Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Settings Note: Only people familiar with SSL should try adding SSL support to the BlackArmor server. SSL (also known as Transport Layer Security) is a type of encryption used to protect data being sent over a network or the Internet. -
Page 41: Maintaining Your Blackarmor Server
Clean the outside surfaces of the server with a damp cloth only (don’t use cleansers of any kind), and unplug the server before you clean it to avoid possible electric shock. • Don’t try to open or remove the outer case that houses the server. Contact Seagate Support at www.seagate.com/support for assistance with drive replacement. -
Page 42: Keeping The Server's Firmware Current
You should update your server’s firmware (essentially, software that’s built into the server) as new versions become available, to ensure that you have the most up-to-date features and functionality. You can find the new versions of BlackArmor firmware on the Seagate Web site at www.seagate.com. -
Page 43: Tips For Blackarmor® Users
Introduction 5. Tips for BlackArmor® Users • Introduction • Understanding Your BlackArmor User Account • Accessing Shares and Files on the BlackArmor Server • Backing Up Your Files • Accessing Your BlackArmor Files Over the Web • Downloading Large Web Files to Your BlackArmor Server •... -
Page 44: Storage Space Limitations
Understanding Your BlackArmor User Account Private Shares Private shares are password protected and restricted to use by people designated by your BlackArmor administrator. Once the BlackArmor administrator creates a user account, you can limit access to a private share by: •... -
Page 45: Grace Time Limits For Quotas
Windows Explorer). See page 26 for help mounting/mapping shares to your computer. • Remotely, over the Web, using Seagate Global Access (if your BlackArmor administrator has enabled Global Access on the BlackArmor server). For more information about Global Access, see page 27. -
Page 46: Backing Up Your Files
Backing Up Your Files Backing Up Your Files To protect your important files from loss, corruption, or accidental deletion, you should complete and maintain regular file backups using BlackArmor Backup. You can also back up files by downloading them from your BlackArmor server to an external USB drive, or uploading them from a USB drive to the server. -
Page 47: Accessing Your Blackarmor Files Over The Web
Global Access account so you can access your BlackArmor server files over the Web. Seagate Global Access is a service that you can use to view, download, and work with the files stored on your BlackArmor server from anywhere in the world, share files stored on a private share, or share your files with anyone outside of your network. -
Page 48: Retrieving Deleted Files From The Recycle Bin
Retrieving Deleted Files from the Recycle Bin Retrieving Deleted Files from the Recycle Bin Shares on your BlackArmor server may be protected by the BlackArmor Manager Recycle Bin. When the Recycle Bin is enabled on a share, BlackArmor Manager saves files deleted from the share so that they may be retrieved if you need them back. -
Page 49: Solving Problems
I can’t connect to the server over the Web. Check that the server has Global Access enabled. See “Making BlackArmor Accessible Using Seagate Global Access” on page 22. Enable Email Setup in BlackArmor Manager and then send a test email. -
Page 50: I Can't Open Blackarmor Manager
If you are an administrator, consider removing some of the files currently stored on the server. A firmware upgrade failed. Try to upgrade the firmware manually. For further assistance, contact Seagate Support at www.seagate.com/support A volume is in degraded mode. -
Page 51: Technical Specifications
7. Technical Specifications Network Connection • 1 10/100/1000 Ethernet RJ-45 network connector USB Ports • 2 USB 2.0 ports Power Supply • 36W external power supply (full range AC input; 12V DC output) Disk Drives • 2 SATA II disk drives Physical Dimensions •... -
Page 52: Glossary
8. Glossary access level Also known as permission level, the amount of access any person has to the BlackArmor® server. BlackArmor Manager has two permission levels: administrator and user. administrator A BlackArmor administrator is responsible for the BlackArmor server and all its settings. An administrator can set up or delete user accounts, group accounts, and shares;... - Page 53 group account In BlackArmor Manager, a collection of user accounts grouped together to make it faster and easier to manage access to shares. All users in a group have the same level of access to any particular share. See also user account. hot-swap To remove and replace a disk drive without first powering off the server.
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Page 54: Remote Access
Internet. “RSA” stands for Rivest, Shamir, and Adelman, who invented the technology. Seagate Global Access A service that you can use to view, download, share, and work with the files stored on your BlackArmor server from anywhere in the world. You can also use Global Access to upload files to your BlackArmor server. - Page 55 server A computer or device on a network that manages resources. The BlackArmor server is a file server, a storage appliance that’s dedicated to storing files; it can also be used as a print server, a device that manages one or more printers. share A folder on your BlackArmor server that stores and protects backup files, as well as other files that can be accessed by other people.
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Page 56: Usb Drive
Uninterruptible Power Supply. A power supply that has a battery in it that maintains power to a computer or server in the event of a power failure. A UPS is intended to provide enough power for you to save whatever files you’re working on and properly power off the computer or server;... -
Page 57: Kit Contents
Index Index default server settings 31 default settings resetting the server 45 Discovery Tool 9 disk drives administrator password 19 SMART diagnosis 41 administrators 7 domains 43 allocating space to users 36 drag&sort 35 limiting storage space 36 Dynamic DNS 42 setting time limits 49 time limits for storage 49 tips for getting started 14... - Page 58 Index Reset button 12 maintaining the server 44 resetting 45 manual firmware updates 45 safety 44 monitoring setup wizard 19 email alerts 41 SMART diagnosis 41 LEDs 40 specifications 55 System Status LED 11 troubleshooting 53 network updating the firmware 45 default settings 31 setup wizard 19 NFS 35...
- Page 59 Index RAID 33 default settings 31 Web access protocol 43 workgroups 43 Web access BlackArmor® NAS 220 User Guide (Version 2)
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